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Past Due: Radio 178 – The Past Due Radio Finale
As the all-knowing They say: "All good things must come to an end." After nearly four years of broadcasting, Past Due Radio went out with a bang. In honor of the finale, we welcomed back Justin Lukasavige, the original host of Past Due Radio (and current host of CoachRadio.tv), to reminisce and help us guide the ship back home one last time.
Today we discussed why the time has come to move forward from Past Due Radio. With transitions in my professional life, I want to continue helping those I come into contact with as effectively as possible. I'll be doing so by helping Justin with CoachRadio.tv, collaborating on relevant subject matter like leadership, creating culture, and strategic planning (that actually works).
We relived, and even replayed, some memorable moments:
The Pontiac Caller – Just after GM stopped producing Pontiacs, one eager caller wanted to know if his truly would wind up a collector's item. We had to break the bad news…
The 100th Episode – The epic opening musical sequence took me a long time to program into our soundboard, but it was worth every second!
The Jelly Beans – In true Past Due Radio community fashion, Tony rose to the challenge by sending us Harry Potter Bertie Bott's Beans. Justin and I ate them on video and nearly tossed our cookies.
I've managed to ruffle thousands of feathers with my critique of those who steamroll their family members with Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps. To date, The Dark Side of Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps is the most-watched video we ever released on Past Due Radio. Justin helps all the critics of my video put down the pitchforks and torches on YouTube. And we even released a video in response to them, where I highlight the bright side of the Baby Steps.
It's been an incredible journey with you, our fans and listeners. Thank you for the privilege of allowing me to host this show and inviting me to join you in the adventure of making this life truly count.
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For the first time, the richest member of Congress, as determined annually by Roll Call, had a net worth of more than $300 million. This year's list also included many names who had made the list before.
The rankings are based on minimum net worth based on assets and liabilities that are cited in broad ranges, so the actual net worth of each representative is not precise.
Roll Call determines net worth by consulting the annual financial disclosure reports from all House and Senate lawmakers, and for each one, subtracts the total minimum value of all liabilities from the total minimum value of their assets.
These disclosures can include assets and liabilities, loans and credit card debt, stock holdings, rental properties, mortgages (reported for the first time this year) and more, but other factors like the values of personal properties and retirement savings are not counted in their assets.
Roll Callpoints out a theme for the 2012 list: About half of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress reported a lower minimum net worth than last year. It says this can be attributable to new mortgage disclosures.
And now, a look at the 15 richest members of the 112th Congress.
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2008: Played in 83 sets over 25 matches this season...Averaged 1.68 kills with a .238 hitting percentage...Registered 0.51 blocks per set...Piled up service aces, eight assists and 23 digs...Hit .333 with 13 kills and just one error en route to earning a spot on the Penn State Classic All-Tournament team...Recorded five kills and a season-best five blocks in the Sept. 27 sweep of Long Island...Recorded a season-high 12 kills on 22 swings (.500) on Oct. 3 at Brown...Hit .778 (8-1-9) on Oct. 4 vs. Brown...Tallied nine kills, and a career-best five digs on Oct. 18 against Penn...Matched her season high of five blocks on Oct. 18 against Penn and again on Nov. 29 at Loyola Marymount...Led all players with nine kills on Oct. 24 at Cornell...Recorded 10 kills on 20 swings without committing an error on Nov. 14 at Penn.
2007: Made 17 starts, appearing in 62 games at middle blocker...Posted 127 kills and 63 blocks...Named to the Yale Invitational all-tournament team after tallying 23 kills and 13 blocks in the tournament...Had eight kills in three of the first four matches of the season, and seven in the other...Hit .778, recording seven kills without an error vs. Sacred Heart (Sept. 8)...Had five solo blocks and seven overall vs. Maine (Sept. 8)...Recorded seven blocks at Harvard on Oct. 6...Smashed 18 kills (double her previous career high) and hit .472 in the season finale against UC Santa Barbara in the Baden Thanksgiving Classic (Nov. 24).
2006: Started the first 10 matches of her collegiate career...Appeared in 51 games during the season...Notched 83 kills and 54 blocks...Led team with 1.06 blocks per game...Posted eight kills against Siena in her first collegiate match (Sept. 8)...Tallied a career-high nine kills in Yale's win over Rhode Island in the Courtyard by Marriott Yale Classic (Sept. 22)...Registered eight total blocks in Yale's five-game win over Connecticut (Sept. 12).
Before Yale: Helped lead Cherry Hill East to its first Group IV New Jersey state championship while being named the Star Ledger South Jersey Player of the Year...Lettered four times in volleyball and twice more in swimming...Honored as a Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, a National Merit Commended Student and a National Achievement semi-finalist.


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Lootifer wrote:sam_levi_11 wrote:Do you even have friends?Lootifer wrote:Then you either tell them to pick their shit up or do it yourself. Come on man...
There's something deeply ironic about a weird hipster-emo hybrid having a jab at someone's relative popularity.
The point is, he post's a picture of himself in the interest of CC camaraderie and you start judging him. and you still are. So can you please stop?
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After skating all day Thursday with Tony Tave, Jamie Tancowny and all the other homies you can find at Tave's house on any given day, we decided to stop in at Rob Dyrdek's warehouse and check out the private premiere of his second episode of Fantasy Factory (which airs this Sunday at 8:30 p.m Eastern). After the show and after a couple man-sized tall boys and some Monster cocktails, we couldn't help but have a few laughs at the expense of watching THIS GUY pushing mongo up and down the skate plaza inside, that is until Jamie Tancowny thankfully put him out of his misery, grabbed his board, and put on a quick one-man demo for us all. Check the photos and point-and-shoot video from the night.
Jamie Tancowny getting some tricks to a Hoochie Momma and Lollipop soundtrack.


text: Mahindra Tractor Retail Sales Jump 30% April 25, 2013 12:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Retail sales of tractors grew 30% year-over-year for Mahindra USA in fiscal year 2013, according to the manufacturer. That represents the company's highest retail sales to date. Tractors from Mahindra, which is based in India and entered the U.S. market in 1994, range from 22 hp to 100 hp and are targeted at farms of varying sizes. The company ranked No. 2 for overall satisfaction in the 2013 North American Equipment Dealers Association Annual Dealer/Manufacturer Relations Survey. It ranked as the No. 3 tractor manufacturer in the U.S. for machines under 80 hp. (See related: Mahindra Celebrates 2 Million Tractors) To better support the North American market, the company recently opened its Northeast Authorized Distribution Center serving the northeastern U.S. and Canada and launched Mahindra Common Rail Diesel (mCRD) Tier 4-powered tractor models, as well as mForce and mPower higher horsepower models. Back to news


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What a difference a year makes.
On March 9, 2012, Walt Disney Pictures released "John Carter," the sci-fi adventure film that promptly bombed, taking in about $40 million en route to a $73-million domestic gross that precipitated the resignation of Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross.
But with the $80.3-million domestic opening of Disney's "Oz: The Great and Powerful," which unfurled Friday, the studio has a hit that appears to have plenty of life left in it.
"We are happy that the movie seemed to land with audiences -- and a broad spectrum of the audience," Sean Bailey, head of production at Walt Disney Studios, said in an interview Sunday morning. "We are pleased families seemed to turn out and the general audience seemed to turn out and enjoy the movie."
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I have MS and no health insurance. I lost health insurance when I had to leave my job. How can I get coverage?
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Dear Not Sure Where To Turn,
It depends what state you live in. In some states, insurers have to offer you a plan though they may be able to charge you more. In other states, the insurer can refuse to sell you a plan. Here is a list of states and their rules on "guaranteed issue". If you are turned down for health insurance, contact your state's insurance regulatory bureau to find out whether you qualify for a high risk pool or other program for people who are considered "uninsurable".
In 2014, all insurers will have to accept you as a customer. Until then, you may have to work a little harder to find a plan. If your illness is preventing you from working, you should file for Social Security disability. You may qualify for these benefits, which would help you pay for health insurance until you qualify for Medicare.


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StopWaste was an early funder of the Alameda County Food Bank Grocery Rescue Program through their grants program. The Grocery Rescue Program (GRP) partners with local grocery stores and retailers to recover a variety of foods for neighborhood food pantries and meal programs.


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I think i would be arnie or overglider ..
Im not happy with my legs (i think they are too low) so i dont think im a kickastic
I suppose it is very important to define your type correctly to have best progression
One more question Do smooth guru have any featback from coaches ? forum or other form? If i would take 1 year pro account for guru ?
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To charge your AirPods, put them in your case. Your case holds multiple, full charges for your AirPods, so you can charge on the go.
To charge your case, plug the Lightning cable that came with your AirPods into the Lightning connector on your case. Then plug the other end of the cable into a USB charger or port. You can charge your case with or without your AirPods inside.
Learn about battery life
- Your AirPods can get up to 5 hours of listening time or 2 hours of talk time on a single charge.
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time, or up to 11 hours of talk time.
- If you charge your AirPods for 15 minutes in your case, you get up to 3 hours of listening time or over an hour of talk time.
- When the AirPod battery charge is low, you hear a tone in one or both AirPods. You hear the tone one time when the battery charge is low, and a second time right before the AirPods turn off.
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Your AirPods charge in the case and are ready for you to use as soon as you open the lid.
- To keep your AirPods charged, put them in the case when you're not using them.
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- Repeatedly opening and closing the charging case can reduce the battery charge of the case.
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The status light in your case sits between the spaces for your AirPods:
If your AirPods are in your case, then the light shows the charge status of your AirPods. If not, the light shows the status of your case. Green means charged, and amber means less than one full charge remains. If the light flashes white, your AirPods are ready to set up with one of your devices. If the light flashes amber, you might need to set up your AirPods again.


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Thank you all for your email replies. I am working my way through them as I write. I have been asked to clarify some detail so here goes...
Reliability of Fatima Witnesses
Witnesses at Fatima in 1917 as per written records consisted of Masons, Communists, Atheists and Christians. They saw the sun, contrary to all cosmic laws, twirl in the sky, throw off colors and descend to earth.
A reasonable diversity of witnesses don't you think. I don't see how Masons, Communists or Atheists of the time would have 'desired to see something' extraordinary that could be attributed to Marian phenomenon
Endorsed as a miracle
Lets look at the definition of a Miracle "A highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment" Does the events described above conform to the definition? If we are to believe the testimonies of the above mentioned then probably yes.
Who estimated the attendees at Fatima?
Avelino de Almeida, writing for a Portuguese newspaper and Dr. Joseph Garrett, professor of natural sciences at the University of Coimbra estimated the number of people attending.
Tacitus is considered to be one of the greatest Roman historians. Lets look at the whole sentence taken from his records where 'superstition' is mentioned.
"Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea"
The "mischievous superstition" spoken about here are the teachings promoted by Jesus and his followers which later would be called Christianity.
Scholars generally consider Tacitus's reference to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilatus to be both authentic, and of historical value. Period.
There is no other written account as far as I know of another Jesus who openly called himself the Christ. By openly calling oneself the Christ you were almost certainly guaranteed of execution at the hands of the Jews for blasphmey. If there were other Jesus's as one email mentions do you think they would openly go around saying they were the Christ? Most likely not unless they had a death wish.
Tacitus would have wrote about the resurrection if it happened
The Jews vehemently deny the resurrection. It is highly probable Tacitus did not hear about the resurrection. On the other hand if he did hear about it do you think a non Jesus believer of Tactius's stature being a respected Senator and Historian would report that a man called Jesus who died of crucifixion mysteriously rose from the dead. He would be laughed at all the way to Rome. Tacitus could certainly write of the crucifixion of Jesus because this was common and understandable, that such an order was issued by a Roman magistrate..
What Doctors examined Alexandra da Costa
Alexandra da Costa was an invalid most of her life. She was hospitalised and monitored over a 40-day period whereby she received nothing only the Eucharist. She was observed by Dr. C A di Lima, Professor of the faculty of Medicine of Oporto, Dr E. A. D. de Azevedo from the same, Professor Ruj. Joao Marques, professor of medical science, Pernambuco, professor of the branch of nutrition of the school of Social Service, president of the society of Gastroenterology and nutrition, Pernambuco. Dr Gomez de Araujo of the Royal Academy of Medicine, Madrid, specialist in nervous diseases and arthritis. They monitored her weight, blood, temperature, breathing, blood pressure. There is written testimony to this. It is claimed by persons close to her she did not eat or drink but only the Eucharist for 13 years.
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Ok, so is Prahlad Jani, who claims to have gone 70 years without food, proof that Amba/Durga really exists? He is still alive and periodically undergoes scrutiny by those silly enough to feel it is even warranted - which gives us the potential to examine him first hand. If you believe a god could exist then you should really make the effort to examine this fellow because if his claims hold up then he is proof that your gods do not exist. Alternatively, if you find out how he pulls off his con then you'll have a explanation equally applicable to Alexandra de Costa proving that such feats can be faked.
I still need to ask you for photos of the 'sun miracle'. There are plenty of photos of the crowd - why not a single photo of the event?
And as for Tacitus, it is clear that he was aware of the stories being told by Christians and that is where his relevance ends. With all those holy men popping out of their graves and wondering around town at about the time of Jesus' resurrection, don't you find it odd that not a single contemporary writer even mentioned such extraordinary events? I mean you literally have a city inundated with zombies yet not a single letter written home by Roman soldiers of the period ever mentions the zombie infestation.
There are a couple of problems with the initial post... I'll just address those because the treatment of the idea considering these points negate the rest of the post. First, the definition of miracle... the IP chose to pick and choose in this regard (not an unchristian-like decision). The actual definition according to Webster, and the one much closer to the Christian definition as opposed to a "secular" definition, is: "1: an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs." The word "divine" takes the event out of realm of standard science. Something happened, we don't know what but there are some theories. However, there is nothing to indicate something of divine origin other than the extremity of witness accounts.
Also, Tacitus, while a reliable and intelligent chronicler of events, was writing many decades, close to a century, after the event itself, so his knowledge of it is no more reliable than any other. He may have believed it happen a certain way, but since he could not have been there, and his only sources could have been other written accounts that also cannot be verified, or speculatively, supposed eye witnesses who would have to be very old and possibly swayed by their own agenda, even Tactitus' accounts are no more than heresay.


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We want the Canadian government to bring Marc Emery home to serve his sentence in Canada.
This is a normal process called "Treaty Transfer" whereby American and Canadian prisoners are transferred home to serve their sentences in their native country. This is normally done so that prisoners can be closer to their families, and be better monitored and reintegrated into society.
Now that Marc Emery has been sentenced in the USA (to 5 years), his lawyers have initiated the treaty transfer application. They expect no objection from American authorities, but there must also be support from Canada's Public Safety Minister.
Originally we were fighting for Canadian officials to block Marc's extradition entirely. Now we are simply asking the Public Safety Minister to accept Marc's treaty transfer and allow him to serve some of his sentence in Canada.
Please contact the Canadian Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews (pronounced "Taves") and ask him to approve Canadian citizen Marc Emery's prison transfer application so Marc can serve his sentence in Canada. Please be polite and respectful when contacting Vic Toews.
The Hon. Vic Toews
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You can also call or email Vic Toews:
Be sure to promote the website www.FreeMarc.ca so others can help bring Marc Emery home!


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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
The pathway to biomedical innovation is marked by four cornerstones: observation, conceptualization, experimentation and implementation. At Tulane University the interdisciplinary Bioinnovation PhD Program fast-tracks students through this process. Here, an entrepreneurial bend to the traditional academic research enterprise generates practical biomedical breakthroughs geared for the medical marketplace.
Bioinnovation graduate students train under the collaborative leadership of mentors and colleagues across Tulane's Schools of Science & Engineering, Medicine, Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Law, and Business. Partnerships with the United States FDA and New Orleans Bioinnovation Center provide additional real-world business and regulatory experience critical for pushing biomedical technologies out of the laboratory and into the healthcare environment. Bioinnovation PhD students at Tulane University gain practical knowledge for use in all four corners of their research and learn first-hand how to bring their ideas to reality.


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Men's walletsA beach bum's wallet says more about him than what's inside. This season, don't get caught with the typical, boring leather billfold. O'Neill's collection of men's wallets includes enough styles to keep you looking fresh, even when that wallet is skinny. Whether you're on the beach or the mountain, these hard-wearing pieces will stick it out and keep your money dressed well.
The Sergeant wallet is perfect for the classic man. It's a simple leather two-fold with enough space for your cards without going over the top. If you're a guy that's always on the go, try the Barrel wallet. The zipper will keep your euros inside when you're outside. We wouldn't be a surf brand without a bit of flair, and our collection of men's wallets is no different. The Point Break and Pocketbook men's wallets come in a wide variety of colours that will make a statement on your next weekend out.


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Is AC/DC Calling It Quits? [AUDIO]
There's talk out of Australia that AC/DC may announce their retirement very soon...as early as today!
An entertainment journalist on an Australian radio station said that the band was going to cancel an upcoming tour, and, quote, "we will never see them perform again or record again."
There are supposedly some tragic circumstances surrounding the band's retirement that might have something to do with guitarist, and founding member, Malcolm Young returning home to his family in Australia for "personal reasons." There's been no official word yet, but according to one rumor, Malcolm is terminally ill, and the band's position is that they'd rather pack it in than replace him. Malcolm is 61 years old.


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PATC Training course "Advanced Fortran Topics" @ LRZ
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This course is targeted at scientists who wish to extend their knowledge of Fortran beyond what is provided in the Fortran 95 standard. Some other tools relevant for software engineering are also discussed. Topics covered include
- object oriented features
- design patterns
- generation and handling of shared libraries
- mixed language programming
- standardized IEEE arithmetic and exceptions
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- parallel programming with coarrays
To consolidate the lecture material, each day's approximately 4 hours of lecture are complemented by 3 hours of hands-on sessions.


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Even under the best circumstances, driving can be a difficult task. There's a constantly changing environment to consider, including weather conditions, traffic signs and other drivers on the road. However, it's important to know that once the driver, autistic or not, understands the rules of the road and the basics of operating a vehicle, driving becomes much simpler.
"Some autistic people may find the skill of driving extremely difficult, whilst others will be highly competent. A diagnosis of (autism spectrum disorder) should not in itself be a barrier to holding a license," says Autism.org.
To help you or your loved one prepare, here are several things to consider and know as you attempt to navigate the driving world.
Studies show chances for success
Several studies have been conducted within the last decade to discover how many autistic persons are actually able to obtain and successfully use a driver's license.
Autistic teens who drive fared better than their peers in that only 12 percent of autistic teen drivers had gotten a ticket or been involved in a crash, according to one study from 2012 published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. That number seems low when compared with the 31 percent and 22 percent of all teens that have gotten a ticket or been in a crash, respectively.
Researchers found promising results for the future of autistic drivers when it was recorded that 1 in 3 teens who have autism and no intellectual disability can earn a driver's license That being said, it may take more time to achieve this goal, but it is definitely possible.
It's important for adult drivers to know their limits and set their driving restrictions such as not driving at night or on busy highways, says the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Research has also shown that instruction for ASD drivers and law enforcement alike can benefit both parties for smoother future interactions.
If possible, seek specialized instruction
While it's true that most public schools offer an accessible drivers' education course, there's much to be gained by taking some form of specialized instruction. Whether this comes in the form of a private driver school or perhaps a driver's education program for those with ASD, take a look at the options available to you.
"ASD can affect decision-making, information processing and attention to varying degrees. We need to understand what resources, specialized instruction and other supports might be helpful for teens and adults with ASD who are considering or preparing to drive," says Benjamin Yerys, a scientist at the Center for Autism Research.
If you're wondering how to go about finding these resources, start by looking at your local driver's license division's webpage. There, you be able to see if there are any resources for those with special considerations; these resources should be offered for both the written and practical exam. Also, seek out your local autism organization chapters.
Don't underestimate parental instruction
Most teens tend to learn how to drive from a parent or older role model. If you are teaching anyone how to drive, with or without ASD, make sure that you are willing to be patient and consistent. Anyone learning to drive will appreciate you helping them feel calm and confident and not afraid, frustrated or overwhelmed. As you teach someone to drive, do everything you can to help them develop a firm knowledge of driving basics.
Find a suitable teaching/learning environment
When it comes to learning the practical logistics of driving, it's best to find an environment free of distraction. This will help the driver maintain his or her focus on learning, executing and bettering the new skills.
Driving a vehicle consists of frequent multitasking, so it's important to have as much focus as possible. Whether you learn in an empty field, a large and vacant parking lot or some other similar place, make sure that you feel safe and free to make mistakes. This will help you or your loved ones develop the confidence and knowledge they need to eventually drive out on a busy street. But remember, one step at a time.
Overall, it is up to the individuals who are seeking a license and their support system to ask the appropriate questions regarding readiness to drive. With specific instruction, self-set limits and going at an appropriate pace, obtaining a driver's license is well within reach for individuals with ASD.


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Project page for the high altitude balloon tracking/listening station we are setting up in the space.
Acquired Hardware
- "ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM" dongle, RTL2838U, Fitipower FC0013 tuner, Supported gain values (23): -9.9 -7.3 -6.5 -6.3 -6.0 -5.8 -5.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.1 17.9 18.1 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.8 19.1 19.7
- VK5QI HABamp
- Raspberry Pi
- Test payload, RFM22b sending RTTY strings on 434.250MHz. Code here: https://github.com/costyn/rfmtest/blob/master/rfmtest.pde
- Sending test payload --> works!
- Sending data from rtl_tcp on RasPi over the network --> works! (1024000 samples/second seems to go fine when both are on a wired connection)
- gqrx to listen to audio --> works!
- dl-fldigi RTTY decoding --> works!
- Testing VNC performance with gqrx and dl-fldigi --> usable with JPEG compression and 8 bits of color
- Setting up a virtual machine with gqrx and dl-fldigi
revspace@habraspi:~$ rtl_tcp -a 10.42.43.20
Found 1 device(s). Found Fitipower FC0013 tuner
Using ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle
The roof
- Currently there is no lightning protection installed. We need to figure out how we are going to ground the antenna.
- POE seems doable, also makes it easy to restart the setup.
- Penetrating the roof would increase the risk of any leakage
- Our best option is to guide the UTP-cable down the drainpipe, in a separate PVC-pipe.
- Currently we have no antenna. Well need some heavy duty (directional?) antenna.
- Do we make one or do we buy one?
- What kind of antenna? (keep in mind we only have line of sight towards south/southwest)
- Find and buy IP56 enclosure: http://linitx.com/product/13265
- Obtain 48v PoE injector, make 48v-5v power regulator for inside enclosure.
- How do we deal with heat in the summer?
- Your ideas, we love them!
Lightning protection
09:53 < costyn> so guys, how do you ground your antenna's? what the consensus on lightning arrestors? 09:56 < fsphil> there's so little lightning here I don't bother 09:57 < costyn> hmm 09:58 < costyn> we're going to place an antenna on the roof of our hackerspace, but it's not our building and we'll have to convince the owners that it's safe 10:18 < SpeedEvil> you need to ground to a separate rod, with a straight cable to it 10:20 < SpeedEvil> thick insulated cable 10:20 < costyn> define thick? 10:29 < gonzo_> you are only going to be able to disipate static with earthing. very little you can do against a direct strike 10:29 < griffonbot> Received email: NickB "[UKHAS] Re: DL-FLDIGI question" 10:31 < gonzo_> most lightening arrestors are really just spark gap's, that allow some high voltage coming down the centre of the coax, to jump to the outer. 10:32 < gonzo_> your typical short colinear is possibly going to be DC short between the centre and braid anyway. (You can test with a DVM) 10:34 < gonzo_> long colinears are not much of an advantage for HAB use, so I assume it will be a short one. So will not extend much above the existing roof profile? So will not be any greater risk of lightening than anything else 10:34 < costyn> gonzo_: it'll be a short one yea, Diamond X-50 likely 10:35 < costyn> gonzo_: and it'll raise some above the roof line, but it's not a high building (2 stories) and there's higher buildings and trees around 10:35 < gonzo_> not siure of your mounting options, but if mounted to existing metalwork up there, like handrains etc, it will be earthed to the building anyway (or at least the owners metalwork) 10:35 < costyn> it's basically a flat roof with some outlets for hvac 10:36 < costyn> so no existing metal work. we're thinking of using/making a stand with metal weighted down with tiles 10:39 < gonzo_> then an extra ground wire would prob be worth adding. If the building or roof is metal, then that could be an option to earth to, or as SpeedEvil said, an earthing rod 10:44 < costyn> ok. thanks for the advice. will see what we can do. not even sure if we're going to get permission to route the coax on the outside of the building, so we'll see


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Although not everybody is a fan of his methodological approach to theology, his particular conclusions, or his theological starting points, I know of no one who would not readily admit that the late German theologian Karl Rahner was a genius. Even if you disagree with him for substantive or unsubstantial reasons, Rahner's insight and impact, even to this day in the field, is really unmatched in the contemporary Catholic Christian academic (and pastoral) world. I thought of this particularly prodigious thinker this morning when I read Tony Schwartz's guest column in the New York Times titled: "Relax! You'll Be More Productive."
Schwartz's starting points are the counterintuitive reports from scholars and scientists in recent years that suggest working harder, longer, and more is actually less productive (and less healthy, duh) than striking a balance that values rest, vacation, exercise, and sleep as much as hours in the office, emails answered, and the like. He contends that this applies on the macro level, such as the need to sleep more each night and take more and lengthier vacations throughout the year, as well as on the micro level, such as the cycle of work habits throughout the day.
I thought of Rahner because among his more philosophically complex engagements with the theological tradition, the German theologian was also interested in exploring the theological significance of what he called Alltägliche Dinge or "everyday things." Among these everyday things were subjects like work, walking, seeing, laughing, eating, and — you've guessed it! — sleep. Rahner asks:
Is there such a thing as a theology of sleeping? Most certainly there is. In a wonderfully earthy way, scripture first of all confirms our own experience with sleep: It talks about the solid sleep of the one who has worked hard, the destructive sleeplessness of the one in charge of many things, the excessive sleep of the lazy one, and similar things. But scripture also sees in sleep an image and reflection of a deeper reality of human existence: the image of death, the image of dead and deadening dullness, the image of being mired in sin. Also, scripture sees in sleep an inner relaxation, where a person is receptive to the instructions of God (as if given by the Lord in one's sleep), a time for meaningful dreams that can clarify God's directions and call and that can perhaps make one conscious of what is otherwise repressed.
Surely Rahner is correct — Matthew's account of the Gospel practically begins the whole story of Jesus Christ with sleep and dreams as we read that Mary's husband "Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him an a dream and said, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit'" (Matt 1:19-20).
Likewise, we know of Joseph's role in interpreting the Pharaoh's dreams in Egypt and the ways in which dreams and sleep intertwine at various points in both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
Rahner explains that it's not all about dreams and visions, but that the simple, human, and necessary physiological exercise of sleep is itself a religious and spiritual practice. He wrote:
Sleep is an act of trusting one' deepest inner conviction, one's own certainty, and the goodness of the human world. It is an act of innocence and of consenting to the elusive. If one approached sleep like that, not as a merely dull succumbing to physiological mechanisms but as an agreeable and trusting acceptance of an utterly human act, then falling asleep could be seen as relating to the inner structure of prayer, which is equally a letting-go, an entrusting of one's own convictions to the providence of God which one lovingly accepts.
In other words, it is about awareness and surrender, about trust and recognizing the presence of God in our lives at all times, in all places and, as Ignatius Loyola made popular, "in all things."
Rahner's notion of sleep was elicited by Schwartz's column because there is an overlap and complementarity in their respective points — Schwartz from a physiological and productivity standpoint, and Rahner from one of theology and spirituality.
Rahner pointed out that, "sleep is peaceful and relaxed, a communication with the depth in which needs to be grounded and rooted whatever makes us free as human beings, all conscious planning of life, if we want to remain whole or wish to be."
Schwartz says something very similar, if in a different way.
Our basic idea is that the energy employees bring to their jobs is far more important in terms of the value of their work than is the number of hours they work. By managing energy more skillfully, it's possible to get more done, in less time, more sustainably. In a decade, no one has ever chosen to leave the company. Our secret is simple — and generally applicable. When we're renewing, we're truly renewing, so when we're working, we can really work.
He gives an example from his own professional life of how balance and a different approach to work, centered on valuing rest, sleep, and renewal along the way. He talks about the experience of writing his first two books and then his more recent publications and the difference that switching from a "binge" mentality of unbridled work (something I see far too often in academia with colleagues, as well as studious undergrads, spending endless hours and even days/nights in libraries and in front of computers) to a sense of a cycle for awake-activity akin to that of our sleep cycles. In other words: working in cycles of ninety-minute intervals. Schwartz explains:
I've systematically built these principles into the way I write. For my first three books, I sat at my desk for up 10 hours a day. Each of the books took me at least a year to write. For my two most recent books, I wrote in three uninterrupted 90-minute sessions — beginning first thing in the morning, when my energy was highest — and took a break after each one.
Along the way, I learned that it's not how long, but how well, you renew that matters most in terms of performance. Even renewal requires practice. The more rapidly and deeply I learned to quiet my mind and relax my body, the more restored I felt afterward. For one of the breaks, I ran. This generated mental and emotional renewal, but also turned out to be a time in which some of my best ideas came to me, unbidden. Writing just four and half hours a day, I completed both books in less than six months and spent my afternoons on less demanding work.
What he says resonates well with me. I'm often asked "How do you do so much? Do you ever sleep?" and my instant response is always, "Yes, I sleep quite a lot, actually!" The presumption on the part of the inquirer being that in order to "get a lot done" one must work all the time and through the night, and so on and so on.
That "sleep quite a lot" is, of course, relative. I know that I need at least seven hours of sleep a night and I work hard to make sure that I get it. More sleep makes me tired, less sleep makes me tired. I also never work nonstop for hours on end, nor have I ever. This is not some sort of prescient virtue, rather it's just not something I have ever had the patience to do, even if I wanted to do it. This is why I found Schwartz's narrative and supportive data so affirming — I've been accidentally doing what he's talking about here for most of my life.
Working in short spurts of an hour here or 90-minutes there and the accompanying breaks, not so regimented but more naturally present, might be the way to explain my own experience. Until reading this column, I'm not sure I had a good answer to the question "How do you get so much done?"
I think there is a curious connection here between the theological reflection of Rahner on sleep and Schwartz's proposal about rest and productivity. If we live in a graced world where we are always already in communication with the God who is the ground of our very being, perhaps the Benedictines have it a little off. Their traditional motto has been Ora et Labora, which essentially means balancing one's life between "prayer and work."
But, what if, following Rahner and Schwartz, the real motto of our lives should be striving to recognize that the Ora comes in the balance between Operis et quietis, "work and rest."


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Albert Dorne - President
During his teens Dorne had been a newsstand manager, an office boy for a movie theatre chain (and a salesman for a different movie chain), a shipping clerk and a professional fighter (he won his first ten bouts and was flattened in the eleventh, which knocked some sense into him about the best route to becoming an artist not being via the boxing ring).
"All through [the] years, young artists have come to me for advice on their own art careers," wrote Albert Dorne. "That's how the idea for the Famous Artists Schools was born."In 1948, the year Albert Dorne drew this ad for Frigidaire, he and 11 colleagues founded the Famous Artists School, with Dorne acting as president. Dorne's ambition to help cultivate the careers of struggling young artists would mean the virtual demise of his own as a commercial artist.In the early 60's, Dorne launched the Famous Writers School and The Famous Photographers School- evolving the correspondence school empire with 50,000 students around the world and a gross income of $10 million a year."My job as president of the schools takes at least twenty four hours a day," wrote Dorne. "I now do about two pictures a year - to keep my franchise."
"My only hobby is the Famous Artists Schools, " he wrote, "and my ambition is to make my school the most respected institution of its kind - anywhere."
All of today's images can be seen at full size in my Albert Dorne Flickr set.
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thanks for sharing that.ReplyDelete
Thanks for another great posting, Leif. Your description of Dorne as art teacher reminds me of a story that Leonard Starr once recalled about Dorne's lectures to illustration students.ReplyDelete
Reports Starr: Examples of Dorne's work were hung on the walls of lecture hall. I noticed one of the students looking at a painting of an old workhorse, a straw hat on its head, holes cut for its ears, a mess of gray bristles around its nose. The kid just stared and stared at it. At the Q & A after the talk, the boy raised his hand and asked how Dorne managed to do all of that marvelous detail, hat straw rendering, nose hair, etc. Dorne looks at the kid, shrugs, says, "I'm good."
I love that. Truth is simple, isn't it David? Thanks for the great anecdote. :-)ReplyDelete
About ten years ago I found all 3 complete binders of the (1954?) Famous Artist courses in a used book store for $15 each. What a brilliant instructional course that really should be made available again today. There are many artists working who could definitely benefit from them. Thanks for the look at Dorne this week. He's one of my favorite artists!ReplyDelete
That was an amazingly lucky find, Joe - and I agree, we could all learn a lot by going back and reviewing through those course books!ReplyDelete
Dorne makes the rest of look like wusses. David A, thank you for that Leonard Starr story.ReplyDelete
And thanks, as ever, for this great blog, Leif!


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The Hewlett-Woodmere Alumni Association will induct six Hewlett High School graduates into its Hall of Fame during a induction brunch and ceremony at the high school on Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Charles Rait, class of 1962, Jeffrey A. Bader '63, Laurie Lipton '71, H. Gwen Marcus '74, Matthew J. Bassiur '91 and Gus Rosendale '96 are the inductees.
Laurie Lipton
An imaginative artistic talent combines with Lipton's memorable drawing technique to produce art that has an astounding amount of detail created by drawing thousands of tiny lines that stunningly obtain tone, form, light and shade. Her works have been exhibited extensively at shows and galleries in London, Scotland, Spain, Paris, Holland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, New York, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Florida and California.
Publications and media in Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Canada and the U.S. have included her art. "The Extraordinary Drawings of Laurie Lipton," contains 70 of her drawings spanning three decades. Some of Lipton's artist's work can be viewed at www.laurielipton.com and on her Facebook page.
H. Gwen Marcus
Named of the 50 most powerful women in cable by "Cable Fax: The Magazine and one the 100 most powerful women in entertainment by "The Hollywood Reporter," Marcus, who works for Showtime Networks Inc. in New York as executive vice president, general counsel, is the cable company's chief legal officer and helps shape strategies as senior management.
Speaking at schools and on business, legal, and diversity panels, Marcus mentors students and colleagues about careers, management, women in the workplace and diversity. She chairs committees and boards for not-for-profit organizations, including Theatre Development Fund (TDF/TKTS) and the LGBT Community Center. For several consecutive years, she was the largest individual fundraiser for AIDS Walk New York.
Charles Rait
Rait, founded and served as executive director, president and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN). His leadership expanded NANN's membership throughout the world and received the organization's lifetime achievement award.
He also founded and served as editor and publisher for 30 years of the journal "Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing." Rait also established the Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN) that provides educational opportunities and conferences for NICU nurses He is president of Neonatal Nurses of Northern California, established NICU Ink Book Publishers, and published the award-winning, "Neonatal Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know."
Matthew J. Bassiur
Combating counterfeiting and fraud, and managing global strategic planning and intelligence as vice president for Pfizer Global Security, Bassiur is the deputy to Pfizer's chief security officer.
He serves on the boards of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Foundation and the International Anti Counterfeiting Coalition. The Society of Asian Federal Officers named him Civilian of the Year. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored him for distinguished service as a federal government official. As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught intellectual property law in Beijing.
Bassiur also worked for Apple Inc.'s Global Security division, the federal government Department of Justice's Computer Crime & IP Section, chief of the Trademark Counterfeit Unit, and was an assistant DA in Manhattan.
Gus Rosendale
From the Olympics to a mining disaster, Rosendale, now the breaking news reporter and fill-in anchor for NBC News 4 New York, is an award-winning television reporter.
The New York and Vermont Associated Press bureaus have honored him for breaking and general news coverage. He received the New York State AP Award for Best Newscast.
Previous jobs include weekday anchor, breaking news field anchor and special assignment reporter for KSTP-TV (ABC) in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, and a main anchor, weekend anchor and weekday reporter for upstate Plattsburgh and Burlington, Vermont, and on WPTZ-TV (Hearst/NBC), when he covered the Salt Lake Olympics.
He also contributes his time to the United Way and Salvation Army charities.
Jeffrey A. Bader
A Brookings Institution's John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow in International Diplomacy, Foreign Policy for the institution's John L. Thornton China Center, Bader served as special assistant to President Obama as senior director for East Asian Affairs on the National Security Council from January 2009 to April 2011. His many positions include the national committee on U.S. - China relations, academic advisory board U.S.- China Congressional Working Group, U.S. State Department director in Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, deputy consul general to Hong Kong, assistant U.S. trade representative, ambassador to Namibia, and deputy assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs. Bader received the U.S. State Department's Distinguished Service Award. He wrote, "Obama and China's Rise: An Insider's Account of America's Asia Strategy" (2012).


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For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes. From the First Edition in 1972, ARTFORMS has been as visually exciting as the individual works of art that are reproduced in it. ARTFORMS grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts. The goal is to engage readers in the process of realizing their own innate creativity. In the new, Eighth Edition, the title has been modified to Prebles' ARTFORMS, acknowledging the pioneering contribution of the original authors, Duane and Sarah Preble, to the study of art. Their vision and spirit have touched hundreds of thousands of students who have studied ARTFORMS.Frank, Patrick is the author of 'Prebles' Artforms', published 2008 under ISBN 9780135141328 and ISBN 013514132X.[read more]
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Maci Bookout seems to be one of the most down-to-earth Teen Mom stars. Sure, she's had her ups and downs in relationships, but the drama has been minimal -- no rehab to speak of, no abuse allegations, basically nothing remotely resembling Jenelle Evans' love life. You gotta adore her for that! But, at the same time, she seems to have the tendency to juggle the attention of several different guys who are often exes. Hello, trouble!
As far as we know, Maci Bookout is still seeing boyfriend Taylor McKinney ... Although, she did tweet on February 10 that "long distance relationships are evil." So, maybe there's a little trouble in paradise? And if that is the case, it's possible baby daddy Ryan Edwards saw an opening for him to step in and start flirting up a storm with his ex. Oh yes, he did.
Apparently, Ryan was tuning into Maci's radio show, Ask Maci, and tweeted, "What's is the number to call maci on the radio." She quickly responded, "dont even think abt it.... unless benny wants to talk!" Aww. If it wasn't about Bentley, then, what on earth was he planning to ask her on the radio, I wonder? The guy did propose via Twitter not long after breaking up with his girlfriend Dalis Connell! Maybe he thought he'd put Maci on the spot on the air?!
At any rate, there's obviously still chemistry between Benny's parents. And while having a friendship is fab for their little boy, I feel like Maci would be wise to keep her distance until she's sure what she wants to do.
It's easy to slip back into flirtatious banter with an ex. To enjoy getting attention from an ex. But usually, indulging in anything more than strictly platonic chatter with an ex is a recipe for disaster. You realize you're slipping back into an old pattern or reliving the past when what you really want to be doing is moving forward -- probably, nine times out of ten, with someone else!
Sure, it may have been an issue of the timing not being right, but Maci clearly vetoed the idea of getting back together with Ryan by beginning to date Taylor. Maybe the long distance relationship is tough, and maybe it won't work out in the end. But hopefully it doesn't drive her closer to getting back into an already broken relationship.
Do you think Maci should steer clear of flirting too much with Ryan, or is it only a matter of time before they get back together? Do you try to avoid similar encounters with your ex(es)?
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text: Thursday, September 29, 2011 Report Focuses on Long-term Outcomes for Intensive Care Survivors Improving care for intensive care survivors and their families requires collaboration between practitioners and researchers in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, says a new report from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). The report is based on the outcomes of a 2-day meeting aimed at improving the long-term outcomes after critical illness for patients and their families. Thirty-one invited stakeholders participated in the conference. Stakeholders represented key professional organizations and groups, predominantly from North America, involved in the care of intensive care survivors after hospital discharge. Invited experts and SCCM presented a summary of existing data regarding the potential long-term physical, cognitive, and mental health problems after intensive care and the results from studies of postintensive care unit interventions to address these problems. Stakeholders provided reactions, perspectives, concerns, and strategies aimed at improving care and mitigating these long-term health problems. Three major themes emerged from the conference: (1) raising awareness and education, (2) understanding and addressing barriers to practice, and (3) identifying research gaps and resources. Postintensive care syndrome was agreed upon as the recommended term to describe new or worsening problems in physical, cognitive, or mental health status arising after a critical illness and persisting beyond acute care hospitalization. The term could be applied to either a survivor or family member. In addition, strategies were developed to address the major themes arising from the conference to improve outcomes for survivors and families. The report was coauthored by Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT, DPT, MAS, associate director of APTA's Department of Practice, and APTA member Christiane Perme, PT, CCS.


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"Oh no, she didn't have much time for hobbies and interests like that- she was too busy raising us four kids- doing laundry, cleaning house, mopping floors" I persisted, "She must have had some kind of pastime besides housework ... at least to take her mind off the drudgery of keeping up the house." Mom always seems to pick the negative side of these type discussions.
Later on, it came to my mind- Flowers. Of course. Grandma had a grand and memorable flower garden. It began at the corner of the neighbor's garage in the backyard and ran along the property boundary all the way out to the road in front of the house. The whole length of the garden was lined with a flagstone walkway. When I drove by the old house a few years ago, there was no such garden. I believe most people are too busy today to take the trouble to have a garden like Grandma's. My friend, Ben, who breeds roses for nurseries to sell, told me that sales of Roses are not as strong as they used to be when his father was a rosarian.
In any case, the desire for a beautiful garden has always been strong in our family- and not just by the women. The picture below shows my grandmother walking her stepmother, Grossmom Rosa Friedrich, beside the garden. Unfortunately, the picture was printed in black and white as were most prints at that time in the early 1950s. Rosa was leaning on Grandma's arm as she was very weak from cancer. She had refused what little therapy there was at the time for fighting the disease. And I believe there was a staunch acceptance of the inevitable in Rosa's case. However, she must have really enjoyed these walks along the garden as I know it reminded her of her own expansive rock garden back home in Edgewood, near Pittsburgh, PA.
Image: My grandmother, Margaret, walks her step-mom, Grossmom Rosa Friedrich, beside the garden. Taken in early 1950s, in Del Ray, VA, near Alexandria. Sure wish it was in color.
While I have my grandmother's interests and passions in mind, I must mention the interests of her husband, Charles Gailliot, my maternal grandfather. He worked as a pattern maker at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, DC. He built their house from a Sears Kit. All the wood and materials needed for the structure were delivered in the kit, but my grandpap put in a lot of extras like the brick-a-brac around the eaves of the house. He could do any kind of woodwork with his hands and he had large toolbox full of augers, chisels and other wood turning tools. He made a kiddy car for me and painted it a bright red and blue- even the wheels were made of wood. But the pastime I believe he liked best was the canaries he raised in the garage- dozens of the birds. My aunt Helen told me that the family didn't have much money to spend on hobbies like this. So, when she took her first job as a typist, she gave her father $100 to spend on building bird cages. He couldn't say anything she said, something swelled up in his throat, and then he let a tear fall.
As family historians, we are always looking out for traits which are passed from one generation to the next- perhaps looking for examples of "What is Past is Prologue". Well, my mother, like her father, raised canaries on a smaller scale and kept a couple of cages of canaries for several years. I remember the tiny, fragile, cream-colored eggs that would one day show up in a canary's feather-lined nest. Now, for eggs to happen, one must have at least one male and one female in the same cage. So how does one determine the sex of a canary. Mom told me we had to wait until one of the birds matured and started to sing. The ones that sang the most eloquently were the males. The proof was in the pudding, er ... rather the nest.
Image: a PARTIAL glimpse of my mother's garden in Westminster, MD, Aug 2004. Click to enlarge. The Black Eyed Susan is the state flower of Maryland. Don't let anyone kid you, they ONLY grow in Maryland. Because, I've transplanted many bunches of the flower in my garden in Monroe, NC, just to have them whither and die before the next season.
My mother always had a flower garden wherever she lived. Her garden at our house on Nelson Road in Bethesda, Maryland, was the envy of the neighborhood. It was the most beautiful garden in the area and I ought to know because I traveled the neighborhood for years on my newspaper route. In those days, one did not purchase bags of soil at Walmart or K-Mart. So, my father made many trips up to the woods at the end of our block with his wheel barrow. He dug up and transported several loads of top soil and then he filled up his barrow with marble rock which were used to line the border of the garden. In the Spring, the deep pick Creeping Flocks would crawl over the rocks and the deep purple Grape Hyacinthes would form a swath of color about a foot wide and growing the length of the garden.
Image: I go for perennials myself- less work. These Day Lillies are doing well this year. In the rear are purple Spider Wort, roses, and an overgrown Carolina Jessamine (delicate yellow flowers are past blooming).
1. As soon as my Mother recently moved into a cottage in her community, she had to start another heritage garden as noted in this earlier entry.
2. Archived photos from my garden in Monroe, NC (Picasa album)


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Lady Gaga Eats Paper and Talks Rumors on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' [VIDEO]
The words that come out of Lady Gaga's mouth are almost as shocking as what she puts in it.
The Grammy-winning singer stopped by 'The Late Show with David Letterman' Monday night and exchanged some playfully witty banter with the funnyman.
Gaga, decked out in one of her trademark bizarre outfits with a black mask that she eventually took off, also continued her outrageous -- albeit light-hearted -- behavior by chowing down on a piece of paper. The two discussed her outfit of choice and her upbringing before Letterman got down to business by trying to clarify what rumors about the star were true and which were false.
We don't know about you, but if Lady Gaga really did chill out by flyfishing, it would've definitely made us look at her in a totally different light.


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Lecturer in Strategy
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Ben specialises in strategy, innovation, and information systems in the telecom industry, as well as software, and consumer electronics. His research investigates how senior managers can effectively manage strategic change to improve business performance. In particular, Ben's research explores disruptive change and how businesses that may be well managed, customer-friendly, and technologically advanced are still susceptible to failure or to being overtaken by new competitors. Besides, his research investigates how firms create and capture business value.
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This theme examines the impact of information technology (IT) on organisations. Some of the core questions include: What makes some organisations successful at exploiting new IT? How IT contributes to the firm's competitiveness? Which management practices play role in the firm's ability to generate additional value from IT?
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This theme looks at how organisations are responding to the pressures of changing competitive environments. Some of the questions examined include: What triggers firms to innovate their business models? Are business models created or discovered? How firms make transitions to innovative business models? How do they go about implementing new business models?
Organisational Capabilities
This theme investigates what firms do to drive meaningful business results. Some of the questions investigated include: Which capabilities are most critical to company's business performance? Why companies focus on particular capabilities rather than the whole spectrum of the so-called 'best practices'? How do companies build specific organisational capabilities?
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Take a look at Solar Joey on The California Energy Commission's Website. If you are interested in getting home solar power contact Solar Joey today! Joey LeMonier a.k.a Solar Joey is a Sales Representative for American Solar Direct.
Seeking a new direction in his career, Joey (or Solar Joey as he has come to be known) took solar training classes with North Orange County Community College District's CEWTP program and their Enviroment Training Center. Since taking the training Joey has done very well for himself in the solar field. He started his own business and has teamed up with American Solar Direct, a program which helps home owners install solar panels on their home for little to no money out-of-pocket.
Joey's business is currently booming and he is looking to expand his capacity into the future. He has even started his own blog, www.solarjoey.com. Be sure to check it out!
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Crawfordsville to Honor Brigance
by Jim Amidon
October 14, 2010
One of Wabash College's most revered professors will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. at the Crawfordsville District Public Library. The event will honor the late William Norwood Brigance, legendary scholar of speech and rhetorical studies, whose name has been inscribed on the face of the Crawfordsville library.
The program will be held on the breezeway at the main entrance to the library. In the event of inclement weather, it will be held in a meeting room on the basement level of the library.
The program will feature brief remarks from Wabash President Patrick White; Associate Professor of Rhetoric Todd McDorman; Wabash alumnus Roger Billings '59, who was one of Brigance's former students; Brigance's grandson, Jack Oest; and long-time Wabash speech professor Joseph O'Rourke.
"William Norwood Brigance was a giant in his field of speech and at the college he loved so much," said Oest. "But perhaps even more importantly, he made a lifelong impression on the young men he taught as we, his family, can attest after hearing former students speak of him in reverential terms for over half a century. His daughter and grandchildren are proud of his accomplishments and are deeply grateful to the City of Crawfordsville and the Carnegie Museum for the honor they bestow on him today."
For 38 years, Brigance taught Wabash men and shaped the field of rhetorical studies through his scholarship. He was the editor of the pioneering two-volume set
History and Criticism of American Public Address
, author of at least a dozen public speaking textbooks that were used throughout the country, and a prolific contributor to journals in the field of speech for more than 30 years. In addition, he was also the President of the Speech Association of America, where he led the profession through the postwar expansion years.
"Briggy was always ready to see a student and spent countless hours tutoring students who wanted to be on his Speakers Bureau, and I was lucky to be one of them," said Billings. "He would not send anyone out to speak to a group somewhere in Indiana, such as Kiwanis, who had not practiced with him in the empty chapel."
The sum total of Brigance's accomplishments have caused Public Address Scholar Marty Medhurst to conclude that "the contemporary state of rhetorical studies owes as much to W. Norwood Brigance as to any other single scholar of the founding era." Recognizing this, in 2007 Brigance was inducted as a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar.
"With Brigance as a teacher-coach to some of the ablest students at the College, Wabash gained the reputation as a 'powerhouse' in oratory and debate," said Speech Professor Emeritus Joseph O'Rourke. "He also established himself as a prolific and elegant writer; his records cite over 1,000 titles of articles, public lectures, and books, and as a frequent contributor to scholarly journals and popular magazines."
"Brigance was among the kindest and most caring professors I have ever known," added Billings. "He once honored me by inviting me to have a conversation in his private library at home where he wrote his books. Recently I learned that he only allowed himself to write his 14 or so books during summers so as to keep his time free for students."
The ceremony marking the library inscription is open to the public. A reception will be held in the library basement immediately following the ceremony.
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a timeline of Brigance's career
created by the Rhetoric Department.
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By Matthew Heimer
In the lower-than-low interest rate environment that we've all come to accept since the recession, most individual investors have grown accustomed to an uncomfortable trade-off – to reap significant income from their portfolios, especially from their bond holdings, they have to take on a lot more risk. But according to an article in the Wall Street Journal this week (running with the provocative title Money Magic: Bonds Act Like Stocks), some hedge funds and money managers are now advising pension funds on a strategy that they say will let those funds have their low-risk cake and snack on high returns, too.
The strategy is called "risk parity," and perhaps not surprisingly, it's not the kind of maneuver an investor can easily duplicate on his own. Indeed, the Journal's description of the approach may ring alarm bells for anybody who watched the financial headlines during the 2007-09 crash. The idea: The funds use leverage (that'd be trigger word #1) to boost the returns of their bond portfolios. They obtain that leverage by buying derivatives (there's trigger word #2) like bond futures, as well as investing in commodities and Treasury-inflation- protected securities.
As a whole, writes the Journal's Michael Corkery, risk parity is supposed to make the bond portion of a typical 60%-stock/40%-bond portfolio make up for low returns or losses on the stock side – something that bond returns alone wouldn't accomplish at a time when rates and yields are so low.
The strategy's proponents include hedge funds with strong recent track records, including Bridgewater Associates and AQR Capital Management. And it's certainly understandable that public pensions, in particular, would be eager to boost returns any way they could, given that many of them face huge funding shortfalls. Still, skeptics of the strategy (and even advocates, like Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio) tell Corkery that the approach can go south if interest rates rise and bond prices (which move in the opposite direction from rates) take a tumble.
With that in mind, it's encouraging to see that the municipal governments surveyed by Corkery are largely keeping a lid on their exposure to risk parity—capping it at, say, 10% of fund assets. After all, pension funds getting tripped up by investment strategies that they don't fully understand is, sadly, not an unfamiliar narrative. One of the most compelling obituaries of the past week was that of Robert Citron, the former treasurer whose big derivative bets bankrupted Orange Country, Calif., and landed him in jail in the 1990s; he died Jan. 16 at the age of 87. "An aggressive self-promoter, he required taxpayers to make their checks payable to 'Robert L. "Bob" Citron,' rather than 'Orange County Treasurer,'" writes Douglas Martin in the New York Times.


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"Inside Llewyn Davis," Joel and Ethan Coen's study of a struggling New York folk singer in 1961, was the big winner Saturday at the National Society of Film Critics. The film received four awards, including best film, actor for Oscar Isaac, director for the siblings and cinematography for Bruno Delbonnel.
"American Hustle" placed second and "12 Years a Slave" tied with "Her" for third in the voting for best film, while Chiwetel Ejiofor for "Slave" and Robert Redford for "All Is Lost" were runners-up in the acting category. Alfonso Cuaron came in second in the directing category for "Gravity" and Steven McQueen placed third for "12 Years a Slave."
The National Society of Film Critics win is redemption for "Llewyn Davis," which was snubbed this past week for a Producers Guild of America Award nomination, one of the leading indicators for a best film Oscar nod, and was denied a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for the Coens' original screenplay.
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"12 Years a Slave," which is also one of the leading contenders for the Academy Awards, failed to receive any awards. The film also had disappointing showings last month with the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. and the New York Film Critics Circle.
Cate Blanchett won the lead actress award for her role as a troubled widow in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine." Adele Exarchopoulous for "Blue Is the Warmest Color" placed second in the category and Julie Delpy third for "Before Midnight."
James Franco earned a supporting actor win for his role in "Spring Breakers." Jared Leto from "Dallas Buyers Club" and Barkhad Abdi from "Captain Phillips" placed second and third, respectively, in the category.
Jennifer Lawrence won in the supporting actress category for "American Hustle." Placing second was Lupita Nyong'o for "12 Years a Slave" with Sally Hawkins from "Blue Jasmine" third and Lea Seydoux from "Blue Is the Warmest Color" fourth.
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Screenplay honors went to Richard Linklater, Delpy and Ethan Hawke for "Before Midnight," followed by the Coen brothers for "Llewyn Davis." Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell placed third for "American Hustle."
"Blue Is the Warmest Color" was named best foreign-language film, with "A Touch of Sin" second and "The Great Beauty" third.
The best nonfiction award was given to Joshua Oppenheimer's "Act of Killing," with Frederick Wiseman's "At Berkeley" second and Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's "Leviathan" third.
There was a tie in the best film still awaiting American distribution category, with Tsai Ming-liang's "Stray Dogs" and Daniel Patrick Carbone's "Hide Your Smiling Faces" sharing the honor. The experimental film award went to "Leviathan."
The 56 members of the National Society of Film Critics were eligible to vote Saturday with 42 voting at the 48th awards meeting, using a weighted ballot system. In New York, 18 critics voted in person at at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. There is no awards ceremony; scrolls are sent to all the winners.
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The society, which was founded in 1966 and includes principal critics from major papers and outlets, often disagrees with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over their top choices.
Last year, the society chose "Amour" as best film of the year (which later won the Academy Award for best foreign language film), but the Oscar went to "Argo." Two years ago, "Melancholia" took the top prize from the critics, while the academy selected "The Artist." The last time they both agreed was four years ago with "The Hurt Locker."
The meeting was dedicated to the memory of two distinguished members of the NSFC who died in 2013: Roger Ebert and Stanley Kauffmann.
UPDATED, Jan. 5: Spike Jones' "Her" garnered 16 votes to tie for third place with "12 Years a Slave" in voting for best picture.


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Erica Reetz Paces the Bulldogs with 12 Kills
The Bulldogs dropped a close first set and never recovered in a 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-21) loss to Liberty on Friday night in day one action at the Fullerton Classic in Fullerton, Calif. Erica Reetz, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week, led Yale with 12 kills. The Bulldogs, now 5-2 on the season, return to action on Saturday to face West Virginia and Cal State Fullerton.
Katie Cordell had 15 digs and four kills for the Bulldogs, while Kendall Polan added 31 assists, seven digs and four kills.
"Liberty is a good team, but at the same time, we're still having our ups and downs," Yale head coach Erin Appleman said.
Down 21-16 in the first set, Yale showed fight. Following a timeout, the Bulldogs rallied with kills from Haley Wessels and Polan, and two attack errors by Liberty to pull within one. Yale eventually recovered to tie the match at 23 after a Reetz kill and an attack error.
Liberty took back the lead at 25-24. Bridget Hearst, who posted 11 kills for Yale, tied the set at 25 with a kill. The Flames won the next two points to take the first set, which featured seven tied scores.
Katie Cordell pulled the Bulldogs within 11-10 in the second set after a kill. Liberty answered with seven consecutive points and eventually took the second set.
The third set had eight tied scores and four lead changes. Down 21-19, Kelly Ozurovich's kill from McHaney Carter pulled the Bulldogs closer. The Flames tallied four of the next five points, a run that was capped by a Hannah Anderson service ace, to complete the match.
Karyl Bacon had 13 kills and 10 digs to lead the Flames, who improved to 8-4 on the season.
Yale takes on West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. EST and Cal State Fullerton at 10:30 EST on day two at the Fullerton Classic.


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The first message is a big THANKS to everyone for being with us once more, and the second a sorry for the long message ;)
This year has been a difficult one as we invested lots of effort in improving our infrastructure. This brings some benefits, but also some difficulties. The difficulties come when your users think you are not investing in the product or working at all, while in reality you're so busy you hardly get any sleep. The benefits come in the longer term, and I am extremely excited to announce that we are now technically in a very comfortable position that will allow us to deliver many great things in 2012. We have some key features ready to ship in the first quarter of the year, and we have a pipeline of improvements ready for the following months that we hope will excite the whole community so stay tuned for that.
- While we worked on our infrastructure improvements we have also launched a bunch of features that we hope you all enjoyed:
- We made easier Geotagging photos with Google Latitude
- We powered our comments system with Google Translate, breaking language borders for the Panoramio Community
- We made available the Photos layer from Google Maps to MapsAPI developers
- A new version of the Panoramio contest was launched too. This made half of the community very happy and the other half not that much. We have listened to the feedback and we will iterate on it next year with monthly category changes and other enhancements
- With the growing number of Panoramio photos we developed a new photo browsing experience in Google Earth
- To allow users to join communities based on their interests, we launched Panoramio Groups
On the community side I am extremely excited about the amount of photographers and community events we could meet and join around the world:
- One year more we joined our Spanish Community, this time in Asturias, in their yearly Kedada de Panoamigos. I want to send my warmest wishes to Mirta, Ángel, Faustino and Paco. I hope they will invite me again next year!
- Buelipixx organized an amazing weekend in Zurich where more than 30 photographers visited the Üetliberg and the offices of Google in the CH-PA treffen 2011
- We celebrated 3 regional User Geo Summits in Singapore, Barcelona and Mountain View where we invited our Panoramio Moderators and some local users to discuss their ideas on Panoramio, and spent some quality time together
- YouTube and Panoramio teamed together in Tokyo to celebrate the YouTube x GEO Creator Day
- The Death Valley Photowalk was organized by Thomas Hawk where I got to know a lot of very cool photographers. Within the gang I was especially excited to meet Jeff Sullivan. I have always been extremely impressed by his photos in Panoramio and meeting him in person was an amazing experience. He took me and Google+ Photos Community Manager Brian Rose in a day trip through the desert that I will never forget
I am sure I am missing so many moments and experiences, but I am not worried about that as a lot more experiences are to come in 2012.
I want to really thank you all for being with us, I want to thank all the people I managed to meet this year both online and offline. A big hug to the entire Panoramio community, the Panoramio team, my friends and my family for supporting me, the project and our community.
And despite I know this is not Panoramio related, I still want to share with you the Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review video. It is one of my favorite summaries of the year:
Happy 2012!
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I remember them called Jingles. But, no matter what you call them these anise flavored cookies not only evoke memories of Christmases past but specifically of a lady in the office at my father's car dealership. My mother did not buy them so I only ate them there. Have a yummy day!
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Sadly, once Salerno sold-out to Keebler, neither cookie is as good as the original Salerno Jingle. I've bought both and have done blind-folded taste tests (yes, I am THAT into Jingles). I think the Salerno version is still better (a stronger anise flavor), but both have made the cookies smaller, with less detail in the cookie cut out pattern and a whole lot less of the red and green sugar sprinkles.
I still buy the Salerno version to support the old local tradition and enjoy a few cookies with a hot cup of tea. Mmmm
Please tell me where you buy the Salerno cookies, I am from Chicago, and wanted my children to taste them! Thanks! I totally loved the Jingles!!
I live in West Michigan but I grew up in Western New York (Kenmore) and cannot find these cookies anywhere this year–would you be willing to send some to me also? no other cookies can compare to their taste– not to mention childhood memories!


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Nashville, Tenn. - On Monday, Tennessee State men's basketball coach Travis Williams addressed an auditorium full of students at Brick Church Middle School.
With the entire middle school in attendance, Williams told the children about his upbringing and acknowledged some of the troubles that he has been through in his life. The coach then touched on how even through those hard times, he still became successful through hard work on the basketball court and in the classroom.
"When I was growing up, I wish I had the opportunity for somebody to give me advice. I feel blessed to be given the opportunity to try and help these kids," Williams said.
The talk was set up by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and was meant to remind kids that academics are important, as well as the choices that they make.
"The point that I tried to get across was that each one of those young kids has a story and in life you need to make good decisions to make the story better," Williams said. "Each one of them needs to be determined when it comes to academics, not have a bad attitude and be bought in to what their teachers are trying to get across to them."
This was yet another community service that the men's basketball team has taken part in this year. Earlier this month, members of the team went to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to visit with patients.
Williams will lead his team against Tennessee Tech on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Gentry Center.
--TSU Tigers--


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Scientists and mathematicians test higher on autism spectrum, says Cambridge University
|Photo: Sarah Knapton
For people baffled as to how scientists and mathematicians come up with such novel ideas, a new study suggests they are higher on the autism spectrum making them far better at logical thinking and seeing the bigger picture.
New research which tested nearly 500,000 people for autism traits and compared it to their jobs found those in involved in STEM professions (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) have more autistic traits.
Autistic traits are not the same as having a diagnosis of autism; instead, these are characteristics of personality and behaviour that are found throughout the general population and are linked to what is seen in the clinical condition of autism.
Everyone has some autistic traits – such as difficulty in taking another person's point of view, difficulty in switching attention flexibly, and excellent attention to detail – and there is a wide range in the population.
The University of Cambridge has developed a way of measuring these, using a questionnaire called the Autism Spectrum Quotient, or AQ which comprises 50 questions, each one representing one autistic trait.
They found that people working in a STEM-related job had an average AQ score of 21.9 compared to a score of 18.9 for individuals working in non-STEM jobs. Previously Cambridge University has suggested that Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were both autistic.
The study also backed up previous findings showing that men are more likely to be higher on the autism spectrum than women.
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"These may shed light on why we find males in the population on average have slightly more autistic traits than females do, and why fathers and grandfathers of children with autism are over-represented in STEM fields."
The research, which was published in PLOS One, was carried out with Channel 4 for the programme Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic.
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Additional resources
Sex and STEM Occupation Predict Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Scores in Half a Million People. PLOS ONE; 21 October 2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141229
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
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R. W. Taylor (b. 5th Dec 1895). Enlisted 24/1/1914 in Middx (Service) Bn (Public Schools Bn). Transfer to Army Cyclists Corps 27/7/1915. 33rd Div Cycle Corps, Cpl on 28/10/1916, transfer to Machine Gun Corps (Heavy) later to become Tank Corps. Made 2/Lt 30/1/1918, demobbed 20/2/1919.


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Oregon Law Review : Vol. 89, No. 1, p. 133-174 : Lawyers Who Break the Law: What Congress Can Do to Prevent Mental Health Patient Advocates from Violating Federal Legislation
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The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986 created a federally funded, national system of patient advocacy that gave lawyers, known as "patient advocates," the authority to investigate patient allegations of neglect, abuse, and civil rights violations. PAIMI was also designed to protect individuals with mental illness who live and receive treatment outside inpatient treatment facilities. It is a wide-reaching Act that has protected countless individuals who are unable to defend themselves due to their circumstances or who might otherwise have died or suffered abuse in secret. Patient advocates have a demanding job. In 2008, patient advocates investigated nearly 19,000 allegations of abuse, neglect, or rights violations on behalf of their clients.6 In 2009, Congress allotted $35.8 million to patient advocacy groups to carry out these investigations. It is projected that Congress will review PAIMI next year. Despite the additional funding and PAIMI's simple mandate, several problems exist with the patient advocacy system. In the past decade alone, the Department of Justice investigated and uncovered numerous incidents of widespread neglect and abuse in hospitals and institutions throughout the United States. What was said during congressional hearings twenty-five years ago—that "[p]rotection for these frailest of our society exists largely on paper"10—is unfortunately still true today, despite PAIMI's enactment. The federal investigations raise concerns about why PAIMI's patient advocacy system has been unable to stop the abuse, neglect, and civil rights violations it was created to prevent. One reason is that patient advocates have taken on additional and legally impermissible responsibilities that Congress never envisioned or authorized. These activities have taken them away from their core mission. The purpose of this Article is to examine these prohibited activities and suggest changes to PAIMI that Congress should consider when it revises and reenacts the Act next year. This Article begins by examining the genesis of modern-day patient advocacy and the conflicting legal theories that underlie the field of mental health law. It then explores relevant provisions of PAIMI and its legislative intent. Finally, this Article examines the legally impermissible activities in which patient advocates have engaged, the problems these activities present, and potential solutions to these problems. In the end, the author hopes that patient advocates will be held accountable to PAIMI, which governs their role as advocates and protectors of individuals with mental illness.