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Recognizing key indicators of human trafficking is the first step in identifying victims and can help save a life. Here are some common indicators to help recognize human trafficking:
- Does the person appear disconnected from family, friends, community organizations, or houses of worship?
- Has a child stopped attending school?
- Has the person had a sudden or dramatic change in behavior?
- Is a juvenile engaged in commercial sex acts?
- Is the person disoriented or confused, or showing signs of mental or physical abuse?
- Does the person have bruises in various stages of healing?
- Is the person fearful, timid, or submissive?
- Does the person show signs of having been denied food, water, sleep, or medical care?
- Is the person often in the company of someone to whom he or she defers? Or someone who seems to be in control of the situation, e.g., where they go or who they talk to?
- Does the person appear to be coached on what to say?
- Is the person living in unsuitable conditions?
- Does the person lack personal possessions and appear not to have a stable living situation?
- Does the person have freedom of movement? Can the person freely leave where they live? Are there unreasonable security measures?
Not all indicators listed above are present in every human trafficking situation, and the presence or absence of any of the indicators is not necessarily proof of human trafficking.
Everyone has a role to play in combating human trafficking. Recognizing the signs of human trafficking is the first step to identifying a victim. Our resources page has materials for a more in-depth human trafficking education and a catalog of materials that can be distributed and displayed in your community.
Do not at any time attempt to confront a suspected trafficker directly or alert a victim to your suspicions. Your safety as well as the victim's safety is paramount. Instead, please contact local law enforcement directly or call the tip lines indicated on this page:
- Call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423) to report suspicious criminal activity to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tip Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Highly trained specialists take reports from both the public and law enforcement agencies on more than 400 laws enforced by ICE HSI, including those related to human trafficking. The Tip Line is accessible outside the United States by calling 802-872-6199.
- To get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH), call 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733). The NHTH can help connect victims with service providers in the area and provides training, technical assistance, and other resources. The NHTH is a national, toll-free hotline available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The NHTH is not a law enforcement or immigration authority and is operated by a nongovernmental organization funded by the Federal government.
By identifying victims and reporting tips, you are doing your part to help law enforcement rescue victims, and you might save a life. Law enforcement can connect victims to services such as medical and mental health care, shelter, job training, and legal assistance that restore their freedom and dignity. The presence or absence of any of the indicators is not necessarily proof of human trafficking. It is up to law enforcement to investigate suspected cases of human trafficking.


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Moxley offers no clue if she'll go after the permanent superintendent's job in Indian River
VERO BEACH — Will Interim school Superintendent Susan Moxley apply to become the district's permanent superintendent? She was non-committal on the question Wednesday when she addressed the Taxpayers Association of Indian River County.
"I am serving as your interim superintendent and I'm very pleased to be here," Moxley told those in attendance at the group's monthly luncheon. "I have retired, I have 36 years in the system and I've enjoyed every bit of it.
More: Susan Moxley named interim superintendent in Indian River County
"I am very attached to everyone here," she said, "and I want to do my part to make a smooth transition and to stabilize our district from where we have been and where we need to go, so the new superintendent, whomever that might be, walks into a really, really premiere situation and can take our district from here to off the charts."
Moxley said the School Board has started the superintendent search by hiring a consultant, and she expects the interview process to begin mid-November.
More: Indian River schools to use headhunter to find next permanent superintendent
School district Chief Financial Officer Ronald Fagan, formerly executive director for financial services for Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, said taxpayers should not be overly concerned about a letter the district received from financial advisers, warning its credit outlook had been downgraded by Fitch ratings, one of the agencies that rates credit worthiness.
"What (the ratings agencies) did a few months ago is they came in and did a review and changed us from a 'stable' to a 'watch'. It's just a warning to the district that 'Hey, we're watching your trend' and be aware if you continue on the trend, there's a potential for downgrade. No financial impact."
Moxley, who was hired here in May, said she has found strong support for the school district from all parts of the community.
"This community is just wonderful," said Moxley. "It's very impressive to see the giving and dedication you give to all children. Regardless of where they go to school, their method of education, you are very dedicated, and that's very impressive and I thank you on behalf of all our children."


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The Curry Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is overseen by a Board of Directors which is comprised of volunteer resident landowners elected to a four-year term. There are two At-Large representatives and three Zone representatives.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) provides administrative and technical assistance to the District. Through these dollars (and additional grant monies) the District facilitates watershed conservation, restoration, and education throughout Curry County. This work is distributed among the following in-house programs: Restoration, Youth Education, and Monitoring.
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The Wounded Warrior Project said it has opened its fifth office in San Diego. The project is a nonprofit based in Jacksonville that provides programs and services to injured service members and education to the general public. Besides Jacksonville and San Diego, it also has offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; and San Antonio.
The 4,700-square-foot San Diego office will start with 12 employees, but will have room to expand, the nonprofit said in a news release. Wounded Warrior also plans to open offices in Chicago; Fayetteville, N.C.; and Fort Lewis, Wash.


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Here is the next installment of Susan and Gene at the movies in 1995. I don't want to look like a sorehead, just because there weren't any SEC teams in the big championship game (for the first time in the Neolithic era), so congratulations to The Ohio State University Buckeyes, and condolences to the Oregon Ducks. At least the game featured two of the more distinctive team names in college football. Ohio State has a great team. They demonstrated that with authority down the stretch, when it counted. Have you noticed, though, that the trend in sports journalism, especially after big games, is the obligatory story, "What is wrong with the team that lost?" Mm, nothing? They simply lost? Nah! That couldn't be it!
My Alma mater Va Tech beat Ohio back in Sept., then went on to a rocky season, altho they did play in and win Military Bowl.


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Jordan Kelley was born in Texas and has lived there most of her life. She was homeschooled as a child and is an entrepreneur at heart, having started her own business training horses at just 13 years of age.
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Sun Valley & Ketchum
Nestled in the spectacular Rocky Mountains of Idaho are the iconic mountain resort towns of Sun Valley and Ketchum, Idaho. Sun Valley holds the distinction of being the first ski resort in the United States. The thriving town of Ketchum anchors the community and serves as the focal point for dining, shopping, and entertainment. Sun Valley/Ketchum may have their roots in winter, but a visit during the warmer months will have you understand why the locals say "People come for the snow, but they stay for the summers." This alpine haven features world-class streams, endless backcountry to explore, hiking for all levels (against the backdrop of blooming wildflowers), and plenty of clean mountain air.
Lodging & Getting Around
Limelight Hotel, Ketchum
SVWF Special Lodging Rate
The Limelight Hotel is the official lodging partner of the Sun Valley Wellness Festival and serves as the Festival hub. Book your lodging for the Festival for a special group rate. Once in Sun Valley/Ketchum, you won't need a vehicle. You can easily walk or take the free and frequent Mountain Rides bus, which runs through Sun Valley, Ketchum, and the Wood River Valley: Mountain Rides. Should you wish to rent a car, you can do so at the Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey.
Discover current flights and transportation into and around the area to help you plan your SVWF experience.
Festival Venues & Locations
The Argyros Performing Art Center, the Limelight Hotel, The Sun Valley Culinary Institute, and the Festival Meadows are in many ways the pulse of our community. The Argyros will be used for featured and key speakers. The Limelight will accommodate SVWF speakers and visiting attendees. , The Sun Valley Culinary Institute will feature cooking demonstrations and presentations. Festival Meadows hosts the SVWF Experience Park with vendors lining the perimeter, movement classes in the center, and music throughout.


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Yesterday I returned from a weeklong conference in Chicago. Let me emphasize L-O-N-G. So much sitting. And no husband 😦
But when I got back, I found these waiting for me…
A very happy dog
New garden harvest (thank goodness Logan watered the garden while I was gone)
Target gift card–I had problems with my Red Card so they sent me a gift card to apologize. How great is that!
Yoga mat-much needed after so much sitting
And the best part! This guy–missed him the most…
…who brought me the new North Face coat. I'll be toasty warm this winter!
There's no place like home!


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Entrepreneur saw unfilled airport-ride niche
Like many entrepreneurs, Darius Parks saw a void in the market and looked at it as an opportunity to start a business.
"I spent 20 years in law enforcement and was no longer enjoying my work in the public sector," Parks said. "I was working in sales for a security firm, and as I was driving around the state, I noticed that there wasn't a premier ground transportation service."
Curious, he contacted travel agencies and was told they weren't aware of any local businesses that offered ground transportation from our area to the Milwaukee and Chicago airports. That was the impetus needed to investigate further. What followed was extensive market research to dig up data on the number of travelers and how many flew out of Milwaukee or Chicago and would be prospective customers.
"I went to SCORE and they gave me great information and assisted with the financial end of the business plan and in obtaining information," Parks said. "I went to the Department of Commerce and other resources, and found that the numbers were difficult to obtain, so I had to talk to a lot of people to get as close of an estimate as I could."
The outline for his new business, Platinum Transportation Services LLC (platinumtransportationservices.com), began to take shape. When the business plan was completed, it included 30 pages of detail. Although he felt like it was a great plan, Parks was challenged when he took the plan to lenders for financing.
"After developing the business plan, I struggled to get financing," he said. "I went to several lenders who didn't like the idea, and others who liked the idea but didn't want to provide financing."
The next step was a visit to David Stauffacher, business counselor at the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center, a partner of SCORE. Stauffacher challenged Parks to use a business model canvas to modify the original plan and turn it into a visual one-page plan. He also introduced Parks to WWBIC, the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, a group that provides funding to female and male businesses.
"I was surprised to learn that WWBIC wasn't exclusively for females, and that Green Bay businesses qualified for funding," Parks said. "David helped me to scale down my business model and got me ready to present it to a round table of people from WWBIC.
"Some of the questions they asked were designed to see how well I knew the business. They wanted me to succeed and were great to work with."
WWBIC approved the financing and the business was launched. Parks said he is targeting business and family travelers with two types of vehicles — upscale sprinter vans and roomy SUVs. Both were designed with comfort in mind to provide a plush transportation experience. With an MBA in business, he understands business management, but has found certain areas to be weaknesses.
"At first, the website wasn't working out so I knew I would have to hire someone to get it done right," he said. "With online booking, the e-commerce aspect needed to be secure so customers didn't have to worry about fraud. I outsourced that and some of the social media and SEO."
Parks focused on the areas where he excels — customer service and planning. He is an avid networker and has joined various Northeastern Wisconsin Chambers and other organizations. He speaks to travel agents and spends much of his time developing relationships that he hopes will result in referrals. As the area attracts more conferences, he wants to grow and be part of the events.
Within a year, he wants the business to be a recognized name.
"This is something that I have my blood, sweat and tears in," he said. "I like people; everyone has a story and I like to communicate with them. I also have the drive to excel and succeed and those are some of the things I need to have as well as strong ethics and excellent service."
Tina Dettman-Bielefeldt is co-owner of DB Commercial Real Estate in Green Bay and past district director for SCORE, Wisconsin.


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It is supposed to rain come Thursday, a whole .12 of an inch, but still, actually measurable rain as opposed to last week's random scattered few drops that couldn't even clean a skylight.
The first of the season in California always brings a string of accidents from all the months of accumulated oil on the roads as the surfaces all go slick in a way they will not after a good washing-away, an annual phenomenon I'd never heard of till we moved here.
It was time. The new tires went on today.
The mechanics forgot to tell me my car was done. I was in no hurry to walk outside and risk the UV exposure, so having commandeered a padded chair I found inside next to the photo lab I simply sat. And knit. And watched the reactions of passersby to the randomness of a woman knitting at Costco.
The photolab guy kind of sneered and silently but clearly wished me out of there. One woman made up for that when she stopped midstep at the sight of my needles: she looked thrilled, and almost, almost struck up a conversation. I would have myself but I let her decide at her own comfort level, wondering if there was a language barrier–but I would have told her that really, there was not. Her face lighting up like that had said what I'd needed and I wanted to tell her thank you. So I smiled greatly in return.
I knitted on. That purple scarf for my cousin I'd been meaning to really get going on? Now I have. I really like how it's coming out, which is when a project about knits itself, y'know?
When my hands needed a break after two and a half hours I finally did get up and go back outside and in the other door to ask after that car.
Oh, right, here's your key!
And so one sense of satisfaction at a needed job getting done became closer to two.
(Edited to add the next day: when it got past 5:00 I saw my chance at redeeming the interaction between me and the photo lab guy. I asked him what time the tire center closed up for the night, I mean, y'know, I hadn't missed…?
He said he was pretty sure they had the same hours as the rest of the store and that everything was okay. And in that moment, he got a chance to help and he did so gladly and we both came away better off for it. Good for him.)
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Knitting always makes waiting easier! Have knitting, will wait. LOL!Comment by Jody 09.23.14 @ 4:05 am
Talk about making the best of a situation, huh? I love the respect you show people.
That's why I always say I need to have "easy" projects I can bring for occasions such as waiting at the dentist. 🙂Comment by Suzanne from Montreal 09.23.14 @ 6:14 am
Just catching up on your blog…was out of town for a bit last week…yay! for purple scarves, and quiet times (even quiet times in Costco waiting chairs) for knitting. New tires at the right time are also just cause for celebration. Bonus, sounds like your cousin is in for a treat! 🙂Comment by Pam 09.23.14 @ 7:01 am
Maybe the sneer from the guy in the photolab was really dismay that he couldn't be doing what you were. 🙂Comment by twinsetellen 09.23.14 @ 5:45 pm
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Heroic shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, as portrayed by Victor Garber in the epic film, attributes the disaster -- somewhat differently than the poets do -- to "mathematical certainty." Some crew and passengers may incredulously insist that the ship can never sink; but Andrews responds with honesty and humility. Named by many viewers as "Best Scene in Titanic," his moment of truth stands out amidst all the sweeping drama and special effects:
"She's made of Iron . . . I assure you she can [sink]!
And she will. It is a mathematical certainty."
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Kitti: "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
Gerry: Maybe they hit a different iceberg each time (by avoiding the ones they hit before). Same outcome.
Andrea: I am listening to Dead Wake by Eric Larson, and I kept hoping the torpedo would miss the boat!
Eric: My problem is every time I watch it, I spend half the movie looking for what I could use to build a raft.
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Playing Card Games Promotes Senior Brain Fitness
Playing Cards Helps Keep Your brain Fit
Exercise Your Brain To Keep It Fit
Getting older is a fact of life. While we fight the physical effects of aging with exercise and diet, we should also be concerned with our brain fitness. Seniors who see signs of memory loss may also fear losing their cognitive abilities as they age. However, new research shows that new brain cells continue to be produced even as we age. Many studies of older people have determined that decline in brain power is not inevitable, but can be slowed by actively exercising our brains and challenging our new brain cells with a variety of stimulating activities. Sticking to familiar and routine activities will not stimulate these new cells. Just as our bodies need physical exercises and training to keep fit, so our brains need to be exercised to keep fit.
Keep Those Neurons Firing
The National Institute on Aging says that strategy games, board games, word games, Sudoku, crossword puzzles and card games are all brain fitness exercises. Some of these exercises are enjoyed alone while others have the added benefit and stimulation of social interaction.
Playing cards is one activity that many people have enjoyed all their lives. Continuing to play card games will help seniors maintain their brainpower as they age.
Choose Challenging Card Games Like Pinochle, Bridge or Canasta
When choosing card games to play for brain fitness, bypass those endless games of solitaire that become routine and boring. Instead, play games like pinochle, bridge or canasta that exercise memory, concentration, strategy and math skills. Choose something new and challenging, and make an effort to learn new games every so often. Games that involve concentration, reasoning, problem solving, memory, information processing and focus will stimulate brain cells and keep neural pathways functioning. By challenging brain cells with these kinds of games, the neuron pathways are stimulated and continue to grow and develop despite cell damage that may be caused by aging or medical conditions. Variety, in this case, is not only the spice of life, but it is critical to keeping those neurons firing.
Brain Fitness Programs
Card Games Improve Math Skills and Memory Skills
What better way to keep mentally fit than to get together with friends to learn a new game or enjoy an old favorite? Playing card games can help keep senior minds active by learning playing strategies and using math skills. Improve memory skills by playing games that depend on remembering which cards have been played and which are still likely to be in the opposing players' hands. Sharpen math skills by quickly adding points played and keeping score – and leave that calculator in the drawer! Doing simple math in your head will exercise those brain cells! Card games that require players to develop strategies will force those new brain cells to connect and become active.
How to Play Hand and Foot
Card Game Rules
Looking for card game rules? The United States Playing Card Company has a great website with rules for every card game imaginable. http://www.usplayingcard.com/
Some Old Favorite Card Games
One of my favorite games is Hand and Foot, a version of Canasta that we learned a few years ago while camping with some friends. This is a great game to play with 4 or 6 people. It's played with partners using regular playing cards (one more decks of cards than there are players). Each player has two playing hands containing 11 cards (13 by some rules) each, one stack is called the Hand, the other the Foot. The game is fast paced and fun with just enough complexity to make it a challenge. Played by building stacks of cards called "books", there are many things to watch for at one time, keeping all players on their toes.
Another family favorite is Pinochle. While the game itself is easy to learn, the players who remember which cards have been played are the most successful. There is also a strategy to playing the cards once the meld has been put on the table.
Various versions of Rummy can be deceptively simple or more complex. One of my favorite Rummy games is Shanghai Rummy which is played like Rummy, but with different combinations of runs and sets required for each round, the game keeps players on their toes as they try to get on the table and use all of their cards first.
Want to learn a new game that will exercise your brain? How about learning to play Bridge, Whist, Cribbage, Canasta or Texas Hold 'Em?
Card Games
Playing Cards Teaches Skills
Although this article is dedicated to brain fitness in seniors, playing cards is fun and useful for all ages. Card games can be used to teach children basic math skills, matching and observation, numbers and social skills. What better way to combine senior brain fitness exercises with teaching children some valuable skills than to play card games with your grandchildren?
In tough economic times, getting together with friends to play cards or board games is also an economical way to entertain. A stimulating evening or afternoon of cards not only keeps our minds active and alert as we age, but is a great excuse to socialize, laugh and have fun. And never underestimate the importance of laughter and fun to healthy, active minds.
Copyright ©2012 Stephanie Henkel
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Kristen Howe from Northeast Ohio on June 12, 2015:
Stephanie, what a fascinating hub to read. Real interesting to know how it can promote brain health to senior citizens. Voted up!
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 17, 2014:
Teaches12345 - Try teaching the kids some other card games, too. Kids pick up the rules so quickly, and its fun to mix it up.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 17, 2014:
Vocalcoach - Playing cards with family and friends is a great social activity as well as a means to keep your brain fit...and it doesn't cost anything!
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 17, 2014:
Sunshine625 - I never got into poker, but I love most other card games. Maybe I should give it another try...
Dianna Mendez on August 16, 2014:
I love solitaire and play it on my phone to pass the time. Good to know I'm exercising my brain. I still love playing Old Maid when the kids come to visit.
Audrey Hunt from Pahrump NV on August 16, 2014:
As a child I grew up playing all kinds of card games with my family. I just loved it. I still do today and look for any opportunity to play.
Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on August 16, 2014:
Brain exercises are so important for all ages. Seniors especially. Card games are a fun way to keep those brains cells healthy. Poker is my favorite card game :)
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 16, 2014:
Alex Adelman - Wow! That is mind-boggling! Thanks for noticing the typo...I'll fix it now!
Alex Adelman from Oakland Hills, CA on August 15, 2014:
Great choice in showcasing Paul Cézanne's "The Card Players" (although I think you spelled his last name wrong?). It is currently the most expensive painting ever sold at around $250,000,000!
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 29, 2012:
Whalefeather2 - Any games that you play that stimulate your mind are good for you. We also enjoy Jeopardy, and we like playing Scrabble and other board games with our friends and family. Glad you enjoyed the article!
whalefeather2 on August 29, 2012:
I agree with you. Now into my late 60's and my husband will be 75 we try and stay mentally active. Another great mind stimulator we find is Jeopardy. Thanks for a great article.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on August 19, 2011:
Spades sounds like a lot of fun to learn. I love learning new card games -- the only problem is finding people to play with!
Your comment about getting those brain cells working in childhood is right on! I believe that children who play games, read and do creative art and crafts are building a lifetime of healthy brain habits! Thanks for stopping by!
Joanna McKenna from Central Oklahoma on August 18, 2011:
Yes, it's extremely important for seniors to keep the brain cells working. Exploring one's family history is a great "hobby" for this. But equally important is getting those brain cells working in childhood.
My kids' teachers were impressed, but their Sunday School teachers horrified, that I encouraged the kids to play "adult" card games from the time their little hands were big enough to hold a fan of cards. We'd start with "War" and "Go Fish" and move on to Spades.
Spades, although played on many college campuses, is the poor man's version of Bridge. I'd never heard of it until introduced to it by a friend whose college professor parents played it all the time. It really does take as much strategic and memory skills as bridge, but is a quite a bit more "lively". It can be played by as few as three people ("Cutthroat") or by as many as four individually or, like bridge, in pairs competing against each other. At least once a week when the kids were growing up, my Spades playing friends would be gathered around the dining table. Eventually, the kids were good enough to hold their own with the adults - even beat some of them on a regular basis - so the defeated were glad when 9:00 came and the kids were shuffled off to bed!
A little known poker game that's really not a game but a *great* ice breaker is "Indian Poker". Don't remember the rules now, only that our poker group never played more than two hands because by then we'd be laughing so hard we'd have to switch to a more conventional game! ;D
Liz Elias from Oakley, CA on June 13, 2011:
Hi, Stephanie--the Brain Age games are for the hand-held Nintendo DS Lite. I'm not sure if they are anywhere online--I've not looked.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 13, 2011:
Hi Kashmir, I do need all the help I can get, too! :) Thanks for commenting and for your vote!
Thomas Silvia from Massachusetts on June 13, 2011:
Hi Stephanie, great informational hub, it is so important to keep your mind always working and activities that will do that will in the long run help that person's memory working better and longer .
Useful and vote up !!!
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 13, 2011:
Hi Denise- I haven't played Euchre in years - it's another game that we should try again. We do love to play cards with our friends, though usually it's Shanghai Rummy, Pinochle or Hand and Foot. Maybe we need to mix it up a little? Thanks for your comment!
DzyMsLizzy- Wow, you sure have a wonderful selection of games that you play! I haven't played many cards games on the computer, but the Brain Age games sound like fun. I'll have to look them up. The one thing great about computer games is that you can play even if you don't have a willing partner. My father used to love to play poker on the computer, but used to get mad when he lost. :) Thanks for your comments and votes!
PrariePrincess - What a great idea to take students to the Nursing Home to play games with the residents! I'm sure it was fun for all concerned, and was certainly an icebreaker that got everyone involved. Thanks for your comments and votes!
Susan - Texas Hold Em seems to be a really popular game right now, but I haven't played enough to really get it. Maybe playing online would help! Thanks for visiting my hub and for your comment.
Susan Zutautas from Ontario, Canada on June 13, 2011:
Hand and Foot looks like it is fun to play. I play Texas Hold Em on Facebook all the time and really enjoy it. I have always wanted to learn how to play Bridge and hope to one day. Really enjoyed your hub.
Sharilee Swaity from Canada on June 13, 2011:
Stephanie, this is excellent! For my last job, I used to take my students into the local nursing home, to do volunteer work with the seniors. They helped the recreation coordinator play games with these seniors, many who were no longer independent, and some who did not seem to always be "with us."
Well, the coordinator usually had them play games with these residents, and they all loved it! They especially loved this one boy who caused trouble everywhere he went, except here! They played tile rummy and a couple of other games, and all seemed to really benefit, and come alive!
This great hub reminded me of these dear folks. Voted up, and rated all of the above. Great job!
Liz Elias from Oakley, CA on June 12, 2011:
Hi there!
I love games--puzzle games are my favorite, and I have several versions on my computer, ranging from Dynomite to Atlantis Quest and the various incarnations of Luxor. Many are ball-shooting/matching games, but these keep the eye-hand coordination intact.
I also have a Nintendo Game Boy and DS Lite--with more puzzle games, from the old Tetris to the "Brain Age" games which are specifically designed to stimulate the brain.
As far as card games go, my mother-in-law showed us Hand and Foot...which I'd never heard of...we found it very confusing, and have only played the one time. I do enjoy Texas Hold'em (on the computer--where I can always win no matter my hand by continually raising until I force the computer opponents to fold.) LOL Too bad that wouldn't work in a real game! ;-) I like cribbage, too, but unfortunately, no one in my circle, hubby included, likes to sit and play games..other than computer games... ... ...
Voted up!!!
Denise Handlon from North Carolina on June 12, 2011:
Hi Stephanie, great hub. My favorite 'couples' card game was Euchre. My husband and I used to play it frequently with another couple and even attended tournements. Thanks-great points made here about the need to keep the brain sharp.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
Hi Jaye, While I enjoy playing cards, I have to agree that Scrabble is my all-time favorite game. I also like playing it on the computer and have even ventured into a couple of on-line Scrabble playing groups a few times. Like you, I have a family history of Alzheimers (my Mom). Now that it's too late, I see that there were some things she/we could have done differently, the most important being to encourage more brain challenging activities and social stimulation. As always, thanks for your comments!
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
Hi Gail, Thanks for stopping by to read my hub and for your comments!
Jaye Denman from Deep South, USA on June 12, 2011:
How amazing (to me) that you should mention Hand and Foot, a variety of canasta that never crossed my path until I became friends with some people who played it frequently. I found the rules online, but still haven't played the game.
My reluctance may be a holdover from the autumn during which my youngest child started to school. That fall, I met with other mothers a couple of times per week and played canasta enough to last me the rest of my life! (The same thing happened to me with Monopoly when I was even younger. Burnout.)
I enjoyed playing the card games Rook and Gin Rummy many years ago, but don't know anyone who plays them now.
The only board game of which I never tire is Scrabble, and I will probably play it for the rest of my life. I even put a version on my computer so I can play it solitarily, if necessary.
I agree that we need to stimulate those brain cells, and we need the social interaction as well. Perhaps I should join a senior citizens' group to play cards....do you think? I certainly need to do everything possible to ward off Alzheimers, as I have two strikes against me: both my parents had that dread disease.
Thanks for the info, Stephanie....JAYE
Gail Sobotkin from South Carolina on June 12, 2011:
Great hub with some wonderful suggestions for seniors to exercise their brains while having a good time with friends and family.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
BlissfulWriter - You are absolutely correct. Social interaction is so important to our mental health and well being. Thanks for your comments!
BlissfulWriter on June 12, 2011:
Beside stimulating the neurons, these games provide social interaction and studies have shown that maintaining social interactions is one way to stave off Alzheimer's.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
Hi JSParker, Mah Jongg seems like a great game to exercise those brain cells! I had a few lessons once at a campground and it seems like a terrific game. I haven't learned Bridge either, though I'm considering it. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment!
JSParker from Detroit, Michigan on June 12, 2011:
Hi Stephanie,
I have a monthly "First Saturday" women's pinochle group of two tables with four players. Sometimes we play with as few as five at one table which is my favorite (3 against 2) pinochle game. Recently I had a lesson in Mah Jongg for possibly joining a group that seems to always run short of available players. I really enjoyed that lesson and look forward to playing more. Never made it with bridge, though, that one went over my head.
Nicely written hub. Well illustrated, too. Thanks.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
Suramya - I've never heard of the card game Marriage, but will look it up. It's always good to learn a new game! Thanks for stopping by to comment!
Cardeleen - You hit the nail on the head when it comes to brain fitness. "Use it or Lose it" is the running theme in keeping our brains active and healthy. Thanks for your comments!
cardelean from Michigan on June 12, 2011:
I love the challenge of Sudoku. Your hub really reaffirms the idea of trying something new everyday. You either use it or lose it! Great hub.
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 12, 2011:
Hello Case1worker, My husband and I both enjoy Sudoku, too. It does become addictive, doesn't it? I'm sure your husband will be happy to know that his weekly poker games are good for his brain! Thanks for stopping by to read and comment on my hub!
Suramya.K on June 12, 2011:
I love playing a card game called "Marriage". Its fun and I feel it boosts our memory too. Glad to see some scientific evidences for this. Thanks!
CASE1WORKER from UNITED KINGDOM on June 12, 2011:
great hub- i have often thought this myself and encourage my husband top do his sudoku and poker once a week
Stephanie Henkel (author) from USA on June 11, 2011:
Hi Alocsin, Thanks for your comment and your vote! As I'm already a senior, I need all the the help I can get to keep the old neurons firing! Playing games is sure a lot more fun than some of the other things we do to keep healthy. :)
Aurelio Locsin from Orange County, CA on June 11, 2011:
What an interesting topic for us soon-to-be seniors. Voting this one up.


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We all know that exercise is good for you and sitting is bad. Right? Wrong, according to the new article published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
The study followed some 5000 men and women over a 16 year period and found that sitting at work or at home was not associated with increased risk of death even when age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, health, alcohol consumption and diet were taken into consideration. So, according to these authors, sitting may not be as bad for us as we previously thought.


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Ben Heller is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Notre Dame. Heller focuses on modern Spanish American and Caribbean literature, particularly poetry, representations of nature and environmental criticism, and translation. Heller holds a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.
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19th- and 20th-century Spanish American and Caribbean literatures; literary theory and translation
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Modern Spanish American and Caribbean literatures.
Journal Articles
"Multiculturalism, Caribbean Space, and Identity at the Margins: Two Cases," Research in African Literatures 28, 4 (1997)
"Paternal Anxiety, Sexuality, and the Archive of Latin American Narrative--or, Up River with Tiresias," The Journal of Narrative Technique 27, 1 (1997)
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HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam-Korea Friendship Association (VKFA) held its third national congress for the 2018-23 term in Hà Nội yesterday.
The congress elected a 47-member executive committee for the tenure, with Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vũ Tiến Lộc elected president.
A report delivered at the congress showed that in the past term, the VKFA carried out activities in various fields such as politics, economy, cultural exchange and charity, helping strengthen and enhance friendship and mutual understanding between the people of Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Charitable and humanitarian activities are among the priorities of the VKFA. In the last term, the association mobilised Korean businesses to grant scholarships, clothes, sewing machines and production materials to poor students and orphans nationwide.
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The VKFA will also call for more support from the RoK and partners to aid development in Việt Nam.
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James R. Flynn's observation that IQ scores experienced dramatic gains from generation to generation throughout the 20th century has been cited so often, even in popular media, that it is becoming a cocktail party talking point. Next stop a New Yorker cartoon. (An article about Flynn and the Flynn effect has already been published in The New Yorker.)
A recent report in Trends in Genetics (part 1 and part 2) takes a bleaker view of our cognitive future—one that foresees the trend line proceeding inexorably downward. Gerald Crabtree, a biologist at Stanford University, has put forward a provocative hypothesis that our cushy modern existence—absent the ceaseless pressures of natural selection experienced during the Paleolithic—makes us susceptible to the slow creep of random genetic mutations in the the 2000 to 5000 genes needed to ensure that our intellectual and emotional makeup remains intact. The implications of this argument are that we as a species of the genus Homo are over many generations slowly losing our sapiens.
The press justifiably had a field day with this one:
Why did Petraeus do it? Maybe humans are evolving to be dumber.
The really clever part of Crabtree's argument rests on the contention that a Stone Age Fred Flintstone may have been more of a dynamo in some ways than a 20th century Albert Einstein—our pre-historic forebears performed the evolutionary heavy lifting that led to the swollen heads that we still avail ourselves of, at least until the inevitable decline predicted by Crabtree sets in.
Expansion of the human frontal cortex and endocranial volume, to which we likely owe our capacity for abstract thought, predominately occurred between 50 000 and 500,000 years ago in our prehistoric African ancestors, well before written language and before we had the modern voice-box to produce sophisticated verbal language, but after the first tools. Thus, the selective pressures that gave us our mental characteristics operated among nonverbal hunter-gatherers living in dispersed bands or villages, nothing like our present-day high-density, supportive societies.
In line with Crabtree's take, the transition to survival through wiles—in place of speed and physical strength—required adaptations that appeared to rival or outpace the most lofty contemporary intellectual achievements like writing a symphony or cogitating on higher math. One small error in gauging the aerodynamics and gyroscopic stabilization of a spear and one of our would-be ancestors became a canape for a saber-tooth tiger.
Many kinds of modern refined intellectual activity (by which our children are judged) may not necessarily require more innovation, synthesis, or creativity than more ancient forms: inventing the bow-and-arrow, which seems to have occurred only once about 40,000 years ago, was probably as complex an intellectual task as inventing language. Selection could easily have operated on common (but computationally complex) tasks such as building a shelter, and then computationally simple tasks, such as playing chess, became possible as a collateral effect.
Flintstone vs. Einstein smarts are contrasted most starkly by considering the case of artificial intelligence. AI has achieved major strides in emulating certain aspects of intellect: playing chess or Jeopardy and finding patterns in large collections of data, a field dubbed "deep learning." But the remaining and still immense challenges AI confronts lie elsewhere, as Crabtree points out:
AI promised household robots that would wash dishes, mow the lawn, and bring us freshly cooked croissants and coffee in the morning. Needless to say we do not have these robots now and none of the readers of this piece will probably ever see them, despite the immense financial impetus to build them.
The things at which AI excels—playing chess, Jeopardy or keeping an airplane on course—are, in fact, a cognitive piece of cake compared to washing dishes and putting them away in the right place. I remember roboticist Rodney Brooks demonstrating this during a talk at MIT in which he simply put his hand in his pocket and pulled out some change, an extraordinarily tough task for the current generation of R2-D2s.
Without the rigors of strong selection in our extended urban conglomerates—no more necessity of getting it right the first time on that spear throw—the slow but relentless decline of those 2,000 to 5,000 cognition-related genes has already begun—as this argument goes. Crabtree begins the first part of his essay by asserting that the average citizen from Athens circa 1,000 B.C.—or anyone from Africa, India, Asia or the Americas millenia back—would be among the "brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions, with a good memory, a broad range of ideas, and a clear-sighted view of important issues"—personal qualities supplemented by an astonishing emotional aplomb. This hyper-fit type would have prevailed even before the rise of civilization:
A hunter–gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his/her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and be a more attractive mate. Clearly, extreme selection is a thing of the past.
Maybe this explains our fascination with post-apocalyptic Mad Max-style fantasies? But where's the proof for Crabtree's musings and what about contradictory evidence? Crabtree proposes a test of his hypothesis and he also dismisses the Flynn effect that suggests that we have been getting progressively smarter generation after generation. Better IQ scores, Crabtree posits, are not a result of natural selection, but rather may have resulted from getting rid of lead and other heavy metals from gasoline and paint, from elimination of hypothyroidism by putting iodine in salt and from learning how to take tests better. Notwithstanding the Flynn effect, our slow genetic decline continues apace.
And what does the author of the Flynn effect think about the Crabtree effect?
Crabtree suggests that our genetic IQ is in decline and proposes a direct genetic test of his hypothesis. We should await the results without sharing his pessimism. As he says, the environment that pressures us to perform intellectually is competition with other people, which could be argued to be at its maximum today. He "fears" it is not enough and that is not a solid foundation foundation for his speculations. A much more direct test of trends is reproductive patterns. Only recently have the better educated been out-reproduced by the less educated. One can imagine events that would reverse this, so it is premature to panic.
Meanwhile, noted British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar questions the premises of any postulated slow slide toward imbecility:
Crabtree's argument is built on the assumption that the selection pressure for big brains (aka IQ) was solving instrumental problems (how to survive in the world by building better weapons, better tools, etc). In fact, the selection for larger brains across all mammals and birds (and specifically primates) is the complexities of the social world, and this remains at least as complex as it ever was -- in fact, the social world may have even become more complex than it ever was due to a combination of higher population density and urbanization. The ability to build clever tools or novel hunting techniques appears to be a by-product of the [neural] software needed to handle a complex world (they both use the same logic and cognitive processes). So we haven't in fact lost the selection process that kept the pressure on.
The question, as often happens in evolutionary biology, is how to distinguish assertions like Crabtree's from a Rudyard Kipling "just so" story. Crabtree has thought of a test that would sequence whole genomes of carefully selected individuals—ones whose genes could be traced back through an involved analysis to ancestors who lived at different times during the past 5,000 years when the transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture was taking place. The test would look for an increase in mutations for those individuals with genes linked to ancestors who lived more recently along the 5000-year continuum, a confirmation of the gradual decline in intellectual ability.
Finding these people might require more than posting notices on Twitter and Facebook and Crabtree's proposal is probably not going to get pegged high on the NIH's funding priorities for the 2014 federal fiscal year. But the Stanford professor still does not despair. He ends this entropic projection of our evolutionary future on an optimistic and self-deprecatory note. Science, he says, may yet find a way to counteract this trend. "One does not need to imagine a day when we could no longer comprehend the problem, or counteract the slow decay in the genes underlying our intellectual fitness, or have visions of the world population docilely watching reruns on televisions they can no longer build."
We may still have a few hundred years before we lose the modifier denoting "intelligent" in Homo sapiens and science may yet find a way to save us "by socially and morally acceptable means. In the meantime [Crabtree volunteers], I'm going to have another beer and watch my favorite rerun of Miami CSI (if I can figure out how to work the remote control)."
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Batbot is a vehicle and leisure battery monitor that alerts you remotely on your smartphone when the battery is about to be discharged beyond use. Launched via Kickstarter pledges are available from just £55 and worldwide deliveries expected to take place during June 2020.
"Batbot is a device that every equestrian, marine enthusiast, motorhome or vehicle owner has missed… until now. This clever product monitors your vehicle's battery and sends alerts to your mobile device or email when the battery requires charging. No-one wants to miss out on competing at an event, or end up stranded at a campsite, having to wait on break down recovery. Or worse still, spend hundreds of pounds on a replacement after their existing battery has run too low to be salvaged. Also, commercial batteries in particular are notoriously difficult to remove. They tend to be located in inaccessible parts of a vehicle, requiring a Phd in mechanical engineering, or help from a magician to access them! "
Features and benefits of Batbot include :
– Quick and easy to use
– Keeps track of your battery state
– Alerts you when action is required
– Saves destroying batteries with deep discharge
– Regular daily "All Ok" status for peace of mind
– No monthly SIM contract
– First year subscription included
– Low further yearly subscription (£7 ~ £10)
– Chose Sigfox or LoRaWAN version of product
– LoRaWAN has Home Gateway option to provide cover in remote areas
– Helps identify when your battery or vehicle has an electrical fault.
– Avoids the vehicle not starting when needed for emergency or planned use
– Save's garage call out charges to jump start your vehicle
– 24V lorries can be difficult to find a suitable jump start source for, or require a garage call out. Batbot helps you avoid this problem
– Detects when your battery is discharging to a "beyond use" state and allows you to take corrective action, for example by starting the engine.
– Supports 6V, 12V and 24V Battery Systems.
– Comes with Croc Clips or Ring Terminals as a connection methods. (Accessory Pack provides further options).
– Daily 'All Good' status, provides peace of mind that the vehicle is still in a good condition.
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LINQ To XML: working with documents
In the previous posts I"ve presented some of the basic features introduced by the new LINQ To XML API. Today, we"ll keep digging and I"ll show you several options available for working with XML documents. As we"ve seen in the other day, documents are represented by instances of the XDocument class. You"ll really need to use a XDocument when you need to load a DTD or when you need to add a processing instruction. Lets suppose you need to apply a XSL stylesheet to your XML tree. To achieve this, you need to create a new XDocument and then pass it an instance of the XProcessingInstruction. Here"s how you can achieve that:
var xml = new XDocument(
new XProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", "type="text/xsl" href="mySheet.xsl""),
new XElement("clients",
new XElement("client",
new XElement("name", "Luis")
Not really hard…Another thing you might need is setting the encoding of the current XML document. For instance, take a look at the following code:
var xml = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
new XElement("clients",
new XElement("client",
new XElement("name", "Luis")
Btw, if you"re running this code on a console and you pass the xml local variable to the Console.WriteLine method, you won"t see the xml declaration because the XNode class overrides the ToString method and explictly states that the xml declaration should be omitted (it does this by setting the OmitXmlDeclaration property of the XmlWriterSettings to true before passing it to the XmlWriter that is used to write the content of the node). The important thing to keep in mind is that, even though you don"t see it (when you pass it to Console.WriteLine), it"s really there.
Another thing which I end up doing a lot when working with XML is loading documents. Thankfully, the XDocument class makes this really easy. Don"t believe me? ok, just take a look at all the overloads of the static Load method defined by the class:
public static XDocument Load(TextReader textReader);
public static XDocument Load(string uri);
public static XDocument Load(XmlReader reader);
public static XDocument Load(TextReader textReader, LoadOptions options);
public static XDocument Load(string uri, LoadOptions options);
public static XDocument Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options);
Say you have a file called myFile.xml on the D: folder. you can load it by using the following code:
var doc = XDocument.Load( "d:\myFile.xml");
And yes, you do use the same method to load xml from a web site. For instance, the following code loads my RSS feed:
var doc = XDocument.Load(http://feeds.feedburner.com/laneten);
Internally, the method uses the XmlReader class for loading the XML. You can also control the settings (XmlReaderSettings) used by the XmlReader by using the overload which receives a LoadOptions flag enumeration (internally, the class will build a XmlReaderSettings from the LoadOptions you pass in). With this enumeration, you can specify:
- if the white spaces should be preserved (LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
- if the base URI should be requested from the XmlReader and, if available, should be set on the BaseUri property on all the elements loaded (LoadOptions.SetBaseUri) – as an example, when you load a document from a file, the URI points to that file;
- if the line number should be available through the LineNumber property exposed by the XObject, which, as you recall, is the base of all the elements defined on the LINQ To XML API (do notice that you can only access that property through the IXmlLineInfo interface, that is implemented explicitly by the XObject class).
Another operation which you"ll normally end up doing is parsing a XML string. You have two options here: the first is to create a StringReader instance and pass it to initialize an XmlReader object. Then you"d just need to call one of the overloads of the Load method that receives a XmlReader. But there"s an easy way! You can simply use one of the two overloads of the static Parse method introduced by the XDocument class:
public static XDocument Parse(string text);
public static XDocument Parse(string text, LoadOptions options);
When you use one of these overloads, you"ll only need to pass it the string with the XML and that"s it. Before ending this post, there"s one thing you should keep in mind: the Load and Parse methods don"t handle exceptions thrown by the XmlReader. It"s up to you to handle it.
And that"s all for today. But there are still lots of cool stuff on this API and I"ll keep writing about it. Keep tuned!


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A brilliant full-body stretch class with Sleek Principal trainer Sophie recorded live from her London studio. Sophie is the queen of super-effective stretch work! This is one to practice and improve on. Your body will thank you.
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Gently, warm-up, lengthen and stretch your muscles. The perfect start to any Sleek day and to prep your body beautifully for your workout ahead.
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"Dear Jon,
I hope you can help me as I haven't found too much information out there as to what my situation is.
I have a few credit cards and an overdraft and my wife and I have two joint loans. We don't own any property, in council housing, and my wife just recently lost her job. We had been struggling with paying the bills before she was made redundant but now we are in arrears with the credit cards and the one loan. The bank rings us daily asking for money we don't have and today we received a statutory demand notice saying in 14 days or so they are going to take action.
What action are they going to take? My wife is scared to death bailiffs are going to show up and toss us out on the street.
Hoping you can help."
I can sense form your question and wording it is a stressful time, and I'll try to alleviate some of that stress by hopefully letting you know what may occur. Knowledge is power and also puts the lights on dark subjects we may not know much about.
The statutory demand notice is just a formal notice sent to you by the bank saying you owe them money, they want that money, and if you don't pay up in the time it states, they will take further action.
It is the further action that needs to be outlined.
The bank may look to obtain a CCJ or County Court Judgment against you, and from there they could look at enforcing that judgment with bailiffs or a charging order against property. Since you have no property, they may opt for bailiffs. Which if they do send bailiffs, simply do not under any circumstances allow them in your property or to peer through your windows.
DO NOT LET THEM IN. Even if they ask to use the toilet. Do not allow them in. If they do not come in and do an accounting, they cannot come back to take stuff.
The other route a creditor could take is to make you bankrupt. But if they were to make you bankrupt, they pay the bankruptcy fees, and in bankruptcy all your accounts and debts are included, so the creditor who makes you bankrupt does not get favour. So in some instances, it is better for them to try and collect what they can, and not make you bankrupt.
Now this is not meant to be an all inclusive idea of what can occur, but it should give you some idea.
You alternatively could be pro-active and look in an IVA, debt management plan, or bankruptcy yourself.
I hope this helps.
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