"I Love Architecture"

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8055384231/" title="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012 by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8055384231_0b50d34ba1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />On Thursday I attended the <a href="http://construction.com/events/2012/innovation/">2012 Innovation Conference</a>, organized by <i>Architectural Record</i> and held appropriately in the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in Midtown Manhattan. After a string of panels that focused on various strands of innovation—research and development, technological tools, design vanguards, supertall buildings—<a href="http://www.kere-architecture.com/">Francis Kéré</a> gave a keynote that was easily the highlight of the day, only partly because his low-tech means of realizing buildings in his native Burkina Faso and other places was in sharp contrast to the goings-on the rest of the day. Kéré was also very personable, humble, honest, and passionate, as the title of this blog post—the first words of his talk—clearly attests. Visit <i>Architectural Record</i>'s <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/video/">video page</a> to watch his talk in its entirety.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8055383809/" title="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012 by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8055383809_d91e8e7b47_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

"I Love Architecture"

On Thursday I attended the 2012 Innovation Conference , organized by Architectural Record and held appropriately in the McGraw-Hill Auditor...

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Many Thanks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRKOCzGO_S52VPA76majIL7vIMH_jCPgf2LXZ-SzLttLZbmXjrvvlcuRZ0xYj_gh6LBoi1nCo8vz5YvR_WppqdYV5mPX6vM-C-XxvXDHH41PFaXZBSWCuMtT4mC_mX-hxLdErIB4Qtqw/s1600/CiMBA-+Best+Classic+Movie+Blog+Event+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRKOCzGO_S52VPA76majIL7vIMH_jCPgf2LXZ-SzLttLZbmXjrvvlcuRZ0xYj_gh6LBoi1nCo8vz5YvR_WppqdYV5mPX6vM-C-XxvXDHH41PFaXZBSWCuMtT4mC_mX-hxLdErIB4Qtqw/s400/CiMBA-+Best+Classic+Movie+Blog+Event+2012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was nearly a year ago that I began to think about hosting a blog event focused on Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Vertigo</i>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had just read an English translation of the French noir novel the film was adapted from and wanted to blog about it. But to simply write a book-to-film piece didn't appeal. And a straight-ahead review struck me as not only daunting but - redundant - so much has been written on <i>Vertigo </i>by so many over the years, beginning with France's <i>Cahiers du Cinema </i>set 50+ years ago. So, I thought it might be interesting to try something different. What evolved was "A Month of <i>Vertigo</i>," a more-than-a-month-long meditation on the masterpiece from many angles by many bloggers. This turned out to be much more work than I ever anticipated - and much more rewarding than I ever imagined. The icing on the cake has been the honor of being voted a 2012 CiMBA for "Best Classic Movie Blog Event" by the Classic Movie Blog Association</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This award would never have come my way if not for the incredible contributions of the superb guest bloggers who joined me in celebrating Hitchcock's great masterwork (now, according to <i>Sight and Sound</i>, the best film ever). I owe a special debt of gratitude to Brandon Kyle Goco (of <i>Brandon Kyle the Cinephile</i>) who created this wonderful teaser/promo as the event prepared to launch:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KyZfpNb1ilc" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'd like to again thank each of the bloggers who participated - this award belongs to them as much as it does <i>The Lady Eve</i>:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">R.D. Finch of <i>The Movie Projector</i>, who kicked off "A Month of <i>Vertigo</i>" on January 1, 2012 with <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Deadly Obsession: Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Vertigo,</i>"<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> a reflection on the film's structure and themes.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whistlingypsy of <i>Distant Voices and Flickering Shadows</i> who offered her contemplation of "Bernard Herrmann ~ Composer of Haunting Music and Treacherous Dreams."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Blogger and author Christian Esquevin (<i>Silver Screen Modiste</i> is his blog,  <u>Adrian: Silver Sc</u><u>reen to Custom Label</u> is his book) who explored "The Costumes of <i>Vertigo.</i>"</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Brandie Ashe of <i>True Classics</i>,<i> </i>who assessed Kim Novak's greatest role and performance with "Kim Novak in <i>Vertigo</i>: A Hypnotic Presence."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Michael Nazarewycz of <i>Scribe Hard on Film</i>,<i> </i>who considered the film's iconic setting with "More Than Just the Streets of San Francisco."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Author Steven DeRosa (<u>Writing with Hitchcock</u>), expert on the Hitchcock screenwriters and screenplays, who explored the story behind Samuel Taylor's best known screenplay with "An Inconsequential Yarn."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Greco of <i>Twenty Four Frames</i>, who had recently interviewed award-winning biographer Patrick McGilligan about his new Nicholas Ray bio - and interviewed him again for our event on the subject Alfred Hitchcock, about whom McGilligan had written a 2004 biography, and <i>Vertigo</i>.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Allen Hefner of <i>Bit Part Actors</i>, a man who knows his supporting players well, who took a closer look at some of the film's unsung character actors (and more) with <i>Vertigo, The Bit Players</i>.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Brian/Classicfilmboy of <i>Classicfilmboy's Movie Paradise</i>, who examined one of James Stewart's greatest performances with "James Stewart: A Walk on the Dark Side."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Brandon Kyle Goco who contributed not only the promo but also the vlog (video blog), "<i>Vertigo</i>: Alfred Hitchcock's Edifice to Obsession."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Vertigo </i>authority Dan Auiler, author of the definitive <u>VERTIGO: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic</u>, who wrote of the film's mesmerizing impact with "<i>Vertigo </i>for Life."</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Joel Gunz aka/the <i>Alfred Hitchcock Geek</i>, who meditated upon one moment of the film with "Hitchcock's Most Beautiful Shot Ever; Or, A Single Frame So Good, 2,000 Words Don't Do it Justice." </span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(My own contribution, "A Month of <i>Vertigo</i>, The Final Chapter," contemplated the transformation of a genre novel into a cinematic work of art.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thank you to the members of CMBA for honoring the blog event, the contributors and <i>Vertigo</i> with this deeply appreciated award.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxab3I1eZ9e-JGaQBsSXGbVoO13VsnrA-W3LoJVoQWHkgH0LeIfWQ04GyZ01oECUqbTdDYQLXm5_LOvNH5Igu7zjLiVdWMD-vLptJTKlnumceQiuXv8dwy5HiOBeRX0GDRCxcMPF4D2g/s1600/vertigo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxab3I1eZ9e-JGaQBsSXGbVoO13VsnrA-W3LoJVoQWHkgH0LeIfWQ04GyZ01oECUqbTdDYQLXm5_LOvNH5Igu7zjLiVdWMD-vLptJTKlnumceQiuXv8dwy5HiOBeRX0GDRCxcMPF4D2g/s1600/vertigo.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://clamba.blogspot.com/2012/10/and-winners-of-2012-cimbas-are.html"><b>Click here</b></a></span> <span style="color: black;">for the complete list of 2012 CiMBA award winners.</span></span></span>

A Month of Vertigo CMBA The Lady Eve (author) Many Thanks

It was nearly a year ago that I began to think about hosting a blog event focused on Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo . I had just read an Eng...

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MSJS LVII (featuring: Schmoop)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Matt said some things, Jay said some things, You just sat there and listened.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0YNQIfqFlwb-_TaBrr31fYPMMG62Wuv4Imk-FkcqCYz8BMVTdl66xcyuScn4-W7L4adLixQ2IiXWKFf0fvchrSfEUvTLW0SHOqFd6Lw0hxkUSXdwJjphF6PgUONoy7pIc-ojGZNryxw/s1600/B-52s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0YNQIfqFlwb-_TaBrr31fYPMMG62Wuv4Imk-FkcqCYz8BMVTdl66xcyuScn4-W7L4adLixQ2IiXWKFf0fvchrSfEUvTLW0SHOqFd6Lw0hxkUSXdwJjphF6PgUONoy7pIc-ojGZNryxw/s320/B-52s.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Matt: HUSH! I’m listening to the B-52’s!<br />Jay:<br />Matt: Are you there?<br />Jay: Yeah<br />Matt: Okay<br />Jay: You said you were listening to the B-52’s<br />Matt: I turned it off cause YOU RUINED IT!<br />Jay: Oh, okay. Anyway, what’s up?<br />Matt: You’re heartless<br />Jay: No, I just don’t have any social skills.<br />Matt: We’ve all noticed. A few people have even said something about it.<br />Jay: Very hurtful<br />Matt: You should appreciate their honesty though<br />Jay: Whatever. Anyway, get ready for some Heidi Montag hits on the blog<br />Matt: Why?<br />Jay: She’s headlining the Crazy Horse III strip club in Vegas<br />Matt: Well I’m glad things are going well for her.  Here, talk to Schmoop.<br /><br />Schmoop: Where the hell did Heidi come from anyway?<br />Jay: She came from her mom’s va…<br />Schmoop: NOOO … I mean how did she become a celebrity<br />Jay: Oh, she was on The Hills on MTV<br />Schmoop: I don’t think I ever saw it<br />Jay: Oh I did. I watched it for the first few years.<br />Schmoop: Seriously? You watched that?<br />Jay: Oh yeah. Love Lauren Conrad<br />Schmoop: Oh stop!<br />Jay: I’m serious! I loved her on Laguna Beach then The Hills<br />Schmoop: I’m worried about you<br />Jay: At least I don’t watch The Kardashians<br />Schmoop: You know Kloe doesn’t have the same dad? (allegedly)<br />Jay: O.J. Simpson is her dad?<br />Schmoop: Maybe. Or possibly several other men. But, you can tell by looking.<br />Jay: I know. She’s so much hotter than Kim and Kourtney<br />Schmoop: Where the hell is Matt?<br /><br />Matt: What were you two talking about?<br />Jay: The Hills<br />Matt: Heidi Montag’s hills?<br />Jay: The show on MTV<br />Matt: Do you think we could actually get some work done?<br />Jay: This is work. It’s all part of the creative process.<br />Matt: Well, that’s true.<br />Jay: I’m inspired by booze and broads<br />Matt: How did we not think of naming the show that?<br />Jay: I have no idea<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRMSs_zG5-vYOJXQW-qYMAVbf9EbO6cCVHNAC_G-Uliv7qhZOoxKkBNFQj5X08d0UekdXGD2SmxY2mSJTHdXKdHn1YgM8QeThbxs28TBGcNOQPEUPO_08Eb_nc5MV29rHW39RHUWYNIQ/s1600/Missy+Cali+Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRMSs_zG5-vYOJXQW-qYMAVbf9EbO6cCVHNAC_G-Uliv7qhZOoxKkBNFQj5X08d0UekdXGD2SmxY2mSJTHdXKdHn1YgM8QeThbxs28TBGcNOQPEUPO_08Eb_nc5MV29rHW39RHUWYNIQ/s320/Missy+Cali+Love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Matt: So, this week we have the HAWT Missalicious!<br />Jay: Oh yeah baby!<br />Matt: She has hilarious stories to tell<br />Jay: She’s been in some weird situations<br />Matt: And she’s met Eddie Murphy<br />Jay: But, not without incident<br />Matt: Ha! Just as it should be<br />Jay: Okay, this will be great. We’ll just let Miss be her usual charming self.<br />Matt: It’ll be a fun time<br />Jay: Alright, I guess we’re ready<br />Matt: I guess we are.<br /><br />So there you go kids! Another thrilling edition of MSJS. And, don’t forget to join us as we welcome the lovely and hilarious Missy as our special guest on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/07/one-hot-miss">IWS this Sunday at 12 Noon ET</a>! You’ll fall in love with her, guaranteed!<br /><br /></div>

MSJS LVII (featuring: Schmoop)

Matt said some things, Jay said some things, You just sat there and listened. Matt: HUSH! I’m listening to the B-52’s! Jay: Matt: Are you th...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 10/05/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/1002/Great-Barrier-Reef-declining-faster-than-ever-coral-cover-could-be-5-percent-in-a-decade-video">Great Barrier Reef declining faster than ever, coral cover could be 5 percent in a decade (+video) - CSMonitor.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">(via Great Barrier Reef declining faster than ever, coral cover could be 5 percent in a decade ( video) - CSMonitor.com) I find this very upsetting and hope that teachers and schoolchildren talk about this very real threat. This is the kind of thing we should be talking about in schools. The Great Barrier Reef is declining faster than ever and  coral cover could fall to 5% in the next decade according to a study released Tuesday. The accompanying video is something you can use. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/scichat">scichat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 10/05/2012

Great Barrier Reef declining faster than ever, coral cover could be 5 percent in a decade (+video) - CSMonitor.c...

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Children's Librarian - Southington Library and Museum

<strong>Children's Librarian -</strong> <strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Southington Library and Museum</span></strong> is looking for an energetic individual to join the staff of our very busy children’s library. Applicants should have experience in planning, publicizing and implementing programs for children ranging in age from toddler to middle-schooler as well as a demonstrable knowledge of children’s literature. Familiarity with Triple I and Title Source 3 is a plus. The position is for 20 to 23 hours per week - nights and weekends are required. Pay is $26.07/hour with benefits. A Master’s Degree in Library Science and 3 years of experience is preferred. Send resume and cover letter to: Susan Smayda, Executive Director, Southington Library and Museum, 255 Main St., Southington, CT 06489 or email to <a href="mailto:smaydas@southington.org">smaydas@southington.org</a>.

Children's Librarian - Southington Library and Museum

Children's Librarian - Southington Library and Museum is looking for an energetic individual to join the staff of our very busy child...

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The greatness of a teacher

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifrVGdVBHA17iDzfr3x4g8aeQ9DFICXXOeB5wmwizHXEzzfs9GhP6WQk7Seaii8j5mCXUSAZx5DGOp_ixouZtdepziCOLIodKkGQBFW2JufYmyrHVRE6MjygJQDyopWWslQJ1K0p_cH5a/s1600/greatness-of-a-teacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifrVGdVBHA17iDzfr3x4g8aeQ9DFICXXOeB5wmwizHXEzzfs9GhP6WQk7Seaii8j5mCXUSAZx5DGOp_ixouZtdepziCOLIodKkGQBFW2JufYmyrHVRE6MjygJQDyopWWslQJ1K0p_cH5a/s640/greatness-of-a-teacher.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>"My greatness shall not in the annals of history be<br />but in the words and deeds my students learned through me."<br />Vicki Davis @<a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/coolcatteacher" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="@coolcatteacher">coolcatteacher</a><br /><br />Just a thought I penned last night in the car that I thought I'd share and combine with this lovely photo on Bigstock. Hope it inspires you. ;-)<br /><br />Photo Credit: Big Stock<br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=eb8ceedd-c3d1-40b3-b1f4-4545d306375c" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Teaching The greatness of a teacher

"My greatness shall not in the annals of history be but in the words and deeds my students learned through me." Vicki Davis @ cool...

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Open House

<span style="font-size: large;">Open House (Dublin's biggest Architectural Festival) is on this weekend.  We have a busy weekend planned with friends calling to us on Saturday and Sunday but we plan to take in a few tours for Open House.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">On Sunday we hope to visit the former home of Architect Sam Stephenson.  It is now a guesthouse and features a retro conversation pit - and you know how much we love conversation pits!!  We love them so much that we built one in our own house!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In other news, our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) made the cover of <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-frontpage-time-magazine-623267-Oct2012/">Time Magazine</a> for a feature entitled the "Celtic Comeback".  I like the way they changed the colour of "Time" to green!!</span>

Open House

Open House (Dublin's biggest Architectural Festival) is on this weekend.  We have a busy weekend planned with friends calling to us on S...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/05/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/early-windows-8-adoption-lags-behind-windows-7s-rates-6239747">Early Windows 8 adoption lags behind Windows 7's rates - Technology on NBCNews.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I have played with the Windows 8 system and am definitely installing it on my touch screen at home. The integration with social media is fantastic. Perhaps what I like best is what live.edu can do -- of course the struggle is now I'm committed to Google Apps for Domains. I do think that people should take a serious look at the collaborative features in the system. They are powerful but are also very new and different and basically require relearning in some ways. "Only 0.33 percent — or 33 out of every 10,000 PCs — currently run a Preview version or RTM trial of Windows 8, Computerworld reports, citing statistics from metrics firm Net Applications. At the same point to the release of Windows 7, 1.64 percent of all Windows PCs were running the upcoming operating system. That's a full five times more than Windows 8 adoptees — and the gap between early Windows 7 adoption and early Windows 8 adoption is actually increasing as Oct. 26 draws closer."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/microsoft">microsoft</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/windows">windows</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/7">7</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2012/10/02/iphone-5-first-the-hype-now-the-gripes/">iPhone 5: First the Hype, Now the Gripes - Forbes</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I'm sorry, but the idea that "ScuffGate" and "purplegate" are really any kind of world-impacting problem is ridiculous. Forbes in this article explains, "ScuffGate refers to scuff marks or scratches some users have encountered on the aluminum back, prompting Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller to point out in an email obtained by 9 to 5 Mac that “any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color.” I immediately bought a $29 case for my iPhone 5 to protect it against breaking and got scuff mark protection for no extra charge. Some users, says Mashable, are even complaining about an iPhone 5 camera flaw causing a “purple haze.”  I’m not sure what I like better, “CameraGate” or “PurpleGate.”" Just fix it and move on, but the world has not ended.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iphone">iphone</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://hc.visibli.com/share/j4GMH2">Ed Tech: 4 Tips from Cool Cat Teacher that Will Make You a Tech Savvy Teacher | HotChalk's Lesson Plans Page</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An article hotchalk did that talks about some of the habitgs I have in my classroom. One of the biggest is taking and making time to learn. "Davis used her daily break time – 15 minutes – two to three times a week to do this. First she’d discover what she wanted to learn about and make a list – from wiki to QR codes and beyond. Then she’d spend her next breaks working her way through the list. “Break it down,” she said. “If you want to eat a watermelon, you don’t eat it whole. You eat it a bite at a time.”"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/inthenews">inthenews</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/10/03/bieber-fansite-sued.html">Justin Bieber fansite operator sued over minors' personal info - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">COPPA gets a Bieber site. The lawsuit wants $16K PER violation. They are dealing with young fans and asking them not to give personal information, but I think they don't understand COPPA. They will lose. "A Manhattan-based company running unofficial fan websites for artists like Justin Bieber and Rihanna has been hit with a lawsuit for requesting personal information from minors without parental consent. The U.S. Justice Department says Artist Arena violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by demanding information such as first and last names, email addresses, birthdates, and cellphone numbers from kids under age 13. Information was gathered from more than 100,000 young people under age 13, without parental consent, the suit claims. Registered fan club members could create online portfolios and interact publicly online by posting comments."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/laws.">laws.</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_in_education/archive/2012/10/04/creating-amp-supporting-a-climate-of-innovation-in-education.aspx">Creating & Supporting a Climate of Innovation in Education - Microsoft in Education blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">My friend Eric Williams is just one of the superstars profiled in the Microsoft Innovative Schools awards. There are 99 schools from 51 countries in the program this year. I've seen some incredible work being done by many schools as I've worked with the Microsoft Innovative Educators forum in the US and Worldwide. It is worth a read. "In Virginia, Superintendent Eric Williams and the York County School Division is in its 7th year of providing a virtual university, offering high quality online courses and experienced staff.  Students demonstrate mastery of the content as they gain 21st century skills with real world experiences.  Recently, students had the opportunity to work with software programmers, graphic designers, product developers, and marketers to develop mobile applications for learners.  The process allowed students to further develop and reinforce their interest in coding.  Application development is one of the fastest growing career interests of students."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/05/2012

Early Windows 8 adoption lags behind Windows 7's rates - Technology on NBCNews.com I have played...

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Careful What You Wish For

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDj5n4v9Qmyge2gRP3FM1MolMopD13-L43FsVZ5umMcftu-BZCuEjblfAXd8FeuGVIbnhSiwgOeAVzknCgypuh2cilqGVuiE47R6-yDbFYJhRt1EblAMOI2AdEGDE6hmzEvVzxHnBTVU/s1600/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDj5n4v9Qmyge2gRP3FM1MolMopD13-L43FsVZ5umMcftu-BZCuEjblfAXd8FeuGVIbnhSiwgOeAVzknCgypuh2cilqGVuiE47R6-yDbFYJhRt1EblAMOI2AdEGDE6hmzEvVzxHnBTVU/s400/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" width="287" /></a>Cheers and Hello my IWS friends.<br /><br />Matt-Man here to give you a little something, something, about friendship.<br /><br />Now, dig it…<br /><br />Many months ago, I told a strange yet true story about how my wife would never divorce me, because well, it wasn’t on her “things to do list”, even though I had begged her to do so for years.<br /><br />Well, lo and behold, I guess it is now.<br /><br />It seems that as our son Ryno, is creeping upon college age, she would finally like to get divorced, so that he can accrue more Financial Aid and perhaps tuition relief than he would get if his mom were otherwise married to me.<br /><br />Really? Not so fast, Miss Matriculation. Allow us to cover some facts…<br /><br />We split up some twelve years ago…In those twelve years, you berated me, chided me, told me I was no good, and otherwise said to me and the world, <i>“Matt sucks.”</i><br /><br />In addition to never being able to see my own kid (because I’m a danger, and live with a woman who neither hits me nor spits on me) within the confines of my own house, which I could have court ordered that I did, I let it go, and amicably let by gones be by gones and serviced you with money.<br /><br />But…You never seemed to want that divorce thing, and in fact, you said it was me that was preventing it. We both know that was, well…not true.<br /><br />But I digress…Okay no I don’t ..In fact, I have more shit to say about you.<br /><br />Nowwwwww it seems, you want that divorce so you can get a little more money from those who give financial aid. Sure, you make fun of my income because it comes from a Drive-Thru, all the while accepting my income in the form of child support, but now…You want to make it appear as though it doesn't exist.<br /><br />I don’t hate you, however, you never really thought all this out did you? You just decided that you and Ryno could get by on life by hating me, and every month you could collect your version of 200 dollars and Go.<br /><br />There were many nights that I cried, because you took hold of Ryno, and kept him from me. There were many days that I felt awful, because I felt that I did the wrong thing by leaving, but…<br /><br />Not so much anymore, because of the things you do, and you do it with such a, <i>“What? I am just trying to look out for Ryno.”</i> M’eh…you are looking out for yourself.<br /><br />And that’s fine, and whatever you want I’ll give to you, because I have been dreaming of this day for years, but just remember….<br /><br />Once we get divorced, there is no tax-free money, there is no "can I have some extra", there is no anything, in fact…<br /><br />Come June 2013, there is no nothing, other than what I give Ryno, and just like my soul at that point, you’ll have no control over it.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS"><span style="color: blue;">@MattMan_IWS</span></a></i></div>

Careful What You Wish For

Cheers and Hello my IWS friends. Matt-Man here to give you a little something, something, about friendship. Now, dig it… Many months ago, I ...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 10/04/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://hc.visibli.com/share/j4GMH2">Ed Tech: 4 Tips from Cool Cat Teacher that Will Make You a Tech Savvy Teacher | HotChalk's Lesson Plans Page</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An article hotchalk did that talks about some of the habitgs I have in my classroom. One of the biggest is taking and making time to learn. "Davis used her daily break time – 15 minutes – two to three times a week to do this. First she’d discover what she wanted to learn about and make a list – from wiki to QR codes and beyond. Then she’d spend her next breaks working her way through the list. “Break it down,” she said. “If you want to eat a watermelon, you don’t eat it whole. You eat it a bite at a time.”"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/inthenews">inthenews</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnGI76__sSA&feature=player_embedded">Jonathan Ive - Tribute to Steve Jobs - YouTube</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This tribute to Steve Jobs is gaining traction in the anniversary of his death on Friday. It is another take that you might want to share with your students if you're talking about this Friday. 7 minutes and 30 seconds.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 10/04/2012

Ed Tech: 4 Tips from Cool Cat Teacher that Will Make You a Tech Savvy Teacher | HotChalk's Lesson Plans Page...

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When a Drug Addict Isn't Ready to Accept Help - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div id="well" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div align="left"><div class="entry-content"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">"I'm addicted to painkillers," J., a thickset construction worker, told me on a recent afternoon in the emergency room, his wife at his side.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Two years before, after months of pain, stiffness and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/swelling/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">swelling</a> in his hands and neck, his primary physician had diagnosed <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/rheumatoid-arthritis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">rheumatoid arthritis</a> and had prescribed three medications: two to slow the disease and one, oxycodone, for pain.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Bolstered by the painkiller, J. had felt more limber and energetic than he had in years. "I could finally keep up with the other guys," he told me. He worked harder, and his pain worsened. His primary physician increased the oxycodone dose.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Soon, J. was looking forward more to the buzz than to the relief the pills brought. He went to see two other physicians who, unaware that he was double-dipping, prescribed similar medications. When a co-worker offered to sell him painkillers directly, J.'s use spiraled out of control.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">By the time I saw him, he was taking dozens of pills a day, often crushing and snorting them to speed the onset of his high. With remarkable candor, he described how the drugs had marred every facet of his life - from days of missed work to increasing debt, deteriorating health and marital strain.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">But when I listed the treatment options that might help, J. shook his head, looked from me to his wife, and got up. "I'm all set," he said, holding up his hands.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Then he walked out of the room.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Despair fell on his wife's face. "Please," she said, grabbing my arm, "you can't let him leave."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">She'd found him twice in the past week slumped on the bathroom floor, impossible to arouse. Though she'd called 911, both times the hospital released J. within hours after he came to and insisted the overdose was accidental. "I just know I'm going to come home one day to find him dead," she said.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">She had good reason to worry. Prescription <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/drug-abuse/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">drug abuse</a> is America's fastest-growing drug problem. <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/rxbrief/index.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">Every 19 minutes, someone dies from a prescription drug overdose</a> in the United States, triple the rate in 1990. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription painkillers (like oxycodone) are largely to blame. More <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6043a4.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">people die from ingesting these drugs than from cocaine and heroin combined</a>. Yet while I shared her concern, there was little I could do to force J. into treatment.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">My hospital happens to be in Rhode Island, one of about a dozen states where compulsory treatment for someone like J. (that is, someone not under the purview of the criminal justice system) does not exist. Had J. been a resident of nearby Massachusetts - or from one of more than 20 other states that permit involuntary addiction treatment - I would have suggested his wife petition a judge to force him into care. Had we met in any of a dozen states, I could have hospitalized J. myself - against his will and for up to several days.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">The requirements for involuntary substance treatment vary widely across the nation, from posing a serious danger to oneself, others or property, to impaired decision-making or even something as vague as losing control of oneself. States approach compulsory treatment for mental illness with far greater uniformity. All allow it, and almost all restrict it to instances in which a patient poses an immediate danger to himself or another.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">This common standard stems from a series of federal court cases that set procedural and substantive requirements for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/mentalhealthanddisorders/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">mental health</a> commitments. But involuntary commitment for addiction treatment, while certainly not new, has received considerably less judicial attention.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">In a 1962 case, Robinson v. California, the Supreme Court held that while conviction solely for <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/drug-abuse-and-dependence/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">drug addiction</a> was unconstitutional, "a state might establish a program of compulsory treatment for those addicted to narcotics." Many did, others didn't. The high court has yet to revisit the issue.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Another complicating factor is society's disagreement about what addiction really is: a disease, a moral failing or something in between. Many (often patients themselves) see drug abuse as purely a choice. Under this view, justifying the lost autonomy and expense to taxpayers that accompany mandated treatment becomes a hard sell.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Yet a large and ever-growing body of research paints a far more complicated picture of addiction.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">The cognitive concepts that we typically associate with "willpower" - motivation, resolve and an ability to delay gratification, resist impulses and consider and choose among alternatives - arise from distinct neural pathways in the brain. The characteristic elements of drug abuse - craving, intoxication, dependency and withdrawal - correspond with disruptions in these circuits. A host of genetic or environmental factors serve to reinforce or mitigate these effects. These data underscore the powerful ways in which addiction constrains one's ability to resist.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">The spotty existence of commitment laws for addiction has created something odd in medicine: a landscape where the standard of care differs dramatically from one place to the next. But change seems to be afoot. In March, Ohio passed a law authorizing substance-related commitments. Pennsylvania is considering a similar bill.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">In July, Massachusetts extended its maximum period of addiction commitment from 30 days to 90 days, a move driven by the state's growing opioid abuse epidemic. In the same month, however, California terminated its commitment program for drug abuse.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">These shifts come at a time when private insurers increasingly refuse to cover even brief inpatient stays for treatment of opioid abuse and as states grapple with dwindling resources. Still, while short periods of involuntary custody make intuitive sense - to provide protection until the effects of intoxication or withdrawal subside - surprisingly little evidence exists to suggest that a longer period of commitment will lead to abstinence or prevent the behavior that justified commitment in the first place. Science must guide the crafting of these laws, but for now the empirical jury is decidedly out.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">As I watched the color drain from J.'s wife's face, I decided to speak with him again. Short of forcing him to stay, I knew what she wanted was for me to change J.'s mind.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">He stood near the exit, arms folded, coat zipped. I waited next to him and for several moments said nothing. Then I wondered aloud whether he feared the physical pain that existed apart from his addiction. Without looking at me, he nodded.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">"What if we can find a way to treat your pain and also bring an end to the hurt this is causing you and your family?" I asked. "Perhaps together we can help you get your life back."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">J. paused to consider my offer. For an instant, his face softened.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Then, just as quickly, he jerked his head and was gone. His wife followed him out, in tears.</div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/addicted-to-painkillers-but-not-ready-for-help/?ref=health&pagewanted=print">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/addicted-to-painkillers-but-not-ready-for-help/?ref=health&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

When a Drug Addict Isn't Ready to Accept Help - NYTimes.com

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Healing what ails us: A look at Jeffrey Simpson’s ‘Chronic Condition’ | iPolitics

<base href="data:">Many say that the discussions around Canadian healthcare need more 'light' than 'heat' – that our debates far too often tend to the emotions of the issue, which cause our political leaders to shrink away from it, rather than some clear-headed focus on resilient solutions.<br><br>Over two decades of countless studies, reports, and commissions tackling how we preserve, develop or transform our system of healthcare has not resulted in much change. Canadians consistently underline the fact that health is the top public policy issue. Researchers continue to crank out options in areas ranging from models of delivery to broad socio-economic underpinnings. Stakeholders put forward endless arguments for either stability or change. Public leaders, including most recently the provincial and territorial premiers faced with demographic and fiscal pressures, regularly come together to try and navigate a way forward. Through all of this, we still have not found a solution.<br><br>Against this backdrop, Jeffery Simpson's new book, Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century is a refreshing, important and constructive contribution to the challenge of tackling our healthcare conundrum. Part story, part history, and part white paper, Simpson does a superb job of showing how we got ourselves into the situation we are in now and, most importantly, provides some directions of how we can get ourselves out of it.<br><br>Playing the role of doctor to the Canadian healthcare system, Simpson proceeds in a sensitive and focused manner to address the case. He talks to the patient, through the eyes of Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, chief of staff at the Ottawa Hospital and past president at the Canadian Medical Association. He delves into the patient's history, particularly its genetics. He scopes out the various interconnected maladies affecting the patient, including some environmental context, drawing a line of how these issues ultimately affect the patient's health. Finally, he determines a broad course of treatment, and writes some prescriptions the patient needs to get healthy.<br><br>Ironically, perhaps the most striking absence in Simpson's book is the perspective of patients, which we see only through the eyes of the doctor and the system. A patient-centred approach and the need to have the resources follow patients, rather than institutions, is a major theme in healthcare discussions that should have more central presence in his argument. This absence parallels a challenge we currently face in policy-making: how to effectively engage citizens on issues that matter to them and in whose solutions they have a significant role to play themselves.<br><br>Regardless, Simpson provides readers – from experts in health policy to those in civil society who genuinely want to better understand the system – an accessible, cogent and comprehensive analysis of the main issues bedeviling Canadian healthcare, as well as some significant solutions and recommendations.<br><br>Most effectively, he disabuses us of basic fallacies about the Canadian healthcare system. While it is true, for example, that we are in many ways better off than our American neighbours, Canadian healthcare has declined sharply relative to most other developed countries as well as against our own standards. Despite increased investments at all levels, we are simply not getting the results we should.<br><br>Moreover, while we like to believe that Canada's system is fully public, the reality is that 30% of our annual $200 billion in expenditures come from private sources.<br><br>What we have in Canada, Simpson argues, is a system that is 'deep, narrow and expensive' as opposed to our comparators internationally with systems 'somewhat shallower, wider and cheaper.' He underlines that these realities need to more front and centre in our policy discussions if we are to find real solutions.<br><br>Arguments will certainly be generated about some of the remedies he raises. Should all doctors be salaried? Should all professional salaries be capped? Should we more aggressively pursue new practice areas, such as nurse practitioners, and better cluster medical professionals? Should we better integrate our various healthcare institutions or de-hospitalize our care through increased community access?<br><br>How can we better invite and incent innovation in patient care and in every institution, especially our largest hospitals? Should we more intelligently introduce private, fee-based delivery in our largely public systems? How do we get lower costs of drugs, while seeking better medications for a diversified and aging population? Why do we accept a national formulary on acceptable and needed drugs that is applied so drastically different across Canada? Should we have a personal, pre-payment plan for healthcare fashioned on the Canada Pension Plan as we prepare for our aged years when our healthcare needs will be the greatest?<br><br>Simpson does not answer all these questions definitively, but he does lay out in one place some of the best integrated considerations of the most significant factors all policymakers need to address. His conclusion is that while the patient is not at death's door, it is in failing health and needs immediate, regular and comprehensive attention.<br><br>Simpson points us to where and how we can look to fix, or at least substantially improve, the national treasure that is our healthcare system. Leaders and policymakers at all levels in Canada should join him in this pursuit.<br><br><i>Paul Ledwell is Executive VP of Canada's Public Policy Forum where, among other things, he leads the Forum's work on health policy.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/03/healing-what-ails-us-a-look-at-jeffrey-simpsons-chronic-condition/">http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/03/healing-what-ails-us-a-look-at-jeffrey-simpsons-chronic-condition/</a><br><br>

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paint a rug party - week 3 reveal

Happy Paint a Rug Party Reveal Day! Did you get the day off work? Just you wait, next year it will be a national holiday.<br /><br />I've had three weeks to put this sucker together (catch up on <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/09/paint-rug-party-week-1.html" target="_blank">week 1</a> and <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/09/paint-rug-party-week-2.html" target="_blank">week 2</a> if you missed it) so let's see what we've got.<br /><br />First, to answer the question from last week. The votes were a lot tighter than I thought (thanks to everyone who shared their opinion), with Navy/White squeaking out a win. However, I forgot about one important voter - the hubs. He came home that night and said 'yeah, I don't want a pink rug.' I was so impressed that he actually read it, that I gave him the deciding vote. So Navy/White it is. (Don't worry, you'll be seeing the raspberry somewhere else soon)<br /><br />As I mentioned in week 1 I read thru a few tutorials and decided what I would need to make this happen. With the kids in bed and a nice cocktail in hand. I got started.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FpLbQ8Dc8sdJrU4wXbUT2bL4jqfW59a1_sFa2EsWalo1RQG0tHy1Ot21ly1lpXjI3NcTypQsdtDva-Dm69imSttNmR9QPtpDf9mUuQxmK3LbtrwcRT_zL3rXJGraUmLmeBcjMOzpostD/s1600/PaintARugSupplies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FpLbQ8Dc8sdJrU4wXbUT2bL4jqfW59a1_sFa2EsWalo1RQG0tHy1Ot21ly1lpXjI3NcTypQsdtDva-Dm69imSttNmR9QPtpDf9mUuQxmK3LbtrwcRT_zL3rXJGraUmLmeBcjMOzpostD/s640/PaintARugSupplies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The rug was brand new ($9 from HomeGoods) so no cleaning was needed. If you were doing this with an existing rug, I would make sure you vacuum the crap out of that sucker before painting.<br />The first coat of paint needs to be the color under the tape (remember that whole negative space thing) so the white paint went on first. I just used some Kilz (in white) I had on hand and mixed it with one bottle of fabric medium. But I didn't measure it out exactly. I guess I'm more of a chef than a baker. Anyone who watches Top Chef knows this difference.<br /><br />The first coat went on and I wasn't encouraged. The paint did not spread. At all. It basically just stays wherever you pour it. It took a lot of muscle to get that paint to spread at all. I tried both a brush and a roller and found that the brush is best to begin with to get in all the little crevasses. (with a sisal rug)  Then, finish off with the roller.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M_cUSDXvmUKwwLGYQR-w9T_FIsw6FU_Fz2NSyneAejR5Y9o5UPBBgbquiiVqQuuxPEuBr7pNL6KSYWGMXq6zwUix6URXzspwpb8EIuUKUeYQ6skT_2LVuM75UKFjfYT4iyAjDTciKZGU/s1600/FirstCoatCloseUp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M_cUSDXvmUKwwLGYQR-w9T_FIsw6FU_Fz2NSyneAejR5Y9o5UPBBgbquiiVqQuuxPEuBr7pNL6KSYWGMXq6zwUix6URXzspwpb8EIuUKUeYQ6skT_2LVuM75UKFjfYT4iyAjDTciKZGU/s640/FirstCoatCloseUp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />THREE coats later (2 coats with a brush and 1 with a roller), here is where the night ended. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhTNaMzEeGrH4BU0s6T6tpKZPfjVa16AegdDrmi2XlFyPbam58WIbmkg2rK_6eadmxJ2ukGm2W_qA3HpH0UUY-IRyr5feqJFvqJHxwYBtcRx1JCPnrRSdu9CLmGFPGmtEsHRACQwis67G/s1600/PaintARugFirstCoat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhTNaMzEeGrH4BU0s6T6tpKZPfjVa16AegdDrmi2XlFyPbam58WIbmkg2rK_6eadmxJ2ukGm2W_qA3HpH0UUY-IRyr5feqJFvqJHxwYBtcRx1JCPnrRSdu9CLmGFPGmtEsHRACQwis67G/s640/PaintARugFirstCoat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />With Step 1 complete, I let it dry overnight.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFr405z7PhjGKf7tx6fnsYJ9D4tyKuLMgZ31MjO9cssQAenmhVIdcRS6qrMUwvUQBp6LeVBDFwgqLn6Tl8odYPA4WKx4k22BEIKyKBrz2YPkLL3fP3KAD6lVRf4i6wP9m_ny8BhdeuYuL/s1600/PaintARugDrying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFr405z7PhjGKf7tx6fnsYJ9D4tyKuLMgZ31MjO9cssQAenmhVIdcRS6qrMUwvUQBp6LeVBDFwgqLn6Tl8odYPA4WKx4k22BEIKyKBrz2YPkLL3fP3KAD6lVRf4i6wP9m_ny8BhdeuYuL/s400/PaintARugDrying.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br />Next up. Tape.<br /><br />I made my two base lines, making sure that the tape met right in the middle of the rug (the only measuring I did.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWwvuIwaOSgexM28puwWvUuQTqjHdsqvWCCncM58mL-297JUNRXKS0ve8lbAgCqVolp1wZXrw_InQZw1MRAYp62NGcmmPbWzmX6YgqZrY-_fAFM2e9wr3iCfcuNioJFKcKnrVqTeI8f6o/s1600/PaintARugTapeOut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWwvuIwaOSgexM28puwWvUuQTqjHdsqvWCCncM58mL-297JUNRXKS0ve8lbAgCqVolp1wZXrw_InQZw1MRAYp62NGcmmPbWzmX6YgqZrY-_fAFM2e9wr3iCfcuNioJFKcKnrVqTeI8f6o/s640/PaintARugTapeOut.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I thought I'd have to measure out each piece of tape to make sure everything was consistant. But to my great pleasure, once I had the middle taped and knew that it was in the center of the rug, I realized I just needed to tape from that center outward in each section and they would all work out to be even.<br /><br /><br />So using my level as my spacer I taped out the first section.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtnNx1wOg_rRr_EygjPezpQAdUQJB-8rQgaJbFNIinDbN6j38kttEcmyLhpBsJfOJznzrAoga9oSG86cw1hwUSWiWLVC8MV0rmfTYr2MomWhuPBLeeTAGhKf9KPnSFMi3c6uR5mO6xq-5/s1600/PaintARugTapeOut2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtnNx1wOg_rRr_EygjPezpQAdUQJB-8rQgaJbFNIinDbN6j38kttEcmyLhpBsJfOJznzrAoga9oSG86cw1hwUSWiWLVC8MV0rmfTYr2MomWhuPBLeeTAGhKf9KPnSFMi3c6uR5mO6xq-5/s640/PaintARugTapeOut2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It spaced out perfectly. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgkbYvnFgVGqveAAHGIT1YxUzvXcjDD-TSd4rPVquyOkMRxCJhlMgBYsTanNJMdpdl1myaRVg_BEl62WeD9_sZRJSy10A0SSs_8FlTmVio3Igr7D_PlLNhEElkZVvXX2Os9aliGPX_HGa/s1600/PaintARugTapeOut3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgkbYvnFgVGqveAAHGIT1YxUzvXcjDD-TSd4rPVquyOkMRxCJhlMgBYsTanNJMdpdl1myaRVg_BEl62WeD9_sZRJSy10A0SSs_8FlTmVio3Igr7D_PlLNhEElkZVvXX2Os9aliGPX_HGa/s640/PaintARugTapeOut3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It can get a bit confusing to keep track of which lines should go which way so it is best to think by section. The lines of each section should go the opposite way of the lines from the previous section. Clear as mud?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_eVL89Z5-eUfUj5nzDDgMhGSks_cAqChq-0XHk5cS8XlgL8oHD1llNIYlR5CvZWOEo8k9Z1rRlRc-_qSPmVE1Dg58CEgkda662J41SO0pb11iLkklI6g2jLSBRO-OmN7JvseDZFrAgHs/s1600/PaintARugReady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_eVL89Z5-eUfUj5nzDDgMhGSks_cAqChq-0XHk5cS8XlgL8oHD1llNIYlR5CvZWOEo8k9Z1rRlRc-_qSPmVE1Dg58CEgkda662J41SO0pb11iLkklI6g2jLSBRO-OmN7JvseDZFrAgHs/s640/PaintARugReady.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />With the rug taped out, I pressed the hell out of that tape working to get it as tight as possible to limit bleed.<br /><br />Then, I poured out my paint and fabric medium to mix together. Hmm, I could have sworn the paint chip I gave to Home Depot was Navy. This looks awfully...royal.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx35hDco9jDZwb0FPj4kB9iuibVDpPBaPpUjJQZzoYhFy8oxWQ-8MqFGsiEImdyE4eavDguPY7B0-s3vCo4tp9obh46ukDqgZQlU_8ukfOGDSJdlx7occIgctDTSoSk610btKY1cczTv7K/s1600/PaintARugPaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx35hDco9jDZwb0FPj4kB9iuibVDpPBaPpUjJQZzoYhFy8oxWQ-8MqFGsiEImdyE4eavDguPY7B0-s3vCo4tp9obh46ukDqgZQlU_8ukfOGDSJdlx7occIgctDTSoSk610btKY1cczTv7K/s400/PaintARugPaint.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br />Worried about the color, I went ahead with the first coat. It covered only slightly better than the other paint, probably because there was already 3 coats of paint that had filled in some of the gaps in the rug. However, you still gotta put some muscle into it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQQqbIPA4F9T0rKpaSB2YInJPtTrL7dqMIb_QpnyqlarFxEQl4KnrR2MaDVElZnONbiBnSkikxfukR-CvEh1KtGl3mKbtunI-1Pmy2KlVYbBYQpd2tf3PiAIrsjOOYmM9qBgMIFXnhdkH/s1600/PaintARugSecondCoat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQQqbIPA4F9T0rKpaSB2YInJPtTrL7dqMIb_QpnyqlarFxEQl4KnrR2MaDVElZnONbiBnSkikxfukR-CvEh1KtGl3mKbtunI-1Pmy2KlVYbBYQpd2tf3PiAIrsjOOYmM9qBgMIFXnhdkH/s400/PaintARugSecondCoat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />After the first coat it still looked more royal than navy. I tried not to freak out and hoped it would get darker once it was dry.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZWcZMkFKx_JXvkPe4lrGI3NWVBfIzDwbUZMVr2xvEF7Mxzii6Gl0DYb1uDrRIaSc9Juul1mhOxoxe5QYqPnwZXflPUlcKyAK31QH1hISwLTRgiZGUewkfnab7OPOgaPkM_Zrifdu6qac/s1600/PaintARugBlue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZWcZMkFKx_JXvkPe4lrGI3NWVBfIzDwbUZMVr2xvEF7Mxzii6Gl0DYb1uDrRIaSc9Juul1mhOxoxe5QYqPnwZXflPUlcKyAK31QH1hISwLTRgiZGUewkfnab7OPOgaPkM_Zrifdu6qac/s400/PaintARugBlue.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />No dice. Not blue enough and not the color on the chip. Mistint. Not cool Home Depot. Not cool. Luckily my brilliant hubs suggested we add some left over Farrow&Ball black to darken it up a bit. Extra birthday present for you my dear. So I mixed in some black and arrived at a color I think I want to market. I will call it Midnight in St. Louis. It will sell like hot cakes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pNzYkG3QN6TLCqpmF4P6H1Lo6q1zzfAus4kmDliICRjE3Wzoba9VBybmOHfi-rm5NqXW44JJw8w3j_N54PNdprscFmJVkRwN5U3121xP6GFd8olUwYa2FCNpuvSQ_R8MwBi8bsc91NYH/s1600/PaintARugDarkerBlue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pNzYkG3QN6TLCqpmF4P6H1Lo6q1zzfAus4kmDliICRjE3Wzoba9VBybmOHfi-rm5NqXW44JJw8w3j_N54PNdprscFmJVkRwN5U3121xP6GFd8olUwYa2FCNpuvSQ_R8MwBi8bsc91NYH/s400/PaintARugDarkerBlue.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Much better. Just like with the white, I went ahead and did three coats of the blue as well. I let it dry, again, over night. Then pulled off the tape to discover this.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVh0YXAdf8JZ6rk79YcQQJO0rh-2BnLr6DbfHLH-8qqTL2FJBmUX15HCGQThCK8Vl61UqSmyy11Ndri4N4op1XMWe_bg1_Tcg1kMW5f52gvWpK8VIGNOpKwo-N_hKuiPYY8I2GSw4pLIy/s1600/PaintARugCloseUp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVh0YXAdf8JZ6rk79YcQQJO0rh-2BnLr6DbfHLH-8qqTL2FJBmUX15HCGQThCK8Vl61UqSmyy11Ndri4N4op1XMWe_bg1_Tcg1kMW5f52gvWpK8VIGNOpKwo-N_hKuiPYY8I2GSw4pLIy/s640/PaintARugCloseUp2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Wahoo! I was actually really impressed with how well the tape did to prevent bleed. There are a few spots that could use some touch ups, but I've decided I kind of like the imperfections. And I'm not at all saying this because I'm tired of painting this sucker.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxV0VwZP8ud8kOAXq7aCNETWTnUawD4H-wRHwfMXEwQgOBE9mIHinfyK00Cxn3nt8loVcCVyMtIO7qRCOstq252Lt3j-UDNenWyWNmVPPkl8FMloyNEWg8AaVjDE1_XgCPn_TVjSKbU-W/s1600/PaintARugCloseUp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxV0VwZP8ud8kOAXq7aCNETWTnUawD4H-wRHwfMXEwQgOBE9mIHinfyK00Cxn3nt8loVcCVyMtIO7qRCOstq252Lt3j-UDNenWyWNmVPPkl8FMloyNEWg8AaVjDE1_XgCPn_TVjSKbU-W/s400/PaintARugCloseUp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />It looked so good I decided it was the perfect addition to the kitchen.  It's happy and does a great job of hiding all of the things that <i>someone</i> seems to drop in front of the sink.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48wcreJ1PSWxsHgmOBKJ42UGhCsEnorbASRWloHKPi6TLbw5smGIe3eYNFvutzhyphenhyphenIuptThV_O1q091wnmuHe57oFgmd0uoliKtKUbuZ9ocbopIeFcdL73QAD-xbYrMzysR5Rkmyu_eCW4/s1600/PaintARugComplete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48wcreJ1PSWxsHgmOBKJ42UGhCsEnorbASRWloHKPi6TLbw5smGIe3eYNFvutzhyphenhyphenIuptThV_O1q091wnmuHe57oFgmd0uoliKtKUbuZ9ocbopIeFcdL73QAD-xbYrMzysR5Rkmyu_eCW4/s640/PaintARugComplete.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br />It also feels a lot better under foot than I had anticipated. Not sticky and maybe even a little less scratchy that plain old sisal.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t4WjRUf4NklUirP578ksSYsNWsQG5wGh9j__W-Kk4afZ3UpG6LeKIrf-V7YhdZtXFK6YR2rJ3-1AFUGr2CzIhCjdHWpXaYeXa0xMfeiOY_Jj0S7gpSnnNRFfwa1i2udOns_8gMr7I4AH/s1600/PaintARugTopView.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t4WjRUf4NklUirP578ksSYsNWsQG5wGh9j__W-Kk4afZ3UpG6LeKIrf-V7YhdZtXFK6YR2rJ3-1AFUGr2CzIhCjdHWpXaYeXa0xMfeiOY_Jj0S7gpSnnNRFfwa1i2udOns_8gMr7I4AH/s640/PaintARugTopView.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I'm glad I did this and I'm happy with how it turned out. I say give it a try. It's much easier than you would have thought. Thanks <a href="http://mycraftyhomelife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda</a> for thinking this fun up!<br /><br />Now let's go check out how all the other ladies did!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://chinoiseriechic.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Chinoiserie Chic</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://designdumonde.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Design du Monde</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.designpostdaily.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Design Post Interiors</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://thejunkhouse.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Junk House</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">My Best Friend Cr</a><a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">aig</a></div><span class="HOEnZb" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #888888;"></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span class="HOEnZb" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://mycraftyhomelife.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">My Crafty Home Life</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="HOEnZb" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #888888;"><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pawleysislandposh.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Pawleys Island Posh</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.thepinkpagoda.us/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Pink Pagoda</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://roomrx.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Room Rx</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seekersbazaar.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Seekers Bazaar</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://simpledetailsblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Simple Details</a></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://trappedinnorthjersey.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Trapped In North Jersey</a></span></div></div></span></span></span></span>

paint a rug party - week 3 reveal

Happy Paint a Rug Party Reveal Day! Did you get the day off work? Just you wait, next year it will be a national holiday. I've had three...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/04/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57525045-37/apples-passbook-gets-some-love-from-airbnb-eventbrite-mcdonalds/">Apple's Passbook gets some love from Airbnb, Eventbrite, McDonald's | Apple - CNET News</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">"McDonald's app is available only in France at the moment but lets customers place an order and pay for it from their iPhone." Paying via mobile device is going to increase. Now, school lunch cards and numbers are the norm, but I would expect that eventually paying for books and food will be via mobile device. IT is going to be more important than ever that we teach our children how to handle money because paying via mobile, I think, is a lot like paying with a debit card - you don't feel the pain that you do when real cash is involved.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/payment">payment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iphone">iphone</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/passbook">passbook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/money">money</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/350886/lindsay-lohan-was-bullied-in-high-school-for-movie-roles-troubled-home-life">Lindsay Lohan Was Bullied In High School For Movie Roles Troubled Home Life| E! Online</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lindsay Lohan says she was bullied as people speak out. Whitney Kropp was elected homecoming queen "as a joke" but the community embraced and encouraged her to stand against what they did. Lohan says: ""I was actually bullied @ my public school when i would leave to film," Lohan, 26, wrote. "Whenever I came back… girls & boys would call me names." "They would also mock me because of my home situation," she added. "When people found out that my father was in jail...they would yell things, try to trip me & more…I moved to home-schooling instead. In 11th grade. I stuck it out for a while.""</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stopbullying">stopbullying</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57525250-38/regulators-shut-down-global-pc-tech-support-scam/">Regulators shut down global PC 'tech support' scam | Politics and Law - CNET News</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Scareware. Yes, it is a term. Scaring people into thinking they have a virus. Knowledge is power and it will also save you money. Being educated about computers pays over your life. It is time for all of us to be educated and savvy. I know someone taken by this scam. "English-speaking consumers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the U.K. were targeted in the global scam, regulators said. Most of the scammers were based in India, but some also came from the U.S. and U.K. The scam involved cold callers who claimed to work for major technology companies, such as Microsoft or Google, and who told consumers they had viruses on their PCs, according to regulators. The callers would attempt to dupe users into giving them remote access to their computers, locking the user out while attempting to "fix" the malware that the scammer claimed was on the machine."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/digiteen">digiteen</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/scam">scam</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/security">security</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/digital_safety">digital_safety</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/digital_communications">digital_communications</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19813382">BBC News - Plans to print a gun halted as 3D printer is seized</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">3D printers are beginning to be used. A US project to print guns was stopped when the company who was creating the 3D printer pulled out of the project. They wanted to set it up to print a gun, initially with no moving parts. Regulating things is about to get a lot harder because people will be able to download and print just about anything in 3D. Imagine someone making their principal in 3d and printing out a figurine? It is going to be interesting.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/04/2012

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Today's archidose #624

Here are some photos of a couple projects in Zaandam, Netherlands, designed by <a href="http://www.soetersvaneldonk.nl/">Soeters Van Eldonk Architecten</a>, both photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/">Klaas Vermaaas</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soetersvaneldonk.nl/en/architectuur/werken/zaandam.html">City Hall Zaanstad</a> (2011):<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8046774573/" title="zaanstad stadhuis 01 2011 soeters s (provinciale wg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="zaanstad stadhuis 01 2011 soeters s (provinciale wg)" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/8046774573_e860c03a2e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8046779952/" title="zaanstad stadhuis 02 2011 soeters s (provinciale wg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="zaanstad stadhuis 02 2011 soeters s (provinciale wg)" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/8046779952_705e84dbbe_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wam-architecten.nl/projecten/Intell_Hotel_Zaandam.php?english">Inntel Hotel</a> (2010):<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8050075942/" title="zaanstad hotel inntel 06 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="zaanstad hotel inntel 06 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg)" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8050075942_be2ab778cc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8050078810/" title="zaanstad hotel inntel 03 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="zaanstad hotel inntel 03 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg)" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/8050078810_6c3aebaa43_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/8050077042/" title="zaanstad hotel inntel 05 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg) by Klaas5, on Flickr"><img alt="zaanstad hotel inntel 05 2010 wam_molenaar_v winden (provinciale wg)" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8050077042_1ce6f9cb12_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #624

Here are some photos of a couple projects in Zaandam, Netherlands, designed by Soeters Van Eldonk Architecten , both photographed by Klaas V...

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My Freaky Neighbor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola freaks and weirdos  After months of involuntarily listening in on my upstairs neighbor’s activities I have suddenly put all together. Well, it wasn’t so sudden really. It actually took several nights of lying awake in my bed while listening to a rhythmic squeaking and banging noises going on above me.<br /><br />My neighbor gets a lot of action. I always figured that he was either a really charming guy or had access to great drugs that girls were willing to do anything for. But, the more action he got, the more things didn’t seem to add up.<br /><br />See, it sounded like my neighbor had an air mattress that he used as his “sex bed” because it wasn’t bed springs or a bed frame type squeaking. If you've ever slept on an air bed you’ll know what I mean. It sounds like squeezing a beach ball.<br /><br />Here’s the weird part. I've never hear any HUMAN noises up there. No moaning or screaming or cooing or anything. No talking beforehand or afterwards. Also, after he’s through he jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. But, nobody else does. In fact, there’s only one person walking around up there EVER.<br /><br />Hell, three minutes before he’s in bed getting bizz-ay he’s outside talking on his cellphone. Next thing you know he’s squeezing the beach ball for ten minutes and that’s it. Then, after a trip to the bathroom, he goes into the other bedroom, gets into a bed that has a real squeaky frame and goes to sleep.<br /><br />So, I think we all know where this is going, right? Yup … My upstairs neighbor has a girl drugged and chained to an air mattress in his apartment.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8ZlpUnQ30eca9i22ds1HodsgwqeFqbz56quf5RnjpuJCRwchnQECS4CNhp4fQKLHDP3bgSkytLZHhzvFHD4oJ-KtQ4qlvsM5o6k3Z_TXfcIJVhipswlFAuPwAvQ5y0wDsHMTnfm3uag/s1600/Blow+Up+Doll+Twins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8ZlpUnQ30eca9i22ds1HodsgwqeFqbz56quf5RnjpuJCRwchnQECS4CNhp4fQKLHDP3bgSkytLZHhzvFHD4oJ-KtQ4qlvsM5o6k3Z_TXfcIJVhipswlFAuPwAvQ5y0wDsHMTnfm3uag/s320/Blow+Up+Doll+Twins.jpg" width="273" /></a></div>Wait … No, that’s not it. I hope. His girlfriend is a blow up doll.<br /><br />Not that there’s anything wrong with that. And I’m certainly not one to judge, but it’s just one of those things that seems odd and one feels they must share on their blog with the whole world.<br /><br />Has anyone out there ever tried a blow up doll? I guess maybe some people just need a little help when it comes to masturbating. If this dude was in the blogosphere or twitter he would meet more than enough hot babes to fantasize about and maybe he wouldn't need something like that and wouldn't have worry about hiding his “girlfriend” in case maintenance came into his apt when he was gone. And that’s exactly what’s going to happen if I can talk the maintenance dude into to. I’m totally going to try to get him to go in there and look. Just for confirmation, not so I can mock him again. I would never do something like that. But, just so I’ll know if my months of detective work were worth it.<br /><br />If there is no blow up girlfriend up there, I will have to ask him where he finds all these deaf and mute girls. Unless he’s good at finding girls who don’t mind having duct tape over their mouths during sex. That would be kinda hot.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws">@Jayman_IWS </a><br /><br /><br />Also, on Wednesday we had a great show talking about the Presidential Debate, Nicki Minaj vs Mariah Carey, speaking Canadian and Drive-By Mikey called in to update us all on the Great Mouse Hunt of 2012. All that and so much more! 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My Freaky Neighbor

Hola freaks and weirdos  After months of involuntarily listening in on my upstairs neighbor’s activities I have suddenly put all together. W...

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Rain, rain go away.....

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went for a walk before work today. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was lovely weather when I set off.  I walked along the canal.  There were loads of people out cycling and walking as it was quite a nice day.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh572mMU4RzUs0on-F29jTl4U9i33jfgK7ZbJRrNf1VopdXYKHzWw8p3ygJf8UZ3HR53Wms3jbH2-58KjocCEf3wIyTfTxjkf8UnmbM50mc8mRvwjuq93j_n1yYWPTgRKJIO5y9MD7HViIa/s1600/IMG_2110%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh572mMU4RzUs0on-F29jTl4U9i33jfgK7ZbJRrNf1VopdXYKHzWw8p3ygJf8UZ3HR53Wms3jbH2-58KjocCEf3wIyTfTxjkf8UnmbM50mc8mRvwjuq93j_n1yYWPTgRKJIO5y9MD7HViIa/s320/IMG_2110%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It began to get windy and then started to rain a little.  All of the pictured swans on the canal began to make their way under this tree for shelter from the rain.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOJEZDxxTpzJT8p58ZpqWP1Vwl7WYvKIt5aue2m4ou7WIrkggHYMy6qIa9gNrkugl99JOlMYPdLrK4vQbMBV5ZdeOa1cdRwy82cwA1Hbse09wil7RNZYu8cCdakgsSRJJMCsPbL49upto/s1600/IMG_2115%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOJEZDxxTpzJT8p58ZpqWP1Vwl7WYvKIt5aue2m4ou7WIrkggHYMy6qIa9gNrkugl99JOlMYPdLrK4vQbMBV5ZdeOa1cdRwy82cwA1Hbse09wil7RNZYu8cCdakgsSRJJMCsPbL49upto/s320/IMG_2115%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I made my way straight to Starbucks on Mespill Road to avoid getting wet! </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRN3NmJHLYUDHEGzkrn9TYa7aoMec48CjFQ5xt-Jiyp9H9_f_6-9RBA54SHkNPGkswMY0PBdbtaIRWSCbcx1SykDe9mn7DTpZMSfdzoyN8qt4cmJxlNkfuumkkz0QTNR2rBGTeaCP-Cli/s1600/IMG_2111%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRN3NmJHLYUDHEGzkrn9TYa7aoMec48CjFQ5xt-Jiyp9H9_f_6-9RBA54SHkNPGkswMY0PBdbtaIRWSCbcx1SykDe9mn7DTpZMSfdzoyN8qt4cmJxlNkfuumkkz0QTNR2rBGTeaCP-Cli/s320/IMG_2111%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It is a very small Starbucks, I think it is more of a takeaway coffee spot for all of the offices in the locality. The sit in area is not hugely attractive........but luckily for me it is not my closest Starbucks - that's the one at the Luas Stop on Harcourt Street.</span>

Rain, rain go away.....

I went for a walk before work today.  It was lovely weather when I set off.  I walked along the canal.  There were loads of people out cycli...

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Booster Shots - health, medicine, nutrition, disease, healthcare, fitness - latimes.com

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Senior Staff Opto-Mechanical Engineer (108717) (DUV Systems)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Title:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Senior Staff Opto-Mechanical Engineer</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Milpitas, CA</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Full time </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">  </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities:</span></b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technologies provide early insight into surface defects, shape, flatness and nanotopography of these advanced 300 and 450mm substrates. Our optical inspection and metrology tools will support the next several generations of wafer and IC manufacturing.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> We are seeking a Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer whose responsibilities will be to:</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Define the architecture of cutting edge wafer inspection systems.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Work alongside optical engineers to understand and engineer solutions to critical opto-mechanical requirements.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lead the development and qualification of complex opto-mechanical assemblies.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Assume responsibility for design, fabrication, alignment, performance characterization, and technical interaction with vendors.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Perform hands-on use of conventional and cutting edge DUV metrology tools to characterize subsystem performance.  System level inspection tool operation will also be used to establish and verify subsystem requirements and operation.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Collaboratively interact with a multidisciplinary project team and regularly communicate requirements and results in oral and written form.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Some travel may be required. </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Qualifications :</span></b></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidates must possess the following qualities:</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Visionary 3D thinker capable of taking complex concepts and packaging them in a manufacturable design.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Capable 3D modeler who enjoys iterating through multiple product architecture proposals with an open mind for improvement and progress.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Understand complex mechanical tolerancing.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Able to collaborate with Optical Engineers to engineer a complete alignment methodology.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Top down thinker who understands all current manufacturing technologies.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience taking conceptual information and architecting multiple solutions and approaches to solving design challenges.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience with actively adapting to changing design requirements.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Firm foundation in machine design.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience with optical alignment methodology and tooling.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidates will have some combination of the following qualities:</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience with Opto-Mechanical design principles: kinematic design, flexures, athermalization, environmental effects.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience designing opto-mechanical modules and custom fixtures and tooling leading to successful introduction into manufacturing.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Structural analysis: finite element analysis, stress in optics, creep and stress relaxation, modal analysis.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Experience working with Optical metrology equipment including lasers, interferometers, autocollimators.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fundamental optics knowledge: geometric optics, ray tracing, wavefront propogation, polarization, fabrication tolerances, environmental effects desired.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thermal analysis: heat transfer, temperature gradients, thermal transients, thermo-elastic analysis.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Vendor management: component fabrication, manufacturing process transfer, qualification.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 12 years of experience or equivalent. </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience or equivalent. </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience or equivalent. </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us"><b> <span style="font-family: Arial;">abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div></div>

Senior Staff Opto-Mechanical Engineer (108717) (DUV Systems)

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Internet addiction diagnosis: DSM revision to include "internet-use disorder" as a possible condition for further study.

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">Everybody panic: Internet-use disorder is a thing now. Kind of.</p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">The new version of the DSM—the international psychiatric diagnostic manual—will list "Internet-use disorder" as a condition "recommended for further study." Essentially, they're saying that some people who spend a lot of time on the Internet demonstrate similar symptoms to people diagnosed with other addiction disorders, and that the psychiatric community should study it and consider promoting it to a full-blown disorder down the road. In other words, no one's getting a diagnosis, yet.<br></p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">The classification seems to stem from previous concerns about gaming addctions in kids, as <a href="https://rt.com/news/internet-use-mental-illness-389/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Russia Today'</a>s write-up of the DSM change explains:</p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><blockquote style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">Australia was one of the first countries to recognize the problem and offer public treatment, and established clinics to treat video game addiction. That such widely used technologies can cause deep harm to children has lead to further examinations of adults habits surrounding devices used 24/7 for reading, gaming, and social interactions.</blockquote></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">For those of you who are rolling your eyes a bit at yet another addiction in the public eye, the<strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; ">Slate</em></strong> archives have you covered: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2009/07/bitterness_compulsive_shopping_and_internet_addiction.html" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">Christopher Lane</strong></a> explains the madness behind the DSM-V process and examines some of the more absurd sounding disorders considered for inclusion in recent years. As he puts it:</p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><blockquote style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">"If you spend hours online, have sex more frequently than aging psychiatrists, and moan incessantly that the federal government can't account for all its TARP funds, take heed: You may soon be classed among the 48 million Americans the APA already considers mentally ill." </blockquote></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">Meanwhile, <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2009/12/the_addiction_habit.html" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Vaughan Bell</a></strong> laments the "creeping medicalization of everyday life" and asks if we're pretty much just addicted to being addicted.</p></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/02/internet_addiction_diagnosis_dsm_revision_to_include_internet_use_disorder_as_a_possible_condition_for_further_study_.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content"></a></span><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/02/internet_addiction_diagnosis_dsm_revision_to_include_internet_use_disorder_as_a_possible_condition_for_further_study_.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content"></a></div><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/02/internet_addiction_diagnosis_dsm_revision_to_include_internet_use_disorder_as_a_possible_condition_for_further_study_.html">http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/02/internet_addiction_diagnosis_dsm_revision_to_include_internet_use_disorder_as_a_possible_condition_for_further_study_.html</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Internet addiction diagnosis: DSM revision to include "internet-use disorder" as a possible condition for further study.

Everybody panic: Internet-use disorder is a thing now. Kind of. The new version of the DSM—the international psychiatric diagnostic manual—w...

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