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>

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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>

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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

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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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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.....

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

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1em auto; padding: 0px 40px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 1em auto; padding: 0px 40px; border: 0px; 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: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">Meanwhile, <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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><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">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 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/03/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/group/flat-classroom-certified-teacher-12-1/forum/topics/what-are-creative-ways-we-can-create-symbiotic-learning-relations?xg_source=activity">What are creative ways we can create symbiotic learning relationships between different types of learners? - Flat Classrooms</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a fascinating conversation about connecting, symbiotic relationships and more with some powerful, spot on answers. The teachers in our current Flat Classroom 12-1 cohort are amazing (and we have another cohort starting soon -- here's what we've been talking about this week. "This is happening now. Live Mocha and other sites have tandem learning - each learner teaches the other a different language. In my classroom, I have the older students teach younger students about computer hardware. But we could be doing so much more. Some professors like Dr. Leigh Zeitz (his students have served as expert advisors) and Dr. Eva Brown (her students helped run Eracism last year) are flattening their college classrooms with preservice teachers by having the teachers connect with high school and younger classrooms. These preservice teachers are understanding the nuances of the global collaborative classroom before graduating from college! There are so many ways we could be creating these types of learning relationships. This week, let's publicly talk about our ideas and also experiences in creating these experiences. We can learn more and do more in this area and technology opens up limitless possibilities. What do you think?"</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/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-drive-updates-for-ios-and-android.html">Google Drive: Updates for iOS and Android | Docs Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">iPad schools that are also Google Apps will love that the new updates for iOS let you edit google docs simultaneously much like you do on the web! Great news.</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/google">google</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/googleapps">googleapps</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 10/03/2012

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Global Talent Communications Manager (# 108697)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Global Talent Communications Manager</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Customer Group (CG) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Sales, Marketing, Applications, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & IT.  They partner closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, services, software and expertise, to help them manage yield throughout their fabrication process-from research and development to final volume production.  Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends.  Partnering with our service organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and corporate offering to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">1) Develop and implement an overall internal communications strategy which engages employees with KLA-Tencor strategy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2) Create and execute successful communications programs that strengthen leaders, managers and employees understanding of KLA-Tencor strategy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">3) Define global messaging and communication themes in line with the company strategy, brand promise and value proposition<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">4) Work with executives in key functional roles including CEO, CMO, and HR to identify communications objectives, brainstorm creative solutions, develop communications plans, and lead or provide oversight of the programs or plans through multiple channels (programs may include Open Enrollment, Sustainability, PMP, Health and Wellness)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">5) Develop an overall plan for targeted communications efforts using all available and appropriate channels including town halls, brown bag lunches, intranet, apps, web and email, print materials, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6) Provide communications advice and support to business leaders, other internal communication roles, consultants and senior support staff on a range of ad hoc issues and projects as required (e.g. Organizational Announcements)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">7) Design and execute Global All Hands, webcasts and other face-to-face communications and interactions to all employees or specific audiences from the CEO and other executives<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8) Drive the development of online and offline communications projects such as videos, apps, microsites, Web content, KLA-Tencor’s Global Collaboration Platform and other communications<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">9) Design programs to ensure leaders stay connected with employees, taking a constant pulse on their attitudes, needs, priorities and communications preferences (e.g. Quarterly GM/VP Toolkit, Engagement Survey Communications)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">10) Oversee crisis communication strategy and process, ensuring that KLA-Tencor is prepared to quickly and appropriately communicate with employees on unforeseen crises and issues<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">11) Design metrics to measure progress and results for communication strategies as required<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Technical Competencies:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Business knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Communication planning, including experience with current web practices, supporting technologies, new media (including social media and viral messaging)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Change management<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Exceptional research, writing and editing, and in particular, the ability to write in different styles to reflect the nature of the stakeholder, audience and message<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Strong project management skills, and the ability to execute programs with speed, accuracy and efficiency<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Cultural Competencies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Creative thinker, with a desire and ability to look for better ways to approach issues and situations<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Compelling storyteller<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Positive, can-do attitude<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Uncompromising commitment to quality and details; able to uncover defects and develop solutions while also able to see the big picture<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Self-motivated, with an appetite for working entrepreneurially and a track record as self-starter<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Strong team orientation, with a strong sense of commitment to team members and clients<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Skilled in cross-cultural communication; demonstrates heightened awareness of cross-cultural issues and strong capability of working across boundaries and differences<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Evidence of intellectual curiosity as demonstrated by other professional training and outside activities; experience and interest in learning about new technologies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Flexibility to travel globally, attend events as required and to work, if needed, outside of standard business hours<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Emotional Intelligence Competencies:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Demonstrates self-awareness and self-control<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Conveys empathy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Displays social expertness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Able to exert personal influence<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Demonstrates mastery of purpose and vision<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Undergraduate degree in marketing, communications or related field is preferred<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- At least 10 years of demonstrated impact in internal or external roles involving executive communications with examples of non-traditional, innovative approaches<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Experience working for a global Company, and demonstrated competence in communicating with internationally dispersed employees / teams<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- A track record of working effectively with senior management (VP and C-Level) and forming peer-level relationships with other senior members of an organization<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Proven history of developing successful multi-channel, global internal communications programs<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Experience in managing core and virtual teams that include speech writers, graphics designers, consultants and agencies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Past record of successfully driving programs with tight deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- Expertise in multi-tasking, prioritizing, and succeeding in a fast-paced, dynamic environment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Kindly send your resume to <a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Global Talent Communications Manager (# 108697)

Position: Global Talent Communications Manager Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: The Customer Group (CG) team i...

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Presidential Debate 2012...Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Tonight at 9 P.M. ET, Jim Lehrer will moderate the first of the 2012 Presidential Debates live from Denver, CO.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpNDN7WmMEKYyAufrZLMZT5ijFfmDeV9Oxj0TV2nQJ9tuprp5NEnw8mauMH1j07KdzltPdWPfeKDVJp78cv0jmYYnFGmcKhGgM-kWrVC_UpBDhOhkRFpuRkHdltjABicdML2ehbytyyk/s1600/Obama+Romney+Debate+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpNDN7WmMEKYyAufrZLMZT5ijFfmDeV9Oxj0TV2nQJ9tuprp5NEnw8mauMH1j07KdzltPdWPfeKDVJp78cv0jmYYnFGmcKhGgM-kWrVC_UpBDhOhkRFpuRkHdltjABicdML2ehbytyyk/s400/Obama+Romney+Debate+2012.jpg" width="400" /></a>Tonight’s questions will focus on fiscal and domestic policy.  Subsequent Presidential debates will focus on foreign policy and social issues.<br /><br />So, in the meantime and on the precipice of tonight’s debate…<br /><br />We brought both President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney into the Bagwine Studios of IWS in order to have a tête-à-tête type summit in order to discover what makes the hearts and souls of President Barry and Governor Willard beat.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Gov. Romney…Let’s begin with you.  If you had been born a black man rather than a pasty white type of guy…what type of black man would you be?<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  Hmmmm?  That pre-supposes that my father would have been a negro as well, and since as a white man living in Detroit he ran Ford Motor Company…um…as a successful negro living in Detroit, he would have run Motown Records. So I guess I would have become the cat’s pajamas in some Section 8 mogul form or fashion. Or I’d have taken over Motown Records and be known today as, Quincy Gordy and/or Berry Jones.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Likewise President Obama…If you had been born truly white, rather than an awkwardly DNA’ed mufaletta, where do you think you’d be today?<br /><br /><b>Obama:</b>  Hell I’d still be residing in Hawaii.  And as a white man I would actually be able to enjoy the surf.  I could swim in the ocean.  Ride a surfboard, and just hang out getting a tan.  You can’t do any of that type of thing when you’re a black man.  Hawaii isn’t paradise when you’re a black man; it’s just a Zip Code.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Let’s move to religion…President Obama?  If you were a Mormon, how do you think you would react?<br /><br /><b>Obama:</b>  Well…First I would say unto myself…Why your mommy and daddy belong to a church that considered us folks of color lesser folk until 1980 or so?  But then?  I’d be all over that polygamy thing and marry Tyra Banks, Shakira, Eva Longoria, Michelle, produce 8,000 kids, and be the first Democrat Presidential candidate to ever win the State of Utah.<br /><br /><b>Matt: </b> And Governor Romney?  What if you had been raised a Muslim like President Obama?<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  That’s a bazaar question.  Ha Ha Ha, get it?  Bazaar?  Anyhoo…The word bazaar is a portend as to what I’d do.  I’d probably ingratiate myself to the Muslim community and make millions off of selling spices and tea leaves produced in China and Laos to my Muslim brethren in the kitschy markets of the Middle East.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Gov. Romney.  Soft Drinks…Pop…Soda…They can help to define a person.  What is your favorite?<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  Well as a Mormon I don’t consume caffeine, but as a drinker of soda, I do once in awhile enjoy an ice cold bottle of Coca-Cola.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Coke does contain caffeine.<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  Pepsi?<br /><br /><b>Matt: </b> Pepsi does as well.<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  Well, I do enjoy being in the bubbly presence of the CEOs of both companies.  Ha Ha Ha.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  President Obama?  You favorite soft drink, pop, soda?<br /><br /><b>Obama:</b>  Hee Hee…I see you smiling Matt-Man, because as you worked in fast food in High School and work at the Beer Mine now, you know what us bruthas like.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRQymYAmkK94Yzj9FY6_pgdGpnBBoy3ndGegFNIUAROhOvlkwlC3KBtzYzPeAdK7S2MhuIo-inkawfW8Z8AWZjFcNGkp8aT1GoxEm6qbo9TVZXcvneY2TySLWibc2x50IFKeZ4K26lMI/s1600/Tahitian+Treat.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/AVvXsEjhRQymYAmkK94Yzj9FY6_pgdGpnBBoy3ndGegFNIUAROhOvlkwlC3KBtzYzPeAdK7S2MhuIo-inkawfW8Z8AWZjFcNGkp8aT1GoxEm6qbo9TVZXcvneY2TySLWibc2x50IFKeZ4K26lMI/s400/Tahitian+Treat.jpg" width="400" /></a><b>Matt:</b>  Ha…And what would that be?<br /><br /><b>Obama:</b>  We like Orange Pop, Grape Pop, and Tahitian Treat.<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  Word…And even though you are Hawaiian, you’ll have none of that Hawaiian Punch shit.<br /><br /><b>Obama:</b>  Fuck that shit.<br /><br /><b>Romney:</b>  Can I say fuck that shit too?  I mean, if it’ll help me be hip?<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b> You just did, Governor.<br /><br /><b>Romney: </b> Yo, Canine.  Woot Woot.<br /><br /><b>Obama and Matt:</b>  Uh-huh.<br /><br />And that concludes our debate and if you’d like, Jayman and I will be broadcasting LIVE Today at 11 AM ET on Blog Talk Radio so catch us LIVE by clicking right <i><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/03/yada-yada-yada">HERE.</a></span></i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS">@MattMan_IWS</a></i></span></div>

Presidential Debate 2012...Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

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Book Review: The Architect Says

<a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890933"><b><i>The Architect Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom</i></b></a> compiled and edited by Laura S. Dushkes<br />Princeton Architectural Press, 2012<br />Hardcover, 160 pages<br /><br /><img alt="book-quips.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-quips.jpg" title="Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Partis" /><br /><br />Even though architecture is a spatial, tactile, and visual medium, and architects naturally convey their ideas primarily through visual means (drawings, models, renderings), they still have a need for writing. And some architects have a knack for creating catchy phrases, many of which have been handed down (more or less accurate to the original) for generations, such as Mies van der Rohe's "Less is more" or Robert Venturi's response, "Less is a bore."<br /><br />Laura Dushkes, appropriately a librarian at NBBJ in Seattle, has compiled a number of gems both familiar and otherwise in this small book. Actually she has crafted less a book than a pocketbook of inspiration. Even the design (hardcover, rounded edges, ribbon marker, large type with various fonts) makes <i>The Architect Says</i> resemble what can best be described as a sketchbook/textbook hybrid. It's as if the "quotes, quips, and words of wisdom" were jotted down like in a sketchbook, and the architects are speaking to us as if they are our teachers.<br /><br />Beyond the actual selection of quotes, the most intentional aspect of Dushkes' editing is their ordering. They work together to give a cover-to-cover read of the book a nice flow, with certain takes, topics, and themes grouped together. Contradictions and disagreements abound, most obviously with the above lines by Mies and Venturi facing each other on one spread. Another important element is the way the type design emphasizes certain parts of each quote; given their brevity I find the blue highlights unnecessary, but they do affect the reading of the various quotes.<br /><br />Reading the whole book is fairly quick, but it's clearly meant to be a book to browse; a lack of an index and sources for the quotes (outside the architect who wrote it) means it doesn't really work as a reference. Coming across unexpected quotes or ones that hit a nerve makes a flip through the book great. A couple of my favorites includes Jan Kaplicky: "It's not a sign of creativity to have sixty-five ideas for one problem. It's just a waste of energy." and Frank Gehry: "I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do." These and other quotes make the book a great gift, especially for that architect who'd rather read the good parts instead of a whole book. <br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890932?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1616890932&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1616890932?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydose02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=1616890932" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1616890932?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=1616890932" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Review: The Architect Says

The Architect Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom compiled and edited by Laura S. Dushkes Princeton Architectural Press, 2012 Hardcove...

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