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About Dravet Syndrome
Causes of Dravet Syndrome
Symptoms of Dravet Syndrome
Seizure Types in Dravet Syndrome
Myoclonic Seizures
Clonic Seizures
Atonic Seizures
Partial Seizures
Tonic Seizures
Focal Impaired-Awareness Seizures
Tonic-Clonic Seizures
Absence Seizures
Status Epilepticus
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Diagnosis of Dravet Syndrome
Genetic Testing for Dravet Syndrome
Living with Dravet Syndrome
Seizure Triggers
Seizure Warning Signs
Seizure Alarms and Aids
Seizure Diaries
Emergency Seizure Management Plan
Seizure First Aid
Dravet Syndrome and Schooling
Dravet Syndrome and Sleep
Dravet Syndrome Prognosis
Treatments for Dravet Syndrome
Approved Treatments for Dravet Syndrome
Rescue Medicines
Diastat (Diazepam Rectal Gel)
Ativan (Lorazepam)
Nayzilam (USL261)
Physiotherapy and Speech Therapy
Medications to Avoid
Sodium Channel Blockers in Dravet Syndrome
Advocacy Groups, Doctors Question Rising Prices of Rare Disease Treatments
by Larry Luxner
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Half a year has gone by since disgraced pharma executive Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for securities and wire fraud while heading San Diego-based Retrophin.
As founder and CEO of another company (then known as Turing Pharmaceuticals), in late 2015 Shkreli bought the rights to the off-patent medication Daraprim (pyrimethamine),which treats rare parasitic infections in babies and HIV/AIDS patients, and jacked up its price by more than 5,000 percent — from $13.50 to $750 a pill.
The brazen move earned Shkreli the wrath of millions of Americans, and put a sinister face on the issue of rapidly escalating prescription drug prices.
While the example of Daraprim is extreme, it's no exaggeration that the skyrocketing costs of medications — especially therapies that treat rare diseases — are infuriating patients and the advocacy groups that represent them.
"We are deeply concerned about rising drug prices," said Ron Bartek, co-founder and president of the nonprofit Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, in a phone interview with BioNews Services, which publishes this website.
"What's important to us and our patients is sustainable access — not just for our patient families, but sustainable also for payers, for the national and global economy, and for the pharmaceutical companies. We want them to make money and continue developing therapies. But this whole house of cards could come tumbling down," Bartek added.
Bartek co-founded FARA with his wife in 1998, the year after their stepson, Keith, was diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating, degenerative neuromuscular disorder that affects about one in 50,000 Americans.
"Our drug company partners talk about value-based pricing, but if they're really just trying to figure out what the market will bear, then that's a very short-term analysis and cannot be sustained," he said. "That's not going to work over the long haul."
Balancing treatment costs
Markus Peters, PhD, is a pharma industry consultant and former chief commercial officer at Agilis Biotherapeutics, which earlier this year was acquired by PTC Therapeutics. He said many factors go into determining the price of a therapy. Besides the often-cited research and development costs, there also are manufacturing costs, which he said can be quite substantial when it comes to gene therapy.
"It's also a tremendous effort to identify patients for clinical trials because they're usually undiagnosed or misdiagnosed," he said in a phone interview from Boston, estimating that only 1 to 5 percent of patients with ultra-rare diseases actually have been diagnosed as having them.
Peters is one of four panelists scheduled to speak Oct. 15 at a roundtable — "Value Pricing and the Patient Experience: How to Achieve an Effective Balance" — during the two-day 2018 NORD Rare Disease Summit in Washington, D.C. The event is sponsored by the nonprofit National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD), which represents 280 patient advocacy organizations.
"So much of the innovation is now being driven by small companies — especially in the U.S. — but private investors need to see a return on their investment, and that has to be included in the drug price," Peters said. "These people are putting risk capital or private equity out there for these efforts, and there's only a certain probability those efforts will be successful. The higher the risk, the higher their expectation of a return."
Despite the initial high costs, gene therapy actually can make treatment cheaper in the long run, according to Peters.
"A gene therapy is a one-time treatment covering maybe two or three years of classical enzyme replacement therapy. The same is true with organ replacement or bone marrow transplants," he said. "My advice is to make sure drug development companies focus on diseases with a high unmet medical need; there are no 'me-toos' in the rare disease space."
Brendan Hayes, government relations specialist for the National Hemophilia Foundation, also will be on that panel. She told BioNews that patients are sometimes viewed as part of the problem.
"Patients across the country are demanding safe, effective and affordable treatments," she said. "There's a lot of finger-pointing, but patients really want to help come up with solutions. For example, some ultra-rare disease patient families are raising money to fund research and development activities on their own."
Hayes added that 60 percent of Americans with hemophilia are on commercial insurance plans, and that "a large percentage of these patients are on self-insured plans, which means that their employers assume the risk. So, some patients naturally worry that they might lose their jobs as a result."
The promise of gene therapy
Paul Melmeyer, NORD's director of federal policy, will moderate a discussion Oct. 16 on the second day of the NORD Rare Disease Summit. The talk, "Federal Policy Priorities & Election Implications," focuses on the U.S. midterm elections set for Nov. 6 and how the results may affect rare disease patients.
"Both houses of Congress are up for grabs, and it can go either way. That can drastically impact the healthcare policies Congress will tackle next year … [lawmakers] could choose to reprioritize some issues over others, such as the price of pharmaceutical products or expanding health insurance options for individuals," he said. "We're also hopeful that the Orphan Drug Tax Credit could be addressed, and that we could reconsider whether cutting it in half was a good idea or not."
Meanwhile, "we've seen several orphan therapies come to market over the course of the last year, including a couple of notable therapies that are incredibly effective, such as Spinraza, which has done wonders for many within the SMA [spinal muscular atrophy] community. There's also Luxturna — the first gene therapy for a genetic disorder — which really improves the eyesight of individuals with inherited retinal diseases," he said.
"So, while there have been very high prices, there have also been medical breakthroughs."
Spinraza (nusinersen), an injectable therapy developed by Biogenfor SMA, costs $750,000 for first-year treatment, and $375,000 each year thereafter. Luxturna, a one-time treatment developed by Spark Therapeutics, costs $850,000.
"It's a very complex balancing act, and NORD does not have a position [on prices for specific therapies]," Melmeyer said. "We don't believe that's our role. What we focus on is that the product is accessible to the rare-disease patient population for which it's intended."
'Prescription for reform'
Earlier this year, 21 prominent U.S. and Canadian doctors published a proposal for universal access to safe, affordable medications. The report, "Healing an ailing pharmaceutical system: prescription for reform for United States and Canada," was released by Physicians for a National Health Program, a Chicago-based nonprofit group with 20,000 members across the U.S.
It identifies critical steps to slash costs, improve access, and increase the safety of prescription medications in both countries:
Provide universal drug coverage without fees at the point of use.
Reduce prices through negotiations with pharmaceutical firms and, when needed, compulsory generic manufacture.
Enhance innovation through patent reform and by establishing new public agencies to fund drug development and clinical trials.
Improve drug safety, efficacy, and prescribing quality by raising standards for approval and safety monitoring.
Leverage popular support for reform in both the U.S. and Canada in order to push back against powerful political opponents.
"Our pharmaceutical system prioritizes industry profits over public health, but it doesn't have to be this way," Adam Gaffney, MD, of Harvard Medical Schooland co-chair of the Pharmaceutical Reform Working Group, said in a press release. "Through a series of common-sense reforms, we can increase the affordability, safety and effectiveness of medicine for our patients."
Gaffney also warned that fighting the power of big pharma won't be easy, given the $171 million the industry spent on lobbying Capitol Hill in 2017 alone.
"Every year we wait for reform means another spike in medication prices," he said.
Sidney Wolfe, MD, founder of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, added: "The pharmaceutical industry directly funds the regulating arm of the FDA, and paid more than $800 million in user fees in 2017. The FDA's independence is too important to expose to the influence and money of the industry."
Tagged #NORDsummit, Biogen, FARA, interview, prices, PTC Therapeutics, rare diseases, Spinraza.
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A $10 million stashbox is set aside for the program as part of the California Cannabis Equity Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year.
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday will sit down to vote on what issues to prioritize in the year ahead.
Full-service satellite locations are open Monday, but closed on Election Day while 50 drop-off sites are available.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Autopsies have helped identify 63-year-old twin brothers who were found dead last weekend in their Chattanooga home.
But the autopsies did nothing to resolve the mystery of what happened to the brothers and how their bodies could have remained in the home for about three years without anyone noticing.
Chattanooga police say the autopsies confirmed the men were Andrew and Anthony Johnson. Police say they were found dead Saturday. They were sitting in recliners inside their home and both appeared to have died in 2011.
Chattanooga police say there were no signs of foul play. They also said neighbors didn't notice anything was wrong. A police spokesman said the brothers were reclusive and did not communicate with family or anyone else.


The excursion includes a drive through Kangra Valley, walk through small villages, picnic lunch at Tatta Pani (Hot Spring) swimming & river crossing and visit to Masroor Rock-cut Temple.
We start after breakfast and after one and a half hour drive we reach a small village in Kangra Valley, from where we start walking through the village to reach Tatta Pani (Hot Spring). Lunch at Tatta Pani. From here we cross a small river to walk to the roadside where the jeep is waiting for us. Drive half an hour to visit Masrur Rock-cut Temple. Drive to back to McLeod Ganj passing through Kangra town.


Traumatic brain injury does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or induced by birth trauma.
The incidence of TBI peaks during three specific age periods: birth to 5 years of age, 15-24 years of age, and over 70 years of age. About 80,000 to 90,000 of the 475,000 children who have sustained TBIs are permanently disabled from their accidents or injuries. About 180 per 100,000 children under age 15 experience TBIs and of that number, 5% to 8% experience severe TBIs.
The Brain Injury Association (formerly the National Head Injury Foundation) calls TBI "the silent epidemic," because many children have no visible impairments after a head injury. Symptoms can vary greatly depending upon the extent and location of the brain injury. However, impairments in one or more areas (such as cognitive functioning, physical abilities, communication, or social/behavioral disruption) are common. These impairments may be either temporary or permanent in nature and may cause partial or total functional disability as well as psychosocial maladjustment.
Medical/Neurological Symptoms: speech, vision, hearing and other sensory impairment, decreased motor coordination, difficulty breathing, dizziness, headaches, impaired balance, loss of intellectual capacities, partial to full paralysis, reduced body strength, seizures, sleep disorders, and speech problems.
Cognitive Symptoms: decreased attention, organizational skills, and problem solving ability; difficulty with abstract concepts; memory deficits; perceptual problems; poor concentration, poor judgment; slowed information processing, and poor memory.
Behavioral/Emotional Symptoms: aggressive behavior, denial of deficits, depression, difficulty accepting and responding to change, loss of reduction of inhibitions, distractibility, feelings of worthlessness, lack of emotion, low frustration level, helplessness, impulsivity, inappropriate crying or laughing, and irritability.
Social Skills Development: difficulties maintaining relationships, inability to restrict socially inappropriate behaviors, inappropriate responses to the environment, insensitivity to others' feelings, limited initiation of social interactions, and social isolation.
Any or all of the above impairments may occur to different degrees. The nature of the injury and its attendant problems can range from mild to severe, and the course of recovery is very difficult to predict for any given student. It is important to note that with early and ongoing therapeutic intervention the severity of these symptoms may decrease, but only in varying degrees.
Despite its high incidence, many medical and education professionals are unaware of the consequences of childhood head injury. Students with TBI are too often inappropriately classified as having learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, or mental retardation. As a result, the needed educational and related services may not be provided within the special education program. The designation of TBI as a separate category of disability signals that schools should provide children and youth with access to and funding for neuropsychological, speech/language, educational, and other evaluations necessary to provide the information needed for the development of an appropriate individualized educational program (IEP).
While the majority of children with TBI return to school, their educational and emotional needs are likely to be very different from what they were prior to the injury. Although children with TBI may seem to function much like children born with other handicapping conditions, it is important to recognize that the sudden onset of a severe disability resulting from trauma is very different. Children with brain injuries can often remember how they were before the trauma, which can result in a constellation of emotional and psychosocial problems not usually present in children with congenital disabilities. Further, the trauma impacts family, friends, and professionals who recall what the child was like prior to injury and who have difficulty in shifting and adjusting goals and expectations.
Initially, it may be important for teachers to gauge whether the child can follow one-step instructions well before challenging the child with a sequence of two or more directions. Often attention is focused on the child's disabilities after the injury, which reduces self-esteem; therefore, it is important to build opportunities for success and to maximize the child's strengths.
Find out as much as you can about the child's injury and his or her present needs. Find out more about TBI. See the list of resources and organizations at the end of this publication.
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI). Their mission is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
The EMSC Program is dedicated to collaborating with federal partners to support EMSC research infrastructure and improve the quality and quantity of EMSC research.
FCA is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.
Family Voices, a national grassroots network of families and friends, advocates for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent for all children and youth with special health care needs; promotes the inclusion of all families as decision makers at all levels of health care; and supports essential partnerships between families and professionals.
This hotline is composed of a multidisciplinary team trained in traumatic brain injury. Consultants include individuals with TBI, family members, learning specialists, nurses, paraprofessionals, lawyers, neuropsychologists, and physicians specializing in emergency medicine, and neurology. The TBI Consulting Team offers consultations, research assistance, case management services, legal services, and in-service training. They serve individuals with brain injuries and their families, government officials, agency heads, educators, medical and legal professionals, and social workers.
The National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury is supported by NIDRR to provide research and technical assistance to professionals who work with individuals with traumatic brain injuries. They provide articles, trainings, and conferences.


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Das Interniertenlager Thalerhof war ein von den Behörden der k.u.k Monarchie in der Nähe von Graz eingerichtetes Internierungslager, das während des Ersten Weltkriegs zwischen dem 4. September 1914 und dem 10. Mai 1917 bestand. Offiziell nannte es sich k.k. Internierten-Lager. Hierhin wurden ruthenische (ukrainische) Bewohner aus Galizien und der Bukowina deportiert, die vermeintlich oder tatsächlich mit dem Kriegsgegner Russland sympathisierten.

Übersicht
Im Lager Thalerhof bei Feldkirchen südlich von Graz waren von 1914 bis 1917 insgesamt etwa 30.000 Menschen aus Osteuropa (hauptsächlich Ukrainer, damals "Ruthenen" genannt) interniert, die von der k.u.k. Armee der "Russenfreundlichkeit" verdächtigt worden waren. Von 1917 bis 1918 waren etwa 5000 russische Kriegsgefangene im Lager Thalerhof untergebracht. Im Winter 1914/15 starben dort 1380, insgesamt 1767 Personen, in erster Linie an Cholera und Typhusepidemien. Die Toten wurden im Bereich des Lagers bestattet. Ihre Gebeine wurden 1936 beim Bau des Flughafens Graz in einen Karner, ein Beinhaus, am Friedhof Feldkirchen, auf den Jüdischen Friedhof Graz oder auf den Grazer Zentralfriedhof umgebettet. Ob das tatsächlich für alle Bestattungen geschah oder ob sich unter Anlagen des Flughafens noch Gräber befänden, wurde diskutiert, eine wissenschaftliche Untersuchung ergab 2008, dass dies mit Sicherheit auszuschließen ist. Diese im Auftrag des Verteidigungsministeriums durchgeführte Untersuchung ergab eine Zahl von 2093 bestatteten toten Lagerhäftlingen.

Geschichte

Die erste Gruppe der verschleppten galizischen Russophilen wurde am 4. September 1914 in Thalerhof eingeliefert. Bis zum Winter 1914/15 gab es in Thalerhof keine Baracken. Die Menschen lagen unter offenem Himmel, auch bei Regen und Schnee. Die Internierten wurden gefoltert und geschlagen. In einem offiziellen Bericht von 9. November 1914 wurde mitgeteilt, dass das Lager zu diesem Zeitpunkt ca. 5700 Insassen beinhaltete, darunter ca. 2000 Lemken. Es war damit das größte derartige Lager, in Theresienstadt waren zu dem Zeitpunkt etwa 890 Ruthenen interniert.

Insgesamt gingen durch das Interniertenlager Thalerhof in den knapp drei Jahren seines Bestehens nicht weniger als 20.000 prorussisch eingestellte Galizier und Bukowiner. Allein in den ersten eineinhalb Jahren starben ca. 3000 von ihnen.

Das Lager wurde im Mai 1917 auf Befehl des letzten Kaisers Karl I. geschlossen. Die Baracken standen noch bis zum Jahr 1936, als sie schließlich abgerissen wurden. Dabei wurden 1767 Leichen exhumiert, die in einem Massengrab in dem nahgelegenen Dorf Feldkirchen begraben wurden. Das Gelände des ehemaligen Interniertenlagers gehört heute zum Flughafen Graz.

Zustände im Lager
Der Tod im Interniertenlager Thalerhof hatte selten natürliche Ursachen. Die katastrophalen hygienischen Bedingungen führten bald zum Ausbruch von Seuchen wie Cholera und Typhus. Allein im ersten Kriegswinter 1914/15 starb ein Drittel der 7000 Gefangenen an Flecktyphus. Irgendeine Art medizinischer Versorgung für die Internierten fehlte komplett. Das Essen war sehr schlecht und hatte kaum einen Nährwert. Durch das Fehlen von Geschirr mussten die Häftlinge ihre Kleidungsstücke wie Mützen zum Auffüllen mit suppenähnlicher Flüssigkeit benutzen, es gab großes Gedränge. Eine große Rolle spielte die Gewalt der Wächter gegen die Insassen. Zum Einschüchtern lagen oft blutüberströmte Leichen vor den Eingängen in die Baracken, oft hingen auf Pfählen gehängte und übel zugerichtete Menschen.

Rezeption
In Österreich geriet das Lager in Vergessenheit, die Forschung beschäftigte sich nicht damit. Einem Auslieferungsbegehren der Siegermächte nach dem Kommandanten des Lagers wurde nicht nachgekommen. Die Behauptung, Thalerhof werde ein "ewiges Schanddenkmal dieses Staates bleiben" erwies sich als falsch.

Im polnischen Galizien hingegen veranstaltete ein "Thalerhof-Komitee" schon 1919 bis 1939 Kongresse, errichtete Denkmäler und publizierte Erinnerungsliteratur über das "galizische Golgota" Thalerhof. Mit Einmarsch der Sowjets 1939 wurde das Komitee verboten.
In der ukrainischen Innenpolitik wurde Thalerhof in den letzten Jahren hingegen zunehmend instrumentalisiert, es fand oft Eingang in politische Diskussionen. Im Oktober 2004 beschloss das ukrainische Parlament einstimmig eine Resolution, in der zur Erinnerung an Thalerhof aufgerufen wurde. Die prorussischen Kräfte in der Ukraine betonen, in Thalerhof "seien Menschen für ihre Traditionen, ihr Russisch und ihren orthodoxen Glauben gestorben, verraten von ukrainischen Nationalisten und Angehörigen der griechisch-katholischen Kirche".

Den russischen Kriegsgefangenen, die hauptsächlich im Lager Thalerhof lebten und im Ersten Weltkrieg als Zwangsarbeiter in der Landwirtschaft der Weststeiermark eingesetzt wurden, hat der Mundartdichter Hans Kloepfer mit dem Gedicht "Da Ruß" ein Denkmal gesetzt. Eine Statue des Bildhauers Carl Hermann in St. Katharina in der Wiel zeigt diese Figur.

Am 11. Dezember 2012 wurden 20 Metalltafeln mit den Namen von 1767 Toten des Lagers in Anwesenheit von Vertretern ehemaliger Lagerbewohner feierlich enthüllt.

Literatur
 Georg Hoffmann, Nicole-Melanie Goll, Philipp Lesiak: Thalerhof 1914–1936. Die Geschichte eines vergessenen Lagers und seiner Opfer. In der Reihe: Mitteleuropäische Studien. Schriftenreihe der Fakultät für Mitteleuropäische Studien der Andrássy Gyula Deutschsprachigen Universität Budapest. . Band 4. Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, Herne 2010. ISBN 978-3-933337-76-4.

Weblinks

 Gestorben im Lager Thalerhof austria-forum mit Hinweis auf die Enthüllung der Namenstafeln (abgerufen 10. März 2013)

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Thalerhof
Grazer Geschichte
Galizien

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What's In a Name? Women, Marriage and Identity
June 3, 2016 by Anne Haule
By Anne Haule / Musings of a Boomer Feminist
Juliet could not marry Romeo because of a long-standing family feud between her family (the Capulets) and his family (the Montagues). She laments that if it weren't for the name "Montague" their love could survive – "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Brides from the 80's to the present do feel that names matter and often put much thought into whether of not to take their husband's birth name or retain their own.
History Lesson from Jolly Old England
The heterosexual tradition of the wife taking the husband's name is based on English common law that held a husband and wife are one "person" under the law – resulting in the end of the wife's separate legal existence – along with all her "single person" rights. Wives were considered "chattel" and were essentially owned by their husbands. This name change heritage is the reason many feminists beginning in the 70's retained their birth names.
What to Name my Married Self?
It was 1984 and I was tempted to change my last name to my husband's – primarily because it is a common name that is easy to pronounce and spell. I toyed with my options – use his name, keep my birth name or do a hyphenated combo – a new naming option that was becoming popular among baby boomer feminists seeking to make a statement about their independent value as wives.
Ultimately I decided to stay with my birth name because that was who I was and that was the statement I chose to make.
I'm glad I did not decide on the hyphenated option – based on the horror stories of friends who did – including confusion with governmental forms and transactions and pharmaceutical prescriptions – to name just a few.
In a bow to tradition, we gave our daughter her father's last name.
Fast forward some 20 years and my daughter faced the same decision. She and her husband pondered creating a new last name that was different from either one's. But when the time came to make the decision, they chose to keep their own birth names.
30-Something Professionals
Two of my nieces, an attorney and a physician, who married within the last 10 years, each decided to change to her husband's name. Their reasons for changing were the same – their husband's names were easy to spell and pronounce and they wanted the same last name as their children for school and medical communication. They commented that in this day and age, name change is no longer the feminist "statement" that it was in my day. They are both feminists in their own right and make no apologies for changing their last names. It is noteworthy that their mother also changed her name – so tradition may have had something to do with it too.
A professional colleague of mine recently celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary. She did not change her name when she married even though her husband wanted her to do so at the time. She is a feminist and wanted to maintain her identity. However, after 20 years, she decided to change her last name as a "gift" to him and in acknowledgement of their love and successful marriage. Surprise . . . surprise . . . although he was deeply touched by her sentiment, he told her that he had gotten used to her name and valued the independence it stood for and wanted it to be an example for their own daughter.
One Couple's Thought Process
My husband and I both wanted to have the same name as each other. For us, it was a way of expressing our . . . unity / solidarity – an emblem of our family-ness that we wanted to present to the world – also it is easier if you are going to have kids – avoids awkwardness and confusion with teachers, etc. That said, we did not automatically use my husband's name – we considered combining our names to come up with a new name but that would make it hard for descendants who might want to do some family genealogy and no combination of our names sounded good – one combo was the name of a famous drag queen! We then discussed using my name but ultimately our decision to use my husband's name came down to consideration of our fathers. My husband's father is sentimental and wanted to see his name survive – my father wasn't particularly concerned about his name dying out.
A 40-something lesbian couple, who are friends of mine, decided to have one name and to use the name of the wife whose grandmother survived the Armenian genocide during and after WWI. At 6 years old, her grandmother witnessed the shooting of her family by Turkish soldiers of the Ottoman Empire. Children not shot were put in a boat and taken out to sea to be drowned. The soldier in charge of her grandmother's boat could not execute the plan and instead set the children free. Her grandmother was taken in by a local family of Turks and passed as Turkish until at 15 she was taken as a bride by an Armenian soldier who took her to America where she lived to age 93. Proud of her grandmother and her heritage, this couple will continue the Armenian legacy – even though her name is more difficult to pronounce and spell. This couple, married after the Supreme Court's recent decision approving same-sex marriage, wanted to make their own statement – not about feminism but about remembering the genocide and her grandmother's struggle.
Another lesbian couple I know decided that each would change her last name to the birth name of one of their mothers. The mother they chose raised her daughter by herself after her husband left home. As tradition had it at the time, the daughter was given the father's birth name. Now this daughter wants to honor her mother by making her mother's birth name the family name for her new family – two moms and two children – each mom giving birth to one child and both children having the same sperm donor.
As for men, the literature suggests that it is uncommon for gay men to change their names when they marry surmising the reason due to the fact that boys, unlike girls, grow up never expecting to change their name.
Interestingly one of my gay friends told me that some gay couples who have a child chose to give the child the father's name that is most "WASPish" in a belief that such a name will give their child a "leg up" in getting along in a world where bias still exists.
Italy – by law spouses keep their birth names
Greece – by law women are required to keep their birth names
Germany – the couple must choose either name as a "family" name
Spanish-speaking countries – children receive both parents' names
Japan – the law doesn't recognize different surnames for married couples
China – wife keeps her birth name but children take husband's surname
What is Happening Now and What Does it Mean?
According to a 35 year study published in 2009 in the journal Social Behavior and Personality a woman's decision to retain her birth name reached its highest point of about 23% in the mid-90's and the percentage has been declining ever since – down to about 18% at the time of the study.
I'm not sure what this all means – it could mean that most women today are comfortable with spousal equality in marriage and no longer feel compelled to make a statement – it could mean that they agree with Juliet that no matter their name, their marriage, like Juliet's rose, will "smell as sweet". Or, it could be a manifestation of an anti-feminism pendulum swing. Whatever the case with hetero-sexual couples, we are likely to see more name creativity among gays and lesbians now that same-sex marriage is the law of the land.
Song for This Post (Sorry, I couldn't help myself – I love this song! "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" from 1964)
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY . . . BUT THE JOURNEY IS NOT OVER!
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Anne Haule came of age in the 60s – marched against the war and for women's rights. She is a semi-retired attorney – a single mother of an awesome, 30-year-old woman activist. A city mouse from Chicago now living in San Diego, she keeps busy with writing, charities, travel, and politics. Anne wants to share her stories about what it was like to be at the front end of the Baby Boom and experience first-hand the incredible societal changes that have occurred over the past 50 years.
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The practice of taking a man's last name was established as a practical practice well before it was recognized by law. The practice was to help recognize the union of the two, property included. A example: It was an old practice to not allow men to go into battle, with out having a Son to take his place if he should fall. The reason behind this practice was a practical one. If you cannot defend your property, will you loose it all to those capable of taking it against your will. This is again where it was advantageous to want male children, when war, invasions, raids, and robbery was a likely events on a regular basis. As for the practice of taking a last name. It was in practice well before it was law of the land or enshrined in church doctrine. If you really want a history lesson, look into the rules of Clan Patterns, where as family's blended the pattern would change slightly. Eventually this lead to the rules of Heraldry, far too complex to fully state here.
The use of these images and patterns were how to identify friends from foe on the battlefield. Again something you should read up on, but too much would get off topic.
Now off the battlefield, it was practical for much the same. Family ties within the community at large. Who owned what, who was seen as a honorable family or low lifes.
Another function that has been lost to our culture by and large, is in reverence to remember the names of the fallen. Countless millions have died since the inception of this practice and has been a tribute to recognize in some small part, that those who have them today. Are living as they are, for someone died trying to make sure you lived to see today and maybe tomorrow in a way that you wish to and not as another whom may wish you grevious harm.

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Trait nalgebra::<wbr>Translation

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pub trait Translation<V> {
    fn translation(&self) -> V;
    fn inv_translation(&self) -> V;
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    fn append_translation(&self, amount: &V) -> Self;
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Trait of object which represent a translation, and to wich new translation
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fn translation(&self) -> V

Gets the translation associated with this object.

fn inv_translation(&self) -> V

Gets the inverse translation associated with this object.

fn append_translation_mut(&mut self, &V)

Appends a translation to this object.

fn append_translation(&self, amount: &V) -> Self

Appends the translation amount to a copy of t.

fn prepend_translation_mut(&mut self, &V)

Prepends a translation to this object.

fn prepend_translation(&self, amount: &V) -> Self

Prepends the translation amount to a copy of t.

fn set_translation(&mut self, V)

Sets the translation.

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impl<N: Copy + Add<N, Output=N> + Neg<Output=N>> Translation<Vec1<N>> for Vec1<N>

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Consultants Help Modernize Arab Schools
Hanif Hassan, left, the United Arab Emirates' minister of education, meets with educational consultant Vincent L. Ferrandino in Dubai.
—Matilde Gattoni/ArabianEye for Education Week
Persian Gulf states enlist foreign education experts in cautious move toward Western methods.
By Mary Ann Zehr
It's no accident that in undertaking improvements to its school system, the Ministry of Education in this small, oil-rich Persian Gulf country has made the most progress so far with an initiative to retrain school principals.
After all, Vincent L. Ferrandino, the American consultant the ministry hired to help develop the school improvement plan—and who has a five-year contract to help the United Arab Emirates implement it—specializes in what it takes for principals to raise the level of instruction.
For eight years, until last summer, when Mr. Ferrandino relocated to the UAE, he was the executive director of the Washington-based National Association of Elementary School Principals. He's also a former Connecticut commissioner of education.
"What drew me was the opportunity to do reform in a setting that is critical and doable," Mr. Ferrandino, 58, said in a recent interview.
He is part of a small, but influential, group of foreign education consultants who are helping the UAE and a handful of other Arab countries adopt standards-based reform, child-centered teaching methods, decentralization of top-down bureaucracies, and other school improvement strategies familiar in the West.
It's common for countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, a regional economic group that includes the UAE, to seek the advice of such consultants on how to update primary and secondary education, according to Ibrahim M. Al-Dosary, the education adviser to the secretary general of the GCC.
"Experts come and go every day, and the system is always developing," Mr. Al-Dosary wrote in an e-mail message. "Those experts are interacting with very well-educated people who know very well what they want. It is one way of convincing other people of the need for change."
The reform effort here has piqued the interest of U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who has accepted an invitation to learn more about it during a visit to the UAE in mid-May, according to an Education Department spokesman, Chad Colby.
Vincent L. Ferrandino, far right, and his team of foreign consultants are training principals in the UAE in school improvement methods that have found favor in Western countries.
Mr. Ferrandino and his team—six other Americans, three Canadians, an Egyptian, and a Saudi—are costing the UAE $2.2 million a year, including salaries, benefits, housing, and car allowances. Mr. Ferrandino's $200,000 salary alone matches what he received as an association executive.
Determining how much to take the advice of consultants can pose a management challenge for conservative Arab governments accustomed to carefully overseeing all details of their education systems.
Qatar, which relies heavily on the Santa Monica, Calif.-based RAND Corp. for advice on school improvement, has focused its reform efforts on establishing a system of charter schools, called "independent schools," that is parallel to the country's traditional schools run by Qatar's Education Ministry. The UAE has also begun a pilot project to start charter schools in its capital city, Abu Dhabi.
"It is absolutely wise to appoint well-known experts from all over the world to work for the ministries of education to achieve specific goals or to transfer knowledge and experience to national educators," Ali A. Al-Karni, the director general of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said by e-mail. "It is unwise, however, to bring those experts and give them total control over the whole educational system."
Mr. Al-Karni noted that he hasn't been impressed with how charter schools have worked out in the Arab world.
Cultural Challenges
The biggest challenges for improving primary schools in the region are to make the curriculum relevant to students' needs and those of society, and to move beyond memorization as the dominant learning style, Mr. Al-Dosary wrote in a paper for the Gulf Research Center, an independent research institute based in Dubai that studies GCC countries.
"It is doubtful that most learners are capable of thinking independently, or have much use of what they are being taught at schools," he wrote. The GCC's members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
Hanif Hassan, the UAE's minister of education, is hoping that an intensive effort to employ foreign education advisers in the UAE will help the country move toward an "outcome-based education."
"The education has been based on the teacher—he's been the master who delivers everything," Mr. Hassan said in an interview in January. "The students memorize it." Instead, he said, students need to be participants.
Mr. Ferrandino said that one reason the leaders of the UAE know they need to improve the quality of primary and secondary education is that the country's universities are having to provide a great deal of remedial education.
Weighing Arab Public Education
The World Bank evaluated school systems in 15 Middle Eastern and North African countries on indicators reflecting access to schooling, educational equity (including gender equity),efficiency, and quality of education. They were ranked on a scale of zero to one.
SOURCE: World Bank
Comparative data are hard to come by. The country as a whole has not taken part in international tests that compare performance of primary and secondary students in different countries, such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or timss, and the Program for International Assessment, or PISA.
But Arab countries, such as Jordan and Qatar, that have taken part in those tests have not ranked high. A report released in February by the World Bank, titled "The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and Africa," praised countries in the region for building schools, recruiting teachers, producing textbooks, and creating a curriculum in recent decades.
But it said that, on the whole, the region "has tended to focus too much on engineering education and too little on incentives and public accountability."
In the UAE, a nation of seven emirates with a population of 4.1 million, the public schools enroll 275,000 students, and its leaders are starting to invest more money in the system. The country's precollegiate budget for fiscal year 2008 is 5.6 billion dirhams, or $1.5 billion, an increase of 14 percent over the previous fiscal year, according to Mr. Hassan.
Hanif Hassan, the United Arab Emirates' minister of education, at right, is hoping that educational consultants from outside the country can help transform a system in which teachers primarily deliver content and students rely on memorization.
The system caps enrollment of non-nationals—mostly Arabs from other countries—at 20 percent of students, and while the ministry doesn't have data on any non-Arabs who may attend UAE public schools, the children of foreign workers typically have attended private schools ("Private Schools Catering to Foreign Students in Dubai," Jan. 30, 2008.)
Mr. Ferrandino said that he and the other foreign consultants he hired with the minister's consent to be part of an advisory team in the UAE see their charge as "to work on capacity-building of the locals and to do so by working with them side by side."
He added: "Our aim is, in fact, to make ourselves extinct as the nationals take over the leadership and management of their system."
The education improvement plan that Mr. Ferrandino helped write in 2005, while he was still with the principals' association, calls for the creation of "world-class educational standards," a move toward "student-centered learning," integration of technology with learning, upgrading of school buildings, and increased public accountability, among other changes.
On the ground, the UAE has begun its efforts with 50 of the country's 750 public schools.
"There's this desire here to bring about change rapidly," which matches the fact that the city of Dubai is growing rapidly, said Mr. Ferrandino. "Getting people to understand that change in education is a long endeavor is the biggest challenge."
United Arab Emirates: At a Glance
The UAE is a federation of sevenemirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai,Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain,Ra's Al-Khaimah, and Fujairah.
POPULATION: 4.1 million
CAPITAL: Abu Dhabi
SECOND-LARGEST CITY: Dubai
FY 2008 FEDERAL BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.5 billion
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 750
TEACHERS: 24,000
SOURCE: Education Week; United Arab Emirates National Media Council
His team has assurances from top UAE education officials that the country is receptive to changes based on methods that have proved valuable elsewhere.
"We're not restricted to one model," Mr. Hassan, the education minister, said about his country's plan. "We're trying to take international best practices and bring them here," whether they come from Australia, European countries, or the United States.
One strength of American schools, Mr. Hassan added, is that they engage students in activities and have them do presentations. The downside of the U.S. system, he said, is that many of its students lack discipline.
Two concepts that are well developed in the American education system, and that Mr. Ferrandino's team is helping the UAE implement, are that principals need to be instructional leaders and that schools must have a process for identifying children with disabilities and serving them.
At the heart of the effort to retrain principals is a mentoring program that began last fall. The 37 "principal advisers" are from Australia, Britain, Canada, Lebanon, South Africa, and the United States. Each has a one-year contract to mentor one or two UAE principals. The cost of that advisory program is $4 million per year.
In Al-Ain, a city near the UAE's border with Oman, John A. Howard, a longtime principal from Canada, is mentoring Ibrahim Abdalla Al-Jarrah, the headmaster of the Khalif bin Zayed School, a secondary school for boys with 600 students.
On a recent winter day, they talked about the arrangement.
Previously, Mr. Al-Jarrah said, he focused on teachers' classroom management. Mr. Howard has helped him focus on instruction through a revised teacher-evaluation form that reviews teachers' performance with a checklist of skills. They include using "a variety of activities which engage students" and showing "awareness of different learning styles."
Mr. Al-Jarrah explained that, in the past, "we kept the student quiet. Now we care about methods."
On that same day, the Khalif bin Zayed School hosted a regional meeting for about 10 foreign principal mentors. Christina Meyer, a principal mentor from Rockford, Ill., said that in the elementary school she's assigned to in Abu Dhabi, teachers have begun to post students' work in their classrooms, which she says isn't a common practice in the UAE. She said she has supported the principal of the school to encourage teachers to provide a "print-rich environment," which includes using "word walls," on which sight words or vocabulary are posted.
Principals also must complete an International Computer Driver's License, or ICDL, which is a certification for using technology, and must pass a standardized English test.
And in addition to having schools increase the use of technology, the improvement plan calls for schools to teach half the curriculum in English and half in Arabic. Currently, most UAE schools are teaching core subjects in Arabic and providing students with a period each day of English instruction.
Progress on Inclusion
Mr. Ferrandino said one area that has moved along more quickly than he had expected is an effort to get schools to identify students with disabilities and serve them in regular classrooms. Traditionally, students with disabilities have been taught in separate, special centers in the UAE.
Annemarie F. Neubecker, a consultant from Florida, and Miriam Al-Ghawi, an Emirati who is the assistant director of the department of special education in the Education Ministry, are encouraging public schools to try inclusion. At this point, they say, 63 students with disabilities who once attended special centers are being taught in regular classrooms.
To push for that number to grow, the women are using as a foundation a law enacted by presidential decree in August 2006 that calls for support of people with special needs, The two educators say that children with disabilities carry a stigma in the UAE.
"There's an attitude of charity and pity, not of recognizing competencies," said Ms. Neubecker, who formerly supervised teachers of students with impaired vision or hearing for the Duval County public schools in Jacksonville. In the UAE, she said, some parents keep children with disabilities at home because they are ashamed of them.
"Sometimes parents prefer the special schools," added Ms. Al-Ghawi.
The two came up with a plan to train 1st grade teachers in "differentiated instruction." Ms. Neubecker trained teams of administrators at 18 primary schools that are among the 50 pilot schools for reform. The administrators, in turn, will train the 1st grade teachers, who Ms. Al-Ghawi said often feel challenged by having children with special needs in the classroom.
The two educators also say they're trying to implement a basic version of the individualized education program, or iep, that is used for such students in the United States.
Mr. Ferrandino said that while the idea is to draw from the American approach to special education, the goal is to establish a process in the UAE that is "not as onerous or legalistic" as he believes the process in the United States is.
Ultimately, Mr. Ferrandino predicts, any school improvements in the United Arab Emirates will depend on making sure the country's 24,000 teachers better engage students in learning—a process that must be led by principals who can encourage and support teachers to change their instruction, he says.
"In the end, if there is going to be change, it's going to be the result of significant training for teachers," Mr. Ferrandino said.
Vol. 27, Issue 29, Pages 1, 12-13
Published in Print: March 26, 2008, as Consultants Help Transform Arab Schools
"Private Schools Catering to Foreign Students in Dubai," January 30, 2008.
"For Dubai's Foreign Workers, Private School Fills a Void," January 15, 2008.
"Desert Rains Play Havoc With School Days in Dubai," January 17, 2008.
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Horse-drawn carriages clip-clopped, streetcars clanged, long skirts rustled.
Like many people, I find the history of people and places
interesting. As much as humanity grows and changes, we also stay the same. While we have gone from horse-drawn carts to rockets, humanity still experiences joy and sorrow that defines us as human.
As you walk through downtown Salem and see the heavy oak doors, decorative moldings, and arched windows, you get a small glimpse of the life of Salemites during a time gone by. You can't help but wonder about the lives of the people who visited these buildings during their lifetimes: a farmer trading his wheat for cloth, a banker lending a dime for some seed, or a blacksmith drinking some beer at the end of the day.
Salem was not actively settled until 1834 when the Methodist Mission made it's way across the country here. It wasn't until the late 1800's that most of Salem's downtown architecture was built. With the river nearby, trapping was good and it helped to start a business economy here in Salem. It seems a bank opened on every street, local shops were thriving, and of course, the brewery had a prime location in the downtown area.
Bounded by Ferry, High, Chemeketa, and Front streets, Salem's Downtown
Historic District had its fair share of architectural variety, unfortunately, some of it lost to fire and floods along the way. Due to its proximity to the Willamette River for trading, Salem's downtown has had a few significant floods in its lifetime. While we have lost a small piece of the past as a result, it has given us a chance to invigorate the area for the future.
In 2001, downtown Salem received a designation on the National Register of Historic Places. This was a needed boost to revitalize this downtown area. Many businesses are using grant funds to restore store fronts and give luster to the original architecture of the time. The McGilchrist Building was beautifully restored and houses Archive, Ritters, and Ricky's Bubbles and Sweets. While not all projects are in the actual historic district itself, Salem currently has several more revitalization projects happening in the downtown area. With some new modern architecture is being built, it will leave future generations a sense of our time. Modern buildings such as the Convention Center will be mixed with older architecture creating a sense of timelessness for residents to enjoy.
For more information on the Revitalization Projects visit the City of Salem's website. If you are interested in learning more about the tax incentives being offered for this district that information is also offered on the city's website.
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HomeMediaCeleb Hacking Scandal: It Isn't News; It's Theft
Celeb Hacking Scandal: It Isn't News; It's Theft
September 5, 2014 Larry M. Elkin
Those who unplugged to go somewhere remote for the Labor Day holiday weekend missed the news of dozens of famous women falling victim to a crime. The rest of us couldn't escape it, as news of the flagrant violation of their privacy quickly spread – outpaced only by the stolen images themselves.
Celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Kirsten Dunst, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and many others were the targets of an effort to leak their private images onto the Internet. The nude and intimate photos and videos were initially posted to 4chan, which quickly removed them, but then resurfaced on various websites across the Internet.
In reporting on the story, The New York Times chose the headline, "Nude Photos of Jennifer Lawrence Are Latest Front in Online Privacy Debate." But characterizing the fallout of this incident as a "debate" is ludicrous.
There is no gray area here, no debate worthy of the word. It is not a question of editorial judgment or taste, as was the case in showing pictures of murdered journalists in their last moments, a parallel drawn in the Times article. There is no news value in these celebrity images. Everyone has a body; the display and image of that body, in private, is the private property of the body's owner unless she agrees otherwise. I don't know how anyone could be a stronger proponent of First Amendment protections of expression than I am, but there is just no First Amendment issue in play here.
This incident is a clear instance of trafficking in stolen property, plain and simple. CNN reports that some of the victims have engaged with the FBI; in a similar case a few years ago, a Florida man received 10 years in federal prison for hacking the email accounts of 50 entertainers, an incident that also resulted in the spread of private photos.
Culpability for this crime does not run only to the people who initially stole the images, however. It also runs to those who maintain a marketplace in which such goods are valued and traded. This is a concept we readily recognize in connection with child pornography, for example. The images in question belonged to people whose computers were electronically burglarized. And unlike the loss of, say, an heirloom watch, these women are repeatedly victimized by each new exposure of the stolen images.
Sites that use these images to generate traffic, and purveyors of gossip like celebrity blogger Perez Hilton who use them for the same reasons, are as guilty of an offense against the victims as Amazon would be if it maintained a market in stolen Toyotas.
Granted, it is impractical for websites like Twitter to intercept media such as the stolen images in every case when they are first posted. And it is certainly true that once something is on the Internet, it is there forever. But that does not in any way justify reputable businesses allowing their users to disseminate these images freely. The absence of child pornography on these sites demonstrates that they have ways to shut down such abuse of their services.
Note, too, the response from sites such as Reddit when the discussion shifts from exploiting adult women to running afoul of laws protecting minors. McKayla Maroney, the Olympic gold medalist, is currently 18 years old and was among the leak's alleged victims; her legal team has contacted a variety of websites that have hosted the images, demanding they be removed on the grounds that she was a minor when the images were taken. (Maroney herself initially denied that the photos of her were authentic.) Reddit moderators warned that all images allegedly of Maroney would be immediately removed, as they qualified as child pornography under the site's rules. As of this writing, the adult women's images reportedly remain up. (I am not going to further assault the victims by checking for myself, and I certainly never would ask my associate Amy Laburda to subject herself or the hacking victims to such "research.")
I see two circumstances in which this sort of corporate misconduct will stop for good. The first is a situation in which a highly placed employee at a big-name website – say Yishan Wong, Reddit's current CEO, for example – ends up the victim of this type of crime. If Wong found nude pictures on Reddit of himself, or of his wife (more likely, since this sort of behavior is blatantly gendered), it is hard to imagine that such exploitation would not stop immediately.
The alternative is a victim, such as Jennifer Lawrence, choosing to go to court and winning a judgment that costs a major website a lot of money. The legal and publicity teams of several of the alleged victims, including Lawrence, Kate Upton and Victoria Justice, have expressed an intention to prosecute not only those who stole the images, but those who have disseminated or duplicated them too. They may sue over infringement of intellectual property or the intentional infliction of emotional distress. And let's not grant even a shred of doubt that such exploitation by Reddit and other offenders is intentional. I am sure the lawyers for the victims will find other grounds for legal action as well.
There is no controversy, notwithstanding the Times' thoughtless headline. All decent people will refuse to look at or traffic in these pictures. Respectable businesses, online or off, will not take part either. Those who do should not be surprised when the rest of us, quite possibly including the courts, conclude that they have ventured beyond the pale of journalism.
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Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®, has provided personal financial and tax counseling to a sophisticated client base since 1986. After six years with Arthur Andersen, where he was a senior manager for personal financial planning and family wealth planning, he founded his own firm in Hastings on Hudson, New York in 1992. That firm grew steadily and became the Palisades Hudson organization, which moved to Scarsdale, New York in 2002. The firm expanded to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2005, and to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2008.
Larry received his B.A. in journalism from the University of Montana in 1978, and his M.B.A. in accounting from New York University in 1986. Larry was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press from 1978 to 1986. He covered government, business and legal affairs for the wire service, with assignments in Helena, Montana; Albany, New York; Washington, D.C.; and New York City's federal courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Larry established the organization's investment advisory business, which now manages more than $800 million, in 1997. As president of Palisades Hudson, Larry maintains individual professional relationships with many of the firm's clients, who reside in more than 25 states from Maine to California as well as in several foreign countries. He is the author of Financial Self-Defense for Unmarried Couples (Currency Doubleday, 1995), which was the first comprehensive financial planning guide for unmarried couples. He also is the editor and publisher of Sentinel, a quarterly newsletter on personal financial planning.
Larry has written many Sentinel articles, including several that anticipated future events. In "The Economic Case Against Tobacco Stocks" (February 1995), he forecast that litigation losses would eventually undermine cigarette manufacturers' financial position. He concluded in "Is This the Beginning Of The End?" (May 1998) that there was a better-than-even chance that estate taxes would be repealed by 2010, three years before Congress enacted legislation to repeal the tax in 2010. In "IRS Takes A Shot At Split-Dollar Life" (June 1996), Larry predicted that the IRS would be able to treat split dollar arrangements as below-market loans, which came to pass with new rules issued by the Service in 2001 and 2002.
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Q: Creating collection of unknown objects I have a simple question: is there a better way to create a collection that holds any-type objects. I have it like this:
Queue<Object> queue = new LinkedList<Object>();
        queue.add("First Element");
        queue.add(2);
        queue.add(true);

As I was reading about gerenic wildcards, I thought I could do something like this:
Queue<?> queue = new LinkedList<?>();
But I realise, that it is wrong, so I ask if my procedure is correct and how could I improve it using wildcards if possible.
Thanks for input everyone. Elaborating: I want to use this queue collection to store an unknown number of unknown objects, then perform an action with each of them in a loop. Hence, here I have a dilemma: what would be the best practice to create such a collection.

A: This is correct :-
Queue<Object> queue = new LinkedList<Object>();

This will take any Object type as a input. But while using get() you can typecast it to the actual type.
The above is an example of Type Parameter Bound. According to the docs :-
There may be times when you want to restrict the types that can be used as type arguments in a parameterized type. For example, a method that operates on numbers might only want to accept instances of Number or its subclasses. This is what bounded type parameters are for. mentioned Here
For Reference on Diff Between a wildcard bound and a type parameter bound mentioned Here:-

What is the difference between a wildcard bound and a type parameter
  bound?
A wildcard can have only one bound, while a type parameter can have
  several bounds. A wildcard can have a lower or an upper bound, while
  there is no such thing as a lower bound for a type parameter.
Wildcard bounds and type parameter bounds are often confused, because
  they are both called bounds and have in part similar syntax. […]
Syntax:
  type parameter bound     T extends Class & Interface1 & … & InterfaceN

  wildcard bound
      upper bound          ? extends SuperType
      lower bound          ? super   SubType

A wildcard can have only one bound, either a lower or an upper bound.
  A list of wildcard bounds is not permitted.
A type parameter, in constrast, can have several bounds, but there is
  no such thing as a lower bound for a type parameter.

A: What you have not seems OK, although it may be signal that instead of collection you could need separate class where you would store your data as fields.
Anyway you don't want wildcard <?>. It can be used only in reference, like
Queue<?> queue = ...

and it represents some specific type which you are not aware (or don't care, for now). You don't want to use it, since it can't allow you to add anything to collection because you could try placing Cat in collection of Dogs.
For example:
List<Dog> dogs = new List<Dog>();
List<?> someList = dogs; // it is OK, thanks to ? someList can be reference to List<Dog>
someList.add(new Cat()); // this would be wrong because Cat is not a Dog,
                         // and probably shouldn't be placed in container
                         // where you have lots of Dogs.

A: Typically, if you feel that you need to create a collection of type java.lang.Object, then, may be your design is flawed.
You may want to store objects that are of certain type - but they have variations.  For example, you may queue the Message objects so that they get delivered by a delivery service.  And, you may wish to queue both SMS and Email type of messages.
interface Message {
    ...
}

public static class SMS implements Message {
    ...
}

public static class Email implements Message {
    ...
}

In such cases, you would like your collection to make use of generics to enforce that all elements are of type Message.
You can do that by creating your collection as shown below
    Queue<? super Message> queue = new LinkedList<Message>();
    queue.add(new SMS());
    queue.add(new Email());

If you really really want a queue of type java.lang.Object, then, you can very well ditch the generics and use the type-unsafe collection - Queue queue = new LinkedList();.

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I recently stumbled across a blog post from Jason Kottke titled The invention of the jump shot. As someone who has both played and coached basketball, I was intrigued a bit about the fact that there was actually a time when people shot the basketball without their feet leaving the floor. I couldn't help wondering what caused the change from the set shot to the jump shot.
My curiosity led me to an article by Brad Botkin of CBS Sports titled, Birth of the Jump Shot. Botkin detailed the story of Kenny Sailors, a guard from the University of Wyoming who took the first jump shot on record in a college basketball in 1942 during a game at Madison Square Garden. However, this trivial tidbit does not tell the story of why Sailors created the jump shot. This all happened a few years earlier when Kenny was just 13 and he was routinely getting his shots knocked back at him by his older brother Bud. Kenny, just 5-foot-8, needed a new plan to get a shot up over his 6-foot-5 brother. What followed of course was the jump shot.
Bud said to me, 'Kenny, that's a pretty good shot. You ought to try to develop that.' So from that point forward, that's pretty much what I did. I worked on that shot every chance I got."
"I think the jump shot is the worst thing that has happened to basketball in ten years." Cousy's objections? "Any time you can do something on the ground, it's better."
"_________ will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories." - ?
If you guessed the name of any 21st Century educator worrying about the impact of Google searches by his or her students then you are exactly...wrong. It was Socrates sometime around 400 BC worrying about the impact that writing was going to have on young scholars.
Of course this immediately brings to mind current disagreements about whether or not our students should be reading real books instead of digital books or whether they should take notes by hand instead of on a device. Maybe these are bad exammples. However, the one point I want to make is that we need to allow our students to veer from the path that we have taken. We need to be cautious about holding onto outdated traditions with white knuckles because they are what we are most comfortable with or because it worked for us. The bottom line is that this type of thinking will be to the detriment of our students. Most importantly, when we see our students trying new things that may be a bit unorthodox, we need to consider saying what Bud Sailors said to his little brother Kenny - "That's pretty good. You should develop that."


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The magnificent Emperor, one-time slave to the Vinctalin, joins forces with the Earth humans in the fight against the beasts. With growing trust the leaders of Earth's tiny community are forced to re-evaluate old enemies as well as new-found allies.
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The British government is attempting to curb arrest warrants for war crimes. It is seeking to curtail the petitioning of courts to issue "universal jurisdiction" arrest warrants for suspected war crimes committed anywhere in the world.
New legislation effectively giving the attorney general—the UK's highest law official—the power to veto particular arrest warrants, such as those against foreign politicians, now seems likely.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown first pledged to curtail warrants issued under universal jurisdiction in December, after Palestinians were granted an arrest warrant by Westminster Magistrates Court against Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni for her role as a member of the war cabinet during the Israeli offensive against Gaza between December 27, 2008, and January 18, 2009.
Scotland said more than she intended. If the passage of universal jurisdiction legislation expressed a "unity of purpose" in the fight against the type of war crimes indelibly associated with fascism, the curbing of such legislation can only signify that such a unity of purpose no longer exists.
It is not simply a matter of seeking to appease Israel, a key Western ally in the Middle East and an influential voice in Washington. Above all, the British bourgeoisie is determined to avoid setting a dangerous precedent that could lead to prosecutions of their own war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
What is involved is a conspiracy between fellow war criminals who cannot allow universal jurisdiction considerations to thwart the illegal policy of pre-emptive war, which has become a vital tool in the neo-colonial redivision of the world by the imperialist powers.
This was also the main focus of President Barack Obama in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He argued explicitly for war as an instrument of US foreign policy and defended military action whose purpose "extends beyond self-defence or the defence of one nation against an aggressor." Obama insisted that such imperialist wars—of the kind already conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan and now being threatened in Yemen and Iran—were essential to the US maintaining its position at the centre of the "architecture to keep the peace" set up in the aftermath of World War II.
Universal jurisdiction underlies the creation of a range of institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The US and other major powers have pushed for regimes they have targeted as hostile to their interests to be prosecuted, but, like Israel, the US opposes universal jurisdiction over itself and therefore endorses neither the ICC nor the ICJ.
Goldstone called for the UN Security Council to refer Israel to the ICC if it did not carry out an independent investigation. Failing that, he said that all the countries that had signed the Geneva Conventions had a duty to search for and prosecute those responsible, using their universal jurisdiction to prosecute war criminals.
Goldstone's report was a catalyst to the pursuit of warrants for the arrest of the current Israeli minister of defence, Ehud Barak, who politically planned and directed the assault on Gaza in December 2008, as well as Livni. At the beginning of this month, a trip to Britain by an Israel Defence Forces delegation was cancelled after a tip-off that they too might be arrested.
The Israeli government denounced Goldstone's report as biased and refused to comply with its recommendations. A furious counter-offensive was mounted in which Israeli spokesmen warned the leaders of the major powers—including George Bush and Tony Blair over Iraq and Gordon Brown and Barack Obama over Afghanistan—that they could be prosecuted under universal jurisdiction provisions. Both Spain and Belgium have pulled back from prosecuting Israeli leaders in relation to other war crimes, under pressure from Israel and the US.
The US administration duly attacked the Goldstone report as unbalanced and led a block of six nations that voted against acceptance of the report, while Britain and France abstained.
Tony Blair's recent admission that he waged pre-emptive war against Saddam Hussein in order to secure regime change is grounds for his prosecution on charges of war crimes. His admission, moreover, opens the entire Labour leadership, as well as a significant layer of the British political and military establishment, to similar prosecution. To avoid such a scenario, Brown, Foreign Secretary Miliband and now Baroness Scotland have repeatedly made clear that they intend to curb the independence of the courts and defy existing international law.


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Town to Trail
Gordonsville, Virginia
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Connecting Outdoor Spaces
Photo by Marco Sánchez, PEC.
The following text was taken from a PEC press release from the fall of 2020. In it, they share exciting news pertaining to park connectivity in the Town of Gordonsville!
Peter Hujik, Field Representative
The Piedmont Environmental Council
[email protected]; 540-347-2334, x7062
GORDONSVILLE, VA. (Sept 22, 2020) – With contributions from local foundations and community members, The Piedmont Environmental Council has acquired the final piece of property needed to create park connectivity between Verling Park and the Firemen's Fairground in Gordonsville, Virginia. PEC officially closed on the 0.85-acre parcel at 304 Market Street, at a sale price of $236,000, on Tuesday, Sept. 15. This property, along with another PEC-owned parcel at 204 Allen Street, Gordonsville-owned Verling Park and Dix Memorial Pool, and the Gordonsville Volunteer Fire Company-owned Fireman's Fairgrounds will provide the community with nearly 10 acres of outdoor event and recreation space in the heart of the community.
Next steps in the process, according to PEC Field Representative Peter Hujik, include initiating with partners a park design process that includes public input, using the subsequent park design to shape a public access easement on the PEC parcels, gifting the two PEC-owned properties to the Town of Gordonsville, and attracting funding to develop the park according to the design.
"Successfully completing the acquisition phase of this project has been very rewarding. The acquisitions demonstrate renewed community interest in local parks and build upon the legacy of community members who worked to establish Verling Park and Fireman's Fairgrounds," Hujik said." I'm grateful for all who pulled together to make this happen. With the town's effort to expand Verling Park to an entire block and the recent PEC acquisitions, updating the park is truly a community endeavor," Hujik said.
Philip and Tracy Black, the former owners of the Market Street parcel, commented, "We have good memories of raising our children across from Verling Park, where they especially enjoyed the swings. We were planning to hold onto our property for another year, but when we learned how it would be used to expand the park, we decided to move forward with the sale. We look forward to returning to walk the land we called home for over 15 years."
A spokesperson for the Manning Family Foundation, which provided the lead gift toward the acquisitions, said, "The Manning family developed a special relationship with Gordonsville, since the town served as home for a family business for many years. With outdoor recreation playing an essential role in our health and well-being, especially during COVID, we're pleased to play a lead role in launching the Town-to-Trail initiative. The park and fairgrounds are already well used, and we're confident that the park network will become a vibrant place."
Charlotte Dammann, associate broker with McLean Faulconer, who donated her brokerage services and negotiated the PEC acquisitions, said "The park expansion effort in Gordonsville is an exciting initiative. More park space will benefit the community on so many levels, from connecting and updating existing public spaces to enhancing the overall quality of life. I was pleased to be involved and to have the opportunity to contribute."
An expanded and refurbished Verling Park has been a vision for Town-to-Trail, a grassroots collection of friends, neighbors and local businesses who began working together with The Piedmont Environmental Council in 2017 to renew local parks and develop trails. During several public meetings at that time, residents expressed an interest in a more functional park that serves the whole community. By adding to the walkability of neighborhoods and towns, parks, trails and sidewalks help weave communities together and create a strong sense of place, according to Hujik.
Dan Gregg, owner of Grelen Nursery and contributor to the initiative, remarked "The Town-to-Trail effort is well-organized and effective. Like most small towns, Gordonsville has limited resources, especially during this trying time. Updating the park will not be possible without the generosity of community members."
In addition to the Manning Family Foundation, over 15 businesses and organizations and well over 100 individuals have supported the Town-to-Trail initiative to date.
Since 1972, The Piedmont Environmental Council has proudly promoted and protected the natural resources, rural economy, history and beauty of the Virginia Piedmont. PEC empowers residents to protect what makes the Piedmont a wonderful place, and works with citizens to conserve land, improve air and water quality and build thriving communities. PEC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and accredited land trust. Learn more at w ww.pecva.org
People and Nature
We support development and redevelopment of green spaces that integrate into the rich history of our community and connect neighbors.
STEPS THROUGH TIME
"Walking is the best possible exercise.
Habituate yourself to walk very far."
"Hey Meriwether, I think I see the Pacific Ocean! Check your Fitbit and see how far we have been." Meriwether replies, "William, it looks like we have taken 6,786,253 steps! I am tired but I sure do feel great!"
By the time Lewis and Clark arrive back in Missouri after exploring and mapping the recently purchased Louisiana territory, they will have taken the equivalent of over 14 million steps. Over their 2 year and 4-month journey in the early 1800's, they average the equivalent of 16,279 steps a day.
Two hundred years ago, men, women and children did a lot of walking or horseback riding, both of which expend a good amount of energy. Don't you think they would laugh if the were able to look in the future and see people having to join gyms to exercise or that the federal government needed to advise them to exercise more!
Well, that is what has happened. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states:
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity, or an equivalent combination each week. The guidelines also recommend that children and adolescents be active for at least 60 minutes every day. Following these guidelines can contribute to overall health, and decrease the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes.
Walking is a great way to get the physical activity needed to obtain health benefits. Walking does not require any special skills. It also does not require a gym membership or expensive equipment.
So how does one start? One popular suggestion is to gradually increase the number of steps you take a day to a goal of 10,000 steps a day. Steps can easily be measured by apps found on many smart phones or purchasing a simple pedometer at a sporting store. Measure your daily steps for one week and determine your average steps. Then try to increase average daily steps each week by 500 per day until you can easily average 10,000 per day. For more information on walking check out www.thewalkingsite.com. If you have medical conditions, check with your physician before starting or increasing your physical activity.
Walking is a great way to meet neighbors, connect with your kids without electronic distraction, exercise your dog, enjoy the beauty of this region, hold a unique meeting, and to feel good about yourself.
Lewis and Clark went on a mega walk that made quite an impact on this country. There is no better time than right now for you to go on a walk and see what you can discover. It just might be a healthier you!
Project Spotlight: Gordonsville Park Network
Location: In Gordonsville on Market Street between Main and Baker.
Features: Playground, shelter house, pool, seasonal stream and shaded open space.
Story: Originally developed in the early to mid- 1900s and run by local citizens. Now in need of care and attention.
Our Challenge: Assist the Town in attracting funds to expand and refurbish the park.
Park Footprint:
Acquisitions by the Town of Gordonsville and The Piedmont Environmental Council's Town to Trail initiative and working group of friends, neighbors and businesses have transformed the existing park from a stand-alone footprint of less than one acre to a four-acre park that links to the six-acre Fireman's Fairgrounds.
Project Update:
Photo: The Market Street parcel, acquired in 2020, completes the connection between the park and fairgrounds. Photo by Peter Hujik, PEC.
Working with the Town of Gordonsville, park design for the four-acre space is planned for 2021!
Thoughtful green space development provides a great opportunity to shape both our environment and our economy.
"Travelers are coming to Virginia from across the country and the globe to experience our rich historic attractions, unmatched outdoor recreation offerings, world-class food and craft beverages, beautiful landscapes and exciting arts and culture. These visitors are spending millions of dollars a day, injecting critical funds back into our community coffers and helping to make Virginia the best place to live, work and raise a family."
Gov Ralph Northam
Sign the Petition Supporting Parks & Trails
Let elected officials know that residents want better, more connected, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Sign our petition supporting a network of connective trails and parks in Gordonsville and Orange County!
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69.3 million requests to watch iPlayer programmes were made during the week commencing 26th December 2016, more than any other week in BBC iPlayer's history. December was also BBC iPlayer's best month ever, seeing 281 million requests across the month.
EastEnders, Mrs Brown's Boys, Outnumbered and Sherlock were the most popular shows on BBC iPlayer during its biggest ever festive season.
All users of BBC iPlayer will be required to log in with a password, in order to watch and listen to BBC programmes online, from early next year.
The BBC will require viewers to give their postcode as part of the log-in process.
The information harvested potentially allows the BBC to identify anyone using the iPlayer without a licence, by cross-referencing names with the TV Licensing database. Currently the BBC does not use data shared with TV Licensing for enforcement.
TV Licence and BBC iPlayer loophole to be closed in September.
New UK TV licencing laws will come into effect on the 1st September 2016, closing the so called "BBC iPlayer loophole".
Current UK TV licencing laws require you to have a UK TV Licence to watch any live TV channels on any device within the UK.
But these law did not apply to catch up Tv services such as BBC iPlayer.
So people could not pay a UK TV Licence but still watch UK TV via iPlayer on catch up perfectly legally, and for free.
The BBC will be stopping support, and therefore stopping an early version of the BBC iPlayer app on quite a lot of Freesat set top boxes.
This will happen in September 2016.
The Freesat models affected are those that are without the Freetime label.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale confirmed today that the loophole that allows people to watch BBC iPlayer without a TV licence will be closed within months.
Currently BBC iPlayer is freely available in the UK to anyone who visits the BBC iPlayer website and no log in details are required to access the BBC iPlayer via the website. One idea would be for users to log into the website with their TV lisence details.
It is thought that this is mainly aimed at people using mobile devices to acces iPlayer, and should not affect users access BBC iPlayer via Freesat set top boxes, or Sky digiboxes.
Mr Whittingdale said today he would press ahead with changes to the law to close the loophole, which is thought to cost the BBC around £150 million a year.