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ADHD Experts Re-evaluate Study's Zeal for Drug
Posted on: March 16, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, ESE, gifted student
Interesting and relevant article published last year about ADHD. Dr. Davenport is a Licensed Psychologist at Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.. He works with adults and children who struggle with symptoms of ADHD and ADD to use their straights to build skills to better work with ADHD.
Many times Gifted students can have symptoms of ADHD that are a normal consequence of a curious and bright mind. Understanding how to use strengths to work around these characteristics can be helpful to thrive. Many times these gifted students will respond to stimulants but this is not always the best approach.
The *New York Times* includes an article: "A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study's Zeal for Drugs" by Alan Scharz.
Here are some excerpts:
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Twenty years ago, more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry received $11 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study an important question facing families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) : Is the best long-term treatment medication, behavioral therapy or both?
The widely publicized result was not only that medication like Ritalin or Adderall trounced behavioral therapy, but also that combining the two did little beyond what medication could do alone.
The finding has become a pillar of pharmaceutical companies' campaigns to market A.D.H.D. drugs, and is used by insurance companies and school systems to argue against therapies that are usually more expensive than pills.
But in retrospect, even some authors of the study — widely considered the most influential study ever on A.D.H.D. — worry that the results oversold the benefits of drugs, discouraging important home- and school-focused therapy and ultimately distorting the debate over the most effective (and cost-effective) treatments.
The study was structured to emphasize the reduction of impulsivity and inattention symptoms, for which medication is designed to deliver quick results, several of the researchers said in recent interviews.
Less emphasis was placed on improving children's longer-term academic and social skills, which behavioral therapy addresses by teaching children, parents and teachers to create less distracting and more organized learning environments.
Recent papers have also cast doubt on whether medication's benefits last as long as those from therapy.
"There was lost opportunity to give kids the advantage of both and develop more resources in schools to support the child — that value was dismissed,"
said Dr. Gene Arnold, a child psychiatrist and professor at Ohio State University and one of the principal researchers on the study, known as the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With A.D.H.D.
Another co-author, Dr. Lily Hechtman of McGill University in Montreal, added: "I hope it didn't do irreparable damage. The people who pay the price in the end is the kids. That's the biggest tragedy in all of this."
A.D.H.D. narrowly trails asthma as the most frequent long-term medical diagnosis in children.
More than 1 in 7 children in the United States receive a diagnosis of the disorder by the time they turn 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Comprehensive behavioral (also called psychosocial) therapy is used far less often [than meds] to treat children with the disorder largely because it is more time-consuming and expensive.
Cost-conscious schools have few aides to help teachers assist the expanding population of children with the diagnosis, which in some communities reaches 20 percent of students.
Many insurance plans inadequately cover private or group therapy for families, which can cost $1,000 a year or more.
"Medication helps a person be receptive to learning new skills and
behaviors," said Ruth Hughes, a psychologist and the chief executive of the advocacy group Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. "But those skills and behaviors don't magically appear. They have to be taught."
In what became a simple horse race, medication was ushered into the winner's circle.
"Behavioral therapy alone is not as effective as drugs," ABC's "World News Now" reported.
One medical publication said, "Psychosocial interventions of no benefit even when used with medication."
Looking back, some study researchers say several factors in the study's design and presentation to the public disguised the performance of psychosocial therapy, which has allowed many doctors, drug companies and schools to discourage its use.
First, the fact that many of the 19 categories measured classic symptoms like forgetfulness and fidgeting — over academic achievement and family and peer interactions — hampered therapy's performance from the start, several of the study's co-authors said.
A subsequent paper by one of those, Keith Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University, showed that using only one all-inclusive measurement — "treating the child as a whole," he said — revealed that combination therapy was significantly better than medication alone.
Behavioral therapy emerged as a viable alternative to medication as well.
But his paper has received little attention.
"When you asked families what they really liked, they liked combined treatment," said Dr. Peter Jensen, who oversaw the study on behalf of the mental health institute.
"They didn't not like medicine, but they valued skill training. What doctors think are the best outcomes and what families think are the best outcomes aren't always the same thing."
Just as new products like Concerta and extended-release Adderall were entering the market, a 2001 paper by several of the study's researchers gave pharmaceutical companies tailor-made marketing material.
For the first time, the researchers released data showing just how often each approach had moderated A.D.H.D. symptoms: Combination therapy did so in 68 percent of children, followed by medication alone (56 percent) and behavioral therapy alone (34 percent).
Although combination therapy won by 12 percentage points, the paper's authors described that as "small by conventional standards" and largely driven by medication.
Drug companies ever since have reprinted that scorecard and interpretation in dozens of marketing materials and PowerPoint presentations.
They became the lesson in doctor-education classes worldwide.
"The only thing we heard was the first finding — that medication is the answer," said Laura Batstra, a psychologist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Using an additional $10 million in government support to follow the children in the study until young adulthood, researchers have seen some of their original conclusions muddied further.
Most recently, a paper from the study said flatly that using any treatment "does not predict functioning six to eight years later," leaving the study's original question — which treatment does the most good long-term? — largely unanswered.
"My belief based on the science is that symptom reduction is a good thing,but adding skill-building is a better thing," said Stephen Hinshaw, a psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the study researchers.
"If you don't provide skills-based training, you're doing the kid a disservice. I wish we had had a fairer test."
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18 charged with stealing $200M by getting…
18 charged with stealing $200M by getting 25,000 credit cards for fake individuals
By Martha Neil
February 5, 2013, 5:30 pm CST
A federal indictment unsealed in Newark, N.J., on Tuesday charges 18 people in what authorities said is one of the largest credit card frauds ever.
The defendants are accused of faking identities for thousands of individuals, establishing bank accounts in their names and obtaining tens of thousands of credit cards in the names of these fictitious individuals over a 10-year period, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.
After enhancing the fake personas' credit by timely paying for small purchases, the defendants took out big loans against the credit cards that were never repaid, wired money overseas and purchased luxury goods and gold, according to a criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. Sham credit card transactions also allegedly took place at businesses owned by a couple of the defendants.
All 18 of the defendants are in custody. They were located in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. However, some aspects of what is described as a massive conspiracy took place overseas, authorities said.
"The arrests today are the result of an investigation into a sophisticated, organized group that operated internationally and in the United States," a FBI spokeswoman in New Jersey told Reuters.
Federal prosecutors say the scheme spread into 28 states and eight countries, ABC News reports.
"The defendants are part of a massive international fraud enterprise involving thousands of false identities, fraudulent identification documents, doctored credit reports and more than $200 million in confirmed losses," said James Simpson, an FBI special agent, in a court filing. Losses could increase substantially as the total amount stolen through the use of over 25,000 fraudulent credit cards is tallied, he added.
A news conference is scheduled later today, after the defendants appear before a judge in federal court in Newark.
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Emma Watson says that she avoids going to places likes museums because she becomes overwhelmed by fans very quickly.
The 22-year-old actress found fame at a young age through the hit Harry Potter franchise.
But she says she has to be careful about where she goes and doesn't feel comfortable living a carefree life and venturing out wherever she pleases.
"If I went to somewhere busy, I wouldn't last very long," she told T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
"I can't got to a museum, I'll last 10 or 15 minutes in a museum. The problem is that when one person asks for a photograph, then someone sees a flash go off, then everyone else sort of… it's sort of like a domino effect. And then very quickly the situation starts to get out of control to a point where I can't manage it on my own."
The Perks of Being a Wallflower starlet also revealed why she didn't work on any other movies while doing the eight Harry Potter films.
Emma is currently in production on The Bling Ring, End of the World and Noah and appeared in My Week with Marilyn.
"I think at first I didn't because I was always either studying or filming, I didn't have time to go off and do other films or other things to sort of show people that, Oh, she is not just Hermione, she is an actress and she can go and do these other parts and roles. I didn't really have time to do any of that," she explained.
And the young starlet shared the sound advice her parents gave her in handling being in the public eye.
"They gave me the best advice they could, and I think they gave me very good advice," Emma said.
"But my mum particularly said, 'Right, you're going to go into these interviews and they're going to ask you anything they feel like asking you, and every time they ask you a question, think about whether you'd be comfortable discussing it with a stranger.'"


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Too many children in care let down - Minister
Originally Published / Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011
Children -Inconsistent and inadequate' national system
Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has criticised some social workers for letting down children who are in the care of the State.
She also criticised what she called 'the inconsistent and inadequate' national system for providing care to children in need.
Ms Fitzgerald was speaking in Dublin Castle at the launch of the findings of a consultation process with over 200 children who live in State care in both foster homes and institutions.
She said she recognised the excellent work of many social workers in very difficult circumstances.
But she added that there had been too many instances where children in care had been let down by social workers and by an inconsistent, inadequate national system for providing care to children in need.
She said it was a serious indictment of services that many of the children and young people whose views were recorded in today's report had no idea what it meant to have your voice heard.
The minister said that the HSE was addressing this week's findings by HIQA, the social services watchdog, that some children in State care in the Dublin North Central area are at risk because the HSE had not fully vetted a number of foster parents.
She said it was important that all foster parents are vetted.
Ms Fitzgerald emphasised that throughout the State, 90% of children in care have a social worker and slightly less than that have a child care plan.
HSE's Dublin fostering service criticised


I'm sure that by now everyone has gone through the process of seeing the Topshop email which said that the J.W. Anderson collection had finally landed yesterday morning and then become a drooling mess after seeing everything. I love designer and high street collaborations (the first collection that Versace released from H&M brought tears of joy to my eyes), it's always nice to have statement pieces like these in your wardrobe. I thought that since I have no disposable income whatsoever I'd just put together the pieces that I'm obsessed with. I love the fact that as well as clothes there are also amazing accessories such as duffle bags, badges, phone and iPad cases and stationary, which I'm obsessed with. If anything is still in stock by the time I get my student loan I'm definitely going to have to at least get the J.W. Anderson Sharpie!
Is there anything in the J.W. Anderson collection that you've got your eye on?
Great pieces - I especially love the handknit jumper with the cat's-like eyes. :) So cool!
I'm so excited about this collab!
Hmmm... Those are some lovely items!
I got a couple of pieces and have no choice but to live off ramen until pay day now.. I don't know why I HAD TO HAVE THE SHARPIE. It was like a mantra. BUY THE SHARPIE.
That phone case is so cute, love all these pieces!
i love this collection! i bought some of the stationary and the duffle bag!
I love the duffle bag!! Love that all the logos are anchor shape! Would love the ghost jumper.
Ah the bag! So nice. I love collaborations, it adds that bit of excitement to high street shopping.
Love hoe edgy these designs are.
Loving these pieces, the jumper is pretty ace !
I would love to own that sweater! It's such a statement piece, but I think it'd be easy to wear too.


Temporary Agency Employment as a Way out of Poverty?
In Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers, Rebecca Blank, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert Schoeni, editors. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006, pp. 312-337. Under title Temporary Agency Employment: A Way Out of Poverty?
The high incidence of temporary agency employment among participants in government employment programs has catalyzed debate about whether these jobs help the poor transition into stable employment and out of poverty. We provide direct evidence on this question through analysis of a Michigan welfare-to-work program in which program participants were randomly allocated across service providers ('contractors') with different job placement practices. We draw on a telephone survey of contractors and on administrative program data linked with wage records data on all participants entering the program over a three-and-a half-year period. Our survey evidence documents a consensus among contractors that temporary help jobs are generally easier for those with weak skills and experience to obtain, but no consensus on whether temporary help jobs confer long-term benefits to participants. Our analysis of the quasi-experimental data introduced in Autor and Houseman (2005) shows that placing participants in either temporary or direct-hire jobs improves their odds of leaving welfare and escaping poverty in the short term. However, we find that only direct-hire placements help reduce welfare dependency over longer time horizons. Our findings raise questions about the incentive structure of many government employment programs that emphasize rapid placement of program participants into jobs and that may inadvertently encourage high placement rates with temporary help agencies.


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In Canada, the White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) occurs in southern Ontario and in southwestern Quebec. The species is listed as Threatened under Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The species is ranked as Imperilled to Vulnerable in Canada (N2N3) and Ontario (S2S3) and Imperilled in Quebec (S2). The global range of the White Wood Aster is restricted to eastern North America, and it reaches its southern limit in the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama. The species' northern limit is in Canada where there are a total of 56 known extant local populations; 12 in southwestern Quebec and 44 in southern Ontario.
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Home Breaking News Arlington, VA – Man Killed in Car Crash on Langston Blvd near N Harrison St
Arlington, VA – Man Killed in Car Crash on Langston Blvd near N Harrison St
Posted by: Joanne Holcomb on December 27, 2022
Arlington, VA (December 27, 2022) – A man has died following a crash that took place on Friday afternoon in Arlington County. On December 23, the Arlington County Police Department responded to the scene of a traffic accident on Langston Boulevard.
According to authorities, at around 2:10 p.m., two vehicles collided on Langston Boulevard in the area of North Harrison Street. The incident took place in the westbound lanes of travel.
One of the drivers, an 84-year-old man, was severely injured. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. At this time, the incident remains under investigation.
We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts are with them and everyone that was affected by this tragedy. There is nothing more devastating than the unexpected and sudden loss of a family member especially if the accident that took their life could have been avoided.
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Home » About Us » Research Inspiring Action: The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative's Innovative Approach to Sexual Education Programming & Practice
Research Inspiring Action: The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative's Innovative Approach to Sexual Education Programming & Practice
By Barbara Ball Ph.D., LPC-AT
About 50% of females who experience foster care in the United States are pregnant by age 19 compared to 33% of females across the nation (Eastman, Palmer and Ahn, 2019). Despite disproportionately high pregnancy rates, there are limited interventions and community strategies to help reduce teen pregnancy among youth who experience foster care. Among youth in the child welfare system, over 40% of males and over 60% of females experience dating violence perpetration and victimization (verbal/psychological, physical, and sexual [Wekerle et al., 2009]). Current policies and practices limit access to vital sexual health information and skill development.
The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative (TFYHI) is a real-life response to these statistics. Currently, the Initiative is working to create more accessible resources available for youth who experience foster care in Texas through a multi-layered approach. Starting in the summer of 2020, TFHYI aims to focus on prevention by working directly with youth, caregivers, and the organizations that serve youth in care.
This Initiative is a project that has brought together many experts across the state of Texas to collaborate in ways they never have before. The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) at UT Austin, the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Texas Campaign), and the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services (Alliance) are partners with statewide focus that have expertise in advocacy, training, research, evaluation, and collaboration. Healthy Futures of Texas (Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio), the North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens (ntarupt) (Dallas), and the Texas Campaign in collaboration with the Harris County Youth Collective (Houston) focus on providing culturally sensitive sexual health education in their respective communities. Together, these organizations represent both the child welfare and adolescent health systems, and include researchers, program developers, trainers, advocates, educators, and service providers that are committed to improving optimal health outcomes for youth in foster care.
Youth voice will also be taking a prominent role when shaping this multi-year project. Two consultant groups composed of young adults with lived experience in foster care and caregivers joined our network in January 2021 to help us center our work around the needs of youth and their caregivers. They will not only provide feedback on interventions, but will also have a direct role in developing communications strategies as well.
The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative provides a unique opportunity to design interventions that engage youth and caregivers and to test them in the participating communities. All interventions will be reviewed by TFYHI staff and stakeholders to make sure they are medically accurate, age-appropriate, trauma-informed, and user-centered.
To learn more about TFYHI's first six months, click here for a look at our July – December 2020 Community Report.
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Developing a measure of climate strategy proactivity displayed to attain competitive advantage
Nikhil Kant (School of Management Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India)
Neeti Agrawal (School of Management Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India)
This paper aims to develop a scale to measure climate strategy proactivity (CSP) displayed by corporate in developing countries to attain competitive advantage (CA) and sustain it through sources of sustained competitive advantage (SOSCA). It attempts to derive sound operational definitions of CSP, CA and SOSCA through horizontal analysis of previous studies and discussions with experts and practitioners to construct a measurement scale.
Research design includes broad stages, namely, item generation, scale development and assessment of psychometric properties of the scale starting with review of literature and discussions with experts and practitioners, which were followed by a pilot and full study carried out through a cross-sectional, self-administered online survey questionnaire and assessment using suitable tools and techniques.
Findings of the study comprise development of sound operational definitions and construction of a valid and reliable measurement scale of CSP displayed by corporate to attain CA with strong psychometric properties, which is expected to be useful in developing countries not only for researchers and academics but also for the practitioners and organizations.
The information was self-reported by respondents through climate strategy proactivity questionnaire (CSPQ) and consequently can be at risk to have been influenced by bias. Nonetheless, this CSPQ scale devoid of conceptual problems can be used in developing countries in future empirical studies with the caution that its reliability and validity require further tests.
Practical implications
Using the CSPQ scale will help managers in developing countries in enhancing their awareness with the provision of these conceptually clear comprehensive operational definitions of CSP, CA and SOSCA with respect to the conceptual nature and the latent expressions, and draw an extensively enhanced scope of climate-conscious strategy to bring about CA.
With the data collected from a sample representing different stakeholders of Indian companies from across the country, CSPQ scale possesses significant robustness and implicative potential which can contribute to the evolution of the strategic management field by providing a valid and reliable measure of CSP in developing countries applicable under any major theoretical perspective in strategic management serving the needs of not only the empirical research but also of the management practices intended to attain CA.
Climate strategy proactivity
CSP variable
Definition of CSP
Measure of CSP
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Kant, N. and Agrawal, N. (2020), "Developing a measure of climate strategy proactivity displayed to attain competitive advantage", Competitiveness Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-06-2020-0079
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AT THE start of the 1980s, we knew almost nothing about the cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), the common hereditary disorder. By the end of that decade, a significant milestone was passed when the gene responsible was identified after a hard-fought race by rival teams.
The culprit was a faulty version of a gene that makes pores which allow chloride ions in and out of cells. A year later, researchers corrected the faulty gene in lab-grown lung cells and felt it wouldn't be long before gene therapy could be used to implant correct versions of the gene into people with CF.
Alas, this was a false dawn. Gene therapy suffered a setback in 1993 when a person undergoing such treatment for CF almost died. Although gene therapy has since proved successful against rare diseases of the immune system and shown promise against AIDS (see "Genetic treatment closes door on HIV"), it has proved much harder to use it to treat CF.
But last week, champagne corks were popping again. The first drug to correct one cause of CF had proved successful in trials (see "New drug is 'champagne moment' for cystic fibrosis"). A second drug is now being developed which promises to correct a fault that affects 75 per cent of people with CF. In combination, the drugs could do even better – a stunning result.
The many years that passed between the discovery of the faulty gene behind CF and novel treatments should be borne in mind when weighing up the impact of the ultimate gene hunt. When the draft human genome was published a decade ago it was hailed as the prelude to revolutionary therapies. Reality has fallen short of expectations.
The story of CF underlines how this disappointment rests on premature and unrealistic expectations. There is no doubt that the genome revolution will live up to its hype. We just have to be patient.


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Monica Paulus is a human rights activist from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. She is a co-founder of the "Highlands Women Human Rights Defenders Network" and of "Stop Sorcery Violence" and concentrates her efforts on protecting women who have been accused of witchcraft or sorcery.

Biography
Monica Paulus comes from the village of Aregol, in Simbu Province in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. She is the mother of three children. As a young woman she suffered considerable violence and in 2000 she joined a women's organization, Meri I Kirap Sapotim (Women Arise and Support). In the village, she began to put into practice what she learnt in order to defend women and children in village courts and mediations and to document cases. On occasions she would report villagers, including her family, to the police. In March 2005 she and other women came together to form the Highlands Women Human Rights Defenders Network, with the help of Oxfam and the United Nations. They worked in small local groups to address, in particular, sorcery-related violence, but managed to make a change in the whole country with support from central government.

When her father died of a heart attack, her brother accused her of causing his death by witchcraft, in order to appropriate her share of the inheritance. Fearing for her life she fled to the town of Goroka, after her family and the other people in the village had burnt her house down. The belief in black magic, sorcery, evil spirits and witches is widespread in Papua New Guinea and accusations of sorcery are common, particularly in the Highlands. Only in 2013 did the government repeal a law that criminalised sorcery and allowed accusations of witchcraft as a defence in murder cases. Sorcery is believed to account for sudden or unexplained death or illness, and women are six times more likely to be accused of sorcery than men. Sorcery accusations all too often become a form of family violence, with abusive husbands threatening or using such accusations to silence and control women. When the accused try to take shelter with relatives, their families often reject them as their "bride price" would have to be returned if the bride left the husband's home.

Every year, thousands of suspected "witches" and "sorcerers" are attacked in PNG. Few cases are prosecuted. Since her own experience, Paulus has provided assistance to people accused of witchcraft, giving them a place to hide, medical care, food, and contact with other people in a similar situation. Women are often accompanied by their babies, because according to the traditions of the country, if a woman is a witch, so are her children. Paulus assists women to go to the police and, if necessary, she helps them to relocate out of their communities. As one who had no one to help her when she was accused of sorcery, she feels strongly that someone must be available to support the accused women.

The work of Paulus has placed her and her children at risk from the police, the community and also the families of the perpetrators of violence. She had had her house broken into and everything taken and received death threats. Moving from place to place has become normal. She requested funds from the charity, Front Line Defenders, and moved to another province. Later, she had to move again. Paulus has worked with the "Kup Women for Peace", sponsored by Oxfam, which aims to put an end to inter-tribal warfare and ensure violence-free elections in part of Simbu. She has also worked with the YWCA and has been an interpreter for two UN Special Rapporteurs.

Honours and awards
In 2016, Paulus was part of the Protective Fellowship Scheme at the Centre for Applied Human Rights of the University of York in the United Kingdom. The fellowship allowed her to compare the PNG national action plan on sorcery and witchcraft-related violence and its activities, and incorporate the Highlands Women Human Rights Defenders' activities into that plan.
In 2015 Paulus was one of 47 "Women of Achievement" celebrated by UN Women on the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, which had been issued at the World Conference on Women, 1995.
In 2015 Paulus was a recipient of one of the Papua New Guinea Awards for Women, for her bravery and courage.
In 2014 Amnesty International Australia described her as one of the bravest women in the world during its International Women's Day celebration.
In 2021 she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women

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Video in which Paulus describes her organization
Interview with Paulus

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Papua New Guinean women's rights activists
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Nashville, TN- Sept. 2, 2011- Nashville singer/songwriter and long time road warrior Will Hoge is preparing for his fall headlining WHEN I GET MY WINGS 2011 TOUR kicking off on Sept. 24 in Athens, GA. Joining Hoge for several dates on the 30 city tour will be indie pop rockers Locksley, with Jaron and the Long Road to Love, James Dunn, Brighton, Nic Cowan and Aunt Martha all confirmed for opening slots on various tour stops. The beginning of the tour coincides with the release of Hoge's latest album, NUMBER SEVEN, out Sept. 27 on Ryko.
"Being on the road is like second nature to me, and me and the guys in the band are so ready to start this fall tour," says Hoge. "I've spent years building relationships with fans all over the country, and they have been so supportive and loyal. Some fans come up and tell me they've been to like 50 shows, and it just blows my mind."
"Through sharp lyricisms and strong melodies, his songs are delivered with a passion and desperation that demand attention."- NPR, World Cafe
"An American staple for more than a decade"- Free Times
"It doesn't really seem to matter what the size of the crowd is, whether he has a new record or even if this was his thirteenth show in fourteen nights. At any given moment, Will Hoge may be one of the hardest working live performers on the road and anyone who has seen him would argue he's one of the best."- antiMUSIC.com
WHEN I GET MY WINGS 2011 Tour Dates:
9/24 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
9/25 Birmingham, AL Vulcan Park
9/28 Virginia Beach, VA Diesel Rock 'N' Country Bar
9/29 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
9/30 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
10/1 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
10/5 Urbana, IL The Canopy Club
10/6 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
10/7 Ames, IA The Maintenance Shop
10/8 Iowa City, IA The Mill
10/20 Chattanooga, TN Rhythm & Brews
10/21 Nashville, TN Tin Roof
10/22 Little Rock, AR Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack
11/1 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
11/2 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
11/3 Chicago, IL Double Door
11/4 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway
11/6 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
11/9 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
11/10 New York, NY HighLine Ballroom
11/11 Somerville, MA Johnny D's
11/12 Baltimore, MD The 8×10 Club
11/13 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java
11/16 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
11/17 Columbus, OH The Basement
11/18 Newport, KY The Southgate House
11/19 Roanoke, VA Kirk Avenue Music
11/26 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
12/1 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds
12/2 Dallas, TX Prophet Bar
12/3 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre
Hoge will release his seven studio album, NUMBER SEVEN, on Sept. 27. The album poignantly captures Hoge's penchant for lonesome blues as well as country influences that have always been present in his music. NUMBER SEVEN follows up his 2009 release, THE WRECKAGE, which was hailed as "triumphant" by the BBC and "welcome and worth the wait" by USA Today.
For updates and more information, visit www.willhoge.com.
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How the 2018 election results could affect your health
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Updated Jan. 3, 2019: Three states — Idaho, Nebraska and Utah — voted to expand Medicaid to all residents making less than 133% of the poverty line during the mid-term elections. Maine governor Janet Mills has signed an executive order to implement expansion as well. We'll update those state requirements as more details regarding implementaton of the ballot initiatives emerge.
A recent lawsuit filed by Texas and 19 other states ruled on Dec. 17 against the ACA's protections for people with pre-existing conditions and struck down the guarantee of coverage for "essential health benefits" such as emergency services, maternity and newborn care and mental health treatment, among others.
The ruling is so vast many believe it will eventually be overturned — the Supreme Court has previously upheld the ACA's legality. Though the ruling will not currently have an effect on the health care system, it has further ignited the debate over health care.
In case you missed it, the midterm elections happened in November, and the results could impact your health. Three states voted to expand Medicaid to cover more people and a change in the leadership of the House of Representatives may stifle attempts to repeal Obamacare. Here's what you need to know.
Medicaid will expand in at least four states
Idaho, Nebraska and Utah voted by ballot to expand Medicaid — the federal- and state-funded health insurance program for low-income Americans and their families — to cover everyone earning less than 133% of the poverty level. 340,000 Americans in these states can enroll in the program next spring. Virginia passed Medicaid expansion earlier this year, widening coverage to 400,000 people.
These four states would join 32 others, and the District of Columbia, that have already expanded Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's health law.
Maine has all but expanded Medicaid. Last year voters approved expansion by referendum, but former Gov. Paul LePage blocked its passage. He was replaced in the election by Janet Mills, a Democrat, who will likely sign off on the expansion. This will provide coverage to more than 70,000 adults.
Montana voted to stop Medicaid expansion, which was slated for renewal this year. Funding will end in summer 2019 unless the state acts. The outcome of governor's races may lead to Medicaid expanding in other states in coming months.
A repeal of Obamacare is unlikely
If you have a pre-existing condition and are worried about losing your health insurance, you can rest easy for a bit. Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives and are unlikely to allow a repeal of Obamacare. The law bars insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.
Kaiser Family Foundation estimates 27% of Americans, or 52 million, have a pre-existing condition that might make them difficult to insure on the individual market.
Larry Levitt, senior vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, tweeted that for now, repealing Obamacare, is currently "dead in its tracks."
How to get health care
If you qualify for Medicaid, you can enroll year-round. Here's a state-by-state guide to help you find out if you're eligible and how to apply.
Federal open enrollment for Americans in need of a 2019 individual health care plan is running through Dec. 15. Many state-run marketplaces are open longer. If you need health insurance for next year and won't qualify for a special enrollment period, you must purchase a plan by your state's deadline or risk going without coverage. If you aren't sure what your options are, check out our guide on how to sign up for a health care plan.
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The founders of The Boomerang Project have a combination of more than 65 years of educational experience in the classroom, presenting to educators and as trainers for Link Crew and WEB. We love what we do and believe that our passion to make schools and the world a better place is our worlds work.
Integrity, focus and the multi-faceted educational expertise of Boomerang Project co-founder Carolyn Hill have played vital roles in guiding the growth of the company and developing dynamic material as chief of curricula.


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If you're using Hola, a free virtual private network (VPN) that lets you stream things like Netflix abroad, you need to stop immediately. The company behind Hola is turning your computer into a node on a botnet, and selling your network to anyone who is willing to pay.
ATAP has figured out that our bodies generate a certain amount of "bandwidth" at times, Phone Arena says. That energy might be turned into gestures that could be recognized by new devices equipped with a special sensor.
Project Soli tracks movements with a tiny radar to give devices the ability of recognizing human gestures and then trigger corresponding responses, as seen in the video above. Google has already devised a PC-sized radar emitter that's no bigger than a dime, and it will be available for testing next year."
Ivan Poupyrev and his team demonstrated how the gestural hocus pocus works. Apparently, the radar sensor can even pick up somewhat subtle movements: In one example, the hand motion mimicked turning a tiny, imaginary dial, and in another, tapping fingers together stood in for pushing buttons.
Project Abacus will be used to develop a real-time security system that constantly checks whether the person using a phone is indeed its owner. The software will look use facial recognition, voice detection, and behavioral data (the way a user swipes the screen, moves, runs, types words, etc).
In other words, Project Abacus will know when someone else uses your device, and will restrict access accordingly.
It's very important to us that the people who use Facebook feel safe and can trust that their connection to Facebook is secure; for instance this is why we run connections to our site over HTTPS with HSTS and why we provide a Tor onion site for people who want to enjoy security guarantees beyond those offered by HTTPS.
However these technologies protect only the direct connections people make to Facebook. People also receive information from us over channels such as email. Whilst Facebook seeks to secure connections to your email provider with TLS, the stored content of those messages may be accessible as plaintext (with attachments) to anyone who accesses your email provider or email account.
To enhance the privacy of this email content, today we are gradually rolling out an experimental new feature that enables people to add OpenPGP public keys to their profile; these keys can be used to "end-to-end" encrypt notification emails sent from Facebook to your preferred email accounts. People may also choose to share OpenPGP keys from their profile, with or without enabling encrypted notifications.
GM is fighting an exemption to the DMCA that would allow people to jialbreak their car's computers in order to get service from Non-GM service shops.


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Shin Yun-bok (en alfabeto hangul: 신윤복, 1758-1813) o más famoso por su seudónimo, Hyewon fue un pintor de Joseon. Con sus contamporáneos, Danwon y Geungjae, tiene un gran nombre en descripciones realistas de las vidas diarias de los públicos. Sus obras son relativamente más eróticas que las de Danwon, resultando su expulsión desde la corte.

Como la pintura fue frecuentemente una profesión hereditaria durante la dinastía, su abuelo y padre fueron las pintadores de la corte real. Con Danwon y Owon, Hyewon se considera uno de tres Wons de Joseon pintura.

Biografía
No ha tenido mucho sobre su vida. Fue un hijo del pintor real Hanpyeong (hangul:한평, hanja:漢枰), colaborando un proceso de completar el retrato del rey Yeongjo y Jeongjo.

Hyewon ascendió un rango oficial de cheomjeoljesa (hangul:첨절제사, hanja:僉節制使) en el organ de dibujos llamado Dohwaseo(도화서,圖畵署) y fue famoso por los estilos diversos de pinturas: pinturas de género, paisaje y animales. Se considera Hyewon produjo muchas obras debido a su popularidad en su época.

Estilo y legado
Aunque sus figuras ganaron gran influencia pero fue ocupadas por Kim Hong-do en unos puntos, él continuaba su estilo único. Comparado su estilo con de Danwon, Shin demonstraba unos aspectos eróticos por dibujar unas vidas diarias y kisaeng. La selección suya de figuras, composición, y gráfica era muy diferente del estilo de Kim por usar los coroleres claros. Y además, Hyewon pintó unas escenas de chamanismo, vida diaria que ofrecen moda de vidas y costumbres de Joseon.

Sus paisajes utilizaron pinceladas activas que tuvieron la similitud con las obras de Yoon Jehong (윤제홍), un precursor de adaptar nuevos estilos. Especialmente, la característica fue no dejar margen en lienzo. Normalmente, los dibujos coreanos tuvieron tendencia de no llenar toda parte de lienzo lo que no pasaron sus pinturas.
Pese a todo que escribiera unas versas cortas y sigilos en gran mayoría de sus obras, ningunas indican no dato ni duración de obra lo que da gran dificultad de definar pregreso de su estilo. Como un gigante pintor, lo ejerció gran influencia a sus seguidores.

Su álbum Hyewon Pungsokhwacheop (혜원 풍속화첩) contiene 30 obras y ahorita se conserva como N. 135˚ tesoro nacional de Corea del Sur desde 1970.

Maestras
Retrato de belleza (hangul:미인도, hanja: 美人圖) : Describe un tipo estándar de belleza durante Joseon. La fama de su obra es una expresión realística de hanbok.
Dano (hangul:단오도, hanja:端午圖) : Pintura en papel. Describe una escena de la festival tradicional dano; seminudez en arroyo, una mujer en hanbok rojo claro jugaba al columpio.

Galería

Seis dibujos desde Yeosokdo Album (여속도첩):

Cuatro pinturas desde Pungsokdo. Véase Hyewon pungsokdo para galería completa (30 pinturas).

Véase también
Hyewon Pungsokhwacheop
Arte coreano

Referencias

Enlaces externos

  Brief information about Hyewon from Korean culture figures, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
 (en inglés) New drama on Joseon's legendary painters  from official Korea site, 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
 (en inglés) Shin Yun-bok in the Spotlight  from KBS World, 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
 (en inglés) Arts of Korea, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Shin Yun-bok

Pintores de Corea del Sur
Pintores de Corea del siglo XVIII
Pintores de Corea del siglo XIX


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Here's What Makes Black Salt Unique
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While regular white table salt is featured prominently in American cuisine, it is far from the only variety out there. Black salt, a volcanic rock salt which is known by several different names, including Himalayan black salt, Indian black salt, and kala namak, is commonly used in Indian cooking and other types of Asian cuisine (via Fine Dining Lovers). The name is a bit deceiving since it isn't always black and can sometimes appear pinkish-brown or purple.
Many aspects of black salt make it unique, including where it is found and mined in the Himalayan mountain range. It possesses a distinct taste and smell that distinguishes it from table salt. Sulfur compounds lend it an aroma redolent of boiled egg yolks or rotten eggs, according to Style Craze. The taste is more of a smoky than a salty flavor. Because of this, according to Fine Dining Lovers, black salt is often incorporated in dishes as an umami enhancer that adds another nuance of flavor.
Black salt contains less sodium than regular table salt, and it is not ionized. Additionally, it features fewer additives.
Uses for black salt
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The first documented use of black salt is traced back to Ayurvedic medicine, a type of holistic medicinal approach practiced in India that attributed healing properties to the mineral. It is believed to deliver health benefits such as lowering blood pressure, improving digestion, assisting in weight loss, and providing relief from cramps and bloating. However, according to Healthline, the scientific validity surrounding some of the claims of black salt's therapeutic value is disputed.
One area not in debate is that its popularity in the culinary community is trending upward. SmartBrief highlighted black salt's use in plant-based egg dishes and its incorporation into a wide variety of food and beverage applications from adorning cocktail rims to desserts.
Because of its unique smell and taste profile, black salt is often added to vegan recipes such as tofu scrambles to give them an egg-like flavor without the actual egg (via One Green Planet). It's used in the Indian spice blend chaat masala and pairs well with a range of Indian specialties including chutneys, curries, soups, and tandoori dishes. It can even be sprinkled on popcorn or kale chips to turn up the savory food component to 11.


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On 6/20/14 1:03 PM, "Saskia Sassen" <sjs2 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>fantstic!!! you deserve it and more!
>saskia
>On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Mark Chen <markdangerchen at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Totally awesome Barry!
>> mark
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Barry Wellman
>><wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
>> wrote:
>>> Unexpected, and overwhelming. What an honour and what company to keep.
>>>   Barry Wellman
>>>_______________________________________________________________________
>>>   NetLab                        FRSC                      INSNA Founder
>>>   Faculty of Information (iSchool)                 611 Bissell Building
>>>   140 St. George St.    University of Toronto    Toronto Canada M5S 3G6
>>>   http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman          twitter: @barrywellman
>>>                  NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen
>>>   NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman
>>>   MIT Press            http://amzn.to/zXZg39      Print $14  Kindle $16
>>>                  Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8
>>>________________________________________________________________________
>>> Network Theorist Barry Wellman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from
>>> the Oxford Internet Institute
>>> (text for OII Awards website)
>>> Professor Barry Wellman, co-director of NetLab at the Faculty of
>>> Information (iSchool) of the University of Toronto, has been awarded
>>>an OII
>>> Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary record
>>>of
>>> scholarship in social network theory and Internet research which has
>>> contributed so much to our understanding of life online.
>>> A Canadian-American sociologist, his overarching interest is in the
>>> paradigm shift from group-centered relations to networked
>>>individualism. His
>>> research examines virtual community, the virtual workplace, social
>>>support,
>>> community, kinship, friendship, and social network theory and methods.
>>>His
>>> methodological contributions have been for the analysis of
>>>ego-centered or
>>> "personal" networks - defined from the standpoint of an individual.
>>>This
>>> calls for somewhat different techniques than the more common social
>>>network
>>> practice of analysing a single large network.
>>> Barry Wellman said "I am deeply honoured by this. And want to pay
>>>tribute
>>> to the many NetLab members - and Networked co-author Lee Rainie - who
>>>have
>>> been my wonderful intellectual playmates through the years."
>>> OII Acting Director, Dr Victoria Nash said "Barry Wellman's approach to
>>> studying the networks that connect us as individuals has had a profound
>>> effect on the field of Internet research, reflected in much of the
>>>work of
>>> our colleagues and students. We are delighted to honour his
>>>contribution
>>> today. "
>>> The top-cited Canadian sociologist, Wellman's current work continues to
>>> focus on the interplay between information and communication
>>>technologies,
>>> especially the Internet, social relations and social structure. He was
>>> elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007.
>>> The award will be presented on 7th November in Oxford, at an awards
>>>dinner
>>> and ceremony that also includes Lifetime Achievement awards for Sir Tim
>>> Berners Lee and Dame Stephanie Shirley.
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>> You see before you Mark Chen, PhD. Above his head appears the label
>> "Director, Pepperdine Gameful Design Lab."
>> Do you send him a tweet (@mcdanger), check out his website
>> (markdangerchen.net), or respond to this email?
>> He looks at you expectantly with a smile.
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This report describes a simulation of the supply and demand for science and engineering doctorates, time to complete the doctorate, departmental choice behavior, and related matters. An attempt was made to determine whether there is a credible case for long-term underemployment of people with doctoral degrees. It is concluded that about 22% of the new doctorates could fail to find suitable employment when the supply-demand system achieves steady state based on the conditions prevailing in the early 1990s. A new model for departmental behavior is also presented, in which departments choose faculty, doctoral students, and postdoctoral employment numbers to meet needs for teaching as determined by less-than-doctoral enrollments and needs for research as determined by sponsored project volume. Some findings of the study are summarized as follows: doctoral student numbers depend more on academic production needs than on the labor market; too many doctorates are being produced in engineering, math, and some sciences; increasing university sponsored research funding would worsen Ph.D. job prospects over the long run; Ph.D. attainment by students entering graduate study in science and engineering average 23% for U.S. students, 21% for foreign students, and 22% overall; median time to the Ph.D. degree is 5 years; attainment rates correlate positively with registered time-to-degree and with percent industrial employment; graduation rates tend to be lower in the high-status institutional seqments; and doctoral program size is more sensitive to overall undergraduate enrollments in fields with heavy general educational loads. (JRH)
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Josep Maria Bartomeu has told ESPN FC that Barcelona could not afford to compete with Manchester United to sign Paul Pogba when he left Juventus in 2016.
Barca held meetings with Juventus and Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, in 2015, reaching an agreement that allowed them to match any offer Juve accepted.
But when United agreed to pay £90m for Pogba a year later, they dropped out of the race.
"In the summer of 2015, Paul Pogba was playing in Turin and we simply told Juve that, if one day they decide to sell the player, we would be interested," Barca president Bartomeu said.
Real Madrid and Barca have been touted as possible destinations should Pogba leave United in the future, but Bartomeu said, "I prefer not to talk about players from other teams because I am sure there are also players at Barca that can make other teams better.


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The Sokol space suit, also known as the Sokol IVA suit or simply the Sokol (), is a type of Soviet/Russian space suit, worn by all who fly on the Soyuz spacecraft. It was introduced in 1973 and is still used . The Sokol is described by its makers as a rescue suit and it is not capable of being used outside the spacecraft in a spacewalk or extravehicular activity. Instead, its purpose is to keep the wearer alive in the event of an accidental depressurisation of the spacecraft. In this respect, it is similar to the ACES suit that was worn aboard NASA's Space Shuttle during launch and landing.

Description
The current version of the suit is the Sokol-KV2, manufactured by NPP Zvezda (НПП Звезда). It consists of an inner pressure layer of rubberised polycaprolactam and an outer layer of white nylon canvas. Boots are integrated with the suit but gloves are removable and attach by means of blue anodised aluminium wrist couplings. The polycarbonate visor can open on hinges mounted near the ears and seals with an anodised aluminium clavicle flange when closed; the hood or 'soft helmet' folds when the visor is raised. The suit has four pockets and adjustment straps on the arms, legs, chest, and abdomen.

There is a suit pressure gauge on the left wrist. A mirror on an elastic wrist band is worn on the right—this helps the wearer see things that would otherwise be outside his or her field of view. During re-entry, an altimeter on a wrist strap may also be worn this gives an immediate check on cabin pressure and warns when to brace for touchdown (during the last phase of landing the cabin opens to the outside air.) A wristwatch is often worn as well, with an elastic wrist band replacing the strap so it may fit over the bulky suit glove. The watches are often privately purchased and a wide variety of Swiss and Russian models have been used.

Electrical cables are mounted on the right abdomen of the suit; on the left abdomen there are separate hoses for air and oxygen. Normally, an electric blower ventilates the suit with cabin air through the larger hose at the rate of  per minute. If the cabin pressure drops below , the air supply is automatically replaced with oxygen from pressurised bottles at a rate of  per minute. Both air and oxygen exhaust through the blue pressure relief valve at the centre of the chest; this valve also regulates the pressure of the suit.

Effectively, the suit uses an open-circuit life support system that somewhat resembles scuba equipment. This has the advantage of simplicity; the disadvantage of a high rate of oxygen consumption is considered acceptable given that it is only intended for emergency use.

The suits weigh around  and are described by those who have used them as a considerable encumbrance when worn on the ground. Despite this, they are intended to be worn for up to 30 hours in a pressurised environment or two hours in a vacuum. They can also float and have a neck dam that allows the visor to be raised in water without the risk of flooding the suit. However, Soyuz crews are provided with buoyancy aids and cold-water survival suits which would preferably be used if the Soyuz accidentally landed in water.

, a total of 309 flight suits had been made along with 135 training and testing suits.

Operational use

Each Soyuz crew member is provided with a made-to-measure suit for flight although, from the numbers made, it appears that the suits provided for ground training are re-used. It is considered vital that the flight suit fits correctly and the wearer will spend two hours sitting in a launch couch with the suit inflated to make sure of this. Straps on the arms, legs and chest allow the fit to be adjusted slightly.

To don the suit, the two zips that make a 'V' on the chest are opened. Underneath, there is a large tubular opening in the inner pressure layer known as the appendix. Legs go in first, followed by the arms into the sleeves and head into the helmet. When the suit is on, an airtight seal is made by tightly rolling up the appendix and securing it with strong elastic bands. The large bulge of the rolled-up appendix is secured under the V shaped flap in the suit's outer layer. When worn on the ground, the suit is attached to a portable ventilation unit —a hand-held device that supplies air to the suit, cooling it first with an ice filled heat exchanger. Grey leather outer boots are also worn on the ground; they protect the feet of the suit from damage and are removed before entering the spacecraft to avoid carrying debris into the cabin.

The suit is worn during launch and re-entry of the Soyuz spacecraft—the gloves are attached and the visor is sealed at these times. In an emergency, the suit pressure is usually maintained at 400 hPa (0.39 atm, 5.8 psi) above the ambient by the pressure relief valve. However, the suits only have a rudimentary pressure relief layer so they tend to balloon when inflated. Movement of the wearer becomes restricted, although it is still possible to function inside the capsule.

If more than limited movement is required, the pressure relief valve may be adjusted to a lower setting of 270 hPa (0.26 atm, 3.9 psi). Pure oxygen at this pressure will support life, but the setting is only intended for use in extreme emergencies; the risk of decompression sickness becomes significant if the wearer spends more than 15 minutes at the lower pressure setting.

The maximum length of time the suits may be used in a vacuum is 125 minutes. The time is limited because the oxygen flow to the suit is enough for life support, but insufficient to carry away the cosmonaut's body heat and longer use of the suit risks heat exhaustion. If the capsule becomes depressurised, either accidentally or deliberately to extinguish a fire, it must land within that time.

History
Pressure suits were worn on the Vostok space missions, but when the Soyuz spacecraft was being developed in the mid-1960s, the controversial decision was taken by its designers, OKB-1, not to use them on the new spacecraft. Some of the early Soyuz flights carried Yastreb space suits but these were only for space walks and were only worn in orbit.

On June 30, 1971, the crew of Soyuz 11 died when their spacecraft depressurised during re-entry. One of the recommendations of the investigating government commission was that pressure suits should be worn by future crews during critical phases of their mission - launch, docking and landing.

NPP Zvezda was given the task of providing the suits. They rejected the use of existing Soviet space suits and chose to base a new suit on the existing Sokol aviation pressure suit. The main modification was the replacement of the Sokol suit's hard helmet. Other features of the aviation suit that were considered unnecessary were removed to save weight.

At the same time, a life support system was developed in co-operation with OKB-1. The new suit was named the Sokol-K, K (Kosmos) is the abbreviation of the Russian word for space.

Variants

Sokol-K
The first version of the suit, it was used on Soyuz 12, launched on September 27, 1973.

Specifications
Name: Sokol-K Rescue Spacesuit
Derived from: Sokol aviation full pressure suit
Manufacturer: NPP Zvezda
Missions: Soyuz 12 (1973) to Soyuz 40 (1981)
Function: Intravehicular activity (IVA)
Operating Pressure:
Suit Weight:

Sokol-KR
A version intended for use with the TKS spacecraft which was to be used as part of the Almaz programme. The suit was never used as the TKS never flew with a crew. Its main difference was that it was designed to work with a regenerative life support system.

Sokol-KM and Sokol-KV

Work on improving the Sokol-K began 1973, immediately after its introduction. The Sokol-KM and KV were intermediate models on which many of the features of the Sokol-KV2 were developed, neither was ever used in space.

To be donned, the Sokol-KM and KV split into upper and lower halves joined by zip fasteners. However, this feature was discarded in the Sokol-KV2 and the appendix was retained as a means of donning the suit it was thought to be more reliable than the airtight zippers the Russians were able to make. Other changes included alterations to the fabric around the joints, to improve mobility, and improvement of the gloves, to make it easier to operate the spacecraft controls.

The KM and KV also featured a liquid-cooled undergarment that would increase the comfort of the wearer by efficiently removing body-heat; other suits relied on the flow of air to do this.

Specifications
Name: Sokol-KV Rescue Spacesuit
Manufacturer: NPP Zvezda
Missions: None
Function: Intra-vehicular activity (IVA)
Operating Pressure:
Suit Weight:

Sokol-KV2

The Sokol-KV2, the current version of the suit, was first used on the Soyuz T-2 mission, launched on June 5, 1980.

The main improvement was the replacement of the rubber pressure layer of the Sokol-K with rubberised polycaprolactam to save weight. The visor was modified and enlarged to give the wearer a better field of view. Laces in the outer canvas layer were replaced with zippers to make the suit quicker to don and the pressure relief valve was moved from the left abdomen to the centre of the chest so either hand could be used to alter the suit's pressure setting. The improved arms, legs, and gloves of the Sokol-KV were retained although the liquid cooled undergarment of the KM and KV was discarded.

Specifications
Name: Sokol-KV2 Rescue Spacesuit
Manufacturer: NPP Zvezda
Missions: 1980 to present
Function: Intra-vehicular activity (IVA)
Operating Pressure:
Suit Weight:

Use by countries other than Russia

The People's Republic of China have bought a number of space suits from the Russians for use in their space programme. The suit worn by Yang Liwei on Shenzhou 5, the first crewed Chinese spaceflight, closely resembles a Sokol-KV2 suit, but it is believed to be a Chinese-made version rather than an actual Russian suit. Pictures show that the suits worn by Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng on Shenzhou 6 differ in detail from the earlier suit; they are also reported to be lighter.

Sokol suits have been bought for uses other than spaceflight. It was planned that the crew of the British QinetiQ 1 high-altitude balloon would wear modified Sokol suits purchased from Zvezda. As the balloonists would have occupied an open platform during their twelve-hour flight, the Sokol suits, together with heavily insulated outer garments, would have protected them from the cold and low pressure of the stratosphere as the balloon ascended to a height of around .

Bulgaria developed its own version of the Sokol space suit in the mid-1970s.

U.S. equivalent
During the flight of Gemini 7 in 1965, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell wore modified Gemini spacesuits sharing some similarities with the Sokol suits, but with significant differences. Their suits were known as the G5C by their manufacturer, the David Clark Company.

Collectors' market
Sokol space suits, including ones flown in space, were first sold by Sotheby's at an auction devoted to Russian space history in 1993. Subsequently, components such as gloves, communications caps, and wrist mirrors have frequently come up for sale on eBay; even complete suits have occasionally come up for sale, such as the one that Heritage Auctions sold for US$31,070 in 2009. These are usually worn out items that have been discarded after use during ground training and were never intended for use in space. As these items are nominally the property of the Russian government, the legitimacy of their sale has been questioned.

See also

References
Citations

Bibliography
Isaak P. Abramov, A. Ingemar Skoog, (2003). Russian Space Suits: Springer-Praxsis. .
Helen Sharman Christopher Priest, (1993). Seize the Moment, Gollancz. .
Christopher S. Stuart,
Sotheby's Catalogue - Russian Space History, sale 6516, December 11, 1993.
Sotheby's Catalogue - Russian Space History, sale 6753, March 16, 1996.

External links

NPP Zvezda's web site
NASA's guide to the clothing of International Space Station crewmembers.

Soyuz program
Soviet and Russian spacesuits


Got the chance to chat with Sun Bowl selection chair John Folmer in the press box this morning. He said he thinks it will be Pittsburgh or West Virginia going to El Paso. UConn will still be part of the discussion should it win today, but Folmer said its likely a two-team race at this point. Even Rutgers, despite its strong finish and the fact that it is clearly the second-best team in the Big East, will be behind West Virginia even if the Mountaineers lose and both teams have 7-5 records.
Pitt will get the Sun Bowl invite in he locker room with a victory.
Still waiting for Ken Hoffman, the executive director of the International Bowl and Motor City Bowls, to arrive to speak with him. But with Buffalo being invited to the International Bowl, it seems almost certain UConn will be heading there in what might be a pretty interesting game.


Hulu is no stranger when it comes to striking deals with various movie companies, movie producers and film houses too. Today, they are back in the news for something they know how to do best. Having been involved with the likes of Sony, Disney and a handful of others in the past, the video streaming service now looks to strengthen the bond that it holds with Disney. In what is a new deal, Hulu has agreed with Disney to license over 50 movies and 500 minutes of different shows from the latter company's film network, enabling them to show this content on their service.
Likewise, they have managed to purchase exclusive rights to some movies and shows on the Disney network. Going back to the original deal in details, this new move would see them expand their catalog of kids and children shows. This means that Hulu now has access to contents from Disney Junior, Disney Channel, and Disney XD's channels. This is not just a move out of the blue as industry experts have pointed to the effect of competition on this video-on-demand service provider. The likes of Amazon and Netflix, who are the main competitors of Hulu in the business, have a wide range of offering for kids. These rivals have long established a steady database for their kid's section, and it consists of both original and licensed shows. With this new move, more is set to come, and Hulu might be starting to concentrate on the kids and family unit as a whole now.
It is not news to those that have known Hulu for a while that having made it in the TV industry, they are now heading and tending towards more of shows and movies now than ever. Netflix, though, which comes after Hulu, is seeing its future head in the direction of TV which Hulu so wishes to leave. While both companies would have serious data and analytics guiding their respective decisions, it can be said that Hulu's plan is still up there on the scale of development. Ever wonder about the last time you had the cause to turn on your TV to watch a movie when you could easily get it by streaming it online or via a platform. This makes it logical that TV shows might not be the future, and children are also a good market to target.
For those that would have loved to see even more movies get added to this platform, Hulu and Disney have let us know that they have more titles coming to the subscription video on demand service in the future. These titles include, but are not limited to, Con Air, Step Up, Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Mighty Ducks et al. They also have it in mind to bring back some of the oldies (but goodies, might we add) that graced the television set. This category would see you get access to movies such as The Emperor's New Groove, Muppet Treasure Island, The Princess and The Frog. With this move, no kid would ever have the excuse of being born too late for Disney movies, and the adults can relish the old moments and scenes from these evergreen blockbuster movies again.
The deal is being run on a multi-year level, and hopefully, we expect some clause to be in there for Hulu to be able to add new Disney movies to their already existent catalog. For now, if you would like to watch a Disney movie (the best of the best there is, at least), head over to Hulu.