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Scot Cerullo
updated 01 Mar 2017 12:48
Changing The World From Your Home Screen - Apps For The Socially Conscious
Scot Cerullo | updated 01 Mar 2017 12:48
Imagine being able to learn the human rights record of a company simply by scanning the barcode of one of their products with your smartphone. Or imagine an app that ensures that every time you dine out a hungry person eats dinner, too. Or what if every mile you walked or jogged generated money for your favorite charity?
You can do all of these things and more thanks to a growing list of socially conscious apps that are leveraging the mobile platform, empowering everyday people with the ability to change the world from the comfort of their home screen.
Many of these socially conscious apps lack the fit and feel many people have come to expect, and a quick read of user reviews reveals that reliability, accuracy and user interfaces are all areas of opportunity for developers with an eye on helping those in need.
That said, the following are five socially conscious apps that are gathering momentum and a loyal user base as they utilize mobile technology to help others, hold the marketplace accountable and find ways to convert idle time into productive volunteer work.
Buycott allows you to purchase products that share your values, and avoid those that don't. With Buycott, you can scan the barcode of a product and learn which company manufactures it, and which company owns that company, and so on! You start by joining a campaign, and Buycott will help ensure that the products you buy fit the value profile of that campaign. Buycott also allows you to communicate with campaign organizers.
Tango Tab
Tango Tab offers you restaurant discounts, and when you eat out, Tango Tab donates a meal to a local food bank. So when you eat, a hungry person eats. It's a win-win. You can search for restaurants by zip code or restaurant name, and receive results by proximity in either list form or on a map. You can also view your "impact score" and share it on Twitter and Facebook.
Shop Ethical (Australia)
Shop Ethical gives you the environmental and social record of companies that manufacture the products you buy. Company ratings are based on over 30 sources, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Free2Work, etc., and their database is updated regularly. Users have access to over 4,000 products, and Shop Ethical allows purchasing power to be leveraged as either a reward or penalty toward companies based on their business practices. User reviews indicate people feel a strong sense of empowerment using the app, and that it brings a whole new dimension to their weekly shopping..
Good Guide (U.S.)
Good Guide uses the barcode-reading ability of your smartphone to provide you with four scores for each company: Health, Environment, Society and Overall. The Good Guide database contains over 170,000 products, including food, personal care, household cleaners, baby food and more. Users receive detailed information on the health, environmental and social performance of the companies behind the brands they buy.
The Extraordinaires has pioneered the phrase "micro-volunteering", whereby uses can donate time while waiting for a bus, in line at the DMV, anytime they have a few minutes to spare. Users can help nonprofits by tagging photos, mapping locations, rating tweets and much more, just by using time that would otherwise be wasted.
If you've been looking for ways to make a difference or to make a better informed buying decision, these apps can certainly help you get started. They assume users don't have a lot of free time, and allow you to build up some serious karma points by just moving through the day as you normally would.
Take one for a test drive and let us know what you think in the comments below.
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1/10/03 – I had a high-resolution ultrasound at St. Vincents Hospital after a routine ultrasound indicated that there might be a problem with the baby. The high-resolution ultrasound confirmed that the baby had a birth defect known as Holoprosencephaly (HPE). We were told that HPE is typically fatal resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth, and we should expect a certain degree of facial deformity and severe mental retardation.
4/7/03 – Began bedrest due to symptoms of pre-eclampsia.
4/10/03 – Samuel Aaron Harley was born at 12:27 p.m. at St. Vincents Hospital in Indianapolis. His birth weight was 6 lbs., 10 oz., and he was 19 inches long. Samuel arrived in the world with a strong cry and only needed a small amount of oxygen, surprising everyone.
4/18/03 – Samuel developed an infection in his intestines (necrotizing enterocolitis) which caused a perforation in his large intestine requiring emergency surgery. One foot of his small intestine had to be removed as did all but 2 inches of his large intestine. It was a curve ball that we weren't expecting, but his surgeon said that she could tell that Samuel is a fighter due to the degree of the infection and the lack of physical symptoms that he had been showing. Samuel currently has a ostomy bag because his intestines have been clamped off while he heals.
4/19/03 – Samuel had another surgery today. The swelling from his intestines applied pressure to his urethra causing Samuel to pass blood in his urine. As a result, it was discovered that Samuel's urethra is too narrow and curvy (a mid-line defect). This required another emergency surgery just one day following the intestinal surgery. He currently has a vesicostomy (a small section of his bladder has been brought to the surface of the skin so he can release urine as needed), and his urologist expects to go back in to reconstruct everything in 6 months or so.
7/1/03 – Steve and I have been faced with making a tough decision about Samuel's airway. Samuel has a tendancy to roll his tongue to the roof of his mouth blocking off his airway. Because he has a feeding tube, this tube keeps his tongue in place and prevents him from obstructing his airway; however, this is not a safe solution once Samuel comes home. Samuel has had three incidents where he has turned blue due to lack of oxygen, and he has also pulled the tube out once on his own. After a lot of prayer and discussions with this doctors, we have decided that a tracheostomy will be the best solution for Samuel's airway obstruction.
7/3/03 – Samuel had his tracheostomy surgery this morning at 7:00 a.m., and everything went well. He's fairly sedated and resting comfortably. Following surgery, he was breathing room air and did not require a ventilator to help him breathe which was quite surprising.
When we arrived the morning of his surgery, we learned that overnight Samuel had obstructed his airway, and according to his monitors, his oxygen level (which ideally should be at 100 percent) was as low as 3 percent. His nurse said that they had to "bag" him to force oxygen into his lungs, and she was afraid that they were going to lose him. If Samuel had been at home with us, we would have lost him. After surgery, we later learned that Samuel repeated this episode in the operating room while they were prepping him for surgery. We also learned that when his surgeon placed the trach tube into his throat, Samuel took in a big breath and then let out a huge sigh, as if to say, "Thanks, I needed that!" In a matter of hours, the Lord confirmed to me three times that we made the right decision.
7/7/03 – Samuel has a new friend; it's a teddy bear that plays music and also simulates the sound an infant hears in the womb. It really seemed to calm him down and attact his attention today. The bear is almost as big as Samuel, so we wonder if Samuel thinks he has a little friend in bed with him. Also, the Elders from our church came to visit and pray over Samuel.
7/8/03 – Samuel is doing well with the trach. The neonatologists and nurses fully expected that Samuel would be on a ventilator for the first 24 hours following surgery, but his surgeon felt that he was breathing well enough on his own that the vent wasn't necessary. (Once again, Samuel exceeds our expectations.) In the first few weeks after a tracheotomy has been performed, there are a lot of secretions that need to be suctioned out, so Samuel has been keeping his nurses very busy. His seizure activity was much improved in the days leading up to his surgery, but he began having more seizures following the surgery. I'm hoping that it's the stress of surgery which has triggered a few more seizures but that they will settle down as Samuel begins to heal and recover.
Samuel will be in the NICU for at least another week and a half for recovery from the tracheotomy. At that point, if his seizures are under control and he's absorbing adequate nutrients from his feedings, he will most likely be transferred to St. V's Pediatric Rehabilitation Center where Steve and I will be trained on his care, and we will begin the transition to home.
7/10/03 – Samuel is 3 months old today! He had his first trach change last night, and it went very well. We haven't been able to hold him since his surgery, but his doctor said that he can now be held, tickled, and even turned upside down! We need to be careful and cautious with the trach, but we also need to treat him like we would any other healthy baby.
7/14/03 – Samuel is getting bigger every day; he's up to 10 lbs., 7 oz. now. He had a hearing test over weekend, and he passed with flying colors. He continues to do well with the trach. This week, Steve and I will begin learning how to suction the secretions from his trach. We know when he needs to be suctioned because he will make a raspy sound similar to a motorcycle revving its engine. I guess you could say that Samuel truly is a "Harley" now! "Vroom, vroom!!"
Over the weekend, Samuel decided to pull out his feeding tube. Apparently, his stuffed bulldog (Butler) looked a little hungry; either that or he just wanted to hear his nurse Cathy say, "SAMUEL!!!" When Samuel begins gaining weight more consistently and absorbing more nutrients from his feedings, his surgeon will reconnect his intestines; thus, eliminating the ostomy bag. At that time, she will also place a G-tube (gastronomy tube) through his abdominal wall and into his stomach which will eliminate the oral feeding tube that he has now.
7/17/03 – Like I said, he's getting bigger every day; he's now up to 10 lbs., 10 oz! We have a conference scheduled with Samuel's doctors for Monday evening to discuss Samuel's next step. If he remains stable, it may be time for Samuel to leave the NICU and move to the pediatric rehabilitation center.
7/21/03 – Tomorrow, Samuel will be leaving the NICU and will be moving to the rehabilitation center. It will be a big day of firsts: his first breath of air outside of the hospital; his first time to see the sunshine or to smell the rain; his first ride in a car (actually a big ambulance). It will be hard to say goodbye to everyone who has given him such wonderful care and lots of love over these past few months in the NICU (Cathy, Emily, Kristi, Nataline, Lisa, Kristin, Karen, Susan, Dian, Kathy, Carol, Dr. Whitman, Dr. Hicks, Dr. Jansen . . . ), but Samuel is ready for the next step, and that step gets him a little closer to coming home.
7/23/03 – Sam made the big move to St. Vincent's Pediatric Rehabilitation Center, and he's doing well. Many of the staff members came to greet him upon his arrival, and he may have a special visitor today–Breta, the therapy dog! Today, we will continue to get him settled in, and he will have opportunities for many new experiences. Sam has a window in his room, so we're looking forward to sitting by the window and showing Sam the flowers, trees, birds, and chipmunks that live just on the other side of that window. Upon completing certain aspects of our training, we will be able to take him outside for walks and new adventures!
7/24/03 – Sam's second day at the rehab center didn't go so well. He turned blue on several occasions, and we haven't figured out whether he's holding his breath or whether he's just forgetting to take a breath. It's definitely getting everyone else's heart racing! And, he's having quite a bit of seizure activity, so he needs lots of prayers right now. There are some days when you just have to laugh or you'll cry, so here's a riddle:
Q: What does Samuel wear to bed at night?
A: Sammy's jammies
7/25/03 – It looks like Sam has an infection brewing. A blood culture has come back positive for an infection, so his doctor has started him on antibiotics. The culture will need to grow for a few more days before we will know exactly what type of infection it is, but that does explain why Samuel has been having so many seizures. He has always had increased seizure activity a few days before he shows symptoms of an infection.
7/27/03 – It has been a rough weekend with Sam having many seizures. He's starting on a new medication — Keppra, so we're hoping that it knocks out the seizures soon.
7/28/03 – Samuel went on a field trip today. After finding blood in his ostomy bag, continuing to have so much seizure activity, and a heart rate over 200 beats per minute, he was transferred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the St. Vincent Children's Hospital. An abdominal x-ray did not reveal any problems with his GI tract, and his chest x-ray was clear. At this point, it seems that Samuel's electrolytes were a little out of wack, so adjustments will be made to his medications which should help to minimize the seizure activity. Sam is getting a small amount of assistance with a respirator just to help him breathe easier. The nice thing about the respirator is that it is forcing some of Sam's air up past his trach and through his vocal chords, so we can hear him coo and cry again. Of course, once he's off the respirator, he will be silent again until he can figure out how to push that air up there on his own. In the meantime, we're hoping that Sam can rest and get himself healthy. He will probably be in the PICU for a few days and then will be transferred back to the rehab center.
7/29/03 – Today was a pretty good day. Sam still had seizures, but definitely not as many as he had been having over the course of the past week. One type of seizure that he has is called "Infantile Spasms", and these spasms can severely affect his development. We're really hopeful that the Keppra will kick in and wipe out the spasms. On a positive note, Samuel no longer has a feeding tube in his mouth. Because Samuel has narrow nasal passages, we've debated on whether to use a feeding tube that would go into his nose, but we finally agreed, and they didn't have any problems putting it in. Samuel now has complete freedom with his mouth, and it was obvious that he was happy because he spent most of the day sucking on his pacifier.
Samuel is definitely showing signs of improvement in his new environment. It's very quiet there, and Samuel has shown that he needs a minimal amount of stimulation in order to help reduce his seizure activity. He still looks a little pale, but his eyes are definitely brighter today than they've been in a while.
8/1/03 – Keep praying for us because Sam may be heading home next week. Obviously, things can change (and usually do), but it's looking hopeful. We start our official training today (i.e., trach care, feeding tube placement, administering and managing his medications, use and maintenance of his medical equipment, etc.). Things are coming together, and we can see the Lord's hand guiding us every step of the way.
8/2/03 – The big day is approaching! Samuel will turn 4 months old on August 10, and it looks like he will celebrate that milestone at home with us! Today and tomorrow, we will be responsible for providing all of Samuel's care from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. On Monday, Samuel's medical equipment (monitors, feeding pump, etc.) should arrive, and we will be trained on how to use and maintain them. If all goes well, we will move Samuel to a "Parent Overnight" room on Tuesday, and we will provide his total care for 24 hours before Samuel goes home. Sounds easy, right?
Over the course of the past year, we have seen God working in so many ways. Through all circumstances, He has provided for our every need. He has placed so many people in our lives: excellent doctors, loving nurses, supportive friends, prayer warriors . . . Through Samuel's life, He has given us the opportunity to share our faith with others. We have seen Him open doors and move mountains.
8/5/03 – Tonight is our "sleep over" with Samuel. Will we actually sleep? Probably not! If all goes well, he could be sleeping in his bedroom for the first time on Wednesday night.
8/6/03 – Samuel makes his debut tomorrow! Our overnight stay with Samuel went well. He now has all of his equipment, and we have received all of our training. We received really great news today. Insurance has agreed to provide 16 hours per day of in-home nursing care for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, they will evaluate and see how things stand at that point. That's definitely answered prayer!
8/8/03 – We survived the first night at home. For all those of you who have asked if Samuel sleeps through the night . . . he doesn't! Because Samuel has the trach, and he doesn't make any sounds when he cries, we tied a bell to his ankle so we would be able to hear him if he was stirring in the middle of the night. So far, so good.
8/10/03 – All is quiet on the home front. Samuel is 4 months old today.
8/13/03 – Samuel is up to 12 pounds, 13 ounces now. He is doing well at home and has been getting to know all of his new nurses who are falling in love with him. We have determined that Samuel has his days and nights mixed up, so one of our first priorities is to get his internal clock in synch with everyone else's.
8/15/03 – Each day keeps getting better and better. Samuel has two grandmas and one grandpa who are staying with us right now, so he's becoming quite spoiled with so much attention all day!
8/20/03 – Samuel slept through the night!
8/22/03 – Samuel is doing great, and he appears to be settling into his new environment. Samuel has in-home therapies provided through Indiana's First Steps program, and he had physical, occupational and speech therapies this week. Speech, you ask? Because Sam doesn't eat orally, his speech therapist will be working with him on his pacifier and eventually learning to take a bottle. Samuel may never get all of his nutrition orally, but we're hoping that he can have the experience and pleasure of tasting food as he continues to grow. In time, we're hoping that the speech therapist may be able to teach him a few words in sign language as a way to communicate his wants and needs.
8/25/03 – Leaving the house with Samuel is quite an adventure. (Quite honestly, just moving him from his bedroom to the family room can be an adventure too.) When we leave the house, he requires a feeding pump, an oxygen tank, an apnea monitor, a portable suction machine for his trach, an emergency bag with medical supplies, and a normal diaper bag. By the time we load all of his equipment in the car, there's hardly enough room for Samuel! So far, he has only left the house for doctor appointments, but we hope he can make his debut at church in a few weeks.
P.S. Sam wants to give a quick shout out to Cathy Firestone — Cathy, when are you going to come and visit me?! Love, Sam
8/26/03 – Shhhh . . . Don't tell my mommy and daddy, but I snuck out of my crib, so I could talk to you myself. I'm up to 1,000 hits on my webpage; a lot of people must really like me. Did you know that I will have a tooth soon? It hurts a little, but I'm trying to be brave. I like my new home–all except that silly dog; she barks too loud and wakes me up. Before I forget, please say prayers for my friend Clayton; he's still in the hospital, and he wants to go home really soon. And prayers for Gabriel's family too because they miss him as much as I do. Love, Sam
8/29/03 – Sam spiked a high temperature late in the evening, so we visited the emergency room. As it turns out, Sam has a urinary tract infection. This is the third one in three months, so he has been hospitalized for a few days at the St. Vincent Children's Hospital.
8/31/03 – Sam is home from the hospital. Right now, he's feeling yucky from his antibiotic and just wants to be held and rocked.
9/5/03 – Sam is recovering from his infection and is getting adjusted to life at home. Sam is now up to 13 lbs., 12 oz. Looks like being at home is agreeing with him! Some of Sam's favorite things are:
Music (he listens to CDs all day long)
The color red
Having his head rubbed very gently
Riding in the car (as long as we're on the interstate and traffic is moving)
Swinging in his swing
What doesn't Sam like? Well, green eggs and ham, of course!
9/7/03 – Samuel went to church for the first time today. We prayed that he would be good, and God answers prayer—he slept through the entire thing. (Grandpa slept through some of it too and tried to blame the snoring on Sam!) Our pastor, Howard Brammer, gave Sam a special introduction, and Sam was welcomed by the entire church. For many of our friends, this was the first opportunity they have had to get a glimpse of Sam. We hope to be there again next Sunday too, so if you're looking for a church, this would be a nice opportunity to try Trader's Point Christian Church. Sam would love to see you there!
9/10/03 – Sam turned 5 months old today.
9/16/03 – Sam is one cool dude! One of the issues that Sam must deal with is temperature irregularities due to his hypothalamus being fused. (Didn't know that I knew such big words, did ya?) Two weeks ago, he was warm, and we always had him dressed in lightweight, summer clothing. This week, he's a little ice cube, and we have him bundled up in long sleeves, hats, and fleece blankets. I guess he just likes to keep things interesting.
9/22/03 – Sam is still working on cutting those teeth! Maybe he will have some pearly whites very soon. Sam is on the move . . . into a new bedroom, this is. With all of his medical equipment and supplies, it just made sense to give Sam the master bedroom at our house. With lots of help of Grandma and Grandpa, we managed to successfully complete the project in just one weekend.
9/28/03 – Sam had a quiet weekend. Between sore gums and a new medication, Sam has been pretty drowsy.
9/30/03 – Today, Sam is helping his grandma celebrate her birthday. Sammy's Grammy will be getting lots of Sammy-Yammy time today!
10/1/03 – Sam is a happy boy today. He's smiling, and his eyes are sparkling! On the 10th, he will turn six months old! I can't believe that time has gone by so quickly.
10/2/03 – Sam had an appointment with his urologist today, and he gave us some good news. Remember that Sam's urethra is curvy and narrow, and he had surgery when he was nine days old to bring a small portion of his bladder to the surface of his skin (vesicostomy)? After reviewing Sam's most recent ultrasound and x-rays, it appears that his urethra has grown in length and width. He will still need to have a surgery to reverse the vesicostomy and to circumsize him; however, he won't need to have his urethra reconstructed. Way to go, Sam!
10/7/03 – Tomorrow is Sam's appointment with his gastroenterologist. We have a long list of questions to ask her, but we're really curious to hear her thoughts on whether it's time to reconnect Sam's intestines. Changing Sam's ostomy bag is quite an adventure some days. You have probably never seen one, but it's a plastic bag that adheres to Sam's abdomen with adhesive. We empty the bag several times a day through a spout at the bottom of the bag, and we usually replace the bag twice a week. Sounds pretty easy, right? Today was one of those mornings where we discovered that the adhesive came loose and poo was leaking out! (Just because Sam doesn't have a dirty diaper, doesn't mean that we don't experience those famous "blow outs".) Anyway, Steve and Sam's nurse jumped in and performed an unplanned bag change, and all went well, except . . . Remember when I told you that the bag has a spout? The spout is always open when we take it out of the package, and closing the spout is the final step when changing the bag. In all of the attention to changing the bag, they forgot to close the spout! I guess we will be doing extra laundry today!
10/10/03 – Samuel is six months old today! He appropriately wore his Pacer outfit with his number ("1/2") on the back. His appointment with the gastroenterologist went well. She felt that he may be ready for reconnection as early as next month; however, it is up to us as to the timing. It's something that we will be praying about.
10/16/03 – Samuel had an appointment with his pediatrician today. He's now 25 1/2 inches long! Our baby is becoming quite a big guy.
10/21/03 – Sam had a quiet weekend. He received his flu shot last week, so he felt a little yucky for a few days.
10/24/03 – Sam is such a happy baby. He's drooling a lot and still working on those teeth, but he's not been fussy at all. He rarely ever cries–even when he gets a shot. We're battling more seizures this week as a few of Sam's anti-seizure medications are being adjusted.
10/27/03 – Although we won't know until his test results are in, it looks like Sam may have another UTI. He was warmer than usual on Saturday and started running a fever on Sunday night. He's had increased seizure activity, and by this morning, he was pulling his knees up whenever we touched his diaper. All his typical signs of past UTIs.
10/29/03 – Sam definitely has a urinary tract infection. He's on antibiotics now, so hopefully, he will start feeling better soon.
One of the biggest concerns we have when Sam gets sick is dehydration. Sam suffers from Diabetes Insipidus (DI) which is a rare disorder in which the kidneys produce an abnormally large volume of dilute urine. Because it's so rare, many people confuse DI (water diabetes) with Diabetes Mellitus (sugar diabetes). Here's a little peek in our daily routine: We keep a careful record each day of Sam's fluid intake and also his fluid output. We weigh all of Sam's diapers to make sure that his daily fluid output doesn't exceed his daily fluid intake. Not only is it important for hydration purposes, but when Sam's intake and output are out of sync, it causes him to have more seizures due to the fluctuating levels of sodium in his blood. You didn't know you would learn something new today, did you?
10/31/03 – Trick or Treat?! Sam had a nice Halloween. He started the day by visiting his grandpa at the hospital. Grandpa hasn't been feeling so good, but after a visit from Sam, he felt so much better that his doctor said that he could go home as long as he took his medicine and had plenty of rest. Looks like Grandpa and Sam will spend the weekend on the sofa taking naps and watching football games. Sam is feeling better from his UTI, but he's still really tired.
11/3/03 – Sam is trying a new antibiotic for his UTI because the other one doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Overall, he had a quiet weekend. On Saturday night, Sam went to his first party. It was a little overwhelming for him (and for us) at first, but once he settled down, he was great!
11/4/03 – What a day it has been! Remember when we said that we must carefully watch for dehydration? This morning, Sam went to a nearby hospital (which shall remain nameless–but it's not the one he was born at) for his weekly blood draw. We received a phone call from his endocrinologist that his sodium levels were very high, and she urged us to take him to the ER. His levels were high enough that she wanted to admit him into the hospital until he could be rehydrated and his levels could be stablized with normal range. So, we loaded Sam up and took him to the ER.
Because Sam has had so many IVs in his life, putting an IV in is a major undertaking, and usually requires more than one stick to find a good vein. Today, they finally gave up after at least 10-12 needle sticks! Instead, they were able to get enough blood to run more tests. Like I've mentioned before, Sam is very brave and hardly ever cries, but he was crying today. While we were waiting for a bed to become available in the ICU, the results of his blood tests came back. When comparing the newest results with this morning's results, the conclusion was reached that the morning results were in error! If anything, Sam's sodium levels were low; he has too much fluid in his body! Sam came home content and is resting now; however, Mommy is still trying to get over allowing Sam to become the ER pin cushion!
11/5/03 – Do you remember Koosh® balls which were popular a few years ago? Sam's occupational therapist has suggested that we try to give Sam objects that are easy to grasp and have different textures. Koosh® balls can be very good for Sam's therapy, so we've been looking everywhere for them in stores with no success. We have ordered two online (large and medium size), but we would like to have some that are different colors and smaller sizes too. If you happen to see them anywhere, would you mind picking one up for Sam? Anyone who finds him a Koosh® ball will receive an autographed picture from Sam! (Given that his therapies also include bringing his arms and hands up to his face and mouth, new Koosh® balls are preferred over used ones.)
11/9/03 – Hi everybody! It's me Sam! Mommy wanted to update my webpage herself, but I said, "Mommy, me do! Me do!" Did you know that I will be seven months old tomorrow? I'm becoming a very big boy. I had a very special visitor today; my Great Great Aunt Ina came by to visit me. We watched the Colts game together, but we were disappointed because they didn't win.
11/13/03 – It has been a good week for Sam. His therapists are pleased with the progress that they're seeing so far with his head and neck control, and he seems to really be enjoying his therapies. We haven't said much about it up to this point, but we have been very blessed with the nurses who care for Sam in our home. Now that Sam has had nursing care for about three months, we're getting a nice routine established, and we have a core group of nurses who are growing very fond of Sam. Each of them brings unique qualities and experiences for Sam, and we couldn't be more pleased.
11/21/03 – Sam had a well-baby visit with his pediatrician yesterday. He's now up to 16 pounds, 12 ounces and is over 26 inches long! That explains why his clothes aren't fitting very well lately. He's giving us all of the signs that he's teething, but we've yet to see any pearly whites.
11/24/03 – Today was a great day for Sam! He met Santa for the first time, and he wasn't scared of the bearded man in the red suit. Of course, he was asleep the entire time; maybe he was trying to show Santa what a good little sleeper he is! Sam also went by the NICU to visit some of his old friends, and that was even better than seeing Santa because the NICU nurses are always full of hugs and kisses for Sam. Getting out and experiencing the world was very good medicine for Sam because when we returned home, he was happy, smiling, and seizure-free. A day out definitely agreed with him!
11/26/03 – As you sit down tomorrow to say your blessings for all that you are thankful, please also pray for a few of Sam's friends. Please pray for the family of Brooklyn; Brooklyn was called home to be with Jesus on Monday morning. Also pray for Jason and his family; we met Jason's parents on Monday in the NICU, and they're hoping that he will be home with them for Thanksgiving. And finally, Sam's buddy Clayton. Clayton is six months old, and he hasn't been home yet; please pray that Clayton will be home for Christmas.
12/1/03 – Sam had a great turkey day, and it was so nice spending this first holiday at home with Sam!
12/5/03 – It has been a BUSY week with lots of appointments and therapies this week. On Sunday, December 7, Sam will be going to church and participating in Baby Dedication Day. This is the day that we have awaited with great anticipation, so we're all looking forward to a special day with Sam.
12/8/03 – We marked a milestone in Sam's life yesterday when Sam was dedicated at church. This was a day that we had anticipated long before Sam was born, and we were thrilled to participate in such a special day.
Sam has been doing very well recently. He continues to have many seizures each day, but he quickly bounces back from them, and he does go for longer periods of time when he's seizure-free. Given the amount of medication he takes in an effort to control his seizures, it's very surprising that Sam is as alert and awake as much as he is. The early evenings are Sam's best time, and that's when we have the most fun with him.
12/9/03 – Sam had an appointment with his developmental pediatrician today. His speech therapist will be really excited because Sam has been given the green light to begin using flavors as part of his speech therapy. In addition, he encouraged the introduction of a Passy-Muir valve, which is a valve used to help trach patients pass air through their vocal chords to produce sound. Pray that Sam adjusts to it right away because it will allow him to vocalize his coos, laughter and cries!
Here's a new medical term we learned today. Have you ever heard of "gingival hyperplasia"? It's a condition in which there is uncontrolled growth of the gums. There are various reasons for it, but in Sam's case, it is caused by the use of anti-seizure medications. Sam is teething and has two teeth in there trying to push through, but due to extra tissue in his gums, it's taking longer than usual for them to appear.
12/17/03 – Sam has kept us hopping for the past 24 hours. He began running a fever last night, and with Sam, a fever means increased seizures; however, increased seizures mean that his temperature rises. Do you see the circular pattern developing? Tylenol has been helping to bring down his temperature, but he's also lethargic and floppy at times. We took him to see his pediatrician this morning, and he ordered a urine culture just to make sure that Sam doesn't have another UTI brewing. If the culture results are normal, then most likely Sam has some sort of viral bug. As of 6:00 p.m., he's sleeping and all is well.
12/18/03 – Sam had a very good night, and he seems to be doing better this morning. The preliminary results are in, and it's another UTI. Sam has been scheduled for surgery to reconnect his intestines on January 13, so hopefully, that will help eliminate some of the opportunities for future UTIs. It also looks like he has four teeth on the verge of popping through at any time, so there's always a possibility that teething may be playing a role in Sam's fevers too. He may have his two front teeth by Christmas!
12/22/03 – Sam is really fighting to get those teeth in. He had a fairly good weekend, but this morning, his temp is back up over 100 degrees with increased seizure activity. We're trying to reach his pediatrician because we think the UTI is still a big factor for Sam. We're really hoping that we will spend a healthy Christmas at home and not at the hospital.
12/23/03 – Today was one of our scariest days. Sam again had high temps (105 degrees) , seizures, and irregular breathing this morning. Steve was preparing to load him up to take him to the ER when Sam stopped breathing. He had just picked Sam up into his arms when Sam exhaled. Instinctively, Steve's CPR training kicked into gear, and Steve and Sam's nurse were able to resuscitate him. EMTs were called, and Sam was taken to the St. V's ER.
As we've learned over these past few months, infants and children are very resilient, but when they go downhill, they can go downhill quickly. As it turns out, Sam had a mucus plug in his trach blocking off his airway. Also, a chest x-ray revealed that he has a touch of pneumonia or a small area of his lung has collapsed. Given the flu epidemic going around and that fact that we have in-home nursing for 16 hours per day, we (along with the hospital physician) decided to bring him home rather than admit him into the hospital for observation. At home, he will have one-on-one care in a germ-controlled environment. Given Sam's compromised immune system, we don't want to take any chances of contracting the flu. He will see his pediatrician bright and early in the morning, so we're praying for a quiet and restful night for Sam.
12/24/03 – Sam had a very restful night and is doing much better today.
We received a very unexpected monetary gift in the mail today from an anonymous friend. Although there was no return address or signature on the letter, the letter itself was very special to us. Leslie, Sam, and I want to thank the generous person who sent this gift for their words of encouragement, their prayers and their support.
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this Christmas Eve night, we are reminded of Jesus' instruction to us about giving in Matthew 6. "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Matthew 6:1-4
12/29/03 – Sam's first Christmas was very nice. He is still feeling a little under the weather, so he hasn't had a chance to begin playing with many of his new toys yet. He slept a lot over the weekend, so we know that his body is working hard to fight off the bug that he has. He's scheduled for surgery on January 13, so we're hoping that he builds up his strength and resistance over these next few weeks.
12/30/03 – Our family would like to wish a Happy Birthday to Tara who is turning 16 years old today! We know Tara through a message board for parents of children with HPE. Tara has been diagnosed with Alobar HPE, which is the most severe form of HPE. Tara attends high school, and she and her family are an inspiration to other families who have been affected by HPE. Happy Birthday, Tara!
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Q: Fullcalendar adding event with fixed end time This is probably an easy one for those who know this thing. :)
Given this:
$(this).fullCalendar('renderEvent',
    {
       title: 'Class',
       start: date,
       end: date.setHours(2),
       allDay: false
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Which doesn't work... what's the syntax for setting the end time to two hours past the time that was clicked on?  So if the user clicks on 8 AM, I want it to automatically end two hours later, at 10 AM.
And... is it possible to make it so the event length cannot be resized?  As in, remove the little UI thing that they can click on to increase or decrease the size?
Thanks!

A: I figured it out (mostly).  in the above example, end: date.setHours(2) of course doesn't work. Upon inspecting the date object passed into dayClick, I found fromNow and when I tried date.fromNow(2), it worked!
The only issue I have now (unrelated to my original question) is that it's prompting me for the event name even though I'm specifying it in the code.  Here's the final, working version of what I posted above:
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We are now well into our fourth calendar month since the COVID-19 pandemic fully arrived in the United States. On the one hand, we have worked to adapt to a new normal. But, more so, we are weary of pandemic life and all that it has wrought. Making all this more difficult is the uncertainty of what lies ahead.
Despite this challenge, it is incumbent upon healthcare leaders, and other key policy makers, to look forward. This will help us take the steps back towards our old lives – albeit with certain likely permanent differences – but also prepare for the many potential eventualities that we may confront.
On this date – unbelievably 20 years ago – MedSpeed opened its doors. That day we ran four routes for one very brave customer that took a chance on us.
A great deal has changed from that first day. There are now nearly 3,000 MedSpeeders on our exceptional team. Our operations span the country. And, thankfully, our routes almost never run several hours late as they did that first day!
A great deal, however, is very much the same as it was then and has been throughout our history. The central commonality has been our mission to deliver health by connecting patients, providers and their communities. In fact, today, amidst these challenging times, this mission feels more vibrant and more vital than ever.
By Bonni Kaplan DeWoskin, Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships
MedSpeed is committed to our mission to deliver health to the communities we serve every day, including times like today. With this mission at the top of our minds, our teams across the country are going to work to support those on the healthcare front lines amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Leading Fleet Managers Discuss COVID-19 Prevention Methods
Yesterday, I attended a live, virtual Think Tank hosted by fleet management company Donlen. Donlen was joined by MedSpeed's Michael Tucker, senior fleet analyst, and Yogi Shivdasani, VP, NA supply chain at LKQ, to discuss steps that leading fleet managers and their organizations are taking to control contamination and spread of COVID-19 and keep drivers and their families safe.
Working Together During COVID-19
MedSpeed has been serving, and a part of, the healthcare community for 20 years. We, like everyone in the industry, are immersed in the current population health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
As our customers battle on the front lines of healthcare, we are doing everything we can to support them. Our operations teams and LSRs across the country are working in lock step with our customers to reposition protective equipment where it is needed most.
Patient Safety Awareness Week: It's incumbent on all of us to work toward safer healthcare
This week is Patient Safety Awareness Week. And as healthcare providers around the globe work to contain the coronavirus, it seems particularly important this year.
Patient Safety Awareness Week is recognized and promoted by some important organizations in healthcare: the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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Children benefit from playing hopscotch and other games with rules in many ways. They learn to follow instructions, wait their turn, and important social skills involved in playing fair and being a good winner or loser. Hopscotch can be a game of short duration during recess on the playground or can be played for longer periods of time as the children become more physically skilled in negotiating the squares. Children's motor skills, balance, and agility are developed as they play hopscotch.
1. "Hopscotch." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. < http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/271606/hopscotch > 26 May 2011.
2. "Hopscotch." Recess! The World of Children's Culture Every Day. < http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2003/0501.shtml > 26 May 2011.
3. Taylor, Sarah. "Hopscotch History." Step Up 4 Change. < http://stepus4change.com/hopscotch4hope/hopscotch-history/ > 26 May 2011.
4. "Hopscotch." Games Kids Play. < http://www.gameskidsplay.net/games/other_games/hopscotch.htm > 26 May 2011.
5. Hopscotch." Streetplay.com. < http://www.streetplay.com/thegames/hopscotch.htm > 26 May 2011.
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°˖✧✝ Lolita Conspiracy Theory #1- Visual Kei- the Go-To Place for Ero Lolita Fashion ✝✧˖°
Last year, I had a bit of fun talking about Lolita conspiracies theories with my friends. But then... some of them... no matter how bizarre, started to make sense. *dramatic music playing in the background* This lead me to the idea of making a Lolita conspiracies theories series for my main blog. The first one up for discussion is where Ero Lolita got some of its looks from.
DISCLAIMER: This is solely for fun. And although there will be examples and some sources provided, this is still just a speculative hypothesis.
So, where did I this get this absurd idea from? Well, it all began with a crown I'm customizing for an upcoming Ero coordinate I planning. And if you didn't know, crowns, specifically mini crowns (or tiaras), were a trend in Ero Lolita (and in Hime Lolita too, but that's something completely different).
Over the years, we just kinda accepted it without really understanding why. I mean, really, what does a crown have to do with Ero Lolita? It's not all that erotic or necessarily Lolita. It's more princess-y than anything. So what gives? Why was this a trend? Well, I'll tell you why it was a trend. I think it was all because of... this guy right here:
Dir en grey's bassist, Toshiya.
I bet you're like, "What? What does this guy have to do with any of this?" Well, here's why:
Is... is that a crown.
And if you haven't put the two together
or read the the bottom of the second picture, the person in the middle is Toshiya.
Yes, the same guy from the first picture.
The year was 1999, and a certain visual kei band started making waves in the music industry with their major debut album, Gauze. This band was Dir en grey, and with all of this new found attention came a hefty amount of music videos being released, even for songs that weren't singles. One of those songs to garner enough attention for its own music video was "Rasion Detre." This video would go on to produce some of the band members' most iconic looks, with Toshiya's "Ero" look being one of them.
To give some insight on the themes used to produce this stage costume for Toshiya, here is Dir en grey's music video for "Rasion Detre" (Blogger wouldn't let me link the video directly on this post for what ever reason). But before that, some WARNINGS!! This material is NSFW and potentially triggering. There's nudity, bondage, and self-harm (eye gouging) presented in this video. If that's too much for you, skip it (don't put yourself through that). If you just want to listen to the song's audio, you can listen here.
If none of those options interest you,
you can just stay on this page and look at another picture of Toshiya's stage costume.
Now, I bet you're like, "Um, okay. This guy had a crown on his head, so what?" Well, this is huge because Gauze came out on July 28, 1999, but Dir en grey were already releasing singles as early as January of 1999 (source). "Raison Detre" wasn't a single, so it's harder to get documentation on what day the video was released, but, based on other information, the video had to have been released anywhere from mid 1999 to the time of the first single of their second studio album, which was Myaku in February 2000 (source).
But what does this all mean? *dramatic pause* This means that the first time anyone incorporated crowns with Ero may have been done as early as 1999 and done by a visual kei artist no less! I mean, think about it. Were there any Lolita brands, or Gothic brands for that matter, doing Ero at the time, and were they sticking crowns on their heads if there were? Moi-meme-Moitie also came out in 1999 (does any one know the exact date), and provided some pieces suitable for Ero Lolita, but have you ever seen one of their official brand coordinates styled with a crown? No, right?
I had always came to think of the crown trend being completely "street" driven, meaning that it was something that formed from street fashion and not much from a fashion designer for a major fashion brand. And with mini crowns mainly only being seen in street snaps at this time, this seems to be true. But why is that so important? I think knowing that the crown incorporation with Ero being a trend picked up from street fashion is key to understanding how this combination was created. And the key lies with this next picture.
This picture may only be relevant to Lolitas who
have been in the fashion for 7+ years, but I'm still going to explain.
Do you remember a time when you would look up Ero Lolita and this was one of the first pictures to pop up? For those who didn't know, they probably would just nod and say "Yup, that's Ero," but for us visual kei and Dir en grey fans, we all knew that this was a cosplay of Toshiya's costume in "Raison Detere." Also, take in consideration where the picture was taken. It's location is none other than Harajuku bridge.
Harajuku bridge has seen a lot fashions and trends come its way.
Again, unless you were in this fashions for awhile, the Harajuku bridge may mean nothing to you. But the Harajuku bridge was a mecca for people in unique fashions and cosplayers (especially ones for visual kei) alike. It was the best spot to dress up in your best outfit, hangout with friends and wait for your picture to be taken. But above all, it was a place where Japanese youth could feel comfortable with their individuality and have a safe space to express their creativity through fashion. And with this platform, fashions and trends were not only able to evolve, but also mix with each other. Therefore, to say that there may have been an overlap between visual kei and Lolita because of their fans being so close to each other wouldn't be a far stretch. Don't forget about the Lolitas who were also visual kei fans too!
But why crowns? Why are they so special? Well, they aren't. Like I said at the beginning of this, there's nothing specifically Ero or Lolita about them. This is why I think this had to have came from a visual kei artist, because it's just a frivolous addition! I think the stylist who styled Toshiya just put the crown on his head because it looked cute, nothing more. Having "characters" was popular among visual kei bands at the time, and Toshiya's "character" was one that was more playful, youthful and feminine. What's a better way to make a man look youthful and feminine than to put his hair up into a ringlet ponytail, put him a outfit that gives him the apperance of having breast and tossing a crown on him?
Side note: I may have also just inadvertently described Hizaki.
May God have mercy on us all.
So, you read through all of this and I bet you're like "Well, okay. Crowns, sure. But what about that other stuff in Ero Lolita?" Well, lets look at some elements that lends itself to Ero Lolita's look. When I think of Ero Lolita, I usually think of:
Leather/PVC material
Corsets/Corset lacing
Sheer material/A peak of skin showing (though, not always)
Garters/ Lace
Basically, things that may have an erotic connotation to them. This sounds about right? Well, what if I told you that visual kei bands were already dressing like this well into the '90s? Visual kei bands were already on that bondage and fetish gear train and was riding it all the way into the 2000s. Seeing that there's proof of fans wanting to recreate these types of outfits from numerous pictures of visual kei cosplays at Hararjuku bridge, I think it's fair to assume that with visual kei's growth in popularity in pop culture, that fashion brands began to emulate these trends too. Since I've already dedicated most of this post to Toshiya, lets just stick with Dir en grey for the next example.
Costumes for Dir en Grey's music video for "Garden." (1997)
WARNING: There are glimpses of one of the guitarists wearing a Nazi armband in the video.
I want to go on record and say that this is not cool or okay in any way.
Not a good look Dir en grey, not a good look.
You're looking at this and I bet you're like "What the heck is this mess? None of this is remotely Lolita or visually appealing." Well, keep your eyes on Toshiya (he's the one on the left). What is he wearing? It looks like a dress with a PVC bodice with buckles (or maybe corset lacing) going down the front with a tulle skirt or something. And is that a collar? I'll admit, this is a bit messy and no one should be labeling this outfit as Lolita. But do you think it has the proper elements to make a good Ero Lolita outfit? Still, no?
Well, look at what we have here.
Is... is that a Meta JSK?
Is... is that a leather bodice... with buckles?!
Sheer material for the bottom half AND a collar?!
Say it isn't so!!
Right about now I can imagine you thinking "Well... that's Metamorphose. I mean, they always make weird things. Am I right? *forced laugh* Just because Metamorphose makes something doesn't mean it's for Lolitas. Remember that mechanic jumper? Yeah, remember that?!" Your right. Metamorphose has made some strange choices with the things they put out. But look at the JSK again. This time... *dramatic music playing in the background*... with a blouse underneath and a headdress!
It'd be pretty hard to say that this outfit isn't Lolita,
or isn't a good example of Ero Lolita for that matter.
Too much of a coincidence, don't you think?
°˖✧ 'Till next time
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I've been using roses in my meme post this week, so here's some more. Our sky has been overcast and/or raining this week. This photo was taken on Wednesday with my cellphone, here in Murrieta. To visit other participants go to Skywatch Friday.
Jan, this is gorgeous!!! Love the sunlit edges and that dramatic sky.
I like the photo very much!
Great contrast of colors. I love how to took the shot from below!!
So very beautiful! Great capture!
Might be cloudy, but I love the variation in the colour of the sky! And the roses, too!!
Such a great shot with a cell phone!? Wow--just proves the old adage that its more important who's behind the camera than the camera itself.
Even with the cloudy skies above your roses look lovely!
Beautiful sky + beautiful flower = perfect picture. Pls visit my entry. Happy Sky watch!
I love roses! Ours aren't even budding yet ... late this year. I like the way you included the dramatic cloudy sky with just a hint of sunshine.
P.S. Your heart was featured on this week's Guest Heart Thursday!
Your cell phone takes great images!! Such a pretty rose. What kind is it?
beautiful photo and I just love the roses. The color is gorgeous.


On top of ole smokie people are dumb.
The quest to make things retard proof continues!
13 dollars. I think. But don't quote me on that.
Erg, depressed is the right term, I laugh at a lot of stupidity – but when it goes this far it makes me a little sad.
Sweet. More people = discount.
I can totally sympathize with the sign-maker.
"THIS MANY," and then he flips them off.
Oh man! That's prolly true and is even sadder.
Now I really want to ride Ole' Smokey!


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'Frozen II' — A Cut Below its Predecessor
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It is no controversial statement to say that Disney has been hitting animated movies out of the park at an astonishing clip lately. Between their Disney Animation Studios and Pixar umbrellas, they have brought us Inside Out, Coco, Tangled, Zootopia and Moana in just this decade, which is not to mention the first Frozen film, one that somehow managed to rise above even the House of Mouse's staggeringly high standards.
Frozen outpaced every other one of Disney's animated movies except 2019's Lion King (which I still have trouble seeing as animated) and even gave the upper echelon of Marvel and Star Wars films a run for their money. While I know that the box office success of any given film is no indicator of its value as a piece of art, I still feel the need to stress that these movies are pop-cultural singularities — Frozen made about the 2017 GDP of the Solomon Islands without its merchandise sales.
Unlike some of those other top-grossing films (the grossest films, if you will) that the truly artsy folks seem to think are eroding our society, Frozen told a deeply affecting and highly beneficial narrative to an entire generation of children that has been conditioned to believe that extranormal powers are what make extraordinary people extraordinary.
In an era of superpowered extremes, the power that saved the day in Frozen was that of the superhero's "ordinary" sister, whose capacity for familial love outshone even the most slanted odds. On top of that, many of the more tired tropes of olden Disney princesses were absent in Frozen.
The film's leading characters were two fully independent sisters who achieved their goals through some combination of compassion and tenacity. That, in itself, is reason enough to see the first film without mention of its stunning visuals or inspired (if not, as the new sequel cheekily acknowledges, now worn-out) soundtrack. Unfortunately, though, the lasting emotional thrust provided by the first film is why I was so disappointed when its sequel's credits started to role.
Frozen II is a cautionary tale in following up a film that cast an inescapable shadow. I in no way mean to say that the new movie is not serviceable — it just broke the worldwide animated debut box office record and so has achieved success in at least one sense of the word — but has done so on the coattails of its far superior film. No world exists in which Frozen II has the same staying power as its older sister.
Although six years ago is not exactly recent, its predecessor is still fresh enough in moviegoers minds for Frozen II not to be granted the rose-colored tint lent to films like Finding Dory and Incredibles 2 and suffers greatly for it. Its visuals, while still astonishing, are not a noticeable step up and its music, while still memorable, cannot hold a candle to the songs of the original that still find their way into my regular Spotify rotation.
Worst of all, though, is the new film's story, which was at best pedestrian and at worst utterly baffling. I know that on some level films like this one are made for the kids in the theater, but what has made Disney and Pixar films so special is that they consistently tell stories cohesive enough to service the adults in the audience. Regardless of how impossibly high Disney has set that bar, Frozen II's falling short of it left a sour taste in my mouth.
I found myself checking in with my neighbors throughout the film to see if they had any clue what was going on (if only to affirm that I was not being intellectually outmatched by a movie with sentient snowmen) and found they shared my confusion. Whereas Frozen's narrative felt organically propelled, with its songs at times serving as plot-driving exposition and development, Frozen II feels as though its garbled story was colored in between a set of predetermined musical numbers. Its plot inexplicably leaps from point to point simply because it needs to move forward. It feels more akin to a run-of-the-mill episodic video game than it does to what we have come to expect from Disney.
If I were comparing Frozen II to whatever 10 cent action film I could have seen instead (no offense, 21 Bridges), I would likely consider it more favorably. The status quo Disney has set for itself is near cinematic perfection. Anything below that line — even though Frozen II still has its handful of thoroughly joyful moments — feels hollow.
Nick Smith is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at [email protected].
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How many of these late 2000s to early 2010s crazes do you remember?
From Jane Norman bags to Lynx Africa aftershave, most 20-somethings from Grimsby and Cleethorpes are sure to remember some of these secondary school crazes.
Every generation has its 'thing' and for students of the late 2000s to early 2010s the 'thing' was most likely the introduction of interactive whiteboards and the rise of social media.
There were some unwritten rules when it came to selecting a 'cool' PE kit bag, which almost all Grimsby and Cleethorpes students abided by.
At my school, the hierarchy was Topshop, River Island, JD Sports, Republic and Bank on top, with Jane Norman and New Look coming in as close seconds.
But, if you so happened to have a Hollister Co., Jack Wills, or Abercrombie & Finch bag, then you'd won PE.
2. "Meet you on MSN tonight?"
First of all, RIP MSN Messenger.
After spending six hours in school with your mates, it was only natural to run home and logon to MSN to continue chatting with them.
Some may remember when you'd have to stop your all-important convo because your mum or dad wanted to use the phone - BRB!
Person 2: Yupp thanx, u?
Sadly, the days of asking your mates for their 'addy' are long gone, with schoolchildren now wanting each others 'snap' and 'insta' names.
Whoever dreamt this one up was an absolute monster.
For those unfamiliar - or who have simply chosen to forget - the beep test is a 20-metre multi-stage fitness test.
Usually in freezing conditions, PE teachers would force their unsuspecting students to run in 20 metres bursts in time with a patronising beep coming from an outdated CD player.
The PE teachers would then rank your performance as 'very poor', 'poor', 'average', 'good', 'very good' or 'excellent'.
4. "If you're caught with your phone in school, you'll be banned from prom"
If you went to a strict secondary school, then you'll remember the almighty threat to ban you from your Year 11 prom if you were caught with your phone in lesson - such a fond memory.
Better yet, my secondary school took this one step further and threatened to ban students from becoming prefects if they were caught with their phones.
This obviously would have been absolutely devastating because we wouldn't have been able to scream "I'M A PREFECT!" at younger students - please say someone remembers that YouTube video?
For some reason - most likely due to health and safety - some schools in Grimsby and Cleethorpes introduced a size three football rule.
Basically, this meant students were only allowed to bring in size three footballs or smaller to play with during break and lunchtimes.
As expected, this sparked controversy among football enthusiasts who were more than happy to point out size three footballs are commonly used among under 7, 8, and 9 age groups - and NOT YEAR 10s.
There was a time - possibly between 2007 and 2009 - when around 40 per cent of schoolgirls owned a Jane Norman or Bank bag - no exaggeration.
For boys, it was Adidas 'man bags' or Quicksilver rucksacks.
Thinking back, there must have been so many mix ups in cloakrooms when it came to finding your bag after lunchtime.
In the mid 2000s, emo and scene hairstyles were a craze among teenagers and some in their 20s.
Along with the fringe-heavy hairstyles came dark eyeliner - for both girls and boys - 'XOXO' MySpace backgrounds, and downward angled mirror selfies.
However, the worst thing about this craze was the "RAWR! It means I love you in dinosaur" rubbish which emo kids would scrawl on their palm before taking a 'pixxy' to upload to MySpace.
Disclaimer: Not all emo kids were "RAWR" advocates.
Although a lot of work and skill went into maintaining the emo and scene hairstyles, it's probably best if we keep this craze in the mid 2000s.
Between creating a naff website and a "health and fitness" spreadsheet, most students would have innocently googled "games" once or twice, only to find the word BANNED!
Who knew "games" was as offensive as other banned search terms such as ... Well, such as many words which also can't be included in this article.
To give you a hint, they included swear words, inappropriate adult websites, among more.
While ICT teacher were right to block swear words and inappropriate websites, banning "games" well and truly backfired when it came to maths class and the teacher would instruct their students to logon to "fun maths games".
Changing rooms across Grimsby and Cleethorpes - possibly even across England - must have been cloudy blurs in the 2000s when students favoured Lynx Africa and Charlie fragrances.
There was always one schoolgirl who was edgy enough to use Lynx Africa - even though it was stereotypically a boy's fragrance. Good on her!
Perhaps some schoolboys weren't all that keen on Lynx and were just trying to get through their Christmas stash?
Before eyebrow sets and highlighter was Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse.
Usually bought in a colour which was two or three shades darker than your true skin tone, schoolgirls were more than happy to share their pot of dream matte mousse among friends.
It wasn't that schoolgirls wanted an orange line around their jaws, it was more that they didn't know how to select their true skin tone when faced with 20-plus foundation pots in Boots or Superdrug.
Thankfully this doesn't seem to be a problem among today's schoolchildren, as most of them are reaching professional makeup artist status at age 13.
As soon as BlackBerrys became a 'thing' among preteens and teenagers, everyone who either had a BlackBerry Curve or Bold was asking their mates for their BB pin.
To make yourself seem extra 'cool', you'd put something similar to "is with Jack, Lorna, Anna and Ellie" in your message line when hanging out with your mates.
The message line was essentially a bio.
For those who didn't have a BlackBerry, there was PingChat! however this soon died a death once Facebook Messenger came along.
If you sat your GCSEs between 2009 and 2012, then there's a good chance you studied Of Mice and Men.
After reading this book in English Literature for three solid years, there's no doubt my entire class could still recite it word for word.
Spoiler alert: George shoots Lennie.


APR 08 (WTN) - The far is being spread in a planned manner in Pakistan which is notorious as a heaven for the terror and terrorists all over the world, and this fear is of India. Yes, in Pakistan, it is feared these days that India can once again attack. No other than is saying this, but Pakistan Foreign Minister is saying that he has got reliable information that India is 'preparing' to attack on Pakistan on a new way.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is afraid of so called planning of India's attack, says that Pakistan has expressed its concern even before five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Qureshi, the External Affairs Minister of Pakistan who was isolated in the whole world after the terrorist attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama, had even said that in the past, when India took action in Balakot, other countries of the world did not respond.
According to the information from the media, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said during a discussion with the media in Multan, "We have strong information that India is formulating a new attack strategy on Pakistan. According to our information, this attack can happen between April 16 and 20." However, Qureshi did not give any evidence of his allegations that India is planning of a attack on Pakistan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi just said that he had received 'credible information' about the timing of the attack. Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi said during this time that Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed 'consent' on sharing this information with the country.
Qureshi says that India can create a 'conspiracy' with 'new incidents', whose purpose is to make India's military action 'right' against Pakistan. However, on the 'irresponsible statement' of Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi, no country in the world has responded anymore, even in Pakistan, Quraishi's statement has not been taken by anybody with 'seriousness'. Among all this, the Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi's claim has 'dismissed' by the Foreign Ministry of India.
As you know, after the Pulwama terror attack, India had destroyed the terrorist bases of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Balakot, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by air strikes. In order to hide the devastation caused by the Indian air force in Balakot, Pakistan had said many lies among the people of his country as well as before the whole world. Pakistan had made every effort to hide the devastation after the Balakot attack.
Indeed, India should take the matter of Pakistan's Foreign Minister seriously, in which he says that 'conspiracy' can be created in India with 'new incidents'. It may not be so that Pakistan-based terrorist organizations once again are in the midst of a major terrorist attack in India, and after doing so, they can put the full responsibility of the attack on India that India has invaded this terror attack so that there can be concrete reason of attacks on Pakistan.
In such a way, foreign policy and defense policy analysts believe that the Indian army and the security forces need to be more careful than before, because after Pakistan-based terrorist organizations attacks on India, Pakistan can easily blame India that we had already said that there could be a conspiracy for the accident in India. Indian intelligence agencies should provide necessary inputs to thwart any such attack so that the plot of terrorists could be failed.


State-sponsored Russian hackers are targeting NATO members and European governments ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections, according to new FireEye intelligence.
The security vendor claimed to have detected spear-phishing activity from the prolific Kremlin-linked APT28 and Sandworm Team groups.
The idea is to harvest passwords by sending the victim to a fake log-in page. To increase their chances of success, the groups are spoofing real government website portals, registering domains similar to trusted destinations and displaying the sender of these phishing emails as a trusted entity.
Although FireEye claimed the two groups' activity appears to be coordinated, they use different tools and tactics. The Sandworm Team tends to use publicly available tools, while APT28 uses expensive customized tools, and has deployed zero-day exploits in the past, it said.
This is not the first alert to be issued about Russian hacking activity ahead of the upcoming European elections.
In February, Microsoft claimed to have spotted APT28 targeting NGOs, think tanks and other government-linked organizations. It said 104 accounts across Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Romania and Serbia had come under attack.
The infamous APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear) has been blamed for the 2016 phishing attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) which many believe helped Donald Trump to power.


The Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, simply referred to as the Gelman Library, is the main library of The George Washington University, and is located on its Foggy Bottom campus. The Gelman Library, the Eckles Library on the Mount Vernon campus and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus Library in Ashburn comprise the trio known as the George Washington University Libraries. The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library and the Jacob Burns Law Library also serve the university. The Gelman Library is a member of the Washington Research Library Consortium and the Association of Research Libraries.
The seven-story library building contains over two million volumes. Gelman Library is constructed in the Brutalist architectural style of the 1970s. It features a concrete façade punctuated by windows that are divided by projecting vertical slabs. For most of the year, parts of the library are open 24 hours day, seven days per week for use by students, faculty and staff. The library's seventh floor is home to the National Security Archive, a research institution that publishes declassified U.S. government files concerning selected topics of American foreign policy. It was a National Security Archive Freedom of Information Act request that eventually made the Central Intelligence Agency's so-called "Family Jewels" public.
The seventh floor is also home to the Special Collections Research Center, Kiev Library, and Global Resources Center. Special Collections offers researchers a wide array of primary and secondary resources, as well as a large Washingtonia collection. Specializing in Hebrew and Judaica, the Kiev Library houses the leading collection of modern Judaica, rare books, maps, and archival materials related to Judaic studies among universities in the Washington, D.C. area. The Global Resource Center possesses numerous sources focusing on the twentieth century to present day that analyze political, socio-economic, historical, and cultural aspects of countries and regions from around the world.
The base floor of Gelman features a Starbucks. The library is at the corner of 22nd and H Streets and is adjacent to Kogan Plaza.
With the death of Estelle Gelman on October 23, 2009, the library honored a promise made to the Gelman family to rename the Melvin Gelman Library with its new name, the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library. On September 28, 2010, a small family gathering with remarks by President Steven Knapp celebrated Estelle Gelman's life and formally rededicated the building.
In 2010, students have made improvements to the Gelman Library a major target of their advocacy efforts at the university.
As part of the fiscal year 2012 operating and capital budgets, the George Washington University Board of Trustees approved a $16 million renovation project for Gelman Library. The project plan included renovations of the entrance level of the building. Moving the library entrance from H ST to Kogan Plaza, the new second floor plan presents learning commons featuring group study spaces with wireless technology and laptop bars. Construction began late May 2012.
After a little over one year of construction, Gelman library opened their new entrance floor to the public Monday, August 12, 2013.
The design upgrade, which focused on providing more natural light and open space for students, "boasts new amenities to meet modern students' needs, such as more outlets to recharge laptops, and technology enabled study rooms." Such technologies a digital media lab where students may check out cameras for use, a digital visualization room containing a 3D screen to better examine data, and five additional "study rooms equipped with large monitors that can be connected to laptops to make collaboration on group projects easier." The unveiled second floor is completed with new laptop bars and a snack lounge equipped with two water bottle refill stations.
^ Gulotta, Nicole (March 8, 2010). "'Get Gelman Going' group seeks library renovations". The GW Hatchet. Hatchet Publications. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ "Transforming Gelman". GW Today. The George Washington University. February 6, 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "Gelman Library - The GW Neighborhood - The George Washington University". www.gwu.edu. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ a b "Gelman Library Opens New Entrance Floor". GW Alumni News. August 13, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
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PlayStation VR to Arrive in October for $399
Liz Finnegan | 15 Mar 2016 21:00
PlayStation VR will arrive in October 2016 for $399.
It was announced today that PlayStation VR will be arriving in October 2016. While the release date has been delayed several months, from June to October, the announcement also came alongside a very welcome fact - the headset will cost $399. However, the price tag doesn't appear to account for the PlayStation camera - $45 to $59 - or the glowing orb Move controllers, although it will still fall below competitors Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which are priced at $599 and $799 respectively, while also requiring higher end PC builds. Tech Insider reports that a bundle with the camera and Move controller will be available, although no price point was given.
"Today more than 230 developers are building content for PlayStation VR, from smaller independent teams to larger studios at the industry's top publishers," reads a post on PlayStation's blog. "We expect to have more than 50 games available from launch in October 2016 until the end of the year. Of course, the full promise of PlayStation VR will continue to grow over time as talented developers create new experiences and new genres that wouldn't be possible outside of VR. The future looks bright indeed."
"Additionally, The Playroom VR, from our very own Japan Studio, will be available as a free download from PlayStation Store for all PS VR owners at launch," the post continues. "The Playroom VR will include six games that can be enjoyed with friends and family, demonstrating why we believe VR can also be an impactful experience when it's shared."
President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Andrew House said: "For over two decades we have aspired to take gamers somewhere greater, and we believe that virtual reality is the next step on that journey and will usher in an entirely new era of gaming."
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Trusted Shops is the leading trust brand in European ecommerce. Its services include the Trusted Shops trustmark, which awards sites with a 'seal of approval' that gives shoppers peace of mind.
An Online Expert Gets With the Inbound Program
German-based Trusted Shops helps online retailers to succeed by building up the trust and confidence of their customers. However, it wasn't making the most of the online environment for itself. By 2015, it was still using old-fashioned sales and marketing methods – what little online activity it did do was limited to general email shots and PR on social media. Enter Ali Saffari; a consultant hired to revamp its strategy.
"I told the CEO, 'if you want to change, you need to explore the inbound approach and also align your sales and marketing teams.'"
Ali had discovered the inbound marketing methodology himself through the HubSpot Academy, and he knew that it had the power to get Trusted Shops the visitors, leads and customers that it was looking for.
"I recommended the HubSpot Marketing Platform because I knew that it was the only software in this space that had all the features that Trusted Shops would need to be truly successful. It's a complete solution that allows you to implement inbound in a comprehensive way."
The CEO agreed, and Trusted Shops signed up with HubSpot in October 2015.
Attracting Potential Customers With Content That Converts
Ali says that he got started by overhauling Trusted Shop's website. "At the time, it was in bad shape; we needed to make it more clear and attractive to visitors, so we decided to transfer it over to the CMS Hub."
The next step was to create personas. Trusted Shops had already defined a couple of customer types, says Ali, but they were more based around the kind of people they were rather than the challenges they faced. He arranged interviews with 50 of the company's existing customers and came up with new personas.
Creating the content that would attract these new personas was a priority, and it was something that he was determined to get right.
"We had to do an in-depth analysis of why people are accessing our content and what is of interest to them. We didn't want to publish some no-brainer whitepapers that would disappoint; we invested a lot in pulling together a collection that would attract and delight potential customers. Each piece of content is now divided into topics that we know are of interest to the persona and their stage in the buyer's journey."
Ali set this new content up on Landing Pages, adding Calls-to-Action (CTAs) and Forms to gather data on visitors. Most of the articles that Trusted Shops publishes on its Blog are linked to these Landing Pages and are accompanied by short videos that summarise the content that is available for download. This, says Ali, encourages visitors to delve deeper into the site.
Trusted Shops then nurtures its leads with Workflows and the Email App and uses the HubSpot software's SEO features to boost website traffic and increase its visibility as a company. With the Marketing Analytics, it can get a bird's eye view of how every marketing action it takes has performed, and adjust its strategy accordingly.
The sales team is seeing the benefits of the HubSpot software as well.
"Once a lead is nurtured, they are assigned to a salesperson; the HubSpot leads are in high demand because our reps know they are interested, and they convert at a higher rate. Everyone is keen to get their hands on them," explains Ali.
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The results that Trusted Shops has seen through its use of the HubSpot Marketing Platform are remarkable. Its website has been turned into a lead generation machine – website visitors are up 30% every month, while leads have increased by a massive 200X.
"The holistic approach to inbound marketing that we have implemented gets results," says Ali. "It's not only the platform itself, but it's also how you go about the whole strategy. Compared to last year, our revenue has increased significantly."
Looking ahead, Ali wants Trusted Shops to continue to make even more use of the inbound methodology company-wide. One part of the sales department has already moved onto Sales Hub, and the other teams will make the switch themselves by the end of the year.
"Cold calling leads isn't efficient, so we are in the process of shifting from an outbound to inbound sales organisation. Inbound leads are nurtured until they are ready to be called so that we can have a simple, highly-qualified conversation with them. Within the next two years, my goal is to have 50% of our leads coming from inbound."
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