Our friends at Peace Movement Aotearoa is inviting you to participate in, and help publicise, the final research stage of their new youth peace and disarmament project - an online survey.
If you are under 35 years old: you can be part of the research by filling in the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23CDNYV The survey gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts on peace and disarmament issues, connections between your existing campaigns or interests and disarmament, what kind of disarmament information is most likely to interest you, and how you can be involved in helping to build the project. It will only take a few minutes to complete, or a little longer if you want to give some thought to the open questions, and your answers are confidential.
If you are 35 or over: can you kindly help publicise the survey by forwarding this message on to your students, any youth networks you are involved in, and younger colleagues, friends or relatives - thank you for your help.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta blasted pop star Britney Spears as "irresponsible" for driving with her infant son on her lap.
"No matter who you are, there's absolutely no excuse for this display -- not instinct, not fear, not even reckless paparazzi," Mineta said as he kicked off National Child Passenger Safety Week Monday in Philadelphia.
"It's irresponsible to compromise the safety of a child for the sake of the moment," he added.
The photos taken Feb. 6 by paparazzi prompted Los Angeles County welfare workers to send sheriff's deputies to Spears's home. Law enforcement officials, however, said she would not be charged with a crime.
Spears released a statement saying she was being chased by paparazzi and was "instinctively" protecting her son by not returning him to his child seat.
Mineta said the pop star's actions "send the wrong message to millions of fans."
California law requires children under the age of 6 or weighing less than 60 pounds to be in special car safety seats.


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Mississipi Hill Country Blues består av 19 låtar som arrangerats av R. L. Burnside, som spelar gitarr och sjunger. Red Ramsey spelar munspel på 13. 1-12 och 16-19 är inspelade av Leo Bruin (Gronningen, Nederländerna). 1-7 och 11-12 är inspelade i oktober 1982 och 8-10 är inspelade 5-6 mars 1980. 13-15 är inspelade av George Mitchell nära Coldwater, Mississippi 1967. Första gången utgiven 1984 som Swingmaster 2201.

Låtlista
"Miss Maybelle" - 2:14
"House up on the hill" - 2:40
"Gone so long" - 3:14
"Skinny woman" - 2:20
"See what my buddy done" - 2:55
"Don't care how long you're gone - 2:16
"Lost without your love" - 3:10
"Shake 'em on down" - 2:44
"Bad luck and trouble" - 3:33
"Just like a woman" - 2:40
"Greyhound bus station" - 3:38
"Crying won't make me stay" - 2:55
"Rolling and tumbling" - 2:35
"Melow peaches" - 2:52
"I believe" - 2:20
"Poor boy" - 2:52
"Poor black Mattie" - 2:46
"Jumper on the linde" - 2:40
"Long haired Doney" - 4:20

Musikalbum 1984
Album av R. L. Burnside

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ManOpen is written by Carl Lindberg. Carl also works on RCDefaultApp, a popular app for configuring URL schemes, file extensions, file types, and MIME types.
ManOpen is available as open source but also as a download. You can see screenshots at the following URLs.
The GZ image is easiest to deal with - and it's under 90 KB! So already you know this is going to be a good application.
OK, so we set this up correctly so there are no mishaps.
Get rid of the tar.
He's got PkgInfo which we can remove and he's got Info-macos.plist which seems a bit outdated. We take a chance and rename it Info.plist. It says copyright 2005, so maybe the old name works too.
ManOpen is 85760 bytes. Let's try stripping debug info.
% /Developer/Tools/pbxcp -resolve-src-symlinks -strip-debug-symbols ManOpen ..
Nope, same size. Nice job. Resources? English.lproj and some classic Ohlfs artwork in there. Ah. Eliminate English.lproj.
Two embedded executables: cat2html and cat2rtf, 28696 and 28648 bytes respectively. It's got scripting stuff too. OK.
data.classes in the NIBs - probably throw-back to NS. They can be removed. Curious: two NIBs, ManOpen-macintosh.nib and ManOpen-macos.nib. Better check if this guy is Mach-O.
Finally, the package can be rezipped to only 78 KB on disk and when expanded takes 304 KB (after trimming outlined above).
For those who remember, there was an ManOpen 1.0 application by Harald Schlangmann that ran on NEXTSTEP computers. This is a much updated version that adds many features. Thanks are due to Mr. Schlangmann for the inspiration, and his internal cat2rtf tool which is also used in this version.
Stamp the entire home area.
Make a file to compare to later.
Then you get up a nice window with a nice layout using a TT font (Monaco) and giving you the ability to quickly jump to different sections.
The only thing here is that this guy takes some work to get a page open. You have to always go back to the 'Open Title' command and scroll down and enter the target name. That's a bit of a bother.
But it's well done, that's for sure. And oh but wouldn't you know? He hyperlinks it too! So you can start clicking around and get everywhere you want to go without having to go back to that 'Open Title' all the time. Very cool!
OK, this in and of itself is worth the price of admission - which is not high anyway, seeing as this is a free giveaway, source included. Kudos all around - OK, already it's obvious this is a necessary tool for every programmer - and maybe admin too. Good stuff, very good stuff.
OK, then we get up to 'List Pages' on the menu. This is 'apropos': this critter will get into all your man directories and find how many and what files you have for each of the types given above. You get up a small table view and of course you can double click to get the documentation for whatever is there. Bloody brilliant is what it is.
Apropos works as it does from the command line, but you have a little dialog to enter text into. Like the window before, it's strictly speaking an 'apropos' window.
About the only (possible) visible bug is how the parentheses aren't matched in the title bars for the 'List Pages' feature. Otherwise this is powerful and slick.
The help file comes up as an RTF file - which is all right, as who needs help with this application anyway?
And now we have preferences. Don't forget these: they're on the application menu. There are three tabs: General, Appearance, and 'Man Page Viewer'. You can decide basic app and window behaviour; text formatting, font, and colours; and just in case you have a different 'default' manpage viewer you can set it too with the help of the launch services.
About says this app was written first in 1999; it's got pedigree.
Check for changes in the file system.
Audit newer file. This is what he touched. Not bad.
It's not really necessary to keep everything in preferences, but with so much going on it's a real bother to worry a lot about it. Of course if ever the app screws up, then just remove the file.
For anyone interested at all in the underbody of OS X, this is as indispensable as AppKiDo is for the developer. This puts the wealth of Unix more within grasp both for the developer, the admin, and the ordinary (yes ordinary) user.
Get it get it get it get it get it!


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Q: tail display whole file and then only changes My Linux version is 2.6.32-47-server (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1) ) #109-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 7 02:17:05 UTC 2013
I am currently doing a tail -f file  and life is good. But that only shows the last X lines. Is it possible for tail to first display the whole file and then behave like tail -f?
I tried tail -500 -f file but that gave me tail: option used in invalid context -- 1
In a sense, it would be like cat file; tail -f file;
But showing only the lines that were not displayed since the cat
Is it possible?

A: That's simply:
tail -fn+1 file

-f to follow, -n+1 for tail to start from the first line (the beginning of the file).

A: Another solution is to use the follow feature in less.
less -f file

You can enter follow mode in less by pressing Shift+f.  Ctrl+c exits follow mode at which point the less functionality is returned.

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Attenuating Growth in Children With Profound Developmental Disability: A New Approach to an Old Dilemma
Daniel F. Gunther, MD, MA; Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH
Author Affiliations: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology (Dr Gunther) and Center for Pediatric Bioethics (Dr Diekema), Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(10):1013-1017. doi:10.1001/archpedi.160.10.1013
Growth Attenuation
Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD; Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
Caring for children with profound developmental disabilities can be difficult and demanding. For nonambulatory children with severe, combined neurologic and cognitive impairment, all the necessities of life must be provided by caregivers, usually parents, and these tasks become more difficult as the child grows to adolescence and adulthood. Many parents would like to continue caring for their child with special needs at home but find it difficult to do so as the child increases in size. If growth could be permanently arrested while the child was still small, both child and parent would likely benefit because this would facilitate the option of continued care in the home. Treatment of the child with high-dose estrogen, initiated at an early age, could provide this option. High-dose estrogen both inhibits growth and rapidly advances maturation of the epiphyseal growth plates, bringing about permanent attenuation in size after a relatively short period of treatment. We present a case report and discuss the medical and ethical considerations of such an intervention strategy. We suggest that after proper screening and informed consent, growth-attenuation therapy should be a therapeutic option available to these children should their parents request it.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently endorsed the goal of Healthy People 2010 to reduce the number of children and youth with disabilities in congregate care facilities to zero by the year 2010.1 The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee/Section on Children With Disabilities notes that "most parents desire to raise their children with special health care needs at home"1(p507) and supports a shifting emphasis away from placement strategies to permanency planning in the "belief that all children, regardless of the presence of a disability, belong in families."1(p508)
However, caring for a nonambulatory child with severe, combined developmental and cognitive disabilities can be a daunting task for parents, especially as the child increases in size.2 The difficulties of caring for these children—dressing, bathing, diapering, transferring from bed to wheelchair, transporting—increase exponentially as the children grow to adolescence and adulthood. Despite medical and technological advances, many parents who would like to continue caring for their child with special needs at home find it difficult to do so given the physical limitations imposed by continued growth. Achieving permanent growth attenuation while the child is still young and of manageable size would remove one of the major obstacles to family care and might extend the time that parents with the ability, resources, and inclination to care for their child at home might be able to do so.
Treatment with high-dose estrogen could accomplish this goal. In high doses, estrogen both arrests growth and rapidly advances maturation of the epiphyseal growth plates. This combined effect should bring about permanent attenuation in size after a relatively short period of treatment.
At our institution, we have begun such a treatment protocol in a child who meets the criteria for severe, irreversible neurologic and cognitive impairment. The treatment was requested by the parents and initiated after careful consultation and review by our institutional ethics committee. Other children are being considered for treatment as part of a comprehensive program that includes review by pediatric specialists in endocrinology, neurology, development, surgery, and ethics.
In this article, we present the child's case, discuss the history of growth-attenuation therapy, and make an argument for the careful application of such a treatment strategy in nonambulatory, profoundly impaired children. We believe that foreshortening growth in these children could result in a positive benefit in the quality of life for both child and caregiver, and we propose that in situations in which parents request such an intervention, it is both medically feasible and ethically defensible.
The patient is a 6-year-7-month-old white female initially referred to the pediatric endocrine service for early pubertal development. She had been the full-term product of an unremarkable pregnancy followed by an uncomplicated birth. After the first month of life, she began to display symptoms of hypotonia, feeding difficulties, choreoathetoid movements, and developmental delay. Extensive subsequent evaluation by specialists in neurology, medical genetics, and developmental pediatrics failed to uncover a specific cause. Static encephalopathy with marked global developmental deficits eventually was diagnosed. In the ensuing years, her development never progressed beyond that of an infant. At the age of 6 years, she cannot sit up, ambulate, or use language. She is gastrostomy-tube dependent for nutrition. However, she clearly responds to others—vocalizing and smiling in response to care and affection. The combined opinion of the specialists involved in her care is that there will be no significant future improvement in her cognitive or neurologic baseline.
Since birth, the patient has been cared for in the home by her parents, both of whom are college-educated professionals. She has 2 healthy siblings. Despite her severe disability, she clearly is an integral, and much loved, member of the family.
The patient presented for endocrine evaluation with a 1-year history of pubic hair development and 3-month history of breast budding. The parents were particularly concerned about accelerated growth, the patient having advanced from the 50th to the 75th percentile for length during the previous 6 months. After some probing, it was clear that the onset of puberty had awakened parental fears for their daughter's long-term future. The parents particularly feared that continued growth eventually would make it untenable for them to care for their daughter at home, despite their strong desire to do so. They were concerned that care might eventually have to be "put in the hands of strangers." There were also concerns about the complications of puberty, particularly the onset of menses.
After extensive consultation between parents and physician, a plan was devised to attenuate growth by using high-dose estrogen and to reduce the long-term complications of puberty in general, and treatment adverse effects in particular, by performing pretreatment hysterectomy. Because a growth-attenuating treatment regimen is unconventional, and bound to be controversial, the case was referred to our institutional ethics committee. The committee met with the family, the patient, and the patient's physicians and carefully explored the family's reasons for their request. After a lengthy discussion, the committee reached consensus that both the requests for growth attenuation and hysterectomy were ethically appropriate in this case. The committee also recognized that, although justified in this patient, growth attenuation should be considered in future patients only after careful evaluation of the risks and benefits on a case-by-case basis. Toward that end, plans were instituted to convene an interdisciplinary review panel that includes pediatric specialists in endocrinology, neurology, development, surgery, and ethics.
After uneventful surgery, the patient began a course of 400 μg of transdermal estradiol daily. She is followed up every 3 months and carefully monitored for growth, bone age, insulin-like growth factor I, estrogen and prolactin levels, and thrombotic factors. She is now a little more than a year into therapy and approaching the end of her growth. As of yet, there have been no treatment complications.
The history of growth-attenuation therapy
Physicians long have appreciated that one consequence of early puberty is its deleterious effect on growth. In children who are exposed to sex steroids prematurely, final adult height is seriously attenuated because of acceleration in epiphyseal (growth plate) maturation.3 The earlier the onset of puberty, the greater the reduction in final height.4 Although both estrogens and androgens accelerate growth, it is now appreciated that estrogen is the dominant hormone in the advancement of skeletal maturation in both boys and girls and seems exclusively responsible for bringing about epiphyseal fusion and an end to growth.5
The effect of estrogen on growth appears to be biphasic. Although physiologic levels of estrogen accelerate growth (the pubertal growth spurt), supraphysiologic doses paradoxically tend to inhibit growth.4,6,7 The mechanism by which high levels of estrogen interfere with growth is not completely understood but may be caused, at least in part, by estrogen's suppression of insulin-like growth factor I (or somatomedin C), the peptide that mediates the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone.8-10
It is not surprising that this biphasic effect of estrogen eventually would be exploited therapeutically in situations in which attenuating growth was thought to be desirable. Tall adolescent girls wishing to minimize any further gain in height represented one such population. The first use of high-dose estrogen in girls with constitutional tall stature was reported by Goldzieher in 1956.11 In the ensuing years, this practice became an established, if somewhat controversial, strategy for attenuating growth in these girls, and many reports have appeared in the literature.12-15 The practice continues to this day, although less commonly, no doubt because of a decreasing sense of stigma associated with tall stature in women.16 Most of what is known about the effectiveness and potential adverse effects of high-dose estrogen treatment comes from these reports in this population.
The estrogen compounds used for growth attenuation, and the dosages used, have evolved across time and varied by region. In western and northern Europe, injectable estrogen compounds initially were used before being replaced by oral stilbestrol and eventually oral ethinyl estradiol (the estrogen most commonly used in oral contraceptives today). In the United States, the conjugated estrogen Premarin (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc, Philadelphia, Pa; a combination of different estrogenic compounds derived from the urine of pregnant horses) was used predominantly.12,13 Initially, doses greater than 10 to 15 times physiologic (or what was thought to be so at the time) were used, but eventually more modest doses were found to be as effective.15 In most cases, severe uterine breakthrough bleeding occurred in girls taking estrogen alone, and a progestin was added at the end of the monthly cycle to induce normal menstrual periods.12
Although all reports claimed varying degrees of success in reducing adult stature, the amount of success varied. Most reported decreases in adult height were between 2 and 10 cm.12-14 In most cases, treatment was not initiated until the girls were in early adolescence, and many had already had their first menses (a point at which girls will, on average, have already achieved 93% of their final adult height). Not surprisingly, the greatest reductions in height were seen when treatment was started earliest.12
How much reduction in height could we expect to achieve in young children using high-dose estrogen? Without prior experience, we can only reasonably speculate, and it would obviously depend on the child's age at the start of treatment. The younger the child at the beginning of treatment, the greater the reduction in height. We believe it a reasonable prediction, for example, that treatment beginning in a 5-year-old boy of average height and weight might result in a reduction in final length of as much as 24 inches (60 cm) and in weight of more than 100 pounds (45 kg). Older, larger children will see less of an effect.
The risks of treatment
Because we have no direct experience with high-dose estrogen treatment in young children, the possible adverse effects and risks are difficult to assess with certainty. In adolescent girls treated for constitutional tall stature, reported adverse effects included nausea, headache, and weight gain, but these were generally mild and virtually never a reason for discontinuing treatment. Hyperprolactinemia has been reported but is generally of no clinical significance and resolves after treatment.17 There is one report of a girl with a prolactinoma after high-dose estrogen treatment, but it is unclear whether this was a preexisting condition.18 Recently, concerns about long-term effects on fertility in treated girls have been raised,19 but clearly this is not relevant to our population.
The consequence of introducing high-dose estrogen in young prepubertal children will be significant. In boys, the only likely outward manifestation of estrogen exposure would be the development of gynecomastia. In girls, there will be rapid advancement of isosexual secondary sexual characteristics—most notably breast development and uterine bleeding. Uterine bleeding might be controlled by a combination of concurrent estrogen/progesterone treatment, but breakthrough bleeding is likely.20 Although monthly or quarterly injections of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate are often used to control menses in some patients with severe developmental disabilities,21,22 an alternative for these children is pretreatment hysterectomy, as was performed in our patient.
A word here about hysterectomy is probably appropriate. Hysterectomy in children, particularly in the disabled, is controversial and invariably associated with the negative connotations and history of forced "sterilization." But in these profoundly impaired children, with no realistic reproductive aspirations, prophylactic hysterectomy has several advantages as an adjunct to high-dose estrogen treatment. This onetime procedure eliminates the complications of menses, and in many cases, will spare the individual and her caregivers the expense, pain, and inconvenience of a lifetime of hormone injections. Hysterectomy also eliminates the need to give concurrent progesterone during the treatment phase, potentially reducing the risks of thrombosis.23,24 It also eliminates the possibility of future uterine and cervical cancer. With the ovaries left in situ, hormones continue to be produced, providing some protection from osteoporosis. The risks of this surgical procedure in prepubertal girls, and the risks of long-term complications, are minimal—certainly they do not exceed the risk of similar procedures many of these children will experience as part of their medical care. The decision to perform hysterectomy should be made carefully, and the ethical (and legal) considerations important in making this decision have been discussed elsewhere.25
The most significant safety concern regarding high-dose estrogen treatment is the risk of thrombosis, most commonly deep vein thrombosis. The increased risk for developing deep vein thrombosis among women taking oral contraceptives is somewhere between 2- and 5-fold, increasing with age, although it is still relatively uncommon.26,27 The risk of thrombosis also is increased among postmenopausal women receiving hormone therapy.28 The mechanism through which estrogen increases thrombogenesis is not completely clear but probably is related to its direct effects on thrombotic factors.29-32 Although concerns about the risk of thrombosis have been raised in the treatment of adolescent girls of tall stature,33 few actual events have been reported. In combined reports of more than 700 girls with tall stature treated at 2 different centers, there was only 1 report of a mild deep vein thrombosis in a girl with a strong family history.14,15 Weimann and Brack34 also reported a case of deep vein thrombosis in a girl who had undergone arthroscopy during her treatment.
The actual risk of thrombosis in developmentally delayed children is difficult to assess. On the one hand, the risk of thrombosis seems decreased in the young; on the other, the risk is greater in those who are nonambulatory. Some evidence suggests that spasticity, a not uncommon finding in this population, might provide a measure of protection against thrombosis.35 The risk might also be reduced by using transdermal estrogen, which we elected to do in our patient, and by performing pretreatment hysterectomy, thus eliminating the need for progesterone. The risk in boys taking estrogen is probably similar to the risk in girls.36
The ethical debate
There is not much doubt that growth can be attenuated significantly by using high-dose estrogen, particularly if undertaken in patients at an early age. But should it be? Is such an intervention in the best interest of these children?
There are good historical reasons to proceed cautiously when considering any intervention directed at persons with developmental disabilities. Past abuses against this population are well documented. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, for example, many persons who had mental retardation (or who were thought to have mental retardation) were subject to involuntary sterilization because of the belief that they were genetically "unfit" and would pass their "defects" on to future generations.37,38 In many cases, these individuals were capable of living independently, marrying, and raising children. These decisions were based not on the best interest of the patient but rather on the perceived interest of society and, in some cases, the interests of parents or caretakers.
The lessons of these and other abuses must be remembered, but past abuses should not dissuade us from exploring novel therapies that offer the potential for benefit. The population we propose to treat—children like our patient with profound cognitive and neurologic impairment, who are nonambulatory and wholly dependent on others for every need—is different from the mildly to moderately impaired. Nevertheless, we recognize the concern about inappropriate application of these procedures in children who are less severely disabled. To guard against the arbitrary application of growth-limiting therapy, it seems appropriate, even perhaps necessary, that a formal mechanism exists to ensure proper application of treatment. At our institution, we are convening an interdisciplinary group consisting of pediatric specialists in endocrinology, neurology, development, surgery, and ethics to consider each case on its merits. This same group will also carefully consider whether any additional procedures, such as hysterectomy, are appropriate and serve the interests of the child. Ideally, this approach might be combined with a research protocol approved by an institutional review board. Growth attenuation should be considered only after careful consideration of the risks and benefits to each patient on an individual basis.
When deciding whether it is ethically appropriate to attenuate growth in these children, there are 2 primary considerations. First, does growth attenuation offer the patient benefit? And second, does growth attenuation do any harm to the patient? The question here, then, is whether there is a reasonable expectation of improved quality of life for a nonambulatory child with profound developmental disability, and at what risk?
The primary benefit offered by growth attenuation is the potential to make caring for the child less burdensome and therefore more accessible. A smaller person is not as difficult to move and transfer from place to place. Although this may seem to be an advantage that accrues to the caretakers rather than the child, it offers several distinct benefits to the child as well. A child who is easier to move will in all likelihood be moved more frequently. Being easier to move means more stimulation, fewer medical complications, and more social interaction. Physical contact between parent and child is likely to be more direct and personal without the need for hoisting apparatus or other devices. Being easier to move and transfer also makes it more likely that the child will be included in family activities and family outings.
Finally, as we have already argued, parents often wish to continue caring for an older child but find themselves unable to manage the physical demands as their child grows to adult size. Although size may not be the only consideration, and not all parents will choose this option, growth attenuation may offer some parents at least the opportunity to extend the time they can care for their child at home, whereas otherwise institutionalization, or foster care, might be the only alternative.
For all of these reasons, growth attenuation in the nonambulatory child with severe developmental disability seems mutually beneficial to caretakers and patient. There does not appear to be a conflict between the interests of the parents and the interests of the child.
Having established a probable benefit to small stature, the second consideration derives from the ethical principle of nonmaleficence, primum non nocere, to "do no harm." Could growth attenuation cause harm to these children?
Several potential harms should be considered. Already mentioned are the possible medical adverse effects of high-dose estrogen, the most significant of which is the risk of thrombosis. Although these are real risks, they do not appear to be excessive and probably do not significantly exceed the risks of similar therapies used in this population to control menstruation or prevent pregnancy.
Can one imagine harm to this population from simply being small? Height and normal stature clearly have social value for most individuals. Being taller has been associated with enhanced social stature, greater pay, greater success in attracting a mate, and other social benefits.39 However, a nonambulatory, severely impaired child is not someone who will experience these benefits of tall stature and therefore will not suffer their loss if kept short. For an individual who will never be capable of holding a job, establishing a romantic relationship, or interacting as an adult, it is hard to imagine how being smaller would be socially disadvantageous.
One might argue that being smaller might alter the way others interact with an older disabled person, perhaps tending to treat that person as a child instead of an adult. Whereas this might be an important issue for a short-statured adult who is capable of normal adult interactions, it is unlikely that such "infantilization" harms a person whose mental capacity will always remain that of a young child. In fact, for a person with a developmental age of an infant, smaller stature may actually constitute an advantage because others probably would be more likely to interact in ways that are more appropriate to that person's developmental age.
In summary, the harms associated with growth attenuation for persons with severe developmental disability are primarily those associated with the medical risks of treatment. These risks do not appear to be unreasonable and are not out of line with the risks of other medical interventions these children undergo.
A parent's desire to seek growth attenuation for a permanently nonambulatory child with profound developmental, neurologic, and cognitive impairment would seem reasonable and understandable. We have argued that a compelling case can be made that the child will benefit from such treatment, that the risks of harm are limited to the adverse effects of the therapy, and that such risks do not significantly exceed those of other standard medical interventions.
To prevent the possibility of abuse and to ensure the safe administration and follow-up of therapy, we suggest that treatment should proceed only after evaluation by a pediatric neurodevelopmental specialist and with the supervision of a pediatric endocrinologist, preferably after review by the institution's ethics committee or in the context of a study reviewed by an institutional review board. Parents should be made aware of the risks and uncertainties of a novel, untested medical intervention. In the presence of those safeguards, we suggest that such treatment is both ethical and feasible and should be an option available to parents.
Correspondence: Daniel F. Gunther, MD, MA, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE M1-3, Seattle, WA 98105 (Dan.Gunther@seattlechildrens.org).
Accepted for Publication: March 2, 2006.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Gunther and Diekema. Acquisition of data: Gunther and Diekema. Drafting of the manuscript: Gunther and Diekema. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Gunther and Diekema. Administrative, technical, and material support: Gunther and Diekema. Study supervision: Gunther and Diekema.
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Royal Headache at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (06/09/12)
06/13/12 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
06/14/12 New York, NY @ Warsaw
06/15/12 Boston, MA @ P.A.'s Lounge
10/21/12 Australia @ Newcastle Entertainment*
10/22/12 Australia @ Sydney Entertainment*
10/26/12 Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment*
10/30/12 Australia @ Adelaide Entertainment*
10/31/12 Australia @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl*
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Royal Headache
Australia's Royal Headache is coming to the USA in June (they were supposed to be here earlier in late May, but due to visa complications, their first landing is in June 1st in Austin, Texas).
I was lucky enough to catch up with Vu at the 400 Bar to watch the one-man band Sad Sakabones, before heading over to The Triple Rock on Saturday evening. Sakabones is quite the talented artist, converting from keyboardist to guitarist to DJ, all while operating as lead singer. His steady, composed sounds were certainly incongruent to the unrefined qualities of the punk rock line-up at the Triple Rock.
I made it to The Triple Rock just in time to see the end of the first group in a five-band bill. They're named Cozy, and I really didn't get to hear them play, but I caught a glimpse of their Beatle-esque hair styles and blue denim ensembles.
Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band were second up for the night. These guys have an affecting stage presence and undoubtedly brought some energy to the place. Their sound is similar to that of Social Distortion, taking rock and roll back to its roots with blues and country support. On a side note, you may recognize Nato Coles' incredible mutton chops if you've ever ordered Mesa Pizza.
I took a break outside for the next two bands, Condominium and The Arrivals. If I hadn't, I would have had a royal headache during Royal Headache. Apparently I wasn't the only one looking for some fresh air; outside I ran into the drummer of Royal Headache, Shortty. Sporting Buddy Holly glasses and a v-neck sweater, he was an inconspicuous punk-rocker, but his Aussie accent gave him away. We had a nice chat on the topic of Minnesota artists. I was happy to hear that Shortty is a fan of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Prince, and in fact just saw Prince perform in Australia about a month ago. He expressed how much he enjoys coming to Minnesota, although admitted they've never come during winter.
Royal Headache finally came on, just before 1:00 AM. I would consider their music more of a pop-punk than a true punk-rock, as most of their lyrics was inspired by women and not "the man". Their attire was unassuming; the lead singer, Shogun, sported white sneakers, simple blue jeans and a green polo. They opened with a song I didn't recognize, but quickly moved into "Really In Love", the second track off their self-titled debut album. With none of their songs reaching three minutes, the whole set was quick. All-in-all they rocked hard and they rocked fast. If you're down under in October, you can catch them on an Australia Arena tour with The Black Keys.
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The chengila, or cennala, is an Indian gong which helps the traditional singer or dancer keep time.

Context and Playing Technique
The chengila is a percussion instrument that maintains a steady beat and provides musical background. The thick bell metal disc, which hangs by a strap looped around one wrist, is struck by a short wand held in the other hand. A ringing sound is produced when the chengila is struck when hanging freely; a flat tone is produced when it is struck while held against the forearm.

Cultural Importance
In Kerala, a state in south-west India, the chengila is used in many different traditional art forms  including Chemmanakali, Kathakali, and Krishnanattam.

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It's time to modernize the way Connecticut votes
by Philip L. Smith October 29, 2020 @ 4:58 am Updated March 5, 2022 @ 12:40 am
An electronic poll book
When Connecticut voters go to the polls this year they will use a voting system that is secure, accurate — and old. It's a problem that should be high on the agenda of state officials and the newly elected legislature which convenes in January.
Connecticut's current voting system, adopted in 2006, is built around paper ballots and optical scanning tabulators which read and count the ballots. State officials selected it over touchscreen-based systems because it combined electronic processing with written ballots that could be used in the event of a recount. That was the correct decision. The system has generally worked well, but the equipment is approaching obsolescence.
The tabulators used in Connecticut haven't been manufactured since 2007, not long after the state bought them. Spare parts are no longer commercially available, and some communities have begun to cannibalize machines for replacement parts. That is a recipe for disaster. Replacing those machines will take time, planning and money. The time to start that process is now.
But Connecticut needs to go further than just replacing the current equipment. Entering the third decade of the 21st century our elections are still largely pen and paper affairs. State officials should use the opportunity to examine ways to improve the entire voting process and explore opportunities to use technology to securely modernize the way Connecticut votes.
For example, every year there are complaints about how long is takes to tally and report the results of the election. In large cities that process often lasts past midnight. That's because the current system is labor intensive and makes limited use of technology.
Yes, the paper ballots are scanned, recorded, and tallied electronically in the polling place. But that is only the beginning of the process. After the polls close, a printout is generated by each tabulator which records the number of votes each candidate received. The tapes and totals are then transported back to a central location (usually a city or town hall) where the votes cast for each candidate at each polling place must be transferred to an on-line data base operated by the Secretary of the State's office. That can amount to hundreds of data points (generally numbers) that must be entered manually. Entering that information takes time.
But wait. Back at the start of the process the votes were recorded and tallied on an electronic memory card. Since the information was originally recorded in electronic format, why can't it be electronically transferred to the Secretary of State's reporting system with a minimum number of intervening steps. That would save time, make information available more quickly and prevent errors, such as transposed numbers.
That's just one example of how technology might improve the voting process. Electronic poll books are another.
The first election official most voters interact with is the official checkers. They check to make sure the individual is registered to vote and hasn't already voted. If there are no issues, they cross off the voter's name and they proceed to vote. If not, they attempt to resolve the issue.
In most communities the only information available officials in the polling place are paper lists of voters prepared by the registrars of voters. That means that one or more calls between the polling place and the registrar of voters' office are required in order the resolve any questions.
Many other states have resolved that problem, among others, by replacing the paper voter lists with electronic poll books.
In their most basic form, electronic poll books are simply tablets with an electronic version of the voter lists. Depending on the choices which the state makes they can also:
Update voter histories either in real time or at the end of the day.
Check whether the voter has voted by absentee or in another polling place or community;
Make it easier for poll workers to redirect a voter who goes to the wrong polling place;
Facilitate the processing of counting of absentee ballots and election day registrations.
Those are just a few ways technology might be used to improve our election system. I'm sure that experts in elections and technology can identify others. The final decision about what improvements to adopt should be based on three factors; the technology: the cost, and benefits of any change and, importantly security issues.
Across the country states facing similar questions have come to different conclusions. For example, according to 2019 study by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) electronic poll books in Maryland and Indiana are networked to a central database and receive immediate updates from other polling places. But other states, like Minnesota and Michigan, prohibit electronic poll books from being connected to a network.
Obviously, choices won't be simple, quick, or easy, but one thing is clear. It's time Connecticut to start making them.
Philip L. Smith is a retired Under Secretary of the state Office of Policy and Management. He lives in Bridgeport where he has been a Head Moderator for elections over more than 30 years.


Artists love light filled industrial spaces where their creativity can thrive. ART 4019, a new modern 15,000 s.f., four story mixed-use building is designed for the artists and creatives in the Hawthorne District. The building incorporates retail space, live work studios and a mix of one and two story apartments to fit diverse incomes and living arrangements.
The exterior of the building is clad in Kalwall, a translucent wall panel, and glass. Due to the translucent panels, every room will be filled with a diffuse natural light from floor to ceiling. Insulated aluminum storefront windows and doors will provide clear views and access to the various decks. Exposed steel structure, spiral mechanical ducts, and a mix of wood slats and metal decking provide each apartment with an industrial loft aesthetic. In addition, the two level units will also have steel stairs with floating wood treads and steel cable railing. Finally, each floor incorporates a common zone complete with coffee station, WiFi and rotating resident artist exhibits.
The 40' x 140' site is long and narrow which creates the opportunity for a courtyard in the middle of the block. The courtyard is seen as a hub for the artist community of the building. Retail shops wrap into the courtyard space and invite pedestrian traffic along a residential arcade to the center of the block. Here, the live work studios and the main entry of the building create an intimate space apart from the bustle of Hawthorne.


Women's Health in Women's Hands has a Pro-Woman Agenda which comes from the perspective that in order for a woman to control her sexuality and reproduction, she must learn about her body and enjoy the full spectrum of her sexual and reproductive rights. Women's Health in Women's Hands is a resource for learning and we encourage you to share what you find here.
Women's Health in Women's Hands opposes all state restrictions on women's reproductive rights, whether it be laws prohibiting or forcing abortion, or laws prohibiting a pregnant woman from choosing work or lifestyles when lack of choice might pose risks to her fetus, or laws limiting a woman's options in the birthing process.
Together, Carol Downer, director of Women's Health in Women's Hands and Feminist Women's Health Center co-founders pioneered the self-help clinic, a type of meeting in which women learned vaginal self-examination using a plastic speculum. FWHC founders traveled around the United States sharing the self-help clinic concept. This led to forming the Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers.
The federation has produced presentations and films, and has published several women's health books, A New View of a Woman's Body, How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist's Office, Women-Centered Pregnancy and Birth and A Woman's Book of Choices.
Carol Downer co-founded the Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers in 1975. Under her leadership, the federation members were crucial in helping other woman-controlled clinics open across the country. Carol coordinated the "Book team", and edited the unpublished manuscript, Women's Health in Women's Hands. This manuscript was the foundation for three books by the Federation, A New View of a Woman's Body edited by Rebecca Chalker, How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist's Office, Women-Centered Pregnancy and Birth with Ginny Cassidy-Brinn, R.N. Carol also co-wrote A Woman's Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, and RU486 with Rebecca Chalker. Carol is a founder and former board member and Vice-President of the National Abortion Federation.
will be like the sun coming out from the clouds"
WHS has several locations in northern California, which provide an array of women's health services, predominantly birth control, abortion and adoption since 1975. WHS was a co-founder of the Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers in 1975.
WHS, originally the Chico Feminist Women's Health Center, was formed by 8 women in Chico. The immediately successful health center quickly gained acceptance in the rural community where the California State University at Chico is located, however they fought a legal battle against local physicians to force them to provide back-up for their clients who may experience complications requiring hospital facilities. Later, the staff successfully defended itself against charges of fraud from the Republican administration of Deukmajian. Some of the later attacks are well-publicized, like the ongoing raucous, hate-spewing protests from anti-abortionists and violent attacks like stink bombs and arson which destroyed the Redding WHS twice. Others, like repeated ill-founded investigations by the State Department of Health and Welfare attract less notice from the media, but require vigorous, lengthy and expensive defense efforts by the staff, its legal counsel, its board and its supporters. Throughout this tumultuous history of attack and victory, the Chico FWHC has expanded to become the Northern California Women's Health Specialists with several sites and enjoys the respect of pro-choice legislators, law enforcement agencies, other providers of women's health services, and women in the community.
Carol co-founded the first Feminist Women's Health Center in Chico, California and was the first woman to practice self-help in a group. She took a vaginal speculum from an illegal abortion clinic and figured out how to do vaginal self-examination, and shared this revolutionary news with her women's liberation group on April 7, 1971.
Carol and the Feminist Women's Health Center pioneered self-help clinics, a type of meeting where women learned vaginal self-examination using a plastic speculum. Carol and FWHC co-founder Lorraine Rothman traveled across the United States with boxes of speculums bringing vaginal self-exam and menstrual extraction to women of the United States. They launched the idea and shared the tools for women to control their own reproduction, at a time when abortion, birth control and fertility information were not available.
"Self help was really interesting to me and the whole concept of being able to see my cervix and have that understanding was just phenomenal."


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The Illinois Labor History Society regularly provides speakers and leads workshops for union meetings and conventions, steward and apprentice training, library programs, college courses, and other community events. Our director and board members can speak on a variety of subjects relating to labor history, and are enthusiastic to tell the stories of the working people that built Illinois.
Would you like to invite ILHS to speak at an upcoming meeting or event? contact us with the proposed date, time, location, subject and a contact phone number.
How much does it cost to engage a speaker from the Illinois Labor History Society? ILHS does not have a set cost to provide speakers or workshops. We do ask that organizations provide an honorarium, as this helps us to continue to provide quality public education programs.
What is the length for a talk or workshop provided by the Illinois Labor History Society? There is no 'typical' talk from ILHS. We work with our host group to ensure that our program meets your needs. We can give as short as fifteen minutes or multi-day workshops--or anything in between! Before your event we will discuss with you to ensure the programming we provide fits with your planned event, venue and audience.
What types of topics can you cover? The ILHS can provide talks and workshops on a wide variety of history topics. The following are just some of the topics we cover, but we can also work with you to specialize a labor history talk to your local area or your subject interest.
Mother Jones, a champion for child labor laws.
Postcard of the rescue of miners trapped by the Cherry Mine Disaster 1909, "They are Alive."
Do you provide videos or other resources as part of your talks and workshops? Yes! The ILHS has a rich collection of labor history videos, photos, books and primary sources that we incorporate into our talks and workshops in order to enrich the education experience. We also often work with local reenactors to bring famous labor figures to life as part of our programs. As we talk with you about your event, we will discuss how best to incorporate these options. You can also purchase dvds and books at our bookstore here.
SAG-AFTRA actors bring to life Eugene Debs, Jennie Curtis, A Philip Randolph, and Lucy Parsons at an Illinois Labor History Labor Day event.


White Lake School District is committed to providing a positive and productive environment that encourages life-long learning.
•Every student will succeed in a challenging, supportive and future-oriented learning environment.
•All staff will be caring, competent, and driven by a passion for educating children.
•Parents will have a high expectation for their children with respect to school.
•Patrons value and support public education.
•The education community, parents, staff and patrons work openly together for the benefit of our students.
•Each student is a valued individual with unique talents, abilities and learning styles.
•All Students are capable of learning and want to be successful.
•Students want to elevate their human conditions.
•Teaching is a time-honored profession in which children are the focus.
•Learning is a life-long process.
•Curriculum and instructional practices should incorporate a variety of learning activities and methods in order to accommodate the unique learning styles of students.
•A positive classroom environment with high expectations is important to student success.
•Education is the joint responsibility of parents, the community and the school.


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David has been an independent consultant since 1990, working under his brand "Closer to Customers". An "industry agnostic" he has worked in numerous sectors and focussed attention on 120 countries at some point over the years. His skills have been employed in the context of annual strategy planning & assessments, new product development and launch, brand development, market assessment and forecasting, identification of acquisition candidates, due diligence, post acquisition analysis. David regularly works in collaboration with other consultancy companies and individuals to bring fresh insights and approaches to consultancy assignments.
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"What matters to customers, happens to strategy". David firmly believes there are very few situations or assignments when the view of the customer is not significant.
David is prepared to use his skills for business development, this being a natural extension of the skills he uses to engage with people at all levels of business.
His commercial awareness has on many occasions made substantial savings for his clients. For example, for a £50m turnover manufacturer in the air freight sector a strategic review of global customer relationships revealed two accounts at risk which were subsequently saved, valued at £9m.
With associates, David has a number of market- and customer-based adaptable tools, but the greatest asset is his ability to engage individuals.
Networking selectively, he has built up a cohort of talent with complimentary skills to his.
For a construction products company, customer due diligence prior to go/no go decision on acquisition of a segment leading UK business
For a construction company, market analysis of US construction sector to identify construction hotspots and potential acquisition targets serving the hotspots.
For a major UK utility, consultation with regional MPs up to Junior Minister to ascertain level of backing for "controversial" infrastructure projects. David accessed 20+ MPs across parties for detailed discussions.
For agrochemical manufacturers in the UK, a series of consultations with the fast changing distribution sector on key issues impacting on the business and the quality of the relationship between distribution and manufacturing. 10 waves conducted over 20+ years, all major agrochem manufacturers subscribing.
For a company supplying product to the air freight industry, customer consultations that revealed potential account losses totalling £9 million. The business was subsequently secured.
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Youth Olympics in sight for Young Volcanoes
Team Captain Dean Beeton on the charge at last years event in Taipei
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The U17 Philippine Volcanoes, sponsored by First Pacific, are playing for Youth Olympic Qualification in Tainan, Taiwan this weekend.
The junior competition, which doubles up as the Youth Olympic Qualifier, takes place this Saturday and Sunday 9/10th September. This will be the second time the Philippines take on the rest of Asia at this level. Last year the First Pacific Philippine Volcanoes U18s came away with the bronze medal after beating Singapore in the final of the plate division.
The Philippines have been drawn in Pool B of the two day tournament and will face Uzbekistan, Japan, Lao and Thailand. Seeded sixth going into the competition, the Volcanoes will be looking to cause some upsets.
"Going in as underdogs puts us in a better position. We have a fearless squad and can prove to the rest of Asia why we deserve a place in the Youth Olympics" shared Dean Beeton, Team Captain. The team has youth on their side, built with talent.
"Thanks to First Pacific and the MVPSF Foundation, it is brilliant that players are graduating into the Under 19s, Under 20s and even then Men's Volcanoes squads. I am excited to see what these younger athletes have to offer on the international stage" Head Coach Jovan Masalunga shared of the First Pacific Philippine Volcanoes.
Masalunga has called up five players from this year's First Pacific Philippine Volcanoes Under 16s, who won the cup division at the Bangkok International Tens Tournament earlier in the year.
"Our team has trained extremely hard. They are looking sharp and I can see they really want to make our nation proud, we look forward to this event" shared Masalunga.
Game times:
Saturday 9th August:
Philippines vs. Uzbekistan - 10.14
Philippines vs. Japan - 13.06
Philippines vs. Lao - 15.14
Sunday 10th August:
Philippines vs. Thailand - 10.44
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I'm a writer and former journalist who arrived in Melbourne, Australia, at the end of 2019 on the heels of the bushfires and just before the Coronavirus pandemic hit our shores. Prior to this move, I spent three years in Sydney's northern beaches. Between 2010 and 2016 I spent nearly seven years in New York City after 'winning' the Green Card lottery in 2010 (read an account here.)
While in New York, I played in a band called Clairaudience with my husband Danny and a few friends — Heidi, Kerrii and Franzi —and we did regular gigs around the city. Check out our stuff here.
In New York, I worked at an online hyperlocal news website called DNAinfo.com (now shuttered). I studied at The New School and Gotham Writers and was a regular at The School of Practical Philosophy.
My work has appeared in the aforementioned DNAinfo.com New York, as well as in Quartz, Salon, amNewYork, Newsday, Publishers Weekly, Splitopia and MindBodyGreen. Closer to home, I've been published in The Wentworth Courier, The North Shore Times, The Mosman Daily, The Australian Financial Review, The Australian newspaper, The Australian Women's Weekly, The Daily Telegraph newspaper, The Herald Sun newspaper, produced for ABC's Radio National, worked at SBS and also worked for a number of other publications over the years. I was thrilled to be a finalist in Better Read than Dead's Winter Writing Competition 2018, and to have my work published in their anthology "In the Depths of Winter".
I am currently studying for a Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing at The University of Melbourne.
Check out my projects
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Ways to Go is an interview series about finding your passion, making it your purpose and even your livelihood.
You'll find interviews with musicians, designers, filmmakers, artists, athletes and more popping up on Ways to Go.
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Clairaudience is the name of my band. I play drums. We've performed around Brooklyn and Downtown New York City.
We also did a tour to beautiful Rhode Island. Find us on Facebook too.
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Q: HTTP response code of text file is 460 when file contains 1.0.2? I'm using an HttpsURLConnection to grab the only line in a text file hosted on Dropbox, as an update checker (for a Minecraft mod). The relevant code is below:
 URL url = new URL(linkToVersionFile);
 HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 connection.setConnectTimeout(999);
 int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();

Normally, this works fine. Except, however, if the text in the file is "1.0.2". When it's 1.0.2, it returns the 460 response code, which I cant seem to find in any list of response codes. The accompanying response message is "Restricted" though.
If the file contains "1.0.1", "1.0.3", "1.1.2", "1.2.2" or even "2.0.2" it works just fine. Nothing changes but the 5 characters located in the file. The same thing happens if different files are used, and given the text "1.0.2", so it's not a corrupt file.
While I can get around it by either avoiding 1.0.2 and moving straight to 1.0.3, or writing it as "102" instead, it's just such an usual problem that I was wondering if anyone had an explanation :P
If more information or test results is required, let me know.
Thanks in advance :)