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Name: Mark Pellegrino ( Mark Ross Pellegrino )
Birthplace: Los Angeles, USA
Height: 6 Feet 1 Inch
Occupation: actor
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Mark Pellegrino: biography
Mark Pellegrino is one of the leading actors of the series Supernatural; his Lucifer turned into a loyal son of God who woke compassion in the audience. Although Mark has few significant roles, his natural charisma makes him stand out among other artists.
Mark Ross Pellegrino was born on April 9, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. There are many gaps in his life history: the school where the boy studied or the parents' identity remain unknown.
Young Mark Pellegrino
Young Mark was going to become a marine biologist and study underwater life forms. He entered a field-specific college and proved to be an excellent student; however, he felt no attraction to education and dropped eventually. The diligent student transformed into a badass punk; the would-be actor used to sing in some rock group.
The parents were not involved in their son's spiritual education. At the age of 20, Mark went to church voluntarily and was baptized. Today, Pellegrino identifies himself as an atheist; he supports objectivism, the philosophy created by the Russian-American writer Ayn Rand in the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Mark became an actor by accident; his curiosity also contributed to that decision. One day, Pellegrino appeared in a commercial for fun; some producer emphasized his natural talent. By that time, the young man had quitted marine studies and failed to find a job to his liking; he tried himself in art.
The actor Mark Pellegrino
Mark hired an agent and received a list of acting schools. The pragmatic American preferred an inexpensive option not far from home; it was the right choice. In 1987, he participated in L.A. Law. The first years also brought No Holds Barred starring Hulk Hogan, Doogie Howser, M.D., and Prayer of the Rollerboys. In 1990, Pellegrino gained an episodic role in the police series Hunter and participated in Tales from the Crypt. Two years later, the beginning artist joined the cast of Lethal Weapon 3.
Mark Pellegrino in the movie The Big Lebowski
All these roles were secondary; Mark played villains. The actor gave everything to his characters as if they were the lead ones. For instance, the criminal Blond Treehorn Thug in The Big Lebowski (1998) was as bright as Jeff Bridges's and John Goodman's characters.
Mark had to wait for his glory hour for a long time. He collaborated with David Lynch in Mulholland Drive (2001), the master of thrillers William Friedkin in The Hunted (2003), and Joel Schumacher in The Number 23 (2007). Finally, 2009 brought the long-awaited fame: Pellegrino received the roles in two series, Lost and Supernatural.
Mark Pellegrino in the series Lost
The series Lost gave the actor the role of Jacob, the leader of the Others and the great man according to one of the characters, Benjamin Linus. He appeared in his human form once, in the last episode of the fifth season ("The Incident"). Later, Jacob was pictured in the sixth season as a ghost and in memories (episode nine "Ab Aeterno" and episode 15 "Across the Sea"). In 2010, Mark was nominated for Saturn Award – Best Guest Performance in a Television Series Lost/
The leader of the Others had outstanding abilities: immortality (apparently, it was fictious), omniscience, and changing people's fates according to the desire of the island. Working on the almost almighty figure helped Mark Pellegrino prepare for the role of Lucifer in the series Supernatural.
Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer in the series Supernatural
Initially, the artist auditioned for the role of Castiel; he was one of the primary candidates, but Misha Collins took the role in the end. Mark had already said good-bye to the project, but the series creators offered him the role of Satan. Today, Pellegrino and Collins are close friends; Misha posts some photos with Mark on his Instagram page.
Pellegrino debuted in the episode "Sympathy for the Devil". The Winchester brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles), break the last out of 66 seals and set Lucifer free. He takes the body of Nick, the man who lost his wife and daughter and lives in a nightmare.
Mark Pellegrino in the series Grimm
Pellegrino collaborated with Padalecki more often: Sam became the vessel for Lucifer. The struggle continues throughout the whole fifth season and reaches its peak in the final episode. The devil rises in the first episode of the seventh season; Sam remembers the time he spent in the hell cage.
Since the episode "Between Heaven and Hell", Mark Pellegrino has been the regular member of the cast. As the devil's successor, Jack (Alexander Calvert) appears, the story goes on.
Mark Pellegrino in the series 13 Reasons Why
In the last episode of the 13th season ("Let the Good Times Roll"), Archangel Michael in Dean's body defeats Lucifer. The 14th season was premiered in October 2018; Mark Pellegrino personified Nick, the vessel of the devil, and stopped being the lead character.
The artist worked on Supernatural and also extended his filmography by other projects. In 2012, he played Jarold Kampfer in the second season of the series Grimm. Jarold was the school friend of the main character, Hank Griffin, whose daughter was missing (the third episode "Bad Moon Rising").
In 2017, Pellegrino appeared in the first season of the series 13 Reasons Why as Sheriff's Deputy Standall, Alex's father.
On October 2008, Mark married the actress Tracy Aziz. The couple has two children from Tracy's first marriage: the daughter Tess and the son Misha. Although the actor is an active user of Twitter, he does not write about his personal life there.
Mark Pellegrino with his wife Tracy Aziz
Stephen Amell, the star of the series Arrow, is related to Pellegrino; thanks to Mark who took him to a movie set one day, the young man became an actor. He liked the buzz, many cameras, and a lot of light there.
Mark Pellegrino and Stephen Amell
Mark keeps fit and practices martial arts: jujutsu, judo, karate, kickboxing. The man's height is 6.07 ft. (185 cm.), and his weight is 209.44 lbs. (95 kg.). The actor is interested in politics and philosophy and calls himself a radical capitalist.
Mark Pellegrino in 2018
In 2019, the creators of Supernatural will continue to please fans with new episodes; Pellegrino may appear in some of them. The actor does not talk much about his future plans.
1990 — Hunter
1990 — Prayer of the Rollerboys
1990 — Tales from the Crypt
1992 — Lethal Weapon 3
1998 — The Big Lebowski
1999 — The X-Files
2001 — Mulholland Drive
2006-2007 — Dexter
2009 — Lost
2009-present — Supernatural
2012 — Grimm
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Exploring The Syria Crisis: Two Years In And No End In Sight
If tuning in to Al Jazeera or BBC to learn about the crisis in Syria, one would get an image of that: a crisis. The country has fallen into chaos. Syria's "Arab Spring" that started over two years ago was once filled with optimism and hope, but the outlook today on Syria seems bleak and [...]
Published on March 22, 2013 by Rozina Kanchwala
If tuning in to Al Jazeera or BBC to learn about the crisis in Syria, one would get an image of that: a crisis. The country has fallen into chaos. Syria's "Arab Spring" that started over two years ago was once filled with optimism and hope, but the outlook today on Syria seems bleak and almost hopeless.
Many Syrians and non-Syrians gathered at the Syrian Embassy on a rainy Saturday morning in London to march in solidarity with the Syrian people struggling to bring down the Assad regime. The march in London coincided with a series of marches in over 20 cities globally, including New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Paris, Frankfurt, and Sydney.
The march marked the second anniversary of the revolution that started in the Syrian town of Daraa, where a group of schoolboys wrote the phrase "al-Shaab yoreed isqaat al-nizam" — meaning, "The people want to overthrow the regime." The schoolboys were arrested, tortured, and their family members insulted. Hundreds of people in Daraa gathered calling for their release and for reforms. The Syrian security forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing four people. Other cities throughout Syria also started organizing protests, which were faced with violence by the government and, to date, some 70,000 people have been reported dead and several million have been forced to flee their homes, with countless detainees subject to torture in dire conditions.
What has shocked so many Syrians and onlookers is the brutality with which the Assad regime has responded to the demonstrators, who started out protesting peacefully. After six months, some of the protesters took up arms, viewing it as the only way to stand up to the Assad regime.
Having traveled to Syria myself in 2009, I know that the thought of a "revolution" taking place was far beyond the imagination of most people just a few years ago. Pictures of Bashar al-Assad were ubiquitous throughout the country, and people were expected to clap at the mention of his name. Once, on a bus going from the capital Damascus to the city Aleppo, which has been bombed heavily recently, I asked my Syrian friend who was travelling with me a simple question about the President and his father. This was a question that I didn't find problematic but my friend "shhhhh-ed" me, saying "We can't discuss such things right now." He explained later that one was never sure who acted as an agent of the regime and so one was never fully free to express, even discuss, politics. I got a glimpse that day of what it meant to live in a military state. Protests were a faraway fantasy and political discussions were silenced. There seemed to be "political suppression," as anyone who posed a threat or showed opposition to the state was killed or would disappear.
The march on Saturday came at a time when Britain and France recently called upon the European Union to lift its arms embargo to supply members of the opposition with weapons. This arms embargo, however, has not hindered the regime from acquiring arms because of support from Russia and Iran.
As an onlooker, it appears that there is a broad opposition movement, but not a unified one. I spoke to some Syrians on Saturday to hear their views of this recent proposition by the British and French governments. I will point out that all the Syrians with whom I spoke have family members in Syria and some expressed concern with putting their family members in danger at home because of their political activities abroad, so I will not name names.
One man, a member of a group called British Solidarity for Syria (BSS) was busy handing out stickers at the March that read "Freedom for Syria". I stopped him for a brief minute to ask him his opinion on the recent proposition of supplying arms to the resistance:
"Arms are the only hope for us now that the process of using arms has been started. We can't go back to a peaceful movement and we need arms to defend ourselves. The West has an interest in keeping Syrians fighting so they would not even provide enough weapons. They would give us only enough to keep fighting, but not to win the struggle. But we must take what we can. We need the arms at this point."
Another marcher, one who did not agree that arms would help the cause, echoed the suggestion that there was an ulterior motive by those countries who supply arms to the resistance. He is an asylum seeker in the UK, and has helped organize a number of film screenings to help spread awareness about the conflict in Syria.
"You can't fight violence with violence. Giving the opposition weapons would only…what's the phrase…fuel the flames. And to me, it's clear that this is just a business deal for the British and French governments. If they really cared, they would have done something two years ago, or even one year ago. But now the country is just a mess and so some weapons won't help. For instance, the Free Syrian Army sometimes causes villages to be destroyed. They go in to a village and then the regime bombards that village. So they should be more humanistic. It's actually quite hopeless. I don't see any solution. Even this march, it won't do anything."
"Then why are you here?" I asked.
"I just feel like I have to be involved. I can't not be here."
I asked, "Do you know people here or in Syria who support the Regime?"
He answered, "Yes, my uncle and cousins do. Actually, they stopped talking to me because I posted a video on Facebook that shows a military army tank bombing a village. My cousin commented on the video, saying I used Assad's money to get to the UK and now I am a traitor criticizing him. I responded and said, 'No. I'm posting a video showing Assad's army killing civilians and I used my own money to get to the UK.' My cousin removed me from her Facebook and we haven't been in touch."
I asked, "Why do you think some people are still so supportive of the regime?"
"Stupidity," he answered and shrugged.
In trying to understand the situation more fully, I asked if some minority groups felt safer and protected under Assad, who is himself from a minority religious community.
"I am not religious but my family is Christian, and yes, there is that fear. Other countries have seen it happen that after a revolution minority groups are worse off. But it's not justification to support such a cruel military dictator."
The march ended at 10 Downing Street outside the home of David Cameron, Britain's Prime Minister. Slogans calling on the world not to turn a blind eye, for Bashar al-Assad to step down, and freedom for Syria.
Speeches were made with the central themes of dignity, freedom, and perseverance. A representative from the National Coalition for Revolutionary and Opposition Forces reminded the gatherers of the strength and perseverance of the Syrian people, who for two years have suffered on a daily basis. They have been forced into refugee camps and have sustained themselves under shelling, and yet they are not giving up, which makes this revolution what he calls "a glorious revolution". He said it would end so that all Syrians can enjoy justice, equality, dignity, and freedom. He saluted the strength of the Syrian people and deplored the silence of the international community, especially Russia and Iran who are directly supporting the regime. He called upon the international community to act so that the supply of weapons to the Assad regime is cut off; a regime he said is "devoid of any humanity or morals".
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20Q: CAPD - Diagnosis and Intervention
Gail Chermak, PhD
20Q with Gus Mueller
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
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We're pleased to have Gail Chermak, PhD, back with us this month at 20Q, to continue the discussion on the topic of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD). Dr. Chermak is professor of audiology and chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane, Washington. Among her many publications, she is best known for her two-volume Handbook of Central Auditory Processing Disorder, edited with Frank Musiek, now in its 2nd edition—a must-have reference source for anyone involved with CAPD.
In last month's 20Q, Dr. Chermak reviewed many of the fundaments of CAPD, and discussed some of the challenges in the management of this disorder, relating these concepts and research findings to our typical clinical practice. This background information no doubt left many clinicians with the obvious questions of how do I screen for this condition, how do I diagnose it, and what treatment strategies are available once the diagnosis is made? As you will see in this month's 20Q, Gail answers all these questions, and offers clinical guidance including some intriguing thoughts regarding auditory training and neurorehabilitation. Along the way she provides a sage assessment of the progress we've made in assessing and treating CAPD, and what we might expect to see in the future.
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Participants will be able to list the types of measures used in the identification and diagnosis of CAPD in children and adults.
Participants will be able to explain the general relationship between CAPD and cognitive function.
Participants will be able to describe interventions used to manage CAPD in children and adults.
Gail Chermak
1. Thanks for joining me for another session. Do you remember exactly where we left off?
Oh, yes. In last month's 20Q, we finished up by talking about services in the schools. I think you became a bit overwhelmed when within two paragraphs, I talked about the individualized education plan (IEP), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the ICD-10 classification (H93.25), the 1973 Rehabilitation Act (Section 504 plan of accommodations), and the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach.
2. You're right. But let's back up—as a clinical audiologist, how do I first identify CAPD?
Dichotic digits and gap detection (non-verbal or minimally language or cognitively loaded behavioral tests) are most frequently recommended to screen for central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). Some have recommended questionnaires; however, questionnaires generally are poor predictors of CAPD (Wilson et al., 2011). Questionnaires may be more appropriately used, however, to highlight concerns about a child, but not to determine whether a diagnostic central auditory processing assessment is warranted.
In addition to screening children, adults should be screened for CAPD when one or more of the following is observed: hearing difficulties despite normal hearing sensitivity; hearing complaints exceed expectations based on the pure tone audiogram; amplification benefit less than anticipated; and clinical observation or case history suggests possible central nervous system disease or dysfunction (e.g., head injury, dementia).
3. How is CAPD diagnosed?
To be clear, the tests I just described are for screening. If performance falls below normative cut-off values, then more comprehensive testing is conducted. CAPD is diagnosed on the basis of performance on a battery of auditory tests, which may include electrophysiological procedures as well as behavioral tests, administered under acoustically controlled conditions. The sensitivity and specificity of the behavioral and electrophysiological central auditory tests and procedures recommended for inclusion in the test battery have been established on patients with known lesions of the CANS. Electrophysiological measures can serve an important role in the objective demonstration of neural deficits in the auditory system, may be more sensitive than comparable behavioral indices, and can provide an objective measure of treatment efficacy. The test battery generally consists of two or more behavioral central auditory processing tests that are sensitive to the integrity of the CANS. Diagnosis requires failure in one or both ears, on two tests, beyond two standard deviations (AAA, 2010). The complexities and redundancies of the CANS require multiple tests to assess multiple processes, and levels and sites of CANS function. Musiek, Chermak, Weihing et al. (2011) reported that dichotic digits (DD) and frequency patterns (FP) comprised the most efficient test battery in adults with confirmed CANS lesions. Weihing, Guenette, Chermak et al. (2015) reported that FP and low-pass filtered speech (LPFS) were most commonly failed by children with CAPD, although including DD and competing speech (CS) in the battery benefited specificity. Given the relatively high linguistic load of LPFS, Weihing et al. recommended using DD and FP with children. Recommendations regarding the test battery approach can be found in ASHA (2005), AAA (2010), and Musiek & Chermak (2014).
4. Could you be more specific about the testing? Exactly what tests should I order?
Tests with documented reliability, as well as sensitivity and specificity to known involvement of the central auditory nervous system (CANS) should comprise the test battery. The tests/test battery should: provide norms appropriate for the patient being assessed; assess several central auditory processes and behaviors that may be affected by the disorder, increasing the likelihood that the affected process will be measured (e.g., dichotic listening, temporal processing, recognition of degraded signals or signals presented in competition [i.e., monaural low-redundancy]); and evaluate the integrity of the CANS at multiple sites and levels. Patient symptoms and complaints should be considered in selecting the tests and processes to examine because they provide insights as to possible site(s) of dysfunction/lesion and demonstrate an individual's auditory strengths and weaknesses, which is useful for planning intervention. Although not routinely used in the clinical diagnosis of CAPD, electrophysiological measures in combination with behavioral tests might lead to increased sensitivity to underlying CANS dysfunction and to greater diagnostic accuracy (Musiek et al., 2011). Electrophysiological measures are crucial in clinical situations where there is significant likelihood of neurological involvement (e.g., central deafness, post traumatic brain injury), or when behavioral results are inconclusive or incomplete due to the patient's age, cognitive status, etc.
5. And I use the same tests for children and adults?
The same tests may be administered to children (age 7 years and older) and adults under certain conditions. As I stated in response to your last question, appropriate norms must be available. Without appropriate norms, the test has no clinical utility. Moreover, we must be sure that the patient has the cognitive ability and language and motor skills to satisfy the task and response requirements to minimize the introduction of confounds. That said, tests employing nonverbal or simple speech stimuli (e.g., frequency or duration patterns, gaps-in-noise, dichotic digits) may be, under these conditions, appropriately used in both pediatric and adult test batteries.
6. So it sounds like the screening tests and the diagnostic tests are fairly similar?
While some of our tests can be used both for screening and diagnosis, these tests were originally developed as diagnostic procedures. Unfortunately, research has lagged on the development of screening tests. Presently, dichotic digits and gap detection may be used for screening as well as diagnostic purposes because they pose minimal language and cognitive load and they are sensitive to dysfunction across CANS.
7. It seems to me that CAPD is observed rather frequently with other developmental disorders in children? Is this true?
Yes. The co-morbidity of CAPD and other neurodevelopmental disorders can be most easily explained on the basis of brain organization and function. Simply stated, perceptual, language, and cognitive functions rely on extensive networks of shared neurophysiologic and vascular substrate. Networks are nonmodular, temporally coupled, interfacing, polymodal or multisensory, overlapping, interconnected, and synchronized (Buschman & Miller, 2007; Musiek, Bellis, & Chermak, 2005; Price, Thierry, & Griffiths, 2005).
8. So is CAPD also a precursor to cognitive decline in older adults?
From the seventh decade (age 60's) and beyond, central auditory function may decline more that pure tone sensitivity or outer hair cell function (Gates, Feeney, & Mills, 2008b). Some have suggested that CAPD may be a precursor of cognitive impairment (Gates et al., 2008a, 2011). A number of mechanisms have been suggested to explain the relationship between CAPD and cognitive decline, including an aging brain in which widespread neural degeneration (e.g., corpus callosum demylenization) (Zaidel & Icoboni, 2003) and vascular changes (Willott, 1991) could impact either cognitive or sensory ability or both (Lin et al., 2013, 2014). Other explanations suggest the depletion of cognitive resources when a degraded sensory signal is sent to the brain, which may lead to increased neural resource allocation for auditory processing and may impact (or limit) the resources available for cognitive functioning.
9. What exactly is the relationship between the auditory and cognitive systems?
The brain is organized around networks that are nonmodular, temporally coupled, interfacing, polymodal, overlapping, interconnected, and synchronized. A review of the published literature reveals that attention can modulate auditory processing; however, the literature also confirms that auditory processing is not completely dependent on attention. For example, selective attention improves perception of high-priority stimuli in the environment at the expense of other less relevant stimuli (e.g., cocktail –party phenomenon) (Golumbic et al., 2013). Stimulus-focused attention increases stimulus processing speed by increasing sensory gain as seen in a shorter latency of the auditory N1 event-related potential (Folyi, Fehér, & Horváth, 2012).
10. So does attention then also play a role in central auditory processing tests?
Not to a great extent. Attention has relatively little effect on gap detection, as indexed by N1 amplitude, and gap detection can be observed during sleep, as indexed by a large P2 amplitude (Campbell & Macdonald, 2011). Gyldenkaerne, Dillon, Sharma, and Purdy (2014) reported the absence of significant correlations between sustained attention and masking level differences or the Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) test (Musiek et al., 2005). Similarly, Campbell and Macdonald (2011) reported weak correlations between sustained auditory attention, dichotic digits, and frequency patterns, accounting for only 8% of shared variance. Based on a factor analysis, Weihing et al. (2015) confirmed that central auditory processing tests load on separate factors, suggesting that unique variance is associated with each test, and that central auditory processing tests are not likely governed by one construct (i.e., cognition). Moreover, it is clear that CAPD does not merely reflect attention deficits. Abnormal performance on central auditory processing tests often occurs despite sustained attention within normal limits (Gyldenkaerne, Dillon, Sharma, & Purdy, 2014). These findings suggest that the extent of cognitive influence on central auditory processing is limited and that central auditory processing performance is not driven by cognition alone. The interaction between central auditory processing and attention may perhaps be best described as one in which a common factor contributes to performance on central auditory processing tests and tests of attention, while neither central auditory processing nor attention serves as the sole determinant of performance in the other domain (Musiek & Chermak, 2016).
11. Once we have the diagnosis, what types of interventions are used to treat and manage CAPD?
Chermak and Musiek (2014) recommend a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to strengthen auditory and listening skills and strategies, provide compensatory methods to minimize functional listening deficits and promote efficient allocation of perceptual and higher-order (central) resources (e.g., language, memory, attention, executive control), and enhance signal accessibility through technology and environmental modifications. We recommend coupling of 'bottom-up' approaches, including auditory training and enhanced signal accessibility (e.g., using remote microphone technology), with 'top-down' compensatory approaches that harness language, cognitive, and metacognitive strategies. See Chermak and Musiek (2014) for extensive discussion of this approach.
12. I will indeed check out that resource, but could you give me a few specific examples?
Of course—examples of auditory training include: speech recognition in degraded/competing environments, pattern identification, gap detection, glide discrimination/identification, and dichotic interaural intensity difference training (DIID). Parenthetically, many recall that Frank Musiek first introduced the DIID back in 1998 based on dichotic processing in adults with neurological lesions of the corpus callosum and in children with suspected maturational delays of these same regions (Musiek & Schochat, 1998). Cognitive and metacognitive approaches include focus on augmenting working memory, strategy training, and metamemory techniques. Language skill training includes semantic network expansion and contextual derivation of word meaning to build vocabulary and auditory closure skills.
13. Metacognitive strategies? Language strategies? I'm not even sure what these are, nor do I understand why they are in intervention programming for CAPD?
The auditory system is extensive and, as noted in last month's 20Q, overlaps the neural substrate of other systems. This shared neural substrate underlies co-morbidity and leads to complex clinical profiles. However, it also provides opportunities for intervention by a multidisciplinary team through several different 'doors'. Allow me to elaborate— Metacognition refers to the active monitoring and self-regulation of attention, memory, listening, language, and learning processes to achieve some goal. Metacognitive control maximizes the efficient allocation of resources across sensory and cognitive systems (Pichora-Fuller et al., 1995; McCoy et al., 2005; Piquado et al., 2010; Tun et al., 2012). Listening in noise, particularly for an individual with a compromised CANS, requires a disproportionate allocation of processing resources directed to the auditory system (Sullivan et al., 2015). If we can buttress central auditory processing by strengthening metacognitive control (i.e., resource allocation) and language skills (e.g., build vocabulary that supports listening comprehension), intervention efforts are likely to be more effective. In fact, the foregoing explains why a comprehensive approach to intervention for CAPD is likely to be more effective and efficient than a sole modality approach. But to be clear, CAPD is not a disorder of working memory, metacognition, or language; however, the interactions among central auditory processing, cognition, metacognition, and language processing provide considerable opportunities to buttress auditory skills and maximize the efficient allocation of resources.
14. What about cognitive skill building?
It is well understood that working memory organizes sounds that occur simultaneously and sequentially and as such supports auditory processing, listening, and music appreciation. Working memory underpins auditory localization/lateralization (Martinkauppi et al., 2000), auditory pattern processing (Zatorre et al., 2002), speech recognition in noise (Akeroyd, 2008; Salvi et al., 2002; Wong et al., 2009), dichotic listening (Jancke & Shah, 2002; Martin, Jerger, & Mehta, 2007), and indeed most all behavioral measures of the CANS. Working memory capacity correlates with the amplitude of cortical potentials (e.g., N100, P300) (Yurgil & Golob, 2013). Moreover, working memory modulates attention (de Fockert et al., 2001), promotes successful self-regulation (Hofmann et al., 2010), and shows strong correlations with academics, vocabulary, and listening and comprehension (Boudreau & Costanza-Smith, 2011). Strengthening working memory in individuals with CAPD should reduce the burden on the central auditory system and lead to improved listening.
15. How effective is auditory training? Does it really work?
There is a body of published reports involving both animal and human studies that substantiates both structural reorganization and functional improvement of auditory behaviors, as well as neurophysiologic representation of acoustic stimuli following auditory training (Krakauer et al., 2012; Ohl & Scheich, 2005; Recazone, Schreiner, & Merzenich, 1993). In fact, we recently published a review of these reports (Weihing, Chermak, & Musiek, 2015).
16. That sounds like reasonable evidence. So why have I heard some people say that auditory training doesn't work?
Perhaps you've heard it doesn't work because there are folks out there with an axe to grind? I'd prefer to think that you have heard such reports because the efficacy of auditory training is highly dependent on a number of factors that underlie neurorehabilitation. It has to be conducted correctly. These factors include graded task difficulty presented through adaptive trials, timely reinforcement and feedback, intensive and cumulative practice, and of course, motivation, sustained attention, and emotional engagement. Auditory training is intended to improve auditory deficits as identified by valid tests of auditory function in a targeted, deficit-specific manner.
17. Does auditory training also improve language skills?
Although the goal of auditory training is not to improve spoken or written language or skills, improvements in auditory function may support improvements in those domains that are dependent upon audition. Hence, improvements in language skills may be an ancillary positive outcome of auditory interventions, particularly when the auditory training is used in combination with environmental modifications and central resources (top-down) training in a multidisciplinary fashion, as I recommended earlier based on current guidelines for CAPD intervention (Bellis, Chermak, Weihing, & Musiek, 2012).
18. I would guess that there are computerized auditory training tools available?
Most certainly. There are several computerized auditory training programs and exercises available. CAPDOTS (CAPD Online Therapy System) and CIAT (Constraint-Induced Auditory Therapy) are both available for dichotics (binaural integration and/or binaural separation) training. Sound Auditory TrainingTM (SAT), a soon to be released web-based toolbox, provides auditory exercises designed to train a range of auditory processing skills in children, adults, and older adults with CAPD, as well as other clinical populations, such as patients with cochlear implants or language impairment, for whom auditory skills training is recommended to improve listening skills, communication, and learning (Chermak, Weihing, & Musiek, 2016). Clinicians with sufficient computer skills might use MatLab or Adobe Audition (formerly Adobe Cool Edit Pro) to develop measures of auditory skills.
19. Looking at the big picture, what are some classroom management strategies audiologists might recommend to educators?
Many children with CAPD experience listening difficulties in the classroom and academic challenges due to auditory discrimination difficulties processing rapid spectro-temporal acoustic changes (especially in background noise) that may lead to poor speech sound representation, which has been linked to poor reading and spelling skills, as well as to difficulties in phonological awareness skills. Associated co-morbidities (e.g., ADHD, language impairment) exacerbate the challenge (Bellis, 2003; Kraus et al.1996; Tierney & Kraus, 2013). The following suggestions might be shared with teachers and parents to improve students' academic success.
Instructional modifications: Pre-teaching or previewing material
Use of computers/learning management systems: Post syllabi, notes, lectures/class presentations, and curricular resources to a school's website or electronic blackboard and/or directly to a student's personal storage device (e.g., tablets, cell phones)
Message delivery modifications: Ensure listener's attention, speak clearly, use appropriate level vocabulary
Modify language: Break long messages into shorter (5-6 word) sequences, add or emphasize connectives ('tag' words [e.g., first, last, before, after, if, then, etc.]) to enhance message salience and understanding (Ellis, 1989)
Group auditory skills training to Develop all students capacity for listening in noise (e.g., teacher asks students questions about a story presented in noise, teach 'active listening' [including eye contact and posture])
Learning accommodations: Consider use of a recording device (e.g., smart pen which digitizes notes and transmits them wirelessly to the students' devices)
Staff development: Train teachers on use of amplification systems (ALDs/HATs)
20. You've devoted much of your career to this topic. Are we making progress, and what do you see for the future?
Considerable progress! Research in auditory neuroscience, especially in the decades since President George H. Bush proclaimed the 1990's the "Decade of the Brain," coupled with extensive clinical research have increased our understanding of central auditory processing and its disorders, and advanced the diagnosis and treatment of CAPD. The inclusion of CAPD in the ICD-10 (diagnosis code H93.25), which went into effect in the United States on October 1, 2015, is a major milestone confirming that CAPD is indeed an accepted clinical entity that can be diagnosed and treated, leaving those who attempt to argue against the reality of the disorder and deny services to those affected by the disorder with little support. In addition to the inclusion of CAPD in the ICD-10, the U.S. Ninth District Circuit Court set precedent recently in ruling that children with CAPD are entitled to receive services in schools under the category of 'other health impaired' (OHI), and that audiologists are the professionals qualified to diagnose CAPD.
I am so excited to think about the future when we can identify and diagnose CAPD in children at younger ages and intervene with the most effective treatments during times of maximum neuroplasticity. On the other end of the spectrum, I am eager to see the unfolding of science that explores the relationship between 'central presbycusis' and the pathways that lead to cognitive decline and dementia in older adults. Both will be served by new tests and new approaches to assessing the CANS—and not only using efficient behavioral tests, but also auditory event-related potentials (AERPs) and imaging tools (fMRI, PET DTI) to allow audiologists to determine the integrity of the neural substrate underlying the behavioral task, as well as the neural substrate of the pathways responsible for generating the potentials (Musiek & Chermak, 2016). New testing (screening and diagnostic) approaches will provide powerful research and clinical tools—for example, recording AERPs while patients passively listen to (complex) stimuli used in behavioral central auditory tests and/or while the individual actually performs a central auditory test (Jerger et al., 2002; Palmer & Musiek, 2013, 2014). These same tools might become the standard measures to monitor treatment and outcomes. And, speaking of treatment, I look forward to additional, well-designed, clinical research to further document the efficacy and outcomes of auditory interventions in patients with CAPD.
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Dr. Gail Chermak is professor of audiology and chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane, Washington.
Dr. Chermak is an internationally recognized authority on central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). She has authored or edited six books, published 120 papers, book chapters, and monographs, and presented more than 200 peer reviewed and invited lectures, seminars, and posters at national and international professional and scientific conferences. Her two-volume Handbook of Central Auditory Processing Disorder, edited with Frank Musiek, now in its 2nd edition, is considered the definitive text on CAPD. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the 2010 American Academy of Audiology's (AAA) Distinguished Achievement Award and Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2014, the highest honor the Association bestows.
Funded by the Kellogg Foundation, the World Institute on Disability and the Fulbright American Republics Research Program, Chermak has traveled extensively, consulting with public and private agencies in the area of rehabilitation service delivery. She has chaired and served on a number of national professional committees and task forces, including the 2005 ASHA Work Group on CAPD, which authored a technical report and position statement, and the 2010 AAA Task Force, which authored clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of children and adults with CAPD. She served as program chair for the first and second global conferences on CAPD held in conjunction with the 2012 and 2014 AAA conventions, and she served on the program committee for the AAA Auditory Research Conference (ARC) in 2016.
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What is the point of 2 x mega patches claiming to address all manner of trivial and not so trivial issues when you can't even enter the game to actually race!!?
Again I have made numerous attempts to enter a MP race only to be faced with...infinite track loading, no drive option, and even a black screen when leaving the lobby...but eventually I was able to sneek in to a race only to be strapped to the effing bumper!
Try against the AI, they are better than most people you get online and you'll not waste any time getting on track.
I think this problem was reported by other members around here mate. I havn't experienced it, so best other members to advise you. Hope you get sorted out soon.
Honestly, unless you are a die-hard fan.. I would say message Ian Bell and ask for a refund.. I'm not sure if he really does it, but ive seen him post it more than once. I'm in the die-hard fan catagory, but I am definitely not going to encourage patience anymore.
It's a valid option, not a solution. Read into things much?
Noooo.. John was giving you an option so you can play, period. Why is that so hard to understand?
Because the OP wants to play online? Not against AI? Sure, I'm the one who fails to understand.
For me those situations(No drive option, infinite loading, locked to bumper cam) happens two or three times if I play the game around one or two hours.
So yeah, it is a very common bug and need to be fixed ASAP.
As Alan said, it's not a solution, just a suggestion to help you get into the game. There are many many people really enjoying this game, and although there are still issues, the core game is brilliant. If you play against AI for a while, you may get to see the game in a better light and start to feel a bit less frustrated.
So I wasn't being flippant; I do believe that the standard of racecraft in the AI is better than a lot of online players I have found, to the point where I find it more enjoyable to set up a well matched AI race which I can get started on straight away. Personally I prefer to do without a 90 minute practice and 15min quali, only to be punted off on the first corner by five guys behind using me as the brake.
One thing I've learned is that to get the best out of the AI, you need to race them exactly like real drivers and give them room, and be prepared to back off if necessary and wait for the next opportunity to pass. In my experience, in most games I end up treating the AI with contempt, but pCars rewards a more pro driver approach.
So the bottom line is that I want you to enjoy this game as much as I do, and if you are any sort of racing fan, it would be a shame if you sacked this title thinking it was no good. I do hope you get a handle on the game somehow.
How you adjust the AI and if the AI is faster than you matters in your singleplayer experience. I say P. Cars should be more like Mario Kart!
You can set the AI up in a number of different ways. A lot depends on what you want from a race, so for total realism, find an AI % value that matches your own time (trial and error, but start at 80%). This will give realistic races, but that can be a lonely experience if the one in front is a tiny bit faster than you and the one behind is a bit slower, so you spend all the race pretty much alone on track after the first couple of laps.
Another way, which is my favourite, is to start at the back of the grid, but nudge the AI ability down a bit, so you have a chance of catching them one by one. If you judge it right you can do a 15 lap race with maybe a 20 car grid, lining up your moves several corners ahead and taking them one at a time. I've done this quite a lot, and the feeling of taking the lead on the last turn is great because you have had to work hard to get it. Sometimes I have lost by 0.003s and that is quite a rush too.
If you get the AI level so that you have to drive to your best ability, without being able to afford a single mistake, but can still just scrape the win there are few finer gaming moments to be had.
1. Why do these fundamental issues still exist?
2. What is causing them to happen?
3. What reasons do the developers have for not being able to offer a fix?
As far as I can see there are no formal explanations at all... a real elephant in the room.
Sure I can play against AI but I can do a bunch of other things like play on umpteen other MP games that are not broken.
Thing is the guys are still working on getting things sorted, and only today I saw a fix go in for the drive button issue. I totally agree that the multiplayer could improve; it's probably the least satisfying aspect of the game for me at this stage.
However overall I'm still happy with what I can play, and it just gives us something to look forward to when it's sorted fully. I've put plenty of hours into this game and there are still cars and tracks that I have barely explored fully.
Fair enough though, if online play is your favourite I can totally understand the frustration, but if you put the time in to learn the cars and tracks offline v AI, you'll be a total badass by the time you get online regularly.
3. See # 1. + Time, testing, approval.
All ready noticed servers are down from 50 to less than half with half the number of players in them.
I had a mate who rang me and asked if he should buy the game and knowing that he wouldn't put up with the current level of bugs I had to advise him against it right now.
That's 99% of my pCars gaming right there. Absolute buzz!
1. They aren't likely as easy to fix as you might perceive.
Do you really believe they don't care about bugs? Every software developer on the planet hates bugs more than the people using the software and experiencing the bugs. Trust me; I've been in software development since 1993. As soon as they have a handle on the issue and can design a solution, we'll have it. It bothers them a LOT more than it bothers you.
No, I don't believe they don't care but I do believe there should be some clear acceptance and explanation of the problems which prevent me and others from playing the game the way we expected to.
If I'm sitting in a plane on a runway going nowhere it's much better to know why and what's being done to rectify the situation...if they plain don't know or it's proving too difficult to fix then fair enough but just tell us.
As far as I know there is no indication when the above issues will be sorted if ever.
Knowing, either way, would be nice...please.
Just an off the wall thought, what controller are you using, (or trying to) for pCARS ?
The reason I ask is that certain controller, profile software has been known to 'Complicate' issues with the game starting.
I find that when learning a new track I use a few (8 or so) AI drivers and set their skill to about 60%. It forces you to drive off the racing line and think about how to use the track extents. I'll slowly raise their skill until I'm losing more than I'm winning and play at that level "Competitively"
apparently the game was 99.9% complete before the last delay. What happened since?
Only answers please, preferably constructive. Thanks.
Give it a rest Robski. We're really given you a LOT of leeway.
I've been playing with friends since the beta and have had no issues. I have a weekly group that gets together and races and we are enjoying PCARS a lot.
While the single player career is ok (bit repetitive when your save game goes missing) I disagree that the AI is Better than humans. Its not fun that weather doesn't affect them, tyre temp doesn't affect them, no slowing down while in the gravel etc... Yes I know it's being fixed but we are a couple of months after release. Basic Testing should have picked up on this. Makes you wonder what scenarios were tested if any at all on xbox one. Let's not forget the fiasco of the controller bug.
I brought this game for online and so far I think I've managed to get in to about 4 races in total online. Other online games no issue at all. I do believe SMS are doing everything possible to fix the online issues, but as someone has already mentioned patience is starting to wear a little thin now.
For instance I tried to get online last night and this time I couldn't select a car class as it was blank in search for a game. First time I've seen that, but that shouldn't happen.
Using Driving Force GT Wheel...are there any known issues with using this controller?
I have that wheel, but have only seen a couple of instances where online lobbies were troublesome.
My logitech profiler loads at system start FYI.


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// The go2docker command compiles a go main package and forge a minimal
// docker image from the resulting static binary.
//
// usage: go2docker [-image namespace/basename] go/pkg/path | docker load
package main

import (
	"archive/tar"
	"bytes"
	"crypto/rand"
	"encoding/hex"
	"encoding/json"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

type Config struct {
	Cmd []string `json:"Cmd"`
}

type Image struct {
	ID            string    `json:"id"`
	Created       time.Time `json:"created"`
	DockerVersion string    `json:"docker_version"`
	Config        Config    `json:"config"`
	Architecture  string    `json:"architecture"`
	OS            string    `json:"os"`
}

var image = flag.String("image", "", "namespace/name for the repository, default to go2docker/$(basename)")

const (
	DockerVersion = "1.4.0"
	Arch          = "amd64"
	OS            = "linux"
	Version       = "1.0"
	Namespace     = "go2docker"
)

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	args := []string{"."}
	if flag.NArg() > 0 {
		args = flag.Args()
	}

	// check for go
	goBin, err := exec.LookPath("go")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("`go` executable not found: %v, see %q ", err, "golang.org/doc/install")
	}
	toolPath := filepath.Dir(goBin)
	// check for linux_amd64 toolchain
	crossPath := filepath.Join(toolPath, "linux_amd64")
	if _, crossErr := os.Stat(crossPath); os.IsNotExist(crossErr) {
		// check for make.bash
		makeBash, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(toolPath, "..", "src", "make.bash"))
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to resolve make.bash path: %v", err)
		}
		if _, err := os.Stat(makeBash); os.IsNotExist(err) {
			log.Fatalf("`make.bash` not found %q: %v", err)
		}
		makeBashCmd := fmt.Sprintf("(cd %s; GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 ./make.bash --no-clean)", filepath.Dir(makeBash))
		log.Fatalf("`go %s` toolchain not found: %v, run: %q", "linux_amd64", crossErr, makeBashCmd)
	}

	fpath, err := filepath.Abs(args[0])
	ext := filepath.Ext(fpath)
	basename := filepath.Base(fpath[:len(fpath)-len(ext)])

	if *image == "" {
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to get absolute path: %v", err)
		}
		*image = path.Join(Namespace, basename)
	}
	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
	}
	aout := filepath.Join(tmpDir, basename)
	command := append([]string{"go", "build", "-o", aout, "-a", "-tags", "netgo", "-installsuffix", "netgo"}, args...)
	cmd := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...)
	gopath := os.Getenv("GOPATH")
	cmd.Env = []string{
		"GOOS=linux",
		"GOARCH=amd64",
		"GOPATH=" + gopath,
	}
	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to get process stderr: %v", err)
	}
	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to start command %q: %v", strings.Join(command, " "), err)
	}
	io.Copy(os.Stderr, stderr)
	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("command %q failed: %v", strings.Join(command, " "), err)
	}

	imageIDBytes := make([]byte, 32)
	if _, err := rand.Read(imageIDBytes); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to generate ID: %v")
	}
	imageID := hex.EncodeToString(imageIDBytes)
	repo := map[string]map[string]string{
		*image: {
			"latest": imageID,
		},
	}
	repoJSON, err := json.Marshal(repo)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to serialize repo %#v: %v", repo, err)
	}
	tw := tar.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: "repositories",
		Size: int64(len(repoJSON)),
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /repository header: %v", err)
	}
	if _, err := tw.Write(repoJSON); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf(" failed to write /repository body: %v", err)
	}
	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: imageID + "/VERSION",
		Size: int64(len(Version)),
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s/VERSION header: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	if _, err := tw.Write([]byte(Version)); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf(" failed to write /%s/VERSION body: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	imageJSON, err := json.Marshal(Image{
		ID:            imageID,
		Created:       time.Now().UTC(),
		DockerVersion: Version,
		Config: Config{
			Cmd: []string{"/" + basename},
		},
		Architecture: Arch,
		OS:           OS,
	})
	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: imageID + "/json",
		Size: int64(len(imageJSON)),
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s/json header: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	if _, err := tw.Write(imageJSON); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s/json body: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	ftw := tar.NewWriter(&buf)
	file, err := os.Open(aout)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to open %q: %v", aout, err)
	}
	finfo, err := file.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to get file info %q: %v", aout, err)
	}
	fheader, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(finfo, "")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to get file info header %q: %v", aout, err)
	}
	fheader.Name = basename
	if err := ftw.WriteHeader(fheader); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s header: %v", aout, err)
	}
	if _, err := io.Copy(ftw, file); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s body: %v", aout, err)
	}
	certBytes := []byte(caCerts)
	if err := ftw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
		Size: int64(len(certBytes)),
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write ca-certificates.crt header: %v", err)
	}
	if _, err := ftw.Write(certBytes); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write ca-certificates.crt body: %v", err)
	}
	if err := ftw.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to close layer.tar: %v", err)
	}
	layerBytes := buf.Bytes()
	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: imageID + "/layer.tar",
		Size: int64(len(layerBytes)),
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s/layer.tar header: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	if _, err := tw.Write(layerBytes); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to write /%s/layer.tar body: %v", imageID, err)
	}
	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to close image.tar: %v", err)
	}
}

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text:
use std::libc;

pub type gchar = libc::c_char;
pub type gshort = libc::c_short;
pub type glong = libc::c_long;
pub type gint = libc::c_int;
pub type gboolean = gint;

pub type guchar = libc::c_uchar;
pub type gushort = libc::c_ushort;
pub type gulong = libc::c_ulong;
pub type guint = libc::c_uint;

pub type gfloat = libc::c_float;
pub type gdouble = libc::c_double;

pub type gpointer = *mut libc::c_void;
pub type gconstpointer = *libc::c_void;


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After A Bitter Divorce, He Hung A Picture Of His New Wife On the Building Where Lives His Ex-Wife
Relationships generally end badly, often turning our exes into our worst enemies. Harry Macklowe wanted to get revenge on his ex and did it in a very peculiar way.
How do you get back at an ex who hurt you when they dropped you like a hot potato? Harry Macklowe, an American real estate developer, came up with a very original idea: plastering a picture of his new wife on a building. Yes, you read that right!
Macklowe had to go through one of the most public divorces, the largest in New York history. The former couple have dragged each other into several years of battle over multi-billionaire assets including pricey real estate in New York and the Hamptons, yachts, and, of course, a stunning art collection estimated to be worth upwards of $700 million.
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Macklowe's French girlfriend is breaking her silence on the eve of his big divorce trial https://t.co/Y2XgqW8fVSpic.twitter.com/DPX8uGhsvm
— Page Six (@PageSix) September 5, 2017
Evil or Genius?
Harry Macklowe went all out to taunt his ex-wife, to whom he had been married for more than 50 years, and the divorce from whom was very expensive and difficult for him. He chose the fanciest tower in Manhattan to display a picture of himself and his new wife.
Tomorrow's cover: Billionaire Harry Macklowe plastered a giant billboard with his bride-to-be outside ex-wife Linda's Park Ave. pad https://t.co/WMKOGq2LFPpic.twitter.com/dWH1sI9zNa
— New York Post (@nypost) March 7, 2019
The best part is that his ex was planning to buy an apartment on the 78th floor of that exact tower. That was this New York real estate developer says it's his way of letting his new wife know he loves her.
After Three Years Of Messaging, Tinder Got Involved In This Young Couple's Love Story
He paid the modest sum of $ 2,000 for the 12-meter-high photographs, which he bid on at a charity auction and later had plastered on the skyscraper.
For now, Harry Macklowe doesn't know how long the picture will be hanging on the front of the building.
To see the photo, check out our video right above this article!
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Studying at PNCA in Portland Oregon & Columbia in Chicago Illinois, I left with a BFA in Graphic Design and an AFA in Fine Art. Working as an artist throughout schooling left me with loads of 1099-MISC forms, a list of projects I will never take on again, and a new found knowledge that no matter what, theres no way I could not be an artist. Life has meaning because of art.
Tending to live the mixed-media lifestyle, I seem to always have a 100 ideas, and only the time for about five at a time. While my studies have been studied, I firmly believe that no one is ever finished learning, and no one should ever see a graduation date as the point of impact. Being an artist means you're thinking of strange and new ideas in the shower, while picking out a head of lettuce, and even channeling solutions while sleeping. No matter the subject, client, activity, or pay rate, I tend to push my personal boundaries so that when I finish a project, I have learned something new and challenging to bring to the next.
Forever interested in creating a nostalgic connection between the audience and the client at hand, I feel the root of Art and Design is based in psychology and the way we interact with objects. My goal is to make an effortless tangent between people and their youthful imaginative minds. Creatives need to make someone feel something; always attempting to draw in a crowd of those who might not have been previously interested in the subject at hand. With design, there is a social power that every working professional needs to find, define, and re-design on their own; mine is to remind everyone of life, desire, humility and humanity.
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Concierge Medicine Comes to the MGH
March 16, 2016 March 16, 2016 by Colleen Minaker
Concierge Medicine at MGH
Historically concierge medicine has not existed at MGH; but changes in health care is forcing family doctors (PCP) to rethink the business model of healthcare delivery and how they provide care. What do you think of this new service?
Published in Healthcare, Newton
Colleen Minaker
Lynne LeBlanc
I think NW does this also. I was looking for a general practice physician for my son but several doctors on the "taking new patients" list only did concierge medicine. I know several people who has signed up for concierge from their long-time doctors who now only take patients who sign onto their services at $1500/2000 at year extra.
The question of the changed healthcare system becomes: instead of more opportunities for more people to have access to healthcare, are we creating a two tiered system?
Sallee Lipshutz
Obamacare will play itself out in the near future; nonetheless,Its positives should be embraced. They are portability and insurability with pre-existing conditions. The other 1999 pages of the Act should be repealed!
Of course we will have a two-tiered system. People of means will always find a way to buy what they need. There will be fewer doctors because the economic rewards and life-style costs for people to choose careers in medicine do not match the investment that medical students would have to make to live a pleasant middle-class life with the ability to send their kids to college, pay off their own student loans and own a house in a City with good public schools. By lifestyle costs I am referring to the grueling hours of medical school and residency that are required of them while others in their age cohorts are home from work, watching American Idol or Survivor, and making more per hour than they are. None of this addresses the egregious acts of malignant oversight in which insurer-managers tell MD's how to practice medicine! It isn't pretty.


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Home News Chinese coronavirus front-line volunteer, 54, drops dead while disinfecting his hometown as the nation tackles rising COVID-19 cases
Chinese coronavirus front-line volunteer, 54, drops dead while disinfecting his hometown as the nation tackles rising COVID-19 cases
The man died of a heart attack on Sunday while decontaminating Dalian city
Comes after a COVID test organiser, 55, collapsed and died at work in Hebei
China is facing its worst outbreak since July as the virus spreads in the north
The nation's daily cases passed 100 for the first time in six months on MondayA man in China has died suddenly while working as a front-line volunteer to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the nation faces its worst outbreak in six months.
Na Jun, 54, died of a heart attack when he was disinfecting a neighbourhood in Dalian on Sunday morning, the local government announced.
Mr Na's death came after a 55-year-old community worker in Hebei Province, the nation's new coronavirus epicentre, collapsed and died while organising residents to receive mandatory tests last week.
Pictures released by state-run newspaper People's Daily Online through social media show 54-year-old Na Jun donning a full-body protective suit while disinfecting neighbourhoods of Dalian. The volunteer died of a heart attack on Sunday in the line of duty, officials have saidChina has seen a surge in coronavirus cases, particularly in Hebei which surrounds Beijing.
The province, with a population of around 75million, has reported 468 infections in the past week, including 265 confirmed cases and 203 asymptomatic patients - people infected with the virus but not yet showing symptoms.
Hebei officials put two cities, including its provincial capital Shijiazhuang, under lockdown last week in response to the new crisis.
On Monday, the Beijing municipal government sealed off all villages in Shunyi, a district with 1.2million people to curb transmission.
China's National Health Commission today reported 103 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 82 in Hebei, and 76 asymptomatic cases.
This is the first time the country's daily infection number has surpassed 100 since last July.
China has seen a surge in coronavirus cases, particularly in Hebei which surrounds Beijing. Pictured, a health worker checks on test samples at a testing lab in Shijiazhuang on Saturday
Hebei officials put two cities, including its provincial capital Shijiazhuang, under lockdown last week in response to the new crisis. The above picture shows a medical staff in a protective suit taking a coronavirus swab from a child near a residential area in Shijiazhuang on January 10
The Chinese province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, has emerged as a new virus epicentre
Volunteer Mr Na had a heart attack at around 9.30am on Sunday when he was decontaminating a residential compound in the Guangzhong area of Jinpu New District of Dalian, according to an official statement.
Footage released by the Dalian government on Twitter-like Weibo today showed a team of volunteers, mostly donning full-body protective suits, gathering around a man believed to be Mr Na.
One man was seen giving CPR on the person lying on the ground.
State-run People's Daily Online also shared pictures of Mr Na on Twitter-like Weibo. One of them showed the 54-year-old man donning a hazmat suit and flashing a V-sign while holding a disinfectant fogger.
The outlet reported that Mr Na had participated in volunteer works three times since the beginning of the pandemic.
The Dalian government claimed that Mr Na was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead despite emergency treatment. It called him 'heroic' and 'courageous'.
Footage released by the Dalian government on social media showed a team of volunteers, mostly donning full-body protective suits, gathering around a man believed to be Mr Na
The Dalian government on Monday blamed its outbreak on contaminated foreign vessels. The above picture shows medical workers wearing protective suits walking towards residents' houses to collect test samples after a snowfall at a quarantined residential block on January 7
The current wave of local cases in China first erupted in Dalian, Liaoning Province, in mid-December. As winter advanced, other northern provinces - Heilongjiang, Hebei and Jilin - started to report more infections.
Dalian on Monday blamed its outbreak on contaminated foreign vessels, saying the gene-sequencing information of the virus was different from that in previous outbreaks.
Most of the infected were dock workers handling cargoes from one ship from Russia, a Dalian official told reporters.
Three days before Mr Na's passing, a community worker in Shijiazhuang of Hebei passed at a temporary testing site while organising locals to receive COVID-19 swabs, the local government said.Li Ruizhi passed out on Thursday in the line of duty after feeling 'unwell' while arranging the residents of the Guotaijie neighbourhood to undergo virus screening.
The 55-year-old had offered to take part in the front-line work in temperatures lower than minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit), the Shijiazhuang government announced in a post on Saturday.
Six on-site medical workers gave first aid to Ms Li and called for an ambulance. She was declared dead in hospital after doctors had spent two hours trying to save her, the official release read.
Her cause of death remains unclear.
Footage released by state broadcaster CCTV on Saturday showed medical workers trying to revive Ms Li at the test station.
Hebei Province, the current ground zero in China's fight against coronavirus, reported 82 confirmed COVID-19 cases for Sunday, including 77 from Shijiazhuang.
The province also reported 49 asymptomatic cases, all in Shijiazhuang, in the latest release from the provincial health commission.
Wuhan shuts three markets to hunt for potential coronavirus patients
Wuhan has closed three markets and launched a mandatory testing campaign after two people visited the city before testing positive for the coronavirus.
The two patients were diagnosed in the northern Hebei Province, China's new COVID-19 epicentre that has seen over 400 infections in the past week.
The Wuhan authorities are now on the hunt for potential coronavirus carriers among their close contacts.
Officials have also started screening residents in the areas where the patients had visited in a bid to prevent a new outbreak.
Wuhan has closed three markets and launched a mandatory testing campaign after two people visited the city before testing positive for the coronavirus. A resident is pictured being tested for the virus outside the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on Monday
One of the patients had visited Wuhan between January 3 and January 4, according to a Monday statement from the Wuhan Health Commission.
The areas where they had been to, including three markets and a restaurant, has been sealed off and disinfected, the authorities said.
Local workers are also being tested for the virus while the patient's close contacts are being traced via security cameras.
The other patient, a university student, had left Wuhan on December 25, a week before the outbreak emerged in Hebei.
The officials said they are also tracking down everyone who had been in close contacts with the traveller.
In Wuhan, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud of its revival
The news comes as a year ago China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan - 12 months later, COVID-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world.
But on Monday, the anniversary slipped by unmarked in Wuhan as commuters moved freely to work while parks and riverside promenades buzzed with walkers.
In the central Chinese city of 11 million where the first known outbreak started, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud of its revival.
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