Magic Spelling is aimed at children from ages 5-7 which is perfect for us as Ivy is 5 and Ethan is 7. We love a game that they can both play and both be challenged by, and so this one is a great fit for our family.
We started by setting up all of the game pieces, there are a lot of different elements to this game, but that also means that it's quite easily adaptable, which we also like. This way we can start with a simplified version of the game and add the other bits on later to challenge ourselves.
Each player gets a spell book ingredient list then begins by choosing one of the word cards (there are two different levels of these, so you can just use the easier ones or mix the harder ones in as well) then looks at the picture on the card and says how to spell it.
The spelling of the word is hidden under the magic panel which you rub to reveal it. This is meant to be done as a check at the end, but Ivy felt more comfortable doing it first, so that is one simple adaptation that we made for her.
Then you get to use the magic wand to find the letters that you need to spell the word. Each letter can only be seen through the red plastic on the wand. There is also a sand timer which you have to find the letters before it runs out (another rule that we easily adapted for Ivy during her first few times playing the game).
Ivy's favourite part was definitely the magic wand, she loved looking for all of the letters and even wanted to do it for my turn as well! And for a girl that can be a bit of a reluctant reader this is a very good step!
Then once a player collects all of their ingredients for their spell they get to spin the spinner! If it lands on the crossed bones they have to put back one spell ingredient and try to spell another word, if it lands on Abracadabra they win the game and get to cast their spell!
It is a really fun game to play and fantastic for reinforcing spelling skills and letter recognition. It is super adaptable to suit the needs of children of varying abilities, which we love. So we would definitely recommend the Magic Spelling game!
We've been setting up a new homework station at home to make our after school routine a bit easier. I've actually been making lots of little organisational changes to the house, as the children are both in school and getting older now we had a lot of toys that they didn't play with anymore, and I'm realising that their needs are changing.
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We used to have this cute little table and chairs for them to sit at and do their colouring, but as they've become bigger (and sadly outgrown those adorable chairs!) it just became a dumping ground and was always covered in random bits of paper and all sorts of pencils and colouring things. I was in the process or organising using little baskets, but it just wasn't really making much difference.
So when Kiddies Kingdom offered to send us this lovely Kidsaw Country Cottage Bookcase I knew that it would be just perfect for our new homework station. It came flat packed, but was very easy to put together and is quite sturdy, so it holds loads of stuff and fits perfectly into the spot where the small table was.
I used plenty of little baskets of various shapes and sizes to hold our crayons, coloured pencils, pencil cases and notebooks.
I also have a very cute little teddy bear pencil pot (ours is from the Great Little Trading Company, but a few years old so I can't seem to find a link to it anymore), an adorable cloud tape dispenser (ours is actually from the pound shop, such a cute little find), these little storage drawers holding erasers, scissors and sharpeners and a magazine file to hold the homework (which is separated in plastic folders).
All of the baskets are labeled using chalkboard labels which I write on with these chalk pens. It's all very clearly labelled, but not too organised to make the children feel that they can't touch anything! It's just easy to take things out and put them back when they are finished.
So when it is time to do homework, we can easily come over to the shelf and just take the pencil pot and the homework pouch that we need over to the table and work from there. After school I will often set the table up with everything that they will both need, and then it gets put away when they're finished. This way we also know where all the homework is, so we're not scrambling around in the morning looking for things on a messy table!
So far the new system is working really well for us, but of course we're always open to more tips. How do you organise all of your homework things? We also found some other lovely storage units in the Kiddies Kingdom Silver Cross range as well, which could work if you have a different sized space to fit a shelf into.
When the lovely people at Flair / Just Toys and UK Mums TV asked us to take part in the PJ Masks Race Day of course we had to say yes! They sent us a lovely box full of fun PJ Masks vehicles and everything that we would need to have our own race day at home, and see who would be the fastest!
The children were so excited to get started and race their PJ Masks vehicles! Of course Ivy loved Owlette's Space Rover and always had to have it for every race, Ethan's favourite is Gecko and his Gecko Mobile and they would both happily take turns racing the Catcar and the Night Bus!
We started by lining up all the vehicles at the starting line, then added a few other characters as spectators (these are toys that we already had) then we laid out the finish flag and prizes at the finish line.
The race flag to wave at the end of the race and the trophy and medals just added to the fun, it would be such a great activity for a play date when the children have friends over to play, or even for a little PJ Masks Race Day themed birthday party!
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The Jaguars made a sudden coaching change this week.
Fresh off an interview with head coach Doug Marrone this past Sunday, Jay Gruden is being named the team's new offensive coordinator.
According to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the former Washington Redskins coach will now step into the void left behind by former offensive coordinator John DeFilippo.
DeFilippo survived just one year with the organization before being given the boot following a 6-10 campaign.
In four years as head coach of Jacksonville, Marrone has now cycled through three different offensive coordinators.
It began with Nathaniel Hackett, who he retained upon becoming coach, but ultimately fired in 2018. Then came DeFilippo who obviously did not last too long. And now Gruden.
The #Jaguars plan to hire former #Redskins coach Jay Gruden as their next offensive coordinator, sources tell me and @TomPelissero. Deal isn't done, but the Jaguars are close to adding a very talented OC with a great pedigree in the role.
"We were trying to find someone who's best for this staff, who's best for what you want to run, then you're looking for what person's best for your players – who's going to relate to the players, who's going to be able to communicate with them," Marrone said of the hire.
"At the end of the day, we just felt that Jay was the best fit for us."
Gruden began his NFL career as an offensive assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
From there, he served as an offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals right up until he became the head coach of the Redskins.
After a promising start in D.C. where the team made the playoffs in just Gruden's second season as a head coach, the wheels quickly fell off the car.
By the time Gruden was fired, his record has become 35-49-1.
Gruden's first order of business in Jacksonville will be figuring out what to do at quarterback.
Veteran Nick Foles signed a four-year, $88 million contract last March. Following an injury-plagued campaign, many believe he is no longer a capable starting quarterback in the league.
Gruden will be forced to decide between playing Foles and the team's sixth round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Gardner Minshew, who led the Jaguars to a 4-5 record in Foles' absence last year.
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Q: Exporting multiple .fbx files from Blender I have looked at forum posts and looked at code from forums/git and I just cannot figure this out on how to get all the meshes in my Blender project to be exported into separate files instead of 1 .fbx file.  Like I have arms, legs, body, jewelry all in one project but I would like multiple files each with 1 mesh instead of all the meshes being combined into 1 file.
I am not trying to learn a lot about Blender by any means as I just work in Unity.  I just need to know how to do this 1 time and I probably will never use Blender again.
So the forum posts that I keep coming across are usually, "Here is this code snippet to get what you want" and that is it.  I have no idea where to go to put this code, how to get it to work or anything.  I have yet to see a forum post that gives a simple step by step to get something like I want to work.  I am very very ignorant with Blender and today is literally the first time I have used and I have wasted more than enough time on this so I am coming here.
I was going to try this here but I don't even know how to test it to see if it even works.
I have a feeling what I want is probably the epitome of easy for blender users but like I said, I'm very ignorant with it and I need help.
So my Stack Overflowians, I call upon thee to smite thy ignorance of thou blender!

A: If the number of objects is small you can manually export each model. Select one object then File->Export->FBX, in the options available when specifying the file there is a Selection Only option that will only export object/s that are selected which allows you to select and export one object to each file.

If you have a lot of objects to export, then the addon you linked to can automate the export process. While it is setup as a multi file addon it only has one file, probably planning for future additions. You can view the raw file at github and save it with a different name, say unity.py. In the addon section of the blender preferences there is a button to Install From File.... After selecting the file you saved, enable the addon and then in the 3DView toolshelf T you will find a misc tab that contains the panel for the addon. Set the output filepath and click Batch Export to export each object to it's own file.

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Under the partnership Ericsson and UNESCO will launch a new digital skill learning programme that has specific emphasis on scaling up Artificial Intelligence (AI) skill development for young people.
With the rapid deployment of advanced technologies such as mobile broadband, cloud, IoT, automation and AI, a new set of skills is required to enter the workforce. There is an unprecedented opportunity to harness technologies and use them to advance not only economies but also to combat some of the world's looming challenges. Next-generation 5G services are set to play a key role in accelerating digitalisation and the impact of technologies like AI.
Ericsson and UNESCO are combining their respective strengths to create opportunities to scale up skill development in AI and other key digital skills for young people.
Under the AI for youth initiative the partners will aim to develop and manage a repository of AI and other key digital skill training courses that will be available globally; build capacities of master trainers from selected countries around the globe with advanced knowledge of AI skill development; and support master trainers to mobilize AI hub centers and hackathons to train young people on developing AI applications.
Borhene Chakroun, director, Policies and Lifelong Learning Division, UNESCO, said, "At UNESCO we think that artificial intelligence is to be put at the service of sustainable development, a whole set of new education and training programmes has to emerge to equip youth with skills required to live and work in artificial intelligence era. Our partnership with Ericsson is critical to advance this agenda".
The initiative was launched at Mobile Learning Week 2019, UNESCO's flagship education conference held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.


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With dancelike lightness Willy Büchler, first guest conductor of the Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna since 20 years, has been able to entrance his audiences.
Buoyancy, dedication, sensibility and humour are characteristics of his incomparable style of making music, based on youthfulness, honest enthusiasm and long-time experience of multifaceted activity.
He was born in Vienna, where he studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts with his professors Josef Sivo and Michael Frischenschlager and became himself a professor of violin at the Landeskonservatorium in Vorarlberg already at the age of 20. Back in Vienna he was sub leader of first violins in the Vienna Radio Symphony and also taught at the University of Music.
In 1992 Willy Büchler founded together with three members of the Wiener Symphoniker the nowadays well-known Eos-Quartet, which performs since several years acclaimed subscription concerts in the Wiener Konzerthaus. In 1995 he was appointed as leader of the Wiener Symphoniker.
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What Your Type-A Personality Really Means For Your Health
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I admit it: I'm "Type-A." In fact, sometimes I feel like I need to go to meetings:
"Hello, my name is Will."
[in unison] "Hello, Will."
"It's been two weeks since my last workaholic episode, my phone is no longer physically plugged into my umbilical cord, and I don't hyperventilate until I pass out when I take an entire day off."
Yes, I am that person. The Type-A behavior pattern — with which I identify — is defined as a temperament with excessive ambition, aggression, competitiveness, drive, impatience, need for control, and an unrealistic sense of urgency. These are the overachievers who just cannot get themselves to sit down and chill out for a second.
It's also commonly said that this pattern of behavior can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. It's an association that we've known about since the 1950s, and it's often stated just as unequivocally today. Case in point: WebMD's declaration, "Type A Triggers Heart Disease." Nothing questionable about that.
So if you're a competitive person, or someone driven to succeed, you might read this and freak out a bit. You might think that these tendencies will be the death of you. But you should know that isn't the whole story.
Being a hyper-motivated overachiever is irrelevant to your cardiovascular health.
Why Your Type-A Personality Isn't Necessarily Harmful
Although it's true that the Type-A personality profile in general can be more prone to cardiovascular disease and death (one study found that more than a third of all cardiovascular patients had the Type-A behavior pattern), it's also completely misleading. Type-A behavior has many traits associated with it. And so the über anal-retentive fact-finding obsessives like me will doubtless ask, which one of these traits is most responsible? Is it a combination of those traits, or perhaps a subset?
As it turns out, there is hope for my people. Because Type-A personality is to heart disease as coffee is to cancer.
Let me explain: Several decades ago, researchers discovered that people who drink coffee also have a greater risk of getting cancer. As a result, these two factors were linked and for a while we were burdened with an incorrect assumption: that coffee consumption increases the risk of cancer.
The problem with this conclusion — besides coffee-deprived mornings — was that those who drank coffee also tended to smoke. In other words, many variables were associated with coffee consumption and only one of them was actually responsible for an increased risk of cancer (smoking). That means all the other variables associated with coffee consumption — like actually drinking coffee — are not related to an increased risk of cancer at all.
It's a totally rookie science error. And the same basic problem seems to be at play with the link between the Type-A personality and cardiovascular disease.
Of the seven different traits assigned to this personality type, it turns out that only a couple of them actually contribute to heart problems. And the question really is, which trait is contributing to heart problems?
The higher the hostility and impatience, the higher your risk of hypertension.
Anger and Hostility: The Personality Traits That Actually Matter
In fact, it's hostility by itself that's a well-established risk factor for heart disease. In studies, this effect held up for healthy people as well as those who had prior cardiovascular problems.
This association was also supported by the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. A total of 3,308 adults aged 18 to 30 years from four metropolitan areas were followed for more than 15 years. Researchers wanted to discover which of the personality traits — time urgency/impatience, achievement striving/competitiveness, hostility, depression, and/or anxiety — were most associated with hypertension.
The results? Achievement, striving, and competitiveness — all classic hallmarks of a Type-A personality — were not related to hypertension at all. However, the traits of impatience and hostility were related in a dose-dependent manner — meaning, the higher the hostility and impatience, the higher the risk of hypertension.
The message seems to be that being a hyper-motivated overachiever is irrelevant to your cardiovascular health. It's neither here nor there (one less thing to micromanage, right?). So, go ahead and achieve away.
What does matter is whether you carry yourself through this life with anger and hostility or live via more positive emotions. This distinction seems to be the case no matter where you are on the personality scale, from busy bee to beach bum.
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Since its founding in 1895, the Botanic Garden of Smith College has been devoted to teaching, public education, scientific research, and beauty. Smith's first president, L. Clarke Seelye, believed in science education for women. From the start he envisioned the Smith campus as a botanic garden. The meadow, orchard, and pasture sloping down to Paradise Pond became the beautiful landscape that continues to be an integral part of the College's life and curriculum.
William Francis Ganong, the first director, helped the Botanic Garden take shape with the establishment of the Systematics Garden, the expansion of the Lyman Plant House, the creation of the Rock Garden, and the enlargement of the Campus Arboretum. From 1937 to 1971, William I. P. Campbell put his mark on the landscape, leaving a legacy of exceptional plantings. Over the past 35 years additional improvements have included two conservatory additions and renovations, the most recent completed in 2003; two taxonomic restructuring of the Systematics Garden, the most recent completed in 2015; and a major renovation of Capen Garden in 2004. Moving into the twenty-first century, we continue the promise to nurture and enrich all who set forth in the Garden.
For over 100 years, the Botanic Garden has served generations of students and visitors as a place of engagement, wonder, and learning.
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ICC World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli rates Team India's new orange jersey on a scale of one to 10
India captain Virat Kohli, a fashionista off the field, gave a resounding thumbs-up to his team's new orange jersey which they will be wearing in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 league match against England at Edgbaston on Sunday.
The 'Men in Blue' will be sporting an orange-blue jersey to distinguish themselves from the hosts England who wear a lighter version of blue.
There had been some debate with regards to the choice of orange as a dominating colour, also a section of political class accused the Central government of trying to "saffronise" sport.
Kohli, however, loved the design and gave it an eight out of 10.
"I quite like it, I think it's right up there. For me, it would be eight. Honestly, I'm not saying it for the sake of it. I really like it. The contrast is very nice," Kohli said, after being asked to rate the jersey on a scale of one to 10.
The 30-year-old is satisfied with the fit and welcomed the break from usual blue.
"The fit is great, it's a nice change," he said.
"For one game, it's fine. I don't think permanently we'd be heading in that direction because blue has always been our colour, very proud to wear that. For a change and looking at the occasion, it's a very smart kit."
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When a person in Los Angeles is diagnosed with malignant bone tumors, it is often the result of metastasis, meaning the tumors originated in one part of the body and gradually spread to the bones. However, there are several forms of cancer that also originate in the bones, some are more commonly found in children, others tend to affect adults more often.
The treatment and prognosis for bone cancer will vary according to a number of factors, such as the type, stage, size, and location of the tumors, as well as the patient's overall health profile, among other things. After a primary or metastatic cancer diagnosis, working with a surgeon with a proven track record of specialization in orthopedic tumors and limb preservation is very important.
There are many different forms of bone tumors, many of which are categorized as subgroups of specific types of cancer. A sarcoma is a type of malignant tumor usually found in connective tissue like muscles, ligaments, and fat cells. They can also grow in bone tissue and anywhere in the body, most commonly in the arms and legs. Sarcomas are fairly rare in adults, but tend to account for as many as 15% of childhood cancer diagnoses.
Osteosarcomas are the most common malignant bone tumors diagnosed in children and teenagers. It is a rare form of cancer, and usually originates in the long bones of the arms and legs. The most common symptoms are pain and inflammation and swelling, which can result in difficulty walking and lead to limping in the affected leg.
Like other types of cancer, osteosarcomas range from low to high grade. High grade tumors are the fastest growing, with the most abnormal cell division when viewed under a microscope. Low grade are the slowest, and most resemble normal healthy bone when viewed under a microscope.
Ewing's sarcoma is a very rare form of primary bone cancer that almost always affects children and teenagers. Less common than osteosarcomas, it accounts for an estimated 1% of childhood cancer diagnoses. The symptoms can be similar to other types of bone cancer and other illnesses, such as pain and localized swelling in the affected arm or leg. Ewing's tumors are most common in the arms, legs, pelvis, ribs, and shoulder blades, but can develop in other parts of the body as well.
This tumor is a type of sarcoma that mainly affects the cells that produce cartilage. Chondrosarcomas are the second most common type of primary bone tumors after osteosarcomas, and the prognosis for patients diagnosed with this type of bone malignancy depends on the location and grade of the tumors. Chondrosarcomas in the arms and legs, for example, generally tend to have better outcomes than those diagnosed in other parts of the body.
This is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that can also develop in the bones, and is most commonly diagnosed in the legs, but can also be found in the arms and abdomen. Unlike other forms of soft tissue cancers, this type of sarcoma is more common among middle aged and older adults, and is generally rare in children and young adults. MFH is a primary bone cancer, but can metastasize (spread) to other organs and parts of the body.
Like MFH, fibrosarcoma usually develops in soft tissue like muscle and fat cells, but can also originate in bone. It is most common among older men and women, and typically affects the bones in the legs, arms, and jaw.
Primary bone cancers can technically develop anywhere in the body, including the skull, hip bones, arms, legs, and pelvis. Cancer that originates in another part of the body, like the kidneys, liver, or breasts, and then spreads to the bones is known as metastatic cancer. Treatment for soft tissue sarcomas and primary and metastatic bone cancer has a higher likelihood of success when the tumors are diagnosed early and are at a lower grade. Because many types of primary bone cancers are prone to affecting the arms and legs, limb preservation is a high priority and a main focus of treatment for Dr. Daniel C. Allison.
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Ugandan School Ranked Among World's Best
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By Ndungu Brian Last updated Jun 9, 2022
Ugandan school, Project Shelter Wakadogo, which supports vulnerable and hard to reach children, has been named as one of the top 10 schools globally by World's Best School prizes in the Overcoming Adversity category.
The category recognizes that adversity will come in many forms for schools, including conflict, climate-related disasters, poverty, or a pandemic. It assesses how the school builds character, both individually and as a community, to support the greater resilience of all students.
Wakadogo was founded in 2009 in the aftermath of two decades of civil war and violence committed by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda, which displaced over a million people.
The school, which is located in Pece Accoyo in Gulu District, has grown from two classrooms to serve over 450 students and currently has one of the highest student retention rates in the country.
At the onset of COVID-19, Uganda, like many other countries around the world, faced government-imposed lockdowns, which adversely affected the running of major sectors, including education.
With less than 9% of the rural population having access to the internet, many schools could not continue with other learning models. But, the team at Project Shelter Wakadogo was determined to continue providing education to their students.
They developed a home-schooling program and distributed learning kits and government study modules to students to support face-to-face learning, led by the teachers. By the end of the lockdown, they had conducted over 36,000 door-to-door lessons.
The decision to run this program was critical, particularly for girls, because school closures across Uganda saw children forced into the labor market, a rise in teenage pregnancy, and gender-based violence.
The result is the need to prepare and plan for hybrid learning. If they win the prize, Project Shelter Wakadogo will use the funds to set up an online learning platform to facilitate hybrid and catch-up learning, in case of schools should ever close again and share its approach and technology with schools in the region.
"It is a great honor for Wakadogo to feature among the top nominees for the World's Best School Prizes," says the school's head teacher Odong Charles Kigundi. "Our greatest desire is to see more children receive a quality education. This prize will enable us to provide more scholarships for marginalized and underprivileged children in the community. It will also help set up an online learning platform to facilitate hybrid and catch-up learning if schools close again, which we will share with schools in the region to reach more children, " he said.
In addition to providing a safe and child-friendly environment for students, Wakadogo School offers school meals, medical care, sports and music programs, and quality education for vulnerable children.
"Our current annual operating cost is about 125,000 USD, which will only continue to increase as more students enroll at the school. "As a school entirely funded by donations and contributions from the community, we are always looking for partners to support our various programs and allow us to keep providing a safe and quality learning environment for our little ones," concludes Kigundi.
The World's Best School Prize is a project by T4 Education, a global organization committed to providing engaging tools, initiatives, and events for teachers to improve education.
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DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS & THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Associated Press
Published 10:22 am CDT, Saturday, May 11, 2013
CLEVELAND — As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house.
Ariel Castro, charged with rape and kidnapping, remained jailed Friday under a suicide watch on $8 million bond while prosecutors weighed more charges, including some that might carry the death penalty. Public defender Kathleen Demetz, who said she is acting as Castro's adviser while he awaits a full-time attorney, said Friday she can't speak to his guilt or innocence and said only that she advised him not to talk to reporters.
But those who know the 52-year-old Castro are speaking up, saying he was often angry, paranoid and prone to violent outbursts against the now-dead mother of his adult children. He frequently beat her, played bizarre psychological games and locked her indoors, they said.
The stories, repeated in separate interviews with The Associated Press by members of Castro's extended family, have surprised people who knew him as a musician who played bass in several bands around Cleveland the last two decades.
Miguel Quinones, manager of a group Castro played with twice as a backup bass player about five years ago, said he had nothing bad to say about Castro based on his own experiences.
But in the interviews, some of Castro's ex-relatives said he frequently flashed his compulsions for secrecy and terrifying rage that often led him to beat his common-law wife, Grimilda Figueroa.
Figueroa left Castro years ago and died in 2012 after a long illness. Their early years together were happy, but something inside Castro snapped after the birth of their first child, they said.
Castro pushed her down the stairs, fractured her ribs, broke her nose several times, cracked a tooth and dislocated both shoulders, they said. In one incident, he shoved Figueroa into a cardboard box and closed the flaps over her head, they said. He kept her and children imprisoned, cut off from friends and family, and Figueroa couldn't even unlock her own front door, they said.
Figueroa filed domestic-violence complaints, accusing Castro of threatening many times to kill her and her daughters. She charged that he frequently abducted the children and kept them from her, even though she had full custody, with no visitation rights for Castro.
"When I go over there to visit her, and I ask her, 'Nilda, I'm here, open the door,' she's like, 'I can't. Ariel has the key,'" Figueroa's sister, Elida Caraballo, recalled.
Two of the women freed from Castro's home, including the one who gave birth to the girl, returned to relatives' houses earlier this week. The third woman, Michelle Knight, was released from a hospital Friday with a request that her privacy be respected.
"Michelle Knight is in good spirits and would like the community to know that she is extremely grateful for the outpouring of flowers and gifts," the statement said.
On Friday, Knight's grandmother, Deborah King, visited the home of one of the captives, Gina DeJesus, to meet the DeJesus family.
She said she loved and missed Knight, "and if I get to, she's going to get the biggest hug and kiss from me that she ever did have."
A police report alleged that Castro impregnated one of his captives at least five times and made her miscarry by starving her and punching her in the stomach. The report also said another one of the women, Amanda Berry, was forced to give birth in a plastic kiddie pool.
Tests by the state attorney general's office on a sample of Castro's DNA confirmed he fathered Berry's 6-year-old daughter, who was rescued from his house, the office said Friday. After her release, the girl returned home with the 27-year-old Berry. Officials also were entering the DNA profile into a national database to see if it links him to other crimes.
The three women said Castro chained them up in the basement but eventually let them live on the home's second floor. Each woman told a similar story about being abducted after accepting a ride from him.
The FBI has not recovered human remains in its search of the house, spokeswoman Vicki Anderson said Friday. Agents removed more than 200 pieces of evidence, she added, declining to say what was found.
Berry and former captive Gina DeJesus, 22, went home with relatives Wednesday.
The AP does not usually name people alleging sexual assault without their consent, but the names of the three women were widely circulated by their families, the media and law enforcement for years.
The women have begun hiring lawyers to deal with the expected large amount of donations to a charitable fund set up for their recovery. City Councilman Brian Cummins said the lawyers will become a primary point of contact for the victims as money comes in so the focus can remain on their needs and the integrity of the donation process is ensured.
The women are entitled to up to $50,000 from the state crime victim compensation fund, which covers a variety of medical, rehabilitation and transportation costs associated with their recovery, Lisa Peterson Hackley, spokeswoman for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, said Saturday.
The office also has an attorney working with people setting up charitable funds for the women and child to ensure they're created properly, Hackley said.


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Q: RREF in matlab with binary field operations I want to use the RREF function to get the reduced echelon form of a parity check matrix(binary) in matlab. I want the row reductions to be done under GF2. The RREF performs the operations under R. Is there anyway to fix this?
Note: for example 1+1=0 not 2, I want the resulting matrix to be 0's and 1's not in decimal form

A: I've wrote a modified version of matlab's function rref, called g2rref that works great!
https://gist.github.com/esromneb/652fed46ae328b17e104


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Thanks to all those who've been patiently waiting for my blog migration! I've worked so hard these past few weeks trying to get this new blog up and as perfect as can be before launching!
In addition, I've revamped my gallery! The old gallery at radiantdreamer.net is no more, and has been fully integrated into the blog (which was what I had always wanted to do anyway). It'll be periodically updated, so do check it often!
While my posts migrated, the blogroll didn't. I can't go through and contact every one of you to update your blogroll, so if you want to be added to my blogroll, make sure your's is updated to https://radiantdreamer.net and then contact me with your URL! You'll be added within 24hrs!
I'll also try to hold some more contests in the future too. There's a donation fund if you'd like to contribute to the pool, and I'll try to get other sponsors as well. More on contests as they come.
And speaking of contests, now that the blog is live, the animeshumi contest has officially started!
In case you weren't aware last time, the prize being offered is this adorable Bakemonogatari Nendoroid Petite set #2!
Subscribe to my RSS feed and read it through an RSS reader. In my Lovely Duckie Mascot post, there is a secret code that only RSS readers will be able to see. Enter that code here in the comments (it will be hidden from view).
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Go to animeshumi.com, and search for "Miku Hatsune Tony". Click on the product. In the product description, first paragraph, what is the 9th word? Enter it in the comments section to enter (it will be hidden). Only the first 10 entries will count for this one.
The contest will end on September 1st 2010. Once it's ended, I'll be compiling all the entries into a numbered list, and then use a random number generator to pick the number, and announce the winner on this blog with further details.
78de9 transforming. Hey Radiant ^^. Nice to see that your new blog is up. Updated my blogroll for your new URL.
That's neat, your rss feed directly switched to new domain as well. Good job for your migration, really!
The ninth word is "transforming".
Thanks for holding the contest! I love the new design! I also love your drawings! They're all so beautiful and realistic.
Will update my blog tomorrow about this.
Wow, didn't see that before. Ninth word is: transforming.
Am I one of the lucky ten?
those nendos are so cute!! thanks for the opportunity!
woah the site looks great, very refreshing 😀 and Lol @ the wheels of fate!
Love the new layout and site!!
Those who are gunning for those babes, good luck.
I subbed on RSS, cause that's how I roll, and 78de9 agrees!
Love what I see, you're settled nicely into my Japan/Anime/Manga label in Google Reader, one of my favorite labels to read!
btw! i love your new site! the effects! backgrounds,,it's just too cool!
Really glad to see things up and running again, the blog looks great!
Hey man, congrats on your move to a new domain as well as a new look on the blog!
A nice refresh here with the bright theme compare to the old one before the move, giving it a new life sort of sense to it. I do hope you'll get to be with the blog more often without being too bogged down by work!
As for the blogroll, I am planning to make a new banner this weekend. Will contact you via the contact form once it's done!
Ohh, nice layout for your new blog. Some things, like the navigation buttons at the top are a little hard to view but I'm sure that everything will smooth out over time!
And don't worry. I don't intend to join in the giveaway. No Hanekawa and no Senjogahara means that my interest is limited! Hanekawa forever!!!!
hi radiant! i got an e-mail from you and i dont know why lol,anyway! hi thar!
Hey, I just noticed you updated your theme, god I'm a slow reader. Nice background by the way, and I am digging the programming, or perhaps I'm just not technologically inclined.
hi there! no new post in your blog eh..want photoshoots from you!btw,another entry!
hi radiant! congrats on keeping surviving the blog!
Nope! Your answer is wrong!
Hows your follower count looking this far into the contest?
eep, glad you visited my blog >.> I fixed the link!
Oh sweet! Expy, you get special treatment because you're a fellow GAFfer!


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Former Rep. Katie Hill Sues Ex-Husband In LA Court For Releasing Nude Photos
Filed Under:Congress, Katie Hill, Nude Photos, Scandal
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Former California Rep. Katie Hill filed court papers Tuesday against her ex-husband for allegedly releasing unauthorized nude images of her for publication.
The Daily Mail published nude photos of Hill in 2019 taken by her former spouse, Kenneth Heslep, according to the former congresswoman's still unofficial Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, which alleges state Civil Code violations and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Hill, a bisexual Democrat, resigned her seat in 2019 after the nude photos of her were published and news emerged that she had a three-way relationship with her husband and a campaign staffer. She was also accused of having an affair with a member of her congressional staff.
RELATED: Former Santa Clarita Rep. Katie Hill Gets Restraining Order Against Ex-Husband
Hill was a representative for California's 25th congressional district which covers most of northern Los Angeles County and parts of eastern Ventura County.
She's seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and an injunction preventing further distribution of the photos.
"This case is about a man… stopping at nothing to destroy the life of his ex-wife… when she dared end their relationship after more than 15 years of physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and psychological abuse," Hill's court papers allege.
Hill alleges in her court papers that she lived in fear that if she ever tried to leave, Heslep would kill them both and their animals.
Representatives for the defendants could not immediately be reached for comment, but Heslep has previously denied allegations of abusing Hill.
In October 2019, months after Hill had left her relationship with Heslep for good, RedState.com published "the first in a barrage of articles that included pictures and intimate text messages," according to Hill's court papers. "Then the sexually graphic photos were released."
Hill "suffered extreme emotional distress, attempted suicide and was forced to quit her job, which in this case was the representative of California's 25th Congressional District, one of the most difficult-to-get jobs in the universe," her court papers state.
On December 8, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Heslep to stay at least 100 yards away from his 33-year-old ex-wife, as well as her mother and sister. The ex-couple officially divorced in October.


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Astrid Steiner is based in London and designs video projections for the stage - from electronic music to opera.
Astrid's career in visuals began in 2003 in Vienna's techno clubs as part of the artist duo Luma.Launisch and has now continued on international stages and museums such as the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Chelsea Art Museum NY, the Expo 2010 in Shanghai or the Benaki Museum in Athens. Some of her most recent productions directed by Daniela Kerck were "Babylon" (Jörg Widmann) at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden and "Aida" (Giuseppe Verdi) at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl. 2020 Astrid designed the video projections for "Rusalka" (Antonin Dvorak) directed by Veit Güssow at the Oper Halle.
In her commercial and TV work Astrid has contributed as video editor to many award-winning productions: The Eurovision Song Contest Opener which was watched by more than 200 million viewers from around the world won Gold at the Corporate Media Awards in Cannes, Gold at the World Media Award in Hamburg and the Golden Award of Montreux. (2016)
Brands and TV channels Astrid has worked for include Sotheby's, the FA Cup, the Rugby Football Union, TUI, London 2012, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), Fox Sports Net and Red Bull TV.
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I like it a lot! It's clear how much work went into this. Although it was frustrating that I kept dying and had o click through the same room again. Other than that it was great!
I love that, it's a fantastic story, and the way you chose to tell it's very diferent, it's one of my favorites text games!
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What do you get when you put Blair Waldorf, royals like Kate Middleton and Princess Diana, and fashion girls together? Not a whole lot, actually. Since one of them is a fictional TV character and the others have very strict dress codes, there's not much crossover in their wardrobes, as you can imagine. Surprisingly, though, there's one fall trend you'd find in each of their closets. Just like we saw pantsuits everywhere last fall and into this spring, there's another suiting trend bubbling up right now, and it's one we're quite sure all three of the above parties would be all over.
I'm talking about skirt suits, but I know what you're probably thinking—that the matching blazer-and–pencil skirt sets (often rendered in tweed and plaid) feel a bit too stuffy for 2018. Let me explain. This fall, skirt suits are coming back in a big way. Designers like Tibi and Calvin Klein are reimagining them in sleek, forward designs, and I have a strong feeling they're going to be the outfit of choice for fashion girls to style with their basics like T-shirts and sneakers.
Intrigued? Go on to see how fashion girls, royals, and Blair Waldorf have all worn these matching sets, and then shop the styles that feel totally unstuffy.


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New functionality allows users to email crypto assets to people who don't use the app.
By Tanzeel Akhtar
Jun 15, 2021 at 3:52 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 1:11 p.m. UTC
Bakkt Holdings now allows users of its wallet to send bitcoin, gift cards and cash to anyone, including people who don't use the app.
The company said app users can send crypto and gift cards to family, friends or broader social circles through email.
"Bakkt has aimed to provide the app, marketplace and payments infrastructure to make all digital assets transactable, and this new functionality welcomes everyone to have a frictionless digital experience to send and receive bitcoin, gift cards, or cash to anyone," CEO Gavin Michael said in a statement.
In May, Bakkt announced a partnership with Cantaloupe that allows bitcoin and loyalty points to be used to buy items at vending machines and other self-serve kiosks, known as "unattended retail."
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Atlapetes blancae, 8 years later, still not found. Wish or Species?
conservation, Emberizidae, Passeriformes
This newly described species is listed as Critically Endangered because there are no known populations and the last record is from 1971; consequently if it does remain extant it is assumed that any population must be tiny. The species was collected on the Llano de Ovejas, a small plateau at 2,400-2,800 m. This species has been discovered solely based on three speciemens in musea. It had been collected last in 1971, the two other speciemens are undated. In fact, in conservation terms there is not much to be done, as the species has never been seen again, despite intensive surveys. There is no evidence other than three skins.
Atlapetes blancae
Antioquia Brush-finch Atlapetes blancae is an overall grey brush-finch. Slate grey on the back and uppertail coverts. Dark sooty-grey flight feathers with a black face mask from just in front of the eye to the back of the ear coverts. It has a bright rufous forehead, crown and nape. It is pale greyish white below. It has a dark, fine, indistinct moustachial stripe and a conspicuous small white wing patch. It is slightly paler on the back than congeners in the same area (between Bogota and Medellin).
Donegan, who discovered and described the species, shows the above drawing in his article. The middel pair being the new species, different from the one above (Rufous-naped Brush-Finch) or below (Slaty-grey Brush-Finch). In the field this may be a lot harder, but the grey tone, the small moustache and smaller wing patch are obvious.
It differs from A. latinuchus in its brighter rufous crown, smaller wing panel, greyer (rather than blacker) back and grey rather than yellow plumage below. Differs from A. schistaceus in its larger and less pointed bill, brighter more extensive rufous crown, smaller wing panel, paler underside and lack of a bold moustachial or strong demarcation between the throat and breast. There is no doubt in its region it is a unique species. There is however a third species, the White-winged Brush-Finch, Atlapetes leucopterus. This species is a spitting image of A. blancae, below are the drawings of del Hoyo's HBW Alive. The big difference is geological, the species is found near Quito, Ecuador, about 450 miles, 700 km, from the location A. blancae was last seen in 1971 (near Bogota).
Atlapetes blancae and congeners
Donegan writes the following:
"Very conservatively and following flawed past taxonomic treatments for the genus (e.g. Paynter 1978), A. blancae could be considered a subspecies of A. leucopterus, which it resembles superficially in plumage and which has an allopatric but distant distribution. However, biometric differences between the northernmost, nominate subspecies of A. leucopterus and A. blancae are substantial, whilst the ranges of the two are separated by over 600 km, suggesting long-term isolation. A. blancae and A. leucopterus are probably not closely related. A. blancae differs from nominate A. leucopterus in the size of the speculum and melanism of the flanks (two characters, plus apparently diagnosable tail- and wing-lengths). Other differences between A. blancae and these sympatric or parapatric species, e.g. crown and mantle colour, and biometrics, were not coded by Donegan & Huertas (2006) due to assumed non-discrete variation in the taxa studied therein."
Donegan refers to flawed taxonomy, but the major online sources, Birdlife, Avibase, HBW all recognize three subspecies, the discussion is if A. leucopterus paynteri should be upgraded to species level. The drawings show that the species more than just superficially resemble eachother, which is not taken in account.
The SACC committee was not unanimous but most of the YES voters gave Donegan the benefit of the doubt. His research was thorough and his reasoning convincing. In SACC proposal 32/2008 A. leucopterus is not even mentioned at all as a hypothesis. The focus is A. blancae not being a subspecies of A. schistaceus or a hybrid.
Obviously Donegan does not consider A. leucopterus to be closely related and therefore no option to explore. We, here at Planetofbirds, propose a different theory. We think it is possible they are the same species. We became aware of this theory while writing the story of the Long-billed Taylorbird (Artisornis moreaui moreaui and Artisornis moreaui sousae) , a small African Warbler. This species is divided in two disjunct populations about 600 miles, 1000 km apart. It is a forest bird, which is not found in the (patchy) intermediate forest, which consists of suitable habitat. Some researchers suggest the peer pressure was too demanding in the intermediate forest, too many species being territorial at the same forest level. This factor drove the species to the disjunct areas, from which this two subspecies evolved. As it turned out we were also, at least partially, wrong.
Antioquia Brush-finch – Atlapetes blancae map
A literary search on Atlapetes and interspecies competition refered to Remsen (1995), a renowned ornithologist (voting member of the SACC committee) who researched the very same question concerning disjunct populations in casu Atlapetes rufinucha, a more southern species. He concluded that the complex mosaic of distributed subpopulations can hardly or not be explained by interspecies competition alone. He argues the atlapetes species (i.c. rufinucha, schistaceus and tricolor) are all from the same lineage, thus eliminating the unlikely need for complex, long-distance movements undertaken by basically sedentary species. Next to this, he points out that different color patterns may occur often in very close related species, especially in the grey-yellow opposition.
In other words, the Atlapetes group are (mostly) all genetically related (polyphyletic is the word) and the beauty is their habitats also link together, in type as well as latitude and elevation. Because of the intraspecies hanky panky it is easier to explain the disjunction of the populations, in different places the same combination of species attributes became extant. Because the same lineage for multiple species exist, the way in which they differ is limited. It is therefore dangerous to conclude that different coloration means different species. The lookalike disjunct population are probably less related than the less lookalike neighbouring species.
A. blancae fits in the same lineage, a very complex set of species, exemplary for taxonomic entanglement. Already in 1853, in taxonomic easier days, Sclater described A. leucopterus:
"It was obtained by him during a recent expedition into the eastern Cordillera of the Andes near Quito at an elevation of 6000 feet above the sea-level. In form and size it is similar to B. pallidinuchus, but the style of coloration is different and more nearly resembles that of B. schistaceus. Sir William Jardine has named it leucopterus, from the conspicuous white spot on the wing. The area of the genus Buarremon appears to extend along the Andean range from Bolivia into Southern Mexico, the vicinity of Bogota being perhaps the principal sedes or focus, where no less than seven or eight species occur."
White-winged Brush-finch – Atlapetes leucopterus
This underlines the Remsen theory, the genus (now Atlapetes, although Buarremon has recently been re-established) has an uninterupted distribution, along the Andes down to Mexico and was also found above 2000 meter elevation. Furthermore the Bogota area has a high number of competative species. Thus bringing the subspecies blancae to extinction, or (hopefully) a very tiny population. In the lineage theory, the nominate is A. schistaceus, which is common in the Bogota area.
Donegan writes in the SACC proposal:
"Persons looking hard for a reason to reject this proposal (on the basis of not liking descriptions without field data) might want to do so on the basis that A. blancae might be some A. l. elaeoprorus mutant or the result of a hybridization event involving multiple heteroses. Each of these hypotheses are unlikely for the reasons set out in the description, meaning in my view that the new species hypothesis is by far the more likely one."
He is a tenacious man, in one if his other proposals he even suggested the SACC members are dismissing ideas based on ego or technicalities. His proposal to recognize A. blancae was presented to SACC by Remsen.
Whatever the politics, we fully agree with Donegan, in the context of the morphological differences, A. blancae may well be a species. Our rejection is not based on the reasons given in the proposal.
The clad of Atlapetes is extremely diverse meeting the eye, but less so genetically. The number of subspecies is still very much debated. In short and to quote a SACC voting member, it is a mess.
In the opinion of Planetofbirds A. blancae is statistically not feasible. We have shown the extreme complexity in the Atlapetes clad. The differentiation is almost incredible, a sedentary genus with a hugh range, disjunct populations, small differences between species and only three speciemens to show as real evidence, with no extant species currently found. No sound, no prefered habitat, just morphology in a genus this complex. Coloration should not be taken too much in account in speciation as Remsen pointed out, what else is there with just three small corpes to account for? It is found in area where peer pressure is highest in its distribution, and further species differentiation is least likely. The much searched for population still consists of three dead bodies sharing the same characteristics and which differ slightly from other species, abundantly present in the area. One speciemen differed in speculum from the other two, dismissed by Donegan that intraspecies variation in speculum is common, but on other factors (size) weakly supported. What is more likely, a species variation or a whole new species? The evidence is by (lack of) nature purely circumstantial.
In daily life, I teach digital security. A risk exists if any given threat and any vulnerability of the target to that threat is real. There is a risk of a bird species becoming extinct. The threat is unknown but several possibilities exist, habitat loss and interspecies competition are most plausible. The vulnerability is the very small population, moreover there is no extant population.
We are not challeging Donegan's claim to immortalize his lovely wife, but three speciemens? Two undated and probably found on the same location? In our opinion, any decision protocol should incorporate a preposition stating a species exists, when it is proven extant. We feel conservation resources are too limited to search for a hypothetical species. If it does not exist, there is no risk.
Tags: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED, Rarest birds in the world
Donegan's response to my copying this article on birdforum:
… "interesting" being what happens when you base your taxonomy, opinions and discussion on plates in a book rather than studying specimens or photographs. This would be better rewritten as a piece on how the HBW plates ended up converging the appearance of species which differ more in their plumage and biometrics. Maybe A. leucopterus and A. blancae could be highly diverged subspecies, who knows? But specimens actually look very little like one another, in their sizes (see further biometric data in the description) or the "kinds/shades" of greys, whites and reds which make up their plumages.
Wing and tail length for blancae average a full 10mm longer than in most leucopterus subspp, with no overlap in the samples in my study (except tail length of blancae versus and subsp paynteri). "It differs from White-winged Brush Finch A. leucopterus taxa by its longer wings and tail, darker rufous crown, more uniform grey underparts (less contrasting melanism on the flanks), lacking or reduced white wing speculum and from individuals of some subspecies in lacking black on the forehead or white patches on the head."
Hopefully someone in Colombia can develop an ancient DNA lab sufficient to sequence these one day soon. Maybe these 3 specimens are mutants, hybrids, leucistic elaeopropus or three museums are colluding to produce artifacts.
When dealing with small samples and information gaps, it is necessary to consider the most likely hypotheses. A latinuchus elaeoprorus to A blancae is a yellow/grey shift, plus some shade changes and a speculum size change, all "tweaks" exhibited multiple times between sympatric Atlapetes in the Andes. The list for leucopterus is much longer and the changes are more in number and seem more complex (particularly the very major differences in size). For A schistaceus even more so. So on the basis of parsimony, to say nothing of distributions, blancae cannot be considered likely related to A. leucopterus as we know it today. Just being tenacious.


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Offices and Services » Institutional Review Board
Guidelines for Research with Human Subjects
All research involving human or animal subjects must be evaluated for its compliance with accepted ethical principles.
All research done by Purchase College faculty, students, and staff involving human or animal subjects must be evaluated for its compliance with accepted ethical principles, as must all research conducted on members of the Purchase College community by researchers from outside of Purchase College. This document outlines the guidelines and procedure for research involving human subjects only.
Research involving human subjects must be evaluated for: (a) potential harm to subjects that may result from their participation; (b) potential benefits of the research for the subject and the community as a whole; (c) procedures used to ensure the informed and voluntary participation of research subjects; (d) procedures used to ensure the confidentiality of research subjects; (e) procedures for aftercare of research subjects when there is some potential for harm to participants resulting from their participation in the research.
Researchers are not allowed to determine whether their own research is exempt from review. Research done by students for a course, independent study, or senior project must be approved by the course instructor or faculty sponsor before data collection begins. It is the faculty member's responsibility to determine whether the proposed research meets the criteria for research exempt from review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or is subject to review by the committee. Criteria for research that is exempt from review are described below. In the case of research conducted by faculty or staff, the chair of the IRB, or an experienced reviewer designated by the committee chair, must make this determination. Research that is not exempt from review must be approved by the IRB before data collection begins.
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversees human subjects research conducted at Purchase College. The IRB is a subcommittee of the Faculty Committee on Professional Standards and Awards. As an institution receiving federal support, Purchase College must conform to the guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). OHRP guidelines stipulate that the IRB be composed of a minimum of five members, including at least one in the sciences, one outside the sciences, one who is familiar with applicable laws and regulations, and one representative of the community who is not otherwise affiliated with the college. The committee reviewing a specific proposal may also include someone with a special interest or expertise in the population under study (e.g., a student, or an expert on child development). Members of the committee may not participate in the review of their own research or research they are sponsoring; in this case, appropriate substitutes will take the place of those committee members.
The IRB has the authority to approve, disapprove, or require modifications in the methods, materials, or procedures used in research involving human subjects, and to suspend research that is not done in accordance with the approved procedures or in which unforeseen problems arise during the course of the research. In addition, the IRB is required to monitor compliance with OHRP guidelines and the recommendations of the committee.
Research Exempt from Review by the Institutional Review Board
Research done with adult participants by Purchase students, faculty, or staff that meets the following criteria is exempt from review by the IRB:
Research conducted in established or commonly accepted educational settings, involving normal educational practices, such as (a) research on regular and special education instructional strategies, or (b) research on the effectiveness of or the comparison among instructional techniques, curricula, or classroom management methods.
Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview procedures, or observation of public behavior, unless: (a) information obtained is recorded in such a manner that human subjects can be identified directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects; and (b) any disclosure of the human subjects' responses outside the research could reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging to the subjects' financial standing, employability, or reputation.
Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement) survey procedures, interview procedures, or observations of public behavior that is not exempt under paragraph (2)(b) of this section, if: (a) the human subjects are elected or appointed public officials or candidates for public office; or (b) federal statute(s) require(s) without exception that the confidentiality of the personally identifiable information will be maintained throughout the research and thereafter.
Research involving the collection or study of existing data, documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1997).
In addition, evaluation research conducted by agency heads, and taste and food quality research meeting certain guidelines are exempt from review; individuals planning to do such research are referred to the Dept. of Health and Human Services for a complete description of these guidelines. Please note that survey and interview research done with minors under the age of 18 is not exempt, nor is observational research with children if the researcher participates in the activities that are being observed.
According to current guidelines from the OHRP, investigators should not be permitted to decide for themselves whether their own research is exempt from review. Therefore, prior to beginning a study that appears to meet the criteria for research exempt from review, faculty and staff members must submit a brief description of the project to the chair of the Institutional Review Board, who will determine whether a full proposal must be reviewed by the committee. This description must explain clearly how the proposed research meets the criteria for exemption.
Research Subject to Review by the Institutional Review Board
Any research by Purchase students, faculty, or staff that does not meet the criteria for research exempt from review, and all research conducted by researchers who are not otherwise affiliated with the college and who wish to use subjects from the Purchase College community must be approved by the IRB. Research involving "minimal risk" to the subjects involved will receive an expedited review by members of the committee. Research in this category includes procedures that are not specifically exempt from review but are believed to pose little or no risk to the well-being of the research participants. Research poses minimal risk when the risk of harm to the subjects is no greater than the risk inherent in commonplace, everyday activities. All other research is subject to a full review by the IRB.
Review Procedure
The researcher must submit a brief research proposal along with a memo addressed to the chair of the IRB. The proposal must include the information shown in the Outline for Proposals to the IRB. Copies of the Statement of Informed Consent; and materials used in the research are typically needed by the committee in order to evaluate the ethical acceptability of the proposed research; additional information may also be requested. All communication with the committee should be done through the committee chair.
The principal investigator and, in the case of student research, the faculty sponsor will be notified of the committee's decision in writing. The research may be: (a) approved; (b) approved with certain modifications to the materials or procedures to be used; (c) not approved. Approval of the research is customarily given for a one-year period following the review; extensions can be granted if the research will continue beyond the approval period. The research must be carried out as described in the proposal; the researcher is obligated to notify the committee of any substantive changes in the materials or procedures after the proposal has been approved. When extension requests are made, the researcher must provide an updated protocol as well as a report of the number of participants who have been run to date and a report of any adverse events.
Procedures for Verification of Compliance and Reporting of Noncompliance
It is the obligation of the principal investigator (or faculty sponsor, where applicable) to inform the IRB of any substantive changes to the research protocol or unanticipated problems with the research that increase the risk to participants. These include unintended negative effects on the participants as well as breaches of confidentiality. In some cases, the IRB will require verification of compliance from someone other than the principal investigator or faculty sponsor. These cases include, but are not limited to, complex projects that pose greater than usual risks to participants and projects proposed by researchers who have failed to comply with approved research protocols in the past. Such projects may also be subject to approval for periods of less than one year, and so require periodic review by the IRB. In all cases, the approval period will be specified in the notice of approval provided to the investigator(s) by the IRB.
In addition, research participants, research assistants, and others who have direct knowledge of a research project may report to the IRB instances of noncompliance with the approved research protocol or unanticipated problems that occur during the conduct of the research. Statements of Informed Consent must notify the participant that any problems they encounter may be reported to the IRB and contact information for the committee chair must be provided.
When a report of noncompliance or unanticipated problems is received, the chair of the IRB will make a record of the complaint and request appropriate documentation from the individual or individuals who initiated the complaint. In cases where there is serious noncompliance with the approved research protocol or unanticipated problems that increase the risk to participants, the chair of the committee will suspend approval of the project immediately, pending a review of the complaint. All complaints of serious noncompliance or unanticipated risks to participants will be reviewed by the full membership of the IRB, who will determine whether approval of the project should be terminated. A report of the complaint and the decision of the IRB will be made to the principal investigator (and faculty sponsor, where applicable), as well as to the appropriate officer of the college (e.g., dean or provost) and the HHS Office for Human Research Protections. In cases of research funded by a federal agency, a report of the complaint will also be filed with that agency. All complaints received by the IRB will be reviewed in a timely manner and the decisions of the committee will be communicated to the investigators in writing within 30 days of receiving the initial complaint.
Contact the chair of the institutional review board below.
Kaori Germano
kaori.germano@purchase.edu
Outline for Proposals to the IRB
Research Using Animals