We recently spoke to Craig about the book and her advice for teachers. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What was your goal with this book? What led you to write it?
I've spent my whole life in public schools working with teachers trying to help them manage children that have a lot of behavioral issues. I'm also trained as a reading specialist, and it became very clear to me that a lot of children who don't learn how to read are often children who are very dysregulated, in terms of their ability to manage their behavior and emotions.
About 30 years ago I went back to school and got a PhD in sociology studying child abuse and neglect. My dissertation dealt with cognitive effects of exposure to violence on children and their ability to learn. Since that time I've been a voice in the wilderness saying we really need to pay attention to the fact that childhood adversity is a really important issue when it comes to how they succeed in school. I feel like I'm in a unique position to be able to bridge that because I know schools very well, I've worked with teachers a lot, I understand where they're coming from, and I really thought this would be important information for them to have.
Why do you think people in education are not more aware of the importance of the relationship between violence and children's cognitive development and its effect on learning?
It's because teachers haven't been invited to the table. I go to a lot of research conferences on childhood trauma and the people that are there tend to be either researchers, or sometimes mental health experts and psychologists. Even when I raise questions about why teachers aren't invited, it's like they fall back on me with "Well, teachers teach, they don't deal with mental health." My argument is that yes, teachers do teach, and one of the ways out of the effects of trauma is to help them teach in a manner that works for the brain to overcome trauma.
The effect of having all of the research on trauma be in the hands of physicians and mental health people, to the exclusion of it being transferred into the work with some of the teachers, is why there's not a greater awareness. There's no requirement in teacher-formation programs to take courses on trauma and the effects on children's development. The primary issue for policymakers is to make sure we're giving teachers the information they need on that topic before we send them into classroom placements.
What do educators need to understand about the relationship between violence and children's cognitive development?
Children exposed to violence and other types of trauma often present with behaviors that in traditional paradigms of behavioral management and discipline are explained in terms of defiance or noncompliance. The interventions that teachers have been taught to make tend to be very behaviorist, and there's a lot of use of contingency reinforcement [i.e., consequences based on behavior] in school. Teachers need to understand that that's not really what's happening when children are behaving out of a trauma experience. What's happening is that in the school environment something is triggering a reenactment of the original trauma that children may not even be aware they went through—but are implicitly accounting for in their behavior. Usually children who are acting out in school don't feel safe in some way. They may not be able to tell you that, but that's what their behavior is telling you. "There's something in this environment that is threatening me and I'm either going to fight you or I'm going to withdraw or I'm just going to freeze in place." That's where I think teachers need more help and understanding. Contingency reinforcement does not work to help regulate a child who has suffered traumatic early experiences.
Besides contingency reinforcement, what do you think is the most common mistake that administrators and teachers make in trying to address student's behavioral problems?
Sometimes teachers wind up getting caught in what in trauma literature is referred to the "reenactment triangle," where the kid pulls them into a reenactment of the early trauma. If teachers aren't trained to anticipate what the triggers might be and work around them, they might find themselves inadvertently getting caught up in a struggle with the kids—and they can get to a point when they can't control the situation and they can become very frustrated.
A lot of the traditional things we do in school, like threatening kids with things like timeouts, and a lot of exclusionary practices to get them back on track, just reinforces the image of themselves as bad. So they withdraw and it's really hard getting them back.
School systems have suffered terribly from the zero-tolerance policies that were put into place after Columbine. It's just not constructive to take legitimate authority away from school administrators by criminalizing behavior that, when I went to school, people at school dealt with. That authority in many places has been taken over by representatives of the criminal justice system which is a much more criminative response. So what schools don't do well at this point is partly because of policies that were passed.
I worked with one principal for about 20 years and he spent most of his day every day calling aside kids that were kind of out of sorts and working with them to create a plan to do better. That's what adults do with children. They observe behaviors that are not beneficial to the child and they work with them to find a way to do it better or differently so that the outcome is better for the child. I don't think people set out to make an environment unsafe for children, I think that they're often times misdirected and the zero tolerance stuff really was the bad turn that we've now made a lot of efforts to correct.
So say teachers were trained on what to do, they've created this safe environment, there's no zero-tolerance policy, etc. What can teachers and administrators do if the techniques and approaches you recommend aren't enough?
That's where the need for a team and collaboration with community resources really comes in. There will be some children who at least for short periods of time require more intense intervention than a class and teacher is capable of giving. But the role of the teacher at that place is to continue to be the ongoing support of the child in the classroom working with the mental health person to extend intervention back into the classroom. Most of the time most kids can be managed well, but when there are flare-ups–and there will be flare-ups–you need a team you can fall back on. It's a rare event, but I've certainly been in situations where children have had to go to the hospital to be evaluated for mental health. It then becomes the school's role to be the welcoming back place for the child. The role of the teacher and administrator at that point becomes facilitating the reintegration of the child back into the school community as a respected member. In the rare situations when things do fall apart, you need help and you need the established collaboration between other helpers and the school to make that work.
On this path toward a school-improvement reform through a trauma-sensitive lens, what is the most effective way to begin?
I think the most effective way to begin is to really work at the district level first and then eventually at the school level to create and sustain a real vision of what we're talking about. You can't just sit down and say "OK, next week we're going to be a trauma- sensitive school." There has to be a lot of professional development, and helping people understand the neurobiology of trauma. From there you begin to slowly tilt instruction toward trauma sensitive interventions using what they already do.
People need ongoing professional development, an inclusive leadership style that makes them feel like they're working with the principal to facilitate the change, and probably a lot of conversation. This needs to be seen as something that integrated into other best practices rather than an add-on.
What are the most significant challenges and how can educators succeed in overcoming them in a transition to a trauma-sensitive school?
People don't really want to know how bad children's lives are—and so those of us who work with children all the time tend to create "buffers." Overcoming people's denial about the role trauma plays in children's lives is hard. It's made even more difficult by the fact that it's a very big pill to swallow to think that the problem that children are having may have been caused by their caregiver's behavior toward them. That's really hard for people who love kids to accept. There's a challenge there to give people a framework to absorb that and then know what to do.
The second thing is getting people to change their minds about the best ways to practice classroom management and discipline. We're very ingrained in a behaviorist orientation which holds that children will work for rewards or they'll work to avoid punishments. That all assumes that there's a level of motivation that's very conscious in children, but for kids that have been traumatized, most of their problems are stemming from a part of their brain that was developed before they could talk.
Another challenge is giving teachers enough information and support to avoid being traumatized themselves by their over-exposure to the trauma children. It's a very serious mental health issue that can come up for people that work with traumatized populations. I don't think we do enough to help teachers recognize that and get the support they need to avoid having their own mental health compromised because of how stressed they are by the lives of the kids they're working with.
You emphasize that building trauma-sensitivity in schools requires a whole-school approach. Why is that? Can't individual teachers take steps on their own?
There are several reasons. One is policy and procedural issues. They have to be schoolwide. You can't have one person at the end of the hall telling a child one thing and then have a different set of expectations on the other end, because it creates a lot of confusion and it underscores the predictably and the consistency kids with early trauma really need. Unless it's a school wide program, and has a lot of leadership from the administrator, it's going to fragment over time. It might work initially but you want to be able to sustain the changes you're making and that requires collaboration across different teachers and with the administration.
You've touched on what policymakers can do earlier, and in the book you explain a lot of what teachers and school administrators can do to better address effects of trauma on students. What can the greater community, the average citizen do?
We really need to raise a consciousness in people about how serious the issues are for children. Building awareness is a really important thing that people in the community can do and integrating some support to families–however that can happen, either through child care or through outreach to families and disseminating information about the neurology of the brain. We need to talk it up.
The recent video of a Student Resource Officer dragging a high school student across her classroom floor is a stunning example of the growing tendency to criminalize the misconduct of children and youth in public schools. Since the 1990s this blurring of the lines between school discipline and legal intervention has led to the incarceration of students who do not (or cannot) conform to the social, behavioral, or academic demands of school. In many cases, these are youngsters with histories of early adversity or trauma. Their frequent suspension or expulsion from educational environments denies them access to the instructional experiences and adult guidance they need to develop the resilience necessary to overcome a difficult past.
When schools defer to law enforcement, they abdicate their responsibility to shape the behavior of children and youth. Self-regulation and impulse control develop within a social context that relies on collaboration with adults committed to teaching the next generation the skills they need to achieve social and academic success. Coercion and threats do nothing to encourage this process. Rather, they serve as reinforcements of the helplessness and reactive behaviors that are detrimental to the learning process.
It's time for adults to view the disruptive and self-destructive behaviors of minors through a trauma-sensitive lens. This requires recognizing common "triggers" in the school environment and knowing how to de-escalate students' reactions to them. These include violations of physical space, changes in routine, confusion about expectations, and the similarities between parent/teacher roles.
Attention is often drawn to the cognitive distortions of "disturbed" children and youth. Perhaps it's time to attend more to the cognitive distortions of those charged with caring for them. Chief among them is the belief that students' failure to comply signifies defiance rather than poor emotional regulation and behavioral control.
Increased force is not the answer to promoting safety and cooperation within schools. Instead, educators need to take back their responsibility to teach age appropriate behaviors and self-regulation. This will require above average ability for self-monitoring and managing one's own emotions when engaging difficult students. But the benefits far exceed the risks. These include providing access to educational opportunities to children and youth who are currently disenfranchised by the criminalization of their behavior.
Check out Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Learning Communities Transforming Children's Lives. Available in November from Teachers College Press.
It makes sense that knowing how to access available resources makes even the most difficult situations easier to manage. Unfortunately it's a skill that many children with histories of early trauma lack. Their perception of the world as a frightening, hostile place limits their ability to seek out help or support. In their minds, asking for help is shameful, a further indication that they are incompetent or vulnerable.
Trauma-sensitive environments make a conscious effort to model help seeking behaviors. Adults use the sports casting strategy to demonstrate how they rely on others to solve problems or contribute to their quality of life. For example, when trying to move a heavy object, the adult may say: "I'm going to ask Marcy to help me with this. She's got great upper body strength." Or, the adult might say "I felt cranky this morning because I didn't get enough sleep. So I stopped by to see my friend Michael. I knew he would know just what to say to make me feel better".
The next step is asking children to take on a helper role. "Joshua, I noticed you are a whiz when it comes to downloading music. Can you show me how you do it? I just can't seem to master that skill." The goal is to shift children's perception of help seeking behavior as a sign of weakness to a sign of good problem solving behavior.
Service learning is another strategy used in trauma-sensitive environments to change children's perceptions of help seeking behaviors. Participation in volunteer activities, community food drives, even recycling projects expand children's perception of themselves to include the ability to serve as a resource to others. Feedback from recipients of thanking children for their contributions, introduces them to the interconnections that characterize all human relationships.
Use ecological assessments of the environments children frequent on a daily basis to increase their awareness of who the "helpers" are in each setting. An ecological assessment is a structured observation with the goal of increasing children's understanding of the roles played by various adults, and the resources they can provide access to. For example, a librarian can't provide an ice pack for a sore knee, but the school nurse can. Mom can't make cupcakes for the neighborhood party because she gets home to late from work. But Dad can because he gets home earlier.
Used together, these strategies help children correct the misperceptions they have of help seeking behaviors, expand their world view to include a better understanding of the interconnectedness between themselves and others, and eventually learn to access resources on their own.
The lead up to the Winter Olympics was marred by fears of terrorism. Security measures threatened to stifle the games traditional atmosphere of congeniality and good sportsmanship.
But once the events began, the energy and enthusiasm of the athletes obscured any lurking danger. Their talent is astounding, as is their ability to remain calm and attentive to their goals. It's as though they've achieved what one author refers to as "ferocious equanimity" (Bergland, 2013). They display a near perfect combination of physical exertion and inner calm.
This is due in part to their higher than average vagal tone index. Never heard of VTI? It's a measure of how well the vagus nerve is performing. That's the nerve that runs the length of the body, and facilitates communication between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. It helps interpret incoming data, balancing the sympathetic system's urge to "fight, flight or freeze" with the parasympathetic system's urge to "rest and digest". This sets the stage for optimal performance, as well as feelings of mental and physical well-being.
Children with early trauma histories often have a lower than average VTI. Their heightened sense of danger makes it difficult for them to process incoming data correctly. They either overreact, making it difficult for them to maintain focus; or they withdraw, unable to tolerate even the slightest criticism or failure.
• Teach children how to breathe. Show them how to tap the power of the vagus nerve to create calm on demand by taking a few deep breaths, and savoring the release of a long exhalation.
• Provide children with opportunities for aerobic exercise every day. Exercise increases oxygen in the blood, reduces heart rate, and releases neurotransmitters that relax the body and the mind.
• Sing every day. Music lifts the spirit and soothes the arousal of the sympathetic nervous system.
• Tell children about their vagus nerve and encourage them to tap into its ability to reduce stress.
For readers, there's nothing more comforting than a good book. It's like visiting an old friend.
Especially if the author is familiar.
That's why series like Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries, and Janet Evanovich's number books, are so popular. Each new volume follows a familiar format that allows readers to interpret new story lines by referring back to earlier ones. It's the repetition that makes them work.
Like good novels, children's personal narratives need a solid, repetitive structure. Repetition binds their story together. It places it within a network of relationships that are predictable and safe.
Identifying with family stories helps children learn who they are, and to whom they belong. New experiences are evaluated through the lens of time shared together. Meaning is constructed within the context of what has gone before.
Trauma shreds the fabric of a child's family story. It's as though he's been ripped from its pages.
Alone in the world, traumatized children lack a context, a pattern they can fall back on. Their narratives are interrupted, leaving them vulnerable and disconnected.
Repairing the damage is serious business. It requires adults to intentionally create opportunities for children to connect with themselves and those around them.
With enough repetition, these "episodes of belonging" help children rework the tragedy of their past – an important step in writing the on-going story of their lives.
Display pictures of children with friends and family members.
Write children "thank you" notes, acknowledging something special you noticed them doing for someone else.
Take time every day to tell children how much you like them and enjoy being around them.
Learn as much as you can about children's personal preferences.
Make a list of children's favorite things to do. Get in the habit of doing some of these together.
Talking to children is a pretty active sport. It involves so much more than the content being conveyed. When an adult names a child "a great poet" or "mathematical wiz" the chances of those traits becoming part of the child's identity go up. Why? Because an adult's choice of words is powerful. Words shape children's perception of themselves, and offers important information about the nature of the adult-child relationship.
The right choice of words creates an environment where children tell stories in which they are powerful protagonists. With each story told they grow more certain of their ability to meet everyday challenges. This self-confidence is an important resource for all children, particularly those whose lives are stressful or filled with adversity. It encourages them to think strategically, and find new ways to solve problems. They become less likely to give up easily, and as a result often show marked improvement in academic tasks.
For more information about how to arrange for children to tell you stories of personal agency and control, check out the book Choice Words by Peter Johnston (2004). It's a must read for anyone working in trauma-sensitive schools.
It's that time of year again. The long awaited first day of school. Five year olds everywhere are bracing themselves for their new lives as students. Most of them are well prepared for school. Others are not. Although they all have the same dreams, many face greater challenges as they strive for academic and social competence.
Insuring success for all requires schools to take a hard look at the adversity faced by many children, and create classroom environments to meet their needs. A good place to start is with professional development. The more teachers and administrators know about the brain's plasticity, the easier it will be for them to interact with students in a manner that "trains the brain" to override the impulsivity of the limbic system, and rely more on higher order thinking.
Overriding the impulsivity of the limbic system is never easy, especially for children who suffer from a state of hyper-arousal caused by changes in their brain's architecture brought on by stress. A trauma-sensitive approach to their instruction includes frequent reassurances about their safety, predictable routines, clear rules, and dependable support.
Use of instructional designs like differentiated instruction and dialogic reading are other ways to foster a trauma-sensitive approach. Both encourage meaningful conversation, choice-making and self-reflection- all important for strengthening the neural pathways required for problem-solving and self-regulation.
Like all good teaching, trauma-sensitive instruction relies on the relationships adults create with children. Staff working with traumatized children need good self-monitoring skills themselves, as well as a willingness to do what it takes to remain calm and emotionally available.
The American Bar Association is having its 3rd Annual Parents Attorneys Conference this week in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meetings is to improve the skills needed to represent court-involved children and youth. This year a full day is devoted to addressing the effects of exposure to multiple forms of victimization and trauma on this population. Experts from around the country will be discussing topics that include the effects of trauma on children and youth, trauma-focused assessment and treatment, legal implications of trauma, and integrating trauma information into everyday practice.
I'm a member of the panel discussing Integrating Trauma Information into Daily Legal Practice. I'll be sharing ideas about how best to communicate with clients whose history includes victimization and trauma. Others on the panel will share strategies for using trauma-informed information to secure appropriate treatment for clients, and how to apply models of trauma-informed legal advocacy in dependency and delinquency cases.
• Avoid direct confrontation. Court-involved children and youth often display what appear to be defiant or incorrigible behaviors. The authority of your role may trigger these reactions. Know how to use redirection, de-escalation, and stress management techniques to help clients stay focused and cooperative.
• Know the source of the behavior. Traumatic memories are different than memories embedded in words. They are nonverbal and sensory in nature. They are experienced in the body, not the mind. The feelings of threat are real. Breaking their hold on clients can only be achieved by uncoupling the feelings of the past from the reality of the present situation. Frequent reminders of the differences between past and present levels of threat, as well as availability of resources, helps clients control and manage the "tyranny of their midbrain".
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Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp. (MBC.L,MSBHY.PK) reported Friday higher profit in its first half, with significantly higher revenues. Further, the company raised its forecast for fiscal 2019 attributable profit.
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In the Market-related sector, net income increased due to higher operating income in the Australian coal business, etc.
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In Japan, Mitsubishi shares settled on Friday at 3,209 yen, up 1.84 percent.


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~ The Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings Of All Time: #20 – #11 ~
Anime openings… it's only a short minute and a half long, but it gives us just that little glimpse of the big picture. The stories, the characters and the overall feel of the anime series can be presented so well (and entertainingly) in a minute and a half. Us anime watchers love those anime openings; whether it's listening to the song, watching the animation sequence, or in most cases: both! Some anime openings are better than others in more than many ways… but which are the best of the best?
Well, here it is! The Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings Of All Time as chosen by you! The anime lovers, fans and fanatics of the online wonderland!
I've been collecting votes for about 2 months, and the feedback was extraordinary.
In a little under 2 months, we managed to collect a whopping 3473 VOTES!
That's truly amazing! And I thank each and every one of you that voted! Thanks to you guys, I managed to create a list that truly separated the good openings from the epic openings.
Although I had absolutely no part in this list, it seems that my anime-music sense was spot on with the rest of the community; most of my favourite's obtaining a spot in the top 100.
Well… without further ado, let's start presenting the Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings of All Time!
I have spit the list into a number of parts (to gain a little tension effect) so for this post, here is #20 to #11 in the Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings of All Time!
#20. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni OP – "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Shimamiya Eiko
To open up the Top 20, we have an open that introduced us to possibly one of the most horrific and disturbing anime series ever written. If you've never seen any of the Higurashi series yet, this is a series that will definitely test your sanity by the end of it. But this OP is just so creepy and strange that it fits the series too damn well. If it wasn't for this OP we wouldn't have a calm mind before the episodes started, and that would've lead to problems.
#19. Bleach OP 6 – "ALONES" by Aqua Timez
And of course, this list wouldn't be complete without some Bleach OP's, right? I mean, everybody loves Bleach (while it was still good, that is) and I think personally, this is the last good OP from Bleach. I just the intro bit how the lead singer of the song and Kon's singing matches so well. It's hilarious. Overall, good OP.
#18. Bleach OP 3 – "Ichirin no Hana" by High and Mighty Color
Aaaaaaaannnd here's another Bleach OP. Just a note of warning, you will start to see a lot more "mainstream anime" OP's than before. But don't complain to me; you're the ones that chose these OP's, not me. I personally didn't really like this OP that much, but I guess I was the 1% that thought so since this got to #18.
#17. Naruto OP 4 – "GO!!!" by FLOW
Of course, straight after Bleach, we have yet another mainstream anime OP, this time from Naruto. But the difference is, I really like this OP. It wasn't the best Naruto OP (as you'll see later on) but I think I understand why it got placed at #17. And just to clarify, many people think the song is called "Fighting Dreamers", but the official title of the song is "GO!!!".
#16. Naruto Shippudden OP 1 – "Hero's Come Back!!" by nobodyknows+
This time, we have NOT Naruto, but Naruto Shippudden! But I'm not gonna flame on mainstream anime in this one. Why? Because this song is too f**king epic to flame on. I think out of all the Naruto and Naruto Shippudden OP's, this one was BY FAR the best one (I even explain why in my post "Top 10 Anime Songs That I Personally Can't Stop Listening To"). Awesome song with awesome OP animation.
#15. Samurai Champloo OP – "Battlecry" by Nujabes feat. SHINGO2
Does this OP really need an explanation? Seriously, everybody who has watched this series knows why exactly this OP is #15 on this list. You can go as far as to say that this OP is what made Samurai Champloo what it is today: an amazing cult series (you could also say that the ED also did the same thing). I'm so very happy this OP made it this far up the list.
#14. Naruto OP 2 – "Haruka Kanata" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Aaaaaand we go right back to some more Naruto. But the difference is that this time, it's a song by that one band that everybody likes; of course I'm talking about Asian Kung-Fu Generation. I don't know why, but Asian Kung-Fu Generation has this strange power of getting their songs stuck in your head and never go away. Great OP.
#13. Ouran High School Host Club OP – "Sakura Kiss" by Kawabe Chieko
Now I might get a lot of hate when I say this but… am I the only one that didn't really find this anime that good? I'm being 100% serious by the way; I watched the entire series but it definitely wasn't as good as a lot of people said it was. I found it quite similar to the series "Hana Yori Dango", which I preferred than this one. But I will admit the OP was very addicting. So yeah, end of story.
#12. Death Note OP 1 – "The World" by Nightmare
Here's another cult anime classic that everybody has most likely watched. I think this anime was very powerful for a number of reasons and that's why it did so well. Many people claim this series to be the "king of psychological horror" (although I personally don't agree). But one thing I do agree on is that this OP was very good and deserves this spot on the list.
#11. Lucky Star OP – "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" by Hirano Aya, Katō Emiri, Fukuhara Kaori, and Endo Aya
And just missing out on the Top 10 is this awesome epic super-high-energy OP from "the greatest slice-of-life series" Lucky Star. It was probably most famous for being one of the few anime OP's that nobody could sing along to (except for a few of those that listened to it a million times and ended up being able to in the end, such as myself). The funny thing about this OP is that it's so high-energy and yet the series itself is the most layed back slice-of-life that you've ever seen. So well done Lucky Star. You will always remain in my heart.
And there we have it! That was #20 – #11 in The Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings Of All Time!
And finally, we are left with Top 10 on the list! This is going to get intense!
Stay tuned! 🙂
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4 thoughts on "The Top 100 Greatest Anime Openings Of All Time: #20 – #11"
Girly Girl August 10, 2013 at 5:24 PM
Yeay! Ouran and Lucky Star in top 20!! ~
MrR May 11, 2014 at 2:38 PM
Asian Kung-Fu Generation is like the Michael Jordan of "Anime music" artists.
Shana May 24, 2014 at 8:10 AM
I love this absolutely! The only thing I'm a bit disappointed at is that not even the OP from Hunter x Hunter or one of the OP's from Fairy Tail made it.
That1AnimeGuy July 22, 2014 at 11:04 AM
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Actually UCLA has won 104 NCAA titles.
Presently, UCLA, Stanford and Southern California have the most NCAA championships; UCLA holds the most, winning a combined 107 team championships in men's and women's sports, with Southern California and Stanford coming in second with 99.
During the 2008-09 school year, the Pac-10 conference captured 11 NCAA titles, outstripping any other conference. It was followed by the ACC and Big Ten with five championships, and by the Big 12 and SEC conferences with four each.
The NCAA currently awards 87 national championships yearly; 44 women's, 40 men's, and three coed championships where men and women compete together (Fencing, Rifle, and Skiing). For every NCAA sanctioned sport other than Division I FBS football, the NCAA awards wooden trophies with gold, silver, and bronze plating for the first, second, and third place teams respectively; similar to the Olympics.
Now add 1 to UCLA and 11 to USC and 2 to Stanford for football…what are the results? and how many of those 1 FB championships was Neuheisel part of?
Although the UCLA Website boasts only 104. Darn wikipedia!


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El Velòdrom de Son Taiet (o de Can Massot) era una instal·lació dedicada al ciclisme en pista a l'aire lliure d'Artà (Mallorca, Illes Balears, Espanya), existent entre 1926 i 1941. Va ser la primera pista ciclista existent a la localitat. Fou succeïda més endavant per Sa Pista (1957-1963).

La pista fou inaugurada el 17 d'octubre de 1926. L'esdeveniment més important va ser la celebració del Campionat de Balears de fons de 1932, que a més fou guanyat per l'ídol local Bartomeu Flaquer Carrió. A més va acollir diversos campionats per a principiants, entre moltes altres proves. Va deixar de funcionar després de 1941.

A la pista hi va perdre la vida el corredor Joan Aloy Frau, el 9 de juny de 1929.

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 Campionat de Balears de fons: 1932.

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Public Transit in LA
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November 20, 2014 Leave a commentAES PublicationsBy Shant Minas
This article I wrote was published recently in LA Times local papers. it doesn't pertain to geology directly, but certainly worth a look:
Population densities in the Southland have increased dramatically over the last generation, and are slated to multiply further as large apartment structures go up across the city to meet the renewed demand for housing in urban centers. Meanwhile, the city is already mired by traffic congestion as it is. What steps are being taken to mitigate the certain adverse impacts when these thousands of additional apartment units are occupied?
There is only one real solution: fast-track construction of rapid public transit in the form of light rail and subway lines to complement existing roadways.
Here in Southern California, unfortunately, this is a pipe dream. Existing, approved and funded projects in the most congested core of L.A. are sidelined due to NIMBY-ism, lawsuits by the rich and insular, and red tape (think Purple Line extension through Beverly Hills).
Instead, our transportation leaders prefer half-baked measures like adding one lane to the Santa Monica (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass and to the Golden State (5) Freeway in Burbank, at the cost of billions and significant hardship. These projects have taken six years and neither is done by a long shot. And what benefit is one additional lane going to make?
Instead of the ghastly mountain grading for the one-lane 405 expansion, they could drill a tunnel and connect the valley in Sherman Oaks to the city in Westwood with a subway line. Worsening traffic through the tri-cities area could be alleviated with a light rail/subway connecting the MTA Universal City station to the Gold Line in Pasadena.
I had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Seattle and Vancouver earlier this year. All three of these major Pacific Coast cities, all of them significantly smaller and younger than Los Angeles, have respectable, recently built mass-transit systems and dedicated bicycle lanes. You can get to the core of each city from the airport with a subway or light rail system. They have evolved, and their public transit systems have more or less kept pace with the demand for mobility and transit.
It is a tragedy and a travesty that the second largest metropolitan area in the U.S. still has a public transport system of a third-world city with potholed streets, choked freeways and lethargic buses. Meanwhile our laws have become so intransigent so as to allow uber-rich insular groups to hold up public transit projects for decades to protect their narrow self-interests.
A proper transit system would benefit the vast majority of citizens, improve air quality and even help reduce climate change. Instead, we each waste hundreds of hours a year in traffic, with accompanying road rage, less quality time at home, billions in lost productivity, and billions more in healthcare costs.
Since the late 1940s when they allowed the pre-existing Pacific Electric rail lines across the whole county to be ripped out so GM and Ford could sell more cars, our leadership has failed us on this most important subject, over and over again. We citizens must rise up and challenge them to fast-track approval of major light-rail and subway projects, or else we are going to continue to suffer in choking traffic, worsening air pollution, and poorer quality of life for us all.
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Just finished Phase 1 work on an Android interface for a detection device commonly used in the building industry.
The device currently logs scan results every second and holds these locally for Bluetooth download to a PC at a later date. But of course if it's got Bluetooth, we can access all that data on a smartphone! So the Phase 1 work was to create an Android interface to pair with the device and download log files so they can be shared or emailed from out in the field.
Sounds simple, but we had to tackle some quite niggly issues with maintaining and restoring the Bluetooth connection. Also the device can hold tens of thousands of log files, but its own software takes 0.2 seconds to search for and access each one… so how do you find and download ranges of log files without it taking half an hour plus? The answer was to create a nifty little binary search to pinpoint the required logs in the minimum time. Watch this space for updates on the next phase of work…
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There is no denying that the highly awaited Acer Liquid e is coming to Rogers, but now we're treated with the news of its contract pricing. Thanks to a leaked internal inventory screen shot, the Android 2.1 powered Acer Liquid e is looking to land in at $79.99 with a 3-year agreement – which is looking to be a decent catch for starters. However, it's being rumored that we could see the final price, once it's officially revealed, to tally in somewhere between $49.99 and $79.99 on contract – surely it wouldn't be too difficult for this to sell like hotcakes if it's priced at $49.99. Not to be outdone by those decent prices, future owners could just dish out a reasonable $350 to get the smartphone without any required contract commitments. Still, we're in the dark as to a concrete release date for the handset, but it shouldn't be too far off in the distance now.


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"The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them.
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Grief Tending | Ritual
How might it feel for the most vulnerable, tender, emotional parts of yourself to not only be seen and held, but actively welcomed and celebrated?
This is a heartening co-created community ritual where the collective outpouring of grief and sorrow serves everyone. From the first time I encountered a ritual like this, building on the work of the sharing circles I hold, I have felt a strong calling to offer this for others, to hold deeply trusting space where the vulnerability of each of our lives can truly be shared.
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since 2009, when clinical depression meant I could keep my tears hidden no longer. Since then I have written about grief, learned about grief, encouraged other people to grieve, asked people about grief and felt deeply grateful for and trusting of grief.
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"I felt creative and soothed after it... Very powerful and heartwarming" - A, 2019
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"I found it extremely humbling and caring and supporting and so loving.. I have been unable to process my grief due to complications for two years and managed in the ritual to heal at some level.. I came away with deep gratitude. The following day and also for this week I have accessed peace and lightness and also a sense of humour and emotions that left when [my partner] died. So thankyou very much for the experience and for being heard and held and loved" - A, 2019
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Grief circles are also held in Bruton, Somerset, by Isla Macleod: www.islamacleod.com
and in Frome by Lisbet Michelson: http://www.lisbetmichelsen.co.uk/grief-tending-circles.html
Our ritual space provides a gentle non-judgemental holding for sharing what's on your heart at whatever level you feel comfortable; maybe sadness, maybe outrage, numbness, regret. Grief can also often look like a 'humorous' mask of saying that you're 'fine'. We then offer an opportunity to fully express the emotions that need to move through you and be released, supported by simple powerful sound and movement.
Previous participants often mention the safety of the space. If there's any small urge inside you to attend this, we encourage you to listen to it and take this opportunity for dedication to yourself, to connection, to community.
To provide a real depth of holding, my main co-facilitator has been Dave Bevan - who works with Jewels Wingfield.
We have an open intention for this ritual to continue to evolve, to be a Frome ritual, rather than from any other place or people. If you have any desire to bring an expression of yourself through into this ritual, please do speak up because our approach is collaborative. For example, if you'd enjoy creating simple songs or chants, if you'd enjoy creating visual artwork, if you'd enjoy contributing with food or music or readings or any other element that could fit into the grief framework, there is likely to be a space for your creativity to belong!
Teachings about grief ritual have been brought to the West in recent years by the late Sobonfu Somé, from the Dagara people of Burkino Faso in West Africa. There, grief ritual is performed regularly by the whole tribe to continue clearing that energy through, as a life-affirming release for the whole community.
The song from that tradition, which we may sing, is simple yet sacred and deeply powerful – it is not to be sung in any circumstances other than during held grief ritual. It calls on both the feminine and masculine lines of support and holding, and represents joy and connectedness, the resourcefulness of village, of elders, of helpful ancestors, of nature. The inflection breaks up the energy & lifts, so that the energy doesn't stagnate but continues to flow.
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Sergeant Burr and the Snow Brigade
November 19, 2020 Jordan Ricks
The Snow Brigade Takes on the Secret Heated Driveway Fortress
A thick cloud of white specs began falling from the grey sky. "Alright!" the gruff sergeant bellowed. "Listen up you bunch of snowflakes! We've got a job to do and we're gonna do it!" Sergeant Burr studied the troops as they drifted down in the cold breeze.
"Our mission is to harass those two-legged monstrosities down there and bring their travel plans to a halt. Got that? We are to secure the driveway and keep them confined to their house. Make all exit points dangerous and impassible. We will impede all manner of travel, whether it's by foot or vehicle. Do you understand?"
"Sir, yes sir!" the group yelled in unison.
"Alright then, when you land on that driveway tighten up your ranks and hold your ground. I'll be taking the high ground by the wintergreen pansies to supervise the operation. I'll be there with you guys, fighting alongside you."
Sergeant Burr, leader of the Snowflake Battalion.
"Um Sergeant Burr, sir?" one timid private stepped forward.
"What's on your mind, son?"
"Uh, yes sir, I uh, I heard that some of these places are installing heated driveways that pretty much vaporize entire battalions of snowflakes like us. How do we know they don't have any weapons of mass melting down there?"
"Because our intelligence reports didn't say anything about radiant heat!" the sergeant yelled. "Now, enough with those crazy thoughts. Look down there! That driveway and sidewalk look the same as all the others, right?
"Um, yes sir."
"Alright! So stop worrying. We're going to use the element of surprise and bury 'em before they can yell 'Grandma busted her hip'. Got that?"
"Yeah-yes sir," the snowflake sheepishly resigned and slipped back into rank.
"Dude," the soldier next to him muttered. "Ya just gotta think positive man. Like, imagine the driveway down there is totally chill, man. It's just a frigid slab of cement waiting for us icy-cool dudes to drift on down and cover up. Positive thinking man, positive thinking. Believe it will be ice cold and it will be ice cold."
"Well okay, sure," the wary private said with a raised eyebrow, while distancing himself from the soldier.
"The rest of you snowflakes," Sergeant Burr continued, "stop worrying about some super radiant heat monster and focus on your assignments. The first wave is to cover the surface and link up. Provide a thin sheet of ice so the next waves can pile on top to pack you down and hide you. You'll be the tip of the spear; the secret slick surface that will bring down any of those two-legged mammals who dare to step outside."
"What about the four-legged ones?" a soldier asked.
"We don't care about them. They don't have as far to go when they drop. It's those bipedal ones that are a lot more fun to watch when they slip and go down," the sergeant said with a devilish grin. "Now let's go down there and have some fun."
The group descended closer and closer to the ground. The brown lawns and leafless trees were beginning to be overcome by the white army, but the driveway remained defiant.
"Man, I don't like the looks of this," the timid private said to a fellow paratrooper.
"Yeah," came the reply. "That doesn't look right."
"No talking in the ranks!" the sergeant howled. He raised his hand slowly and then threw it down to his side. "Okay, first wave, hit the ground! Go, go, go!"
The blanket of snowflakes fell onto the concrete, but shrieks and screams filled the air. The snowflakes were gone. They disappeared. One after another the snowflakes hit the pavement before letting out a yelp and trickling away. The snow was disarmed, turning into little droplets that drained down the driveway and into the gutter.
The timid private was now nothing more than a small drop of water. He recognized the droplet next to him and gave him a hard nudge. "Positive thinking, aye? Just think it will be ice cold and it will be ice cold, aye? Pfft. Positive thinking, my lilly white icicle!"
"Yeah man. Like, total bummer," came the reply.
But some of the first snowflakes to hit the driveway didn't even make it to the water stage. Like the private said, the snowflakes were vaporized, where they drifted slowly back up to the sky.
"C'mon!" the stubborn sergeant hollered. "Waves two and three. Hit 'em hard!"
But with each company of snowflakes the results were the same. The icy soldiers were nullified the second they hit the ground.
"Sarge!" a platoon leader yelled. "We can't break through. It's too hot down there. The driveway is fortified with radiant heat! We don't stand a chance."
The stubborn Sergeant only grew more desperate. "We . . . we gotta. Um," he stammered and thought for a moment. Maybe it's not a Warmzone heated driveway. Maybe we can overwhelm it.
"Everybody! he yelled. "We need a full frontal assault. We'll overwhelm the driveway with sheer numbers!"
"But Sarge!"
"That's an order," the sergeant screamed. "Everyone to the driveway! It's our only chance." He called for reinforcements.
The sky grew white and thick sheets of snow descended. Snowflake after snowflake hit the ground, but no one could establish a foothold. It was impossible. Even when reinforcements that doubled the size of the assault force arrived, they could make no headway. Snow piled up on the ground next to the driveway, but the troops on the lawn could only watch in horror as their comrades fell to their doom.
The scene of the great 'Snowflake Massacre,' also referred to as Burr's Last Stand.
"It's a massacre," one resigned.
Still the sergeant continued to bark his attack orders.
"That dude's a lunatic," a snowflake on the edge of the driveway remarked as he watched the sergeant scream his orders.
"He's a cold-hearted dude," a soldier observed.
"Yeah, got ice in his veins," came a reply.
"He's got ice in his brain!" another injected, shaking his head. "There's nothing you can do against a heated driveway. It's hopeless!"
"Yeah," the soldiers agreed. "I reckon Sarge's brain is melting. Poor guy has gone bananas."
"I'm glad we landed here on the grass. Those heated driveways are murder on snow."
The battle raged for over two hours, but when the final troops descended from the sky, the driveway and front sidewalk were completely dry. There was no trace of a battle. A foot of snow buried the surrounding landscape, but the pavement remained clear. Sergeant Burr hugged his knees and rocked back and forth. His eyes stared blankly ahead as he repeatedly muttered, "It's a heated driveway. How could I know? It's a heated driveway . . . "
His soldiers tried to console him, but it was hopeless.
"C'mon Sarge," the medics lifted him onto a stretcher. "It's all over now."
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Barbara Picower is President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the JPB Foundation. JPB's mission is to enhance the quality of life in the United States through transformational initiatives that promote the health of our communities. JPB's program areas include poverty, specifically in the areas of health and chronic disease, economic opportunity, and democracy; medical research, specifically, collaborative consortiums of scientists investigating Diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, as well as brain research on learning and memory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); and the environment, by enabling healthy and resilient communities. JPB's values include an evidence-based approach focused on impact, intelligent risk-taking, and addressing challenges of poverty at the root cause level. JPB pursues funding that is highly strategic by working with nonprofits and other funders to collaborate, coordinate, and leverage resources to achieve maximum impact. Ms. Picower serves on The Dean's Advisory Board of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The Academies' Roundtable on Obesity Solutions; Board of Directors of Living Cities and the Advisory Board of the Bridgespan Institute. Ms. Picower earned her B.A. in Political Science from Hofstra University in 1964, and holds a Master of Arts Degree in History and Secondary Education, and a Master of Science Degree in Nutrition, both from New York University.


It's in your interest to get a vehicle insurance quote as soon as possible after buying a new or secondhand car.
Insuring a car is protecting yourself in case something happens to the car, and there are many things that can happen to a car.
Your car risks theft, damage in a robbery attempt or a write-off in an accident. Fire can destroy it, floods can damage it and other types of natural disaster can occur.
No one wishes for such events but in case they do happen, you want to be sure that you will be able to repair the car or replace it.
After buying the car you will want to make sure you don't lose your investment in one wrong turn.
This is where you need the help of insurance companies.
You pay them a small amount of money every month called a premium. And if one of the risks happens, they will pay you the agreed value.
The first step in deciding which insurance company to go for is to get a vehicle insurance quote from them and the best way to do this is through the Internet.
Simply open Google and type online insurance quotes or online car insurance quotes. A vehicle insurance quote will tell you the amount of money you will pay as premiums to the insurance company.
There are three types of vehicle insurance. And what you can afford in premiums will help you to know the type of risk you can afford.
Based on your information one of three types of insurance for cars will come up detailing what you will get for that premium.
This type of insurance usually has the lowest vehicle insurance quote. This is because it covers the least amount of risk. It covers the other party in an accident that you cause — those who incur injuries or who suffer loss.
You will not receive compensation for damage to your car. You will have to do the repairs yourself.
This kind of insurance will compensate you if fire damages your car. In some cases if the car is destroyed by floods or any other type of natural disaster you will also be compensated.
If your car is stolen or damaged in an attempted robbery you will be compensated. It also caters for loss to other people if you cause an accident. It covers much more risk than third party hence has a higher vehicle insurance quote.
While some companies do not offer third party and third party, fire and theft, most car insurance in South Africa is comprehensive. When it comes to car insurance quotes, it is best you ask for this one.
This is because it covers all types of risk. When you are looking at vehicle insurance quotes you will find it is the most recommended.
So if you are still undecided about a vehicle insurance quote – look at the picture again!


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After Nightfall // Banner, A.J.
Tear Me Apart // Ellison, J.T.
When You Can't Stop // Hall, James W.
Field of Bones // Jance, J.A.
Promises and Primroses // Kilpack, Josi S.
Let Me Be Like Water // Perry, S.K.
Leverage in Death // Robb, J.D.


Billingham Choral Society is singing the praises of the Evening Gazette's Wish campaign.
The group's Margaret Pringle said: "Before the Wish tokens started we struggled to survive with very little funding.
The group relies on donations and fundraising to keep going and Margaret said collecting Wish tokens is a great way of getting everyone involved.
With 52 members aged from 40-plus to 80-plus, Billingham Choral Society meets every week. Established in 1951, they put on regular performances across the region.
The Billingham choir was among the first to register for the Gazette's latest Wish campaign.
Registration has now opened for worthy causes across Teesside hoping to take a share of our funding pot.
Once again the Gazette has £40,000 to give away to charities and not-for-profit organisations. All those registered are guaranteed a share of the cash with the exact amount depending on the number of tokens from the paper they collect.
Groups have until Friday, September 20 to register by going to www.gazettelive.co.uk/wish and filling in the form online.
Musical director Margaret said Wish funds received last year helped to pay for costumes for new members and new music. They hope that their share of this year's Wish cash will pay for music sets needed to take part in an event at The Sage, Gateshead, with the National Association of Choirs.
They have sung for weddings and also funerals.
"We are like one big family," added Margaret.
They are now looking for new recruits, particularly men.
For information about the choir go to www.billinghamchoralsociety.org.uk.
If you would like to back Billingham Choral Society's bid for Wish funding watch out for the tokens printed daily in the Evening Gazette from October 2 and send them to Billingham Choral Society, 28 Whitehouse Road, Billingham, TS22 5EW.


New York – A woman went to a well-respected hospital in Long Island for a routine ectopic pregnancy operation but has now filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. She developed life threatening complications while in the hospital that left her with both legs amputated below the knees. The woman and her family say that the problems began when the surgeons pierced her colon during the laproscopic surgery. They explain that this puncture was missed by the hospital due to doctor error. This failure to diagnose, notes the family, led to even more serious complications. The patient then developed sepsis, a deadly infection in her blood, and gangrene necrosis, the death of tissues, in her legs. Doctors and nurses in the hospital detailed how the woman then required several months of hospitalization in the intensive care unit (ICU) with antibiotic treatments and various medications. However, the medical care could not prevent the need for amputating the woman's feet and legs and several other necessary medical procedures. The victim now exclaims that the alleged hospital mistake have left her unable to care for herself and permanently disabled. She is suing the hospital and its doctors, claiming they were negligent in several areas of their medical care. You can read more about her hospital negligence case here.


> systems look like ?
> nodes, possibly much less per-board cost.
> are very different than they were 5 years ago, or even 3 years ago.
I meant head-to-head only in the sense that if you had a flock of ARM chickens a big Xeon UP ox sliced into virtual chickens is an obvious alternative. A Xeon MP largely is *not*. Technically, sure it would work, but it costs more, and you're ignoring the one thing (the big coherent memory) that makes the Xeon MP more attractive (for some workloads) than a cluster of Xeon UPs. So the ASP comparison shouldn't include the multi-socket Xeons.
There are several levels of things needing to be managed in these scenarios. The hardware, the base OSs, the virtualization, the OS in each virtual slice, any sharing within that image, and of course the application(s) running there.
Obviously a couple of those layers drop out if you're running on real hardware (without virtualization), but I don't think that's really the use case for most of these. If nothing else, virtualization significantly eases hardware management – you lose a lot of hardware dependencies, so images can migrate easily between different boxes with slightly different hardware, and images can be trivially migrated box-to-box, as load and maintenance issue dictate. In some cases it can even be done live.
But there's considerable automation now for all of those layers, but bigger physical boxes, especially if they don't cost more than the flock of smaller boxes, adds significant flexibility to workload planning and management. Obviously some of that is less mature on ARM at this point, especially virtualization, but that's certainly going to be fixed in the next few years.
But it really does come down to the costs for each platform, at least for those workloads that don't mind running on smaller images, there's not that much preventing a migration between the ISAs in many cases. I think that was the main point of David's article – there's not really all that much room under the basic Xeon-UP pizza box to make a flock of ARMs cost effective.


Dyslexia Box is a start-up based in the Allia Future Business Centre in Cambridge. It is at the forefront of innovation, using new technologies to help people with dyslexia to live a higher quality of life and reduce the day-to-day difficulties they are faced with. They provide assistive technology, workplace assessments, training and consultancy. Dyslexia Box is using tech for good in their endeavours to make the world more accessible for people with dyslexia, and Allia is proud to support the organisation.
Recent developments in assistive technology include the OrCam MyEye which is Dyslexia Box's latest and most exciting product on sale; a wearable device that attaches to your glasses. When focusing on sentences and words, the MyEye reads it back to you; it uses artificial intelligence to read text, recognise faces, and identify products. It works offline but in real-time, which means no internet connection is needed. This product could be life-changing for many people with dyslexia and Dyslexia Box want to raise awareness of these kind of revolutionary technologies that are available.
We caught up with Operations Director Ben, to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and how Dyslexia Box are improving the lives of others through tech for good.
You started Dyslexia Box earlier this year – how did you get to where you are today?
My previous employers were one of the largest assistive technology service providers in the UK and that's where I learnt about marketing and became interested in it. After working with them for nearly ten years I decided that I'd like to have a go at doing things myself.
What challenges was Dyslexia Box faced with as a start-up?
From day one, Dyslexia Box had to compete with the largest companies in the UK assistive technology market. Our ecommerce and Access to Work operations put us in direct competition with companies who have been successful for decades so we had to adapt and basically 'get good' very quickly.
How has being part of the Allia Future Business Centre community helped you?
Being part of the Allia community has really helped across a number of scenarios. We've received advice on everything from contract writing to employment advice. There's always someone in the building willing to give up ten minutes of their time.
How are Dyslexia Box improving the lives of others?
Our main focus is our workplace adjustment service which sees us provide an end-to-end solution to remove barriers and enable disabled employees to work more independently and productively. This begins with a workplace assessment by one of our accredited assessors who also provides suitable assistive technology, as well as training and coaching.
The workplace adjustment process is often managed by different companies for each step, whereas we manage the whole process from beginning to end. We supply a wide range of assistive technology products to schools, universities and local and national Government. We also supply directly to the end user through our ecommerce site and Amazon shop.
The OrCam MyEye uses Artificial intelligence – is this the direction you see tech going for people with dyslexia?
Investment in assistive technology to help people with dyslexia has stagnated over the past few years. More recently there have been a number of developments in AI being used to help people with a wide range of disabilities including dyslexia, and OrCam are at the forefront of that. With the right investment – and that's key – the future development of assistive technology powered by AI could benefit millions of people around the world. And that can only be a good thing.
How do you see Dyslexia Box growing?
The number of working people with a disability is growing. Recently the Government's own Access to Work scheme announced plans to increase the overall budget allowed for individuals to access the adjustments they need. We see our main area of growth being in the workplace and specifically working alongside companies to ensure their disabled employees have everything they need to do their jobs to the best of their ability. Dyslexia Box hopes to work in partnership with like-minded organisations around the world to achieve a fairer society for disabled people.
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At South Main RV Park, we offer all the amenities, features, and services you could need to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Our park is professionally managed and gated for peace of mind.
Many individuals travel to Houston for medical treatment and must remain in the area for an extended period. South Main RV Park is pleased to provide a home-away-from-home for patients, their families, and visitors. We offer a complimentary shuttle service to nearby medical facilities.
Personal care items are for sale in the General Store.
Enjoy a healthy walk. Follow the footsteps on our park map for a .25-mile walk around the park.
Open Monday-Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Houston offers many popular tourist destinations, several are within walking distance of the park. But when you prefer to just relax or hang out at the park with friends and family, the Gathering Place is a great place to do that.
The "Gathering Place" consists of a recreation room, dining hall/gathering space, and kitchen.
It's a perfect setting for social gatherings, watching sports, or meeting up with neighbors and family.
The recreational room includes a big screen TV with cable, read/swap library, and board games.
The Gathering Place is available for general guest use, but it may be reserved for private-use (fees apply).
Other faith-based activities will be announced when scheduled.
Pets are welcomed upon park management approval and are allowed in your personal RV only. Pets are not allowed in ANY of our rental units (i.e., park models, RV rentals, travel trailer rentals) . Do make sure your pet is up to date on their vaccinations and parasite control. Talk to your veterinarian to ensure your pet is protected and that you are doing your part to protect other animals. Vicious, dangerous or aggressive animals are not allowed in the park. Pet owners shall clean up after their pets, and place waste in disposal bags and into the receptacles provided. Additional pet-related park rules apply.


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Pantomime Could Be Your iPad Window Into Virtual Worlds
Sean Hollister
Remember the amazing app that made your iPad practically invisible? The man who made it is back, and now he intends to tackle virtual reality with a new company — and app — called Pantomime.
Just like Invisibility, you start out by taking a picture of your tabletop, and the iPad mimics that surface as you move it around. But now, the iPad acts as a portal — and a controller — to interact with a virtual world. It's actually easier to show you how it works:
You can "walk" the iPad around your table, one corner at at time, and the virtual iPad will follow suit, or even pick it up in the air and keep walking... or just swipe and pinch to rotate your perspective. If you hold it up in the air, the app will even recognise where your hand is and give you a set of virtual fingers that you can "see" through the glass.
There's also a networked multiplayer mode for two people with different devices to virtually interact with one another:
I got to try out Pantomime at last week's Silicon Valley Virtual Reality meetup, where I spoke to creator (and VR industry veteran) David Levitt about what he plans to do with the tech. Right now, the app is limited to just the simple game of wallball you see above, but his ambition is much greater. Along with Don Hopkins, one of the original programmers on The Sims, Pantomime wants to create a social network where anyone with a mobile device can reach into a virtual world and interact with their friends.
It's important to Levitt that they're devices people already own: "We think something like this is necessary for VR to catch on." Right now, it's looking like you'll need to buy a VR headset of some sort to get engrossed in virtual reality, as well as some sort of yet-to-be-realised controller to put your hands in the virtual world, but Pantomime's iPad app can do both at a fairly basic level. The company's planning a Kickstarter soon.
Honestly, it's pretty janky right now, but it feels like a prototype of something pretty cool. I'm the kind of guy who'd pay for a headset and dive right in, but I could definitely see myself picking up a tablet, when I'm away from home, to check in on my friends. [Pantomime]


Hyla Bondareff is WashULaw's Electronic Resources Librarian and a Lecturer in Law. A member of the law library staff since 1992, she currently teaches legal research to first-year law students and is responsible for the library's electronic resources, interlibrary loan, and providing reference services to the law school community. Bondareff has written about the methodology of law school rankings and presented at conferences and workshops on matters such as mobile apps for law libraries; training public interest lawyers and non-law librarians on use of free government information; and web resources for enhancing access to equal justice. She is also on the board of editors for Legal Reference Services Quarterly. Prior to joining the law school, she practiced law at Peterson & Ross, a Chicago law firm, where she represented US and international clients in the area of directors' and officers' liability insurance, and also worked as an insurance and reinsurance underwriter in Boston, Massachusetts for John Hancock and Liberty Mutual.