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History is an interesting field. There are a wide variety of practitioners, some on the “inside”, some on the “outside”, and some, to some degree, with one foot in both (some overlapping occasionally, and some on a regular basis). But, the inside/outside thing is a matter of perspective. People work in certain circles, and from within those respective circles “inside/outside” does not mean the same thing. Each may tinker with the same ball of clay, but that’s not to say that they work the clay in the same way.

With this in mind, the struggle over how to deal with the future of the Civil War varies with perspective. If there are differences on how to approach the subject, it isn’t necessarily that the “outsiders” want to get on the “inside”, with the other side. Rather, the objection may be better defined as differences in opinion regarding the philosophies of approach… “how to approach, or how not to approach”… or… “I think there’s more to the approach than what’s being considered”.

What drives this brief post are considerations from various folks (seen and unseen… in open and closed social media discussions) who are questioning and/or being critical of the layout of the upcoming The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th, to be held in Gettysburg in March. The title of the March program is a lofty one, and addressed by about 100 program participants, many of whom are employed within academic institutions, followed next by representatives of the National Park Service (and I’m clearly a bigger fan of the NPS – as a consumer and a volunteer – for it’s frontline engagement with the general public). That seems like a lot of weight behind credibility, but… are there holes in the program/agenda? To have such a beefy title, it seems to be implied that there’s much to consider. Yes, they do cover much, but… if there is much to be considered, are there missing components?  Some of us have argued that there are, and for this, some might question our motivations. The concerns are not motivated as some might suggest, but rather, come as a genuine interest for the future of Civil War history, in which blogs certainly play a part. Let’s ramp that up even more… there is no reference to digital or electronic impact in any of the presentations. Yes, blogs do fall in this area, but in that the concerns are raised by some bloggers doesn’t mean that the same are so narrow in focus.

Blogs fall within the larger classification of “interpretive platforms in new media”. Personally, I’m very interested in innovative uses of interpretive platforms in new media, and that’s inspired within me after having cycled through two graduate programs, back-to-back. Yes, I blog, but I have also ventured into other areas that might come under these platforms. The “innovative use” angle ranges from blogs and Websites, to interpretive signage (not so much a tool of new media, but there’s potential via new media for static signage) and satellite-engaged interpretation (most especially for sites that do not/or cannot employ signage). Employing these platforms, what can be done (while thinking outside the box and beyond traditional content delivery) that might be seen as innovative and will better serve the audience? Can innovation lead to improved dissemination of content and an improved public grasp (without being bored to death) of underlying theory? I know… it sounds like the public historian in me is emerging from an otherwise obscure side of me, and that’s not surprising considering my few years in the museum field, and work as a historically clad interpreter, from time to time. While it appears that engagement with the public (public history) will be addressed to some degree, and seemingly more on the one-on-one/person-to-person level (with, what appears to be a psychosocial approach to public engagement, but under the “Civil War Memory”  theme… a topic I’m considering for another day), but again, what about the future potential of digital/electronic platforms?

I’ll close by saying… this is not emerging simply as a matter of bloggers reacting to the agenda of the March program. In fact, it’s not a new discussion. Some of us (you might call us “history practioners, who practice when time allows”) have been talking about theory and practice in what spare time we have, for well over a year, and it’s not unusual for us to ask why certain things aren’t being discussed or employed. The discussion phase continues, but I suspect there’s more significant things to come. It’s not a matter of “if”, but “when”.


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A professional techie turned a passionate Bharatnatyam dancer, here is Nitya Narasimhan for you

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A professional techie turned a passionate Bharatnatyam dancer, here is Nitya Narasimhan for you
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Amma, when is my next dance class?  May I stay here for a few more hours?

Ever heard a 4-year old speak this way?  Chances are that you haven’t.  In fact we often come across parents who force their kids to attend various classes.

But Nitya Narasimhan was different, very different.  At the tender age of four, this talented dancer had discovered her true passion.  Such was her love for dance that she wanted to spend the whole day at her dance school!

A trained Bharathanatyam dancer, Nitya continued this journey through her school years.  It won’t be a surprise to know that she was a part of the prestigious Dance Troupe of NIT Trichy, from where she graduated in Instrumentation & Control Engineering.

Now let me pause and tell you, this isn’t yet another story of an artist who quit her 9 to 5 job to pursue her passion.  This is about a practical dancer who, with a firm mindset and will power decided to make changes to her mind and body to master something she knew she was meant for.

Following graduation from NIT Trichy and landing up with a lucrative job in Oracle, Nitya Narasimhan, who hails from Chennai moved to Hyderabad where she found her life filled up with fun and friends.

It was at that time that I realised there was a huge gap between what I was doing and what I wanted to do. I enjoyed my life thanks to the wonderful people around me. But that was not it”

Even in her work place she would instigate dance events and workshops just so that she could be connected to dance. For almost a year she kept searching for a good dance class in Hyderabad and having found none got herself transferred to Bengaluru to enrol into serious classes.  One fine day, she was invited to attend a dance show where she came to know of the Post Diploma Course in Dance in the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts.  The following Friday she wasted no time and was auditioned.  She cleared it but there was a clause that stipulated enrolment on the very coming Monday! This would mean several things – quitting a full time job from an MNC, convincing her family and everyone around her that she knew what she was doing and making all the changes possible to her lifestyle.

But Nitya didn’t have to think twice.  She sent in her resignation!

What followed suit was waking up at 6.00 a.m, practising yoga, intensive classes in contemporary dance, ballet, movement arts, kalaripayattu and the like, sacrificing her social life, performing at various stages, dance shows – even during weekends.

“You have to keep your focus. Your social life takes a hit.  Weekends are when performances and workshops usually happen so most weekends are packed. And if at all a weekend is free, I utilize it to re-energize or spend time with my family“.

Asked if she did mind any of it?

“Never. I totally enjoyed what I did.  I had worked hard for it and I want to keep going.”

At the end of the course, she decided to pursue Bharathanatyam and approached Raadha Kalpa, a renowned classical Indian Bharatanatyam dance company dedicated to the promotion of art and culture.  Nitya knew that if she had become a dancer there, it would take a couple of years and tremendous hardwork.  She decided to train under the prolific Rukmini Vijaykumar the founder of Raadha Kalpa.

What comes next will totally leave you awestruck.  In just one month, she was a part of the company’s next production which was a dream come true for her!

Following that, she took up several production management responsibilities and within no time scaled up to become a Programming Director in the company.

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This speaks volumes of Nitya’s hard work and dedication!

Her typical day now includes waking up at 5.00 a.m. and driving down to the academy, a neat 25 km away from her home.  Classes begin at 6’O clock in the morning and twice a week she practises Pilates as well.  After that she has advanced classes under her teacher Rukmini.  This goes on till noon.  Post lunch she spends time working at the LshVa Art space catching up with her various duties as an Arts Manager, coordinating with artists, organizing and scheduling events. This is followed by dance lessons in the evenings with kids who come to the academy. If her teacher is in town she also gets trained to teach.

Phew! Just listening to this routine makes me exhausted! And to think of it, during our conversation not once did Nitya mention about ever feeling tired. In fact it seemed like she had energy to do a million more things!

In the last two years this diva has performed at various arenas – corporate forums, artistic forums, festivals and temples.  It might all seem so simple to a common man but being chosen to perform at any of these arenas requires tremendous commitment and recognition.

She has also been called by her alma mater NIT Trichy to perform and judge several times.

Right now she has decided that she wants to be a performer and choreographer first.

“I want to start creating work and performing even more and when I feel like I have something to give back, I will start to teach. I don’t think a dancer can ever be satisfied with how much they learn because there are so many new things we discover each day”.

Asked if she has a message to give youngsters who look up to her?

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And what does she have to say about dance?

“It’s not a profession, it’s not only passion…..It’s a calling”

More power to you Nitya!

READ  A pilot, a businessman and an editor got together to make a film. And whattay beginning!

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Moogfest – October 28-30, 2011

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What happens when you combine Halloween weekend with the already interesting “sideshow” community of Asheville, North Carolina, AND over 60 artists performing throughout the course of the weekend, plus late night DJ sets, talks, exhibitions, installations, workshops, movies, etc.?

A weekend of epic musical and magically costumed madness called Moogfest (pronounced like “vogue”).

This 3-day, multi-venue annual event was created in honor of the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions that changed the course of music. Moogfest celebrates Moog’s legacy as a sonic pioneer, and many of the performers are using Moog instruments – the Minimoog Voyager, the Little Phatty, the Etherwave Theremin, Moogerfoogers, and the Moog Guitar.

But these artists were not all chosen because of instruments; they were chosen because they simply, well, rock the fricking house. Expect to see big names like Moby, the Flaming Lips, STS9, TV on the Radio, Beats Antique, Ghostland Observatory, as well as up-and-coming ones like Emancipator, Fine Peduncle and tons more. There’s also a great visual art component with an exhibit called the “77 Million Paintings,” and workshops and all kinds of great things all weekend long–and all within walking distance in historic downtown Asheville.

Get your tickets, friends, costumes, and dancing shoes. You can even customize your own schedule on the Moogfest site:

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Window project… How I’ve done it

To create my window project I’ve taken a series of images. Following this I have then cut out my images in photoshop and then placed them all together to make it into one image. I have done this so it creates one powerful image that gets across my message about being trapped inside technology.


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VLEs or OLEs that is the question

This blog entry is about whether Visual Learning Environments (VLEs), Online Learning Environments (OLEs) or both should be used in educational institutions. Firstly, we must define each VLEs can be defined as ‘an education system based on the Web that models conventional real-world education by integrating a set of equivalent virtual concepts for tests, homework, classes, classrooms, and the like, and perhaps even museums and other external academic resources.’ (Wikipedia, 2012) On the other hand, OLEs are a public environment where learning can take place, such as this blog.

Firstly, I am going to detail Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) effect on education. I found that there are certain words associated with VLEs from reading @ethinking’s blog on it. These words include: permission, access, and limited access, rights for guests (or visitors), system, control and identification. What does this mean for education? It seems that VLEs are trying to ‘protect’ children from the outside online world, so their children can’t get into contact with ‘strangers’ online. It could restrict their learning and collaboration and make them feel ‘walled in’ to the school community. This does not prepare them for later life after school because they are being protected not taught about e-safety. If they were taught about e-safety they would be able to collaborate online safely, help younger pupils, increase learning capacity and social skills. On the other hand, VLEs do not have any filtering issues.

The government certify pacific VLE providers, these include, Uniservity, Frog, Kalidos, Moodle, Starz and Frounter. The Management Information systems (MIS), for example the Sims register system interacts with the VLE and will interact with each other, pull all student information out and create logins from it. These designers of VLEs do not design out the need for training. It does not address the Moodle experience.

Secondly, I am going to discuss Online Learning Environments (OLEs) effect on education. OLEs such as blogs and social networking allow professionals and friends communicate online. Surely, once children have been taught about e-safety and understand it fully they can write entries on a class blog about something they have done well, work they have done or something they have learnt. This way they can get constructive feedback from other educators, schools and pupils alike. They can also learn from other schools and other pupils work and learn how to constructively criticise in an informal way. This is a very high level skill for a child to have and would be very beneficial in later life. They will learn how to build a PLN, which they can use before they go into the workplace. Finally, all this collaboration and learning is instant. The children are able to evaluate their learning strategies and think about if it is the outcomes they want. It makes them think about how and want to improve their learning. Finally, it is supporting evidence of their achievements. (Norhtedge, 2005: 18)

A limitation of the OLE is that filtration systems may have to be in place.

They could be used in conjunction with each other. The children when on the own could use the VLE to be protected online, whilst the children could upload, with supervision, work to the OLE. It is important, however, that the teacher does not take over and upload it themselves, as the children would not learn anything at all due to lack of involvement.

In conclusion, VLEs and OLEs can be used in conjunction with each other. Although, in my opinion, OLEs show more potential benefits as the children can monitor their progress as a learner. The learner is enabled to get feedback, understand what they are learning and how and monitor and reflect on it. On VLEs this is harder, therefore it makes it harder for the children to adapt to improve their learning and learning active.

Northedge, A. (2005) The Good Study Guide, Milton Keynes: The Open University

OLE – http://halfanhour.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/online-learning-environment-1999.html

VLE Image http://yacapaca.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/why-have-vles-not-succeeded/


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Visualising the changing socio-economic landscape of Melbourne

Sun 29 September, 2013

This post is drifting a little away from transport, but I hope you will find this interesting…

How has the spatial distribution of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage changed over time in Melbourne? (oh, and Geelong too)

The animated maps below are fascinating, but of course there’s lots of important caveats regarding the data.

About the data

Since 1986, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has calculated Socio-Economic Indexes For Areas (SEIFA) based on five-yearly census data. These include indexes of relative socio-economic disadvantage (IRSD), and – since 2001 – an index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD). For 2006 and 2011, SEIFA was explicitly designed to measurepeople’s access to material and social resources, and their ability to participate in society” (with similar intent for prior years).

This post looks at the spatial changes over time in these index values. I must be upfront: ABS explicitly cautions this type of analysis. This is mostly because the component census variables that make up SEIFA scores and their respective weightings vary between each census, but also because statistical area boundaries change, the number of areas has increased, and indexes were calculated on usual residents from 2006 onwards (as opposed to people present on census night for 2001 and earlier). ABS also notes that middle range scores are very similar, so time-series analysis should focus more on the top and bottom ends of the spectrum. More discussion on this issue is available from ABS and .id consulting.

However, I’m going ahead noting the above (as readers also should!), on the following basis:

  • The intent of the indexes has not changed over time, although the quality has (perhaps one day ABS will recalculate SEIFA values for previous census using better measures where possible)
  • I’ve used percentile ranks within Victoria to get around the issue of the changing meaning of particular index values (although this might cause some issues if there has been a relative difference in changes between Melbourne and regional Victoria)
  • I’ve included a summary of the component variables that have changed between censuses (documentation is available from 1996 onwards)
  • I’m mapping this at a metropolitan scale with a view to looking at regional variations, rather than very local changes. In the following maps you’ll see fairly strong regional patterns
  • My analysis will focus only on substantial shifts (which have indeed occurred)
  • Excessive caution may mean that we never do any interesting analysis!

Changes in Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD)

This index has been available from 1986 onwards.

More significant changes in the make up of this index in recent years include:

  • 2011 added: families with jobless parents
  • 2011 dropped: indigenous persons, renting housing from government authority
  • 2006 added: household overcrowding (replacing multiple-family households), low rent payments, lack of an internet connection, low skill community and personal services workers, people who need assistance with core activities
  • 2006 dropped Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service workers and tradepersons
  • 2006 changed the evaluation of household income to consider ‘equivalised household income’ replacing a number of measures that try to capture income levels relating different household make-up scenarios. It also stopped using gender specific measures of people with certain occupations or unemployed
  • 2001 saw no changes to the included variables from 1996
  • Variables for persons who did or didn’t finish year 12 at school have changed slightly in both 2006 and 2011

check the SEIFA documentation for full details.

Click on this map to enlarge and see an animation of IRSD percentile values for the years 1986 to 2011.

Melbourne SIEFA ISRD

You can see some quite dramatic changes over time. Two big trends of note are:

  • Most inner city suburbs have gone from being some of the most disadvantaged to much less disadvantaged. It’s hard to imagine suburbs such as South Yarra and East Melbourne as being highly disadvantaged, but the data suggests that was the case in the 1980s. During this transformation, pockets of high disadvantage have remained, probably reflecting older government housing estates. There appears to have a been a fairly large change between 1986 and 1991. This could represent dramatic demographic change and/or reflect changes in the calculations of SEIFA index values.
  • Areas with the highest disadvantage have generally shifted away from the city centre (including some middle suburbs such as Carnegie), perhaps reflecting the growth in high-end CBD jobs driving the attractiveness of near city living.
  • New urban fringe growth areas often begin with low levels of disadvantage, but have become more disadvantaged over time. This is particularly evident in areas such as Hoppers Crossing, Werribee, Melton, Deer Park, Craigieburn, Keysborough, Karingal, Epping, Hampton Park, Cranbourne, Altona Meadows and Keilor Downs. Perhaps this is because when these areas were initially settled there were many double-income-no-kids households that now have more kids and less income? It could also be a reflection of a turnover in the resident population.
  • The maps only show geographic units with a population density of 5 per hectare or more, so you can also see the urban growth of Melbourne (more on that in a upcoming post).

Changes in Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD)

This index was first calculated in 2001 and aims to also measure advantage, not just factors that suggest disadvantage. In 2011 it included all but one of the IRSD variables, plus a number that describe levels of advantage (eg high income, higher education, occupations such as managers and professionals, high rent or mortgage payments, spare bedrooms).

The component variables of IRSAD have changed in line with the changes to IRSD, plus some other variables:

  • 2011 added people with occupation classed as managers, houses with spare bedrooms, households with 3 or more cars
  • 2006 added people paying low/high rent, high mortgage payments, renting from government authority, households with no car, households with broadband internet connection (replacing persons using the internet at home)

Again, check the SEIFA documentation for full details.

An aside: SEIFA associates higher car ownership with advantage, but I suspect some inner-city types might consider not needing to own a car an advantage.

Here is an animation of the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage for years 2001 to 2011.  Again, click to enlarge and see the animation.

The changes between 2001 and 2011 are much less dramatic, probably because of the shorter time span. Some observations:

  • The Melbourne CBD drops in 2011 – possibly because of a change of demographics (more students?) and/or a change in the component variables.
  • Many parts of the middle eastern suburbs (particularly the Whitehorse area) appear to drop from the upper to the middle percentiles in 2011.

What’s also interesting to see is some socio-economic fault lines in Melbourne, such as:

  • Altona North versus South Kingsville/Newport (north-south divide along Blenheim Road/Hansen Street/New Street)
  • Skeleton Creek between Point Cook (including Sanctuary Lakes) and Altona Meadows
  • A north-south line being the boundary between the Shire of Melton and the City of Brimbank in the north-western suburbs
  • Along Hume Drive / Lady Nelson Way (an east/west line in northern Brimbank)
  • Greenvale versus Meadow Heights (split by the proposed north-south Aitken Boulevard)
  • A north-south divide through Heidelberg Heights, roughly parallel to the Hurstbridge rail line
  • Along the Dingley Arterial between Dingley Village and Springvale

How different are IRSAD and IRSD values?

IRSAD contains a lot more variables and uses different weightings. See the ABS website for full details.

For those who are interested in the correlation between the two, here’s a scatter plot for both 2006 and 2011 data comparing the two index values (as percentile ranks) for all CDs and SA1s (respectively) in Victoria:

You can see the relationships between the two indexes is stronger in 2011 (R-squared = 0.96) versus 2006 (R-squared = 0.89). This might reflect the make up of the variables in each year and/or the smaller geographic units in 2011 (SA1s) which may reduce diversity within each geographic unit.

I’m sure others could spot other interesting patterns, and/or offer explanations for the changes over time (comments welcome).


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Are there still rooms left for us?

This year the planet Earth reaches its landmark human population, 7 billion! And projected to be 8 billon in year 2030 and 9 billion in year 2050. Homo sapiens perhaps consist of the largest mammal population in the earth. The topic was highlighted by the January 2011 issue of National Geographic, which showed a tremendous acceleration of human population growth in the past millenium of the 20th century. The number of mega cities with population exceeding one million has increased from a mere 3 in 1800 (Beijing had 1.3 million then together with Tokyo and London) to a staggering 442 in year 2010 with Asia having most crowded cities. Population growth was in no doubt one of the central focuses of the media this year. Many media sources discussed the consequence and solutions to accomodate increasing number of humans. Building vertical cities become a future trend given that it’s after all a reality.

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With the advent of industrialization and advance of medicine, human life style morphed from nomadic and periodic migration to modern city dwelling. The former life style was at the mercy of mother nature and gradually phases out in most human society. The latter provides a long-term residence but in the meantime features more frequent and more damaging pattern of short-term human travelling for business and pleasure as well as trading transportations in air, land and ocean.

Aggravating the situation, consumption culture imposes much more stress on the environment. Mass consumption as a vehicle drives the global economy, labor market and international trading, and large-scale consumption is also a determinant for policy making, a pressure for foreign relations and a motivation for scientific and engineering research.

How much pressure the Earth can uptake for our consumption desires? Is there a tipping point that leads to a catastrophe?

Feel free to breath the dirty air

The infamous Beijing smug stroke again a few days ago. The situation was so dire that even some Chinese official acknowledged that China should adopt a better standard to measure the air quality and to report the results to the public. However, air pollution is not something new to ordinary Chinese as well as the lack of government effort to protect citizens from such hazard.

This time the authority was embarrassed by data released from the Beijing Embassy of the United States. The Embassy has installed meters on a roof to measure the level of fine particulates PM2.5 (particules smaller than 2.5 micron) and updated the information hourly via a Twitter thread. Instead, the Chinese government only reports the level of PM10, particulates bigger than 10 micron, and conveniently omits the PM2.5. It’s scientifically well known that PM2.5 particulates penetrate deeply into the lung beyond the protection by cilia, and presumably do much sever damage to human health. Health complications of inhaling PM2.5 particles might include pulmonary and cardiovascular disease such as asthma and bronchitis. More science still needs to be done to differentiate the effects of different types of PM2.5 particles.

In response to the data from the US Embassy, Chinese official asks the public not to trust the readings from the US embassy roof (I know the existence of this device perhaps more than two years ago from reading James Fallows blog at

A more interesting report emerged from New York Times. China’s high authorities in Beijing are protected from breathing the dirty air by some extravagant air purifiers.

NASA published a satellite data map about PM2.5 pollution worldwide from year 2001 to year 2006 (see below). At anywhere in the world, you might inhale numerous PM2.5 particles per breath. According to the satellite image, the number stays several fold higher if you happen to be living in China which has some highest readout in the map.


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Microsoft Aims to Create a More Versatile Windows 10

by Michael Liedtke
Sunday May 14, 2017
Audience members look on during a keynote address at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Seattle
Audience members look on during a keynote address at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Seattle  (Source:AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Microsoft will try to make Windows 10 more versatile with a wave of new features for creating memories, exploring virtual scenery and hopscotching from personal computers to mobile devices.

The added bells and whistles will roll out later this year as part of "Fall Creators Update" that will be provided for free to 500 million personal computers, smartphones and tablets powered by Windows 10.

Microsoft previewed the update Thursday in Seattle during its annual conference for applications developers. The company didn't specify when it will be available; a preview for early testers was released Thursday. The latest changes come on the heels of a free update that began to roll out last month.

"We are building Windows to be the platform that empowers everyone to create," Terry Myerson, Microsoft's top Windows executive, wrote in a blog post .

Some of the upcoming tools represent another step in Microsoft's attempt to catch up with two of its biggest rivals, Apple and Google. Along that vein, a new feature called Story Remix will automatically identify the best photos and videos to help people create highlights of their experiences.

Microsoft also is opening up Windows 10 so it works better with the smartphones and tablets running on Apple's iOS and Google's Android software. A growing dependence on those mobile devices has reduced the role that Windows-powered PCs play in people's lives.

That shift to smartphones and tablets also is one of the reasons the next Windows 10 update will include a multi-faceted clipboard to let you copy text, images and other content on a PC and paste it on a phone, even iPhones and Android, as though the PC and phone were one. The tool is similar to what Apple already offers with Universal Clipboard in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers.

Another upcoming feature will let you start working on a document on a Windows 10 PC and pick up where you left off on a rival phone.

In another concession to the popularity of Apple's products, iTunes software will be added to the Windows Store - an announcement that evoked some of the loudest cheers in Thursday's crowd. That development will be particularly helpful for students using a streamlined version of Windows designed for classrooms. That recently introduced version, Windows 10 S, can't get apps directly from third parties such as Apple, as regular Windows 10 users can.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is vying to be more of a trailblazer by expanding its exploration of a new technological frontier that allows people to blend the real world with three-dimensional projections of life-like images.

The Redmond, Washington, company calls the emerging field "mixed reality" because it melds the artificial with things that are actually happening around us. The concept is more commonly known as augmented reality. Another format that immerses people in completely fabricated situations is known as virtual reality.

Microsoft plans to introduce a new headset and motion controller in time for the holiday season. The equipment, to be made by Acer, will sell as a package for $399, far less than the $3,000 to $5,000 Microsoft charges for another mixed reality headset called HoloLens.

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Planning Your Visit

As you prepare to travel to the United States for your care, we hope to make your journey as easy and comfortable as possible. Our Global Services Clinical Support Team will work with you to plan your journey – from where you will stay to how you’ll get to the hospital to scheduling your appointments.

Helpful Tips for Your Treatment Journey

When to Arrive

Plan to arrive in the United States one to two days before your child’s scheduled appointment.

What to Bring

For your child to be treated at Children's National Health System, you will need to provide the following when you arrive:
  • Your child’s complete medical record (including immunization records and any imaging) to give to your care team
  • Valid photo identification for everyone who will be at the hospital: visa, passport or international driver’s license are all accepted forms of identification

How to Travel to the Hospital

Children’s National provides international patients with complimentary transportation to and from the airport on the days of arrival and departure. After you make your travel arrangements, contact Global Services to arrange transportation and let us know if your child requires any special services, including a wheelchair or stretcher.

On the day of your arrival, if your travel is delayed for any reason, please contact the team through our emergency numbers so we may notify our driver: +1 (202) 734-8821 or +1 (202) 322-9509.

Where You Will Stay

Our team has preferred pricing with several hotels in the area and will work with you to find the accommodation arrangement that works best for your preferences.

Staying Overnight

We encourage parents and legal guardians to stay with children as continuously as possible throughout their treatment experience. Discover more information about your stay at Children’s National.

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Parents, guardians and family friends are encouraged to visit children who are staying in the hospital. Learn more about what you can expect during your visit to Children’s National.

Frequent appointments or staying overnight at the hospital can be stressful for families. At Children’s National, we offer a variety of amenities to support you and your family during your stay.


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Rachel Jeantel and Our Uppity Negro Problem

The rules of language, personality, society as a whole are an interesting case study when talking Black and White. Seldom do you hear of our Caucasian friends being embarrassed by someone’s speech or existence, especially in a world where Honey Boo Boo and her wacky cast of characters – I mean family – are celebrated and broadcast across the nation on National TV. Unfortunately, Black people are easily embarrassed and offended by our own, and never was that more evident than Wednesday when the last person to speak to Trayvon Martin before he died, 19 year-old Rachel Jeantel took the witness stand in the George Zimmerman trial.

Jeanteal, the girl who Trayvon was texting when Zimmerman allegedly followed him and talked to him shortly before the altercation turned violent, was fine with the questions the prosecution posed, but things got testy real quick when Zimmerman defense attorney Don West began his cross-examination.  Rachel became quickly annoyed with West’s circular reasoning and open-ended questions, an obvious trick to try and trip up a young black girl of Caribbean descent (we’ll get to why this matters in a bit).

There were questions about the nature of Rachel and Trayvon’s relationship, the conversations that happened the night Trayvon was followed and a comically pathetic moment when West tried to object to his own question.  If you’re scoring at home (and really watched Wednesday’s proceedings), we’ve got witness badgering, objecting to one’s own question and a veiled attempt at slut shaming, things that certainly make Mr. West a candidate for the sleazy defense attorneys’ hall of fame. But even as insulting, annoying and hurtful as Don West’s line of questioning was, it really couldn’t hold a candle to the shaming of Rachel Jeantel by blackfolks on Twitter.

Every other tweet in regards to her testimony was cyber cringing, openly questioning her education, her looks as well as retweeting her less than sparkling tweets. Her attitude could be seen as a problem by the jury, which is understandable even if I don’t agree with it. But what annoyed the living hell out of me is the uppity Negro section on Twitter who felt the need to mock and insult a teenaged girl still grieving over the violent and sudden loss of a dear friend.

I really don’t understand why we as Black people are more embarrassed by ourselves than anyone else. Actually, I do – we’ve been so conditioned by the majority in this country and society to act, speak and think a certain way that when someone who doesn’t fall in line with what we (and White America to be honest) feel a Black person should be, we automatically deem them embarrassment and cringe and shudder with every single thing they do. And Rachel, a South Florida girl of Haitian descent, was the target of Uppity Negro America’s scorn on this day.

It’s embarrassing to think that we still have these issues as far as talking white/talking ghetto, acting bougie/acting hood and the like, but it needs to stop. Immediately. In case you forgot, the Supreme Court thinks that the Voting Rights Act is outdated and no matter how you speak, how much money you make, you’re still Black and you’re still gonna have Hell to deal with when trying to vote in coming elections.

So instead of focusing on Rachel Jeantal’s speech and mannerisms, focus on the fact she was the last person to speak to Trayvon Martin while he was alive. And her testimony, which never wavered even the face of insulting and Cracker Jack box questioning, still helps the prosecution build a solid case against George Zimmerman.

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  1. Well written! The pressure of being on that stand and knowing the defense attorney would try to twist her words had to be overwhelming. Another example of our black youth having to grow up too fast.

    • As an English observer, the whole questioning in the trial showed the world exactly what we already know. Miss Jenteel is and was a liar. Simple. Mc Donald’s filled, grotesque to look at and less intelligent than a 4 year old British child. The only shock, to an educated nation as ours is why blacks in America did not kill, maim, steal and pillage anymore than they did. I guess , as usual, Al Sharpton did not get his appalling way again, some innocent whites had to die and a few blacks got some new electrical goods and new sneakers……..what’s new?

  2. I was one of those who face felt hot w/ shame as I watched ( and listened) to Rachel pretty much reinforce practically every stereotype about Black people known to man. Bad attitude- check!, Poor diction- check!, Angry Black Woman-check! Borderline Ignorant- check! Poorly Educated- check!, Overweight-check! At one point I turned away , it was just too painful to watch. Speaking only for myself, I can say that my feelings of embarrassment had nothing to do with me being “uppity”. It had everything to do with understanding the dynamics of this country. That being how all Black people are viewed as some sort of single entity. Like we all think, act and exist with a single shared brain. It is the same shame I feel when I see us responsible for particular crimes, or act it in front of others, or being interviewed on television with a head rag on, etc. I know when people look at that Black rapist, or that loud woman cussing the cashier out in Target’s, they dont just see the individual person- they see me.

  3. The problem with black America is that you are dumb enough to defend Rachel Jeantel. Instead you reach into your well-worn playbook of “it isn’t our fault” and “have been conditioned.” If cultural superiority had the effect of conditioning than Asian Americans, who come over here poorer than African Americans, facing a language barrier that African Americans don’t face would also show the effects of this conditioning but instead they are the richest most successful demographic in America (yes richer than white people.) Asian Americans made up 5 percent of the population last year yet 60% of the National Merit Scholarship winners. This acting, thinking and speaking society is “imposing” on you is called, say it with me, civilization. Civilization only works when “green” means go and “red” means stop for EVERYBODY. When people call their inability to perform at that same base level everybody else is performing at “cultural” all your really saying is “I am inferior.”

    • I feel the need to respond to your post about Asian Americans. Everyone seems to believe that Asian Americans are somehow this “model minority”- smart, obedient, business minded and successful. And while I cant substantiate your claim that they are “richer than white people”, I am aware of the asian market on general success in the USA. It is important to point out the following however. Number 1 and most obvious is this is not ALL Asians. I lived and worked in New York as a helping professional for many years and I can tell you that those Asians who are poor,
      criminally involved (which is primarily directed at each other), mentally ill, uneducated or dug addicted are largely segregated from the larger society. Asians are notoriously private and problems are handled (for the most part) within their own community. So in other words, we as a larger society are not being exposed to those less than stellar Asians. The second point is perhaps less obvious and this is not only Asians but applies to other immigrants as well. I think anyone will agree that it takes a certain amount of tenacity, bravery, cojones, etc to get migrate to any country. So with that being said, the USA gets an influx of “the creme de le creme of Asia” . In other words, the lazy, poor, uneducated, stupid, immigrants aren’t flooding America. They stay in their own country. So the “model Asians” are what we get. You also write: ” If cultural superiority had the effect of conditioning than Asian Americans, who come over here poorer than African Americans, facing a language barrier that African Americans don’t face would also show the effects of this conditioning but instead they are the richest most successful demographic in America”. It is not that simple, Asians are viewed as the ideal minority and are not subject to the same type of discrimination and blocked opportunities as Blacks. Their history related to their entry into America and their relationship with the majority here is vastly different. So all of this combined makes for the type of Asian you speak of. So, while I agree that “green” and “red” should mean the same for everyone, it is never that simple.

    • Unfortunately the Liberal media, meaning Al Sharpton, was allowed to high-jack popular opinion early on. Now what we have is a sham trial put on by prosecutors to show the world what really happened. The politics behind these charges and this case stinks to high hell.

  4. Call me elitist or uppity, but I was embarrassed by her diction. And I was doubly outraged by her cavalier attitude on the stand and her attempt to lie about her age. That put her credibility on the line and could very well have compromised the case.

    Furthermore, I’m really insulted by the notion that because she’s of carribean-descent she speaks poorly. I am native New Yorker of caribbean-descent and I have impeccable English. Furthermore, my father is a native of Barbados and he is a linguist who could tell you the etymology of any word without consulting a dictionary. Growing up, my siblings and I weren’t allowed to use the word “ain’t.”

    This shameful display should serve as a rallying cry to stress the importance of education and impel parents to turn off the damn tv and/or computer and read to your kids. Otherwise, you get that tragic mistake who testified.

  5. Just be embarrassed she was a dumb human. Nothing to do with race. West did a good job. She was hard to understand and she had obviously been inconsistent and outright lied. Demonstrating the key witness to the last few words spoken by Trayvon is unreliable and a liar is important. If it wasn’t for her lies charges may never have been laid. So far it seems obvious self defence.

  6. THis has nothing to do with uppity black people. i am from the hood myself. But its very very embarrassing watching her on the stand talking like a 6 year old little child. when she is a 19 year old college student at the u of miami.

    and all this black women defending this woman. What about charles Ramsey the hero from cleveland. Black women destroyed him all over the blogs, Black women made fun of him. So why are the same black women defending this uneducated lady< who is on her way to destroying the whole trial to get justice for Trayvon martin.

  7. I admire the fact that she is not ‘impressed’ or ‘intimidated’ by the court, attorneys, or anyone else. She has her ‘distinct’ way of speaking, which I find refreshing. She is not a phony, and not afraid of those ‘phony’ lawyers!! Good for her!! Everyone does not have to speak or act alike!!! 71 yr.-old-white woman… I like her….

  8. Oh for crying out loud. I am so sick and tired of hearing or reading the phrase “speaking white”. What does color have to do with one’s conscious decision to butcher the hell out of a language? She sounded like a buffoon, pure and simple. And why is it when a black person decides to speak the language eloquently and coherently, that they are somehow “letting down” the so-called “black community” and labeled as a self-hating Uncle Tom?

    I have virtually no respect for someone who goes out of their way to speak like a mumbling idiot, especially when they have unfettered access to learning materials. She chose to act and sound like a dunce, and I don’t give a damn what color you are; I would just as soon not deal with anyone who speaks the way she does.

    All of this “Ebonics” horse manure is not a cultural triumph, and it doesn’t make one look like they are thumbing their nose at the man. It makes one look like an uneducated, purposefully ignorant moron.

  9. Good grief! Apparently the majority of the responders here have never had an experience with someone outside their own social set. Ms. Jeantel was remarkable, and did a great job given the circumstances. She’s different. Don’t we pride ourselves in this country for our DIVERSITY?????? She’s the face of diversity. Get over yoirselves already.

    • I agree, the over reaction has to be from people that have never been anywhere or associated with anyone outside a small circle of their own clones. I think that the reaction to Rachel Jeantal shows you how deficient the substitution of the “virtue tolerance” was for the old Christian edict of “brotherly love”.. I thought she was fascinating. I think her version of the phone call at the end was a contrivance, that she was schooled into hearing wet grass, but that is beside the point.

  10. I thoroughly enjoyed Rachel’s remarks to the defense attorney. He was making “retarded” statements. She had a right to be annoyed with him. She just said what others would be thinking if they were on the stand. As far as her diction, it didn’t phase me in the least. I loved her. (66 year old white woman).t

  11. It’s not OK that she is that way, it should be something to strive for, clear-speaking and intelligent discourse leads to a better life.You can’t tell me you think she has a bright future,…can you?The better you can communicate, the better you are, closing yourself off in a community or with people that will not allow for growth is doing ALL races a disservice, but mostly disservice to blacks in this case.If you don’t understand a court of law isn’t a place to get “uppity” then you didn’t get a decent education, were probably raised poorly, and will continue the cycle with your children, because you weren’t informed that you may not be the best person to perpetuate life.
    Here’s a horrible stereotype I’d lay money on, follow that woman for 10 years, I bet she’s collecting welfare and has at least 3 children by at least 2 different men.
    If she’s a teenager (she’s a 20 year old high school student) then I’m king of the USA.

  12. I love this….civilization isn’t civilization, it’s “white culture”; black culture isn’t a reactionary thrust at whites…it’s “diversity”…c’mon folks…what we all need is a good old-fashioned race war…that’ll sort it all out,for better or worse…ANOTHER BROTHER IS DEAD AND ALL WE DOING IS TALKING…yep, so right…

  13. As a Haitian woman raised in Queens NY I was appalled at Rachael Jeantel. Haitians who come to the U.S. have pride. Education is valued. The way you present yourself to the outside world reflects on family. I do not know many Haitians who think Rachael Jeantel was an articulate women. >

    My parents taught me i will be judged by my color. So prove them WRONG! We spoke well, but were made fun of for trying to talk “white”. I still cannot figure out what that was about. Had to respect elders,no matter what race. had to succeed in school. It paid off.

    Now people are making a big deal of the fact she speaks 3 languages as an excuse for her poor English. well, if her education was in the U.S. then she should know how to speak English properly. Most Haitian Americans speak 3 languages. So what? Does that make s all articulate and “Smart cookies”? I also wonder if she is fluent and correct in her other languages.

    Please do not use the uppity bit on me. My father was raised in a house with dirt floors. Had np father in the home. Had to borrow books in order to get by in Haitian school since his mother could not afford books. Holes in shoes. But when he had the opportunity to come to the U.S. learned “proper” English.

    Went back to college. Got his master’s degree and help a high position in a large NY hospital. The key is self respect . But he also knew if he did not learn the language, no opportunities would be given to him. If we spoke Ebonics,no matter how intelligent we may be, we would perpetuate the stereotype. Tough love works. accepting mediocrity does not help them succeed.

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Review of Revival by Stephan King

RevivalRevival by Stephen King

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There is a reason Stephen King is one the world’s best writers, and this book is no exception. While the book is may have a on and off pace, as the story churns between the relatively normal life of Jamie Morton, and the not so ordinary life he has at times. Combining classical elements of horror, occult, mysticism, and science this book is defiantly an up and down thrill ride, as Jamie grows up. You can see the influence of two notable classic writers of horror, Mary Shelly and H.P. Lovecraft, intertwined within the story.

Of course there are some humorous and tragic elements intertwined in the story, as Pastor Charlie Jacobs, and Jamie Morton have this yin-yang style relationship. Sometimes it is good, and other times it is complex and horrible. For the most part these two definitely make the book oddly interesting, as Charlie Jacobs explores his obsession with secret electricity.

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Things Fantasy Has Taught Me – Part 1: Maps

I have a special place in my heart for the Chronicles of Narnia. After Goldilocks and the Three Bears, they are the first fantasy books I clearly remember. My mother would read them to me and my sisters long before I learned to read, curled up on the floor together in the Rock House. The house itself merits a post of its own. I should post on it in the future. Good memories. Rough memories but good ones.

My family and I went through a period where we became involved in a church that was very fundamentalist. All fantasy books, especially those with talking animals like Narnia, were banned. I mourned those books. Years later, as I’ve written in a previous post my father bought a new set and we enjoyed them together as an entire family. I remember clearly the chapter in Prince Caspian where Edmund told Susan that girl’s “couldn’t keep maps in their heads”, implying that girlhood meant someone couldn’t have a good sense of direction.

My eleven-year-old self was mad! I spend the next year building maps in my head whenever we drove in the car. Whenever my father drove from the north of the south of the western U.S. I would read to him from the map and chart out progress. I was going to prove Edmund wrong!

Edmund’s playful goad to his sister paid off. Years later, even trapped in the grip of a migraine late at night in Hong Kong, I led my friends back to our hotel after we got turned around, because of the map I had subconsciously built in my head from years of determined, ego-driven practice. Girls too, could be good with maps, dang it!

Thanks, Edmund.

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The Discovery

“Faith” Oh, God. I have such contempt for that word. Show me someone who relies on faith and I’ll show you someone who’s given up control over whatever it is they believe.

The Film Itself

This movie was not what I expected. I thought there would have been a little more science involved and a lot more Robert Redford. I definitely was not expecting as much of a love story. However, it does pose an interesting theory as to what’s beyond this life.

Let’s start with the actors. Like I said, I would have liked a lot more Robert Redford than I got. Honestly, I think I would have preferred a movie centering on his character rather than Jason Segel’s. Not that Jason Segel wasn’t good, just I think I would have preferred more science and less love. For instance, I thought the concept of Robert Redford’s cult was really interesting but there was almost no point in including it in this movie. I think my main problem with this movie is that it’s not Arrival. I have such a love for Arrival that it’s clouding my judgement but I’ll try to stay objective. (Go see Arrival RIGHT NOW) I just think that Arrival had such a perfect balance of scientific discovery and sentimentality, whereas The Discovery was a little heavy-handed on the sentimentality. But then again, that’s how I felt about Interstellar the first time I saw it because the science went over my head.

Back to the acting. Jesse Plemons is always such a delightful surprise. I loved him in Fargo and I loved him in this. The way he kind of hides behind his hair, just the way he hides behind his faith in his father is so perfect to me. Rooney Mara was good too but I find it hard to really dig down into a purely quirky character. I will say she had great chemistry with Jason Segel.

This was such a softly-paced and dreamlike movie. I don’t want to say it’s slow-paced because that’s not quite right, it just takes its time. Let me tell you though, such good cinematography. I loved the dreary coloring of the whole movie. And the score was AMAZING. Easily the best part of the movie. However it always concerns me when aspects like cinematography and score overshadow the rest of the movie.

It’s a little hard to analyze the plot because the ending colors it so much but again, I’ll do my best, for you my devoted supporters. I think the ending is really interesting but it frustrates me that it wasn’t slightly more obvious. Not that I wanted to be able to figure out the answer but I couldn’t go back and point to specific clues without the movie’s help. Also it took me and my dad a few minutes to piece it together. We came up with: the brother and father did not bring Will back, instead he died and went to “a different place” like Isla said, the different place being where her son died. Not sure if that’s accurate but that’s all we were able to figure out. Also I find it kind of hard to believe that the death of a woman he did not know followed him his entire life? And if the answer to that is that they were “mean to to be together”, that’s lame and gross.

I know it might sound like I hated this movie but I didn’t. I liked it but didn’t love it. Three Stars. And I think that’s probably mostly just personal preference. Give it a try.

Best Part

When Will went under the machine and died (?). It was so interestingly and beautifully shot.

That and Jesse Plemons’ one-man band. Probably my favorite character.

Worst Part

Hmm. Nothing terrible sticks out. I guess I didn’t love the scene when Jason Segel and Rooney Mara met? Just didn’t love Jason Segel in this scene I guess.

Fun Fact

Nicholas Hoult was originally cast in the lead role. Man would I have loved to see that. Would have been a totally different movie.


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May Reads

Unfortunately with exams looming and starting it’s hard time to find time to read, but it is a great way to relax from stress.

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The metafiction novel has a narrative that switches among the characters to highlight themes of unreliable narrative and perspective. Starting on the hottest day of the year, in the shade of the approaching war, tensions rise and lead to two crimes that shape everyone’s lives forever.

The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
The mournful narrative of longing and unknown or hidden desire sweeps you up in the world of Jim. He’s a drifter who is trying to chase one day from long ago, travelling everywhere searching for something that even he can’t identify. With the pressure and secretary of the time period shapping Jim’s experiences as he has affairs with actors and writers whilst trying to copy the lingering attraction he felt to Bob years ago.

April Reads

April is a great time to read with Easter break allowing you to sit down and breathe for a moment, and even better a time for reading.

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
I haven’t seen the film so when I saw the book, I thought I’d better read it and that was a great decision. The remarkable stories of the women at Langely are engaging and amazing. Dorothy, Katherine and Mary are brilliant individuals who have shaped the future and their story is a brilliant read. The book reveals so much history that has been wrongly untold, the engaging plot is so much more than the story of how an American made it into orbit.

Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter
The sad, but moving story of two people in a world of barbarians and lost. Communication becomes the bitter undoing of them as the promise of something better becomes slowly lost in a world of beautiful imagery and lions. A great read.

The Scorch Trails by James Dashner
The second of the trilogy is as good as the first. The mystery is maintained as well as the high morality rate of the trials. The introduction of new characters add to the story and the new setting is as deadly as the first and even crueler.

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The tragedy of Willy Loman as he falls apart to the audience’s eyes is incredible heart breaking and moving. The play gives a deep and profound emptiness as we watch something so human and yet so soul clenching. It is as brilliant as it was when it was written in 1949. Everyone should read it or see it as it shows the bitterness of failure and the human response to a bleak and hopeless future.

March Reads

March is the time where the spring arrives but winter still holds on giving you a mix of rain and cold with sun.

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Beautiful and vivid imagery accompanies a moving story. The almost dream like narrative shelters the reader from the bare brutality that  instead it is presented in sharp doses of reality along with the attractive dullness of failure that is interwoven into the story. This book feels as though your imagination is drowing in the overwhelming life and death that plagues the family but one that brings a mournful catharsis as the plot is resolved and the reader knows all that occurred by the river.

No one writes to the Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez
This short but tragic story of the Colonel, his wife and the cockrel trying to have enough food to survive is an engaging and entertaining one despite the constant backdrop of death and misery. A great story to read on a free afternoon.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
My brother lent me this book saying it was a good read, and he wasn’t wrong. The narrative is simple to follow and descriptive but also engaging. The mystery behind the maze drives the plot forward with a collection of interesting characters including Thomas, Newt and Chuck. The ending sets up the next book brilliantly and leaves the reader wanting more. I can see why the book series has become popular even if I am a couple years late reading it to join the hype.

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
The Booker Prize winner of 1998 is a short novel about the lovers of Molly; three former and her mourning husband. Clive and Vernon agree a deal but are driven away by their own aims and the memory of Molly. This story spins into the ending as the chaos of the world around them drives them both to Amsterdam.

February Reads

February is full of storms, snow and rain that proves it’s still winter but a great time to curl up indoor and ignore the rest of the world.

Othello by William Shakespeare
This tragedy of jealously, love and status has beautiful language that is a pleasure to listen to, read or analysis. The dramatic imagery combined with the extremely fast paced plot creates the stunning fall of Othello from greatness. Iago’s soliloquies are as beautiful as frustrating as you watch him unravel the lives of everyone around him. Iago is one of my favourite villains and he is perfect opposite the tragic hero of Othello. This play is a great way to see how tragedy can be explored effectively.

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
A mystery based around detective inspector Helen Grace. It’s an easy read with an ethical dilemma at the centre of the plot, the idea of kill or be killed is interesting and engaging . The narrative has a range of viewpoints pulling the reader in but the resolution seemed to fall short of the build up as the villain was almost pulled out of nowhere for the sake of a twist. A book to read whilst it’s  raining outside one afternoon.

Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Opening on the murder of an author by an obsessed fan pulls the reader immediately as one is greeted by the violence that surrounds Morris Bellamy. He becomes a constant threat lurking as Pete Saubers unknowingly walks in his steps. King builds the tension as more and more pieces appear on the board and danger grows with each word as the resolution hits. I had to keep putting it down to pace out the nerves before diving straight back into the gripping story I could not leave. After finishing the last page it felt like taking a breath again because the story is so consuming and brilliant.

January Reads

New year, new books. January is the time of year to read the books brought over the holiday period and to read the books we neglected the previous year.

Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman
Blackman’s teenage book explores a futrustic society founded with moral intentions to towards the enemies of the state. The young new wave of Guardians fresh out of trainin are thrown into the age old conflict. Kaspar, the legacy of famous Guardians, starts following his duty when the society and the truth behind it becomes murky. The enemies apparently blind tactics create a thrilling plot that engages the reader. The cast features a range of strong female characters that are a joy to read. The ending creates resolution but I did have to sit down and stare out of a window.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
This nerdy goldmine of references will please anyone who loves games, movies or anything from the 80s. The range of characters are all defined and human. The premise and plot are brilliant and the villain is a capitalist company who are determined to privatise OASIS against the desire of everyone else. The treasure hunt of the Halliday Easter Egg brings traditional pirate stories to the modern futuristic settling. A great book to read to escape reality.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
This chilling story of the murder of the Clutter family is painted through the events leading to the event and the path of the killer’s and the detective after that night of the crime. The killers are presented as human which engages and repulses the reader as they have to face the reality behind the murder. The fact that the story is completely based in fact is shown through the journalistic type of narrative, preventing the reader getting lost in the story and forcing them to learnt the facts of the case.

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut is an author I discovered this summer and instantly fell in love with. Previously Slaughterhouse 5/The Children’s Crusade was my favourite book but this story of Kilgore Trout and Dwayne Hoover is a captivating and briliantly insane. Vonnegut 50th birthday gift to himself is also a gift to the reader. The narrative is easy and flowing guiding the reader through the hair-brained plot. I would recommend this book to anyone as it’s a light easy read that explores deeper thends without the reader realising.


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365, 4: day 70

After two lovely, very pleasant flights and a layover in the now-super-fancy MSP (I worked on my 2015 resolutions! I finished my Nixon book!), I arrived in Chicago just in time for dinner and to help decorate the tree (we weren’t going to have one but my mom called an audible earlier in the day and put it up). We finished the night out with some spades and my sisters come tomorrow morning!

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VDI Eval/POC/Cost – first stab at a product, things to look at…

Recently I had the opportunity to evaluate multiple VDI vendors (big n small) for one of the customer (SMB). As with any SMB customer, they had no plans to invest huge on VDI as the use-case was very limited and adoption … Continue reading

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Quick VDI Value-Add – Customer Concerns and Tackling Cost

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Building Services The Building Division of the County of Sutter is a part of the Development Services Department and is charged with the enforcement of the California Building Code, the California Electric Code, the California Plumbing Code, the California Mechanical Code and other applicable codes as adopted by Sutter County and the State of California.

The purpose of the codes are to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures through a program of permitting, plan review, inspection and enforcement.

Before commencing construction, repair or making any major alterations, please confer with the Building Division to make certain that the project conforms to current building and zoning codes and that the proper permits are obtained.

The Building Division cannot legally design, redesign or perform structural calculations for construction projects. The services of an architect or a engineer may be required for certain projects.

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The Yuba-Sutter Juvenile Hall is a 45 bed detention facility for offenders under 18 years of age. Although some minors may be serving commitments, the majority of minors detained in this facility are pending Juvenile Court proceedings.

The Maxine Singer Youth Guidance Center is a minimum security facility for 48 male offenders and 12 female offenders. The primary objectives of the Youth Guidance Center are community protection and the redirection of delinquent behaviors. The philosophy of the program is to assist each juvenile, and their family, in developing a sense of achievement and personal responsibility through exposure and mastery of a wide variety of experiences. Comprehensive services are provided to both residents and their families. Community services work projects are undertaken and the Wards work closely with local schools and civic groups. Specialized program elements include anger management, negotiating and resolving conflict, drug awareness / recovery, life skills, victim awareness, character counts, building assets, recreation and physical training, family services, mental health counseling, education and construction technology.

The Guidance Center provides programs up to one year along with Aftercare Support provided by Yuba and Sutter Probation Departments. The program includes a furlough period allowing the minor and their family to adjust to and prepare for the minor’s return home. Review Hearings are held before the Juvenile Court Judge. Non-compliance with the program can result in termination from the program, an extended stay within the program or a return to the Juvenile Hall facility. Exceptional behavior may reduce a minor’s time in the program.

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This office is a Bi-County function with Yuba County acting as a lead agency. The office staff, consisting of a full-time Veterans Services Officer (VSO), a full-time Veterans Representative, and an Office Specialist, are Yuba County employees. Sutter and Yuba Counties share net costs (total costs less revenues) on a 50-50% basis. Sutter County's share of the net costs is appropriated in this budget unit.

The Veterans Services Office helps veterans, survivors, and dependents obtain benefits by providing information and assisting them in filing claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CDVA).

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Revenues are derived from the following three sources: State Subvention program and administered and allocated according to a weighted factor of the claims filed by the office; the Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance program granted by the State Department of Health under contract with CDVA and allocated on the basis of qualified referrals from Yuba and Sutter County Social Services Departments; and the State Veterans License Plate Fund from proceeds of veterans license plates and distributed according to each County's share of total statewide expenditures.

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There’s More Than One Way To Get Things Done

In the days leading up to Mother’s Day I was pretty busy and I didn’t blog on every day on my schedule. I have thought about blogging ahead of time, saving a draft and then pressing “publish” on that particular day, yet my usual habit has been to blog early in the morning and publish right away.

This morning I’m up earlier than my wife and son and I know they’ll be getting up sometime during the next half hour. A few minutes ago I wasn’t in the mood and feeling a little groggy. It’s too early for me to play music until I get some new headphones. We have a heatwave coming this week and we’ve been sleeping with most windows open. So I was sitting in the coolness hearing all the birds chirp (we don’t need a rooster!) and I decided to close my eyes and listen to the birds.

An interesting thing happened when I did. I could hear about half a dozen distinct birds. I heard a particularly loud one stop completely at some point. Soon another one stopped. Then I realized that there weren’t dozens of birds as I had previously thought.

Unlike some people I happen to enjoy the sound of the birds singing – even early in the morning. I like bits of nature in my suburbia. (I love trees, too.) After I took a few minutes to close my eyes and listen to nature I found myself ready to write. As my late “poor country boy from Illinois” dad used to say, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”

About a week ago I wrote about another method for getting started in my Jumpstart post. Whatever the task, you will want to be ready with different methods of getting started so that you waste less time and get things done even when conditions are not optimal. Blogging last Friday and reblogging on Saturday was not critical for CoachZero, but it’s important to create consistent habits to get done what you want to get done.

Even as I type this post my son gave me word from my wife to get something started on the stove and soon my wife and the dog were up while our son showered. In about 40 minutes I’ll need to take my wife to school. I find that it’s easier to continue typing when the rest of the family gets up than it is to start writing from scratch. You are reading a completed project, yet I am interacting with my wife who’s telling me about a pain, our son who’s relaying the story of a woman who was saved from a tsunami by her dog insisting that they go for a walk in a different direction, and our dog wanting to go out and then come back in.

You likely have other methods than closing your eyes for a few minutes in order to get focused and get started or keep yourself on track. Use what works for you. Consistently.

While it’s literally true that Rome wasn’t built in a day, it’s also true that consistency helps you hone the skills to continue through interruptions. Life will interrupt all the time and we still need to get done what we need to get done. Now it’s time for me to get dressed and take my wife to school.


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Every single person I talked to this week had something rough going on. It’s that time in the semester when we’re just exhausted, emotionally and mentally, as well as physically. And once we hit that point, it’s really easy to get caught up in it. We list our problems and stressors and compare them to each other’s like it’s a competition; stress isn’t an option and then sleep is, and it’s so overwhelming.

Between school and the general insanity that was this week, I really struggled to find a look for the youngest Schuyler sister. Peggy isn’t confident like Angelica or sweet like Eliza. She’s the kid of the family, in her shadow of her dazzling sisters, and she doesn’t have a solo. Yet she’s exactly the character I needed this week.

It’s okay to not have it all together. It’s okay to feel like you don’t have it figured out, especially relative to your friends. I know everyone says it, but comparison really is such a dangerous game to play, and its not worth it. Some days, what’s important isn’t having your problems solved; it’s getting over your fears and worries, and deciding to stay. It’s not letting yourself be upstaged, and being comfortable enough to not need to compare yourself.

There’s this wall in downtown Waco, it’s fun and crazy, but colors aren’t usually my cup of tea. Especially when they’re in ridiculous patterns and thrown on top of each other, to make an (admittedly cool) mural in the middle of an otherwise quiet downtown scene. But this fit, it worked for this week, and I needed it. Because if your planner is hectic as all get out, why not shoot an outfit in front of a matching wall.

This look is a little atypical of my usual outfit (in the words of my little: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in jean shorts?”) but I felt really like summer. I got this top from an Old Navy sale last week, and that was such a good life choice. Most days I dress up, so when I had so much to worry about this week, and there was something liberating about dressing down, for once. Some days, you just need to put on a shirt that lets you eat whatever you want to, shorts that look like the ones you wore when you were seven, and then to go find something crazy.

{Top: Old Navy, similar | Shorts: Old Navy | Shoes: Target}

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#ISTE 2017 – Tips and Tricks

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ISTE is just around the corner, and it’s in Texas this year! I loved Nicholas Provenzano’s post about ISTE tips, so I thought I’d share a few of my own.

  1. Bring a re-usable water bottle. Texas is HOT in the summer, ya’ll. Most conference centers have water inside, but if you bring your own bottle, you can refill it and take it with you on your walk back to the hotel.
  2. Make a plan. Pick sessions (and back up sessions) ahead of time. Be flexible about running to a different session at the last minute, but you really need to pick some “must attend” sessions before you even leave home. (See this helpful ISTElib guide if you are feeling a tad overwhelmed.)
  3. Visit the Playgrounds! The playground sessions are super fun and mostly not run by vendors. Play with gadgets and concepts and move on when you are ready. (Plan these too, they change up by time and by day! I missed the STEAMPUNK playground last year and I’m still sad about it.)
  4. Attend workshops. They might seem pricey, but most workshops come with free SWAG. (And if they don’t, you’ll still get your money’s worth in learning.) I’m pretty excited to help Jie Qi with this paper circuit workshop.
  5. Stay and play! If you attend a maker session and it is hands-on…. STAY AND MAKE STUFF! The best way to learn about maker education is to immerse yourself in it. I love attending hands on sessions and learning with my peers. In fact, I’m pretty stoked about attending a #computationaltinkering workshop with the infamous Tinkering Studio peeps and Mitch Resnick. (#makered #fangirling)
  6. Say hi to tweeps! If you see someone you follow on Twitter, don’t be afraid to say hello. It might seem weird, but it is actually fun to meet your tweeps face to face.
  7. Sign up for evening parties. Don’t go overboard, but sign up for fun parties/dinners/drinks/etc. (Like maybe this Maker Ed one on Monday night…. ) Networking is one of THE BEST things about ISTE.
  8. Eat tacos. Eat tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. REPEAT. In Texas we take our tacos seriously. And don’t ask for Tabasco sauce. Just. Don’t. (Salsa and Sriracha are acceptable Texas taco accoutrements.)
  9. Take breaks. Don’t overdo it. Take sit down breaks to catch up on social media, or just chill for a bit. ISTE is HUGE and there are so many people. It can seem really overwhelming. So ask a friend to go get an iced coffee and chill on the riverwalk for awhile.
  10. Visit the Alamo! Take an afternoon, go visit the Alamo, check out other cool San Antonio stuff (list one or list two), and save your river-walking for the evening when it’s not as hot outside.

Did I forget something? Post your own suggestions for surviving ISTE  (or attending sessions) in the comments.

See you in San Antonio!

Pinecrest Innovation Institute- Wrap Up

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I just got back from Florida and had so much fun facilitating a “Low Floor High Ceiling Workshop” alongside Josh Burker! Josh built this amazing wiki as a resource to which I added ideas for Makey Makey and Paper Circuits.

We stayed true to our maker facilitator background and held this workshop in an open-ended format and let the learners guide their own work. So it was a BLAST! Check out some snapshots of participant’s learning:

Snapshot of our workshop fun at Innovation Institute! W @joshburker #makelearning #makered

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Marble runs are always satisfying!

One of my favorite things during the workshop was seeing so many makers make my favorite paper circuit activity from the #bigmakerbook.  While makers were attempting this complicated circuitry, I had an a-ha moment. Even though paper circuits might not seem open-ended, it is a great activity to introduce tinkering, problem-solving, and de-bugging. When makers craft paper circuits, they often have only one or two lights that work at first, so this type of making forces them to tinker to problem solve why their connections aren’t creating closed circuits. Plus, even if they are following a template, the nature of paper circuits allows for some open-ended creativity for incorporating light and interactivity. (Check out this birthday card from one of our workshop attendees!) Lastly, this paper circuit can now be animated with Jie’s new programmable paper circuit “Love to Code” board!!!

Another snapshot from the workshop @joshburker and I held for Pinecrest Innovation Institute ! #makelearning #PD4c

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Our participants even got to see Josh and I go into mad maker mode when he designed a whimsical Makey Makey instrument inside the wind tunnel, and I hacked a computer fan for Makey Makey spin art. Watch the whole Instagram below:

Amazing hard fun at our #makered workshop w @joshburker at Innovation Institute #PD4c #makelearning

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More on take apart and re-inventing here:

The next day I gave my Keynote on Making and Literacy and explained how Invention Literacy can immerse students in the maker mindset.

I also enjoyed attending sessions and getting even more resources for making with cardboard from Kris Swanson and Vicki Spitalnick!  (And I’m ever so thankful for Kris showing me this vectorizer so I can get my Watercolorbot to be more functional! )

You should add the Pinecrest Innovation Institute to your yearly conference schedule! The Fort Lauderdale campus is beautiful and there will be great learning for all to enjoy. (Plus awesome maker educators like Diana Rendina and Krissy Venosdale are in attendance.)


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Ke$ha ‘overwhelmed To Tears’ By Support

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But she asked a friend to send up a flare via her official Twitter account to assure her fans that she’s receiving their messages, and that she’s doing OK. “I’m overwhelmed to tears by all of the love, letters, and support!!” Ke$ha said in the tweeted message. “I’ll be back soon and better than ever.” Her friend acknowledged that the “Timber” star couldn’t actually tweet for herself, as she doesn’t have actually have access to the site. “”I’ll be unavailable for the next 30 days,” Ke$ha told her fans in early January, “seeking treatment for my eating disorder to learn to love myself again exactly as I am.” Ke$ha’s mother, Pebe Sebert, has alleged that her daughter’s struggles with weight are the result of criticism from her industry colleagues, including producer Dr. Luke.
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Dieting in pregnancy can lower baby’s IQ

But the new study looked at the sort of “moderate dieting” typical of women in Britain and America. They compared two groups of baboon mothers at a primate research centre in San Antonio, US. One group was allowed to eat as much as they wanted during the first half of pregnancy, while the other group was fed 30 percent less, a level of nutrition similar to what many prospective mothers experience, the researchers said. In the second group, cells did not divide as much as they should and connections between neurons were not made.
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