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Actions from the March 2015 Board of Directors Meeting
Date: April 20, 2015
To: LLLI Community
From: Diane Jeffer, Secretary, LLLI Board of Directors
Re: Actions from the LLLI Board of Directors' Annual Session held March 21-22, 2015
The LLLI Board of Directors met March 16-22, 2015 in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA. The Annual Session was conducted March 21 and 22. Executive Director Katie Keel was present for the meeting and discussions. The Board visited Bostrom's Chicago office one day and met LLLI staff members. Throughout the week support staff joined discussions when relevant to their positions.
The Board extended its gratitude to Ann Calandro for serving on the Executive Transition Team as LLLI Community Liaison and for her preceding volunteer service as Interim Executive Director. A new Executive Committee and Nominating Committee were elected. The Board approved several policy amendments and a
first reading of a Bylaws revision was presented. Reports and recommendations submitted by each Board committee were reviewed and discussed.
Board Sessions for 2015-16 will be scheduled in midyear 2015, late 2015, and early 2016. The next Board meeting will be held by teleconference in July 2015.
Nominating Committee
The Board elected the Executive Committee for 2015-2016.
Co-Chairmen: Linda Anderson and Lydia de Raad
First Vice-Chair: Carolyn Driver-Burgess
Second Vice-Chair: Marian Tompson
Secretary: Diane Jeffer
Treasurer: Constance Pond
Committee Member-at-Large: Katherine Velasquez
The Board elected the 2015-2016 Nominating Committee.
Katherine Velasquez (Chairman)
Anne Batterjee
Diane Jeffer
June Winfield
Yanet Olivares
Executive Director
LLLI Executive Director Katie Keel reported that the LLLI office's transition to Bostrom management was complete by January 15, 2015. Bostrom completed assignments of all LLLI staff by January 20, 2015, and training and orientation is proceeding as needed. Two previous LLLI employees will continue to serve on LLLI
staff at Bostrom.
The new LLL Leader periodical, Leader Today, with a fresh format and new editor was launched and has been well-received. Issues and articles may be viewed or downloaded at www.leadertoday-llli.org
Regular communication calls with Direct Connect Area Networks (DCANs) have been initiated and will be
scheduled as needed throughout the coming year.
The Leader's Handbook (4th edition, 2003) is available for download at www.llli.org/leaderpages/leadershandbook. Hard copies may be purchased for $11 plus shipping from the LLLI online store. A workgroup will be reinstated to continue revising the Leader's Handbook.
The LLLI Community Network (CN) was discontinued on March 20, 2015 and critical files were archived or transferred to the LLLI website for easy access. LLLI tear-off sheets, logo, and other information from the CN Library are available at
Audit, Finance, and Resource Development
The Board approved hiring Porte Brown LLC as the LLLI independent auditor for fiscal year 2014-2015. In a Special Session on December 29, 2014, the Board reviewed and accepted an unqualified (clean) audit as prepared by Desmond & Ahern, Ltd. for fiscal year 2013-2014. Form 990 was subsequently filed as required by US law.
The Finance Committee and Treasurer have worked closely with LLLI finance staff during the period of transition to Bostrom. Databases, programs, and accounting systems are being integrated and streamlined. Complete details of fiscal year 2014-2015 will be presented when these changes are complete. Spending has been reduced significantly over the past year, resulting in an improved financial position.
The LLLI Development Director and Resource Development Committee led a Board workshop on the topic of raising donations.
The Board agreed on its annual total donation goal for fiscal year 2015-2016. Board members contribute to the goal with personal cash contributions and in-kind gifts, and they solicit donations from supporters to LLLI. Full Board participation in fundraising helps to inspire donations inside and outside LLL.
The 2014 year-end appeal and matching gift campaign generated contributions that exceeded any year since 2007.
The Annual Report for 2013-2014 has been completed and is published on the LLLI website at www.llli.org/docs/00000000000000001AnnualReport/2013-2014_annual_report.pdf.
Personnel Committee
January 15, 2015 was the final day for LLLI staff at the Schaumburg office. The LLLI Board thanked all retiring and relocating staff members for their dedication, support, and hard work throughout their employment and especially during the recent months of transition.
The Board is pleased and impressed with the professional work done by Bostrom and the LLLI ED and staff during the transition.
Professional Advisory Board Committee
The Board approved two new members and two former members to be invited to join the Health Advisory Committee (HAC). Twenty-two current members whose terms are expiring will be invited to renew membership. Six retiring HAC members will be thanked for their valuable contributions. The Board approved the conferral of Emeritus status to seven deceased or retiring members.
Program Services Committee
The Board has agreed to renew the LLLI Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). The updated agreement strengthens the position of LLLI as a WABA Core Partner.
The 2010 LLLI PCP training materials are being updated and edited under the new WABA/LLLI PCP Initiative. A new logo and an expansion of the topics covered in the materials have been developed. In June 2015 this initiative will be finalized in Penang (Malaysia) and a launch is planned for October 2015.
60th Anniversary Workgroup
An international workgroup has been developing plans for the LLLI 60th Anniversary celebration, Building a Legacy, from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. Dedicated anniversary pages will go live on the LLLI website later this year. The Board budgeted funds to complete the LLLI DVD highlighting the work of the Founders.
Strategic Plan Committee
The Board drafted three overarching objectives for the LLLI Strategic Plan. Input will be widely sought from the LLLI community.
Bylaws Committee
A first reading of the following Bylaws amendment was presented; two readings are required to amend LLLI Bylaws.
LLLI believes that breastmilk is the superior human food human milk is the natural food for babies and that mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way for a mother to understand and satisfy the needs of her baby.
Rationale:This revision is proposed to bring the Bylaws into agreement with the recently amended human milk concept.
A revised Milk Donation policy was approved. A separate fact sheet for Leaders will be developed to provide current milk donation guidelines.
Milk Donation Policy
Donating Human Milk
La Leche League International fully supports the use of human milk for babies. The first priority of LLLI is to help mothers to breastfeed their babies at the breast. A second priority is to help helping mothers when it is necessary for them to express and safely store and handle their own milk for their babies. When their own mother's milk is unavailable, babies may need human milk donated by other mothers. It is essential that this donated milk be safe. According to the World Health Organization, donor milk is the best option following one's own expressed milk.
As an international organization, LLLI is aware that many mothers in many cultures have informally shared their breastmilk and wet nursed among family members and trusted friends. LLLI also recognizes that in times of severe maternal illness/death and natural disaster, sharing milk has been lifesaving. The latter special circumstances, however, are beyond the scope of this policy statement. In keeping with the recommendations of the Health Advisory Council of the LLLI Professional Advisory Board, LLLI has developed stringent guidelines concerning the collection and use of donated human milk.
It is always important for the Leader to encourage the mother to talk with her own and the baby's health care providers about their particular situation. If the baby or mother is hospitalized and breastfeeding is not possible, the Leader would recommend that the mother dialogue with medical staff regarding possible hospital policies related to obtaining and using the mother's own milk or donor milk.
When a mother contacts a Leader seeking to acquire donated human milk or to discuss personal options, the Leader's role is to shall respond with information and support, including information about the benefits and risks of such practices as This shall include information about induced lactation, and/or relactation, wet-nursing, or cross-nursing. This discussion may include formal, commercial, or informal (peer-to-peer) forms of milk sharing, which are practiced in various ways around the world. The Leader shall also suggest the mother dialogue with an appropriate, licensed health care provider and contact a licensed human milk bank or other regulated and medically supervised human milk collection center in her country. The Leader shall inform any mother interested in using donated human milk for her baby, whether on an occasional or on a long term basis, of the documented benefits and risks connected with this form of infant feeding. Benefits include, but are not limited to: optimal nutrition, easy digestibility, and immunologic protection. Risks can include, but are not limited to: transmission of certain infectious agents, like bacteria or viruses, some of which may be found in milk expressed by asymptomatic women; drugs; possibly some environmental contaminants, and potentially unhygienic storage and handling of unprocessed donated milk. Milk from a qualified milk bank will require donors meet specific health requirements before accepting their donated milk, which eliminates many of those risks. Each country sets its own standards for milk donors and these screening criteria are available by contacting the milk banks directly.
If a mother is interested in donating her milk, or in receiving donated milk, the a Leader shall should urge the mother to investigate various ways of donating and acquiring human milk. The mother should be encouraged to make an informed decision that is best for her and her baby and meets cultural expectations. A Leader may provide contact information for licensed non-profit human milk banks, or other regulated and medically supervised collection centers, and formal/medically supervised or informal milk-sharing networks. Protocols for the careful and safe collection and handling of human milk are the responsibility of milk banks and networks, and the Leader should encourage the mother to evaluate these protocols. It is not the responsibility of LLL Leaders or LLLI to license, recommend, or assess milk banks or networks, but to share information with mothers.
A Leader shall never pressure a mother to donate or to continue donating her milk. All identifying information concerning the donors and recipients shall remain confidential. A Leader shall remind a potential donor mother that her own baby has a natural priority to her milk. A Leader shall inform a potential donor that: 1) a donor may request complete information from the milk bank or collection center about how her milk will be used; 2) a donor may inquire if she may restrict how her milk will be used; 3) a donor may make her decision about donation in the light of the information she receives from the milk bank or collection center.
A Leader should never use her position as an LLL Leader to set up any type of milk-sharing network. A Leader shall never initiate the suggestion of an informal milk-donation arrangement or act as an intermediary in such a situation. If a mother wishes to discuss these options -which may include donating expressed milk, wet-nursing or cross-nursing – the Leader's role is to provide information about the benefits and risks, as mentioned above, including the limitations of home sterilization of expressed breastmilk. If the baby is hospitalized, the mother is directed to dialogue with the medical staff caring for her regarding hospital policies on providing human milk for a baby in their care. The mother will then make her own informed decision based on her situation and culture.
As with other breastfeeding-related topics, Leaders are expected to keep up-to-date with current best practices and information for their locations.
(Aug 76; rev Oct 92, Mar 07, Mar 11, Mar 15)
Rationale:The revision addresses the rapid rise in informal milk-sharing in recent years and a general disparity in access to donor milk around the world. The new policy encourages Leaders to discuss possible options and offers Leaders greater flexibility to address the diverse situations that mothers face.
Policies and Standing Rules: Appendix 9 – Global Leaders Committee was amended as indicated below; The Global Leaders Committee (the "GLC") is composed of Leader-representatives ("Representative(s)") from each entity that directly connects to LLLI. Each entity that connects to LLLI will be allocated a number of Representatives in accordance with the formula set forth below:
- If the Area Network has fewer than 350 Leaders, then it will be allocated 2 Representatives;
- If the Area Network has between 351 and 700 Leaders, then it will be allocated 3 Representatives;
- If the Area Network has between 701 and 1,250 Leaders, then it will be allocated 4 Representatives;
- If the Area Network has between 1,251 and 2,000 Leaders, then it will be allocated 5 Representatives;
- If the Area Network has between 2,001 and 3,000 Leaders, then it will be allocated 6 Representatives;
- If the Area Network has between 3,001 and 5,000 Leaders, then it will be allocated 7 Representatives;and
- If the Area Network has more than 5,000 Leaders, then it will be allocated 8 Representatives.
Representatives will be nominated by and elected by the Leaders from the entity they represent and will be elected for a term of two years. LLLI will direct each entity that connects to LLLI to utilize appropriate safeguards that support an open, fair, and equitable nomination and election process.
Representatives of the GLC will:
- participate in quarterly calls ("Cascade Calls") with the Executive Director of LLLI and the Chair or Co- Chairs of LLLI's Board of Directors. If the Executive Director and/or Chair or one or both of the Co- Chairs is unable to participate in a Cascade Call, a designate may participate on the unavailable person's behalf.
- deliver quarterly reports to their Leader-constituents detailing the substance of each Cascade Call;
- solicit and gather questions and concerns from their Leader-constituents on an ongoing basis and in preparation for each quarterly Cascade Call; and,
- submit proposed agenda items, if any, to the GLC Coordinating Committee (see below) in advance of each Cascade Call.
The GLC shall governed by select a coordinating committee (the "GLC Coordinating Committee") created, established, and implemented by the Representatives with the primary responsibilitiesy to be the coordination and implementation of Cascade Calls.
The GLC may submit any decision or action of the LLLI Board of Directors to the Board for reconsideration should sixty percent of the Representatives voting on the issue conclude that the decision or action conflicts with LLLI's mission, and/or violates or conflicts with LLLI's codes of conduct, Bylaws, Purpose and Principles Reference Set, Policies and Standing Rules and any appendices thereto, and/or any other governing document or set of principles not set forth herein (collectively "LLLI's Policies"). In order to submit a Board decision or action to the Board for reconsideration, at least eighty percent of the GLC must participate in the vote.
- Within 45 days of receipt of the notification that sixty percent of the voting Representatives have voted in favor of submitting a Board decision or action for reconsideration, the Board shall revisit the decision or action at issue and submit a written statement to the GLC detailing its reason(s) to either reverse or affirm the earlier decision or action.
- Upon receipt of a written statement from the Board that it intends to affirm an earlier decision or action that had been submitted for reconsideration by the GLC, the GLC may submit that same Board decision or action for review by the Review Panel if sixty- six percent of the Representatives voting on the issue conclude, upon review of the Board's written statement that it intends to affirm the decision or action, that the action or decision violates and or conflicts with LLLI's Policies. In order to submit a Board decision or action to the Review Panel for consideration, at least eighty percent of the GLC must participate in the vote. In no event shall a decision to submit a Board decision or action for review by the Review Panel be made by a vote of absolute numbers less than the number of Representatives that approved the original GLC submission for reconsideration to the Board.
- Within 60 days of receipt of the notification that sixty-six percent of the voting Representatives have voted in favor of submitting the Board action or decision to the Review Panel for consideration, the Review Panel shall convene and issue a written opinion with its decision as to whether the Board's decision or action violates or conflicts with LLLI's Policies.
- Should the Review Panel conclude that the Board's decision or action does not violate or conflict with LLLI's Policies, the Review Panel shall issue a written statement to the Board and the GLC setting forth the reason(s) for this conclusion. This determination shall be final and the GLC shall have no further avenue of recourse with respect to the Board decision or action at issue.
- Should the Review Panel conclude that the Board's decision or action does violate or conflict with LLLI's Policies, the Review Panel shall issue a written statement to the Board and the GLC setting forth the reason(s) for this conclusion. After the issuance of such a statement by the Review Panel, the Board must either reverse its decision or action or take measures to revise and/or clarify the LLLI Policy(ies) at issue so as to ensure that the Board's decision or action at issue no longer conflicts with LLLI Policy(ies).
The Review Panel shall be composed of five members. Members of the Review Panel will either be former Board members or persons with training, experience or skill regarding policy making and policy implementation. No more than three former Board members may serve on the Review Panel at one time. Members of the Review Panel shall be selected by the LLLI Board subject to the approval of a majority of Representatives of the GLC to serve for a term of three years. Members of the Review Panel shall be governed by the following principles:
- Each member of the Review Panel shall be fair and impartial; and,
- A member of the Review Panel must recuse herself/himself from participation in the review process if the subject matter of the Board decision or action under review prevents him or her from being fair and/or impartial.
The Cascade Calls will be governed by the following principles:
- The Executive Director and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board will be present on each Cascade Call, absent extenuating circumstances.
- During each Cascade Call, the Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board, with the assistance of the Executive Director, will report on the following agenda items: (1) LLLI's general budget, (2) fundraising efforts, (3) publications, (4) branding, (5) Leader accreditation, and (6) global policy making. Additional agenda items may be submitted by the Representatives of the GLC Coordinating Committee thirty days in advance of the each Cascade Call.
- Prior to each Cascade Call, Representatives will solicit and gather questions and agenda items from their Leader-constituents.
- The agenda for each Cascade Call will be jointly developed by the Executive Director, the Co-Chairs of the Board, and the GLC Coordinating Committee.
- Prior to each Cascade Call, the Executive Director will prepare and post a financial report on LLLI's website in a manner easily accessible to all Leaders.
- Should the Executive Director and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board conclude that any topic within the scope of the agenda items to be reported on is confidential and, therefore, cannot be discussed during the Cascade Call, the Executive Director and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board shall provide information sufficient for the GLC to understand why discussion of the topic must remain confidential, including: (1) the general subject matter of the topic, (2) the reason why confidentiality is necessary, and (3) an approximation of when the topic will be fully disclosed to the GLC.
- During the Cascade Calls, Representatives will be permitted to ask questions and/or comment on any of the items set forth on the agenda, as well as any additional agenda items submitted thirty days in advance of the Cascade Call. The GLC will utilize conference call software, or some other protocol, to ensure that the ability to ask questions and/or comment on any of the agenda items is allocated in a fair and orderly manner.
- No later than fourteen days after each quarterly call, Representatives will provide quarterly reports to their Leader-constituents detailing the minutes of each Cascade Call. During the Cascade Calls, the GLC will make detailed notes of the conversation to use as a basis for the subsequent report; the corrected notes will be made available to the GLC Representatives and the Executive Director and Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board. In the twenty-eight days following each quarterly call, the GLC Coordinating Committee shall work closely with the Executive Director and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the Board to produce a complete report of the Cascade Call, subject to the approval of the GLC.
- The GLC may request, by a two-thirds vote of the Representatives, one additional Cascade Call per quarter on any subject matter falling within the scope of the agenda items discussed during the preceding Cascade Call. Such requests (detailing the subject matter) will be submitted to the Executive Management and the Chair or Co-Chairs of Board and the requested call shall be held within fourteen days of the submission of the GLC's request.
- No later than fourteen seven days after each the completion and approval of the Cascade Call report, the Executive Director will post a full and complete recording the complete report of the Cascade Call on LLLI's website in a manner readily accessible to all Leaders.
(Date Nov 12, rev Sept 14, Mar 15)
Rationale: This policy was revised at the request of Global Leaders Committee members to reflect actual committee practices. The reference to a report being accessible to all Leaders was removed because it is impossible to assure that all Leaders would have access to an online report in their own languages.
Policies and appendices that are no longer applicable were approved for deletion. A list of deleted policies will appear at the end of the PSR index on the LLLI website. The deleted items are: LLL Logo and LLL Name Protection, Conferences, Leader: Special Recognition, Legal Associates Program, Medical Associates Program, Medical Associates Program: Interns and Residents, Appendix 13: Medical Associates Program, and Speaking Engagements.
Several policies were amended in minor ways to update terminology or to cross-reference with other policies. These amended policies were: Selling Items with LLL's Name or Logo, Books: Translations, Board Committee Members from ID, Bylaws, Amendments, Health Advisory Council: Initial Selection and Re-
Evaluation Process, Health Advisory Council: Guidelines for Use, LAC, MAC, and Appendix 20: Board Member Nomination.
The Board discussed correspondence received from Leaders regarding the philosophy concept that refers to a father's role. A task force will be convened under the Bylaws Committee to review this concept.
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Sharon is an Associate Professor of Sociology, the Associate Director of the Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies, Affiliated faculty of the Labor Studies Program, and a member of the UC Consortium on Social Science and Law. She earned her PhD from UC Irvine and is a past fellow of the American Association of University Women.
Her research interests encompass criminology, gender, social movements, organizations and culture. Much of her work focuses on the intersections of crime, deviance, and gender, with a particular emphasis on sex work. Sharon is the author of Leaving Prostitution: Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work (2014, NYU Press), but has also published articles on entrance pathways into prostitution by age of onset, how organizations and social controls affect identity and desistance, violence and adaptive responses within the street-based sex trade (for both men and women), and the factors that determine whether non-profit organizations engage in advocacy or service provision on behalf of sex workers. In terms of her social movement research, she assessed how community-based features undergird prolonged anti-war protest participation, and developed a comparative study about the factors that influence pro- and anti-war movement/counter-movement framing, recruitment and outcomes. Her gender research includes a paper that investigates how gender, culture, and religion shape Arab-American women's educational and employment decisions. Additionally, an ongoing study examines how men "borrow" status and devise masculinity through their relationships with other men.
Sharon is currently working on a qualitative project that explores how gentrification impacts those engaged in the illicit shadow economy. To do so, she draws on the cases of trans and cisgender female street sex workers in two different neighborhoods in Washington DC.
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Safety Data
Common adverse events associated with tolvaptan were dry mouth and thirst, which are consistent with the pharmacologic effects of the drug. In the EVEREST trial, adverse events resulting in study drug discontinuation occurred in 6.5 percent of tolvaptan patients and 5.5 percent of placebo patients. Among these, only thirst occurred significantly more frequently with tolvaptan (n equal to 7) vs. placebo (n equal to 0); (p equal to 0.02). Dry mouth resulted in discontinuation in 4 tolvaptan patients vs. 0 placebo patients (p equal to 0.12).
Hypernatremia occurred in 1.7 percent of tolvaptan patients, compared to 0.5 percent of placebo patients. The incidence of kidney failure and low blood pressure were comparable in the two groups. Tolvaptan-treated patients showed no differences from placebo-treated patients with regards to heart rate and blood pressure. In addition, tolvaptan demonstrated no deleterious effects on renal function relative to placebo in these patients.
About EVEREST
EVEREST is a landmark, prospective, international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted at 432 sites in North America, South America and Europe between 2003 and 2006. EVEREST investigators randomized patients with worsening congestive heart failure and who had a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40 percent or less within 48 hours of their hospitalization to receive either 30 milligrams (mg) tolvaptan once-daily or a placebo until the end of the long-term outcome trial. Additionally, treating physicians could choose conventional therapies for their patients, including diuretics, digoxin, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, aldosterone blockers, -blockers, nitrates, nesiritide and/or hydralazine.
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Fire engulfed a 24-storey block of flats in central London on Wednesday, killing some people, injuring at least 50 more and trapping some residents asleep inside the towering inferno.
200 firefighters, backed up by 40 fire engines, fought the blaze for hours in the north Kensington area.
Thick black and grey smoke billowed high into the air over London hours after the blaze broke out at the Grenfell Tower where several hundred people live.
Residents rushed to escape through smoke-filled corridors in the housing block after being woken up by the smell of burning. Some said no fire alarm sounded.
Witnesses said they saw trapped residents desperately shouting for help from windows on upper floors as flames enveloped the building.
London Fire Brigade said the fire engulfed all floors from the second to the top of the block which contained 130 apartments.
"In my 29 years of being a fire fighter, I have never ever seen anything of this scale," London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton told reporters.
"I am very sad to confirm that there have been a number of fatalities, I cannot confirm the number at this time due to the size and complexity of this building."
London Ambulance Service said more than 50 people had been taken to hospital.
"I looked through the spy hole and I could see smoke everywhere and the neighbours are all there. There's a fireman shouting 'get down the stairs'," one of the block's residents, Michael Paramasivan, told BBC radio. "It was an inferno."
"As we went past the fourth floor it was completely thick black smoke. As we've gone outside I'm looking up at the block and it was just going up. It was like pyrotechnics. It was just unbelievable how quick it was burning."
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Christopher Rumana, MD, Chair-Elect
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Martha Barnett, Esq., Secretary
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Lee Hinkle, Treasurer
Wayne Batchelor, MD
A.J. Brickler, MD
Reverend Brant Copeland
Avon Doll, MD
Kelly Simmons Dozier
Winston Howell
Avery D. McKnight, Esq.
Ed Murray, Jr
Mary Pankowski, Esq.
Thomas Truman, MD
Gary Winchester, MD
Andrew Wong, MD
Shelby Blank, MD
Georgeann Hartsfield,
President of the TMH Auxiliary
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President & CEO
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Shelby Blank, MD, Chair
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Tom Noel, MD, Chair-Elect
Joseph Soto, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
Nnaemeka Amanze, MD
David Bellamy, MD
Carlos Campo, MD
Edward Forster, MD
Alex Ho, MD
Vikki McKinnie, MD
Alfredo Paredes, MD
Heemanshi Shah, MD
James Totten, MD
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Barbara Alford
Vice President,
Chief Clinical Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Cynthia Blair
Vice President,
Chief Improvement and Planning Officer
Joseph Camps, MD
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Chief Integration Officer
Stephanie Derzypolski
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Chief Communications Officer
Andrea Friall, MD
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William Giudice
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Who knew that the major downside of reading 52 bestsellers in 52 weeks would be the massive backlog in my to-read pile? But so it's proved to be. As I kept buying books (and receiving them as gifts) that I wanted to read, I was reading the books that I 'had' to read (don't feel sorry for me, I (a) read a lot of great books, and (b) imposed this rule on myself). The end result: about 52 weeks worth of reading has piled up in my study and on my iPad.
So, this year, that's what I'll be reading. Everything and anything that caught my fancy last year, be it bestseller, lost to obscurity or somewhere in between. And so far, so good.
My first read of the year was the wonderful Wonder by E.J. Palacio.
Something is wrong with August Pullman's face. He has a genetic malfunction that makes him hard to look at. And though Auggie minds, he, and his family, have learned to live with it. That is until Auggie's parents decide that it's time for him to go to school. The 5th grade can be a hard place for any kid, let alone one who has a face that makes even the best person flinch on first sight. How Auggie copes, and grows, and changes the people around him in his first year truly in the world is at the heart of this very readable book.
I was worried that this book would be a difficult read, or a massive tear-jerker like The Fault in Our Stars. And while there are difficult and sad parts, it's mostly just enjoyable and funny and very readable. It might be classified as YA, but I'd recommend it to anyone.
My second read was The Fable of Bing by Tim Sandlin. The author of numerous books and screenplays, Sandlin's even had a few movies made out of his books, including Hope Floats and the recent The Right Kind of Wrong.
As a baby, Bing accidently gets shipped to the San Diego Zoo with a crate of Bonobos. Fast forward 20 years and he's living in the zoo being taken care of by Dr. Lori along with his adopted Bonobo family. He's never been outside the zoo, and while he can speak English and is clearly intelligent, he can't read and has led a very sheltered life.
Then he meets Rosemary, a young women who's seeking solace in a cult-like religious movement in order to cope with her sister's terminal illness, and he decides to hop the fence and explore the big wide world. What results is funny, touching, thoughtful and an interesting look into what our world must look like to complete outsiders.
I would also recommend this to fans of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler; this is like the inside-out version of that book in a lot of ways, yet completely unique, and both are well worth reading.
Next up are Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath and Allison Winn Scotch's The Theory of Opposites. Catch you in a couple of weeks.
And in the meantime, read on.


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Attorney in excessive force lawsuit chided for media comment
Attorney in excessive force lawsuit chided for media comment
Sep. 13, 2017
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has chided a Tennessee attorney for comments made to the media in his client's excessive force case against law enforcement.
The Daily Times reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. said attorney Lance Baker "stepped over the line" when he contacted the Maryville newspaper in May to say that the $2 million lawsuit could have been avoided if officers and deputies had recognized his client's mental distress when she was arrested and jailed.
But the judge declined a request from defense attorney Gary Prince to issue a gag order.
Baker represents Annissa Mary Lee Colson of Maryville, who alleges she was assaulted, tormented and humiliated when she was arrested in June 2015 in a drunken driving and reckless endangerment case she later pleaded guilty to.
Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com


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Bark Busters Reviews and Customer Testimonials
You can filter these results to find reviews related to behavior problems of interest.
8th May 2016Linda Dodsworth dealt with:
Absolutely perfect, just what I needed to train my dog, she responded very well to Linda and now I can go forward with her behaviour.
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Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
6th May 2016Kevin McDonnell dealt with:
I contacted bark busters because my cocker spaniel suffered from separation anxiety and couldn't be left for any length of time. In just 3 hours of training Stanley can now be left for short periods of time with little or no distress! In order to help him with this Kevin also dealt with his other behavioural issues that I didn't see as a problem but were all connected, he no longer pulls on the lead or reacts instantly to my requests if he does begin to pull and his recall skills have also improved massively along with his territorial Barking just to name a few!
I thoroughly recommend bark busters, the training is humane with minimal effort with rapid and effective results - worth every penny after all the money I've wasted on non effective gimmicks!
More reviews about Kevin McDonnell
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Plymouth, Devon
4th May 2016Estelle Jackson dealt with:
Very pleased made good progress with Oscar
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dronfield, Derbyshire
4th May 2016Isla Clarke dealt with:
Isla spent considerable time finding out all about my dog and his behaviour, food and habits etc... We then began the Bark Busters training. My dog began to respond very well and with the daily training, I have seen a good improvement in a week.
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West Bromwich, West Midlands
4th May 2016Angela Young dealt with:
I was very impressed with Angela's approach and her ability to interact positively with Poppy. She managed to help us both relax and has given me the confidence to take the training forward. She was clear and understanding and I am looking forward to working with her again.
More reviews about Angela Young
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Ormskirk, Lancashire
3rd May 2016Angela Young dealt with:
Angela was fantastic. From the very beginning we saw a change Otto as his excessive barking stopped almost straight away. Angela's lessons were very clear and concise and has given us good communication tools to improve Otto's training further. Would definitely recommend using Bark Busters.
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Preston, Lancashire
30th April 2016Lee Hardy dealt with:
Brilliant really happy with what we where shown and the advice we received. Can't wait for the next visit.
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Derby, Derbyshire
29th April 2016Alex Fraser dealt with:
Alex's training was excellent. It was informative and he gave us lots of tips.
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Swinton, Greater Manchester
26th April 2016David and Anthony Swindells dealt with:
It is very clear that Anthony understands the behaviour of dogs, After just one session I understood a lot more on how dogs interpret different signs and signals that us dog owners give out. Instructions were made very clear to me and I am looking forward to seeing how our training progresses. I have every confidence that my puppy is being taught in the best way possible.
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Lincoln, Lincolnshire
26th April 2016Lynn Prentice dealt with:
Lynn came on 20th April 20016 Our 10 month old Golden Retriever (which is our 4th Golden) Female "Whisper" had been causing us some headaches with her barking whenever we left the room or went out without her,( causing complaints from our neighbours) her constant jumping up and nipping me (never my husband)also waking early (which she had never done before the last 2 weeks) and then whining to get us all up anything from 4.30 onwards. She is a very confident dog.
Within minuets Lynn had assessed her and started to work using their collar and lead, she soon put her in her place (gently) and you could see that Whisper was obeying her .
Lynn was very thorough with all her explanations and soon had us trying the same techniques.
After 3 hours we had a different dog, very quiet all evening, slept in her crate until 7am next morning, and no barking, and her behaviour has been much the same since.
We have continued with the training and 99% of the time she is ok, occasional bark which we soon correct and again occasional jumping up when excited but also usually corrected.
We feel we still have plenty to learn and will have to keep on asserting our place as leader of the pack not Whisper)
We would have no hesitation in recommending Lynn
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The tournament logo and that of the hosting city of Bucharest were launched at the National Arena.
The visual identity of the Euro 2020 tournament and the logo of the hosting city of Bucharest have been unveiled today during an event organized at the National Arena, attended by UEFA, Romanian government, Bucharest municipality and Romanian Football Federation (FRF) representatives.
The UEFA 2020 European Football Championship shall mark the anniversary of 60 years since this competition was initiated and, in order to celebrate such a historical edition, it has adopted a unique and novel format. Thus, Romania, together with other 12 countries, will be a co-organizer of the 2020 European Championship and it will be hosting 4 matches in Bucharest – three at group stage and one in the round of 16.
UEFA was represented during the ceremony organized in Bucharest by Davor Suker, UEFA official, who explained the way in which Euro 2020 was designed, as an itinerant tournament dedicated to the entire Europe, focused on the features of connectivity and unity. In 2020, football will be acting as a binding element among nations, a social link that would thus bring the competition even closer to the supporters.
"With 13 cities hosting these matches, we will be providing the supporters with a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the EURO experience directly in their home towns. This is also true for Bucharest, a vibrant city, rich in traditions and history, with a fascinating mix of new and old. Four years from now we will be witnessing an unforgettable show of the best football that the European national teams are able to provide", stated Mr. Davor Suker.
Mr. Răzvan Burleanu, the President of the Romanian Football Federation added: "For Bucharest and for Romania, the EURO 2020 project has a value which is almost impossible to measure according to its real dimensions. Because we are not only talking about a tournament, about specific matches, about organized events, but also about medium and long term reactions and implications. We are constantly working for a sports organizational success, if we refer to the four matches that we shall be hosting. After the football competition ends, all the infrastructure works done will serve the sustainable development of our society, the success of the event will contribute to increasing the attractiveness of Bucharest and Romania, and our children will rediscover easier how important it is to grow through sports and sports values."
The development strategy as well as the FRF projects for Euro 2020 has already started and they entail the construction of four training facilities, 400 football fields, building highways, airport terminals, transport links between the city and the airport, as well as urban development of Bucharest city. During the next year, 3 million EUR shall be directed towards the football pitches and the four stadiums, Giulești, Dinamo, Ghencea and the Arch of Triumph, will be rebuilt.
In her own turn, the Mayor of Bucharest City, Mrs. Gabriela Firea, added: "I can assure you that the projects that the Municipality committed itself to shall be finalized. I am referring here to infrastructure modernization works which fall in the scope of responsibility of the Bucharest Mayor's Office – street refurbishments, modernization of boulevards with tramway lines in the area neighbouring the National Arena, construction of parking lots. These are large scale projects, which are paramount for the proper organization of these matches, that the citizens of Bucharest will continue benefiting from afterwards, as well. And some specific steps have been taken for each of these projects, as I have promised. The capital city of Romania will be ready! I am proud that Bucharest is among the cities participating to this great celebration of football, the 2020 European Championship".
"In partnership with the Romanian Football Federation and in compliance with UEFA standards, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration through our company will be building four arenas amounting to over 70,000 seats for all sports fans: 8,000 seats on the Arch of Triumph stadium, 18,400 seats on Giuleşti stadium, 20,000 seats on Dinamo stadium and 30,000 seats on Steaua stadium. The funding is provided by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration and we estimate costs around 1,500 EUR for each seat of these stadiums. The Romanian Government has already stated that Euro 2020 is deemed a project of national interest", pointed out Mrs. Manuela Irina Pătrășcoiu, General Manager of Compania Națională de Investiții (National Investment Company).
During the same day, once the logo of the hosting city of Bucharest was launched, the members of the public had the possibility to admire the Euro 2020 totem, which represents a 3D structure having as central element the stylized Henri Delaunay Cup, surrounded by the figures of supporters everywhere celebrating the joy of football. The connection element is represented by famous bridges linking the host cities. The Basarab Bridge was the symbol chosen for Bucharest.
Starting from today, Bucharest joins the host cities of London, Rome and Baku which have already celebrated the launch of the tournament logo. Similar events are to be organized in the other 9 cities: Amsterdam, Bilbao, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Munich and St. Petersburg.
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Wargames Foundry Finds Some Lost Tribesmen!
November 14, 2014 by stvitusdancern
Wargames Foundry has found some lost American Indian ranges from the 1980s after an inquiry from a fan asking about them since Wargames Foundry has been offering most of their older ranges.
These three tribes cover a time period of the 16th century through the 19th century and were sculpted by Alastair Morrison. So whatever your desire is you can add these to your collection to expand campaigns into an interesting time period and there are many rule sets out there to compliment this era of discovery and expansion in the new world.
One such title would be Songs of Drums and Tomahawks by Ganesha Games which has seen a recent price reduction to get more people into playing this era, which rarely sees a tabletop. The three tribes or regional factions represented are the Southern tribes, Iroquois, and the Northern tribes.
What do you think? Are these miniatures something you would like to add to your games?
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The Wyoming Valley Conference and Lackawanna Football Conference schedules for the upcoming season have been put on paper.
The official vote to adopt the schedule will take place Wednesday when conference athletic directors from both leagues will meet separately.
The Citizens' Voice received a copy of the projected new schedule.
The season is set to begin Aug. 24 with the final regular season games set for Oct. 26.
The 2018 season marks the start of a new two-year cycle.
Nanticoke Area makes the move from Class 3A to 4A and Wyoming Area drops from 4A to 3A. Northwest gets a bit of a break from the previous two seasons in the initial breakdown.
The Rangers played up in classification the last two years in all but one game.
With the new schedule, Northwest will have the opportunity to play the three other Class A schools in District 2 with Lackawanna Trail, Holy Cross and Old Forge on the schedule.
North Penn-Mansfield, the team Northwest opened up with the last two years, remains on a WVC schedule, but is penciled in to play GAR in Week 7.
Lake-Lehman loses Scranton Prep and Berwick, while Valley West and Wallenpaupack, the lone Class 5A teams in the district, are scheduled to play in Week 6. Valley West defeated Wallenpaupack for the district championship in 2017.
Valley West will play four Class 6A schools in Scranton, Hazleton Area, Delaware Valley and Williamsport. Wallenpaupack is scheduled to play Delaware Valley, Scranton, Hazleton Area and Williamsport.
Berwick keeps its game with Selinsgrove in Week 5, and gains Abington Heights and Valley View. Berwick lost to Valley View in the District 2 Class 4A championship game.
Here is a look at the schedule. The home and away teams have yet to be determined with the exception of a few games.
Class 6A
HAZLETON AREA: Pottsville, Valley West, Dallas, Williamsport, Wallenpaupack, Delaware Valley, Berwick, Scranton, Coughlin, Crestwood.
WILLIAMSPORT: Central Mountain, Altoona, Berwick, Hazleton Area, Crestwood, Scranton, Pittston Area, Delaware Valley, Wallenpaupack, Valley West.
Class 5A
VALLEY WEST: Scranton, Hazleton Area, Crestwood, Berwick, Dallas, Wallenpaupack, Coughlin, Abington Heights, Delaware Valley, Williamsport.
Class 4A
BERWICK: Abington Heights, Pittston Area, Williamsport, Valley West, Selinsgrove, Valley View, Hazleton Area, Crestwood, Dallas, Coughlin.
COUGHLIN: Crestwood, Wyoming Area, Nanticoke Area, Tunkhannock, Pittston Area, Dallas, Valley West, North Pocono, Hazleton Area, Berwick.
CRESTWOOD: Coughlin, Dallas, Valley West, Pottsville, Williamsport, Nanticoke Area, Tunkhannock, Berwick, Pittston Area, Hazleton Area.
DALLAS: Tunkhannock, Crestwood, Hazleton Area, Pittston Area, Valley West, Coughlin, Nanticoke Area, Valley View, Berwick, Lake-Lehman.
NANTICOKE AREA: Pittston Area, Tunkhannock, Coughlin, Wyoming Area, Western Wayne, Crestwood, Dallas, Lakeland, GAR, Hanover Area.
PITTSTON AREA: Nanticoke Area, Berwick, Tunkhannock, Dallas, Coughlin, West Scranton, Williamsport, Scranton Prep, Crestwood, Wyoming Area.
TUNKHANNOCK: Dallas, Nanticoke Area, Pittston Area, Coughlin, Holy Redeemer, at Towanda, Crestwood, Wallenpaupack, Mid Valley, Midd-West.
Class 3A
GAR: Susquehanna, Holy Redeemer, Hanover Area, Western Wayne, Wyoming Area, Northwest, North-Penn Mansfield, Lake-Lehman, Nanticoke Area, Meyers.
HANOVER AREA: at Athens, Lake-Lehman, GAR, Riverside, Meyers, Holy Redeemer, Northwest, Lakcawanna Trail, Wyoming Area, Nanticoke Area.
HOLY REDEEMER: Holy Cross, GAR, Mahanoy Area, Old Forge, Tunkhannock, Hanover Area, Lake-Lehman, Wyoming Area, Meyers, Northwest.
LAKE-LEHMAN: Western Wayne, Meyers, Hanover Area, Carbondale, Northwest, Wyoming Area, Holy Redeemer, GAR, Lackawanna Trail, Dallas.
MEYERS: Riverside, Northwest, Lake-Lehman, Montrose, Hanover Area, Susquehanna, Wyoming Area, Mid Valley, Holy Redeemer, GAR.
WYOMING AREA: Mid Valley, Coughlin, Northwest, Nanticoke Area, GAR, Lake-Lehman, Meyers, Holy Redeemer, Hanover Area, Pittston Area.
Class A
NORTHWEST: Lackawanna Trail, Meyers, Wyoming Area, Holy Cross, Lake-Lehman, GAR, Hanover Area, at Wyalusing, Old Forge, Holy Redeemer.


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How Today's Online Daters Deal with Rejection
So it's the twenty-first century and simply going up to talk to someone for hopes of a date are practically something of the past. As horrifying as traditional dating may have been it seems that society has found a new outlet that helps them avoid the horror of rejection. Online dating has become the norm rather than the exception in today's dating space – a far cry from the perception cyber dating once represented.
Whether online or not, the potential for rejection is always looming. How do online daters handle rejection? Well in truth there are a couple of reactions and some aren't too far from the traditional rejections. According to Emma Brown, a relationships expert representing matchmaking website Free Dating Australia, "rejection and online dating goes hand in hand, particularly for men. It's a numbers game, a law of averages and sooner or later he will make it past first base. Seasoned online daters know this, they expect multiple rejections."
For those less offay with this minefield, of course there is the denial reaction. Come on, you know which one I'm talking about. I'm talking about when there is that poor fellow or lady that just isn't getting the hint that it was a fail. So instead of picking their chin up and keeping on they continue to persist. Need an example? In the old days this would look like someone continuing to call a guy or girl over a set of days ignoring the fact that every attempt rolls to voice mail. They leave those long awkward messages that make the receiver feel like they're wearing a turtle neck in the ocean. Most just wait until the hint is received but there are those "code-red" situations where they have to be let known that the offer has been passed up.
Online isn't much different. You look at a profile, you like, and you might even share a few messages. Instead of an awkward dinner where there is no chemistry and nothing to talk about, the online messages look like a pillar of one way messages as the other is just giving one word answers. Again, the message isn't be received. Eventually the other person stops responding completely but the insister has convinced themselves that "maybe they haven't gotten it yet" or "they're just busy." For god only knows why, instead of waiting it out they insist on more messages which usually result in getting blocked.
That's not the only way online dating looks like the old days. Take another trip down memory lane and look to those days when there would be that friend of yours recently rejected so they took it upon themselves to maybe change their hair, get a gym membership, buy some new clothes, or even insist on a promiscuous phase! This is called the "make-over" reaction. And no, it's not any different today I'm afraid.
You see, instead of doing all of these things in real life, online daters will do it via their profiles. They're just not getting enough hits or they're just not getting turned down left and right. The makeover reaction works by spicing up those profile pictures. Maybe instead of that night at the birthday party they'll switch to last summer at the beach in a two piece. Don't worry, gentleman will try and find a shot that shows off those muscles just the same. The online promiscuous phase just looks something like being more open to being flirty since the "nice" approach didn't seem to be working out. Filled with great opening lines and trying to get across an air of nonchalant is what will usually dominate this form of the "make-over."
If you think online dating is the silver bullet that will put an end to your romance rut you're going in with the wrong approach. Take a look at this article by a leading psychotherapist outlining the mental damage and depression many face as a result of online dating not living up to the hype that draws so many in.
At the end of the day rejection is hard. Whether it's in person or behind a computer screen. Sad to say such a cheesy thing, but the truth is rejection happens! Sometimes someone just isn't for you and you're not for them. Patience in the long run and being yourself should not only be your handling of rejection but you're opening plan as well.


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Courses and tools grouped by skills and competencies are available on the AO/FO Learn website created to support the growth and development of those responsible for department/lab/center administration and finance.
Watch a two minute video.
If you aspire to move into such a role someday, you might speak with your manager or human resources representative about which learning opportunities to pursue. A supportive manager, mentor or colleague can be helpful in thinking through your career goals and preparing a sound learning and development plan consisting of:
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The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was established in 1976 to investigate the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. The Committee investigated until 1978 and issued its final report, and concluded that Kennedy was very likely assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. However, the Committee noted that it believed that the conspiracy did not include the governments of the Soviet Union or Cuba. The Committee also stated it did not believe the conspiracy was organized by any organized crime group, nor any anti-Castro group, but that it could not rule out individual members of any of these two groups acting together.
The HSCA suffered from being conducted mostly in secret, and then issued a public report with much of its evidence sealed for 50 years under Congressional rules.[1] In 1992, Congress passed legislation to collect and open up all the evidence relating to Kennedy's death, and created the Assassination Records Review Board to further that goal.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations
So, why is this never mentioned in articles that are written today? I just read in WSJ that Oswald acting alone was fact. No mention of the magic bullet, Kennedy's head bouncing in the wrong direction from bullets shot from behind. I saw an investigation on ABC News in the last 5 or so years that had some cockamamie theory about the seats in the back of the Kennedy limousine were higher that's why it wasn't really a magic bullet. Why would the Country's most respected news media still be covering up for the assassination? Blows the mind.
I want to know what happened. I would like this reinvestigated by someone who has nothing to do with the government, big business or lobbyists. Someone to tell the truth. The President of the United States is gunned down in front of a crowd, in the middle of the day and no one wants the truth? I do.


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Reese Witherspoon has warned Katy Perry and Taylor Swift to "brace themselves" to hear her versions of their songs.
The Legally Blonde actress puts her vocals to the test in new animated movie Sing, about a koala bear who hosts a singing competition to save his theater. Reese voices contestant Rosita, a pig who gave up her musical dream to become a mother to 25 piglets, and she belts out hit tracks Firework by Katy and Shake It Off by Taylor while trying to win over judges.
"I ran into Katy when I was recording Firework and Taylor when I was recording Shake It Off, and explained to both of them that they should brace themselves for my version," Reese laughed to USA Today. "You sound really good in your car or your shower, but then you have to actually go into the recording booth and it's hard to sing those songs."
She puts her perfect vocals down to eating M&Ms before a performance, as the sugar rush gave her confidence.
Matthew McConaughey voices koala, and main host, Buster Moon, who at one point breaks into a cover of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.
"I said, 'Look, nothing's written for me to sing, but if you come up with something, I'd love to give it a shot,'" Matthew smiled. "I'd heard the song, obviously. So I said, 'Leave the recording (going) and I'll do it over and over 20 times and we'll pick one out of there.'"
Lucy star Scarlett Johansson is another famous name involved, portraying punky porcupine Ash. Although the blonde actress is also an accomplished singer herself the 32-year-old changed her style to capture her hardcore character's personality.
"That may be a musical departure for me, personally, but it's the perfect representation of Ash's experience," she said of singing track Set It All Free, penned especially for the film.
Sing hits cinemas this week (19Dec19).


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Misha Collins Confirmed as Series Regular on Supernatural Season 9Matt Richenthal at . Comments
He's coming back. Full-time.
Two weeks after The CW renewed Supernatural for 2013-2014, fans of this long-running hit have now been given another reason to celebrate: Misha Collins will return to series regular status on Season 9.
The actor himself just confirmed the news via Twitter.
Details are scarce on just how Castiel will be brought back into the Winchester-based fold this fall, but we can also report Collins will direct an episode of the series next fall.
Supernatural Season 8, meanwhile, resumes this Wednesday night before taking a break for two weeks.
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.


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ARRANT (a variant of errant, from Lat. errare, to wander), a word at first used in its original meaning of wandering, as in knight-errant, thus an arrant or itinerant preacher, an arrant thief, one outlawed and wandering at large; the meaning easily passed to that of self-declared, notorious, and by the middle of the 16th century was confined, as an intensive adjective, to words of opprobrium and abuse, an arrant coward meaning thus a self-declared, downright coward.
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I've written and posted 24 blog posts in 24 days. This is day 25 and here are two things I've realized throughout this month:
- This isn't a big deal. When you think about writing and publishing something new each day, you can come up with thousands of reasons why you won't do it. Yet when you're actually writing and publishing each day, you no longer have time to come up with these reasons. You realize that everyone else is focused on their own work. You put an idea out there, and the world goes on. All of the noise in your head about what was going to happen when you publish–most of it just won't happen. All of the excuses in your head told you otherwise, but really: it just isn't that big of a deal to write and publish something each day. It might seem odd, but this really awesome to find out. Now you can go create whatever you want.
- This is a huge deal. I've written and published something 24 (and now 25) days in a row. I realized that while it can be incredibly difficult to stick to one habit every single day, when you actually do it, you realize that you can accomplish so much more than you thought.


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Writer: Neil Gore Director: Louise Townsend Designer: Carl Davies Reviewer: Ron Simpson Townsend Theatre Productions are a rare and wonderful thing, taking self-written, committed and consistently entertaining plays on left-wing subjects, mostly union-related, on the road for mammoth tours. If the tours are mammoth in terms of duration, the production is always small-scale in terms of the impedimenta of theatre ...Read More »
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Dare Devil Rides To Jarama – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Neil Gore Director: LouiseTownsend Reviewer: Helen Jones Dare Devil Rides To Jamara was commissioned by the International Brigades Memorial Trust (I.M.B.T.) to commemorate the memories of the men and women from the Manchester area who went to Spain to fight against Franco and the fascist movement which was threatening to overthrow the country. It tells the story of Clem ...Read More »
Dare Devil Rides to Jarama – Studio Theatre, Harrogate
Writer: Neil Gore Director: Louise Townsend Musical Director: John Kirkpatrick Lighting Designer: Daniella Beattie Reviewer: Ron Simpson With Townsend Productions you know what to expect: an important left-wing subject, an entertaining, involving and informative mix of song, comedy and serious agitprop, two men in their time playing many parts (and several instruments), an ingenious production by Louise Townsend that disguises ...Read More »
United We Stand – CAST, Doncaster
Writer: Neil Gore Director: Louise Townsend Music: John Kirkpatrick Designer: Amy Yardley Reviewer: Ron Simpson Townsend Productions' robustly imaginative brand of agitprop always combines a serious left-wing message with irreverent satire and an infectious sense of fun. United We Stand, now playing its last few dates following 2015's extended tour, is part of the ongoing campaign on behalf of the ...Read More »
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Studio Theatre, Harrogate
Writer: Stephen Lowe, from Robert Tressell Adapter: Neil Gore Director: Louise Townsend Reviewer: Ron Simpson Could this be time for a left-wing revival? Just as Jeremy Corbyn is addressing conference as the Labour leader, Townsend Productions is preparing to take two of its uncompromising agitprop productions – hard-hitting and very entertaining – into London (well, Peckham) for a six-week season. ...Read More »
United We Stand– The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Neil Gore Director: Louise Townsend Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The success of the 1972 national building workers strike was bittersweet. Months after its conclusion 24 pickets were charged with unlawful assembly and affray and three were sent to prison. The foyer at The Lowry features a display setting out the politicians and trade unionists involved in the strike, summarising the ...Read More »
United We Stand – Square Chapel, Halifax
Writer: Neil Gore Musical Director: John Kirkpatrick Director: Louise Townsend Reviewer: Sue Collier Louise Townsend's Production of United We Stand is a two act play offering a highly entertaining account of the 1972 National Building Strike. The strike aimed to improve pay and safety conditions for those working in the building industry at a time when many builders died as ...Read More »
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Harrogate Theatre
Writer: Stephen Lowe based on the book by Robert Tressell Music: Played by Neil Gore and Frank Owen Director: Louise Townsend Musical Director: Neil Gore Reviewer: Sue Collier [Rating: 4] This near century old tale is as fresh and relevant today as it ever was. It is the vivid story of a group of painters and decorators who over a ...Read More »


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Minister for Education and Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Commonwealth Games
The Honourable Kate Jones
Celebrating Queensland teachers on World Teachers' Day
Minister for Education and Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Commonwealth Games
The Honourable Kate Jones
Friday, October 27, 2017
Celebrating Queensland teachers on World Teachers' Day
Queensland's state, Catholic and independent school sectors are joining forces to celebrate World Teachers' Day today.
Education Minister Kate Jones said World Teachers' Day gave Queenslanders an opportunity to stop and reflect on the hard work, dedication and commitment of local teachers.
"There are more than 70,000 teachers working in state, Catholic and independent schools across Queensland," she said.
"I'd like to say thanks to each one of these teachers for the important work they do.
"We all remember teachers who inspired us - teachers who influenced who we are and what we are doing today.
"There are few careers that offer such a wide range of challenges and personal reward as being a teacher."
Ms Jones said Brisbane's iconic Story Bridge would light up to honour teachers across the state today.
"Each teacher will receive a World Teachers' Day ribbon which they can wear proudly to mark the occasion," she said.
In the lead up to today's celebrations, Queenslanders were asked to consider the qualities that make teachers so great.
Some of these qualities have been promoted state-wide as part of a range of World Teachers' Day activities including a social media campaign and a specially designed mural unveiled in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley earlier this month.
The Queensland Government is celebrating World Teachers' Day alongside its education partners — the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Independent Schools Queensland, the Queensland College of Teachers, the Queensland Teachers' Union and the Independent Education Union.
World Teachers' Day also falls during State Education Week in Queensland (22-28 October).
Recipients of the annual Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools and the Queensland College of Teachers Excellence in Teaching Awards will also be announced today.
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The Changing Face of Traditional Puppetry
"Why would someone from the US come to India to study puppetry," I am often asked, "when Indians are going abroad to study it?" It is not a surprising question, given that India's rich tradition of puppetry is relatively unrecognized, even within the country itself. However, since I don't see the art form as being on its deathbed, I usually respond that I came because I believe that India is the birthplace of puppetry. When I set out on my nine month Fulbright research grant, one of the mysteries I set out to solve was how the traditional forms of puppetry are staying alive. As I traveled around the country connecting with various puppet theatres, I was encouraged to find that in many places traditional puppetry is alive and kicking.
In the village of Koonathara, with Keralan palm trees nodding in the surrounding darkness, the men of the Pulavar family light 21 coconut lamps to start their Tol Pava Koothu (shadow puppet) show. Ganesh is at center stage to receive the opening blessings. A pinch of powder on one of the coconut lamps sparks a dramatic flash of fire. Then with a wave of his drum stick, the second-eldest Pulavar brother, Viswa, commences belting out the ancient text and intermittently strikes the drum, while his older brother, Ramchandra, responds. Behind the screen, the whole family flies into a flurry of activity that will not stop until this one-hour version of the Ramayana is over. Even the youngest children lend a hand, grabbing elephants in the war scene and dancers at Rama's coronation. They have seen the show enough to know what to do.
The Pulavar family doesn't always get through the entire Ramayana in an hour. This sped-up version is tailored to suit modern attention spans. In fact, when the family performs the traditional version of the Ramayana over 21 nights during the annual festival in Bhadrakali temples, there is no audience. One of the reasons for this could be that the lengthy commentaries delivered in a mixture of Malayalam and Tamil that supplement the narrative are not easy to understand. But Ramchandra and his brothers still teach their sons every word. The brothers themselves wake up at five every morning to review a few verses of the crumbling palm leaf scripts in order to keep the epic fresh in their memories.
In the good old days, a different family would sponsor each night's performance in the temples and host the puppeteers at their homes. These days the puppeteers can scarcely get a single meal at a cheap place out of the rare donations. It is hardly a way to make a living. The Pulavar family has always made ends meet by farming rice for the slow half of the year, and today the brothers hold jobs at village post offices nearby to supplement their income. The brothers school their enthusiastic sons in the tradition thanks to grants from the Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded to both pupil and teacher. Another SNA grant paid for the family to write a show about AIDS awareness. With their basic needs provided for, the Pulavars have been able to take more and more of the festival season performance sites from colleagues who are leaving the art form behind in favor of more lucrative work. The family achieved national recognition at the National Shadow Theatre Festival in Bangalore in 1978 and have since traveled to Sweden, Russia, Japan, and Greece, performing either their one-hour Ramayana, or a new show they have written based on the Panchantra.
In Bangalore, another family of traditional puppeteers is continuing to thrive. It is the string puppet troupe called Putthali Kalaranga, and it is spearheaded by the talented Dattatreya Aralikatte. Datta, as he is known, is a specialist in geography and, for the last 25 years, has held a day job teaching that subject in high school. He is also teaching his son, Manu, to be a puppeteer. Will he continue the tradition? "I have to; it's our duty," was Manu's answer. In fact, he seemed to have as much affection for the magnificently carved and painted characters as his father, who refers to the puppet of Parvati his "daughter." According to Datta, there is no future for the art form without that kind of involvement.
I found Datta's show to be as much fun as an amusement park ride, and the rest of the audience seemed to concur. He tells the love story of Shiva and Parvati with pizzazz. During rakshasa Taraksura's unflappable meditation on Shiva, Datta dashes furiously around his puppeteers spraying water by squeezing a plastic bottle with holes in it, scattering dry leaves and flickering lights for a storm. Nor is he afraid to play with fire. At the opening, he has the actual marionette perform arti using lit candles on a brass holder wired into both the puppet's hands. At the gods' wedding, Brahmin puppets spoon real ghee onto a flaming sacred fire. And best of all, Datta makes use of fireworks. These tricks may seem simple, but combine them with a pre-recorded sound track, hands that can pick up objects using a trigger at the other end of the control rod, and excellent manipulation skills, and you have magic. When the show was finished, even though Datta had asked his puppeteers come in front of the curtain to demonstrate how they had been controlling the puppets, the audience flooded the backstage area to see how it all worked.
Datta believes that it's essential to be as attractive as possible because puppeteers have to compete with television. "We have to run with the modern world without giving up tradition," he said. He has even put together educational shows and informative shows on family planning using contemporary hand puppets. However, he is wary of importing other cultures for the sake of keeping up with the times. In his unforgettable live show, a traditional tale with purely Indian special effects, I believe he has succeeded in embodying that Ghandian ideal of modernization without westernization.
What discussion of India's traditional puppetry forms could be complete with a mention of Rajasthani marionettes? Puran Bhatt, who lives with his family cum troupe in the Kathputli Colony of Delhi, takes the tradition to a new level. I first met Puran in the summer of 2000 on the lawn opposite the Washington Monument where he was performing for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Indian audiences may be used to such tricks as the puppet who can juggle his own head or the woman who flips to become a man, but in Puran's hands, the American audience was enthralled. But novelty characters aren't all Puran has up his sleeve. At this year's Ishara Puppet Festival in Delhi, Puran and his family presented the traditional story of Dhola Maru. The delicate lovers Puran has gifted with wire hands wrapped in cloth, a much finer take on the usual wood kathputli hand. With these tiny hands, Puran and his sons convey a range of subtle emotions by gesturing ever so slightly. In a moment of grief, the abandoned Maru buries her head in a pillow and quivers with sobs. It's enough to move an audience to tears.
With the Bhatt family's international success, they could easily leave their home in the slums of Shadipur Depot. Puran carves wood furniture and teaches puppetry to make additional money. Yet Puran has chosen to stay in order to raise his children and his children's children in a kathputli-saturated atmosphere. Their neighbors are all manufacturing the puppets wholesale. Men are splitting wood for the heads and hands, and women are sewing clothes as colorful as the Rajasthani saris they are wearing. The beat of the dhol is always within earshot. It is easy to see how, living here, one could grow up totally immersed in the kathputli tradition. Sure enough, the youngest members of the Bhatt clan can already sing along to every word of Dhola Maru and play some of the trickiest rhythms on the dholki.
None of the puppeteers I have described here are presenting their art form in the strictly traditional way, but as Dr. Krishen K. Kak noted in his article posted on this site, freezing an art form in time spells its doom. These puppeteers enjoy the success they do because they have been able to take on some modern techniques without losing sight of their roots. They are not afraid to experiment with new ideas. Freedom from financial dependence gives the puppeteers and their children a love for the art form that will insure its survival. Their children will not abandon their ancestors' puppetry tradition, and the modern touches they add will continue to keep Indian puppetry a living art form.
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A recent study in the UK revealing that one in five patients visiting family practice physicians have complains consistent with dehydration (not drinking enough water) came as no surprise to fresh water advocate and radio host Sharon Kleyne. The most commonly reported dehydration symptoms in the study were unexplained fatigue and difficulty concentrating. *
- Borland, S, "Is dehydration the reason you're tired all the time? One in five don't realize they need eight drinks a day." Daily Mail, May 25, 2015. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3096702/Could-one-five-GP-visits-dehydration-New-study-claims-fatigue-epidemic.html
Kleyne will discuss the UK dehydration study and her daily drinking water recommendations on the upcoming Sharon Kleyne Hour™ Power of Water® broadcast of June 1, 2015. For the live show or a podcast, go to http://www.SharonKleyneHour.com.
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The UK study reinforces Kleyne's belief that a surprisingly large percentage of the population, in both the United States and the UK, is dehydrated to some degree and is also uneducated as to how much water they ought to be drinking. According to the study, only 4 percent of doctors believe their patients are adequately educated about water drinking requirements and dehydration symptoms.
The high dehydration rate is attributed by Kleyne to increased evaporation of water from the surface of the skin and eyes into the atmosphere as a result of a drying and warming global climate. The same factors also decrease the amount of water vapor absorbed by skin and eyes directly from the atmosphere. Water lost to surface evaporation is normally replaced by drinking additional water.
The most concerning symptoms, which are unexplained fatigue and difficulty concentrating, according to Kleyne, can also be attributed to other causes. However, low level chronic dehydration is a likely culprit and may be a contributing factor even when other causes are present. Dehydration symptoms also include increased feelings of stress, diminished productivity, heat exhaustion, loss of physical coordination, dry mouth or thirst, dizziness, and increased susceptibility to a wide range of diseases including influenza and sunburn.
As we age, Kleyne notes, dehydration becomes an increasing problem, made worse because the thirst reflex diminishes.
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Kleyne disagrees with both the UK and United States official government daily drinking water recommendations. In the United States, any fluid counts towards the daily requirement. The same is true in the UK except that pure water is preferred. A "glass" is defined as "8 ounces."
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WHEN the announcement came that Liverpool is to be Europe's Capital of Culture in 2008, the rapture that swept city sent news reverberating around the country.
And when news of the successful World in One City bid broke it was not just the artists and creatives, the café and bar owners and the tour operators who celebrated. In a display of pride typical to Liverpool, everybody joined in.
Greater Merseyside Enterprise Ltd (GME) was one organisation that added its collective voice to the victory cry that rang out on that momentous June day. Strategic Partnership Manager Jo Bowen-Jones said: "This is some of the best news the region has had for a long time.
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Spidey 4 Villains: Electro would be cool as a villain. I'm not sure what your implying with the Bruce Campbell pic. Maybe see him as Mysterio or Jackal? And please God, No Carnage!!
Kato: Though I like Jackie Chan; I'd prefer it be Stephen Chow. Jackie should head up his own movie.
Green Lantern: Whomever thought that Jack Black could be Hal Jordan should be commited.
3Stooges: With those 3, it actually might be interesting.
Bruce Campbell can do no wrong. It's a proven fact. Plus, he's already been in all of the previous Spidey films.
Jackie will be too busy playng Mr. Miagi to be Kato…
I'd rather see Jack Black in the role of GL than that other guy.
Aaaaannd… Michael Chiklis will always be Curly to me. Has anyone else ever seen that Made- For- TV movie?
I'd far prefer Black as Ash in an Army Of Darkness reboot; he's good enough at being that violently mad.
Since they burned Venom to death in the dumbest sequence ever given how the symbiote SURVIVED RE-ENTRY into the atmosphere earlier in the movie, I doub Carnage will show up. I think someone like Mysterio, Electro, Scorpion, Shocker or even Chameleon would make for good villains, Hydro too if he wasn't so Sandman-like. Out of all of those I would say Scorpion and spider-slayers robots.
Jack Black as Hal Jordan? What?
I remember Venom being hurt by fire in comics multiple times.
As for a Spidey Villain, I am tired of electricity villains in movies. It's been done.
The best concept I have heard is that Dr. Connors turns into the Lizard and Kraven comes to town to hunt him with Spidey stuck in the middle trying to help Connors.
Of those, I pick Bruce Campbell, Leanord Nimoy, Jackie Chan, Chris Pine, and "Please, God, no."
Another Spider-Man? I still haven't shaken off the emo, eyeliner and all, Peter Parker. So no thanks. Don't care who the new villain is.
And no way, just no way, is Black going to be Hal.
There should be no 3 stooges remake ever! You don't change art. Otherwise no Carnage, other wise fine with the other two I guess. Can they do a blend of Nimoy and Welker, for a voice so powerful, God himself cannot withstand it? Chow, why not. Pine, okay but like others Nathan Fillion would be best.
Bruce Cambell can be Kraven and we could have him hunt the Lizard once he FINALLY emerges.
Cause they've been teasing that guy for the past two movies and it's time for Conners to step up.
Plus I feel that Lizard really does have a bit more of a complex psychological background that I think that it deserves to be explored in the next movie. Plus I would rather see him than have raimi try to squeeze another symbiote in the mix.
not to mention they would be able to make him the splashiest next to carnage. and you know they are trying to make movies look all pretty and stuff now…
I think if they do have the lizard though his tail would kind of mindlessly flick like a cats and there would inevitably be a scene where they are fighting in conners lab which for some reason has a bit of the venom symbiot in a test tube which gets knocked over and ends up in the sewer. as it crawls away it leaves a seed behind. later in this movie or in the sequel cletus cassidy is fleeing prison through the sewar and they merge to become carnage.
so in synopsis. lizard made of computer gen.
carnage as a hint for next movies villain
love the show and keep up the great work
The only GL I'd like to see Jack Black play is G'nort.