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Convention Coverage
Gatecon 2016: The Homecoming
SpaceGypsies is thrilled to announce our coverage of the return of Gatecon! The Vancouver based Stargate event has been out of action for nearly a decade, but over the past year someone had the brilliant idea to bring it back ... Read More »
Dragon Con 2016 Preview
This year is the 30th anniversary of DragonCon, and you can believe it's going to be a party to remember! The TARDIS is back with two passengers. Last year saw Karen Gillan's first appearance at Dragon Con, and only the ... Read More »
C2E2 2016: The Good, The Bad, and the Meh
The Good: As always, the staff we encountered were helpful, friendly, enthusiastic, and professional. Registration seemed be moving smoothly on Saturday morning, and when the show floor opened the staff were very well organized. We have always appreciated the layout ... Read More »
ChicagoTARDIS 2015: Pertwee Era Women and STEM
Wrapping up our coverage of 2015's convention, we come to a fascinating discussion of the female companions of the Pertwee era. It was during this time, in both Doctor Who and the world in general, that women began to have ... Read More »
ChicagoTARDIS 2015: Sunday with Ingrid
Let's spend a little more time with Osgood and Ingrid Oliver! I find it fascinating how quickly this character has been embraced by the fandom. Ingrid has embraced the fans right back, and it was great fun to try and ... Read More »

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CFTR correctors, a therapy for cystic fibrosis targeted at specific mutations
Review question
We looked at drugs (or combination of drugs) that aim to correct the basic defect for the commonest mutation (F508del) that causes cystic fibrosis (CF). We assessed the impact on clinical outcomes that are important to people with CF (e.g., survival, quality of life, lung function and safety).
The CF gene makes a protein that has important function in many parts of the body by helping the movement of salts across cells. People with CF are either not able to make this protein or make a protein that is defective. A common mutation of the CF gene is F508del and over 80% of people with CF have at least one copy of this gene variant. When the CF gene is affected by F508del, a full length of protein is made but it is not able to move through the cell correctly. Laboratory experiments suggest that if this protein can be transported to the cell wall then it may be able to function, restore salt movement and correct the chronic problems experienced by people with CF. We examined a number of agents that might correct the F508del mutation.
Search date
Evidence is current to: 24 February 2018.
Study characteristics
We included 13 studies (2215 children and adults with CF) which lasted between 1 day and 24 weeks (with an extension study of two studies up to 96 weeks). Seven studies (317 participants) looked at single agents (monotherapy: 4PBA (also known as Buphenyl), CPX, lumacaftor and cavosonstat) versus placebo (a dummy treatment containing no active medicine) and six recent studies (1898 participants) assessed combination therapy (lumacaftor-ivacaftor or tezacaftor-ivacaftor) versus placebo. In 12 studies participants had two copies of the F508del mutation and in one study they had one F508del mutation and a second different mutation.
Key results
Monotherapy versus placebo
These studies did not report any deaths or any clinically relevant improvements in quality of life scores. There was not enough evidence to show an effect on lung function. Side effects were reported in all studies, but it is difficult to assess their relevance due to the range of effects and the small number of participants in the studies.
Combination therapy versus placebo
No deaths were reported in either the lumacaftor-ivacaftor or tezacaftor-ivacaftor studies in people with two copies of the F508del mutation and there were improvements in quality of life and lung function. Rates of pulmonary exacerbations (a flare up of symptoms) were also lower. Neither combination therapy was associated with severe side effects, although people on lumacaftor-ivacaftor regularly experienced shortness of breath for one to two weeks at the start of treatment, which usually resolved without further intervention. Of more concern was that in longer studies some people receiving lumacaftor-ivacaftor experienced a rise in blood pressure; of these, two people (out of more than 500 who received the combination in these studies) discontinued lumacaftor-ivacaftor treatment because of high blood pressure. These side effects were not reported for the tezacaftor-ivacaftor combination. Tezacaftor-ivacaftor therapy has not yet been assessed in children with CF younger than 12 years of age.
Quality of the evidence
We judged the overall quality of the evidence for the outcomes measured to vary from low to high. Study design was generally poorly reported, which did not allow us to make clear judgements on any potential bias, but we had fewer concerns with the six larger and more recent studies. We did find that some results were omitted from the analysis or not reported in seven studies. Some findings were based on single studies that were too small to show important effects and for five studies the results may not be applicable to all individuals with CF due to the ages of people recruited into the studies (i.e. adults only, children only) or an unusual design used in which people receive monotherapy and then combination therapy.


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I felt on edge. I had a feeling things were about to change. I had
been sleeping in the same parking lot too often, but it was my
favorite. It belonged to a business with employees, twenty-four hours
a day, seven days a week. Small hills surrounded my car, blocking
me from the road. I felt safe being only slightly off the main
highway. The same traffic that carried my danger also carried my
I changed into my sweats, the clothes I slept in. I watched a man
walking toward my car from my side mirror. I quickly tried to
rearrange my car so it wasn't obvious that I was living there. I
grabbed my pen and paper and tried to look busy as if doing an
assignment for college under the parking lot lights. I began thinking
about what I would say to him.
Maybe he was coming to help.
He tapped on my driver's side window. I acted surprised and
rolled it down a crack. I could tell by the disgust on his face that he
was not there to help me.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"You can't sleep here!"
"Oh, I'm not. I'm waiting for my workout partner. He's late. We
workout at that gym," I said, pointing.
He knew I was lying and walked away.
I rolled up the window and tears rolled down my face. I was
embarrassed. I was angry at him. Couldn't he see I was homeless? I
just needed a safe place to sleep. I hardly drink. I don't do drugs. I'm
not a dirty street person. I shower every day.
But to him, I was trash.
I couldn't stop crying. I drove my car to the public library to take
my mind off my lonely homelessness. I couldn't go in. My tears
wouldn't stop. I tried to laugh it off. It had worked in the past, but
not this time. I was tired. I had beaten myself down. I was no longer
a hard scab. I was an open wound and I was in pain. The cold hurt.
The night hurt.
And every thought hurt.
After sitting in torment for two hours, I went to the dry cleaning
store I managed and let myself inside. I grabbed the phone book and
searched for a hotline for help. My eyes still blurry with tears, I
dialed the number. The woman who answered connected me to a
shelter. Within a half an hour, I was driving to that shelter for help.
Judith, a heavyset woman, led me to the dining room. We sat
down together at the table. I was still crying.
"We have room. We'd like you to stay," Judith said.
"I really just want to talk to someone."
"OK. Can I get you something?"
"No," I said. "I was doing fine until tonight. A man kicked me out
of a parking lot. All I wanted was a safe place to park my car so I
could get some sleep. I wasn't breaking any laws, was I?" I asked,
wanting to be reassured that I wasn't.
"Why are you living in your car, Angie? Do you have family?"
"Because I can't afford a place to live. And, yes, I have family
but I can't be around them." I grabbed a Kleenex from the box in
front of me, then added, "Not like this. I don't want to be around
anyone right now."
"We can help you find a job."
"I have a job, two jobs," I snapped.
"Are you angry at me?"
I took a deep breath and sighed, remembering that this woman
wanted to help me. "No… I'm just tired." My tears welled up again,
and I put my head down on the table.
"Honey, why don't you stay with us tonight."
That thought frightened me. Who would I have to share a room
with? Who would I have to talk to? Would I have to fill out paper
work, let the government know I was homeless? Would I have to get
up in the morning and do chores? Would I be safe? "I just want a
safe place to park."
"OK. What about those twenty-four hour grocery stores. You
could park at Cub Foods one night and Rainbow the next. There are
enough people around that nobody should bother you. The parking
lots are well lit, and I'm sure nobody would chase you out."
"That's a good idea," I said and raised my head. I had already
spent many nights at those parking lots. It wasn't easy sleeping there.
Besides the bright lights, I woke to many car doors slamming. It
didn't matter where I parked in those lots; somebody always ended
up right next to me. I often heard them talking about me, reminding
me what I had become.
"Angie, if you have two jobs, why are you living in your car?"
"Well, I was living with a guy. We were both miserable, so I
moved out. I have credit card debt. I owe more money each month
than I make. I never found a place to live. I thought I'd live like this
for a month or so just to get back on my feet, but it's five months
later and I'm still here."
I felt the heat in my face and added, "I'm crying more… It's
getting harder."
Judith spent three hours counseling me on money, relationships,
and how to take better care of myself. The three areas I had been
failing. She reassured me that no matter how far in debt I was,
nobody had the right to keep me from a roof over my head.
Before I left the shelter around 2:00 a.m., Judith loaded me up
with canned food, crackers, peanut butter, shampoo, tampons, and
toothpaste. She helped me carry the two bags out to my car. Judith
gave me a hug and told me to be safe. That was the first human
touch I'd had in a long time. I missed being touched.


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Summer in Arles, France
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Arles, Destinations, France, Type of Travel
Holiday Goddess editor Jane de Teliga loves sultry summers in Arles – the town that inspired Van Gogh.
Remember those wonderful pictures of Van Gogh with deep blue night skies filled with vibrating yellow stars, a glowing yellow café or a dark flowing river?
They were all painted in Arles and the pulsating and mysterious air of this French Provencal town, captured in those paintings, still exists today.
What draws me to Arles each summer is the fascinating photography festival, Les Rencontres d' Arles, where a host of photography exhibitions are shown all over the town in ancient monuments, disused churches and the industrial confines of the old Railway yards. The photography festival provides a trajectory to explore the town, where ancient Roman ruins are sinuously intertwined with classical French architecture, cobbled squares, and winding streets dotted with medieval churches.
Covering a different theme each year and drawn from all over the world, the exhibitions are varied and fascinating. They run the gamut from confronting contemporary photography to 19th century images of Maharajahs or the Mexican Revolution to the fashion photography or tough photojournalism.
If this appeals start planning now; it runs from July to mid September each year. Be warned it can be punishingly hot at times with the searing dry wind typical of Provence blowing across the city.
Take refuge in the cool interior of the Medieval Cathedral of Saint Trophime in the main square and don't miss the beautiful cloisters just behind the church, with their rows of Saints carved in stone.
Visit the evocative burial ground since Roman times, Les Alyscamps, painted by Gauguin and Van Gogh amongst many. Then circumnavigate the amazingly intact Roman Arena where they still perform bullfights in a strange continuation of gladiatorial combat.
Take an evening drink at the Grand Hotel Nord Pinus where bull fighting posters, Peter Beard collages or Helmut Newton photographs reflect the interests at the heart of Arles. If you are feeling flush why not stay right here or at very chic Hotel Particulier, set in a magnificent old townhouse.
Les Rencontres d'Arles
Grand Hotel Nord Pinus
14 Place du Forum, 13200 Arles
L'Hotel Particulier
4 rue de la Monnaie, Arles
(Photographs: Jane de Teliga)
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The Pittsburgh Steelers may have had their 2016 color rush uniform leaked recently on Twitter.
The NFL announced that all teams that play on Thursday night this year will wear the new Nike "Color Rush" uniforms. A recent tweet by NFL Leaks shows a picture with the potential color of the teams color rush jerseys.
The top of the pic has a line that says "All designs subject to change – same color matchups will result in color change for one club," and shows that the Steelers would wear gold jerseys, according to behindthesteelcurtain.com.
Each team is able to choose the color for their jersey.
The Steeler color rush game is on Thanksgiving against the Indianapolis Colts. If the Steelers don't use gold, then they would wear a black jersey, depending on what color the Colts choose.
Ssssshhhhhh 😉 pic.twitter.com/tz5DaeDP7E
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Parking spaces in BA10 0JL
We have found 1 spaces within 5 miles radius of BA10 0JL.
Shared driveway at Robin Cottage, Welham, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NE
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Team Analysis
This is where I will put links to pieces analysing teams and their tactics.
A Brief Introduction to FC. København
An exploratory experiment on Chelsea's second round opponents in the Champions League, FCK. A tiny, bitesize, mumsy piece for all you lot who can't digest a larger piece of footballing pie.
The Dissection of Dortmund
Woof! An investigation into Dortmund and how they're storming the Bundesliga this year. This was written on the 25th of November, so if they subsequently plummet to the depths that Monchengladbach are currently plying their trade – this was when they were destructive.
Villarreal's transposable system – the return of the Brazilian 4-2-2-2
Think you can see the most attractive football at the Camp Nou? You're possibly right. But to see the most attractive football football in Spain outside of Camp Nou, travel an hour or two down the coast to Villarreal.
Removing the Romanticism from an Unexpected Victory: Denmark – Euro '92.
Exploring the depths of early 90's football, here's a look into one of the great upsets/shocks/surprises of recent footballing history. Defensive, determined and a manager's wife lacking a new kitchen.
Dissecting the Ajax team of 1973: Ajax 4 – Bayern München 0
Looking at the Ajax team of 1973, containing Cruyff, Keizer, Krol, Muhren and Neeskeens. Accompanied by the foundations laid by Rinus Michels, Stefan Kovacs's team continued playing with the same 'Total Football' principles as Michels.
Dissecting the Ajax team of 1995: Ajax 2 – AC. Milan 0
Starting the 'Dissection' series, here's a look at Louis van Gaal's Ajax side of the mid 90's. Against a Capello-led Milan side, Ajax's win against them in the first leg of the Champions League should have been the start of something special.
FC St. Pauli: a tactical analysis
With their promotion in the 2009/10 season to the top division in Germany, I analyse two games against Kaiserslautern and Augsburg to examine how St. Pauli play and what are their strengths and weaknesses. (20/07/2010)
Zdeněk Zeman: anarchic, chain-smoking and something entirely different
Me, the ignorant fool that I am, did not know anything about Zeman. I only managed to get to watch one game – here are my thoughts.
Steve McClaren: can he return the bite to the 'Die Wölfe'?
A whistlestop tour of Steve McClaren's time at Twente, looking at what he has done in the pre-season at Wolfsburg in preparation for the 2010/11 league campaign. Contains personal reflection and nice photos.
Transforming a Mourinho side Inter a Benitez side: the defensive approach
How will Benitez change a successful Mourinho side? By playing with more beauty apparently. The two managers have contrasting approaches to defending, and Benitez may find himself teaching them how to defend the way he wants rather than lecturing Inter on how to play 'Total Football.
Mainz show the benefit of pressing opposition full-backs
Under Thomas Tuchel Mainz have made a flawless start to the of 2010/11 Bundesliga season. Here we examine the pressing game that they employ to great effect.


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This past weekend, I was one of three judges at the Culinary Arts Competition at the Apollo Beach Manatee Festival of the Arts. I'll be writing more about the event and sharing a recipe in my upcoming Table Scraps column in the South Shore News.
I took pictures of the heated battle between Sickles and East Bay high schools, and I wanted to share them with you.
You may see some of these future young chefs on the Food Network one day.
The common ingredient the students were required to use was fresh, locally caught bass.
Seared Mediterranean Grouper Pyramid
Deconstructed Seafood Gumbo with Cajun Risotto.
Tropical Mango Coconut Cobbler with Coconut Creme Anglaise


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It's almost time for the San Diego Kids Expo and Fair!! October 18 & 19 DelMar Fairgrounds will host this event…it is one you will not want to miss!
It will boast activities for both kids and adults! Kids can bounce on the trampolines, get their faces painted, play laser tag, or take a ride on the 200′ zip line. There will be live music, performances, cheerleading, dancing and over 200 exhibit booths. There will be products and services from Babies R Us, Michael's Arts and Crafts, Cooking4Life and others! See….I told you! You don't want to miss this extravaganza.
The San Diego Kids Expo & Fair is happening Saturday October 18 10am-5pm and Sunday October 19 10am-5pm at the DelMar Fairgrounds.
Adults are $8 and children under 12 are FREE. Woot!
Did I mention you can win a Family 4 pack of tickets right here? (Good for either day) a Rafflecopter giveaway


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Jeff Zorabedian fell in love with photography as a teenager, and has been hooked ever since. Trained as both a documentarian and as a portrait photographer, Jeff's pictures tell the whole spectrum of weddings: from quiet moments to deep emotion, and from striking scenery and details to raucous fun. He feels incredibly lucky that he gets to take photos for a living, and that he gets invited to share in the happiest day of so many people's lives.
Jeff Zorabedian
Brooklyn, NY
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Caw— Kroa
Moo— Ma-uu
Awoo— Aou, aüuu
Meow— (f)mn(y)au
Bark, arf, woof— Ahrk, ùrf/ùff
Click— ksh (/k/ followed by a retracted lateral fricative) or klk
Shh— Csc, hesc ("hesc" gave rise to the verb "hesceyan"— to hush, quiet)
Haha— kehe
Neigh— Rryhehhe
Creak— Tsriii (rising tone)
Crash— Ksc
Chirp— Cyi(p) cyip
Hiss— Pss
Psst— Kx
Ugh (disgust)- Oh, ah, egh (-h /ħ, ç/; -gh /ʁ, x, ç)
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It's officially summertime!
This is a great time for organizing areas of your home that are normally too cold to work in, like your garage and basement. Purge as much as you can, and then store similar items together using boxes, bins, shelves, racks, and hooks. Label the containers/areas so that you can easily locate items in the future.
The above organizing tip is taken from my booklet, "36 Home Organizing Ideas for Your Family Around the Year". This 16-page booklet provides month-by-month, timely tips to help you and your family organize your home. My booklet also makes a great gift to friends, family, colleagues, clients, and potential clients. To order a hard copy, eBook version, or Android app version of my booklet, please see http://www.thecluttercoach.com/#Products. I also have two additional organizing eBooks listed there, as well as a DVD.


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Let's Know Festivals of India
Star Publications, 2005 - Festivals - 39 pages
Details With Colourful Illustrations About Various Festivals Being Celebrated In India.
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Right now we have 4 pumpkins and 3 watermelons in our garden. I'm trying to resist the urge to pollinate more.
These are 3 Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins. The guy in the middle is quite large already.
This is a pumpkin pie one, it's naturally smaller in size.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
On Fire for Handmade Featured Artist: Caty Ann's Creations
This weeks Featured Artisan on Share the Love... Blogger's Unite is
Caty Ann's CreationsMy name is Cathy and I live in NW Ohio. I have been creating jewelry for about 6 years for myself and family members. Each of my pieces are unique. Hope you enjoy my jewelry and acessories as much as I enjoy creating them
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Artfire - http://catyann.artfire.com
Zibbet - http://zibbet.com/catyann
Ecrater - http://catyanns.ecrater.com
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Anyway... Here is a short one shot, because I just had to write something.
Their table is next to the wall, furthest away from the window and the streaming stars beyond. Not that it is really 'their' table, because Spock would never be sentimental enough to become proprietorial about something so functional. Nevertheless, it is where she almost always sits and, when they can eat together, he joins her there. She likes it because she can look past him and watch the crew watching them.
She knows that they wonder, she sees it in their eyes as they look away with half-turned smiles and significant glances.
What the hell does she see in him? He's so cold, so inflexible. So painfully proper. What does he give her?
She watches them wonder whenever they sit together, talking in the quiet privacy of his language; the language of a now rare and shattered race.
Nyota has always been a studier of people, interpreting the unspoken meaning in face and body. Mostly what she sees in these faces is a fusion of curiosity and surprise, a remnant of the prurient interest that swept through the ship in the first weeks of their long mission and that has not yet dispersed.
Have you heard…? Is it true…? No way, how did that happen…?
Occasionally, there is disapproval. This, she notes, is usually from muscle-bound men who feel threatened by her preference; girls like her have no business being interested in men like him. In their own minds, of course, it is all very simple – he is alien, other, a threat.
Do you know what he did to the captain? I heard it took five men to pull him off! I don't trust him. He's a loose cannon. He's just plain weird…
And sometimes, to her secret delight, there is envy. A silent young ensign watching with flushed cheeks as Spock enters the mess hall, following with her eyes as he makes his careful selection of food and moves to join Nyota at their table. Sometimes there's a giggle, muffled and silly, between women who are only a few years her junior but who are, nonetheless, girls in her eyes.
I wonder what they talk about - particle physics? Do you think he can kiss? Do Vulcans even have sex? I heard it was only once in seven years...
They watch and wonder, and Uhura smiles and keeps silent.
Their relationship has always been defined by privacy; it is precious and beautiful, and for them alone. But sometimes she thinks how she might answer their questions, how she might explain what they are to the curious, the disapproving, and the envious...
To the curious she would say that, yes, it is true, and that it has been true for almost two years – since that warm San Francisco night when he seduced her with a burning look and a touch of his hand. She would tell them that it started with heat, with the clash of two sparring minds and a spark of sardonic humor; the truth is, her knees were weak long before their hands first met. The curious, she thinks, would be surprised to know how often he has made her laugh.
She would tell them that, in the aftermath of Vulcan, things changed. That their nights were framed by silence and touch and unspoken feeling, and that there are still times when he cannot hold, when his grief is so overpowering that she feels it ripple through her in waves. Her tears fall because his cannot, and through her he finds balance and strength. There are few, she supposes, who imagine that she is his anchor.
Seven months into their voyage, his humour has returned – changed, as he has been, by all he has lost and gained. And to the disapproving she would note that Jim Kirk is one such gain, a friend different from any he has known; brash, reckless, charismatic. Loyal. She sees his influence every day – bright threads of self-confidence that straighten Spock's shoulders and lighten his step. In Kirk she sees gravitas, the weight of command, and knows that he too has been changed by their friendship.
To them, the disapproving, she would also confess that she knows exactly what he did to the captain. She saw it, after all. But she would add that it took only a single word to stop him – a word, and a world of guilt. She would tell them of the shame in his eyes, but that mostly she remembers his courage and dignity. She would tell them that, though he is alien, he is still the finest man she has ever known.
For the envious, however, she has no words of comfort. Because, yes, he can kiss – but it is the least of what he can do, and there are no words to describe the sensation of being caressed by the mind of your lover. When they are intimate, he opens himself to her and she feels all that he cannot say; the experience transcends the physical, the emotions are overwhelming and humbling.
So, to those who watch and wonder what he gives her, she has only this to say: he gives her himself.
And that is enough.
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A few years ago, The New York Times tipped us off to the fact that Chinese officials had been, and still are, kidnapping the children of rural Chinese citizens to "sell" them into adoption. In their defense, these Chinese officials cite that the families are breaking the "two-child policy," and that the parents can't properly care for the children, but in many cases, this is simply not true. The children are being kidnapped because the Chinese government is able to make bank on adopted babies. This seems obvious to us looking at it from the outside.
The sad truth is that basically the same thing is happening here, and few people notice it. Child Protective Services has a financial incentive to take children into custody and adopt them out rather than return them. Why? They get money from the Federal government for every child in custody, and they get money if the child is adopted. So what do you think they do? For one, they are more likely to take children into custody in the first place. And second, they are more interested in taking children they can easily adopt out.
While we were in LA fighting to get our children back, a little black boy was beaten to death by his step-father. Neighbors had called CPS six times over the course of a few months. No one ever showed up.
Do you know how many calls it took for someone to show up and take our beautiful white baby twin girls? One call. And CPS took them on the basis of one person's testimony. And we were assumed guilty from the start. Three months later, the case was dismissed and not a single claim was upheld, yet LA County got three months worth of Federal money out of our kids, and so far, they got it with impunity. In fact, if it hadn't been for God's grace and good lawyers, we might have been fighting for much longer to no avail.
While we were "in the system," we met falsely accused parents that had been fighting to get their kids back for years. They couldn't afford to hire their own lawyers, and the court-appointed "public pretenders" made sure their case slogged on for as long as the Federal government would pay CPS to keep their stolen kids. You think I'm exaggerating? No, I saw it firsthand.
But don't take my word for it. Listen to the testimony of John Van Doorn, who ran for San Diego Supervisor in 2010. The biggest plank of his platform was reforming Child Protective Services. I quote at length from an interview:
The single greatest threat to the people of San Diego County is our county's (as well as the state's) abuse of Title IV-D programs (Child Protective Services, Child Support Services, foster care and adoptions, VAWA, etc.).
Mandated by federal government, these programs are intended to provide a social safety net for our children and the elderly and a deterrent to domestic violence but instead, they have become a means by which our local governments extract great profits. In exchange for providing these services, the federal government reimburses local governments for the cost of providing these services—at times, greatly in excess of the cost of that service. As such, our local governments find themselves sorely tempted to provide a service where one is not necessarily warranted (since reimbursements grow as the amount of services rendered grows), and unfortunately all too often where the provision of unneeded services ends up being destructive in the lives of those "served."
For instance, in the case of foster care, the present reimbursement to state and local government for each child taken into foster care is approximately $6000/month. Yet the foster care provider (the foster parent) receives only somewhere around $600/month. Allowing about the same for administrative costs, each child in foster care is worth about $5000/month; that's pure profit on the bottom line! With a little investigation, it is easy to find many situations in which a child was properly taken from the custody of a parent, yet there were extended-family members fighting to take custody of that child all to no avail (I testified on behalf of one young African-American child and her father and grandmother before the Board of Supervisors, with no subsequent response from the county; that child remains in foster care because, as the county argued in court, the grandmother's 900 sq. ft. house was too small for the two of them). And children are improperly taken from families (without credible evidence or cause) as well.
This is testimony from a man who has seen it from the inside. A little before Van Doorn was running for office, the Federal government started experimenting with a new funding schedule for CPS, known as the Title IV-E waiver. Before this experiment, the Federal foster care money was "uncapped" and more carefully allocated by the Federal government, and LA County was retaining about 73% of the children it took into custody. The official reason for this extreme policy was that these abused children were all much better off in foster care. CPS had studies and papers to prove it. Some of the hardliner case workers still push this philosophy, but their voices grow dim. When California opted in to the experimental Title IV-E waiver, CPS ideology started to shift. Pretty much immediately. The Title IV-E waiver sets the Federal money to a lump "not-to-exceed" amount for each child in custody. This seems like it would be bad as far as CPS is concerned. In fact, the Chicago Tribune published an article criticizing LA County's adoption of the waiver. According to the author, kids were being returned to abusive parents (which is actually true) because their wasn't enough money to keep them in custody:
The number of foster children has dropped [in LA County] from 52,000 in 1997 to 18,800 this year. During this period, the department has focused on keeping children with their parents by giving the adults drug treatment, parental training and other services.
The drive has been motivated by the belief that a child's welfare is best served by his or her own family, even when that family is somewhat troubled. But the reduction of foster children is also a budgetary imperative.
Under an experimental federal and state program known as the Title IV-E waiver, Los Angeles County agreed to accept a fixed sum for foster care.
If costs exceed that amount, the county must pay the difference.
So why would CPS defend the waiver? Here's why: the waiver money is almost entirely string-free, counties have much more flexibility in how they choose to spend it, and they are actually getting more money to do less work! Not unexpectedly, CPS started adopting a new philosophy of child protection conveniently around the time California and a few other states agreed to opt in to the Title IV-E waiver. This seemingly random transformation of CPS official policy would be comical if it weren't so destructive to families and children, and yet no one really seems to be willing to call CPS's bluff. No one wants to say the obvious truth: CPS has no moral or ideological convictions other than doing whatever it takes to keep making money and exercising power. So they adopt ideologies that justify the actions that most support their financial interests, but that doesn't mean they even believe them.
When they made more money taking children, their official policy was: abused children are better off in custody. But since now they make more money returning the children, their official policy is: children are better off being reunited with their parents. This amounts to a pretty much total turnabout of CPS's purported ideology. This turnabout would be puzzling if you didn't know all along what their real ideology was: make more money. So now, under the Title IV-E waiver, Child Protective Services will take children for a smaller amount of time, get the maximum allotted amount, and return the children before they have to pay anything out of the county coffers. Easier money. And more of it.
Additionally, under the Title IV-E waiver, it is easier to take Federal blood money and siphon it off toward the general state budget. Note these sobering words from a very good article by Dr. Mercola:
According to NCCPR [National Coalition for Child Protection Reform], in FY 2010 the federal government is expected to spend at least $7 more on foster care and $4 more on adoption for every dollar spent to prevent foster care or speed reunification. This is based on President Obama's $4.681 billion foster care budget for FY2010—an increase of $21 million over FY2009. The number represents a decrease of 4,300 children a month in foster care.
But this decrease is based on "placement of children in more permanent settings." In other words, states are getting more money to take care of fewer children by placing more of them in adoptive homes.
The law also increases incentives for adoption by paying out $1,000 to $8,000 extra for certain types of children who are placed for adoption.
The twist is that states are not required to put this money back in to keeping families intact or even for preventing child abuse. Instead, by law, they can use it for non-child-related things, such as delivering meals to senior citizens or for transportation services, or a range of other home-based services!
. . . A look at any state's budget—from Minnesota to Florida to Connecticut and back to California—can tell you that local governments and states are cutting back or flat-lining children's services and using these extra federal dollars to balance their budgets.
So states and counties have a vested financial interest in making sure their child protective services divisions continue to get big money, but they could care less whether or not the agencies are actually effective in protecting children and serving families. And most taxpayers are easily hoodwinked into footing the bill, because, after all, who could be so heartless as to cut spending on the protection of children? And so, we are bound by the most shameless emotional manipulation to support this mercenary band of legalized criminals: "It's for the children! For the children… [sob] …"
But in fact, it isn't for the children. As I wrote in my last article, the children are worse off with CPS than without it. CPS is literally stealing our children and holding them ransom for our money. It's happening all around the country every day. Next time, I'll talk about what you can do to fight it.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post7367944130340206450..comments2019-11-21T16:29:50.183-09:00Comments on ArcticCross: ArcticCross #5 Results are firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post-42545064652504321492012-10-07T14:09:51.808-08:002012-10-07T14:09:51.808-08:00When is the costume ride?When is the costume ride?Unknownhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post-61493217570432700152012-10-07T07:56:19.916-08:002012-10-07T07:56:19.916-08:00There is a mistake on the results for Simon Lynn--...There is a mistake on the results for Simon Lynn--one of his laps was not counted. He thought he heard 208 getting called out at the conclusion of his first lap instead of 268. I know he beat me (John Lynn) by a good margin :-)

Thanks for a great race and a great series! We hope to participate more next year.

JLJohn Lynnhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post-15871473455638252592012-10-07T07:53:44.145-08:002012-10-07T07:53:44.145-08:00Is it possible to make a correction on the results...Is it possible to make a correction on the results? Simon Lynn's placement in Beginner Men is not correct. He said the man called out 208 instead of 268 at the conclusion of his first lap--I know that he soundly beat me! (John Lynn) :-) but its not reflecting that on the sheet.

Thanks for an awesome race (and series) hope to participate more next year!John Lynnhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post-90968737951670337742012-10-06T23:04:38.610-08:002012-10-06T23:04:38.610-08:00Hey John, I know Clinton Hodges finished right af...Hey John,

I know Clinton Hodges finished right after me, also with 8 laps (not 7 as posted)... Thanks!

-Tom Schultzschultzie51https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730832297659331198.post-19424741206369614512012-10-06T20:10:58.953-08:002012-10-06T20:10:58.953-08:00My name is Trevor Jones, I was scored as having co...My name is Trevor Jones, I was scored as having completed 6 laps, but I completed all 7, I was about 1 minute behind Adam Eberhardt. I actually have the whole thing on Go pro if you want to verify that. trevor joneshttps://email@example.com


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Too many children are being given anti-psychotic drugs to alter behavior, according to this research. What the article does not point out is that roughly four times as many boys as girls receive these drugs.
From the article:
Soaring numbers of children are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs -- in many cases, for attention deficit disorder or other behavioral problems for which these medications have not been proven to work, a study found..
The annual number of children prescribed anti-psychotic drugs jumped fivefold between 1995 and 2002, to an estimated 2.5 million, the study said. That is an increase from 8.6 out of every 1,000 children in the mid-1990s to nearly 40 out of 1,000.
But more than half of the prescriptions were for attention deficit and other non-psychotic conditions, the researchers said.
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This past April 22 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yehudi Menuhin. Calling him a violinist would sell him short, not only because his talents extended to the viola and conducting but also because they were not confined solely to the performance of and education about music. Menuhin saw music as a unifying force and had begun to develop a reputation as a world citizen long before the United Nations began to take shape. Indeed, were one to criticize Menuhin, the strongest argument against him may be that he spread himself across so many intellectual domains that his attention to music, while impressive, rarely left one with a sense of enduring distinguishing features. Thus, in my earliest days of record collecting, I always recognized Menuhin as a "name;" but his presence in my collection was spare enough to be counted on one hand. On the other hand I greatly appreciated the gift of his memoir, Unfinished Journey; and it continues to enjoy a preferred place on my bookshelf.
As a result, when Warner Classics chose to celebrate the Menuhin centennial with the release of The Menuhin Century, I have to confess that I was more than a little ambivalent. Warner had, of course, taken over the EMI library, the recording company with which Menuhin had a 70-year relationship that led to around 300 albums. The Menuhin Century is not a complete account of that relationship. Nevertheless, it is still massive, consisting of 80 CD and 11 DVDs, as well as a coffee-table-sized book, Passion Menuhin, written by Bruno Monsaingeon, both former pupil and friend. The book itself accounts for much of the weight of the package, a hard-bound tome in which the text is presented in English, French, and German.
The musical content, in turn, is divided into six separate boxes:
- Unpublished Recordings and Rarities (22 CDs)
- The Historic Recordings (18 CDs)
- Live Performances and Festival Recordings (7 CDs)
- The Complete Recordings with Hephzibah Menuhin (20 CDs)
- The Virtuoso & his Landmark Recordings (13 CDs)
- Menuhin on Film 1947–1997 (11 DVDs)
(Note that most of the documentaries in that last box were directed by Monsaingeon.) This all makes for a package that is more than a little unwieldy, not only in the physical sense but also in the mental. If you want to listen to Menuhin playing a specific composition or even just music of a favorite composer, where to you look? The answer is that there is an index of sorts at the back of the book that accounts for all the the music that Menuhin recorded for HMV/EMI and provides Box and CD identification for those recordings included in The Menuhin Century. However, rather than organizing this index alphabetically by composer, the index is first divided into sections as follows:
- Concertos
- Works for Violin and Orchestra (other than concertos)
- Sonatas
- Chamber Music: Duos
- Chamber Music: Trios
- Chamber Music: Quartets: String Quartets
- Chamber Music: Quartets with Piano or Other Instruments
- Chamber Music: Quintets: String Quintets
- Chamber Music: Quintets with Piano or Other Instruments
- Chamber Music: Sextets
- Chamber Music: Septets
- Chamber Music: Octets
- Virtuoso Pieces
- Vocal Music
This makes for 640 entries which do not include any of the jazz recordings (Stéphane Grappelli, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, and John Dankworth) or the "ragas" performed (after a fashion, hence the scare quotes) with Ravi Shankar. Furthermore, there are pieces like Max Bruch's Scottish fantasy that show up under Concertos, rather than in the following section. The production team at Warner Classics could have learned a thing of two from the packaging of the large RCA archival collections; but, in this case, the seeker of anything specific should beware!
As far as the content itself is concerned, my plan is to discuss this package on a box-by-box basis, primarily because dealing with the categories in the index would prove too unwieldy. Furthermore, there is a certain logic to the ordering of the boxes, particularly since the first box deals with content that was previously available only with difficulty or not at all. The earliest recordings date from September of 1929, when Menuhin was thirteen years old. (1929 was also the year in which Menuhin performed with conductor Bruno Walter in Berlin, playing concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms. Note that the index says nothing about other performers, so there is no easy way to see if any recordings with Walter are included in this package!) The latest recordings were made in the spring of 1983 and present Menuhin performing concertos by Jean-Marie Leclair and Giuseppe Tartini with the Polish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk.
Sadly, there is nothing in this collection the really leaps out and seizes the attention of the listener. There are a few selections that are seldom encountered, the most interesting of which is Franz Schubert's D. 803 octet, which offers an impressive partnership with violinist Robert Masters, cellists Ernst Wallfish and Maurice Gendron, bassist Eugene Cruft, clarinetist Gervase de Peyer, bassoonist Archie Camden, and hornist Barry Tuckwell. There are also two notable collaborations with George Malcolm on harpsichord and Robert Donington on gamba, the six accompanied Bach sonatas (BWV 1014–1019) and the twelve Opus 5 sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli (the last of which is his set of "Folia" variations). These are likely to jar the ear that has become accustomed to historically-informed performances of the works of these composers. (The note stating that Donington prepared the realization of the figured bass for the Corelli sonatas may also raise an eyebrow or two.) To be fair, however, Menuhin's training was grounded in nineteenth-century practices; and that training comes across in the most disadvantageous light where the pre-Classical composers are involved.
Ironically, my fondest memory of Menuhin was as a conductor, rather than a soloist. I was at an open rehearsal at Carnegie Hall, where he was conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The selection was Edward Elgar's Opus 61 violin concerto with a rather young Chinese boy as soloist. The boy handled himself very well, meaning that Menuhin could focus primarily on overall balance. He even turned around and asked those in the audience if they were happy with the balance! Elgar wrote this concerto for Fritz Kreisler; but the first recording was made in 1932 with Menuhin as soloist (and Elgar conducting). Thus, to some extent, there at Carnegie Hall Menuhin was more concerned with filling Elgar's shoes than with coaching a young violinist, who seemed to have quite a few solid ideas of his own!


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South Sudan on Saturday marked five years of peace as it pushed for full implementation of the deal that ended 21 years of war.
Sudan is expected to hold its first democratic elections in 25 years in April to be followed by a referendum in January 2011 to decide on whether south Sudan should become an independent country.
South Sudan Head of Mission to Kenya John Andruga Duku said south Sudan had achieved a lot in the political, economic and cultural fields since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed.
(Continue reading in Kenya's Daily Nation)
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Franck Scurti
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Born in 1965 in Lyon (France). Lives and works in Paris (France).
If we could find him a fatherhood, Franck Scurti would claim to follow conceptual art as well as Fluxus's poetry, which taught him « to watch objects, to analyse them, to lose them in themselves, and then to reappraise them ». His work, inspired by everyday reality and international news, makes good use of the shapes produced by the consumption and urban civilization world.
Disconcerting by its diversity as well as by a seemingly lack of stylistic unity (from scribbles to customized vehicle via knocked-up objects and video, Scurti explores almost all of art media), his work is a self-placing* into situation between reality and its representations, relating to aesthetical, historical or economical stakes, but also to things and events. So many world elements that determine individuals daily life, at the same time as they offer the possibility to imagine one's life as an artwork (if only, by example, by crossing the unpredictable inherited from Dada or Fluxus with productivity rules or the modernist grid) : a liberating perspective of improvisation that does not ignore the various models that reference it and give it a cultural basis.
[Patrick Javault, Home-Street-Museum, Les Presses du réel, 2010]
Franck Scurti's work has been exhibited at CCCOD - Centre de création contemporaine Olivier Debré (Tours), Musée d'art Contemporain (Moscow), Centre Pompidou Malaga, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Madrid), SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Gent), Power station of art (PSA) collection de la fondation Cartier (Shanghai), MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (Geneva), Queen Elizabeth Hall Riverside Terrace (London), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Strasbourg, Musée Picasso (Valauris), Magasin CNAC (Grenoble), Vitrines Hermes (Tokyo), Centre National de la Photographie (Paris), MAC/VAL (Vitry-sur-Seine), BPS22 (Charleroi), IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain (Villeurbanne), Kunsthaus Baselland (Muttenz), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Bloomberg Space (London), MAN - Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest) etc.


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Kim and his colleagues studied more than 7,000 people over 50 for six years. Those with a purpose got more preventive services than those without one. These people also spent 17 percent fewer nights in the hospital. What's most exciting is that studies show that people can increase their sense of purpose and, in the process, take better charge of their health!
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of General Dynamics(GD) - Get Report could reach as high as $118 according to UBS.
General Dynamics gained 0.4% to $107.19 in morning trading Wednesday.
The bank raised its price target for the aerospace company to $118 from $108 while maintaining its "buy" rating for the stock. The raised price target and EPS estimates is largely thanks to raised estimates in Saudi.
Analysts David E. Strauss, Darryl Genovesi, and Matthew Akers wrote, "We have raised our EPS estimates following GD's Saudi announcement on Friday. Our revised estimates now reflect a smaller decline at Combat, although at 7% still worse than GD guidance for 4-4.5% decline. Our revised estimates also incorporate a higher level for share repurchase than previously assumed."
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP as a Buy with a ratings score of A-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins."
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- Powered by its strong earnings growth of 128.99% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 56.90% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, GD should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP turned its bottom line around by earning $7.03 versus -$1.03 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($7.15 versus $7.03).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Aerospace & Defense industry. The net income increased by 123.2% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$2,130.00 million to $495.00 million.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 98.97% to $1,552.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 2.36%.
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Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson was pulling double duty on his Twitter and Instagram accounts this week, as he was Tweeting photos from the set of his guest appearance on Hot in Cleveland and posting photos of the 100th episode of Modern Family to his Instagram. Obviously, hitting the century mark is a far more remarkable feat for a sitcom these days, so it's not much of a surprise that the popular ABC comedy's other stars also looked like they were pretty excited.
Of course, Sofia Vergara is probably smiling because she was once again the highest paid actress on American TV yet again. But the one cast member that didn't look very happy about it at all just so happens to be the show's most important character, and I'm a little concerned that this already once re-cast role could be in trouble yet again.
Someone needs to check on Beatrice (AKA Stella), because if she ends up leaving the show like her predecessor, Brigitte, I will simply be furious. However, if her demands are to have her tummy rubbed, I could handle that job.
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It is with great sadness that we share the devastating news that Sue Cochrane passed away unexpectedly around 02:00 this morning, 23.10.14. It is hard to believe the news.
Sue has been such a vital, vibrant member of the BAASA Gauteng community for the past ten years. She has been a committee member, offered her home for meetings, attended almost every course we ever ran, participated in our exhibitions and offered unwavering support to the committee. She has left a large gap in our hearts.
Sue was born in Scotland and grew up in the UK on a farm with a very large English garden. This is where she developed her passion for gardening. She was always growing seeds and cuttings at home and loved taking us around their beautiful garden in Bryanston. As a child she was encouraged to draw and paint, which led her to go to the Central School of Art and Craft studying Illustration, Commercial and Fine Art for a year. She continued to St Martin's School of Art for a year of Fine Art followed by 3 years in Fashion Design. In 1966 Sue came out to South Africa and had a variety of jobs from fashion buyer and designer for some big companies, to starting a waste disposal company, cooking for an ad and film agency for six years, being librarian for wildlife photographer Peter Johnston to spending years doing animal and house portraits, murals and Tromp l'oeil. She saw botanical art as a natural progression and felt privileged to have studied under several of the world's best botanical artists. We all were aware of the stunning porcelain dinner service that she decorated.
Sue wrote in her CV for the World Orchid Conference Exhibition: "I was always mad about gardening and growing things! I still grow plants from seed and cuttings, it helps if you want to paint them. I have always drawn and painted since I was little. I ended up going to the Central School of Art in London in the 60s where I studied Fine Art, Commercial Art and Illustration, and St Martin's School of Art, to continue my studies. After five years I came out to South Africa in 1966 and started painting detailed murals that took forever as they were very detailed. Painting Botanical works naturally followed on and I have now painted in this genre for about 15 years. I have exhibited at Galleries and Exhibitions and have won a medal at Kirstenbosch every time I have exhibited. I have been very lucky to study under several of the world's best botanical artists. I love what I do and it gives me immeasurable fun and joy."
Sue's friendship, laughter, encouragement, loyalty and support for those of us in BAASA will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Iain, her two children, mother and her huge circle of friends. May she rest in peace.
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Rounding out the conversation on role overload, E&B interview author and think tank policy wonk, Brigid Schulte on the national crisis that is worker overwhelm, and uncover how government can help.
Single women aren't always included in conversations about role overload. B&E talk with writer Julia Carpenter about what this looks like for all the single ladies. Learn more about today's interview guest, Julia Carpenter, at https://www.juliaccarpenter.com/.
Raising a family can be challenging, especially as a single parent. In time for Mother's Day, Cristen and Caroline highlight the history of single moms and debunk the longstanding social stigma against them.
After experiencing a miscarriage at 16 weeks, clinical psychologist Jessica Zucker started the hashtag #IHadaMiscarriage, which went viral. Cristen and Caroline talk to Dr. Zucker about why miscarriage remains a taboo issue, how to comfort those grieving a loss and the cards she created to help us start these much-needed conversations.
What it's really like trying to have a baby and keep your job in the United States.
Compared to pregnancy, the history of maternity clothes is in its infancy. Cristen and Caroline strut through the timeline of maternity fashion and what those prenatal outfits then and now tell us about how we view pregnant bodies.
Why is the United States the only developed nation that offers no federally mandated paid maternity leave? Cristen and Caroline trace the origin of America's paltry postnatal care to World War II and the business behind the American Dream.
One of the earliest Borderline Personality Disorder researchers was the highly respected, Freud-trained Polish psychoanalyst Helene Deutsch - who, despite having been an outspoken advocate for women workers and abortion access, eventually became a controversial figure among second-wave feminists in the 1970s.
It doesn't matter whether women are called "mother," "mam," "madre," or whatever the appropriate maternal translation might be, these stunning images of motherhood around the world, from Syria to Sweden to Sudan, show how the common bond of mother and child transcends language, cultures and geographic boundaries.
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The Maestro Steering Committee meets on Wednesday.
Texas A&M's ITAC meets on Thursday.
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Current System-wide Contracts
- Access Data provides members with preservation hold software (in annual assessment)
- Banner COE provides members with Banner-related services (discretionary)
- Cisco SmartNet (discretionary)
- Diligent provides board portal functionality for all members (discretionary)
- Docusign provides members with electronic signature and related workflow capabilities (discretionary)
- Duo provides two-factor authentication for all members (discretionary)
- Examity provides members with on-line proctoring services under a one-year master contract (discretionary contract)
- Hootsuite enables members to manage social networks, schedule messages and measure social media from a dashboard (discretionary)
- Modo Labs provides mobile application development support (discretionary)
- ProctorU provides members with on-line proctoring services under a one-year master contract (discretionary contract)
- Proofpoint email filtering and data loss prevention tools (in annual assessment)
- Security Operations Center (in annual assessment)
- Siteimprove checks web pages, every five days, for spelling, grammar, broken links and accessibility. The cost is 54 cents per web page per year. Any member interested in adding this service need to contact me directly. (discretionary)
- Syncplicity licensing is available for all members (in annual assessment)
- WebEx is available to all members. Faculty/administrators can obtain licenses at the low cost of $1.44/month/license. (discretionary)
- WebQA is the TAMUS approved Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) solution for all members (in annual assessment)
System-wide Contracts Under Development
- Comevo will provide members with online orientation software services (discretionary contract)
- Qualtrics will provide members with software to manage the entire customer experience – from surveys, to insights and to action. A proposal has been distributed for review.
Workday (Project Helios)
- Prototype 1 Review Sessions finished this week with Payroll and Safety Incident Tracking.
- The functional team continued updating the A&M System's process workbooks, which document the process flows, steps and outputs, security roles, notifications, regulatory and legal requirements, reports and open items for each process group identified during the Prototype 2 reviews. The functional team is also updating parking lot items. This information will help the EAC as they prepare for the Prototype 2 acceptance Q&A on January 25.
- Preparations for System Integration Testing continue.
SCIO Trips/Visits
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Fan favorite artist Dale Eaglesham's final issue of "Justice Society of America" arrives in comic book stores this week. Both he and series writer Geoff Johns are leaving the top-selling title following #26, and while Johns is staying put with DC Comics, Eaglesham is moving to Marvel Comics as an exclusive contract artist.
Eaglesham's first ongoing assignment at the House of Ideas is working with rising star Jonathan Hickman on "Fantastic Four." Many of his fans are expected to follow Eaglesham to that series, and he will be dearly missed in the pages of "Justice Society of America."
CBR News checked in with Eaglesham for some parting thoughts on "JSA," and learned the Canadian penciller's final issue was to include a dedication on the last page, but due to various reasons, it was left out. That dedication was to read thus:
I dedicate this issue and my entire JSA run to my late father, who introduced me to the wondrous world of art. The day he drew me a "cat-man" made of circles when I was six years old, my life changed forever. It's been a magical ride ever since. -- Dale, December 31, 2008
CBR: Dale, you and Geoff Johns are leaving what will be remembered as a landmark run on "Justice Society of America." Did you anticipate the success you've enjoyed when you initially signed on for the project?
Dale Eaglesham: ["JSA"] was re-launched [as "Justice Society of America" to accompany the change in tone that Geoff was pursuing in the JSA, and I was really looking forward to working with Geoff and Alex [Ross] on the title. Beyond that, there were no expectations for the book, from us or editorial, that it would aspire to anything more than it already had. Success-wise, a status quo destiny seemed a safe bet because we were working with a collection of classic old-timers in dated costumes and unproven, quirky newbies. These aren't exactly headline-grabbing ingredients, so there wasn't any serious hoopla surrounding the re-launch.
Industry-wide, I would say we flew in under the radar and caught people by surprise. I was very excited to be working on the JSA and planned to give it my all, but I never thought it would do as well as it did. We expanded the boundaries of what is acceptable team book behavior and readers responded completely in favor. That is the real success here.
What is Geoff Johns like as a collaborator?
To work with someone as talented as Geoff is inspiring. His stories make every line worthwhile, no matter how late you have to work. Geoff enjoys a live, creative process, the back-and-forth exchange of ideas and giving feedback on the pages sent to him. There is a great energy to working with Geoff and I'll miss it.
What else will you miss about "Justice Society of America?"
I will miss the depth of this book more than anything. In a testament to the depth of character in this book, we had 24 members at one point, including Frankie the monkey, and they were all individuals. What I will miss most of all, though, was the sense of humor we displayed, humor that became all-out comedy in few places. Mixing humor with superheroes seems to be some kind of a no-no in mainstream superhero comics, but it's part of the human experience and it needs to be represented. We could show intense drama and then turn on a dime and deliver some comedy and not skip a beat. I was pushing for an issue featuring the Inferior Five but unfortunately, we ran out of time.
Did you have a favorite JSA member? What did you love about him/her?
It's a toss up between Wildcat, Jay and Cyclone. Ted is my fave of the old timers because contrary to what his street language may indicate, he is keenly observant, a strategist and very intelligent. He was the most honest "emotions on your sleeve" character in the JSA. I liked the changes he was going through as well. He cut a lonely figure until he found out he had a son in young Tommy Bronson.
A very close second was the Flash. Jay had great leprechaun-like energy to him. He was a commanding presence but always had a twinkle in his eye no matter what. I loved capturing that.
And then there's Maxine Hunkel, A.K.A. Cyclone, an odd and poignant character. She is a kind person and a unique individual in every sense of the word. That people disliked her costume somehow made me like it even more. I added the witchy-poo hat in defiance of readers rejecting the crazy witchy suit she had and when I saw it on her, I knew that I would never want her costume to change. The costume is childish, representing a hanging-on to lost innocence. It hides a very complex character that grieves from past traumas and that makes it so much more than just a goofy costume. We only skimmed the surface of her personality and that is a shame.
What about a favorite issue or arc?
"Justice Society of America" #9 is my favorite because we had lots of big and small moments, lots of emotionally contrasting scenes, including a tough scene with Power Girl verifying the death of her cousin.
We juxtaposed superheroes with real heroes in featuring the pancake breakfast at the firehouse. The boxing match between the two Wildcats was a chance to dip into some serious comedy and that scene unfolded into a very serious event, the emergence in this reality of the Kingdom Come Superman. In #9, Geoff brought us up and down without pity. As an artist, it was a joy to draw.
Any similarities between "Justice Society of America" and your next assignment, "Fantastic Four?"
Both teams are close-knit families with similar dysfunctions. The Fantastic Four character base is much smaller, of course, but they are every bit as layered and nuanced as the JSA. I hope to bring all I learned from the JSA to the Fantastic Four, and then some.
Any major differences?
Smaller cast, yay!
Will readers of "Fantastic Four" notice any change in your artwork from "Justice Society of America?"
My work changes incrementally with every new project. The project material will dictate to me where the art needs to go, but the change is rarely radical. I plan on continuing the "Rockwell" approach to characterization I established on the JSA, but I feel creative storm clouds gathering over the Fantastic Four material and I am very excited to see where my style will lead me.
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Auditory training programs are being used in many clinical settings as a remediation tool for people with various types of communication disorders. These training paradigms are often designed to improve the perception of certain types of acoustic information by using specific stimuli (or modifications thereof) and specific tasks. As an example, stimuli differing in voice-onset-time (VOT) are used to train the perception of VOT. Because physiological changes have been shown to coincide with improved perception of the trained stimuli, it is assumed that training alters the physiological detection of that specific cue. But, inherent in any training program is the fact that individuals experience repeated stimulus exposure, and they participate in perceptual baseline tasks where they must attend to the stimuli and execute a specific task. To date little is known about if or how repeated stimulus exposure and focused listening tasks (in the absence of training) modulate evoked brain activity, and it is important to understand the contribution of these variables before we can fully understand the physiological effects of training on the central auditory system (CAS). Therefore, the goal of this research program is to determine the effects of stimulus exposure and focused listening tasks on the brain. Because the P1-N1-P2 auditory evoked potential (AEP) has been used to examine the effects of speech and music training on the CAS, we examine the contributions of stimulus exposure, focused listening tasks, and training using this measure. To do this, three groups of young-normal hearing subjects will be tested. Group one will be the exposure group, where individuals only hear repeated stimulus presentations. Group two will participate in a perceptual task (without feedback) in addition to being exposed to the stimuli. Group three will participate in stimulus exposure, plus task, as well as training. Members of each group will be tested at the same points in time (two baseline measures, post -training, and one retention test). Using within and across group comparisons, the aims are to: 1) Examine the effect of repeated stimulus exposure on the brain using AEPs recorded from Group 1, 2) Examine the effect of repeated stimulus exposure in addition to a focused listening task on the brain using AEPs recorded from Group 2, 3) Examine the effects of exposure, tasks, and auditory training on the brain using AEPs recorded from Group 3, 4) Characterize between group differences using descriptive brain measures and look at individual differences within each population.
Auditory training programs are used in many clinical settings around the world as a (re)habilitation tool for individuals with various types of communication disorders. These training programs are often designed to improve the perception of speech by using specific sounds (or modifications thereof) and specific tasks. Our research is designed to examine the effects of auditory training on the brain through neuroimgaing in order to better understand the physiological as well as perceptual changes resulting from training programs.


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Join the City of Elk Grove and the Cosumnes Community Service District (CSD) at Fitfest, a special event celebrating everything fitness.
Stroll through the Fitness Festival and visit the many healthy vendors on site, enjoy all-day stage entertainment, have lunch on site with a picnic or grab something from our food vendors, and check out the free kids zone featuring a climbing rock wall, euro jumpers, inflatable obstacle course, bounce houses, zorb balls, bungee run, gladiator joust, hippo chow down and jumbo soccer darts! Plus, there's a little tot tumbling area.
Take a seat and watch athletes battle it out in the Elk Grove Gauntlet and have fun watching the little ones make their way through the Kids Warrior Challenge Obstacle course.
Pre-registration is required for competitions (Kids Warrior Challenge and The Elk Grove Gauntlet).
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Charleston, South Carolina has a number of attractions that can make a road trip a fun experience. The Charleston Museum, Charleston Aquarium, the Battery & White Point Gardens and Drayton Hall are just a few of the attractions that are popular with both tourists and locals. Whether you travel with a car full of small children or just a group of friends, you want to keep everyone safe.
Stop at Truck Stops
When driving through South Carolina, you might feel tempted to stop at rest stops along the highway. The local Charleston personal injury lawyer wants you to choose a safer option. Choose a truck stop, like the Food Mart on Savannah Highway, which caters to those traveling from Savannah to Charleston. Most have restaurants, fueling stations, cold drinks, restrooms and even showers on-site. Truck stops are brightly lit and safer than rest stops.
Take Frequent Breaks
The longer that you spend behind the wheel of your car; the less you pay attention to your surroundings. You might find yourself drifting into another lane, falling asleep at the wheel or missing an important exit on the highway. Do not push yourself to keep driving if you feel tired. Stopping at State Hwy 165 and Savannah Highway in Ravenel is a great idea. Even if you drive during the day, you should stop every few hours. Be sure to stretch your legs at the Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center and get a fresh drink.
Bring Contact Information
Before you get into your car, make sure that you have copies of your insurance card and proof of your identity. You should also carry proof of identity for everyone in the car. The last thing you want to do is to get pulled over by the police in South Carolina without your license and insurance. Experts recommend that you carry a copy of your insurance card in your wallet and a second copy in your glove box. If you lose one of the cards, you still have a backup.
Plan Your Trip
While jumping in the car and heading to Charleston might sound like fun, you need to make some preliminary plans first. Make sure that you tell others about your trip, including any stops you want to make along the way. You can also give a loved one a copy of your itinerary, which shows your hotel and its phone number. Your loved one can ensure that you make it there and get help if you do not.
Don't Look Like a Tourist
When you reach Charleston and start driving around, take a few minutes to make yourself look like a local. Keep any maps or guidebooks tucked away, and you should avoid showing any large bills in your wallet. Tourists become easy prey for those with nefarious thoughts. You can keep yourself and anyone you travel with safe by blending in with the locals.
While on your road trip to Charleston, you may happen to get into a car accident; you should contact an attorney as soon as possible. A Charleston car accident lawyer can help you get compensation for any damages or injuries caused by the accident. An attorney can also protect the rights of you and your family from an insurance company.
In closing, a road trip to Charleston can be fun and safety precautions can be made. Stop at truck stops, take frequent breaks, bring contact information, plan your trip, and don't look like a tourist. These are a few ways you can make your road trip safe and fun until you reach your final destination.
Krista Langford is a contributing writer for the attorneys of Howell and Christmas. They specialize in car accidents, DUI accidents, and wrongful death suits. This law firm can be contacted for assistance with compensation for your pain and suffering.


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Here are some more helpful hints for having a great semester at SLU:
- Exercise. Simon Recreation Center is open weekday nights until 12 a.m. and stays open until 10 in the evening on Friday and Saturday; if working out in the evening isn't your style, the gym also opens at 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.
- Eggs are sides. Griesedieck dining hall opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday with a delicious brunch. Eating breakfast provides energy for the rest of the day and can help you focus on getting homework done over the weekend.
- SLU Tutoring. Speaking of homework… get some help with your harder classes. While tutors won't do your homework for you, they will help you with the process. If one-on-one sessions aren't your style, try going to Supplemental Instruction sessions for bigger classes like chemistry or anatomy.
- Study Groups. Your friends will help encourage you when you feel like there's no end to homework in sight. Plus, you can try new and novel study spots, instead of returning to Pius Library night after night.
- The Writing Center. If you need help with a paper, this is the place to go. Even if you feel confident with your writing, the students working in the center will find ways to improve upon your work.
- Caffeine. A personal favorite, in moderation caffeine can help you finish that paper due at midnight or study for an upcoming test. Starbucks is conveniently on campus, but going to the POD and picking up some Kaldi's Coffee can save you some flex money.


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This morning, Accion released a report, "The Financial Behavior of Rural Residents: Findings from Five Latin American Countries." The report, by Jacqueline Urquizo, provides the financial industry with new information relevant for improving financial services to rural residents in Latin America.
The study is based on market research conducted in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Peru and provides a detailed portrait of access, use and attitudes towards financial services by rural residents, both farmers and microentrepreneurs.
Rural residents are some of the poorest and hardest-to-reach populations in the world. The study offers a unique opportunity to understand the financial choices rural residents make and the attitudes they bring when they interact with banks and microfinance institutions.
We at CFI think these are some of the more interesting findings:
- Working capital credit and savings are the best known and most used formal financial services. However, while 80 percent of respondents say they know about these products, only 40 percent use them.
- Relatively few people save in financial form. Surpluses are used primarily for investment. Many respondents consider that storing idle or "nonworking" funds as financial savings is a poor use of their money.
- One in two consumers saves in monetary form, and among those who save, there is diversity in the purpose and use of savings. Some maintain a "static" savings amount as a reserve fund (e.g., for health emergencies), while others seek to grow their savings over time.
- The most significant barriers to formal savings are lack of convenience in operating savings accounts, bank fees and the perception that amounts are too small to deposit.
- Although rural residents were not well aware of the potential value of insurance, 70 percent had experienced a shock event in the past three years.
- Rural residents often get information through nontraditional media, such as local radio, speakers in the main square, mobile ads in moto-taxis, leaflets and public loudspeakers. Key community individuals, such as shop owners, and social, economic and religious gatherings (fairs and parish meetings), are sources of information exchange.
"The portrait of rural residents that emerges from this study is exactly the kind of detailed client information the industry is hungry for," said Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of CFI. As we learned from CFI's "Opportunities and Obstacles" survey last year, participants in the financial inclusion sector think it is critical for providers to develop a deeper understanding of clients. The results from this study will prove a valuable tool in designing and marketing financial products that meet the specific needs of rural residents. We believe they also hold insights that are relevant to other rural clients worldwide.
The research in this report was supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and based on survey interviews with people living in rural areas within reach of selected microfinance institution branches. It targeted heads of households who work in an independent activity: entrepreneurs and small farmers. The study describes the rural population according to socioeconomic and psychographic variables, social interactions and financial behavior, considering credit, savings, investment and risk management. It also discusses financial education and awareness and use of formal financial services.
To see the report, "The Financial Behavior of Rural Residents," please click here.
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