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Abstracts: Community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: epidemiological and prognosis data in older people. part 2
Abstracts: Community screening for visual impairment in older people. The use of oral anticoagulants (warfarin) in older people
Abstracts: Comparative impact of hearing and vision impairment on subsequent functioning. Underdiagnosis of airway obstruction in older people: be careful what you look for, you might find it
Abstracts: Comparison of brain natriuretic peptide and probrain natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of cardiogenic pulmonary edema in patients aged 65 and older
Abstracts: Comparison of fracture, cardiovascular event, and breast cancer rates at 3 years in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Abstracts: Comparison of older people and patients with frontal lesions: evidence from word list learning. Visual cues and the handwriting of older adults: a kinematic analysis
Abstracts: Comparison of routine glove use and contact-isolation precautions to prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a long-term care facility
Abstracts: Comparison of two home care protocols for total joint replacement. Sex differences in the effect of heart rate on mortality in the elderly
Abstracts: Compliance with PASARR recommendations for Medicaid recipients in nursing homes. Assessment and treatment of nursing home residents with depression or behavioral symptoms associated with dementia: a review of the literature
Abstracts: Comprehensive geriatric assessment: mission not yet accomplished. Geriatric sleep apnea syndrome: a preliminary description
Abstracts: Conclusion. Emerging concepts in management of insomnia. Prevalence of perceived dysphonia in a geriatric population
Abstracts: Concordance of proxy-perceived change and measured change in multiple domains of function in older persons. Mortality and adverse health events in newly admitted nursing home residents with and without Dementia
Abstracts: Conflict and aggression as stressors in the work environment of nursing assistants: implications for institutional elder abuse
Abstracts: Conflicts of interest and accountability in managed care: the aging of medical ethics. Obligations and opportunities: the role of clinical societies in the ethics of managed care
Abstracts: Conscious and unconscious lexical retrieval blocking in younger and older adults. Auditory habituation in young and older adults: the verbal transformation effect
Abstracts: Consequences of men's retirement for the continuation of work-related personal relationships. Single older men in disadvantaged households: narratives of meaning around everyday life
Abstracts: Constraints on general slowing: a meta-analysis using hierarchical linear models with random coefficients. Why a superman cannot help a tsunami: activation of grammatical class influences resolution of young and older adults' tip-of-the-tongue states
Abstracts: Consumer-perceived value: the key to a successful business strategy in the healthcare marketplace. The war on health care fraud and abuse: peril for providers
Abstracts: Continued inhibitory capacity throughout adulthood: conceptual negative priming in younger and older adults. The roles of fatalism, self-confidence, and intellectual resources in the disablement process in older adults
Abstracts: Continuing diet trends in men: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (1961-1987). Diet restriction prevents aging-induced deficits in brain phosphoinositide metabolism
Abstracts: Contracts and the aging driver. Cementing pathways home: enhancing quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstracts: Contrasting results between caregiver's report and direct assessment of activities of daily living in patients affected by mild and very mild dementia: the contribution of the caregiver's personal characteristics
Abstracts: Contribution of cognitive abilities to performance and improvement on a substitution coding task. Aging and counting speed: evidence for process-specific slowing
Abstracts: Converging evidence that visuospatial cognition is more age-sensitive than verbal cognition. Age differences in item manipulation span: The case of letter-number sequencing
Abstracts: Cooking up a great vacation. Good news for frequent fliers. The stay-put vacation
Abstracts: Cooking with herbs; herbs add flavor and fragrance to the plainest of dishes, turning them from bit-part actors to the stars of the culinary show
Abstracts: Coping strategies of people living in multigenerational households: effects on well-being. Enmeshed lives: adult children with developmental disabilities and their aging mothers
Abstracts: Coronary artery calcium: association with brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities and cognitive status
Abstracts: Cosmetic surgery: what it can do for you. Beauty aids: telling the good ones from the bad ones. Itchy skin
Abstracts: Costs of promoting independence. There is hope for the future: national survey results reveal that geriatric medicine fellows are well-educated in end-of-life care
Abstracts: Creative celebrating. A disrespectful daughter-in-law. An expert's advice on how to treat elders
Abstracts: Cross-sectional age differences in personality among Medicare patients aged 65 to 100. Aging and visual masking: sensory and attentional factors
Abstracts: Cruise for less. Adding up the extras on cruise ships. A traveler's strategy: Europe for less
Abstracts: Cruises with a twist. You can go home again. Seeing Europe by boat
Abstracts: Cure for winter? My dancing daffodils! Happy car trips? Follow these rules! From men who dress like babies to 'National Geographic' specials: A discriminating viewer's look at daytime tv
Abstracts: Current-events knowledge in adults: an investigation of age, intelligence, and nonability determinants. Age, ability, and the role of prior knowledge on the acquisition of new domain knowledge: Promising results in a real-world learning environment
Abstracts: Current status and future directions of Geriatric general surgery. Appropriateness of quality indicators for older patients with advanced dementia and poor prognosis
Abstracts: Current status and future directions of Geriatric general surgery. part 2 Prevention of weight loss in dimentia with comprehensive nutritional treatment
Abstracts: Curricular framework: core competencies in multicultural geriatric care. Ethnicity and dementia
Abstracts: Curriculum recommendations for resident training in geriatrics interdisciplinary team care. The evidence for excellent nursing
Abstracts: Daily pain that was excruciating at some time in the previous week: prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes in nursing home residents
Abstracts: Daily stressors and memory failures in a naturalistic setting: Findings from the VA normative aging study. Age differences in exposure and reactions to interpersonal tensions: A daily dairy study
Abstracts: Daytime sleepiness is associated with 3-year incident dementia and cognitive decline in older Japanese-American men
Abstracts: Dealing with negative social exchanges in later life: Coping responses, goals and effectiveness. Substitution and compensation in the social networks of older widowed women
Abstracts: Deals on campus digs. A tasty walk on the wild side. Rescuing plants from the past
Abstracts: Decision-making and adult protective services workers: identifying critical factors. A national study of involuntary protective services to adult protective services clients
Abstracts: Decision making and the principles of screening for breast cancer. Breast cancer screening in older women: an overview
Abstracts: Decisions for Hospice care in Patients with advanced Cancer. Physician confidence and interest in learning more about common geriatric topics: a needs assessment
Abstracts: Declare germ warfare this cold season. Staying healthy on the road or in the air. Tips for trips
Abstracts: Decreasing hospitalization rates for older home care patients with symptoms of depression. A model for managing delirious older inpatients
Abstracts: Decreasing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube feeding for veterans with Dementia - racial difference remain
Abstracts: Delirium is independently associated with poor functional recovery after hip fracture. Reducing delirium after hip fracture: a randomized trial
Abstracts: Delirium: Still searching for risk factors and effective preventive measures. Closing the gap - provider and researcher responsibility
Abstracts: Delirium symptoms in post-acute care: prevalent, persistent, and associated with poor functional recovery. The protective effect of social engagement on mortality in long-term care
Abstracts: Dementia as a risk factor for falls and fall injuries among nursing home residents. Medical care for nursing home residents: differences by dementia status
Abstracts: Dementia: case ascertainment in a community survey. Minority use of community long-term care services: a comparative analysis
Abstracts: Dementia diagnostic guidelines: methodologies, results, and implementation costs. Neuroimaging in the dementia assessment: Is it necessary?
Abstracts: Dementia patients who live alone: research and clinical challenges. Advance directives and advancing age
Abstracts: Dementias that present with and without posterior cortical features: an important clinical distinction. The 'subsyndromal' syndromes of aging
Abstracts: Dental caries, periodontal disease, and cardiac arrhythmias in community-dwelling older persons aged 80 and older: is there a link?
Abstracts: Dependence in activities of daily living and cognitive impairment strongly predicted mortality in older urban residents in Brazil: a 2-year follow-up
Abstracts: Depressed albumin and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: signposts along the final common pathway of frailty
Abstracts: Depression and disability associated with impaired vision: the MoVIES Project. Neuroticism predicts depression and disability in age-related macular degeneration
Abstracts: Depressive symptom experiences among older women: a comparison of alternative measurement approaches. The role of self-enhancing evaluations in a successful life transition
Abstracts: Depressive symptoms across older spouses and the moderating effect of marital closeness. Flashbulb memories and posttraumatic stress reactions across the life span: Age-related effects of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II
Abstracts: Depressive symptoms and risk of Alzheimer's disease in more highly educated older people. Elder abuse in te community: prevalence and consequences
Abstracts: Depressive symptoms as arisk factor for disabling back pain in community-dwelling older persons. Where is the vision for fall prevention?
Abstracts: Deriving a risk-adjustment model for pressure ulcer development using the minimum data set. Are we improving the quality of nursing home care: the case of pressure ulcers
Abstracts: Detecting balance deficits in frequent fallers using clinical and quantitative evaluation tools. Alfacalcidol reduces the number of fallers in a community-dwelling elderly population with a minimum calcium intake of more than 500 mg daily
Abstracts: Detection and management of cognitive impairment in primary care; the steel valley seniors survey. Pathology and pathways of Alzheimer's disease with an update on new developments in treatment
Abstracts: Detection and management of falls and instability in vulnerable elders by community physicians. Selecting target conditions for quality of care improvement in vulnerable older adults
Abstracts: Detection of delirium in the intensive care unit: comparison of Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit with Confusion Assessment Method ratings
Abstracts: Determinants of interpersonal support and self-direction in group residential facilities. A typology of social climates in group residential facilities for older people
Abstracts: Determinants of self-management strategies to reduce out-of-pocket prescription medication expense in homebound older people
Abstracts: Developing and testing training materials on elder abuse and neglect for nurse aides. Elder abuse and neglect in Poland
Abstracts: Developing and testing training materials on elder abuse and neglect for nurse aides. part 2 Elder abuse and neglect in residential settings: the need for inclusiveness in elder abuse research
Abstracts: Developing a stroke unit using the acute care for elders intervention and model of care. Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE): a new model of primary care for low-income seniors
Abstracts: Developmental regulation and after a developmental deadline: the sample case of "biological clock" for childbearing
Abstracts: Development and validation of a geriatric knowledge test for medical students. The effects of Megestrol Acetate suspension for elderly patients with reduced appetite after hospitalization: A phase II randomized clinical trial
Abstracts: Development and validation of a physical performace instrument for the functionally impaired elderly: the Physical Disability Index (PDI)
Abstracts: Development of a scale to predict decline in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. How proxies make decisions about research for patients with Alzheimer's disease
Abstracts: Development of a test battery to identify older drivers at risk for self-reported adverse driving events. The relationship between number of medications and weight loss or impaired balance in older adults
Abstracts: Diabetes and dementia in long-term care. Critical review of resident assessment protocols. Galantamine maintains ability to perform activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Abstracts: Diagnosis and treatment odf depression in the elderly medicare population: predictors, disparities, and trends
Abstracts: Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with vertebral compression fractures. Bone density testing in older women and its association with patient age
Abstracts: Diagnosis of geriatric patients with severe dizziness. Interactive video specialty consultations in long-term care
Abstracts: Diet and the suitability of the male fischer 344 rat as a model for aging research. Dietary restriction alters characteristics of glucose fuel use
Abstracts: Dietary restriction alone and in combination with oral ethoxyquin/2-mercaptoethylamine in mice. Concerns about rodent models for aging research
Abstracts: Dieting after 50: changes you need to make now. We uneasy riders need our defining challenge. Do you need long-term-care insurance?
Abstracts: Differences in amount of informal care received by Non-Hispanic whites and Latinos in a nationally representative sample of older Americans
Abstracts: Differences in end-of-life preferences between congestive heart failure and dementia in a medical house calls program
Abstracts: Differences in mortality of black and white patients enrolled in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Abstracts: Differential age-related processing limitations in recall and recognition tasks. Effects of memory training on the subjective memory functioning and mental health of older adults: a meta-analysis
Abstracts: Differential effects of raloxifene and estrogen on insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women. Effects of ultra-low-dose estrogen therapy on muscle and physical function in older women
Abstracts: Differing patterns of antiresorptive pharmacotherapy in nursing facility residents and community dwellers. Weight outcomes among antidepressant users in nursing facilities
Abstracts: Dimensionality of everyday problem solving in older adults. Everyday problem solving in older adults: observational assessment and cognitive correlates
Abstracts: Disability outcomes of older Medicare HMO enrollees and fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. Why physicians need to become more proficient in assessing their patients' competency and how they can achieve this
Abstracts: Disability, residential mobility, and changes in living arrangements. Age-related changes of sympathetic outflow to muscles in humans
Abstracts: Disability, residential mobility, and changes in living arrangements. part 2 Levels of disability among US adults with arthritis
Abstracts: Discourse comprehension and problem solving: decisions about the treatment of breast cancer by women across the life span
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
The Vacation so far...
I've been without internet for a week. Shocking! I managed to log in briefly a couple times to check my email, but I've not had the opportunity to sit down and tell you all about my latest exploits.
...until Now!
I'm back here in the great state of Michigan, land of ripe, juicy peaches, big, succulent tomatoes, and cherries and sweetcorn galore. The weather in August sucks dead donkey dicks, but the produce coming in to the farm markets in the morning more than makes up for it.
Last night I went with the fam to an award ceremony. Mom is the MD of a professional theatre company, and one of last season's productions was nominated for several awards. It was a hugely fun night, and we even won one of the things we got nominated for. So that was cool.
Prior to that I was out in the great land of Taxachusetts, visiting Wally and Vi and the New Baby. Also called Wally. Ugh. (Some names just shouldn't be passed on.) Things out there are ok, but Vi is having a bit of a rough time of it. She's been getting some really crappy advice on nursing and things, and (long story short) it's not helping the baby at all and she's absolutely run down. I'm really annoyed with some of the things she's been told, but she won't listen to anyone but the supposed "experts" at the hospital, and she gets really any time some tries to suggest something that will make her life easier. Oh, well. She'll just have to deal as best she can.
The Pirate is lovely as ever. I call him often and we chat for ages. I'm looking forward to getting back to Bristol so I can see him. Our time together will be miserably brief, as his job is sending him out of the country for 2 months, and he'll be leaving just a few days after I return from the states. bugger. i'll have to do work or something to fill my time. horror of horrors!
oh, and i got my hair cut today. so that's good. 's about it, really.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Dear Enquiring Minds,
The train trip was uneventful, save for the profound nuissance of the cosmically rude 11-year-old female chavs sitting across the isle from me. Had it been a more boring weekend I might trouble to write an entire post on them and what I would have done if I was their mother. But we have more interesting things to discuss, no?
The Pirate picked me up and took me to his parents' home, where they met me at the door with an enthusiasm that can only be described in terms of Golden Retriever-level glee. I expected a polite handshake, a "Welcome dear it's so nice to see you how do you take your tea" kind of welcome. I did not expect to be crushed in the arms of two people simultaneously as they vied to be the first to hug me and kiss me on the cheek, exclaiming in full voices "Welcome, welcome, welcome! We're so glad to finally meet you! Do come in! How was your trip? Are you hungry? We've heard so much about you, we're just thrilled you've come all this way to visit!..." and so on and so forth. They are absolutely lovely people, and I can't create enough nice things to say about them.
They are also walking charicatures of the English middle class, stereotypical casting rejects from every British comedy ever made. She's warm and lovely, very sweet, very high-strung, and fusses over one constantly. "How is that, dear? Would you like some more? Do try a little of this. No, no, I insist. While you're here you absolutely must..." etc. The word "no" isn't in her vocabulary, except when she is refusing to accept any sort of assistance. She bent over backwards to make me feel at home (and I would have, if I'd been raised at the Four Seasons), and was absurdly enthusiastic about absolutely everything I had to say, be it about my work, my family, my past, my future plans, whatever. It's easy to see where the Pirate gets his joie de vivre. I loved her instantly.
Mr. Pirate was large, silver-haired, jolly sort of man with heavy jowels and fat lower lip which he mashed against my cheek in a sloppy kiss of greeting when he hugged me. (I didn't think English people hugged total strangers. Any thoughts?) He's the sort of man who says things like "God show, old boy" and "Gosh!,"and sprays spittle when he says them. He has a tremendously strong sense of propriety and How Things Should Be Done (you could almost hear the longing in his voice for the days of the Empire). When we could have a conversation (ie when Mrs. Pirate was out of the room, because it's near impossible to get a word in edgeways when she's present), we talked politics, history, cricket, and wine. He interrogated me very sublety and very effectively about my future plans and intentions, and I was left with the vague unnerving feeling that I'd said rather a lot more than I intended. It's easy to see where the Pirate gets his brains. Terrific fellow; we got on swimmingly.
The Great Controvertial Pie was a hit. Mr. Pirate went back for seconds and thirds, and Mrs. Pirate explained that she had been reading in a Bill Bryson book about how Americans always show up with pie to welcome a new family to the neighborhood and she was thrilled beyond words to be given a Genuine American Pie made by a Genuine American. Seriously, she was beside herself. (She even asked if I'd picked the berries, which was great because it gave me a chance to say that yes indeed, I had. Class.)
On Sunday the Pirate and I went for a long walk through some woods, along a babbling river, and up and over the moors. The heather was in bloom and the hills were aglow in the sun with purple and rust and gold. Glorious countryside. He took me for lunch in, well, it would be a criminal understatement to call it a pub, but let's face it, it was a pub. And criminal understatment is a national pasttime here, so what the hell. But the chef was a gourmet chef (even has a Michelin star), and the food was unbelievalble. Damn that swashbuckler knows how to eat well.
After our huge and leisurely lunch we wandered into the empty field next to the pub with a cricket ball and a couple baseball mitts. Thus began the Pirates crusade to make me into a first-class fast bowler. He insists I've got the right physique and natural temperment. There's just one problem: I throw like a girl. Well, I used to, anyway. A long hour in that field under the encouragement and watchful eye of Speedy McSpeed and I made rather significant progress. (Now I throw like a large girl.) I did rather enjoy it. I'm looking forward to working on my technique more with him. We had a lot of fun.
After that we came home, got out the chessboard, and put on the radio, listening to the drama of the scandalous England-Pakistan test match as it unfolded sunday evening. Then dinner with the 'rents, coffe in the sitting room, evening constitional to aid the digestive process, news on the telly, and finally curl up on the sofa watching The Magnificent Seven. Somehow I managed to fall asleep with 30 minutes to go of the movie. It must have been a combination of the happy exhaustion, full stomach, and warm Pirate reclining comfortably against my chest that sent me to dreamland just as the film was getting really exciting.
Monday we wandered into the village where we admired the explosive assortment of hanging baskets and window boxes, perused an art gallery, a bookstore, and few gourmet delis. I bought a load of Christmas gifts for my family, and the Pirate (operating under orders from his mother) bought me a small wheel of good, local cheese. Yum! We met Mr. Pirate for lunch at the nearby golf club, where he (not the Pirate, Mr. Pirate) invited me back for Christmas. Very touching.
Then off to the train station where the Pirate waited with me on the platform, kissed me passionately and appropriately as the train rolled in, didn't let go of my hand until the last possible second, and stood there, waving, until I was completely out of sight. Eat your heart out, Bogie.
I think the weekend was a smashing success. No once was anyone offended, accidently or otherwise (that I could detect), both Mr. and Mrs. Pirate appear to absolutley LOVE ME (yay!!!), and as far as I can tell I've been compeltely welcomed to the family. They were wonderful people, real people, with a house full of photos of the boys (Pirate and his brother), trophies and certificates, models of ships and airplanes, souveniers of family holidays, threadbare, mismatched rugs, shelves overflowing with well-read books, and a healthy layer of dust that suggested the inhabitants had better things to do with their time than run around all day with a feather dusters in hand, preening and cleaning the Household Memories. They're a strong family, justifiably proud of their offspring, supportive but not overprotective, and not unwilling to let them take their own risks and make their way in the world. (Very much like my own family, really.) Love 'em. Love 'em six ways to sunday. I couldn't ask for better in-laws.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Whiiiiinging in the Rain
I made the mistake of telling the Pirate that I would bring him and his parents a blackberry pie when I go to visit this weekend. Fatal error. If I'd kept my big yap shut, I wouldn't have been committed. I would have had the option of looking at the weather this morning and saying "Fuckit, i'm not picking sodding berries in this weather."
OK, to be fair if I told the Pirate that I couldn't make a pie because the weather was too shit for picking berries, he would not have held it against me one iota. I also had the option of going to Tesco's and buying some blueberries or something and making a different kind of pie. So really, it was my choice.
Hey Spin, did you (or any of you other Brizzolians out there) notice the torrential downpour at about half nine this morning? The one that made looking out the window an experience akin to standing on the Maid of the Mist and trying to see through Niagara Falls? Guess where I was in that rainstorm? 2 miles from my flat, picking sodding blackberries, that's where!
It is not an exaggeration to say that there are times I've gone for an (unintentional) plunge in Avon waters and come out drier than I was when I got back to my flat this morning.
Actually, I'm just whinging for drama's sake. I didn't mind. It wasn't cold, and god knows I spend about 20% of my waking hours soaking wet anyway. (Truth be told, it was kind of fun. Shhh, don't tell anyone I said that.)
Monday, August 14, 2006
1. Have you had sex in the past 24 hours? In reality? No. In my mind? Every 24 seconds.
2. Are you gay? Bi.
3. Do you have hairy legs? Yes. Hair is mature, sexual. Hairlessness is suggestive of the pre-pubescent body, and is creepy.
4. Do you smoke anything? Baby, I am smokin'!
5. Do you like monkeys? I like the band. Not so much with the mammals.
6. How many fillings do you have? 2 I think. Not entirely sure to be honest.
7. Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake? Lake. The ocean is scary; it tried to eat me.
8. Have you ever licked one of those square batteries? You don't know where that battery has been!
9. Have you ever read the Bible? Lets see here: 12 years of Catholic education. Yeah, I've read the Bible.
10. Did you ever go to Sunday School? Oh yeah. Rather liked it, too. We got to sing lots of songs.
11. Do you wear a lot of black? More brown, actually.
12. Did you ever bring a weapon to school? Just my rapier wit and piercing academic arugements.
13. Have you ever hugged a tree? Loads. Seriously.
14. Do you know what a sphincter actually is? Duh. Don't you?
15. Describe your hair? George Harrison circa 1965. I wish I were kidding.
16. Are you a wildbeast? A wild beast? or a wildebeast? Depends on where my feet are, I s'pose.
17. Do you like to have fun? Um, isn't that the definition of "fun"? Stuff you like to do. Who doesn't like to do what they like to do? That said, I don't generally enjoy the things the average person finds "fun."
18. Do you like drama? Yes, especially Elizabethan drama. Christopher Marlowe is god.
19. Have you ever taken a bong hit? Nope. (See question 17)
20. Do you like mayonnaise? Nope. I distinctly prefer Miracle Whip. That tangy zip, ya know?
21. Are you afraid to die? Not afraid as such, I'd just rather not if it's all the same to you. Life is finally starting to get interesting.
22. Do you like playing in leaves? YES YES YES YES!!!!
23. Have you ever peed your pants as an adult? No, thank god.
24. Have you ever thrown up on somebody as an adult? Yes, and he completely deserved it because he was an asshole AND he had fair warning that it was coming, so I don't feel guilty about it in the least. In fact, it was rather funny.
25. Are you an adult? Yeah, for a long time. *sigh* I'm not old, I just grew up way too fast.
26. Ever won a spelling bee? Damn straight, bitch. Loads of 'em. Ha.
27. Do you ever eat because you're depressed? Depressed? no. Bored, yes.
28. Are you a television addict? Only a few select programs. (CSI Las Vegas, West Wing, Cash in the Attic.) Most of what's on TV is total crap. Especailly "reality TV." Ugh.
29. Do you think OJ was guilty? Of course he was.
30. Do you enjoy spending time with your mother? In fact, I do. We rather like each other.
31. Have you ever had sex in a hot tub? Not yet.
On a swing? Ooh, that sounds fun!
32. Do you like Elvis? A few tunes, In the Ghetto, Fools Rush In, Love Me Tender. That's about it.
33. Do you enjoy watching animals "do it" on the Discovery channel? Used to. Outgrew it.
34. Have you ever had sex with a total stranger? Nope.
35. Do you enjoy the calming effects of turkeys? Aye. Mmm, the great Thanksgiving Nap. Ahh.
36. Does your mom [sic] think someone is hot? Loads of people. All Olympic swimmers, most Olympic skiiers (espeically Jean Claude Keily), a few Olympic ice skaters, and Liam Neeson.
37. Are you a sugar freak? Freak, no. But I definately have a sweet tooth.
38. Ever been arrested? Much to my parents' dismay, no. My mom was furious with me when i graduated Uni never having been arrested for civil disobedience. Apparently I wasn't protesting hard enough.
39. Ever commit a crime and get away with it? No, I've never so much as shop-lifted a pack of gum. Always wanted to steal one of those road signs to hang on my door, though. you know, one of those that says "Dangerous Curves Ahead." That would be cool.
40. Do you like orange juice? yep. So annoying living in a country that doesn't grow its own oranges. OJ costs a fortune over here. And you don't have FCOJ! What's up with that?!?
41. What sign are you? Capricorn, but I don't believe in that crap.
42. Ever do the party boy dance in front of the elderly? I don't know what that is, but I'm sure I've never done it and never will. I like to live under the delusion that I have some shred of dignity. I'm pretty sure that engaging in anything called the "party boy dance" would shatter that delusion forthwith.
43. Where do you wish you were right now? Anywhere with the Pirate.
44. Did you enjoy this? Meh. Not the best meme I've seen, but it staved off the laundry for a good 15 minutes, so mission accomplished.
The M.E. Times
I would like to humbly apologize to all my readers for the shockingly long delay. For a while I had nothing to say, then I had no time, and eventually the resnet system in my building went on the fritz and i havn't been able to write or read posts. Fucking annoying, I can tell you.
All the news that's fit for the shitter:
Front Page
The USA and France hammer out a treaty to end fighting between... the USA and France? No, that would make sense! The USA and France have decided to end the fighting between Israel and Lebanon. Does anyone else find this utterly laughable? The absurdity of the very notion makes me snark my coffee. Last I heard a ceasefire was supposed to go into effect this morning, and then Israel announced that no, in fact they would like to keep shelling Lebanon please and thank you. There's a big fucking surprise.
I have of late been learning the game of cricket. The Pirate, you see, is quite the cricketer. This past Saturday and the Sunday before that I spent watching various of his matches. He plays for 4 clubs just for kicks and for 2 professional teams. (!!!) I love watching him bowl; his run-up is like a steam locomotive. And I can testify that the man has rhythm. Ahem.
At the first match I saw I had the pleasure of overhearing the conversation between some of his opponenents who were padding up to bat. One said to the other, "Do you have a bigger helmet? This one won't go over my head." The other replied, "But you never wear a helmet." Said the first, "I know, but if I get out there and they send McWheels at me, I'm not facing his fast balls without a lid on." HA! I relayed this bit of entertainment to Himself after the match, and we both found it endlessly amusing.
I must confess it did please me rather a lot to hear his team mates speak so well of him and hear them cheer him while he was bowling. To be admired by your comrades and feared by your opponents is, frankly, a good way to be.
This week is my last week of work at the temp agency. Yay.
Saw Cars. Cute flick. Though, frankly, not Pixar's best. The animation and voices were undeniably superb, yes. And yes, I laughed my pants off. But I have a problem with the larger message. On a fundamental level, it's a backwards-facing film. It seeks to return to the glory days of yore, the good ol' days. The basic, overriding theme of the film is that the advancemtns of the past 60 years have come at too hight a price, and we'd all be better off if the universe just turned back the clock about 6 decades or so.
Are you kidding me?!? The glory days? Of what, the 1950s? Of McCarthyism, the Cold War, the days before the Sexual Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement??? Those good ol' days? News flash, people: the Good Ol' Days weren't that good.
I know that in a troubled world there is a natural tendency to look back with longing on what we perceive to be a simpler, happier time. But every era has its problems, and the only way to genuinely improve society for the betterment of all her citizens is to look to the future. Think about the difference between Cars and Monsters, Inc. The messages here are perfect, beautiful, diametric opposites. M.I. looked to the future, drove home the idea that if we want to change things for the better we have think creatively, allow our minds to be open to new ideas and innovations. Cars tells us to bog ourselves down in the past, to better our lives by hiding in our memories, a mindset which is inherently limiting and stultifying. It is a frame of mind which is tantamount to stuffing your head in your sandy ass, and it is that same mode of thinking which is responsible for most of the woes from which we are all trying so desperately to hide.
Also, the short at the beginning wasn't all that funny. I liked the one with the birds better.
Capricorn: This weekend you will meet the parents of the man you love. Embrace your new family with an open mind and heart. Bring them pie.
Authorities are currently seeking information leading to the identity of a new anonymous M.E. lurker. The lurker is flirtatious, has a poetic streak, and is presumed to be male, between the ages of puberty and pensioner. Any information leading to the outing of anonymous's identity should be submitted to the usual comments space.
(Personal to Anonymous: Thanks for the offer, but the, er, position has been, um, filled. Yeah.)
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Pie Problem Solved
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Moving right along
5:06 pm. The reply: ?? You mean right now? I'm at work. Or do you mean tonite? No plans... y?
5:08 pm. Pirate: Are you ready to receive?
5:09 pm. Me: Your reply, sir, is enigmatical. Receive what?
5:12: Pirate: Why, my glorious person of course.
5:15: Me: I will be out of work in 15 mins, at which time I would honored and elated to receive your exalted company.
5:19: Pirate: I agree, you would be honoured unnecessarily but i shall deign to inflict you upon me. Standby to standby.
So he shows up at 6:30, lean, tanned, smiling. "This is a delightful surprise; I didnt expect to see you until tomorrow. I hope you like tuna noodle casserole," I told him, "becasue it's all i've got the fixings for."
"You needn't worry about dinner. I've taken care of everything."
An hour later we were sitting in a loud, crowded Italian restaurant around the corner from my flat. I'd walked passed it a million times but never went in, having dismissed it as an overpriced pizzaria. My god was i wrong. First of all, it's BYOB, which I love. There aren't nearly enough BYOB restaurants in the world. Secondly, the menu was fantastic. It's been a while since I had that much difficulty ordering on a menu. My osterich filet in marsala wine sauce was the best piece of meat I have ever eaten anywhere ever.
"This is a wonderful evening. Thank you so much; I love surprises! What's the occassion?"
"What are you doing on the weekend of the 19th/20th?"
"That's the weekend before I leave for the States for 2 weeks. Why?"
"I was wondering if you'd like to come home with me for the weekend and meet my family."
Question of the hour: WHAT DO I WEAR???
On another cheerful note I spent the afternoon blackberrying. Of course, it's been a couple years since I were blackberrying, and I made a crucial, tactical error: I neglected to wear long trousers and a long-sleeved shirt. Let's play Guess What's All Over CB's Arms And Legs!
a) scratches from blackberry thorns
b) stings from acres and acres of poison nettles surrounding aforementioned blackberry thorns
c) mosquito/horsefly bites
d) ALL OF THE FUCKING ABOVE
If you guessed "d" give yourself a gold star, Einstein.
But it was worth it, all the same. The berries are big and sweet and they explode on your tongue and bathe it in thick, purple juice. How wonderful to stand in the sunshine on a hot afternoon and pick wild berries! One in the basket, one in the mouth; two in the basket, one in the mouth. I piked 2.2 kilos of wild blackberries, y'all. 2.2 KILOS. I made about half of them into sauce to eat over icecream (they'll keep better in sauce form). Pudding tonight is fresh blackberries with double cream. I think I'll pick some more in a couple weeks to make into a pie to take to Mr and Mrs Pirate. That should go over well with the in-laws, don't you think?
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Food for thought, and food for eating
It was really moving. I really had no idea he felt that way. He's not one to express his emotions in words, but I think at this point he figured he had nothing left to lose. For the sake of fairness, because I previously published a list of all the things he did that bugged me, I'll let you read a bit of the letter, to leave you with a more balanced and favorable impression of his character.
...I dreamed of serenading you with my guitar under your balcony last night, except you don't have a balcony. If I could actually play the guitar I could play through the intercom system, but I guess that would distort the sound and you wouldn't understand me. (laughing hysterically)
I could send you a love poem but I guess you'd recognize my plagarism and laugh.
The fact is I feel compelled to write to you with all my heart... (getting choked up)
...there are many things I love and admire about you even though I never took the opportunity to tell you. When we're out walking I love it when you seem to just disappear when i turn around I discover you have stopped to smell a lily about 50 metres back along the path. The confidence in your voice and the sound of you speaking puts me at ease... (cue the weeping)
...CB, I love the way a little sigh escapes your mouth when you seem peased or contented. I love the smell of your hair (that's not just a line, he really did smell my hair a lot)... I love the way your skin feels when I touch your arms, shoulders, and back. I like the way your bum wobbles when you go out jogging and I love it that you don't seem to care. Most of all I love it when I wake up and find you lying there beside me...
There was more to it than that. Some bits too personal to publish here, some too mundane, questions he would like answered, etc., but anyway. I had to respond; couldn't just let that one lie. I sent him a response, 3 pages typed, single spaced. Too many times in my life I've heard the phrase "I love you, but..." This has led me to conclude that "but" is the most wretched word in the English language. I never thought I'd hear myself say it. Today I hate myself.
Was out with the Pirate last night. Saw "Cars." Cute flick, but I have some issues with it. Maybe I'll do more with that later.
Right now, I promised you food for eating. I have had several requests lately for recipes for light, summer fare. First Nations is in the process of re-learning how to cook, the Great She Elephant is looking to slim down a wee notch, and I'm sure I remember HC asking me for some salad recipes. So for the next few weeks I'll be posting a recipe ever couple days or so. These are all light, easy, and really super yummy. If you try them and have any suggestions as to how they can be improved, by all means leave your thoughts in the comments. Bon appetite!
Mediterranean Salad
Ripe baby plum or cherry tomatoes
Feta cheese
Greek olives (optional)
Fresh basil
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Slice the tomatoes into quarters. Coarsely chop the basil. Mix the tomatoes, basil, and olives in a bowl. Drizzle with oil, vinegar (be spare with the vinegar. seriously, less is more). Season to taste. Crumble the feta cheese. (Always add the feta last or the balsamic vinegar makes it go a wonky, unnattractive colour.) Serve immediately, room temp.
Because this salad is so simple, the key here is good ingredients. The basil MUST be fresh. Dried basil has no flavor. You can buy a pot of fresh basil at Sainsbury's for a pound. No excuses. Use really ripe tomatoes, good olive oil, and a fairly sweet feta. (Most fetas are too salty for me. If you can't find a feta you like, give it a whirl with goat cheese or mozzarella.) Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
(Here'r the links if you want to jog your memory:
I, Dentity Crisis
The Criteria
What's In A Name?
The Announcement. Maybe.)
I know y'all are sick of reading about how in love I am, how perfect he is, blah blah blah, and there's not a hell of a lot else going on at the mo, so I thought at this point I'd give you an update on the name situation.
While most people found it (predictably) difficult to call me by a new name, I've taken advantage of my temporary employment to give 'Mara' a test run. I work 30 hours a week in a small office a couple blocks from my flat, and everyone here knows me as Mara. Swell!
I actually expected it to be a lot wierder than it was. From the first day I never hesitated to answer to it, never once accidently said "Stephanie speaking" when I picked up the phone. It was all surprisingly seamless. So that's good.
Here's the funny bit: I had just settled on 'Mara' a couple days before I met the Pirate. When I went to that party I intended to introduce myself as Mara, but completely forgot to. So he became the very last person to meet me as 'Stephanie.' And now I can't imagine him calling me by any other name. I love the sound of it when he whispers it to me at night. For the first time I actually like the sound of my own name. Oh, the irony.
So I don't know what I'm going to do in the long run. But it doesn't seem to matter as much any more.
(Sorry about that. I really did try to write a post w/o mentioning the P-word, but that's just the way my mind has been (non)functioning lately.)


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Transylvania Community Hospital Project Evaluation Plan
For the Federal Health Resources & Services Administration HRSA-08-004 Rural Health Network Development Implementation Grant (RHND) (Using HRSA and other materials)
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Transylvania Community Hospital Project Project Evaluation Plan
Rural Health IT Corporation (RHITC) has prepared this summary, dealing with the HRSA-08-004 Rural Health Network Development Grant (RHND) Program.
Note also that this summary is based upon Rural Health IT Corporation's experience with its clients, extensive discussions with federal Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and Agency for Health Research & Quality (AHRQ) officials, as well as a thorough review of HRSA and AHRQ's official, written program guidance and its application forms packages.
The Transylvania Community Hospital Project includes:
1. Transylvania Community Hospital, a not for profit Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Brevard, NC
2. Brevard Family Practice 187 Medical Park Drive Brevard, NC 28712 Timothy J. Shea, MD Caren Schau, Practice Manage (828) 884-9362, Ext 228 firstname.lastname@example.com Family Medicine
3. Sylvan Valley OB/GYN 87 Medical Park Drive Brevard, NC 28712 Camelo A. Hernandez, MD Alise Corn, Office Manager (828) 884-8860, ext 108 OB/GYN
4. Medical Associates of Transylvania 377 Gallimore Road Brevard, NC 28712 James Shaw, MD Katie Curtis, Administrator (828) 862-6218 firstname.lastname@example.com Family Medicine
Rural Health IT Corp. can create for the Transylvania Community Hospital Project a workable model to integrate, or impose interoperability on, legacy Information Technology (IT) systems. These IT systems are typical of rural, as well as of other, healthcare organizations.
Under its current AHRQ Regional Health Information (RHIE) grant program operating at hospitals in Vermont and New Hampshire, Rural Health IT Corp. has identified a proven, mature IT solution that has a substantial track record in the real healthcare world. The solution, an Integration Engine and Clinical Portal, has the following advantages:
It is essentially an "off the shelf" or "plug-and play" solution, which will overlay incumbent, legacy information systems, incorporating them into a framework that will be the basis for an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
As a "plug-and-play" solution, there is no software development involved. No new software code needs to be written. All that is required is the ability to utilize existing messaging standards, primarily HL–7.
This Clinical Portal and Integration Engine system is appropriate for use in rural and other healthcare settings, to overlay what the Transylvania Community Hospital already has, to allow each of its current IT applications to communicate seamlessly, on the basis of existing information standards, particularly an HL–7 stream.
On the basis of the research and implementation efforts we have done thus far for our other clients, our company's team is confident this Portal and Engine solution can be applied to Transylvania Community Hospital and then expanded to the project's three (3) other primary care partners, Brevard Family Practice, Sylvan Valley OB/GYN and Medical Associates of Transylvania. Finally, this solution can be duplicated successfully throughout North Carolina and elsewhere, as the system is expanded in the future.
- Anywhere, anytime provider access to medical records and information
- Portability to numerous common devices and interfaces
- Ultimate reduction in overall costs, by obviating the need for couriers, faxes, and other methods of transfer of paper records ␣
- Enhanced collaboration with healthcare organizations, government agencies, payers and other third parties
- Medication tracking and electronic ordering, to address medication errors and attendant adverse drug reactions and errors (ADE)
- Reduction of information-related errors in treatment and overall care
- Creation of a framework to allow for the installation of future technologies and addendums to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system
- Creation of a system which can be scaled up and duplicated repeatedly in other places, so that other partners may be added
- HIPAA compliance and dependable security of patient records
- Creation of a stringent, dependable back-up and disaster-recovery system
- Improved rates of clinician and other healthcare provider adoption, because they will be able to go to a single place to get all relevant information on a patient, rather than today's system of having to open multiple applications.
- Time savings to clinicians and other providers, because the portal's unified, "single-view" environment integrates and displays clinical data derived from multiple IT systems around the project.
- Clinicians and other providers will be able to view, update and add new data to multiple systems and applications from within a single user interface.
- A comprehensive view of each patient's status and medical history will be gained from within one window, allowing for improved and timely clinical decisions.
The goals of the evaluation are to measure the technological and human impacts and the business case of the systems integration and Clinical Portal solution. Key stakeholders for the purposes of this evaluation are identified as the North Carolina Department of Health, the North Carolina State Office of Rural Health, Transylvania County Public Health, HRSA, the four (4) Consortium partners' respective Boards of Directors and their Institutional Review Boards, other healthcare providers, and patients.
Technological Impacts:
1. Data will be available from both the current and potential IT systems to be accessed.
2. Data from all systems will be accurately displayed.
3. Data in all systems will be accurately synchronized.
4. Data in all systems will be synchronized and displayed in a timely manner.
5. Data synchronized and displayed in the Clinical Portal will be the correct data for the needs of authorized providers and patients in the formation of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
6. Data will remain secure in legacy systems and will also be secure in the Clinical Portal solution. The single sign-on feature will translate to all legacy systems, to reduce the number of passwords to be managed by providers. Data will be easily available from remote locations and will remain secure in those locations and everywhere else it will be accessed and displayed.
Human Impacts:
1. Provider adoption
2. Provider usability
3. Quality of images (such as in radiology, for example)
4. Provider satisfaction
5. Patient satisfaction
6. Reduced patient time in waiting rooms
7. More provider/patient interaction
8. Reductions of the number of adverse drug events, by having accurate medication and allergy information available at the point of care
9. Decreased visit-cycle time
Business Case:
1. Reduction of duplications of patient registration in multiple systems during each visit
2. Reduced provider time-on-task
3. Elimination of duplicate costs for multiple interfaces, including elimination of reliance on vendors to program and maintain interfaces
4. Reduction in travel by Consortium partners
5. Reduction in time-on-task to manually scan records from one system to another
6. Reduced delays in billing because of notes remaining uncompleted while awaiting additional documentation, such as scanned documents, radiology reports, laboratory and test results, advanced directives, etc.
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IV. MAJOR EVALUATION GOALS and METRICS:
Third HRSA-Required Evaluation Measurements (with baselines):
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Romance blossoms in Venice for Downton's Michelle Dockery
In the series, the raven-haired star is mourning the loss of her new husband Matthew Crawley, but in real life she is being romanced by handsome financial PR John Dineen.
The 31-year-old actress, currently in the Italian city for its famous film festival, was spotted sharing kisses with her new boyfriend. The pair's blossoming romance began a few weeks ago, when they were introduced by mutual friend Allen Leech, who plays chauffeur Tom Branson in the show.
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Fishing Report 18 June, 2015/
This weekend will be the 3rd in a row that Offshore Fishing has been Blown Out. There is a window in the weather for today (Thursday) to head offshore but unfortunately a Family Bereavement has put paid to that, not much to look forward to is it!!
Hopefully the good weather is late and we will still get an average Winter. We are now getting a backlog of bookings so anyone needing a trip through the Winter would be advised to book soon especially for a weekend. I do know that Mudcrabs are still running well in the Straits. On the Beach Tailor and some Big Bream have made a timely appearance with some good Gutters forming in the last couple of weeks.
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"We're not terrified," proclaimed a cognitively dissonant Stanley Fischer, responding to concerns raised by legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones over the stock market's extreme valuation - the value of the S&P relative to the size of the economy - should be "terrifying" to a central banker, Jones said earlier this month at a closed-door Goldman Sachs Asset Management conference, according to people who heard him.
"I'm not terrific at forecasting stock market directions" - which begs the question, what are you terrific at forecasting?
On The Dollar, Fischer dismissed Trump's comments but seemed to let slip some awkward reality...
Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, when asked about President Trump's comment on the USD, says "we do not take a particular statement, by even a president, into account in making our decisions on the interest rate."
"The markets know how to price the dollar fairly well, and the dollar has actually been depreciating lately, and that's of some help, but it wasn't part of our plan," Fischer said Friday in interview on CNBC
He then added that "should the dollar get too strong, we'll respond," seemingly indicating a 3rd leg to the mandate stool that Congress is unaware of.
Fischer also noted that the US economy is not performing as well as The Fed had expected (understatement of the week).
But he had an excuse for that:
"Something going on that Fed doesn't quite understand in consistently weak 1Q data"
So it's transitory... which is also what he said about inflationary forces really.


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originally posted by: onequestion
I notice a lot of people hurting, in emotional distress, traumatized and I'm wondering why?
Why wouldn't people treat each other more kindly, with more respect?
Why isn't there better mental healthcare social safety nets and help for people?
Why doesn't modern societies psychology programs adequately help people?
originally posted by: calstorm
People are told to just get over it, no one wants to hear your problems.
And then, they hear other people say that they have more sympathy for animals. We care more about an abused animal than an abused child!
but every person I turned to for help was the "I love my animals more than people" type.
What I have learned in life: Experiencing child abuse, don't tell, telling makes things worse.
Have a difficulty in your life? Don't ask for help, asking for help makes things worse.
Experience death, especially the loss of your children? Don't talk about it, don't show your sadness if it has been more than a couple months. Every one excepts you to move on quickly, if you can't and you need more time to grieve, there is something wrong with you. 10 months is to long to still be having such a rough time.
You know the worst part, when someone asks if you have kids,when motherhood has been apart of your life so long and you don't know how to respond anymore. When you don't know how to respond or talk about it so you make posts on ATS as if they are still around because sometimes it is just easier that way. You can't sleep at night, but you know the judge who ordered your kids to go with a man who had a suspended licenses due to multiple DUI's , sleeps just fine at night.
I reached out and reached out only to have my hand slapped every time. Only to be slapped more by them telling me I should have asked for help! Um, when I was screaming at the top of my lungs for help, you were the same people telling me to toughen up and not ask for help. (I am not bitter, I swear)
I have had to go to work the next day after death and act like nothing is wrong and put a smile on my face because it was a brand new job and I was in probationary period.
I have experienced death and after the first day, no one seemed to care, it was all on me to take care of everything when I mentally was barley able to. You hear of people cooking sympathy meals or flowers or cards. Well I have lost every single blood relative I every had, and never got that. I think it is just a T.V. thing.
Oh and guess what happens if you call a suicide hotline, they tell you to ask family (mine are all dead so that really stings) and then they tell you to sleep it off, 3 minute conversation at best. I guess I am kind of lucky that I stopped when the knife didn't do deep enough with the first cut. Only one person on ATS seemed to notice what I was planning on doing that night even though plenty of people read and commented on that thread. (It was someone elses thread not mine)
originally posted by: xDeadcowx
I don't have studies to back it up, but I would be willing to bet that mental illness and emotional problems are very rare the more rural the community. The most isolated, rural communities are probably the happiest overall as well.
originally posted by: Bluesma
But it made me realize that a community can live together fine even with everyone being so different. There is no need for everyone to have the same sort of mind and behaviors, considered 'normal' or 'healthy' -at least not such an extent. If someone is dangerous to others, okay- call that ill and treat it. But for less, it is possible to just let them live- it is a great exercise in acceptance of other and tolerance.
I told my neighbor once that I was having tests to rule out cancer and that I had a lot on my mind, and wasn't worried about raking leaves up in my yard that fall, and she ignored me and kept telling me I should rake my leaves.
originally posted by: supergravity
a reply to: onequestion
As an engineer I suggest the cell towers , ect operating at brain frequencies are affecting brain waves causing many emotional problems. Not to mention the number of people sleeping with there cell phone next to them,this causes sleep deprivation from the waves from the tower and the phone as reported in the media a few weeks ago.


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Kicking off the Orbiter Year-Round Series for 2018, Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival is thrilled to present the Texas premiere of the SciFi/Horror flick IT CAME FROM THE DESERT on Wednesday, May 23 (7:30pm) at Flix Brewhouse.
A nostalgic tribute to creature features from the 1950's, IT CAME FROM THE DESERT is a pulpy, action monster movie, inspired by Cinemaware's cult 1980's video game of the same name. It features rival motocross heroes and heroines, kegger parties in the desert, secret underground military bases, romantic insecurities... and of course giant ants.
Marko Mäkilaakso (WAR OF THE DEAD) directed and co-wrote with Hank Woon (AGE OF DINOSAURS) and Trent Haaga (68 KILL). Finland's Roger! Pictures partnered with US-based legendary game developer Cinemaware to produce a motion picture adaptation of the classic 80's game "It Came From the Desert."
"This film is classic matinee monster madness," says Bears Fonté, OWA Founder and Artistic Director. "Harkening back to the early days where Roger Corman would just take whatever and make it larger than man, it shows that even now, and dripping with humor as IT CAME FROM THE DESERT does, the same fears exist: that men use science to tamper with nature in ways they shouldn't. And this time, nature is six legs of lethal."
The 1989 action-adventure game It Came from the Desert was inspired by dozens of 1950s "B" movies, especially the 1954 mutant-ant classic THEM!. The title references the 1953 horror film, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE.
Tickets will be available at Flix's website soon.


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Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas's morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog.
Wonkbook's Number of the Day: $150,000. That's the amount Washington gives to more than 80 local, ultra-low-traffic airports every year. It's important to keep in mind that the sequester is a "dumb cut." It will hit ostensibly "smart" programs and public priorities. It won't eliminate waste or reform programs to be permanently more cost-efficient. It's designed to be a bad idea.
Wonkblog's Graphs of the Day: The states most and least affected by the sequester, and Oscar speeches have doubled in length.
Wonkbook's Top 5 Stories: 1) The sequester debate isn't budging; 2) an early vote on the assault-weapons ban is two days away; 3) GDP may have grown in the fourth quarter, after revisions; 4) Medicaid reform making huge progress; and 5) the mess of an Italian election.
1) Top story: Congress is doing nothing about the sequester
Congress is back. But working on the sequester? Not so much. "Congress has officially returned to business after a week-long recess, but there is no new sign of serious negotiations to avert sequestration on Friday...[P]arty Senate leaders plan to advance competing sequestration measures on Wednesday. By unanimous consent, both sides have agreed that either measure would need 60 votes to proceed, meaning that each measure is bound to fail." Rosalind S. Helderman in The Washington Post.
@Goldfarb: One of biggest ironies of sequester is it cuts deeply into gov't programs that aren't major drivers of future deficits.
Obama turns to public for leverage. "President Barack Obama, long accused of keeping Congress at arm's length, is focusing even more intently on working around lawmakers rather than with them as he pursues his second-term agenda...On this and other issues, Mr. Obama has adopted a strategy of using his platform to try to build a public consensus that will compel lawmakers to act. Through a variety of executive actions and a campaign aimed at winning the battle for public opinion, the president has made clear he would like lawmakers' help, but will proceed without it." Colleen McCain Nelson and Eric Morath in The Wall Street Journal.
Explainer: Brookings wants to revamp the budget. Here are its 11 best ideas. Dylan Matthews in The Washington Post.
On spending cuts, focus is shifting from "if" to "how." "With across-the-board federal spending cuts likely to begin Friday, a growing question is how much discretion the Obama administration has to soften their blow...The answer to how much the administration can control what exactly is cut may not be known until the deadline hits and agency heads begin making adjustments to live within the tighter budgets." Peter Nicholas and Damian Paletta in The Wall Street Journal.
Explainer: The Pew Center has put together a "pain gauge" to measure the state-by-state impact of sequestration.
House Republicans aren't worried about the impact. "House Republicans have a message for President Obama: If you want to avert the sequester, stop calling us, and start calling Senate Democrats. Speaking at a news conference as they returned from a week-long recess, House GOP leaders added to a chorus of Republicans skeptical of the warnings issued by the White House in recent days about $85 billion in federal spending cuts affecting government operations and the American economy." Ed O'Keefe in The Washington Post.
...And the GOP is pushing back against Obama's pressure. "Republicans on Monday rejected President Obama's high-pressure push to avert a series of budget cuts called the sequester, saying that Obama is engaged in scare tactics and political campaigning when he should be seeking a deal." David A. Fahrenthold and David Nakamura in The Washington Post.
@pdacosta: The portuguese verb 'sequestrar,' which comes to mind when I hear the term 'sequester,' means to kidnap or take hostage.
Some in the GOP want to loosen up the spending cuts. "Congressional Republicans are considering a proposal that would give the Obama administration authority to choose what gets the axe under the automatic spending cuts required by sequestration. The measure is intended to negate the 'across-the-board' nature of sequestration while still maintaining the size of the spending cuts, sources said." Joel Gehrke in The Washington Examiner.
...but Senate Republicans don't like the idea. "Big Republican names in the Senate warned Monday against giving away congressional power in order to escape responsibility for the adverse impact of automatic spending cuts expected to go into effect Friday. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and John McCain of Arizona both expressed strong concerns in anticipation of a party discussion Tuesday on draft legislation to give President Barack Obama greater flexibility to deal with the crisis. By doing so, the leadership hopes to shift the onus onto Obama to administer the cuts, but letting go of power to give the president that discretion is hard to do." David Rogers and Manu Raju in Politico.
@justinwolfers: Definition of Sequester: When Congress dares itself to do something stupid. And then accepts the dare.
Reduced National Park spending would limit services, says Interior Secretary. "Mandatory federal spending cuts scheduled to begin Friday are already affecting operations at many of the nation's national parks and wildlife refuges...Mr. Salazar's comments and his dire predictions for impacts on the millions of visitors to the nation's 398 national parks and 561 wildlife refuges are part of a concerted administration campaign to pressure Congress to cancel the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration." John M. Broder in The New York Times.
...And it could hurt border security. "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Monday that her agency would be forced to furlough 5,000 border control agents under mandatory spending cuts, likely allowing more illegal immigrants into the country and potentially compromising national security." David Nakamura in The Washington Post.
...And NIH says research will get hurt. "In a call with reporters Monday, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said the NIH was bracing for about $1.6 billion in cuts as a result of the sequester, affecting research into such diseases as cancer, influenza and Alzheimer's disease. Hundreds of research grants would go unfunded, he said, and some 20,000 highly skilled workers would lose their jobs. He also expects to have to turn away patients from the NIH's clinical center, which allows people who have exhausted their treatment options to participate in clinical trials." Sandhya Somashekhar in The Washington Post.
No jets for you, Congress, if the sequester goes through. "Here's what might be the most powerful incentive yet for members of Congress to come up with a deal to avert the sequester: The head of the Air Force warned Monday that the spending cuts that will go into effect March 1 could cause the military to eliminate those lovely miljet flights that lawmakers enjoy. Members of Congress adore flying on Air Force jets, particularly for overseas trips." Al Kamen in The Washington Post.
@AnnieLowrey: My mom figured the "sequester" meant Obama, Boehner etc. sitting in a room and not leaving until things were sorted, along with cuts. Sigh.
Don't be fooled, though. There's still a lot of useless spending. "Along a country road in southern Oklahoma, there is a place that doesn't make sense. It is an airport without passengers. Or, for that matter, planes. This is Lake Murray State Park Airport, one of the least busy of the nation's 3,300-plus public airfields. In an entire week here, there might be one landing and one takeoff — often so pilots can use the bathroom. Or none at all. Visiting pilots are warned to watch out for deer on the runway. So why is it still open? Mostly, because the U.S. government insists on sending it money." David A. Fahrenthold in The Washington Post.
Thank the Tea Party for the sequester. "Since the day they were swept to power more than two years ago, the tea party's legions in Washington have made dramatic federal spending cuts the centerpiece of an economic message that has dominated the national debate.Now they're about to get what they want...What unfolds over the following months will be a high-stakes test of whether significant cuts in spending will help or hurt the economy — and the Republican Party's brand." Zachary A. Goldfarb in The Washington Post.
@MichaelSLinden: Reminder: since most projections of the deficit already assume the sequester won't happen, repealing it does not increase the deficit.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES: Washington needs adult supervision. "Mr Obama is right to insist the sequestration be replaced by a more balanced package of revenue increases and spending cuts that would be phased in over a longer period. The US recovery is still too fragile to take this kind of hit in one go...Having conceded tax increases on the very wealthiest – those earning more than $450,000 a year – at the last fiscal cliff in early January, the party is determined it will never happen again. But it will and it should." The Financial Times Editorial Board.
KLEIN: Why I don't understand the Republicans' sequester position. "As I understand it, the GOP has five basic goals in the budget talks: 1) Cut the deficit. 2) Cut entitlement spending. 3) Protect defense spending, and possibly even increase it. 4) Simplify the tax code by cleaning out deductions and loopholes. 5) Lower tax rates. The White House is willing to cut a deal with Republicans that will accomplish 1, 2, 3 and 4. But Republicans don't want that deal. They'd prefer the sequester to that deal. That means they will get less on 1, basically nothing 2, 4, and 5, and they will actively hurt themselves on 3. So, rather than accomplishing four of their five goals, they're accomplishing part of one. Some trade." Ezra Klein in The Washington Post.
COHN: The sequester is inevitable, so prepare to suffer. "Republicans are arguing the sequester cuts won't hurt so much. Of course, within a week or two, political rhetoric may matter a lot less than longer lines at airport security, smaller unemployment checks, and other reminders that less government spending also means fewer government services." Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic.
CILLIZZA AND BLAKE: Why we need the sequester. "[W]e are disputing the concept that the total failure of our politicians to even sit down and negotiate in hopes of averting what was once-considered a doomsday scenario is such a bad thing. In short: just because the sequester is a manufactured crisis doesn't mean it can't have the same effect as a non-manufactured crisis in waking up the body politic to the "have cake/eat it too" mentality that dominates not just Washington but the public at large." Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake in The Washington Post.
ROSEN: The GOP has only itself to blame. "The Republicans have a remarkably incoherent position on the sequester: It is a terrible policy that must be replaced with a cuts-only solution, they say, but there is no actual GOP plan that fits this description. Republicans seem to be hoping that President Obama will negotiate with himself until they are satisfied." Hilary Rosen in The Washington Post.
BROOKS: Our second adolescence. "My dream Obama would abandon the big government versus small government argument. He'd point out that in a mature, aging society, government isn't going anywhere. The issue is not size but sclerosis. The future has no lobby, so there are inexorable pressures favoring present consumption over future investment. The crucial point is not whether a dollar is spent publicly or privately, it's whether it is spent on the present or future. The task today is to reform institutions and rearrange spending so we look like a young nation and not a comfort-seeking, declining one." David Brooks in The New York Times.
Music recommendations interlude: Citizen Cope and Santana, "Sideways," 2002.
Top op-eds
PONNURU: The Republican reality check. "The main tactical lesson Priebus draws from the 2012 election is that "we've entered a world of permanent politics." By this he means that it isn't enough for parties to contact voters in the months before elections. They have to maintain a constant presence in every community they are trying to reach...What Priebus is doing, though, might make a difference in close races. It's up to the party's candidates to make them close in the first place." Ramesh Ponnuru in Bloomberg.
RACHMAN: The West and the failure of nations. "Americans may be unable really to address the fact that their political system is not working well. There is a similar problem in Europe, where the compulsion to pay homage to the European ideal stopped many politicians from asking hard, but necessary, questions about the continent's single currency, the euro." Gideon Rachman in The Financial Times.
The Internet conquers all interlude: North Korea joins Twitter and Instagram.
2) Will we get a vote on the AWB in just two days?
Assault-weapons ban could go to a committee vote on Thursday. "A proposed ban on military-style assault weapons faces a key test vote as early as Thursday when the committee considering gun control legislation is scheduled to decide whether to refer the proposal to the full Senate...Whenever the committee meets, it will consider the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), which goes beyond a similar ban that expired in 2004 and covers nearly 160 specific military-style weapons. Among many other specific provisions, the bill also would limit the size of ammunition clips to devices that can hold no more than 10 rounds." Ed O'Keefe in The Washington Post.
Is Obama's gun-policy strategy falling short? "Obama's team has been working a delicate inside game to reach out to otherwise combative Senate Republicans: The White House conveys messages to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who develops strategy with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the gun-friendly moderate who is tasked with whipping GOP support...The group has reached a breaking point over how to address records of private sales receipts." Reid J. Epstein in Politico.
Artistic interlude: Movie "bar codes."
3) GDP grew 0.5% in Q4 2012
Revisions to economic data are coming in. "Private forecasters expect the Commerce Department to revise the figure and declare that the gross domestic product actually grew in the fourth quarter—probably at about a 0.5% pace...On average, the final GDP growth figure falls between 1.3 percentage points higher and 1.3 percentage points below the Commerce Department's first estimate, the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis says." Eric Morath in The Wall Street Journal.
Americans are worrying about retirement. "Even as the economy slowly improves, the vast majority of Americans remain deeply worried about their ability to achieve a secure retirement, according to a new survey. The poll, to be released by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) at a conference on Tuesday, found that 55 percent of Americans are "very concerned" that the current economic conditions are harming their retirement prospects. An additional 30 percent reported being "somewhat concerned" about their ability to retire." Michael Fletcher in The Washington Post.
At sea interlude: While gross cruise ships are still in the news, there's an abandoned Russian vessel filled with rats drifting in the North Atlantic.
4) Major reforms to Medicaid in the pipeline
States free to cut Medicaid payments, Obama administration says. "The Obama administration said Monday that states could cut Medicaid payments to many doctors and other health care providers to hold down costs in the program, which insures 60 million low-income people and will soon cover many more under the new health care law. The administration's position, set forth in a federal appeals court in California, has broad national implications as it comes as the White House is trying to persuade states to expand Medicaid as part of the new law." Robert Pear in The New York Times.
Wonktalk: Ezra Klein and Sarah Kliff discuss the American healthcare system as chronicled in Steven Brill's mega-piece in Time. The Washington Post.
Interview: Sarah Kliff talks with John Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, about health reform. The Washington Post.
Could Obamacare make Medicaid more Republican? "Republican governors are making a big ask of the Obama administration in return for cooperating on the Medicaid expansion: They want to overhaul the underlying insurance program that covers 60 million low-income Americans. If the Obama administration agrees, the battles over the health-care law could have an unexpected resolution: A larger, but more conservative, Medicaid program. Emerging deals show governors exploring approaches that would significantly reshape the program, such as moving beneficiaries into privately managed health coverage or giving enrollees a greater financial stake in their health care." Sarah Kliff in The Washington Post.
Short interlude: This 1-minute, 40-second film was the shortest Oscar nominee ever.
5) The mess in Italy
Everything you need to know about Italy's messed-up elections. "Results from Italy's election — held Sunday and Monday — are trickling in, and the winner is…nobody. With the technocratic caretaker government of Mario Monti out of office, the three main contenders were former conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his party, The People of Freedom; Pier Luigi Bersani of the left-leaning Democratic Party; and humorist Beppe Grillo and his populist Five Star Movement party." Dylan Matthews in The Washington Post.
It's a fine Italian mess. "So far just two things about Italy's elections look clear -- that Italians rejected policies of structural reform and austerity, and that financial markets care. Italian bond and stock markets suffered whiplash as exit-poll estimates trickled out today. Italian bond yields fell sharply when it first appeared that Pier Luigi Bersani and his center-left coalition had secured majorities in both houses, implying a solid government. Then those gains and more were lost as new exit-poll data suggested Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition had won the Senate." Mark Champion in Bloomberg.
...And a protest vote that got a little too far. "Markets, not surprisingly, hate the whole 'ungovernable' thing. Nicholas Spiro of Spiro Sovereign Strategy warned the FT of the consequences of a Berlusconi win: 'financial markets are facing the worst of both worlds in Italy: a full-blown political crisis in the eurozone's third-largest economy and a severe setback for the liberal economic agenda championed by Mr. Monti.'" Ryan McCarthy and Felix Salmon in Reuters.
Explainer: Aldo Poparo explains Italian election law on "The Monkey Cage."
Economic chaos and political deadlock, here we come? "Italy was on Monday night staring at a period of prolonged political instability following a general election in which voters delivered a resounding rebuff to austerity policies with little hope of any party mustering a governing majority...[T]he fragmented Italian result adds to the uncertainty surrounding Europe's efforts to overcome its sovereign debt and financial sector crisis and to restore economic growth to a region forecast to remain in recession this year." Tony Barber, Guy Dinmore, Michael MacKenzie, and Dan McCrum in The Financial Times.
Animals interlude: Rats are being put to work in landmine detection.
Wonkblog Roundup
The best sentences we read today. Brad Plumer.
Everything you need to know about Italy's election. Dylan Matthews
The launch of WonkTalk. Ezra Klein and Sarah Kliff.
When driving a mile can cost you $448. Brad Plumer.
The Republicans' incomprehensible position on sequestration. Ezra Klein.
Could Obamacare make Medicaid more Republican? Sarah Kliff.
What Chinese hackers get wrong about Washington. Ezra Klein.
Interview: Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. Sarah Kliff.
Virginia's plan to replacethe gasoline tax, and its problems. Brad Plumer.
11 budget ideas from Brookings. Dylan Matthews.
Et Cetera
Longread: Tuesday morning means it's time to read Ryan Lizza's new New Yorker profile of Eric Cantor. For something more off the beaten path, see Cass Sunstein's new piece in The New York Review of Books on the philosophical justification for coercive paternalism.
Supreme Court takes case on Voting Rights Act. Jess Bravin in The Wall Street Journal.
Debate: Is public preschool a smart investment? The New York Times.
Bill unveiled to gradually legalize pot. Kevin Robillard in Politico.
Sens. McCain and Graham met with Obama on immigration reform. Rosalind S. Helderman in The Washington Post.
The GOP's immigration dilemma. Laura Meckler in The Wall Street Journal.
Meet the Republicans who are endorsing marriage equality. Sheryl Gay Stolberg in The New York Times.
Where next for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Nick Timiraos in The Wall Street Journal.
Got tips, additions, or comments? E-mail me.
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How did you spend Christmas and New Year's Eve? It's that time of the year where even the freezing temperature can't bring down your festive spirits. I usually celebrate by retail therapy. Double 11, Black Friday, Boxing Day…..it's so tempting to fill up our stockings with way too many presents for ourselves.
But this year, I decided to celebrate in another way. After all, the goods that you can touch and feel aren't the ones that truly touch your heart. I wanted to give myself a present for the mind and the soul, so I visited the much-anticipated Mika Ninagawa exhibition in Shanghai. And I was blown away, to say the least!Read More