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For students with documented physical, psychological or learning disabilities, accommodations in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are provided when requested. After students provide URSA's Academic Support and Disabilities Services (ASDS) with appropriate documentation, Academic Support and Disabilities Services Staff will work with the students to select
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documentation in and of itself but it can be included with other documentation as pat of a more comprehensive evaluation report. Academic Support and Disabilities Services will provide each student with letters for faculty listing the reasonable accommodations the student needs. To continue receiving accommodations, students must meet with the Academic Support and Disabilities Services staff
at the beginning of each semester.
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program provides a comprehensive fee-based program aimed at supporting students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD).
Students with documented disabilities may take advantage of basic academic support services and appropriate accommodations as determined by the disability specialist at
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Examples of appropriate accommodations include:
Proctors for extended-time exams and other reasonable testing accommodations
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Assistance with the use of adaptive technologies on campus
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How are testing accommodations provided?
You should discuss your specific needs for testing accommodations (e.g. extended time, separate location) with the ASDS staff within the first two weeks of a semester. It is in your best interest to self-identify to professors at the beginning of the semester. Waiting until after the first test or until the end of the semester may be interpreted by faculty as avoidance or lack of motivation.
Will I be assisted in choosing the courses I should take?
You may want to identify yourself as a student with a disability when you meet with your advisor. (For students in FOCUS, academic advising by the LD Specialist is included.) It is important to be aware of your strengths and weaknesses when planning your semester. For example, if reading is challenging for you, it is helpful to balance your course load so that you do not take four courses which have heavy reading demands. This type of self-awareness may be important to share with an academic advisor as you plan a semester course load.
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All students with disabilities are fully integrated within every program at Ursuline College. There are no separate classes. Academic standards are not modified.
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Many students find that taping is helpful in reviewing and adding to class notes. As a common courtesy, you should speak with your professor about using a recording device before you appear in class ready to tape. You may find it helpful to sit in the front of the classroom and use a tape recorder with a counter. When class begins, set the counter at 000. Take notes as best you can. If you know that you have missed information, jot down the number on the counter in the margin of your notebook next to the section where you are unsure of the notes. When you go back to review the tape, you can then fast forward it to the number on the counter which corresponds to the number in the margin. You can also compare your notes with a volunteer note taker from class, too.
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See the Resident Life portion of the Student handbook. Priority is based upon the nature of your disability and single room charges may be applied.
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Application Deadline Nears For St. Lawrence River Environmental Projects:New York Power Authority Issues Reminder of January 1, 2012 Deadline
Jill Chamberlain
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November 21, 2011
MASSENA—The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today issued a reminder that the deadline of Jan. 1, 2012 is approaching for submitting new applications to the St. Lawrence River Research and Education Fund (SLRREF). Eligible projects would be for environmental research or educational programs related to the ecology of the St. Lawrence River Valley.
NYPA established SLRREF during the relicensing of the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in 2003 by providing the underlying funds of just over $1 million with the income from this amount to be used to fund the operation of SLRREF, including all expenses, grants and other disbursements. Applications for funding will be accepted from local or state education organizations, tribal education organizations, colleges or universities and not-for-profit groups.
In 2012, SLRREF expects to have approximately $37,000 available to allocate for funding. In the past, SLRREF has made funding allocations ranging up to $20,000 per project. Applicants are encouraged to seek matching funds from other sources for their project proposals. Since its initial year, 2007, the SLRREF board approved 16 proposals totaling approximately $220,000.
To be eligible for financial support from SLRREF, proposed projects must pertain to the St. Lawrence River, the adjoining terrestrial features or a tributary within the St. Lawrence River Valley.
The application, guidelines and additional details are available at www.nypa.gov/facilities/slrref/slrrefhome.htm. A complete listing of all SLRREF activities funded to date is accessible at www.nypa.gov/facilities/slrref/SLRREFProjects.html.
Past recipients of funding from SLRREF include the St. Lawrence County Youth Bureau, Save the River, the Research Foundation of SUNY (Potsdam), Friends of the Robert Moses State Park Nature Center, the St. Lawrence County Water Quality Coordination Committee, the Great Rivers Center at Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University.
Board members for SLRREF will evaluate proposals with the selections expected to be announced in March 2012. Members of the board include representatives of NYPA, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Education Services, the St. Lawrence County Planning Office, the Northern New York Audubon Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Save the River and a representative rotating from among the local municipalities who serves a three-year term.
Questions about the grant application process should be directed to Maria L. Garcia Toirac, senior licensing specialist, NYPA, at firstname.lastname@example.com, 914-287-3445 or Jill Chamberlain, community relations specialist, NYPA, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 315-764-6841.
About NYPA:
■ The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation's largest state public power organization, with 17 generating facilities in various parts of New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ Approximately 80 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state. ■For more information, www.nypa.gov.

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With the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine in the books, how does it affect our complete seven-round mock draft? Not as much as you might expect.
The biggest news coming out of the combine involved two players who will see their stock fall due to injury—Jarvis Jones and Star Lotulelei—which should definitely shake up this draft class.
Much like last year, when I predicted the St. Louis Rams would trade the No. 2 pick to the Washington Redskins, this year I'm including one trade that I feel confident about. You'll have to read to find out which teams and players are making changes.
With that said, here is our updated seven-round mock draft. The draft order is final, pending any conditional trades yet to be determined, as provided by Pro Football Weekly.
And while it's important to remember that few teams can fill every need through the draft, the mock draft you see was made with the intention of bettering every team.


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Bell-ringers step up
For a while, it looked like the Salvation Army in Fairmont was going to get a lump of coal for Christmas. The group gets most of its funding through Christmas bell-ringing, but volunteers did not step forward when the campaign began.
The Salvation Army then put out a call to the community, asking for help. That prompted volunteers to step forward at the last minute, and the charity raised 92 percent of its $75,000 goal.
We thank those who jumped in to help. We encourage everyone to keep the Salvation Army in mind year-round.
Success seems likely
A group organizing at Martin County West Schools has given itself a new moniker:?Operation Watchful Eye. Its goal is to raise funds for security cameras for all the district's buildings. Then it hopes to move on to help the schools fund a list of capital projects.
We believe this public-private partnership will be successful because it contains a key ingredient: real interest on the part of citizens. They want to see a boost in school safety, and they see the district's need for other improvements as real.
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A lottery such as Powerball is a publicly operated, publicly funded venture. It benefits the states in which the game is played.
When people win prizes in Powerball or other lotteries, their names become public in some states but not others. We believe that for the integrity of the game, states should release the names of winners. This helps ensure that citizens know the games are not rigged in favor of insiders. It also serves to benefit the lottery, in terms of free promotion. Such promotion means taxpayers spend less on advertising for these games, and that prizes are larger.
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Minnesota lawmakers are considering raising the state's minimum wage, which currently stands at $6.15 per hour. That's well below the federal minimum wage that many workers receive, so any change by Minnesota may be simply symbolic.
However, at least one proposal would establish a minimum wage close to $9.50 per hour. While that may sound good to job-seekers, they should be aware of the effect of such a wage level. Namely, it will eliminate many entry-level jobs. Those with few skills – teens and others – need the ability to get practical experience in the world of work. Raising the minimum wage too high prices them out.


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Consists of the most advanced instrumentalists at the University. Although the ensemble typically consists mostly of graduate students in music performance and seniors in performance studies and music education, all instrumentalists at the University and the Five Colleges, including staff and faculty, are welcome to audition for a place in the orchestra at the start of each term.
The orchestra presents two full programs each academic term, with additional appearances at the annual Multibands Pops concerts, performing canonic works for orchestra from the 18th century to the present day, and works with world-famous soloists such as Ayano Kataoka (percussion), Greg Spiridopoulos (trombone) and Gilles Vonsattel (piano).
Orchestra members receive additional opportunities to work with renowned visiting artists such as the Shanghai Quartet, Wu Man and members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
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The All-University Orchestra's members reflect the diversity of the University community, with representation from many departments other than music. The orchestra is a valuable resource for less experienced musicians seeking to expand their musical horizons with orchestral repertoire, and for skilled musicians who have chosen other courses of study at the University.
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Little remains to hint that the Workhouse Arts Center was once part of the Lorton Correctional Complex.
In one corner of the center's 55-acre campus stand three watchtowers, but that is about it for prison reminders. The insides of buildings that until 2001 were used as prisoner dormitories have been given fresh coats of white paint with splashes of bright oranges and blues.
The 30 red-brick buildings of the former D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory, with their graceful arches and high ceilings, could be mistaken for a boarding school. If the style seems familiar, it might be because former D.C. municipal architects Snowden Ashford and Albert Harris designed them. Eight of the 10 buildings house galleries and studios; one is a performing arts building and one holds offices. The buildings' open floor plan, with galleries and studios on either side of a central walkway, makes it easy to forget the structures' original use. Until, that is, you realize that yellow lines painted on the floors were once used to herd prisoners through the rows of bunk beds.
"We celebrate that, we really do," Tina Leone, chief executive of the Lorton Arts Foundation, says of the buildings' history.
There is plenty to see and do at the Workhouse to make an afternoon of a visit. Begin at the gallery building and pick up a pamphlet that tells the history of the buildings and what is in each. Much like the Torpedo Factory's in Alexandria, the atmosphere is meant to be inviting and allow the community to talk to local artists and watch them work. The buildings will offer space for every genre of art.
Besides the facilities for painters and sculptors, there are studios for glass workers, photographers, weavers, jewelry makers and yoga enthusiasts. If you love ceramics you could spend half an hour just wandering through a building dedicated to that medium, talk with a potter and walk out with a new vase. In the pastoral surroundings, you can round out an afternoon with a picnic and walk among an outdoor exhibition of sculpture by artists Pattie Porter Firestone, Craig R. Schaffer and Mike Shaffer. The exhibition marks the first anniversary of Workhouse's opening and runs through Nov. 28. On Sept. 19, the center is hosting an anniversary celebration from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a free concert, artist demonstrations, workshops and children's activities.


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Employee Assistance Program
Governor's Executive Order #94, signed on June 20, 1990, acknowledged the need for Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) to be established in all state departments, independent agencies, the University of Wisconsin System, constitutional offices, and legislative branches of government. The Executive Order recognizes that personal problems and illnesses such as alcohol and other drug abuse and dependency, depression, separation and divorce, work-related stress and family stress can affect the productivity of our work force causing economic and human loss. The employer, the employee, the employee's family, and unions benefit substantially when help is sought as early as possible through a confidential EAP.
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to maintain and promote an Employee Assistance Program for its employees and their families. The Counseling and Health Center will coordinate the campus EAP.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recognizes that a wide range of personal problems, conditions, concerns and illnesses not directly associated with an employee's job functions can adversely affect an employee's job performance. In most instances, the employee can overcome such personal problems independently and the effect on job performance will be negligible. However, some situations may require additional help, which is why the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has developed an EAP.
The primary purpose of the EAP is to help reduce suffering and the loss of human resources resulting from personal, behavioral or medical problems by: (1) assisting in the early identification of such problems, and (2) offering support and/or information and referrals to community and professional resources. The EAP serves as a resource for supervisors, managers, and/or union representatives in helping to deal effectively with employees whose job performance is deteriorating because of such problems.
Nothing in this policy is to be interpreted as constituting a waiver of management's right to take disciplinary measures or a union's right to pursue the grievance procedure within the framework of contractual agreements.
Employee contacts and information acquired by the EAP shall be confidential within limits governed by Federal and State regulations and University policy. However, it maybe required that, information concerning an employee contact with the EAP be released if the following exceptions exist:
- the individual gives written authorization for disclosure;
- the information is required to handle a medical emergency;
- there is reasonable belief that an employee's conduct (including statements) places him or her or another person in imminent threat of bodily harm;
- there is reasonable cause to suspect that child abuse has been or will be committed;
- in response to a subpoena in a legal proceeding.
The Employee Assistance Program operates within the following principles:
- Early identification of personal problems, conditions and illnesses can lead to corrective action being taken sooner. Early and appropriate action can decrease the amount of disruption in both the employees personal and professional life.
- Participation in the EAP is voluntary. At all times it is the prerogative of the employee to accept or reject referral to an EAP. Lack of participation in the EAP is NOT a cause for disciplinary action. The employee still remains responsible for meeting the job requirements regardless of participation in the EAP.
- Involvement in the EAP will not jeopardize an employee's job security and/or promotional opportunities providing he/she meets job requirements. No record of services provided by the EAP is entered in an employee's personnel file.
- Employees will be given a reasonable amount of time to contact the EAP during their work hours without loss of pay.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's EAP is a confidential work-site program designed to assist in the prevention, identification and resolution of behavioral, medical and productivity problems associated with employees impaired by personal concerns. These include, but are not limited to, health, marital, family, financial, alcohol, drug, legal, emotional, stress, or other personal concerns which may adversely affect job performance.
EAP services will be provided through the Counseling and Health Center by certified professional counselors. Services provided are:
- Confidential support and short-term consultation related to problem assessment.
- Referrals for assessment, diagnosis, treatment and other assistance.
- Consultation and training of management, supervisors and other personnel in the identification and resolution of job/performance issues which may be caused by personal concerns.
- Prevention and wellness education for employees.
An employee or a family member may independently, or upon the suggestion of the employee's supervisor or union representative, confer privately and confidentially with the EAP. Involvement in the EAP is completely at the discretion of the individual seeking assistance.
A. Self-Referral. Employees with personal problems are encouraged to seek help on their own initiative before health and job performance are adversely affected. Employees and/or family members may consult with the EAP by contacting the Counseling and Health Center, SS 1400, 465-2380. Consultation can be in person or over the telephone. If employees want to consult with the EAP during work time they will be allowed a reasonable amount of time without loss of pay for such assistance. However, they must arrange with their supervisor for time away from their work station or post in accordance with the operating procedures that have been established for their work units. Employees are not required to use sick leave, vacation, or holiday time to cover the contact with the EAP. Employees may elect to contact the EAP during break times and lunch periods, as operating procedures permit.
The EAP will provide short-term consultation and referral to outside service providers. Ongoing counseling services will not be provided by the EAP itself.
B. Supervisory Referral. Supervisors may suggest contact with the EAP if an employee's job performance declines or negatively affects the work group. Supervisors may provide information about EAP to employees in any of the following situations:
- When normal supervisory efforts to improve poor or inconsistent performance are not successful.
- Whenever progressive discipline is being imposed.
- Whenever a Concentrated Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is being implemented.
It is hoped that employee use of the EAP will bring about improvement in job performance. However, the use of EAP does not prevent supervisors from taking corrective action if performance problems persist or if performance falls off again after a period of improvement. Referral to EAP does NOT preclude the university from taking appropriate corrective action nor is it a basis for compromising performance standards or work rules.
C. Union Referral. Similar to supervisors, union stewards often have the opportunity to observe job performance and interactions with other employees. Consequently, union representatives can play an important part in introducing the EAP and encouraging employee use, especially if job performance is affected. Representatives may be able to serve as information sources for employees by knowing how the EAP works and referring employees to the EAP when appropriate.
There is no cost to the employee for the use of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's EAP services. Please note that in the case of a supervisor referral, the department will be responsible for any costs incurred. Fees charged by community resources may be covered by the employee and/or the employee's health insurance coverage.
EAP records and information from employee contacts are kept in a separate file from the personnel file. They are held in a confidential manner and secure location and will not be disclosed in accordance with various State and Federal Statutes, including but without limitations: Federal-Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.S. 552 (a)) and 42 CFR Part 2; State-Secs. 19.36 (1), 19.85 (1) (f), 103.13 and 895.50, Wis. Stats. and related case law. Only the EAP staff will have access to the records. Each agency EAP director is responsible for keeping the records secured at all times.
Anonymous summary data of program use will be kept by the EAP program. This summary information may be provided to the Department of Employee Relations on request in order that yearly reports may be made to the Governor.
The individual to contact about the EAP Program is Greg Smith, Director, Counseling Services, (920) 465-2380.
For information regarding community resources and employee mental and behanioral health benefits, please see the Employee Resources web page.


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Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, and the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English Language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against the all-pervading party has become a classic, not the least because of its intellectual coherence.
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"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."
The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel HintzscheReview:
Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.
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TL Solien was born in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1949. He is best known for his painting, which employs the Postmodern aesthetic of pastiche, blending easily recognisable symbols from the art historical canon with others taken from his own personal experience and the world around him. Solien also draws upon the Surrealist aesthetic in his work, demonstrated in the National Gallery's prints Psyche: the blue martian and Excalibur, created at Tyler Graphics in 1985 and 1986 respectively.
Solien received his BFA from the Moorhead State University, Minnesota, in 1973 and his MFA in painting and sculpture from the University of Nebraska in 1977.
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There has been a massive meat recall in all areas from North Carolina to Maine. Over a half-million pounds of ground beef, issued Friday by Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., was recalled after concerns that the meat may have been tainted with a harmful strain of E. Coli.
Consumers are advised to look for packages with sell-by dates of Sept. 19 through Sept. 28. "Consumers who identify these products should return them to the point of purchase for a full refund," said Ron Allen, Fairbank Farms CEO. Originally, the recall applied to eight states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Massachusetts and North Carolina. But because some of the food chains may have redistributed packages, Fairbank Farms has expanded the range to include all Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.
The packages were sold under a variety of brand names, ranging from Acme Markets Lancaster Brand Ground Beef and Extra Lean Ground Beef to Giant Food Stores Meatloaf and Meatball Mix to Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats Ground Beef. Consumers are also reminded that ground beef should always be cooked thoroughly to an internal temperature of 160 degrees or more to kill any bacteria mixed in by the grinding process.
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Ghosts? Guardians? Archangels? Transmigration of Souls?
Incorporeal: As much as she wishes otherwise, Sara Wise sees ghosts. When a five hundred year old incorporeal being appears in her shower she orders him to leave, but he refuses. Sara knows he's not her usual spectral visitor. Is Nathan de Manua a ghost? Her guardian angel? As her feelings for this incorporeal being grow, so do his powers. Will Nathan save Sara, or will her love redeem his tortured soul?
In the Flesh: In the middle of a blizzard a naked man falls from the sky right in front of Dr. Sydney Blake's pickup. Although the man claims to be human, Syd has serious doubts. Wolf may not remember his origins, but he's clear about one thing, he's traded immortality for one night in Syd's arms.
Stay: Just when Syd believes she's lost Wolf forever to her great joy he reappears, but he can't remember a thing about their brief time together. How on earth can she reawaken those memories, remind him of the love they shared, and convince him he's the father of her unborn baby, especially when regaining his memory is the last thing he wants to do?
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i had some samples to try from scott of this baby :
2006 Mengku * Wild Arbor King * Raw Pu-erh tea brick 1000g
it's a great brick, not bitter at all even when over infused, i would start with 20 secs, up to 4 times of the same length and then there are still plenty of infusions left of this lovely piece of pu. highly recommended!!


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks at the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference on October 7, 2011. Secretary Clinton said:
"And so we're celebrating this at a moment when America is in the midst of a strategic pivot. The wars of the last decade are winding down and transitioning; the world's economic and strategic center of gravity is shifting east; and the United States is committed to an even deeper network of relationships across the Asia-Pacific region. But when you set out to build something, you begin with the cornerstone, which is why, as Secretary of State, I made my very first overseas visit and several since then to Japan. And President Obama, Vice President Biden, and many other American officials have made that same journey in the last two and a half years.
"But we know that governments alone cannot sustain the close ties that we have and continue to seek. Our strongest relationships have not lived only in the halls of power; they live in the hearts and minds of the American and Japanese people, not just in some cold assessment of our common interests, but in the warmth of common experiences, family ties, friendships, and the common values that bind us together. This relationship has been tested by time and tragedy, by rivalry, and by the natural push and pull between two proud nations like ours. And each time, it comes back even stronger. Each time, when it counts the most, our two countries stand in solidarity with each other."
Secretary Clinton continued:
"Now, relationships like ours and so many others in our lives show their true colors in tragedy, but they are built over decades. And while economic and security ties are vital to our alliance, ties between our people give our friendship its full meaning. The wonder a Japanese college student exudes when she first sets foot in L.A. or Chicago or Boston, the warmth an American high schooler feels for his Japanese host family, the technological marvels that Japanese and American corporate partnerships unleash into our markets, the mind-bending discoveries of our researchers cooperating at the cutting edge of science, these are the experiences that underpin our shared success.
"For all the fundamentals that are already in place, however, we cannot rest. We have to keep building and looking for new opportunities. And we do that issue by issue and person by person. And I must say that for us in the State Department, few opportunities deliver the lifelong impressions and friendships as sending our young people to each other's country to learn languages and cultures. And we are committed to ensuring that even more young people have that opportunity. More than 35,000 people have participated in exchange programs sponsored by our two governments, programs like the Fulbright and the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, known as JET. More than 750 officials have taken part in government exchanges, and nearly 4,000 Japanese professionals have taken part in the International Visitor Leadership Program, including four prime ministers, a Nobel laureate, a best-selling author, and many thousands more."
Secretary Clinton concluded:
"So we believe that building this relationship is not only strategic, not only economic, not only political; we believe it is a noble cause, and it's one that we are absolutely committed to. The U.S.-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of a system in the Asia Pacific that has underwritten peace, stability, and prosperity for decades. And the close connections built by the Monty Dicksons and the Taylor Andersons and the U.S.-Japan Councils, those are the foundations that not only keep the cornerstones strong but keep building higher and higher.
"I'm here to ask you for your help, Japanese and Americans alike. Let's keep this alliance and what it represents strong for as far as we can see into the future. Let it be said about us as it can be said of prior generations of American and Japanese leaders in business, government, academia, civil society, that we understood why this relationship was so vital, not only to each of us but to the world. And let us teach our young people what our countries have meant, can mean, and will mean to each other in the years ahead. And then we can give a new generation the skills, the opportunities, and the dream to help America and Japan thrive together in the century ahead."
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In the last decade, Afghanistan has made some dramatic development achievements. Access to basic health services has rocketed from nine percent to 64 percent. Under the Taliban, only 900,000 boys and almost no girls were enrolled in schools, while today, more than seven million children are enrolled in schools, 35 percent of whom are girls. Afghanistan has averaged 10 percent per year economic growth, is using a single, stable currency, and government revenues have grown to $1.65 billion, with a 400 percent increase in customs revenues since 2006 alone. With gross domestic product (GDP) per capita doubling since 2002, some five million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty. In 2002, Afghan government institutions were barely functional. Most ministries did not have telecommunications, electricity, or even basic office supplies like pens or paper. Today, several ministries, like the Ministry of Public Health, which is led by a female doctor (who would not have been allowed to work, let alone lead, under the Taliban), are heading the development charge. Much of this progress has been possible due to the generous support of American taxpayers.
But Afghanistan remains insecure, and its progress fragile. As we embark on the path of transition -- the process by which our Afghan partners will truly stand on their own feet -- we are ensuring that our efforts are sustainable, durable, and realistic. This was the primary message of the recent report on U.S. assistance to Afghanistan from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) majority staff. We do not endorse all the conclusions in this report, but we appreciate the report's recognition that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has performed admirably in a very complex and insecure environment.
This progress is a critical component of President Obama's strategy to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a safe-haven for extremists. Two years ago, President Obama outlined a whole-of-government approach designed to reverse Taliban momentum and build resiliency into Afghanistan's government, society and economy. This approach called for an ambitious civilian-military campaign which included a sharp, calibrated, influx of human capacity and resources. This surge was designed to put the insurgents on their heels and set the stage for a broader political settlement -- the key to enduring regional stability.
USAID is an essential component of our critical national security strategy in Afghanistan. Over the last 18 months USAID has tripled its staff in Afghanistan, aligned our efforts with our military and civilian partners, and demanded far greater accountability of ourselves, our contractors, and the Afghan government and local Afghan institutions. The results we are achieving attest to this progress. While rightly pointing out the myriad challenges of working in a war zone, the SFRC report fails to recognize the successes of these efforts and how much we've changed the way we do business in Afghanistan.
USAID is committed to sustainable impact through Afghan capacity building. We spend approximately 38 percent of our funds working directly with the Afghan government so that they can increasingly fund and deliver critical services on their own. We have been successful by focusing on a few key Afghan institutions -- such as the Ministries of Finance, Public Health, Agriculture, Education, and Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Programs like the enormously successful National Solidarity Program, which has reached over 22,000 Afghan villages, is funded through the government. But we only invest in government when we can do so with fully accountable and capable partners.
We are aligning our resources with critical foundational investments in economic growth, infrastructure, and human capital that will speed a sustainable transition. These foundational investments will create the economic and governance tools to allow the Afghans to manage, and fund, their own future.
We have also taken a number of steps to improve accountability for U.S. assistance. The Agency has created a new division to oversee implementing partners and fight fraud, waste and corruption. This division has already completed more than 40 suspension and debarment actions against programs that were failing to provide transparent and accountable assistance. And we also launched the Accountable Assistance for Afghanistan initiative last fall to help ensure that the Agency is taking the necessary steps to prevent the likelihood of our assistance falling into the wrong hands.
This strategy appears to be paying off. Once shuttered bazaars in Kandahar and Helmand are now thriving, and former opium fields are planted with high-yield seed. The economy, food security, literacy, employment, and life expectancies all continue to rise, the government is more capable, and the democratic system more resilient. Afghan women's access to education, health care, economic opportunity, and political representation continue to rise. Millions of Afghans are seeing the possibility of a better, stable future.
We are under no illusions about the challenges we face in Afghanistan. Every day our staff and our partners are under threat. Security increases our costs, and we must spend significant effort to safeguard taxpayer funds. If it were easy, we wouldn't be there.
The results we've delivered thus far will enable the president to carefully draw down U.S. resources in Afghanistan, handing responsibility over to a more stable, increasingly prosperous country. And it is this progress that will help bring American troops home more quickly. Civilian assistance has been central to these gains and will only increase in importance as Afghans take the lead in forging their own future.
Editor's Note: This entry first appeared on Foreign Policy's AfPak Channel and USAID's Impact Blog.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Improvements being as impressive as this, it should be argued that US and other NATO forces should not be withdrawn hastily to cleanse this country of extremism and provide such other supports as may be necessary so that an example may be set to show how peace and ridding a nation from extremism based on religious bigotry can improve quality of life for more and more people. If US can achieve all these under it's leadership, one imagines it would be appreciated in USA.
This report also creates an impression that extremists have fanned out elsewhere and are in hybernation. There should be a credible rehabilitation scheme for them specifically. That scheme can be carefully conditioned and implemented to cut the emotional appeal of extremist groups.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
( From a recent press conference with Sec. Gates)
Q: Last remark, if you allow -- that there was a waste of money in Afghanistan; how do you evaluate this?
SEC. GATES: "That's a no-brainer. Of course there's been a waste of money in Afghanistan. You tell -- you show me a war where there hasn't been a waste of money.
Now, I personally think that the -- that the report was primarily focused on development projects, and I think that the leadership of AID and the State Department pushed back on that yesterday and the fact that a number of the recommendations have already been taken in this administration to correct some of those problems. But you know, we have three different oversight bodies just under ISAF in terms of monitoring contracts. We wouldn't have those if we didn't know we had a problem in effectively administering contracts, and so I end -- I came -- one of the things that I -- that I benefit from -- I'm digressing here a bit, but this is a useful opportunity -- one of the things that I do every time I visit our troops is to sit down and have lunch or a meal with junior officers and junior enlisted.
In my meeting with junior officers, with captains, one of them talked about the desire to bring electricity to one of the forward operating bases, and a contractor's bid was $240,000 to do that. They went out and jerry-rigged something for a thousand dollars.
So what I suggested to General Rodriguez, when we were in the helicopter together, was, I -- one of these oversight bodies at ISAF needs to establish a hotline that is made known to every American officer and NCO throughout Afghanistan, because they see this stuff up close, better and faster than almost anybody, and if they think the government or the military is getting ripped off, then for them to have a number of one of these investigative groups to call to give them a tip -- so they told me they were going to go ahead, and that's basically a no-cost way to get information to those who are supervising these -- to those who would investigate contractors who aren't behaving themselves."
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I'm a little suprised that such a mechanism for accountability hasn't already become "standard procedure" in assuring accountability to the American public whenever this nation engages in full-spectrum development initiatives in any country we get involved in a "nation-building" project to help a people build one anew for themselves, from the ashes of conflict.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Mr. Thier,
The photo lends form to the thought that importing mechanized farm equipment (tractors, etc.) on some form of micro lend-lease to each Afghan village would do a lot to spur agricultural development and the general economic outlook while helping restore Afghanistan to a place where it is once again a "breadbasket" of the region.
Keep up the good work,


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You all know I want chickens, right? And you know the hubster refuses to let me have chickens, right? Which means my chickens have to wait for my next life, right? Along with my own milk cow, right?
Well… I found this free range chicken ranch just a couple miles from where we hike and the woman who lives there lets you come collect your own eggs. They have like hundreds of chickens – all kinds. Little black and white ones that can fly. Big fat red-brown ones. Gray ones. Black ones. Grey and white ones. Ones with fluffy snow shoes on their feet.
$10 for 30 eggs. Fun AND a bargain.
So my son asked if I was making breakfast for, are you listening Penny Watson? A bunch of lumberjacks. Nah, just us.
Now I have to go back to the kitchen and use the eggs to bake some pumpkin ginger bread with cream cheese icing.


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- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into three even pieces
- 2 slices hearty white bread, such as Pepperidge Farm or Arnold
- 2 slices American, Cheddar, or Jack cheese
- Kosher salt
Melt one third of butter in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat until foaming subsides. Add both bread slices and cook, swirling occasionally, until pale golden brown on bottom side, about 2 minutes.
Transfer to a cutting board toasted-side-up. Place cheese slices on top of one slice, then close sandwich, with both toasted sides facing inwards.
Melt one more piece of butter in the skillet and reduce heat to medium low. Add sandwich and cook, swirling occasionally, until deep, even golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove sandwich using a flexible metal spatula. Add the remaining butter. Return sandwich to skillet cooked-side up. Season with salt. Cook, swirling occasionally, until second side is deep, even golden brown and cheese is thoroughly melted, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.


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Not a story about Paul, but rather that delightful ex wife of his, I have it on good authority that there will be a feature about her (and no doubt some mention of Paul) on the Channel 4 news show tonight from 7pm. This will be followed up by press coverage tomorrow.
The story is about her recent spat with the IPC (International Paralympic Committee), which has resulted in her not being considered for the GB Paralympic skiing team early next year. I understand the coverage may not be entirely favourable towards her!


text: In the first of a two-episode story arc, Castle and Beckett begin a murder investigation that also exposes a plot to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy Middle Eastern businessman. Dylan Walsh guest stars as FBI Agent Harris, an even-keeled professional brought in to help find the kidnappers. Original Air Date: Castle Season 5, Episode 15: "Target" airs on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.


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Tommy, can you hear them?
The Who's rock opera, about the belated coming-of-age of a traumatized boy, is the most-requested non-Sondheim musical in the three-year history of the Short North Stage.
Responding to popular demand from members and patrons, the musical-loving professional theater company will tackle the Broadway stage version of the rock opera, which will preview tonight and open on Friday at the Garden Theater.
" Tommy has a huge draw for the baby-boomer generation, nostalgic about the concept album that most grew up with in their teenage years," director Edward Carignan said.
"It's a fantastic album with great songs," said Carignan, of New York, "but the musical takes the album to a new level."
The Broadway production, which ran from 1993 to 1995, won five Tony awards, including best score for Pete Townshend, who adapted the book with director Des McAnuff.
Among Townshend's songs: Amazing Journey, I'm Free, Listening to You, Pinball Wizard and We're Not Going to Take It.
"Where a lot of jukebox musicals create a show around a set of songs from a catalog, this show was created from a concept and stays true to that concept," Carignan said.
" Tommy, the story of an outsider, shows it's important to be an individual. . . . In a more conformist world, people try to make him a cult figure, the answer to all their problems, but he encourages people to be themselves."
How a community deals with an outsider is a theme that attracts the director to the musical, which he has staged twice before. Another, Carignan said, is how parents of special-needs children cope with that relationship and how it changes their family.
"I like to focus on the family and the parents," he said, "but Tommy is also about a rise to fame."
For the production, Carignan aims to create a "sensory overload" that suggests, through lighting, sound and choreography, Townshend's allegorical and semi-autobiographical story of a rising rock star.
After playing the title role in Short North Stage's acclaimed production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, JJ Parkey returns to tackle the central character in Tommy.
"Rock musicals are where I like to live, in the vernacular of today," said Parkey, 26, of Dayton.
The performer was attracted to the role in part because of its complex psychology.
"Tommy is essentially stuck at 4 years old," Parkey said. "When he comes out of catatonia, he experiences everything for the first time again. Right before the audience, Tommy plays catch-up on the 15 years he missed."
Tommy Batchelor, who played the title role in the musical Billy Elliot on Broadway, is one of the chief ensemble dancers in Tommy.
"Tommy goes through a lot more than Billy does," said Batchelor, an Ohio State University freshman. "The main connection between the two dance musicals is the lack of support from parents, but, in Tommy, it's more severe."
Batchelor, 18, connects with the youthful psychology at the heart of the story.
"The psychological problems are very extreme," he said, "but I think everyone goes through issues like that about building a sense of self, finding oneself and being OK with who you are."
Amid all the themes, Parkey relates to forgiveness.
"As you mature, you learn to forgive more and more," he said. "I'd say that was a definition of maturity.
"By the end of the show, Tommy forgives everyone who has wronged him. It's a beautiful moment."


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Men's Sitting Team Sweeps Mexico
|From left, Head Coach Bill Hamiter, Eric Duda (5), Charlie Swearingen (13), Dan Regan (2), Thomas Davis (7), J.Dee Marinko (18)
and Rejy Bacchus of the U.S. Men's Sitting Team show the black bands they are wearing in honor of the victims of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 18, 2013) – The U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team swept Mexico on Wednesday, 25-16, 25-16, 25-10 at the Central American Games for Sitting Volleyball in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The U.S. Men's Sitting Team is competing in an international event for the first time in over a year. It will close out round-robin play at 9 p.m. CT on Thursday against Costa Rica.
J.Dee Marinko (Newcastle, Okla.) led the U.S. Men with 17 points on 10 kills, one block and six aces. Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) added 16 points and Rejy Bacchus (Bryan, Texas) and Charlie Swearingen (Gulfport, Miss.) each scored eight points.
"We played well as a team and set the pace early with consistent play," said Bacchus, who is playing in his first international tournament. "We had fun and I was more comfortable tonight getting over the nerves I had last night. The experience I'm gaining in this tournament will really benefit me."
U.S. Head Coach Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.) started Marinko and Duda at setter/outside hitter, Swearingen and Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo.) at middle hitter and Thomas Davis (Detroit, Mich.) and Bacchus as right side hitters.
The team played steadily and gained early leads in every set. Mexico tied the score at 10-10 in the first set and the U.S. responded with an 8-1 run before finishing out the set.
The U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team is honoring the victims who were killed or injured at the Boston Marathon by wearing black bands on their uniforms near their hearts and flags.
Central American Games for Sitting Volleyball
April 16-20 in San Jose, Costa Rica
U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team
2 Daniel Regan (St. Louis, Mo.)
5 Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
7 Thomas Davis (Detroit, Mich.)
10 Edgar Laforest (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
13 Charlie Swearingen (Gulfport, Miss.)
17 Rejy Bacchus (Bryan, Texas)
18 J. Dee Marinko (Newcastle, Okla.)
Head Coach: Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.)
Event Schedule (All times CT) and Results
April 16
Costa Rica def. Mexico, 18-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-15, 15-6
USA def. Colombia, 25-18, 25-13, 25-21
April 17
USA def. Mexico, 25-16, 25-16, 25-10
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April 18
7 p.m.: Mexico vs. Colombia
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April 19
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April 20
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The newest issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality has been published. The issue is available in digital format online and should be arriving in print in the next few weeks for subscribers. This issue continues to offer academic engagement with the morality of the marketplace and with faith and the free society, including articles on economic engagement with Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical letter Caritas in Veritate, biblical teaching on wealth and poverty, schools as social enterprises, the Reformed philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd's economic theory, and much more.
As we have done in the past, Jordan Ballor's editorial is open access, even to non-subscribers. In "Between Greedy Individualism Editorial and Benevolent Collectivism" he examines the enduring impact of Michael Novak's The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, writing,
At the time of its publication, Novak's work must have been like a window thrust wide open in a dank room, introducing a breath of fresh air and the sanitizing rays of sunlight. Against ideologies that posit state power as a neutral or even benevolent force arising of necessity against the rapaciousness of the market, Novak observed instead that it was democratic capitalism that arose first as a system designed to check the invasiveness of state tyranny. The "founders of democratic capitalism," wrote Novak, "wished to build a center of power to rival the power of the state." Indeed, "they did not fear unrestrained economic power as much as they feared political tyranny." Still more would they fear the union of economic and political power that we find all too often today in corrupt and cronyist regimes.


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This document issued on August 2010 is the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel—Cyber Security Working Group's (SGIP-CSWG's) report for individuals and organizations who will be addressing cyber security for Smart Grid systems. Key topics discussed in the report include:
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To celebrate the power of reading and to commemorate what would have been the 109th birthday of renowned children's book author Theodor Seuss Geisel, area children are invited to a birthday party for Dr. Seuss on Fri., March 1.
The celebration is scheduled for 4-5 p.m. in the Samuel Tyndale Wilson Center for Campus Ministry (CCM) on the Maryville College campus. Admission is free.
The party will include activities such as coloring, reading Seuss stories, singing songs, playing games and making crafts. Birthday cake will be served, and there will be a guest appearance by the Cat in the Hat and friends.
The event is organized by Maryville College's Student Literacy Corps, whose goal is to promote literacy in Blount County.
Geisel, born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Mass., wrote more than 60 children's books during his career, including bestsellers Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
This beloved writer has many posthumous honors, including the 2002 opening of the Dr. Seuss National Sculpture Garden located in his hometown of Springfield. On May 28, 2008, the Governor of California inducted Seuss into the state's Hall of Fame. Thousands of Seuss fans celebrate his birthday each year.
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Maryville College is ideally situated in Maryville, Tenn., between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Knoxville, the state's third largest city. Founded in 1819, it is the 12th oldest institution of higher learning in the South and maintains an affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Known for offering its students a rigorous and highly personal experience that includes an undergraduate research requirement, Maryville College is a nationally ranked institution of higher learning that successfully joins the liberal arts and professional preparation. Total enrollment for the fall 2016 semester is 1,197.


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Report: Big bank settlements hit $128B
The Columbus Dispatch - August 27, 2014 10:49 AM
The tab for all the settlements struck between the federal government and the nation's six biggest banks stemming from the fallout of the credit and mortgage crisis has now hit $128 billion, according to SNL Financial.
The latest settlements involve Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. B of A agreed to a $16.55 billion settlement and that was followed by Goldman's $3.15 billion settlement.
The B of A settlement was the largest to come from the economic mess in which millions of people lost their home to foreclosure.
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Kimberly Ann Yonkers, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Director, Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers
Research Interests
Anxiety Disorders; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Mood Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Sexual and Gender Disorders
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers | Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) | Psychological Medicine Service | Psychotherapy Development Center | Women's Behavioral Health Research, Division of | Yale Mood Disorders Research Program
School of Public Health: Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Discovery to Cure Internship
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Through research, I am committed to servicing women who suffer from mood and anxiety disorders. My specific interests have included sex differences in these conditions as well as the relationship and treatment of mood, anxiety and substance use disorder occurring during the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy and parturition. My research foci are several and include determining the efficacy and effectiveness of pharmacological treatments of perinatal mood disorders substance use disorders and PMDD, determine the degree of health care utilization among women with PMDD and perinatal depression and investigating the impact of perinatal depressive, anxiety and substance use disorders on birth outcomes.
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My longstanding interest has been investigations into the clinical course, etiopathology and treatment of psychiatric disorders as they occur in women. A major component of this work includes investigations into the occurrence and treatment of illnesses in pregnancy and the postpartum period, and across the menstrual cycle. This area, by its nature, cuts across disciplines and requires psychiatric expertise, as well as knowledge in neuroscience and reproductive biology.
Reciprocally, I have been involved in the assessment of the effects that psychiatric illnesses and their treatments, have on perinatal outcomes. In a cohort study funded by NICHD, we recruited approximately 2800 women and interviewed them three times during pregnancy. We are assessing whether depression is a risk factor for preterm delivery, independent of antidepressant treatment. This large prospective cohort study includes information on maternal psychiatric illness, antidepressant treatment and other obstetrical risk factors.
Ongoing NIDA studies are assessing the comorbidity, course, consequences and treatment of hazardous substance use in pregnancy and the immediate postpartum time. This study entails following a large cohort of pregnant women who used drugs or alcohol in pregnancy and testing a behavioral treatment for drug and alcohol use. This rich, longitudinal data set also provides information on the clinical course of substance use disorders in pregnancy and after delivery.
- Symptom onset study for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- Screening and referral for women with substance misuse
- Progesterone as a treatment for postpartum cocaine use
- Implementation of motivational interviewing in the general hospital setting
Selected Publications
- Hartlage SA, Freels SA, Gotman N, Yonkers KA. Criteria for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): Secondary Analyses of Relevant Data Sets. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2012;69(3):300-305. PMC3370334
- Yonkers KA, Forray A, Howell HB, Gotman N, Kershaw T, Rounsaville BJ, Carroll KM. Motivational Enhancement Therapy Coupled with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Brief Advice; A Randomized Trial for Treatment of Hazardous Substance Use in Pregnancy and After Delivery. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2012: 34 (5): 439-449.
- Yonkers KA, Norwitz ER, Smith MV , Lockwood CJ, Gotman N, Lin H, Luchansky E, Belanger K. Major depressive disorder and serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment as risk factors for preterm birth. Epidemiology, 2012: Vol 23 (5): 677-685. PMCID: 3415566
- Epperson CN, Steiner M, Hartlage SA, Eriksson E, Schmidt PE, Jones I, Yonkers KA. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Evidence for a New Category for the DSM-5. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2012: 169(5); 465-475.
- Yonkers KA, Gotman N, Smith MV , Forray A, Belanger K, Brunetto W, Lin H, Burkman RT, Zelop CM, Lockwood CJ. Does Antidepressant Use Attenuate The Risk Of A Major Depressive Episode In Pregnancy? Epidemiology, 2011:22; 848-854.
- Spoozak L, Gotman N, Smith MV, Belanger K, Yonkers KA (Sep 2008) Evaluation of a social support measure that may indicate risk of depression during pregnancy, Journal of Affective Disorders
- Yonkers KA, Lin H, Howell HB, Heath AC, Cohen LS (Apr 2008) Pharmacologic treatment of postpartum women with new-onset major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial with paroxetine, The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 69(4)659-65
- Yonkers KA, O'Brien PM, Eriksson E (Apr 2008) Premenstrual syndrome, Lancet, 371(9619)1200-10
- Yonkers KA, Smith MV, Gotman N, Belanger K. Typical somatic symptoms of pregnancy and their impact on a diagnosis of major depressive disorder General Hospital Psychiatry, 2009; 31(4); 327-333.
- Yonkers KA, Howell H, Allen A, Ball S, Pantalon M, Rounsaville B. A treatment for substance abusing pregnant women. Archives of Women's Mental Health 2009; 4(12): 221-225.
- Yonkers KA, Smith MV, Lin H, Howell HB, Shao L, Rosenheck RA. Depression screening of perinatal women: evaluation of the Healthy Start Depression Initiative. Psychiatric Services, 2009,60(3):322-328.
- Smith MV, Shao L, Howell HB, Wang H, Poschman K, Yonkers KA, Success of mental health referral among pregnant and postpartum women with psychiatric distress. General Hospital Psychiatry. 31 (2): 155-162.


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Imagination Technologies, a leading designer of low-power graphics processing technologies, is facing a challenge with the acquisition of business and patent portfolio of MIPS. Little known chip developer Ceva has proposed MIPS' board-of-directors to take over the company for $75 million, up from $60 million offered by ImgTec. In both cases, patents of MIPS will be sold to Bridge Crossing for $350.
MIPS has received an unsolicited proposal from Ceva to acquire all of the outstanding MIPS shares, following the consummation of the proposed patent sale transaction with Bridge Crossing and the proposed recapitalization, for $75 million in cash. Ceva's proposal is subject to the approval of its board of directors and a brief period of confirmatory due diligence.
MIPS had previously announced that Imagination Technologies would acquire the outstanding MIPS shares following the consummation of the proposed patent sale transaction with Bridge Crossing and the proposed recapitalization, for $60 million in cash.
The MIPS board of directors is evaluating Ceva's proposal and has not made a determination as to whether the proposal is superior to MIPS Technologies' pending transaction with Imagination Technologies. However, the MIPS Technologies board believes the CEVA proposal could reasonably be expected to lead to a superior transaction, so it has determined to engage in discussions with Ceva. Still, there can be no assurances that any definitive agreement or transaction will result from the Ceva proposal or MIPS discussions with Ceva.
The MIPS board continues to recommend the merger agreement with Imagination Technologies to its stockholders. The MIPS board is not withdrawing its recommendation with respect to the merger agreement and the merger, or proposing to do so, and is not making any recommendation with respect to the CEVA proposal.


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A venue as unique as they come, with a character somewhere between New York cabaret and Parisian dinner-theater, Le Balcon Cabaret Music-Hall offers an exclusive dining and entertainment experience in the heart of Quartier des spectacles. Its distinct fusion cuisine inspired by the flavors of the world entices the most refined pallets, who like to extend the Balconesque experience by savouring, up close and live, the wide variety of musical styles and cultures offered by world-class artists. The intimate and festive atmosphere of Le Balcon promises to deliver memorable moments to all patrons.
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I am just posting these really for fun and hopefully somebody will be inspired. (As I am when others post pictures.) The first is just a simple pepperoni pizza. I made this last night and it was pretty good. The second is simply a mushroom and olive. Again pretty good. And the third was a breakfast pizza. I just made it up on my own (the toppings). Actually, I have made two of these and my other one was much better. I used more gravy on my other one and mixed the meat in with the gravy, and then put the eggs on top. Enjoy previewing. Thanks everyone!!!!


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My family and I went to Delaveaga Park today to do a test run for the young kids ride as part of Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. We wanted to put kids under 7, trail-a-bikes, trailers and child seat riders on an out-and-back along the fireroad. We were concerned that it may be too much climbing for kids on training wheels and recent 2 wheeler riders.
Jade, our five year old, just learned to ride on 2 wheels earlier this summer so she's a great test pilot. We helped her with some of the climbing but the ride back was a fairly gentle grade and she could ride it herself. In fact she had a blast riding back down! I shot some video of her ride and it turned out so well that I decided to cut it into a promotional video.
Jade is no ordinary 5 year old. She kicks ass! She got riding tips from Chris Duncan and her parents – who are excellent mountain bikers – have been riding with her and taking her to bike events all her life. I'm really proud of the fact that she picked up mountain biking so quickly. She understands how to pedal, shift gears, pick lines and how to go over rough terrain. She has been mountain biking since she was a year old so she has probably absorbed a lot over the years. Yes, I'm a proud parent.
Jade really enjoyed the ride so we decided that this would be the right ride for the young kids. The route will be along the fireroad from the Lone Tree picnic area to the dirt jump quarry and back. The bigger kids will do the lower loop single track trails. Perhaps in the afternoon, we'll take the more advanced kids and mountain biking parents to "Top of the World". DeLaveaga is a small park but there are a lot of fun trails in there. All of the trails are redwood forested technical single track. All of them are open to bikes.
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day is Saturday Oct 6 this year. TAKMTBD is a national event and there will be events all over the world. MBOSC will be hosting Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Delaveaga Park, Santa Cruz. There are numerous ride options at DeLaveaga and we'll have a skills course. We will have snacks and drinks and a free raffle for the kids. Santa Cruz Bikes have been very generous and donated some soft goods for the kids (Thanks Mike and Juli!).


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