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Finally, I got myself to the eye doctor, anticipating that I would be consigned to wearing glasses for distance vision for the first time in my life.
My self-diagnosis was wrong. Through a fancy machine in the doctor's office, I could see the elliptical shadows. I had "significant" cataracts, or clouding of the lens, on both eyes.
How had I suddenly turned into my grandmother? "Cataracts can happen at any age," I was repeatedly told as I consulted several ophthalmologists.
Then began the quest for a surgeon to repair my vision. The first guy I saw, a short-tempered perfectionist with a gleaming, state-of-the-art office and great reputation, put me off the whole business. He rebuked me for flinching when he shone a light into my eye, then lectured me as if I were a rapt student. He seemed uninterested in my particular eyes and nonplused when I asked a question about them. I fled.
The next guy I saw had begun his career as a pediatrician and was long on warm, supportive attention. Perhaps too much so; now I worried about competence.
Getting into the swing of this, I saw a third guy (very smart and informative, but somewhat old-fashioned in approach) and a fourth (excellent reputation, conservative but more inclined to install the newer, multifocal lenses than guy No. 3).
He's who I chose.
Cataract surgery, generally done one eye at a time, is simple: Through a minute incision, the cloudy lens is removed and an artificial one is installed. For me, the patient, there was drip anesthesia, but not enough, sadly, to send me into giddy raptures and indifference to what was happening in and around my eye. ("It's necessary to be alert enough to remember not to force your eye closed during the procedure," I was told. Oh well.)
And, to my amazement, during surgery there was a colored light show, produced by my very own eye and worthy of Cirque du Soleil. Lights and colors (purple and pink with a worm-like oozing of hunter green weaving throughout) -- an inexplicable psychedelic performance.
Then it was over. My eye was light sensitive, and I experienced a "grain of sand in the eye" feeling for a few days. A tedious regimen of eye drops followed. But there was nothing visible -- no incision, stitch or redness -- to point to the miracle that had transpired.
Seeing again is startlingly ordinary. I had hoped for bionic vision -- greedy boomer that I am -- but my treated vision is not superhuman, just "good enough." No glasses needed, mild halos around lights.
I speak as if this miracle is commonplace, which I suppose it is, nowadays.
When the ancients developed cataracts, they relinquished their vision. I didn't even have to choose between distance and near-vision -- with the newest technology, I could have both.
Science and medicine quietly move forward, transforming the extraordinary into the ordinary. A short, painless procedure, and sight is restored.
It's the best kind of miracle there is -- the low-key, life-enhancing kind.
Pamela Freundl Kirst is a psychologist and writer in Santa Monica.


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JGMS does Brent Cook
The blog Junior Gold Miner Seeker links to a couple of things done by Brent Cook recently, namely an interview and his presentation at Canvest15, and provides a couple of notes too. Right here.
PwC: The Gloves Are Off
The most visited IKN post this week is...
...this one, "The scene this morning at the 2015 Canadian Investor Conference in Vancouver".
Morgan Stanley comes for TIMMAY! (TGD) (TMM.to)
Colombia: Daughter of National Civilian Protection Agency kidnapped
Colombia Reports has the story
The 11-year-old daughter of the director of the NPU, Colombia's government agency in charge of protecting threatened civilians, has been kidnapped, authorities said Thursday.Police and prosecutors intensified their search for Daniela Mora, the daughter of National Protection Unit Director Diego Fernando Mora, who was kidnapped Thursday afternoon by what appears to be street criminals in the eastern Colombian city of Cucuta.
The Friday OT: Bach; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro/Adagio
- You can't handle long pieces of classical?
- You like tuning into something you know already?
- You want to be reminded old music has its total kick-ass moments too?
Bach has your back. Seriously, it matters not whether you're into the oldschool scrape'n'blow type stuff, if you can't hear the utter kickassery of this piece there's something wrong with your ears.
The Muck Pile today
Here's a screenshot from today's post over at The Muck Pile:
Ok, that's it, I'm now in love. Go read the whole thing yourself.
A Flash update...
Peru's mining sector and its impeccable attitude to the environment
- If we keep it to recent data only and note the period between July 2010 and December 2014, Peru's environmental watchdog body OEFA (Organismo de Fiscalización y Evaluación Ambiental) opened 729 files on companies and imposed 600 fines on mining companies operating in Peru that add up to the grand total of U$70m.
- Nearly all the fines imposed were immediately appealed in the courts.
- Hardly any of the fines have been paid to date.
- To that end, a few weeks ago the Peru government gave the OEFA special powers to make good on the fines imposed and get the mining companies to pay up instead of making the penalties disappear in the unending labyrinth of the Peruvian judicial system.
- And how have the mining companies reacted to that? Simple. Yesterday, via their chamber of mining, the SNMPE, they appealed the executive order that would make their members pay the environmental fines as being anti-constitutional and took the case to the courts. Bless 'em.
GLD: Less is more
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, New York-listed SPDR Gold Shares, is no longer one of the top 10 U.S.-listed ETFs by value, according to data from FactSet.The value of the GLD fund, which issues securities backed by physical bullion, dwindled to $27.148 billion this week, data on its website showed, as its gold holdings fell to their lowest since mid-January at 709.9 tonnes.That makes it the 12th largest fund by value listed by ETF.com, which uses FactSet data. At its peak in August 2011, a month before gold prices hit a record high of $1,920.30 an ounce, its value reached $77.5 billion. Continues here
UPDATE: Iwnattos gives us a new Wall St Whitey post on gold, right on cue.
Thom Calandra's unending stream of stupidity, Brazil Minerals (BMIX) check-up edition
True Gold (TGM.v): Kind of impressed that nothing's made it to the Canada mining press...
If you think it's different this time, today's not the day to buy gold stocks
When Sergio Massa drops out of the Argentina presidential race, nothing will change
UPDATE: The three charts in this post from José Rubén Santís today, all about a brand new poll this morning (that came after this IKN post's publication, fwiw) show just why the above is true. The post is in Spanish but it's easy enough to understand the chart information. And again, for those who want deeper insight into the delcine and fall of Sergio Massa and what it's all leading towards, this post over at Los Huevos y Las Ideas dated June 2nd to which IKN previously linked does a fine job. Suitable for those adept to the tongue of Cervantes.
Chart of the day is...
...copper, dailies:
McEwen Mining (MUX) (MUX.to) files a shelf prospectus to raise $200m
PS, fwiw, this opening section from the MUX lawyers' cover letter makes it clear what they're filing to offer:
"We are acting as counsel to McEwen Mining Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), in connection with its registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed public offering of up to $200,000,000 in aggregate amount of one or more series of the following securities of the Company: (i) debt securities (the "Debt Securities"); (ii) shares of common stock, no par value per share (the "Common Shares"); (iii) warrants to purchase Debt Securities ("Debt Warrants"); (iv) warrants to purchase Common Shares ("Common Stock Warrants"); (v) units consisting of any of the Company's other Securities (as defined herein) which units may also include securities of third parties (the "Units"), (vi) subscription rights to purchase Common Shares, Debt Warrants or Common Stock Warrants ("Subscription Rights"); and (vii) subscription receipts that may be exchanged for Debt Securities, Common Shares, Debt Warrants or Common Stock Warrants ("Subscription Receipts" and, together with the Debt Securities, Common Shares, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants and Subscription Rights, the "Securities"), all of which may be sold from time to time and on a delayed or continuous basis, as set forth in the prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement, and as to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus."
Belo Sun (BSX.to)
From Agnico Eagle buy-in to "back in the range" took three weeks, minus a day.
I thought it might have taken a month, personally.
The Muck Pile, a useful blog for junior mining investors to follow
Phoscan (FOS.to) moves
If junior mining companies can't take themselves seriously, why should we?
Chart of the day is...
...gold, monthlies:
We know Grupo Mexico is having community trouble in Peru, but what about Mexico?
And here's a nice photo of one of the security outposts at the mine today. They seem to be having fun.
The Cheetah robot
Frank Holmes: "Blatter's resignation is bullish for gold price"
Developing story.
UPDATE seven minutes later: Ten of you already? I'm disappointed in you people...really...
Unlike IKN, Frank Holmes is serious and loyal and will never give you up. He'll never let you down. He'll never run around. He won't desert you.
Truth be told, it's unfair to point the finger at Kevin McArthur of Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to) as the only seller of his company's shares...
... in the way we've done in a couple of recent posts, because the fact is that it's not just him. I mean, just in the last month there's been a whole bunch of them.
Data here.
Argentina: The decline and fall of Sergio Massa
The Bear Creek Mining (BCM.v) Corani Feasibility
We got the NR of the document this morning. Here's the table that matters:
Why can't mining companies face reality? Because it doesn't fit with their fantasy.
Barrick's (ABX) environmental fine for Pascua Lama: U$499m
Thompson Creek (TCM.to) (TC) then and now
"...according to information reliably received, a lot of what TCM thought was ore is silicate encapsulated fine moly and is (I quote) "totally unrecoverable". The decision to run Endako on stockpile only was blamed in part on the low moly prices and the need to cut operating costs, but that's only half the story folks. Unless TCM's scientist boffins come up with a new way of recovering moly, when the three year stockpile runs out that's all she wrote for the mine."
DENVER, June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TC) (TCM.TO) ("Thompson Creek" or the "Company") announced today that it and its joint venture partner, Sojitz Moly Resources, Inc. ("Sojitz"), have agreed to place the Endako molybdenum mine on care and maintenance effective July 1, 2015, due to continued weakness in the molybdenum market. Thompson Creek holds a 75% interest in the Endako Mine, and Sojitz holds the remaining 25% interest. In connection with the placement of the Mine on care and maintenance, approximately 270 employees will be terminated.
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I was only joking about the Ferrari, Kev
But the rest of it is true. Innit guv.
The scene this morning at the 2015 Canadian Investor Conference in Vancouver (UPDATED)
Warned you.
UPDATE: seriously, you think I'm joking?
Dunning–Kruger and Metanor (MTO.v)
Bitgold (XAU.v): A final word (from IKN316)
UPDATE: Al Korelin is not part of the solution, he's part of the problem. Until the two-faced stock touts of this world are ignored, there will be no improvement in the Canadian market.
Chart of the day is...
...the US Dollar index (USD). In fact it's the chart of the week.
It's back as the centre of all things once again, the only issue that matters. Call the dollar right = call the market right.
A Sunday serenade: Chopin, complete Nocturnes played by Brigitte Engerer
thanks for posting that Sunday...
from Telegraph obit:
So rare were her British appearances that London-based critics would travel to Europe to hear her, with one noting of her performance of Chopin Nocturnes in Spain two years ago that "each drama was on a grand scale, with each note weighted and balanced with fastidious authority".
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By Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Rumman Ahmed
Apple on Friday launched the iPhone 5 across India, creating a stir among the gadget freaks in the fastest growing wireless market in the world.
Bharti Airtel, one of Apple's service-provider partners in India, held launch events in four major cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
The iPhone 5 comes to India more than a month after Apple launched it in its major markets.
The iPhone has a tiny market share in India -- less than 2% of all handset sales -- because of its high cost. South Korean firm Samsung Electronics has about a 50% market share.
But distributors of the iPhone 5 said sales in India appeared to be much swifter than for previous versions of the smartphone.
A spokesman for Bharti Airtel, who declined to be named, said the company saw a 78% spike in preorders for the iPhone 5, compared with the iPhone 4S. Bharti Airtel started taking preorders for the phone three days before the launch.
A spokesman for Apple in India wasn't immediately available for comment.
Crowds swarmed -- with wads of Indian rupees and credit cards -- at an amphitheatre in the plush UB City mall located in the heart of Bangalore to pick up the smartphone.
Six makeshift counters in the mall together sold 600 iPhone 5s in the first hour of the launch.
The iPhone 5 is priced at 45,500 rupees ($846) for the basic 16-gigabyte version. The 32-gigabyte model is priced at 52,500 rupees and the 64- gigabyte version at 59,500 rupees.
"Whatever numbers we have is going to be sold out completely," said Rohit Malhotra, the chief executive of Bharti Airtel in Karnataka state, pointing to the teeming crowd. "We didn't even have a hundredth of this crowd" last year, he added.
Arjun Gupta, 23 years old and running a pharmaceutical distribution business in Mysore, said he travelled 140 kilometers to Bangalore to pick up his preordered phone on the first day of the sale.
Mr. Gupta, who had been waiting in the queue for more than an hour, feared the phone might have been sold out if he didn't preorder one. Mr. Gupta said he owns most of Apple's products that have been launched in India, but he skipped the iPhone 4 and 4S, to wait for upgraded versions.
Analysts expect the iPhone 5 to do swifter sales in India than previous incarnations, as the launch comes just a few days before the Hindu festival of Diwali, which will be celebrated in India on Nov. 13, when most Indians splurge on luxury products such as smartphones, gold jewelry, and autos.
Like Mr. Gupta, most buyers had preordered the phones from carriers such as Bharti Airtel and Aircel Ltd., and mobile phone retailers that until recently had to depend on the telecommunications carriers for supplies of the phones.
Until recently, Apple sold the iPhone through Indian telecom providers, which bundle the phones with data services. With sales of the phones remaining low, Apple recently tweaked its strategy by tying up with specialized distribution companies such as Ingram Micro and Redington India The move is expected to help the company reach a wider audience, especially Indians who live in thousands of smaller towns.
"Until now, we had been selling iPhones that were routed through wireless operators," said Satish Babu, founder and managing director of Chennai-based UniverCell that runs 450 outlets, mostly in southern India.
"Starting with the iPhone 5, we are selling models that don't come locked in to a particular operator," he said. According to Mr. Babu, there is a growing awareness of the Apple brand in India.
"Also, as the time difference between global and India launches have narrowed, consumers will prefer going to buy it legally from stores like ours than buy it from the grey market," he said.
In the past, illegally imported iPhones have made their way into India's electronics markets.
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CALGARY — Pills. Grains. Lines. Absinthe. Shrooms. 'Shine. Numbers. Tabs.
And, the greatest, most welcoming one of all, tunes.
Tuesday night at the Saddledome was a night for the ingestion of all things or anything that we, as the dumb monkeys we are, can trip us up, get us off and get us so very psychedelicized. It was a night where Canadian rock icon Neil Young returned to town with Crazy Horse in tow for a dose of pure, uncut rock 'n' roll in all its electrified and raggedy, resplendent glory. It was a night to get real nice.
Seriously, if you weren't one of the 11,000 voyagers who made it their mission to make sure they were in the building on this evening, then you missed out one of those occasions when the mind, body and soul separated and let each other wander inner and outer spaces in search of the answers, to find what really matters.
High on the Horse, the unageing legend, who celebrated his 67th year on Monday, put on a show that was every the equal to any of his other Crazy nights in the Dome these past two decades. It boiled. It blistered. It burned. It was beautiful. From beginning to the inevitable comedown two hours later.
The quartet — Neil, bassist Billy Talbot, drummer Ralph Molina and shadow axeman Frank (Poncho) Sampedro, clad, quite splendidly, in a Hendrix shirt to further underscore the Experience — took the floor, after stage hands, in mad scientist and construction worker gear, unsheathed cartoon-sized Fender amps and a microphone one story tall as The Beatles' A Day In the Life played on.
After a canned O Canada — if you're going to get them out of their seats for the first time in the evening, might as well do it old school — the four fluid, ever-morphing musicians who've tripped together for almost 45 years settled into their first epic of the program, a massive 15-minute rumination on Love and Only Love that proved there is literally nothing in the universe that can dwarf what it is they do when they get together.
They wandered through every nook and cranny of the classic, blowing smoke as it flared its nostrils, finding their individual grooves to settle into while never separating from the tour guide — Young, wielding his guitar like a clipboard that contained the secrets to lost civilizations and his still wonderful voice that masterfully, emotively sang it to life before our very eyes (all three).
From there, it was a night exploring further amplified and feedbacked territory and terrain, including such other mind-gutting, face-melting missives like Powderfinger, Cinnamon Girl, F--kin' Up, Cortez the Killer, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) and a great deal from NY&CH's latest, somewhat disappointing studio diatribe, Psychedelic Pill.
But even those fresh songs gained new life and found new traction in a live setting. And when rolled and sparked properly, as with the case of Ramada Inn and, especially a nasty, unending beanstalk-chopping version of Walk Like A Giant, it whipped up a brainstorm that was impossible not to get caught inside — the latter even setting off an onstage FX rain and lightning storm that Crazy Horse sought shelter from in the wings as their captain calmed things down with a brief acoustic set of The Needle and the Damage Done, Twisted Road and the pretty piano ballad Singer Without A Song.
Hell, yes. It was the dictionary definition of, as any good trip should be.
But that's only a problem when you bogart or bum, when you don't bring enough for all and allow everyone else to join you on their own, unique journey, which Young and mates gave the entire, low-lit room every opportunity to do.
They scored. They shared. And if you were there, you did, too.
Leading into Neil and friends was the oft-overlooked, but always amazing band of boys from East L.A., Los Lobos.
Consistently relegated to one-hit-wonder status (thankfully ignored on this night) by those who haven't been paying attention for the past four decades, they are, through marriage of skill, smarts and endurance, some of the most remarkably players and one of the tightest collectives you could ever hope to see and hear.
Kicking off with early and exceptional career entry Will the Wolf Survive?, the accomplished crew jammed and soloed their way through material from that rich, remarkable past, mixing jazz, Latin, pop, funk, folk and rock into something that felt like a block party that would and should go on until the wee hours of bleary-eyed bliss.
Frequent visitors to these parts, a return can't come soon enough.
Similarly frequent flyers into this sphere, Canadian space cowboys The Sadies were an unbelievably inspired and superb choice to open the evening.
Their Flying Burrito/Good Brothers sound was a light, lovely liftoff for the three-act trip — elevating country with a California coastal breeze that blew any bad vibes way, way to the back of the brain.
Led by sibs Dallas and Travis Good, the quartet showcased their folk-friendly but indie-approved material, wasting little time as they tore through songs that would set any roadhouse into two-stepping and any rock club into head-nodding.
Fittingly, the highlight of their too-short, but tasty twisted twang set was the superb cover of the Louvin Brothers back-crop gospel tune There's A Higher Power.
Yes. There is.
And what a perfect night to try to shake hands with it.
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On October 20th, after one week of being on-line, the petition calling on Professor Raymond Carney, of Boston University, to return Mark Rappaport's materials – tapes, prints, papers and other items – to him, passed one thousand signatures. Among these were a goodly number of filmmakers and directors, critics, and academics, many of them very well-known and respected in the cinema community.
The following is a sampling of the more than 350 comments left by signatories of this petition:
Matthew Clayfield, Australia:
Ray Carney thinks he owns certain filmmakers. He does not.
Jan Philipe Carpio, Philippines
I consider Ray Carney's one of my mentors in filmmaking, art, and life from a distance as I have never met him personally but have been a long time admirer of his work for championing American independent filmmakers like John Cassavetes, Mark Rappaport and Jon Jost. It was through his work that I came to learn of these artistic voices outside of studio approved blockbusters. His work has been extremely formative in my work as an artist and filmmaker. His current actions regarding Mr. Rappaport's work are appalling and baffling. I will always admire his work but I cannot and will not condone and support his actions towards Mr. Rappaport. Professor Carney, please, you are destroying everything you have stood for by doing this. Please return all of Mr. Rappaport's work immediately and issue a personal and public apology. I make this personal appeal to you as an honorary student of yours who still hopes you will do the right thing.
Richard Koszarski, USA:
Unless Prof Carney can produce a lot of serious paperwork, he needs to return this material to its creator without further delay.
Wendy Lidell, USA:
Archivists and distributors exist to serve and support the work of the artists we love and respect. Carney's actions do neither and thus attest to the fact that he doesn't.
Judith Miller, USA:
It is important that filmmakers be able to retain the rights — physical as well as creative — to their materials when no written contract has been made to turn over such rights. Professor Carney, by refusing to return these materials to Mr. Rappaport, is not only in violation of the law, he is in violation of the ethical standards that he, as professor at Boston University, is entrusted with upholding. His actions show that he cannot be considered "the leading scholarly authority on American narrative art film" when he shows no respect for the makers of those films. Professor Carney has not only destroyed his own reputation, but he has also tarnished that of the institution he works for.
Richard T. Jameson, USA:
Someone really should explain to Carney that he doesn't own filmmakers.
Bernard Eisenschitz, France:
An artist's right to get his own life's work back must be recognized, even though he misplaced his trust in a false friend.
Mark Daniels, France:
Mark is the owner of the work he created. Not returning it is theft.
Ingo Petske, Australia:
Such behaviour is absolutely disqualifying for any academic anywhere in the civilized world.
Madhuban Mitra, India:
There can be no earthly reason for any scholar to deny an artist access to his own work, as also stop the work from reaching its potential viewing public.
Michael Piggot, UK:
It is saddening and disillusioning to see someone in a position to champion the work of an important artist actually get in the way of it. How much time and money has Rappaport lost to this mess?
Emily Breer, USA:
Because I love Mark Rappaport! and it's obviously odious to keep his films from him.
Christoph Hochhusler, Germany:
Whatever the (mis-) understanding was in the first place, you can't separate an artist from his work.
B. Ruby Rich, USA:
This is a crazy situation: of course M.R. should have his work back. What's happened to Ray? The situation should be resolved immediately.
Kian Bergstrom, USA:
Carney's actions violate any sense of decency and, more importantly, are an affront to the continuing work of a major contemporary artist. Rappaport has an overwhelming moral right to his own work, and the interests of all who claim to be invested in cinema as an art form are hindered by Carney's mercenary and mean-spirited behavior, for they deprive a working filmmaker of a significant portion of his own medium. Give him back his work!
Heinz Emigholz, Germany:
I do not like academic vampires.
Fraser Orr, Australia:
Ray Carney is the greatest film critic I've ever read, and his books have had an incredible impact on my life. But his actions here are indefensible, and truly distressing. I hope he's able to see the nature of what he's doing and change his actions for the better.
Jamie O'Brian, Wales, UK:
I have a lot of respect for Carney's writing on film, and always will, but I can't defend his behaviour in this situation. He's had enough time to provide reasons for his actions but as of yet has remained silent. If you care about your integrity or for Rappaport on any level, return the films. There's no other moral option.
Jeffrey Skoller, USA:
This horrifying story of betrayal further erodes the relationships of trust and mutual enrichment between academic scholars/critics and the creative artists on whom scholars depend.
The petition will remain on-line for further signatures and comments. This week it will be printed and presented to the President of Boston University, Robert A. Brown. the Provost of BU, Jean Morrison, and to the Dean of the Communications Dept, Tom Fiedler, and to Paul Schneider, Chair of the Department of Film and Television. They will be asked to bring what pressure to bear they can, institutionally, to get Professor Carney to return Mark Rappaport's materials to him. If this does not succeed in securing the return of Rappaport's property, we will request that the university undertake a full investigation of Carney's actions with regard to Rappaport and his use of Boston University, institutionally, as a tool in his usurpation of Rappaport's work. For example, Professor Carney did a semester course on Rappaport's work, screening it, and did he, in violation of university policy, use prints without payment for rentals and without the permission of the film's owner?
Should Professor Carney continue to refuse to return these materials, we will seek to have Professor Carney's tenure revoked for ethical violations of university regulations, and for the obvious disrepute he is bringing upon the University, as well as any demonstrable illegalities in Carney's actions.
Failing a total change of stance on the part of Professor Raymond Carney with respect to this matter, I will subsequently publish letters which he wrote to me earlier this year, which demonstrate all too clearly his dishonesty and duplicity in his actions.


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Mitch Rosen, MD, says he wishes there had been a program similar to the Pathway to Discovery Program in Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) when he was a student.
"I never had the opportunity when I was in medical school to take time off to dedicate fully to a project," says Rosen, a leader in reproductive endocrinology who directs the UCSF Fertility Preservation Program.
Time is exactly what the Pathways program offers. CTR is one of five scholarly concentrations providing coursework, training, mentorship and professional development for learners who want to improve health through clinical research. Learners in the program can choose to pursue research for a summer or an entire year.
For the last four years, Rosen has mentored UCSF medical students as they take on research projects in his field, which is preserving fertility for women undergoing cancer treatment.
"Pathways is a brilliant program," says Rosen, "allowing medical students to immerse themselves in more than the typical piecemeal research. These are really big projects, and all the students I mentored are still involved and continue to contribute to the field in a meaningful way."
Rosen feels responsible for giving each of his students maximum exposure to the research world. "For students to know if they want to pursue research in the future, they need to be able to complete something from start to finish and understand the full gamut of being a researcher," he says.
That process involves designing a study, writing up a proposal, securing approval from the Committee on Human Research, obtaining and analyzing results and presenting them at conferences or through publication in scientific journals. "All of this process is the real opportunity," Rosen says. "To just collect some of the data from somebody else's project is not enough."
Learners also benefit from witnessing how patient care in the clinic and research intertwine. "Seeing Dr. Rosen's example of using the questions that come up in his patient encounters to inform his clinical research is the really exciting part of all of this," says Sai-Wing Chan, a fourth-year medical student who took a yearlong research fellowship with the CTR Pathway. "Every day, questions come up that are potentially answerable through the research methods we are using."
Rosen's research is looking at the impact on quality of life because of decisions involving fertility made (or not) by cancer patients at the time of their treatment. Chan discovered Rosen's work when he was seeking out a faculty mentor. He was wondering how to combine his desire to conduct research with his interest in a career in Ob/Gyn. "In medical school, we hear a lot about cancer diagnosis and treatment, but we don't often hear about survivorship issues," says Chan.
Medical students Danielle Cipres and Sai-Wing Chan discuss Cipres' summer project at the January Pathways Explore Symposium. The decision-making study surveyed reproductive-aged women who have been recently diagnosed with cancer, and monitored their perspectives and concerns while making a decision about whether or not to undergo fertility preservation prior to their cancer treatment. "We hope to use this information to improve the quality of care for these women in this delicate situation in which they must make high-stakes decisions in a short time," says Cipres.
Second-year medical student Danielle Cipres had barely any research experience before learning about Rosen's work through an Ob/Gyn Research presentation held for first-year medical students interested in summer opportunities. "I had not given much thought to doing research outside of my future clinical duties," she says, but she was hooked on Rosen's projects.
She began working with him during her Pathways Explore summer experience after her first year. "That summer was instrumental in improving my self-efficacy and knowledge with regards to performing research, and I hope to incorporate it into my future career," she says.
For past CTR learner Erin Niemasik, MD, who is now a resident in Ob/Gyn at Weill Cornell Medical College, the program solidified her desire to pursue research. "I think that a program like CTR allows you to get comfortable with the research process at an early stage in your medical career and helps to make you a more critical thinker," says Niemasik. "I have gained a lot of confidence in creating original research. I was also inspired to attend an academic residency program, and I hope to stay at an academic center for the rest of my career."
Joseph Letourneau, MD, who is currently a resident in the Ob/Gyn department at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, also took a yearlong research fellowship with the CTR Pathway between his third and fourth years of medical school, which greatly influenced his career choice. "The program helped to inform me that I would like to pursue a clinical career in reproductive endocrinology, same as my CTR mentor, Dr. Rosen," says Letourneau. "It has further helped me understand that a career in clinical research seems right for me."
CTR learners who come through Rosen's lab effectively form a continuous interconnected flow of research, as the individuals overlap on projects. "I had the wonderful opportunity to be a part of three different projects at once," says Cipres, who continued to work with Rosen after her Pathways Explore summer. "While there were a lot of moving parts, it was an educational and truly enlightening experience to be involved in clinical research projects at different time points in the research process."
Working on multiple projects is part of Rosen's teaching process, whereby a learner can experience the start-to-finish research process, which would not be possible within a single project in a summer or a year. Starting long-term projects allows Pathways learners to leave ongoing legacies that live on after the learners move on in their careers.
They also leave behind considerable contributions to the field. "All the medical students who have come through the Pathways program have significantly helped achieve the goals of my research program," says Rosen. This involves presenting abstracts at national and international meetings, winning many awards and publishing papers.
One of Rosen's goals is to increase awareness that cancer treatment can cause infertility. "From a medical perspective, this work has changed the way patients are counseled, and it has yielded significant ammunition from a political standpoint to initiate bills regarding insurance coverage of women's reproductive expenses following cancer treatment."


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Amazon UK has tripled the number of temp box packers it will hire in the Christmas run-up: 10,000 short-term packaging jobs will now be created at the company's UK shipment centres.
Amazon has eight so-called fulfilment centres in Rugeley, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Doncaster, Peterborough, Dunfermline, Inverclyde and Swansea. The new headcount increase, heralded by Amazon yesterday, is more than three times the 3,000 Xmas jobs figure revealed three weeks ago in the announcement of three new UK distribution sites.
2,000 permanent packing jobs will be created, Amazon said, with the festive temp workers getting first preference. The base in Hemel Hempstead will employ 600 of the new permanent staff.
Any new jobs in Blighty are good to have, but Amazon ones aren't always much fun.
Last Christmas Amazon UK shipped more than 2,100,000 units in a 24-hour period – that's 1,124 tonnes of goods – and delivery trucks left their fulfilment centres once every two minutes and 45 seconds.
Around Blighty, Amazon also has an HQ in Slough and a development centre in Edinburgh, and recently touted new-media premises in East London which draws together teams from acquisitions LoveFilm and PushButton; the hub will employ 100 new people.
The Jeff Bezos-led bazaar wouldn't tell us how many employees it has in the UK in total. The Seattle-based company has 56,000 full-time workers worldwide.
Keeping Amazon's inventory and shipping operations running is one of its biggest challenges: the web giant's latest financial filing for Q2 2012 revealed that juggling and storing goods is one of the biggest threats to Amazon's profitability:
If we do not adequately predict customer demand or otherwise optimize and operate our fulfillment centers successfully, it could result in excess or insufficient inventory or fulfillment capacity, result in increased costs, impairment charges, or both, or harm our business in other ways.
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The study also showed that the likelihood of violence at 18 among aggressive youth was reduced when they had been exposed to several of what are called protective factors, even when they also were exposed to risk factors, according to lead author Todd Herrenkohl, UW assistant professor of social work.
The research, conducted by the UW's Social Development Research Group, assessed the impact of what social scientists describe as protective and risk factors. Protective factors, such as feeling attached to your community and family and high academic achievement, can foster pro-social and healthy behaviors, said Herrenkohl. Risk factors, such as living in a run-down and crime-ridden neighborhood or associating with antisocial peers, can encourage antisocial or unhealthy behaviors.
The study, which also was designed to assess whether there were any differences in these factors by race or between boys and girls, found only one significant racial variance and none by gender. Just 11 percent of black adolescents later engaged in violent behavior if their parents practiced such good family-management skills as actively providing supervision, setting clear rules and expectations for behavior and reinforcing good work habits. This compared to 49 percent for black adolescents whose parents did not have these kinds of skills. Among white adolescents, there was little difference. Among 15 year olds whose families had practiced good family management, 30 percent later engaged in violence, while the rate was 32 percent for those whose families had poor family-management skills.
"We need to know more about the relationship between family management practices for black families and environmental or neighborhood risks," said Herrenkohl. Clearly there was a dramatic difference in the rate of violence when good family management was present and this suggests it is important in working against future violent behavior."
Three factors put the teens at risk for later violence. Those who lived in what the authors called disorganized neighborhoods were 2.5 times more likely to engage in violence later on. These neighborhoods are characterized by crime, run-down housing, poverty, gangs and drug activity. Other significant risk factors were having the chance to associate with antisocial peers during adolescence and regular involvement with those kinds of peers.
The study used data from the much larger ongoing Seattle Social Development Project of more than 800 Seattle school children who are now adults, that is being directed by J. David Hawkins, UW social work professor and head of Social Development Research Group. In the new study, behavior was monitored at ages 10, 15 and 18. Teachers assessed all of the students in the larger Seattle study at age 10 for childhood aggression based on 10 behaviors including bullying, getting into fights, threatening people and having explosive or unpredictable behavior.
One hundred and fifty-four children were rated as being highly aggressive and were followed in the violence study. This group was predominantly male (64 percent), and 49 percent of the subjects were black while 34 percent were white. The remaining 17 percent were of another race or ethnicity, none large enough to draw any valid statistical conclusions.
At age 15 the adolescents filled out questionnaires that asked about their experiences at home, in school and in their peer groups, as well as about the characteristics of their neighborhoods, their level of attachment to their neighborhoods and their attendance at religious services. Age 15 is considered a benchmark time for looking at adolescent behavior, according to Herrenkohl, because it generally marks the transition to high school and there is an expectation that children should have more independence while still requiring family monitoring.
At age 18 the adolescents filled out self-reports that detailed any use of physical violence, ranging from picking a fight to hitting a parent or beating someone so badly that the victim required medical attention. Overall, 35 percent of the 154 adolescents had engaged in violent behavior by the time they reached age 18.
"While much research has shown that aggressive children are at high risk for later serious and chronic behavior, it is never too late to intervene and it is a mistake to assume that all early behavior problems will lead to later and more serious antisocial behavior," said Herrenkohl. "This research is the first step in documenting those things that can benefit children later on and protect them against violent behavior."
The findings were published in the journal Social Work Research, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse funded the study.
Co-authors were Karl Hill, director of the UW's Seattle Social Development Project; Ick-Joong Chung, an assistant professor of social welfare at Duksung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea; Jie Guo, a former research scientist at the UW's Social Development Research Group; Robert Abbott, chairman of educational psychology at the UW; and David Hawkins.
For more information, contact Herrenkohl at (206) 221-7873 or email@example.com.


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Late that season, in which Boston would lose to Philly in the Eastern Conference Finals, Judkins told Auerbach and Bill Fitch that he didn't care how much they paid him, but he wanted to play the rest of his career in Boston because of how much he enjoyed it. Unfortunately after that campaign, the NBA expansion draft took place (thanks Larry O'Brien) and the Dallas Mavericks were forming. Jeff and Pete Maravich weren't protected and since Dallas was trying to fill its roster with younger players, picked Jeff.
After the 1983 campaign, Jeff landed a job with Safelite Auto Glass (the same company that repaired my windshield when it was damaged) but by 1989, he accepted a job at his alma mater as an assistant to Rick Majerus. He helped recruit Keith Van Horn, Andre Miller and Michael Doleac to Utah. He stayed as an assistant coach there until 2000, when BYU offered Jeff the chance to become Director of Basketball Operations. He jumped at the opportunity.
he wound up accepting the head BYU women's coaching position, which is where he remains today. In true Otis Birdsong-esque bitterness, Jeff states he prefers the women's game to the modern NBA:
Women's basektball reminds me of how NBA teams played in the 80s, because women are slower than men and can't easily take their defender off the dribble, they rely on teamwork to find ways to get easy baskets. That's how the game of basketball should be played. I can't stand to watch much NBA basketball or even some men's college games because it's all one-on-one stuff. There's no passing, no cutting off picks, no setting screens. It's just not my kind of basketball. It's boring, plain and simple.
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BlackBerry has struck a deal to sell itself to a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for $4.7 billion. BlackBerry shareholders would receive $9 for each share they own.
Fairfax, based in Toronto, describes itself as "a financial services holding company whose corporate objective is to achieve a high rate of return on invested capital and build long term shareholder value." While Microsoft recently agreed to buy Nokia's phone business for $7.1 billion, BlackBerry apparently couldn't muster up similar interest from technology companies.
Fairfax mainly invests in insurance businesses. Rogers CEO Alan Horn is on the Fairfax board, but the company otherwise has few if any obvious ties to the mobile industry.
Last month, BlackBerry announced that it would explore a sale, and it made the deal with Fairfax public in an announcement today. The companies have signed a letter of intent. The final deal is "subject to a number of conditions, including due diligence, negotiation, and execution of a definitive agreement and customary regulatory approvals."
BlackBerry can still find a different buyer during a six-week due diligence period, although it would have to pay a termination fee if it ditches Fairfax for another suitor. According to BlackBerry Board Chairwoman Barbara Stymiest, "The Special Committee is seeking the best available outcome for the Company's constituents including for shareholders. Importantly, the go-shop process provides an opportunity to determine if there are alternatives superior to the present proposal from the Fairfax consortium."
Fairfax already owns 10 percent of BlackBerry's shares and is seeking financing from Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and BMO Capital Markets to complete the deal. "We believe this transaction will open an exciting new private chapter for BlackBerry, its customers, carriers, and employees," Fairfax Chairman and CEO Prem Watsa said in the acquisition announcement. "We can deliver immediate value to shareholders while we continue the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company with a focus on delivering superior and secure enterprise solutions to BlackBerry customers around the world."
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PHOENIX (Tuesday, July 19, 2011) -- "Thomas Paul West learned that Donald Bortle had a large amount of electronics for sale at his Tucson home. Around July 1987, West went with a friend to Bortle's home and his friend bought three items. Later West returned and in West's words to several different people "he had beat this old man up and tied his arms and legs behind his back and threw him in the closet and then he ripped his stuff off." State v. West 176 Ariz. 432, 437, 862 P.2d 192, 197(1993). Before West left town, he had a friend help him load a cache of electronic equipment hidden in the desert into a station wagon. They had to leave some in the desert because they would not fit. West was able to sell some of the items before leaving town.
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'The Arizona Supreme Court agreed that the murder was heinous and committed for pecuniary gain. The Court noted that West repeatedly beat a 53-year-old man on the head and left him bound hand and foot and bleeding in an empty house. Later, he deliberately refused to seek aid, although urged to do so.
'I am committed to seeking justice for the families and friends of the victims of these heinous crimes. The current delays in capital cases are unconscionable and unfair to the victim's family and to the citizens of Arizona."
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I swim with Aquasol Masters, part of Aquasol Swimming a USA-S team, 4-5 times a week in the evenings. Coached by Janine Joy and Head Coach Steve Skidmore respectively.
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Slough MP Fiona Mactaggart has donated £14,268 to Comic Relief after thousands of people retweeted her post on social networking site Twitter.
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Non-Partisan Association School Board trustee Eleanor Gregory has revealed that she is abandoning her own party's Mayor Sam Sullivan and supporting Vision mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson.
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Canadians Opposing Political Psychiatry allege that Gregory has a history of breach of public trust in concealing from parents the fact that there is an international boycott of Vancouver School Board diplomas.
The boycott was organized by COPP as a "last resort" after the VSB failed to seriously investigate documented evidence that fraud and human rights abuses had occurred under the NPA-dominated School Board in the lead up to the tightly contested Nov. 2002 election. According to COPP, tactics used by the NPA-dominated School Board included "political psychiatry" that could rival China and resulted in a woman being intimidated into dropping her plans to campaign against the NPA School Board in the election. The well documented tactics were used against the woman after she informed the VSB in writing that she would be campaigning in the election, then just weeks away, about their "duplicity" in the handling of bullying complaints. She had seen an NPA trustee on television assuring the public that bullying complaints were being taken seriously when, in fact, she and others who had independently lodged bullying complaints against a verbally and physically abusive teacher were being ignored, sent intimidating correspondence, and/or generally treated like they were the problem.


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Everyone wants to have a happy sex life as it is the part of our lives. However, there are some problems or situations that can get most men and women thinking.
Sex is an important part of our lives and everyone wants to have a happy sex life. However, there are some problems or situations that can get most men and women thinking. Here are the top sexual concerns for men and women. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Vaginal dryness can result in low libido and problems with arousal and desire thereby causing pain during the sex. The vaginal dryness can be due to the hormonal changes that usually occur during and after the menopause. Besides, psychological issues about sex can also cause vaginal dryness. The anticipation of having a painful intercourse also tends to bring decrease in sexual desire of women. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Lack of sexual desire in women can also occur due to the lower levels of the hormone estrogen. It has also been observed that fatigue, depression, anxiety and certain medications including some antidepressant can also lead to the low libido. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Another common sexual concern people have is of inability to enjoy the intercourse due to disorders such as delayed orgasms or trauma these disorders can also occur due to some antidepressant medications. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Pain during sex can be a huge problem for people especially women. Usually the pain occurs due to a known cause such as vaginal dryness or endometriosis but sometimes the cause for can be elusive. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
One of the biggest problems in women involves cases where a woman has never had an orgasm. It is called the primary orgasm problem. Lack of knowledge, strict religious upbringing and lack of interest can be the common reasons behind this concern. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Another common sex concern in women is the secondary orgasm problem where a woman used to have orgasms in the past but can't experience it anymore. Relationship problems, tiredness and sexual trauma can be the common causes of this concern. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Vaginismus is another common concern for women that is related to sex. When muscles in or around the vagina go into spasm it is called vaginismus. It makes sexual intercourse quite painful. Women are often concerned about such spasms ruining their intimate moments. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Although it is usually good news, however most women don't want to get pregnant before the time is right. Despite the use of proper protection during sex, the thought of getting pregnant may reduce the libido or interest of women in sex. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Another concern which is quite common in both men and women is their body image. Usually people are either not comfortable being naked or they are concerned about their body image. Obesity and scars are the common reasons behind such insecurity. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Men suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) are very much concerned about their performance. ED is a medical condition which causes restricted flow of blood to the penis making it difficult to retain a satisfactory erection. Image Courtesy :Getty Images
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07 October 2015 - STAMFORD, Conn. and LUCCA, Italy.
Tagetik Announces 2015 Partner Award Winners
Accenture, KPMG, Microsoft and PwC among winners recognized at 2015 Tagetik in Touch conference
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management solutions, today announced eight winners of the company's 2015 Partner Awards. The annual awards celebrates those channel partners that have made significant contributions toward extending the company's go-to-market efforts and have demonstrated outstanding support in helping customers maximize their Tagetik investments and integrate them with other technology platforms.
The award winners were recognized at the 2015 Tagetik in Touch conference that took place September 16-18, 2015 in Lucca, Italy.
"This year's award winners reflect our conference theme, Be A Champion, by going above and beyond to achieve success for our mutual customers," said Bani Brandolini, president international for Tagetik. "As the corporate performance management market continues to evolve, we depend on our partnerships to help us stay on the cutting edge. These partners all bring great value to our cloud-based solution."
Following are the 2015 award winners:
- Global Partner of the Year: PwC
- ISV Partner of the Year: Microsoft
- Emerging Reseller of the Year: Finesse
- Innovation Partner of the Year: Accenture
- Fastest Growing Consulting Partner of the Year: KPMG
- Regional Partner of the Year: Business & Decision
- Vertical Industry Partner of the Year: Sofia
- Partner with the Most Certified Consultants: PwC
Tagetik's partner network includes more than 80 technology, consulting, and reseller companies around the world. Tagetik partners are selected based on their knowledge of the corporate performance market, their ability to provide localized or global support, specialized product knowledge, technology innovation and/or in-depth finance expertise.
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Brain natriutetic peptide (BNP) test is a blood test that measures levels of a protein made by your heart and blood vessels. This protein is called BNP. BNP levels are higher than normal when you have heart failure.
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
This test is usually done in the emergency room or hospital. Results take up to 15 minutes. In some hospitals, a finger prick test with rapid results is available.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, though most people feel only a prick or a stinging sensation. Afterward there may be some throbbing or bruising.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of heart failure. Symptoms include shortness of breath and swelling of your legs or abdomen. The test helps your doctor make sure the problems are due to your heart and not your lungs, kidneys, or liver.
It is unclear if repeated BNP tests are helpful in guiding treatment in those already diagnosed with heart failure.
In general, results less than 100pg/mL are a sign the patient does not have heart failure.
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
BNP levels go up when the heart cannot pump the way it should.
A result greater than 100 pg/mL is abnormal. The higher the number, the more likely heart failure is present and the more severe it is.
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
A related test, called the N-terminal pro-BNP test, is done in the same way. It provides similar information to your health care provider.
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Our friend Chris from AdventureCORPS, besides putting on the Badwater Ultramarathon and the Furnace Creek 508 (which I've written about so often I made a 508 tab), puts on more accessible, less well-known events like the Death Valley CORPScamp and Hell's Gate 100.
A new ride for 2010 is the Mt. Laguna Bicycle Classic (100 miles and 10,000ft elevation gain) in East San Diego County and back in November he invited a few of us out to pre-ride the course. There are meticulous details on the route, elevation and area on the site. My concern was that I was going to feel like I wasn't getting anywhere by riding up to the same ridge three times. But I had never been to this part of California and was amazed and stoked on how beautiful and varying the terrain is and never felt that way.
'Not like a real road, more like a fire road that has been paved.'
but on two of three climbs it looks like this.
Can you see Jack waving?
Chris' photos from the day cover a much wider range of the area. Jack, Brian and I were trying to think of accurate descriptors for the area. Alpine desert? When you finally get to the ridge, the far side is open and vast and slightly desert-y, but you are in pine trees. California never quits. The descent was super fast and smooth. Riding with those two guys the descents are always a race of who can go fastest and use their brakes the least..
The ride had roving support by Adobo Velo, a Filipino cycling club. They had been teasing us all day about not eating meat, then surprised us with some vegan adobo. I don't think vegan balut exists yet, but maybe it won't be too long since vegan veal is already a product. They were super fun. I want to try and jump on one of their club rides these days.
Some friends from the San Diego chapter of Organic Athlete were having a vegan potluck in Ocean Beach, so we made the drive over from Pine Valley (sort of) on our way back to Los Angeles. First we hit the co-op so as to not show up empty handed, then made our way to a vegan bakery for some sweet cinnamon rolls.
How fortunate are we to have been able to ride this and hang out with such great people? So fortunate that I've almost forgot about the 32 degree weather at the start and the flat I got in the first three miles. April will be warm and it'll be great to push a little with 300 other riders out there.


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Poor health need not be an inevitable consequence of aging. But what measures can people take to maintain optimum physical and mental health as they age?
The Aging Institute is exploring innovative ways to not only minimize the incidence of chronic disease and disability among older adults, but to maximize good health at every stage of aging.
It does so by bringing the expertise and insights of many professionals to bear on the subject — from geriatricians and social scientists to biomedical researchers and neurologists, and from physical therapists and pharmacists to epidemiologists and nurse practitioners.
The Aging Institute's Work Group initiatives, seed grant research projects, and wide-based community partnerships focus on identifying best practices for healthy aging, and supporting older adults and their caregivers in that quest.
These efforts include research on fall prevention, exercise, bone health, and brain health, as well as the support of preventive health measures such as flu shots and osteoporosis screenings.


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Whew, I'm still catching my breath from two very full days with Tonya and Janie!
Tonya forged through a 25 meetings with different departments, offices and committees without batting an eye. Most of her time was spent with individual departments and offices, giving them expert advice on their information architecture and content. Thanks to these departments and offices for making time to meet with her to discuss their new sites:
Sustainability, Music, Business Office, Career Center, Sociology, Comp. Lit., Classics, Anthropology, Public Interest Fellowship, Writing Center/FYE, Center for Service and Learning, Economics, Res. Life, IT, Student Life, Registrar, Human Resources, Deans' Office, Education, International and Off-campus Study, Facilities, Neuroscience, Advancement, English, Legal Counsel
Those of you who met with her should have a good head start on your new sites. As mentioned during your appointments, here's what all departments and offices should be doing next:
- Finalize your information architecture (IA). Send your finished IA to me — I'll create a skeleton of your site when the new CMS is up and running.
- Think about what feature areas (calendar, news, blog, etc.) you'd like on your homepage. If you're an academic department, you can also choose which homepage design you'd like to use (see Okay, departments: here are three options!).
- Work on the static text for your site. Tonya recommends one Word document per web page.
Meanwhile, Janie held an open session for faculty to weigh in on academic department homepages (which are nearing completion), gave two sections of her course on making stuff look good on the Web, met with the library to discuss their presence on the new site, and brainstormed with communications and the faculty members of the redesign working group.
Janie's presentation is available here: brightness: a quick primer for making stuff look good on the web
Hats off to Tonya and Janie!


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Atlanta Public Library's writing group continues in January
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[January 14, 2013]
Following its popular memoir workshop with Terri Ryburn in
November, the Atlanta Public Library continues its adult creative
writing program in January with "Yes, You Can Write!" With the goal
of keeping its writers group together and adding new people, the
library will offer five Thursday evening sessions at the library on
a variety of topics that will appeal to fiction and nonfiction
interests alike.
"Yes, You Can Write!" is recommended for age 18
and older. Sessions take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the library.
Scheduled topics are "Finding Your Inspiration," Jan. 17; "Setting
the Landscape," Feb. 21; "All About Character," March 21; "The
Tricks of Dialogue," April 25; and "The Basics of Plot," May 9.
While people may come to as many sessions as they like, the
library recommends signing up for all five sessions in order to help
create a nurturing and safe environment in which people feel free to
experiment and share their work.
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There is a small fee for the workshop. For more information, contact
the library at 217-648-2112 or visit the website,
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The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from the interns' point of view
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FRISCO, Texas -- Last year, David Ferreira was a true revelation for FC Dallas. The Colombian central attacking midfielder was a key part in the team's offensive surge in the second half of the year that saw FCD lead the league in goals (44) and come within a point of making the playoffs.
It wasn't a big surprise when Ferreira was nominated for league newcomer of the year last fall and, so far this year, he has picked up right where he left off.
"El Torito"—or Little Bull—has played in all 12 games this year and has two goals and four assists. His latest tally came in the 61st minute against Chivas USA on Saturday, when he buried a penalty kick that broke a 1-1 tie and allowed FCD to leave the Home Depot Center with their first win over the Red-and-White since 2008.
WATCH: Ferreira's buries the PK
"It was a very tense and hard game. Thank God that we were able to win it," Ferreira said on Monday through a translator. "It was a very important game for us so that we can keep building momentum."
When asked about his goal from the spot, he discussed his mental approach to such an opportunity.
"At that moment, you have to be really calm and take your time. I did that," Ferreira said. "I wasn't thinking about anything. I was just trying to stay calm. Thank God I was able to score that PK and come away with the winner."
He also helped set up FCD's first goal, which came about a minute before halftime. He delivered a great corner that glanced off Chivas USA defender Ante Jazic and into the back of the net, giving them a 1-0 lead.
Besides delivering the game-winner, Ferreira was also glad to see close friend and teammate Marvin Chavez get his first start of 2010 at right midfield.
"Myself and everybody on the team were happy to see Marvin back on the field," said Ferreira. "His strength in the game was his speed. He went aggressively one-on-one against other players and also in defending."
Not surprisingly, head coach Schellas Hyndman offered a glowing review of what Ferreira has meant to his club in his first year-and-a-half in MLS.
"If you don't want to lose a player right now, you don't want to lose David. That tells you the value of him," the FCD coach said. "Last year, when Jeff (Cunningham) was scoring all those goals, it might have been Jeff. Right now, I think it's David's team and I think he's really showing his value."
Hyndman added that not only is Ferreira scoring goals and dishing assists, he's also contributing in other areas.
"He's always been a good player but I think he's embraced that leadership role like the team is depending on him. I thought he had a very good game," he said. "You don't realize the amount of fouls he takes, the amount of runs he makes and how often he gets the ball that will create an opportunity. We're really pleased with him."
When asked how he feels about having such heady praise thrown his way by Hyndman, Ferreira offered a pretty businesslike response.
"I'm very flattered that the coach thinks of me that way," said Ferreira. "Now, there is more responsibility on my part because I have to prove to the coach that I am one of those players.
"I'm really happy playing here. Hopefully I can stay here longer. Now, I am focused on helping us keep winning so we can make the playoffs and win the [MLS] Cup, which is the main objective this year."
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- 3 cups blackberries
- 1/4 cup mint leaves (optional)
- 1/4 cup honey
- Finely grated rind of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Parchment paper
- Preheat oven to 170F.
- Place blackberries, mint leaves, honey, lime rind and lime juice in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth, about 30 seconds. (If you are not a fan of seeds, strain the purée as best as you can.)
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pour purée onto paper and spread thickly and evenly with a spatula. Bake 6 hours, or until no longer wet.
- With scissors, cut paper in half. Roll halves into a cigar shape. Cut rolls into 2-inch segments and serve. Store in an airtight container. Makes 12 (2 x 6-inch) strips.
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Full-time NYU employees and retirees and their families have access to an exciting benefit from Health Advocate, Inc., the nation's leading health care advocacy and assistance program. Health Advocate is an independent company comprised of nurses, doctors, claims specialists, social workers, and other professionals who can help you navigate the intricacies of the health care system. This service is provided at no cost to you and is available to you, your spouse, dependents, parents, and parents-in-law regardless of whether you are currently covered by a University benefit plan.
Ways you might lean on Health Advocate:
When you call Health Advocate to assist with a health care issue, you will be assigned a Personal Health Advocate (PHA) who will remain with you through the resolution of the problem. Simply call Health Advocate at 866-695-8622 or visit their website at www.healthadvocate.com. There are no enrollment forms. Health Advocate will ask you to complete a medical information release form. Please be assured that all of your information will be kept strictly confidential by Health Advocate, and your privacy protected.
Note: Health Advocate does not replace the customer service lines of our health plans or the services provided by the Carebridge Employee Assistance Program or by NYU PeopleLink representatives. By offering Health Advocate in tandem with these other vital resources, NYU is taking another step to ensure that our employees have access to the best possible health care. We believe that you and your family will benefit greatly from this valuable service!


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Tewksbury's Samantha Selig, who is passionate about Middle Eastern dance, especially belly dance, believes in the dance as an art form and a way to give back to the community.
Tewksbury's Samantha Selig, who is passionate about Middle Eastern dance, especially belly dance, believes in the dance as an art form and a way to give back to the community.
With friend Rachel Gabriel of Lunenburg, she is teaming up to produce their third annual Shimmies for a Cure, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Pan Mass Challenge — a bike trek fundraiser for the Dana Farber Institute and the Jimmy Fund for cancer treatment and research.
"Rachel signed up to ride the Pan Mass Challenge and needed a way to make money," Selig said.
Because both love belly dancing — Gabriel is part of a troupe, Moirae, that specializes in a fusion style known as tribal — the pair "decided a belly dance fundraiser would be perfect," Selig said.
The third annual Shimmies for A Cure will feature specialized workshops — now sold out — for students of various forms of Middle Eastern dance, as well as an evening showcase, or hafla — the Arabic word for "party" — for the general community featuring Middle Eastern dance performers from throughout the area.
Selig also is co-founder with her mother, Louisa, of Sassy Sparkles — an eye makeup vendor specializing in Eye Kandy, a brand of glamorous eye makeup. Sassy Sparkles specializes in catering to the Middle Eastern dance community.
Selig is hoping this year's showcase will exceed last year's attendance of 200.
Shimmies for A Cure raised $2,600 in its first year and nearly $4,700 in its second. So far, ticket sales for this year's event have raised $2,500.
"And the event hasn't even begun," Selig said. She added that is gratified by the support, especially from other dancers. "It's really great to be part of such a wonderful community and we're fortunate that even in tough economic times people are still donating to charities like this."If you go
The third annual Shimmies for A Cure will be held at the Somerville City Club, 20 Innerbelt Road, Somerville, Saturday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. Tickets at $25 in advance, $35 at the door. For more information, or to order tickets, visit http://shimmies4cure.tripod.com/.
Margaret Smith is Arts and Calendar editor at GateHouse Media New England's Northwest Unit. E-mail her at email@example.com.