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VASCULAR AND HEMATOPOIETIC DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE Release Date: March 6, 1998 PA NUMBER: PA-98-035 P.T. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PURPOSE This initiative is focused on the definition of critical processes that direct differentiation and organization of the vascular system with specific emphasis on factors that specify the diverse phenotypes of endothelial, blood, and vascular smooth muscle cells. It encourages innovative approaches to identify and characterize precursor cells, studies to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms which determine and maintain the diverse phenotypes, and strategies to define how these developmental mechanisms might be involved in pathological conditions of the mature animal. The ultimate goal is to provide the foundation for new therapies to treat cardiovascular, lung and blood diseases based on morphogenetic principles. HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2000", a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This PA, Vascular and Hematopoietic Development and Disease, is related to the priority areas of maternal and infant health, heart disease and stroke and, diabetes and chronic disabling conditions. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2000" (Full Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0 or Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (telephone 202-512-1800). ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign for-profit and non-profit organizations, public and private, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state or local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. Awards in response to this PA will be made to foreign institutions only for research of very unusual merit, need, and promise, and in accordance with PHS policy governing such awards. Racial/ethnic minority individuals, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. MECHANISM OF SUPPORT The mechanisms of support will be the National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grants (R01). Responsibility for the planning, direction, and execution of the proposed project will be solely that of the applicant. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Background Vascular anomalies, disease, or remodeling occur in many congenital and acquired diseases such as cardiovascular malformations, diabetes, hypertension, pulmonary diseases of arteries and veins, peripheral vascular disease and myocardial ischemia and infarction. Defects in vascular development have been identified as a major cause of in utero fetal demise. Yet, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding the embryonic cells that are progenitors of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells and the factors that determine their commitment to a blood vessel phenotype. Little is known of mechanisms which establish phenotypic variability in vascular beds and how these mechanisms might function in maintenance of a healthy vascular system. In children with complex congenital heart diseases that result in abnormal pulmonary flow, such as tetralogy of Fallot, there is abnormal development of the pulmonary vasculature. Medical and surgical management could be enhanced if pulmonary vascular remodeling could be induced. Cardiac transplantation is often followed by accelerated atherosclerosis, which may be due to up regulation of factors that stimulate endothelial cell activation. The hallmark of the restenosis following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary atherectomy is the abnormal growth and migration of putative vascular smooth muscle cells. These examples illustrate the potential benefits of elucidating the mechanisms of endothelial and smooth muscle cell regulation as a first step toward clinical application. This has already been accomplished for rare vascular diseases such as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler- Weber syndrome), ataxia-telangiectasia, and venous malformation where gene mutations have been identified through fundamental research and directly correlated to genetic vascular disorders in humans. One of the central problems in hematology relates to the origin and development of pluripotential hematopoietic stem cells. How these cells arise and what factors are required for their proliferation in an undifferentiated state are poorly understood. Understanding the mechanisms that govern the development of hematopoietic stem cells will significantly contribute to our ability to use stem cells of any source (fetal, neonatal, or adult) therapeutically in a variety of clinical transplant settings. The findings will provide new approaches to manipulate these populations resulting in more effective hematopoietic stem cell transplantation therapies to treat thousands of adults and children with life- threatening hematologic diseases. In addition, the prospects for gene therapy will be immeasurably enhanced. In the lung, developmental studies have largely focused on commitment and differentiation of the pulmonary epithelium during organogenesis. However, an understanding of the relationship between vasculogenesis and the generation of normal organ structure may provide further insight into developmental aberrancies such as lung hypoplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Clarification of the factors determining vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in the lung may result in new approaches to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, acute lung injury and chronic lung disease. It has become clear that both endothelial and hematopoietic cells are derived from a restricted precursor or stem cell population and some evidence exists to suggest that endothelial and blood cells are derived from a common precursor cell or hemangioblast. However, the mechanisms by which the endothelial and blood cell populations subsequently develop further diversity remain, for the most part, to be discovered. Knowledge to date suggests that at least some of these mechanisms are important for the maintenance of healthy blood and vascular systems and for repair of damage in the mature organism. Thus, defining the mechanisms that regulate differentiation of this population of stem cells could lead to new therapeutic modalities for the treatment of congenital and acquired blood and blood vessel diseases including those related to the pulmonary and cardiac circulations, as well as the peripheral and lymphatic circulations. Endothelial cells derived from stem cells in the yolk sac blood islands and embryo proliferate, migrate, differentiate and organize into a vascular plexus (vasculogenesis) that forms the foundation for the early vascular system. This system then grows by budding (angiogenesis) and by recruiting vascular smooth muscle cells and other components of the mature vessel wall. Relatively little information is available about the mechanisms that regulate early vascular remodeling and the development of endothelial cell diversity in various vascular beds so that they display a morphologic organization that is characteristic of the context of the surrounding tissue. In this regard, selectivity of gene expression is an important area requiring study. Identification and characterization of unique endothelial transcription factors are essential for the development of therapeutic strategies for directing endothelial specific gene expression. Furthermore, very little is known about the mechanisms by which pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells are recruited from mesenchymal and neural crest cells. It is thought that smooth muscle cell differentiation and proximal organization around developing vessels are essential components in determining vessel viability, lumen size and wall strength. Yet, little is known about these critical processes. New insights regarding the intimate relationship between hematopoietic and vascular development are emerging. The cells' spatial association and sharing of certain antigenic determinants, including Flk-1, Tie-2 and CD34 strengthen this putative association. Recently, cells that were isolated from peripheral blood were shown to express CD34 or Flk-1 and to differentiate into endothelial cells in vitro, again suggestive of a common precursor. Further elucidation of the shared antigenic determinants role in these processes will enhance our understanding of both hematopoietic and vascular developmental processes. A number of vascular specific growth factors and their receptors have been shown to play unique roles at critical stages in endothelial development, vessel formation and hematopoiesis. However, the signal transduction cascades and transcriptional regulation that mediate the effects of these growth factor- receptor interactions have not been identified. Another goal of this program is the identification of inducers of hematopoiesis and/or the hematopoietic stem cell in the early embryo and fetus. The growth factors that induce blood formation are poorly understood. The molecules that initiate commitment of the putative hemangioblast to a hematopoietic fate have not been identified. Characterization of factors involved in mediating the differentiation of hematopoietic cells from an early stem cell would provide a major advance in our understanding of a critical step in hematopoiesis. Extensive work is ongoing in the area of signaling pathways of hematopoietic growth factor receptors but few data exist on how signals from these receptors influence the function of lineage-restricted transcription factors. Thus, studies seeking to characterize the molecular interactions between these components are important for relating the programs activated by growth factors to hematopoietic development and will help unravel the interplay between these important processes. Emphasis will be also placed on pulmonary vascular development, which continues postnatally, and is thought initially to involve both vasculogenic differentiation of endothelial cells from gut mesoderm and angiogenic extension of the six pharyngeal arches to form portions of the pulmonary arteries. Extensive endothelial diversity develops (from large muscular arteries to capillary endothelia) from a restricted stem cell population. Although considerable research has been devoted to the mechanisms regulating cell-specific expression in the pulmonary epithelium, similar knowledge is lacking for the pulmonary endothelium. Recent attempts at viral mediated gene therapy have shown that, unlike the endothelial cells of the systemic circulation, pulmonary endothelia are particularly susceptible to inflammation. This highlights the unique nature of the pulmonary vascular bed and suggests alternative approaches might be required for effective gene transfer. In addition, pulmonary development may be influenced by small alterations in blood flow since congenital heart diseases that affect pulmonary vascular flow often result in abnormal development of the pulmonary vascular bed. While shear stress has been shown to affect endothelial gene expression in some vessels, its role in pulmonary vascular development has not been evaluated. Clearly a better understanding of the interplay between intrinsic or cell autonomous gene expression and flow-mediated alterations may help direct therapies to enhance pulmonary growth. In addition, knowledge of factors that determine the differentiation of endothelial beds with low resistance characteristics of the pulmonary artery could result in new approaches to treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the newborn and in the adult. Critical Areas of Research Opportunity The goal of this program is to foster research that will provide new insights into the earliest steps in blood and vessel formation and allow investigation of the fundamental processes of commitment and diversification during development. One of the major goals of this program is to develop novel approaches to the lineage relationships and genetic pathways determining endothelial and hematopoietic progenitors. In addition it is designed to encourage studies that focus on the mechanisms by which these developmental processes are recapitulated during pathological processes in the mature animal. This knowledge can then be exploited to design new therapeutic strategies. Specifically, this program will focus on the role of discovery of genes responsible for the initiation of stem cell differentiation and subsequent diversification of endothelial, blood, and vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypes, including growth factors, signal transduction molecules and cascades, and cell type-specific transcriptional regulation. The following examples are given for illustrative purposes only. Investigators are encouraged to develop their own innovative ideas to address the goals of the PA. o Development of novel approaches to the identification, isolation, and characterization of the hemangioblast and pulmonary and cardiovascular endothelial precursor cells o Identification and characterization of novel inducers that regulate stem cell self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation in the early embryo and fetus o Delineation of genes or transcription factors which determine the commitment of progenitor cells to endothelial or hematopoietic cell lineage o Identification and characterization of factors determining endothelial diversity and organ specific vascularization patterns o Elucidation of the origins, lineage and genetic determinants of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell development in the lung and cardiovascular system o Define the unique parameters that determine and direct pulmonary vascular development o Identification of mutations which perturb normal vessel assembly and remodeling in model species INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS It is the policy of the NIH that women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations must be included in all NIH supported biomedical and behavioral research projects involving human subjects, unless a clear and compelling rationale and justification is provided that inclusion is inappropriate with respect to the health of the subjects or the purpose of research. This policy results from the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (Section 492B of Public Law 103-43). All investigators proposing research involving human subjects should read the "NIH Guidelines for Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research", which have been published in the Federal Register of March 28, 1994 (FR 59 14508-14513), and in the NIH GUIDE FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS of March 18, 1994, Volume 23, Number 11. Investigators may obtain copies from these sources or from the program staff or contact person listed below. Program staff may also provide additional relevant information concerning the policy. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Investigators who are considering preparing an application in response to this program announcement are invited, but not required, to discuss their project with NHLBI and NIDDK staff listed under INQUIRIES in advance of formal submission. Specific information on research training and career development mechanisms and eligibility may also be accessed at the following address on the NIH Home Page on the world wide web: http://www.nih.gov/grants/training/careerdev/RTCDINTRO.HTM Applications for R01 grants are to be submitted on the research grant application form PHS 398 (rev. 5/95) and will be accepted at the standard application deadlines as indicated in the application kit. Applications kits are available at most institutional offices of sponsored research and may be obtained from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7910, Bethesda, MD 20892-7910, telephone 301/710-0267, email: email@example.com. To identify the application as a response to the PA, check "YES" on Item 2 of page 1 of the application and enter the title and PA number: VASCULAR AND HEMATOPOIETIC DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE, PA-98-035. Send or deliver the completed application and five signed, exact photocopies of it to: CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEW (formerly Division of Research Grants) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 6701 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, ROOM 1040 - MSC 7710 BETHESDA, MD 20892-7710 BETHESDA, MD 20817 (for express/courier service) REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS Applications will be assigned on the basis of established Public Health Service referral guidelines. Applications will be reviewed for scientific and technical merit in accordance with the standard NIH peer review procedures. Applications that are complete will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by an appropriate peer review group convened in accordance with the standard NIH peer review procedures. As part of the initial merit review, all applications will receive a written critique and undergo a process in which only those applications deemed to have the highest scientific merit, generally the top half of applications under review, will be discussed, assigned a priority score, and receive a second level review by the appropriate national advisory council or board. Review Criteria 1. Significance. Does this study address an important problem? If the aims of the application are achieved, how will scientific knowledge be advanced? What will be the effect of these studies on the concepts or methods that drive this field? 2. Approach. Are the conceptual framework, design, methods, and analyses adequately developed, well-integrated, and appropriate to the aims of the project? Does the applicant acknowledge potential problem areas and consider alternative tactics? 3. Innovation. Does this project employ novel concepts, approaches or methods? Are the aims original and innovative? Does the project challenge existing paradigms or develop new methodologies or technologies? 4. Investigator. Is the investigator appropriately trained and well suited to carry out this work? Is the work proposed appropriate to the experience level of the principal investigator and other researchers (if any)? 5. Environment. Does the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Do the proposed experiments take advantage of unique features of the scientific environment or employ useful collaborative arrangements? Is there evidence for institutional support? AWARD CRITERIA Applications will compete for available funds with all other approved applications. The following will be considered in making funding decisions: quality of the proposed project as determined by peer review; availability of funds; and program priority. INQUIRIES Inquiries concerning this PA are encouraged. 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University of Vermont Announces New Master of Public Health Program
Vermont's first graduate public health program is online and admitting for Fall 2014
- 04-02-2014
- By Carole Whitaker and Erica Houskeeper
The University of Vermont has announced a new Master of Public Health program, a collaborative graduate program between the College of Medicine, the Graduate College at UVM, and Continuing and Distance Education. The new 42-credit online master's degree program, the first graduate public health program in Vermont, was approved by the UVM Board of Trustees in February and is now open for fall 2014 admission.
"UVM's leadership in interdisciplinary and health care education, along with our close affiliation with Fletcher Allen Health Care, make the university a strong choice for public health students," said Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, associate dean for public health at the College of Medicine and program director for public health graduate programs. "Our faculty have depth of knowledge and experience in public health, and this new graduate program offered online will appeal to a diverse cohort of public health students from around the globe – including medical and nursing students, researchers and health care professionals."
Graduate students accepted into the program, which will start this fall, will have the opportunity to explore current public health and health policy issues while gaining a strong foundation in population health sciences. The study of public health – including the implementation of prevention measures, the promotion of healthy behaviors, and research into global and community health – spans a variety of academic disciplines and professions, from epidemiology and biostatistics to environmental public health and health policy.
"UVM is committed to providing innovative, high-quality programming to engage students both here in Vermont and from national and international markets," said Cynthia Belliveau, EdD, MPA, dean of Continuing and Distance Education. "The Master of Public Health is a perfect fit with our expertise and the increasing need for public health professionals around the world. Offering this degree in an online format will appeal to prospective students who are seeking an academically rigorous program that is also flexible."
Students in the Master of Public Health program can complete the degree requirements within two years as a full-time student, and five years as a part-time student. The program is designed for medical and graduate students, health professionals in all disciplines, public health professionals, researchers, and others who wish to increase their knowledge in public health. In addition to enhancing careers in public health practice and health professions, the program also prepares graduates for advanced study at the doctoral level.
The new Master of Public Health is the first public health graduate program in the state of Vermont. UVM currently offers an online Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health. Students from the certificate program may transfer their credits upon acceptance into the master's program.
The UVM Master of Public Health program is now open for fall 2014 admission. Courses are available this summer and may be transferred into the MPH program in the fall. For more information, visit www.uvm.edu/medicine/publichealthmph.

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Celtic winger Kris Commons has criticised the performance of team-mate Efe Ambrose following the Hoops' 3-0 first-leg defeat to Juventus in the last 16 of the Champions League.
|Celtic are 100/1 to take the second leg of their Champions League tie with Juventus to extra-time with Coral
Ambrose only arrived back in Scotland on Tuesday morning, following Nigeria's successful Africa Cup of Nations campaign, and was included in the starting line-up after insisting he was fit enough to play.
The Nigeria international misjudged the flight of the ball to allow Juventus to open the scoring after less than three minutes, before missing Celtic's best chance of the game with a free header as well as losing possession to Mirko Vucinic who tucked home the third goal and effectively ended Celtic's chances of progression.
"Look, the manager picked [Ambrose]. The manager pulled him to one side and asked him if he was feeling okay. He said he was feeling brilliant," Commons said after the game.
"You know, if he wasn't feeling okay, then he should have said so. If he felt good, then he should have put in a better performance."
Commons did not just focus his frustration at the centre-back though, he rued mistakes made by the entire team to allow Juventus to take a comfortable three-goal lead to the second leg in Turin.
The Scottish international added: "It was just very sloppy, individual mistakes. Something you would probably get away with on a playground, not in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"There are certain individuals who let the team down tonight. At this level, you clearly can't afford to make mistakes. If you do, you end up coming away with a 3-0 defeat."
Celtic captain Scott Brown, meanwhile, focused his attention on Juventus' physical tactics, with a number of incidents going unpunished by referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco.
He added: "Their defenders manhandled every single one of us. Anywhere else on the pitch, it's a foul.
"They knew we were strong at set-pieces and strong at running, the only way they could stop us was to manhandle us."


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While the referendum developed long ago as a "progressive" reform, it is too often used by those who oppose progressive legal change to challenge positive measures adopted by the legislature. This November 6, Washington voters face just such a referendum in Referendum 74, which challenges a law that promotes inclusion and civil rights. Even though the measure was placed on the ballot by those opposed to the progressive law, voters must vote to "APPROVE" the measure in order to preserve the progressive law. Because this measure is important to civil rights in Washington, MALDEF recommends a vote to "APPROVE" Referendum 74, as explained below. I hope that this position endorsement and brief explanation help you to decide how to vote on this measure. But, however you decide, what is most important is that every eligible voter take the time to decide, and VOTE. Thank you.
Sincerely Yours,
Thomas A. Saenz
President and General Counsel
Washington Referendum Measure 74: APPROVE
This ballot measure would grant the right to civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples in Washington.
The referred law implements marriage equality, while expressly reserving the rights of clergy and religious institutions to follow their own rules on religious marriage. This law promotes respect for inclusion in Washington, and helps to eliminate one basis for irrational and harmful discrimination.
Founded in 1968, MALDEF is the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the "law firm of the Latino community," MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access. For more information on MALDEF, please visit: www.maldef.org.


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As the benefits near, volunteers from all over have been doing their part to make sure the Rockin' Robin and Rockin' for Robin fund-raisers are the best possible. As well-known local Robin Curley fights colon cancer, she's staying positive and continues beaming that beautiful smile of hers. Not one, but TWO very special benefits will be held in the coming weeks to help with Robin's costs one on Fort Myers Beach, one in Cape Coral. Both are almost completely booked with the music line-up, both are still seeking raffle prizes, and sponsorships are still available for the commemorative T-shirts and banners that will be available at either of the benefits.
"I have been really pumped about how things are already going for the benefits for Robin Curley!" said Dana Caldwell, Cape Coral benefit coordinator. "We have a nice list of raffle and auction items and we're doing quite well on T-shirts and banner sponsorships. But we need more, more, more to make this a fantastic success. If you can help in any way, please call 239-253-7401, or email email@example.com."
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The Rockin' for Robin benefit in Cape Coral is taking place Sunday, Aug. 31, from 1 to 7 p.m., at BackStreets Sports Bar, 915 SE 47th Terrace. Look forward to plenty of great live music from Renee Massie Hose, DVS and ReVamped Rock, along with a wealth of raffle prizes, silent auctions and more.
"Thus far, just through Facebooking and while not yet soliciting, we've had a hot air balloon ride for two, DJ time, a massage, a basket from Arkansas containing wonderful homemade soaps, etc., and jewelry donated," Dana said. "Southwest Florida ROCKS! Keep in mind, we're looking for anything and everything to auction or raffle for Robin Curley. Cheers!"
Rockin' for Robin on Fort Myers Beach
Be sure to come by the Lighthouse Tiki Bar Saturday, Sept. 13, from noon to 6 p.m., to lend your support to lovely local Robin Curley.
Enjoy loads of fun, including music, food, raffles, silent auctions, and lots more. As these events are still early on, details are still pending for music. If you're a local band/musician or DJ who would like to donate an hour or so of your time to perform during the benefit, or if you'd like to contribute a gift for the raffles, please call Fort Myers Beach coordinator Mike "Popeye" Dearden, 239-244-4437. For updates at either benefit for Miss Robin, check out the special event page on Facebook, Rockin' Robin Curley.
Contributing to the cause
Contributions to Rockin' for Robin can be made by making checks payable either directly to Robin Curley, or in the case of contributions desiring a tax exemption letter for their donation, make checks payable to the Florida Helps Foundation. EVERY dollar contributed in this fashion will be remitted to Robin, but in order to receive your tax credit, checks must be recorded in the non-profit's books. This validates your contribution with the IRS. In either case, mail your contribution to: Popeyepalooza, P.O. Box 6103, Fort Myers Beach, Fla. 33932. Contributions made out directly to Robin will be channeled to her immediately, while those going through the Florida Helps Foundation will experience a one week delay only.


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March 9–July 1, 2007
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the completion of the AMAM's Ellen Johnson Gallery and the Art Building addition by architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, this exhibition includes architectural drawings and related documents from the AMAM's permanent collection as well as a selection on loan from the Venturi Scott Brown archives. These are shown alongside Cass Gilbert drawings for the original 1917 AMAM building and several whimsical drawings showing Claes Oldenburg's ideas for a proposed addition.
Organized by Joshua Castano (OC '07).
Saturday, March 10, 10:00–12:30 pm
Sculpture Court
30th Anniversary Celebration of the Venturi Wing
Architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown join former AMAM director and art department chair Richard Spear in recollections of the 1977 addition to the AMAM building and the Art Building. Frederick Fisher (OC 1971) of Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects in Los Angeles will briefly talk about the impact the building had on the development of his career.This conference has been organized with support from the Clarence Ward Lectureship in Architecture


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STOCKTON - Deena Marshall's cooking class she attends every Monday is about more than just preparing food.
STOCKTON - Deena Marshall's cooking class she attends every Monday is about more than just preparing food.
And meditation class on Thursdays is about more than just learning how to focus. And even the Wednesday sobriety meeting is about more than just staying sober.
They're also about freedom and are part of a pilot program that Marshall said has made it possible for her to stay out of the inpatient psychiatric facility. The 46-year-old said the 16 months she has spent in the program has marked the longest she has been outside of a psychiatric hospital since she was first diagnosed with schizophrenia and manic depression when she was 19.
"I'm functioning on the outside, and I don't need 24-7 help," she said. "It's important to be involved and have a support system."
The program that has helped Marshall is just one of the changes under way in San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services that are part of an ongoing shift that officials say focuses on treating the mentally ill before they get to the point where they require an involuntary stay in the psychiatric hospital.
In recent years, the county has reduced the number of beds at its Psychiatric Health Facility, using the freed up money as well as dollars from a 2004 statewide voters initiative to work in concert with other changes in the local mental health system. Both a goal and a consequence of the changes have been to reduce the time the mentally ill spend locked up against their will in expensive hospitalization.
"It's going from a fail first to a help-first model," said Behavioral Health Services Assistant Director Jean Anderson. "If we're able to meet people's needs on an outpatient level by providing a continuum of care and a variety of types of services that keep them out of here, they're better able to pull themselves together and develop coping skills."
And it's a better use of taxpayer funds, too, she said, using an example from traditional health care. "If you look at health care, it's much better for me to go to my primary care physician and get something treated at a low level before ending up in the hospital."
Part of the shift has been in a long-term move to empower patients, officials said. So when officials looked at a group of roughly 40 individuals who seemed to cycle in and out of the inpatient facility - they asked the patients themselves what to do.
Marshall - who at her worst was admitted to the facility 23 times in a single year - was one of the patients that helped shape the pilot program. A unique aspect of the program is that it groups clients together around shared interests. "It's better than seeing a counselor every week if you're going to talk about nothing but problems," Marshall said.
Changes in the mental health system has brought more services out to where people with mental issues are in the community. But when issues spiral out of control, the road for many leads to the county's Crisis Center near downtown Stockton.
It's a nerve center for help. It's the home of the "warm-line" for low-level support over the phone from people who have had their own problems with mental-health issues, and it's next to the Psychiatric Health Facility, where the most serious cases can be committed for days at time.
But it's also a starting point for treatment that could lead back home or to some kind of voluntary program.
"It's part of tiered triage," said psychiatrist Robert Graff. "It's not just optimal care. It's efficient care."
But the lower-level crisis treatment doesn't always stabilize a situation, and it can be clear a person is suicidal, poses a danger to others or is unable to take care of himself.
In 2011, the county squeezed in another level of care just below the inpatient hospital. The Crisis Stabilization Unit is still involuntary care, but it lasts a maximum of 23 hours. And since it has been started, roughly two-thirds of patients are released after those 23 hours instead of progressing to longer, in-patient care.
Think of it like an emergency room, said Kathy Hannah, crisis program manager. And not everybody coming to the emergency room with what appears to be a serious injury ends up admitted to the hospital.
The unit consists of a common area with tables, chairs, a television and an ample supply of durable, yet comfy-looking, reclining chairs. The room is ringed by bedrooms, a medical examination room, other rooms and a door to a courtyard open to the sky.
In here, a team ranging from volunteers up to doctors bring everything they have to try to stabilize a crisis in 23 hours, said Tom Oliver, who manages the in-patient facility.
"Then you don't have people involuntarily detained," he said. "You don't have them locked up. You have them as functioning members of society."
Sometimes the most important treatment is just getting some sleep.
And often, the stabilization unit is a better solution for those who have reached crisis levels because of a traumatic experience, he said. For them, being admitted alongside the often chronically-ill patients at the inpatient facility down the hall could make them feel even worse, he said.
Called "The Puff," the Psychiatric Health Facility is where patients can be legally held for up to 72 hours. But that can be extended by a judge, and there's a room there used by the courts to do just that.
The average stay is from five to seven days, officials said.
The layout is similar to that as in the stabilization unit, with a common area ringed by rooms. There is a separate space that is typically used to house women or particularly vulnerable patients.
In the main section on a recent visit, one man read a newspaper while another watched television. Another man enduring some unseen torment sat with his eyes squeezed tightly shut as he moaned. Another man paced and spoke to nobody in particular, wringing his hands.
Together, patients and staff moved in a steady, but constant, rhythm. Altogether, a more charged atmosphere than among the handful of patients in the stabilization unit next door.
Since the 1980s, San Joaquin County's in-patient Psychiatric Health Facility was a 40-bed facility, though it held up to 62 people at times, officials said. Financial reasons behind shrinking this to a 16-bed facility were twofold.
Firstly, inpatient care is expensive. And anything larger than 16 beds doesn't receive money from Medi-Cal. Together, the new revenue and saved expenses makes for a $4 million shift that helped pay for the stabilization unit and other services. To make up the difference for the roughly 25 in-patients it has at any given time, the county contracts out to other facilities. Last year, the California State Association of Counties recognized the Behavioral Health's efforts with an award for efficiency and innovation.
But the shift from inpatient crisis care to more outpatient and community-based services has been happening since before the newest changes unfolding over the past few years.
Patients and families have had to take on more responsibilities since the state closed its mental hospitals 40 years ago, said longtime psychiatrist Hilary Silver. At the time, it wasn't known how much help patients would need, he said. "There's a balance between the need for freedom and the need for assistance."
In 2004, voters passed Proposition 63 - the so-called millionaire's tax, more formally known as the Mental Health Services Act. But it brought more than money.
"It was meant to empower the people to take control of their lives," said Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller, who is also a member of the county's Mental Health Advisory Board.
Because inpatient care is so expensive, shifting resources to other types of care brings more treatment to more people, said Behavioral Health Services Director Vic Singh. And those services can stop, or at least delay, crises before they happen, he said. "Mental illnesses tend to by cyclical. The cycles tend to be shorter if people are unsupported or untreated," he said.
Still, there is a need for inpatient care, and the changes don't help everyone, said Nancy Smith, an officer with the San Joaquin County affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an advocacy group.
"It is good for some patients, but it's not good for all patients," she said. "The programs they have are wonderful for those who can access them."
The county still lacks options for people who need long-term treatment, Smith said. And like in other places across the state, rules limit the ability to treat people who won't admit to themselves they need help, she said. It limits the ability of family members to find treatment for loved ones and the county to help the chronically homeless, she said.
When Deena Marshall was admitted to the in-patient facility, it happened at times when she was having hallucinations or was suicidal.
It was stressful just being there, she said, but she knew it was part of getting better and that she needed it.
But she hasn't needed it because of the new kinds of help, she said.
"You get your freedom back."
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 546-8258 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/johnsonblog.


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The Transformative Power of Science
August 06, 2008
I have always been intrigued by kaleidoscopes. I remember being fascinated by the ever-changing symmetrical patterns I saw through that magical eyepiece. Later on, when I figured out how the configuration of mirrors created those patterns, I was no less impressed by the ingenuity of mind that could conceive such a wonderful contraption and then construct it out of tin, cardboard, a bit of plastic, and a few pieces of colorful glass. If anything, my admiration for the kaleidoscope was enhanced by understanding how it worked.
There is a simple lesson here. The beauty and mystery of the kaleidoscope–and by extension, of the whole physical world around us–is not diminished by our understanding of how it works. On the contrary, our appreciation of the universe can only be enhanced by our investigation of its infinite complexity.
In June, I read with interest an op-ed in the New York Times titled "Put a Little Science in Your Life," by Brian Greene, a theoretical physicist at Columbia University and author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos. Greene writes about the enthralling places science is able to take us, if only we step beyond our apprehension that science is too difficult for most of us to understand. His essential point: Science is so embedded in everything we do that the more we know about it, the more connected we feel to the world and our lives.
Science is far more than a repository of rapidly accumulating technical data, writes Greene. "Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective … a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional."
Reading Greene's essay, I felt he was describing how we teach, pursue, and experience science at Lewis & Clark. Here, we actively conduct research that takes us from a general state of wonder to more solid platforms of knowing. Here, our students discover collaborative learning that is "empowering and emotional"–and therefore life-changing. From here, our alumni take science as "a way of life" into the wider world, advancing knowledge and working for the common good.
At Lewis & Clark, our core strength is that we pursue science and all learning across multiple disciplines at one and the same time. And we bring special focus to those points where several disciplines and modes of inquiry intersect.
Such intersections yield rapidly emerging fields such as neuroscience, systems biology, nanotechnology, and bioinformatics. Rich in intrigue and potential, they have traditionally been the province of large research universities. At Lewis & Clark, we're changing that mindset. The very qualities that drive exploration and discovery in science are signatures of the liberal arts: dynamic interaction between faculty and students, interdisciplinary inquiry, intellectual flexibility, and risk-taking.
Others are taking notice. This spring, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a recognized leader in science education funding, awarded Lewis & Clark a $1.3-million grant to enhance the college's interdisciplinary approach to the sciences and increase the number of students pursuing careers in scientific fields. This unprecedented award builds on a foundation of expertise and excellence established by generations of our faculty, students, and alumni.
The Hughes Institute grant is an important endorsement of Lewis & Clark's science program. So also are our graduates, who go out into the world better equipped to understand how science makes a meaningful impact in their lives–whether they decide to pursue a career in nanotechnology, to volunteer in the campaign against environmental degradation, or simply to explain to their children how a kaleidoscope works.
Thomas J. Hochstettler


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Tahquamenon Falls
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Welcome to Newberry, Michigan and the Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Encompassing close to 50,000 acres and stretching over thirteen miles, this majestic park is home to the Upper and Lower Tahquamenon Falls. Special in many ways, the Upper Tahquamenon Falls is the second largest waterfall east of the Mississippi, with Niagara being the largest. The beauty of this area is a must see when you are making your Upper Michigan travel plans.
Within the Tahquamenon Falls State Park you will find many activities such as birding, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, camping, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling. Wildlife abounds throughout the Tahquamenon Falls and by chance you may see black bear, whitetail deer, and moose, along with a variety of birds.
Upper Tahquamenon Falls
Plan a vacation that include the Upper Tahquamenon Falls and experience one of the United States most breathtaking waterfalls. Set within a pristine wilderness, the Upper Tahquamenon Falls is over 200' wide and 48' high. Over 50,000 gallons of water spill over this incredible waterfall per second. Seasonal precipitation can increase or decrease this amount significantly with springtime being a great time to see it at its peak (as seen in the photo on the left). A magnificent walk path will direct your way through the forest within the Tahquamenon Falls State Park.
As you get closer to the viewing decks, you can hear the growing sound of water flowing and falling. It is truly an awe-inspiring experience for all ages. Please note that there are 94 steps down to the main viewing deck at the end of the walk. On the platform below there is a bench to sit and rest on while taking in the beauty of the falls.
Lower Tahquamenon Falls
The Lower Tahquamenon Falls is located 4 miles downstream from the upper where there are many small waterfalls that cascade around an island. There are boat rentals available at the Lower Tahquamenon Falls along with a seasonal concession stand. Many visitors come here to wade in the water and shoot the small falls. This is a great opportunity to take photos and hike. Here you will find a four mile hiking trail that connects the Lower to the Upper Tahquamenon Falls.
The Lower Tahquamenon Falls four mile hike to the Upper Falls is a great experience that entails a winding path along the Tahquamenon River. This is a long trail, please bring adequate clothing, food and water with you along this hiking excursion. Because of the terrain, it does take a while to traverse. Shuttles by Tahqua Trekker are available at the Tahquamenon Falls State Park, please click here for details.
Fine Dining and Gifts
Visit the Tahquamenon Falls Brewery and Pub & Camp 33 Located within the State Park at the Upper Falls. Enjoy fine dining and micro brewed beers from the north. Try their famous Fresh Whitefish Dinners, Buffalo Burgers, Wild Rice Soup, Mushroom Pesto, Pork Tenderloin Medallions, Homemade Pasties, and more! Try one of their handcrafted beers: Falls Tannin, Porcupine Pale Ale, and Lumberjack Lager. Camp 33 also has a unique gift shop with fine art, jewelry, clothing, and souvenirs. Click here to visit their Website.
Tahquamenon Falls Indian Lore and History
The Tahquamenon River was made famous in the Longfellow poem, "Hiawatha". According to Indian lore, the origin of the name Tahquamenon is attributed to the water's amber color, which is the result of leaching of tannic acid from the cedar and hemlock swamps that feed the river.
Surrounded in old growth forest, this special place was rich in Ojibwa Indian culture, fur trading and later played a major part in the days of Lumberjacks. The River was used in the logging industry to transport logs down to their destination. The Tahquamenon River and Falls hold a precious and rich part of our area's history.
"The Tahquamenon is noted as being the land of Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha - "by the rushing Tahquamenaw" where Hiawatha built his canoe."—Wikipedia, click here to learn more.
Birding the Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Migrating birds using Whitefish Point to enter or return from Canada, pass through the park every spring and fall. More than 300 species, including the rarities, have been documented using this migration corridor.
The park also provides exciting birding during the breeding season. A variety of natural communities including, old-growth hardwood forests, red pine/white pine ridges, jack pine plains, grass and shrub peat lands, and black spruce bogs offer nesting habitat for approximately 125 species. Among these are several boreal species including spruce grouse, gray jay, black-backed woodpecker and boreal chickadee.
To learn more about this online booklet - please click here.
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park has many year-round events to check out that all ages will enjoy: Hike Between Da Falls, bird watching, interpretive programs, and their seasonal boat rental, just to name a few. Nature lovers will enjoy the Seney Wildlife Refuge. They hold many special events that are both educational and exciting.
Where your vacation begins "Naturally"!


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Sealed Lead-Acid Batteries
Low initial cost and easy maintenance are good reasons to choose Sealed lead acid (SLA) battery packs. Sealed lead acid has the lowest energy density of the rechargeable batteries. There are many instances, however, when sealed lead acid is an excellent choice. Sealed lead acid is a good choice when size and weight aren't critical factors and cost must be kept low. This chemistry is usually found in stationary applications like uninterruptible power supplies and emergency lighting. Because sealed lead acid is predictable and easy to maintain, it's a popular choice for medical applications. Read more
There are many benefits to sealed lead acid. SLA isn't affected by the so called "memory effect" that nickel batteries suffer from, and SLA has the best charge retention of any rechargeable battery. With SLA, it's fairly easy to determine the remaining capacity based on open circuit voltage (OCV); it's only about 20% accurate though.
There are some down sides to SLA. Bedsides the size and weight disadvantage, SLA won't take a fast charge well, doesn't perform well at low temperatures. SLA loses its charge quickly if stored at higher temperatures.
The exceptions are "pure lead" batteries which are capable of fast charging and perform well at lower temperatures. Pure lead batteries also have much better charge retention and recovery characteristics after long periods of storage (one or two years).
SLA batteries prefer a constant voltage charge. VRLA batteries can take a charge well from 7 hours at one-fourth the battery's capacity in input current, C/4, to 14 hours at C/10 or one-tenth the battery's rated capacity in input current. At these charge rates 2.45 volts per cell at 20° C is best. C/300 (capacity ¸ 300) is a good trickle or float charge current with 2.35/cell at 20°C. Also, the charge voltage must be lowered for temperature above 20°C and raised for temperature lower than 20°C. (See Third Chart Down)
Constant Current/Constant Voltage Charge Charicteristics
Charge Charicteristics for a Two Stage Costant Voltage Charger
Charge Voltage Compensation for Various Temperatures
Discharge Charicteristics for a Typical 12 volt 7 Ampere Hour
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Celebrity and entertainment photographer Kwaku Alston has just launched Supernova, a biannual magazine inspired by his many personal photo projects and designed by U.K.-based art director Martin Lear.
The 67-page premiere issue features images from Kwaku's ongoing series on Venice Beach, California, where he lives and which he has photographed since moving there from New York City.
"For the last 12 years, I have been documenting what has been taking place within the boundaries of this unique place," says Kwaku, "which also happens to be where I work, where I live, and where I share the journeys, hope, and dreams of my fellow Venetians."
"My whole aim with this publication was to absorb and reflect Kwaku's neigborhood's diversity and vibrant characters in a design format that is as individual and eclectic as his own personal visual voyage," says Martin.
Future issues of Supernova will explore Kwaku's series on subjects such as pregnancy and motherhood (he and his wife are expecting their first child next month) and on documentary projects he has shot in Brazil and India.
Supernova is available at select shops in Venice Beach and online at magcloud.com (direct link: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/417316). Below, a peek inside…


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12:25 p.m.
The injured logger has been rescued and is on his way to a Medford hospital, fire officials said.
The man, whose name has not yet been released, was injured when a section of tree about 24 inches in diameter rolled over him during logging operations on the Pilot Joe project in the Applegate Valley.
The logger was working about 500 feet down an embankment in Hinkle Gulch at the time of the accident. Rescue crews used a backboard and pulley system to lift him to safety.
The man told crews he had significant pain in his hip and back, said Chris Wolfard, fire operations chief with Applegate Valley Fire District No. 9. The injured man was transported by Mercy Flights helicopter to Rogue Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Crews received the initial call at 9:42 a.m. and were on scene by 10:21 a.m. The man was lifted up the embankment by 11:35 a.m.
"These types of things take a lot of time," Wolfard said.
"They're very rare, and none of them are ever the same."
The man was rescued in a remote, heavily forested and steep area several miles off Thompson Creek Road in the Applegate. He was a contracted tree faller working with HM Inc., owned by Ed Hanscom in Eagle Point.
Hanscom said his crew is trained in first aid and has regular safety meetings to prepare for accidents in the forest, which aren't common.
"It's been, I think, two to three years since we've had to pack anybody out," he said. Crews are trained to help keep a victim calm until emergency personnel arrive, he said.
"It's pretty tough on these guys," he said. "They don't like to see their buddies get dinged.
HM Inc. workers assisted in lifting the tree faller up the mountain.
"It was pretty tough," said worker Ron Young.
11:40 a.m.
Fire crews are working to rescue a logger who lies injured 450 feet down an embankment near Hinkle Gulch in the Applegate Valley.
The logger is conscious and speaking to rescue crews, officials said. Firefighters from Applegate Fire Department, Oregon Department of Forestry and Jackson County Fire District No. 5 are now pulling the man on a stretcher up the embankment, witnesses on scene said. He will be flown out by a Mercy Flights helicopter that has landed nearby.
"There's definitely coordination" among the rescue crews, said Gary DeSimone, a firefighter with Applegate Fire. "They train for this."
Because of the terrain, rescue efforts must be "slow and steady," he said.
The terrain is steep and heavily forested, witnesses said.
The man was logging as part of the Pilot Joe forest restoration project in the Applegate Valley, one of five planned on the BLM's 2.5 million acres in Western Oregon.
— Ryan Pfeil
UPDATED: Injured logger airlifted to hospital
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Official waiting for Android 4.1.2 thread
Apparently Android 4.1.2 is rolling out to yakju Galaxy Nexus devices now, after rolling out to the Nexus 7 last week. I have a takju (Google Play) Nexus and can't wait for the update. Even if it doesn't bring anything exciting, it's always fun getting updates.
Anyone else waiting? Anyone already got it? Anything ... Read More »


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sss203 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Marriage Is So Gay, MarriageIsSoGay.com
Marriage Is So Gay [MISG] is a t-shirt company with a heart, conscience and (stylish) sense of humor.
We love our friends - we love marriage - and we think marriage is so gay.
We only make t-shirts we would wear and that we'd share with our friends. In fact, it's why we created the "Marriage Is So Gay" t-shirt -- so we could support our friends - in style. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each MISG T-shirt is donated to organizations promoting marriage equality.
Starting with number "1", each t-shirt's label features a unique, handwritten number noting the number of people sporting the tee to date. We will host an equality party when our t-shirt counter hits 100,000 people supporting marriage equality. People love this numbering campaign and regularly post to our Facebook noting the t-shirt number in the tag of their tee which we encourage.
Our company's t-shirt features the MISG logo on a black American Apparel tee which has been our only offering to date. We are about to release two new tees in blue and red.
We are looking to transform what has until now been a single t-shirt into a full-fledged MISG product line that will come to feature t-shirts in different colors and eventually other products such as tank tops, kids tees, and baby onesies. As part of this transformation we have recently commissioned a photoshoot that shows the new direction of the line http://www.tabblo.com/studio/storie…w/1774139/
We are looking for a website design that will:
1) Increase conversion rates of visitors into purchasers
2) Draw people in and encourage them to connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and encourage them to post the number of the tee they receive in the mail on Facebook
3) Make visitors feel they are not "just" purchasing an ordinary t-shirt - they are participating in and buying into something a lot greater.
People who support marriage equality; yep, that includes our many straight supporters.
- Looking for 3 PSDs – one for the homepage, color page and product page (or 2 psds if your design combines the color page and product page features). FOR INITIAL SUBMMITAL PURPOSES YOU ONLY NEED TO DESIGN THE HOMEPAGE and we'll invite several of the designs we like the best to produce the other two pages.
- All pages should feature the marriage is so gay logo, menu bar.
Should contain:
- Strong use of photo(s) including at least one dominant photo. All 3 shirt colors should be featured on the front (either group or single photos)
- 1-3 paragraph blocks for us to describe t-shirt and what we're about.
- Facebook, Twitter, and Tell-A-Friend badge
- Marriage Equality T-Shirt Counter (it's where we put the number of shirts sold to date). Might be cool to even have the counter number on a photo of an American apparel t-shirt label.
-Navigation to following sections: Home, Store, About, Share, Press, Contact
- Page should have "[his]" and "[her]" link to the "color page" appropriate.
- Can be combined with product page if design accommodates both color and product page functions.
- Customer will choose t-shirt color on this page . The 3 colors are [Night], [Royal], and [Fire] (i.e., black, blue and red).
- Feature one photo of model in each of 3 colors that links to product page
For purposes of PSD assume, it's a men's blue tee. Should contain:
- 1 dominant photo of model.
- "More views" gallery with 6 additional product photos
- Short 3 to 4 sentence product description
- "Size" (drop down menu)
- "A portion of my purchase goes to" (drop down menu)
- "Add to Cart" button
- "View Cart" button
- "Sizing" link (link that we'll connect to external sizing page)
- "See another color" link back to color page in case they want to look at another color
- I've included a hand drawn PDF of one potential design that could be used that borrows heavily from our existing page. Feel free to use this as a starter or come up with something new. We're open to ideas - in fact, we heart new ideas ;-)
- If you need more inspiration check out some t-shirt design sites at http://directory.bigcartel.com/stor…ng-company
- Words to describe what we're looking for? Sleek, Stylish, Modern, Fashion, Hipster
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Nottingham based photographer bringing a fun, friendly and creative approach to photography. Explore my galleries and see how I work with my clients to 'Capture Life'. I cover a range of photographic work specialising in people and documentary photography including weddings and portraits.
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- remove gnome dependencies in phonon-gstreamer (need to split them)
- check for new/removed dependencies
- check for new/removed sub modules (we have a script for that)
- we should probably add some replaces
- update package descriptions (we have a script for that)
- recheck kde-meta
- review build logs
- check packages which are not part of KDE SC but depend on it or Qt
- check packages which depends on splitted libraries (eg. libkcddb, libkcompactdisc...)
Todo / Notes
common tasks
- change url to application homepage (e.g. http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/ or https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdemultimedia/libkcddb instead of just kde.org)
- write a Howto for packaging KDE-related apps
- check this Bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189465
- update KDE and KDE Packages
packages to be removed
- kdemultimedia-kioslave
- kdesdk-kdeaccounts-plugin
- kdesdk-kdepalettes
- kdeutils-ksecrets
Using the kde-unstable repository
- kde-unstable is based upon testing. Therefore, you need to enable the repositories in the following order: kde-unstable, testing, core, extra, community-testing, community.
- To update from a previous KDE installation, run:
pacman -Syuor
pacman -S kde-unstable/kde
- If you don't have KDE installed, you might have difficulties to install it by using groups (limitation of pacman)
- subscribe and read arch-dev-public
- report packaging bugs to our bugtracker (don't forget to mention you are using kde-unstable)
Known issues
- Battery not present bug - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301033
- Changing user details bug - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156396
- Every KWin plugin/style needs to be rebuilt - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301209#c3
- Cannot mount disks in dolphin - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301071
If any problem occurs try a new user or (re)move ~/.kde4 /tmp/kde-* /var/tmp/kdecache-*
(Packaging) Changes from 4.8
New packages: nepomuk-core, kdeedu-pairs, kdemultimedia-audiocd-kio, libkcddb, libkcompactdisc, kdeplasma-addons-runners-bing, kdeplasma-addons-runners-duckduckgo, kdeplasma-addons-runners-youtube
Broken packages which are not part of KDE SC
- k3b (add libkcddb to depends)
- audex (add libkcddb, libkcompactdisc to depends)
- kaudiocreator (add libkcddb, libkcompactdisc to depends)
- soundkonverter (add libkcddb to depends)
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel dăn´tē gā´brēəl rōsĕt´ē [key], 1828–82, English poet and painter son of Gabriele Rossetti and brother of Christina Rossetti. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelites . In addition to attending the Royal Academy he studied painting briefly with Ford Madox Brown. In 1848 he became acquainted with W. Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais and with them formed the brotherhood of Pre-Raphaelites. In an effort to spread their ideas the group published in 1850 a short-lived magazine, the Germ, edited by Rossetti's brother William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919). In it was printed
The Blessed Damozelby Dante Gabriel, written when he was 19 and considered by many to be his best poem. In 1851, John Ruskin championed the Pre-Raphaelites, and shortly thereafter made an arrangement with Rossetti to buy all of Rossetti's paintings that pleased him thus, Rossetti became financially solvent. In 1860 he married his model Elizabeth Siddal, a former milliner's assistant whom he loved and had been more or less engaged to for nearly 10 years. Melancholic and tubercular, she took an overdose of laudanum and died in 1862. Rossetti, in a fit of guilt and grief, buried with her a manuscript containing a number of his poems. Some years later he permitted her body to be exhumed and the poems recovered. The first edition of his collected works appeared in 1870. The last years of his life were marked by an increasingly morbid state of mind (he became addicted to alcohol and chloral), and for a time he was considered insane. Although he began his career as a painter, Rossetti's lasting reputation rests upon his poetry. He never really mastered the technique of painting, and although his pictures are extremely sensuous, they are also somewhat two-dimensional. His best artistic efforts are his drawings, particularly the pen-and-ink portraits of his mother, his sister, and his wife. Almost inseparable in tone and feeling from his paintings, his poetry is noted for its pictorial effects and its atmosphere of luxurious beauty. Although there is always passion in his verse, there is also always thought. He was a master of the sonnet form, and his sonnet sequence
The House of Lifeis one of his finest works. His other notable works include the ballad
Sister Helenand the dramatic monologues
A Last Confession.His translations from the Italian appeared as Dante and His Circle (1861). There are examples of his paintings in the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in many collections in England and the United States.
See his poems (ed. by O. Doughty, 1957) biographies by O. Doughty (2d ed. 1963), E. Waugh (1928, repr. 1969), and A. Faxon (1989) studies by S. A. Brooke (1908, repr. 1964), G. H. Fleming (1967), R. S. Fraser, ed. (1972), J. Rees (1981), and D. G. Riede (1983).
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Former Google CIO & EMI Digital COO Guy Explains How File Sharing Is Good For Artists
from the oops dept
Merrill profiled the file sharing behaviour of people who used Limewire against the top iTunes sales and the biggest iTunes buyers were the same as the highest sharing "thieves" on Limewire.Not surprisingly, as we've noted over and over again, this sort of data and evidence (of which there are now at least half a dozen studies all saying the same thing) is simply not something that the major record labels are willing to hear. They just continue to deny the evidence. And then they wonder why they're flailing... Merrill apparently didn't talk about his departure from EMI, but it's not difficult to read between the lines.
"That's not theft, that's try-before-you-buy marketing and we weren't even paying for it… so it makes sense to sue them," he said wryly.


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Earlier this month Steven Spielberg expressed strong interest in remaking "West Side Story," and my first thought (via Twitter) was a quick gut reaction: Why not "Gypsy" instead?
I've been second-guessing that tweet ever since. So many major Broadway musicals have died en route to the screen and could use another shot — a corrective movie version. Still, "Gypsy" first sprang to mind because its 1962 film version, directed, flatly, by Mervyn LeRoy, kept a great 1959 Broadway musical's greatness a secret. It's tame, sanitized and, although Rosalind Russell might've made a dynamic Mama Rose under more persuasive circumstances, she didn't have those circumstances. The musical's pungent showbiz atmosphere and end-of-vaudeville pathos are almost entirely missing.
The right director — and the right Mama Rose, and the right Gypsy — could work wonders on film with "Gypsy." The early 20th century history of American vaudeville and American burlesque, its black-sheep cousin, is practically a mirage now. In its way "Gypsy," which I saw on stage again the other day at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, is an American frontier story. Like "Show Boat" two generations earlier, it canvasses a stunning variety of musical styles and settings. It's about the end of an era, and the beginning of something else, something less innocent, though the show's degree of sleaze is positively PG today.
Ever since the jitterbug fight sequence in "1941," that film's clear highlight, people have noted Spielberg's facility with movie musical tropes and dynamism. "West Side Story," which would be the director's first musical if it comes to fruition, likely appeals to Spielberg for a lot of reasons, one being the opportunity to capture, cinematically, a dance-driven story on camera.
A new screen version of "West Side Story," the 1957 Broadway landmark about the Jets and the Sharks, with a score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, remains a tantalizing prospect. While the 1961 film version harrumphed its way to glory and many Oscars, including the statuette for best picture, like "Gypsy" (though with better choreography) it remains a work of uncertain and rather cloddish stylization. A lot of people love it because it's not afraid of its crucial Jerome Robbins choreographic element. But it's not a great screen musical; it's more like a half-faithful, half-compromised translation of a stage property.
Too many movie musicals fit that description. One is "Guys and Dolls," from 1955, taken from the 1950 Broadway musical. It's my favorite show in the world, practically, though not a film I particularly like. Like "West Side Story," and the vastly inferior "Gypsy" film, it's stuck halfway between theatricality and cinematics.
Wouldn't it be great to see someone — Spielberg, or David O. Russell, who has talked about making a movie musical — honor "Guys and Dolls" and activate its joyous, raucous Damon Runyon universe on screen?
Movie musicals come and go in waves. Ryan Gosling may be headlining and even directing a Busby Berkeley biopic, thereby introducing a new generation to a name they do not know. It's heartening even when a clodhopper like the recent "Les Miserables" film finds a big global audience. It means people still accept the conventions and are open to anything, as long as it makes them cry, or laugh, or in meager circumstances, simply remember why they loved the stage version.
Someone — Lee Daniels has been mentioned — may yet make "Miss Saigon" into a screen musical. If anything makes me long for a good, juicy new attack on "Gypsy" or "Guys and Dolls," it's the specter of "Miss Saigon" and all its power ballads swamping the world's multiplexes.
Movies on the radio: Michael fills in for "Filmspotting" co-host Adam Kempenaar,opposite Josh Larsen, 11 p.m. Friday and midnight Saturday on WBEZ-FM (91.5).
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Two more Queens politicians this week found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
State Senator Malcolm Smith and Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested by federal agents at their respective homes just after 6 a.m. Tuesday morning on charges they plotted through fraud and bribes to get Smith on the GOP mayoral ballot.
Smith, a top state Democrat, was allegedly trying to buy off city Republican leaders because he needed at least three of the five borough party leaders to support him as a GOP candidate without switching his Democratic Party affiliation.
The county leaders would have to sign what is known as a Wilson Pakula certificate to allow Smith to run on the Republican line.
To win their support, he allegedly enlisted the help of Halloran, who represents northeast Queens, to set up meetings with the county leaders, as well as negotiate tens of thousands of dollars worth of bribes masked as consulting and legal fees.
In a meeting on November 16, 2012, with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer, Halloran agreed to set up meeting with GOP leaders in Queens and the Bronx. Halloran also negotiated $20,500 in cash for himself, as well as a promise to be appointed deputy police commissioner in a future Smith administration.
"Senator Malcolm Smith tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion. Smith drew up the game plan and Councilman Halloran essentially quarterbacked that drive by finding party chairmen who were wide open to receiving bribes," said U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara. "After the string of public corruption scandals that we have brought to light, many may rightly resign themselves to the sad truth that perhaps the most powerful special interest in politics is self-interest."
Also arrested in the sweep was Vince Tabone, vice chairman of the Queens County Republican Party. Tabone worked on both the campaign of John Catsimatidis and for the billionaire's company.
While the Queens GOP eventually backed Catsimatidis for mayor, Tabone allegedly took bribes in exchange for efforts to try and get Smith on the ballot.
According to the indictment, Tabone met with the witness and agent on February 14 at a restaurant in Manhattan and accepted $25,000 in cash.
When reached by phone, Queens County Republican chairman Phil Ragusa declined to comment on the arrests.
On March 21, the agent and witness met with Smith in his Albany office, where he ordered them not to give either Tabone or Bronx Republican Party chairman Joseph Savino, who was also paid $25,000 and arrested Tuesday morning, any more money until they signed the certificates. Tabone may have received up to $40,000 total, and was promised $40,000 more once he signed the certificate.
In exchange for the payments, Smith agreed to use his role in the legislature to secure state funds for a road project in Spring Valley that would ultimately benefit a real estate project Smith believed the undercover agent was developing.
Both Smith and Halloran maintained their innocence and said they will be vindicated once the case plays out.
All the defendants face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
In a separate investigation, Halloran is accused of taking bribes from a consultant in exchange for approximately $80,000 in City Council discretionary funding.


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Interview! In this week's 1/25 Where Are They Now column, Soaps.com caught up with two former soap actresses who've teamed up in a new film. One actress shares that her character is much like her All My Children one - one you love to hate. And an As The World Turns fan favorite shares a preview of hers as well.
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If you haven't seen this viral video yet, prepare to melt! Ron Fugelseth sent his son's favorite toy train, Stanley, to space. Bonus: he got it all on video. He attached the toy to a weather balloon with an HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS, so that they could locate Stanley after the balloon popped. Then Fugelseth created an adorable video with the results, adding animation to show Stanley's reactions.
PLUS: Dad Draws Superhero Cartoons to Convince Daughter to Eat Lunch
It took the toy an hour to reach the stratosphere, approximately 18 miles up, when the balloon burst. Twenty minutes later Stanley found his way back to earth, 27 miles away from where his journey began. This smile on his son's face when he finds the toy might just be the best part of the whole thing.


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Patio Pop: Neon Accents for Outdoor Rooms
Touches of neon have been creeping into our homes and wardrobes as of late, and it's starting a patio invasion as well. In a natural setting with mixed textures and materials, neon is a real standout. Whether you're a neon newbie or already a convert, here's how to work these brights into your outdoor space.
Pair with plants. The juxtaposition between natural and manmade adds a layer of visual interest when neon accents plants. Check out this leggy planter, or DIY your own pots or hanging vessels.
Have a seat. From timeless design to LED luminescent, neon chairs really brighten a space (literally in some cases!).
Set the table. A foolproof way to work neon into your space is as dinnerware. Give these goblets a spin and then see if you're ready for more.
Power up. There's even a hot pink extension cord so you can keep the lights on well into the night.
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Paper wallpaper collection "Finesse" by P+S International
The new "Finesse" paper collection from P+S merges the charm of three delightful floral designs with playful harmony introducing an air of breeziness into any room. Beautiful shades of dreamy lilac, sky-blue or mint green embracing delicate leaf motifs and unadorned flower vines convey an easy-going atmosphere and provide an inviting living ambience. Material: Paper
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Five Wonderful Workspaces
We all know that a good desk setup makes us feel good about sitting down and taking care of business, so it stands to reason that kids are no different, right? A proper chair and correctly proportioned table are just a start. As these lovely workspaces demonstrate, the beauty truly is in the details.
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Washington Collado is being forced out as principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to a letter from parent groups and the Parkland mayor.
Stoneman Douglas was the site of a controversy involving a cheerleading coach, who was fired after complaints of bullying, despite being cleared by two district investigations. It is unclear whether Collado's ouster has anything to do with that incident.
So far, district officials aren't confirming the news. "Principal Collado has not been removed from the school," district spokeswoman Tracy Clark said in an e-mail.
But parents say otherwise and are flooding the district with letters, including one addressed by parents Andrea Schaja and Jan Hediger, who head school and parent advisory groups, and Mayor Michael Udine of Parkland. They said they were surprised to learn his contract won't be renewed for the 2013-14 year.
"We were especially surprised that to the best of our knowledge, this was done without any parent and/or community input," according to a letter sent to Superintendent Robert Runcie and other administrators and School Board members.
"We are struggling to understand the process and protocol that the Broward County School District utilizes to implement these decisions," the letter states. "We have heard that there are certain criteria that are looked at when evaluating a principal for reappointment, and we would like to know which specific criteria were not met and how they was evaluated."
What do you think about this? Do you think this has anything to do with the cheerleading scandal?


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Hello and welcome to the forum.I too look forward to your input on the threads, and yes that is a great user name.
<snip>It was a massive wage increase from just above minimum wage ($30,000 per year to $62,000 per year) </snip>
Hey guys My wages are in nz currency, i did work more than 40 hours a week on minimum wage to make ends meet but my increase was on a basic 40hour week. Less work and twice as much money.Bonus!
Lol at magicmiles!Haha i work in the dairy industry for fonterra...it was massive in the news a few months back about a botulism scare which came to nothing in the end....We do have more than just sheep in nz!! Hahahawolfie
Well all aussie has to offer is crazy hot weather, VB Bitter (the devils urine) and you cant even say fish n chips properly lol.