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The patient is a computerized manikin, but it is easy to forget �Pat� is not alive. Medical students and established physicians now have the opportunity to stage illnesses, wounds and other medical scenarios to study and practice the best healing solutions along with consideration for the patient�s comfort. They talk to the patient and adjust treatment in response to his reply.
This teaching tool has been made available through a grant to the Northland Community and Technical College of East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls. The traveling lab brings the classroom to the students and physicians throughout the northwest region, including hospitals and clinics in Fosston, Crookston, Roseau, Thief River Falls and Baudette among others, as well as college campuses.
Eight students completing their clinicals for RN certification at Essentia Health Fosston spent a day working with �Pat� in Fosston. He was programmed to be a three-day, post operative patient. Students monitored pulse, blood pressure, respirations, heart and lung sounds, bowel sounds and also changed the dressing on the incision.
�The experience was just wonderful,� said Marilyn Andresen, an RN student. �The manikin was so life like; it was like working on a real person.�
�Pat,� the life-like manikin, can be programmed to simulate many situations where actions and reactions can be monitored. Simulated applications may include recurring problems health care workers encounter on a regular basis and need to practice to become proficient; but �Pat� can also be used to simulate less frequent occurrences in which seasoned physicians may want to practice or become more familiar with treatment and possible adverse complications.
In addition to programmable vital signs, the manikin produces all the body secretions of a normal human person, including tears, blood, urine and perspiration. Simulated breathing includes the rise and fall of the chest, breath sounds, swelling airway resistance; and students practice intubation and ventilation procedures. Administering drugs can also be monitored, identifying overdose and physiological responses to the drugs. It is possible to fast forward, pause, rewind, and save and restore procedures and outcomes.
This is a valuable tool in learning about healthcare, and the first to come to the northwest region. There are two similar tools for training elsewhere in Minnesota. The possibilities for practice are endless, and Dan Sponsler, simulation operator, has been taking the unit out each week to clinics and hospitals in the area working with students. He is still researching and learning new uses for the manikin. �We are constantly learning new applications for this unique set up. What we can do with it is limited to our imaginations. It offers a completely new level of training available to health care workers and students in the region,� said Sponsler.
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The history of arms control is unpromising. Prior to the Second World War, the principal agreements were limitations on the number and tonnages of battleships. Despite the comparative simplicity of verifying the size of such large vessels, most parties to those pacts cheated, except the Japanese, who had the grace to renounce the Washington agreements of 1923 before constructing the two largest battleships in history.
The first Strategic Arms Limitations Talks agreement (SALT 1) in 1972 was an admirable effort by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger to stabilize relations with the Soviet Union, de-emphasize Vietnam, re-elect the President, and accustom the American public to the long-drawn trials of the superpower minuet. (The United States had not really had to practice diplomacy, as most countries would have defined it, for nearly two centuries prior to that, after Franklin and Jefferson padded around Europe drumming up support for the revolution. One hundred and fifty years of isolationism followed by soaring pre-eminence in its cold war alliance systems made U.S. diplomacy more a matter of information than of negotiation.)
The first SALT agreements attempted to halt the erosion of the U.S. strategic position, which arose from the grievous Kennedy-Johnson blunders of pouring military resources into Vietnam and assuming that a unilateral missile development and deployment standstill would cause the Russians to achieve parity and rest on their nuclear oars. In fact, of course, the Russians blinked at their good fortune and responded to U.S. restraint with the greatest peacetime military buildup in the history of the world, outspending the United States on nuclear arms by $250 billion in the 1970s, achieving a preponderance in deliverable nuclear capacity of between three and four to one, and narrowing the technological gap in delivery systems. SALT I counted launchers rather than speed, accuracy, throw-weight, relaunch capacity, warheads, or interceptability, and was a good beginning, but not a great success.
SALT II (signed in 1979) was an unequal agreement that was deservedly left unratified by the U.S. Senate. Serious strategic analysts in the United States, such as Kissinger and Senator Sam Nunn, endorsed it only conditionally upon massive defence spending increases.
The doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) has lost many of its former adherents. It holds that a casus belli of one of the superpowers against the other will bring, and be discouraged by, an unlimited mutual assault upon civilian populations, which are thus reciprocally held hostage.
Few people today consider it credible or desirable that the superpowers entertain hostilities that would destroy much or all of the world's life because of a fracas at the fringe of their spheres of influence, even a vital one such as Central Europe or the Middle East. That fact renders more vivid the spectre of conventional war, which, as two world wars have demonstrated, can produce tens of millions of deaths and cumulative destruction at nuclear levels. It also leads to a lot of anxious war-gaming in the European theatre, where the Warsaw Pact has an advantage over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of two to one in military aircraft and artillery pieces, four to one in anti-tank guns and surface-missile launchers and the astonishing total of 46,000 tanks (Hitler invaded Russia in 1941 with 3,000) to 17,000 for NATO. Even adding the French and Spanish to NATO and deducting the satellites from the Warsaw totals, those figures are disquieting. MAD raises continuous worries about "windows of vulnerability" to a first strike, and to preserve an invulnerable deterrent capability the proverbial genie will always be popping out of the bottle in rather unverifiable forms such as "midgetman" portable ICBMs, undetectable ground-hugging cruise missiles and more accurate submarine-launched ICBMs. The sub-carried missiles have been, up to now, too inaccurate to pinpoint on military or command control targets, but could be relied upon to hit and devastate metropolitan areas. Hence the notional validity of V.S. concerns that in the event of a Russian first strike against U.S. ground-launched ICBMs an emasculated U.S. defence establishment would be left with the choice of surrender (i.e. no retaliation), or suicide by an attack on Soviet cities that would depopulate that country but leave the surviving Russian garrison with a twilight capacity to return nuclear destruction on the American people.
That kind of ghoulish scenario, far- fetched but not totally implausible, exposes the unimportance of the truism that "both sides have the nuclear destructive power to blow up the world several times over," likely correct but practically irrelevant. Speed and accuracy of delivery and survivability of deterrent power are more important criteria than simple megatonnage, which is a principal reason for the marked decline in the number of warheads in the U.S. arsenal in the past 20 years.
One of MAD's many ironies is that it is most fanatically defended by exactly those elements that are most demonstrative about the dangers of nuclear war (apart from the unilateral-disarmament quacks). It is becoming almost as complicated to assure survival of a precise retaliatory capacity as to attempt a full national anti-missile defence. And President Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) is controversial but timely. (Only his more perfervid adversaries still derisively call it "Star Wars".) The program is a plan to research a concentrated-beam (laser), space-based, non-nuclear defensive system that would detect and destroy approaching missiles in flight at high altitudes without, it is hoped, detonating them. It is the prospect of such a defence that has brought the Russians back to Geneva 15 months after their bombastic suspension of the intermediate- and strategic-missile talks. In the United States, debate has been joined on the issue with endearing combativeness. Thus, we read in the conservative think-piece Commentary, in reference to the President's critics, that "The Wizard of Oz was less flagrant in his mummery, more modest in his pretensions" (Lowell Wood of the Livermore National Laboratory). And in the learnedly liberal New York Review of Books, the venerable and distinguished George Ball has accused Reagan of imposing upon his originally skeptical followers a mass conversion (to SDI) reminiscent of that decreed by King Ethelbert of Kent in the sixth century," and has dismissed SDI as a strategic fantasy that would come to life only "when shrimps learn to whistle."
As usual with Reagan's critics, they spoke too soon and vociferously, doing violence to their own credibility. Thus, the Union of Concerned Scientists, of which Carl Sagan is co-chairman, claimed to a congressional committee that 280,000 defence missiles would be necessary to operate the system instead of the somewhat attainable best guess of 5,000. They also claimed that 2,400 anti-missile satellites would be required, each costing $ 1 billion and lumbering determinedly into the sky carrying a 40,000-ton linear accelerator (about the weight of RMS Lusitania or the battleship New Jersey), instead of, as is now acknowledged, 100 less expensive satellites bearing into orbit rather less Sisyphean payloads of 25 tons.
The argument about feasibility must be determined by qualified experts, but seems not to have resolved itself into a conventional discussion of cost effectiveness for a comprehensive but not airtight system. The most reliable estimate of its efficacy is the alarmed reaction of the Soviet which started extensive research on its own satellite-launched anti- missile defence system several years before the United States but from an inferior technological base. Already consecrating 15% of the Soviet GNP to defence and facing a limitless horizon of minimal economic growth, the Russian leadership, under its fourth chief in three years, clearly finds unappetizing the prospect of a full scientific competition with the United States that could render the Russian nuclear delivery capacity obsolete.
The post-feasibility position of Western critics (e.g. Pierre Trudeau) has been the incantation that SDI is"destabilizing." It is MAD that is destabilizing. Even Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko described MAD as early as 1962 as "a permanent state of feverish tension" in which the superpowers "raise their pistols, aim at each other's foreheads and wait for the other to shoot." The argument that the Kremlin leadership might react irresponsibly to the prospect of losing nuclear equivalence is a psychiatric question, not a strategic one. If the world is imperiled because the Russians might blow it up if the United States regains the comparative nuclear superiority it possessed through most of the nuclear age, then SDI is the least of our worries, and the Kremlin leaders should banish themselves, not their political dissidents, to their versatile psychiatric hospitals. Anyone setting out to assess these strategic questions must rise above a mountain of polemical advocacy and misinformation.
It is often stated, but is not true, that a poor or unequal armaments agreement, one that in practice would promote insecurity rather than stability in superpower relations, is preferable to no agreement at all. Equally fallacious is the proposition that the continuance of the arms race will inevitably lead to war. Every nuclear weapon developed in the Western world in the past 30 years has been successfully deployed for exclusively deterrent purposes. The more ingenious the system, the more reliable is the deterrence, and the arms race, costly and nerve-racking though it is, is preferable to war or submission. Even the Soviet Union--which has never hesitated to brutalize unoffending and helpless neighboring countries, and which has an extensive official literature on the prosecution of and survival in nuclear war--has shown no disposition to attack the direct national strategic interests of its rival. The worst that can be said is that the Soviet Union has sought, in a massive militarization that goes far beyond anything required for its defence or convenient to its shambling economy, the fruits of victory without the unbearable costs of war. Particularly distasteful is the tendency of some "social democratic" posturers in the West to represent the superpowers as morally equivalent. (Trudeau's complaisant abstractions at the time of the imposition of martial law in Poland are a case in point.) If the Russians were to accept the geopolitical status quo, they could amicably resolve their problems with the United States in a fortnight. If the United States were to cease to deter Russian aggrandizement, the whole world would shortly be paying tribute to Muscovy, in fulfilment of antediluvian Rusian aspirations.
The fact that there are ancient and ineluctable reasons for Russian behavior should not induce us to ignore its minatory nature. The United States is, as Mackenzie King said to General Charles de Gaulle, "an overwhelming contiguity" but it is not really a very overbearing neighbor. The official U.S. policy of promoting a phased transition to the preponderance of the defence in the nuclear armament rivalry, so that aggression is deterred by the forces of contemporary history as well as by the lights of perverted science, is admirable, whether or not it is attainable. Brian Mulroney (like Reagan's other principal allies) should be commended, rather than baited, for his cautious support of that initiative.
The ideal outcome of the talks now underway in Geneva would be a gradual and reciprocal ascendancy of defensive nuclear weapons; an accompanying build-down of offensive nuclear weapons; a revitalization of mutual balanced (conventional) force reduction in Europe; a naval construction restraint agreement; and a range of security building measures, starting with an upgrading of the hot line and perhaps a joint crisis control centre. A less than ideal but valuable outcome would be to trade SDI and home offensive weapons for a sharp reduction in strategic and intermediate strengths. U.S. perseverance no doubt will lead to a satisfactory variant of one of those results.
Reagan enunciated his arms control policy in 1981 as "a verifiable, equal- aggregates armaments reduction agreement or an arms race they (the Russians) can't win." The prize for recent diplomatic ineptitude could go to the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, for comparing SDI to the Maginot Line. Caspar Weinberger is not Andre Maginot, Ronald Reagan is not Marshal Petain; Washington is not Vichy; and that is as it should be.

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Apple Licensing Offer to Samsung Quantified in Patent Case
We've learned in the course of the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung that the Korean company had been seeking a royalty rate of 2.4% in some cases for licensing its patents. But we did not know how much Apple was asking in return–until now.
In a document titled "Samsung-Apple Licensing Discussion" dated October 5, 2010 and filed Friday, Apple laid out its arguments for why Samsung should pay to license its patents, and how much. It noted that Samsung had chosen to "embrace and imitate" what Apple calls the iPhone "archetype" against Apple's wishes.
However, Apple said in its presentation, it had chosen to offer a license for its patents because Samsung is a strategic supplier. For how much? The Apple document puts the figure at $30 per Samsung handset, $40 per tablet.
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You can visit it in the lovely Greenwich area!
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Below is a list of posts from the coding section of the site detailing the projects that make up my front-end development portfolio. The code for each of them (including the site you're reading now) is available on github.
In each project, my attention was directed toward developing a certain feature, or learning to do something in a particular way. This method has helped me to quickly broaden my development skills. As I learn new things, I apply them to on-going projects like this blog and howtoscience.net.


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Katherine "Katie" Christine Volness, age 51, of Arlington, formerly of Dassel, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, at her home with her family by her side.
She was born July 25, 1959, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Arnold and Jean (Onnen) Volness.
The family lived several places across the United States while Katie was growing up. She graduated from high school in Elgin, IL.
Katie worked for Met Life for several years, and then returned to Minnesota, settling in Dassel and working at HTI in Hutchinson.
She is survived by her two sons, Samuel and Luke Poquette; her mother, Jean Volness of Arlington; brothers David of Arlington, and Paul (Laura) of Cokato; nephews and nieces Jacob, Angela, Bailey and Joshua Volness; aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.
Katie was preceded in death by her father, Arnold C. Volness Sept. 21, 2002; her brother, Steven C. Volness April 1, 1999; and an infant son, Jacob Poquette.
Funeral services took place Sunday, Aug. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Chilson Funeral Chapel in Winsted, with the Rev. Mark Loder officiating. Interment was at Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Cemetery in Cokato.
Casket bearers were David Volness, Paul Volness, Jacob Volness, Sam Poquette, Victor Ruiz, and A.J. Guerra.
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By Mike Pilosof
Pratt, KS-It was a long time coming for Becky Gundy's team, but she knew they had the talent to eventually get it done.
The Broncbusters ended a 33-game conference losing streak by taking game two of their doubleheader with Pratt 5-4 following a 4-3 game-one loss on the road Monday afternoon in a series that was moved to Pratt because of the weather.
"It's something we can definitely build some momentum off of," Gundy said. "This feels good."
It was Garden City's first conference win since April 28, 2015 when they beat Colby. The victory also snapped an 11-game skid overall.
"We did a better job in game two of finishing things," Gundy said.
That was not the case in the opener.
Garden City (12-24, 1-9) started well. Leish Nakagawa drilled her third home run of the season in the first: a two-run shot that gave the Broncbusters a 2-0 advantage.
Pratt (4-36, 2-10) answered back with a run in the bottom half when Lyndsey Loomis grounded out, scoring Karly Smith from third, which sliced the Broncbusters lead to 2-1.
"We kept grinding in both games," Gundy said. "That's what I like about our team. Things have not necessarily gone according to plan, but they kept fighting."
The Beavers eventually tied the game on Nakagawa's error in the second.
The score stayed 2-2 until the seventh when Micaela Martinez, who started the season red hot, singled and went to third on a passed ball. Taylore Hartman then knocked her in for a 3-2 edge.
"Our biggest thing is learning how to finish," Gundy admitted.
That concept eluded the Broncbusters in the bottom of the seventh when Taylor Carey laced a one-out double to center. After Garden City pitcher Samantha Akers got Michaela Trevino to line out for the second out, Loomis smashed a 1-1 pitch into the power gap in right-center, knocking in Carey and giving the Beavers their fourth win of the season.
Akers dropped to 4-10 in the circle for the Broncbusters. She allowed four runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. Her counterpart Bailey Howarah yielded just two earned runs on five hits to get the complete-game win.
In the second contest, the Broncbusters used their own late-game magic to secure their first victory since March 5.
With the game tied at 4 in the seventh, Martinez smoked a two-out, run-scoring double to left field. It was the first pitch the freshman saw.
"We had more life late in game two," Gundy said. "We finally came through."
Broncbuster pitcher Desiree Perea allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the inning before retiring the next three to end the game.
"These girls just kept working," Gundy said. "At the end of the day, that's all you can ask."
After the Broncbusters struck first with Nakagawa's RBI single in the first, the Beavers responded with two in the bottom half, the second of those coming on Marisa Jonas's two-out single. Pratt stretched that lead to 3-1 when Loomis scored on a passed ball in the third.
But Garden City found their way back in the fourth. Kasie Smith scored on Bailey Bryson's error at first followed by Bailee Muxlow-Volk's sacrifice fly and Nicole Milford's RBI groundout, which gave the Broncbusters a 4-3 lead.
The advantage did not stick, and Carey singled home Makaila Martinez in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score again.
Perea got the win in relief for Garden City, going four innings and allowing only one run. She scattered six hits. Bailey Young took the loss for Pratt, allowing the game-winning run in the seventh. She went two innings and allowed three hits.
Next up: Garden City vs. Barton County-Wednesday, April 5-2 p.m. and 4 p.m.


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You will see a wolf get shot and the pain this wolf is in is well, horrific!
Well, it is our responsibility to spend some quality time daily to train your dog! It will take some patience, and a lot of love. But remember, just like us human, learning as we get older, animals learn as they grow too! And what is better than to spend some quality time to bond with man's best friend?
Wolf in Horrific Pain, Unbelieveable
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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June is "Adopt A Shelter Cat Month"!
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Saturday, June 06, 2009
Petfinder.com can help you find shelters near you!
Click on "animal shelters" near the top of the website. Up there too you will see "local/classifieds". They are on a purple line that goes across the page.
Good luck!
Cruelty Against Farm Animals
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
If you suspect that an animal has been abused, by someone you know or by a stranger, there are things you can do. The most important act you can take is to report the cruelty to your local law enforcement. In some cities, this may be animal control or a department of Humane Law Enforcement, while in other areas the police or sheriffs department may be the agency in charge of these sorts of crimes.
If you are unsure of who to contact, try your local yellow pages, or you can use the ASPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Lookup page to locate the agency in your area. You can also check the front section of your telephone yellow pages and search for Animal Control.
Some areas (especially more rural parts of the country) may not have a designated Animal Control Department, in which case there may be a an branch of a local humane society that has been assigned the power to investigate cruelty cases. If your city does not have an animal control or humane law enforcement department, cruelty cases may fall under the jurisdiction of the sheriff's department or local police.
If you witness animal cruelty in progress and do not know the number to the appropriate agency, CALL 911. Animal cruelty is a CRIME, and the police dispatcher will be able to determine which department should respond.
Three Dogs Forced Into Lives Of Sexual Assault!
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(Deborah Whalen-above)
(Donald Roy Siegfriend-above)
Exodus 22:19
"Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death". New International Version
If you think the dogs wouldn't mind or wouldn't know the difference may this be a learning experience for you that such behavior is extremely traumatizing for a dog. They are "forced" out of fear to comply with behavior that injures them and causes great suffering.


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My Skin Fair 2013 release is Elyse. The Elementary and Sultry packs each contain 5 different makeups, dimples versions, 4 eyebrow colours, 30 lipstick tattoos, subtle and boost cleavage adjusters, nail concealer and a bonus mod shape.
Elyse will only be available at the Skin Fair until March 31. After that date you can find her in my main store and on the Marketplace.
Due to the many requests I've made Lolas Tango appliers available, and also added the option of an add-on with cute tattoos. Get them at the Skin Fair or at my main store.
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As the previous update suggested, a top coat or two of paint would be added to the coach roof when volunteers were available.
Fortunately there were two or three on hand during september to get the roof well and truly protected.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Heather McCorkle's New Book Has Released
Here is a bit about the novel:
Invaders are coming to take what isn't theirs, again.
Neala wants to stand and fight for her homeland, but as one of the last druids, she may be standing alone.
Persecuted, hunted down, forced to live in obscurity, the druids have all but given up. Can the determination of a girl who has barely come into her power bring them together? Or, just when she finally finds her place among her kind, will they end up losing a homeland their very magic is tied to?
You can add it to your Goodreads lists here. Though To Ride A Púca is a channeler novel, it is not part of Heather's channeler series. It's a stand alone novel which explores the history of the ancestors of one of the main characters in the channeler series.
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5 Tips For Authentic Creative Expression
- Life Experiences.
Don't be afraid to explore experiences from your life in your work. Keep record of day-to-day experiences, connections, conversations with others that ignite inspiration, ideas, etc. Sometimes our own life experiences give us valuable material for our creative work. Staying connected to those experiences that move you or trigger a deeper meaning or understanding is the genuine ingredients to authentic creative expression. Therefore, our work becomes a reflection of ourselves.
- Transforming fear and self-doubt.
Sometimes fear and self-doubt can hold us back from fully exploring our most innovative ideas and taking risks in our work. Developing the skills to work through fear and self-doubt transforms it into productive energy, which you can channel into your work. This opens up the space and provides the opportunity to access rich material for authentic creative expression.
- Stay True to Your Vision.
Don't conform your work to what the world wants. Although it's important to take in consideration your audience, it's important that you are not allowing fear of not being accepted or embraced dictate what you're creating. Be aware if you are conforming to what everyone else is doing. Are you taking the safe approach or solution to your work? Or are you allowing your unique style or voice to come through? Some of our most innovative creators did not become well known by conforming to what everyone else was doing, it was because they broke out of what was expected.
- Continued Personal Growth.
Most design or art programs in colleges don't always provide you all the life and personal skills necessary to thrive and succeed in pursuing a creative career. Don't under estimate how closely your creativity is tied to you personally. Make your own self-growth an essential part of your career path. Hire a coach or therapist to help you grow in areas that will keep you connected to your true self. The more self-aware, the more you understand your own process the more authentic you will be in your work.
- Always check in with yourself.
Check in with yourself periodically during a project or a piece can give you valuable information. Ask yourself the following questions: How am I feeling about how this piece is coming together? Does it align with who I am and what I'm trying to express? Sometimes we get lost in the process of producing we become disconnected from the original meaning and purpose that inspired us to create. Make sure you take the time to reconnect with your core inspiration.
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This is a cross-post from The Art of Mind.
Lisa A Riley, MA, LMFT is a Creativity Coach and has spent more than nine years working with creative individuals such as artists, actors, designers, musicians, writers, and actors. She "helps to empower clients to take steps towards enhancing their creativity and move closer to becoming the artist they envisioned themselves to be". See her multiple 'Products for Your Creative Success' on her site The Art of Mind.


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What is a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP)?
Why is it important to have a QIP?
Who selects the improvement indicators and targets in the QIP?
What does Osler's QIP focus on improving?
How do you plan to meet the QIP targets?
What happens if you are unable to reach the targets identified in the QIP?
How much of compensation is tied to the achievement of the QIP targets for Osler's Executives?
Why didn't Osler meet all of the targets set in the 2016-17 QIP?
That being said, the final results for the indicators in the 2016-2017 QIP cannot be calculated until all of the data from the fiscal year have been finalized. In addition, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is determining the final timeframes to be captured for each indicator. When the final results are available they will be posted on Osler's website.
In the interim, Osler has posted its progress against the targets with timeframes set by the Ministry for the progress report and have also included our most recent data for reference.
What has changed from last year's QIP to the 2017-2018 QIP?
When will Osler's final results for the 2016-17 QIP be reported?
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No more attr_accessible in Ruby on Rails 4 (01 feb 13)
In a file called list.rb, I had
attr_accessible :title, :user_id, :updated_at, :created_at
When you run the tests using 'edge' Rails (4.0.0 beta), you get an error like this: "`attr_accessible` is extracted out of Rails into a gem. Please use new recommended protection model for params(strong_parameters) or add `protected_attributes` to your Gemfile to use old one."
What does this mean? This blog tells you:
Remove the attr_accessible line from your models. In each of the controllers, add at the bottom something like this (for example, this is list_controller):
private def app_params params.require(:list).permit(:title, :user_id, :updated_at, :created_at) end
and, where you create a new list in the controller (the create method), instead of
@list = List.create(params[:list])
you should have
@list = List.create( app_params )
(Edge Rails commit b0d4a205713154a4cd3c065e8bdb42431f63dd74, 1/31/13 16:40:07 -0800)


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Acuity Time
It is time for this month's Scholastic book order. If you'd like to purchase some books, you may look on this website, or I will be sending home a small leaflet tomorrow with some highlights. If you order online–parents get a $5 off coupon for their next purchase and our class gets a $3 off coupon for books for our room. Plus, we earn bonus points that can be spent to keep our classroom library growing. Thank you to all the parents who ordered last time! We even had a parent buy books through Scholastic and donate them to our library!! There is a "wish list" on the website that you can donate books as well. The theme for October will be The Strange & Mysterious. Might be a good time to find a book with this theme for silent reading time.
ONLINE CODE: L7L3T (Must have this for our class to get the credit.)
Students took their first Acuity today. These scores will help us level the students in our classes and be able to offer some interventions within our classrooms, as well. We will also be looking carefully at the growth of each student from test to test.
While Acuity was finishing, students took turns adding lines to others' couplets. They were able to brainstorm from the given "starter" couplets. We are hoping to turn some into a "couplet rap" by the end of the week.
Finally, we began our culminating activity for our search terms and skills. Students are planning a vacation of their dreams and citing various steps along the way. (using search-vacation) This is not homework tonight. Students started on it today and will build on it throughout the week.
Reminder: Students will take their Summative Assessment (Post-test) for this unit on Friday. This will replace the RI score in the grade book. (That was the pretest/Formative Assessment.) The assessment will check their media and text structure knowledge.
Secret Mission: Find a pencil today and add it to our in-class supply! Our pencil supply is dwindling. People are borrowing and then not returning them.


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Who doesn't love a little cake for a snack? Especially one made with chocolate and coffee. They're dangerously easy to make. You can make them in this mini springform pan, or in a regular muffin-size pan for a slightly larger snack. You can top them with all manner of things. I like fresh fruit, nuts and cacao nibs… for health! They are easy to hold and can be eaten in 2 or 3 bites, perfect for a party. Or as a solitary treat with coffee in the middle of a wintry afternoon. Not that I'd know anything about that. No siree…
Mocha Snack Cakes
Makes 16 mini cakes or 12 regular muffin-sized cakes
slightly adapted from here
For the Cakes:
200g dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup vegetable oil, divided
1/2 cup plain Greek yoghurt
200g golden caster sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon espresso coffee powder dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water to make a coffee extract
200g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
To Serve:
200ml whipping cream
1/2 tablespoon icing sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
Assortment of fruit, nuts, cacao nibs, grated chocolate, sprinkles… the list goes on.
For the Cakes:
Preheat the oven to 180C. Spray your cake pan with cooking oil spray and set aside.
Put the chocolate and 1/4 cup of the oil into a heatproof bowl and set the bowl over a pan of simmering water. Don't let the bowl touch the water. Heat until melted and smooth and remove from the heat. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup of oil with the yoghurt, sugar, eggs, vanilla and coffee extract. Set aside.
In another bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour the yoghurt mixture into the well. Stir until combined, then add the chocolate mixture and stir until just combined. Don't over mix.
Divide the batter between the cups and bake for 15 minutes for the mini cakes and 20 minutes for the regular muffin-size cakes. A skewer inserted into the centre should come out with moist crumbs sticking to it.
Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completey.
To Serve:
Whip the cream with the icing sugar to firm peaks.
Top each little cake with a dollop of slightly sweetened whipped cream and adorn with toppings of your choice. Dust with icing sugar.


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Turkmenistan pardons over 600 prisoners in Ramazan
A state television report in the gas-rich country noted Berdymukhamedov had signed the order of amnesty "to further strengthen the unity and solidarity of Turkmen society."
The report did not clarify the nationalities of foreign prisoners released under the amnesty but Turkmenistan's prisons are known to hold citizens of neighbouring countries convicted of smuggling and trafficking offences.
Last year the government passed a law excluding prisoners convicted of drug trafficking from state amnesties.
The ex-Soviet country, which rights groups regularly list as one of the world's least free states, often carries out pardons ahead of major state holidays.
On Thursday a number of prominent rights groups signed a letter addressed to Berdymukhamedov asking him to release a local journalist incarcerated for almost a year on narcotics charges.
Saparmamed Nepeskuliev who worked for Radio Free Europe's Turkmen service was convicted on the "fabricated" charges on August 31 and has not been in contact with relatives since September, the letter stated.
The letter signed by RFE and groups including Reporters Without Borders and Human Rights Watch also recalled the fate of another RFE contributor Ogulsapar Muradova who died in a Turkmen jail in 2006.
Turkmenistan has the world's fourth-largest known reserves of natural gas and borders Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.


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ANTHONY KIM: You can never underestimate Sergio; obviously he has a great Ryder Cup record. I was trying to keep playing, keep my nose to the grindstone and keep grinding away.
Q. When you saw that you were going to be first out and playing against Sergio who has such a great record in this event, what were your thoughts?
ANTHONY KIM: Well, I was welcoming the challenge. Sergio is a friend of mine, a great player, and I've looked up to him for a long time, so I have a tremendous amount of respect. I wanted to come out here and give the fans what they wanted to see.
Q. Have you ever had more fun on a golf course?
ANTHONY KIM: Never. I got chills up my spine the whole day today, and I'm loving every minute of it.
Q. How do you think this changes you, this experience? You were already an accomplished golfer, a young one, but will this have an impact on do you think the rest of your career, this experience?
ANTHONY KIM: Absolutely. I wouldn't trade this for $10 million. This has been an experience of a lifetime. I'm going to draw back on things that happened this week and the friendships I've made. It was all in all a great experience.
This is the most exciting day I've ever had. I'm so excited to be here in Kentucky and winning the Ryder Cup.
Q. Is this the best day of your golfing life?
ANTHONY KIM: Best day of my golfing life so far.
Q. Were you surprised they put you out number one?
ANTHONY KIM: We talked about this earlier. I welcomed it, and it was a great day.
Q. How about you and Garcia, though? It seemed to be bristling a little bit between the two of you, not that you were chatting too much to each other. What was that like?
ANTHONY KIM: Well, Sergio and I are good friends and I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. He's a great player and a great guy. But out there, we're out there to do business, and we battled all day, and now we can start being friends again.


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Poor cooperation among utilities fueled blackout, executive say
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
WASHINGTON -- A breakdown in communication and cooperation among Midwest utilities contributed significantly to the worst power blackout in U.S. history, a utility executive has told congressional investigators.
Government and industry officials, testifying at congressional hearings that begin today, will say it's too early to pinpoint the cause of the Aug. 14 blackout that cascaded from Ohio through Michigan and into Canada, then engulfed New York state.
In a letter to House investigators, the chief executive of a major Michigan utility says he is convinced that a power plant shutdown and transmission line failures in Ohio "were the triggering event for the blackout" and that an "apparent failure in communication" was a major reason the problem spread.
"For some reason, the required level of communications and coordination failed on Aug. 14," Anthony Earley Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of DTE Energy, wrote the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He said this "apparent breakdown in communications between the Ohio utilities and other utility systems" must be dealt with.
Earley, whose Detroit Edison serves 5 million people in southeastern Michigan, complained that "Michigan utilities did not have timely or adequate warnings about deteriorating systems condition in Ohio" during the hour before the blackout.
He said Detroit Edison did not begin to detect anything unusual until 4:06 p.m., five minutes before the blackout hit full force in all or parts of eight states. Investigators said the first of five transmission line failures in Ohio began occurring an hour earlier.
In a separate letter to House investigators, FirstEnergy Corp., the Ohio-based company whose generating plant and transmission line failures have been at the center of the blackout investigation, dismissed the notion that a single event triggered the blackout.
"The events of the day ... involved thousands of separate and discrete incidents across a widespread multisystem region," H. Peter Burg, FirstEnergy's chairman and chief executive, wrote the committee.
In a presentation Tuesday to financial analysts in New York, First Energy's chief financial officer, Richard Marsh, said, "There is probably no single straw that broke the camel's back. We think what happened is a combination of events, not an isolated event on anybody's line or any one operator."
Executives of the International Transmission Co., which operates transmission lines in Michigan, also have complained that their engineers did not receive even a courtesy call from Ohio utility officials about their line problems prior to the blackout.
When ITC found out about the problems on the Ohio lines, "it was at the point of no return" and too late to act, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will tell the lawmakers. She says in prepared remarks that had Michigan grid operators been warned, "they might have been able to craft a contingency plan ... and avoid the cascading failures."
The grid's reliability should not depend on a courtesy call, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft says in his testimony. "Frankly," his text says, "in the 21st century a system that relies on courtesy calls is clearly outdated and must be modernized."
The hearing Wednesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee will be the first congressional inquiry into the blackout, which has spawned renewed interest in Congress to act to increase the reliability of the country's aging power transmission systems.
"We're very concerned that there are shortcomings in the system. The grid is designed to handle multiple disturbances without going down. But clearly for whatever reason the system failed this time," said Ken Johnson, a committee spokesman.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, co-chairman of a U.S.-Canada task force investigating the blackout and the leadoff witness at the hearing, will reiterate his recommendation for Congress to enact mandatory reliability standards to be enforced by the government.
Taft and Granholm will support such standards, as will Pat Wood, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "Currently there is no direct federal authority or responsibility for the reliability of the transmission grid," Wood says in testimony prepared for the hearing.
"The electrical system in this country must include a system of accountability. We need to know who is responsible for what," says Granholm.
Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., the committee's chairman, has said he hopes to have a broad range of electricity proposals as part of a broader energy bill ready for approval by the end of the month.
Some Democrats want to avoid getting the electricity measures entangled with other, controversial energy issues such as whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., said Tuesday he will introduce separate legislation this week that would require the electricity industry to comply with mandatory transmission standards. But Tauzin wants to include the new requirements as part of a broader package of electricity provisions to be passed as part of comprehensive energy legislation. Therefore, he and other Republicans will oppose Dingell's bill.
Associated Press reporters Malia Rulon in Washington, Jim Krane in New York and Alexandra Moses in Lansing, Mich., contributed to this report.


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For those who don't know, the Lush Kitchen cooks up small batches of exclusive products that are only available for a limited time until they sell out. The products available are a mix of Oxford Street exclusives, old favourites that have been discontinued or one off's. Since I've tried the majority of the Lush bath bombs and bubble bars that are in the permanent collection, I've been loving the Lush Kitchen recently and have been making quite an order pretty much every week. I'm mainly interested in the bath bombs, bubble bars, bath melts and shower gels. Although there are a few products that I have bought simply because I've never tried them before.
Instead of posting several different shopping posts, I'm going to be writing a little overview of the previous months Kitchen products. Since there is a limited amount of each made, then by the time each one arrives in the post it'll probably be sold out. Instead I'm hoping this post will high light any products you'd like to try in the future or simply because you're just as obsessed with Lush as I am.
Lush Lush Bomb Bath Bomb | £3.95 // This bath bomb shares the same scent as Karma and it's one of my favourites. Although the colours of this one are the complete opposite to other Karma scented products, I still like it. I also love the little Lush Kitchen tag on it!
Olive Tree Gourmet Soap | £7.50 // This is one of the more expensive gourmet soaps but is one I think will be extremely moisturising. I don't like the taste of olives but have liked other olive scented products in the past so I thought I'd try it.
Vanilla Fountain Bath Bomb | £3.75 // This is one of the bath bombs that I would have in my perfect Lush Kitchen menu as I love the simple vanilla scent it has. It isn't one of the good ones to sit and watch but it does leave the water smelling amazing.
Playdoze Bubble Bar | £3.95 // I've used this bubble bar before when it was available from Lush Retro which I think was the equivalent to the Lush Kitchen, or at least the nearest thing to it. The scent is lavender, fennel and ylang ylang.
Golden Slumbers Bath Bomb | £3.95 // The strongest scent of this bath bomb is lavender and I love it. It's one of the bath bombs I try to use as soon as I buy it as I find it doesn't store well and sinks to the bottom of the bath. This is packed full of gold lustre which makes the water look amazing but does mean you have to clean the bath well afterwards.
Sleepy Head Massage Bar | £6.50 // I was surprised with the size of this massage bar as it's 90g, about a third bigger than the other bars and not much more expensive. I have to say, I don't love the scent of this one and if I had been able to smell it beforehand then I probably wouldn't have bought it. I will use it and probably enjoy it but I'll use it as a bath melt instead of a body moisturiser. Again it has quite a strong lavender scent but the jojoba oil and ylang ylang are quite prominent scents as well which is the reason I don't like it as much as I fought I would.
Ickle Angel Bath Bomb | £2.75 // I was really surprised with just how small this bath bomb is. I know I've tried either this one or the devil one before but I just cannot remember it being so tiny. It is cheaper than the normal sized bath bombs but I just don't think it's cheap enough for the size. I'm glad to have bought one of each but if they come back into the Kitchen again at any point then I won't be buying them again. Ickle Angel smells of sandalwood, lavender and chamomile blue. It's a very relaxing scent!
Ickle Devil Bath Bomb | £2.75 // Again this is the same size as the Angel bath bomb and actually smells very similar. I thought it would be different which is a bit disappointing.
I also love how the Kitchen include these polaroids of who has made the products along with the product itself. It's a nice way of keeping track of what you've tried and when it was released when you don't have the product itself anymore.


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Breed Registries:
Note: The breed may also be recognized by other registries not indicated here. For further details about dog registries, please see the document: Dog Breed Registries in North America.
** The FCI is the World Canine Organization, which includes 84 members and contract partners (one member per country) that each issue their own pedigrees and train their own judges. The FCI recognizes 339 breeds, with each being the "property" of a specific country. The "owner" countries of the breeds write the standards of these breeds in co-operation with the Standards and Scientific Commissions of the FCI, and the translation and updating are carried out by the FCI. The FCI is not a breed registry nor does it issue pedigrees.
Great Britain
13 to 16 inches (33 to 41 cm)
Brief History of the Shetland Sheepdog:
The Shetland Sheepdog originated in the Shetland Islands off the northeast coast of Scotland and was bred as a working dog, primarily to herd and protect the livestock. The Shetland Sheepdog was once called the "Toonie", taken from the word "tun" which is the Norwegian word for farm. It is believed that the Shetland Sheepdog and the larger herding Collie have a common ancestor, a herding dog bred in the British Highlands, believed to be similar to today's Border Collie. The dogs that stayed on the Scottish mainland eventually developed into the Rough Collie and those that were taken to the Shetland Isles were downsized to meet the needs of the island and developed into the Shetland Sheepdog. Today, the Shetland Sheepdog has the same relationship in size and appearance to the Rough Collies as the Shetland Pony has to some larger breeds of horses. There are, however, other differences between the breeds. The Kennel Club (UK) recognized the breed in 1909 as the Shetland Collie and, in 1914, the breed became a completely separate breed known as the Shetland Sheepdog.
For more information on the history of the Shetland Sheepdog, see:
- The Sheltie - A History from the Winnipeg Area Shetland Sheepdog Association
Breed Profile:
The Sheltie is extremely loyal, affectionate and responsive with a very strong desire to please, making him a wonderful companion. He is generally devoted to all family members, including children and other dogs. With his high intelligence, the Sheltie has become one of the leading breeds for obedience competition and he also excels in agility, herding and tracking. While the Sheltie is adaptable to different living environments, he is an active, working breed and needs regular, daily exercise.
The Sheltie may be reserved toward strangers and is very protective of his family, making him a good watch dog who will alert to any intrusion with enthusiastic barking. Shyness, timidity, or nervousness, however, are not characteristic of the breed.
The Shetland Sheepdog can be a barker. However, the amount of barking varies with the individual as well as with the number of dogs. Barking is often learned from other dogs but, with persistence, this can be taught out of the dog.
In appearance, the Sheltie is a small, rough-coated, long haired dog. He is alert, agile and sturdy with no parts appearing out of proportion. Dogs are visibly masculine while females are more feminine. The Sheltie has a double coat, consisting of a long, straight and harsh outer coat and a short, furry and very dense undercoat. He has an abundant mane and frill which is particularly impressive in males. Shelties come in a wide variety of coat colours stemming from either sable or black. Sable colour ranges from golden through red, to deep mahogany with an overlay of black. The most common coat colour is the Mahogany Sable. Generally, pure sable coloured dogs are lighter in colour, while the black-factored dogs are heavily shaded with black. The tri-colour dog is black with tan points on the eyes, cheeks, and usually on the legs. Tri-colours also have varying amounts of white markings on the face, collar, legs and tail tip. The bi-black Sheltie is black with white markings. The blue merle Sheltie can range from silver to steel-blue with varying amounts of black and tan patches throughout. Blue merles also have the tan markings on the face and legs.
The Shetland Sheepdog is a very popular breed. According to CKC 2005 registrations, the Sheltie is the 5th most registered breed in Canada. In the U.S., according to AKC registration statistics for 2005, the Sheltie ranks number 18. Unfortunately, with this popularity comes the issue of irresponsible breeders attempting to cash in. If you are considering the purchase of a Shetland Sheepdog puppy, be especially selective in choosing a responsible and reputable breeder. (For more information on selecting a breeder, see the articles on the main Breed Listing and Breeders page.)
Health Issues
Like all breeds, the Shetland Sheepdog is susceptible to some health problems, including: Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA), Central PRA, Collie Eye Anomaly (also known as Sheltie Eye Syndrome), Corneal Dystrophy, Hip Dysplasia, Thyroid problems, and von Willebrand's Disease.
If you are considering the adoption of a Shetland Sheepdog puppy, or any breed, it is very important to be selective in choosing a responsible and reputable breeder. Ensure that the prospective puppy's parents have all health clearances. Breeding of any dog should not be done until after they have been proven to be free of evidence of significant hereditary diseases. (For more information on selecting a breeder, see the articles on the main Breed Listing and Breeders page.)
Additional Health Resources:
- ASSA Health Research Functions as a public resource and clearing house for information related to health concerns as they pertain to the purebred Shetland Sheepdog.
- Sheltie von Willebrand's Disease Can Now Be Diagnosed by a DNA Test Vetgen
- Canine Inherited Disorders Database Shetland Sheepdog
- Health and Nutrition Growing section of the Canada's Guide to Dogs website which includes information on several health and nutrition related issues.
- Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) Providing a source of health information for owners, breeders, and scientists that will assist in breeding healthy dogs. CHIC is a centralized canine health database jointly sponsored by the AKC/Canine Health Foundation (AKC/CHF) and the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA).
- AKC Canine Health Foundation Working towards developing scientific advances in canine health.
- Canine Eye Registration Foundation (CERF)
- Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA)
- Ontario Veterinary College (OVC)
- University of Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program (PennHip)
- HealthGene HealthGene Corporation is the leading provider of veterinary DNA diagnostic services in Canada.
- Labgenvet Laboratory of Veterinary Genetics is a Canadian diagnostic laboratory that offers a comprehensive service of DNA tests for veterinary genetic diseases.
Breed Standards
- CKC Breed Standard
- AKC Breed Standard
- UKC Breed Standard
- The Kennel Club (U.K.) Shetland Sheepdog Standard
- FCI Breed Standard No. 88
Grooming Information
- Grooming This section of the Canada's Guide to Dogs website includes tips, articles and information covering all aspects of dog grooming along with a listing of Groomers from across Canada.
Illustrated Guide to Sheltie Grooming
by Barb Ross
Sheltie grooming from head to toe with step by step illustrations! Useful for collie owners, too! Includes information on developing correct earset on puppies.
Available from Amazon.ca and Dogwise.com
Training Resources
- Training For training information, see this growing section of the Canada's Guide to Dogs website for tips, articles, as well as listings of training centres across Canada.
Choose from a wide variety of items from Dogwise.com
Additional Information
- Breed Spotlight The Sheltand Sheepdog The Treasure of the Shetland Islands From Dog World Magazine
- Are Shelties for Everyone?
- Information on Shetland Sheepdogs: History, Genetics, Bloodlines and Top Producers
- Shetland-Sheepdog.com A website who's goal is to become the first point of call for anyone seeking information about the breed. In addition, information about the Shetland Islands, where the breed originated, is also provided.
- Herding with the Shetland Sheepdog
- Herding Dogs A section of the Canada's Guide to Dogs website which includes training and general information about Herding/Stock Dogs; listing of Stock Dog Clubs and Associations; listing of upcoming shows and events; and more.
- Clubs, Sports & Activities For information on the many sports and activities you can get involved in with your dog.
- Working Dogs The Working Dogs section of the Canada's Guide to Dogs website provides information and listings of organizations that are involved in various dog jobs, such as Guide Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Police Dogs, Protection Dogs, and much more.
Select from the following links to view Breeder listings; Breed Clubs; Rescue Organizations; as well as Books and other Merchandise specific to the breed:


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Hey friends,
I'm guest posting over here on Tiffany's blog today. Spewing forth a virtually endless stream of brilliance and creativity at the level of which you've come to expect from this blog.
(Wait, that could probably be taken a number of ways...)
I don't think you want to miss it. Why? Because it addresses the elephant in the room. Painfully, eye-rollingly, literally. You'll see when you get there.
Come on over! Then come on back. Often. And with donuts.
xox, Brittney


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It's reassuring to know that when I have nothing to talk about, I can always fall back on my kitty.
Behold - the Fluffy Bear Trap:
It didn't take me long to learn the hazards associated with this cat. That fluffy belly looks terribly tempting, doesn't it? But know that if you were to succumb to that temptation and sink your hand deep into that fluff, you would come away with a bloody stump, after the teeth and hind claws snap together on your wrist.
He looks so sweet when he's sleeping, though.
The photography is tolerated only so long.
"Piss-off, lady."


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9.22.15Dear Oliver,
You are one month old today, and we can't believe how quickly time is flying! Mommy might have shed a few tears leading up to today. You will never know how much you have blessed our lives, and even though this has been a tiring month, it has been the best month of our lives! Being your parents is the most fulfilling adventure we've ever embarked on, and we are so in love with you!
Your daddy and I are just enamored with you, and I can't even count the number of times we've just looked at each and said things like, "I can't believe he's here" or "I just love him so much" or "He's so precious." You are so cute, and we could just eat you up! You make the sweetest little noises and have some of the most precious facial expressions and movements. I love the way you stretch and push your little booty out when you're done feeding. And, you do an incredibly precious duck face. You also do have an "I'm unimpressed" face, and some funny ones, like your "poop face". I seriously wish I could just capture all of this on video or in pictures because I never want to forget anything about you during this most sweet time.
You were 9 lbs. 4 oz. when you were born, but you lost weight in the hospital (down to 8 lbs., 6 oz). We worked super hard trying to get you back to birth weight, with a combination of breastfeeding, formula supplements, and pumped milk supplements. But don't you worry, you have certainly made up for that lost weight--and then some! You gained 10 oz. during your second week, and we were officially able to stop supplementing with formula-- just breastmilk for you now! At your one month appointment today you weighed 11 lbs. 9 oz (89th percentile!)-- holy smokes! I think we are all getting our arm workouts in lifting and holding you all day! You've also grown 1.5 inches since you were born, now measuring 23 inches (97th percentile!), and boy, your head-- soooo big-- 93rd percentile for head circumference! It's a good thing we didn't buy too many newborn clothes because you could only wear those for a hot second! We were worried you wouldn't even be able to use up the 2 packs of newborn diapers we had for you!
Baby boy, you are also so strong! You started holding your head up for a few seconds at a time around week 2, and every day we've noticed you holding it up longer and longer! You enjoy floor time (although you usually just stare at the ceiling or anything but the fun play gym we have for you!), and you are trying SO hard to roll over! Just a few days before 4 weeks you did roll over from tummy to back, and we were super excited to cheer you on! We know it's just a matter of time before you're rolling over from back to tummy! It's so cute to watch you try, and your daddy and I have to restrain ourselves from jumping in when you start to get frustrated!
You've been a great sleeper from the start, and we are so grateful for that! You take little 2-3 hour naps in the day, which is a nice time for us to catch up on things around the house and sometimes on sleep for ourselves! We used to have to wake you every 2-3 hours to feed at night, which usually meant we were up about 1-2 times during prime sleep hours, but now you're sleeping for longer chunks of time at night (and we were told we no longer had to wake you to feed between 12-6am), and we appreciate it so much! You love your Swaddleme infant wrap for nighttime sleeping, and you look like the most precious burrito baby when you have that on! You've been sleeping in the bassinet part of our pack-n-play right beside us, and make lots of precious baby sighs all night long. During the day your favorite place to nap is in the swing! The funny thing is that at night you are so great at self-soothing to sleep, but during the day, you absolutely (for themost part!) will not tolerate being put down in the swing, the rock-n-play, or the bouncer unless you are already asleep! It's OK though, because we love snuggling with you, especially when you fall asleep on our chests!
You're still making up your mind about bath time. Sometimes you're not having it, and you scream the whole time. Other times you're pretty chill and don't put up a fight. You absolutely love being snuggled up in your hooded bath towels afterwards, though!
You mostly only cry for four reasons-- when you're hungry, are having gas pains, need a diaper change, or are fighting sleep (which happens mostly during what we call your "witching hour" from 3-6pm). Somewhere around week two you did at least realize that getting a fresh diaper was a good thing and you stopped the tear fest during the diaper changes! When you're fighting sleep we have a number of tricks up our sleeves, but our last resorts are walking you up and down the stairs (which you love!) or putting you in the car-seat and either taking you for a walk or, as daddy has done a few times, just pushing the stroller around the downstairs! Car rides are also a full-proof way to help you get your snooze on, but we have not yet had to resort to taking you for a ride in the middle of the night--although daddy would secretly love this because he'd try to sneak in a trip to Waffle House with you!
For the most part you are a super chill baby! You've loved hanging out in your swing and your Boppy lounger. But, you really are happiest being held, which we are all happy to do! We've tried reading some books, but you'd rather just stare at the ceiling-- you are so fascinated by whatever it is up there that you like to look at! You also love looking at the photos on the wall in mommy and daddy's room!
We've gotten to go on a few outings, although they've mostly been to doctor's appointments. We did take a trip to Old Navy, Best Buy, and Target when you were 3 weeks old, and you were a rock-star and slept the whole time! Don't worry, month 2 is going to be full of many fun outings now that mommy is feeling so much better!
Finally, you've gotten to meet so many family members and friends this month and have been quite the host to lots of visitors! You are so, so loved!
And now for pictures galore...
Mommy & Daddy


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Bird Flu - a your REAL wall from am-y
A bit of a pleasant REAL wall surprise came into my inbox today from the brilliant am-y from Singapore.
I recently sent her a card, and remember her description as being the arty type who would appreciate a more arty card, so I dug up a dance card and popped it in the post.
Much to my pleasant surprise this evening I got a Flickr mail showing me that my card had arrived and found it's way onto her REAL wall in Singapore.
I'm sure you'll agree, this is a fine example of REAL wall and a pretty damn cool T-shirt too!


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Many years ago, some friends of mine in Israel dug a hole. I don't remember now what they were searching for, but they thought there was something a ways down, so they dug. It took a while, and in the end they had a very deep hole. But, what they had been looking for turned out to not be there. So now they had a hole with nothing to show for it. Someone came up with a very surprising way to make use of the hole. Again, sorry, I don't remember the details, but it was something wonderful. And the wisdom of the moment was: Why waste a good hole?
My last post was a brief survey of the landscape connecting HIV and poverty, with a selection of slides from a talk I was about to give at the American Association for the History of Medicine meeting. Having gathered together the information, I thought I'd post the remainder, because why waste a good slide.
You know how there are some topics which, when you come across them, you think: why aren't we talking about this every day? How can the world just kind of keep going on when this problem exists? How is it possible that someone is spending more than $100 million dollars to keep The Scream in a private collection, or to ensure someone's election into office, when there are children being born into situations that put them at high risk for diseases that they'll spend their entire lives coping with, or from which they will die way too young? It's not that I think the people spending that money should be directing it elsewhere; it's that we live in a world where economy trumps humanity at every turn. I know, I know, this is a blog about science, not social justice, but sometimes a topic arises where the two can't be kept separate.
There are a zillion issues like this, too many to name, or almost think about. Admittedly, delving into the many health disparities connected with poverty isn't something I do every day. But having gone there, I'm finding it hard to leave.
Anyway. Onto the slides.
In the last post, I included some stills from this moving portrait of how HIV has shifted over the past two decades. Here are some more statistics about that:
The AIDSVu project, conducted by Emory University, found that nearly all U.S. counties with high rates of HIV and infection are located in the south. To be more exact, of the 175 counties in the top 20% for HIV and poverty, all but six are in the south.
According to the 2010 CDC report, Communities in Crisis, heterosexuals living below the poverty line in U.S. cities are five times as likely as the general population to be HIV-positive, regardless of race of ethnicity. Among people living in the same neighborhood but above the poverty line, the likelihood of being HIV positive was 2.5 times higher than among the general U.S. population.
Here is another way to consider the overlap of poverty and race/ethnicity:
So, the CDC is saying that the main connection between HIV and race/ethnicity is through the conduit of poverty. When you look at the entire U.S., HIV rates are staggeringly higher among blacks. But when you zero in on poverty, the racial/ethnic disparities almost disappear. Similarly, sexual orientation becomes less of an issue. In that CDC study, which was based on 9,000 people in 23 cities, 2.1% of heterosexuals living in high-poverty urban areas were HIV positive. Note that the definition of an epidemic is when the rate of a disease in a given location exceeds 1%.
The last post also mentioned that HIV is one of many diseases of poverty. Of course this is looking only at the U.S.—when you extend the view to the entire world, the connection becomes only more harrowing, as shown very starkly in this WHO report, Disease of Poverty and the 10-90 gap. (PDF) (10-90, as in: 10% of the world's population get 90% of the healthcare.)
In the U.S., diabetes is another disease connected with poverty. Here is a slide that was included in the last post showing the prevalence of diabetes in the U.S.:
The map above covers all regions of the country where income spans from $19K/year to $112K/year.
Now here is a version of the map filtered to include areas where the average income ranges from $19K/year to $34K/year:
The two maps reveal the areas where lower-income plus diabetes incidence are most concentrated.
A major issue inside this territory is that of education. Educational disparities are also linked to disease. Having not really done much research to better understand, in a clear and factual way, why poverty and education and disease seem to be linked together, I'm not going to assume any explanation. But here are some small glimpses that show the link exists.
I hope you can see this slide clearly enough. It shows the potential number of deaths from cancer that could have been prevented by eliminating educational and/or racial disparities among people ages 25–64 in 2007:
The light blue in the charts above, which you'll note encompasses more than half the pie for African American men, shows the deaths that supposedly could have been avoided.
Among the 10 states with the lowest high school graduation rates (less than 65%), seven are in the southern U.S. Whether that bears any direct relevance to HIV rates in those states, I don't know.
Here's some more interesting information, now focused on sex education. There are a lot of states that don't mandate sex education or HIV education.
For a better view of that, a PDF is available here, with a lot more information about where American teenagers get information about sex. Several states in the U.S. allow abstinence-only sex education.
Here is more about the link between education and health, from the National Poverty Center (PDF).
Finally, some more information about healthcare among people living with HIV.
The CDC recommends HIV screening as part of routine medical care. Yet in many states, Medicaid does not cover routine HIV screening. According to the CDC, "States in the South were least likely to cover routine HIV screening (4 of 16)." This map shows where such screening is (dark blue) and isn't (light blue) covered:
Finally, a look at poverty rates across the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, rates are rising faster in the southern U.S. than in other regions. From 2009 to 2010, there was a 1.2% rise in poverty in the South, about double the rise seen in the Northeast, Midwest, or West. The share of the U.S. population earning below half of the federal poverty line has risen to 6.7%, a record high.