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We offer a variety of eco-tours that will suit a wide range of paddling skills. If you do not see an eco-tour that fits your interests, skills or schedule, contact us and we will build a tour around your desires, ability, and schedule.
Kayaking Tour Self-Assessment: We are often asked about the suggested level of kayaking experience and skills needed to participate in the Florida Kayak School and Tour's tours. We have embraced a chart that was created by the Tampa Bay Sea Kayakers to help answer this question. This chart will allow our clients to self-assess to determine which of our tours are appropriate for the paddler's skill-level. Each tour we offer has the suggested skill-level noted in the description.
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Mini Eco-Tour: 2+ hours on the water. $50 per person. This price includes the kayak & gear and guide. Mini Eco-Tours are designed for people who may have never been paddling. Mini Eco-Tour trips are a great way to introduce you to the beautiful areas of North Florida and paddling. The BYOB (Bring Your Own Boat) price for the Mini Eco-Tour is $40 per person.
Half-Day Eco-Tour: 4 - 5 hours on the water. $65 per person. This price includes the kayak & gear and guide. Half-Day Eco-Tours are at a leisurely pace, and we take a lunch break about half way through the trip. Bring your refillable water bottle, snacks and a lunch. BYOB (Bring Your Own Boat) $55.
Full-Day Eco-Tour: 6+ hours on the water. $75 per person. This price includes the kayak & gear and guide. Typically we are on the water for about 6 hours. Bring your refillable water bottle, snacks and a lunch. BYOB (Bring Your Own Boat) $65.
What to Wear and What to Bring: Kayaking is a "Water Sport." The "Water" part of this means that you may get wet. The "Sport" part means that this activity requires some degree of physical ability, strength and conditioning. If you are concerned about your fitness for the adventure, feel free to ask for more details about the physical demands of this tour. Bring with you drinking water, sun protection, and shoes that can get wet. Also, be sure to dress for the expected weather conditions. There is often the likelihood of a shower, so always be prepared for the possibility of rain. You are encouraged to bring a change of clothes. If you are signing up for a Half-Day or Full-Day Eco-Tour, be sure to bring enough food for lunch and snacks. Your guide will provide a dry bag/box for such personal items as car keys, wallets, etc.
You must pre-register for eco-tours and events. In the calendar below review the eco-tour description. To pre-register contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or call 850.445.3236. You may cancel your registration up 24 hours prior to the beginning of the tour. Should threatening weather be in the forecast, the guide may be forced to cancel the trip for your own safety.
Guiding Services: If you are visiting the Big Bend area with your own kayak/canoe and gear, a member of our staff is available to help you get the most out of your time in this beautiful and wild area. Our staff is a wealth of information including natural and local history, things to see in the Big Bend area. Hiring a Florida Kayak School and Tours guide promotes safety and allows you get the most out of your Florida adventure. We know the area and it's flora and fauna, the tides, the currents, the less-traveled routes, beaches, and camping spots. Our guides can not only alert you to where are the boat-shredding the oyster bars but also the best, local-color bars. Rates: 3 hr - $150 per guide per party; 6 hr - $250 per guide per party; Overnight - $300 per guide per party (4:1 guide ratio). These prices are for trips within a 50 mile radius of Tallahassee. Call for information and reservations.
Cancellation Policy:
"No refund with less than 24 hours of scheduled event. To receive a refund notification needs to be made more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled event. The Florida Kayak School and Tours reserves to right to cancel the scheduled activity in the event of dangerous weather or other client safety concerns. In this event, a full refund will be given. Should a client be late to an event they may forfeit the cost of the tour/class/event."
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- Population: 12171
- Size: 3.6 sq miles (9.32 km2)
- Established: 1899
- Distance from NYC: 26
- Distance from Philadelphia: 82
- Distance from Newark: 16
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About New Providence
New Providence is a leafy suburban borough located in the northwestern part of Union County bordering Morris County. This popular town gets high marks for easy access to New York City, excellent schools and a friendly small-town feeling. Measuring 3.6 square miles, New Providence was settled in 1720 and has a population of about 12,000. Known as a family-oriented community, there are no bars in New Providence and no liquor licenses are issued for restaurants, although many have a bring-your-own-bottle policy.
Situated on the second slope of the Watchung Mountains, New Providence borders Chatham Township, Summit and Berkeley Heights. A large portion of Murray Hill is within New Providence, while the balance is in Berkeley Heights. Convenient for commuters, it is about 15 miles from Newark and less than 30 miles from Manhattan.
New Providence was known as Turkeytown during Colonial times due to a large population of wild turkeys. In recognition of those early days, a turkey is featured on the town's police uniform emblems. New Providence's name was established after a balcony collapsed at the Presbyterian church, and churchgoers concluded that nobody was hurt due to divine providence, leading them to call it New Providence.
Community Life
The town's website has a tagline that sums up the general feeling of its residents: "New Providence: Nice People, Nice Place." Numerous in-town conveniences such as two swimming pools, multiple parks, a library and a shopping center create an ideal backdrop for this close-knit community. The downtown business district recently completed a $1.5 million project to enhance the streetscape. An annual street fair is a well-attended event along South Street every September with music, games, kid-friendly activities, food and more. The New Providence Business and Professional Association sponsors the street fair as well as summer concerts, Fourth of July fireworks, a 5K race, car show and other outdoor events.
Over 9% of New Providence's land is publicly-owned and protected parkland. Several borough-owned parks include Veterans Memorial Park on South Street, Lyons Park on Livingston Avenue and Clearwater Park near the end of Central Avenue. Each park is located alongside Salt Creek, which runs from the Passaic River.
The Recreation Department offers a selection of programs for children and adults. The department oversees three playgrounds, an ice-skating rink, eight ball fields and eight tennis courts. Two swimming pools are managed by the New Providence Community Pool Corporation.
The public school district serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Two kindergarten to grade six schools are Allen W. Roberts Elementary School and Salt Brook Elementary School. In 2011, Salt Brook School was recognized as a National School of Character.
The New Providence Middle School for grades seven and eight shares some of its facilities with the connecting New Providence High School. New Providence High School was named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School by the United State Department of Education for their sustained high achievement.
New Providence is also home to The Academy of Our Lady of Peace, a private Catholic elementary school for students in pre-kindergarten to eighth grade.
Whether traveling locally or abroad, New Providence enjoys a strategic location near major highways, train stations and an international airport. Commuters can take advantage of Midtown Direct service to Manhattan's Penn Station from stops in New Providence or Murray Hill.
A network of nearby roadways includes the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 78, 24 and 287. Lakeland Bus Lines has weekday service from stops along Springfield Avenue to New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal. Newark Liberty International Airport is approximately 16 miles east of New Providence.
Real Estate
Many homes in New Providence were built during the 1950s and 60s in neighborhoods of attractive, well-kept homes on tree-lined streets. The Murray Hill section of town has larger Colonials built from the 1960s onward. There are many choices of home styles ranging from condominiums, co-ops and townhomes to single-family dwellings like Cape Cods, Ranches, Victorians, Colonials, split levels and custom homes.Back to top
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The Presbyterian Church at New Providence is a historic white church located in the center of town at 1307 Springfield Avenue. The borough's name of New Providence was created here after a balcony collapsed and no one was injured, thought to be the work of Divine Providence by church members. The church has been a mainstay in New Providence since the 1700s; a plaque on the grounds notes that 48 Revolutionary War soldiers are buried in the church's cemetery.
The Farmers Market is a seasonal offering that takes place rain or shine every Wednesday from June until October. It is located in the parking lot of the Municipal Center on Elkwood Avenue.
The New Providence Memorial Library is located at 377 Elkwood Avenue and is an integral part of the community. Offerings include a book club, movie afternoons, art displays and children's story times. E-books, best sellers and DVDs are also available.
The Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue is operated by the New Providence Historical Society. It houses maps, old newspapers, vintage photos and other historic documents relating to the borough's founding, some dating back to the 1600s.
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About the Racial Equity Tools Glossary
Words and their multiple uses reflect the tremendous diversity that characterizes our society. Indeed, a common language on issues relating to racism is nonexistent. The need for a vocabulary of commonly used terms quickly became evident when we began working, particularly with our four local Project Change sites. We discovered that the lack of a common understanding of even the most frequently used words in any discussion on race can easily cause misunderstanding and confusion, and often lead to controversy and hostility. It is essential to achieve some degree of shared understanding in the use of the most common terms. In this way, the quality of dialogue and discourse on race in America and your community can be enhanced.
There are two components to this page, the Racial Equity Tools Glossary below and information about Evaluation Terms ».
Language can be used deliberately to engage and support community anti-racism coalitions and initiatives, or to inflame and divide them. Discussing definitions can engage and support coalitions yet is important for groups to decide the extent to which they must have consensus and where it is okay for people to disagree. It is important to keep in mind that the words people use to discuss power, privilege, racism and oppression hold different meanings for different people. People at different stages in developing an analysis tend to attach different meanings to words like discrimination, privilege and institutional racism. When people are talking about privilege or racism, the words they use often come with emotions and assumptions that are not spoken.
Many of these and other related terms have evolved over time. For example, given the changing demographic trends in the United States, the word "minority" no longer accurately reflects the four primary racial/ethnic groups. The terms "emerging majority" and "people of color" have become popular substitutes. Also, the terms used to refer to members of each community of color have changed over time. Whether to use the terms African American or black, Hispanic American or Latino, Native American or American Indian, and Pacific Islander or Asian American depends of a variety of conditions, including geographic location, age, generation, and, sometimes, political orientation.
The primary source for a definition is noted. Some definitions are paraphrased or updated.
Source: Project Change's "The Power of Words" Originally produced for Project Change Lessons Learned II, also included in A Community Builder's Toolkit – both produced by Project Change and The Center for Assessment and Policy Development with some modification for Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity web site.
Here is the pdf version of the Racial Equity Tools Glossary.
- Someone who makes the commitment and effort to recognize their privilege (based on gender, class, race, sexual identity, etc.) and work in solidarity with oppressed groups in the struggle for justice. Allies understand that it is in their own interest to end all forms of oppression, even those from which they may benefit in concrete ways.
- Allies commit to reducing their own complicity or collusion in oppression of those groups and invest in strengthening their own knowledge and awareness of oppression.
- OpenSource Leadership Strategies, "The Dynamic System of Power, Privilege and Oppressions."
- Center for Assessment and Policy Development.
Intolerant prejudice that glorifies one's own group and denigrates members of other groups.
National Conference for Community and Justice - St. Louis Region. Unpublished handout used in the Dismantling Racism Institute program.
When people act to perpetuate oppression or prevent others from working to eliminate oppression.
Example: Able-bodied people who object to strategies for making buildings accessible because of the expense.
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin, editors. Routledge, 1997.
Colonization can be defined as some form of invasion, dispossession and subjugation of a people. The invasion need not be military; it can begin—or continue—as geographical intrusion in the form of agricultural, urban or industrial encroachments. The result of such incursion is the dispossession of vast amounts of lands from the original inhabitants. This is often legalized after the fact. The long-term result of such massive dispossession is institutionalized inequality. The colonizer/colonized relationship is by nature an unequal one that benefits the colonizer at the expense of the colonized.
Colonization and Racism. Film
Emma LaRocque, PhD
Aboriginal Perspective
Critical Race Theory
The Critical Race Theory movement considers many of the same issues that conventional civil rights and ethnic studies take up, but places them in a broader perspective that includes economics, history, and even feelings and the unconscious. Unlike traditional civil rights, which embraces incrementalism and step by step progress, critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism and principles of constitutional law.
Critical Race Theory: An Introduction
By Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic
NYU Press, 2001
Cultural Appropriation
Theft of cultural elements for one's own use, commodification, or profit — including symbols, art, language, customs, etc. — often without understanding, acknowledgement, or respect for its value in the original culture. Results from the assumption of a dominant (i.e. white) culture's right to take other cultural elements.
"Colors of Resistance Archive"
Accessed June 28 2013.
Cultural Racism
Cultural racism refers to representations, messages and stories conveying the idea that behaviors and values associated with white people or "whiteness" are automatically "better" or more "normal" than those associated with other racially defined groups. Cultural racism shows up in advertising, movies, history books, definitions of patriotism, and in policies and laws. Cultural racism is also a powerful force in maintaining systems of internalized supremacy and internalized racism. It does that by influencing collective beliefs about what constitutes appropriate behavior, what is seen as beautiful, and the value placed on various forms of expression. All of these cultural norms and values in the U.S. have explicitly or implicitly racialized ideals and assumptions (for example, what "nude" means as a color, which facial features and body types are considered beautiful, which child-rearing practices are considered appropriate.)
A social system of meaning and custom that is developed by a group of people to assure its adaptation and survival. These groups are distinguished by a set of unspoken rules that shape values, beliefs, habits, patterns of thinking, behaviors and styles of communication.
Institute for Democratic Renewal and Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative. A Community Builder's Tool Kit.
Diaspora is "the voluntary or forcible movement of peoples from their homelands into new regions...a common element in all forms of diaspora; these are people who live outside their natal (or imagined natal) territories and recognize that their traditional homelands are reflected deeply in the languages they speak, religions they adopt, and the cultures they produce.
"The Culture of Diasporas in the Postcolonial Web"
Leong Yew
- The unequal treatment of members of various groups based on race, gender, social class, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion and other categories.
- [In the United States] the law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The law also makes it illegal to retaliate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit. The law also requires that employers reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' sincerely held religious practices, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business.
- Institute for Democratic Renewal and Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative. A Community Builder's Tool Kit.
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "Laws Enforced by EEOC" Accessed June 28 2013
Diversity includes all the ways in which people differ, and it encompasses all the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another. It is all-inclusive and recognizes everyone and every group as part of the diversity that should be valued. A broad definition includes not only race, ethnicity, and gender — the groups that most often come to mind when the term "diversity" is used — but also age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, and physical appearance. It also involves different ideas, perspectives, and values.
UC Berkeley Center for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, Glossary of Terms
A social construct that divides people into smaller social groups based on characteristics such as shared sense of group membership, values, behavioral patterns, language, political and economic interests, history and ancestral geographical base.
Examples of different ethnic groups are: Cape Verdean, Haitian, African American (Black); Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese (Asian); Cherokee, Mohawk, Navaho (Native American); Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican (Latino); Polish, Irish, and Swedish (White).
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin, editors. Routledge, 1997.
Implicit Bias
Also known as unconscious or hidden bias, implicit biases are negative associations that people unknowingly hold. They are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness. Many studies have indicated that implicit biases affect individuals' attitudes and actions, thus creating real-world implications, even though individuals may not even be aware that those biases exist within themselves. Notably, implicit biases have been shown to trump individuals' stated commitments to equality and fairness, thereby producing behavior that diverges from the explicit attitudes that many people profess. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is often used to measure implicit biases with regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, and other topics.
State of the Science Implicit Bias Review 2013, Cheryl Staats, Kirwan Institute, The Ohio State University.
Authentically bringing traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities, and decision/policy making in a way that shares power.
OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Some Working Definitions
Indigenous populations are composed of the existing descendants of the peoples who inhabited the present territory of a country wholly or partially at the time when persons of a different culture or ethnic origin arrived there from other parts of the world, overcame them, by conquest, settlement or other means and reduced them to a non-dominant or colonial condition; who today live more in conformity with their particular social, economic and cultural customs and traditions than with the institutions of the country of which they now form part, under a state structure which incorporates mainly national, social and cultural characteristics of other segments of the population which are predominant.
(Example: Maori in territory now defined as New Zealand; Mexicans in territory now defined as Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma; Native American tribes in territory now defined as the United States).
Individual Racism
Individual racism refers to the beliefs, attitudes, and actions of individuals that support or perpetuate racism. Individual racism can be deliberate, or the individual may act to perpetuate or support racism without knowing that is what he or she is doing.
- Telling a racist joke, using a racial epithet, or believing in the inherent superiority of whites over other groups;
- Avoiding people of color whom you do not know personally, but not whites whom you do not know personally (e.g., white people crossing the street to avoid a group of Latino/a young people; locking their doors when they see African American families sitting on their doorsteps in a city neighborhood; or not hiring a person of color because "something doesn't feel right");
- Accepting things as they are (a form of collusion).
Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building. Maggie Potapchuk, Sally Leiderman, Donna Bivens and Barbara Major. 2005.
Institutional Racism
Institutional racism refers specifically to the ways in which institutional policies and practices create different outcomes for different racial groups. The institutional policies may never mention any racial group, but their effect is to create advantages for whites and oppression and disadvantage for people from groups classified as people of color.
- Government policies that explicitly restricted the ability of people to get loans to buy or improve their homes in neighborhoods with high concentrations of African Americans (also known as "red-lining").
- City sanitation department policies that concentrate trash transfer stations and other environmental hazards disproportionately in communities of color.
Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building. Maggie Potapchuk, Sally Leiderman, Donna Bivens and Barbara Major. 2005.
Internalized Racism
Internalized racism is the situation that occurs in a racist system when a racial group oppressed by racism supports the supremacy and dominance of the dominating group by maintaining or participating in the set of attitudes, behaviors, social structures and ideologies that undergird the dominating group's power. It involves four essential and interconnected elements:
Decision-making - Due to racism, people of color do not have the ultimate decision-making power over the decisions that control our lives and resources. As a result, on a personal level, we may think white people know more about what needs to be done for us than we do. On an interpersonal level, we may not support each other's authority and power - especially if it is in opposition to the dominating racial group. Structurally, there is a system in place that rewards people of color who support white supremacy and power and coerces or punishes those who do not.
Resources - Resources, broadly defined (e.g. money, time, etc), are unequally in the hands and under the control of white people. Internalized racism is the system in place that makes it difficult for people of color to get access to resources for our own communities and to control the resources of our community. We learn to believe that serving and using resources for ourselves and our particular community is not serving "everybody."
Standards - With internalized racism, the standards for what is appropriate or "normal" that people of color accept are white people's or Eurocentric standards. We have difficulty naming, communicating and living up to our deepest standards and values, and holding ourselves and each other accountable to them.
Naming the problem - There is a system in place that misnames the problem of racism as a problem of or caused by people of color and blames the disease - emotional, economic, political, etc. - on people of color. With internalized racism, people of color might, for example, believe we are more violent than white people and not consider state-sanctioned political violence or the hidden or privatized violence of white people and the systems they put in place and support.
Internalized Racism: A Definition, Donna Bivens, Women's Theological Center. 1995
Interpersonal Racism
Interpersonal racism occurs between individuals. Once we bring our private beliefs into our interaction with others, racism is now in the interpersonal realm.
Examples: public expressions of racial prejudice, hate, bias and bigotry between individuals
Tools and Concepts for Strengthening Racial Equity, Presentation to School District U-46 Terry Keleher, Applied Research Center, 2011.
- An approach largely advanced by women of color, arguing that classifications such as gender, race, class, and others cannot be examined in isolation from one another; they interact and intersect in individuals' lives, in society, in social systems, and are mutually constitutive.
- Exposing [one's] multiple identities can help clarify they ways in which a person can simultaneously experience privilege and oppression. For example, a Black woman in America does not experience gender inequalities in exactly the same way as a white woman, nor racial oppression identical to that experienced by a Black man. Each race and gender intersection produces a qualitatively distinct life.
- WPC Glossary from 14th Annual White Privilege Conference Handbook, White Privilege Conference, 2013.
- Intergroup Resources, 2012
Movement Building
Movement building is the effort of social change agents to engage power holders and the broader society in addressing a systemic problem or injustice while promoting an alternative vision or solution. Movement building requires a range of intersecting approaches through a set of distinct stages over a long-term period of time. Through movement building, organizers can
- Propose solutions to the root causes of social problems;
- Enable people to exercise their collective power;
- Humanize groups that have been denied basic human rights and improve conditions for the groups affected;
- Create structural change by building something larger than a particular organization or campaign; and
- Promote visions and values for society based on fairness, justice and democracy
Roots: Building the Power of Communities of Color to Challenge Structural Racism. Akonadi Foundation, 2010. (Definition from the Movement Strategy Center.)
Multicultural Competency
A process of learning about and becoming allies with people from other cultures, thereby broadening our own understanding and ability to participate in a multicultural process. The key element to becoming more culturally competent is respect for the ways that others live in and organize the world and an openness to learn from them.
Multicultural Competence, Paul Kivel, 2007.
Systemic devaluing, undermining, marginalizing, and disadvantaging of certain social identities in contrast to the privileged norm; when some people are denied something of value, while others have ready access.
WPC Glossary from 14th Annual White Privilege Conference Handbook, White Privilege Conference, 2013.
Power is unequally distributed globally and in U.S. society; some individuals or groups wield greater power than others, thereby allowing them greater access and control over resources. Wealth, whiteness, citizenship, patriarchy, heterosexism, and education are a few key social mechanisms through which power operates. Although power is often conceptualized as power over other individuals or groups, other variations are power with (used in the context of building collective strength) and power within (which references an individual's internal strength). Learning to "see" and understand relations of power is vital to organizing for progressive social change.
Intergroup Resources, 2012
A pre-judgment or unjustifiable, and usually negative, attitude of one type of individual or groups toward another group and its members. Such negative attitudes are typically based on unsupported generalizations (or stereotypes) that deny the right of individual members of certain groups to be recognized and treated as individuals with individual characteristics.
Institute for Democratic Renewal and Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative. A Community Builder's Tool Kit.
Unearned social power accorded by the formal and informal institutions of society to ALL members of a dominant group (e.g. white privilege, male privilege, etc.). Privilege is usually invisible to those who have it because we're taught not to see it, but nevertheless it puts them at an advantage over those who do not have it.
Colors of Resistance Archive
Accessed June 28 2013.
A political construction created to concentrate power with white people and legitimize dominance over non-white people.
OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Some Working Definitions
Racial and Ethnic Identity
An individual's awareness and experience of being a member of a racial and ethnic group; the racial and ethnic categories that an individual chooses to describe him or herself based on such factors as biological heritage, physical appearance, cultural affiliation, early socialization, and personal experience.
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin, editors. Routledge, 1997.
Racial Equity
- Racial equity is the condition that would be achieved if one's racial identity no longer predicted, in a statistical sense, how one fares. When we use the term, we are thinking about racial equity as one part of racial justice, and thus we also include work to address root causes of inequities not just their manifestation. This includes elimination of policies, practices, attitudes and cultural messages that reinforce differential outcomes by race or fail to eliminate them.
- Racial Justice [is defined] as the proactive reinforcement of policies, practices, attitudes and actions that produce equitable power, access, opportunities, treatment, impacts and outcomes for all.
- Center for Assessment and Policy Development
- Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment Report, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity and Applied Research Center, 2009.
Racial Healing
To restore to health or soundness; to repair or set right; to restore to spiritual Wholeness.
Racial Equity Resource Guide, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Michael R. Wenger, 2012.
Racial Identity Development Theory
Racial Identity Development Theory discusses how people in various racial groups and with multiracial identities form their particular self-concept. It also describes some typical phases in remaking that identity based on learning and awareness of systems of privilege and structural racism, cultural and historical meanings attached to racial categories, and factors operating in the larger socio-historical level (e.g. globalization, technology, immigration, and increasing multiracial population).
New Perspective on Racial Identity Development: Integrating Emerging Frameworks, Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe and Bailey W. Jackson, editors. NYU Press, 2012.
Racial Reconciliation
Reconciliation involves three ideas. First, it recognizes that racism in America is both systemic and institutionalized, with far–reaching effects on both political engagement and economic opportunities for minorities. Second, reconciliation is engendered by empowering local communities through relationship- building and truth–telling. Lastly, justice is the essential component of the conciliatory process—justice that is best termed as restorative rather than retributive, while still maintaining its vital punitive character.
Position Statement on Reconciliation, The William Winters Institute for Racial Reconciliation, 2007.
For purposes of this site, we want users to know we are using the term "racism" specifically to refer to individual, cultural, institutional and systemic ways by which differential consequences are created for groups historically or currently defined as white being advantaged, and groups historically or currently defined as non-white (African, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, etc.) as disadvantaged.
That idea aligns with those who define racism as prejudice plus power, a common phrase in the field. Combining the concepts of prejudice and power points out the mechanisms by which racism leads to different consequences for different groups. The relationship and behavior of these interdependent elements has allowed racism to recreate itself generation after generation, such that systems that perpetuate racial inequity no longer need racist actors or to explicitly promote racial differences in opportunities, outcomes and consequences to maintain those differences.
States have a legal duty to acknowledge and address widespread or systematic human rights violations, in cases where the state caused the violations or did not seriously try to prevent them. Reparations initiatives seek to address the harms caused by these violations. They can take the form of compensating for the losses suffered, which helps overcome some of the consequences of abuse. They can also be future oriented—providing rehabilitation and a better life to victims—and help to change the underlying causes of abuse. Reparations publicly affirm that victims are rights-holders entitled to redress.
Structural Racialization
Structural racialization connotes the dynamic process that creates cumulative and durable inequalities based on race. Interactions between individuals are shaped by and reflect underlying and often hidden structures that shape biases and create disparate outcomes even in the absence of racist actors or racist intentions. The presence of structural racialization is evidenced by consistent differences in outcomes in education attainment, family wealth and even life span.
Systems Thinking and Race Workshop Summary. john a. powell, Connie Cagampang Heller, and Fayza Bundalli. The California Endowment, 2011.
Structural Racism
- The normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics – historical, cultural, institutional and interpersonal – that routinely advantage Whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color. Structural racism encompasses the entire system of White domination, diffused and infused in all aspects of society including its history, culture, politics, economics and entire social fabric. Structural racism is more difficult to locate in a particular institution because it involves the reinforcing effects of multiple institutions and cultural norms, past and present, continually reproducing old and producing new forms of racism. Structural racism is the most profound and pervasive form of racism – all other forms of racism emerge from structural racism.
- For example, we can see structural racism in the many institutional, cultural and structural factors that contribute to lower life expectancy for African American and Native American men, compared to white men. These include higher exposure to environmental toxins, dangerous jobs and unhealthy housing stock, higher exposure to and more lethal consequences for reacting to violence, stress and racism, lower rates of health care coverage, access and quality of care and systematic refusal by the nation to fix these things.
- Structural Racism for the Race and Public Policy Conference, Keith Lawrence, Aspen Institute on Community Change and Terry Keleher, Applied Research Center.
- Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building. Maggie Potapchuk, Sally Leiderman, Donna Bivens and Barbara Major. 2005.
White Privilege
- Refers to the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it.
- Structural White Privilege: A system of white domination that creates and maintains belief systems that make current racial advantages and disadvantages seem normal. The system includes powerful incentives for maintaining white privilege and its consequences, and powerful negative consequences for trying to interrupt white privilege or reduce its consequences in meaningful ways. The system includes internal and external manifestations at the individual, interpersonal, cultural and institutional levels.
The accumulated and interrelated advantages and disadvantages of white privilege that are reflected in racial/ethnic inequities in life-expectancy and other health outcomes, income and wealth and other outcomes, in part through different access to opportunities and resources. These differences are maintained in part by denying that these advantages and disadvantages exist at the structural, institutional, cultural, interpersonal and individual levels and by refusing to redress them or eliminate the systems, policies, practices, cultural norms and other behaviors and assumptions that maintain them.
Interpersonal White Privilege: Behavior between people that consciously or unconsciously reflects white superiority or entitlement.
Cultural White Privilege: A set of dominant cultural assumptions about what is good, normal or appropriate that reflects Western European white world views and dismisses or demonizes other world views.
Institutional White Privilege: Policies, practices and behaviors of institutions -- such as schools, banks, non-profits or the Supreme Court -- that have the effect of maintaining or increasing accumulated advantages for those groups currently defined as white, and maintaining or increasing disadvantages for those racial or ethnic groups not defined as white. The ability of institutions to survive and thrive even when their policies, practices and behaviors maintain, expand or fail to redress accumulated disadvantages and/or inequitable outcomes for people of color.
- White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women Studies. Peggy McIntosh. 1988.
- Transforming White Privilege: A 21st Century Leadership Capacity, CAPD, MP Associates, World Trust Educational Services, 2012.
White Supremacy
White supremacy is a historically based, institutionally perpetuated system of exploitation and oppression of continents, nations and peoples of color by white peoples and nations of the European continent; for the purpose of maintaining and defending a system of wealth, power and privilege.
Challenging White Supremacy Workshop, Sharon Martinas. Fourth Revision. 1995.
About Evaluation Terms
In the previous site, www.evaluationtoolsforracialequity.org, we included a glossary. For this site, we want to highlight glossaries focused on evaluation terms from various sites (below). Each covers at least some of the terms frequently used in evaluation.
One thing to note is many words that are used in evaluation have a very specific and technical meaning in that context, which may be different from their more general meaning in everyday speech. For example, in everyday speech, the words "impact" and "outcome" are both used as synonyms for "result." However, people doing or writing up evaluations may use "outcome" to describe a changed state of being (which could be the result of a program, intervention or activity) and the term "impact" to describe the amount of change that can definitely be ascribed to that particular program, intervention or activity (its net effect). Those are the more technical meanings of those terms in evaluation. Impact can usually only be determined from random assignment, because that is usually the only way to control for all the differences that cannot be directly measured. Mean, mode and median are other examples of terms sometimes interchanged in everyday speech (to mean average or typical), but which have specific and different definitions as statistical terms. These kinds of distinctions are helpful to know when describing an evaluation, and when reviewing its findings.
Please also see Tip Sheets: Reviewing Resources, and the tip sheets below for more detail about key evaluation terminology and concepts.
- What Is An Outcome And What Is An Outcome Indicator?
- How Can The Effects Or Impacts Of Our Strategies Be Measured?
- What Are Some Statistical Methods For Assessing The Significance Of Differences, Changes, And Trends?
- What Are Some Statistical Methods For Indicating Whether An Activity Made An Important Contribution To Change?
- What Are Some Non-Statistical Methods For Indicating Whether An Activity Made An Important Contribution To Change?
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The other day I happened upon 3 of the 4 gluten-free Betty Crocker mixes. Okay, so I didn't "happen upon" them. I have been actively seeking them out since I heard they were coming out! LOL! I made & reviewed the Chocolate Chip Cookies the other day and we love them! I needed a dessert for Father's Day dinner, so what better dessert to make than the Betty Crocker Gluten-free Brownies? I have to say that I have a new favorite person and her name is Betty Crocker! These brownies were A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! They were super simple to make and bake. Before making these, my favorite gluten-free brownie mixes were made by 1, 2, 3 Gluten-Free (super expensive ~ $10.00/mix) and Pamela's (about half the price of the 1, 2, 3 Gluten-Free mix and $1.00 or so more than the Betty Crocker mix). I served these brownies to 7 people total and every single one of them raved about them. Comments like "You can't even tell these are GF" and "These are better than regular brownies!" were flying around the room. They were rich, chocolaty, fudgy and all the marvelous things a brownie should be. I chose not to frost them this time because I wanted a true sample of the product. Next time I might dust with powdered sugar or frost with my Mom's famous (okay, maybe n0t famous, but the recipe from the Hershey's Cocoa can) chocolate frosting recipe for extra goodness.
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DERBY, Conn. - The MIT men's lightweight crew team traveled to Derby, Conn. to take part in the Joy Cup against Yale and Georgetown on Saturday morning. The Engineers entered two Varsity 8 boats and two Varsity 4's, finishing in second place in three of the events and first in another.
In the first event of the day, the MIT Varsity 8 A boat finished with a time of 5:45.17, finishing a few seconds faster than Georgetown with a 5:52.14 and behind Yale in 5:35.99. In the next event, the B boat completed the course in 5:54.48, just four seconds slower than Yale with its time of 5:50.50.
The Varsity 4 boat raced to a 6:54.14, finishing behind Yale with a 6:42.10. The Novice 4 boat completed the event in 7:14.24, leaving a sizeable gap between them and Georgetown, who finished with a time of 7:28.37.
MIT will return to the water next Saturday, April 13 when it travels to Hanover, N.H. to race in the Biglin Bowl against Dartmouth and Harvard.
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Sydney this time last year:
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R2-D2 Laser Robot for Cats
This is an expanded modification for the Laser ToyBot for Cats to fit into an R2-D2 toy. The entire project can be built with significantly less work without using the R2-D2, but the astromech droid had a lot more flair. First: How to make it work from scratch:
The first revision was just an Ardweeny on a proto board with some hot-glue attaching the continuous rotation servo horn to a project box. It spins in horizontal circles, randomly changing directions while also randomly changing vertical angle. The vertical servo must be "tuned" so it is consistently pointing toward the ground unless you enjoy having your cats climb the walls.
Simple parts:
- Ardweeny (Maker Shed)
- Adafruit 1/2 Size Perma-Proto Board (adafruit)
- Micro Servo and perhaps some 10uF capacitors to clean up the noise (adafruit)
- Sparkfun TTL Laser and 10k resistor (Sparkfun)
- Continuous Rotation Servo (adafruit)
- 3xAAA battery holder (adafruit)
Advanced/Optional parts:
- RobotShop pan kit for either Futaba or Hitec servos. I went with the Hitec version and modified a Hitec HS-422 servo for continuous rotation. Futaba continuous rotation servos are more widely available without modification, but the Futaba pan kit is more expensive. The servo I linked above is a Futaba servo.
- R2-D2 model. I used a Diamond Select bank I found on Amazon but can't find it anymore.
- Shape Lock molding plastic. (Maker Shed)
- On-Off button and LED. This beauty from adafruit does both.
Simple assembly:
In my non-Droid version, I simply sandwiched the servos between the proto board and the battery holder then used hot glue to affix the continuous rotation servo to a project enclosure. It worked fine, but was not sturdy. The switch to the Perma-Proto board was ideal as shown here:
Pin assignment:
- Vertical (standard) servo: 10
- Horizontal (continuous rotation) servo: 9
- Laser diode: 8 (The diode is TTL controlled and uses a 10k resistor to ground)
- Power LED: 7
That's all that is needed to get a basic laser toy running. Fitting it into the R2-D2 robot was a bit more challenging. I needed to find a way to allow the entire R2-D2 head to spin freely without tangling wires and I didn't have a slip ring (but adafruit does now) so I decided to make the entire electronic device rotate. Finding the DDP155 Pan System from RobotShop and mounting it upside down solved that for me. I screwed in a few risers to the rotating plate to lift it higher into the droid model.
When working with ShapeLock, be aware that the hot plastic will bond to other plastics. To get a very close form, insulate other plastic areas with aluminum foil until the cooling completes. ShapeLock can be cut with a Dremel rotary tool with a plastic or wood cutting bit at 5-8k RPM. Going over 10k causes the plastic to melt. USE SAFETY GLASSES when using a rotary tool. Little bits of white plastic in the eye are not fun.
The most difficult part of the R2-D2 enclosure was the centering and balancing of the head on the RobotShop pan kit. This took several tries. Thankfully ShapeLock can simply be melted down and re-molded.
That's it for the construction. The rest is just source code. Enjoy!
/* Arduino laser cat toy2012 Daniel Gentlemanthoughtfix.comCreative Commons Attribution licenseLaser diode attached to a standard servo for vertical movementContinuous rotation servo for horizontal spinningPower LED (optional)*/#include <Servo.h>Servo myservoh; // Horizontal servo - continuous rotationServo myservov; // Vertical servo - standardunsigned int duration = 0;int lasttime1 = 0;int lasttime2 = 0;int randstart = 0;int randend = 0;int pos = 0;int laser = 8; // TTL laser diode on pin 8int vpos = 80;int powerLed = 7; // Power LED on pin 7void setup(){myservoh.attach(9); // Continuous rotation servo on pin 9myservov.attach(10); // Standard servo on pin 8pinMode(laser, OUTPUT);pinMode(powerLed, OUTPUT);digitalWrite(laser, LOW); // Turn ON the laserdigitalWrite(powerLed, HIGH); // Turn ON the power LED}void loop(){int vaxis = random(50,120); // Range of vertical movement (50-120 here)myservov.write(vaxis);lasttime1 = millis();randstart = random(200, 19990); // Tune these for your preferred random behaviorrandend = random(2000, 2400);while(pos <= randend) // Random horizontal spinning{pos += 1;myservoh.writeMicroseconds(pos);delay(1);}vaxis = random(70,100);myservov.write(vaxis); // Random vertical movementduration = millis() - lasttime1;lasttime2 = millis();while(pos >= randstart){pos-=1;myservoh.write(pos);delay(1);}vaxis = random(70,100);delay(500);duration = millis() - lasttime2;duration = millis() - lasttime1;}


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Much delayed and without the normal commentary. Here's April.
1. Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough
2. The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi
3. Chalk, by Paul Cornell
4. The Ghost Line, by Andrew Neil Gray and J.S. Herbison
5. Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
6. Mapping the Interior, by Stephen Graham Jones
7. Final Girls, by Mira Grant
8. Blood of Tyrants, by Naomi Novik
9. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, by Tamora Pierce
10. All That Outer Space Allows, by Ian Sales
11. The Harrowing of Gwynedd, by Katherine Kurtz
12. Madness in Solidar, by LE. Modesitt, Jr
13. Bridging Infinity, by Jonathan Strahan (editor)
14. The Photo Ark, by Joel Sartore
15. The Nix, by Nathan Hill
16. The Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel
17. This Census-Taker, by China Mieville
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Books Read: April 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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- Dave Ellis said...
Behind Her Eyes and Chalk are two of my favourite books of the year so far
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Southampton's new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, is braced for a testing first experience of life in charge at St Mary's on Monday with supporters expected to vent their spleen over the sacking of Nigel Adkins.
That anger will be directed at the hierarchy and primarily the executive chairman Nicola Cortese, with support for Adkins to be bellowed from the stands and talk of fans waving white handkerchiefs to display their displeasure. The playing staff were shocked and surprised by the timing of Adkins' dismissal, with the team having lost only two of their last 12 league games. They were informed of the decision by the captain, Adam Lallana, on Friday morning but remain focused on defeating Everton to maintain that recent revival.
Pochettino took his first training session on Saturday, having met three senior players – Lallana, Jose Fonte and Kelvin Davis – at St Mary's the day before to gauge the mood within the squad. The 40-year-old is acutely aware of the success enjoyed under his predecessor and has sought to assess the level of support he will enjoy within the set-up, with any fears apparently allayed. The players emerged from their first experience of life under the Argentinian impressed by his approach and with some of their concerns over his command of English eased.
The discontent in the stands may take longer to quell. The former Southampton player Matt Le Tissier, who has never seen eye to eye with Cortese, has echoed the views of many fans by criticising Cortese's decision not to attend Pochettino's inaugural press conference. "I don't know if Nigel was becoming too popular and the chairman didn't like it, but he does appear to have a bit of an ego problem," Le Tissier told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It is a little bit bizarre but some of the decisions that have been made have been a little bit bizarre since the chairman took over. In a way it wasn't a surprise because I think he's been looking to get rid of him for a while now.
"The strangest thing was that he brings in the new manager about a minute after he sacked Nigel and then he hangs the new manager out to dry at a press conference on his own, which I thought was an incredibly cowardly thing to do. If he's going to make those decisions surely he owes it to the fans to sit there and explain his decision. But he wasn't brave enough to do that."
David Moyes said: "I think if they're going to have a protest it'll be more in support of Nigel Adkins. But I don't think Southampton supporters can protest at the way their club has moved forward in the last two or three years."
The Everton manager is considering shelving plans to sell Johnny Heitinga during the midwinter window. The Dutch international had appeared a saleable asset and a means of raising funds to strengthen elsewhere, but Moyes is keen to retain as much cover at centre-half as possible. Darron Gibson is expected to return to first-team contention in the next fortnight.


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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease which often has
debilitating and potentially life-threatening consequences. The cause of SLE is unknown and
current therapies lack specificity and carry significant side-effects. Existing data in the
literature provide evidence that a natural antioxidant, glutathione, is depleted in T cells
of patients with SLE. This may be a key factor underlying abnormal activation and
predisposition of T lymphocytes to pro-inflammatory cell death via necrosis. Administration
of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), that serves as a precursor of glutathione (GSH), improves the
clinical outcome of murine lupus, and limits the toxicity of pro-oxidant/immunosuppressant
medications commonly used in patients with SLE. NAC is widely available in health food stores
and large doses (up to 8 g/day) can be safely administered to humans. In a one-year study of
patients with inflammatory lung disease treated with prednisone and azathioprine, addition of
NAC (1.8 g/day) diminished disease severity and reduced drug toxicity in comparison to
placebo. Moreover, oral NAC has been found to improve muscle fatigue which is reported to be
the most disabling symptom in 53% of patients with SLE. Thus, establishing a dose ranging
between 1.2-7.2 g/day that is well tolerated and capable of raising intracellular GSH in
lupus patients and determining its immunological and therapeutic impact in SLE appears to be
well justified.
The study will consist of two parts, Aim 1 and Aim 2.
The purpose of Aim 1 was to establish the optimal daily oral dose of NAC that can be well
tolerated without side effects and can normalize or moderate the depletion of GSH in lupus T
36 SLE subjects and 42 healthy controls (matched by age and sex) were studied.
The 36 SLE subjects were divided into 3 groups of 12. Each group received a different dose of
NAC (N-acetylcysteine)or placebo as follows:
Group 1: 9 received 600mg of NAC two times a Day, 3 received placebo; Group 2: 9 received
1200mg of NAC two times a Day, 3 received placebo; Group 3: 9 received 2400mg of NAC two
times a Day, 3 received placebo;
To account for attrition 12 subjects were randomized in each group (9 active, 3 placebo).
At each subject visit, blood from a healthy donor was drawn and used as control. The control
blood was used for flow cytometry measurements of GSH and in vitro immunological studies. In
addition to GSH measurements and immunologic studies, routine labs., ASRS self-reporting
assessment questionnaire, and SLEDAI/BILAG/Fatigue scores were obtained for the SLE subjects.
The healthy control subjects also answered the ASRS self-reporting questionnaire. The ASRS
questionnaire was incorporated into the study procedures in October, 2009. It is designed to
assess a patient's ability to concentrate which could be affected by the involvement of the
Central Nervous System (CNS) in lupus. There were up to 5 study visits per SLE subjects in a
period of four months.
At each visit up to 100 ml of blood were drawn from each subject. 20 ml are needed for
routine labs. and up to 80 ml are needed for the GSH and immunological tests.
Dose comparisons were based on continuous monitoring of adverse events and drug tolerance.
Aim 2 will determine the tolerance and impact of two NAC doses on disease activity and
prednisone use in 165 subjects with SLE in a double-blind placebo-controlled 12-month study.
It is designed to detect clinically meaningful differences in disease activity in the patient
It was determined by statistical analysis that each group must have 55 subjects. SLE subjects
will be randomized into 3 groups of 55 subjects to receive 1.2 g of NAC twice a day, 2.4 g of
NAC twice a day, or placebo. There will be up to seven study visits per SLE subject,
including the screening and wash out visits. Visits 1-5 will be scheduled three months apart.
The study will last 13 months with the wash out visit. Each subject will donate approximately
80 ml of blood for research at each visit. Healthy control subjects will donate blood at the
same time. They will be matched to the SLE subjects by gender, age within 10 years, and
ethnicity. Their blood will be used as reference for research assays.
The inclusion and exclusion criteria will be the same as in Aim 1 and the same subjects may
continue to participate. There is a new consent form required to participate in the second
Based on the analysis of the data obtained during Aim 1 the Safety Monitoring Board concluded
during their meeting on April, 2011 that Aim 2 should proceed using two NAC dosing arms
instead of one. Although a fourth dosing group was originally proposed for Aim 1, the board
decided not to proceed with this last dosing group of 4800 mg of NAC two times a day. Per
protocol, 75% of the active subjects in each dose needed to tolerate the dose in order to
proceed to the next higher dosing group. Although 100% of the subjects tolerated the first
and second doses, 3 out of 9 subjects experienced transient nausea with the third dose. The
board concluded that NAC dose 1 of 0.6 g twice a day was ineffective while both doses 2 (1.2
g twice a day) and 3 (2.4 g twice a day) provided benefits. All doses were safe. The onset of
action and efficacy of dose 3 appears superior to that of dose 2.
Lupus disease activity during Aim 2 will be assessed by SLEDAI and BILAG scores, liver and
bone marrow function, and overall fatigue. Sustained improvement of T cell dysfunction, B
cell subsets, mitochondrial function and production of nitric oxide will be investigated as
immunological outcomes. Both SLE and Healthy control subjects will continue to answer the
ASRS self-reporting questionnaire.
Inclusion Criteria:
Age > 18 years old.
SLE with ≥ 4 of eleven diagnostic criteria approved by the American College of Rheumatology
Be on stable medications: prednisone (only ≤ 10 mg /day), anti-malarials (≤ 400 mg/day
hydroxychlroquine), and commonly used immunosuppressants such as azathioprine (≤ 200
mg/day), methotrexate (≤ 25 mg/week), mycophenolate mofetil (≤ 3,000 mg/day), or
mycophenolic acid (≤ 1,440 mg/day) are allowed, unless excluded as noted below.
Exclusion Criteria:
Acute flare of SLE threatening vital organs and requiring intravenous
Pregnant or lactating
Moderately serious or serious comorbidities (e.g., diabetes mellitus, congestive heart
failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal insufficiency)
History of chronic infections (e.g., HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus,
mycobacteria, bronchiectasis)
Infections in the past month history of severe or recurrent infections
Over-the-counter antioxidants that can enhance the effect of NAC
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) which is metabolized by hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes, primarily
CYP2E1, to a toxic intermediate compound (N-acetyl-para benzoquine imide), requiring
detoxification by hepatic GSH
One daily dose of multivitamin, containing ≤ 500 mg of vitamin C and ≤ 30 IU of vitamin E
will be allowed for each patient
Patients receiving biologicals (rituximab, abatacept)
Patients enrolled in other clinical trials
Healthy subjects serve as controls for in vitro immunological studies
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Judge blasts Pentagon but allows forced-feeding of Guantánamo detainee
A federal judge has blasted the Defense Department for its "intransigence" but said she had no choice but to lift a ban on the forced-feeding of a hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainee.
In a ruling issued late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said she felt compelled to remove a temporary restraining order that had blockedj personnel at Guantánamo from feeding Syrian detainee Mohammed Abu Wa'el Dhiab through his nostrils in a process the Defense Department calls "enteral feeding."
"Thanks to the intransigence of the Department of Defense, Mr. Dhiab may well suffer unnecessary pain from certain enteral feeding practices and forcible cell extractions," Kessler wrote in a three-page decision. "However, the court simply cannot let Mr. Dhiab die."
The Pentagon had refused to revise some of its procedures for feeding Dhiab after Kessler, in an extraordinary move May 16, had imposed the temporary ban on the forced-feeding. On Wednesday, Kessler ordered the government to turn over 34 videotapes showing Dhiab's forcible extraction from his Guantánamo cell and his forced-feedings in a restraint chair.
The Wednesday hearing included a lengthy bench conference, of which some details were revealed in Kessler's ruling. "Mr. Dhiab's physical condition was swiftly deteriorating, in large part because he was refusing food and/or water," Kessler reported.
According to Dhiab's attorneys, from the human rights organization Reprieve, he has been forced out if his cell an average of three times a week over the past year for forced-feeding. Guards in riot gear remove him, and shackle him to a restraint chair while technicians snake a tube through his nose and into his stomach, forcing in liquid nutrients.
"I move my head when they poke me with the tube," Dhiab told his attorneys this week, according to a court declaration. "I can't help it. It hurts too much. Then they hold my head, and it only gets worse. After that I start to resist because I have severe pain in my throat. In this moment the head guy shouts 'Don't resist!' "
Kessler noted that Dhiab has indicated his willingness to be enterally fed but that he wants the procedure to take place at the hospital. Kessler said Dhiab also wants to "be spared the agony of having the feeding tubes inserted and removed for each feeding, and the pain and discomfort of the restraint chair."
"The Department of Defense refused to make those compromises," Kessler stated.
While allowing the forced-feeding to resume, Kessler reminded officials to abide by standard operating procedures. She also said she would set a "speedy" schedule in order to decide on Dhiab's underlying legal case.
A Defense Department spokesman defended the forced-feedings, saying they were used only to keep detainees alive.
"The department has long held that we shall not allow the detainees in our charge to commit suicide and it's particularly worth noting here that we only apply enteral feeding in order to preserve life," Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale said in a written statement.
Breasseale added that the Pentagon remains committed to President Barack Obama's 2009 order that the detention facility be closed, a goal that Congress has thwarted by prohibiting the transfer of detainees to the United States.
"We remain fully committed to implementing the president's direction that we transfer detainees to the greatest extent possible, in a way that is consistent with the tenets of both our national security and our humane treatment policies, as we work toward shutting down the detention facility at Guantánamo," he wrote.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed a defense bill that prohibits spending money on transferring detainees to the United States. By a 247-177 margin, the House also rejected an amendment by Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., to prepare for closing the detention facility by 2016.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio Republican and Army Reserve officer, declared that "it is entirely appropriate and lawful to hold detainees until our enemy's forces are defeated."
The White House has threatened to veto the $601 billion defense authorization act because of the Guantánamo provisions, among others.
"Operating the detention facility at Guantánamo weakens our national security by draining resources, damaging our relationships with key allies and partners and emboldening violent extremists," the White House Office of Management and Budget said.
Jon Eisenberg, one of Dhiab's attorneys, said Friday that he was "stunned" by the Defense Department's actions, but he blamed the White House.
"The real responsibility lies at the door of President Obama, who utters lofty words but fails to stop the terrible things that are happening at Guantánamo Bay on his watch," Eisenberg said in a statement. "Mr. Dhiab is about to suffer some awful abuse, but I have faith in his capacity to endure it."
Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve, said Friday that his organization, which represents several Guantánamo detainees, would continue to push its clients' cases. "We must hold their feet to the fire on discovery and a hearing, so as to keep the suffering of the prisoners to a minimum," he said.


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SISKIYOU COUNTY — Ice on the roadway caused at domino-effect crash involving at least 60 vehicles along Interstate 5 on Tuesday night, leaving a string of disabled cars a mile long and forcing the closure of both directions of the interstate, a spokeswoman for Cal Fire said.
Fire crews have set up a command center for victims, who reported only minor to moderate injuries. No one was killed in the crash, which was reported about 6:30 p.m., said Cal Fire spokeswoman Suzi Brady.
Brady said damaged vehicles are lining the interstate for one mile between Yreka and Hornbrook in Siskiyou County. The highway is closed in both directions around the crash area. Brady said "extreme ice conditions" caused the collision.
There is no estimated time of reopening.
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BBC News
- Brexit: PM sends letter to Brussels seeking further delay
- People's Vote march: Jubilant scenes at 'final say' Brexit protest
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- Manchester Arndale Centre: Man detained after woman hurt
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[REC] Shutter is a horror game where you must progress through levels while avoiding the paranormal and solving puzzles. The story will progress as the player goes through the levels. This Game will not only focus on his recordings but even on his story and his life. You take the role of a reporter named Connor, which will be reporting Penny hill a dark hunted asylum. You will be equipped with the latest equipment; animated camera which includes night vision and a shutter effect. Filming every action you take and taking screenshot's of paranormal activity. Game will include feature's like fear, stealth, investigation and much much more.
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that game just looks as creepy as hell
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Outstanding performance scores. XPS design at Inspiron prices. Highly configurable options. Excellent typing experience. Variety of design options. HDMI-out.
You'll need the E-Value Code (DNDPUA1). Limited-time offer at this price.
Watch the Dell Studio 15 Video Review!
Bottom Line
Retaining many of the XPS's qualities while selling it for Inspiron prices is what makes this Studio laptop a winner.
When Dell crossed the bargain pricing of its Inspiron laptops with the design sense of its XPS line, something sensational emergeda new mainstream laptop line called Dell Studio. With the new line, Dell hopes to reel in the latest generation of back-to-schoolers, content creators, social-network addicts, and camera enthusiasts, just to name a few groups. The Dell Studio 15 is a stylish 15-inch laptop that represents the convergence of the Dell Inspiron 1525 and XPS M1530. Some of its highlights include spectacular performance scores, excellent configuration options, and an extensive color palette. It earns the Editors' Choice for mainstream laptops because it offers all of these things for just $1,199 (direct, E-Value code DNDPUA1, for a limited time).
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This is not the first time I've seen wacky colors being offered on a Dell laptop. Among the seven being offered, Flamingo Pink, Tangerine Orange, Plum Purple and Spring Green were also available with the Inspiron 1525. The Studio 15 continues the same tradition but with a slight twist. You can either choose a solid color or spruce up a model in any of the seven colors with in-mold decorations (IMD), like the designs on the HP Pavilion dv5t, patterns embedded beneath a glossy finish. Granted, it's not as fancy as the aluminum trim found in the XPS M1530 and the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Penryn), but it's to Dell's credit that the Studio 15 combines two of the most commonly used design trends in laptops.
The Studio 15's styling is also a tribute to the XPS M1530. You might recognize the drop-down hinges, similar to the ones on the M1530 and the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510. It even has the same tapering design as the M1530, becoming thinner as you move toward the bezel. At 5.9 pounds, it's a shade lighter than the 6.2-pound M1530, although the Apple MacBook Pro is still the undisputed 15-inch mainstream lightweight with its 5.3-pound frame. I'm surprised that Dell didn't offer a 13-inch Studio, as it would appeal to mobile professionals. As it stands now, the Studio line consists of the 15 and the Studio 1735 17-inch widescreen. (Stay tuned for my review of the latter.)
You won't be disappointed with the typing experience on the Studio 15, as the keyboard, mouse buttons, and touchpad are engineered to perfection. Like the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch, the 15's widescreen is backed by LEDs and has a 1,440-by-900 resolution, which delivered a superb viewing experience. What the MacBook Pro doesn't offer and the 15 does is an option to upgrade to a 1,920-by-1,200 (1080p) resolution screen.
A wide array of upgradable features makes the 15 shine. Embellishing its sleek look is a slot-loading DVD burner, which can be upgraded to a Blu-ray reader for $200. You can enhance the Blu-ray experience by using the included HDMI port to display the image on a larger monitor. With the proliferation of digital cameras and video content, you'll be glad of the four-in-one card reader, the variety of hard-drive configurations (my review unit has a 250GB drive), and the 2-megapixel webcam, to help you stay in line with these trends. Mobile broadband or a cellular modem is a feature I've been pleading for on the MacBook Pro, the Gateway M-152XL, and the Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845. At least Dell offers it as an option on the 15.
Performance-wise, the 15 and the MacBook Pro 15-inch (Penryn) are worthy adversaries, with the slight edge going to the 15. With its 2.5-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of RAM, its SYSmark 2007 Preview Overall score of 122 topped the Apple's by 9 percent and is the best Overall score we've seen so far on a mainstream laptop. The Dell also led the pack in video encoding and Photoshop CS3 tests. The Gateway M-152XL came close to matching the 15's SYSmark results falling within a point short of its Overall score. As for 3D gaming, the 15 has a midrange ATI graphics card, which isn't as powerful as the ones that come with the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (nVidia GeForce 8600M GT) and ASUS M50Sa-A1 (ATI Radeon HD 3600). At this price point, however, be grateful that you are getting a decent gaming card. Finally, 3 hours 20 minutes doesn't look too impressive as a battery score, but keep in mind that this is a 53-Wh battery. You can easily get into the 5-hour range with the 9-cell upgrade ($79).
The Dell Studio 15 inherits many of the XPS 1530's strengths and almost none of its weaknesses. What it really comes down to, however, is superb configuration options. The 15 outperforms many of its toughest competitors and has the potential to inflict even more damage when upgraded. The only competitor with a richer feature set and just as many upgradable options is the HP Pavilion dv5t, but undercutting Dell's current price will be a monumental task for HP.
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|Bel Air, Md.
|High School:
|North Harford/Philadelphia U.
2014 Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000m run at the Morgan State Legacy Meet, placing eighth with a time of 15:52.21.
2013-14 Indoor: Ran in the 3,000m and 5,000m events for the Retrievers during the winter season… Finished 28th in the 5k at the 2014 America East Indoor Track and Field Championships… Posted a season-best 3k time of 8:52.14 at the Patriot Games at George Mason, while his best 5k time of 15:23.77 came at the Bison Opener at Bucknell.
2013 Outdoor: Took sixth-place in the 10,000m race at the 2013 America East Outdoor Championships… Also competed in the 5,000m event at the conference meet at Binghamton… His top 10k time of 31:49.86 at the Duke Invitational ranks as the seventh-fastest in program history… Recorded his top time in the 5k event, 15:10.75, at the George Mason Invitational.
2012-13 Indoor: Anchored the UMBC distance medley relay to a third-place finish at the 2013 America East Indoor Championships… Placed eighth in the one-mile run with a time of 9:18.81 at the conference meet… Recorded a season-best time in the event, 4:20.00, during a seventh-place finish at the Patriot Games at George Mason… Also competed in the 3,000m run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, finishing with a time of 8:49.28.
Background: Named to the JUCO All-Region Team while competing for Philadelphia U. during 2011… Won the 3A Maryland State Championship in the one-mile and two-mile events while attending North Harford High… Claimed both regional titles at the indoor and outdoor meets in 2010… Helped lead the Hawks to the Susquehanna Divisional Championship in spring 2010… Finished second at the 3A Maryland State Cross Country Meet.
Personal: Son of Mark and Laura Hutton… Has four brothers, Jacob, Caleb, Diego, and Brian, and two sisters, Dreama and Alanna… Studying chemistry and education and looks to become a high school teacher… Born Dec. 20, 1991.