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Lifesaving Devices Can Cause Havoc at Life's End
By Barry Meier Published: May 13, 2010
When her father's cancer became terminal, Carol Filak realized that making his final days comfortable involved something she had never thought about - turning off his heart defibrillator.
Dr. Charles Wellman, medical officer at a hospice with a policy on deactivating defibrillators.
Dr. Wellman said about 2 percent of patients at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland had defibrillators implanted.
A doctor friend told Ms. Filak about horrible scenes he had witnessed in which a defibrillator had shocked a dying patient, causing pain and terrifying family members gathered at the bedside.
But when Ms. Filak tried to get the device deactivated, she was bounced around for weeks by her father's doctors, including his cardiologist, she said.
"All I thought about was getting this thing shut off," said Ms. Filak, who is the director of the student health clinic at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
Defibrillators are a modern medical miracle, small implants that save lives by sending an electrical jolt to interrupt a potentially fatal heart rhythm and restore normal beating. But with a rapidly growing number of patients in this country getting the devices, they are increasingly posing a bionic challenge near life's end, for both patients and their families.
Specialists say that a failing heart often begins to beat in the same type of wildly erratic rhythm that a defibrillator is programmed to recognize and intercept with a jolt. And though doctors and patients routinely discuss end-of-life issues like withdrawing medications and resuscitation attempts, studies suggest that what to do about a defibrillator rarely comes up.
On Friday, the Heart Rhythm Society, a professional group representing cardiologists who implant heart devices like defibrillators, plans to issue guidelines in an effort to promote such talks. Among other things, the guidelines, which were developed with other medical organizations, emphasize that doctors should discuss possible device deactivation with patients at the time of implantation and periodically afterward.
Other groups have issued guidelines in recent years but evidence suggests that they have not taken hold. A study published in March by researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York found that only 10 percent of some 400 hospices that responded to a survey had formal policies in place to discuss defibrillator deactivation. About 60 percent of patients in the hospices with defibrillators still had the shocking function active, the survey found.
"Doctors are not comfortable with these discussions," said Dr. Nathan Goldstein, who led the Mount Sinai team. "They are used to thinking about these devices as saving lives."
Meanwhile, some dying patients have chosen, when asked, to keep the device active, particularly if it has fired before, saving the patient's life.
"Some patients are reluctant to turning it off when they perceive it as something that has saved them," said Dr. Charles Wellman, chief medical officer of the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland.
An estimated 650,000 people in this country have either a defibrillator or a more complex device that combines a defibrillator and a pacemaker. That number is expected to grow because of the aging population and the use of such implants in a broader class of heart patients. About 10,000 patients a month now get the devices, often for the first time.
The lives of many of these patients, who have heart disease or genetic conditions that put them at risk of sudden cardiac arrest, will be extended by the implants. But while their heart problems may not kill them, they will eventually succumb, be it due to accidents, illnesses like cancer or simply old age.
An earlier study by Dr. Goldstein of Mount Sinai that was based on interviews with relatives of recently deceased patients who had defibrillators found that a quarter of the terminally ill patients received shocks in the last month of their lives, including several patients who were shocked in their last minutes.
While implanting a defibrillator requires surgery, turning one off can be done simply by using an external computer programmer.
Dr. Rachael Lampert, a professor at Yale School of Medicine who led the group that wrote the guidelines being released Friday, says physicians have not addressed the issue more directly in part because medicine is so specialized.
"It is a difficult issue because care is so compartmentalized," Dr. Lampert said.
Some medical facilities like the Hospice of the Western Reserve have had policies in place. "We realized that we had to address this in some fashion," said Dr. Wellman, who said his facility adopted its first policy about a decade ago. He estimates that 2 percent of the terminally ill patients the hospice treats have defibrillators.
Discussions with patients or their relatives begin as soon as practical, Dr. Wellman said. About 20 percent of the patients who are asked choose to keep the device active, he said. In those cases hospice workers will frequently tape a large magnet to a patient's chest when it is clear that he or she is dying, because a strong magnetic field will deactivate the device, Dr. Wellman explained.
While some physicians are addressing the defibrillator issue, the experience of Ms. Filak, the health clinic administrator at George Mason, suggests that the failure of physicians to do so can cause immense distress to a patient's family.
Ms. Filak said she learned about the prospect that her dying father, Joseph Hoffman, might get shocked by his device soon after his terminal bile duct cancer was diagnosed in late 2008. At that time, Mr. Hoffman was given from two to six months to live, and Ms. Filak said she soon raised the issue of shutting off his defibrillator.
The heart specialist put her off, saying the problem was not her father's heart but cancer and they could talk about it later, she said.
Her father's oncologist also would not turn off the unit, saying it was the cardiologist's call, and a hospice nurse who was treating him at his New Jersey home, also deferred to the heart specialist, she said.
"Because it was cancer and not heart-related, they didn't want to get involved," Ms. Filak said. "They never asked him about it."
Meanwhile, time was passing and, as the end of Mr. Hoffman's life drew closer, Ms. Filak became more perturbed about what might unfold.
"Could you imagine, we are all at his bedside and see him jerking around," she said. "It would have been horrible. My mother. I could not imagine what she would do."
Finally, on a January day last year, Mr. Hoffman slipped into a coma. Ms. Filak immediately called his cardiologist and demanded that he send someone to switch off the device. About six hours later a technician arrived to do so. Mr. Hoffman, who was 81, died peacefully the next day.
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MANTECA - Nikki Freitas has spent the past three Memorial Day weekends visiting the gravesite of her son, James Layton, a 22-year-old Navy corpsman who died in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009, with three Marines.
MANTECA - Nikki Freitas has spent the past three Memorial Day weekends visiting the gravesite of her son, James Layton, a 22-year-old Navy corpsman who died in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009, with three Marines.
On Sunday, though, instead of being surrounded by family and close friends, Freitas felt the support of a community as her son's image was debuted in the 12th and latest panel of the "Welcome Home Heroes Tribute," a 16,000 square-foot moveable structure that honors the soldiers who've died in the war on terror. James Layton's is one of 6,665 names on the panels, including more than 60 from within 50 miles of Woodward Park, where thousands gathered Sunday to pay their respect.
Families with children, veterans of other wars, a melting pot of the community lined the path for members of Gold Star Families - those who've lost members in war - to walk through.
"As we were coming here, people were on the street waving," said Brent Layton, father of James Layton, who lives in Escalon.
He's attended the gathering in Manteca, the brainchild of Manteca's First Assembly of God pastor and Vietnam veteran Mike Dillman, every year since his son's death.
"The first year, it was tough to smile. Every year it gets to be more about celebrating," Brent Layton said.
That might offer some comfort to Romel Mathias, who made the trip from Twain Harte for the first Memorial Day event since her son, 32-year-old Air Force Maj. Lucas Gruenther, died after ejecting from his F-16 during a training exercise out of Aviano Air Base in Italy on Jan. 28, 10 days before the birth of his daughter, Serene.
"I just wanted to meet other people that lost loved ones," Mathias said, breaking into tears. "This is very difficult for me. This day is wonderful to honor them."
Strangers offered words of thanks and encouragement to Gold Star family members after the brief ceremony that was the center point of the daylong celebration that included a 5K run, a car show and closing with a fireworks extravaganza.
Mathias noted that the Air Force has offered comfort to the family, but "there's really nothing they can do."
Seeing more than a thousand strangers turn out to pay tribute was a salve for the hearts of parents, siblings and spouses.
"It's kind of a healing thing," Freitas said of the event that has traditionally drawn about 20,000 people during the course of the day. "It's taken 3 1/2 years, but I'm finally starting to feel better. I would love to participate and be a part of this. ... This is so fabulous. For so many people to come out and for pastor to do this."
Brent Layton has appreciated the event since he first attended in 2010, but to have his son honored with his image on the memorial was a thrill.
"You look at the panels, and the names alone overwhelm you," he said. "To see the faces on some of those panels, and this year, to see my son, it makes me proud."
Freitas didn't "want to sound conceited," but said, "I think he deserves this."
James Layton attended high school in Escalon and wanted to either join the Navy or attend the California Highway Patrol academy, following in the footsteps of his dad, a police officer.
The CHP had just lost Officer Earl Scott in a shooting in Modesto in 2006, and Brent Layton suggested his son join the military.
"I told him to join the Navy, learn a trade, serve your country," Brent Layton said.
James Layton served as a corpsman, described by military leaders on Sunday as a Marine's best friend. When a Marine is injured, a corpsman runs to help, disregarding the danger to himself. That suited Layton.
"He had healing hands," Brent Layton said. "I took him fishing when he was young and he made sure the fish were patched up. He was always caring and loving. He was also one to fight, when it came to joining the Navy and stepping up to the plate. Corpsmen are the bravest of the brave. He was very caring and loving, a good balance of being tough and loving."
James Layton also loved to play the guitar, just like his dad. He dreamed of someday opening a recording studio. If Brent Layton can swing it financially some day, he plans to do just that, in his son's name.
For now, though, James Layton is honored in the traveling memorial. He wears a sailor's cap, his Navy blues, and an impish smile in the portrait that graces the 12th panel.
Those panels are designed to hold as many as 600 names, which the preceding panels in the project do, but Dillman noted there are about half that number on the newest panel. He takes that as a good sign, that fewer members of our military were lost in the past year.
There may be fewer of them, but each name represents a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a friend. Each loss is heartbreaking.
When the ceremony ended, Mathias approached the panel and found the name of her son, Lucas Gruenther. She lovingly ran her fingertips across the letters and let her tears come, naturally.
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HOUSTON >> The Clippers used a strong defensive effort and a spark from reserve Jamal Crawford at the just the right time to salvage a win on their three-game road trip.
Blake Griffin and J.J. Redick scored 22 points, and the Clippers had an 18-0 run in the second half to rally for a 107-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.
Crawford had 16 points, Chris Paul added 14 points and 13 assists and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 18 rebounds for the Clippers. Griffin also had seven rebounds and Redick shot 8 for 15 from the field. Darren Collison added 10 points off the bench.
Los Angeles trailed 71-60 with about 5 minutes to go in the third quarter before its big run that lasted into the opening minutes of the fourth.
"I kept telling them to hang in there," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "We hung around and got it going and our defense won the game. Houston had, I think five points in the last six minutes (of the third quarter), and 37 points in the whole second half for a good offensive team. I thought Darren Collison was fantastic and Jamal made big shots."
Los Angeles shot 14 for 23 on free throws, but just 9 for 24 on 3-pointers.
Dwight Howard had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Rockets, but was just 5 for 11 on free throws. Chandler Parsons added 23 points and eight rebounds, while Patrick Beverley scored 19 points.
James Harden, who was a game-time decision with a bruised left foot, had 12 points on 4-for-15 shooting.
Houston finished 17 of 27 from the free throw line.
Trailing by 11, the Clippers scored the final 13 points of the third quarter to take a two-point lead on a tip-in by Crawford at the buzzer.
"We were on the line trying to get it to 13, and then it just snowballed from there," Houston coach Kevin McHale said about the end of the third quarter. "We missed some shots, and we started doubting it and we stopped taking some shots that we needed to take. Then, we got a lot of turnovers and we just got really passive. We just got nothing going from that point on."
Los Angeles kept the run going to start the fourth, with Crawford capping it with a three-point play with 10:21 remaining in the game to increase the lead to 78-71. Crawford had seven points and Jared Dudley added five points in the spurt that lasted nearly seven minutes.
"Chris got it started being a spark plug for us," Crawford said about what changed in the third. "I think it was kind of slow to start the game, and we just followed the lead and coach kept challenging us to get defensive stops because that breaks a team's spirits. Our offense was coming from our defense."
Paul pointed to the Clippers' defensive intensity as a reason for the run.
"We knew that this was a team that made some runs, but at the same time, they will let you back into the game," Paul said. "Once we started the third quarter, we came out and played with a lot more purpose, more passion. That tip in by Jamal at the end of the third quarter was huge for us."
Houston pulled to 84-80 on Harden's three-point play with 7:21 remaining, but that would be as close as they would get.
Los Angeles had a 9-3 run over the next three minutes to increase the advantage to 92-83 on Griffin's free throw with 4:15 to go.
Houston tried a 'Hack a Jordan' tactic with 3 minutes remaining, and despite Jordan missing both free throws, Los Angeles countered by fouling Howard and taking Jordan out of the game. Howard made a free throw to get the Rockets to 97-90, but Redick hit two free throws and Collison made a 3-pointer with 1:39 remaining to stretch the lead to 102-90.
Los Angeles outscored the Rockets 27-16 in the third quarter and 61-39 in the second half.
"We just stopped playing the way we had played to get the lead, and when you are playing against a team like the Clippers, they've been together a couple of years and play well together," Howard said. "We had to continue to do things that got us the lead, and we didn't do that tonight and they capitalized on it. They got a good road win."
The Clippers opened up an 18-8 lead midway through the first quarter as Redick scored eight of Los Angeles' first 10 points. Houston finished the quarter on an 11-0 run over the final 3:40 of the period. Howard had 10 points in the first, including the first four of the run.
Houston kept it up in the second quarter, extending the lead to 10 at 39-29 on back-to-back 3-pointers by Beverley with 7:26 left in the period.
The Rockets led 55-46 at halftime.


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With their black eyes and rows of teeth, it's easy to understand why many people fear sharks, but our view of these creatures is actually hurting their chances for survival.
A new analysis determined that negative media reports about sharks and shark attacks are hindering shark conservation efforts. According to the analysis, Australian and U.S. news articles are more likely to focus on shark attacks than on shark conservation issues.
Shark populations are declining worldwide as they suffer from the effects of climate change and an increase in demand for shark fin soup, but they also "suffer from a negative public image," the authors write. "Our results highlight problems for shark conservation."
The research team located shark-related articles published in 20 major U.S. and Australian newspapers between 2000 and 2010 and randomly chose 300 to analyze.
Their findings:
- Over half (52 percent) were about shark attacks
- Sharks were portrayed negatively in 59 percent of the articles
- Only 11 percent of the articles were about shark conservation
- Only 19 percent involved positive topics about sharks (like aquarium exhibits)
- Significantly more Australian newspapers focused on shark attacks
- Significantly more US articles focused on sharks for entertainment (movies, books and TV)
The authors conclude that "most news coverage in both Australia and the United States continues to emphasize risks from sharks rather than the reverse."
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- Find the analysis, published in the journal Conservation Biology, here: Australian and U.S. news media portrayal of sharks and their conservation
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is speaking at University of California at Berkeley on Saturday and will be greeted by protestors targeting the Obama Administration's continuing detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. -more-
A teenager who was fatally shot in East Oakland on Sunday night was identified by an Oakland Unified School District spokesman today as 17-year-old Castlemont High School senior Olajuwon Clayborn. -more-
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A pedestrian was critically injured when he was struck by a car in Berkeley on Tuesday night, a Berkeley police spokeswoman said. -more-
Two robberies occurred near the University of California at Berkeley campus Sunday.
Just before 2 a.m. a 20-year-old woman was walking in the 2500 block of Hillegass Avenue near Dwight Way when someone behind her told her, "Don't move," UC Berkeley police said.
The victim turned around and a woman grabbed her by the neck. Two other suspects, both men, took the victim's laptop and iPhone, police said. -more-
The death of a mentally ill transgender woman who died in a struggle with officers three months ago was an accident, a Berkeley police sergeant has ruled in a lengthy report.
Sgt. Peter Hong also said he believes the physical force used by officers trying to restrain Xavier Moore, 41, who identified as Kayla Moore, at the Gaia Building in the 2100 block of Allston Way shortly before midnight on Feb. 12 was "reasonable."
Members of Berkeley Copwatch and the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley have raised concerns about the way police handled the incident with Moore, alleging that they may have used excessive force.
But the Alameda County coroner's bureau ruled that Moore died from acute combined drug intoxication from toxic levels of methamphetamine and codeine. -more-
At a Special Meeting on May 1, 2013, the Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Julie Sinai, U.C. Berkeley's Director of Local Government and Community Relations, to fill an 18 month vacancy on the Board. -more-
While Berkeley continues its protests, the United States Postal Service goes ahead with plans to sell Berkeley's landmarked Downtown Post Office. The USPS deadline for appealing the decision is Tuesday, May 7th, a day when Berkeley will rally on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office at 2000 Allston Way--music & protest 12:00 to 5 pm, with speakers and music beginning at 3 PM. All are invited to demonstrate and protest the sale of our historic Post Office building. -more-
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, city councilmembers and two state legislators vowed today to do everything they can to stop the U.S. Postal Service from closing down the historic main post office in downtown Berkeley. -more-
In addition to the colorful gallery of graffiti beneath Walnut Street near the Berkeley Arts Center, there is another flamboyant display on the cement bridgework supporting Oxford Street where it curves past the western edge of Congregation Beth El. On the west wall of the Cordonices Creek bridge, mysterious trolls armed with bandanas and spray cans have installed huge panels of wall art that extend over both sides of the tunnel below. -more-
Vivian Warkentin's fantasies seem to have outrun reality. As a result, she posted some text on your web site that is misleading, at best. She implies that I have "plans to mitigate global warming by blocking sunlight from the earth with chemical jet aerosols, such as sulphur dioxide and aluminum oxide dust." I can assure her that I have no such plans. -more-
On May 9th, 7:00PM at the Brower Center, 2150 Allston way in Berkeley, corporate, billionaire- backed geoengineer, Ken Caldiera will be laying out the scientists' plans to mitigate global warming by blocking sunlight from the earth with chemical jet aerosols, such as sulphur dioxide and aluminum oxide dust. Earth Island Institute, the sponsor of this debate, is calling the event, "Hack the Sky?" -more-
Dear Editor, Berkeley City Councilmembers, Rent Board Commissioners, and the Berkeley public,
You're about to get a smokefree housing proposal, possibly more than one competing proposal, in a nearly ten year effort to protect more people in apartments and condominiums from secondhand smoke.
Many well-intentioned and hard working people have put effort into trying to please competing points of view about this issue, and I don't wish to disparage any particular group or person. But the goal of ensuring clean, healthy air for everyone, even low-income people, in their own homes is getting shipwrecked for the second time in two years by the same dubious concern.
The rent board, perhaps out of concern about looking unfriendly to landlords, is pressuring for a resolution which is absurdly weak. I do not have access to the final wording at this point, but it is looking as though the proposal's language allows people who currently smoke in their apartments to continue doing so, avoids designating secondhand smoke as a nuisance, and offers little if any protection to people whose health and whose family's health is being ruined by secondhand smoke exposure. -more-
As a college student with increasing debt in my tuition, it is already difficult to find foods that are financially apt for my situation. The increase of tax in sugar sweetened beverages will affect all college students that face a similar situation. Further, drinking sweetened beverages is to the discretion to the buyer. He or she understands the consequences of the conscious choice. -more-
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You can view it absolutely free of charge by clicking here . You can print it out to give to your friends.
Grace Underpressure has been producing it for many years now, even before the Berkeley Daily Planet started distributing it, most of the time without being paid, and now we'd like you to show your appreciation by using the button below to send her money. -more-
When I lived in Michigan, I was a hold-your-nose-and-pull-the-Democratic-lever kinda gal, but in the long time I've been in the East Bay it's gotten harder and harder to do. No, I never thought anyone would know or care if I voted for Ralph Nader, and the one time I met him he was quite surly, so voting for him instead of Gore or Obama was never a temptation.
Some people hold the sacramental view of voting—you should vote for the candidate you believe in, regardless of consequences—but I'm a pragmatist. The firm grip that the usually-liberal machine has on the Democratic party in the East Bay makes participation in elections here just about pointless—and besides, the machine picks usually perform pretty well, all things considered.
Lately, however, some of the people I've voted for have been annoying me. Actually, on the national level, annoying isn't even the word for President Obama's seeming inability or unwillingness to deal with the continuing situation of the prisoners at Guantanamo. No one, regardless of what they may or may not have done, should be treated the way these guys are being treated, and they haven't even been convicted of anything. Appalling. Candidate Obama promised change, but he hasn't delivered.
Then, moving to California, we have Governor Jerry Brown's, yes, more than annoying, though not surprising, attack on the California Environmental Quality Act. He's opposed by both labor unions and environmentalists, two groups which don't always agree, though both usually endorse Democrats. It's not clear why the governor in his second incarnation wants to gut one of the earliest and probably the best state environmental laws in the country—he's called CEQA a "vampire" that needs "a silver stake through it"—but you can be sure money has a lot to do with it. Traditionally, developer cash has been the biggest part of campaign contributions to both Democrats and Republicans. -more-
It's a busy weekend, and there's not much new news, so this week's new issue will be delayed until we get around to posting it. In the meantime we'll just add to the current issue. Thanks for your indulgence. -more-
Just when most Americans had forgotten the traumatic Bush era, along came the George W. Bush library to reopen old wounds. After the April 25th library dedication, the MSM began to speculate about Dubya's legacy. A few suggestions: -more-
On July 23, 2012, Syria admitted possessing a stockpile of chemical weapons, which it claimed are reserved for national defense against foreign countries. One of Syria's main facilities for producing chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including sarin, a lethal nerve gas, is located in the town of al-Safira, near Aleppo. -more-
As of this spring, I have gone seventeen years since my last admission to an inpatient psychiatry ward. (I was hospitalized on April Fool's Day, 1996.) I'm not bragging when I say this is a significant accomplishment given my diagnosis of Paranoid-type Schizophrenia, and the severity of my case of this illness. -more-
May is designated Older Americans Month in the United States. The 2013 theme is Unleash the Power of Age. Unleash me by emailing suggestions to me, firstname.lastname@example.com , for a title for this column that's better than Senor Power!
Annually since 1963, Older Americans Month has, says the Administration on Aging, been a time "to appreciate and celebrate the vitality and aspirations of older adults and their contributions to our communities… Older Americans are productive, active, and influential members of society, sharing essential talents, wisdom, and life experience with their families, friends, and neighbors." Sounds like a one-way street with a difficult corner-crossing. And there's that incessant assumption that senior citizens have families, whereas many are orphaned by age. -more-
—Raul Ruiz's films, such as 'Three Crowns of the Sailor,' 'On Top of the Whale,' 'Time Regained' (from Proust's last novel) made big splashes during the 80s & 90s at the San Francisco International Film Festival & the Pacific Film Archive. The filmmaker himself appeared at the PFA & at the 1997 SF Film Festival. -more-
Before shooting his new crops-and-robbers film, At Any Price, Director Ramin Bahrani (a good ol' boy born and raised in North Carolina) spent six months living with farm families in the Midwest Corn Belt. As Bahrani will readily tell you, the two catch-phrases he heard most often from America's farmers were: "Expand or Die" and "Get Big or Get Out." -more-
If you've had it up to here with the overblown description of the Boston Marathon Attack, cheer up. Fortunately for those of us living in the bay area, there are some fabulous events and activities running now through summer and fall -- ballet, concerts, art exhibits, comedians, all designed to wipe out grim memories of that Attack.
Let's start with our own Oakland East Bay Symphony, with Michael Morgan, Music Director. On May 3, at 8 p.m. there will be a program of Beethoven and Cesar Franck at the Paramount Theatre (510)444-0801. Then on Saturday, June 1, 8 p.m., a program celebrating the music of Dave Brubeck will liven things up. 1-800-745-3000. -more-
"You build up & up till you scrape the sky with your cutting edge ..."
("A view of the edge, the outer limits, the place where the city stops ... ")
"He just wanted to see the ground."
(A mogul, afraid of heights, in the penthouse of the tallest building, riding the fastest elevator down, while a daredevil elevator engineer skydives instead ... An aging watchmaker & his collection of clocks tended by The Kid, a mechanical man ... Shiny monks hefting blocks of ice, chanting a liturgy about Time ... The scams of a street couple ... An up-&-coming manager, hoping to pre-plan her family down to the nanosecond of her daily schedule ... )
All of the above, in their own separate vignettes, tableaux, finally converge when The Crack opens up to reveal the Dark Heart of the World ...
Ragged Wing Ensemble's new original, 'Time Sensitive,' written & directed by co-founder & artistic director Amy Sass, folds together the ingredients into a theatrical souffle that rises & rises ... Building on movement theater styles—& the ensemble movements are among the best this plucky little outfit has ever performed—the show seems to be a watershed for both the company—who'll move into their new home, Flight Deck, this Fall, at Telegraph & Broadway, the edge of Uptown. (Oakland, the only city without a Midtown!) —Not, as erroneously mentioned here before, the location of this show, an old Pentecostal church on the corner of Telegraph & 38th, fit stage for 'Time Sensitive,' literally in the sanctuary. -more-
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City hopes to educate Alaskans amid competing natural gas proposals
City officials are cautiously taking off the proverbial gloves and preparing to take the story of Valdez and natural gas to Alaskans in the form of a serious and aggressive public relations campaign. The move comes after the council met in a special work session Wednesday, where Bill Walker, city attorney, advised the city to take immediate and decisive action to assure Valdez a place at the table as the Alaska legislature once again begins debating natural gas development.
The city issued what is known as an RFP – request for proposals – from ad agencies and/or public relations firms to keep Valdez is the forefront amid numerous competing interests in the legislature and amid the Alaskan voting public during the political debates on how Alaska's natural gas reserves will be developed in the current legislature session.
"It's going to cost some money," Walker said, but "It's time to stand up and fight this thing."
Actually, there are multiple "things" in Juneau that are currently on the table regarding developing Alaska's natural gas reserves on the North Slope. Unfortunately, most of the proposals bypass Valdez. Developments include formation of a state owned gasline development corporation, new legislation touting a large diameter pipeline to from the North Slope to the Anchorage area and ongoing AGIA issues left over from Sarah Palin's administration.
Walker, who is also attorney for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, warned council that Valdez will very likely get left in the dust if decisive action is not taken right away.
"The dynamics are changing," Walker said. "We need to make sure our voices are heard."
Walker, along with Valdez mayor Dave Cobb, have been with the Port Authority since its formation in the late 1990s. It was formed by popular vote by citizens of Valdez and the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Arctic North Slope Borough. Its board of directors is made up of officials from the respective areas with a stated purpose to build or cause to be built, a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez.
Since its inception, the Port Authority has held countless town meetings across Alaska, met with four different governors and countless legislators, but has failed to secure a firm voice legislatively regarding its efforts.
Cobb and Walker blame misinformation regarding Valdez as the main culprit, despite numerous studies that have concluded Valdez would be the most economic location for a natural gas terminus for gas exports and for instate gas use.
"We have all the tools," Walker said. "We have a lot of information that we need to make people aware of."
While the Port Authority points out that decades of study have proven Valdez to be the most logical choice for a natural gas terminal, Cobb said it has not been enough.
"Logic has nothing to do with it," he said during the work session. "People don't accept logic – you have to tell your own story."
A series of studies published in 2012 concluded a gasline to Valdez could lower fuel costs in Bethel as much as 65 percent. A second study said natural gas exported from Valdez by way of a gasline would be less expensive to build due to the fact that there is a sizeable amount of infrastructure in place because Port Valdez is already exporting crude oil and has done so since the 1970s.
The cost of such a public relations campaign will not be known until options are presented by qualified firms after the RFP deadline, which is this Friday, February 1. The final cost will need to be approved by city council.
The specific RFP summary states: The City of Valdez is soliciting proposals from qualified professional firms to advise the city regarding the development of a gas pipeline informational campaign, and to implement such campaign with a dual-audience focus. The overall message will introduce Alaskans to the benefits of an all Alaska, state owned, large volume gas pipeline to tidewater, when compared directly to a smaller volume project. The first audience group will be the citizens of Alaska. The focus of this message will be more general, outlining the difference in the reduced cost of household energy directly related to each project, as well as the benefits to the Alaskan economy of fully developing the North Slope gas resource potential. It is envisioned this portion of the campaign will use a mix of media options (print, radio, electronic and perhaps television). The second audience will be the Alaska State Legislature. This message will be more specific providing a detailed comparison of the competing projects. The City of Valdez will provide the fact-based content for these messages. This portion of the campaign will likely be mostly print-based. The City has identified a concept for the general message lead-in to all Alaskans. This should be considered a starting point to help proposers understand the desired flavor of the message. "This is Alaska and size matters. The size of your gas pipeline should be big, and the size of your energy bill should be small." Following an opening similar to this, the message will branch into the fact-based content.L


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How To Keep Your Sanity When Traveling With Children
Wake up at 10 a.m.
Get into bikini. Put on cute cover-up.
Find the perfect spot by the pool, and tan. Order a drink. Swim. Drink. Swim. Tan.
Relocate to the beach. Swim. Swim. Tan. Drink. Swim.
Go shower so you can go shopping before the stores close.
Get dressed, and decide which pair of shoes (out of the 50 you brought) you'll wear.
Shop. Shop. Shop.
Back at hotel, take off all the tags from the new purchases, and make them look 'not new' so customs, who has you on their 'hotlist' as someone who spends too much money in other countries, doesn't think you shopped too much.
Go out for dinner.
Go out for drinks.
And do it all again the next day.
This is of course when I was not traveling to Greece, where a lot more walking and sightseeing was done. Europe is all about doing the tourist thing. The list of reasons I will not take my kids on a 10 hour plane ride to Greece until the youngest is 3 years old is long, and is a whole other post!
Fast-forward to life with a child. It was daunting, at first, to even go to the grocery store. Everything had to be well thought out ahead of time - diaper bag packed, baby fed, baby's diaper changed, apply makeup, find purse, change baby's diaper again, feed him again, go to the grocery store. Phew.
So, the idea of traveling with my child came up. I was missing Florida. I needed the sun, the sand, the beach. I needed to see palm trees, and to be on vacation. So, since hubby was working, my mom, my sister and I, along with Christos, went to Florida. Christos was not yet 2 years old - and I was pregnant. Oh yeah. Traveling with an almost 2 year old while pregnant was... actually, not bad.
My tips for traveling with a toddler?
Take a short flight. No longer than 3 hours, and you'll all keep your sanity.
Bring a portable DVD player with your child's favourite DVD's.
In your carry-on bag, bring new books and toys to occupy your child.
Travel with family. The more, the merrier. Seriously - as many extra hands as you can get to come with you!
Try to take as many cute pictures as you can while on vacation.
Also? Bring lunch to your child in the hotel room. No need to sit and wait to eat at a restaurant. Who wouldn't enjoy a burger and fries in bed?
Now, taking a trip with 2 kids - a 6 month old and a 3 year old - became a bit more challenging, but still totally do-able.
My tips?
Nurse your baby on the plane. He won't even realize the plane has taken off, and he'll sleep almost the entire time. Also? When you travel with a baby who is breastfeeding, you have more room in your suitcase for shoes!
Take your husband, your sister, her husband, and your parents with you. You're good to go.
Make sure to stay at a child-friendly resort, where they provide things like beach toys for the kids to play with.
Okay, moving on to traveling with a 1 year old and a 3 and a half year old. Try to pack light. I had to pack less shoes than usual so I could pack things like formula and diapers. Oh, the things I sacrifice!
Don't worry about leaving your baby half dressed after a diaper change on the plane. It is hard enough changing the diaper of a squirmy baby on the plane to begin with! And don't worry if he walks up and down the aisle of the plane, talking to everyone he sees. They don't mind at all. He's happy? You're happy, all is good.
Make sure your children have enough soothers to last them the entire trip.
Leave the flat iron at home, and go 'au natural' with your hair. It's okay, really.
Again, pick a child friendly location. I recomment the Atlantis in Bahamas - you'll never have a dull moment, and with 5 children's pools to choose from, the kids will be happy all day long! This pool had a HUGE play structure in the water, with slides, and buckets of water, and so much more! (Note - my hair is straight here, because it's the day we arrived. As if I'd have time to straighten my hair with 2 boys in one hotel room with me!)
Nap time can be enjoyed under a palm tree in the shade. That way, someone can always stay close to the baby while you swim!
Did I mention bring your parents? My dad is such a great grandfather - traveling with them made this trip more enjoyable.
And of course... after the kids are happily tucked in and asleep, you can have a few drinks. And actually realize that you're totally enjoying vacationing with your kids!
And then you start planning the next trip all over again...
33 comments:
- Annie @ PhD in Parenting said...
Great post Loukia!
We have done the over the Atlantic flight with our kids several times. On the way there, it is no problem at all. We generally get a flight that leaves around 9:00pm and arrives in Europe early in the morning and the kids sleep the whole flight.
The way home is more challenging because the flights are generally in the middle of the day. We try to get them to take a brief nap, but make sure we have lots of books and DVDs.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Scary Mommy said...
A vacation with the kids really needs a new name, because a vacation it is not!
And I totally agree with your tips- Love this post. :)
- June 25, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Chelle said...
I love it! We were laughing this weekend in Florida how different it is to just go to the beach...ha!
Love your tips, too! And the pictures are great! Your boys are too adorable!!
- June 25, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- anya said...
It takes me months to get ready for a vacation with the kids, but it's so worth it.
- June 25, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Lady Mama said...
I can't wait to do a vacation with both kids. But not for at least a year. We took our oldest son to England (9 hour flight) when he was 6 months old, and it was a total nightmare. He screamed for 3 hours solid.
Love the pic of your son eating burger and fries in bed!
- June 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Scattered Mom said...
I like your hair curly!
But then again, this is coming from someone with straight hair. :)
We didn't travel much with Jake when he was little-it was just too much for him, and after a few interesting restaurant experiences and no sleep, we decided to wait.
Nowadays people assume that he's crazzzy when we road trip, but Jake is actually an awesome traveler. He sets up shop in the back seat and is content!
- June 25, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Chantal said...
Great post. You guys look so happy... I want the ocean :)
- June 25, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Chandra said...
I have yet to take my kids on a trip that involves riding in an airplane. The day will come, we have promised to take them to Disneyland...I dread it already.
Great ideas however; I will keep them in mind for when that times comes around!!
Pictures were adorable!
- June 25, 2009 at 11:43 AM
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- June 25, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Krystyn said...
Those are great tips...my favorite ones include bringing grandparents! Love it.
Of course, the kiddos are adorable.
- June 25, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Stacie's Madness said...
ah yes. times change.
- June 25, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- Christy said...
I love all your tips and your photos! We've traveled quite a bit with ours already (London twice, Florida, Virginia...and have three more trips planned this year) - and I've found that having her on a schedule even on vacation is a big help too!
- June 25, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- Paging Doctor Mommy said...
I've left you an award on my blog!
- June 25, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Ah, travelling with kids, a challenge at every age and NOT a true vacation for me BUT still SO worth it!
We've never had the luxury of family travelling with us though. But planning ahead is what it's alla bout. We are on our way to Greece this August, fourth time with kids. And we've been to Florida or somewhere in teh Carribean every year for teh past 15 years so have experienced travelling with kids every step of teh way. Sure is easier once the diapers and forlmula and strollers are done with :)
LOVE your curly hair btw!!
- June 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- Linda @ My Trendy Tykes said...
Ah, these days you need a vacation AFTER the vacation just to relax.
Great post, girl.
- June 25, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- Connie Weiss said...
Great tips!
We are getting ready to travel 26 hours by car to Milwaukee for a week. I'm FREAKING OUT! I'm not really worried about how the kids will do...I'm worried about my in-laws behaving themselves. They are worse than children!
LOVE the pictures!
- June 25, 2009 at 7:08 PM
- Rebecca said...
Fantastic tips!!
We've travelled on planes only a few times (just with 1) and by car a lot. It gets easier each time, but then there's always the unknowns. If they are sick, if they don't sleep etc.
We estimate that we have another 40 plus hours of driving this summer to see family. Yikes!
- June 25, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- CaraBee said...
I am terrified of traveling with my daughter. I've flown with her twice and both times were AWFUL.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- amanda said...
love all the happy vaca pics!!
and you are sooo right about the nursing thing - on the way up and on the way down!! i am so glad my bloggy friends filled me in on that secret before we flew with beans the first time!!
- June 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
- McMommy said...
Love Atlantis!!! I've never been there with the kids....but I bet they would LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
You and your whole family look like movie stars!
- June 25, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- Shannon @ AnchorMommy said...
We're getting ready to go away for the weekend tomorrow, but luckily it's a short two hour drive. Plane travels are a different story! One of my favorite travel distractions is to pick up a bunch of Disney paint chips in different colors at Home Depot. They help my son practice his color recognition. You can also play a little game of "Memory" with them.
I SO have the travel bug and your pictures make me want to go somewhere beachy! Sadly, a lake will have to do for now...
- June 25, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- H.E.Eigler said...
Fantastic! You look like you had a wonderful time :) We are going on a 13 hour car trip this summer with a 2 yo and a dog. The part I'm most concerned about is staying in the hotel room...she's not good with sleep environment changes. Wish us luck!
- June 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- BeachMama said...
I love this post! And I totally agree with how much traveling changed after kids, mostly with what I bring for me on vacation. I used to pack a whole huge suitcase just for me, now I share it with three other people and leave all my fun and funky shoes at home.
- June 27, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Anna-b-bonkers said...
Ha, ha! I love it! You nailed it all on the head!!
And I am adding Atlantis to our travel list, sounds like a fantastic place!
You sound exactly like me before kids, right down to the shoes!
- June 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Jessica said...
I LOVED this post! I loved the pictures, and I loved the tips. This may sound silly and gooey but it *might* be because you are Greek and your mommy ways are just like my mommy ways (and maybe that is every mommy and I'm just being goofy, but I don't think so), but I really enjoyed reading about how you take your kids on trips. I LOVE going on trips with my children. Something about being out of the comfort of home is cool, even to them.
- June 27, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- Tiffany @ Lattes And Life said...
Ahhhh so jealous. Looks like a great time. We just went grocery shopping and running errands yesterday...it took TWELVE HOURS. I gotta get a better grip on this two kid thing!
- June 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Noah's Mommy said...
now that is the way to do it....
heck ya....and can I say...I LOVE your tips.....
now it's just getting all my family members together that I need to work on....
and thank you so much for the well wishes...feeling much better thank you
- June 27, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- Summer said...
looks amazing!!!! We so need a vacation...but without kids!!!
- June 28, 2009 at 1:52 AM
- Kristen Andrews said...
looks like a great trip and what fab pictures! I love your hair curly!
- June 28, 2009 at 11:47 PM
- Elisa said...
Gorgeous pictures! I have a few trips with my girls under my belt, and I think we all develop our strategies... but the most universal one you've mentioned: "when you travel with a nursing baby, there's more space in your luggage for shoes!" Genius :-)
- June 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Mommy Moxie said...
I have yet to do a trans-Atlantic flight with my little one, but have done numerous short flights. Entertainment on the plane is definitely the key! That is until they have a diaper blowout and then it's a whole different story...
Happy SITS day!
- January 27, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- CK said...
Haha! Great tips! You make it look really fun! Traveling with kids is crazy! I DO remember those days of really vacationing without kids. But you make it look really fun w ith kids too ;)
- January 28, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Kristi said...
Wow, your trips actually make me want to travel with my kids. Although, I've had a much different, and more difficult experience than you in traveling with my babies which I posted about in "How I Survived Flying With a Baby." Maybe it's because I didn't have a big Greek family with me?
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It seems that every time we take a step toward better security by default, we end up taking one or two back just a short while later. Take the iPhone 5S. It's got that fingerprint scanner, betokening renewed attention being paid to security. But it also has what I'd have to call reckless out-of-the-box security configurations.
Let me give you a bit of context. My first encounter with the security-by-default wars was way back in the early 1990s, when Sun Microsystems famously and consistently delivered its systems with a "+" in their /etc/hosts.equiv files.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Shin Okinawa Izakaya (Torrance)
Considering the number of Okinawans living among the Japanese American population, you'd think a platter of sauted bitter-melon (aka, goya) would be served alongside teriyaki bowls here in Southern California. Yet only recently has Shin-Okinawa Izakaya hit Torrance's dining scene, dishing out a bountiful selection of crave-worthy comfort food like tempura-fried sweet potato, juicy chops of pork belly (rafutei), and a hot bowl of soba with sliced kamaboko (fish cakes).
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I might've said this before and if I did then I really mean it this time: It's like you're in Japan when you're here, whether it be the flavor of the broth, the brush-stroked wall menu, or the bar-snack offerings of sliced pig's ear and monkfish liver (an kimo). I associate pickled squid and grilled innards with smelly-drunk businessmen, which is probably why I never touch the stuff, but every other Japanese person I know can't seem to get enough of it.
So for the rest of us there's all kinds of carb-heavy treats like Okinawa Soba, somen champuru (stir-fried vermicelli and vegetables), and for dessert, everyone's favorite Okinawan donut, sata andagi -- a fist-sized ball of sugary dough deep-fried until golden.
sata andagi
Arabiki pork sausages
Red Sweet Potato sticky balls
Like most izakayas, each plate runs between $5 to $8 at portions meant to accompany a mug of beer. Though it's also worth trying their selection of cocktails mixed with awamori, the island's poison of choice. Few places outside Japan serve stuff like this, so get it while you can.
Hiraya Chi (savory pancake)
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Shin Okinawa Izakaya
1880 W. Carson Street Suite #A
Torrance, California, 90501
(310) 618-8357
4 comments:
- EatTravelEat said...
Wow, everything looks so good! The sata andagi seems to look like a cream puff to me for some reason though!
- Pirikara said...
oh naw, it's quite dense. Even heavier than a regular donut. =)
A lot of these foods I've never had before - I'm def gonna check it out - thanks for the recommendation!
Mmmm...dango. I drive by this place a lot and have yet to try it. Must try. Thanks for the pictures!
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Each organ of the body has a different limit on the amount of radiation it may receive in a lifetime. This depends on a few factors, including whether the whole organ was irradiated or only a portion of it, and the total dose of radiation given (which is measured in units called Grays). For glioblastoma of the brain, it is often possible to surgically resect all of the visible tumor, but there is usually microscopic disease left behind. Glioblastoma is generally treated after surgery with radiation and concurrent chemotherapy . If the tumor recurs, an alternate form of radiation may be used besides standard external beam radiation, such as highly focused radiation (Gamma knife or stereotactic radiation), radiation implants, or radio-isotopes attached to monoclonal antibodies.


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Shadow of Egypt's ties with U.S. looms over Russian visit
A two-day visit by a high-level Russian delegation that ended Thursday was an effort, Egyptian officials said, to expand their country's international relations. But lurking behind the visit was another country: the United States.
The visit marked a new era of defense cooperation, Egyptian and Russians officials said, but neither Russia nor Egypt could escape Egypt's long-standing relationship with the U.S. or the United States' relationship with Egypt's allies in the region.
Many thought Egypt was reaching out to Russia to signal its frustration a month after the U.S. suspended part of its aid to Egypt in response to the military's ouster in July of the country's elected president, Mohammed Morsi. For Russia, the strain provided an opportunity to move in on a longtime U.S. ally.
Publicly, Egyptian leaders said shunning the United States wasn't a motive for receiving the Russians.
"To have the minister of defense and minister of foreign affairs come together in Egypt is an important message that Egypt is a regional power," Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Badr Abdel Atty told McClatchy. "This will not come at the expense of the relationship with the United States."
"We seek to energize a relationship that is already in existence," Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said.
But the optics of the trip suggested an Egypt seeking to break away. The Russian missile cruiser Varyag docked at an Alexandria port in the days leading up to the visit, welcomed by a 21-gun salute as the first Russian ship to dock in Egypt since 1992. For much of Thursday, state news carried images of President Adly Mansour, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Fahmy meeting with Russia's foreign and defense ministers.
According to the state news agency, el-Sissi, who's Egypt's defense minister and army chief, told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, that the visit signaled "historic strategic relations that start a new era of constructive, fruitful cooperation on the military level."
State television played archival videos of visits between Egyptian and Russian leaders in the 1950s and early 1960s, the height of relations between the nations.
The trip yielded little that was concrete, however. A rumored $2 billion arms sale that would include MiG-29 fighter jets, combat helicopters and other defense systems, remained unannounced when the trip ended. The idea of such an arrangement had always seemed distant. Cash-strapped Egypt would need countries in the Persian Gulf such as Saudi Arabia to finance such a purchase. Those countries are unlikely to give any money to Russia, given its stance on Syria and Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States.
Moreover, it's unclear how Russian weapon systems could be integrated into an Egyptian military system built largely on 30 years of military sales with the United States.
Egyptians have long resented what they see as U.S. interference in their affairs, and they've shunned leaders who aligned themselves with the United States. With still-unscheduled parliamentary and presidential elections expected next year, suggestions by politicians that they want to move away from the U.S. might be popular with voters.
Images of el-Sissi, the nation's popular de facto leader, who's a likely presidential candidate, meeting with Russian officials conjured memories of the late revered President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose successful play of Russia and the United States during the Cold War is still celebrated in Egyptian circles as the height of modern-day Egyptian international relations.
Less discussed during the visit was that Egypt's move toward Russia began during Morsi's tumultuous one-year tenure as president. In May, less than two months before he was ousted, Morsi visited Moscow.
Until the 2011 uprising led to the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, the U.S-Egypt relationship was considered the biggest success story of American diplomacy. The United States and Egypt worked closely on counterterrorism, with Egypt offering intelligence and interrogating terrorism suspects. The United States provides $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt and its generals are regular visitors to American war colleges, where they train and work alongside their U.S. counterparts.
U.S. officials privately expressed little concern about the Russian visit, noting that Secretary of State John Kerry had called on Egyptian officials earlier this month. That there was no substantive outcome from the Russia visit only bolstered their confidence.


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Here is a sinkhole. But when you change the "Dsiplacement amplitude" in the "Fractal terrain 01" node you can get a rock tower like the second image. (Attachment Link) I used the sinkhole in the VR contest. I posted some wip images of the rock tower version here around but can't find it.
Yes kind of.Nice photos there:https://www.robertharding.com/index.php?lang=en&page=search&s=eroded%2Blandscapes&smode=0&zoom=1&display=5&sortby=0&bgcolour=white
...when you change the "Displacement amplitude" in the "Fractal terrain 01" node you can get a rock tower
Thank you, Kadri, for explaining this. And indeed, this beast has to be approached with subtile moves most of the times...
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Laughing Stock: How Improvisational Theater Helps People With HIV/AIDS
It's called the circus bow: You stand upright, throw your arms out and declare, "Ta-daaaa!" like a ringmaster. But in this case, the people doing it aren't in a circus: They're HIV-positive people participating in an improvisational comedy class offered by the Laughing Stock program, part of San Francisco's Bay Area Theater Sports (BATS). The program offers free improv training specifically for people with HIV, hepatitis C and other chronic illnesses. The circus bow is what the students do when they freeze up on stage and can't think of something to say.
Many people living with HIV/AIDS find themselves not only coping with the physical dangers of the virus and its treatment, but also with the stress and depression that sometimes go hand-in-hand with HIV. Another big problem for some HIVers is isolation, particularly for those who may be too ill to work full time.
Ann Feehan, Laughing Stock's coordinator, says that improv can help people cope with those problems in several ways. "In a life where you might not have a 9 to 5 job as your 'identity,' improv can be a way of finding you have inner resources," Feehan says. In addition, the classes provide a chance to relax and have fun, and the very act of laughing helps relieve stress. Feehan says the classes strive to embody what she calls "the 'spirit' of improv: a sense of humor to mistakes that happen; of compassion towards others; of demonstrating kindness rather than judgmentalism; of letting ego go and letting others shine."
In this way, the skills and experiences gained in improv class can help the people who participate gain self-reliance and self-confidence. Even the circus bow, used when people fail during improv games, can help put people in a different kind of mindset than they may be used to. After all, with improv, it's more about the journey than the destination.
"Success is measured in attempting something, rather than the final product. Everyone loves failure," says Jonathan, who has participated in Laughing Stock since the mid-90s.
Jonathan was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 and witnessed firsthand the devastating toll it took on the people around him. "It wasn't until the mid-90s [that] I finally realized that I'd be around for a while. I wanted to find some laughter after being surrounded by the epidemic," he explains.
He originally heard about Laughing Stock from a flier and decided to give it a try. He enjoyed it so much as a student that he eventually became a coach, and then the program's volunteer coordinator, a position he held for eight years.
There is yet another major, tangible benefit of improv classes for people who take part in them: social interaction. "A great class can be 'sticky,' where no one wants to leave," says Feehan. The classes give participants a safe space to meet others and have fun.
Many participants make friends through the classes, breaking through the social isolation that some people with HIV experience. A few have even met roommates through the program.
"You come away feeling good -- which you can't do by talking to your TV set!" says Jonathan.
Students who sign up for one of Laughing Stock's free improv classes don't need any experience when they start out; in each class, coaches teach new skills and improv games. Many students come back for round after round of classes, for months or even years.
Because of its unique nature as an improv group for people with chronic illnesses, Laughing Stock says it takes steps to respect their students' needs. Confidentiality is highly respected: For instance, although the group holds performances for students who want to show off what they've learned, participants can choose between public shows or those performed in a more closed area, such as an AIDS retreat. The classes are also comfortable, with couches for people who feel tired or unwell and want to sit out for a round.
Although Laughing Stock only operates in the San Francisco area, many U.S. cities have improv theater groups that offer lessons. Feehan encourages people with HIV to look for local classes wherever they are, as she thinks the experience can be a valuable one for anyone who feels isolated or stressed -- or is just looking to shake things up and do something different.
"It's about trying something new, rekindling creativity and imagination, and taking a step outside yourself," Feehan says. "When you put yourself to the test, you are often surprised by how creative and inspired you can be. That kind of positive reinforcement can be looked at as a rise in self-esteem. I prefer to think of it as a first step in taking back your own experience of yourself, instead of seeing yourself through society['s] eyes."
If you're in the San Francisco area and interested in learning more about Laughing Stock, contact Regina at 415.474.6776 or e-mail her. Also check out their Website.


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Part I: Contraction of Trade Finance During Crises
Chapter 1. Trade Finance and Financial Crises
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Chapter 3. Banks, Trade Finance, and Financial Distress
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Part II: Addressing Trade Finance Shortfalls
Chapter 4. Indonesia's Experience in Dealing with Trade Finance Shortfalls during Financial Crises
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Chapter 8. Recent Argentine and Brazilian Crises and Effective Multilateral Development Bank Interventions
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Part III: Restoring Access to Trade Finance
Chapter 9. Trade Finance Support from Multilateral Development Banks During Crisis: New Tools and Priorities
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Chapter 10. Trade Credit for Crisis Countries: The Role of Export Credit Agencies
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Chapter 11. Improving the Availability of Trade Financing: The Role of the World Trade Organization
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6.1. U.S. Ex-Im Bank's Korea Short-Term Facility During the Asian Crisis
1.1. Required Spread to Compensate for an Expected Capital Loss of 10 Percent
2.1. Trade, External Short-Term Credit, and Real Exchange Rate in 10 Crises
3.1. GDP Losses from Banking and Currency Crises, 1980s and 1990s
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The editors are grateful to Helaway Tadesse and Julie Kozack (both PDR) for organizing the various authors' contributions; Siddhartha Choudhury (PDR) for the preparation of tables and charts; Sulochana Kamaldini, Lorna Campbell, and Esther George for secretarial assistance (all PDR); and Gail O. Berre and David Einhorn (External Relations Department) for editing the manuscript and coordinating production.
Trade finance has long been an important component of international financial flows, as firms—particularly in emerging-market economies—rely heavily on bank-financed trade credits to support their export and import activities. Indeed, credits that facilitate international trade are so routine and taken for granted that their significant presence tends to be overlooked during times of normal economic activity. However, as recent experience has shown, trade finance can fall dramatically during episodes of financial crisis. Such a sharp contraction can prevent even creditworthy borrowers from securing adequate funds to finance their ordinary export and import activities. As a result, a country's ability to recover from the crisis can be seriously compromised, as credit constraints faced by exporters hold back their ability to contribute to economic recovery and growth.
Despite the central role played by trade finance, there has been surprisingly limited analysis of its role in international capital flows, especially during periods of crisis. This volume of essays on trade finance in financial crisis attempts to address this gap. The collection of essays is largely based on a seminar held at the International Monetary Fund in May 2003 involving participants from both the private and public sector as well as experts in academia and research institutions.
The volume attempts to view the issue of trade finance from three perspectives. In Part I, several authors present perspectives on why and how much trade finance flows decline during periods of financial crisis. The specific experiences of several countries, including Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina, and Korea, are reviewed in Part II. Finally, Part III presents some options for mitigating declines in trade finance during financial crisis, both by reviewing responses taken in the past and by looking forward to potential tools that might be utilized in the future.
While recognizing that a comprehensive macroeconomic and structural reform program will remain essential to any effort to recover from a crisis, we aim to encourage further thinking on specific responses that countries may consider to forestall a decline in trade finance. We hope the dissemination of this collection of papers will serve this purpose.
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