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Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Little Princes is an engaging, true story of author Conor Grennan's discovery of child trafficking in Nepal and what he did to address the problem. There will be many opportunities to engage with this book and connect with others on campus throughout the fall semester.
Events for Fall 2012
Book discussions in Clark Hall 100h
- Tuesday, August 28 Noon - 1 pm
- Wednesday, August 29 2 - 3 pm
- Thursday, September 6 Noon - 1 pm
- Tuesday, September 25 3 - 4 pm
- Wednesday, October 3 1 - 2 pm
- Thursday, October 11 3 - 4 pm
- Wednesday, October 17 Noon - 1 pm
- Monday, November 5 Noon - 1 pm
- Wednesday, November 14 1 - 2 pm
- Monday, December 3 2 - 3 pm
Lecture: Getting to know about Nepal
Prof. Kate Davis, Dept. of Geography.
MLK Library 225-229
Tuesday, September. 11, 3:30 pm.
SJSU Nepal Day!
A celebration of arts, music, dance, and cuisine, in collaboration with Motherland Nepal, an organization that promotes greater appreciation and understanding of Nepali culture. Co-sponsored by Associated Students and the SJSU Salzburg Seminar Project.
September 19, 2012
Dialogue on "Unpacking Privilege: A Critical Inquiry of Little Princes"
Co-sponsored by MOSAIC.
SJSU Student Union
Tuesday, October 2, 3:00-5:00 pm.
Author Conor Grennan Speaks
Conor Grennan speaks about Little Princes and provides updates on his most recent trip to Nepal. Open to the public.
SJSU Student Union
Thursday, October 25, 4:00 pm.
Dialogue on "Human Trafficking: A Global Concern."
Prof. Noam Perry, Justice Studies Prof.
Miranda Worthen, Health Science.
MLK Library 255-257
Tuesday, November 20, 3:00-4:30 pm.
University Scholar Series: Reunification of foster children with their parents
Dr. D'Andrade discusses her research on reunification between children placed in foster care and their parents.
MLK Room 225/229
Wednesday, October 26th from 12 PM - 1 PM.


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I tried to buy PoN-Scramble For Africa through your Ageod Online Webstore, but my browser security said the digital certificate for plimus.UK is invalid. It stated that it expired on 6/6/2014. Anyway, I hope you don't mind, but I bought it through the USA plimus webite on the Matrix Forums.
I thought I should let you know about the certificate, though.

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British Muslim-Basher Sentenced in UK After Entering US Illegally
British Muslim-Basher Sentenced in UK After Entering US Illegally
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the immigrant-bashing, Muslim-hating leader of the far-right English Defense League was sentenced yesterday to 10 months in a British prison after pleading guilty to trying to illegally enter the United States. Yaxley-Lennon used a friend's passport in order to speak at a gathering of other immigrant-bashing, Muslim-hating bigots last Sept. 11 in New York City.
American immigration officials initially stopped the 30-year-old, name-shifting extremist from entering the country at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York when he was fingerprinted and it was revealed he was not the man listed on the passport - Andrew McMaster.
But Yaxley-Lennon, who also uses the pseudonym Tommy Robinson in his anti-Muslim protests and speeches across England, somehow managed to slip away from the authorities and travel into the heart of Manhattan. There, he delivered a speech to a conference of an international right-wing umbrella group, Stop the Islamization of Nations (SION), that included a U.S. SION spinoff, Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA). SIOA is headed by Pam Geller, the American anti-Muslim movement's most visible and flamboyant figurehead and a Yaxley-Lennon ally.
Yaxley-Lennon returned to England the next day and was arrested a short time later.
"We were fortunate to have the singular Tommy Robinson come to New York and address the first SION World Freedom Congress on September 11," Geller wrote on Oct. 21 on her website site, Atlas Shrugs. "Robinson has been arrested for his participation in this effort. This is the latest outrage in a relentless campaign of attrition, harassment and political persecution of Robinson by a weak, sharia-compliant UK government."
A legal defense fund was set up on both sides of the ocean and his supporters called Yaxley-Lennon a political prisoner. Geller vowed to "fight alongside him."
One anti-racist English blogger saw Geller's position as hypocritical. "For the number of times they scream about 'illegal immigrants' setting foot on their precious land, you'd think they'd pick up on the fact that the EDL's leader Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) entered American illegally," the blogger wrote.


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I should of explained a bit better milly , there is unencrypted tetra in use near me which I've confirmed and like I said I also used my own mth800 radio which is in the clear and it wasn't picking up those transmissions or any details of any tetra use nearby either so something is def amiss ?
As you rightly said I'm using the run_grc batchfile but on the instructions that I posted it says to create the top block with that script on the gnu command line to make decoding faster which throws up that error if its executed so I assumed that might of been the fault of no audio or signal .
In theory if everything was correct when I transmitted then the fft chart would of shown the received signal at its peak and decoded some kind of audio and mnc details would of appeared but its doing neither sadly , hope that explains it a bit easier and I checked the driver for the dongle was installed ok and that it worked correctly in sdrsharp so it has to be a software issue , I'm guessing ?


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Nokia has only been relevant for me once in my smartphone life, and that was when I was overseas. Since returning stateside, I have not given Nokia news more than a miniscule glance as I pore over the day's tech reports. In fact, I have not honestly cared about a Nokia phone release since the mid-90s, when they were one of the top name brands in the US. Until this year that is. Nokia has become relevant again, although not quite in the way that you might think. And while their partnership with Microsoft may be doing a little-bit to correct their sky-diving financial position, I question whether Redmond is doing the best thing overall for increased adoption of Windows Phone.
Before we continue on with the editorial, let's hit some of the facts of the last week's announcements. At Nokia World 2011, Nokia introduced two phones that are expected to eventually make their way to US carriers. They are the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. The latter has a 3.7 inch display with a resolution of 480×800, a 5MP camera that can shoot 720p video, weighs in at 4.4 ounces, has 8GB of flash storage, 512MB of RAM, runs on the Qualcomm MSM8255 chip, which is a 1.4GHz single-core CPU, and communicates on GSM bands.
The Lumia 800 also has a 3.7 inch display, a high resolution 8MP camera, weighs in at 5 ounces, has the same 480×800 resolution on an AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass, 16GB of storage and 512MB of RAM, and an identical processor…in fact, much between the two phones is identical.
Back to the editorial. There are a few things I see as positive about Nokia-Soft's announcements. Kudos to them for getting the product out on time. We did not need another smartphone-delay storyline to track across months of PR apologies. And the big thing? People are talking about Nokia again, and not only in negative terms. At least not entirely.
Nokia needed to hit one of the park last week at Nokia World, but there are a few areas where these announcements fall well short of that. The announcement of these two phones, to me, is more like a "we're still hanging in there inch level of effort. It feels very analogous to the Palm Pre release, which offered some compelling potential. But from the announcement of the Pre through the first several months up to release, I felt like I was watching a once great boxer taking jabs in the ring, wobbling, unable to put his hands up and protect himself, but still able to remain standing and even dodging a jab from time to time. But I knew that the other guy was eventually going to land a haymaker that the former champ would just not be able to take.
I get the same sense from the Nokia announcements last week. Maybe the better analogy would be watching a once great boxer through the last few bouts of their career. They keep losing, but in each bout there is a round or a few moments when you think they are on the road back, before they finally succumb each time. While the Lumia product line shows promise, and seems to offer a steady, work-horse level device, neither of the two devices are game-changers. Nokia is in the same position that Android tablet-makers are. They cannot afford to bring a device or devices that are within arm's reach of the current benchmark products, and offer them at the same price. While there is no pricing information on either of the Lumia devices, I cannot see them being offered at less than $199 and $149 price points for the 800 and the 710 respectively. I believe this based on the pricing of Nokia's handsets in the past within North America, and the fact that, for some reason, they have struggled to land on carriers with subsidized prices. The Nokia Astound debuted back in April on T-Mobile at one of the most affordable release prices for a Nokia smartphone in North America ever — $79.99. But I do not see Nokia being able to match that pricing for either one of these phones. If they come out at or near the same $199 price point as many premium Android handsets or the $199 iPhone 4S model, when the Nokia phones do not have front-facing cameras or equally high resolution screens, their ability to compete will be sorely lacking.
If Nokia can get the Lumia 710 down to a $99 price point, and slug it out against low-end Android phones, then maybe this maneuver has a chance of gaining traction. As for the Lumia 800, I expect it to come out at $199, and likely on T-Mobile as I do not see AT&T having a lot of interest in this device. So it will go to the smallest of the big four US carriers. But it will also be on the one carrier that does not have the iPhone, so for its current customers who enter the market for a new phone, it could very well be a viable choice. I was on an HTC HD7 on T-Mobile at the beginning of the year and was very happy with that selection. But right now, the only thing Microsoft seems to be touting as the differentiating, breakout feature of Windows Phone is Xbox Live integration [ed. note: that integration is majorly lacking and painfully bolted-on]. This was a nice hook at the beginning of the year, but the Xbox is six years old now, and even as a gaming platform, its pre-eminence as being a new place to go is not as shiny as it once was. As for hardware, Nokia phones have always been appealing to photo buffs for their excellent cameras. But great photos and Xbox Live are not enough to bring Nokia back to relevance in the US.
Overall, this does not feel like the mass offensive that it needed to be. Nothing out of this announcement was anything that was not entirely predictable. At the end of the day, it feels like less than what Nokia needed to do to right its burning platform. These are not devices that will save Nokia's bacon. Nor is it indicative of a strategy that shows a glimmer of things to come that will make sweeping changes in Nokia's business position within the market. Nokia seems to have generated much more buzz about their one-off Meego phone, the Nokia N9, than their just-announced Lumina series (though it may still be too early to call).
While falling short of what is needed, I also felt like Microsoft and Nokia weakened Microsoft's position with its other hardware partners. If I were HTC or Samsung, I would have had sharp words the following day over the use of statements that proclaimed the Lumia line as the "first real Windows Phone(s)". The hardware manufacturers that stepped out with Microsoft for the launch of Windows Phone, at very high risk to their own earnings, should not have suffered the suggestion that their efforts and their hardware designs were of little value. While not all CEO's make decisions out of spite, I think the Microsoft and Nokia statements would have at least caused me to ask my CFO for the most recent accounting statements on my Windows Phone product line to evaluate how much value-adding it was really providing.
Microsoft took a risk when it migrated its smartphone strategy away from an Enterprise-focus to a consumer-centric one. Without the old corporate in-roads to lean on, they now have to compete in the same arena with the same rule-set as the iPhone and Android products. I do not see the Lumia has being a huge crowbar in that battle. I like Windows Phone, and would not have a problem selecting it as one my next devices. But I still do not see the operating system, the ecosystem, or the new Nokia devices as converging recommendations that I would give to non-techy customers looking for advice on their next smartphone, or first-time smartphone buyers. It is not clear to me where Microsoft and Nokia are heading in terms of starting an offensive that will lead to all of this increased market-share that so many analysts are claiming Windows Phone will achieve in 2014/2015.
The Lumia devices appear to be beautiful hardware, and I thoroughly enjoy Windows Phone 7 when I use it. But this is about what Microsoft and Nokia are doing to convince the consumer population that is not already on their side that the Nokia devices are viable and competitive alternatives to the iPhone and premium Android devices. Based on last week's event, I am having a hard time convincing myself that the two companies have done enough. This smells very much like the Palm Pre launch (except for fact that Nokia's phones appear to be arriving on time as promised). Microsoft and Nokia will need to come in at lower price points than the competition, and quickly get to offering compelling, differentiated features and offer unique service partnerships to compete against Apple and Google. Seeing as how it appears that they have missed those targets within this window of opportunity, I am not sure when they can pull this trifecta off before suffering that aforementioned haymaker that could be in the works. An iPhone 5 announcement in the spring, or arrival en masse of Ice Cream Sandwich phones could quickly push Nokia off the stage of relevance if they and Microsoft cannot push some major offensive in the interim. Oh, yeah, and after scoffing at everyone else's Windows Phone devices, I would not expect help to arrive from the camps of HTC and Samsung anytime soon.


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The Jews of North America 300,192
The Jews of Europe 268,279
The Jews of The British Isles 167,930
The Jews of Africa and The Orient 26,428
The Jews of South America and The Caribbean 19,724
The Jews of The South Pacific 20, 897
The easiest way to search the collection is to visit the Community Trees section of FamilySearch.org. A link is provided at the top of the main page of this blog. That link will take you to the general search page for the databases posted there. That page is below.
Searching this page will search everything posted, however if you simply want to search an individual collection, click on "Advanced Search".
The drop down box will then allow you to select an individual database.
In the example below, I have selected the British Isles tree and asked for all entries that have the surname Gluckstein.
The results show 144 people with the surname Gluckstein in the British Isles.
The record below is the results for Samuel Henry Gluckstein. The record also includes his parents, wife and children.
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Sometimes I have the privilege and joy to do a small sermon at the Anthony Wilding Retirement Village. Last month I was invited to come and do that again and I shared some thoughts on the Spring Season.
Anthony Wilding Retirement Village 16 September 2015.
This morning I would like to talk about Spring. I know; we are already in our third week but, hey Spring did not exactly come in time this year. Or let me rephrase that: Spring did not come in the expected way at the expected time. To me Spring is a miracle, not just because it is so beautiful, but first and foremost because it is so glorious! Scientists may be able to explain that Spring has to do with the angle of the earth axis and how it influences the angle with which the sunbeams hit the Earth, and as a result produce enough light and warmth for nature to respond to it. While that may explain what is happening in scientific terms it does not explain to me why Spring is so glorious. That to me is the true beauty of Spring and in that sense Spring is like a miracle. Spring brings forth the promise of a resurrected nature, an explosion of new life that in my view can only have been created by an awesome God, a master painter, architect, gardener, sculptor, poet and musician that brings forth an overwhelmingly beautiful creation.
I did not notice the gradual movement of the earth, the lengthening of days, the small rises in temperatures (although I did notice that having a coffee in the sun in the morning became an option again). What I did notice though was that all of a sudden the lawn needed mowing again, the splash of young green in some of the trees and the appearance of tiny colored buds and blossoms seemingly there from out of nowhere. Nature picks up more sensitively than me where is comes to responding to the wake-up call as I seem to be missing a lot. And nature, in a non-staged, uninhibited way displays something that catches my eye, waking me up for what I seem to have been missing, the new life, the sounds and fragrances.
Spring is a miracle that displays the beauty of God.
Compared to the other seasons Spring has a unique beauty in terms of delicacy and display. It has this sparkle of new life unknown to the other seasons that makes you fall in love with everything. In a way it is comparable to when my children were born: in objective terms a just born baby may not be the most beautiful but when it is your baby you cannot help but falling in love with it, on first sight. There is something special that I cannot explain other than it being a miracle.
Such a beauty that it can come from God only. God being the artist, the master musician the creator of glorious beauty and a symphony of sounds and fresh fragrances promising new life and a harvest, to be seen and heard and smelled in Spring. Spring is simply beautiful.
Remembering art history there was a painting by an Italian master Botticelli. It is probably not for nothing that Botticelli when he wanted to symbolise Spring, made use of a beautiful girl with blossoms around her neck and in her hair. Beauty and promise in one symbolic work of art.
Spring is a miracle of power.
The earth sort of dies every winter (and in all honesty it very often seems me with it). It is lying stiff and cold, motionless, silent and with no other than the rotting smell of death as remnants of fallen leaves rot away. I seem to be more and more responding to this season of death, the wet, the cold and most of all the lack of light. Is that not symbolic in itself? When there is not enough light death is following.
We as humans are able to manipulate great forces and powers to do many incredible things. We can fly things into outer space, we are able to manipulate harvests or vegetables and weeds, we are able to heal diseases and at the same time we are able to wipe out our planet. But we are not able to make Spring happen in winter. Only God can bring what is dead back to life.
When Lazarus was in His tomb, he did not respond to the weeping of Martha or to Mary's appeal. It took the voice of Christ to tell him to to come forth to make Him rise again!
Every Spring we are reminded of the voice of the Almighty that makes dead things rise up again in their full glory. In a way, Spring is the Angel of the Resurrection.
Spring is a revelation of God's love.
Spring is a beautiful reminder of God's endless generosity.
"for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5: 45"
These phenomena of the natural world are in my view very symbolic for the breath of God's eternal grace. Spring more than any other season reminds us all that God is not a respecter of persons and that He has a generous heart.
He pours out Spring over all of us.
You can drive through the red zones and parts of town that are still unrecovered and you will find Spring there in equal glory to the neatly trimmed and maintained gardens of Hagley Park or Merivale front yards. Spring and the miracle of resurrection it symbolizes visits the rich and the poor, the successful and the unsuccessful, the saint and the lost alike. No one is so poor, humble or fallen of the track that he or she cannot enjoy the colours, sounds and fragrances of Spring. May this also be a reminder for us in our daily lives. No one is too lost to not get a dose of God's love and resurrection power in his or her life, and in Christ we can all make this a reality for everyone around us that will ultimately leave this world a better place. A better place one step at a time.
Spring paints a picture of God's unchanging love.
Some of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces like the Last Supper or the Mona Lisa are a wreck and in decay. So is Titian's Assumption or Correggio's Holy Night or closer to my Dutch home the Night Watch by Rembrandt as well as the Botticelli painting mentioned before. Colors are fading or changing to darker complections. Some of the cloudy skies of the Dutch masters are becoming more and more yellowish in their complections.
Yet, the colours, sounds and fragrances of God's masterpiece do not fade, they are as fresh and beautiful this year as they have been throughout eternity! From everlasting to everlasting, God is God, He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Spring is prophecy of harvest.
Spring is full of promise, nature prophesies a harvest of fruit! Again I say rejoice as this prophecy is God's symbolic multi-dimensional artwork that reminds us that all of our spiritual powers resulting from life in Christ are going to lead to fruit and more fruit, we will go from glory to glory.
Yet I believe that ultimately our Summer Glory will be reached elsewhere, in Heaven.
They have risen.
In Matthew 28:6, we read:
"He is not here for He has risen"
I noticed the last time I was here that there was a substantial difference in size and make up of attendees, only to find out that some people had died.
Theocritus, a Greek poet from around 3 BC wrote that "hopes are for the living, the dead are hopeless".
It is good to remind us that that is not the Christian hope. Our hope rests on the resurrection. We believe that Jesus died and rose again (1 Corinthians 15: 3-11). Paul's reassurance is that death is not the end of the story and that all who are in Christ will live forever. But it gets better: my body will not just be resurrected but in the process thereof I will be transformed.
Our bodies may wither but our spirits live forever!
I love spring, the lambs, the birds, the new fresh flowers. But ultimately they will wither just like us. But what is perishable cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. So, we as believers must be transformed into the likeness of Christ. Just like Jesus was transformed with a new body so as to deal with the reality of eternal life so will we be transformed (1 Corinthians 15). And once transformed it will be for eternity. So, looking at those who may have left us here on earth: they went to an eternal summer season! We can carefully remind ourselves of the words found in Matthew 28:6.
"He is not there. For He has risen".
They are not there anymore for they have risen. And with that we are reminded that death has been conquered for those who are in Christ. Is not God amazing!
Love you all and until a next time.


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Weekend Confirmed Episode 20
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 20 - 08/06/2010
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Music Break this week comes from Montreal-based hip hop artist Verbal. The featured track "Weather the Storm" is available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and Limewire stores. For more from verbal and the Northern Lights (NL5) hip hop collective check out the NL5 MySpace page.
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest single, Small Town Hero on iTunes and check out more at his Facebook page.
Jeff can also be seen on The Totally Rad Show. New episodes come out weekly on Tuesday.
Our Official Facebook Weekend Confirmed Page is coming along now so add us to your Facebook routine. We'll be keeping you up with the latest on the show there as well.
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I should be packing right now. Or emptying the dishwasher. Or retrieving the corner of the tuna sandwich my cat just snagged from my plate and took under the couch.
But, instead I'm going to blow your mind. I hope you're ready for this.
I lost 15 pounds in the last 3 weeks.
Seriously. I was a tight 8 and now I'm a 4.
Five kinds of crazy, right? Would you like to know how I did it?
I'm an eater. I'm Italian, I love food, I love to cook, I eat a piece of cold pizza while two more pieces warm up in the microwave, I love cheese and bread and pasta and cold cuts.
Fortunately, I've always been an exerciser as well.
Until about two years ago when I stopped working out "for just a few months". I was busy working and moving and being depressed about money and I just plain didn't feel like it.
Around this time I also discovered Trader Joe's $3.99 chardonnay and their wide array of frozen party appetizers. (Party in my elastic pants!) Let's just say that Trader Joe's and I became the bestest of friends. I hoped that token exercise here and there and maybe…good genes?…would prevent me from gaining weight. Tragically, physics won.
I steadily gained about A POUND A MONTH for two years until two months ago when I weighed as much as I did at six months pregnant.
Yeah, you read that right.
I started wearing only yoga pants. I cried every time I was in my closet. I threw jeans around. My skin broke out. My nails and hair were weak and brittle. I was aging quickly. My heart would thud in my chest when I would get up from the couch. I was TIIIIRED.
I felt and looked awful.
Then Oprah got involved. As she often does.
The episode was about the movie Food, Inc. and Oprah had Alicia Silverstone on. I think animals were getting hurt in the movie or something, but ANYWAY about Alicia Silverstone's skin.
Like BUTTER. Like SILK.
Alicia has been a vegetarian for 12 years and claims that she owes her beautiful skin to her lifestyle. She's a year older than I am and yet I look like her sad, lonely, much older, saggy-pored sister.
Hey! I thought. I used to be a vegetarian! I can do that!
And so it began.*
I immediately cut out all animal products except for my morning latte. (Also referred to as "Lena's meds".) Next I found a good fruit smoothie recipe to start my mornings. I knew myself well enough to know that if I didn't start my day with something healthy and filling I would find myself face first in a bagel by noon.
Then I added the simplest, most unintimidating form of exercise I could think of: walking. And here's the thing. This is the controversial part. This is THE SECRET to weight loss that professionals don't want to admit.
Exercise makes you gain weight.
I've been a gym rat for years. Trust me. Working out makes you swell, it makes you hungry.
Don't misunderstand. Exercise has its place. You need it for your health. Plus, the best body I've ever had was when I worked out with a trainer. But, for a quick loss – to get over the hump and make some fast progress – calorie restriction is where it's at.
(I love saying "where it's at". It's so grammatically incorrect, it's decadent.)
Here's an easy way to remember: Diet for weight; Exercise for shape.
Every morning I started my day with my smoothie – if you just can't wait another minute, the recipe's at the bottom – and a handful of walnuts for protein.
For lunch, I would either have fruit or another smoothie and at dinnertime I would eat just the side dishes I made for Chris and Savannah (broccoli and rice, for example).
Granted, my calorie intake was pretty low and that's not for everyone, but for me it worked. I wasn't exerting a lot of energy, I had a low level hunger that was easily managed, I drank a ton of water and the best part? After three days the weight just FELL. OFF.
And my skin. My skiiiiin. It completely cleared up. It's glowy, it's dewy, it's soft. True, look. Here's Yvonne and I last weekend. Please disregard my weird facial contortion. (Oh yeah, and I'm a brunette now. Surprise!)
So, I hit my goal weight so fast I can not believe it. I am convinced it isn't just what I'm eating, it's what I'm not eating anymore. No more salt. No more bad fats. No more chemicals. Just clean and green. And mean! And lean!
Moving on.
Now that I'm the weight I want to be I've started adding back in weights and cardio. I know from experience that my body will shape up and get tight much quicker now that I'm leaner. I'm doing Jillian Michaels Making the Cut (I complained about it here) three times a week and I'll keep you posted if I can pick up cars or anything anytime soon.
So, there it is. That's what I've been up to. Being awesome. How are you?
Lena's Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful Smoothie
1 banana
strawberries (preferably frozen)
blueberries (preferably frozen)
fresh spinach (you won't feel a thing, I promise)
ground flaxseed
fresh filtered water
(Resist adding any milk or juice. Trust me, you won't need it.)
Handful of each of the above ingredients, except the flaxseed because that would be alot, and throw it in the blender. Blend it to a frothiness and drink immediately.
Have one for breakfast, one for lunch – maybe get cr-a-zy and throw in a few extra fruits. I hear oranges are nice. I'm not a fan – and then eat something light for dinner.
Follow with a handful of walnuts and you will feel a burst of energy and jubilee and very soon after some new friends I bet. Or weird looks.
*I'm not a dietician or nutritionist or gynecologist or archaeologist so you probably shouldn't do anything just because I told you to and without consulting your doctor. But you already knew that because you're not a moron.
Sorry about the inexact measurements. I use about 1 1/2 cups water, enough to get it to the consistency you want. I like my smoothies pretty thick. As for the flaxseed, I keep a jar fresh ground in the fridge and use about a tablespoon. And I should have mentioned that you cannot taste the spinach AT ALL and I use about 10-15 leaves. Oh, and the ice...about 3-4 cubes. If you're using frozen berries, that will make the smoothie pretty icy already.
As for just throwing it all in a freezer bag the night before as Laura suggested, I guess that would work out just fine. But, seriously, I am the laziest person in the free world and I manage to throw this together in about two minutes. Oh, and here's a HUGE TIP: rinse the blender and lid immediately and put it right back for its next use. (Berries are a bitch when they harden.) Otherwise it becomes a whole sink-to-dishwasher thing and if you're like me that means days before your next smoothie.


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Ish will be your host for (mostly likely) all games through September 9.
T 0903 - Red Sox (Buchholz) at Rays (Price), 7 PM
F 0904 - Red Sox (Byrd) at White Sox (Garcia), 8 PM
S 0905 - Red Sox (Tazawa) at White Sox (Floyd), 4 PM
S 0906 - Red Sox (Lester) at White Sox (Danks), 2 PM
M 0907 - Red Sox (Beckett) at White Sox, 2 PM
T 0908 - Orioles at Red Sox (Buchholz), 7 PM
W 0909 - Orioles at Red Sox (Matsuzaka), 7 PM
T 0910 - Off-Day Outtakes
After pitching 8.1 innings of three-hit ball against Toronto, Clay Buchholz spoke candidly:
When I got up here and I was new to the big leagues, 'Tek put down a sign and I just grabbed it and threw it. That's where I got in trouble. Being hit a little bit and not knowing how to respond to it. Now I've evolved into a pitcher ... When I got up here, the adversity that I've never faced -- and didn't think I was going to face coming here -- was a big step for me. Being able to know what I want to throw after a pitch is made, and know what I'm going to throw the next pitch, is a huge thing for me ...Buchholz also raved about Victor Martinez to ESPN's Amy K. Nelson:
He's been awesome so far for me. Little things go wrong and he'll come out and talk to you and he'll try and settle you down. ... It's nice for a catcher to be in the game as much as you are.If you wanted to, you could read that as a slap at Jason Varitek, but I'll refrain, since Nelson was writing an article specifically about Martinez.


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When nine-year-old Amna's school was swept away by devastating floods in 2010, she thought her dreams of one day becoming a teacher were over. But with a little help from Oxfam supporters, her dream is back on track.
Like many girls in Pakistan, Amna faced an uphill battle to get an education. Outdated teaching methods, lack of equipment, early marriage, and attitudes to girls' schooling mean that in rural areas like Sindh, only one in three women have ever attended school. Amna knew that without an education, it would be hard to escape the poverty that she - and her parents before her - grew up in. We wanted to help kick-start a change.
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Scotty IS the new American Idol!
In the season finale of American Idol the country showdown between finalists Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery finally came to an end as a new idol, Scotty was confetti'd! Last night was a show-stopping affair filled with amazing duets, the return of the eliminated idols, a whole slew of celebrity performances, and tons celebs in the audience (did I see Maria Shriver?). A record-breaking 122 MILLION votes were cast nationwide to determine the Season 10 winner.
The all-star line up of celebrity performances (including two from our esteemed judges – more on Jennifer Lopez's later) featured: Beyonce, Tony Bennett, Lil Jon – fresh off ANOTHER reality show, the resurrected TLC, Tom Jones, Bono and The Edge, and judge Steven Tyler. Kicking off the celebrity duets was James Durbin, A.I.'s metal king in a crazy performance with Judas Priest. James definitely has the perfect voice for metal, but whatever he was wearing looked more at home in The Village People! Jacob Lusk, who Ryan Seacrest accurately described "took us to church" this season performed "I Smile" with Kurt Franklin and Gladys Knight. I have to say when he is in his genre Jacob's voice is amazing! Casey Abrams returned with his celebrity soulmate Jack Black!! They were so hilarious. Their rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" was my favorite performance of the night.
Lauren and Scotty performed duets with two of country music's biggest stars. It was Country Superstar meets Country Beiber in a show-stopping duet with Tim McGraw and Scotty singing "Live Like You Were Dying." Lauren took the stage with her idol and former Idol winner Carrie Underwood for a performance of "Before He Cheats." We also met Lauren's and Scotty's high school music teachers – who were so cute and so excited to be there – they were both gifted a new Ford Focus!
Marc Anthony, husband of J.Lo, also gave a performance, which surprise! featured his wife. And I have to say I was blown away by J.Lo – and not in a good way. Her portion of the performance consisted of booty jiggling, gyrating, butt thrusting, weave tossing dirty dancing while wearing a fringed leotard. J. Lo – too much. Too, too much. Also, in a booty gyrating, inappropriate for prime-time performance was Lady Gaga wearing an outfit that was 90's Madonna meets Bret Michaels, who simulated s.e.x. and suicide in the most annoyingly repetitive song I've ever heard. I was on the edge too, Gaga – on the edge of extremely annoyed! Oh, for DVR at that moment so I could fast forward.
Finally, the winner was announced and the newest American Idol is: SCOTTY MCCREERY! The country cutie from North Carolina took the prize! Scotty performed his new single "I Love You This Big" (which my friend's sister dubbed the Barney – as in purple dinosaur – song). Scotty was so choked up after the big win that he could hardly get through the song. During the touching performance he hugged his entire family – but forgot to hug Jack Black who was sitting next to his family. Congratulations Scotty –you were superb from day one – you have a fan in me. Also, congratulations to Lauren for a fantastic season with many outstanding performances. And following last night's finale, many are now wondering today if Scotty and Lauren are dating? No clear answer on that yet but what do you think?
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Officials threaten to close tour company for animal abuse
PHUKET: Officials are threatening to shut down a tour company if it is found allowing tourists to abuse marine animals – again.
The news follows tour guide Akung Saewang being caught with a group of tourists who were holding a reef fish trapped in a plastic bag (story here). Mr Akung's tour guide licence had been suspended pending a meeting at the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MOTS) Phuket office, which was held on Tuesday.
"We have given Joel Thai and Mr Akung a warning letter. If we find Mr Akung doing this again, his guide licence will be revoked," said Santi Pawai, director of the MOTS Phuket office, after the meeting on Tuesday. "We will also close down Joel Thai."
"The company and Mr Akung promised that they will teach other tour guides to instruct tourists about how to interact safely with the environment and make sure their customers do not abuse any animals."
Joel Thai was also ordered to attended a marine animal abuse awareness meeting, to be held tomorrow at 2pm at the MOTS Phuket office.
"I will attend the meeting to see what they teach their tour guides and what rules they set in place," Mr Santi said. "Joel Thai is allowed to invite other companies to join the meeting."
Mr Santi wants all tour companies to take this incident as an example of how not to conduct their business.
"I will call relevant officers together to further discuss what needs to be done to prevent animal abuse in the future," he said. "It is the responsibility of tour guides to make sure tourists know what they can and cannot do."
Mr Santi said the idea of pressing charges against tourists for abusing animals would also be raised in the meeting. He did not specify exactly when this meeting would be held.
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Strong wind and waves this morning closes Phuket's beaches, one swimmer rescued
Phuket's Rawai Mayor, Aroon Solos, ordered all beaches in the area to close after a foreigner was rescued this morning after being unable to make it back to shore. The foreigner was swimming off Ao Sane beach, just north of the popular Nai Harn Beach, when lifeguards were sent out to help bring him back to shore. The recent weather has been partly attributed to Tropical Storm Noul as other beaches areas around Patong have been closed since Friday.
Mayor Aroon ordered both the Nai Harn and Ya Nui beaches closed until further notice.
Noul crossed over the Vietnamese coastline in the early hours of Friday morning and tracked westwards into Laos, then Thailand's north east, dragging in moisture from the Indian Ocean and intensifying the south-west monsoon.
The Chief of the Cherngtalay Tambon says that, once weather is more stable, the island's beaches will reopen.
Officials are also warning road travellers to drive carefully after a car reportedly flipped over yesterday during wet conditions. The Thai Meteorological Department has also re-issued a weather warning today, saying that Noul has been now downgraded from a Category 3 tropical storm to a tropical depression.
The remnants of Noul currently sit over the Kancanaburi province after surging through Thailand's north eastern and central provinces earlier today.
"Strong wind waves are likely in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. In the upper portion of both seas, the waves will be likely 2-4 meters high and more than 4 meters high in thundershowers. In the lower portion, the waves will be likely about 2 meters and in thundershower areas more than 3 meters high. All ships keep ashore through 20 September."
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Phuket residents going hungry after local government assistance runs out
Residents in Phuket, particularly those living in and around the west coast townships, are reportedly going hungry as the government's municipal budget to provide food has been depleted. Despite efforts to revive tourism in the area, thousands of people are still in need of donated food to survive and continue to queue up for donated food every day. A public relations staff member at the Patong municipality says, sadly, there is no budget to do any more food handouts in the near future and that there is no word on when or if there will be any more handouts.
The Phuket Town Deputy Mayor told The Phuket News that there has only been 2 handouts since the pandemic struck the tourist-reliant area. One handout was in March while the last handout was in June with the mayor saying 28 million baht was spent in those 2 handouts. Meanwhile a number of foreign residents in the town have been providing supplies for food queues for many months to help the impoverished residents.
One Phuket expat says the majority of those affected in the Patong area are Burmese migrant workers, with long queues for private donations still being seen on the streets of Patong. Such private donations are a result of charity events that are being held across the island with the assistance of dedicated volunteers.
Like Thailand's Mental Health Department, many are concerned about the impact that food insecurity is having on those struggling. According to the department, 2,551 people had killed themselves across Thailand in the first half of 2020, a 22 % increase, year on year. In response, the National Reform Committee on Labour was ordered on September 11 to issue an amnesty on all outstanding debts, while providing financial support anyone who remains unemployed on the island.
At a recent meeting, other requests were made that include the government giving incentives for more Thais to visit the island and to use social security funds and soft loans as support for local business owners. For now, the situation is grim as Phuket residents are resorting to relying on private charities for food donations.
Phuket's vice governor Phichet saysd that Phuket has been badly affected by the Covid crises, and delivered 3 requests to the Senate Standing Committee on Tourism… to extend the financial support by the Social Security Office for a further 3 months, allow workers from other provinces to transfer their house registration to Phuket so the Phuket government can receive more funds to provide better care for them, and ask the Ministry of Labour to provide assistance to at least 1,000 unemployed in Phuket.
Whilst the government unveiled plans for a "Phuket Model" to revive tourism on the island, it came to nothing, despite a high power delegation of Ministers and Bangkok officials who visited Phuket 2 weekends ago.
One such charity is set to record a song by leading Phuket musicians with the hopes of continuing to help feed those in need on the island.
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Heavy rain across the country this weekend – local forecasts
Heavy rain is expected across much of Thailand over the next few days, mostly as a result of the intensity of a tropical storm crossing into Vietnam today, 'Noul', from the South China Sea. The low pressure cell will help intensify the effects of the south west monsoon too. But the remnants of the storm won't "slam" into Northern Thailand as one news site claimed – rather it will be a lot of rain and increased winds. The storm is expected to cross into Thailand around the Mukdahan province some time early tomorrow,
Around the country, Saturday will be the worst with rains easing during Sunday. Thailand north east 'Isaan' provinces will be the worst affected as they are in the direct track of the storm as it crosses Vietnam, into Laos, and then crossing Thailand's borders in the upper north east in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
Whilst tropical storm 'Noul' has been packing winds from 80 – 120 kilometres per hour as it reaches the central Vietnam coast areas, including popular tourist locations like Da Nang and Hoi An, the storm will continue to dissipate as it moves inland. The storm has been tracking across the South China Sea this week, gathering strength, in a west northwesterly direction.
Residents in the coastal town of Hoi An report that it rained continuously last night, with strong winds, and that they expect widespread flooding to be reported during the day.
The forecast for heavy rain in Bangkok will probably dampen some of the enthusiasm for tomorrow's anti-government rally to be held in and around the Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus.
Here are the forecasts for Saturday and Sunday around the country…
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As they have every year since 2007, several former Michigan football players returned to Ann Arbor for a charity near and dear to their collective hearts. And, as is ofttimes the case, the group surpassed the seven-figure mark yet again.
In a series of events dubbed "Champions for Children's Hearts," ex-Wolverines Brian Griese, Steve Hutchinson (pictured) and Charles Woodson helped raise more than $1 million that will be earmarked for Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor. The events included a Mott Takeover radiothon on WTKA-AM, auction, $1,000-a-plate dinner Saturday night and a golf outing Sunday.
Both current and former members of the football program were involved in the charity, whose goal is to make Mott the top children's hospital in the country.
"Our goal would be to make Mott No. 1," Hutchinson said according to mlive.com. "It's top 10 in the country for children's hospitals — our goal would be to get it No. 1. Michigan's trying to be No. 1 in everything. The hospital, we want it No. 1.
"I don't think we could have ever imagined the amount of money we take in every year now. We're over $1 million every year — for a one tournament and one night gala, it's crazy."
Or, as UM athletic director Dave Brandon, whose saw the lives of his twin sons and a grandchild saved by the hospital, put it, "Whatever Mott wants, Mott gets, as far as I'm concerned."
Kudos to the entire Michigan football program and community for their tireless efforts for such a worthy cause.
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Liverpool has expressed it wants to extend Steven Gerrard's contract soon to ward off potential suitors.
TOKYO - Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has expressed his desire to extend Steven Gerrard's contract as soon as possible to ward off potential suitors for the inspirational Reds captain.
The 32-year-old, who has 18 months left on his current deal, capped a dynamic performance with a clinical goal in Liverpool's 4-0 home win over Fulham at the weekend.
Rodgers, who took over from Kenny Dalglish at the start of the season, asserted that Gerrard remained a pivotal part of his plans at Anfield.
"I don't think there's any question (we want to extend his contract," Rodgers told Liverpool's official website (www.liverpoolfc.com).
"It's vital. Steven has a real hunger to succeed. He's 32 years of age but he's still got so much left."
Liverpool's talismanic England midfielder had been linked with a move to Chelsea after the team's famous victory over AC Milan in the 2004-05 Champions League final in Istanbul.
Jose Mourinho, then Chelsea manager and now in charge of Real Madrid, remains an admirer, while even Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson speaks highly of Gerrard.
"He applies himself every day, he eats well, rests well, recovers well, works well," said Rodgers, who has begun to get Liverpool playing more consistently in recent weeks.
"This is a guy who has led his life focused purely on being a footballer. And that allows you to go on playing well into your 30s."
Gerrard provided two assists on top of his sharp finish against Fulham and has played in every minute of Liverpool's 18 Premier League games this season.
"The run that he made for the goal, he's been doing that all season but the ball has just never arrived," Rodgers added.
"He's still been making the runs and his influence within the team has been outstanding.
"His influence for me, especially once he's started to understand what I'm looking for, has been absolutely first class."
Rodgers added: "(Against Fulham) he had everything in his game, and he's been an inspirational captain for us. I want him to stay beyond his current contract. There is absolutely no question about that."


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|Not Applicable
Presently, consensus guidelines for the surgical management of anterior glenohumeral instability are lacking. While there has been continual evolution in available arthroscopic instrumentation, this has not translated to improvements in patient outcomes. Isolated arthroscopic bankart repair is often associated with unacceptably high rates of failure, with a recent systematic review identifying continued recurrence rates of 14.2%. Improved recognition of bone defects and identification of critical defect sizes that contribute to recurrent instability and failed stabilization have lead to improvements in treatment algorithms. It has been widely accepted that glenoid defects exceeding 20% of anteroposterior (AP) width and humeral head defects exceeding 30% of the humeral head width contribute to recurrent instability. For defects of this magnitude, isolated arthroscopic Bankart repair is insufficient in restoring joint stability, and more extensive procedures are required. This can include adding a remplissage to the arthroscopic Bankart repair or open allograft reconstruction for humeral defects; or Latarjet coracoid transfer for glenoid defects.
However, often patients present with combined 'bipolar' bone loss, where individual defects are subcritical in size. There is increasing recognition that the presence of this combined bone loss may lead to increased rates of failure with an isolated arthroscopic bankart repair. Currently, accepted treatment options for bipolar bone loss include a combined arthroscopic Bankart repair and remplissage, or a Latarjet coracoid transfer. While there is supportive biomechanical data for each procedure, and limited case series in the literature, there remains a paucity of high-quality evidence to guide treatment for this complex clinical scenario. Consequently, we aim to perform a pilot study designed as a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing arthroscopic Bankart repair and Remplissage with an open Latarjet coracoid transfer.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|30 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Intervention Model Description:
|Prospective, randomized controlled trial
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Masking Description:
|Patients will be evaluated by a blinded study nurse, unaware of treatment allocation, for administration of baseline questionnaires, as well as subsequent post-operative questionnaires.
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Arthroscopic Bankart Repair and Remplissage Versus Latarjet Coracoid Transfer for Recurrent Anterior Glenohumeral Instability With Subcritical Bone Loss - A Randomized Controlled Trial
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 1, 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 31, 2021
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 31, 2021
Active Comparator: Bankart Repair and Remplissage
Patients randomized to the all-arthroscopic group (Bankart repair and remplissage) will undergo a standard arthroscopic anterior labral repair with a minimum of 3 suture anchors, followed by remplissage with 1 or 2 anchors, at the discretion of the treating surgeon.
Procedure: Bankart Repair plus Remplissage
Arthroscopic Bankart repair with a minimum of 3 anchors
1 or 2 anchor Remplissage subsequently performed with percutaneous anchor insertion in the base of the Hill-Sachs defect, and sutures passed in a horizontal mattress configuration 1 cm apart, tied in the subacromial space.
Active Comparator: Latarjet Coracoid Transfer
Patients randomized to the open Latarjet coracoid transfer will undergo a Latarjet coracoid transfer through a deltopectoral approach and horizontal split in the subscapularis at the superior 2/3, inferior 1/3 junction. The coracoid process will be oriented in the conventional manner, with the inferior surface against the glenoid vault, secured with two cannulated screws
Procedure: Latarjet coracoid transfer
Coracoid transfer performed via deltopectoral approach with horizontal subscapularis split. Graft placed in the conventional orientation, secured with 2 screws, ensuring the graft is not lateral to the glenoid rim.
- Western Ontario Shoulder Instability (WOSI) Score [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
Western Ontario Shoulder Instability (WOSI) questionnaire is a tool designed for self-assessment of shoulder function for patients with instability problems. Difference between study arm outcomes will be assessed using pre-op and post-op WOSI score as a covariate.
This questionnaire has 21 questions, each scored on a scale from 0 to 100, with 0 being the best score (no limitations related to the shoulder) and 100 representing the worst score.
Overall, the questionnaire is scored as a percentage of the maximum score of 2100 points.
There are subscale components reporting on: physical symptoms (questions 1 through 10; maximum score of 1000); sports/recreation/work (questions 11 through 14; maximum score 400); lifestyle (questions 15 through 18; maximum score 400); and emotion (questions 19-21; maximum score 300).
Subscale scores are added to determine the total score out of a possible 2100 points, with 2100, or 100%, representing the worst possible score.
- Pain numeric rating scale (NRS) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]This tool is designed to evaluate pain. The Scale is from 0-100 to determine shoulder pain pre and post-operatively; 0=extreme pain, 100=no pain
- Simple Shoulder Test (SST) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Simple Shoulder Test (SST) is a series of 12 "yes" or "no" questions the patient answers about the function of the involved shoulder. The answers to these questions provides a standardized way of recording the function of a shoulder before and after treatment. Differences between study arm outcomes will be assessed using pre-op SST scores as a covariate
- American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) assessment [ Time Frame: 24 months ]The ASES assessment (patient report section) is a region-specific questionnaire designed for self-assessment of aspects of pain and function. Difference between study arm outcomes will be assessed using pre-op ASES score as a covariate
- Range of motion [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Range of motion will be evaluated using a goniometer to calculate: forward flexion, abduction, external rotation and internal rotation
- Post-operative complications [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Post-surgical complications will be collected including: neurologic injury (neuropraxia); superficial wound infection; deep surgical site infection; coracoid non-union or malunion; posterior shoulder pain; stiffness; recurrent instability
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years to 60 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- anterior shoulder instability (>1 dislocation)
- age >14 years
- evidence of a Hill-Sachs defect on MRI or CT,
- < 20% anteroposterior glenoid bone loss
Exclusion Criteria:
- >20% anteroposterior glenoid bone loss
- significant shoulder comorbidities (i.e., osteoarthritis, previous surgery other than previous instability), active joint or systemic infection, significant muscle paralysis, rotator cuff or Charcot's arthropathy,
- significant medical comorbidity that may alter effectiveness of surgical intervention
- major medical illness,
- unable to speak French or English,
- psychiatric illness that precludes informed consent,
- unwilling to be followed for 2 years
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03453710
|Contact: Stacey Wanlin
|519-661-3111 ext 82705
|Canada, Manitoba
|Pan Am Clinic
|Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3M 3E4
|Contact: Peter MacDonald, MD (204) 925-1550 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Peter MacDonald, MD
|Canada, Ontario
|Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic
|London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7
|Contact: Ryan M Degen, MD 519-661-2171 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Stacey Wanlin firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Ryan M Degen, MD
|Principal Investigator: Robert Litchfield, MD
|Responsible Party:
|Western University, Canada
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 5, 2018 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 21, 2020
|Last Verified:
|May 2020
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Bankart Repair
Latarjet coracoid transfer
Shoulder Dislocation
Joint Dislocations
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Wounds and Injuries
Shoulder Injuries


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- Asian, Modern, Fine & Decorative Art
DoneWed, May 29, 2013 1:00 PM EDT
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New York, NY, USA
Asian, Modern, Fine & Decorative Art
This sale features a wide variety of Asian antiques, fine paintings, works on paper, American and European decorative objects, twentieth century design, and more.
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PTSD May Strike Bostonians in Bombing, Lockdown Aftermath
A nagging sense of insecurity remains for many Bostonians.
April 23, 2013 -- Less than a week after Andrew King moved to Cambridge, Mass., from Little Rock, Ark., the 26-year-old biostatistician found himself living under lockdown, along with a million or so others, as law enforcement hunted for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
Boston Strong: City United After Attacks
With no cable hookup and his cell phone's Internet connection on the fritz, he found out about the lockdown from a friend in Atlanta.
"As soon as I read the text, I ran back in my room and literally covered my head with the sheets," he said. "It was terrifying."
For several hours, King huddled in his unpacked apartment that bordered where the suspect was eventually apprehended, peering out the window at the legions of armed police performing a slow sweep of the streets and driveways. King's friend kept texting him updated news reports, which King tried to reconcile with what he was seeing outside his door.
"It was just unbelievably surreal," he said.
Now that the subject has been apprehended, the city has no doubt breathed a collective sigh of relief. But a nagging sense of insecurity will likely linger for many, said experts.
"There is a particular sense of vulnerability to this act of violence, because these men lived among us. It is one of those traumatic events that are at the very heart of post traumatic stress," said Dr. Paul Ragan, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
The Note: Boston's Unfinished Business
After a traumatic five days that began with the marathon bombings and ended with the manhunt and lockdown, Ragan said he'd expect some percentage of Boston-area residents to experience some lingering level of anxiety, depression or fear.
Some will develop an "acute stress disorder," characterized by an emotional detachment, flashbacks, a heightened startle response, poor concentration and irritability, Ragan said. If such symptoms last for six months or longer, they could morph into full-blown post traumatic stress disorder.
"People think PTSD is a normal response to abnormal happenings, but that's not true," Ragan said. "It's classified as a severe anxiety disorder that requires treatment."
Ragan said he suspected the most deeply affected would continue to relive the events of the past week through nightmares, flashbacks and intrusive memories. He said they were also likely to develop a set of avoidance behaviors -- a marathoner might give up running, others might avoid Copley Square and other geographic reminders of the horrific events.
Although it is impossible to know how many people will be plagued by long-term psychological problems, Ragan said women, children and those with a genetic predisposition to psychological problems, including PTSD, or who lived through similar traumatic events, were at highest risk.
One of the biggest risk factors is proximity to the danger.
Prosthetic Breakthroughs Will Benefit Boston Bombing Amputees
King's friend Taraq Abdallat was walking in Watertown to another friend's house for dinner shortly after the "shelter in place" order was lifted when he heard the gunfire exchange between the police and the alleged bomber. The pop of gunfire was so close that Abdallat feared for his life and hustled to get indoors.
Abdallat, who is originally from Jordan, described the experience as devastating.
"I can't feel secure the same way I used to before these terrible things happened. I don't feel secure in my hometown anymore," he said.
Studies find that after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the highest percentage of both short- and long-term psychological disturbances were reported by people closest to the attacks with a progressively smaller percentage of people reporting disturbances the farther away they were from the attacks.
Dr. Alan Manevitz, a clinical psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York said many Boston residents might react differently because ubiquitous access to texting, Twitter and other forms of instantaneous communication might have given them a feeling of control, or "empowerment."
"Even with lockdown, people were fully engaged and aware of what was going on electronically, soothing each other, informing and also ... searching their own photos and videos to try to help the FBI. They were scared and traumatized, but there was also an informed calmness," he said.
Manevitz said he believed social media may be transforming the way we respond to catastrophic events. Social media, he said, allows people to feel less isolated. Although it can be the source of rumors and misinformation, it can also, he said, help people stay calm.
The Boston events in particular allowed the public to watch the results of the government's efforts unfold in real time, which many people found comforting, Manevitz said. Also, because the government directly appealed to the public for assistance, many people felt useful even if they weren't directly involved in the search for the bombers.
But Manevitz said Boston residents still needed to be vigilant in monitoring stress and other psychological symptoms. He recommended avoiding the endless news cycle and having open, honest discussions about feelings with friends, family and loved ones, especially children. And if symptoms become unmanageable, he recommended seeking professional help.
As for King, he said he felt shaky for a few days but said he must move on with his life.
"I was a little nervous on Saturday but by Sunday the streets were crowded again and people were in the park playing soccer and softball. I'm not having second thoughts about moving to Boston," he said.


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A thrice-blessed father who wouldn't change a thing
The question I'm asked most often these days is, "That thing on your nose; they can't they just lance it off?"
The second most asked question – and the one I'll be dealing with today – is "How are things going with the third kid?"
Short answer: Pretty good.
But let's work backwards, because it depends on who's asking me this question.
The way I feel about you, in short, will dictate how I answer, from a curt "OK" to a three-hour dissertation on the one-handed diaper change.
And how I feel about you depends entirely on how many small children currently occupy your home.
For those of you with zero babies You seem like very nice people. You really do. Now kindly zip your mouth and stop judging. Listen – and I speak from experience – it's all to easy to imagine being a parent, and even easier to be all high and mighty when it comes to thinking what a great parent you're going to be and what a horrible parent everyone else is. But trust me: You have no idea.
On one side of the equation, you have no idea what it's like to cradle your baby, to hold your baby, to simply look into their eyes and see beauty, poetry and dancing unicorns.
Alternately, you also don't know what it's like to be up at 2 a.m. sitting in your darkened living room, furtively pouring through eBay's user agreement trying to determine if it's legal to sell your toddler online. (It's not, at least in America.)
So to you, you get the abrupt "It's going OK" answer.
Next up? All you parents with one shining light in your lives, parents with one beautiful child: You also can zip your mouth. Because while you do know the perils and pitfalls of having a baby, you don't know the feeling of not being able to walk away for hours at a time (and without the associated spousal guilt). With one child, you can pass them back and forth with impunity. Feeling stressed, mom? Let Calgon take you away while Dad plays with the baby. Tough day at work, Pops? Have a cocktail while Mommy puts sweet child o' yours to sleep.
Having one baby is like having a stylish accessory. Like an expensive pair of sunglasses. You love them, don't want to sit on them, but on a difficulty scale? Barely registers.
So to you, my answer is this: "It's going OK," but with a little smirk and smile letting you know you have no idea.
Now we have the parents with two kids. You guys are all right. You look at us three-kid people with a wild-eyed mixture of awe, wonder and fear. You know the drill. You know the facts. No downtime. Always on. But fun, mostly. Being a parent of two kids is like living in a real-life sitcom. There's laughs, there's lessons, there's wacky neighbors.
So to you folks, I'll tell you most of the truth. You'll get an earful.
And then there's the thrice-blessed. Like me. Three kids. My boy, 4 years old. My girl, 3 years old. My baby girl, pushing 6 weeks.
Us three-kid families grimly nod at each other as we pass. There's an element of survival at work here, real primal stuff. And I'm not talking about keeping the kids alive and healthy; I'm talking about keeping the adults not dead and really, really, really not dead.
Now don't get me wrong (and here comes the standard disclaimer): I love my kids, would throw down my life for them, yadda yadda yadda, but really: It's stressful. It never stops. Things are always on the brink of total anarchy. It's like New York City in the mid-70s, complete with graffiti on the walls, human waste all over the place, random screaming at 3 a.m., near bankruptcy, Gerald Ford telling me to drop dead.
So to you three-kid families, I don't have to tell you how it's going, mostly because you know better than to ask.
As for parents with four or more kids? I'm doing the Wayne and Garth "we're not worthy" thing right now.
OK. Enough. All kidding aside. Having three little kids (so far) is fun, exciting, tough, and worthy of a cliche: I wouldn't change a thing.
I suppose I should take down that listing I have up on eBay North Korea.
Jeff Edelstein can be reached atfacebook.com/jeffreyedelsteinand@jeffedelstein on Twitter