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Other resources for caregivers
The Alzheimer Society recognizes the significant investment of time and effort caregivers offer to those with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. We provide support to caregivers across Canada and have developed a range of informative brochures and publications. For programs and services near you, contact your local Alzheimer Society.
In addition, below are some resources from other organizations to help you better understand Alzheimer's disease and your role as a caregiver.
Online resources
Alzheimer's Disease International, I Can! I Will! Idea Library.
Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario, From Home to Retirement Home: A Guide for Caregivers of Persons with Dementia.
"How To" Health Guide
The "How To" Health Guide was developed by the Health Charities Coalition of Canada to assist patients, caregivers, friends and families in navigating the Canadian health care system.
Government resources
Canada Benefits - connecting you to government benefits
This site offers Canadian citizens government-wide information about financial benefit programs for individuals. Of particular interest may be the pages for seniors, people with disabilities and veterans.
Disability Tax Credit - claiming your medical expenses
The "disability amount" on your income tax return reduces the amount of income tax that a person with a disability, or their supporting person, might otherwise have to pay. Visit the Government of Canada website for more information about this and about medical expenses you can claim.
Service Canada – Employment Insurance Compassionate Care Benefits
Compassionate care benefits are Employment Insurance (EI) benefits paid to people who have to be away from work temporarily to provide care or support to a family member who is gravely ill and who has a significant risk of death within 26 weeks (six months). A maximum of six weeks of compassionate care benefits may be paid to eligible people.
Health Canada – Division of Aging and Seniors
Health Canada's Division of Aging and Seniors website, with information on federal programs, statistics on aging in Canada and more.
Print resources
Bowlby Sifton, Carol. Navigating the Alzheimer's Journey: A Compass for Caregiving. Health Professions Press, 2004. ISBN 1-932529-04-7. www.healthpropress.com.
Mace, Nancy L., and Rabins, Peter V. The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (4th ed.). ISBN 0-8018-4034-1. www.press.jhu.edu.
Mindszenthy, Bart and Gordon, Michael. Parenting your Parents: Support Strategies for Meeting the Challenge of Aging in the Family. Dundurn Press, 2005 (2nd ed.). ISBN 1-55002-380-2. www.dundurn.com.
Tapp-McDougall, Caroline. The Complete Canadian Eldercare Guide. John Wiley Canada, 2004. ISBN 0- 470-83449-8. http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA.


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BlackBerry was the dominant player in smartphones just a few years ago, but millions have since deserted the platform in favour of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
Where once IT managers selected staff mobile devices and many workers kept a work and a personal phone, today employees expect to bring their own personal devices to work and have them connected to the corporate network. When they are given a choice of phone by their employer, BlackBerry is far from the top of their wish list.
Qantas, IBM, Woolworths and Dell are just some of the Australian organisations that have reportedly dumped BlackBerry recently. Australian public servants have also been gradually moving towards Apple, and this trend is mirrored by government workers worldwide including the US Department of Defence and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Qantas announced in July last year that it would save millions of dollars each year by retiring its 1300 BlackBerry models and switching to iPhones, as well as a worker "bring your own device" policy.
A Qantas spokesman said the move was made "in response to feedback suggesting a strong preference for the Apple device". Since the replacement program was carried out in September and November last year, "98 per cent of employees said they were happy with the process and outcome".
Analyst firm Gartner reported that BlackBerry captured just 5.3 per cent global smartphone market share in the third quarter of 2012, down from 11 per cent a year earlier. In that period Android has climbed from 52.5 to 72.4 per cent.
RIM hasn't had a significant new product in more than a year and its last major device, the PlayBook tablet in 2011, tanked. BB10 has been beset by several frustrating delays.
"This first quarter, January to March, really is make or break for RIM because if the consumers don't like BB10 then enterprises won't commit, and this means that the bankers will really move in on RIM," said IBRS analyst James Turner, who recently filed a research note on BlackBerry.
Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at Ovum, believes BB10 will provide only a temporary boost in performance "but no salvation" for RIM.
"RIM continues to face the twin demons of consumer-driven buying power and a chronic inability to appeal to mature market consumers," Dawson said. "There is nothing in what we've seen so far of BB10 that suggests it will conquer the second of these demons, and the first is utterly out of RIM's control.
The core BlackBerry advantages – great keyboards, real-time email/messaging and security – have become less pronounced as competitors have caught up. Where BlackBerry Messenger once stood out, the functionality has been replicated by dozens of apps such as WhatsApp, while real-time email and the ability to hook up with corporate networks is now a standard feature.
Meanwhile, BlackBerry has fallen far behind in such areas as apps, fast internal hardware required for multimedia, web browsing experience and camera quality. This has been a deal-breaker for many consumers who want one device for both work and play.
At its launch event in New York on Wednesday, RIM is expected to unveil at least two devices running its new, completely revamped BlackBerry 10 operating system. One will reportedly be a 4.2-inch full touch-screen device, while the other will have RIM's trademark hardware keyboard.
The company has been leaking like a sieve ahead of the launch, with several documents, pictures and internal training manuals appearing on the web.
RIM has also held dozens of developer events around the world, hoping to flesh out its app store. It has guaranteed certain pre-approved apps will generate $US10,000 ($A9600) in revenue in the first year or the company will make up the difference.
Several RIM executives appeared in a music video last year designed to butter up app developers, which was set to REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You. It was widely ridiculed but it may just work, with the company promising at least 70,000 apps available at launch.
RIM is gearing up for a major marketing blitz for BB10, including a reported $US3.8 million US Super Bowl ad.
Turner said RIM was taking a page out of the Apple playbook and going to "extremes with the hype" ahead of the launch, which he said "smacks of desperation".
He said ultimately consumers need to love BlackBerry 10 or it will fall flat in the business world – a huge shift from RIM's previous focus on the enterprise.
Turner has spoken to several Australian organisations about their switchover from BlackBerry. While refusing to name names, he gave several examples of what he found:A financial services organisation began giving employees the option of either an iPhone or a BlackBerry a year ago and iPhones now account for 40 per cent of the fleet.An IT executive from another organisation said staff were being moved to iPhone or Android as their phones came up for renewal and now only 20 per cent – those on two-year contacts – remained on BlackBerry.Another executive said that after offering both BlackBerry and iPhones to staff, the iPhone now accounted for 90 per cent of the fleet.
In what feels like the blink of an eye, smartphones have become a two-horse race.
While Samsung dominates mobile phones globally – shipping one in four mobiles or 396.5 million handsets last year, according to Strategy Analytics – Apple still has a strong hold on Australians.
Apple pulled in a record $5.99 billion revenue in Australia in the year to September 2012, up 22.9 per cent on the previous year, according to results filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Not everyone is deserting BlackBerry, though.
NAB told Fairfax Media that the BlackBerry "fits our purpose" by offering "a combination of being able to make calls and emails backed by good security". Some staff were using them alongside devices such as the iPad.
ANZ told Fairfax the BlackBerry remained its "corporate standard, but we are continuing to track and assess the market".
RIM's board ousted co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie last year amid the BlackBerry freefall and several horror quarters, such as one that generated a whopping $US643 million loss.
The CrackBerry has now become an expensive habit for RIM, as consumers debate whether to give it up for good.
Asher Moses travelled to New York as a guest of RIM.
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One option for making compulsory licensing more palatable is to attach a fixed prize to the achievement of a goal of national importance, as in the X-Prize and the recent DARPA grand challenge. These challenges have been so successful because they work like an all pay auction--while much of the effort dedicated to achieving a goal may turn out to have been wasted, the range of strategies such an approach attracts can produce results subsidized research will never match. Having an effective vaccine for avian flu is an indisputably important goal, and whoever succeeds in producing one in volume deserves billions. If those billions are available in the form of a reward, conditional licensing at a reasonable rate might not be so bitter a pill after all.
"So we are seeing basically a repetition of the planning failures that resulted in the Hurricane Katrina debacle. The history of flu pandemics should have indicated the necessity for measures to assure an adequate response to any new pandemic, but until an unprecedented number of birds had been infected and human beings were dying from the disease, very little was done."
certainly it is true that the destruction from katrina was avoidable. this is due in part to the fact that hurricanes will attack sooner or later and flooding will occur leading to death and destruction. but as you say this virus is mutable so the response may be useful today but tomorrow is completely worthless.
There may be a issue worth clarifying in Judge Posner's statistics. If Spanish Flu killed 1% of the persons who contracted it, and 50 million died, that suggests the world's population in 1918-1919 was much larger than it actually was. Global populatuion at that time was in the neighborhood of 2 billion persons. Yet for the 1918-1919 death toll to have reached 50 million, more than twice the number of persons then alive would have to have contracted the disease for those numbers to work.
Why should the government respond to this?
If you choose to move to Florida where hurricanes seasonally smash up houses, you took the risk. Why should the taxpayer compensate you for your ill-advised risk-taking? Does the government offer refunds when people lose the lottery?
If you choose to take a vaccine and it makes you sick, hey, that's the risk of taking vaccines. If you choose not to, you took the risk of contracting avian flu -- after all, you could have taken that vaccine.
If the problem is people suing vaccine manufacturers, totally take away their right to sue; immunize the manufacturers. But why should we subsidize the production of vaccines?
The chance of contracting avian flu ex ante is like the chance of being born with Gaucher's disease. Just like we don't need the Orphan Drug Act, we don't need subsidies for vaccine manufacturers, either. Since Bill Gates has the same chance of getting avian flu as anyone else, we can always ensure that a private market for vaccines will exist, because there are rich people who will pay to have vaccines made for themselves and investors who will seek to profit from it.
I would like someone to justify why the government should do anything at all. It seems like the perfect thing to leave to the free market. Is this the socialist-commie-blog, or what?
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Assuming you are not being flippant, I would agree that leaving things to the market is most sensible where the market can be expected to function. But for vaccines, a problem is that producers may expect property rights to break down in an emergency and that their property will be expropriated. If they do, then they will respond with undersupply, as compared with the quantities society would be prepared to pay for.
It is this risk of breach of property rights that may justify subsidies or other government intervention in the market.
ìI would like someone to justify why the government should do anything at all. It seems like the perfect thing to leave to the free market.î W
Vaccines involve positive externalities, as do other methods of preventing disease as your probability of getting a disease goes up with the number of infected people you come in contact with. The prevention of disease is essentially a public service as defined by economists (your consumption does not prevent anotherís consumption, your consumption does not lower the total amount available, and it is hard to exclude you). See any economics of the public sector textbook.
See also: http://lab-frog.blogspot.com/2005/10/paternalism-and-preventive-medicine.html
W and ben,
Ben makes an excellent point. If property rights would not remain stable in a disaster then vaccine makers lack adequate incentives to invest since they could not expect the normal rewards. As Posner suggests, it seems likely that their rights would be expropriated; imagine a situation where people who cannot afford the monopoly rents (which are the normal reward for innovation) for a vaccine were dying and multiply that by a huge number of people and it seems likely that immense pressure would exist to force compulsory licensing at low rates much closer to marginal cost. That would be a market failure, in and of itself.
But there may be a deeper market failure here. That is the problem of externalities. To be maximally useful, vaccines need to be widely administered. There are network effects; if a person is vaccinated, it not only benefits him, it benefits others who no longer come in contact with the disease. This benefits even those who have been vaccinated, since sometimes vaccines fail to protect. However, the person who is vaccinated does not enjoy these externalities so presumably would not be willing to pay for them. Yet, if we wanted to provide incentives to vaccine makers which gave them the incentive to not underinvest, we would want them to capture these externalities.
There is another problem, which combines with the above problem. The probability of a vaccine being useful for a very infrequent problem, like avian flu, is an uncertain probability. Normally, new drugs face the uncertainty of successful development and regulatory approval. However, in this case, in addition that initial uncertainty faced by other drugs, vaccines, like those for avian flu face the uncertainty of whether they will ever be useful. The first kind of uncertainty, faced by all drugs, is more quantifiable. Established drug companies have experience going through the FDA approval process and performing clinical trials; they can rationally approximate the probability of success and adjust their investments accordingly. The uncertainty about whether a vaccine for a catastrophic event will ever be useful is more problematic since there is no good principled way to estimate it. It is somewhat akin to the problems that exist when you believe a government might expropriate your property. There just is no good way of quantifying such risks. As a result, investors will rationally demand higher premiums to make these sorts of investments -- premiums that more than compensate for what the expected value of the risk would be, if that was even somewhat knowable. As a result of the need to provide investors with such risk premiums, there will be underinvestment since marginal dollars which generate diminishing returns will not be spent. Of course, this problem, in principle, is not all that different from the first sort of risk. It can be managed to some degree by investing in, say, a diversified portfolio of vaccines just as the risk of expropriation can be managed, to some degree, by investing in many countries. Nonetheless, it is less manageable. While certainly the initial sorts of uncertainty also impose costs, the second sorts of costs will be of a higher magnitude.
The end result of these effects will be invesment in vaccine development below socially optimal levels.
A final point, and this one is ideological. W is quite clearly an narrow-minded ideologue who does not understand markets and their limitations. Markets should be looked at as one extremely important tool in the toolbox. They do some things extraordinairly well. They fail to do other things entirely. Not infrequently, choosing a market mechanism to allocate resources in a particular area has a mix of costs and benefits.
So, I propose the following. Why not apply market principles to the question of whether and to what degree a market mechanism should be used in a particular situation by looking at the costs and benefits? Further, why not apply those principles to the question of what rights and duties are going to underly any particular situation involving market exchange? The optimal role of government is a very complicated question and the answer varies based on (1) what purposes you wish to accomplish and (2) the specific industry or area of human endeavor you are considering. It seems to me, W, that you prefer to have some sort of monopoly on right answers rather than face competition in the free marketplace of ideas. Not for one second did you actually address the merits of Posner's discussion.
In any case, your comment about this being a "socialist-commie-blog" is flat out ridiculous and reflects very poorly on you. Such ad hominen attacks on Becker and Posner are not only uncivil, but also reflect an underlying intellectual weakness and ignorance.
Finally, you don't even have a precise idea of what the "free market" is, this much is evident. The results which come about from "free markets" are dependent, obviously, on the rights and duties established by government in particular areas. Thus, the rights and duties in say, patent law lead to a certain set of results in the "free market" while the different rights and duties in copyright law lead to a different sets of result in the "free market." All Posner is suggesting is that the rights and duties be tweaked in the area of vaccines so that the "free market" will then lead to better results. He was not suggesting that we move to a command-and-control economy, your narrow-minded and ideologically driven drivel about this being a "socialist-commie-blog" notwithstanding.
Perhaps one of the simplest solutions would be for the federal government to subsidize vaccines for the end user to encourage vaccines and to make incentives more accurate. This would encourage greater investment in vaccines and greater consumption.
Of course this only covers one aspect of the problem, especially as viruses tend to mutate as noted before.
A final point, and this one is ideological. W is quite clearly an narrow-minded ideologue who does not understand markets and their limitations.
No, as was implicitly claimed in ben's post, W was clearly being flippant.
Vaccines involve positive externalities, as do other methods of preventing disease as your probability of getting a disease goes up with the number of infected people you come in contact with.
Then why not spend federal monies on quarantine centers? Why waste time trying to stockpile vaccines? We likely will not have enough when the pandemic hits. And then we will have to decide who deserves the antiviral. How should we decide that? You deserve to live, but you deserve to die? No, instead simply spend money on a rapid-response quarantine-construction team to wall up the place where the outbreak starts. Trapped in their own little enclaves those diseased suckers won't be able to spread their filth. Thus, the rest of us will be safe. That isn't market failure; that's risk-management.
My plan creates a public good in precisely the same way as yours does to produce vaccines -- indeed, use the military as the rapid-deploying quarantine-construction team.
The quality of your arguments is such that it isn't possible to tell whether you are being serious or not. Please clarify: should we assume your posts that have more than 50% of the words bolded or italicized are serious or flippant?
Frogís above idea (and the more detailed one on his blog) is not to stockpile vaccines, but to provide more accurate incentives (prices) to consumers to get vaccinated on a regular basis. Frogís idea is preventive rather than reactionary. It is also a market based approach, with the government simply adjusting the price to better reflect the true value.
Quarantine centers would seem to be unrealistic (razor wire and machine guns are easier to deploy to a hot zone and cheaper), but additional funding to the CDC and military units for training may also make since. As Frog said, his proposal only covered one aspect.
Only future rulers of the solar system with secret lunar bases on the far side of the moon like Frog should write in the third person :).
Frogís above idea (and the more detailed one on his blog) is not to stockpile vaccines, but to provide more accurate incentives (prices) to consumers to get vaccinated on a regular basis. Frogís idea is preventive rather than reactionary.
Yes, and W wrote: "We likely will not have enough when the pandemic hits." Meaning: I understand the gist of your solution, but if we start doing that tomorrow and the pandemic hits the day after that...
The quality of your arguments is such that....
You suggested the actualization of Marxism as a response to the vaccine-problem. I suggest you not throw stones while wearing a suicide bomb jacket.
At the risk of sounding heartless, is it in our long-term interest to short circuit the natural culling of our world population? I pose the question, because one's knee jerk reaction is that all saving of human life is good; however, one has to ask, "What is the end game?" The earth's resources are under an exponentially increasing assault. Not only the expanding world population, but increasing life spans and per capita impact of a rapidly modernizing world population, make it an unsustainable proposition that all human life is equally precious (on a deserted island I much rather have a physician than a bus driver with me). The logical conclusion being that all effort and treasure should be expended to save individuals from their eventual demise. On The Charlie Rose Show last week, Judge Posner intimated the cost of health care is skewed because of the increased cost of marginally extending the lives of the elderly with expensive technologies. The vaccine industry is in the state it is in because the private sector sees no economic sense in providing them (by the time a vaccine enters the market the virus it was meant to treat might have already mutated making the vaccine developed at great cost, obsolete). Does the cost of an effort to save a few million lives in a population of 6 billion not fall into the same category?
and I'm sure any disaster of that sort would disproportionally affect African-Americans as well.
Why? The disease has to get here first. If an outbreak starts up in China, and we immediately dispatch a quarantine force the infected persons in, and those persons die before they can spread their disease, how does that impact poor African-Americans in the inner city in the United States? There is no connection relevant to this discussion between an outbreak of avian flu in Asia and the structural discrimination that impacts the housing conditions or employment opportunities of African-Americans in the US.
Rather than bind together, it makes more economic sense if we immediately isolate those who are infected, and incinerate their corpses once they die.
David Welker,
I wrote what I wrote to provoke a response like yours. I do not believe, for instance -- "If you choose to move to Florida where hurricanes seasonally smash up houses, you took the risk. Why should the taxpayer compensate you for your ill-advised risk-taking? Does the government offer refunds when people lose the lottery?" -- but, that is a paraphrase of what Thomas Sowell recently said in an interview with Fred Barnes on the Fox News network. I was just being provocative, but to the extent to think it is utter bunk, take it up with Thomas Sowell.
I would also note that you provide ample critique to the provocative position I adopted, which suggests it has more substance than you admit. But you fail to provide a coherent theory of why the government should "tweak" the market. I suspect the only justification you have is at root a utilitarian one. That is quite odd, given that this an economics blog. As Posner recently said, "[I]t is ... useful to distinguish between the utilitarian and economic perspectives. Economists generally measure the welfare effects of a new product by willingness to pay rather than by subjective satisfaction (pleasure, happiness, freedom from pain, etc.)." What is the economic justification for tweaking the market? Simply claiming that it has failed is not sufficient, because one iteration of a market is a failure only in comparison to a hypothetical set that satisfies the ideal criteria of "better" -- and I have a feeling that you are determing what "better" is by appealing to some utilitarian calculus.
Let's put an actual human face on all of this. Especially the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. My grandfather was caught up in it. As he used to say, " Yeh, I enlisted in 1917 and after basic training my regiment was earmarked to go to France and the trenches, but the flu hit and instead of going off to war we were reassigned to medical duty stateside because there weren't enough doctors and nurses (must of them contracted it and either died or were incapacitated) available to deal with the problem. Most of the regiment wished we'd gone to the trenches, the probability of survival was greater." So much for an eye witness account. Some say WWI ended early because the troops were so worn out by the epidemic. Others say it wasn't the flu that was so deadly, but created a condition that allowed a preexisting condition, tuberculosis to rage through the population killing it off. As witnessed by the decline in tuberculosis cases during the following years.
What ever the solution, mother nature has its methods of population control and may be proof of Spencer's or Darwin's survival of the fittest philosophy at work. As for the Government's response, it will probably be too little to late.
> This problem can be solved in a variety of ways: by requiring proof of negligence rather than imposing strict liability for side effects of vaccination; by increasing the burden of proving causation in vaccination suits; or by the governmen's undertaking to indemnify the producers for damages attributed to the vaccine.
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N.E. Hatfield: Some say WWI ended early because the troops were so worn out by the epidemic.
That is an interesting theory. Let me respond like this: when we distribute vaccines, we should provide them to generals and war commanders first and essential military personnel second. Then first responders to terrorist attacks. Then to everyone else on some equitable basis. That way, our national security, as it is traditional defined, will be much less likely to suffer from the pandemic.
But for vaccines, a problem is that producers may expect property rights to break down in an emergency and that their property will be expropriated.
Companies claim this even when there isn't an emergency and even when the product at issue isn't a vaccine. Ford just the other day was asking for tax breaks to make hybrid cars. It says it faces an emergency. Except the emergency is the free market rejecting its poorly made cars in favor of delectable Japanese products.
"It can be managed to some degree by investing in, say, a diversified portfolio of vaccines just as the risk of expropriation can be managed, to some degree, by investing in many countries."
It seems like an easy solution is for the government to offer a prize: 12 billion dollars, for example, to the first company to produce a vaccine for avian flu that meets the following criteria: x,y,z,a,b,v,c,d,e,f,g. The government, however, owns the patent, and after the prize is awarded, the market is immediately opened up to generics to copy the formula. (The government need not only offer one prize; it could offer multiple prizes for various strains of avian flu that have are "mutations of concern," based on lab testing.)
Vaccine producers can make this claim with credibility since a) vaccine shortages appear real, and b) there has been at least one instance of a firm exiting the market.
Ford's argument for tax breaks is fundamentally different, and unrelated to the risk of property rights breach and externalities that may justify vaccine subsidies. Skepticism of business calls for government support is healthy. However, the case for govt support of vaccines beats Ford's argument, and by some margin.
interesting post. the psychology of policymaking is especially interesting. daniel kahneman or amos tversky identified an especially relevant heuristic (sadly, the name of which i'm forgetting) - but, in essence, people have an extremely difficult time distinguishing between very small probabilities and a 0 probability. this is so even when the risk associated with a low probability-event is extremely salient (as may be the case with bird flu, though it sometimes seems surprisingly unable to capture attention despite our experience with flu pandemics.)
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Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University invites applications for an academic-track (50% clinics) or clinical-track (75% clinics) assistant/associate/full professor faculty position in veterinary dermatology. Requirements include a DVM degree or its equivalent and completion of an American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) or European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD) residency. Preference will be given to individuals who are ACVD or ECVD board certified. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training and experience, and Cummings School has a progressive external consulting policy allowing for salary supplementation. Strengths are required in teaching, research, and clinical service. Excellent opportunities exist to build clinical and translational research collaborations with researchers on all three campuses of Tufts University, within the New England medical community, and beyond.
The successful candidate will join the dermatology service, which operates within the Foster Hospital for Small Animals and serves the Hospital for Large Animals. Both hospitals are located in North Grafton, MA and are part of Cummings Veterinary Medical Center, which serves the New England region. Clinical responsibilities include supervision of the service, instruction of clinical-year students, and supervision of interns and residents in all aspects of dermatology, primary case management, and oversight of patients. Enthusiasm for teaching is a requirement for this position and additional responsibilities include didactic teaching and participation in preclinical labs. Ample time exists to take advantage of the collaborative environment for clinical and basic research, and all scholarly activity is valued in the school's promotions process.
This position is available immediately and the search will continue until a suitable candidate is identified. Applicants should submit a letter of intent outlining their interests, experience, and qualifications, current curriculum vitae, and three professional references via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/41398. Inquiries can be directed to Dr. Mauricio Solano (firstname.lastname@example.com), chair of the Dermatology Search Committee, or Dr. Leslie Sharkey (firstname.lastname@example.com), chair of Clinical Sciences, for more information about the dermatology service and this position.
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I had Smutty Tingles all ready to go and then this broke:
Scarlett Johansson and her fiancé Romain Dauriac are expecting a child. E!, PEOPLE, and US Weekly are all confirming. Interesting timing. I don't know if she wanted to bury it under the Oscars or babyjack it from the Oscars. On the one hand, Scarjo normally keeps her sh-t tight. She stays away from the kind of set-ups that, say, her successor plays around with. On the other hand, since Romain Dauriac, she's also been a lot more open than we've previously seen her in relationships. They were at a film festival last year, arriving hand in hand, without any pouty weirdness and last week walked he carpet together at the Cesar Awards where she was honoured. They also allowed photographers to shoot them together in their seats, hands clasped. That NEVER happened during her previous marriage. And since my rest time just got pushed back and we haven't slept in what feels like a week, I'm going to make the call right now and say it's a straight up babyjack. Scarlett Johansson babyjacked the Oscars and my nap – that's now been cut to 2 hours because I'm on the red eye back to Toronto tonight.
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The Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) has released a report of its emergency activities during the period of Oct. 1-27.
PMRS has outlined the difficulties its teams have faced when trying to reach those who have been injured "due to the lack of cooperation – or outright aggression – of Israeli forces." PMRS has also noted that its medical teams have frequently been the direct targets of Israeli aggression.
The full statement can be found below.
Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS)
Emergency Activity Report
01 – 27 October 2015
NB: The numbers of injured and incidents listed below are not included in the figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and relayed by the press, which are mainly based on the Red Crescent's numbers. The data below will be shared with the MoH so that overall figures for the emergency can be updated.
In the period between the 1st to the 27th of October 2015, PMRS first aid teams and ambulances have provided first aid to a total of 6,474 people, in the 6 following districts: Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem, Nablus, Ramallah and Gaza. Out of these beneficiaries, at least 177 received assistance for injuries caused by live ammunition, at least 1,201 had been wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets and 121 had been physically assaulted. 4,697 people were treated for excessive teargas inhalations. Additionally, PMRS referred 278 cases for further care after stabilizing them – the most serious ones which include potentially life-threatening or dangerous rubber and live bullets injuries and toxic levels of tear gas inhalation.
PMRS notes with alarm that out of the 6,474 people it provided assistance to since the beginning of the escalation, more than a third – 2,206 – were minors. Furthermore, 1,645 of all beneficiaries were women, representing about 25% of the injured encountered by the teams.
In the course of providing first aid, PMRS teams have faced constant difficulties due to the lack of cooperation – or outright aggression – of Israeli forces which repeatedly ignore medical emblems and have targeted first aiders and ambulances. The high degree of occurrence coupled with the apparent lack of any official condemnation or disciplinary action by Israeli authorities suggest that, far from being isolated incidents stemming from individual soldiers' conduct, these repeated violations of the most basic provisions of international humanitarian law betray rather a, at best, deliberate disregard by Israeli forces at the highest levels for their obligations to facilitate access to and evacuation of the injured and to refrain from targeting medical emblems.
During the reporting period, PMRS teams were prevented by Israeli forces from accessing injured people a total of 29 times and delayed by more than 30 minutes 50 times. Moreover, 108 PMRS first aiders/paramedics were injured or verbally harassed during the performance of their duties. This includes 3 first aiders/ambulance driver who were directly targeted in Hebron on October 16 as Israeli forces shot rubber-bullets directly at their ambulance, as well as a tear gas grenade through one of the ambulance's windows while the 3 men were inside the ambulance.
Samer Subuh, 51 years old, is an ambulance driver based in Ramallah and has been working with PMRS for 15 years. He is married and has 5 children.
"When I am in the field, I think a lot about death; I don't know what to expect, I might get shot and die anytime. I think about my family, but in the end, I feel that this is my job and I have to do it.
The most challenging part of it is rescuing injured people who are very close to Israeli soldiers. Anytime I see young people getting close to the soldiers, I get really worried, as I know that if one of them gets injured there, retrieving them will be extremely difficult.
I am also worried about the amount of teargas that Israeli forces use and how it might be affecting me and my colleagues over time. Nobody knows exactly what that gas is made of and what kind of lasting or hidden effects it might have on one's health."
Jaweed Adhami, 35 years old, married with 3 children, is a paramedic and ambulance driver and has been working with PMRS in Hebron for 13 years.
"One of the most problematic situations we regularly encounter when intervening during clashes is linked to the high number of injuries and the insufficient number of paramedics and ambulances to handle them when
several need attention at the same time. It happens a lot that, coming back to the scene of the clashes after having transferred a patient to the hospital, I see people carrying the injured into taxis or private cars to get them out of there. It is always very stressful to me because, while they obviously mean well, these people have no first aid training; they do not know the basic safety rules for transporting an injured person and might end up causing them complications.
The hardest is providing first aid to people who are very close to the soldiers, as these do not care about medical emblems or medical staff. Israeli forces do not respect us as emergency care providers, they will not hold their fire and they might even shoot at us and our ambulances on purpose. This is what happened to 2 volunteer first aiders and me on October 16, 2015, as we were intervening in Ras al Jorah (Hebron). As we were sitting in the ambulance, ready to take care of any injured person brought to us by our colleagues in the field, soldiers shot a teargas grenade right through the passenger's window, shattering it. As we were struggling to catch our breath, they shot 4 rubber- coated steel bullets at the car. 3 of them hit the back doors of the ambulance, while the fourth one cracked the windshield."
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Cook the Book: Blue Smoke Deviled Eggs
On the eve of the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, I thought I'd include a recipe from Blue Smoke, the barbecue joint that's a part of Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, the organization largely responsible for the event.
This is for another side dish because I think we've got you covered with meat for the week. And it's for Blue Smoke Deviled Eggs, because they're perfect for barbecue, picnics, or any other kind of outdoor entertaining you'll be doing this summer.
Blue Smoke Deviled Eggs
Read more: What to Do with Leftover Easter Eggs
- Yield:makes 2 dozen
- 12 large eggs
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 teaspoons tarragon-infused champagne vinegar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (or to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- Finely ground kosher salt and ground black pepper
- Magic Dust or your favorite dry rub
Place the eggs in a saucepan, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for exactly 9 minutes. Pour off most of the water and immediately run cold water over the eggs.
Crack the eggshells and peel the eggs under running water. Cut a small sliver off both ends of each egg and halve them through the equator, forming round cups.
Remove the yolks and pass them through a fine sieve into a bowl. Add the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustards, cayenne, and curry powder to the bowl and mix together with a rubber spatula until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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By Jennifer Gregory
Jennifer Gregory is a journalist with over 17 years professional writing experience. Jennifer blogs via Contently.com.
We have all been to presentations where the slides contained typos, the speech was obviously slapped together at the last minute, and the presenter appeared to have gotten dressed in the dark.
While the technology of a webinar makes it more cost effective for you to reach your customers than live events, the lack of personal interaction makes it even more important that you project a professional image every step of the way.
Here are four simple ways that you can maximize the results of your time with the customer by producing a professional webinar:
Get Started on the Right Foot
Your attendee's perception of your company begins the moment they get the first invitation or email about the upcoming webinar. By clearly communicating accurate information in a professional manner, your audience will start perceiving you right from the start as an expert and someone who they can trust.
Justin Lee, with InternProfits.com, recommends keeping your registration page simple and even using video if appropriate. He also suggests sending out a reminder email to each person who registered.
"Make sure that you specify the start time in multiple time zones, especially if you have an international crowd," said Lee.
Create Engaging and Polished Slides
While it is important that you provide engaging and relevant content through your narrative during the presentation in addition to the slides, be sure to have an interesting and visually appealing slide presentation.
"Drop the text slide and the bullet points and use short titles at most," says Farnworth. "Let the words and the substance come from the presenter, spoken with authority by the expert." He recommends using visual images and graphics whenever possible, but cautions against using generic pictures that are not relevant.
Have a co-worker proofread your slides and any take-home information before the webinar. And then have even another person double-check it, just to be sure. A simple mistake like "too" for "two" can really chip away at your credibility.
Do a Complete Dress Rehearsal. And Then Do Another One.
One of the nice things about rehearsing for a webinar is that you don't have to do it in front of mirror or a friend, but can use the webinar technology to record your practice runs. Allow plenty of time for rehearsing and practice the presentation until it feels very natural to you. Have an honest co-worker critique your performance and also some ask you questions via chat during the dry runs so you get used to thinking on your feet.
Make sure that you are very comfortable using the technology and work out any kinks before and be sure to practice using the exact equipment and server that you will using during the event.
Look and Sound the Part
If you are using video, be sure to dress professionally, just as you would if you were in the front of a conference room.Check that everything visible on the webinar presents the image that you are aiming for.
"Make sure to have your background free of distractions and professional looking," said Leah Scherschel, Account Coordinator for Abbi Public Relations. "Viewers don't want to see into your personal life."
Since the last thing you want your attendees to do during the presentation is start a contest with their co-worker to count the number of "Um's" that you mutter, be aware of your speech pattern and talk at a conversational rate. You should also be conscious of using any words that are accepted in certain parts of the country, such as y'all, but may project a different image to people outside your region.
By making a conscious effort to make sure that every slide, email or even the shirt you wear helps instill confidence and trust from your customers, you will see tangible benefits from your event long after the webinar is over.


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The ecommerce firm revealed plans to deliver goods with unmanned, miniature drone-style aircraft in December last year.
In a letter to the FAA, Amazon confirmed it is developing drones capable of travelling at up to 50 miles an hour and carrying packages weighing up to five pounds.
With commercial use of drones banned in the US, Amazon is requesting it be allowed to test the aircraft at its own premises, away from aviation hubs and urban areas.
The letter states: "We believe customers will love it, and we are committed to making Prime Air available to customers worldwide as soon as we are permitted to do so."
Paul Misener, Amazon's vice-president of global public policy, added in a statement: "We're continuing to work with the FAA to meet Congress's goal of getting drones flying commercially in America safely and soon. We want to do more research and development close to home."
Last year, the company posted a video on YouTube showing an order being made by a customer, the order being processed at an Amazon warehouse, and then being flown direct to the customer's home by a drone. Amazon has also set up a microsite with details of the project.


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UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office CATHALAC (Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean) has just developed the first version of a 2012 forest cover map of Belize. This research was carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development of the Government of Belize, Lancaster University of the UK and the Environmental Research Institute of the University of Belize.
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The function of the Community Planning & Permits Department is to promote and enhance the well being of residents, visitors, property owners, and businesses in the City of North Little Rock.
The function of the Planning Department is to promote and enhance the well being of residents, visitors, property owners, and businesses in the City of North Little Rock. The department accomplishes its mission through programs and services that encourage high quality development as well as maintenance and revitalization of existing neighborhoods.
The Planning Department is responsible for the long-range planning and zoning activities within the City. The Zoning Ordinance, the Subdivision Ordinance, the Master Street Plan and the Land Use Plan are the primary planning related tools of the department. The major purpose of the Land Use Plan is to guide the overall development of the City. Specific development standards are contained within the Subdivision Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance. The Zoning Ordinance regulates the size and height of buildings, housing units, lot set backs, allowable uses, and parking requirements.
Planning Main Number
Planning Fax Line
Planning Director: Shawn Spencer
Assistant Planning Director: Tim Reavis
City Planner: Donna James
Office Assistant: Alli Austin
GIS Specialist: John Hale
Permit Clerks: B.J. Jones & Alyson Jones
Building Official / Plans Examiner: Rodger Greene
Chief Building Inspector: Arnold Coleman
Chief Electrical Inspector: Joshua Bowers
Chief Mechanical Inspector / HVAC: Scottie Kelley
Chief Plumbing Inspector: BJ Black
Curb Cuts, Stormwater, & Excavation Permits:
Belinda Garvin
Flood Plain Info: Michael Klamm
Traffic Related Issues: Chris Wilbourn
Traffic Barricading Permit: Dee Devine
Fire Marshal
Pulaski County Planning
County Assessor Office
Code Enforcement
Business License
The North Little Rock Planning Commission conducts public hearings regarding the Control of Development and Subdivision of Land Regulations for the City of North Little Rock. Rezoning and Special Use Permit requests are also presented during the Planning Commission public hearing. The Planning Commission makes recommendation to the North Little Rock City Council regarding these requests. The Planning Commission public hearing is held at 4:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month in the City Council Chambers located at City Hall, 300 Main Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
The North Little Rock Board of Adjustment and Appeals conducts public hearings for variance and waivers of the North Little Rock Zoning Ordinance. These cases consist primarily of building setback and fence height variances. The Board of Adjustment meets at 1:30 p.m. the last Thursday of the Month in the Planning Department Conference Room B, 120 Main Street North Little Rock, Arkansas.
The North Little Rock Sign Board conducts public hearings for variance and waivers of the North Little Rock Building Code as well as variance requests to the North Little Rock Sign Ordinance. The Sign Board meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the Planning Department Conference Room B, 120 Main Street North Little Rock, Arkansas.
A Geographic Information System (GIS) links features on a map to tabular attribute information about that feature. The City is developing a GIS for infrastructure, address information, Land Use and Zoning Plans, demographics, police and fire districts, and utilities. Using this data and GIS software, the city can quickly and efficiently map scenarios and analyze data.
The Community Planning & Permits Department is proud to be leading the way in GIS with a full time GIS Specialist who is helping guide the City through the development phase.
Shawn Spencer - Director
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North Little Rock, AR 72114
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Garage Sales: Clean Up and Cash In
There is more to a good garage sale than meets the eye. Here's how to make the most of it.
Garage sales are an American ritual you should consider joining in as a buyer or seller. Not only are garage sales a terrific source for low-cost clothing, sporting equipment, electronics, furniture, books, and toys, but they are also an excellent way to turn those unused items cluttering up your space into cash. Here are a few tips for planning your own sale.
Get together.
A group sale is likely to mean more items for sale and more customers. Getting together with neighbors and friends means you can share the work, too. Host the sale in the highest traffic location possible.
Let people know about your sale via social media and ads on Craigslist.org or your local paper. The more customers you attract, the more likely you are to make sales. Clearly marked signs with arrows to your sale are also a necessity.
Plan ahead.
To make for an easier and more successful sale, organize the items you want to sell and label them with prices beforehand. That way, you can set them up and start selling first thing in the morning.
Be ready to bargain.
Negotiating prices is the standard at garage sales. Know the value of your items, but remember that the goal is to offload them. Price your items reasonably but on the high side, as customers are likely to haggle with you, and you can always reduce prices later in the day.
Get smart about setup.
Have change on hand, keep cash on you instead of in a cash box for safety, and arrange the most appealing items at the entrance of your sale to attract passersby.
Clearing out.
So your garage sale is over, and you have a big bunch of cash to show for it. Before hauling everything back into your garage or home, consider which items can be donated to charity.
Just as planning a garage sale can help financially in the form of extra cash, shopping garage sales can be a great way to get necessities for the fraction of the cost of buying them at a store. It's an excellent opportunity to save on books, art supplies, and clothes for the year. While shopping sales in your areas, remember to:
Check ads.
While watching for signs is one good way to locate sales, it's also smart to watch for ads for larger sales.
Get there early.
Arriving there first gives you first dibs on the most wanted items. If you see an item you like that is too expensive, you can always stop by to bargain for it later in the day.
Go for quality.
Just because something is cheap doesn't mean it's a necessity or a smart purchase. Arrive at sales knowing just what you need and be sure to look for high-quality items that are gently used.
Let the seller start.
When bargaining, the best strategy is to let the seller begin with a price. Counter with a lower offer, and the price is likely to land somewhere in the middle.
Be ready to haul it.
If you are shopping for large items, make sure you have the transportation and help lined up to get it home. That incredible bargain you just found could cost you extra if you have to rent a truck to haul it away.
In an era of online and discount shopping, the old-fashioned garage sale still has its place. So clean out your garage or hit the sales to reap the financial rewards.


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Was it heartening to hear someone finally proposing a bold new effort to rein in exploding college tuition costs?
You bet.
Do we have serious concerns about President Obama's plan, announced last week, to pressure colleges to reduce costs?
Yes, we do.
The president has proposed a system of ranking colleges based on factors such as cost, debt, graduation rates and student earnings after they leave college.
The federal government would then leverage its student aid, giving bigger subsidies to students attending schools that scored higher.
Broadly, we support the notion that the most effective higher education institutions should get the most public support. In an era of limited resources, it makes a lot of sense.
And who could disagree with the president saying every American family should be able to afford higher education — or find the necessary assistance to go?
However, the efficacy of higher education is likely to prove difficult to measure. And we're concerned about the federal government defining success.
There could be many unintended effects of linking aid to a government ranking system.
Meanwhile, higher education already is being pressured by trends that could restrain tuition inflation and we would hate to see any such movement disrupted.
Not only does the rapid development of online classes have the potential to bring down costs, but resistance to soaring tuition is growing among students and parents, too.
To be sure, the White House plan, particularly the ranking system, is still in the conceptual phase.
It's possible that these concerns and others could be satisfactorily ironed out. But that is far from certain, as is the idea that Congress could be persuaded to approve linking aid to rankings.
What we do know is that creating such a system will be a difficult and complex task. And the stakes for getting it right are very high.


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WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
WHO "The migration of health workers affects all countries in one way or another. In some cases, health workers leave their home countries looking for better working conditions and career opportunities abroad. In others, they leave rural areas for urban ones. The result: increasingly inequitable access to health care, within and between countries. This is why WHO and its partners are developing solutions so countries can address the twin challenges of managing migration and improving the retention of health workers. One key element is to establish a supportive working and living environment and opportunities for professional growth so that health workers are less likely to migrate. Another is to implement the 2010 Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel."


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Bones found near Spooner Lake
Staff Report
Douglas County authorities are investigating bones found near Spooner Lake on Monday.
Investigators from Douglas County searched the mountain near Highway 50 and Kings Canyon starting Monday afternoon.
Douglas County Search and Rescue was called out to help look for evidence in the area starting about 5:30 p.m.
Sgt. Pat Brooks said the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is currently conducting a death investigation with skeletal remains in the area of Kings Canyon east of Spooner Lake.
The remains are being transported to the Washoe County Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy.
At this time a cause of death is unknown.


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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Fresh Plum Pan Sauce - An Exceptional Recipe
But, cooking is all about exceptions and compromises. Just as in winter, when we convince ourselves that there's nothing wrong with using canned peaches - in summer there are times when we have to talk ourselves into sacrificing a few fresh plums for the sake of the roast. This video recipe for pork tenderloin, featuring roasted plums, is so good that any feelings of guilt will disappear like the butter we use to finish this delicious sauce.
When shopping for this recipe be sure to choose plums (or any other stone fruit) that are fairly firm, so they keep their shape after roasting. You know that selfish jerk that has to feel-up every piece of fruit before deciding on one? This time, be that jerk. I've also included some links below to other video recipes that use pork tenderloin - one of the best, and easiest, protein choices there is. Enjoy!
Ingredients for 2 servings:
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 pork tenderloin (not loin)
1 red onion
2 shallots
fresh thyme springs
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 cup water
2 firm plums
1 tsp cold butter
Check out these other pork tenderloin video recipes:
Roast Pork Tenderloin with Apple Cider Dijon Pan Sauce
Black Pepper Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Black Cherry Reduction
25 comments:
ok, dinner tomorrow night is set, just wish my girlfriend was more inclined to fruit with roasts.
- August 7, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Was waiting all day for this one. I'm trying this one again for my wife. I'll let ya know how it turns out.
- August 7, 2008 at 5:48 PM
ROFL! "...i have to call the plumber" what reminded you, the plum, or the crevice??
- August 7, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Dear Chef John,
I have a plum question: I have recently experienced eating the blue, firm plums rather than the purpler, soft ones, and I noticed that the blue plums were sweeter. Is this just my whacked out taste buds, or is this true? Do plums increase in sweetness as they sit, or decrease? How does their color change as they age?
Thank you so much for the quite entertaining videos, however, I would like to see some tofu being cooked!
Always a fan,
- August 7, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- Chef John said...
You're in luck! I minored in Plums at Culinary School.
Actually, I have no idea. I've never noticed a connection between color and sweetness. Had good and bad with all varieties. It's part of the fun.
Many fruits continue to ripen as they sit, so they may get sweeter.
Tofu video coming at some point.
- August 7, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- August 7, 2008 at 11:03 PM
- Adam Schlozman said...
just wondering, what is the song that always plays at the beginning?
- August 8, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Chef John said...
It's a free clip that comes with iMovie software called "Buddy"
- August 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM
making this tonight, wish me luck. Didn't see the cup o' water on the ingredients list.
- August 8, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- Chef John said...
Good luck! She may like it since it's not sweet like dried fruit sweet.
- August 8, 2008 at 3:55 PM
TAST TEST. This was SOO GOOD. We actually did a tast test. I cooked the pork and made the plum sauce. BUT.. I also made your Cherry Cabernet sauce because it's just so darn good. The results. Wife loved the plum sauce (as did I) but the Cherry cab sauce is still my fave. All in all great recipe and loved this.
One question because i'm sure you have been sitting around all day just waiting to answer : )
I have an all clad steel pan that seems to just burn rather than brown when I sear meet. Am I just cooking to hot or is it possible i ruined the pan? After I cook instead of those great browned flavor bits I get black charred bits. I don't think i'm cooking to high but what the hell do I know.
Thoughts? Recommendations on pans. I'm ready to buy some good ones : )
Thanks Chef!
- August 8, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- Chef John said...
Maybe too high a heat. The all clad SS are pretty thick so I doubt you ruined it. The ultimate of course it the pan I'm using - a French SS copper bottomed pan that weighs about 10 pounds. It was a wedding gift. They are crazy expensive, but crazy good.
- August 8, 2008 at 6:46 PM
SO LOOKING FORWARD to this tofu recipe of which you forwarn. This is just what my meat-disliking ass has been waiting for :D
- August 9, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- kashbosta said...
Hi Chef John, I'm making this tonight. I'm using pork cutlets instead of the tenderloin. I'm hoping it will be just as yummy. I'll let you know how it turns out.
- August 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- kashbosta said...
Hey Chef John, it turned out delicious. I believe this was my first reduction sauce. It was so rich yet not heavy . My g/f & I used these homegrown red onions. That just pushed me over the edge! I served it with some wild rice and a tossed green salad. Again thanks for the recipe.
- August 12, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- Chef John said...
Sounds great. Yes, reduction sauces are the way to go! Now you can use that technique for many dishes.
- August 12, 2008 at 11:26 AM
- Carolina deWitte said...
I have a question for anyone who might be able to answer. I watched the Alice Water's video on NY Times, and she was shopping at the farmer's market there. She found some miniature peaches. She pointed them out, but nothing more was said about them. They looked to be about the size of apricots, but were actual peaches. Does anyone know anything about them? I've googled them, but all that turns up are the miniature peach TREES, which produce full-size fruits. I am such a stone-fruit addict that I feel compelled to search out all the different ones there are. So, if ANYONE has ever heard of these, please let me know.
Thanks so much
- August 13, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- Chef John said...
sounds like doughnut peaches. do you have the URL to the video?
- August 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM
John - as always you are coming correct with the deliciousness. Excellent recipe and video. This marks the first time I didn't over cook my pork and I was very pleased. Worlds have been opened up!
- October 13, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Yum! Made this tonight, sans plums. The sauce is AMAZING for such simple ingredients.
Adam & Chef John: The theme song always reminds me of the old chestnut "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
Scott from SF: Thanks for asking that! I too end up with black charcoal bits instead of nice tasty bits. Turns out my pan can't take very high heat for the sear, so turning it down tonight did the trick -- no burnt bits, all tasty!
Another husband-approved recipe courtesy of Chef John :-)
- January 18, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Made this recipe for dinner the other night and had success! My two dinner guests thoroughly enjoyed it and I loved it! So thank you again for all your work in creating the site and educating me and people like me.
One thing though, while everyone loved the plum pan sauce, I got one comment that the meat wasn't that flavorful as they were expecting. I think this person maybe wasn't familiar with pork loin's leanness, because I thought the dish was plenty tasty and had plenty of brown bits from the sear and cracklings.
For the sear, I used my old trusty cast iron skillet, a good one. But I'm thinking if I maybe try a SS all-clad type maybe more brown bits will be produced?
Or will an SS all clad type vs. a iron skillet not make any big difference as far as getting a lot of brown bits/cracklings?
Thanks, as always,
- May 25, 2009 at 1:29 AM
- Chef John said...
thanks! the SS usually collects more caramelization, but not a huge differnce
- May 25, 2009 at 2:27 AM
What a delight. So easy and full of amazing flavor. I've always cooked onions with pork, but this was at a whole new level. Thanks for your continued array of amazing, and amazingly easy, recipes.
- February 16, 2011 at 9:29 PM
Hi Chef John,
I love you website and your videos are so great and easy to follow! I was wondering what happened to this video it seems to have been taken down and I really want to cook this dish it looks so tasy
- December 6, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- Unknown said...
Accidentally made this with pork ribs, however it turned out fine. Everyone thought the plum stains were blood.
- June 5, 2016 at 8:38 PM


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Better Year-to-Date Mileage Totals and Stats in Training Calendar
We've seen a number of separate feature suggestion forums focused around Athlete stats for the current year and previous years, as well as better reporting of these metrics via the Training Calendar and other features, for example:
- "How do I see my mileage total for last year?"
- "I'd like to be able to compare my total kms, elevation and time on a graph compared to my previous years on Strava."
- "I would like to be able to compare each year's stats."
- "I'd love to see how much climbing I've done per month and year in total."
- "I want to know how many miles I ran each month, year, etc., and how many miles I cycled, swam, etc.. On the Training Calendar now I only get total miles for ALL activities."
- "Would love total miles + elevation broken down for runs & rides. Right now the Training Calendar shows combined activities."
For the current year, your Strava Profile page will display your Year-to-Date stats for your preferred activity type (either cycling or running as set in your Profile Settings). On the Training Log, you can see weekly mileage, time, and elevation totals going back through your history. On the Training Calendar, you can access yearly and monthly mileage and time metrics for all your activities combined, but there is no elevation statistic.
Add your Feedback!
This feature suggestion forum pulls together the main themes from many separate but related forums we've seen. Please use this forum to add your feedback, input and ideas around what is most important to you in terms of year-to-date reporting.
The leading feedback trends so far are to separate yearly metrics in the Training Calendar by activity type (running and cycling), and to add yearly elevation totals.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts!
March 26th, 2015:
We've just released a very small, but potentially helpful tool on your Profile pages. In the "My Stats" section, you can now select any year under "2015". Selecting another year will display your cumulative distance, time, elevation gain and number of rides for that year.


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I love holding a book in my hands: print on paper, smelling the pages, turning them, discovering images in half-tone. In ATOM-r's new publication, The Operature, I find images of male bodies applying tattoos in places not meant for public exposure, words set in hand-set type telling stories of Sam and Chris and Justin, and so on. It feels like magic—something precious and real. For ATOM-r, which stands for "Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality," it is an oddly old-fashioned catalog of an otherwise high-tech performance that at points includes scanning body tattoos with a smartphone to reveal additional, virtual layers of meaning.
As complex as all of this sounds, Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrissey, the co-founders of ATOM-r, have crafted a multi-layered masterpiece that has as many interest points as it does iterations. Beyond the new augmented reality book, available at Pinups Magazine, performances of The Operature premier March 21, 22, 28, 29 at the Museum of Health and Medicine, Chicago.
In November 2013, ATOM-r performed a work-in-progress of The Operature at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for Breakout!, Chicago Dancemakers Forum's 10th Anniversary Celebration. I asked Mark Jeffery to comment on that performance and its relationship to The Operature as a whole.
The Operature is a large scale movement art and technology project we as ATOM-r have been making since April, 2012. It has been two years in the making. In Goat Island, the former performance group that Judd Morrissey and I were members of, we discovered the performance by making it. As ATOM-r, each presentation we make in a venue allows for the work to adapt and change, relocate, be specific to the site, to the concerns of duration, to the technology, and to the invitation to which we are responding.
Prior to the MCA performance for the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, we had traveled to the United Kingdom to present the work in a former chapel at Performing House in York and to a former anatomical theater-now-museum at Kings College in London. We returned with a much tighter work than when we had left. For the MCA we had to adapt the work because of circumstance. Judd Morrissey won a Fulbright for the year to Norway. Sam Hertz, one of the performers, was studying for his MFA at Mills College in California.
We knew we were presenting our work in a gallery. We wanted to dissect the language and present a durational version of The Operature. We wanted to unpack and demonstrate what we had learned over the past months of the project. The unraveling of the work created seams and ruptures from which we could isolate and examine the vocabulary of the work. We wanted to show images of forensics, of proximity in placing tattoos on the bodies, and to consider the history of our performance. This includes the research we conducted with the Chicago tattoo artist, writer and pornographer Sam Steward, as well as the crime scene micro-dioramas of Chicagoan Frances Lee Glessner.
The work we present is always highly scored and carefully crafted. Each action, each movement is carefully sculpted with heightened attention to detail and to how the performers are seen in the space. We are focused on how the performance reveals itself from the austere to the lush, visual landscape of tended gardens; of tattoos placed onto the bodies; enacted and demonstrated choreographies of sex, of surgery, of forensics, of examination; and audience participation via a revealed and augmented reality through their smartphones.
We have blurred of the lines of authorship between the performers and the tattoos they wear, and an audience that becomes both voyeur and "surgeon." The audience and the performers investigate the performance together and complete the work via their interactions and observations. The performance is an array of multiple, fragmented, arranged sets of text and images. We entangle ourselves in the rose tattoo by Steward on the back of performer Chris Knowlton (an homage to Gertrude Stein); or the lush chest tattoo that, when scanned by smartphone, reveals the 1947 Kenneth Anger film, "Fireworks"; or the handshake tattoo on performer Blake Russell that reveals Steward's coded stud file.
In the act of making and performing the adapted work at the MCA we discovered we could activate gallery spaces as if they were crime scenes or sites of surgery or sites of cruising—of men interacting with men. We activate the space for pleasure and punishment, examination and ritual, closeness and distance.
Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality (ATOM-r) is a provisional collective exploring forensics, anatomy, and 21st-century embodiment through performance, language and emerging technologies. ATOM-r Co-founders Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrissey are a long-standing collaboration merging visual performance and computational poetics. Their projects are constructed as lush systems flowing generatively between bodies, objects and screens. Each work evolves slowly through context-specific research and practice and allows for a degree of adaptation in response to a given venue or occasion. Site-responsive considerations often include the physical performance space, the local community, and online activity happening within the locale. A given work is a fluid, cumulative body of material that may have no singular fixed form but is alternately or simultaneously presented as internet art, participatory event, durational live installation or a a performance of fixed length.
Both artists were previously members of the international performance company, Goat Island. Recent projects include The Labours: An astronomical Dance and The Precession: An 80 Foot Long Internet Art Performance Poem.
On this track:
Mark Jeffery, choreography
Judd Morrissey, technology & dramaturgical systems
Justin Deschamps, performer
Sam Hertz, performer
Chirstopher Knowlton, performer
Blake Russell, performer
Kevin Stanton, performer
Moe Beitiks, technical director
Alfredo Salazar-Caro, new media artist
Alexandria Eregbu, studio assistant
Kate Hampel, costume designer
Hunter-Gatherer Jewelry, prosthetic design
Andrew Pace, textile designer
Bryan Saner, carpenter
Dav Yendler, illustrations
Footage shot by HMS Media.
Book photography and design by Christopher Shulz with photography assistance by Jonathan Chacon.
The Operature is partially supported by a grant from Chicago Dancemakers Forum with commissioning support from ELMCIP (Electronic Literature as a Model for Creativity and Innovation in Practice) in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art and New Media in Scotland. Additional funding has come from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, King's College Creative Futures Initiative, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and UK Fulbright Commission. Support in exchange for workshops has come from Dance4, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, York St John University, and the departments of English at King's College and University of Sussex.
Performances and exhibitions have taken place at Edinburgh College of Art Schulpture Court, Inspace Gallery (Edinburgh), Performing House (York), Sullivan Galleries (Chicago), Defibrillator Gallery (Chicago), Hyde Park Salon Series (Chicago), Chicago Cultural Center, Bergen Bibliotek (Norway), Le Cube (Paris), Anatomical Theatre and Museum (London), and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
This work is made in residence at the National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago.
"Singletrack" is CAR's Artist Story for Chicago performers in which songwriters, bands, playwrights, actors and writers discuss the creation of a recorded work alongside audio or video clips of the performance. To submit your song for consideration, please email our researchers.
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Most people affiliated with Christianity or Judaism have heard of the Apocrypha. The term apocrypha comes from the Greek word apokryphos, meaning "hidden," and is used most commonly in reference to the "extra" books contained in the Old Testament of the Catholic Bible. Written sometime between 200 B.C. and A.D. 100, the apocryphal books, as found in the Greek translation of the Old Testament (known as the Septuagint) and the Latin Vulgate, were pronounced by the Roman Catholics as canonical and authoritative on April 8, 1546, in the Fourth Session of the Council of Trent. Since that time, Catholics have read from an Old Testament that contains 46 books, instead of 39—the number of Old Testament books that most non-Catholics accept today. According to the edict established by the Council of Trent, anyone who does not accept all books of the Catholic Bible, as "sacred and canonical," including such apocryphal books as Tobias, Judith, and Wisdom, are to be "anathema" (i.e., cut off from Jehovah without any hope of salvation) ["Council of Trent"].
In an effort to reaffirm the Christian's confidence in the 39 books of the Old Testament, and to help the Christian in building an arsenal that can be used in defending the Truth against all error, specifically the errors propagated by Catholicism, the following brief list is provided. The Christian's rejection of the Apocrypha is based upon solid evidence (see Woods).
Although the books of the Apocrypha are not totally useless (they do provide much insight into ancient literature, life during the intertestamental period, etc.), they form no part of Scripture. Their entrance into the Catholic Bible simply is another testimony of Catholicism's rejection of Truth.
"Council of Trent—1545-1563 A.D. [On-line], URL: http://www.dailycatholic.org/history/19ecume1.htm
The New Bible Handbook (1962), Chicago, IL: Intervarsity Press.
Woods, Clyde, "Fact Sheet: Reasons for Rejecting the Apocrypha from the Canon," (Henderson, TN: Freed-Hardeman University).


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Although Xandros introduced me to the world of Linux, Mandriva was my definite choice for both desktop and netbook use. I am a regular computer user, not a techie, so Mandriva became a perfect selection because it is easy to use, beautiful, and functional. However, among the many Linux distributions, there is one that generally goes unnoticed: SimplyMEPIS. This is a distribution that can beat Mandriva's simplicity and, thus, I decided to install it and test it for a week to compare them. Of course, my feedback is not technical; my impressions are those of a common computer user that has used Mandriva for almost two years without any formal Linux training. In the last days of my experiment, this is what I saw:
A. Repositories: Synaptic vs Mandriva Control Center
I had assumed that my previous usage of Synaptic in Linux Mint was enough training to use Synaptic in SimplyMepis. However, I stumbled on the installation of VLC because I used the Debian repositories for that purpose and they have dependency conflicts. I tried to undo what I did, but I could not trace my steps back appropriately and could not improve the quality of video.
However, I could solve the low volume problem. I also had some problems adding the Mepis Community Repositories.
I guess that my problems were generated because you cannot transfer the experience of using Mandriva Control Center to Synaptic so easily after all. In Mandriva, you have Mandriva repositories by default, so it never occurred to me that you had to add Mepis Community Repositories manually.
B. KDE/Plasma crashes
Even though both distributions work with KDE very well, they both have certain issues:
MEPIS: When opening kmplayer, KDE crashes. I think that it is because of the mess I made with codecs trying to install VLC. Sometimes MEPIS suspends the composition and the effects are therefore disabled temporarily.
MANDRIVA: The clock sometimes freezes (only in the netbook). This is corrected by enabling the display of seconds in the clock options.
Concerning performance and ease of use, both distributions can satisfy the needs of users who lack technical computer knowledge or formal Linux training. I feel that SimplyMepis might be a better choice for users who want a simple system and do not really care much for eye candy. In addition, Mepis comes with Java pre-installed, whereas you must install it in Mandriva.
I decided to keep Mepis next to Mandriva in my netbook's HD for further learning.
A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 4, Mageia 7, PCLinuxOS, MX 19, PicarOS, Elive 3, and AntiX 13.
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These little cakes are my not-exactly-Valentine's day present to you sweet reader. Yes, they're heart-shaped and mayhap I've plunged into fluffy mousse tackiness! But let's celebrate luuuv in general, for the happy-hearted, whole-hearted, broken-hearted and all those who just love life and special people. Several hearts are going to our Fiesta Friday party, others will stay here in Barcelona for 're-testing' (you know what I mean), but a special virtual cake is on route to you right now! You'll notice it's a light and refreshing passion fruit mousse on a tasty crumbly base very reminiscent of dark chocolate and orange digestive biscuits, for obvious reasons!
These lovely cakes are so fast and easy to make that you'll have plenty of time should you wish to be canoodling and doing romantic stuff. Or if you simply need more time to do some other stuff, like serious blogging!
Since it's no-bake you do need fresh free-range eggs that have been kept in the fridge. The yolk is cooked a little and the white is raw but just be careful and you can make this beautiful mousse that I found on the Odelices website (please go there for the French version). You could make just the mousse and no biscuit base as in the original recipe, or you might prefer plain rather than chocolate digestives.
But let's have a little chat first. I just wanted to ask you: did you know that here in Catalunya they don't tend to celebrate Valentine's Day much? They have their very own romantic Sant Jordi day on April 23. I'll write more about this when the time comes, but for now suffice to say that Saint George, or Jordi as he's known here, travelled far and wide, and when he arrived here he killed a dragon. Since he also slayed a British one I often wonder how many dragons he killed on his travels. Anyway, the story gave rise to the custom of giving of roses, as well as books, on Catalunya's very special day.
But that's another post. For now, it's back to our little love heart cakes.
Step 1: find some heart-shaped moulds somewhere in the house. Whatever you have, even if your heart shapes look suspiciously like small round tins (your stomach won't notice).
Step 2: listen to two classic songs to get you in the mood (skip this step if you like).
- Sad but strangely uplifting: What becomes of the broken-hearted? (Jimmy Ruffin) Answer: in this kitchen they get eaten.
- Sea of love (Phil Phillips) – you can sing to the lyrics of 'Come into my sea of mousse' if you prefer.
Step 3: follow the drawings.
For the biscuit layer, you can use plain digestives, but only 88g (not 176).
Time to unmould!
After 4 hours or the next day, put the little cakes in the freezer for half an hour to firm them up for the next step. They'll be whining 'but we don't want to leave our nice comfortable moulds!' but take no notice and once the half hour is up, dip their bottoms briefly in hot water to unmould. Be very careful – a cake slicer or wide spatula knife might help you move them and turn the right way up again. Basically, get them on a serving plate then cover artistically with the reserved passion fruit seeds!
And eat.
It is a surprisingly delicious moussy mousse. Really moussy and light. I knew the risks but just couldn't stop eating it. To hell with danger and … yum! 🙂
Time to party!
I took my profiteroles earlier to the Fiesta Friday party because I was afraid I wouldn't get these heart mousse cakes done in time, but we're now ready to go. Hurrah!
So bye for now, and I wish you a happy not-exactly-Valentine's day but 'general love day' sweet readers! Have a wonderful weekend doing something you love with a passion – I'll be climbing a rock – and till next time! 🙂


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I have never seen Ctrl-Alt-Del work with UVNC and Widows 7. Am I doing something wrong? Any work-arounds to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del to the computer?
Maybe a exe file that can copy up to the PC to make it work?
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