text: Friday, July 20, 2012 APTA Collaborates With Wal-Mart on PTA Coverage At APTA's urging, Wal-Mart Corporation has changed its policy to cover services delivered by physical therapist assistants (PTAs). Effective July 1, Wal-Mart's medical plan, BlueAdvantage, will pay for services delivered by PTAs as long as they are under the direct supervision of a physical therapist (PT) and the claims are billed by the PT. These claims will be subject to the same coverage criteria as the plan's physical therapy coverage criteria. Wal-Mart's previous coverage policy stated, "Therapy is covered when prescribed by a physician and provided by a licensed physical therapist or occupational therapist." Comments Yeah? And I bet it's at "100% of the maximum benefit allowed" as well? LOL When you look up the "maximum benefit allowed" it's 20 bucks. No idea where it's all going to end. I wish I were more optimistic about this "Affordable Care Act" that nobody is going to be able to afford. Especially the people paying for it, and the providers. Posted by Leon Richard on 7/20/2012 3:07 PM In a very conflicted way I am grateful as a PTA that Walmart has partially restored what should have never been denied to begin with. This seems akin to thanking them for allowing me to make a living in a job I've earned the right to perform for the past thirty years. I think it is remarkable that these policies have been approved and implemented without the compelling evidence that I am not sufficiently capable or competent to perform my duties as a PTA. This form of oppression creates undue friction and is potentially very divisive. It does nothing to enhance the efficacy or efficiency of patient care outcomes financially or otherwise. It does however restrict and prejudicially inhibit the liberty, equitable trade and rights of commerce for the PTA's effected by such unreasonable decisions. Posted by William B. Hunter on 7/20/2012 3:32 PM Way to go APTA! Thank you for your diligence and hard work on this. Posted by Christie on 7/20/2012 5:16 PM Way to go APTA. I have many patients I get better and with all our communication with the PT we shouldn't be discrimated against. Many times I have patients request me vs my PT for therapy. Posted by Brenda on 7/20/2012 7:33 PM Thank you APTA for your hard work and continued committment to PTAs! You are much appreciated! Posted by Connie Smith on 7/20/2012 8:05 PM It's a start! Thank you, APTA Posted by Lorraine Anthony -> =FW[=I on 7/21/2012 1:12 PM I think any such improvement is beneficial. I know many good PTA's and PT's it should be about patients not ego's. Posted by chris poore on 7/21/2012 4:49 PM So now I guess we need laws to require state laws be followed - as such, if PT is a covered benefit - it's covered under the guidelines regulated by the state not each insurance provider. It's enough to have to educate politicians,without having to educate each insurance provider. Good start APTA but don't stop there, it's still unnecessary restrictions being placed upon the PTA which in-turn restricts their employment. Posted by Jerry Yarborough SPT, PTA on 7/21/2012 9:21 PM This type of discrimination will not stop until PT/rehab companies stop accepting contracts that allow corporations and insurance carriers to dictate who is competent to treat patients. I can proudly say my company does not accept contracts that dictate who is allowed to treat the patients. Why would we allow Walmart or anyone else to tell us that PTA's are not good enough to see their employees? Posted by Robert Wallace, PT, DPT on 7/22/2012 3:11 AM My apologies for not making clear my appreciation to the APTA for their advocacy and work on repealing this type of restriction. I was remiss by not making this point in an earlier comment, and I truly appreciate their involvement for doing so. This speaks to why membership is such an imperative for our profession.Thank you APTA! Posted by Bill Hunter on 7/23/2012 1:04 PM Can somebody please clarify.. our PTA's have indirect supervision licenses. What does " will pay for services delivered by PTAs as long as they are under the direct supervision of a physical therapist (PT)" mean?? Thank you. Posted by Cheryl Fromuth -> @IP^@N on 7/23/2012 8:16 PM As I have an exam on posture, balance, and sensory, I will keep my comments short. Before I began PT school I worked as a tech in an acute care and rehab setting for almost three years. The PT's were wonderful and consistently worked with the PTA's in a collaborative, non-threatening manner. It has been made clear to me over and over that it is the PTA's who feel threatened. Comments such as "PTA's are being discriminated against" and "My patients prefer me, a PTA, over a PT". I am both offended appalled. PT is my "second career". I have a BS in business and dance, with marketing/PR work experience for a few years following graduation. I made incredible sacrifices to become a physical therapist. I moved in with my parents to save money, took two prerequisite courses each semester for two years, and worked as a tech to gain experience. I have worked EXTREMELY hard to get into a top 20 DPT program. To be quite honest, I'm sick and tired of feeling like I can't fully perform my role as a DPT in the near future, because it might offend a PTA. Anyone can become a DPT. The question is, are you willing to put forth the effort and make sacrifices to realize it. Bottom line - the Doctor of Physical Therapy is just that - the person in charge. The role of the PT and PTA are very different. If they were not, the two would not exist. So, rather than find ways to complain about DPT's, try learning from their extensive education and in return they will do the same. I assure you, I will not know many things when I begin practicing and I plan to use my resources around me (PT's and PTA's alike!), but I expect to be treated with respect as someone who worked incredibly hard to become a Doctor of PT. Posted by Kelli Hansen, SPT on 7/27/2012 1:15 AM


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Pollution dispersion research aids understanding of 2002 break-up of Antarctic ozone hole
The eruption of the volcano in Iceland has drawn attention to air flow patterns, as airlines lost millions of dollars and travelers remained stranded for days to weeks, as particles from the natural disaster traveled over Europe, forcing closures of major airports.
The flow of particles, although seemingly random, can be characterized more effectively, according to work done by Virginia Tech's Shane Ross of the engineering science and mechanics (ESM) department and his colleague Francois Lekien of École Polytechnique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, who reported their findings in the publication Chaos.
Their research "will aid scientists and engineers in understanding and in controlling this type of global-scale phenomena, such as pollution dispersion in the atmosphere and the ocean, and large-scale transport of biological organisms, including airborne plant pathogens and respiratory disease agents," said Ishwar Puri, head of the ESM department at Virginia Tech.
For example, the current British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, might be modeled using Ross and Lekien's findings to provide greater insight into how the particles might be dragged into the Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current.
In explaining how they conducted their research on the flow of particles, Ross and Lekien said they employed existing scientific principles of Lagrangian coherent structures, which reveals the separation of the atmosphere into dynamically distinct regions, to investigate the shapes of geophysical flow patterns.
They used the 2002 discovery of the Antarctic Hole in their work because they viewed it as a "prototype atmospheric event" allowing for their studies on topological divisions on the mixing and transport of atmospheric tracers.
As the media worldwide broadly publicized the finding of the Antarctic hole, it became the focus of the atmospheric science community. As Ross described the event, when the ozone hole split in two, allowing one of its fragments or regions to reassert its position over the Antarctic Pole while the other one spread into the mid-latitude regions, it implied "a sudden stratospheric warming."
This type of global warming occurs in roughly half of all winters in the Arctic. The scientific explanation, Ross said, is "they are produced by the dynamic momentum force resulting from the breaking and dissipation of planetary-scale Rossby waves in the stratosphere."
This phenomenon had never been observed in the Antarctic prior to 2002, according to reliable records that go back some 50 years. Consequently, Ross and Lekien labeled it a "prototype" of rare atmospheric events.
Reviewing data from the event, they were able to determine that an isolated "blob of air" was slowly rotating over Antarctica. Lagrangian coherent structures, some which repel nearby air and some that attract it, formed inside the vortex. The vortex pinched off, sending the northwestern part of the ozone hole off into the mid latitude range while the southwestern portion returned to its regular position over the South Pole.
Consequently, they write, when there is more than one vortex flow on a sphere, such as the planet Earth, "complicated spatial structures can arise and evolve, such as the polar vortex split." They were able to model this event, capturing some of its dynamic features.
"This model is very relevant both in atmospheric and oceanographic settings when one considers large-scale phenomena where the spatial geometry of the Earth's surface becomes important. The full spherical geometry, as opposed to tangent plane approximations, is particularly important when considering global streamline patterns generated by a given vorticity distribution…These patterns, in turn, provide the dynamical templates by which one can begin to understand the chaotic advection of particles in a vortex-dominated flow."
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March 27, 2012
We've seen the research: vacations are important for your good health. Then why do Americans leave at least two of their 14 vacation days on the table annually? It's because they don't have the extra money and don't make the time to plan.
We know that timeshare vacations are an antidote to both of those problems. Once they have pre-paid, most owners find a way to use the time they've purchased – committing themselves to regular vacation time. And the planning aspect is easy when you own timeshare.
ARDA is encouraging our members to highlight the health benefits that regular, "get-away" vacations can provide.
"People need to realize that taking time to unwind is an important health benefit," says Howard Nusbaum, ARDA president and CEO. "Relieving stress, spending time with family, and re-energizing will pay dividends throughout the rest of the year."
So, pass on this doctor's advice—"Take Two Weeks and Call Me in the Morning!"
by Lou Ann Burney March 16, 2012
As a part of our consumer education campaign, ARDA worked with RCI and Interval International to issue a news release with consumer tips on "Making the Most of Exchange." We are sharing these with the media, posting on VacationBetter.org, and getting the message on exchange out through our social media channels. After all, this is one of the main reasons people continue to buy and love their timeshare vacations. Here are the tips…feel free to share them! Tips for getting the most out of your timeshare exchange: Deposit early: In general, the earlier you deposit your interval the greater trading power you will receive. This will result in more available vacation choices. Members of the RCI Weeks program can deposit their timeshares up to two years before their start dates. Be flexible: The more specific you make your vacation searches, the less options you will find. Allowing for some flexibility in the dates you plan to travel or the destinations or resorts you want to visit will greatly increase your chances of finding a match. Strength in Numbers: Members who own multiple weeks or points intervals can deposit them at once and may be able to redeem them to secure additional units to travel with family and friends. RCI also allows its RCI Weeks subscribing members to combine units so they can trade up and exchange for an interval with a higher trading power. Exchange Online: Search for your next vacation online at your convenience by visiting IntervalWorld.com or RCI.com. These online sites allow subscribing members to search through thousands of vacation options and complete their vacation exchange in a few simple clicks. Protect Your Vacation: Purchasing vacation protection gives timeshare owners the peace of mind in knowing that if they need to cancel their exchange vacation for any reason, the deposited interval they used for exchange will be restored and they will receive a credit for the exchange fee they paid that can be used toward another exchange in the future. Watch and Learn: Get the story on placing pending requests, finding a pet-friendly resort, and more by watching Interval's informative tutorials on IntervalWorld.com or by visiting RCI.com and checking out the educational videos at RCI® TV.
March 12, 2012
Our industry may be familiar with the benefits that timeshare owners credit to their vacation products, but are these benefits similar to the vacation priorities of non-owners?
Reflecting back on the 2011 ARDA International Foundation's Prospect Study, non-owners cited price, quality of resort, and destination as vacation benefits of highest importance. This isn't surprising to owners who value a regular vacation and know that they'll get a quality stay every time they vacation with timeshare, but to people unfamiliar with how the products work, this presents a promising opportunity.
Also of interest from the study were the categories of non-owners by vacation type: Relaxers, Adventurers, Social Vacationers, and Simplifiers. This shows the power of industry research—to learn how to improve our products and understand our consumers better. We've already seen developers extend rental packages as a way to test the product, transition to points-based systems so that owners have access to more destination choices, and customize vacation packages to appeal to more consumers. Look to AIF to publish more compelling studies in the months to come, including the first worldwide study in over a decade.
March 1, 2012
Our latest Owners Report categorizes timeshare owners into one of six segments: Fans, Vacationists, Togetherers, Experiencers, Strugglers, and Attritors. Each segment has a unique set of values, opportunities, and barriers.
For example, we found that owners will be increasingly shopping for "value" in this market. Value seems to be operationalized as more than just low cost, but also benefits that appear to be at a premium, especially the ability to exchange and increase flexibility.
Another observation is in the benefit of reaching new and emerging markets. Currently, timeshare owners are disproportionately Caucasian. According to Census projections, their representation is expected to decline while other ethnicities—Hispanics, in particular—are projected for considerable growth.
One of the segments in the AIF's new segmentation program, Togetherers, has a much greater Hispanic/African American population than found within the industry as a whole. This segment provides strong advocacy for the industry and its organizations.
There is a detailed description of each segment as well as the implications and recommendations in the full study. Contact us here to get a copy.
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With all of the celebrity wardrobe malfunctions out there, we have to give props to one of our favourite all-stars: Beyonce.
Yesterday, the star was spotted walking around New York with daughter Blue in a super short shirt-dress (very colourful, very patterned and very on-trend for spring).
But later in the day, after she tucked Blue into bed, her and husband Jay-Z headed to the New Jersey Nets game at Newark's Prudential Center.
Donning the same short garb, Beyonce realized the potential for a wardrobe malfunction (itty bitty skirts get even shorter when you sit down in them). To avoid a sartorial disaster, the A-lister draped a towel -- yes, a towel -- over her legs and lady bits.
To this we say, "Bravo, Beyonce!" Not only for looking mighty fine with a white towel covering up part of your outfit, but for recognizing the possibility of a wardrobe malfunction and preventing it. If only more celebs would take a lesson from your sartorial playbook.
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newarenanow wrote:My goal is to try to get to as many ballparks/arenas/stadiums/ etc as possible in the major sports and college FB. I love road trips. But to be honest, when I go to Philly, I'd probably go to see a neutral game that I have no rooting interest in just so I can live to tell about it.
I've been to Citizens Bank Ballpark, but it was like the Phillies against the Mets or something like that.
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Tommy Fleetwood has set his sights on winning the Challenge Tour Rankings after capturing his debut title in thrilling fashion at the lucrative Kazakhstan Open.
The 20 year old Englishman, who has been tipped for stardom since joining the professional ranks last year on the back of an illustrious amateur career, rocketed to the top of the Rankings after collecting the€64,000 winner's cheque.
Fleetwood rounded off the best week of his fledgling career in some style, rolling in a birdie putt from 30 feet on the last hole to secure a two-shot win and become the youngest winner on this year's Challenge Tour.
He started the day with a two-stroke lead over Simon Thornton, but as the Irishman's challenge faded it was Fleetwood's fellow rookie Knut Borsheim who posed the biggest threat to his title aspirations.
The pair were neck and neck for most of the front nine, but the Norwegian stole a march on his rival at the tenth hole, where he hit a sublime approach from the right hand rough to ten feet and duly rolled in the eagle putt to lead the tournament for the first time.
The initiative was handed back to Fleetwood after Borsheim bogeyed his next two holes, but the big hitter from Bergen – who attended the same University as Phil Mickelson and is managed by the same company as 'Lefty' – showed great mettle to match his rival's birdie on the 13th hole.
Another Borsheim bogey at the 15th hole gave Fleetwood the edge again, but when he rallied with a birdie at the 17th, the two men reached the 18th tee level on 14 under par.
To their credit both players found the fairway, but after Borsheim had overhit his approach into the sand and splashed out to 15 feet, Fleetwood settle the matter with a perfectly-weighted birdie putt to sign for a round of 70 and a 15 under par aggregate winning total.
The former English Amateur Champion, whose Dad Pete caddied for him this week, can now look forward to a debut campaign on The European Tour next year after taking his season's earnings to €107,612.
He said: "It was an unbelievable finish to a fantastic week. It wasn't particularly pretty golf today, but I hung in there and managed to get the job done in the end. My hands were shaking like a leaf on that last putt so much that I wasn't sure I was going to make contact with the ball. When it dropped in, the sense of relief was overwhelming.
"Knut came at me from the start and put me under pressure, so I was really delighted with the way I handled it. I've been in this position a couple of times before and not managed to close it out, so to get the job done in the biggest tournament we play in was pretty special. I've played pretty well all week, so I do feel like I deserve this one.
"Now that I've got my first win under my belt, the aim has to be to try to win the Rankings. The first goal was to get my Tour for next season, and now that's in the bag I've got to set new goals. I can enjoy myself a bit more because the pressure's off, but I don't want my season to just fizzle out – and my Dad won't let me! He was great on the bag today, and I owe him a lot. He's caddied for me for the last three tournaments, and I won on the EuroPro Tour, finished runner-up at the Rolex Trophy, and now I've won here. So he hasn't got a bad record as my caddie!"
Borsheim's consolation for finishing runner-up was a cheque for €44,000 which catapulted him from 161st place in the Rankings to 19th, and within sight of joining Fleetwood on The European Tour.
The Norwegian said: "I'm pretty happy with how I played this week. I was quite glad Tommy made that birdie putt on the last, because it meant my bogey didn't make it in the end, so I won't regret it too much. I tried to attack the pin and I thought I'd hit a good shot, but maybe my adrenaline kicked in and took the ball into the bunker. It's just one of those things, and I'm sure that when I next get in the same position, I'll learn from it.
"I was pretty nervous on the back nine and made a couple of stupid bogeys, but I still shot level par so it's not like I threw the tournament away. And a second place here is better than a win at most other tournaments, so it's given me a big boost to my Ranking position. My main aim this week was to make sure I get a category on the Challenge Tour next season, which I've done, and if I can play well in my remaining events this season, maybe we could upgrade it to a European Tour card."
Germany's Bernd Ritthammer shared third place with Thornton on 12 under par after the pair posted respective rounds of 68 and 71.
Thornton said: "I didn't play particularly well, but I kept plugging away. I got off to an awful start by putting my first drive into the water, and ended up walking off with a double bogey. So my head was a bit all over the place after that, and it took a little while to recover my composure. But at the end of the round I started to read the lines much better on the greens, so I holed a few putts coming home including a nice one for birdie on the last, which could prove very valuable at the end of the season."
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|FLEETWOOD, Tommy
|BORSHEIM, Knut
|RITTHAMMER, Bernd
|THORNTON, Simon
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Bring a taste of the wild home! This fun-loving series by Yago Partal makes for an uplifting addition to your home, both individually or as a collection.
Perfect as a gift or statement for your wall, whether they adorn the home or office they are sure to get people giggling!
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I knew a girl once who, only semi-bitterly, referred to Valentine's Day as "Singles' Awareness Day."
Newly engaged, I merely laughed at the notion -- the most fun I'd had on Valentine's Day was during my seahorse period. My girlfriends and I, who all happened to be single at the time, by some miracle of luck, went out and celebrated together.
It was the best Valentine's Day ever.
This one, though, which is looming over me like a particularly cheerful cloud, is going to be a bit ... different.
This year, I'm of the age where almost all of my friends have coupled off -- can't say I blame them, I was one of the first to be married and, of course, one of the first to utter the dreaded "D" Word.
This week marks the first Valentine's Day in which I am no longer a couple. One of the hardest parts about going from a Plus Two to a Plus One for me has been the absence of a built-in Plus One. It's been so long that I've had to think about being alone that I've nearly forgotten what it's like to beg for dates for a wedding or funeral.
It's not all bad, though. I'm almost entirely certain that my husband never did manage to properly remember Valentine's Day, so at least I'm not looking back at 10 years' worth of candlelight dinners and weeping over the "days of wine and roses."
So instead of crying about being alone into my lonesome pillow after wearing my sad pants all day, I'm going to take a page out of the playbook I wrote before I was a Plus Two.
I'm celebrating Valentine's Day by myself for myself.
Rather than feel sad that my partner (once again) forgot this special day, I'm going to smile at the beautiful pinks and reds decorating the world. I'm going to beam at the hearts and the flowers and the chocolates, because some day, I too, will again be a part of a Plus Two.
Until then, I will pamper myself, buy myself something not entirely necessary, and I will smile because I am able to take care of myself.
And while it's not the candlelit dinner, it's better: because I know that it'll be exactly as I want it. Nothing more, nothing less.
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My husband started having back pain the day after we picked Suegra up at the airport. I think he pulled something lifting her enormous suitcase into the car. When I mentioned this possibility, Suegra gave me la mirada that means she is cursing me inside her head, and she responded that if he hurt himself lifting then he is "más débil que yo" – and so therefore, it was his own fault.
Ni modo, back pain or no back pain, my husband has to work. The guys he supervises, (all from Veracruz, Mexico), eventually noticed that his back hurt and they asked him about it. They began trying to help him by asking some rather personal questions, which I think even our doctor has not asked my husband before. Ultimately they all agreed on a diagnosis. My husband has been instructed to stop having sex with the ceiling fan on. Apparently the cold air on his bare back while he's…um… exerting himself… is not good for him.


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Elected officials sometimes forget the great sacrifices that come along with serving our country and the promises our nation makes to those veterans in return. It's our job to remind them.
That's why VFW members from across the nation will take the voice of all veterans to Capitol Hill February 26 – March 2, during our annual VFW Legislative Conference. VFW members will meet with congressional representatives to remind them of the promises they've made to you as a veteran and to advocate for the changes needed to better the lives of all veterans, service members and their families.
Armed with the VFW's Priority Goals for 2017, they'll remind congressional leaders that sequestration must end, and reduced benefits should NEVER be on the chopping block! And on March 1, VFW National Commander Brian Duffy will deliver testimony before the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees.
Look for #VFWDC2017 on Facebook and Twitter, and be sure to check www.vfw.org regularly for all the latest legislative conference news beginning Feb. 26.
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The Piter Jelles College in Leeuwarden has an exiting exterior that looks like the shape of a ship. The architect wanted an industrial look for the building and so are the classrooms each made in individual shapes.
Focus in this building was on the custom made lighting design for several classrooms. For acoustical reasons the advising company also needed several ceiling isles under the concrete ceiling.
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The architect wanted an industrial look due to the different heights and shapes in the interior. And therefore the classrooms needed special lighting solutions, with Indulux they recieved the look they wanted.
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There's a "Big Blowout" underway here at the Hollywood Amoeba. What's so big about it, you ask? Well, not the prices. For about as much as a couple of pupusas, banh mi or a seven layer burrito, you can add to your DVD library instead of your waistline. No, friend, the only "big" thing here is value.
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The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.
mating/mat·ing/ (māt´ing) pairing of individuals of opposite sexes, especially for reproduction.
assortative mating , assorted mating, assortive mating the mating of individuals having similar qualities or constitutions.
random mating the mating of individuals without regard to any similarity between them.
Etymology: D, mate, companion
the pairing of individuals of the opposite sex, primarily for purposes of reproduction.
matingThe pairing of male and female organisms for reproduction.
The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.
- any reproduction involving two sexes.
- (in lower organisms) reproduction between types that differ in physiology but not in physical form.
- (in birds and mammals) the behavioural process of pair-formation rather than of copulation leading to sexual reproduction.
sexual union by vagina between male and female. Called also breeding, covering, joining, serving.
mating ability
artificial mating
mating behavior
in the female consists mostly of evading male advances while in proestrus and until she is in estrus when she stands quietly and copulation occurs. In males early attempts at mating occur during the females' proestrus; copulation behavior is very variable between species but generally consists of seeking, intromission, thrusting and a period of ejaculation which is very brief in ruminants, brief in horses, prolonged in pigs and very prolonged due to the development of the copulatory tie in dogs. Mating behavior in cats is the most demonstrative of all the species; the queen actively seeks the tom; copulation is very quick and characterized by the tom grasping the queen's neck nape with his teeth. During the queen's estrus period copulation usually occurs many times.
double mating
putting the female to the male twice at an interval of some hours or days to optimize the chances of conception.
mating failure
incomplete mating for any one of several causes and at any one of the several stages of the mating act.
free mating
see paddock mating (below).
hand mating
mating in which the female is detected to be in estrus and is then handheld while she is mated or is let into a paddock or pen with a male, where she is the only female. Mating is observed and can be guaranteed to have occurred. It also allows accurate recording of the day and genetics of breeding as opposed to pen mating (below).
mating harness
hobbles and sidelines are often used on mares to prevent them from kicking the stallion.
paddock mating
males and females are allowed to run uncontrolled at pasture. The percentage of males to females varies between 1% and 5% in sheep and cattle. Called also free mating.
pen mating
in species other than pigs, this form of mating is synonymous with hand mating (above). In swine, the boar is placed in a pen with a group of sows for breeding. Not all sows may be bred and the day of breeding may not be seen.
seasonal mating
the males are put in with the females only at particular times of the year in order to match good feed supplies with the arrival of lambs or with a need for maximum ovulation and fertilization.
mating tie
see copulatory tie.
Patient discussion about mating
Q. My partner and I have been trying to have a baby? But it have not happen yet, what can we do different. What can I do to find out to make sure that I can have kids?
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A U.S. Air Force space plane and a failed hypersonic glider tested by the Pentagon represent the latest space missions to raise concerns about weapons in space. But while their exact purpose remains murky, they join a host of new space technology tests that could eventually bring the battlefield into space.
Some space technology demonstrations are more obviously space weapons, such as the anti-satellite missile capabilities tested by the U.S. and China in recent years. India has also begun developing its own anti-satellite program which would combine lasers and an exo-atmospheric kill vehicle, as announced at the beginning of 2010.
The U.S. military and others have also long developed and deployed more neutral space assets such as rockets and satellites for military purposes. In that sense, both the Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane and the HTV-2 hypersonic glider prototype of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could represent similarly ambiguous technologies which may or may not lead to weapons.
IN PICTURES: The X-37 Space plane
"Space has been militarized since before NASA was even created," said Joan Johnson-Freese, a space policy analyst at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. Yet she sees weaponization as a different issue from militarization because "so much space technology is dual use" in terms of having both civilian and military purposes, as well as offensive or defensive use.
Such uncertainty regarding space technology can make it tricky for nations to gauge the purpose or intentions behind new prototypes, including the X-37B space plane or the HTV-2 hypersonic glider.
The U.S. military could even be using the cloak of mystery to deliberately bamboozle and confuse rival militaries, according to John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org. He suggested that the X-37B and HTV-2 projects could represent the tip of a space weapons program hidden within the Pentagon's secret "black budget," or they might be nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
The devil is in the details
Many existing space technologies play dual roles in both military and civilian life.
The Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system which started out as military-only has since become common in consumer smartphones and car navigation systems. Modern rocketry grew in part from the technology and scientific minds behind Nazi Germany's V-2 rockets of World War II, and continued to evolve alongside ballistic missile technology.
Even something as basic as a satellite image can be used for either military weapons targeting or civilian crop rotation, Johnson-Freese said. Space plane technology can seem equally ambiguous — the Air Force deputy undersecretary of space programs scoffed at the notion of X-37B paving the way for future space weapons.
"The whole issue is further complicated because beyond technologies like lasers, Rods from God, explosives, etc.... virtually any object traveling in space can be a weapon if it can be maneuvered to run into another object," Johnson-Freese told SPACE.com.
Uncertainty matters a great deal for how other nations view the recent U.S. space plane and hypersonic glider tests, regardless of whether or not the technologies lead to future weapons.
"They are testing capabilities that could certainly be useful to the military if it chose to use them in an offensive manner," Johnson-Freese said. "And the military has been silent on intent."
Intrigue and deception
Pike said the current work under way by the U.S. military leaves plenty of room for misinterpretations or even outright deception, which could be a ploy to distract other nations with military space projects.
"One of them could be a deception program and the other could be the spitting image of the real thing," Pike noted. He said that such misdirection could force other nations' militaries to waste money chasing down dead ends.
Both the Air Force space plane and DARPA's hypersonic glider may have a combined budget of several hundred million dollars per year, Pike estimated. He described such spending as "chump change" compared to the Pentagon's black budget spending in recent years of $6 billion to $8 billion annually — and he pointed to decades worth of known space plane programs which had amounted to little.
"I conclude that the hypersonic trans-atmospheric space plane domain is either unusually badly managed even for government programs, or there's a lot of hocus pocus here," Pike said. "I defy anyone to tell the difference between hocus pocus and mismanagement."
Of course, the U.S. military could theoretically make good use of either the X-47B or HTV-2. An operational space plane could launch quickly as a replacement for recon satellites disabled in the opening salvoes of a conflict, and could "play hide and seek" to avoid being shot down easily. Similarly, a hypersonic aircraft or weapon might allow the U.S. to eliminate threats early on without warning.
Walking the line on weapon bans
The double-edged nature of space technologies has also complicated international efforts to ban entire classes of technologies which might serve as space weapons. Instead, there has been interest in "more modest proposals that focus on behavior, rather than what you are allowed to build or test," said Karl Mueller, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation.
Military use of space looks likely to expand, according to the experts. But Mueller explained that the U.S. military's interest in space has less to do with the dazzling futuristic visions of space planes and more to do with "unglamorous" satellites and orbital sensor systems. Such technologies give situational awareness of all the satellites, spacecraft and debris in orbit.
One such example is the $800 million Space Based Space Surveillance satellite slated for launch in July. It carries an optical telescope to help Air Force ground-based radars track the growing orbital traffic of satellites and space debris — a goal which everyone can appreciate.
"That's true whether you're hawkish and enthusiastic about using force in space, or whether you're dovish and want to maintain the sanctuary of space and maximize peaceful spacefaring," Mueller said.


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On Twitter, a user by the name of Joon Lee has posted the following photo claiming that they are the shoes of the CEO of Foxconn, the Asian manufacturing giant that makes iPhones, iPads, Xboxs, and much more.
Lee says he got the photo from a friend. If you look at the stream of tweets, it seems possible, but it could be totally fake. Either way, these are some crazy looking shoes.
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Disparities in public libraries' service levels based on neighborhood income and urbanization levels: a nationwide study
Sei-Ching Joanna Sin
ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting (AM08 2008)
Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008
Information inequity is a central concern in this information age, and many recognize the public library as a key player in bridging such inequity. Using Public Library Survey and Census data at the census tract level, this study moves beyond the extant focus on inequity in digital information to examine more than 9,000 public library systems across the United States. It evaluates disparities existing in public library systems' service levels, and the extent to which these variations are associated with neighborhood socio-economic characteristics, such as income and urbanization levels. Descriptive statistics and Gini coefficients indicate significant variations across library systems. Results of the multiple regression analyses show that library systems in lower-income or rural neighborhoods offer a lower level of service per capita compared to their counterparts in higher income or urban neighborhoods. Library systems in lower-income or rural neighborhoods tend to have shorter hours, less staff and programs, and smaller collection size regardless of the formats (e.g., print, audio-visual, or electronic format). Among the ten service variables tested, the number of public access Internet terminals is the only variable that did not have a statistically significant relationship with neighborhood income. In light of these prevalent disparities in service levels, the study suggests a need to fundamentally evaluate the current library funding mechanisms. It also suggests that public library and information behavior studies should include information environment variables to further investigate how individuals' information decisions might be affected by this structural information inequity.
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the man who straightened his spine and defied the Nazis with a rousing speech--before Britain's war machine was ready to take them on--was one of the great war-time leaders of the 20th Century. His career had ups and downs, and one of the downs was his defeat in 1945, the first post-war campaign for reelection for Prime Minister. Rather than feel he had been treated with ingratitude, he said that the British people had had a very rough time of it, and he understood their need for change. The nation needed to heal. He was reelected in 1951 and continued to have a distinguished career. How did Churchill maintain his perspective? In his own words: To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. Churchill's hobbies included bricklaying, painting, writing, reading, trading bon mots, and sketching. Unfortunately, for too many people in the financial industry, their hobbies aren't so wholesome. One hedge fund manager noticed that I've started updating and publishing some of the books I've written over the past thirty years. He sniffed and asked where I had found the time to write so many books. I pointed out I don't smoke pot, do blow, pay people for sex or gamble all night, one or more (or all) habits several hedge fund managers adopted. Just ask Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York and former New York Attorney General, how time consuming doing damage control for the wrong sort of hobby can be. It's astonishing that many "successful' people actually live squalid lives. Churchill observed: As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire -- for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from the avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path. One of my hobbies is writing fiction. (I'm traditionally published in non-fiction.) My recent fiction debut was inspired by real events, specifically the Vatican Bank scandals and other scandals in the Catholic Church. My father was a physician and surgeon. He was Jesuit educated at Loyola University and introduced me to the memory arts as soon as I could talk. During WWII, he was a Chief of Surgical Service for the American Army in the European Theater of Operations during the campaigns in the Rhineland and Central Europe. I mention that, because he was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and didn't believe in violence, yet he was also a brave man of principle. A couple of members of the Chicago mob tried to blackmail him into providing out-of-hospital surgical treatment for gunshot wounds. A friend of my father's was already known in Chicago as the go-to surgeon for that, but my father had a treatment office in our home (in addition to hospital facilities) and was known to be a good surgeon, especially after his war experience. The mobsters hinted that something could easily happen to one of his children (seven at the time before the family grew to nine children) or his wife. They also offered him a lot of money. It is (or at least at the time was) illegal to fail to report gunshot wound treatments done in a doctor's office, and my father refused to cooperate. He said that once one cooperates with the mob, even with something that seems innocuous, it never ends. He discussed it with my mother, then pregnant with my younger brother. Shortly thereafter, he told the mob that it could do what it liked, but if anything happened to a member of his family, would they ever have confidence again that his friends in the Chicago physicians' community were giving them appropriate medical care? My father heard nothing more from them. My father died in 1965. When the Vatican Bank scandal of the 1980's blew up and the Vatican didn't come forward after the murder of Roberto Calvi, I was struck by the contrast between how my father behaved--with much more personally at stake--versus how the Pope and Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, a Chicago native, conducted themselves. In the decades since the 1980's, it seems the Vatican can be relied upon to provide material for writers.Endnote: My debut fiction book, Archangels: Rise of the Jesuits, has just been released in print form. The e-Book is FREE on January 23 and 24. Here's a blurb: Italian intelligence specialist and former Jesuit student Michael Visconte is shocked by the brutal murder of a Jesuit priest, who turns out to be a hedge fund manager for the Vatican. The victim, Father Matteo Pintozzi, achieved an unblemished record of extraordinary returns. The next day, Michael is visited by two Jesuits who ask him to investigate the murder, and Michael soon finds himself in the middle of a struggle for power and control over the finances of the Vatican. Unfortunately, his lucky break--one that should provide critical evidence--blurs the line between good and evil and not only endangers the lives of Michael and the Jesuits, but also imperils the lives of his wife and children.
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Africa is the world's second-largest continent, and it used to exist on the fringe of my consciousness. I knew about the Sahara, the 1985 Live Aid concert and the third season of Survivor, which demonstrates that I judged Africa to be inconsequential – although I did recognize apartheid as "something" significant. Ashamedly, the latter didn't affect my behavior in any way.
On April 6, 1994, in a country the size of Maryland, but with New York City's population stuffed into it, friends and business associates began killing one another indiscriminately. Neighbor butchered neighbor. More than 1 million people were exterminated in 100 days and another 2 million fled the country.
In a country identified as 90 percent Christian, Christ-like behavior essentially vanished as children and babies were hacked apart with machetes. What happened to God? Where was He?
In pre-colonial times, Rwanda's three ethnic groups established a system of exchanged labor, which was exploited by the Belgian colonial administration. When Rwanda gained independence in 1962, the colonial legacy of division led the Hutu and Tutsi, the two main ethnic groups, to periodically kill each other for the next four decades, fueled a diaspora, and culminated in the genocide.
In 2006, 12 years after the Rwandan president's plane was shot down on approach and setting off the killings, a quiet tarmac greets me at the Kigali airport. The sun is bright and the sky is clear, but the air seems mournfully still.
A rush of passengers arrives at Customs, disrupting my perception of Rwandan life like dust swept into the air. I'm not ready for the bustle. I want a moment to grieve what happened, to honor the pain and ask forgiveness for my indifference. So I withdraw toward the wall to watch the crowd swarm about.
Conversations buzz the room, and a group of Rwandans begin to queue. I stare at them with a glazed mind, lost in my thoughts.
A few days later, a copy of The Purpose Driven Life sits on Mayor Vianney Murego's desk, tempting me to ask a question about it, to turn the conversation to why I'm in Rwanda, which is precisely why I ignore it.
I came to Rwanda to savor God's love. Like coffee, which the country's volcanic soil produces, God's love can be found in other places, and given its past, Rwanda may seem an unlikely place to experience God. However, soil infuses its fruit with a distinctive flavor, and Rwanda's sorrow-laced soil, watered with innocent blood, produces a grateful love in its people – a love rich with overtones of mercy and grace.
I learn that life after Hotel Rwanda – after the genocide – is about chronic water and power shortages. A lack of industry and a decimated infrastructure combine with an overpopulated, overworked land, leading most observers to conclude that there is no hope for the future.
But Mayor Murego disagrees.
With carefully chosen English and a survivor's conviction, Mayor Murego explains that only forgiveness promotes healing; hanging onto pain doesn't. And his weary country wants to move forward.
He mentions the gacaca courts, traditional community courts set up to speed the genocide trials along and reduce the burden on the conventional court system.
Suspects with nonleadership roles in the planning and commission of atrocities are tried in their communities, which helps foster healing by addressing the remaining fears on both sides of the process and helping dress the lingering emotional wounds.
The open, community-rendered justice helps cleanse the soul, allowing forgiveness to take root, which means Rwanda's future is brighter than even the most optimistic foreigner may imagine.
The government expects the country to be a leader in Africa someday, and not in the distant future, but soon. They're planting their hope and building their future on the rock of faith. Faith in God, and faith that only Rwandans live today, that the distinction between Hutu and Tutsi died 15 years ago, and Rwanda is a nation forgiven and redeemed.
Where was God during the Rwandan genocide?
He was there. But not only there, He is wherever the question is asked, whenever it is asked.
I recognize the genocide as an atrocity – as wrong, unjust and devastating – because the light of Christ illuminates the darkness.
Without Christ, Rwanda, Sept. 11 and Darfur are unrecognizable. Christ shares His sorrow on the cross,
"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
"My God, my God, why have your forsaken me?"
Then He shares His joy, and asks us, "Where were you? Where ARE you now? Here I AM. Come to me."
Where was I?
During the 100 days of slaughter, I was immersed in myself. I had not a glimmer of Christ. Eleven years passed before I became aware of the Rwandan genocide, and the question now is "Where is my hope?"
It's where it's always been, even when I didn't know it.
"Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation." – Colossians 1:21-22 (NIV)
This post was inspired by my time in Rwanda in October 2006. I traveled to Nyabikiri, a community in the Gatsibo District of Rwanda, while on a mission trip.


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Ninjatown: Trees Of Doom! Review
- Publisher: Megaspace Industries LLC
- Genre: Family
- Released: 5 May, 2010
- Size: 51.1 MB
- Price: FREE!
- One-finger endless vertical gameplay.
- Shawnimals inspired designs.
- Tongue-in-cheek humor.
- Little enemy variety as you climb.
'Ninjatown: Trees Of Doom!' could have easily been another tower-defense game, but Venan Entertainment have proven they don't need lightning to strike twice and have made an endless vertical game that just has to be tried.
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It all started with 'Wee Ninja', a tiny character designed by former EGM editor Shawn Smith. Thanks to developer Venan Entertainment the concept quickly blossomed in to 'Ninjatown', a tower-defense game for the Nintendo DS. Venan are no strangers to the iPhone and instead of another tower-defense game, their latest game 'Ninjatown: Trees Of Doom!' switches things up as an endless vertical jumper.
Trees Of Doom takes a minimalistic approach to the controls, using a single-finger control scheme. Wee Ninja is out to impress his Master by climbing a tree packed with doom in the form of poisonous sap, Mr. Demon's minions and even slippery wood. Players can touch the screen to climb; tap the opposite side of the screen to jump across; and if you're hanging on a branch you can drag to aim your jump.
The same simple designs from Ninjatown have been kept for Trees Of Doom, however unlike the blocky pixel-art from the DS version the 2D sprites are smooth and fully animated. Various power-ups including teleportation and a 'mustache ride' will help you to scale the tree faster while you raise an eyebrow and have a chuckle.
And it's 'Ninjatown: Trees Of Doom!'s humor that helps it to quickly charm its way to the top of your must play list. While there are plenty of other vertical jumpers available on the App Store, Ninjatown's polished and unique gameplay will keep you glued to your screen again and again.
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Anchor Books, 1973 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 217 pages
Leading anthropologist Hall analyzes the many aspects of non-verbal communication and considers the concepts of space and time as tools for transmission of messages. His stimulating work is of interest to both the intelligent general reader and the sophisticated social scientist.
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When I was little, Renata Tebaldi was "it." In my household, the Verdi recordings on the shelf all featured Tebaldi, my mother's favorite, and it didn't much occur to me that a Verdi soprano could sound any other way. Of course I occasionally heard other divas of the current generation, in passing, when some grownup turned the Saturday Texaco radio broadcasts on, but the essential sound that was stuck in my head was La Tebaldi's, and hers was the image I associated with the great heroines of opera-land. (To my eyes, the Tebaldi Traviata cover and the cover of Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights had a similar glamour and sex appeal and were, in fact, not all that easy to tell apart.)
It wasn't until the opera bug bit me as a young teenager that I started branching out and discovering that all those great melodies could be sung in many idiosyncratic ways, and to very different effect. Via television and radio, I became a devotee of "little Renata" (Scotto), a great Met favorite at that time, whose lean, metallic sound struck my ears as particularly youthful and clean. As I began attending live performances more and more regularly, I gradually came to recognize and appreciate the vast variety of timbres, personalities and styles offered by the artists of the day and no longer expected that archetypal Tebaldi sound — a good thing, as no other soprano has ever reproduced it.
The danger of such early familiarity with a great singer is that one often comes to take her charms for granted. Tebaldi always sounded exactly right to me, but because she was the first and, for a time, only example I had of how certain roles should be sung, I did not understand quite what a special thing her artistry was. My loyalty to Tebaldi was such a foregone conclusion that as time went on I did not listen as closely to her as I might to other less familiar artists, because I already knew what I was going to hear.
The beauty of it, of course, is that later in life one has a chance to "discover" a beloved singer all over again in the context of many years of exposure to different interpretations, both live and on recording. The advent of podcasts and YouTube and the release of archival materials on CD and video has brought easy access to historic performances I had not encountered before, and in poring over them, I have relished the chance to listen old favorites with fresh ears. It's nice to know, in retrospect, that it was not ignorance that made Tebaldi seem so perfect: the warm, luminous tone, the unbroken legato, the infallible evenness from top to bottom of the register, the breath control and command of dynamics, and above all else, that rich, creamy, enveloping wave of sound, utterly devoid of shrillness, are sui generis. For vocal beauty and Italianate line, Tebaldi is still "it."
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RUTLAND, Vt. -- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant against the state challenging taxes on the plant that were passed earlier this year by the legislature.
U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss rejected the argument made by New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Corp. that the payment is not a tax and said federal court lacked jurisdiction over the case.
Reiss granted the state's motion to dismiss the case saying, Entergy's challenge "could be brought directly in Vermont's state courts."
Entergy had challenged the taxes that it said increased the reactor's annual state tax from about $5 million to about $12.8 million.
Supporters of the new taxes said they were designed to replace money the plant paid the state under agreements in 2003 and 2005 that saw the state drop its opposition to the plant boosting its power output by 20 percent and to the plant's plan for storage of more highly radioactive nuclear waste on its grounds. Those agreements lasted until March 21, when the plant's 40-year operating license expired. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 20-year license extension last year.
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Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRACS, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been awarded the prestigious Kappa Delta Investigator Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) on Wednesday, February 16. Since their inception in 1947, the Kappa Delta Awards are bestowed by the Academy for outstanding research in Orthopaedic surgery that is of the highest significance and impact. It is the highest award in Orthopaedic research in the nation.The award was formally presented by the president of AAOS during the opening ceremony at the Academy's annual meeting in San Diego. Kwon's research, titled "Evidence-Based Approach in Understanding 'Pseudotumors' in Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements", elucidated mechanisms involved in adverse reactions in metal-on-metal joint replacements, which are commonly used to treat young and active patients with significant hip osteoarthritis. Although the research showed a 95 percent or greater success rate for these patients, Kwon focused attention on the infrequent complications of these devices. Specifically, he focused on the failures involving abnormal periprosthetic soft-tissue masses, also known as pseudotumors. These complications cause serious damage to local tissue and often require additional extensive corrective surgery. "As a surgeon-scientist, it is critically important to investigate and gain insights into any unexpected complication that adversely affects patients' outcome," said Kwon, who has pursued numerous clinical and translational studies investigating adverse metal reactions in patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacements.Kwon's research concluded that, pseudotumors develop as a reaction to the metal debris that is generated from the wear of metal-on-metal implants. He found that excessive wear of these implants as a result of sub-optimal placement can lead to damage to the soft tissues in susceptible patients. About Massachusetts General Hospital Celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding in 1811, the Massachusetts General Hospital is the oldest and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Offering sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery, the 907-bed medical center each year admits approximately 47,650 inpatients and handles nearly 1.4 million visits to its extensive outpatient programs, including more than 88,000 emergency visits. The surgical staff performs approximately 38,000 operations annually, and the MGH Vincent Obstetrics Service delivers more than 3,500 babies a year. The largest nongovernment employer in the city of Boston, the MGH has nearly 22,500 employees, including more than 3,700 registered nurses. MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital are founding members of Partners HealthCare System, a Boston-based integrated health care delivery system, and MGH is consistently ranked among the nation's top hospitals by US News and World Report.
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"It smells like armpits in here," one of the characters says about the dilapidated train station in "Black Milk," but the odor is the least of it. Vassily Sigarev's play, now receiving its New York premiere after an acclaimed 2003 run at London's Royal Court, portrays a post-Communist Russia infected with moral rot.
The central characters are Lyovchik (Josh Marcantel) and the heavily pregnant Poppet (Liba Vaynberg), a young couple who've arrived at the remote, rundown station to hawk "Wonder Toasters" to the locals. The toasters are free — but the "delivery charge" is astronomical.
Narrated by an old drunk who injects himself into the action at key moments, the story involves the hucksters' interactions with the villagers, including a ticket clerk who augments her income by selling homemade, and possibly poisonous, vodka. One of the couple's former customers bursts into the station irate and nude under his flapping coat.
"I've come for justice," he declares, brandishing a rifle.
The gunshot induces labor in Poppet, who undergoes a positive spiritual transformation after giving birth. But her greedy partner isn't about to give up their lucrative scam.
This dark, often absurdist comedy presents a vivid allegory of the new capitalist Russia. But the writing doesn't live up to its provocative elements, with long stretches of tedium diffusing the impact.
Director Michel Hausmann often lets the proceedings go slack, and the performances are uneven. Although Anna Wilson and Rachel Murdy are terrific as the cynical ticket clerk and a helpful midwife, respectively, the two leads aren't convincing. And the decision to forgo Russian accents — the villagers sound more like Southern rednecks — doesn't help.
Mainly notable as an example of sharp-edged contemporary Russian theater, "Black Milk" seems to have curdled in its journey west.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is providing haphazard, inadequate psychiatric treatment to its most severely mentally ill inmates, according to a new report by a federal court official.
The report filed in federal court Friday by special master Matthew Lopes found some patients were drugged instead of counseled, returned to prison too soon and rarely received one-on-one therapy.
Overall, Lopes described a fractured, understaffed system in place at two state psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric hospitals run within four state prisons, The Los Angeles Times reports.
The result, he found, was care that was "more rote than truly responsive," where treatment was often generic with little regard for individuals' needs. At one prison, for instance, participation in a magazine-lending program was counted as group therapy.
"Patients also complained of having no one to talk to when they were having difficulties," Lopes wrote. "There is a need for the development of a consistent, more therapeutically oriented and less punitively oriented system that can be applied across all six programs."
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ordered the special master's report last year after he ruled that state officials were failing to provide inmate care that met levels required by the Constitution.
Deborah Hoffman, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, declined to comment on the report's general conclusions. But Hoffman highlighted the special master's praise for one of the six programs, the California Institution for Women.
"We are encouraged by what the Special Master found at CIW, and we are committed to continuing to improve care for mentally ill inmates in our institutions," she said in an emailed response.
The five other facilities, three of which are run on the grounds of state prisons, are jointly run by the Department of State Hospitals, Lopes said. That department's spokesman, Ken August, said officials had received the report and were reviewing it.
While Lopes noted that all six psychiatric centers were trying to make improvements, he recommended that the state continue to monitor four of the psychiatric facilities on-site.
Atascadero State Hospital, where this week a paroled prisoner getting psychiatric treatment was accused of killing another patient, received some of Lopes' strongest criticism.
After November 2011, when the hospital no longer was under federal oversight from 2006, access to group therapy immediately dropped, he found. Lopes also took issue with the facility's history of discharging prisoners based on their length of stay, rather than their mental condition.


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It is 6º F outside right now. This is an improvement; yesterday morning when I left the house it was -21º F with a windchill of -33º F. For those of you unfamiliar with windchills (lucky you), it is what the temperature feels like due to the added factor of wind. These kind of temperatures are completely and totally insane, and somehow manage to shock me every year. I think that our bodies block out the memory of cold weather, kind of like when many women say that can't really remember the actual moment of childbirth. Adrenalin kicks in and takes over our brain, making our memories glaze over the pain. If we could remember how trying it is to survive through this kind of cold, we would never stay.
It is almost impossible to get warm in weather like this. I keep my hat and scarf on inside almost all the time. Sometimes I even sleep in them. I'm not joking! Granted, I tend to run a little cold, but still.
The best solution is to make hearty soups and stews flavored with warming spices, like this one. I have literally been like an ice cube all day, and after a bowl of this soup, I was finally able to take off my winter hat, scarf, and third layer of shirt. My nose started running. I even started sweating. Thank you cumin, coriander, and ginger!
Quick to throw together and completely delicious, this soup is a great way to warm up on a chilly day. It is also a perfect soup to make if you are starting a detox or cleansing cycle for the New Year! Azuki beans are a very detoxifying bean, helping to clear phlegm and dampness from the body, and the rest of the vegetables and seasonings all have incredibly health supporting qualities. If you are choosing to undertake a cleansing regimen, it is helpful to seek out resources and research different methods. There are a many different ways to approach cleansing diets, and it is important to consider your body's specific nutritional needs and your health situation when selecting a program. Many cleanses can be very severe, and can be too much a shock on the body, especially if you are battling chronic illness or a compromised immune system. Instead of providing a good, solid space for healing, these severe regimens can often throw your body into survival mode instead, making it hard to build your immune system! It is also important to consider seasonal needs in regards to your cleansing diet. If you live in a cold climate - like here in Minnesota, for example - January is probably not the best time to undergo a raw foods fruit cleanse. Why? It is completely counterintuitive to the cycles of seasonal foods and our body's corresponding cycles.
I've done a number of different cleansing regimens (multi-day fasting included!), and have found the most success to be with programs that focus on eating simply prepared, anti-inflammatory, whole foods. Last winter I did an 6-week cleanse with the help of my naturopath, and found it to be incredibly supportive and helpful; I'd like to do that program again this year. By taking a more gentle approach to cleansing, the body is given time to adjust naturally and slowly. It is also more approachable from a psychological perspective, and therefore, easier to commit to. If you view your cleanse as a struggle or some kind of terrible process, it will never work; while you may be eliminating some toxins with your diet, you will be adding emotional toxicity. Your cleanse choice is very important and very personal.
Ali and Tom over at Whole Life Nutrition are a great resource for starting an elimination and cleansing diet - check out the latest post! This soup, if I'm not mistaken, should fall in line with all phases of their elimination diet, so eat up.
Full of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein, this soup will warm you up and start you off on the right foot for a healthy - and warm! - 2010.
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4 cups Butternut squash, peeled and cubed (or other winter squash)
4 cups broccoli florets and stems, chopped (fresh or frozen)
2-2 1/2 cups cooked azuki beans
2 shallots or 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground ginger
optional: 1 Tbsp chickpea tamari
1 quart water, broth, or leftover bean cooking liquid
1-2 Tbsp ghee, olive oil, sesame oil, or coconut oil
garnish: 2 scallions, thinly sliced
Prepare vegetables as directed. In a large soup pot, heat oil until hot, then add cumin seeds. Heat until fragrant, turn heat to medium-low, and add scallions. Saute until tender, then add coriander and ginger, and stir. Add butternut, and saute for 2-3 minutes. Then add liquid and cook until butternut is almost tender. Add cooked azuki beans and broccoli, and simmer until all vegetables are tender. Add tamari, if using, and adjust seasonings to taste.
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The longest losing-season streak of any professional American sports team in history is over. After 20 years — 20 solid years — of posting fewer than 81 wins, the Pittsburgh Pirates and their long-suffering fans not only have a winning season on their hands; they might just have a pennant in their near future.
As of this writing, the Bucs boast an 83-60 record, and are in a battle with both St. Louis and Chicago for the National League Central pennant.
Here, in celebration of a storied franchise shattering a 20-year curse of utter mediocrity, LIFE.com presents George Silk's magnificent photo of Bucs fans cheering the Pirates' 1960 World Series victory over the Yankees from atop the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning. Silk's picture is beautiful, thrilling and vertiginous — not unlike the Pirates' 2013 season thus far — and might be the single greatest portrait of baseball fans ever made.
Today, at least, it's certainly the most apropos.
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Photographer's Note
In this photo is the rivermouth of Oka in the Wolga to seen. The bridge is strained on Oka. On other bank of the Oka is the port with its buildings and cranes, at the center the church and left of it is the traffic police headquarters to seen.
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emjleclercq (15780) 2007-09-02 13:17
A nice point of view with the bridge crossing the image diagonally. Perhaps a little pale for the blue color here but a good sharpness in the foreground.
All the best,
mikeo (12129) 2007-09-06 12:07
Hello Bahram
Very nice photo of the river, bridge...very good POV, nice colours.
I like it a lot!
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- Date Taken: 2007-08-09
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