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The American Red Cross, Connecticut Region is pleased to announce its selection for participation in the REDS-III research program. Financed by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), REDS-III (Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III) brings together leading researchers from the U.S. and abroad in the fields of blood banking and transfusion medicine. Continuing the efforts of REDS and REDS-II to improve blood safety and availability, REDS-III seeks to improve transfusion practices and outcomes in recipients of blood products, both in the U.S. and internationally.
The Connecticut Region is partnered with Yale-New Haven Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital to form one of four domestic "hubs" chosen for REDS-III. Each hub consists of a blood center and transfusion services that support one or more tertiary care and community hospitals. The Yale-ARC hub is headed by Principal Investigator, Dr. Edward Snyder, at Yale University School of Medicine, and the American Red Cross effort is lead by Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Ritchard Cable. They will be supported by REDS-III Program Manager, Bryan Spencer, as well as by Co-Investigators Dr. Pat Pisciotto and Dr. Jorge Rios.
With REDS-III being the leading NIH program of epidemiological research on blood safety and availability, we are very pleased to have been selected for this competitive program. Joining us as domestic hubs are investigators from the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; the Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Three international collaborative programs involving researchers in the U.S. and Brazil, China, and South Africa will participate in REDS-III, and the entire program will be supported by Research Triangle Institute as data coordinating center and Blood Systems Research Institute as central laboratory.
The Connecticut Region's participation in REDS-III extends a lengthy history of research collaboration between New England and Connecticut Regions. Having worked together on various projects for more than a decade, personnel from both regions supported the participation of New England Region in the REDS-II program, from 2004-2010. With the mandate to study blood safety and availability, the REDS-II research portfolio covered topics that included the risk for iron depletion in frequent blood donors, risk for vasovagal reactions in young donors, and impact on blood availability implied by different potential TRALI mitigation efforts. While REDS and REDS-II focused on donor populations, REDS-III takes the next step of trying to identify and describe the determinants of patient outcomes after receipt of blood products.
We look forward to sharing more information as the REDS-III portfolio develops and to working together in ensuring the success of the program.
To learn more about the REDS-III research program please click on the following link. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/REDS-III-FactSheet.htm


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WOW, nice post. Most evenly specced: Locks, mages, and Shammies.. Hmmm makes you wonder. Locks and mages (the 2 most OP classes) are also two of the most balanced classes. Maybe shamans should do a little less QQ'ing, at least they have 3 viable trees (unlike hunters). Good thoughts to chew on.

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Brightness and Contrast
Very often, when we upload our pictures to the computer from the camera and first look at them on the screen, they will appear dull and lifeless like photo No.1 on the right.
In this instance the photo is under exposed, often a problem when auto flash is used with a long lens, the flash is too far away from the subject to give the proper exposure.
Here are some suggestions for altering the brightness and contrast of the image in Photoshop, use them in the order that they appear, only move on to the next method if you are not getting what you want.
Auto Levels/Contrast
There is a 'magic button' in Photoshop called 'auto levels' which you will find under the 'image' menu on the 'adjustments' sub menu.
Hitting 'auto levels' is always worth a try, it sometimes produces just the result you were looking for or, at least, a good place to start. If you don't like the result then hit the undo button on the edit menu and move on to plan B. Hitting the 'auto levels' button in this case produced photo No.2, which is not too bad.
If you tried 'auto levels' and liked the overall brightness and contrast but the color balance was worse than before then try 'auto contrast' instead. This does the same job as 'auto levels' but without altering the color.
Sometimes though, the auto buttons won't give us what we want, so we need to try something that we can control ourselves. The next weapon in the arsenal is 'curves'. Select 'curves' from the 'image->adjust' menu and we get the window below.
It may look a little intimidating at first but it is quite easy to use.
Keep the channel set on RGB to adjust all the colors at once, don't try and use this window for balancing color as there are easier ways of doing it.
When the window is first opened there will be a straight diagonal line running from the bottom left to the top right of the grid. Put your cursor on the diagonal line and a black point will appear, drag this point diagonally upwards and to the left. Look at your picture and you will notice that the mid tones of your picture are getting lighter giving you a brighter looking picture. Pull to the right and downwards and you will see the mid tones getting darker.
Used carefully this is a very powerful tool indeed but it is best used sparingly, pull the curve too much and you will get all kinds of weird effects. I often use this tool several times in succession on the picture to drag the mid tones out of the mud.
If you have extreme work to do then you can move the end anchors to change the point at which the shadows go black or the highlights go white, but normally it is best to leave these anchors where they are.
In the 'curves' window pictured above you will see I have made a small adjustment to the curve to lighten the mid tones of the photo. The result of this adjustment is shown below in photo No.3.
Compare this version of the photo with No.2 above. You will see that the highlights and shadows have changed very little and the mid tones have been lightened quite a bit. Click here to watch a video tutorial on curves.
Brightness & Contrast
A little further down the 'adjustments' menu you will find the 'brightness/contrast. . .' entry which produces the window on the left. The two sliders will adjust the brightness and contrast up or down. The difference between this window and the 'curves' window is that the effect of these adjustments is linear, in other words if you adjust the brightness by +10 then all the pixels in the picture will be 10 units brighter.
Sometimes the adjustment of these two controls can give you a better result than 'curves' but it is also easier to mess things up as well so I suggest you only use them when all else fails. You may need to use this window if, for instance, your picture needs to be brighter and it needs more contrast.
A better way to make linear adjustments is to use the 'levels' window. Have a look at this video on levels adjustment .
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Introduction page.
Scaling your files.
Balancing those pixels.
A short video showing how to use the levels adjustment to control contrast.
A short video showing how to use the curves adjustment to control contrast.
Dealing with color casts.
An introduction to Adobe Camera RAW.
Advanced use of Adobe Camera RAW.
Using the unsharp mask.
Masking parts of your picture to edit certain areas.
How to build accurate layer masks.
A must for landscape and building photographers.
Using layers in Photoshop.
How to make a better job of changing images from color to black & white.
Playing with contrast and tones to give a more dramatic effect.
How to shoot and process HDR pictures with Photomatix Pro software.
Video Tutorials
A short video showing how to resize your images for the web.
A short video showing how to make color corrections.
A short video showing how to use the levels adjustment to control contrast.
A short video showing how to use the curves adjustment to control contrast.
A short video showing how to use the Quick Mask mode to select areas of your photo.
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OH MY GOODNESS 15 000 followers
Oh dear, it doesn't feel like that long ago that I released my 10k pack, but it was a while back, and I felt like this epic number required some love. My time is limited and I don't have much time in my busy life to make a gazillion psds for a pack, so here I've included a few (that you may have seen before) that might help you become queen of your photoshop. One thing that's a popular psd request is one to neutralise the TARDIS colours for picspams and such, so (the one with clara) does that. There's also a couple for GIFs, one you've probably seen on a couple of my graphics, and one for photoshoots and another for press images.
The TEN TEXTURES are taken by me on my cameras (except one of them) and I'd prefer for them to NOT be redistributed, but I don't need credit (unless asked) on your graphics.
I sincerely hope you enjoy this pack, and thank you so so so much for getting me to this point in my takeover of the internet (jks, but seriously thank you all for following me). You've all stuck with me for my fandom changes and fangirl sessions, and you all have a place in my heart. Most of us don't talk and this saddens me, so if you're in the mood to talk, I'm constantly annoying people over on my twitter or you could go ahead and send me an ask. Thank you so much!
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You may call me Carmen. I believe I'm about eighteen years old. I hope we'll get along for as long as we can... *smiles behind her fan*
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((Hello there! This is an Independant RP blog for an OC of mine. She tends to jump universe so anything's plausible on this blog; feel free to talk to her whenever and for whatever reason!
[I'd like to warn everyone that I am editing her, though.]
I apologize about the lack of expressive icons and gifs, I can't draw to save my life. I'll work on that, though! Eventually!
Also, there will be a zillion reblogs on my dash rather than any actual RPing because what is actually RPing. I'm sorry about that.))


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Douglas Quaid (SCHWARZENEGGER) has a really boring dream about dying on Mars with some girl by his side, kinda. There's a lot of Arnold-esque grunts which make it hilarious. He wakes up next to 1990 Sharron Stone (UNF) and she gets pissed about him having a dream with some other girl in it. Arnold gets all cute with her, gross. He makes some goofy looking food and watches the news about "terrorists" on Mars. Dick Jones from RoboCop (DICK JONES!!!) shows up on TV talking about Kuato. Sharron Stones tries to distract Arnold, but he'd rather learn about Mars rather than have sex, sounds familiar…
Arnold goes to work and is having a conversation with his friend, one of those actors that I recognize but have no idea who it is. His friend tells him not to go, Arnold goes anyway, like a boss. He gets there and some girl is changing her nail color by hitting her nails with a pen, whatever. Some guy in a hideous suit is talking to Arnold about how great Rekall is. Arnold decides to go as a spy. They attempt to implant the memory but Arnold loses his shit and starts screaming "YOU BLEW MAI COVUHHH!" His accent makes it hilarious, again. They put him to sleep and he wakes up in a taxi driven by some robot. His friend from work and some thugs try to kill him but Arnold kills all of them. Breaks bones of 3 of them and shoots two, freaking awesome.
Arnold goes to his house and Sharron Stone tries to kill him, she fails, she tries to bribe him with sex again, she fails. She tells him about how he was a spy or something, I can't remember, I was doing the dishes at the time. Arnold escapes, Michael Ironside shows up, improvises the scene and makes out with Sharron Stone. Arnold runs away and finds himself on an escalator where he decides to grab some random ass guy and use him as a human shield as 5 people are shooting at him. The man receives at least 20 gun shot wounds and Arnold kills 3 guys, I think. Arnold gets a briefcase thingy and removes a bug thing from his brain, he sticks it in some chocolate that a mouse takes Richter (IRONSIDE) shoots the mouse, because he's an asshole.
Arnold goes to Mars dressed up as a "fat old lady" who then freaks out and starts saying "TWWWWWWOOOOooooooOOOOOOoooOOOOOO WEEKS" Arnold throws the head to some unsuspecting guy who is then told to "Get ready for a surprise!" He doesn't get ready for the surprise and is blown up when the head explodes. Some dofus shoots at a windows and a bunch of people get sucked out. Richter goes to see Dick Jones and Dick Jones gets all pissy with him about Arnold. The taxi drivers on Mars are like hookers. Benny finally shows up and he drives Arnold to The Last Resort where he sees a girl with 3 BOOBS(!!!) Arnold meets Melina, she slaps him. Arnold goes to his hotel where the goofy guy from Rekall shows up and starts spouting about how this is all a dream. Sharron Stone shows up too. Arnold sees right through them. Arnold shoots the Rekall guy right through the face. Sharron Stone beats up Arnold. They make it to the elevator where Melina is waiting, she kills a bunch of dudes and gets into a fight with Sharron Stone. Just as Sharron Stone is about to kill Melina, Arnold shoots her right through the face. He then says "consider that a divorce" meh on that one. Richter gets pissed about it and almost breaks the dome that protects all the people on Mars. There's a kinda lame chase scene that ends when Benny drives through like, 6 walls just because he can. Richter goes to The Last Resort and kills the woman with three boobs. A midget grabs a knife, stabs a guy in the gut or penis, can't tell, and then starts shooting a machine gun. It's a pretty hilarious sequence.
Dick Jones decides to turn off the air in whatever sector that place is called. Arnold meets up with another one of those "hey, it's that guy!" actor. He takes Arnold to a room and he meets Kuato, who's growing out of the guys stomach. Kuato reads Arnold's mind and then they're invaded by the bad guys, other guys, whatever. Benny kills Kuato because apparently I read him wrong and he's just an asshole.
Quaid and Melina are taken to Dick Jones where Hauser tells Quaid that he wants his body back. They try to change Arnold and Melina but Arnold stabs guys through the face, neck, and back. Some more people died but it wasn't as cool. They go to the mines where Benny is driving one of those huge metal things. He almost kills Arnold and Melina but Arnold does my favorite thing in the history of everything and takes a giant screwdriver and drives it through Benny while yelling "SCREW YOU!" They make it to the reactor where there are some hilarious scenes using the hologram. Arnold gets in a fight with Richter on an elevator. He throws Richter off the side and holds onto his arms. Richter's arms are ripped off and Arnold throws them back down at him while saying "See you at the party, Richter!" The quote of this blog (thanks Dave Rock.) Dick Jones is waiting for Arnold by the reactor and Melina shoots him twice but he doesn't die. A bomb goes off and causes the dome to be ripped open. Dick Jones' face starts doing awesome things while he's on the surface of Mars. Arnold and Melina do the same face freak out thing but they don't die. Air goes all over Mars and there is no more dictatorship…and all that.
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This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. It really has everything you could possibly want in an action movie. One-lines, awesome muscled up hero, babes, awesome villains. This is one of two movies I would recommend to anyone who's never watched an action movie. So many absurd things going on in this that you just can't help but yell "FUCK YEAH!"
Arnold Schwarzenegger Body Count (Not including explosions): 23 (probably wrong on that)
Bone Breaking Noises: 3 (ugh)
Favorite Quote: Hey Benny, SCREW YOU!
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Rihanna Did WHAT with Chris Brown today??
Rihanna showed up with Chris Brown at his probation violation hearing! WTF IS WRONG WITH HER?!?! After allegedly failing to complete his community service from beating RiRi a few years ago, the judge scheduled another hearing for April.
(From TMZ) –
2:11 PM PT — Rihanna and Chris Brown just walked out of the courtroom together arm in arm. TMZ reports Brown looked "dejected" and Rihanna was trying to smile and cheer him up.
2:05 PM PT — Rihanna is now inside the courtroom seated in the gallery behind Chris and his legal team.
1:59 PM PT — Chris Brown arrived to the courthouse WITH Rihanna by his side -the woman he was convicted of BEATING in 2009 – and the reason he's on probation in the first place.
Sources at the courthouse tell TMZ Rihanna blew Chris a kiss and said some supportive words to him before he entered the courtroom.
1:56 PM PT — Chris is wearing grey slacks, a white shirt, brown tie and a sport coat.
1:50 PM PT — Brown just arrived to the courthouse with his lawyer Mark Geragos.
More updates click here.
TMZ reports that Chris Brown is about to arrive to the L.A. Courthouse where a judge is expected to grill the singer over allegations he lied about completing his community service, and things could get heated.
The D.A. wants the court to find Chris in violation of his probation stemming from the Rihanna beating case which required the singer to complete 180 days of community service.
TMZ broke the story that prosecutors believe Chris participated in a scheme to DUPE the court by getting Virginia officials to say Chris completed service at a day care center that he never actually performed.
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"Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, 'Who do the crowds say that I am?' They said in reply, 'John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, One of the ancient prophets has arisen.' Then he said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?'" (LUKE 9:18-20)
As I write this reflection I am remembering the experience of my last year's retreat. I spent some time reflecting on these words, "Who do you say I am?" My retreat director suggested a new approach. Her suggestion was to reverse the question and ask Jesus the question, "Jesus, who do you say that I am?" For me the usual question of Jesus brought forth the usual responses: "Christ", "savior" "light of the world", "peace", "love", "ever present God" and so forth. It was very easy to keep myself at a distance and on the level of thinking and giving rote answers to the familiar question of Jesus.
In reversing the question I felt speechless and silent and had no immediate answers, thoughts or feelings. I just sat with the question in front of Jesus. In staying with this and probing deeper with this turn of events, I then got in touch with a variety of feelings. There were feelings of discomfort with this new approach, insecurity and awe. These were followed by feelings of closeness, love, peace, contentment and that we are in this together. It is mutual. This led to a deeper call and re-commitment to relationship with Jesus and our ministry together. I am pleased with this journey and the new energy it is providing.
So for today let us consider reversing the question. Ask, "Jesus, who do you say that I am?" Sit, wait, listen and see where it leads. A surprise gift may await.
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Canadian mother Anne Belanger was crestfallen when she saw her 7-year-old son's class photo. Miles Ambridge sits in his wheelchair, pushed far off to the side of his 22 second-grade classmates at Herbert Spencer Elementary in New Westminster, B.C. With a huge smile lighting up his face, Ambridge leans toward his peers, trying to be a […] [Read More]
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A 4-year-old boy sporting a distinguished cardigan and bow tie ebulliently races toward the camera, leading a pack of kids, in a holiday television ad for the prestigious UK retailer Marks & Spencer. With smiling eyes and loads of natural charm, Seb White has the look of a model but he's an unlikely choice because […] [Read More]
Child with Down syndrome models for Target, Nordstrom
An adorable 6-year-old boy named Ryan appears in an ad for Target this week. With shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes, he's got the look of a model but he's an unlikely choice because he has Down syndrome. This isn't Ryan's first modeling gig. He graced the pages of the Nordstrom catalog over the summer. […] [Read More]
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Yesterday was Spread the Word to End the Word Day, a campaign started by the Special Olympics to end the use of the word "retard." The r-word is derogatory to disabled people yet it's commonly used in everyday speech–especially on elementary school playgrounds. What 4th grader hasn't been called the r-word? As you might expect, […] [Read More]


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SLICED! Sushi Making at IZAKAYA DEN
Join the seasoned chefs behind the Den Corner restaurants – Sushi Den and Izakaya Den- for a tasty, informative culinary experience where you'll learn to create all styles of sushi rolls and nigiri sushi. After the class, the group sits together for a meal that includes over 20 pieces of sushi, miso soup and green tea. If you've ever wanted to learn the art of sushi making, SLICED! is the perfect opportunity. SLICED! also makes a great date night, girls-night-out or company outing and is the perfect birthday or holiday gift. More information on the content of the class.
The class cost is $70 plus tax and it is held in the 2nd floor private room at Izakaya Den, 1487-A South Pearl St. in Denver (right next door to Sushi Den).
If you are interested in this class, this is how you make a reservation.
· Reservations must be made by completing the reservation form, and e-mail it back to firstname.lastname@example.com.
· Once the form is received, we will confirm your reservation. If you have any questions, please call 303-777-0691 between Tuesday and Sunday.
Upcoming Sushi Class 2014 Dates:
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Tubal Reversal Message Board » Questions about Tubal Reversal » Microscope, stint, and success rates including pregnancy statistics
|Topic: Comparing doctors' techniques of tubal reversal microsurgery
|Kem Petet
| I will not speak as to the creditials of the other doctor - but allow me to say this:
When I had my tubes tied, I'd researched and was dead set on having the clips put in, versus burning or cutting, etc. When I approached my midwife about it, this is basically what she said... "A surgeon who specializes in one type of procedure should not be asked to perform a different type. What I'm explaining is that your doctor is trained to perform the bilateral pomeroy. Asking him to use clips when his specialty is something else is not a good idea. I would go with the doctor you feel most comfortable with, and allow him to do the procedure with which he feels most comfortable."
That being said, what works for the other doctor works for him. He may be trained specifically to perform surgery in HIS way - with or without a stint. Dr. Berger has been trained to use one - and I would find it hard to believe that his using a stint would create a problem - or he wouldn't have the success rate he has. He was trained using the stint, has had much success using the stint, therefore he uses the stint.
I have a gastrointestinal doctor. When he performed my surgery, the only type he did was open. He did not do laparoscopic. To ask him to perform lap surgery on me when he's trained SPECIFICALLY to do open, well.... it's a bad idea.
It doesn't mean that one way of doing surgery is better or worse than another way. It just means that this particular surgeon has had better success doing it HIS way.
Also - I have seen Dr. Berger's video. I have watched him delicately pull the muscles and skin to the side so that he doesn't cause as much trauma to the muscles. THIS MATTERS after surgery. How many women have seen a C-section? HOW GENTLE WERE THEY WHEN THEY PULLED THE SKIN TO THE SIDE, USED RETRACTORS AND DUG FOR THE UTERUS AND PULLED THE BABY OUT? I've seen more gentle births by a giraffe!!! LOL (and for those of you who don't know, giraffes give birth standing up - and their baby literally FALLS out of them onto the ground!) I'd rather have someone's gentle hands pulling than I would have a metal object bearing down on my body.
As far as sanitary - I **believe** someone else posted about that and an RN replied (if i recall correctly) that Dr. Berger has NEVER had a patient develop an infection/complication due to unsanitary-ness (for lack of better words).
Well, these are just my opinions about what you said. And again - the other doctor may be very competent, as is (I believe) Dr. Berger. The type of surgery, the method of surgery a physician chooses to perform should never be compared to another. If this doctor's method of surgery were exactly like Dr. Berger's, then you could certainly compare their success rates and statistics. But seeing as they perform two TOTALLY different types of surgery, which ultimately create the same thing (complete tubes), in my humble opinion, COMPARING THEM IS EXACTLY LIKE COMPARING "apples to oranges".
I hope I helped - I certainly feel like I'm rambling... *sigh* lol
xoxo Kem
| Gary S Berger MD
| Our web site page tubal reversal microsurgery issues addresses these questions. Other doctors may have there own opinions, but our pregnancy statistics and pregnancy testimonials show the results of the surgical techniques that I believe are best.
It is one thing to make claims, and another to provide objective data that supports them. At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, years of effort have resulted in the development of a comprehensive and ongoing patient database that allow us to analyze and report the results of what we do.
| I was looking online for tubal reversal information and i found another doctor's website, that had some advice of what "not" to do in the process of a tubal reversal..
He states that microscopic lenses rather than a microscope is not good enough for the tubal. He also says that a stent could damage the tubes and should not be used to see if the tube is open. He said that a free standing clinic is not as good as a hospital, that not using "self retaining retractors" is bad... has anyone else heard of this and is there any truth to what he is saying?? He claims to be the first to do a microscopic tubal reversal.
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JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Summer enrollment numbers have taken a jump at Missouri Southern State University.
Officials at Missouri Southern are reporting increases in the total number of students attending classes as well as the total number of hours taken for the summer semester.
Dr. Delores Honey, assistant vice president for Assessment & Institutional Research, said headcounts in every undergraduate level increased this summer compared to the numbers of 2012.
The increase in overall enrollment indicates that more current and/or returning students are attending summer school.
Darren Fullerton, vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management said total headcount has increased by 4.5 percent compared to last summer.
Fullerton also stated that the University has also seen a 3.1 percent increase in the credit hours.
"There are several factors that have helped this summer's enrollment, including adjustments to the course schedules and the Lion Pride Tuition Program," Fullerton said.
The Lion Pride tuition program now offers more students from Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois in-state tuition, which may account for the jump in out of state students. Out-of-state enrollment has increased since the Lion Pride Program was initiated.
The number of out-of-state students this summer increased by 79 students and 405 credit hours, compared to summer 2012.
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X-Inefficiency and Interfirm Rivalry: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $518 million in rural electric cooperatives to improve the reliability of rural electrical systems in communities in Texas and 14 other states, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.
On June 17, Co-operatives of the Americas has communicated to the Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the signature of the United Nations Global Compact initiative promoted since 1999.
More than 7 million people worldwide joined credit unions in 2013, according to a new report from WOCCU. Nearly 208 million residents of planet Earth now belong, almost half in the United States. The 2,540 credit unions in Latin America posted the highest membership number among the world's cooperatives, adding 3.1 million new members.
The objective of this training of trainers (TOT) course is to enable existing and potential managers of agricultural cooperatives to identify and address major challenges that are specific to cooperatives in market-oriented agricultural development.
The results of Credit Union National Association's member and nonmember survey reflect growing diversity. CUNA published this article on the trend as credit unions seek to meet their membership's increasingly diverse needs, opportunities and challenges.
With the escalation of military action once again conspiring against the long-sought pacification of the Middle East, Cooperatives of the Americas issued a "Cooperative Message for Peace" calling for the cessation of hostilities and offering the potential contribution of cooperativism as a tool that, by its very nature, aims at understanding, collaboration and mutual assistance between people, beyond all differences of any type.
NCBA CLUSA joined NGO alliance InterAction and other organizations engaged in efforts to end global hunger by signing a statement this week urging Congress to introduce bipartisan legislation by September that ensures continued U.S. leadership in improving food and nutrition security.
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) has released its latest Statistical Report, which provides membership and financial data from credit unions and financial cooperatives worldwide. This year's report includes information from 56,904 credit unions serving nearly 208 million members in 103 countries.
Javier Salaberría, CICOPA President from 2005 until 2011, sadly passed away on Saturday 26th July. Javier will remain a fundamental figure in the memories of all those who worked alongside him, as well as in the history of CICOPA and the worker cooperative movement.
NCBA CLUSA led a research and education trip to Cuba last week to gain a clearer picture of the cooperative movement there, which observers say is playing an increasingly significant role in the country's push for economic reform.
CUNA Mutual Group has committed $35,000 over the next year to The Cooperative Trust to support the future of credit unions. This new sponsorship continues CUNA Mutual Group's long-standing involvement with the Trust and will increase leagues' efforts to engage young adults.
A new J.D. Power study gives a dozen electric cooperatives above-average scores. More than 104,000 residential consumers served by 138 electric utilities nationwide responded to the 2014 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. It asked about several factors, including price, reliability and customer service.
Organised by the Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF), Co-op Hot Shots is back for the third year running. Photography enthusiasts of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels are invited to enter. There are two categories to enter – Open Print and Online Fun, with over S$6,000 worth of cash prizes to be won. The competition is open to residents and non-residents of Singapore.
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP) recently convened a two-day seminar regarding the Global Common Good held at the Pontifical Academy of Science inside Vatican City on 11 and 12 July 2014. Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Cooperative Alliance, was one of the global leaders specially invited to attend the event.
NRECA CEO Jo Ann Emerson welcomed members of NRECA's Youth Leadership Council, as they returned to the nation's capitol a month after visiting Washington, D.C., for the 50th Annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour.
A collaborative program of the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Foundation, the Future Organic Farmer Grant Fund is committed to teaching and promoting organics among new and upcoming farmers. The grant supports education programs for students interested in sustainable agriculture nationwide, and in an era of aging farmers, targeting the youth is crucial.
"Telecommunications: The Linchpin for Smart Grid Success," an article published today by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's (NRECA) Cooperative Research Network (CRN), offers lessons from the experiences of six cooperatives that upgraded their telecommunications infrastructure to support new smart grid applications.
As part of the answer to the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, CICOPA is publishing the results of the study entitled "Cooperatives as Builders of Sustainable Development", showing the state-of-the-art of worker, social and artisans' cooperatives in contributing to sustainable development.
On 15th July, Cooperatives Europe was invited to speak at an open dialogue event on the new role of the private sector in development. The event took place within the Informal Meeting of EU Development Ministers organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the EU Commission under the Italian Presidency of the EU Commission on 14th and 15th July in Florence, Italy.
From June 16th – 19th, co-operators from across Canada convened in Moncton, New Brunswick to take part in the 2014 Congress. The Congress marked a significant event in Canadian co-operative history: The inaugural Annual General Meeting of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC).
On Thursday, June 26th the New York City Council will vote to approve the city's annual budget, which contains a $1.2 million initiative to fund the development of worker cooperatives.
Co-operators pay tribute to Ian MacPherson, Canada's co-operative historian, author, educator and advocate who passed away on past November (Anca Voinea)
From 24th to 27th June, the regional seminar for Latin America of the Policy Forum in Development took place in Lima, which was organised by the EU Commission (DG DevCo) together with several Latin American civil society organisations (CSOs). The meeting aimed to bring EU development policies, programs and financial mechanisms closer to the civil society actors of the region with open discussions between institutions and CSOs.
International Co-operative Alliance press release on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives - 5th July 2014
In his message, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), noted that cooperatives reach many of the poor and excluded who are out of reach from the government, and from conventional markets for goods and services, such as smallholder farmers.
National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial institution dedicated to providing banking solutions to cooperatives nationwide has ranked as #5 in mid-sized companies on The Washington Post Top Workplaces list.
Monique Leroux, invites you to the 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives. Discover why you should attend the Summit! Mark your calendar: October 6 to 9, 2014 in Quebec City. (International Summit of Cooperatives)
According to news published by Bloomberg last week the list of the world's strongest banks has cooperatives in the top three organizations listed. The Desjardins Group, Canada, and the Norinchukin Bank, Japan, in joint second place.
Green City Growers - The Evergreen Cooperatives are a connected group of worker-owned cooperatives in Cleveland, Ohio committed to local, worker-owned job creation; sustainable, green and democratic workplaces; and community economic development (Workplace Democracy)
An amendment including cooperatives was approved this week to the "proposed conclusions" on transitions from the informal to the formal economy. This is the first step and this item will be dealt with at the current session and at the 104th Session of the Conference to be held in 2015, hopefully with the publication of a Recommendation.
An agreement signed between the Interamerican Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA) and Cooperatives of the Americas is designed to promote the participation of producers in the region's agricultural value chains and markets.
This conference was held to bring together researches and practitioners who study co-operative impact and performance in order to elevate the understanding and use of measurement tools to better describe co-operative impact. Cooperatives of the Americas presented its view on Social Responsibility and Cooperative Social Audit.
Co-operatives of the Americas sends its warmest greeting to its member organizations who are celebrating their anniversaries in October 2014.
Caja Popular Mexicana (CPM) was founded on 12 October 1951 and thus, it is celebrating its 63 anniversary.
La Segunda Cooperativa Limitada Seguros Generales (La Segunda) was founded on 27 October 1958 and thus, it is celebrating its 56 anniversary.
Cooperativa de Telecomunicaciones Santa Cruz (COTAS) was founded on 16 October 1960 and thus, it is celebrating its 54 anniversary.
Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples del Centro Limitada (CENTROCOOP) was founded on 20 October 1963 and thus, it is celebrating its 51 anniversary.
Instiuto de Desarrollo y Crédito Cooperativo (IDECOOP) was founded on 25 October 1963 and thus, it is celebrating its 51 anniversary.
Banco Cooperativo COOPCENTRAL (COOPCENTRAL) was founded on 30 October 1964 and thus, it is celebrating its 50 anniversary.
Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito San Martín de Porres Limitada (COSMart) was founded on 13 October 1965 and thus, it is celebrating its 49 anniversary.
Cooperativa del Personal de la Universidad de Chile Limitada (COOPEUCH) was founded on 31 October 1967 and thus, it is celebrating its 47 anniversary.
Cooperativo de Ahorro y Crédito Abaco (CAC Abaco) was founded on 28 October 1981 and thus, it is celebrating its 33 anniversary.
Confederación Paraguaya de Cooperativas (CONPACOOP) was founded on 15 October 1991 and thus, it is celebrating its 23 anniversary.
Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples de Profesionales de Enfermería (COOPROENF) was founded on 19 October 1995 and thus, it is celebrating its 19 anniversary.
Confederación Nacional Cooperativa de Actividades Diversas de la República Mexicana (CNC) was founded on 28 October 1998 and thus, it is celebrating its 16 anniversary.
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New York, NY, January 21, 2009 — According to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), children in rural Niger who received ready-to-use food in addition to their normal diet were nearly 60 percent less likely to progress to the most life-threatening form of malnutrition than children whose diets were not supplemented.More >
Paris/Niamey, October 21, 2008 — Three months after Nigerien authorities suspended the activities of the French section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international medical humanitarian organization is calling for an immediate resumption of its nutritional operations in the Maradi region.More >
Niamey, Niger, October 1, 2008 — Ten weeks after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of MSF is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. A new memorandum of understanding was drafted between the Ministry of Public Health and MSF, but the authorities of Niger have yet to sign it.More >
Paris, July 26, 2008 -On July 22, 2008, the French section of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was informed of a decree issued by the Minister of Interior of Niger, Albade Abouba, suspending MSF's authorizations to work in Niger. "MSF wishes to continue to work in agreement with the authorities of Niger in order to continue its medical activities there," said Dr. Marie-Pierre Allie, president of the French section of MSF. "We are seeking a meeting with the presidency of Niger as well as with ministries to try to rectify this situation," she added.More >
Paris/Niamey, October 24, 2007 — On Monday, October 22, five men, one of whom was armed, attacked a team of Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) workers travelling in two vehicles by road from Agadez to Dabaga, in central Niger, where MSF has been providing medical care at the local health post since the start of October. The assailants seized the vehicles and their contents. The team of six—one doctor, one nurse, one logistics specialist, one pharmacist and two drivers—made their way to the nearest village on foot and were able to return to Agadez.More >


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Steering Committee Meeting Notes
We are posting all notes from our meetings as of October of this year. If you need to see any documents or notes before that date, please contact Libby Clarke.
Meeting Notes
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The Superbus might be best branded a misfit given its unorthodox nature. This massively long car, or bus, travels at a speed of up to 155mph and is designed for cities that don't want to invest in a permanent railway system. Range is purported to be just over 125 miles.
It measures 15 meters long, and 8 individual doors provide access for up to 23 passengers. Power is derived from an electric motor and rechargeable battery system. To increase safety, they've instituted a obstacle detection systems, and promise high maneuverability and formidable breaking power.


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- Lara Stein
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TED Licensing Director,
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How do we capture the collective wisdom and engage the global TEDx communities?
There have been over 1400 TEDx events globally. Each of these TEDx events are nurturing incredible local communities. These communities value education and the power of ideas to change the world. How do we connect these communities and share their collective wisdom?
How do we help these communities take action, both locally and globally?
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Feb 11 2011: I think we are missing a special platform to share all those achievements that captures some information about tools and initiatives that solve little and big problems.
I'd love to have such and easy app that we, as TEDx organizers, could fill with information, get keywords and associate them as our own brain do it. Actually there's no way to do this as perfect as our brain do, but we have to start from scratch, old way, excel sheet...
Maybe a crowdsource idea association or something like that. If we can capture such ideas association, we could expand it to a semantic robot that could do this for us.
It's challenging to think about it and how to solve.
Sometime ago I thought about TEDxTalks Youtube channel video description. If we can put all those descriptions in a database, we will have data to start.
I've captured some time ago 2,000 descriptions from TEDxTalks, but I lost my hard drive and I didn't have backup! (shame on me). This took me hours and hours of work. If each TEDxOrganizer could do from your own event, this could facilitate the job. Can you propose this task to licensees google group? They could come up with ideas to enhance such data analysis.
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Yesterday the Indiana House pulled a proposal to have the state's public schools consider having employees, including teachers and principals, carry guns during school hours.
House members in a voice vote without dissent approved a Republican amendment that stripped mentions of the armed employee's proposal from a bill on school security.
Lawmakers decided to send the idea to a study a committee. A report from the committee is expected back by December 1st.


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This is delicious - especially given I used all frozen vegatables! It is a little salty, so maybe look for low-sodium broth and tomatoes? I was worried the country ham was supposed to be pre-cooked, but that is not the case. My entire family loved it (age 4 - 40!). Add this to your week night list!
Chicken-and-Vegetable Stew
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I also add some diced white potatoes. Better than Mrs. Fearnow's! My family loves it and it is easy to make.
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This soup is delicious! It's more like a cross between a stew and a soup. My husband loves it. I would not change a thing about the recipe, it's delicious just the way it is!
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I made this for dinner last night and it was pretty good. I was really surprised at how much flavor it had without cooking for very long. I will say that it seems to be missing something.... after trying it, I threw the rest of the country home in there which doubled the amount of ham in the recipe, which didn't impact it all that much. The fiancé thought it was great, so that's a plus - just not my favorite. Easy, fast meal with lots of leftovers for busy people!


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In my long treks across the Internet, I have seen some pretty strange viewpoints. "Gays need to be exorcised", "I'm getting a divorce because gays are getting married", etc. But none of those things bother me as much as this quote from docp:
"If someone is getting upset about [using "gay" as an insult] I think that's their problem. I use it as a generic insult with no intent to insult homosexuals, if someone takes it for something else then that's their problem."
It does not matter what your intent is. If I say "Black people are bad!" when I really mean "Could you pass me the salt?" then that is MY problem for using a hurtful and wildly inappropriate phrase to say a very simple thing. If you don't intend to hurt homosexuals, just don't call something "gay". This should be such an easy problem to fix- there are plenty of other words to use that don't potentially harm millions of human beings.
Also, identifying yourself as gay ingame is not "bringing real life issues into the game." Homosexuality is not an issue. It is a trait- part of someone's identity. What IS an issue is calling something "gay" when you don't like it. GLAAD is not bringing any issues into the game. They are trying to educate people about an issue that hurts many players daily so that it can be corrected. Then everyone can move on with their life and loot more leet purps.


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For almost three years, BRAIN FRAME has simmered under the skin of our city: a rich, warm broth, regularly supplemented with new artists and weird ideas, deepening in flavor profile and nutritional value from its fetid, fertile inception to its highfaluting finale. BRAIN FRAME relentlessly, raucously flaunts the conventions of the comics medium through performance, interpretation, and multidisciplinary experimentation. You're invited to a special peek into the thoughts and process behind the show.
BRAIN FRAME: EXPLAINED is a special event for new and experienced audience members. This show is FREE and ALL AGES. Contents include:
1) Lyra Hill, BRAIN FRAME founder, organizer, and emcee, delivers a humorous lecture on the origins and evolution of the show.
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BRAIN FRAME: EXPLAINED is a part of the Chicago Zine Fest's Exhibition Day. Please come for the day and browse the Fest! Brain Frame will have a table where you may buy posters, prints, comics, and work by the performing cartoonists.
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Kol Nidre Showed Me What It Means To Truly Belong in the Jewish Community
The Yom Kippur prayer unites everyone who hears it. Twenty-five years after I converted, it still gives me goose bumps.
On Yom Kippur two years ago, I sat in synagogue, trying to come up with a pithy slogan for Smith Magazine's six-word memoir challenge: What's the essence of Jewish life in six words? At first I toyed with options about the holiday: "Yom Kippur: fast, pray, sleep, serenity." But I decided that wasn't really me, because for me Yom Kippur is more of an emotional experience than just a day to fast and complain about it. I had plenty of time to ponder, though, and after the solemn day was over, I submitted my six-word memoir summing up the essence of my Jewish life: Kol Nidre gives me goose pimples.
Kol Nidre is the opening prayer of Yom Kippur, sung in its own haunting melody at the beginning of the holiest day in Judaism. Although I'd heard it sung several times at Yom Kippur services since I converted from Catholicism 25 years ago, I didn't fall in love with Kol Nidre until I heard it sung by the beautiful baritone voice of Cantor Julius Solomon at Rodfei Zedek, the Conservative congregation my husband and I joined after we graduated from the University of Chicago's Hillel in the mid-1990s.
I used to believe that what I wanted most in a shul was a rabbi who was a good speaker—I had been missing great sermons when I attended the Modern Orthodox minyan in the basement of the Hillel mansion. But it turned out that the cantor's plaintive singing at Rodfei Zedek moved me more than any sermon ever did. When the cantor sang those first few notes—a sliver of sobbing laced between the high and low notes, invoking centuries of Jewish pleading with God—what had been just another prayer somehow got under my skin and became an experience. There I was, in the sanctuary that is never as full as it is on Yom Kippur, amid all these people wrapped in prayer shawls, all of us standing and listening to the cantor repeating Kol Nidre three times, each time a little louder. As I alternatively looked down at my prayer book and surveyed the crowd, I felt a shiver crawling up my arms, and I thought to myself, "This is what it means to belong to something larger than yourself."
My first Yom Kippur after I converted, we had moved from Germany so I could attend the University of Chicago, and we planned to attend services at Hillel. I wasn't thinking about Kol Nidre at that point; I was worried about my first time fasting on Yom Kippur. Little did I know that there was a larger emotional hurdle to overcome that day: Yizkor. I had an inkling that this was important, because my mother-in-law, who was otherwise not observant, would go to shul only once a year, on Yom Kippur, to say Yizkor for her parents—especially her mother, who had perished in Auschwitz.
Since my father had died three years earlier, I figured I would say Yizkor. It hadn't occurred to me yet that it might be awkward to say a Jewish prayer for a non-Jewish parent. My husband had told me that it was inappropriate for him to stay in the sanctuary during Yizkor, as both his parents were still alive. That shouldn't have bothered me, since we were already separated during services by the mechitzah, a wobbly wooden frame with ivory lace stretched over it. (At Hillel, the Orthodox Minyan's "sanctuary" was really a plain basement where foldout chairs faced a cupboard holding the Torah.) Nevertheless, as my husband left that room, I had no one to glance at for an approving nod.
When the Yizkor service progressed to the individual devotions, I dutifully found the Prayer for a Father. As soon as I read "May God remember the soul of my father," I felt tears well up, and by "may his soul be bound," I was crying. A woman named Carole who was praying alongside me stepped closer, patted my back, and handed me a tissue. "It's OK," she whispered. "It's OK to cry." She kept patting my back and stayed right there. By the time the more general prayer for a deceased man appeared on the next page, I had to sit down, close the prayer book, and give in to the wave of sorrow that was sweeping over me. I never forgot Carole's kindness, her comforting me, a stranger, in just the right way that first Yom Kippur. She was to become a dear friend, and it turned out that she was a fellow convert. Perhaps that was why she recognized a lost soul that first Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur is, for me, about the emotional connection to those who have gone before us, not only our loved ones, but generations of Jews. The machzor, the prayer book for the High Holy Days, contains many moving piyyut (prayer-poems), and many of these go back to the Middle Ages. A footnote might explain that the prayer Unetaneh Tokef (Let us tell how overwhelming [is the holiness of this day]) goes back to Rabbi Amnon, who had his feet and hands cut off as punishment for not giving up his faith as the rulers of 11th century Mainz wanted him to. While such gruesome tales make me cringe, I still read those footnotes while listening to the hymns, and I hope that the twinge of horror I feel can be a small tribute to those sacrifices.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The number of emergency
department visits that involved underage drinking jumped by more
than 250 percent on New Year's Day two years ago, compared with
other days of the year, a new U.S. study reveals.
Researchers with the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration found that an estimated 1,980 emergency
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The national average for such visits during the year as a whole was
546 per day.
Compared with other national holidays, the number of admissions
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higher than on Memorial Day and 110 percent higher than on the
Fourth of July, the researchers explained.
"This stunning increase in underage drinking-related emergency room visits on New Year's Day should be a wake-up call to parents, community leaders and all caring adults about the potential risks our young people face for alcohol-related accidents, injuries and death during this time of year," Pamela S. Hyde, the agency's administrator, said in a news release.
"Parents, clergy, coaches, teachers and other role models must do everything they can to positively influence young people -- including talking with them early and often about the many health dangers underage drinking poses to their physical and emotional health and well-being," Hyde urged.
Kenneth R. Warren, acting director of the U.S. National
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"very troubling" and said that it was "in line with what we already
know about the increase in alcohol-related problems during the
winter holidays."
"For example, during Christmas and New Year's, two to three times more people die in alcohol-related crashes than during comparable periods the rest of the year," Warren said. "And 40 percent of traffic fatalities during these holidays involve a driver who is alcohol-impaired, compared to 28 percent for the rest of December."
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Officer Sam Clemens says the extra patrol will work from six tomorrow night until two Saturday morning.
Clemens says the additional officers will concentrate on moving violations such a DWI, red light running, speeding and failure to wear seatbelts.
Clemens says police don't always announce saturation patrols.