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Narciso Rodriguez Fall 2013
"I've been searching for some inspiration," said Grace Jones—and nearly every designer this week who's been asked about their collection. There's perhaps no question more banal nor more telling. And yet in Narciso Rodriguez's case, that 1982 song was the inspiration. Rodriguez's sound track was a mix of Jones's lyrics, dialogue from Nico's movies, music by rapper Young Star and house act Pulse—an inventive mix to say the least. "We just made a different kind of mini symphony," the designer said after the show, "which is really what the collection was about."
But the clothes he presented for fall felt more coherent than that and, actually, more akin to what he then mentioned was another source of inspiration: Brazilian artist Lygia Clark, whose work he encountered at the São Paulo Biennial last year. The folds and architecture of her sculptures were echoed in Rodriguez's designs. He showed minimal, angular blazers over tops with asymmetrical hems that folded back and forth to create layers. They started out in stark black-and-white, but then Rodriguez smartly engaged his strong understanding of color and combined pieces in navy, magenta, and a sort of matte tangerine. The overall look was typically streamlined, if not as restricted as he's shown in the past. There were also a lot of slip dresses, mixing crepe and silk, with sharp, geometric seams and jagged hems. (Slip dresses and white dresses, in particular, are showing up a lot this season.) A few more modestly cut versions with high necks came in rich tones like magenta and teal.
Rodriguez returned to black for evening with a series of partially embroidered looks in a high-tech, laser-bonded fabric that was a mix of materials like charmeuse and latex. It was hard to tell whether it was a print or actually woven. The boxy tops felt downright voluminous for someone so associated with a body-con silhouette. "I think you need options," he said.
Then Rodriguez continued: "I'm so energized," he said in his typical deadpan manner. "What's been fun has been working on accessories and thinking about the total picture." He added that this collection, perhaps more than others, was borne of infinite sketches. "If you want to see more, come down to the atelier," he added. It's clear he found his inspiration.


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Gigabyte Technology has revealed more details about the three 10.1-inch netbooks - the Touch Note T1028, Booktop M1022, and Thin Note S1024 - that it plans to showcase at CeBIT this year.
The Touch Note T1028 series adopts Intel's Atom N270 CPU and 945GSE chipset and features a rotatable touchscreen panel. The T1028 will be launched on March 20 this year with prices starting at NT$17,900 (US$514).
The Booktop M1022 will be available in either Atom N270/945GSE or the new N280/GN40 models and be priced at around NT$16,900-17,900 when it launches on April 13, Gigabyte detailed.
Finally, the Thin Note S1024 will adopt the Atom N270/945GSE and come with either a 60GB or 80GB hard drive. The main highlight of the S1024 is its weight at 890g, said Gigabyte. The S1024 will be launched on April 24 priced at NT$16,900. The company will also launch a version priced below US$400 for emerging markets.
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- Zhou: "We've made a withdrawal that the bank found somewhat disagreeable. Terrible customer service. I won't bank here again. Do you have that costume?"
- Huang: "Sure. You've just robbed a bank. Forget about the getaway car - concentrate on looking like a doofus. And you're the intelligent one?"
- Zhou: "You have no imagination, Huang. You're like a robot."
- —Zhou Ming and Huang Lee making an escape
Dragon Haul Z is a mission given to the player by Zhou Ming in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
First, meet up with Zhou Ming in Lower Easton. He tells you that his gang is planning a heist at the Bank of Liberty and to escape from the cops and avoid police detection, he plans to escape with Huang, and his gang through a Chinatown Festival in a festive costume. He tells Huang to steal one of the costumes that is being transported.
A truck transporting a costume will be marked on your radar, be sure to damage it enough so that the drivers get out, but not enough to destroy it, after you steal the truck, take it to the alley behind the bank.
Once you, Zhou, and his gang dress up in the dragon outfit, you'll be in a part of Chinatown to rehearse and get used to controlling the dragon. You'll need to walk to certain marked waypoints to follow the performance order, and when you need to turn around, or breathe fire, use the shown controls to perform each move.
After you are finished with the rehearsal, you will move into a street, using what you learned previously, perform each move, trying not to raise the suspicion bar. After going through the street, the gang will split up and Zhou will thank you for your help.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Zhou's raid is due to start soon. Intercept the delivery truck
- Stop the truck, but don't destroy the costume
- Go to the Bank Of Liberty
- Head for the waypoint
- Head for the waypoint
- Head for the special move marker
- Head for the waypoint
- Head for the special move marker
- Head for the waypoint
- Head for the special move marker
- Head for the waypoint
- Head for the special move marker
- Make your way through the parade without blowing your cover
The reward for completing this mission is $1000. The mission The Offshore Offload is unlocked (after completing Sa-boat-age).
- This mission's name is based off "Dragon Ball Z", a popular anime from Japan, but it works well; Dragon costume, Truck hauling, Z(hou).
- This might be the second time the Chinatown branch of Bank of Liberty is robbed in-game, the first time done in GTA IV during the mission Three Leaf Clover.
Mission Replay description
"Zhou robbed the Bank of Liberty and escaped using an 'ingenius' disguise.
I stole a dragon costume and we used that to mingle with the crowd during the Chinatown celebrations.
It worked! I'm not sure who's more stupid - Zhou or the crowd."'
Video Walkthroughs
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Seahawks hammer Chargers in 41-14 preseason victory - Aug. 15, 2014
Running back Robert Turbin #22 of the Seattle Seahawks runs with the ball during the first quarter of the game against the San Diego Chargers at CenturyLink Field on August 15, 2014 in Seattle,Wa. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Russell Wilson ran for a pair of touchdowns as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the San Diego Chargers, 41-14, in preseason action on Friday night.
Wilson completed 11-of-13 passes for 121 yards and added 31 yards rushing on four carries for Seattle. Robert Turbin carried the ball 12 times for 81 yards and a score and Percy Harvin caught four passes for 31 yards in the triumph.
Philip Rivers, who played one series, was 2-of-4 for 20 yards, while his backup Kellen Clemens finished 14-of-21 for 149 yards and two scores for the Chargers. Keenan Allen hauled in a 13-yard TD pass in defeat.
The Seahawks put up the first 24 points of the game. Turbin opened the scoring with a 1-yard TD plunge and Steven Hauschka added a 38-yard field goal in the first before TD runs of one and five yards by Wilson, respectively, gave Seattle its healthy cushion late in the second.
Clemens hit Allen with a 13-yard TD pass to get San Diego on the board late in the half.
Hauschka's 55-yard field goal and Jake Byrne's 3-yard TD catch provided the scoring in the third as Seattle headed into the fourth with a 27-14 advantage.
TD runs of 44 and six yards by Terrelle Pryor and B.J. Daniels, respectively, capped the scoring in the fourth.


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Country music star Garth Brooks prevailed on every issue Thursday in his $226,000 lawsuit against a former employee who said the money was a gift, not a loan.
The jury of four men and three women deliberated for one hour before telling U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger that Lisa Sanderson owed Brooks for the loan, as well as interest for the past half-dozen years, legal fees and collection costs.
Neither Brooks nor Sanderson showed any emotion at the announcement of the verdict. After a brief explanation of the verdict by the jury foreman, they and their lawyers left the courtroom quietly.
Sanderson was CEO of Red Strokes Entertainment Inc., Brooks' movie and television production company in California. The jury denied Sanderson's claim for retirement after Red Strokes closed in 2010 because there was no legal documentation proving that she was owed any compensation.
"After 18 years, (Sanderson) should have ensured that there was documentation on that, especially since she has a child," the jury foreman said.
The money at issue in the lawsuit was determined to be a loan because many emails and letters passed between Sanderson and members of Brooks' staff referred to the funds as a "loan."
"The money was handed over," the foreman said. "The documents call it a loan. That's just the way it works."
When asked by the judge if she had the money to repay the loan, Sanderson said "absolutely not."
The three-day trial concluded after the testimony from Sanderson, the only witness called for the defense, and a brief rebuttal by Brooks.
The attorneys for Brooks spoke of the entertainer's great generosity to Sanderson over the years, including a $19,000 plane charter he paid for to fly her to Memphis after her dad's heart attack, and three separate gifts of $10,000.
"How did she repay this generosity?" asked John Haubenreich. "By filing a lawsuit against him in California, which included a description of Mr. Brooks of being a 'paranoid, angry, deceitful and vindictive man.' "
In that lawsuit, she also said that Brooks "revels in using his wealth and influence to crush anyone who gets in the way."
In the federal court lawsuit in Nashville, however, Sanderson described Brooks as being like family. "He's my brother. That's just our relationship, we're so close," she said.
The $226,000 was paid by Brooks through Red Strokes. The payments went to her lawyers and were used for her two-year child custody dispute with her former husband.
Brooks had testified that he had gone into "great detail" with Sanderson about a repayment plan multiple times.
Sanderson had insisted that she had no knowledge of such a deal. The jury accepted Brooks' version of events.


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A "Quick Six" with Lili K
Published Nov. 20, 2011
The very first sentence of Milwaukee High School of the Arts' mission statement states that their existence in Milwaukee is "to provide an educational experience which enables all students to nurture their academic and artistic talents to the fullest." This is the goal of MHSA graduate Lili Kryzanek. She, like many who attend or have attended Milwaukee High School of the Arts, has dreams of taking her years of training and turning it into a career in music.


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Fall Literary Festival to host 3 top writers
Contact: Margaret Lamb, 803.777.5400 firstname.lastname@example.com
The University of South Carolina will host some of the literary world's most notable writers for the annual Fall Literary Festival in November.
Poet Maggie Dietz, Pulitzer-Prize winner Junot Díaz and best-selling nature writer David Gessner will talk about writing, read from their works and sign books in the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library.
Maggie Dietz
Dietz launched the popular festival on Nov. 3. Díaz's visit is set for Nov. 8, and Gessner will conclude the festival on Nov. 17. Each event will begin at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Díaz's and Gessner's books will be on sale in the Brittain Gallery.
Dietz' book of poems, "Perennial Fall," won the 2007 Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry. She is credited with bringing poetry to the general public as director of the American Favorite Poem Project. With U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky, she co-edited three anthologies related to the project: "Americans' Favorite Poems," "Poems to Read" and "An Invitation to Poetry." She is also assistant poetry editor at Slate.
Her work has appeared in such esteemed journals as Poetry, Ploughshares, Agni, Harvard Review and Salmagundi. The Book Review wrote that "(her) lippy candor is invigorating in a wish-I'd-thought-of-that way."
Junot Diaz
Díaz has been called "one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices" by the New York Times. He is best-known for his book, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He is also the author of "Drown," and his fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize XXII and The O. Henry Prize Stories 2009. He is the fiction editor at the Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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Now, this is some cool stuff…
The work of Jeffrey Fulvimari, known for his illustrations of pretty young women with irresistible eyes, can be seen virtually everywhere — from mannequins featured in TV commercials to illustrations for Madonna's children's books, The English Roses. His work has also adorned all different types of products, including wallets, pouches, towels, schedule organizers, and bags. In celebration of his 10-year anniversary since launching his career in Japan, CWC is opening a store dedicated to all things Jeffrey, allowing his fans access to all of his products under one roof. You can check it out here. And his gallery here.
And here's the amazing thing – Jeffrey uses Sharpies to create a lot of his work. To think that Sharpie had a hand in these creations is humbling.
One thing Jeffrey has done over the years to help give back is his Fashion Plate solo exhibitions. He held one held recently to benefit the Los Angles County Department of Child and Family Services. Jeffrey explains how his Fashion Plates came to be:
The show was in part inspired by something that my friend, the illustrator Tobie Giddio, said to me a long time ago. She said that illustration is always a service, and what we do is service to someone's vision, whether it be a designer or a writer, etc. So, the plates are a perfect metaphor for 'a serving.' And also the title Fashion Plates was too good to pass up. So I drew on paper plates. I also like taking something really overlooked and disregarded and turning it into art, in a pop kind of way, or inspired by the readymades of Marcel Duchamp. I also use file folders.
Jeffrey has won numerous awards including a Grammy for his work with Ella Fitzgerald. He has worked with fashion designers Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs, and singer Tori Amos, among others. Below he answers some questions about his work:
How did you get started as an artist?
I started coloring like everyone else when I was two years old, and just never stopped. I basically get paid to "color".
Tell us a little about your genre. Are there lots of artists who do what you do? Where are they concentrated? What makes your work stand out from the rest?
I'm basically a commercial artist. When I started I drew many different things, but my drawings of girls became popular and became the most in demand subject that I drew. It's not like I am even really particularly interested in fashion or "girly" things, it's just that illustration in the market place has the most applications with a female customer than with a male customer. Women respond better to illustration than men do. A woman is more likely to warm up to a product that has cartoon representations of women around it than a man is to the similar usage of a cartoon of a man.
How would you describe your style?
I was influenced by the artists Ben Shahn the most, and Andy Warhol's early illustration style, but he was also influenced by Ben Shahn. I actually became obsessed with Ben Shahn's work in high school, well before I even knew that Andy Warhol had been an illustrator. This is my line style. I also try to draw things that are uplifting and happy. But I try to make it not boring. Hopefully I succeed most of the time.
How did you come to use Sharpie markers in your work?
I have always used Sharpies since high school. They are just the most solid ink pens around. The ink does not smear and it's permanent. The classic Sharpie pen also has the sturdiest pen nib with the best shape.
What seems to get the most attention or is most coveted by others? Why do you think people are drawn to your work?
I think people like my work because it doesn't really "talk down" to them. I have really attempted to create a style that technically is not intimidating, or seems hard to do, because I am trying to speak to young people out there who are talented in drawing or painting and have the entire world telling them to give it up because "they will never make any money at it". I am trying to show these kids that illustration and drawing are a very viable way to make a living. I grew up working class and had a lot of discouragement, even though I was a bit of a prodigy with drawing.
I draw with pen and ink, and then scan it in and do finishing work in Photoshop. Sometimes it takes a few minutes and sometimes it takes weeks. It depends on my state of mind at the time, how much of a workload I have, or how long my deadline is. Or how complicated the drawing is.
What are your inspirations?
I love artists like Dr. Seuss and Charles Shultz. Keith Haring is pretty cool too, and Jean Michel Basquiat.
What statement are you trying to make, if any? What do you want people take from your art?
What I said about showing young people that creativity is a viable way to make a living in this world.
Sharpie's tagline is "Write Out Loud!" Does this apply to your work and if so, how?
Well, drawing involves a certain amount of confidence. You have to make your mark with skill and ease….so in a way this is like a proclamation.


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A Queen Monopoly Game Is on Its Way
Brian May says the Queen-themed board game has been in development for over a year. It'll be available (appropriately enough) this May!
The board game will take fans through pivotal moments in the iconic band's history.
"I'm excited -- it was a blast working on it," wrote the guitarist in a statement on his website. "[It was] like making an album! We hope you love it!"
May shared some photos of the game over the weekend via social media.
A little teaser for your enjoyment. Yes ! QUEEN Monopoly should be in your local shop in May ! Bri pic.twitter.com/VhNhIJ4DDO— Dr. Brian May (@DrBrianMay) March 20, 2017
There are aesthetic and strategic changes to the game as well to go with the theme.
Instead of becoming some lecherous real-estate mogul, Queen-themed Monopoly challenges fans to build the band's career from the beginning, all the while avoiding the very real rock perils of "taxes, jail and bankruptcy."
Players are challenged to "buy gig locations and hit singles," according to the game's description.
And, of course, Monopoly's famous player tokens have been revamped to fit with the Queen theme.
See if you can guess what each one stands for by looking at May's recent Instagram post:
The game will be available May 5.
Photos: Getty Images / Twitter / Instagram


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In the News - May 2012
Gay rights fight: Win some, lose some
North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment May 8 to ban gay marriage, which was already illegal by statute. Of the 2.1 million votes, 61% favored and 39% opposed the amendment. It adds two sentences to the section on marriage:
"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This section does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party; nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts."
Churches were very involved in the election, with the vast majority opposed to same-sex marriage. Patrick Wooden, a black Pentecostal pastor in Raleigh, denounced Barack Obama from the pulpit for being "in support of sin" a few days after the amendment passed and Obama came out publicly for equal marriage rights for gays.
The LGBT issue is dividing congregations and denominations around the U.S. United Methodists voted in May to uphold a ban on ordaining gay ministers.
In Colorado, a civil unions bill opposed by most churches was killed 5-4 in committee May 14 after the governor called a special session to deal with the bill that Republicans had filibustered in regular session.
Also on May 14, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order declaring the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones.
In Arizona, Pius X trumps Title IX
Paige Sultzbach, 15, is the only girl on her Mesa, Ariz., baseball team. A team from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School in Phoenix forfeited the championship game to Mesa on May 10 rather than face a female player.
Paige sat out two earlier games against the Catholic team but refused to miss the championship game.
The school said in a statement that "proper boundaries can only be respected with difficulty" in co-ed sports. The ultra-conservative Society of Saint Pius X operates Our Lady of Sorrows.
Study: Church scams total $35 billion
The Wall Street Journal reported May 7 that of the $569 billion that churchgoers and others are expected to donate to Christian causes worldwide in 2012, about $35 billion or 6% of the total will end up in the hands of "money launderers, embezzlers, tax evaders or unscrupulous ministers living too high on the hog." The articles cites a study by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass.
The article notes that churches aren't required to file IRS Form 990 that other 501(c)(3) nonprofits must file. [FFRF does file the 990, which makes its financial operation transparent for donors and the public.]
Study: 'Modest' decline in religious belief
A recent study by University of Chicago sociologist Tom Smith, "Beliefs about God across Time and Countries," summarized May 14 in Foreign Policy, looked at "belief in God" in 30 countries between 1991 and 2008. Citizens of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had the highest rate of atheism at 52%.
Nations with high numbers of nonbelievers: The Czech Republic, 40%; France, 23%; the Netherlands, 20%; and Sweden, 19%.
The most religious country in the survey was the Philippines, where 84% are sure God exists. In the U.S., 61% are sure of the existence of God. The study concludes, "Belief in God has decreased in most countries, but the declines are quite modest."
Judge Roy Moore back to high court?
Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice famous for a 5,000-pound Ten Commandments monument, won 50.14% of the Republican primary vote in March and will face a Democrat in November in the race for Supreme Court chief justice. Moore, 65, held the job in 2001-03 but was forced out when he defied a federal order to remove the monument in the rotunda in the Judicial Building in Montgomery.
A nine-member judicial ethics panel voted unanimously to remove Moore from office for flouting the order.
"Roy Moore is a walking, talking argument against judicial elections," Alex Koppelman wrote March 14 in The New Yorker.
Compassion motivates nonbelievers more
A new study from the University of California-Berkeley shows "highly religious people are less motivated by compassion to show generosity than are nonbelievers."
The results challenge a widespread assumption that acts of charity are largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said.
Social psychologist and study co-author Robb Willer said, "Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not. The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity or reputational concerns."
Singer's fans go gaga, Islamic groups don't
Reuters reported that pop star Lady Gaga has been banned from performing as scheduled June 3 in Jakarta, Indonesia, because of objections by Islamic groups about her "vulgar" style.
While Indonesia is officially a secular state, it has the world's largest Muslim population.
"She's a vulgar singer who wears only panties and a bra when she sings, and she stated she is the envoy of the devil's child and that she will spread satanic teaching," said Salim Alatas of the Islamic Defender Front.
More than 30,000 tickets had been sold, ranging in price from 465,000 rupiah ($50.35) to 2.25 million rupiah ($240).
Study: Churches too involved with politics
A Pew Forum poll conducted March 7-11 asked, "Should churches and other houses of worship keep out of political matters or should they express their views on day-to-day social and political matters?"
Results: Keep out, 54%; express views, 40%
Another poll statement: "There has been too much expression of religious faith and prayer by political leaders."
Nearly half of Democrats (46%), 24% of Republicans and 42% of independents said there's been too much discussion.
Oregon couple charged in son's death
Brandi and Russel Bellew, Creswell, Ore., are charged with second-degree manslaughter in the December death of Austin Sprout, 16, of an "undisclosed treatable ailment." The family attends the General Assembly and the Church of the First Born, which puts prayer over medical care. Both of the Bellew's previous spouses died at young ages, as did two of Russel Bellew's children from his first marriage, according to a story in the Eugene Register-Guard.
Six of the couple's children were made wards of the state April 16 while they await trial.
Egyptian, 17, sentenced for mocking Islam
An Egyptian court sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail April 4 for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that mocked Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Gamal Abdou Massoud was also accused of distributing his cartoons to friends in the city of Assiut.
About 10% of Egypt's population of 80 million are Christians.
'Monkey bill enacted in Tennessee'
Tennessee joined Louisiana April 10 as the second state to authorize teachers to "teach the controversy" about evolution and global warming. The Tennessee bill became law without Gov. Bill Haslam's signature. Haslam refused to veto the bill, which he called flawed: "Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion."
The National Center for Science Education headlined the story on its website as "Monkey bill enacted in Tennessee."
"Telling students that evolution and climate change are scientifically controversial is miseducating them," said Eugenie Scott, the group's executive director.
Florida robber made his victim pray
Tampa Bay Online reported April 13 that a robber made his victim, a pizza delivery driver, pray while he pointed a gun at him and took $100, according to sheriff's deputies in Manatee County, Fla.
The robber made the victim lay on the ground. Then the robber said a prayer and made the victim repeat the prayer.
Actor dies portraying Judas' suicide
Tiago Klimeck, 27, died on Easter Sunday from accidental hanging while reenacting the suicide of Judas on Good Friday in Itarare, Brazil. Klimeck was hanging for about four minutes before fellow performers realized something was wrong.
Faith-healing case to Wis. high court
A Wisconsin state appeals court has asked the state Supreme Court to decide if jurors wrongly convicted Dale and Leilani Neumann for the 2008 death of their daughter, Kara, 11, of undiagnosed diabetes. The couple prayed but sought no medical help.
"We submit that it is appropriate for Wisconsin's highest court to determine the scope of the prayer treatment exception and to inform trial courts regarding the appropriate jury instructions when the exception is raised in a reckless homicide case," said the May 1 ruling from the Wausau-based Third District Court of Appeals.
The parents were sentenced to six months in jail, 10 years' probation and 120 hours of community service, with the jail terms stayed pending appeals.
'Wasted Without Jesus' shirt roils school
William Swinimer, a high school student in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, was suspended for five days for wearing a shirt that said "Life Is Wasted Without Jesus" and for repeatedly proselytizing schoolmates. When he returned May 7, reported the Halifax Chronicle Herald, students held a forum to discuss religious beliefs and freedom of speech.
William was unable to participate though, because his father came to school waving the bible at media and took William home. "He will not attend this school unless they are having readin', writin' and 'rithmetic, good old-fashioned academics. When they're having forums, when they're having other extracurricular activities, he will not attend that school."
Judith Sullivan-Corney, School Board chairwoman, said she could not discuss all the issues involved due to confidentiality. "Unfortunately, it all became about the T-shirt."
Riley Gibb-Smith, 15, said, "This thing never was about a shirt. He's telling kids they'll burn in hell if they don't confess themselves to Jesus."
There is no nice way of saying it. Our [ultra-Orthodox Jewish] community protects molesters. Other than that, we are wonderful.
Pearl Engelman, whose great-grandson reported he was molested as a child at the United Talmudical Academy, which allowed the alleged perpetrator to return to teaching
New York Times, 5-10-12
FFRF and Whiteville settle lawsuit over crosses
Virginia School Removes Ten Commandments
FFRF stops religious references in Massachusetts government correspondence (May 24, 2012)
Massachusetts Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) will now refrain from making inappropriate religious references in their correspondence.
An HHS employee forwarded FFRF an official letter from a DCF employee which included the phrase "may God richly bless you." FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt noted that "the United States Supreme Court has held that public officials may not seek to advance or promote religion" in her Jan. 25 letter to HHS Chief of Staff Stacey Monahan.
Monahan replied after FFRF sent a March 19 follow-up letter. She said the departments "regret any offense engendered," and affirmed that they would "caution employees generally regarding inappropriate religious references in communications made in their official capacities."
FFRF kicks cross out of Nebraska state park (May 23, 2012)
Indian Caves State Park in Shubert, Neb., has removed a large, wooden cross from its property after receiving a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote to Ron Stave, Chair of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, on May 22: "No court of final resort has ever upheld the government's permanent display of a Latin cross on public land as constitutional. The inherent religious significance of the Latin cross is undeniable and is not disguisable."
The director of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission responded promptly, notifying FFRF the following day that the cross has been removed.
FFRF ends Granite City church sticker permit (May 15, 2012)
Granite City, Ill., residents will no longer have to tacitly endorse a church or face a fine, thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
The Granite City municipal code required residents to purchase and prominently display sticker permits on their car windows each year. This year's permit featured a photo of St. John United Church of Christ. Drivers who did not want to showcase the religious building faced up to $100 in fines for each day that the permit was not displayed. A local FFRF member opposed this use of city permits and contacted FFRF.
Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote to Granite City Mayor Edward Hagnauer in late April. Elliott pointed out that the mandatory church stickers violated the First Amendment rights of residents. "No person can be compelled to display a message that violates her rights of conscience," wrote Elliott. He added "The stickers give the impression to observers that the city approves of. . . St. John UCC."
In response to FFRF's complaint, the city council met on May 15 to adopt a resolution allowing residents to refrain from displaying the vehicle permits. The resolution provided that police would not enforce the sticker requirement. Residents would still have to pay the permit fee but a receipt would suffice as proof of a permit.
FFRF blocks prayer at Texas high school's football games (May 9, 2012)
Students and coaches will no longer be praying in the locker room at McAllen High School (McAllen, Texas), thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
McAllen's head football coach reportedly asked a student to recite the Lord's Prayer before each game. FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote to Superintendent James Ponce on Feb. 1: "The coaches' apparent organizing and obvious participation in a team prayer constitutes an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion."
Assistant Superintendent Mike Barrera responded after an April 18 follow-up letter, replying on May 9 that the district "has taken steps to orient staff and heighten awareness about the proper procedures involved in student led prayers at public events."
FFRF educates California high school (May 1, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has ensured that disclaimers will be placed on religious clubs' fliers at Foothill High School in Redding, Calif.
The school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes put out fliers inviting readers to an event called "Campus United" to "join…in a night of worship as God breaks down barriers between our schools and churches." FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote to Superintendent Jim Cloney on April 9, 2012: "It is important for a school district that allows such distribution to be cognizant of how that literature will be received by its students and parents and to exercise the control it retains over the content of that literature."
Cloney responded on May 1, saying that he agreed "that flyers announcing events such as this one typically carry a disclaimer to clarify that the event is sponsored by the club and not the school" and that future announcements would have the disclaimer.
FFRF tells Ohio teacher: Take the Sunday out of school (April 23, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has silenced a proselytizing first-grade teacher at Minford Elementary School in Minford, Ohio.
Prior to FFRF's complaint, young and impressionable first-grade students were subjected to bible lessons in their public school classroom. The offending teacher was cited with inserting religion into the curriculum during the holiday season. This teacher issued religious assignments and referred to Christmas as "Jesus' birthday." She also asked students to color a sheet depicting Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in a manger. The worksheet included an overtly and leading Christian question: "Who has a birthday on Christmas?" FFRF and its local complainant were concerned the teacher would continue "to teach biblical stories as fact and indoctrinating her very young students."
FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt first wrote to Superintendent Mark Wilcheck on Feb. 16: "No public school employee may urge religious points of view on students. If this teacher taught her students that Christmas was the day that Jesus was born, she violated basic constitutional principles."
It wasn't until Schmitt complained again in April that she received a response. A representative of the school district confirmed that the administration warned "all of the first grade teachers about the legal parameters for teaching about religion in the classroom."
FFRF ends prayer at North Carolina government training (April 23, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has ensured that there will be no further Christian prayers by government employees in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
FFRF received a complaint after three different Mecklenburg County employees gave sectarian prayers at a mandatory training luncheon for the county's Department of Social Services (DSS). In a Feb. 8 letter to DSS Director Mary Wilson, FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt informed the agency that "the prayers and statements made at the DSS training meeting on Jan. 25 impermissibly advanced Christianity and led a reasonable observer to believe that the department is endorsing not only religion over non-religion, but also Christianity over all other faiths."
After an April 18 follow-up letter, a county attorney responded on April 23, assuring FFRF that "the matter has been addressed and is resolved. The County and DSS are very much aware of Constitutional constraints placed on governmental behavior."


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British Lightweight Title
Chris Hoban v Tim Newman
British Flyweight Title 4 Man Tourney
Niko Gjoka
Martin Wong
Nathan Greyson
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MW Lee Chadwick v Valentino Petrescu
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FW Shay walsh v John Cullen
BW Mike Wooten v Jody Collins
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Unified amteur bouts also getting matched at
HW Tom Aspinall v Kristian Bircher
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Christian Holley at Lightweight?... He's a big welter!! They call him the animal for obvious reasons. He'll be mahoosive if he makes the cut.
i downt get it
youve got iche and christian at lw both with tbc why donot they just fight each other it looks a fair match up
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I'd expect to see more sex, the cheapest form of leisure there is.
It feels like a sufficiently meaningful and enjoyable activity that you might pursue it in your leisure time.
Assuming that members of Congress who live in D.C. are adults, they, too, will be permitted to get stoned at their leisure.
Demand for leisure services, on the other hand, should rise.
In 2007 though, there were outbreaks reported to the CDC on 21 leisure voyages, including one on the QE-II.
The game has been located, and Sir Donald can investigate at leisure.
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Besides, he felt so much more at leisure and at ease than on the former occasion.
I'll read it at my leisure, but at the present moment you might say what you can.
She had no leisure to look at, or speak to, Featherstonhaugh.
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The pace of the technology revolution in health care has been dramatic when viewed from the diagnostic (magnetic resonance imaging-MRI) or interventional (surgeries done through a laparoscope) standpoint. In fact, these are the types of things most people ponder when they think of technology and health care. The one thing that all such technology has in common is that they occur in physician offices or in the hospital. That is about to change.
Greater numbers of physicians are migrating away from paper charts and to electronic health records. Such a change will have a significant impact on how patients communicate and access health care in the future. Most of these systems have "web portals" that allow patients access to a host of functions, including the ability to view their medication lists and lab and test results, as well as the convenience of scheduling appointments and renewing prescriptions without picking up the phone. Patients also can ask for advice on simple concerns such as whether they need a pneumonia shot, or what to do about a cold.
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Perhaps Amsterdam's greatest charm is also its greatest enigma: How can such a gracious cultural centre with an incomparable romance also multitask as the most offbeat metropolis in the world?
Built on a latticework of concentric canals like an aquatic rainbow, this remains the City of Canals—but Amsterdam is no Venice, content to live on moonlight serenades and former glory. Rather, on nearly every street you'll find old and new side by side: quiet corners where time seems to be holding its breath next to neon-lit Kalverstraat, Red Light ladies strutting under the city's oldest church.
Indeed, Amsterdam has as many facets as a 40-carat diamond polished by one of the city's gem cutters, from the capital, and spiritual "downtown," of a nation ingrained with the principles of tolerance to a veritable Babylon of old-world charm. While impressive gabled houses bear witness to the Golden Age of the 17th century, their upside-down reflections in the city's canal waters below symbolize and magnify the contradictions within the broader Dutch society.
With a mere 730,000 friendly souls, 179 nationalities, and with almost everything a scant 10-minute bike ride away, Amsterdam is actually more of a village—albeit a largish global one—that happens to pack the cultural wallop of a megalopolis. There are scores of concerts every day, numerous museums, summertime festivals, and a legendary party scene. It's vibrant, but not static (which is why the entry of the Grachtengordel canal ring into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list has not been greeted with universal joy). The city is making concerted efforts to broaden its appeal with initiatives like Project 1012, which aims to diversify the economy of the Red Light District. Just like construction in the rest of the city, Project 1012 is a work in progress, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. The scaffolding has come down around Museumplein, and new architectural landmarks, such as the EYE Film Institute across the IJ, are up.
Despite the disruptions, it's impossible to resist Amsterdam's charms. The French writer J-K Huysmans fell under its spell when he called Amsterdam "a dream, an orgy of houses and water."
So true: the city of Amsterdam, when compared with other major European cities, is uniquely defined by its houses—not by palaces, estates, and other aristocratic folderol. With 7,000 registered monuments, most of which began as the residences and warehouses of humble merchants, set on 160 man-made canals (stretching 75 km [50 miles]), and traversed by 1,500 or so bridges, Amsterdam has the largest historical inner city in Europe. Its famous circle of waterways, the Grachtengordel, is a 17th-century urban expansion plan for the rich and a lasting testament to the city's Golden Age, the 17th century.
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If we often take stereotypes with a grain of salt, in the case of Amsterdam, believe them; but at the same time, we need to remember that there's so much more. To find the "more," one must be deliberate in planning explorations; otherwise some visitors may find themselves looping back—as have sailors for centuries—to the city's gravitational centre, the Red Light District. After all, as a visitor you are hopefully here, at least partly, to unburden yourself of some misconceptions. Certainly this town is endearing because of its kinder, gentler nature—but a reputation for championing sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll cannot alone account for Amsterdam's being the fourth most popular destination in Europe (after London, Paris, and Rome).
Carrying far greater weight—cultural, moral, social—is the fact that within a single square mile the city harbors some of the greatest achievements in Western art. Is there a conscious inmate of our planet who doesn't revere Rembrandt, who doesn't love Van Gogh?
The Joy Is in the Detail
Just remember as you tour all the must-sees that Amsterdam is such a great walking city because so many of its real treasures are untouted details: tiny alleyways barely visible on the map, hidden garden courtyards, shop windows, sudden vistas of church spires and gabled roofs that look like so many unframed paintings.
And don't forget that the joy is in the detail: elaborate gables and witty gable stones denoting the trade of a previous owner, floating houseboats and hidden hofjes (courtyards with almshouses).
Before tying on your weatherproof shoes, go efficiently local by toting an umbrella, for Amsterdam has a propensity toward sudden bursts of rain. A cloudy day should inspire a more lingering exploration of the Museum District, rich with other cultural refugees from rain.
Chances are you'll be rewarded with a sunny late afternoon and your walk along the Prinsegracht canal will shine at this time with the kind of glow you witnessed earlier that day in a Golden Age painting at the Rijksmuseum. With any luck, your best photo-op will probably wind up being a pavement artist putting the finishing touch on his version of Vermeer's Milk Maid.


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Trainer/Conditioning Coach
Another thing that has been stewing in the back of my mind for a good while is the Ravens condition(ing).
I have no arguements that they are in shape, I see muscles bulge, I hear percentage of body fat numbers, what I'm pondering is more subtle and hopefully I can put my thoughts across and gain some more insight from others.
Now I don't know much about the current/past training staff, so I'm not addressing anything specific... Just that there seemed to be a large number of muscle injuries... strains, pulls, hamstrings... and I began thinking along the lines of maybe we needed a new trainer.
I understand that there are reliable/proven techniques and procedures, and at the same time we know that athletes are bigger, faster, stronger... so there is a chance that the old techniques have reached their limit and weren't really created to deal with this upper stratosphere of today's professional fitness.
"Oh, the tendon pulled right off the bone"
I don't remember ever hearing of such things starting back in the days of Gino and Big Daddy and Billy Ray.... didn't hear such things with Curtis, and Barnes and Laird
No it seems to me to be a far more recent phenomenon, and I don't have the answers
Just a nagging thought that there is something missing. I know there is stretching and flexability, and running against elastic resistance... but is there more that can be done and from a completely different slant?
People with X percentage of fast twitch muscles lift weights for a different amount of time per week than those with a higher percentage of slow twitch muscles???
People with X percentage of slow twitch do stretching on a different time scale. (I toss that out as conversational speculation)
I know injuries occur, legs get rolled up on, stinger shots to the spinal column happen, and I'm not talking about those.
So... how are/were the Raven trainers? Are they basically clones of every other team? Do they stay the same? or will they also change with a new staff?
In life we see Alternative medicine, alternative diets, alternative this alternative that, and I wonder if something "alternative" is needed to be added to help stop hamstrings from pulling, allow ankles to roll a little more without sidline-ing a player.
01-21-2008, 08:19 PM #2Rookie Poster
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Well our new coach has served as a Trainer/Conditioning Coach at one point in his career so I expect he will recognize the importance of the position and get an exceptional person for the position.
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I've been wondering about this for a few months now myself, more from a quality control perspective than a physiological one. Do we analyze injuries to figure out how to reduce their likelihood? Do we look at things like player position, physiologial data (e.g., % body fat, BMI, etc.), weather conditions, techniques, etc. to isolate trends in data that we can attempt to mitigate?
I have no answers here (yet), but am somewhat surprised to hear so few questions. If a warehouse had an injury rate like the '07 Ravens, insurance companies would be crawling all over the place looking for causes. Certainly, with far more at stake (economically, at least), one would expect some serious analysis of the problem. Is it being done? If so, why haven't we heard of it?
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In 2006, with basically the same team besides a few subtractions, we had almost no significant injuries.
Ray missed a game or 2 with that back bruise. McNair went out in 2 games but that was due to getting his hand stepped on and a concussion.
The problem with your analysis using a warehouse is that a warehouse is a controlled environment.
The same cannot be said for a football game.
The only thing that I can attribute a little to is the age factor. Besides that? It's just a flat out crap shoot and luck when you talk about trying to avoid injuries.
BTW, Im gonna assume that our strength and conditioning coach was the same in 2006 and 2007. Tess is the head trainer and he's been here for years.
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Totally agree, 2006 no injuries, basically same team and staff, had nothing to do with the trainer or conditioning or camp cupcake.....this year was just a flat out fluke with injuires. And the injuries were to very very key players, not backups or special team players.
I like when people compare camp cupcake to us getting injuries....... so going all out and killing each other in practice would PREVENT injuries? wouldnt that cause them in practice? you dont get use to getting decked out in practice and then get decked out in the game and just walk away, it hurts just as bad and can cause injury in either practice or the game.Season ticket holder since 1996 Section 148 Tailgate Lot H
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Sprains, cuts, concussions, fractures etc. happen, very little you can go to stop them...it is the luck of the draw.
Muscle injuries, some of them are controllable. Hamstring injuries, my back doctor told me a while ago, are almost totally caused by a muscle imbalance (i.e. working the quads harder than the hams). The less-developed muscle will always fail first. That, and proper stretching and hydration.
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You are hitting dead-on where my thoughts were churning.
Definitely a big percentage of injuries are just the nature of the game, and my focus was more for those which could be more preventable that maybe the traditional "old-school" way just isn't addressing.
Since you brought up hamstrings, lets pause there a minute...
Todd Heap this past year
T-Sizzle the year before
#52 to IR surgery in 2005 with a torn hammy
I remember Mike Anderson having an issue as a Raven.
I did an archive search here, and found an interesting blurb from Tony Lombardi http://www.profootball24x7.com/colum...2&view=archive
TRUTH: There seems to be an epidemic of hamstring injuries in the NFL these days. The nearest and dearest hamstring in the collective heart of Ravens fans belongs to Mark Clayton. That seems to at least be a tolerable albeit unstable situation for the second year receiver. Brian Rimpf?s hamstring injury is another story and it could land the swing lineman on injured reserve.
Elsewhere in the league there are hamstring injuries hampering star receivers Hines Ward and Terrell Owens.
Camdenyard, if it is what you are saying- Muscle Imbalance????
Then we have at least one person on the staff who is fumbling the ball and costing us good players game-time.
A strength coach? a conditioning coach? a trainer? I don't know, all I know is that I've been getting the whiff of something that I don't like the smell of.
Thats why I'm trying to get some discussion going on. :)
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I actually think there is a different reason for all the hamstring injuries in the NFL. To pull back into the OP's statement about not hearing about this stuff in the 60s with the Colts etc. back then, I think it's all related.
Training has improved now, plus it now being a 12 month sport, that athletes have way more muscle than they used to. Guys that play running back look like DLs in the 60s. Throw on top of that the very likely use of human growth hormone (since there is no test for detecting it short of a blood test today, and the end result is guys are tremendously bulked up muscle-wise, way more than a natural muscular man would be.
Now the human body is a system, and every system has its weak link. In an overly muscular body, it's the tendons and sometimes joints that hold everything together. Think of this - two small rubber bands linked together by a light paper clip. Pull hard, the rubber band breaks. That's the old days. Now, replace those small rubber bands with 1" thick ones. Pull hard. The paper clip breaks! That's today.
This isn't a specific trainer issue. It may be an industry issue on how to build the weak link up, but with as many hammy injuries as there are these days, there's a different reason for it IMHO.
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Awalt's right in the respect that today's pro football players are much bigger than in days gone by. The human body - esp. ligaments, joints - was not designed to handle the stress loads that are placed upon it on a football field. 5'11" frames holding 250+ pounds all muscle is not natural.
Trainers can train athletes all day on the proper body building and training techniques, such as muscle balancing. And I'm guessing that the vast majority of athletes heed this advice. But under increasing stress loads, the precision of the workouts needs to be exact in order to avoid breakdown.
It's akin to a big iron diesel engine of 426ci that is designed to put out 425HP. With basic maintenance, it will run thousands of hours. But, use a lightwight aluminum block and slap a turbo on it and rate it at 550HP, and unless it is meticulously maintained it will blow apart after a few hundred hours. It's not designed to handle the stress of that much power.
I think some guys - and I'll guess Clayton is among them - have just not learned how to train or stretch properly. The result is injury. The trainers can get a handle on why a condition re-occurs, it is up to the athlete to make the adjustments.
Of course, if steriods, etc. are in the mix and you have rapid muscle mass growth, all bets are off. You will see quad, bicep and tricep tears - like Searcy had multiple times.
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Awalt, Camdenyard good points.
Yes, I had kinda assumed that the tears from the bone attributed to massive bulk/ unnatural strength.
Did a little more checking on Ravens and hammys, for a game against Houston (05?), we had Ray gone, and Cmac and Rimph and Vincent all with hammys, and JO left that game with one.
I know a little about weight lifting (The Orioles have been to six World series since I did any competitive :o )
Squats sure don't do anything for hammys....
which goes back to my origonal wondering of old school ways of training.
With Ray and others being real rah-rah in the weightroom (and no complaints, I'd rather see them that way than the opposite), maybe we need a specialized coach to step in with something like..
"for every day that you do this many squats with this much weight, you need to pause for 2 days and focus on this regimen for the hamstring during those days."
Seems like something has to change somewhere. I really don't know what...
injuries are going to happen but can more be done for the preventable ones??
I would hope so, my thinking is along the lines that we haven't found the right coach in that area yet.
Kinda like Ellison/Mouse DAvis was to a super offense, we need someone super with preventing muscle pulls.
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I don't really keep track of these things so I'll ask this question, are the Ravens the only team experiencing an increase in these injuries? Just from the cursory glance I take at injury reports I thought it was really league wide, but as I say, I don't pay that close attention to it.AZRAVEN
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I haven't specifically been watching either :o
Until Camdenyard put me onto hamstrings, I was just vaguely on muscle pulls in general.
I know I see hamstrings listed in injury reports all the time.
Interesting to know if there is a team who is consistantly well below the average for that specific injury (and hire their trainer for us!!!!)
Again no facts/statistics, but it does seem that the Ravens have had more than their share of hammys.
Again back to that game in Houston (Ray, Cmac, Rimph, Vincent, Suggs, JO)
that is a huge percentage of the roster, and if it is in any way preventable...


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Program Director:
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Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Program Length:
One year (12 calendar months)
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago
Outpatient Care Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois Hospital, Inpatient unit
Haymarket Maternal Addiction Center
Trainees who have completed their PGY-3 year of a psychiatry residency
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The female reproductive cycle, along with sociocultural gender roles, can exert a major influence on the course, expression and treatment of psychiatric disorders. The aim of this fellowship is to develop a cadre of experts in the psychiatric care of women, and in the assessment and treatment of psychiatric symptoms linked with female reproductive cycle transitions. Fellows acquire expertise in treating psychiatric disorders associated with the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, the postpartum period, and perimenopause. They come to understand the treatment implications of sex and gender differences in the expression of major psychiatric illnesses. They develop an in-depth appreciation of the influence of sociocultural gender roles on psychopathology.
This is primarily a clinical fellowship, but each fellow also would have an option to participate in research or scholarly project, the nature and scope of which depends on the fellow's interests. These projects can range from conducting an independent research project and publishing the results, to collaborating on an ongoing research project, to co-authoring a journal article or book chapter, to peer-reviewing others' research or publishing a book review.
The University of Illinois at Chicago is a nationally recognized leader in the field of women's health and women's mental health. It is a federally funded Center of Excellence for Women's Health. The Women's Mental Health Program is a winner of the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Award for innovative mental health services, and the American College of Psychiatrists' Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education.
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- Knowledge
- Sex and gender differences
- To understand empirical gender differences in prevalence and expressions of psychopathology.
- To understand biological influences on gender differences in both normal and pathological states, including sexual dimorphism in the brain and in brain development.
- To understand sociocultural influences on gender differences in both normal and pathological states.
- To understand gender differences in pharmacotherapy, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, treatment response, side effect profiles, interactions with endogenous and exogenous hormones, psychological reactions to pharmacotherapy, and adherence to treatment.
- Reproductive cycle effects
- To understand the influence of the female reproductive cycle on psychiatric disorders, including biological and psychological effects of puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, the postpartum period, and perimenopause.
- To understand both normal and psychopathological reactions to reproductive-related interventions, such as hysterectomy, treatment for gynecologic cancers, and infertility interventions.
- Effects of gender-influenced trauma
- To understand the spectrum of responses to childhood physical and sexual abuse.
- To recognize the signs of, and understand the dilemmas faced by, women subjected to current domestic violence, rape, and sexual harassment.
- Sex and gender differences
- Skills
- Interviewing skills
- To demonstrate competence in interviewing patients with sensitivity to gender-specific communication styles.
- To demonstrate competence in eliciting sexual and reproductive histories.
- To develop interview techniques which elicit information about past and current traumatic events, such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, and domestic violence, without overly suggestive comments or "leading" questions.
- Diagnostic and assessment skills
- To incorporate an understanding of biological and cultural gender differences into diagnostic assessment of women patients.
- To incorporate assessment of central issues such as family context, parenting capability, family planning needs, and primary women's health care needs into psychiatric assessments.
- To conduct physical examinations that include aspects of screening that are particularly important for women -- e.g. pelvic examinations, skin examinations for bruises.
- Treatment skills
- To demonstrate an ability to modify pharmacotherapy based on pregnancy, lactation, the menstrual cycle, menopause, exogenous hormones, and gender differences in pharmacokinetics.
- To incorporate knowledge of normal and pathological psychological reactions to reproductive events (e.g. pregnancy, menopause) into psychotherapeutic interventions.
- To learn how to modify electroconvulsive therapy techniques during pregnancy and lactation.
- To recognize gender-specific issues in psychotherapy.
- To learn psychotherapeutic techniques effective for treating short and long term sequelae of trauma, including sexual abuse, sexual assault, physical abuse, domestic violence, and perinatal loss.
- To learn the indications for various types of psychosocial rehabilitation pertinent to women with major mental illness, including parenting rehabilitation strategies and sexuality education.
- Interviewing skills
- Attitudes
- To demonstrate sensitivity to gender role stereotypes and their influences on diagnosis and treatment.
- To recognize one's own values regarding gender roles, including any beliefs that may interfere with one's ability to respect and empathize with patients' choices.
- To develop a collaborative approach to mental health problems in women, working with patients, family members, other health professionals, child welfare staff and significant others to collectively improve problems.
- To develop an appreciation and keen awareness of social, cultural, logistical and economic barriers to mental health care access for women.
Description of Teaching/Learning Activities
Clinical training experiences:
Most of the fellow's clinical training will take place within the Women's Mental Health Program of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Department of Psychiatry. The Women's Mental Health Program provides mental health services for women with reproductive and gender-related problems, such as premenstrual dysphoria, pregnancy-related mental illness, parenting problems, perimenopausal mood disorders, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Specific clinical sites within the UIC Women's Mental Health Program include:
Eating Disorders Clinic:
A clinic offering comprehensive and integrated services for women with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder (compulsive overeating).
Women's Clinic:
A general outpatient clinic for women with gender or reproductive-related psychiatric or psychological symptoms.
Women's Consultation Service:
A team that offers psychiatric consultation to outside departments or agencies, including prenatal clinics, an addiction treatment program for pregnant women, and obstetric/gynecologic inpatients.
Women's Inpatient Treatment Service:
A hospital service for women with major mental illness who are having a crisis or an acute exacerbation of a psychiatric illness.
Didactic training experiences:
The primary didactic teaching for the fellowship consists of:
- Women's Mental Health Seminar: A lecture series covering key women's mental health issues
- Women's Mental Health Tutorial: Trainees are presented with case summaries illustrating various aspects of women's mental health. Each trainee is given a question about the case to research. Trainees then present their conclusions to one another, and discuss the case in light of the research. A faculty member helps guide the research and discussion.
- Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Fellows can attend all presentations, and give one Grand Rounds presentation on a women's mental health topic during the fellowship.
Scholarly activities:
Fellows are encouraged to participate in some research or scholarly activity related to women's mental health. This could consist, for example, of a written case report and literature review, co-authoring a book chapter or journal article, reviewing a journal article submitted for publication, assisting in an ongoing research project, or conducting an independent research project under supervision. Those fellows anticipating a career in academic psychiatry will be encouraged to submit a paper for publication and/or present at a regional or national conference.
Fellows may also participate in the UIC Perinatal Mental Health Project, a statewide project that includes educating and consulting to other health care providers; designing, implementing and evaluating innovative models of perinatal mental health care; and designing and evaluating self-care tools for pregnant and postpartum women.
Core reading materials:
A set of core textbooks are used for the fellowship, and are supplemented by journal articles and book chapters. Fellows also expand their reading beyond these core materials to areas that interest them or are pertinent to their clinical work and research.
Current core texts include:
Frank E, ed: Gender and its Effects on Psychopathology. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2000
Kornstein SG, Clayton A, Monti DA, eds: Women's Mental Health. New York: Guilford Press, 2002
Romans SE, Seeman MV: Women's Mental Health: A Life-Cycle Approach. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006
Steiner M, Eriksson E, Yonkers KA: Mood Disorders in Women. Blackwell, 2000
Steiner M, Koren G: Gender Specific Psychopharmacology. J. A. Major, 2003
Stotland NL, Stewart DE, eds: Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2001
Relationship between program activities and objectives
The core of the fellowship program is direct patient contact with supervision from faculty members with expertise in various aspects of women's mental health. The amount of time spent in different clinical services within the program can vary, depending on the specific educational objectives of individual fellows.
Clinical Faculty
Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, Ph.D.
Nafisa Ghadiali M.D.
Vesna Pirec, M.D. Ph.D.
Clinical Teaching Staff
Nikki Lively, LCSW
Support Staff
Michelle Miller Project Coordinator, perinatal research grant
Marisela Villarreal, Clinic Coordinator
Pauline Maki Ph.D.
Leah Rubin Ph.D.
Facilities and Other Resources
The Women's Mental Health Program is based on the third floor of the Neuropsychiatric Institute of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Fellows have a private office in the Women's Clinic, which includes full clinic facilities (waiting area, reception desk, fax machine, copier, etc.) Fellows have a computer with Internet access and e-mail. They have access to a well-stocked medical library and a video library. They have access to the resources of the Center of Excellence for Women's Health.
Evaluation Plan
Fellow evaluation:
Fellows are evaluated twice a year (December and June) by faculty. Prior to each evaluation period, an evaluation form is sent to all of the fellows' clinical supervisors, research mentors and seminar leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to comment on their perspectives about the evaluations. The spirit of these evaluations is to note strengths and weaknesses and to formulate constructive plans for expansion, improvement, and meeting fellows' career goals.
Program evaluation:
- Ratings of each clinical site, supervisor and didactic course by fellows.
- Periodic (every 2-3 years) review of the fellowship program by the fellowship teaching faculty.
- External review by the Director of Residency Training.
When problems, unanticipated logistical complications, or weaknesses are identified based on any of the above evaluation methods, relevant faculty will convene to study the problem and initiate improvements.


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Threatened with contempt charges, Gov. Jerry Brown late Thursday was expected to submit a plan for further easing the unconstitutional overcrowding at state prisons as mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Earlier in the day, Brown was keeping details of the plan secret but Los Angeles County Chief Probation Officer Jerry Powers was worried it could include an expansion of public safety realignment, which put counties in charge of felons and former felons who might otherwise have continued to fill state prisons.
"I think we have been very clear with the governor's staff, as well as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, that further expansion of realignment is not the solution," he said.
Meanwhile, a coalition of about 40 organizations seeking to reduce state spending on prisons to make funds available for other public services, opposed building new prisons or sending inmates to private prisons throughout the country.
Californians United for a Responsible Budget spokeswoman Emily Harris said the state should "shift its mentality and stop putting people in cages we can't afford."
She added conditions at some private prisons are even worse than at state prisons. "California would be setting itself up for more lawsuits by putting inmates there," Harris said.
Brown implemented realignment in October 2011 after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered him to lower the prison population to 137 percent of capacity because the overcrowding resulted in cruel and unusual punishment.
By sending felons to county jails instead of state prisons to serve out non-violent, non-serious and non-sex (N3) sentences meted out after October 2011, and by reducing the number of parolees who could be sent back to state prisons for violating the terms of their release, Brown has been able to reduce the prison population by 25,000 so far.
"It's been successful," CDCR spokesman Jeffrey Callison said. "It has not gotten all the way to complying with the federal court order, but it's our position that we shouldn't have to reduce the state prison population to that level."
"The federal court wanted to allow for conditions that would provide a constitutional level of medical and mental health care for inmates," he added. "Our position is that we're already providing that level."
Callison said the governor would submit the plan demanded by three federal judges late Thursday to lower the prison population by another 9,500. He added, however, that the state would file an appeal to avoid implementing it.
Powers warned "Realignment 2" should not be part of the plan.
"Many counties are struggling mightily to absorb the current population (from state prisons)," he said. "Increasing those numbers could tilt some of those counties from 'getting by' to 'overwhelmed' "" which isn't acceptable from a public safety standpoint."
An aide to county Supervisor Michael Antonovich, Anna Pembedjian, said the governor should contract with other facilities that charge about $65 a day per inmate. She noted the corresponding cost is $154 a day at state prisons; $113 a day at county jails.
"The governor still has options with in-state and out-of-state detention facilities, both publicly and privately run that have capacity to give the prison population immediate relief," Pembedjian said, adding the state is already relying on them to hold some inmates.
Pembedjian said such facilities nationwide have the capacity to hold 40,000 to 50,000 inmates.
CURB, however, strongly opposes that idea, as well as the prospect of putting inmates in dilapidated Norco prison slated for closure.
Harris instead sought what she called "common sense" parole and sentencing reforms.
"It's things like the release of elderly prisoners - 15 states and the District of Columbia have a geriatric parole process starting at age 55, as the elderly are the least likely to recidivate or return to prison," she said.
"Additionally, we're talking about paroling lifers; granting medical parole and compassionate release for people who are sick, terminally-ill and medically incapacitated; expanding 'alternative custody' for women who are the primary caregiver of a young child on the outside so they can be placed on community supervision, electronic monitoring or some other program," she added.
Harris argued such measures have been implemented in states across the county without causing a spike in crime, creating savings that could be invested in education, health care and social safety net programs.


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Myers, Omaha break out the bats
Team takes run at PCL hits record with 33 in rout of Tucson
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | August 12, 2012 11:12 PM ET
Triple-A Omaha fell just four hits shy of the Pacific Coast League record, cranking out 33 to score 20 runs as the Storm Chasers trounced the Tucson Padres, 20-3.
Kansas City's No. 2 prospect led the way, going 5-for-7 with a home run, a double, four runs scored and three RBIs. It was his first five-hit game since Sept. 7, 2009 with Rookie-level Idaho Falls.
Every member of the Omaha lineup had at least two hits and a run scored as the team set a season high with 20 runs. The 33 hits were the most hits in the PCL since 2004, with the Storm Chasers threatening the 1924 PCL team hits record of 37 set by the San Francisco Seals against Salt Lake.
"It was one of the craziest things I've ever been a part of," said Myers. "We couldn't get out. Everything was hit hard, there weren't really any bloop hits. And one of the craziest things was we had only one walk as a team. Everybody was ready to hit. It was a good team effort, a good team win."
Batting fifth and sixth behind Myers in the lineup, Clint Robinson and David Lough did much of the rest of the damage. Robinson also went 5-for-7, with a triple, a double, three runs scored and two RBIs. Lough homered, doubled and plated five runs.
"It's good to have those two guys, middle of the order guys, have a big game. Good for them to build off of going forward," said Myers.
No. 10 Royals prospect Christian Colon, Irving Falu, Johnny Giavotella and Jason Bourgeois supplied four hits apiece for the Storm Chasers. Mitch Maier and Giavotella had three RBIs apiece.
For Myers, it was an especially memorable day, because he brought his Triple-A average back above .300 for the first time since July 20. The outfielder is hitting .302 with a .380 on-base percentage and a .580 slugging percentage with Omaha.
During the at-bat in which he homered, Myers said a pitch was thrown behind his head, leading to the ejection of Tucson pitcher Alexis Lara and manager Terry Kennedy. Facing Chris Franklin with a 3-2 count, MLB.com's No. 14 prospect uncorked a three-run shot to left, his 21st in the PCL and 34th overall this year.
"What happened was our dugouts were mouthing a bit back and forth. Our dugout's getting excited and being kind of loud, and that obviously caused some turmoil," said Myers. "The pitcher threw at me, he was ejected and then the new pitcher came in and left a fastball up in the zone. I put good wood on it. Obviously, it felt great."
With one night, Myers turned around what had been a slumping August, going from a .256 average before Sunday to a .326 mark on the month afterward. It was a banner night for the rest of the team as well.
"Everybody in there was just having fun, a good fun time. The offense had been struggling and that's something good to build off of," he said.
Doug Davis (7-2) picked up the win for the Storm Chasers, allowing three runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out two over six innings.
Jonathan Raymond is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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House passes bill 421-0 to let veterans ditch VA
(NEWSER) – Are you sitting down? Good. Because the House just passed a high-profile bill unanimously. The bill allows veterans to seek treatment outside the Veterans Affairs system using government funds, Politico reports. It closely resembles a bipartisan Senate deal struck between Bernie Sanders and John McCain. The final vote tally was 421-0.
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Fort Collins is the home of the nation's safest drivers, according to a report released by The Allstate Insurance Company.
Fort Collins drivers were named the safest drivers in America for the third year in the ninth annual Allstate America's Best Drivers Report™ today. According to the report, the average driver in Fort Collins will experience an auto collision every 13.9 years, which is 28.2 percent less likely than the national average of 10 years.
A variety of factors, including citizen attentiveness to good driving behaviors, local focus on reducing distracted driving, good roadway designs and street maintenance were all factors to the city earning this distinction.
"For the third year, in the report's history, we've earned the title of the "Safest Driving City in America" due to the responsible behavior and safe driving habits of our residents," stated Mayor Karen Weitkunat. "I think it is also important to credit our outstanding Police Services and Traffic Operations, both of which work day in and day out to ensure that the City is safe for residents to drive in."