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This is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, semi-blinded study to compare two low doses of estradiol administered by recently available transdermal patches for the initiation of puberty in Turner syndrome girls 11.5-13.0 years old in conjunction with growth hormone (GH) therapy.
The specific hypotheses to be tested are: when combined with growth hormone (GH) treatment, low dose transdermal estradiol (LTE2) replacement will be more effective in stimulating feminization, height velocity, and bone mineral density without compromising growth potential than very low dose transdermal estradiol (VLTE2), which will in turn be superior to GH alone in effects on feminization, height velocity, and bone mineral density.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Turner's Syndrome |
Drug: Norditropin, Menostar 14mcg patch, Vivelle dot 25mcg patch |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Initiating Transdermal Estradiol Therapy in Turner's Syndrome |
- The net change of height velocity between Group 2 and Group 3 and the net change in predicted height between Group 2 and Group 3. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Plasma E2 level to document the dose-response effect of the applied prescription and uterine dimensions to quantitate the estrogenic effect on growth and development of the uterus. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Enrollment: | 1 |
Study Start Date: | April 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | March 2011 |
Primary Completion Date: | March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: GH alone, Low dose E2 patch, Very Low-dose E2 patch
Group 1: Growth hormone alone, no E2. Group 2: Growth Hormone plus Estradiol patch dose A(14 mcg/d x 10 d) x 6 months then Estradiol patch dose B(25 mcg/d x 10 d) x 6 months. Group 3: Growth Hormone plus Estradiol patch dose B(25 mcg/d x 10 d) x 6 months then Estradiol patch dose C(25 mcg/d x 3 w) x 6 months. |
Drug: Norditropin, Menostar 14mcg patch, Vivelle dot 25mcg patch
GH will be maintained at 0.05mg/kg/d, adjusted every 3 months. Estradiol 14mcg patch will be applied for 10 days/month for the first 6 months in Group 2. Estradiol 25mcg patch will be applied for 10 days/month for the second 6 months in Group 2, and for the first 6 months in Group 3. Estradiol 25mcg patch will be applied for 3 weeks per month for the second 6 months in Group 3.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 138 Months to 13 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 60 subjects will be recruited from participating Pediatric Endocrinology Clinics in the United States.
- Subjects will be 11.5-13.0 years of age and must have completed at least 6 months of GH therapy prior to the study.
- Subjects may not have had any estrogen prior to the study. All subjects must be breast stage 1 and euthyroid prior to the study
- Those on thyroid medication will continue the appropriate thyroid replacement therapy during the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- On estrogen therapy, breast stage 2 or greater, not on GH for at least 6 months.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00870220
United States, Illinois | |
University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 | |
United States, Maryland | |
John Hopkins University | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287 | |
United States, Michigan | |
University of Michigan | |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109 |
Principal Investigator: | Robert L. Rosenfield, MD | University of Chicago |
Responsible Party: | University of Chicago |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00870220 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | March 5, 2009 |
Last Updated: | March 10, 2014 |
Keywords provided by University of Chicago:
Turner's Syndrome |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Syndrome Turner Syndrome Gonadal Dysgenesis Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Disease Pathologic Processes Disorders of Sex Development Urogenital Abnormalities Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development Heart Defects, Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Congenital Abnormalities Sex Chromosome Disorders |
Chromosome Disorders Genetic Diseases, Inborn Gonadal Disorders Endocrine System Diseases Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Estradiol Polyestradiol phosphate Estradiol 3-benzoate Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate Estradiol valerate Estrogens Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
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Historically, Girl Scouting has been synonymous with camping -- sleeping in tents, building fires, hunting crayfish in stream beds, hiking in the woods.
But interest in those rustic experiences has waned, and Girl Scout membership has declined. Today -- two years before Girl Scouting's 100th anniversary -- only 25 percent of the members of Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania participate in camping activities.
Meanwhile, the region's membership fell to 35,500 last year, or 6,500 fewer than in 2007, when five smaller councils merged as part of a national realignment. That's better than the national trend -- 12 percent of eligible girls belong, compared to 9 percent nationally -- but leaders still recognized a need for reassessment.
As a result, the council is planning to divest six camps in its 27-county area over the next three years. The closures will target facilities where troops and their leaders go as a group for overnights. Summer resident camps will continue to operate.
Slated to be sold are Camp Yough in Elizabeth Township; Camp Timberlake in Washington County; Camp Wright-o-Way in Chippewa; Camp Lend-a-Hand in Crawford County; and Camp Trefoil Trails in Mercer County. Furthermore, the lease will not be renewed for Camp Birdsall Edey in Warren County.
The saved resources will go to improving the remaining camps -- Camp Redwing in Renfrew, for example, may get an indoor horseback riding facility that could operate year-round -- and toward beefing up other programs in high demand, such as science, technology and financial literacy.
Joyce Lewis-Andrews, spokeswoman for Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania, said the decisions followed a 10-month process involving girls, volunteers and adults. Surveys looked at usage, facilities, demographics and the potential of each camp for future development. The full reports are posted on the organization's website, www.gswpa.org.
"We looked at what the girls wanted to do and how we could best serve them, knowing we couldn't have camps in all 27 counties in our area," Ms. Lewis-Andrews said.
"Girls will still be camping but not always in Girl Scout-owned camps. In many cases we can give them a better camping experience by using state parks, recreational facilities or camps owned by other groups."
It's always hard to close a camp, she acknowledged, and the decisions are not made lightly.
"There's an emotional attachment to the camp you went to as a girl, or sent your daughter to. But the memories do live on outside of camp, and that's the healing factor."
The camps to be closed drew about 9,700 attendees combined last year, she said, which is far short of their full capacity.
One reason girls are doing less troop camping, she said, is the busy schedules of leaders and parents.
"Time is scarce and volunteer time is precious. These are the same people who volunteer at churches and schools. It's a limited resource."
Two additional camps are under sales agreement because of nuisance development on their borders. Camp Roy Weller in Bruceton Mills, W.Va., is one of them, even though it was only 11 years ago that Weller opened the $2 million Eberly Family Learning Center, where girls learned about botany, geology and other environmental fields.
No one at the time predicted that a developer would propose a horse-racing track on the adjoining property. Ms. Lewis-Andrews said that if the track is approved, the lights and traffic would render the camp unusable. Then the council would sell to the developer.
Also under sales agreement is Camp Resting Waters in McKean County, where a developer put a landfill on the adjacent land.
The council will continue operating six summer resident camps in its region: Camp Redwing (the most popular, it drew some 2,200 troop campers and 7,800 resident campers last year); Camp Elliott in Volant; Camp Conshatawba in Ebensburg; Camp Hawthorne Ridge in Fairview; Camp Singing Hills in Franklin; and Camp Skymeadow in Avonmore.
The council operates Facebook pages for each of them, one indicator of how the Girl Scouts are striving to keep up with the population they serve.
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Notes from Wednesday • 03.17.10
When the Yankees boarded the bus to Clearwater this morning, the sky was grey and the forecast said a 30 to 50 percent chance of rain. Not great considering Andy Pettitte opened the exhibition schedule with a sim game, then had to pitch another simulated game when his second outing was rained out last week.
By game time, the sky was mostly clear, and Pettitte was able to get on the mound for an encouraging spring training debut: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K. The walk came on a 3-2 curveball, a pitch Pettitte said he decided to try just to work on it. The first run came when Ryan Howard fought off a pretty good pitch inside.
"I threw a lot of good stuff, a lot of good pitches," Pettitte said. "My location I thought was fairly good. The balls they hit were just balls that I just didn't quite finish on a couple of them."
Here's Pettitte talking about his outing.
• Damaso Marte said he's fine after being hit by a Ryan Howard line drive in the lower back. "He's going to be sore," Girardi said. "I asked if he had Bud's signature on there. They said, just seams."
• Joba Chamberlain threw 47 pitches in the game and another 15 or so in the bullpen. He wasn't sure how many pitches he threw in the pen, but he said it was three batters worth. Pettitte was at 55 pitches, 36 strikes.
• Since Pettitte and Chamberlain are on the same scheduled, Girardi said there's a good chance Pettitte's next start will come in a minor league game so that Chamberlain can start another big league game.
• Girardi said once again that every fifth starter candidate will get at least one more outing before the Yankees start eliminating people from the competition.
• Two hits brought Brett Gardner's spring average up to .240. Marcus Thames and Randy Winn also had hits today, just the third spring hit for each of them. "Marcus has swung the bat a little bit and run into a little bit of bad luck," Girardi said. "You want to see everyone get into their groove because as we get going further, there are going to be less at-bats for people."
• Give some credit to Amaury Sanit. He was easily the smallest-name Yankees pitcher in this game, but he did throw a hitless, walkless inning with two strikeouts. He hasn't walked a batter or allowed a run through 3.2 spring innings.
• Three hits for Francisco Cervelli, who's suddenly batting .583 this spring. That sort of number makes that goofy helmet look good on him. Jon Weber also had another hit. He's batting .571. Cervelli and Weber have the highest batting averages in camp.
• None of the fifth starter candidates will pitch tomorrow night against the Rays. "We're going to see some relievers," Girardi said. Javier Vazquez will start. Chan Ho Park and Dave Robertson are among those scheduled to pitch in relief.
• Split-squad on Friday. CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera will pitch at home. Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre will pitch on the road. The Yankees still haven't decided when Alfredo Aceves will pitch next. He might pitch in relief of Sabathia on Friday, or he might start on Saturday.
• Recently discovered that I'm allowed to post Associated Press photos on here. It's very helpful. That's an AP shot of Pettitte at the top and of Marte in the middle.
Even better than the results • 03.17.10
Damaso Marte is fine. After being drilled by a Ryan Howard line drive, he has a bruise on his lower back but was already going through exercises within a few innings of leaving the game. Joe Girardi said he's not sure Marte will make his next scheduled appearance on Friday, but he's not concerned about any lasting impact.
The story of the day, obviously, was Joba Chamberlain. The Yankees lost 6-2, but that hardly mattered because Chamberlain closed the game with four strong innings. Even then, he was at such a low pitch count that he pitched to an additional three simulated hitters in the bullpen.
Chamberlain allowed two hits, walked one and struck out five. Only three strikeouts will show up in the box score and in his spring stats because Chamberlain's 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth came after the game was official, but the Yankees are well aware of exactly how well he pitched. They've said the spring training results are starting to matter, and Chamberlain was even better than the results.
"Outstanding," Joe Girardi said. "Worked quickly. Attacked the zone. He's got to go out and throw more, and that's what you want to see. Quality."
Here's Chamberlain talking about his outing.
Chamberlain trying to get back on track • 03.17.10
Phil Hughes seemed to raise the bar with his four scoreless innings on Tuesday. This afternoon, Joba Chamberlain has to keep pace against the Phillies. It will be Chamberlain's third outing of the spring, and it needs to be better than his first two.
"I told him, just pitch. Do what you have to do," Joe Girardi said. "We're not expecting you to work on things any more. We're expecting you to compete. Show us what you've got."
Despite the fact Chamberlain opened last season in the bullpen, Girardi said he never considered the fifth-starter role to be Chamberlain's to lose. Girardi said he wouldn't rule out sending Chamberlain to Triple-A, but it remains more likely Chamberlain will end up in the bullpen if he's not in the big league rotation.
"I believe he really wants to start," Girardi said. "For him, he knows this is the time you really have to show us something."
Here's Girardi's morning media session.
• Clearly the most important thing that happened this morning was that Brett Gardner showed up with his hair cut short again. He said his hair was the longest it had been since 2001. That's him with Posada in the AP photo.
• Girardi told all of the starters that they no longer have to work on things. They can simply pitch for results, but Phil Hughes still used his changeup in key spots last night. "It shows me that he has confidence in it," Girardi said.
• The pitching plan is the same as yesterday except with different names: Andy Pettitte for four innings, then Damaso Marte for one, then Chamberlain for four. Royce Ring, Amaury Sanit and Ryan Pope are also available.
• Brandon Laird has a sore elbow, but it doesn't sound serious. "He's not going to play for a couple of days," Girardi said.
• Jason Hirsh threw in the bullpen this morning.
• Scheduled to play off the bench: C Mike Rivera, 1B Juan Miranda, 2B Reegie Corona, SS Eduardo Nunez, 3B Jorge Vazquez, LF Jamie Hoffmann, CF Reid Gorecki, RF David Winfree, DH Jon Weber.
• Scheduled Phillies pitchers: RHP Joe Blanton, RHP Jose Contreras, LHP Sergio Escalona, RHP Chad Durbin, RHP David Herndon.
• Top Phillies prospect Domonic Brown was sent to minor league camp yesterday, so you won't see him this afternoon.
• The Phillies elected not to use a designated hitter, but the Yankees will use one. Cody Ransom is starting at third for the Phillies.
• The Phillies lineup:
Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino CF
Jayson Werth RF
Ryan Howard 1B
Ben Francisco LF
Cody Ransom 3B
Juan Castro 2B
Carlos Ruiz C
Joe Blanton P
UPDATE, 11:22 a.m.: Yikes. Just saw my mistake in the Yankees lineup. Brett Gardner is leading off and playing center field. Sorry about that. I posted the lineup from my phone in the clubhouse, then drove to Clearwater and started working on this notes post before checking the comments of the previous post. I guess I'd gotten used to putting Jeter's name at the top.
Towers officially joins Yankees • 03.16.10
In what I guess would be called his introductory press conference, Kevin Towers sat right next to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman in the home dugout here at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The two spoke for about 10 minutes about Towers' new role as special assignment scout.
"Everybody knows that Kevin and I are the best of friends," Cashman said. "But I'm not in the business of hiring friends. This is all about business. I've got a lot of friends, I just don't hire all of them. He's here for professional reasons, to make us better."
Towers was fired by the San Diego Padres last year, but he has a great reputation for his baseball mind and his scouting eye. He will cover both professional and amateur scouting for the Yankees, and Cashman said he wouldn't rule out sending him for some international trips.
"It will be a different pool of players that I'll be focusing on," Towers said. "In San Diego, the months of November and December for me were trade months. We just weren't able to be real competitive in the free agent market. Our free agent season was usually late February, who was left over. If anything, I might be able to bring to Cash and his staff here, there is probably a pool of players I focused on that maybe they didn't focus on. Might be able to find a diamond in the rough."
Here's the entire session, with Cashman speaking first, then Towers, then some back and forth between the two.
Next up: The real lineup • 03.14.10
Joe Girardi never said it explicitly, but he gave plenty of hints about his preliminary opening day lineup, and we'll see it in action on Tuesday.
"Obviously you have an inclination going in, what you think it might be," Girardi said. "We're doing some things to move guys around, but Tuesday is going to be pretty close to what it's going to be, probably."
We already know Derek Jeter will be leading off, with Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez batting third and fourth. Yesterday, Girardi indicated a strong preference for Nick Johnson in the No. 2 hole.
"If you're going to hit a left-hander fifth, you prefer to have a switch-hitter sixth," Girardi said. "Then maybe another left-hander seventh, and then a switch-hitter eighth, and then maybe another left-hander."
Which left-hander will be batting fifth?
"That's probably where (Cano) will be Tuesday," he said.
Sounds like this is the lineup the Yankees are leaning toward. Things can change in the final three weeks of spring training — Girardi was careful to say that several times — but this should be the lineup that "could really resemble" the opening day lineup.
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF/LF
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF/CF
Here's the Girardi audio. It's primarily about the lineup, and Cano in particular. It's from this morning, so there are no game details.
Notes from Saturday • 03.13.10
It remains difficult for me to believe that the Yankees fifth starter won't be either Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, but Alfredo Aceves is making a strong case early in spring training.
Through 10 innings he's allowed one run, and that came on today's solo homer. He has otherwise allowed just two hits — one of them an infield single — while walking none and striking out five. We're talking about 10 innings, so the sample size is very small and a lot can change between now and April 1, but Aceves has been terrific.
"It's been impressive," Joe Girardi said. "It has been because of the different things he's able to do with the baseball. Change speeds. Movement. Late movement. Pitch up, down. Change eye level. Change in and out. He can do all of those things."
Aceves said he's not paying attention to what the other rotation candidates are doing and he quickly pointed out that there are still 20 games to play. It's very, very early to start thinking about April 4, but give credit where it's due.
Here's Girardi, giving a lot of that due credit.
• Sounds very much like Girardi is leaning toward Nick Johnson as the No. 2 hitter. "Nick really fits that bill being the on-base percentage guy," Girardi said. "But we have to look at how the whole lineup works. When you look at what Nick does, he really fits that area."
• I believe Curtis Granderson had to make three plays in left field today. One of them was a pretty tough running catch near the stands. "It was a tough wind and sun day," Girardi said. "It wasn't an easy day to play left field so I thought he looked good."
• Boone Logan pitched another hitless inning that included two lefties. Royce Ring also pitched a scoreless inning of relief and Dave Robertson struck out the side in his inning.
• Good day for the big league regulars: Jorge Posada had three hits, Nick Johnson, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira had two each, and Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner each had one.
• Francisco Cervelli went 2-for-3 in his return from a concussion. He had a hit in his first at-bat since getting hit in the head a week ago.
• Aside from pitchers and catchers, it's pretty rare that young guys get to stay home for a spring training road trip, so Ramiro Pena was pretty excited to look at the list for tomorrow and find his name did not have a circle around it. Other position players not going on tomorrow's trip: P.J. Pilittere, Jorge Posada, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Jamie Hoffmann. Originally, Teixeira was making the trip and Juan Miranda was getting the day off, but that has since swapped with Miranda going and Teixeira staying.
• Pitchers making the trip: CC Sabathia, Jonathan Albaladejo, Zach McAllister, Mark Melancon, Dustin Moseley and Ivan Nova.
• The Pirates starter tomorrow is right-hander Charlie Morton.
Pettitte no-hits the Phillies • 03.12.10
Andy Pettitte wasn't going through the motions this afternoon. He was going through the Philadelphia Phillies. During his three-inning simulated game in the indoor cage at Steinbrenner Field, pitching coach Dave Eiland called balls and strikes while Pettitte acted as if he were facing the Phillies lineup.
"I didn't give up a hit in three innings," Pettitte said. "Unfortunately, this is what we had to do. I got my normal warm-up in, and then I got all of my throws in. And I'm tired. That was the biggest thing, I just wanted to make sure I'm good and fatigued. Obviously I would have loved to have faced hitters, but the way the weather's been, I just had to get my work in here today."
Eiland forced Pettitte into various game situations, occasionally calling a foul ball instead of a strike three. When Pettitte finished with his 50 pitches, he was sweating. Maybe he wasn't exhausted, but he'd certainly been working.
"You're trying to challenge him," Eiland said. "You're also trying to get his pitch count up. You don't want to just call balls and strikes, you want to make it kind of game-like. He may throw a pitch in a certain count that might get a swing, but I'm not going to give it to him. You have to make it a challenge. It can't be a go-through-the-motions thing."
Pettitte chose the Phillies because that's who he'll face on Wednesday in his spring training debut. Twelve years ago, such a late spring training debut might have worried him, but not today.
"I'm just at a stage where, emotionally, I'm not going to get overwhelmed when I'm in a regular game," Pettitte said. "It's not going to change that much."
Here's Pettitte speaking roughly 60 seconds after his final pitch.
Wrapping it up from Lakeland • 03.10.10
Say what you want about Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes, but the most interesting thing I saw all afternoon was the catch that Curtis Granderson made on Miguel Cabrera in the fourth inning.
I know that the defensive value of Granderson vs. Brett Gardner is a hot debate, but when Granderson went back – all the way back – to the wall to catch Cabrera's 410-foot laser, it was something to see. I've always been fascinated by the over-the-shoulder catch, mostly because I think it's amazing that outfielders are able to see the ball, then look away to run, then turn around and find the ball again. Granderson said the keys to the play are getting a good jump and, even more, listening the other outfielders.
On that play, Gardner and Marcus Thames both began by screaming at Granderson to go back – since they're on an angle, they can see just how deep the ball is hit – and then, as he approached the wall, they both shouted to let him know that he had just enough room to make the catch without worrying about hitting the wall. As it turned out, he finished about one stride away from the fence. Perfect.
"That's one of those things where everything has to go right," Granderson said. "It's a play that's hard to practice."
Take a listen to the audio. It's pretty interesting to hear just what goes into making a grab like that.
That's it from here. I'm headed back through the traffic to Tampa. Thanks to everyone for reading today.
Here's why you don't get caught up in stats • 03.10.10
Joe Girardi has been saying all spring that he's not going to focus on statistics when it comes time to decide on the fifth starter. There are other things at work, Girardi says, and not all of them are obvious to the average fan. Here's an example:
Joba Chamberlain has been told work on getting his pitches in on hitters, particularly right-handers. In his meltdown inning this afternoon, Chamberlain tried to come inside to Austin Jackson and watched Jackson hit a single. Then he tried to come in on Ryan Raburn – another single. Then, a few batters later, he tried to come in on Gerald Laird – grand slam to left and his stat line was suddenly disastrous.
Phil Hughes? He's been told to work on his change-up. While facing Raburn in the fourth inning today, Hughes was in a 1-1 count. Instead of throwing a cutter (which is what he said he might normally do), Hughes threw two change-ups, both of which missed the plate. Now in a 3-and-1 hole, he had to come over with a fastball that Raburn crushed over the left-field fence.
In both cases, the end results are ugly. But in both cases, the Yankees know that their pitchers were following instructions and trying make themselves better in the long run. Talking about Hughes and his change-up, Girardi said, "I think it comes down to, 'Does he trust what we're saying?' And I think he does."
My personal opinion is that, regardless of whether it's based on results or something else, Hughes is firmly in the lead for the fifth starter job. I think the Yankees want him to be a starter long-term and, to this point, he hasn't done anything that would cost him the spot. Either way, the Yankees are looking at both Chamberlain and Hughes as important pieces for their future – which is why they're paying attention to a lot more than just the final spring training statistics.
If you're interested in more from Hughes and Chamberlain, check out some of the audio below.
Here's Hughes:
And here's Chamberlain:
A little deja vu for CC • 03.09.10
In his second start of last year's spring training, CC Sabathia got knocked around by the Tigers over in Lakeland. The line was ugly: 1 2/3 innings, six hits, five runs, one day that Sabathia would have liked to forget.
This afternoon – in his second start of this year's spring training – Sabathia had a similar experience. This time it was the Pirates roughing him up, torching him for five runs and seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Afterward, Sabathia was realistic – this is spring training after all – but also not particularly happy.
"Everything was up – belt-high and above. It's pretty easy to hit when it's like that," Sabathia said. "I always say results don't matter until I give up eight runs in two innings to the Pirates."
But wait, one writer said, you only gave up five runs. "It should have been eight," Sabathia replied.
The problem, Dave Eiland told Sabathia, is that he was collapsing on his back leg during his delivery, which flattens out his pitches and really affects his off-speed and breaking balls. Considering how Sabathia reacted to last year's Lakeland disaster – his regular-season was pretty good, no? – Joe Girardi isn't particularly concerned.
"Every once in a while, you're going to have a bad day," Girardi said.
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Friday, 31 December 2004
The Daily Telegraph reports that a number of US Navy SEALs are bringing a privacy action against the Associated Press News Agency for distributing pictures which appear to show them abusing prisoners. The SEALS claim that the pictures were taken from a private password-protected photo album and that there was no need to show the SEALs' faces as this could put them in danger. The agency has said that the photos came from a commercial picture-sharing website.
The IPKat notes that if this case was played out in the UK the issue would be a tricky one. If the pictures really do show abuse taking place then any breach of confidence or privacy claim might be unsuccessful based on the principle that there is no confidence in an iniquity. However, if the pictures put their subjects in danger then the human right to life may also have a part to play.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Fabric on my mind
Whenever I get into something new I often make it hard on myself by starting out with something difficult, which in the end gets tossed into a corner for lack of success. I'm getting tired of these sad ufo's taking up space and decided on starting with a small object. Man, I think I'm growing up! My hot-water bottle needed a cover, I'm sure some of the funny dreams I have come from my toes touching the cold wobbly rubber in the middle of the night. I got some cheapy cotton fabrics at Joann's, all in pink and aqua (my current obsession), made a pattern by tracing the outline of the bottle and added three or so inches on each side. It's a bit misshapen. But here you see my dilemma with the fabrics. It's too bland. I think it's the fault of the top print, because its background is the same pink as the solid on the bottom. What do you think?
Let's not even talk about the quilting. At that point, I just wanted to have a one-night project, hence the boring squares.
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- yuki said...
I'm the same way-- I tend to start with a difficult project, even on my first venture into a new craft. I took a quilting class back in my first year of college and am *still* working on the project I started then... that was almost ten years ago! It may be my first and only quilt.
Have you seen the book, "Quiltmaking by Hand: Simple Stitches, Exquisite Quilts" by Jinny Beyer? The quilt on the cover is amazing!
BTW, I enjoy reading your blog-- thought I'd finally come out & say hello! - 4:03 PM
- yahaira said...
you finally made your waterbottle cover!
Im with you, I think you need a little more contrast in there. maybe break up the pinks - 4:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
I fell victim to the too-complicated 1st quilt. It's been sitting in my sewing basket for years and it makes me angry everytime I look at it. I think that starting off with the water bottle is a *very* wise move!
By the way, I came across your blog the other day and have to let you know how much I enjoy it! A bit of sewing and a bit of knitting...and your FO galleries are awesome. (I think I'm now going to add Aimee to my project list as well as some knee socks for the fall). - 4:37 PM
- Areli said...
I think it's pretty cute. I read somewhere that you need to have a light, a medium and a dark color. And a small, a medium sized and a large sized print. I always thought if I ever made a quilt that would be a good starting point.
- Angela said...
Cute! I need to make one of those for my mom. Do you still want to try to hang out this weekend?
- erin said...
I can identify with so much that you're saying today. I have been thinking of quilts too and got a copy of Denise Scmidt. It will take me a long time to work out which pattern, colours and the how-tos.
Your bottle cover is cute. Maybe what you're looking for is to pick something along the lines of the turquoisey blue to give it a bit of contrasting zing. - 6:22 PM
- valentina said...
I'm afraid it does look washed out. But hey, it's useful and gave you an idea how quilting is done.
Well I think your water bottle cover is quite in keeping with the Denyse Schmidt quilts. But then, I find them bland and lacking in contrast.
There's no comparision to the intense tones in the verb quilt. She's used mutliple shades of red and even the soft blue gets intense in parts. You just can't get that much variety in a small area like a water bottle cover.
That said, I do like your hot water bottle cover and I think it looks comforting and cozy.
LaurieM - 6:30 PM
- Nadia said...
Fast projects rock!
- Balwearie said...
Kaffe Fasset is the colour king. That said, the little red square in the middle of your hwb cover ads a bit of contrast. If you really want to jazz it up (not that you'd remake it because it's just fine the way it is) you could make the red more intense or use something like brown or orange.
BTW, absolutely love the Weekender bag! - 4:29 AM
- Stacey said...
If you can do the weekender bag, you can so do a quilt! Just start with a simple block and maybe 2 fabrics/colors - keep it simple to start! The fabric choices can be so overwhelming!
- Amelie said...
I agree with stacey: your weekender bag looks so great, you can certainly make a quilt! I started sewing/quilting about 1.5 years ago, and I still haven't finished the quilt... but actually only the binding is missing and I currently lack the time to do it. After getting there eventually (...), I'd like to do something similar to the projects from the Modern Quilt Workshop -- I love that book!
- Shelina said...
That is a nice cover. The red does add contrast. I saw a fabric selection article in a magazine recently where they were trying to limit the contrast. So it is what you like. If you want more pizzazz, you can applique something - or just sew on some buttons or ribbon or something. I think it is fine as it is for a water bottle cover.
I too was terrified about starting quilts because I was afraid I would select fabrics that wouldn't work right. I found that asking for advice from everyone I knew helped. I picked some fabrics, then asked people what worked and what didn't. Just throw them on the floor, and look at them from a distance, like it is a quilt rumpled on a bed. The quilt will look different, because of the varying amount of fabrics, but will give you an idea.
The best solution is to make lots of quilts, so you aren't limited to any one fabric selection. Start lots of new quilts. - 5:53 AM
- bekka said...
despite the lack of contrast, it's still a lovely water bottle cover.
start with a lap quilt and then work your way up to one to fit your bed. or a baby quilt, those are so daunting, though i haven't finished the one i started... just too much knitting going on with me. - 10:31 AM
- Becky said...
It's a damn sight better than the red rubber! How about some snazzy embroidery to spice it up?
- KnittenKnots said...
You say bland, I say soothing...very calm color combo - great for a hot-waterbottle cover if you ask me.
- Dana said...
Mir gefällt die Hülle. Das kleine pinkfarbene Stück in der Mitte ist ein guter Kontrast und bringt Spannung in die zarteren Farben.
Und nach deiner umwerfenden Weekender Bag kannst du wahrscheinlich alles nähen, was du willst - sie ist so perferkt, dass mir hier vor dem Bildschirm regelrecht der Atem stockte. Trotzdem verstehe ich deine Zweifel was das Anfangen von neuen Dingen betrifft. Mir fehlt immer die Lust, etwas länger zu üben, ich will gleich beim ersten Mal Perfektion, und das ist nicht gerade eine realistische Vorstellung. Denn man lernt doch immer wieder Neues und denkt plötzlich an Details, die einem vorher entgangen sind. Insofern war die Wärmflaschenhülle doch ein guter Start! - 1:22 AM
- Stephanie said...
Ah quilting. I'm going to venture in to the world of quilting very soon. I've quilted a bit before (quite awhile ago now that I think about it) and am in love w/ one of the beginner quilts in The Modern Quilt Workshop. But, I'm with you - very scared about choosing fabrics. We have a good quilt shop in town, so I think I'll throw myself on their mercy and hope for the best. As for the waterbottle cover - it's great. Maybe a fabric with pink as the accent color would have made you happier, but it is a successful, quick project!
- blossom said...
i'd love to make a quilt one day, and i do want to acquire that book as well. the comtemporary quilts in the book are so tempting. your bottle cover looks great, very homey, really. i think that's what water bottle suppose to make you feel.


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Original author(s) | Dassault Systemes |
Developer(s) | ABAQUS Inc.,[1] |
Stable release |
2016 Update 05.1 / September 2016
Development status | Actively developed |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows Linux [2][3] |
Platform | Windows/x86-32 Windows/x86-64 Linux x86-64[2][3] |
Type | Computer-aided engineering, Finite Element Analysis |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Website | www |
Abaqus FEA[4][5] (formerly ABAQUS) is a software suite for finite element analysis and computer-aided engineering, originally released in 1978. The name and logo of this software are based on the abacus calculation tool.[6] The Abaqus product suite consists of five core software products:[5]
- Abaqus/CAE, or "Complete Abaqus Environment" (a backronym with an obvious root in Computer-Aided Engineering[7]). It is a software application used for both the modeling and analysis of mechanical components and assemblies (pre-processing) and visualizing the finite element analysis result. A subset of Abaqus/CAE including only the post-processing module can be launched independently in the Abaqus/Viewer product.
- Abaqus/Standard, a general-purpose Finite-Element analyzer that employs implicit integration scheme (traditional).
- Abaqus/Explicit, a special-purpose Finite-Element analyzer that employs explicit integration scheme to solve highly nonlinear systems with many complex contacts under transient loads.
- Abaqus/CFD, a Computational Fluid Dynamics software application which provides advanced computational fluid dynamics capabilities with extensive support for preprocessing and postprocessing provided in Abaqus/CAE.[8]
- Abaqus/Electromagnetic, a Computational electromagnetics software application which solves advanced computational electromagnetic problems.
The Abaqus products use the open-source scripting language Python for scripting and customization. Abaqus/CAE uses the fox-toolkit for GUI development.
Abaqus is used in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial products industries. The product is popular with academic and research institutions due to the wide material modeling capability, and the program's ability to be customized. Abaqus also provides a good collection of multiphysics capabilities, such as coupled acoustic-structural, piezoelectric, and structural-pore capabilities, making it attractive for production-level simulations where multiple fields need to be coupled.
Abaqus was initially designed to address non-linear physical behavior; as a result, the package has an extensive range of material models such as elastomeric (rubberlike) material capabilities.
Here are some animated examples
Solution Sequence[edit]
Every complete finite-element analysis consists of 3 separate stages:
- Pre-processing or modeling: This stage involves creating an input file which contains an engineer's design for a finite-element analyzer (also called "solver").
- Processing or finite element analysis: This stage produces an output visual file.
- Post-processing or generating report, image, animation, etc. from the output file: This stage is a visual rendering stage.
Abaqus/CAE is capable of pre-processing, post-processing, and monitoring the processing stage of the solver; however, the first stage can also be done by other compatible CAD software, or even a text editor. Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/CFD are capable of accomplishing the processing stage. Dassault Systemes also produces Abaqus for CATIA for adding advanced processing and post processing stages to a pre-processor like CATIA.
Solvers Comparison[edit]
The following is a comparison between the solver capabilities of Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit.[9]
Feature | Common | ABAQUS/Standard only | ABAQUS/Explicit only |
Element library | Comprehensive | no limits | only elements appropriate for explicit solutions |
Material models | Comprehensive | only yield models | yield and fracture models |
Solution methods | Implicit Integration needs solve multiple coupled equation Using the K Matrix (F=Ku) Stable |
explicit integration step by step using small time steps sometimes not stable |
Required Disk Space | repetitive calculations likely takes a lot of space |
no repetitive calculation normal |
Types of Problems | Linear: non-linear: Contact*: usual systems** |
Can solve Can solve Can solve if simple Optimal under steady*** loads |
Can solve Optimal. even if highly non-linear Optimal. even for complex and varying conditions Optimal under transient*** loads like Impact, Pulse and Explosion |
- Notes
^* The more complex the contacts become, the more repetitive calculations ABAQUS/Standard has to solve, and the more time and disk space needed; ABAQUS Explicit is the optimal choice in this case
^** Like static elements (see the picture,) dynamic elements, thermal elements and electrical elements
^ ^*** Steady, Static and Constant loads are the same. Transient loads include: quasi-static loads (slowly varying loads in which the effect of inertial is small enough to neglect) and dynamic loads (faster varying loads).
Alternative software[edit]
- Advanced Simulation Library (open source: AGPL)[10]
- Code Saturne (GPL)
- Coolfluid (LGPLv3)[13]
- COMSOL Multiphysics
- deal.II[14]
- FEATool Multiphysics[15]
- FreeCFD[citation needed]
- Gerris Flow Solver[16]
- Nektar++[17]
- OpenFVM[18]
- SU2 code (LGPL)[19]
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abaqus FEA. |
- ^ "Dassault Systemes to acquire Abaqus Inc for 413 mln usd cash". Forbes.com. Forbes. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.3ds.com/support/certified-hardware/simulia-system-information/abaqus-612/system-requirements-for-abaqus-612-products
- ^ a b http://www.3ds.com/support/certified-hardware/unix-certified-hardware/
- ^ "Product Index". SIMULIA web site. Dassault Systèmes. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Abaqus FEA". SIMULIA web site. Dassault Systèmes. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "ABAQUS CEO Interview". Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "ABAQUS 6.9 User Documentation". Internet Manual. Simulia. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.3ds.com/products/simulia/portfolio/abaqus/abaqus-portfolio/abaquscfd/
- ^ ABAQUS/CAE manual
- ^ Advanced Simulation Library Homepage
- ^ ANSYS Homepage
- ^ [depts.washington.edu/clawpack]
- ^ COOLFluiD homepage
- ^ deal.II homepage
- ^ FEATool Multiphysics homepage
- ^ Gerris homepage
- ^ "Nektar++ – Spectral/hp Element Framework". www.nektar.info. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ OpenFVM homepage
- ^ SU2 homepage


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Social Issues in Canada
In recent years, one of the most defining elements of the Canadian identity has been the country's social policies, that collection of laws and regulations that govern how Canadians live their lives, and what kind of government-guaranteed benefits and perks they enjoy. Particularly in an era where Canadians tend to focus a lot on how their country is different from the United States, social policy is often seen to be a window into the sort of values that make Canada a unique and progressive country — though it would definitely be a mistake to suggest any of the policies below are universally beloved and uncontroversial.
Health Care
Whenever Canadians are polled about what makes them "proudest to be Canadian," the Canadian health care system frequently tops the list. Beginning in the 1960s, the government of Canada began a gradual process of phasing out most private, for-profit health insurance, clinics and hospitals, replacing them with a new, universial, publicly-funded health care regime.
Today, all Canadians are provided comprehensive health insurance automatically, through public health coverage plans run by the various provincial governments (with some funding help from Ottawa). In practice, this means Canadians don't have to pay out of pocket for their medical procedures or rely on their employers for health insurance. The government foots the majority of the bill for all check-ups, exams and operations, and only charges small monthly premiums in exchange — usually $100 or less.
This health care system is one of the most generous in the world, but also one of the most expensive to maintain. In recent years, provincial governments have been forced to scale back their scope of coverage in order to make the program more sustainable, and many Canadians must now buy supplementary private health insurance to pay for things like dentist trips, eye exams and any operation the government deems "non-essential." Similarly, Canadian hospitals are notoriously overcrowded due to their ease of accessibility, and Canadians often have to wait for months to see a specialist or access high-demand services such as MRI machines.
How to guarantee the long-term "survival" of the Canadian health care regime is one of the most heated debates in contemporary Canadian politics. On the right, its common to advocate greater privatization of hospitals and clinics (most of which are currently government-owned and operated) and greater market choice in insurance. Folks on the left, in turn, are generally extremely critical of anything that smacks of edging towards a so-called "two-tiered" system, where Canadians with money can buy their way into better medical care than those using the public system. To the broader public, however, the status quo is considered nearly sacred, and it can be difficult for any politician to openly discuss altering the Canadian health care regime if he expects to keep his job in the long term.
- Canada's Health Care System, a summary from Health Canada
- Health Care in Canada: a CBC in-depth report
- Myths about Canadian health care, Snopes.com
In the last couple of decades, Canada has swung wildly from being one of most pro-life countries in the world to one of the most pro-choice. As a nation with a large Catholic population, abortions of any sort were banned entirely until 1969, and then only permitted under narrow conditions when the mother's life could be proven to be in danger.
Illegal abortions continued in the background, however, and in 1988, a particularly unapologetic abortionist named Dr. Henry Morgentaler (1923-2013) went before the Supreme Court of Canada to face charges. The court ultimately ruled that the country's existing abortion regulations represented an unconstitutional burden on the rights of women, and the law was overturned.
Though the Supreme Court's ruling allowed for some limits on abortion, in practice, the Canadian government has never passed any. Canadian women thus have a universal right to abort at any period of pregnancy — even the final weeks — which is a degree of permissiveness largely unseen elsewhere in the western world.
Abortion is a very controversial topic in contemporary Canada, and tops the list of things to avoid discussing in "polite company." There are a number of passionate pro-life and pro-choice activist groups all over the country, prone to staging aggressive demonstrations and protests in order to ensure their opinions are heard. Politicians from all parties have pro-life members in their ranks, but have so far been mostly unsuccessful at making the issue a mainstream topic of discussion. Only the tiny province of Prince Edward Island has been successful in imposing an all-out ban on the practice within its borders.
- Timeline of abortion in Canada, abortionincanada.com (pro-life)
- History of abortion in Canada, Pro-choice Action Network
- Canadian abortion statistics, National Post
Drugs and Alcohol
Liquor was associated with all sorts of social ills in early Canada, and at various times during the early 20th century most provinces experimented with banning the sale and production of alcohol in different ways. This era of so-called prohibition was not the magical solution many had hoped for, however, and by the 1920s, most provinces had changed their laws to re-allow the sale of alcohol, but only within certain tight regulations. To this day, Canadian provinces will often have complicated rules governing just how or where booze can be sold; in some provinces it may only be sold by special government-run liquor stores, in others the law may require hard alcohol and beer to be sold at different locations. Almost all forbid the sale of liquor at 24-hour shops like supermarkets and corner stores.
Canada's legal drinking age is set by the provinces. In Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec the age is 18, everywhere else it is 19. Most provinces also have strict laws against consuming alcohol in public places and low standards for what constitutes "driving while under the influence."
Hard drugs are all illegal in Canada, though newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (b. 1971) has promised to legalize marijuana during his time in office. In practice casual, private use of pot widespread, especially in big urban centers where anti-pot laws are rarely enforced and offenders rarely face serious punishment. Since 2001, it has been legal for Canadian doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical reasons, and in 2014 the federal government authorized the licensing of private retail distribution of medicinal weed — a decision which has seen vendors and customers alike intentionally blur the definition of what exactly constitutes "medically necessary" pot.
Freedom of Speech
Canadians generally take their constitutionally-protected right to free expression very seriously, but the privilege is not an absolute one. As mentioned in the Canadian constitution chapter, Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms allows "reasonable limits" to be placed on most civil rights, and over the years the government has used this authority to pass some legal limits on freedom of speech, though this is rarely uncontroversial.
The Canadian government maintains a list of banned books that cannot be purchased or imported, though in practice these are mostly obscure pornographic comics or neo-Nazi pamphlets. More "mainstream" pornography is only available in specially licensed stores or theaters, though this has obviously become far less relevant in the internet age. Provincial governments have similar laws banning children from buying pornography, excessively violent video games, or tickets for movies with "mature" content
Canadian has hate speech laws that make it a crime to publicly incite "hatred against any identifiable group" such as racial, religious, or sexual minorities, though the incitement generally has to be linked to some other criminal act, and there are a number of exemptions for matters of opinion or religious belief. More sweeping laws that made it a crime to "expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt" on the basis of identity were abolished in 2014. Sentences for hate speech, particularly hate speech that "promotes genocide," can reach a maximum of two to five years in prison. New national security legislation makes it a crime to distribute material that "advocates or promotes" terrorism, as well.
- List of prohibited works of obscenity and hate propaganda, Canadian Border Services Agency, care of gomorrahy.com (Warning: obscene content)
- How the battle for free speech was won, a look at the abolishment of section 13 of the Human Rights Act, Macleans' magazine
- When is it hate speech? 7 significant Canadian cases, CBC.ca
As a country founded in wilderness traditions of hunting and trapping, Canada's rate of gun ownership has historically been high, particularly in rural communities. According to the Canadian National Firearms Association, there are presently about 21 million guns in Canada owned by about seven million Canadians, the majority of whom are hunters.
Gun control in Canada has proven to be an issue which sharply divides the country in terms of rural-versus-urban. For those who live in big cities, guns tend to be associated with inner-city crime, particularly gangland murders, and support to severely control or outright ban gun possession is usually high. Canadians who live in more rural parts of the country, in contrast, usually associate guns with fairly benign hobbies like hunting, sport shooting and collecting, and see gun control as an undue burden that seeks to punish the otherwise law-abiding.
The Canadian government requires citizens to possess a gun owner's licence and undergo a background check before they can legally buy weapons, and laws governing storage and transportation are detailed and strict. Efforts to establish a national gun registry in the early 2000s proved costly and unpopular, however, and the project was scrapped in 2009, though there are plans to make one in Quebec.
Canada has a fairly robust set of legal protections designed to prevent Canadians from being discriminated against on the basis of things they can't control, such as race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a section of the Canadian Constitution that makes it illegal for the government of Canada, or any provincial government to pass laws that either explicitly discriminate against certain Canadians on the basis of their identity, or simply place an unfair burden on one group over another. The Supreme Court of Canada routinely overturns laws they perceive to be discriminatory on the grounds of Charter protections.
Canada also has a sweeping piece of legislation called the Canadian Human Rights Act that forbids private entities, such as employers, landlords, schools, and stores from discriminating against clients or customers on the basis of identity. Discrimination cases of these sorts are adjudicated by a government-appointed body known as the Human Rights Tribunal that has the power to issue fines and or other corrective actions. The various provincial governments have their own human rights laws/tribunals as well.
Canadians' attitudes towards same-sex relationships have greatly liberalized over the last couple decades. Beginning in 1969, most legal bans on sodomy were lifted, and since then, more and more Canadians have been comfortable living "out" lives as open homosexuals. Most provincial governments now explicitly prohibit discrimination in employment or housing on the basis of sexual orientation, and the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that it is constitutional to impose fines or bans on those who spread aggressively anti-gay "hate speech." At the same time, however, homosexuality continues to be something of a taboo in day-to-day Canadian life. Many gay or lesbians may experience tension with their families in the aftermath of "coming out" (particularly in more rural or religious parts of the country), and public displays of same-sex affection are rare, except in certain "gay-friendly" venues or neighbourhoods.
After years of opposition from both major parties, in 2005 same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada when the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin (b. 1938) passed the Civil Marriage Act that redefined marriage as simply a "lawful union of two persons." The law was opposed, and continues to be opposed, by many Christian groups and political conservatives, but the Conservative Party itself has long since abandoned its promise to reverse the legislation.
Selling sex is legal in Canada, but purchasing it is not, a somewhat confusing status quo born from a 2013 Supreme Court ruling holding that previous attempts to outlaw selling represented an undue burden on the rights and safety of prostitutes.
Canada's new prostitution laws, passed in 2014, impose tight regulations on precisely how sex can be sold and advertised — generally as far from public view as possible, and only by the prostitute herself (as opposed to a pimp, madam, or brothel).
First legalized in 1969, government-run gambling underwent a dramatic boom in Canada during the 1980s and 1990s, largely as a way for provinces to increase budget revenue without raising taxes. All provinces are now home to a wide variety of legal games of chance, including slot machines, casinos, lottery tickets, sports bookies, online poker, animal racing tracks and video lottery terminals (or "VLTs"). In 2010, the province of British Columbia went even further and became the first jurisdiction in North America to legalize internet casinos as well. It should be noted that in all these cases, however, gambling services are government-run; it remains illegal in Canada to run a private casino or betting house.
Compared to some of the other issues discussed on this page, gambling is generally only a minor controversy in modern Canada. While most Canadians may not want a casino in their neighbourhood and may be aware that there are health problems associated with too much gambling, casual gambling once in a while is a fairly common pastime unlikely to evoke much judgment from others.
- Canadian "gaming and betting" laws, Criminal Code of Canada
- Gambling in Canada, a CBC in-depth report
- One of the Canada's biggest online gambling sites
- Legal Canadian online slots review site
The Death Penalty
From 1859 to 1962, the Canadian government executed 710 convicted prisoners, mostly by hanging, for various crimes involving murder or treason. After a series of controversial cases, a moratorium on further executions was imposed in 1967, followed by the outright abolishment of the death penalty in 1976, by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000).
Despite being execution-free for more than 30 years, public support for executing murderers remains high in Canada, though no Canadian political party officially supports reversing the current ban.
Animal Rights
Though pet ownership (cats and dogs, mostly) is common in Canada, it's not a right, and pet owners are often discriminated against in law. Many public buildings, including apartments, forbid animals and in many parts of the country the types and breeds of animals you're allowed to own is limited by law. The physical abuse of animals remains a crime, however.
Pensions and Welfare
Compared to other western democracies like the United States and Europe, Canada does not offer super generous forms of social security and welfare to its citizens, though this has been credited with helping the country avoid some of the debt and spending problems that have posed so challenging elsewhere.
Every Canadian's paycheque includes a deduction for the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), which is then pooled by the federal government and redistributed in the form of pension cheques to all citizens over the age of 67. In addition, there is also the similar but optional Old Age Security (OAS) pension program, which can be opted into by retirement age seniors who have lived in Canada for a significant period of time. Of course, this is just a broad summary. Both programs are, in fact, extremely complicated and bureaucratic, and likely to get even more so as the government is forced to deal with a population that is aging rapidly but also living longer.
Welfare is a broad term that basically refers to various forms of government handouts that are given to people who, for whatever reason, are not working. Unemployment Insurance (recently rebranded with the more upbeat name "Employment Insurance" or "EI") is the most common form of this, and is available to Canadians who have been unexpectedly laid off or forced to quit their jobs for reasons such as pregnancy, illness or injury, or to take care of a sickly loved one. Most provinces offer similar forms of compensation as well. In general, welfare is a fairly controversial government program and there's a real taboo associated with taking too much of it for too long. Since the 1990s, welfare regulations have gotten steadily stricter, and now it's usually expected that welfare recipients will be actively seeking jobs or otherwise making plans for their future while on it.


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Shortly after the story runs, one of the four women, retired antiques dealer Violeta Bell, is murdered. Maddy wants no part of the investigation, but before she knows it, she's on another of her infamous snoopathons.
Was it bargains they were hunting or something else?
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"Irascible, fearless and unapologetic, Maddy is a heroine cozy fans will embrace." (Publishers Weekly)
"Great book, the Best of readers"
A truly enjoyable book. This was my first C. R. Corwin book, and what a surprise. She's entertaining, and keeps you guessing. I especially enjoyed the narrator, Suzanne Toren. She brings Corwin's books to life with so much animation. I will definitely be listening to the rest of her books.
"Good reading"
This is a great book. We listened to this on the way to Florida from Michigan. The charaters and story have some laugh out loud humorous moments and dialog. Good story. Even our 16 year old son enjoyed the story.
"I want more of this series"
I bought it because it was on sale and sounded worth trying; now I'm very frustrated because Audible doesn't have more of these! The story was fun and entertaining -- light compared to most of the mysteries I read and listen to, but not light on the story content. It was a great story and the narrator was perfect for the character.
So Audible, where are the rest of these??
I'm a bibliophile since early childhood. Love speculative fiction, odd premises, mystery novels that teach about different places and times.
"an appalling accent"
This may or may not be a good book. The reader's accent made it impossible for me to get past the first 3 minutes. Do yourself a favor and listen first.
"grumpy and negative"
The narrator did a good job portraying a person that I really didn't like. The story was OK, but I won't EVER get another book about Violeta Bell.
"Mama Mia"
This is an old fashioned mystery with a twist: our heroine. She doesn't pack, she isn't young and she does need her sleep. For me, at an age closing in on that of Mama, a plot is not sufficient to make a book a good read / listen. I like to feel I am learning something, about an occupation, a place or a period in time (or in the future) I know little or nothing about. Here, the hook is the perspective of a character who has already lived a life.
If this helps you decide, I plan to spend a credit on another Morgue Mama story.
"A little fun from a savvy old gal"
Light, fun, mystery
Violetta's brother, 'the Prince'. I can't explain why without spoilers - let's just say he gets to know the victim better after her death.
This is no great novel, but is good fun. A female protagonist in her 60s is past giving a darn about what other people think, but cares very much about getting justice for a woman she never knew.
"More Corwin please! Wonderful reader."
I don't understand the negative reviews for this audible book. The heroine is cantankerous and that is her charm. I have met women like Maddie, she is the older working woman who LOVES her job and does not want to retire, just because she has reached retirement age. How refreshing to think there are women who love their work and their late in life new man. It is charmingly played by the reader who puts a lot of heart into the performances with distinct voices for each character. I have listened to hundreds of audible books (long commute) this is one of the best performances I have ever heard.
"It gave me a headache and bored me!"
Thank God my iPod lets me set the narrative on a faster playback or I could of never finished this book. It's just plain silly, not charming.The narrator is very talented, but for some reason she choose to use a most irritating voice (think nails on a blackboard) for the main character. Instead of sounding like a woman in her late 60's, she sounds like a 102 year woman who has lived on an isolated farm in Kansas her whole life. Pass the aspirin.


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Classicist Mary Beard asks Do the Classics Have a Future? Beard is famous for her scholarly distinction and ability to energize academic and non-academic audiences alike. In addition to her column with the Times, she regularly appears on television. Her commentary is praised for its wit and inventiveness as much as for its intellectual sophistication.
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American Airlines Union President Stepping DownThe flight attendants' union at American Airlines says its president will resign on Friday.
Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Deal With American AirlinesA flight attendants' union says it has a tentative contract covering crews at American Airlines and US Airways.
Airline CEO Weighs In On Flight Fights Over Reclining SeatsDuring the past several weeks, airline pilots diverted three flights after passengers got into fights over reclining seats.
Flight Attendants Approve American Airlines' Contract Offer
AA Flight Attendants Union Sends Members Last Company Offermerican Airlines' flight attendants union, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, has decided to send the airline's last, best offer to its members.
Attendants' Union Cites Progress In Talks With AMR The flight attendants' union says it has made progress in talks with American Airlines on voluntary cost-cutting measures.
Pilots Union, American Airlines Continue Contract NegotiationsLeaders of the Allied Pilots Association will spend the weekend meeting with American Airlines management to find out more information about the airline's final contract offer.
Pilots Union Rejects American Airlines' Final OfferThe Allied Pilots Association board has decided not to send American Airlines' final contract offer to union members for a vote.
AA Union Employees Rally In Support Of MergerHundreds of American Airlines employees marched on their company's headquarters in Fort Worth Friday morning, carrying signs calling for change.
American Airlines Unions Picket Outside DFW AirportMore than 100 flight attendants and other supporters are picketing outside of Terminal D at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport today. The group is at the airport supporting the US Airways bid to merge with American Airlines.
US Airways In A Holding Pattern For American TakeoverUS Airways' announcement that it wants to pursue a merger with American Airlines sent American's three main unions soaring Friday.
Deal With AA Unions Could Open Door To US Air MergerThe major unions for Fort Worth-based American Airlines have decided to back US Airways hostile takeover of the airline. While the unions can't force a merger, they hold seats on the committee of unsecured creditors in the AMR Corp. bankruptcy case.


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One of Cannon Beaches most recognizable motels located on the peaceful north end of this quaint Oceanside town. The Lodges distinctive Cape Cod style buildings feature 22 Units with no two alike are surrounded by spacious lawns, landscaped gardens and Koi pond centerpiece. It's a 3 min. walk to the beach and 5 min. stroll to the downtown shops, galleries and restaurants. You will find a comfortable, quiet and clean atmosphere with a "traditional" feel.
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As for Pat and Gina. They are two of the nicest and most genuine people I know. They are very active in the community and do lead by example. I regularly do volunteer work for our local Ronald McDonald house and not once have Pat or Gina ever let me down when it comes to donating food, time, event tickets, or pantry needs. Great people and their Que is ok.


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i have the book cake angels dairy and gluten free cookbook temporarily but i simply can't make the recipes work without the eggs i am not vegan just can't eat eggs wheat or dairy. i have attempted the bakewell cupcakes twice to get half cooked cupcaks which have butter seeping out of the bottom of them.the only other recipe i have tried didn't rise at all and was really dense. i am replacing the eggs with flaxseed a 1;3 ratio i don't use egg replacer as it does nothing.any cheap ideas??
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AUSTIN, Texas- Boise State junior Amber Boucher became the first Bronco to score at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, Friday, with a 12th-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly. Boucher posted a 52.90 to touch fourth in the consolation final, good for five team points. "Amber raced hard today and put points on the board for Boise State which is what we came here to do," said head coach Kristin Hill. "She was so consistent in training this year and she worked really hard for this opportunity to compete here at the national championships. I'm really proud of her." Boucher qualified 14th with a 52.71 in her preliminary swim, just 13 one-hundredths of a second away from making the championship final. Boucher also became the program's first All-American, with honorable mention accolades. Her winning time of 52.05 at the Western Athletic Conference Championships still ranks seventh-fastest in the country this season. Junior Stephanie North competed in the 200-yard freestyle Friday, clocking a 1:48.57 to finish 52nd in the event. The championship meet wraps up Saturday, both Bronco swimmers will compete in the 100-yard freestyle. Boucher and North were each invited to the national championships in the event and both have a chance to score more points for Boise State. "We're looking forward to tomorrow's final day of racing and we'd love to add to today's point total with both Stephanie and Amber." The Broncos sit in 35th place in the team standings after two days. "It's extremely meaningful to have our first scoring swim at NCAA's," Hill said. "Only 40 teams have scored here, so we are excited to see our program recognized nationally in our fifth year." |
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T.J. Ford still looking good
One rebound shy of a triple-double in his first regular-season game…21 points and 6 boards in his second. Gotta love it. The Bucks have suddenly turned into a good team, with Ford, Michael Redd, Jamaal Magloire, Andrew Bogut, and Bobby Simmons all playing well, along with some other decent talent.
The Bucks look good and I'm glad to see Ford back on the court. The Spurs play the Bucks Dec 20 in Milwaukee. Ahh, Milwaukee in the wintertime is lovely.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Hello Crafters! :) Rochelle again to share with you my last two project with this months "Got Craft" kit. I decided to make some cards...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
All Boy!
Hello!!! Rochelle here to share another layout I did with this month's "Got Craft" kit.
I had so much fun using this kit! I used the Mister Huey's Color mist (included in kit) and paint with a chevron stamp on kraft paper for my background. I added twine under the papers and a little bit of burlap on both sides of the photo. Of course I had to top it off with gears --- chipboard, metal, hand cut and die cut gears -- all that come with kit!!!
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Internews Plays Vital Role in Haiti Radio
This article in Radio World covers Internews' humanitarian radio program in Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti:On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake devastated Haiti. It was the worst quake in the country's 200-year history.
Even today, the total death toll remains unclear. Authorities believe that more than 200,000 people died, more than 300,000 were injured and up to 30 percent of the country's 10 million residents were affected, with half of this number losing their homes.
Ann Kite Yo Pale: Let Them Speak
This report, published by infoasaid, captures practical case studies and best practice in communications with affected communities during the 2010 responses in Haiti. Internews and the BBC World Service Trust are partners in infoasaid, a DfID funded consortium focusing on improving how aid agencies communicate with disaster affected communities.
In Haiti, cell phones and radios help save lives
In a tiny general store in the northern suburb of Croix-des-Bouquets, Jacques Pierre jams the choke of his Honda generator and cranks it into life. Half a dozen Haitians wait in line to pay 40 gourdes (75 cents) to recharge their cell phones for a quarter of an hour.
Twelve days after the earthquake, Port-au-Prince has no power grid and no landlines. At night, the only illumination comes from the fires of burning trash and a smattering of lights on the hills of Laboule and Boutilier where the wealthy have generators.
Haiti Radio Fills Information Void in Disaster
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The caller from Boston was desperate.
She had just received a text message Tuesday from a friend trapped in the rubble of a Port-au-Prince school and needed to get the news to rescuers, the Haitian government, the world.
She called the right place: Signal FM, the only radio station in the city that has broadcast nonstop during the earthquake. Its building, transmitting equipment and antennas escaped damage, and the station has been a key source of information since the magnitude-7 temblor wrecked Haiti a week ago.
Nighat Hunzai - Highlighting the Issues of Women in Pakistan
In the aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake centered in Northern Pakistan, which killed 73,000 and displaced 3.5 million, women reporters who were prepared to cover the lives of women devastated by the tragedy were hard to come by in the conservative region. Nighat volunteered to join the Internews-initiated Pakistan Emergency Information Program (PEIP). The daily, hour-long program Jazba-e-Tameer ("Desire to Rebuild") highlighted issues necessary to rebuild lives in the earthquake region.
Use of technology in wake of devastating Haiti quake can offer important lessons
The use of crowd-sourcing, text messaging and interactive mapping proved invaluable, especially with the country's traditional communications infrastructure crippled, according to the report "Media, Information Systems and Communities: Lessons from Haiti," which was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The report was released Wednesday to coincide with the anniversary of the quake.
Happy anniversary, Haiti "news you can use" radio show
Last Jan 21st, only nine days after the devastating quake killed over 250,000 and displaced more than 1 million others, Internews launched a radio program to get critical life-saving info out to Haitians. News you can use is still going strong today.
Information aid during disaster
Over 100,000 people had to be swiftly evacuated from the area; elderly patients died in transit out of the radiation risk zone.
Those who made it to temporary shelters did not have enough food, medicine, fuel, blankets or other basic necessities. The mayor of one city in the exclusion zone complained that his people were being left to die. Such tragic scenes in Japan — which has been praised in recent days for the high quality of its emergency drills, preparedness and response — should give the governments of far more disorganised disaster-prone areas pause to think. Unfortunately, Pakistan falls into that category.
The Climate Context in Japan
When I was a young journalist working as the environment editor for a Thai newspaper back in the 1990s, one of the first things I learned was this: In order to cover the environment, you have to understand the energy sector—not just what it emits, but the politics, economics, and technical issues surrounding it. And vice versa: Those reporting on energy development have to understand its environmental impacts to provide good coverage.
Since the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, Internews has been working on the ground with local Haitian media and humanitarian aid agencies to get critical information directly to the people who need it most.