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Happy Fall to everyone! This is my favorite time of year and I love that in my area the weather is getting a little cooler. Definitely helps to get into the mood of the season. I don't know about everyone else, but fall also commences a busy time in our family. Always, seems our weekends are jammed packed with activities. With that said, I know I have neglected my blog a little bit so I decided to make a post that included a lot of things I have been wanting to write about.
In recent years I have embraced using scarves as an accessory. It really adds a pop to any outfit and also adds a finishing touch to a basic jeans and t-shirt ensemble. So if you don't use scarves as an accessory I urge you to try it out. You can get fun scarves for under $10, just look at Old Navy or Target.
Yes, I know this 'anthology' is on its third season, but the first episode of The Coven saga has left me blind sided. First of all I don't know how Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk come up with creepy amazing twisted tales time and time again. American Horror Story is scary story telling at its best. One thing that stands true from the past two seasons is that the show always has strong amazing characters. They have a habit of leaving a mark on our minds and striking a chord with our deepest darkest fears. I also love that the actors come back to play different roles each season. For example, Jessica Lange has been a creepy intrusive next door neighbor, an unrelenting Mother Superior and asylum warden and currently Supreme Witch. The Coven also boasts an all star-cast, Kathy Bates, Angela Basset and Jessica Lange to just name a few. This season will take us through the lore of witchcraft and voodoo of New Orleans. If you haven't I suggest you tune in, just remember to keep the lights on while you watch.
I don't know if it is, because I grew up in the 1980's, but I find this show hilarious. I have a been a long time fan of Jeff Garlin ever since his Curb Your Enthusiasm days. It also reminds me a lot of my husband's family. Not that I know how their family life was in the 80s, but it is how I imagined it. My husband has also commented that, its like watching his childhood at times. I wonder if the whole 1980's setting will get old, but we will wait and see. I have really enjoyed the first few episodes and hope to see more.
If you haven't seen Rush yet, run to the movie theater as soon a possible. It is the best movie I have seen all year. Rush (directed by Ron Howard) is based on the true life 1970s rivalry of Formula One drivers James Hunt and Nicky Lauda. The movie depicts this rivalry very well. Nicky Lauda is played by Daniel Bruhl. I feel that he gives an award-winning performance. James Hunt is portrayed by Chris Hemsworth not only is he so nice to look a but, he brings the sexy effortless swagger that James embodied perfectly. The driving sequences are pretty intense and well done, but also the human aspect of the film is just as good. Even if you don't like car racing you will like this film. There is suspense, romance, action and some laughs. It has it all, go see it.
Lastly, but certainly not least I want to give a shout out to my in-laws John and Joella on their 50th wedding anniversary! We had the pleasure of celebrating this momentous milestone with them and all our family this past weekend. It was really nice to see everyone and especially to have our kiddos hang out with their cousins for a weekend. Congratulations Mom and Dad!
I hope you all have a good rest of the week and remember even if life gets a little hectic, take the time to enjoy the present!


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Clutch's tenth studio album, Earth Rocker, was critically acclaimed and deservedly so. The four piece from Maryland had fallen upon a magic formula by streamlining their songs, ditching the nonsense and getting straight to the business in hand: rock. Album number eleven therefore had a significant amount of pressure on it; could Clutch repeat or even better the successes of its predecessor?
The simple answer is "yes", they've released another blinder of a record. Psychic Warfare comes close to being an Earth Rocker 2, keeping the take-no-prisoners attitude, but introducing enough new ideas for the record to stand on its own merits.
After a false start with the pointless intro track, The Affidavit, Clutch accelerate off the line with the high tempo of X-ray Visions acting as cinematic wheel-spin. Vocalist Neil Fallon waits only two seconds before blasting his thick southern-tinged voice down the microphone, which when combined with the palm-muted guitar and crashing cymbals, makes for a high-octane affair, which you can't help but nod your head to whilst making aggressive facial expressions. Half-way through a blues inspired solo kicks in, before giving way to Fallon introducing his band mates via their signs of the zodiac. If there were any doubts that Clutch wouldn't be able to deliver, then X-ray Visions quickly banishes these worries.
It's a similar story across the record. The trio of Firebirds, Sucker for the Witch and Noble Savage are attitude-fueled numbers, that manage to combine Fallon's charismatic lyrics with heavy riffing and several moments of pure venom. The intriguingly titled Behold the Colossus has a looser feel to it, letting foot-tapping rhythms take hold as the song winds through lighter and darker moments.
Despite being an inherently heavy record, there are several other interesting elements present across the album. A Quick Death in Texas features a lovely, lightly overdriven, loose riff that keeps the southern-inspired song thrumming. Your Love is Incarceration has a funky feel to it, swinging through its verses and completed by a cowbell cameo. Our Lady of Electric Light comes close to being branded a ballad and provides some respite in the middle of the album, flowing in from the gentle, if a little underwhelming instrumental, Doom Saloon.
Unusually two of the best cuts from the album come at the record's conclusion. Decapitation Blues is vintage stoner rock that brings gigantically thick riffs, whilst the album closer, Son of Virginia, takes time to grow from a sparse blues twang into a full on cataclysm of heavy guitars and thumping drums.
Psychic Warfare does well not to be a carbon copy of Earth Rocker, but also does well not to stray too far away from what made its predecessor great. The same basic formula of high-octane, blues-inspired stoner rock permeates the record, but unlike some formulaic acts, such as AC/DC, each track has distinct characteristics and inspired ideas, helped in part by Fallon's fantastically creative lyrics. Nearly twenty-five years into their career, Clutch seem like they are only just getting going.
Overall: 8/10
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The soundtrack itself is a Japanese import on Blu-Ray and includes 104 tracks and the game trailer remastered in 5.1 surround sound. The five-plus hours of music on the disc are also available in MP3 format for computers with Blu-Ray disc drives. Final Fantasy XIV: Before Meteor is currently available to pre-order for $49.99, and the price includes a code for an exclusive in-game Wind-Up Dalamud pet.Click here:FFXIV Gil to learn more content and services.


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It's earnings time and in the newspaper industry no earnings presentation is listened to as closely as that of The New York Times Company. Yesterday the company reported their earnings and if you were a media site that lives off of rewriting press releases then the news was good: net income rose to $42.1 million. If you paid a little more attention, then you found out that the reason for the good net income was the money that came in from the sale of the Regional Newspaper Group.
For many others, the real news was that revenue fell slightly, with ad revenue falling more than slightly – 8.1 percent to be exact. But what caught everyone's attention was the fall in digital ad revenue. That seemed like quite a trick.
You see everyone knows print revenue, especially at newspapers, is in decline. Those that post small decreases are applauded, those whose revenue falls more dramatically get a lecture on the sad fate of the newspaper business. Then the conversation turns to digital where everyone expects at least some sign of growth – even if the growth can not compensate for declines in print ad revenue. If that category doesn't show growth then "what the heck is going on?"
a piece on the NYT's explanation about the digital numbers, but I think it missed the drama and obfuscation apparent when you listen or read the transcript of the earnings call. So without further ado, here is a highly abridged version of both the NYT's presentation and some of the Q&A session that followed (italicized type means a NYT Company representative is speaking, plain text is some on the conference call asking a question):
Arthur O. Sulzberger: ... Our first quarter results are a testament to our successful digital strategy. Just one year after launching digital subscriptions at The Times, subscribers to pay digital products across the company totaled approximately 472,000. Our strategy has provided a model for the rest of the industry, and we continue to see reports that a growing number of U.S. newspapers are adopting metered models. Even as the advertising environment remains challenging on both the print and digital fronts, this year we expect to build on that strong start as we embark on our second year of paid digital subscriptions. We are exploring opportunities to deepen our readers engagement through mobile, video and social media, all of which have been growing rapidly...
James M. Follo: While total revenues for the company were flat, the advertising environment again presented challenges in the first quarter. Digital advertising revenue was down 10%, driven by ongoing challenges at the About Group, which saw a 24% decline in advertising revenues, while digital advertising revenue at the News Media Group decreased 2%. Print advertising trends improved slightly from the fourth quarter and finished down 7%, while overall advertising revenues were down 8%...
...Returning to our digital initiatives. As we recently announced, in conjunction with the anniversary of our digital subscriptions as of March 18, The Times Media Group have 454,000 paid digital subscribers, up 16% from the fourth quarter. This number includes subscriptions to The Times, the International Herald Tribune digital packages, eReaders and Replica editions. The Boston Globe had 18,000 paid digital subscribers to BostonGlobe.com as of March 18, also including eReaders and Replica editions...
Moving on to The About Group. Total revenues decreased 23% to $24 million in the first quarter, with decreases in cost-per-click and display advertising both contributing to the decline. About is beginning to show progress in its turnaround efforts, particularly on the display side, but there is still more work to be done.
Alexia S. Quadrani - JP Morgan Chase: Just a couple of questions. First on, could you give us some color of how -- what you're seeing in April so far in terms of print advertising trends. I think you said that Q2 should be similar to Q1?...
Scott Heekin-Canedy: ...April is off to a slow start compared to the last couple months of Q1, as Jim noted. We saw a sequential improvement in Q1, but as I've said in the last several quarters, the month-to-month results are very volatile. And it's in large part, a reflection of the way advertisers approach their spending plans. They tend to be characterized by last-minute decisions and short-term planning horizons. So in April, we're seeing a slowdown compared to February and March...
Craig Huber: (Responding to a previous question and answer) You mentioned lower click-through ad rates, can you just help us just to quantify how much you're seeing down? Do you have rates online?
Arthur O. Sulzberger: Well, look, page views are up. I won't be specific here. I'll help you out though. Page views are up 6%. Ad rates are down. I think Google disclosed their ad rates were down, I believe, somewhere around 10%, 12% in the quarter. That would suggest a lot of the -- and I'm not -- we actually performed better than that in the ad rates side, but we're not going to be specific about that. So the rest of it is really click-through rates. And the click-through rates is both volume of ads on the pages and the number of clicks on those ads when people see it. These things we can do on that -- on the click-through side that is both in our control and not in our control.
The above transcript comes from Seeking Alpha who allows bloggers quote excerpts from their transcripts – I hope I have not exceeded their limits here, but I thought it was important to reproduce segments that talking about digital media. There was more, but in keeping with the spirit of their reproduction policy I've tried to limit this as best as possible.
This didn't sound like the NYT team's greatest earnings presentation. What seemed missing to me was any real answer to the question "what are you doing to turn the ship around?" Maybe the sale and its boast to earnings gave the management team a sense that no one would notice those inconvenient details about ad revenue, especially digital ad revenue.
In response to yesterday's call a number of writers went on to express their own views on the prospects for the company. Rick Edmonds from Poynter ran through some of the troubling details, concluding: "But right now, 2012 is looking no better than 2011 for advertising, especially if digital remains problematic. The Times Co. will be challenged to come up with a next generation of innovations, robust enough in generating revenues to take up the slack. For now, Wall Street liked what it heard and shares were up almost 5 percent at closing."
He could have added "but what does Wall Street know?"
But this is supposed to be a new media site, so let's just consider the issue of digital. From my perspective, the reason digital advertising is troublesome is simply that as the NYT Company has pursued a paid content strategy around both the web and the new digital platforms of mobile and tablets, it seems to have left advertising on the sidelines – I'm sure they would dispute this. But I can't remember reading a column that centered totally on the new ideas for digital advertising that would be coming with the advent of new mobile and tablet products.
The NYT apps, for instance, have not been nearly as innovative concerning the ad side as they have the paid circ side. Further, the mobile apps, while good and very useful, could have come from any of the major newspaper companies – the standard model of RSS feeds and banner ads is typical of most all other news companies. As for the NYT's tablet edition, I mentioned months and months ago that the ad side didn't appear to have been part of the team at the time of the app's development. All the talk in the press was about the battles internally involving circulation and pricing.
This earnings call should be a wake up call that the ad side needs to be front and center. So many media observers and investors seem to be concentrating on the value of the new digital platforms on sustaining and growing readership. That's fine, but an equally important question should be how do these new platforms sustain and increase advertising. I naively assumed that by this date the NYT would have a whole catalog of mobile and tablet apps available for iOS and Android users, and that half or more of these would be advertising driven – that is, products that came not from the editorial side of the business but the ad side. But a look inside the App Store reveals eight apps in total – six for the iPhone and two for the iPad. It is as if they are not even trying any longer.
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Hot off the press we bring you an exclusive preview of a fabulous new interiors range coming to Aldi – it's not to be missed folks!
We do LOVE an Aldi Special. We have a hot-line direct to Aldi HQ to get the heads up for all things new! Today news reached us of a Designer Lounge range and it has to be said, it's one of the best yet! The new Designer Lounge range is available to pre-order online from 10th May and in stores from 17th May.
The collection has a distinct designer vibe, thanks to a mix of on-trend geometrics, marble and terrazzo designs. This new collection is perfect to treat homes to a modern uplift this summer.
With prices starting at just £3.99, fans best be quick, as with all Specialbuys once they're gone, they're gone!
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Exclusive preview: Designer Lounge range
If you're looking to make a style statement and add pattern to your home you can't go wrong with any form of geometric print. Geo prints, popular for the past few season, continue to be big news! Thanks to this new collection you can decorate with geometric shapes galore!
All the new products are available in the aforementioned on-trend patterns, all in a muted colour palette of muted greys and soft pink shades.
The new must-have Aldi lamp
Oh how we love an Aldi Lamp! This vintage-look industrial-style Lamp is our favourite piece from the new range – and it's just £39.99. The adjustable arm and head makes it as functional as it is stylish, that's what makes it a winner in our eyes!
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Dress sofas, armchairs and beds with statement cushions. The new range features stylish Terrazzo (above), marble and graphic diamond prints – all just £8.99 each!
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Furnish living rooms with the new inexpensive range of accessories! This Designer Lounge Stool IS JUST £14.99. Available in neutral tones with rustic pinewood legs and a lovely crochet cushioned top, it's a real steal for anyone who loves Scandi-style!
This Drum Bean Cube in statement graphic print makes a beautifully modern addition to complement any room. Touching on the quality, the outside is made from 100 per cent cotton. The circular pouffe is extremely comfortable for extra seating but equally at home as a footstool. Available in four key designs including geometric and marble.
This simple, yet sleek marble-effect place mat and coaster set provides a touch of contemporary style to kitchens and dining rooms.
Home storage becomes fashionably functional with the addition of this storage unit. The fabric design is ideal for storing bathroom products or general knick-knacks. This unit comes in additional marble and terrazzo prints.
Brighten up the bathroom by injecting some on-trend patterns! The range of new guest towels will do the job nicely. In a dreamy combination of soft greys, pastel pink and graphite grey they are fabulous to add colour and pattern without dominating the interior scheme.
Related: Aldi takes on the mighty John Lewis with its lookalike garden furniture
Aldi's new range is available to pre-order online from 10th May and in stores from 17th May.
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2. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor any manner of likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I the L-rd your G-d am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children of the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
3. You shall not take the name of the L-rd your G-d in vain; for the L-rd will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto the L-rd your G-d. On it you shall not do any manner of work -- you, your son, your daughter, your man-servant, your maid-servant, your cattle, and your stranger that is within your gates. For in six days the L-rd made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the L-rd blessed the Sabbath Day, and hallowed it.
5. Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which the L-rd your G-d gives you.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, his manservant, his maid-servant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.


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C^U is going to be at Fandemonium, with an art table. An art table. Sure, this is no hard feat, but it's done. So for anyone that wants to come by...
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What is a Guardian ad Litem?
A Guardian ad Litem is a professional whose job is to represent the best interests of a child, usually less than 18 years old, for a specific purpose and for a specific amount of time. The Guardian ad Litem is appointed by the court and serves the court in a fiduciary capacity. GALs as they are often called, must have some initial training and meet guidelines set forth by the courts they serve. A GAL makes recommendations to the court, and is not a decision maker. The judge makes all decisions concerning the best interests of children.
When is a Guardian ad Litem needed?
The Guardian ad Litem performs an investigation related to the court's purpose and prepares a report based on the GAL's review of relevant documents, interviews with the child and interviews with other people who have information about the child. There are different types of GALs. Some are appointed to determine whether an aging adult is incapacitated; others investigate child abuse, neglect and foster care issues while others determine settlement offers in personal injury cases.
What is a Title 26 Guardian ad Litem?
Family Law GALs, also known as Title 26 Guardian ad Litems, investigate child custody disputes and other issues that concern children in family law cases. Family Law GALs are often appointed in high conflict cases when the court needs information from a neutral person. Title 26 GALs are also appointed in family law cases that involve mental health issues, domestic violence special needs and/or substance abuse.
What does a Guardian ad Litem do?
Serving as a Guardian ad Litem requires intimate involvement with a family. The Guardian ad Litem speaks with every person who has a significant impact on a child's life, generally in an informal setting. This may include all parents, relatives who have a close connection with the child, therapists, teachers, friends' parents, clergy, neighbors and others who may have knowledge about the child.
The Guardian ad Litem almost always spends time in the child's home or homes, sometimes eating meals with the family and spending time alone with the child in his or her homes.
Guardian ad Litems then use this information to write a report for the court.
To learn more about Guardian ad Litems in Washington State, here's a link to the Washington State Title 26 Family Law Guardian ad Litem Guidebook:
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Integrative Family Law's founder Carol Bailey has been involved as a Guardian ad Litem for more than 100 families. Because of her experience, she has been appointed as Guardian ad Litem in the most challenging of cases, including those involving parental mental illness, alleged sexual abuse, child neglect, childhood medical and psychological difficulties, domestic violence, high levels of parental conflict with alleged parental alienation of a child, and other serious family law issues with children in problematic situations.
Bailey's work as a Guardian ad Litem helped her see and realize the legal process was the cause of needless destruction of relationships important to the well-being of the parents and the children, and, as a divorce attorney, she knew she could foster a different outcome, one that benefits the parents and the children.
To that end, in her practice as a family law attorney she created and now uses Integrative Family Law to guide clients toward decisions that serve not only their short-term legal interests but also their long-term health and financial well-being. The firm's attorneys strive to minimize the negative impact the legal process often has on clients and their important relationships. In many cases, this approach also results in reduced legal fees.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Risk score for predicting ESRD in CKD patients
The 'Kidney Failure Risk Equation', developed by researchers from Tufts, will be presented at the WCN in Vancouver this morning at 11am. It provides the 2 and 5 year probability of ESRD for patients with CKD Stage 3 to 5. The risk score includes the following variables: age, sex, estimated GFR, albuminuria, serum calcium, serum phosphate, serum bicarbonate, and serum albumin and had a c-statistic of 0.92. This is really remarkably high, as similar published models typically have values ~ 0.7 (0.5 is a coin-toss). The score was validated in two independent populations of CKD patients (n = 8,391, 57% men and 38% diabetes). ESRD occurred at a rate of 11% and 24% over a median follow up of 2 and 3 years respectively.
This has been a long time coming. We've often written on this site about the need to stratify risk in CKD patients, including promoting the idea of a renal stress test, as has been done so effectively in cardiology. Today is a welcome step forward, as this model could potentially illuminate patient-doctor dialogue, guide triage and management of nephrology referrals and the timing of dialysis access placement, and help properly structure kidney transplantation protocols. Time will tell its true impact, but as someone interested in using technology to advance nephrology, this is an exciting day.
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Would not the validity of this tool depend on "business as usual" treatment practices?
i.e, USING the tool alters treatment *decisions* in ways which *change* outcomes, thus invalidating the model on which the tool is based?
- April 13, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Conall O' Seaghdha said...
Thanks for the comment.
I agree there could possibly be some circularity introduced if the model were used for planning cadaveric renal transplantation, where the outcome is determined by one's place on a list (i.e. the algorithm says patient x should go here on the list, which then becomes self-fulfilling).
I don't forsee this being an issue in the setting of live donor transplantation or dialysis initiation. These outcomes are ultimately determined by near-term clinical need rather than by "what the model says", and the algorithm's role here would probably be in access planning, or timing of txp work-up, referral etc. As clinical need will typically be determined due to the combined effects of the risk factors included in the prediction model, I don't think the outcome would be affected. Time will tell.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out - clearly the next step is to test its utility in the real world. If the score requires revision in the future because it has changed patient outcomes, I would view it as a sign of success rather than failure!
- April 13, 2011 at 5:44 PM


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Making 'herstory,' thanks to teachers
In this last week of Women's History month, I'd like to pay tribute to women teachers who inspired me to at least try to make "herstory" by following their admonition: "Those to whom much is given, much is expected." (Note: Herstory is a word coined by those who felt women were left out of "history.")
I attended elementary and high school with teaching orders of nuns. I think nuns get a bad rap when former students talk about their discipline efforts. Sometimes it was extreme, but I have positive memories and I'm grateful that they gave us tools for living, along with book-learning.
Explaining that speaking English properly was important, our first-grade teacher had us start each day with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance and "th" lessons. We'd touch the tips of our forefingers perpendicularly to the tips of our noses so that our tongues could touch our fingers as we repeated "the, there, they, those, them, this" until we had stopped saying the unacceptable "dee, dere, day, dose, dem and dis" that we learned at home from elders who spoke European languages that did not have "th" sounds.
We had no accelerated classes, but those who finished class work or tests early were rewarded with permission to go to the school library, where the library nun instilled in us (without our realizing it) an attitude of lifelong learning through reading. When she said, "I have something special for you," and took you to a book stack for a higher grade, it was like getting a straight-A report card.
My high school homeroom teacher taught common sense when she greeted us with a bookmark prayer: "Oh Lord, please help me to keep my nose out of other people's business." I've lost the bookmark but have always found her advice useful.
Other nuns taught us to look beyond our assumptions. When asked questions not in daily lessons, our science teacher would say, "Why not look it up?" We assumed she wasn't very smart but later realized she taught us to find our own answers.
When our home economics teacher said cooking was science and chemistry, she made me a cook. My English teacher made me determined to be a writer; she diagramed sentences, corrected grammar and critiqued my essays as "too sarcastic for one your age." When I boasted about being a columnist at a 40th reunion, she said, "Still, you were too sarcastic for a teenager."
The ancient nun who taught algebra, geometry and physics had an eye affliction that caused new students to call her Old Blinky. After we had one-on-one sessions with her, lasting until we "got it," we learned to respect her and not judge people by physical appearance or age.
Finally, our art teacher taught tact and diplomacy while encouraging creativity. When shown artwork revealing skills so limited only a doting parent could appreciate, she would say, "My, that is very interesting" and relate our grades to effort and enthusiasm.
Our class reunions have shown how well the nuns taught us; many classmates made "herstory."
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Survivor travels the globe to show how cancer victims are linked
Cannula. The word is foreign to most, save those in the medical field.
But for professional photographer Carolyn Taylor, the small tube used to administer chemotherapy is all too familiar.
So when she and her husband learned the cancer hospital they were visiting in Tanzania was out of cannulas, they rushed out and purchased as many as possible.
"Some of these people traveled some five days on a bus and couldn't get their chemo," she said. "They would have to take a taxi or walk to the pharmacy."
Taylor knows firsthand the suffering brought on by cancer.
In April 2006, when she was 43, Taylor was diagnosed with Stage 1 ovarian and endometrial cancer.
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"I was incredibly lucky," she said. "Generally, ovarian cancer is not diagnosed until the last stages."
Three years later, she found herself traveling across the globe to learn how cancer was tackled in developing countries.
It all started with a "random email" she received in 2009.
British Airways was offering a small business grant to women. The prize: 10 free flights to any of the airline's destinations. The challenge: Explain how the flights would help the winner's business.
Taylor, who works in advertising shooting food and beverages, quickly scribbled down the three required essays.
"I know that photography is universal, and I wanted to use my talent and skills to show the face of cancer throughout the world," she said.
Taylor understood that no matter the distance or culture, women suffering from cancer are "intrinsically connected" and face many of the same fears and struggles. She wanted to document these women and their experiences through photography, to show that cancer "has no borders."
She said her essays just poured out of her in a stream of consciousness.
"I didn't even keep copies," she said. "When I won, I had to call the woman back to have her send me a copy of my own essays."
And so began her 96,000-mile adventure around the world.
She first flew to Geneva, which was helpful in giving her contacts and access into various countries. Her itinerary then included trips to Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Italy and back to Switzerland.
According to Taylor, 70 to 80 percent of cancer patients in third-world countries are diagnosed in the later stages, and since those countries don't have the proper treatment, the mortality rate is higher than in more developed countries.
"Residents of Nepal have to leave the country to get cancer treatment, which is only possible if they have the funds to do so. Most do not," she said.
She said Tanzania, a country with a population of 42.7 million, has 100 beds for cancer patients in the entire country.
"What we have (in the U.S.) -- we're so fortunate and lucky," she said.
During her trip, one issue that stood out was the lack of knowledge and awareness.
"While I was in Vietnam, a man came up to me; his dad was a patient, and the man said, `I don't want to catch cancer.' "
Taylor said there is a lot of stigma and myth surrounding cancer in third-world countries.
While in Tanzania, she met a woman who went to a tribal doctor who told her to drink a specific type of camel urine.
"I want to help create an awareness program to educate people about what cancer is and what's needed to fight it," she said. "In the U.S. we know to get checked regularly and that our chances are better with early prognosis."
In addition to the lack of awareness, there's a severe lack of care for cancer patients.
"In Vietnam, there are two to three patients in a bed," she said. "Some are on the floor, and others are outside on lawn chairs. The Vietnam hospital doesn't feed you. The family has to come with food. They don't have the resources."
And with the lack of care comes a lack of hope.
"Some people never met a survivor," she said. "I met a 12-year-old boy in Tanzania who was diagnosed early and had a good prognosis. He couldn't believe I had cancer. `Maybe I'm going to be OK,' he said. When there's so much sadness around you and you see that, it makes a difference."
Since embarking on her journey, Taylor has become more involved in cancer research and support. Through a mutual friend, she became involved with the Connecticut Challenge, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with cancer survivors by creating and funding programs and offering resources as well as support.
According to Julia Pemberton, director of communications and network at the Connecticut Challenge, the organization manages issues after remission so survivors will have the best possible plan for long-term wellness.
"When survivors are finished with treatment, the question is `Now what?' " Pemberton said.
Through CT Challenge, survivors can find support groups, hospital programs and everything from nutritionists to yoga classes.
CT Challenge is helping to promote Taylor's latest endeavor, sharing her photographs and her journey with the community.
On June 2, from 7 to 9 p.m., The Connecticut Challenge and the New Canaan Public Library will host "Without Borders: The International Face of Cancer -- Photographs and Stories of Cancer Survivors From Around the World." During the show, Taylor, who lives in South Salem, N.Y., will describe her travels and offer a slideshow of the people she met throughout her journey.
Taylor hopes her discussion will show people that the world "is a really a small place," she said. "I want to raise the level of compassion on a global scale to help other people."
For more information on Taylor, or to learn more about her story, visit www.carolyntaylorphotography.com/blog/. For more information about the CT Challenge, visit www.ctchallenge.org.


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(Video) Tottenham vs Monaco; How Fabinho bossed the midfield
It is agreed that Fabinho is a defensive minded player and he would love to have a change of heart under his new manager but a keynote should be taken that Fabinho would be of advantage if he could rather imitate what he did while he was in Monaco.
Fabinho got attracted by so many clubs before joining Liverpool so should there be any reason to change such a defender that can also play right back as he did with his national team?
Fabinho was really impressive when he played against Spurs in the Champions League; the way the Brazilian bossed the midfield was out of this world, he found himself in positions that helped slow down the tempo of the game which could be necessarily reconsidered by Jurgen Klopp this weekend.
Klopp will meet Spurs during the weekend and many fans just want to see all the new signings in the game which means Henderson or James Milner might have to start from the bench but it seems the German may still want to use Henderson as his love for his captain could place the Brazilian defender yet on the bench.
However, if Klopp could use Fabinho, we may see the fight in the midfield as even more disturbed than entertained.
Last time out at Wembley Stadium, it was a difficult one for Liverpool after losing to Pochettino's side while Henderson was nowhere to be found.
Klopp should rather test Fabinho as we think he would want to do more than expected against the team he already bossed in his previous encounter while in Monaco.
Below is a short clip of the Brazilian player against Tottenham in the Champions League.
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Why Sarri's Juventus move could still happen
It has been suggested that there is a possibility of manager Maurizio Sarri moving away from the West London outfit Chelsea to join the Italian Serie A champions Juventus ahead of the coming season.
There are speculations that the Italian boss could be sacked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as he is not convinced about his ability to deliver success while his relationship with the fans remains a major concern.
It is therefore claimed that Roman Abramovich will wait for the outcome of the Europa League finals before making a decision on the future of the former Napoli boss.
However, Maurizio Sarri has already been linked with a return to Italy as he is reportedly wanted by a number of clubs in the Serie A including AS Roma and Juventus.
Serie A champions Juventus' manager Allegri has already declared his decision to leave the club and manager Maurizio is being linked with a switch which he has dismissed but there are feelers that the move could still happen if he lose his job with the Blues team.
It is therefore claimed that Maurizio Sarri has met with the criteria needed at the Old Lady and is tipped to succeed if handed the job but that will not happen should Chelsea decide to keep him for the coming season.
Although the performance of the Blues team was not convincing in the concluding season the Italian boss has managed to help the Blues team return to Champions League with a top-four finish.
Done Deal: Arsenal Defender Joins FC Twente
Arsenal defender Julio Pleguezuelo has signed for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente following the expiration of his contract with the Gunners.
His transfer to FC Twente was confirmed by the Dutch club.
The 22-year-old has signed a two-year contract with FC Twente with the option of another year.
Spanish defender Julio Pleguezuelo joins FC Twente after his Arsenal contract ended this summer.
Julio Pleguezuelo spent two years at the famed La Masia Academy before signing for Arsenal in 2013.
The Spaniard spent six years in North London before moving to FC Twente.
He didn't make any single appearance in the Premier League.
His only outing for the Arsenal senior team came during the 2-1 win over League One side Blackpool in the Carabao Cup earlier this season.
Julio Pleguezuelo captained the Arsenal youth teams during his time with the Gunners and also spent some time in Spain with clubs like Mallorca and Gimnastic de Terragona.
The Spaniard was sent out on loan to the two aforementioned Spanish sides.
Despite the average defensive showing from Arsenal during the just concluded Premier League season, Julio Pleguezuelo didn't get his chance to shine for the Gunners in the league.
The Gunners conceded 51 goals in just 38 games in the Premier League.
United set to land former Madrid target, talks have reached advanced stage
It is reported that the English Premier League outfit Man United are close to agreeing on a deal to secure the signature of Fluminense striker Pedro as the summer transfer window is set to be opened.
The Reds Devils boss is keen to land new players as he hopes to build a new and formidable team and Pedro has been identified as one.
Pedro was earlier on the radar of Spanish La Liga outfit Real Madrid and was close to joining them but the deal collapsed because he suffered a cruciate ligament injury which kept him sidelined for seven months.
The latest report claims that Man United are also in the race for the star player and have approached an official of the South American outfit with talks already ongoing.
A number of players are likely to leave the Old Trafford once the summer transfer window is opened as manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not be willing to work with them anymore.
He complained about their lack of commitment to the club and their failure to sacrifice for the team, a development that contributed to why the Red Devils did not secure qualification to the Champions League as they finished sixth on the log.
However, Real Madrid is willing to pay the sum of €25 million (£22m) for Pedro which means the same amount could be expected from the Red Devils.
Chelsea to pay £32 for this player who is not affected by ban
The West London outfit Chelsea have been handed a transfer ban that will stop them from registering new players for the next two transfer windows.
The Blues team went against the FIFA rule on signing foreign minors and that has attracted the ban.
This, therefore, means the West London outfit will not be able to register any new player as such, having new faces in the coming season aside American star Christian Pulisic whose deal has already been completed before the ban was placed.
However, Chelsea have got one Real Madrid player, Mateo Kovacic who could be available for them despite the transfer ban to bring in before the start of the season.
Mateo Kovacic registered as a loan player after spending some time at the Stamford Bridge and that is the only saving grace the Blues have got because they have an option of a permanent deal which is now being considered for activation.
However, in very clear terms, a permanent deal for Kovacic will not be affected by the FIFA ban that prevents Chelsea from signing players for the next two transfer windows.
Meanwhile, Mateo Kovacic's performance within his one-year loan spell at the Stamford Bridge remains an impressive one after playing 32 times in the Premier League.
The biggest shocking deal could be set to happen
There are fears according to emerging reports that Real Madrid forward and Wales international Gareth Bale could be heading to the English Premier League runner up Liverpool as soon as the summer transfer window is opened.
Gareth Bale has been linked away from the Bernabeu with claims that he would not be able to work under manager Zinedine Zidane as a result of the sour relationship between them.
According to the director of OKDiario, Eduardo Inda, Gareth Bale seems to be tired of life at the Spanish capital as he has resulted in playing golf these days with Real Madrid also looking to offload him in the summer window.
The former Tottenham star was, therefore, linked with a move to Man United with claims that he would be a part of the rebuilding process by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but there could be a big twist with Liverpool already mentioned.
The report making rounds remains one of the most unbelievable, knowing that Liverpool have got one of the best attack lines with Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah who are all in good form.
More so, one of the reasons why manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted on keeping the players together is because of the assurance that the trio will not be leaving at the end of the season but the addition of Gareth Bale would not be a bad idea.
Major unrest at Madrid over Liverpool star
Emerging reports at the Spanish La Liga outfit Real Madrid reveal that there seem to be unrest between the club president Florentino Perez and manager Zinedine Zidane over the club's interest in Senegal international and club interestar Sadio Mane ahead of the coming summer transfer window.
The former Southampton man has been on the radar of the Spanish side as he has impressed this season with a total of 26 goals across all competitions in addition to helping the Reds team to reach the finals of the UEFA Champions League.
He has gone on to score 59 goals in 122 appearances for Liverpool since joining in 2016.
Reports claim that the Merseyside outfit have requested for the sum of £173 million which is now the major contending issue at the Spanish capital.
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It is claimed that Madrid president has refused to sanction the move because of the huge fee but there has been pressure from Zinedine Zidane insisting that the amount be spent on the player.
Zinedine Zidane is keen to work with the Senegal international but the major point of concern for Florentino Perez is the huge fee, knowing that Sadio Mane will not be the only player that would be welcomed to the club ahead of the coming season for the rebuilding of the team.
However, it is yet to be seen if Liverpool will let go of Sadio Mane after Jurgen Klopp claimed that he would keep his team together.
Meanwhile, having scored against Real Madrid in last season's Champions League final, Mane is gearing up to face Tottenham in the European showpiece on June 1.
Deal on!!! Chelsea suffer major blow, Cech plays down move
The West London outfit Chelsea have suffered a major blow in their bid to land Arsenal legendary goalkeeper Petr Cech as their sporting director ahead of the coming season.
Petr Cech has already announced his decision to quit active football at the end of the season with his next step yet to be known but will not happen until after he has played his last Arsenal game, the Europa League finals, against Chelsea later on Thursday.
It was earlier reported that the stopper has got an offer from Chelsea and Arsenal to take charge of the youth team but a report yesterday claims that the West London outfit are offering Petr Cech a sporting director role to have him return back to the Stamford Bridge.
However, the legendary stopper, who is one of the best the English Premier League has ever had refuted the claim that he would be joining Chelsea as their new reporting director.
According to him, no decision has been made, stressing that it would only happen after he has played his last Arsenal game.
Howbeit, Petr Cech seeks to leave the stage while the ovation is very high by lifting the Europa League title with the North London outfit Arsenal later on Thursday.
Deal On!!! United's major summer priorty revealed after star player's exit is confirmed
Emerging report claims that the English Premier League outfit Man United have resigned their faith to losing star goalkeeper David De Gea at the end of the season.
Reports claim that the Spanish stopper has already made up his mind and there can be no going back on it.
This leaves the Red Devils with a big assignment to find a replacement at the end of the season, knowing that he is a major strength of the team and there would be a need for a new goalkeeper with big quality.
The words of legendary goalkeeper Alex Ferguson has been made reference to that no player is bigger than the club especially when he insists on leaving and refusing to sign a new deal.
It would be recalled that the Red Devils insisted on keeping David De Gea by activating a clause in his contract to have him stay for another 12 months.
Man United fans have also expressed their wish to have the star player leave on the social media as they insisted that there is no point keeping someone who does not want to be at the club.
However, a number of names have been linked with a move to the club and it is expected that a decision be made by the Red Devils as soon as the summer transfer window is opened.
Done deal!!! United's first signing to under go medicals
The latest report reveals that the English Premier League outfit Man United have agreed on a deal with Swansea winger Daniel James and he is set to be their first summer transfer signing.
It is reported that medicals have already been scheduled to conclude the conditions for the star winger to join the Old Trafford.
Daniel James had impressed with Swansea in the just concluded season which makes him attract a number of interests from top Premier League sides but the race was won by Man United as they are keen to rebuild a new team with a number of players expected to leave.
It is claimed that personal terms have already been agreed while a fee of £15 would be paid with an official announcement due for next week.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already had the backing of some of the former players to secure the signature of Daniel James with hope that the winger will come in with his quality to help the team.
Daniel James enjoyed a superb form this season, scoring five goals and delivering about 10 assists to help his team with this season while he was already secured a call-up to the Wales national team.
However, Man United are expected to sign more players in this summer transfer window while a number of them are also expected to leave the Old Trafford to be able to free up space.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have a £100 million kitty to land more players to be able to compete for titles and return the team to the Champions League.
24-year-old says he wants to play at Liverpool
The English Premier League outfit Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is now having his own share of the praise and value after Sassuolo striker Domenico Berardi claimed he wants to play under him at the Merseyside outfit Liverpool.
Domenico Berardi is also not a bad player at all as he has delivered nine goals and five assists in 35 appearances this season in the Serie A which gives him the chance to play at the Anfield.
It is suggested that Domenico Berardi would be able to fit into the shoes of Daniel Sturridge who is reported to be seeking a move away from the Anfield as a result of the lack of playing time and his relegation in the pecking order of strikers in the manager Jurgen Klopp team.
Domenico Berardi stressed that his next goal is to play in Europe, hence he would consider any offer available on the table but if he is to make a call, he would prefer Liverpool because of the German boss.
The former Borrusia Dortmund boss has been consistent in performance with the Reds team since he joined over three years ago. Jurgen Klopp is yet to win a title for the Merseyside outfit but he has been able to keep the club up there in their original status of a big side.
All hope is, however, not lost for manager Jurgen Klopp as he prepares to play the Champions League finals against North London outfit Tottenham.
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Here in California, when you tell an acquaintance that they're particularly clever or sweet, they grin pinkly and do a little riff on, "aw shucks, stop it again, quit it some more," and like you the better for it. In New England, they're liable to lift their chins -- apparently avoiding a slobbery little dog -- and take it as their due ... while wondering what your agenda is, and bracing to resist it.
I know this because, after living in each place for a few years and watching the expressions and asking why, I found myself doing these exact same things. (I'm not immune, but I try to be aware.)
I'm also planning to go between the mid-Atlantic seaboard and the Northeast, which I've done before, and that has a charming set of subtle cultural potholes of its own.
For instance, if you call a stranger "ma'am" or "sir" in Alexandria, they figure you have nice manners and relax a little.
If you do that in New York, they raise their chins (ever so slightly) and figure you've taken a lower peg than themselves in the pecking order; then they're either magnanimous or obstructive, but usually magnanimous.
If you do that in Massachusetts, they look around in a flustered manner and can't quite figure out if you're making fun of them or are putting them on a pedestal they aren't sure they should occupy. ... Which is in interesting contrast to the reaction to compliments.
Mind you, those who know me well have it figured out: compliments are taken pleasantly and "ma'am/sir" lightens the mood. So I'm not worried.
But I am glad that California has the cultural weight that it does, because -- as I learned long ago -- saying in an explanatory tone, "I'm from California," smooths out any number of cultural faux pas. And there are sooo many pas to faux up.


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From 2011 through 2014, Mr. Quinn worked as an independent consultant. His engagements included a role as Senior Policy Advisor for the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA), working in the areas of physician workforce and healthcare payment reform. He also completed a project providing financial consulting assistance for the Wisconsin Historical Foundation. Mr. Quinn served WHA as Senior Vice President from 1999 through 2011. He was also Vice President, Finance at WHA from 1979 through 1982. His responsibilities at WHA focused on healthcare finance policy, healthcare reform, healthcare costs, Medicare and Medicaid payment and policy, commercial insurance, healthcare quality, physician workforce, and rural hospital issues. He was also responsible for WHA's internal operations. Prior to his positions at WHA, Mr. Quinn held a variety of senior-level financial positions for a number of health care systems and HMOs.
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What happens when a sink school
becomes an academy?
Providing good quality education for the most deprived communities in our country is not easy. For children living in poverty or broken homes, or perhaps with drug or alcohol abuse at home or a parent in prison, education is very hard indeed.
I should know, because this is the kind of community I was brought up in and went to school in. My family ticked two of the above boxes (poverty, single parent family), and almost all of the kids I went to school with ticked at least one of them – and a good proportion ticked them all.
It's sad, isn't it?
Our teachers thought so too. They were very compassionate. Only their compassion translated into thinking like this:
"Oh poor little Johnny, his home life is very messy: we can't expect too much from him."
Or, as she was kicking off:
"I do feel sorry for Rachael, and we know she'll never amount to anything."
This is what Michael Gove called the 'soft bigotry of low expectations'. It's a real thing.
The three comprehensive schools in the town where I lived were run by the local authority. One was a bit better because its headteacher was half decent. Another was a bit better because it served a lot of the surrounding villages and had a smaller (though still significant) proportion of pupils from sink estates.
I went to the other one. The slightly scary, 'students often armed with knives', 'police often on site', other one.
Classrooms were usually a circus – only a few older, experienced teachers were capable of keeping order. I always found it fascinating how the same group of 13 year olds could go from running riot in one classroom to sitting silently and working hard in another classroom, purely based on the 'don't mess with me' look a few of the teachers had perfected.
In this scheme of things I, a hard working kid with a mum who valued education, was paid a lot of attention by teachers. Others were not so lucky. Kids I knew from primary school as being bright were dismissed, ignored and humiliated for taking a little longer to pick things up. So they stopped trying and started misbehaving.
The headteacher – who I won't name him here – oversaw a steady decline over 15 years. A similar decline hit the other two schools in the town at only a slightly slower rate. Why did the Local Authority (Labour, obviously – I'm from an ex-mining town in the North) allow it to happen?
My assessment is not complicated – it was just pure incompetence. They didn't know what they were doing. They were too scared of admitting they might not have got things right to draw attention to the decline.
It all came to a head when I was in Year 10 – half way through my GCSEs. The Local Authority announced the closure of my school following a series of OFSTED inspection failures. The building and pupils of my school were to be absorbed by the neighbouring school.
The kids and the community were not happy. It was a terrible school, but it felt like ours. While I wrote letters to the MP (which were ignored), others tooled up with files and other equipment from the design tech department and a marauding group of angry kids attempted to overturn a school bus. Police and private security were stationed at the school every day until it closed. Mini riots broke out a few times as poorly educated kids expressed their frustrations in the only way they knew.
The plan proceeded. My school was closed, and we all went to the neighbouring, previously marginally better, school. The teachers at my school were able to apply for jobs in the new, merged school. But through time delays and uncertainty the best of them took up posts at other schools. For the final term before closure we were left with the dross and a large number of supply teachers.
The headteacher who oversaw the decline left to become an education consultant and OFSTED inspector. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about that.
Around the same time, the Labour government announced a solution to the education problems in my town: 'Building Schools for the Future'. This was a PFI scheme which would provide new school buildings. The management and teaching of the larger merged school would stay the same.
My school year and the next one finished their GCSEs with only 22% achieving the 'five good GCSEs' education benchmark. The schools moved into new buildings, and the decline continued. Soon after OFSTED inspectors judged it as 'inadequate' and placed it in special measures.
The school was closed, and an academy opened in the buildings in 2011 as part of Gove's move to expand the academy programme. This new academy was part of a chain spun out from a high achieving school in another town.
I don't know an awful lot about what happened next – I was away at university, one of the few people from my school who went. What I do know is that in the intervening few years it has improved from 22% of pupils achieving the benchmark of five good GCSEs to a massive 79%.
It is worth repeating that – from 22% to 79%.
A recent OFSTED inspection also judged the academy 'Outstanding', and scores placed it in the top 1% of schools in the country. Almost 20 years of decline turned around in less than five years.
The leadership structure and the whole approach to learning is radically different. There is particular focus on children with special educational needs. There are a wider range of sports and enrichment activities on offer. Kids at the school are able to choose a variety of routes (beyond the basics of English, maths and science) including qualifications that will lead to university and more vocational courses that will help them straight into jobs.
Across these routes everyone is expected to work hard and reach their potential – and the high quality teaching, support and discipline necessary to get them there surrounds them.
The community has not changed. The demographics have not changed. The difficult home lives of the kids have not changed. But with this huge progress I reckon my home town will see some significant changes through the next generation.
I believe that the freedom the academy model gives to school leaders to innovate and meet particular needs of the community they serve is a wonderful and fabulous thing. I'm pleased to see the government expanding it to include all schools, and I'm excited to see the innovation and progress it will bring as school leaders up their game.


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