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1. What every clinician should know
A. Clinical features and incidence
Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a double-stranded DNA herpes virus, causes clinical infection with the development of primary infection, chicken pox, or reactivation, herpes zoster (shingles).Although the morbidity of infection is significantly greater within the adult population, most of the primary infections occur during childhood. Over the past two decades, a dramatic decline in disease incidence – with concomitant increase in immunity – has been seen with the implementation of routine childhood varicella vaccinations. Taken together, childhood infection or immunization has resulted in serologic evidence of immunity in 95% of adults and translates into only 0.1-0.4 cases per 1,000 pregnant women each year in the United States.
Regardless of the high prevalence of serologic immunity, primary VZV infection is the most contagious viral infection complicating pregnancy, with 60-95% of exposures resulting in infection. Herpes zoster arises as a reactivation of dormant virus particles within the dorsal root ganglia following prior exposure. More than 300,000 cases of zoster occur annually in the United States, but mostly in elderly and immunocompromised patients; pregnancy is not recognized as an antecedent event. No evidence supports pregnancy worsening severity or frequency of herpes zoster in the healthy, pregnant patient population.
Varicella-zoster virus primary infection, chicken pox, can present at any stage of the disease process, with many patients presenting later in the course of disease with a "rash." A patient often reports a 1-2 day prodrome of flu-like symptoms, including fever, malaise, headache and myalgia prior to the eruption of the rash. The characteristic pruritic vesicular lesions initially appear along the head and trunk, then spread sporadically to the lower abdomen and extremities. These lesions begin as papules and rapidly progress to superficial clear vesicles surrounded by a halo of erythema. The lesions typically are at all stages at any one time during the disease. As a clinical marker, once all the lesions have crusted, the patient is no longer considered infectious.
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Reactivation of VZV, shingles, is typically localized to 1-3 sensory nerve dermatomes, with systemic disease extremely rare (Figure 1). Pain precedes the development of the rash by days to weeks, with reported deep aching or burning pain, altered sensitivity to touch (paresthesia's) that may be painful (dysesthesia), exaggerated responses to stimuli (hyperesthesia), or electric shock-like pains. The lesions develop as erythematous papules which develop into vesicles that coalesce, rupture and crust over.
Fetal and neonatal clinical disease presentation is related to the timing of infection. Congenital varicella syndrome is typically identified following maternal infection between 12-20 weeks gestation. Congenital varicella syndrome features include limb abnormalities, chorioretinitis, microphthalmia, cerebral cortical atrophy, microcephaly, growth restriction, hydronephrosis, seizures and mental retardation. Specific limb abnormalities include cutaneous scarring, limb hypoplasia and muscle atrophy.
Fortunately, the risk of congenital varicella syndrome is relatively low, with an expected rate of 0.4-2% when maternal infection occurs at 20 weeks or less gestation, and rarely thereafter. Additionally, no reports of congenital varicella infection have been reported in the setting of maternal zoster infection at any point in gestation. Neonatal infection due to intrapartum exposure is associated with a 25-50% attack rate. Neonatal varicella infection can present with pneumonia, disseminated mucocutaneous lesions, visceral infection, fever and as previously mentioned, results in death in 25% of cases.
Women seronegative for VZV are at risk for developing a primary VZV infection. Women at higher risk of VZV reactivation include those in an immune-compromised state; therefore, a review of HIV/AIDS status, immune-modulating medication use and medical history should be completed.
2. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Establishing the diagnosis
When a clinical suspicion of VZV arises, important historical elements should be sought to elucidate the etiology of the disease process. Initially, a determination of prior VZV exposure and/or immunization should be obtained as primary VZV infection – chicken pox – differs in presentation, management, and outcome from reactivated VZV – herpes zoster or shingles. If the patient denies prior exposure to VZV or previous immunization, then a presumptive diagnosis of primary VZV must be applied. Fortunately, the clinician can be cautiously reassured that at least 70% of women reporting a "negative" history are actually seropositive, and thus immune from a primary VZV infection and its associated effects.
VZV infection, primary or reactivation, is typically diagnosed based on clinical exam with identification of the characteristic lesions. If the diagnosis is uncertain or a possible chicken pox or zoster exposure has occurred, laboratory testing can confirm maternal infection status. The varicella virus can be isolated from a scraping of the base of an active lesion during the acute phase of infection with subsequent Tzank smear, tissue culture or direct fluorescent antibody testing (DFA testing).
Nucleic acid amplification tests are available with increasing sensitivity and specificity. Seroconversion can be identified with the use of an antibody assay identifying acute and convalescent sera. VZV lgM may be detected within days after VZV symptoms are present and remains positive for 4-5 weeks. If maternal VZV infection is confirmed, fetal infection can be assessed using DNA amplification techniques on amniotic fluid. In addition to invasive testing, limited reports of antenatal diagnosis have been described using ultrasound to identify limb abnormalities.
Differential diagnosis
Several other dermatologic disorders in pregnancy may present with a clinical picture similar to chicken pox. Dermatology consultation may be useful if laboratory testing excludes VZV. A localized Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) outbreak in the "boxer-short" distribution can present similarly to shingles. HSV culture or nucleic acid amplification testing will help differentiate between these two herpesviridae infections. Shingles is also usually limited to one dermatome while HSV may cross dermatomes.
3. Management
Prevention strategies are paramount in the management of this disease. Screening prior to conception or at the initial prenatal visit with historical report of prior varicella exposure and/or vaccination should be obtained on all patients considering pregnancy, as this information will be useful in the setting of an exposure incident. Within the clinic setting, all healthcare workers in contact with pregnant patients should be screened and vaccinated, or identified as susceptible, to permit redeployment to nonpatient areas.
Once maternal varicella infection is suspected, the affected individual should be isolated from other pregnant women due to the highly contagious virus and severity of disease associated with pregnancy. A detailed history and physical exam should be performed to delineate the current disease status as to either primary or reactivation (see above). Meticulous hygiene and skin care should be stressed in the prevention of secondary skin infection. Pruritus can be decreased with topical dressings, tepid water baths and wet compresses, or by administering antipruritic drugs.
Uncomplicated maternal infection is typically self-limited and does not require treatment. Evidence of maternal compromise with dehydration, pulmonary involvement with pneumonia, or extracutaneous involvement with neurologic, hepatic or ocular disease may require hospitalization and medical therapy.
Acyclovir, a synthetic nucleoside analogue of guanine which is highly specific for cells infected with VZV, is the drug of choice. Once ingested, acyclovir is converted to acyclovir di- and tri-phosphate by other cellular enzymes. Acyclovir triphosphate inhibits DNA synthesis and viral replication by competing with deoxyguanosine triphosphate for viral DNA polymerase and being incorporated into viral DNA. Intravenous acyclovir dosing recommendations are 500 mg/m2 or 10-15 mg/kg every 8 hours.
Exposure of a susceptible pregnant woman to a contact with VZV should prompt maternal lgG testing as soon as possible. If she is seronegative, she should be offered Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin (VariZIG). VariZIG is a human globulin fraction previously produced in the United States as VZig until discontinuation in 2005. Currently, the therapy is available as investigational VariZIG, produced by the Cangene Corporation (Winnipeg, Canada) distributed by FFF Enterprises (Temecula, California).
The investigational VariZIG is made from plasma containing high levels of anti-varicella antibodies (immunoglobulin class G [lgG]). The recommended dose is 125 units/10 kg body weight, up to a maximum of 625 units. Although previously recommended to be administered within 96 hours after exposure, in May 2011 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved administration of VariZIG for up to 10 days following exposure. Despite this expanded window of treatment, VariZIG is expected to provide maximum benefit when administered as soon as possible after exposure. Prevention of congenital varicella syndrome with the use of VariZIG is unknown, but unlikely to be tested due to ethical issues.
Two live, attenuated varicella zoster virus-containing vaccines are available in the United States for prevention of varicella: VARIVAX and ProQuad. VARIVAX, a single-antigen varicella vaccine (VARIVAX, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey), was licensed in the United States in 1995 for use among healthy children aged 12 months or more, adolescents, and adults; while ProQuad, a combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine (ProQuad, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey), was licensed in the United States in 2005 for use among healthy children aged 12 months-12 years.
Vaccination results in 97% seroconversion; however, vaccine induced immunity diminishes over time with resultant breakthrough infection rate of 5% at 10 years. These live, attenuated vaccines are not recommended in pregnancy, and pregnancy should be delayed for 1 month following the last dose because there is a small chance of mild varicella infection after vaccination with the live, attenuated vaccine. Data from a registry established in March 1995 through March 2012 and co-sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc (manufacturer of Varivax and ProQuad, see above) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not identify any cases of congenital varicella syndrome or increased prevalence of other birth defects associated with inadvertent varicella vaccination during pregnancy in more than 900 women vaccinated within 3 months before or during pregnancy. Consequently, the CDC currently recommends that unintentional vaccination of varicella in pregnancy does not imply a need for termination. Postpartum breast feeding should not be disrupted as these vaccines are not excreted into breast milk if vaccination is administered postpartum.
4. Complications
Maternal systemic complications in pregnancy are similar to those seen in the non-pregnant population. The most common infectious complication is secondary bacterial superinfection of the skin and soft tissues from excoriation of the lesions with resultant infection with common skin flora, such as Staphylococcus aureus. Extracutaneous involvement of the infection can also include the central nervous system, myocarditis, corneal lesions, nephritis, arthritis, bleeding diatheses, acute glomerulonephritis, pneumonia and hepatitis. Central nervous system manifestations include aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Varicella pneumonia is the most severe complication associated with VZV infection. According to Harger et al. 5.2% of women with varicella were diagnosed with pneumonia. Risk of disease is further increased in adulthood and more so in pregnancy. As the gestation advances, the risk of pneumonia is increased, possibly due to displacement of the diaphragm by the enlarging gravid uterus.
Additional risk factors include current tobacco use and greater than 100 chicken pox skin lesions, indirectly indicating more severe, disseminated infection. Symptoms develop 2-4 days following the onset of the rash with cough, dyspnea and tachypnea. As respiratory symptoms can be mild, a chest x-ray with fetal radiographic shielding is recommended for all pregnant patients presenting with varicella. Radiographic findings include nodular infiltrates similar to those seen with other viral pneumonias. This condition was often lethal, with early reports of 40% mortality.
Fortunately, mortality rates associated with pneumonia have drastically improved to less than 2 percent with improvement of supportive care and aggressive medical therapy with antiviral medication. Resolution of pulmonary issues typically follows the time course of skin lesions, however, compromised pulmonary function could persist up to several weeks.
Acyclovir is recommended for the treatment of complicated VZV infection. The Acyclovir Pregnancy Registry, designed to assess pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to the antiviral medication, was closed in 1999. The advisory committee concluded that there was no increase in the number of birth defects in exposed patients when compared to the general unexposed population.
5. Prognosis and outcome
Pregnant women diagnosed with uncomplicated VZV primary or reactivation disease have a self-limited course that usually resolves without maternal sequelae. Complications such as Varicella pneumonia are uncommon but potentially fatal if unrecognized, as discussed above. Shingles is unusual in the reproductive age group. The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia – the patient experiences severe pain in the area of the shingles outbreak, even when the shingles rash itself has resolved. This is usually seen in patients 60 years of age and is rare in pregnancy.
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"The Bakla Show 3" Bindlestiff Studio, 185 Sixth St, SF; http://baklashow3.bpt.me. $10-20. Thu/26-Sat/28, 8pm. Three short works focusing on the struggles of Pinoy LGBT youth.
Body of Water Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center, Bldg D, Third Flr, Marina at Laguna, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. $15-35. Fri/27-Sat/28, 7:30pm. A Theatre Near U presents an original indie-rock teen musical, with songs by Jim Walker.
Brahmin/I: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show Thick House, 1695 18th St, SF; www.crowdedfire.org. $15-35. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm. Stand-up comedy at its best is a stage for telling more than jokes. It's a place for telling the truth fearlessly. Depending on the comic, that "truth" may be reactionary — trading on sexual stereotypes, for example, in a way that reinforces a patriarchal worldview. In other cases, the comedian's truth might be radically subversive of the usual order of things. This latter sort of truth telling should also describe the theater at its best (if in practice it too rarely does). Crowded Fire's production of Aditi Brennan Kapil's wonderfully layered and rambunctious Brahman/I: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show joins both spheres in a persuasive mash-up of truths personal, political, mythical, and artistic. It unfolds as an often simultaneously awkward, stirring, and very funny stand-up routine by an amped Indian American intersex person with the name of the Hindu god who created the universe — and who is, at one level, the playwright's transposition of that god to a contemporary American setting. Played by the ferociously charming and utterly compelling New York-based actor Imran Sheikh (under Erin Merritt's intelligent direction), Brahman/Brahmani pursues comedy as a means of expressing what otherwise will not be accepted or understood, namely the experience of gender fluidity beyond the brutal boundaries of the standard masculine/feminine binary. A little like an updated Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kapil's "performance" of the intersex self also has a colonial dimension that shrewdly folds in other hierarchies of power and privilege — including the comedian's domineering attitude toward taciturn bass player and sidekick J (an aptly tranquil Mackenszie Drae) — while mining Hindu cosmology for rich analogues and ironies. (Avila)
Devil Boys From Beyond New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. $25-45. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm. New Conservatory Theatre Center performs Buddy Thomas and Kenneth Elliot's campy sci-fi saga.
Each and Every Thing Marsh San Francisco Main Stage, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $20-50. Thu-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through July 12. The latest solo show from celebrated writer-performer Dan Hoyle (Tings Dey Happen,The Real Americans) winds a more random course than usual across the country and abroad but then that's the idea — or at least Hoyle warns us, right after an opening encounter with a touchy young white supremacist, that the trip he's taking us on is a subtle one. Displaying again his exceptional gifts as a writer and protean performer, Hoyle deftly embodies a set of real-life encounters as a means of exploring the primacy and predicament of face-to-face communication in the age of Facebook. With the help of director Charlie Varon (who co-developed the piece with Hoyle and Maureen Towey), this comes across in an entertaining and swift-flowing 75-minute act that includes a witty rap about "phone zombies" and a Dylan-esque screed at a digital detox center. But the purported subject of connection, or lack there of, in our gadget-bound and atomized society is neither very original nor very deeply explored — nor is it necessarily very provocative in a theater, before an audience already primed for the live encounter. Far more interesting and central here is Hoyle's relationship with his old college buddy Pratim, an Indian American in post-9/11 America whose words are filled with laid-back wisdom and wry humor. Also intriguing is the passing glimpse of early family life in the Hoyle household with Dan's celebrated artist father, and working-class socialist, Geoff Hoyle. These relationships, rather than the sketches of strangers (albeit very graceful ones), seem the worthier subjects to mine for truth and meaning. Indeed, there's a line spoken by Pratim that could sum up the essence of Hoyle's particular art: "It's so much better," he says, "when you find yourself in other people than when you just find yourself." Hoyle's real frontier could end up being much more personal terrain, much closer to home. (Avila)
Feisty Old Jew Marsh San Francisco Main Stage, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $25-100. Sat-Sun, 5pm. Extended through July 13. Charlie Varon performs his latest solo show, a fictional comedy about "a 20th century man living in a 21st century city."
Foodies! The Musical Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter, SF; www.foodiesthemusical.com. $32-34. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Open-ended. AWAT Productions presents Morris Bobrow's musical comedy revue all about food.
God Fights the Plague Marsh San Francisco Studio Theater, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $15-100. Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 7pm. Through Aug 10. The Marsh presents a solo show written by and starring 18-year-old theater phenom Dezi Gallegos.
The Homosexuals New Conservatory Theatre Center, Decker Theatre, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. $25-45. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm. This mildly intriguing and fitfully engaging drama from rising Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins (whose Failure: A Love Story is currently having its Bay Area debut at Marin Theater Company) explores the tensions — sexual, generational, and otherwise — among a small circle of mostly gay friends via a central figure, Evan (a sharp Robert Rushin), who ends up in relationships with almost everyone. Beginning in 2010, as 29-year-old Evan breaks up with older histrionic theater director Peter (a drolly world-weary Matt Weimer), each successive scene jumps back two years and one relationship, until the final scene unites the entire circle as they welcome naïve Iowa teen Evan out of the closet and to the big city. It's also a new millennium, of course, some distance now from Stonewall and the first wave of the AIDS crisis, and one of the more interesting aspects of the drama (which benefits from an overall strong cast under the direction of Arturo Catricala) is the generational divide between Evan and his circle. This divide feels downright political in the aggressive showdown between Evan and the apathetic art teacher and predatory libertine Mark (a persuasive Keith Marshall), but there's a political edge at the outset, in Evan's pointed refusal to join Peter in referring to himself as a "homosexual," insisting instead on the word "gay" tout court. Despite this underlying issue and some witty dialogue, however, there's little of interest in most of the dynamics between Evan and his circle. The play's structure accordingly becomes a slightly tedious countdown, at least until the final scene, which cashes in on the power of hindsight to produce a limited, wistful tremor of reflection. (Avila)
In the Tree of Smoke Great Star Theater, 636 Jackson, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. $25. Thu/26-Sat/28, 8pm. Circus Automatic performs an new evening of immersive, experimental circus.
Into the Woods San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post, SF; www.sfplayhouse.org. $20-120. Previews Wed/25-Fri/27, 8pm. Opens Sat/28, 8pm. Runs Tue-Thu, 7pm; Fri-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 3pm); Sun, 2pm. Through Sept 6. SF Playhouse performs Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy-tale musical.
Macbeth Fort Point (beneath the Golden Gate Bridge), SF; www.weplayers.org. $30-75. Thu/26-Sun/29, 7pm. We Players' latest site-specific undertaking is nothing less than the Scottish play at San Francisco's historic Civil War-era Fort Point, under the southern base of the Golden Gate Bridge. And a better location for Shakespeare's brooding, bloody, and spooky civil war drama is hard to imagine. The grandeur of the multistory red-brick edifice with its mammoth steel doors, magnificent inner courtyard, graceful arches, spiral stairwells, mysterious passageways, cannon casemates looking onto the Pacific — as well as old cannons and cannonballs — add up to a deeply atmospheric setting. Moreover, directors Ava Roy and John Hadden and their production team make good use of it, moving the audience around the grounds for the better part of three hours amid picturesque staging of scenes, a wonderfully powerful quartet of musicians (made up of percussionist Brent Elberg, trumpeter Aaron Priskorn, saxophonist Charlie Gurke, and trombonist Mara Fox alternating with Rick Brown), and reverberant cries from the weird sisters (Julie Douglas, Maria Leigh, Caroline Parsons), the enraged MacDuff (Dixon Phillips), or usurper Macbeth's hapless victims. As the titular hero-villain, John Hadden is generally imposing if not always convincing, while Ava Roy's forceful Lady M cuts an elegant, at times ethereal figure in her magnificent black gown (the admirable costumes throughout are by Julia Rose Meeks and Master Seamstress Dana Taylor). In general, the acting proves the weakest link, but the overall spectacle makes this a unique and rather compelling outing. (Avila)
The Orphan of Zhao ACT's Geary Theater, 415 Geary, SF; www.act-sf.org. $20-120. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm (also Wed/25 and Sat/28, 2pm). A ruthlessly ambitious general (Stan Egi) secures his hold on the emperor (Paolo Montalban) and ensures his own supremacy by orchestrating a coup in which an honorable rival (Nick Gabriel) is murdered along with his entire clan — or almost. His wife (Marie-France Arcilla), the daughter of the emperor, gives birth a short time later to his son, the orphan of the title, who as a young man (played by Daisuke Tsuji) is destined to avenge his father and family. But this proceeds by a circuitous and unexpected set of events, all of which hangs on the incredible self-sacrifice of a poor country doctor (Tony-winning star of M. Butterfly BD Wong) and his wife (Julyana Soelistyo) in alliance with an exiled nobleman (Sab Shimono). To say more would be to give too much away, but suffice to say poet James Fenton's 2012 adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of this famous and enduringly popular 13th-century Chinese play about loyalty, sacrifice, and revenge (based on an even more ancient legend) brims with life in American Conservatory Theater's coproduction with La Jolla Playhouse. A fine cast, palpable characters, wonderfully stylized movement (courtesy of ACT's Stephen Buescher), exquisite design (including a multi-tiered bamboo scaffold set by Daniel Ostling, expansive lighting by Lap Chi Chu, and sumptuous costuming by Linda Cho), and choice musical passages by composer and musical director Byron Au Yong add up to a potent theatrical vision, blending Eastern and Western sensibilities, under clever and insightful direction by ACT's Carey Perloff. (Avila)
Pearls Over Shanghai Hypnodrome Theatre, 575 10th St, SF; www.thrillpeddlers.com. $30-35. Thu-Sat, 8pm. Through July 26. Five years ago, Thrillpeddlers breathed new life into a glitter-dusted piece of Sixties flotsam, beautifully reimagining the Cockettes' raunchy mock-operetta Pearls Over Shanghai (in collaboration with several surviving members of San Francisco's storied acid-drag troupe) and running it for a whopping 22 months. Written by Cockette Link Martin as a carefree interpretation of a 1926 Broadway play, the baldly stereotyped Shanghai Gesture, it was the perfectly lurid vehicle for irreverence in all directions. It's back in this revival, once again helmed by artistic director Russell Blackwood with musical direction by Cockette and local favorite Scrumbly Koldewyn. But despite the frisson of featuring some original-original cast members — including "Sweet Pam" Tent (who with Koldewyn also contributes some new dialogue) and Rumi Missabu (regally reprising the role of Madam Gin Sling) — there's less fire the second time around as the production straddles the line between carefully slick and appropriately sloppy. Nevertheless, there are some fine musical numbers and moments throughout. Among these, Zelda Koznofsky, Birdie-Bob Watt, and Jesse Cortez consistently hit high notes as the singing Andrews Sisters-like trio of Americans thrown into white slavery; Bonni Suval's Lottie Wu is a fierce vixen; and Noah Haydon (as the sultry Petrushka) is a class act. Koldewyn's musical direction and piano accompaniment, meanwhile, provide strong and sure momentum as well as exquisite atmosphere. (Avila)
Shit & Champagne Rebel, 1772 Market, SF; shitandchampagne.eventbrite.com. $25. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Open-ended. D'Arcy Drollinger is Champagne White, bodacious blond innocent with a wicked left hook in this cross-dressing '70s-style white-sploitation flick, played out live on Rebel's intimate but action-packed barroom stage. Written by Drollinger and co-directed with Laurie Bushman (with high-flying choreography by John Paolillo, Drollinger, and Matthew Martin), this high-octane camp send-up of a favored formula comes dependably stocked with stock characters and delightfully protracted by a convoluted plot (involving, among other things, a certain street drug that's triggered an epidemic of poopy pants) — all of it played to the hilt by an excellent cast that includes Martin as Dixie Stampede, an evil corporate dominatrix at the head of some sinister front for world domination called Mal*Wart; Alex Brown as Detective Jack Hammer, rough-hewn cop on the case and ambivalent love interest; Rotimi Agbabiaka as Sergio, gay Puerto Rican impresario and confidante; Steven Lemay as Brandy, high-end calf model and Champagne's (much) beloved roommate; and Nancy French as Rod, Champagne's doomed fiancé. Sprawling often literally across two buxom acts, the show maintains admirable consistency: The energy never flags and the brow stays decidedly low. (Avila)
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Boxcar Theatre, 505 Natoma, SF; www.sfneofuturists.com. $11-16. Fri-Sat, 9pm. Ongoing. The Neo-Futurists perform Greg Allen's spontaneous, ever-changing show that crams 30 plays into 60 minutes.
Triassic Parq Eureka Theater, 215 Jackson, SF; www.rayoflighttheatre.com. $25-36. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm (also Sat/28, 2pm). Ray of Light Theatre presents the Bay Area premiere of Marshall Pailet's musical involving "dinosaurs, show tunes, and sex changes."
The Weir Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter, SF; www.sheltontheater.org. $38. Thu-Sat, 8pm. Through July 12. Shelton Theater performs Conor McPherson's acclaimed tale about a spooky night in an Irish pub.
American Buffalo Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison, Berk; www.auroratheatre.org. $32-60. Tue and Sun, 7pm (also Sun, 2pm); Wed-Sat, 8pm. Through July 13. Aurora Theatre closes its 22nd season with David Mamet's powerful drama.
Dead Man's Cell Phone Masquers Playhouse, 105 Park Place, Point Richmond; www.masquers.org. $22. Fri/27-Sat/28, 8pm. Masquers Playhouse performs Sarah Ruhl's imaginative comedy.
Failure: A Love Story Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller, Mill Valley; www.marintheatre.org. $37-58. Wed/25, 7:30pm; Thu/26-Sat/28, 8pm (Sat/28, 2pm); Sun/29, 2 and 7pm. Marin Theatre Company performs Philip Dawkins' play about love and loss, with puppets and live music.
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison, Berk; www.berkeleyrep.org. $14.50-89. Wed/25 and Sun/29, 7pm (also Sun/29, 2pm); Thu/26-Sat/28, 7:30pm (also Thu/26 and Sat/28, 2pm). Berkeley Rep's Tony Taccone, a comrade of Tony Kushner's from way back in the Angels in America days, directs this revised version of the playwright's 2009 play, whose long title is a riff on an earlier one by George Bernard Shaw. It concerns the fractured Italian American family of a diehard Communist longshoreman named Gus (Mark Margolis in an impressive, anchoring performance), now retired, who has announced his intention to kill himself and leave his Brooklyn brownstone to the grown children to sell and divide among themselves. In today's inflated real estate market, that's not chump change either. His announcement plunges the family into chaos, though truth be told they were all kind of a mess already. Son Pill (Lou Liberatore) is a married gay high school history teacher having a torrid affair with a young hustler (Jordan Geiger), which has already cost him $30,000 of his sister's hard-earned money. His sister, Empty (Deidre Lovejoy), meanwhile couldn't care less about the baby to whom her partner (Liz Wisan) is about to give birth, courtesy of the donated sperm from her kid brother Vito (Joseph J. Parks) — who comes across as the contrarian of the family: he's neither gay nor a Communist. Other significant others are on hand, as well as Gus's sister Clio (an effective, comically deadpan Randy Danson), a onetime nun who later became a Maoist in Peru and now seems some sloshy mix of the two. And for that reason she, along with Gus, symbolizes more than most the real dilemma here: a lack of something to believe in, of a structure for explaining and shaping experience and modeling action toward a better (post-capitalist) world. At nearly four hours, the play is Kushner's version of the great American three-act family drama — those personal yet prophetic portraits by your O'Neills, your Millers, your Shepards. Tracy Letts made a similar bid with 2007's August: Osage County. I don't think either play really makes it into the pantheon, but while Letts' play was ultimately slicker, more entertaining, Kushner's has more in it, more to talk about of real relevance. Not that the production isn't also entertaining — stage business with pregnant lesbians and mysterious briefcases buried in the wall are deployed to elating effect. But the play's various subplots and characters are not equally interesting and the machinations of the plot and the sometimes-overlapping dialogue can be overwrought. But despite the tedium this produces, the political questions opened up here are liable to continue rattling around the brain after the curtain comes down, leaving one with a small but worthwhile buzz. (Avila)
Marry Me A Little Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro, Mtn View; www.theatreworks.org. $19-73. Wed/25, 7:30pm; Thu/26-Sat/28, 8pm (also Sat/28, 8pm); Sun/29, 2 and 7pm. TheatreWorks performs Stephen Sondheim's intimate musical.
Nantucket Marsh Berkeley MainStage, 2120 Allston, Berk; www.themarsh.org. $25-100 (all tickets include a picnic dinner). Thu and Sat, 7pm. Extended through July 19. Nantucket Island, a wisp of shifting sand 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., is the evocative setting for this autobiographical story from writer-performer Mark Kenward — less the tourists' Nantucket of summer holidays, mind you, than the inhabitants' gray and isolated winter. And just as its bleak weather stood for the tempestuous mood of Herman Melville's Ishmael before he sets sail again in Moby Dick, so the environment for Kenward's coming-of-age darkly foreshadows a terrible downward spiral. The only son and oldest child of two in a nuclear family from Normal, Ill., that really seemed to fit the bill — complete with a dad who, "in his entire life, only missed four days of shaving" — Mark becomes the odd-boy out upon the Kenwards' relocation to the remote island. An affable, poised, physically demonstrative performer with a residual Midwestern charm, Kenward describes an upbringing in a household overshadowed by a high-strung, controlling, deeply unhappy mother who, as luck would have it, also becomes his high school English teacher. This relationship is the ground for much of the play's humor, but also a trauma that blows in like a winter squall. Directed keenly, if perhaps a little too stiffly, by Rebecca Fisher, and accompanied at points by a watery island backdrop (courtesy of video designer Alfonso Alvarez), Nantucket discharges some of its messy human themes a bit too neatly but maintains an inescapable pull. (Avila)
Pygmalion 1220 Pear, Mtn View, www.thepear.org. $10-35. Thu-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through July 13. Pear Avenue Theatre presents the George Bernard Shaw classic.
"Call and Response" Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno, SF; www.emtab.org. Sat/28, 6:30pm. $5-10 donation. Sound artist and composer Brenda Hutchinson presents an experimental lecture-performance.
Caroline Lugo and Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.carolinalugo.com. Sun/29, July 12, 19, and 27, 6:30pm. $15-19. Flamenco performance by the mother-daughter dance company, featuring live musicians.
"Dash: Improv in a Flash" Un-Scripted Theater Company, 533 Sutter, Second Flr, SF; www.un-scripted.com. Sat, 10pm. $15. Ongoing through Aug 30. A late-night, free-form improv show with Un-Scripted Theater Company.
"Dazzle: Broadway … Our Way!" Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes, SF; www.sfgmc.org. Wed/25-Fri/27, 8pm. $25-60. The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus performs.
"Dream Queens Revue Pride Drag Show" Aunt Charlie's Lounge, 133 Turk, SF; www.dreamqueensrevue.com. Wed/25, 9:30pm. Free. Drag with Collette LeGrande, Ruby Slippers, Sophilya Leggz, Bobby Ashton, and more.
Feinstein's at the Nikko 222 Mason, SF; www.feinsteinssf.com. This week: Lea Delaria, Sat/28, 7pm, $45-60.
Five Deadly Improvisers Stage Werx Theater, 446 Valencia, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Fri/27-Sat/28, 8pm. $15. The comedy troupe performs a fully improvised kung-fu movie.
"French Robots" Emma's Coffeehouse, 5549 Geary, SF; http://nutballs.tumblr.com. Sat/28, 8pm. Free. Sketch comedy with Colin Mahan and Mike Spiegelman.
"In Her Tower" Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama, SF; http://inhertower.brownpapertickets.com. Fri/27-Sat/28, 8pm. $20. Dance-theater performer Daria Kaufman presents an evening-length piece exploring "psycho-physical boundaries and female persona."
"Love is Queer! The Gay American Songbook" Creativity Theater, Yerba Buena Gardens, 221 Fourth St, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Wed/25-Thu/26, 8pm. $15-25. Circus, drag, and cabaret combine for this performance, featuring Honey Mahogany, M.Lee, Eli Conley's Queer Choir, same-sex ballroom dancers, and more. Presented by the Queer Cultural Center as part of the National Queer Arts Festival.
"Magic at the Rex" Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter, SF; www.magicattherex.com. Sat, 8pm. Ongoing. $25. Magic and mystery with Adam Sachs and mentalist Sebastian Boswell III.
Arianne MacBean and the Big Show Co. ODC Theater, 3153 17th St, SF; www.odctheater.org. Thu/26-Sat/28, 8pm. $23-28. The LA-based dance-theater group performs The People Go Where The Chairs Are (2012) and premiere present tense.
"Mission in the Mix" Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, SF; www.micaya.com. Fri-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 7pm. Through June 29. $18. Micaya presents a concert of local hip-hop groups, including SoulForce Dance Company.
New Style Motherlode ODC Dance Commons, Studio B, 351 Shotwell, SF; www.newstylemotherlode.com. Sat/28, 7pm. $25-50. The dance company and guests perform In the Round.
"One Night Only Benefit Cabaret" Club Fugazi, 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd, SF; www.richmondermet.org. Mon/30, 7:30pm. $25-100. The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation benefits from this concert featuring company members from Once and Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys) and David Burnham (Wicked).
"Out of Line Improv" Stage Werx, 446 Valencia, SF; outoflineimprov.brownpapertickets.com. Sat, 10:30pm. $12. Ongoing. A new, completely improvised show every week.
"Pansy" New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. Wed/25-Sat/28, 8pm. $15-20. Evan Johnson returns to NCTC with his solo play inspired by Peter Pan.
Ishmael Reed SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. Sat/28, 7pm. Free. The legendary poet reads with live musical accompaniment.
"San Francisco Comedy College" Purple Onion at Kells, 530 Jackson, SF; www.purpleonionatkells.com. $5-10. "New Talent Show," Wed-Thu, 7. Ongoing. "The Cellar Dwellers," stand-up comedy, Wed-Thu, 8:15pm and Fri-Sat, 7:30pm. Ongoing.
"San Francisco Conservatory of Dance Summer Dance Series" SF Conservatory of Dance, 301 Eighth St #270, SF; www.sfconservatoryofdance.org. July 1-2, 6:30 and 8pm. $5-10. Collaborations between dancers and musicians.
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 700 Howard, SF; www.ybca.org. Sat/28-Sun/29, 8pm (also Sun/29, 2pm). $18-58. With Alafia Dance Ensemble, Ballet Folklórico Compañía Mexico Danza, Jubilee American Dance Theatre, Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, Proyecto Lando/Cunamacué Collaboration, Sahiyar Dance Troupe, Sewam American Indian Dance, and Te Mana O Te Ra.
"SF Gay Pride All Star Comedy Show" Magnet, 4122 18th St, SF; www.magnetsf.com. Sat/28, 8pm. Free. Hella Gay Comedy presents Zachary Toczynski, Ash Fisher, Kelly Doyle, Jesus Fuentes, and others, with host Charlie Ballard.
"This Is All I Need Costume Shop at ACT, 1117 Market, SF; www.mugwumpin.org. July 2-3 and 5-6, 8pm. $25. The company kicks off a celebration of its 10th season with an anniversary performance of Wolfgang Lancelot Wachalovsky's 2010 drama.
"Yerba Buena Gardens Festival" Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Howard, SF; www.ybgfestival.org. Free. Through Oct 26. This week: Bells Atlas, Thu/26, 12:30pm; Circus Bella, Fri/27-Sa/28, noon.
"Ella, the Musical" Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic, Walnut Creek; www.centerrep.org. Wed, 7:30pm; Thu-Sat, 8pm (no show July 4); Sun, 2:30. Through July 6. $37-65. Center REPertory Company presents Yvette Carson as the legendary vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.
"Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration Through Dance" Diablo Valley College Theater, 321 Golf Club Rd, Pleasant Hill; www.brownpapertickets.com. Fri/27, 8pm. $30. Also Sat/28, 8pm, $30, California Theatre, 351 Railroad, Pittsburg; pittsburgcaliforniatheatre.com. Grown Women Dance Collective and Aspire Pilates Center present this upbeat dance tribute to African American artists.
"MarshJam Improv Comedy Show" Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk; www.themarsh.org. Fri, 8pm. Ongoing. $10. Improv comedy with local legends and drop-in guests.
"Virago Theatre Company New Play Reading Series" Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, Oakl; www.theflightdeck.org. Wed, 7pm. Through July 2. Free. This week: Disclosure by Carol Lashof; July 2, A Routine Procedure by Deborah Dashow Ruth.
"What Stays" Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, 2704 Alcatraz, Berk; www.shawl-anderson.org. Fri/27-Sat/28, 8pm; Sun/29, 5pm. $20-25. Right Brain Performancelab and Dance Up Close/East Bay present this exploration of living spaces via dance, song, and shadows. *


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At COP19, REDD+, a global carbon trading scheme, was passed. This jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.
In protest of inaction on climate agreements, more than 800 attendees in environmental and development groups walked out of the recent COP19 UN climate summit in Warsaw. Their action followed a walkout of the G-77 group of developing nations. However, inaction did not pose the only threat to the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Rather, the REDD+ agreement reached at COP19 puts developing countries under threat of being colonized for their carbon.
There's a reason why REDD+ was the only agreement reached at COP19 – it serves the big polluters' interests. If it actually benefited local communities rather than corporate interests, it certainly would have stalled like the other plans on the table.
ALSO SEE: Colonialism and the Green Economy: The Hidden Side of Carbon Offsets; Colonialism and the Green Economy: Villagers Defy Pressure to Forfeit Farms for Carbon-Offset; Colonialism and the Green Economy: Environmental Justice, Refineries and California's Cap-and-Trade Program; Saving or Selling the Planet? REDD, Climate Change and Indigenous Lands.
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) has been in the works for years, with pilot programs in various countries in the Global South. It ostensibly protects forests by offering payments to countries that might otherwise cut them down. In an ideal scenario, the payments would end up in the hands of the small landholders who must give up cultivation, or better still, allow small-scale farmers and forest dwellers to continue using the land to support their needs in sustainable ways. But the corruption of REDD's predecessors such as the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) foreshadow the anguish that REDD+ may bring – and is already bringing to some.
Land Grabbing and Community Rights
A major problem with REDD+ is that it could hand over cash to overseas speculators and corrupt governments that seize the land rights of local communities, particularly indigenous peoples. Overseas "carbon pirates" already have come into a number of REDD zones and, through coercion or outright theft, taken land from locals. Governments now have greater motivation to force indigenous communities and others off their traditional lands as well. Thus, REDD+ poses a serious threat to the rights of the world's most marginalized peoples. In fact, Tom Goldtooth, director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, calls REDD+ "potentially genocidal."
As far back as 2001, REDD+ was spoken of as "a colonial mechanism to enclose lands." That's because it's a top-down solution in which so-called world leaders govern how small-scale farmers throughout the Global South manage their land. While proponents claim it will require strong human rights practices, it incorporates no means of ensuring that land theft does not occur. Worse, because the industry is so new, "experts" are few and far between – meaning there is likely to be a revolving door between oversight and speculation. Furthermore, other carbon trading schemes like the CDM have failed to ensure that the human rights of all involved communities are respected, with coercion and outright theft a common occurrence. In many cases, communities have been forced off their traditional land, which has been re-categorized as a pristine nature reserve that humans must not set foot in – nevermind that it is "pristine" precisely because of the care its people maintained in their use of it.
Indeed, land theft already is occurring, as potential profiteers seize the chance to buy up land while the getting is good. In Kenya, residents of the Mau forest are being forcibly evicted, often violently. In Papua New Guinea, villagers say carbon traders coerced them into signing away their forests. Such coercion has occurred often, in carbon trading land grabs, through failing to inform villagers how the deal will affect their use of land and resources, bestowing false promises, and telling lies about what will happen if they don't sign over their rights. In the case of the Kamula Doso people of Papua New Guinea, their leader, Abilie Wape, was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint by police demanding that he surrender his people's rights to the forest. In No REDD! A Reader, Khadija Sharife quotes Abilie Wape's description of the incident in a news article: "Police came with a gun. They threatened me. They told me, 'You sign. Otherwise, if you don't sign, I'll … lock you up.'"
Ignoring the Root Problem
The thrust of the argument for REDD+ is the notion that small-scale farmers and forest-dwellers in poorer countries need persuasion from leaders in wealthier nations to manage their lands sustainably – which many are now calling "carbon colonialism." Negotiators ignore that the same free-trade policies robbing these peoples of their ability to make a sustainable living also are allowing "carbon pirates" to steal their land and make a profit. Without dramatically restructuring the current system of trade laws, climate progress based on this type of financial persuasion not only won't work, it will cause great suffering for many people in the Global South.
Massive resistance to agreements like the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that would give outside corporations greater ability to profit from locals' land and resources will play an important role in forging a just future. The TPP would expand corporations' ability to ignore borders and local laws, meaning any attempts to improve oversight of local laws in preparation for REDD+ could be rendered moot – as some REDD+ proponents may well know.
Maintaining Status Quo Pollution
REDD's alleged ability to protect forests is also misguided. At best, REDD+ will maintain status quo pollution – which is why it's the only agreement that made progress in COP19 this year. Preserving one forested tract of land so a company can pollute elsewhere will not mitigate climate change disaster. A tract of forest would be preserved specifically so a company could continue polluting elsewhere, which would maintain, at best, a constant level of pollution.
Further, because the preserved trees often sit hundreds or thousands of miles from the site of pollution they are offsetting, environmental sacrifice zones can continue wreaking havoc on surrounding communities. For this reason, as Goldtooth argues in No REDD! A Reader, REDD+ is responsible for pitting local communities against one another. Whenever a forest community signs a contract that allows a corporation to pollute or extract elsewhere, another community suffers.
And because REDD+ considers plantations like palm oil monocultures to be forests, the environmental value of a REDD+ project plummets even farther.
In short, by allowing a wealthy few to increase their profits without mitigating climate change, REDD+ could make carbon trading the world's biggest scam.
Many indigenous peoples and advocacy groups believe that improving local communities' rights will benefit forests far more than a top-down scheme. The Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment Initiative has demonstrated that when indigenous peoples gain land tenure, it benefits the land far more than a global scheme. Independent assessment also has confirmed that community-managed forests fare far better than forests categorized as pristine nature reserves. Locals who depend on their forest will continue using it even if laws deny them this access, if it is their only or best way of achieving a livelihood or feeding their family. Interfering with their right to use this land in traditional ways only disrupts the balance of this relationship while putting them in an even more vulnerable position.
Global alliances of marginalized communities – and resistance by individual communities – are therefore growing. At the 2011 COP, the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD and for Life demanded a moratorium on the REDD+ program. Indigenous communities and councils in places like Chiapas and Honduras have refused to consider participation in the REDD+ program. Their strong stance against the program – and the global powers imposing it on vulnerable communities – sets a valuable precedent for others.
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Which Site "Saw" the Institution of Three Sacraments?
by Steve Ray on June 30, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
"Jesus loved the Temple; Paul loved the Temple." I said these simple words two years ago at the Western Wall while filming our documentary on Paul. I was almost mobbed for speaking the name of "Jesus."
The bus dropped us off at the Dung Gate near the ancient City of David and I led my pilgrims through the metal detectors into the courtyard between the Jewish Quarter above the Western Wall to the right. Janet led the women to their sector to pray while I led the men to the men's section. Those without hats picked up cardboard yarmulkes to place on their heads. A head covering is there to remind us that we are in the presence of God.
I took pictures while these good men folded their prayers into small paper squares and squeezed them into the cracks of the wall while the Orthodox Jews bobbed and prayed at the wall. Everyone enjoyed the experience and I hope they had a real sense of the holiness of this place where the Temple stood and where Jesus was teaching the Doctors of the Jewish Law – remember the Fifth Joyful Mystery?
Mary was a real girl. She was not a goddess, nor an angel – she was a simple Jewish girl, actually a tough little Jewish girl who was born in Jerusalem in the very shadow of the temple. She was not only a tough little Jewish girl but also the Immaculate Conception.
The bus dropped us off at St. Stephen's Gate (I love that gate 🙂 and we walked up the steep incline past the back entrance to the Muslim shrine of the Dome of the Rock and up to the large door on the right leading into the Church of St. Ann and the Pools of Bethesda. St. Ann's Church is build over the Grotto where Mary was born.
We had Mass there and Tony McNoskey sang the Ave Maria in this church with acoustics made for a voice like his. (Once the priest in charge told me if you do not sing, you have not prayed.) I gave a talk on the Immaculate Conception in the cave where it all took place.
After this beautiful celebration we drove to a restaurant between Jerusalem and Bethlehem for a buffet lunch. What a spread! After lunch we went to Mount Zion which is outside the Zion Gate and outside the ancient walls.
We visited four sites here: first, the Church of the Dormitian where Mary fell asleep or died. This is a gorgeous church – one of my favorites in all of Israel – with an apse mosaic portraying each of the primary Old Testament prophets holding in their hand a symbol of how they prophesied about the coming Messiah. For example, Micah holds in his hand a miniature of the city of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).
Below is the ivory statue of Mary reclined as in sleep with the holy women of the Old Testament remembered above her in mosaics: Eve, Miriam, Jael, Judith, Ruth, and Esther. Also we saw one of my favorite mosaics of Mary laboring in prayer with the apostles to give birth to the Church on the 50th day, Pentecost. There is so much to see in this church that it is impossible to even begin here.
And which site "saw" the institution of three of our seven Sacraments?
We climbed up the stairs to the Upper Room where I gave an extended talk about the institution of the priesthood, the Eucharist,and the Sacrament of Reconciliation; also the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and Peter's escape from prison (Acts 12).
Below the Upper Room we prayed at the Tomb of David before walking down to the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu – the place where the cock crowed. Here we read Psalm 88 in the pit where Jesus spent Holy Thursday after being tried and beaten by the High Priest. We talked about Peter and the charcoal fire – why a charcoal fire? After this everyone walked on the same steps Jesus ascended when he was taken to trial. These steps will never forget the REAL footprints of God!
Everyone had three hours free to explore the Old City of Jerusalem, to shop, to nap or to pray. Then came dinner and a free evening. Another glorious day.


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Fading Blooms TablescapeJacqueline September 04, 2013
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I am so glad to see you back! Those dishes are exquisite! I haven't seen them and LOVE them, the ruffles are gorgeous! Our hydrangeas look the same, I am gathering them from the old house and drying them. Have enjoyed getting them all summer but wish to God the darn house would SELL!!! Glad you have had a good summer. It has been our wettest summer on record!!!!!! XO, PinkyReplyDelete
Oh my...This dishes are absolutely divine. I love the ruffles edges...so pretty and feminine. Hydrangeas are such a beautiful flower. Drying them makes for a beautiful arrangement. I sure miss visiting Home Goods. I hope to visit soon, now that I am starting to feel better.ReplyDelete
Such a lovely table setting - absolutely beautiful dishes and the leaf flatware is just perfect.ReplyDelete
Your flower plates are very pretty, I love the mother of pearl shine too:@)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your sweet comment. I'm loving your table. Those plates and bowls are magnificent. They were never at my HomeGoods!ReplyDelete
- Alma, The Tablescaper
So glad to see you again Jacqueline and what gorgeous dishes...perfect for summer's last hurrah at the table! I never saw any dishes blooming so beautifully at my HomeGoods! It's so funny depending on where you live~ I would happily wave goodbye to summer and fling myself into fall but we have at least 6 more weeks of temperatures in the 80s & 90s with high humidity to boot. Gorgeous hydrangeas!ReplyDelete
Amazing! I love your table! Hugs from PortugalReplyDelete
Your tables are always beautiful, Jacqueline. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous creativity.ReplyDelete
Oh my, those dishes are fabulous! I haven't been to Home Goods in ages, and now I see what I have missed. Enjoy! xoReplyDelete
I know you have had a busy summer with wedding stuff etc. I have missed your beautiful posts! I recently had a shower and used your wonderful cupcake wedding dress idea~ It was such a hit! I found some of the pastel bowls like yours at Home Goods early this year but NEVER saw the plates! Wowza, the plates and bowls look amazing all stacked up in the place settings! Beautiful with the pinky green hydrangeas! Gorgeous table as usual,ReplyDelete
oh such gorgeous fluttering colors combined, i love purple and green and your hydrangeas pull it all together so beautifully!ReplyDelete
Wow, a pretty table for the end of summer and I love the salad plates. The fact that they came in lavender is perfect for those of us that like this colour.ReplyDelete
The bowl and plates are lovely. Glad to see your tables again as they are so wonderful!ReplyDelete
Jacqueline, those dishes are perfect for you. Love the iridescence finish. So unusual! Glad you found them in purple. ;-)ReplyDelete
It's good to see you posting again. I know you've had a busy year! ~ Sarah
Those flower plates are so sweet, Jacqueline. How pretty! I love your tablescape...ChristineReplyDelete
Beautiful summer table. I just love those flower dishes...an aqua/lavender one would be beautiful, too. I am really surprised that hydrangeas don't overwinter for you...I especially like them when they are in their green stage.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful week, Jacqueline...
Welcome back pretty lady. I love your table, it's gorgeous! How pretty is pink with hydrangeas, specially those flower dishes...simply lovely.ReplyDelete
Big hugs,
I have never seen dishes like that - they are gorgeous! Your entire table is beautiful - faded blooms and all. So soft and delicate - everything we girls like! I found you at Let's Dish. Great post!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful table, Jacqueline! Thanks so much for showing your lovely plates and bowls and the fading hydrangeas...I think I love them more in the Fall than any other time...they have character by then.ReplyDelete
The table is really the essence of these last days of summer, as they fade and the light changes. Just beautiful.ReplyDelete
Ooh, Jacqueline. Your new dishes are gorgeous. I wouldn't have been able to resist them either. Your table setting is stunning.ReplyDelete
You should share this post for Pink Saturday this weekend.
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2013 at 7:43 AM
Those plates and bowls are gorgeous...I am so filled with envy. Lovely table!ReplyDelete
Your tablescape is absolutely gorgeous!! I love Homegoods--I don't know how I missed seeing those plates.ReplyDelete
Those dishes are just gorgeous! Such a stunning tablescape.ReplyDelete
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I am madly in love with those gorgeous petal plates/bowls, etc. and how utterly fabulous that you found them not only in pink....but some w/ the lavender/your beloved purple.....ReplyDelete
I was just visiting your site a couple of days ago and read all about the truly gorgeous wedding for your daughter...I tried to leave a comment, but my computer went crazy....I loved every detail, but especially all of the aqua brooches....that color motif w/ the Paris/Eiffel tower motif....what a gorgeous convergence....two of my favorite themes, too.
Divine. What an immense blessing to see your beautiful daughter married so joyfully....and in such true visual splendor.
So, so beautiful! I have never seen dishes like that ~ simply gorgeous. I haven't been in blog land much but always love to visit you!ReplyDelete
Everything about this tablescape is elegant and beautiful. I like the way you added a bit of whimsy with the small flatware and the twig wreath. Thanks for sharing these gorgeous pieces!ReplyDelete
Your salad plates are beautiful! I am glad you shared them.ReplyDelete
Blessings My Friend,
Love all the pink and greens. Those bowls are something special. I too love hydrangeas. Wish they would winter over here. Love the little silverware too. Such a fun fall table. JoniReplyDelete
How beautifully feminine your table is. It is definitely one at which any girl would love to be. Heck, I would have bought the dishes in every color. They are lovely.ReplyDelete
You have so many beautiful dishes!....I am envious. I wish I could rent them from you! But I live too far away....I keep adding to my dishes....quietly!!! Yikes...shhhh....don't telll!
Love he flower plates in all the colors you got! that is so much fun, and that silverware...really charming with the dishes!
I hope to be blogging more now as well...nice to hear from you! I may be headed your way a few times in the next month!
Bonjour, Jacqueline!ReplyDelete
OH everything here is as lush and fabulous as ever! Those plates, OMG how fun to set those out! I bet you had a wonderful summer? We did, and school is back in session and we are having a heat wave that would make you think we were still in JULY! But all is well and yes, teaching French is a dream. I love to teach, talk, share, EVERYTHING. The only thing for me this year is I'm teaching new grade levels and I need to learn the details of the technology and that is a bit daunting. But the kids are what I love the most.
Have a wonderful start to Fall, and mille mercis for coming to visit! Anita
Hydrangeas... one of my favorites! There's something about them that's so comforting and pleasant. And your salad dishes are spectacular. They make such a great tablescape with the hydrangeas and other blossoms!ReplyDelete
Have a grand weekend and thanks so much for coming by to see us!!
Blessings, Edie Marie
Happy Pink Saturday! Beautiful tablescape - lovely colours ...and those bowls are spectacular :) Spring greetings from Australia♥ ~PernillaReplyDelete
I love the pink plates. My Home Goods did not get those. I haunt that place. There is great beauty in the fading flower--did you see Yvonne's patina post at Stonegable? She had hydrangeas also.ReplyDelete
Happy Pink Saturday
Gorgeous tablescape...HPSReplyDelete
Beautiful dishes! I love all the colors as it makes such an interesting tablescape!ReplyDelete
♥ Jil
So glad you are back! I have not been prolific this summer either.ReplyDelete
I am gaga over this table. Those salad plates and bowls are awesomely beautiful. I am so glad we were not in Home Goods at the same time, cuz I would have been fighting you for these. LOL
Your Hydrangeas are pretty and great for drying for fall decor. Ours lose their leaves but do not die down to the ground.
Happy Pink Saturday, xoGinger
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2013 at 6:13 AM
Oh, my goodness! Your table and your photography are just outstanding!ReplyDelete
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Hello Maam J?ReplyDelete
I know you had such a wonderful summer. Lots of fun, parties and family gatherings.
OMG! How I wish I could grab the lilac set. That's my color this Fall. However, I am looking for more blings for a set.
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Welcome back. I took this week off, but I'll be up and running again week. The new plates are intriguing. They look hand formed... So artistic. Beautiful setting. Cherry KayReplyDelete
What a beautiful tablescape. So pleasing to look at.ReplyDelete
Your dishes are stunning..and the hydrangeas are beautiful with them.I hardly ever go to HomeGoods..maybe I should go soon..thanks for visiting..ReplyDelete
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Over 80s often over-treated for stroke prevention
People in their 80s are often prescribed drugs to ward off a stroke when the risk of a stroke is not that high and the drugs have other side effects, finds a perspective published online in Evidence Based Medicine.
People in this age group are being "over-treated," and doctors need to actively rethink their priorities and beliefs about stroke prevention, argues Dr Kit Byatt of the Department of Geriatric Medicine, The County Hospital in Hereford, UK.
Statins and antihypertensive drugs were the most commonly prescribed cardiovascular drugs in the UK in 2006. And they are widely prescribed to patients in their 80s to ward off stroke.
This is despite the fact that the research shows that, by this age, high blood pressure is not a key contributory risk factor, and high cholesterol has little effect on stroke risk, overall, says Dr Byatt.
He points out that the largest trials of antihypertensive therapy and statins for people in this age group have shown only a marginal reduction in stroke and very modest reductions in other cardiovascular events.
Older patients have diverse views on the relative importance of stroke and death as end points, which differ from clinicians' beliefs, he argues.
The evidence suggests that statins and antihypertensive drugs are greatly over-prescribed in the healthy elderly and are mostly irrelevant in the frail elderly.
Most older patients would probably reject the modest potential benefit conferred by these medicines, in favour of taking fewer drugs every day and not having to put up with their possible side-effects, he suggests.
"The data strongly suggest that we are over-treating many healthy patients aged 80+ regarding stroke prevention," he concludes.
And he questions whether these drugs should ever be used in frail older patients with several underlying conditions
"Should we ever use these medications in frail older patients with multi-morbidity? We need actively to rethink our priorities and beliefs about stroke prevention, actively informing and involving the views of the key person, the patient," he insists.
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Wikileaks release: February 2, 2009
Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title: 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status
CRS report number: RL33742
Author(s): Richard F. Grimmett, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Date: December 4, 2006
- Abstract
- This report provides a review of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and the status of their implementation at the end of the 109th Congress.
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