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Commissioner Kelly's statement on Chinook Power Transmission, LLC and Zephyr Power Transmission, LLC
"We are today, for the first time, approving the use of an anchor customer in the context of a merchant transmission project.
In doing so, we demonstrate our capacity for flexibility while keeping true to our core mission of ensuring just and reasonable rates and preventing undue discrimination.
This finding represents a significant step in the evolution of our merchant transmission policy. For the past 10 years, that policy has, in large part, been geared to circumstances within an RTO or adjoining an RTO. However, given the advent of Renewable Portfolio Standards and the proliferation of renewable generation, particularly in the western US, mean that our policy was destined for change. This order marks the initial phase of that process of change but by no means the last. Given expectations surrounding transmission build-out, I suspect we will see a number of merchant applications, structured in a variety of ways. While this order provides an adaptable framework for addressing future merchant applications, it also provides a clear indication of the Commission's underlying concerns. Our analysis properly includes an examination of the potential for undue discrimination as well as an examination of the potential for affiliate preference. Hopefully, this order offers valuable guidance for future applicants.
More generally, this order highlights the challenges facing the development of location constrained renewable resources. Many have referred to it as the chicken-and-egg problem: Transmission owners won't build in advance of generation development and generation developers, particularly those trying to build wind generation in remote locations, won't undertake development without access to transmission.
As a result, some of the country's best locations for wind generations have yet to be developed. Today's ruling provides one solution to that challenge. And I believe it serves as a bookend to our 2007 ruling in the Tehachapi proceeding. In the Tehachapi proceeding, consumers, in essence, partnered with the transmission owners to foster the development of transmission linking location constrained generation to load. Here, Chinook and Zephyr partner the generation developers to build the transmission. In both instances, we observe a sharing of risks between parties who ultimately benefit from the timely installation of the transmission facilities."
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Eunice Margaret Gallagher passed away on Oct. 16, 2012 at her home in Montague.
Eunice Margaret Gallagher passed away on Oct. 16, 2012 at her home in Montague. She was 91 years old.
Tish, as she was known to everyone, was born on May 24, 1921 in Boston, Mass. to William and Chloe Simpson. She absolutely hated the name Eunice and was given the nickname "Tish" by her brothers. She was raised in the Boston area and graduated from Somerville High School in 1939. In June of 1948, Tish received her bachelor of science degree from Simmons College in Boston.
Tish married John M. Gallagher on March 7, 1950. She worked as a clinical technician and administrative secretary for The Garrett Corp. (Which was later acquired by Honeywell.) John Gallagher passed away in 2003, and Tish moved to Siskiyou County in 2009.
Tish is survived by her daughter Laurie Bishop and her husband Martin of Montague, two granddaughters Linda and Jennifer, three great -granddaughters, two great-great-granddaughters and one great-great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by three brothers.
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A teenager who was worrying about health problems drove off in his mother's car onto a nearby playing field where he caused hundreds of pounds of damage.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Tuesday, May 6, how Jamie Ashford, 19, of Broom Avenue, Pilsley, Chesterfield, took the Vauxhall Astra without his mother's permission and got stuck on the nearby Morton Park fields.
Prosecuting solicitor Becky Allsop said: "Mr Ashford texted his mum and stated he had stolen her car and was totally safe until he got it stuck.
"His mother is the owner of the Astra and didn't give him permission to drive it."
Police saw the vehicle and said there are regular problems with people driving on the fields.
Ashford pleaded guilty to driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, having no insurance, taking a vehicle without consent and causing criminal damage after the incident on December 26.
Ashford also accepted breaching a conditional discharge he had previously received for being drunk and disorderly in public.
Pilsley Parish Council, which owns the fields, claims about £1,000 of damage was caused.
John Wilford, defending, said Ashford is an apprentice plasterer and feared he was going to lose his job because he has health problems including an enlarged heart and rheumatoid arthritis.
Mr Wilford added: "He was at a low ebb because he was struck with problems inhibiting his life. He had a row with his dad and foolishly decided to take his mum's car. He's not travelled far and he had no malicious intent and didn't realise the playing fields were water-logged."
Magistrates sentenced Ashford to a three-month community order with a curfew and he was ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs and £400 compensation.


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The project is a studio for an industrial design firm. When starting their business the clients moved into an old brick-and-timber warehouse in San Francisco's Mission District. Their success led to rapid growth. When the opportunity to expand into adjacent space arose, the three principals saw the chance to create a 21st century workspace that represented the culture of their collaborative studio, their design values and the firm's increasing global prominence.
During its 100 years, the building has been adapted to accommodate several emerging economies. Originally constructed as an early 20st century industrial space, it later became a shell for internet start-up workers housed in an array of cheap cubicles. Its current incarnation, as a well-crafted workspace for the new service-based economy, represents the next evolution of workspace design.
At 6,500 sq ft, the new space nearly doubles the size of the original studio, yet the design maintains enough intimacy to support fluid working relationships among the staff. The open plan takes advantage of tall windows to the south and east, setting more discreet uses-prototyping shop, lounge, "war rooms," kitchen and bathrooms-along interior walls. The war rooms can be temporarily occupied by design teams and concealed by curtains when needed to preserve confidentiality. The walnut and laminated glass-clad conference room at the centre is a warm and glowing core around which the workspace radiates. The studio also serves as a gallery to display finished products alongside work in progress.
The design is an architectural portrait of the client: the integration of formal precision, innovative program interpretation and functional performance articulates their design identity and process. In the words of the partners: "It really captures our sensibility - clean, elemental, but with an underlying energy. . .there are always multiple ways of getting where you need to go, a reflection of our non-linear design process."
A rigorous design language is established within the variable conditions of the old building. Both the idealized new construction and eccentric older shell retain their individual identities while engaged in a vibrant dialogue. The minimalist vocabulary of the new architecture enhances the character of the older building and provides a range of visual and tactile experiences through essays on translucency, transparency, materiality, mass, texture, colour and light. The neutral palette is punctuated by hot pink surfaces on the walls, floor and furniture which enliven the perception of depth. Walnut veneer and hardwood, used in both the architectural panelling and furniture, adds warmth, naturally bridging the perfect and imperfect worlds of new and old.
The final design represents a judicious use of a limited budget for maximum effect. Customized and finely crafted details blend with off-the-shelf materials within a coherent architectural expression in order to realize the project at a construction cost of less than $90/sf (including furniture, fixtures, & equipment).


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(Allentown, Pa.) – The Dickinson College football team found it almost as difficult moving the football as it was to drive in Saturday's snow storm, falling in a blizzard at Muhlenberg, 12-0. The weather was a little harsher than the Devils "Red-Out" game against McDaniel last Friday night, moving to a literal white-out in Allentown.
The Mules scored on its first possession but watched the extra-point attempt sail wide right to hold the score at 6-0 with just 1:38 expired off the clock. Dan Deighan broke free for a 52 yard touchdown run in what would prove to be one of the game's only scores.
The teams would combine for five fumbles and an interception in just the first quarter of action. The teams kept the ball on the ground for almost the entire first half. Muhlenberg completed 2-of-6 passes in the second quarter while the Devils did not even attempt to throw the football. Muhlenberg moved the ball to the Devils' five yard line but missed a 22 yard field-goal in the final seconds of the first half.
The Mules were able to sustain another scoring drive in the third quarter. Terrance Dandridge carried the ball all but once on the drive, covering 75 yards on eight attempts, capped by a one yard dive into the end zone. Dandridge was called on once again to try for a two-point conversion but was stopped by the Red Devil defense to make the score, 12-0, with 5:53 to play in the third.
The Devils did have moderate success with a pair of passes to senior Cam Di Fede (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity), covering 22 yards to close out the third quarter. The fourth quarter brought much of the same as the weather prevented either team from sustaining a strong drive. The Devils would work their way to the Muhlenberg 15 yard line, but were stopped on 4th-and-nine. They would have one more possession but lost the ball on downs at the Mules' 39 yard line in the final minute.
The teams combined for 12 fumbles with the Devils losing three and Muhlenberg turning it over twice. Deighan led all rushers with 120 yards on 16 carries while Dandridge covered 114 yards on 19 attempts. Joe Carlucci went 3-for-6, passing for just 32 yards.
Sophomore Kyle Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) rushed for 69 yards on 12 carries to lead the Devils. Mike Shimkin (Solebury, Pa./Princeton Day School) ran for 56 yards as well. Ricky Martz (Pottsgrove, Pa./Pottsgrove) came on to complete 8-of-15 passes for 55 yards, including three to DiFede for 33 yards on the day.
Scott Sullivan (Coatesville, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) added a 40-yard interception return to his resume', recording a game-high 11 tackles as well. Schuyler Simpson (Potomac, Md./Bullis) added eight stops while Andrew Downs (Woodbridge, Conn./Hamden Hall) and Connor Thompson (Jenkintown, Pa./Father Judge) each forced a fumble.
The Red Devils slip to 3-5 overall and 3-4 in the Centennial Conference. They are on the road again next Saturday, traveling to Gettysburg College. Kick-off is set for 1:00 pm with the coveted Little Brown Bucket on the line.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Sep 2007 11:48 UTC, submitted by abdavidson
Opera has released an alpha build of their upcoming 9.5 release. "Following the release of Opera 9 last year, we re-wrote Opera's rendering engine for the coming Opera 9.5 release. As a result, Opera 9.5 contains more than a year's worth of speed, standards and performance improvements."
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by abdavidson on Tue 4th Sep 2007 14:46 UTC in reply to "RE: Restore closed windows"
Nah; Opera has had the ability since 8 I think to let you re-open TABs you closed.
With this they are letting you re-open Windows (full of TABS) you have closed while you are using Opera.
Say you have 3 windows open, one with News websites, one with tech sites, one with personal fluff and you accidentally close your News one, you can now get it to reopen it, including all the pages you had at the state they were at before.
Beforehand one you closed a *window* you could not retrieve that from another window.


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Well, just made my first ever Onigiri! It was sooooo much fun although I did end up burning my hands with the hot rice and I need to work on my onigiri "sizes" as they are still quite irregular - lol
not bad for a first attempt I thought :)
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Those look mighty fine! I can never get mine to work properly just by hand - I always resort to the clingfilm technique - so you've done well there.
They look great. I ended up buying an onigiri mold. That way I can make the onigiri when the rice is really hot yet and not burn my hands.
I've just made my first few onigiris since my brother came from Japan after he's lived here for a year. I must admit that your sizes are much more regular than mine :) My were like S - M - XL. But your seems to have a same flaw as mine does. They are pressed TOO firmly, according to my brother. But they are really good for first attempt! ;) I hope you won't get burnt next time. :) Have a nice day! :)
They look super tasty! Did you fill them with anything? I use the sandwich bag method, but the rice still has to be cool for that to work. My favorite filling is Maki's miso-tahini-walnut paste. However, I think I might also try inari and cucumber, like this Japanese restaurant in my town does. But anyway, your first attempt looks great to me!
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"Since my last blog entry I have mostly completed the implementation of the AWT/Java2D port. It is still in need of a lot of testing, but it is stable enough to run a lot of Swing apps out of the box." Pretty cool for Haiku. I wonder what the use is - besides Minecraft - but alas.


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The Watterson High School girls swimming and diving team captured its seventh consecutive CCL championship.
The Watterson High School girls swimming and diving team captured its seventh consecutive CCL championship.
The Eagles scored 404 points in the league meet Jan. 26 at Columbus School for Girls, to finish ahead of CSG (360), Hartley (210.5), DeSales (158.5) and Ready (1).
"CSG was beating us for most of the meet, but we kind of demolished them in some events in the back half of the meet," senior Sam Schuttinger said. "Our senior class has won four CCL titles in four years, which is something that a lot of people haven't done."
Finishing first for the Eagles were the 400-yard freestyle relay of Taylor Brown, Madeline Grubbe, Carrie Horan and Schuttinger (3 minutes, 47.9 seconds), Grubbe in the 500 free (5:31.89) and 200 individual medley (2:16.72), Schuttinger in the 100 free (56.36) and the 200 medley relay of Grubbe, Horan, Schuttinger and Quinn Fike (1:53).
"Everyone swam well to help us win this championship," Schuttinger said.Boys swim squadfinishes third in CCL
The boys swimming and diving team scored 190 points to place third in the CCL meet behind St. Charles (417) and Hartley (234) and ahead of DeSales (174) and Ready (8).
The Eagles did not win any events. Placing second were the 200 free relay of Michael Schwartz, Isaiah Mefferd, Noah Oliver and Jack Preston (1:39.87) and Nicky DiCarlo in diving (297.36 points).
Both the boys and girls squads will conclude the regular season by competing in the Golden Bear Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Upper Arlington.
"This will be our last meet swimming together as one big team before we start (the postseason), so it should be fun," Schuttinger said.Girls basketball teameyes DeSales rematch
The girls basketball team will play host to DeSales on Saturday, Feb. 2, in a CCL contest.
Watterson lost to the Stallions 42-35 on Jan. 5 in the first round of league play.
Post player Alexis Mayle led the Eagles with 19 points and guard Kayla Cook scored eight. Guards Carli Codner-Pinto and Miranda Johnson had 15 and 12 points, respectively, to lead the Stallions, who outscored Watterson 14-7 in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles lost to Hilliard Bradley 40-33 on Jan. 26 and were 7-9 overall and 4-1 in the CCL before playing Ready on Jan. 30. They lost to Gahanna 45-36 on Jan. 23 to snap a three-game winning streak.
Guard Makenzie Bevins had 12 points against Gahanna and guard Emily Amen scored 15 against Bradley.


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Though the latest Ford Focus is offered as a sedan, as well, some great deals are available in May on the 5-door Focus hatchback. Through the end of the month, qualified shoppers interested in financing the Focus hatch can get zero percent interest for up to 60 months. That interest rate also is available with up to $500 cash back. Meanwhile, shoppers looking to pay with cash can get up to $2,250 back. And, as always, Ford is offering another $500 back for police officers or active members of the U.S. military.
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The Hyundai Elantra GT is a sporty new 5-door hatchback based on Hyundai's popular Elantra sedan. It's offered in May with a host of different incentives. The first is for shoppers looking to lease the sedan. Lease shoppers can get an enticing 24-month lease on the Elantra GT, with payments starting at just $189 per month. The only catch: Doing so requires putting down $2,699 at lease signing. For those looking to finance the Elantra GT, Hyundai is offering zero percent interest for up to 60 months or 0.9 percent for 72 months. Hyundai also is offering $500 back for returning Hyundai owners or shoppers trading in a competitor's model.
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The Nissan Versa hatchback is among the least-expensive cars on sale today. In May, it offers three separate incentives that make it an even better deal than usual. The first is for qualified shoppers looking to finance the 5-door hatch. That deal provides zero percent interest for up to 36 months, plus up to $500 cash back. For buyers paying in full, Nissan is offering up to $1,000 cash back. And for those looking to lease the Versa hatchback, Nissan is advertising payments that start at $189 per month for 39 months after $1,999 down at lease signing.
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The Prius c is the smallest version of Toyota's popular Prius hatchback. In May, shoppers can get a good lease deal on the 5-door hatch. That's because Toyota is offering a 36-month term with payments starting at just $199 per month after $2,598 at lease signing. That's a good offer, especially considering how much money the Prius c will save drivers at the pump. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the Prius c at 53 miles per gallon in the city and 46 mpg on the highway, making it one of today's most fuel-efficient cars that you don't have to plug in.
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SHAWNEE, Okla., March 21 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma teenager who stole a truck and 15 guns from his parents died in Texas with another teen in a failed home invasion Wednesday, police said.
Investigators believe Kenneth Chaffin 17, and Dillon King, 18, took their own lives after a homeowner in Maypearl, Texas, opened fire on them, KWTV-DT in Oklahoma City reported. The man suffered minor injuries in the exchange of shots.
Roland Chaffin of Pottawatomie County in central Oklahoma said his son took off while he and his wife were out Monday night. Kenneth left in his father's pickup truck after loading it with six rifles, nine handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
"Why he left, we don't have a clue right now," Chaffin said. "We'll probably never know, other than you know Kenneth has always bucked my rules. I'm a hardnosed parent. I believe in rules, and all my kids know it."
A search was launched Tuesday but no sign of Kenneth Chaffin or the truck was found.
A woman who was home alone in Maypearl at about 1 p.m. Wednesday said she heard someone trying to open a door and saw a man outside wearing camouflage clothing with a rifle strapped to his back. Her husband, who arrived home at that time, spotted two men and got his gun.
"I believe it would have been a different outcome had they not been armed, because our suspects were heavily armed," Ellis County Sheriff's Lt. James Saulter said.
Chaffin said he had no clue why his son decided to run away and apparently to take a violent turn.


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August 30 - September 5Star Trek Into DarknessWhen the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.World War Z:The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane, who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.


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Federation Square is Melbourne's meeting place. It is a unique cultural precinct which brings together a creative mix of attractions, museums and galleries, along with many restaurants, cafes and bars.
Federation Square is also Melbourne's events centre, with more than 2000 events held annually, including multicultural festivals, markets, film screenings and sporting events. It can hold up to 10,000 people at a time.
Comprising an entire city block and paved in sandstone cobbles from Western Australia's Kimberley region, Federation Square rises slightly above street level offering spectacular views of the City of Melbourne, Southbank and the Yarra River.
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Linux Magazine has a profile of Daniel Fore and the Elementary project. Elementary is a Linux distro that's committed to a clean and simple user experience, but it's more than a distro - it's actually a multi-pronged effort to make improvements to the user experience for a whole ecosystem of components, including icons, a GTK theme, Midori improvements, Nautilus, and even Firefox. The work that elementary is doing isn't limited to their own distro, and some of their work is available in current, and perhaps future, Ubuntu releases. The results are really striking, and I think it's probably the handsomest Linux UI I've ever seen.
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New 64 bit AMIs available in all regions! They are updated as of 2012-10-19. I'm working on writing up a how to and will post when it's done. Beowuff (talk) 18:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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AMI Store Build Release Kernel Last verified ami-07be766e EBS 64 bit 2011-04-15 3.0+ 2012-01-14 ami-19be7670 EBS 64 bit 2011-11-18 3.0+ 2012-01-14 ami-26e8144f EBS 32 bit 2011-04-15 2.6 2012-01-14 ami-38e81451 EBS 32 bit 2011-04-15 2.6 2012-01-14
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(2012-01-14) The 64 bit AMIs consistently failed to boot on Micro instances in us-east-1a and us-east-1d. In us-east-1b and us-east-1c the AMIs occasionally fail to boot. Stop and start the instance to reassign it a random machine in these cases.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who do I contact if there is a problem at a signalized intersection?
Contact the Contact Centre at 905-475-4704 or email@example.com. The City will dispatch the maintenance contractor to investigate and make necessary repairs.
Why do some traffic signals stay green at night?
During overnight and other periods where there is low vehicle demand on the side street, the green will stay on the major road. However, when a vehicle is detected and/or a pedestrian presses the push button, the traffic signal will service the side street accordingly. Should the intersection change without side street demand, this may indicate faulty detector loops and/or a stuck pedestrian button. If this is occurring, please contact the Contact Centre.
How are vehicles detected?
Loop detectors are imbedded in the roadway of side streets and left turn lanes. These detectors help improve the operational efficiency of the intersection and reduce delays on the major roads.
Why does the signal turn green for a side street when nobody is there?
The most common reason for this is that the vehicle detector loop in the pavement or pedestrian push button has failed, or is broken from road or utility construction. When a detector loop fails, the traffic signal adapts to the failure by providing a "green" indication to the side street at pre-set intervals. Because there is no vehicle detection, the "green" indication may be displayed longer than what is necessary. If you notice this scenario at any of the City of Markham's signalized intersections, please contact the Contract Centre.
Why does the "Walk" display not appear when the green display appears? How does the pedestrian push button operate?
The green display is for vehicular traffic and not for pedestrians who wish to cross the street. At most signalized intersections, there are push buttons with instructions to allow pedestrians to safely cross the street. To ensure a "WALK" display, always press the button once and wait for the "WALK" to be displayed before starting to cross the street. If there is no button, a "WALK" display will appear automatically to advise when it is safe to cross the street.
Why does the flashing hand appear before I've finished crossing?
The flashing "DON'T WALK" hand is a warning to pedestrians who have not yet entered the intersection that it is too late to start crossing. Pedestrians should not begin crossing the street when the flashing hand signal appears but should continue crossing if they have already started.
What if I don't push the pedestrian button?
Not pressing the pedestrian button provided will result in the traffic signal to continue servicing vehicular traffic and ignoring pedestrians who are waiting to cross. Pedestrians need more time than cars to cross the street. Therefore, it is necessary to push the button to provide you with adequate time to cross safely.
Why do I keep hearing beeping or chirping sounds at some intersections?
Audible/Accessible pedestrian signals are installed at signalized intersection to assist with pedestrians who have visual disabilities. The audible sounds provide guidance to visually impaired pedestrians, indicating when there is an active "WALK" phase. To activate the audible feature, the push button must be pressed and held for 3 seconds.
Are traffic signals in Markham coordinated?
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The American Antinuclear Movement
Paul Rubinson
Spanning countries across the globe, the antinuclear movement was the combined effort of millions of people to challenge the superpowers' reliance on nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Encompassing an array of tactics, from radical dissent to public protest to opposition within the government, this movement succeeded in constraining the arms race and helping to make the use of nuclear weapons politically unacceptable. Antinuclear activists were critical to the establishment of arms control treaties, although they failed to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, as anticommunists, national security officials, and proponents of nuclear deterrence within the United States and Soviet Union actively opposed the movement. Opposition to nuclear weapons evolved in tandem with the Cold War and the arms race, leading to a rapid decline in antinuclear activism after the Cold War ended.
American Environmental Policy since 1964
Richard N. L. Andrews
Between 1964 and 2017, the United States adopted the concept of environmental policy as a new focus for a broad range of previously disparate policy issues affecting human interactions with the natural environment. These policies ranged from environmental health, pollution, and toxic exposure to management of ecosystems, resources, and use of the public lands, environmental aspects of urbanization, agricultural practices, and energy use, and negotiation of international agreements to address global environmental problems. In doing so, it nationalized many responsibilities that had previously been considered primarily state or local matters. It changed the United States' approach to federalism by authorizing new powers for the federal government to set national minimum environmental standards and regulatory frameworks with the states mandated to participate in their implementation and compliance. Finally, it explicitly formalized administrative procedures for federal environmental decision-making with stricter requirements for scientific and economic justification rather than merely administrative discretion. In addition, it greatly increased public access to information and opportunities for input, as well as for judicial review, thus allowing citizen advocates for environmental protection and appreciative uses equal legitimacy with commodity producers to voice their preferences for use of public environmental resources.
These policies initially reflected widespread public demand and broad bipartisan support. Over several decades, however, they became flashpoints, first, between business interests and environmental advocacy groups and, subsequently, between increasingly ideological and partisan agendas concerning the role of the federal government. Beginning in the 1980s, the long-standing Progressive ideal of the "public interest" was increasingly supplanted by a narrative of "government overreach," and the 1990s witnessed campaigns to delegitimize the underlying evidence justifying environmental policies by labeling it "junk science" or a "hoax."
From the 1980s forward, the stated priorities of environmental policy vacillated repeatedly between presidential administrations and Congresses supporting continuation and expansion of environmental protection and preservation policies versus those seeking to weaken or even reverse protections in favor of private-property rights and more damaging uses of resources. Yet despite these apparent shifts, the basic environmental laws and policies enacted during the 1970s remained largely in place: political gridlock, in effect, maintained the status quo, with the addition of a very few innovations such as "cap and trade" policies. One reason was that environmental policies retained considerable latent public support: in electoral campaigns, they were often overshadowed by economic and other issues, but they still aroused widespread support in their defense when threatened. Another reason was that decisions by the courts also continued to reaffirm many existing policies and to reject attempts to dismantle them.
With the election of Donald Trump in 2016, along with conservative majorities in both houses of Congress, US environmental policy came under the most hostile and wide-ranging attack since its origins. More than almost any other issue, the incoming president targeted environmental policy for rhetorical attacks and budget cuts, and sought to eradicate the executive policies of his predecessor, weaken or rescind protective regulations, and undermine the regulatory and even the scientific capacity of the federal environmental agencies. In the early 21st century, it is as yet unclear how much of his agenda will actually be accomplished, or whether, as in past attempts, much of it will ultimately be blocked by Congress, the courts, public backlash, and business and state government interests seeking stable policy expectations rather than disruptive deregulation.
American Film since 1945
Joshua Gleich
Over the past seventy years, the American film industry has transformed from mass-producing movies to producing a limited number of massive blockbuster movies on a global scale. Hollywood film studios have moved from independent companies to divisions of media conglomerates. Theatrical attendance for American audiences has plummeted since the mid-1940s; nonetheless, American films have never been more profitable. In 1945, American films could only be viewed in theaters; now they are available in myriad forms of home viewing. Throughout, Hollywood has continued to dominate global cinema, although film and now video production reaches Americans in many other forms, from home videos to educational films.
Amid declining attendance, the Supreme Court in 1948 forced the major studios to sell off their theaters. Hollywood studios instead focused their power on distribution, limiting the supply of films and focusing on expensive productions to sell on an individual basis to theaters. Growing production costs and changing audiences caused wild fluctuations in profits, leading to an industry-wide recession in the late 1960s. The studios emerged under new corporate ownership and honed their blockbuster strategy, releasing "high concept" films widely on the heels of television marketing campaigns. New technologies such as cable and VCRs offered new windows for Hollywood movies beyond theatrical release, reducing the risks of blockbuster production. Deregulation through the 1980s and 1990s allowed for the "Big Six" media conglomerates to join film, theaters, networks, publishing, and other related media outlets under one corporate umbrella. This has expanded the scale and stability of Hollywood revenue while reducing the number and diversity of Hollywood films, as conglomerates focus on film franchises that can thrive on various digital media. Technological change has also lowered the cost of non-Hollywood films and thus encouraged a range of alternative forms of filmmaking, distribution, and exhibition.
American Foreign Policy and the Space Race
Teasel Muir-Harmony
The Soviet Union's successful launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, captured global attention and achieved the initial victory in what would soon become known as the space race. This impressive technological feat and its broader implications for Soviet missile capability rattled the confidence of the American public and challenged the credibility of U.S. leadership abroad. With the U.S.S.R.'s launch of Sputnik, and then later the first human spaceflight in 1961, U.S. policymakers feared that the public and political leaders around the world would view communism as a viable and even more dynamic alternative to capitalism, tilting the global balance of power away from the United States and towards the Soviet Union.
Reactions to Sputnik confirmed what members of the U.S. National Security Council had predicted: the image of scientific and technological superiority had very real, far-reaching geopolitical consequences. By signaling Soviet technological and military prowess, Sputnik solidified the link between space exploration and national prestige, setting a course for nationally funded space exploration for years to come. For over a decade, both the Soviet Union and the United States funneled significant financial and personnel resources into achieving impressive firsts in space, as part of a larger effort to win alliances in the Cold War contest for global influence.
From a U.S. vantage point, the space race culminated in the first Moon landing in July 1969. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed Project Apollo, a lunar exploration program, as a tactic for restoring U.S. prestige in the wake of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight and the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion. To achieve Kennedy's goal of sending a man to the Moon and returning him safely back to Earth by the end of the decade, the United States mobilized a workforce in the hundreds of thousands. Project Apollo became the most expensive government funded civilian engineering program in U.S. history, at one point stretching to more than 4 percent of the federal budget. The United States' substantial investment in winning the space race reveals the significant status of soft power in American foreign policy strategy during the Cold War.
American Indian Activism after 1945
Bradley Shreve
American Indian activism after 1945 was as much a part of the larger, global decolonization movement rooted in centuries of imperialism as it was a direct response to the ethos of civic nationalism and integration that had gained momentum in the United States following World War II. This ethos manifested itself in the disastrous federal policies of termination and relocation, which sought to end federal services to recognized Indian tribes and encourage Native people to leave reservations for cities. In response, tribal leaders from throughout Indian Country formed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in 1944 to litigate and lobby for the collective well-being of Native peoples. The NCAI was the first intertribal organization to embrace the concepts of sovereignty, treaty rights, and cultural preservation—principles that continue to guide Native activists today. As American Indian activism grew increasingly militant in the late 1960s and 1970s, civil disobedience, demonstrations, and takeovers became the preferred tactics of "Red Power" organizations such as the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), the Indians of All Tribes, and the American Indian Movement (AIM). At the same time, others established more focused efforts that employed less confrontational methods. For example, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) served as a legal apparatus that represented Native nations, using the courts to protect treaty rights and expand sovereignty; the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) sought to secure greater returns on the mineral wealth found on tribal lands; and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) brought Native educators together to work for greater self-determination and culturally rooted curricula in Indian schools. While the more militant of these organizations and efforts have withered, those that have exploited established channels have grown and flourished. Such efforts will no doubt continue into the unforeseeable future so long as the state of Native nations remains uncertain.
American Military Assistance Programs since 1945
Jeremy Kuzmarov
Military assistance programs have been crucial instruments of American foreign policy since World War II, valued by policymakers for combating internal subversion in the "free world," deterring aggression, and protecting overseas interests. The 1958 Draper Committee, consisting of eight members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concluded that economic and military assistance were interchangeable; as the committee put it, without internal security and the "feeling of confidence engendered by adequate military forces, there is little hope for economic progress." Less explicitly, military assistance was also designed to uphold the U.S. global system of military bases established after World War II, ensure access to raw materials, and help recruit intelligence assets while keeping a light American footprint. Police and military aid was often invited and welcomed by government elites in so-called free world nations for enhancing domestic security or enabling the swift repression of political opponents. It sometimes coincided with an influx of economic aid, as under the Marshall Plan and Alliance for Progress. In cases like Vietnam, the programs contributed to stark human rights abuses owing to political circumstances and prioritizing national security over civil liberties.
American Military Strategy in the Vietnam War, 1965–1973
Gregory A. Daddis
For nearly a decade, American combat soldiers fought in South Vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in Southeast Asia. After U.S. troops departed in 1973, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 prompted a lasting search to explain the United States' first lost war. Historians of the conflict and participants alike have since critiqued the ways in which civilian policymakers and uniformed leaders applied—some argued misapplied—military power that led to such an undesirable political outcome. While some claimed U.S. politicians failed to commit their nation's full military might to a limited war, others contended that most officers fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the war they were fighting. Still others argued "winning" was essentially impossible given the true nature of a struggle over Vietnamese national identity in the postcolonial era. On their own, none of these arguments fully satisfy. Contemporary policymakers clearly understood the difficulties of waging a war in Southeast Asia against an enemy committed to national liberation. Yet the faith of these Americans in their power to resolve deep-seated local and regional sociopolitical problems eclipsed the possibility there might be limits to that power. By asking military strategists to simultaneously fight a war and build a nation, senior U.S. policymakers had asked too much of those crafting military strategy to deliver on overly ambitious political objectives. In the end, the Vietnam War exposed the limits of what American military power could achieve in the Cold War era.
American Urban Planning Since 1850
Harold Platt
As places of dense habitation, cities have always required coordination and planning. City planning has involved the design and construction of large-scale infrastructure projects to provide basic necessities such as a water supply and drainage. By the 1850s, immigration and industrialization were fueling the rise of big cities, creating immense, collective problems of epidemics, slums, pollution, gridlock, and crime. From the 1850s to the 1900s, both local governments and utility companies responded to this explosive physical and demographic growth by constructing a "networked city" of modern technologies such as gaslight, telephones, and electricity. Building the urban environment also became a wellspring of innovation in science, medicine, and administration. In 1909–1910, a revolutionary idea—comprehensive city planning—opened a new era of professionalization and institutionalization in the planning departments of city halls and universities. Over the next thirty-five years, however, wars and depression limited their influence.
From 1945 to 1965, in contrast, represents the golden age of formal planning. During this unprecedented period of peace and prosperity, academically trained experts played central roles in the modernization of the inner cities and the sprawl of the suburbs. But the planners' clean-sweep approach to urban renewal and the massive destruction caused by highway construction provoked a revolt of the grassroots. Beginning in the Watts district of Los Angeles in 1965, mass uprisings escalated over the next three years into a national crisis of social disorder, racial and ethnic inequality, and environmental injustice. The postwar consensus of theory and practice was shattered, replaced by a fragmented profession ranging from defenders of top-down systems of computer-generated simulations to proponents of advocacy planning from the bottom up. Since the late 1980s, the ascendency of public-private partnerships in building the urban environment has favored the planners promoting systems approaches, who promise a future of high-tech "smart cities" under their complete control.
America's Wars on Poverty and the Building of the Welfare State
David Torstensson
On January 5, 2014—the fiftieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's launch of the War on Poverty—the New York Times asked a panel of opinion leaders a simple question: "Does the U.S. Need Another War on Poverty?" While the answers varied, all the invited debaters accepted the martial premise of the question—that a war on poverty had been fought and that eliminating poverty was, without a doubt, a "fight," or a "battle."
Yet the debate over the manner—martial or not—by which the federal government and public policy has dealt with the issue of poverty in the United States is still very much an open-ended one.
The evolution and development of the postwar American welfare state is a story not only of a number of "wars," or individual political initiatives, against poverty, but also about the growth of institutions within and outside government that seek to address, alleviate, and eliminate poverty and its concomitant social ills. It is a complex and at times messy story, interwoven with the wider historical trajectory of this period: civil rights, the rise and fall of a "Cold War consensus," the emergence of a counterculture, the Vietnam War, the credibility gap, the rise of conservatism, the end of "welfare," and the emergence of compassionate conservatism. Mirroring the broader organization of the American political system, with a relatively weak center of power and delegated authority and decision-making in fifty states, the welfare model has developed and grown over decades. Policies viewed in one era as unmitigated failures have instead over time evolved and become part of the fabric of the welfare state.
Antimonopoly in American Politics, 1945–2000
Daniel Scroop
Antimonopoly, meaning opposition to the exclusive or near-exclusive control of an industry or business by one or a very few businesses, played a relatively muted role in the history of the post-1945 era, certainly compared to some earlier periods in American history. However, the subject of antimonopoly is important because it sheds light on changing attitudes toward concentrated power, corporations, and the federal government in the United States after World War II.
Paradoxically, as antimonopoly declined as a grass-roots force in American politics, the technical, expert-driven field of antitrust enjoyed a golden age. From the 1940s to the 1960s, antitrust operated on principles that were broadly in line with those that inspired its creation in the late 19th and early 20th century, acknowledging the special contribution small-business owners made to US democratic culture. In these years, antimonopoly remained sufficiently potent as a political force to sustain the careers of national-level politicians such as congressmen Wright Patman and Estes Kefauver and to inform the opinions of Supreme Court justices such as Hugo Black and William O. Douglas. Antimonopoly and consumer politics overlapped in this period. From the mid-1960s onward, Ralph Nader repeatedly tapped antimonopoly ideas in his writings and consumer activism, skillfully exploiting popular anxieties about concentrated economic power. At the same time, as part of the United States' rise to global hegemony, officials in the federal government's Antitrust Division exported antitrust overseas, building it into the political, economic, and legal architecture of the postwar world.
Beginning in the 1940s, conservative lawyers and economists launched a counterattack against the conception of antitrust elaborated in the progressive era. By making consumer welfare—understood in terms of low prices and market efficiency—the determining factor in antitrust cases, they made a major intellectual and political contribution to the rightward thrust of US politics in the 1970s and 1980s. Robert Bork's The Antitrust Paradox, published in 1978, popularized and signaled the ascendency of this new approach.
In the 1980s and 1990s antimonopoly drifted to the margin of political debate. Fear of big government now loomed larger in US politics than the specter of monopoly or of corporate domination. In the late 20th century, Americans, more often than not, directed their antipathy toward concentrated power in its public, rather than its private, forms. This fundamental shift in the political landscape accounts in large part for the overall decline of antimonopoly—a venerable American political tradition—in the period 1945 to 2000.


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Declassified: Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media Exposed
Posted August 20, 2010
The Israel Lobby Swims The Atlantic
By Grant Smith
August 20, 2010 "Antiwar" -- Jeffrey Goldberg's current cover story in The Atlantic, "The Point of No Return," achieved massive distribution across a broad spectrum of old and new media in the United States. Some observers – including Glenn Greenwald in "How Propagandists Function" – noted how well the methodology and message of Goldberg's piece serves the Israeli government's efforts to push U.S. military action against Iran. Gareth Porter views it as part of an overarching strategy to keep the U.S. from restoring productive relations with Iran. A huge trove of newly declassified documents subpoenaed during a Senate investigation reveals how Israel's lobby pitched, promoted, and paid to have content placed in America's top news magazines with overseas funding. The Atlantic (and others) received hefty rewards for trumpeting Israel's most vital – but damaging – PR initiatives across America.
Unlike today, back in the 1960s Israel and its lobby were battling mightily to draw American attention away from the entire subject of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. A secret executive report [.pdf] subpoenaed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigation into the American Zionist Council, or AZC (AIPAC's parent organization), reveals the lobby's careful tracking of and satisfaction with most mainstream U.S. media coverage about the Dimona nuclear weapons facility
"The nuclear reactor story inspired comment from many sources: editorial writers, columnists, science writers and cartoonists. Most of the press seemed finally to accept the thesis that the reactor was being built for peaceful purposes and not for bombs. Some columnists felt that the U.S. should have awaited more information before 'ventilating its suspicions'. Drew Pearson's syndicated column justified Israel's secrecy; William Laurence in the New York Times stressed Israel's peaceful intent, in contrast to Arthur Krock who wanted the reactor placed under international safeguards. Arab protagonists in this country – including those in the State Department who raised all the fuss initially – used the occasion to try to cast doubt on Israel's friendship toward the U.S."
The observant now know that Israel's massive, clandestine nuclear arsenal remains a thorn in the side of U.S. nonproliferation efforts. Building it required many unfriendly acts, such as materials theft and covert financing from U.S. donors. The Israeli nuclear arsenal story remains curiously under-reported in America, though not throughout the rest of the world. But have media outlets such as The Atlantic received assistance from Israel and its lobby for publishing helpful – but equally misleading – content?
The unqualified answer is yes.
In the early 1960s the AZC's Magazine Committee [.pdf] met regularly with writers to prepare articles for top U.S. magazines such as Reader's Digest, the Saturday Evening Post, and Life. In its program [.pdf] for "cultivation of editors" and "stimulation and placement of suitable articles in the major consumer magazines," the committee pushed lighter subjects with prepared texts such as the thirteenth anniversary of Israel's founding while killing investigative pieces at such publications as the Christian Science Monitor. The committee confronted two major news items challenging Israel: fallout from the "Lavon Affair" (a cover-up of failed false-flag Israeli terrorist attacks on U.S. government facilities in Egypt) and American peace proposals calling for the return of some expelled Palestinian refugees to their homes and property in Israel. The Israeli government and its U.S. lobby invested heavily in arguing against the return of Palestinian refugees through The Atlantic, according to yet another secret AZC report [.pdf]:
"The Atlantic Monthly in its October issue carried the outstanding Martha Gellhorn piece on the Arab refugees, which made quite an impact around the country. We arranged for the distribution of 10,000 reprints to public opinion molders in all categories. Acting on information that anti-Israel groups were bombarding the Atlantic with critical letters, we stimulated a letter campaign designed to counteract their impact. …
"Interested friends are making arrangements with the Atlantic for another reprint of the Gellhorn article to be sent to all 53,000 persons whose names appear in Who's Who in America…
"The November issue of the Atlantic carried a special 64-page Supplement on Israel, with articles by some of Israel's top names. …
"Our Committee is now planning articles for the women's magazines for the trade and business publications."
The Jewish Agency, an Israeli quasi-governmental organization with pre-legislative review powers and access to Israeli government tax revenues, laundered overseas tax-exempt charitable relief funds into U.S. public relations and lobbying through its American section. The AZC was incapable of independently raising its own revenue and received $5 million ($36 million in 2010 dollars) from the Jewish Agency over two years for public relations and lobbying. The Jewish Agency received AZC bi-monthly media action reports. Up to $6,300 ($45,360 today) was budgeted for reprints of "The Arabs of Palestine," which erroneously concluded that "Palestinian refugees will merge into the Arab nations, because the young will insist on real lives instead of endless waiting." It is clear from contemporary news reports and the heavily redacted Senate record that the AZC and the Jewish Agency seriously violated IRS regulations and the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act.
The Senate investigation ultimately failed in its efforts to regulate secret foreign media manipulation and lobbying. The AZC transformed into AIPAC, and today The Atlantic is virtually alone among remnants of the battered magazine industry in its return to profitability. Jeffrey Goldberg's prolific work no doubt helps propel that bottom line. But readers should remember the origin of deceptive waves of content that washed ashore in American magazines.
Grant F. Smith is the author of the new book Spy Trade: How Israel's Lobby Undermines America's Economy. He is a frequent contributor to Radio France Internationale and Voice of America's Foro Interamericano. Smith has also appeared on BBC News, CNN, and C-SPAN. He is currently director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C.
In case you missed it: How American News Media Works In Favor Of Israel
In case you missed it: The Israel Lobby: Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so?
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Olivopontocerebellar atrophy is a disease that causes areas deep in the brain, just above the spinal cord, to shrink.
Alternative Names
OPCA; Olivopontocerebellar degeneration; Multiple system atrophy - cerebellar predominance; MSA-C
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy can be passed down through families (inherited form), or it may affect people without a known family history (sporadic form).
Researchers have identified certain genes that are involved in the inherited form of this condition.
The cause of olivopontocerebellar atrophy in those without a history of the disease is not known. The disease slowly gets worse (is progressive).
This disease is slightly more common in men than in women. The average age of onset is 54 years old.
Symptoms tend to start sooner at a younger age in people with the inherited form. The main symptom is clumsiness (
Other symptoms may include:
- Abnormal eye movements
- Abnormal movements
- Bowel or bladder problems
- Difficulty swallowing
- Lightheadedness when standing
- Muscle spasms
- Muscle stiffness or rigidity
- Nerve damage (neuropathy)
- Tremor
- Sexual function problems
Signs and tests
A thorough medical and neurological examination, as well as a symptom and family history, are needed to make the diagnosis.
There are no specific tests for this condition. An
Other tests may be done to rule out other conditions. This may include swallowing studies to see if a person can safely swallow food and liquid.
There is no specific treatment or cure for this disease. Therapy is aimed at treating symptoms and preventing complications. This may include:
- Tremor medications, such as those used to treat Parkinsons disease
- Speech and physical therapy
- Techniques to prevent choking
- Walking aids to help with balance and prevent falls
Expectations (prognosis)
The disease slowly gets worse, and there is no cure. The outlook is generally poor. However, it may be years before someone becomes significantly disabled.
- Choking
- Infection from inhaling food into the lungs (
aspiration pneumonia)
- Injury from falls
- Nutrition problems due to difficulty swallowing
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have any symptoms of olivopontocerebellar atrophy. You will need a referral to a neurologist.
Apostolova LG, DeKosky ST, Cummings JL. Dementias. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 66.
Lang AE. Parkinsonism. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 416.
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Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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What is Palliative Care?
Palliative Care is specialized care focused on the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness. It may begin at the time of a diagnosis and continue throughout the course of a serious illness. Palliative care is designed to meet each patient's individual needs with the help of a specialized palliative care team that includes: doctors, nurses, social workers, home health aides, spiritual advisors and therapists.
The goal of the Palliative Care Team is to:
- Reduce pain and discomfort
- Improve the quality of your life and your ability to do your daily activities
- Provide emotional support
- Help with long-term planning
The kind of care you get depends on what you need. Your goals guide your care. Palliative care can help reduce pain or treatment side effects. The palliative care team may help you and your loved ones better understand your illness, talk more openly about your feelings, or decide what treatment you want or do not want. It can also make sure your doctors, nurses, and loved ones understand your goals and are "on the same page."
Receiving palliative care does not mean you are giving up. In fact, most patients receiving palliative care are also continuing aggressive medical treatment for their illness. Palliative care focuses on improving your quality of life – not just in your body, but also in your mind and spirit.
The Palliative Care Setting
You can receive hospice and palliative care in your home, the hospital, the doctor's office, or in assisted living.
Admission To The Palliative Care Program
Anyone can make a referral: you, your doctor, or a concerned loved one.
What is Palliative Care?
The word "palliative" has roots in the Latin verb meaning "to cloak or protect." The members of the palliative care team at Middlesex Hospital understand the critical decisions patients and families are faced with when dealing with a serious illness. The goal of palliative care is to assist the patient and their families with these decisions while providing maximum physical comfort and emotional support.
Palliative Care Services include:
- Pain and symptom control, psychosocial support to patients and families
- Patient education about self-determination and advance directives
- Negotiating end-of-life decisions
- Helping patients and loved ones understand and cope with the process of dying
- Caregiver support group


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Arbor Day, St. Agatha, 1923Item 9848 info
Ste. Agathe Historical Society
This is in the school yard of the Notre Dame de la Sagesse boarding school on Arbor Day in 1923. At that time, Sr. Marie Eugènie was principal. This Daughter of Wisdom, originally from Blois, France, served as principal from 1906 to 1935.


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Coffee giant Starbucks has now ventured into India, the land of chai teas and lassi yogurt drinks.
A luxurious new store opened Friday in the Elphinstone Building in one of Mumbai's most well-heeled neighborhoods – there's a Hermes store nearby. Part of a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, the store precedes two cafes also set to open in Mumbai next week.
The flagship location tries hard to sell the idea of an East-West union. Its standard offerings are served alongside Himalayan mineral water and foods such as the Elaichi Mawa Croissant, the Murg Tikka Panini and the Tandoori Paneer Roll. The décor is lavish, with Indian teakwood furniture, henna-like floor designs, bright billowing curtains and more.
Starbucks may be branching into businesses beyond coffee, opening up its Evolution Fresh juice stores and trying dedicated Tazo tea shops, but the Seattle-based giant is still expanding the reach of its original coffee shop concept.
That requires the company to gain traction in countries where tea rules. The company plans to have 1,500 stores in China alone by 2015, making the Asian superpower Starbucks' second largest market.
India could be on the same track. Chains such as Barista Coffee, Café Coffee Day and Java City, along with more recent foreign arrivals such as Costa Coffee and Gloria Jeans, have primed the Indian market for the arrival of massive players such as Starbucks.
Rising incomes and an increasingly urban workforce also have hastened the growth of coffee culture. But Indians may be more interested in convenient brew – volume sales of instant coffee soared 66% from 2005 to 2010, compared with a 19% bump for fresh coffee, according to research group Euromonitor.
"We are investing for the long-term and see great potential for accelerated growth in India," said Chief Executive Howard Schultz in a statement.
In late morning trading in New York, Starbucks shares were down 3.75%, or $1.78, to $45.63 a share.


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Let's be clear. If you are hungry in chicago, your solution is far from easy. I was overwhelmed with the choices just blocks away from me. Take my advice: Just walk. Once you smell it you'll know where to plant your tuckus and order. I planted myself at Rosebud on Rush. Sitting outside near the sidewalk I felt whimsical in my choice of dish that night: Sea Bass. My first ever experience with this fish. The server recommended it so why the hell not?
10oz of sea bass on top of a bed of cooked spinach in a cream almond sauce. Everything in this dish made sense. Everything had a purpose and spoke to one another with incandescently clear notes. The fish itself was cooked in such a way that I envied whomever prepared it. Moist but flaky, juicy but with the perfect amount of sear. I have never tasted a fish that actually tasted milky and almost cream like. Tender soft and seemingly melting in my mouth. Once again what comes to my mind is milky, cream-like, luscious fish. With a small amount of acidity afterwards that went well with the spinach below it. The spinach doused in this sauce was natural. Although it was true as spinach could be, very earthy, however it was light at the same time. Again with a small amount of acidity that spinach offers went to and fro with the delectable comfort of the fish. However, without the almonds, nothing would have made sense. Due to its nutty and wood like taste, the almonds were the connecting thread throughout every element of this dish. Bringing that woody earth like tone, the almonds were the perfect note upon this tasteful melody. Being mostly apart of the sauce, which again was creamy but light. Although everything should have weighed me down and filled my stomach with luscious heavy comfort, it did not. This dish was simple well refined and attention to flavors were paid. Just by adding simple ingredients with staple flavors, the wood of the almonds the milkiness of the fish, this dish was comforting and sent waves of pleasure to my taste buds.
To top off the entire evening, and maybe in a lovers euphoria due to my dish, I ordered the tiramisu. Please be advised, this is a huge ass piece of tiramisu, which I gladly dived into. All in all it is just that: tiramisu, the lady fingers however were particularly moist, oozing with rum and cocoa, which I prefer. Along with a cappuccino the night was gluttonous feast of edible pleasure.
I could go on and on about the seating. The wonderful tea lit atmosphere the patio has to offer, that would liken to any Lady and The Tramp remake. Or our wonderful server who was as rambunctious and eager as ever to please our stomachs content. With the flowing glasses of wine and jolly atmosphere, I could go on. But it is about the food that will make me come back, and create a sigh in my heart each time I walk past this establishment. As if longing of a past lover that you never quiet got over. Rosebud has enveloped me in their warm cooking arms only to stuff me with pleasure and send me on my way. Craving their sweet embrace again. Oh we will meet again I am sure, if only in a dream.


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Get some chaos on the go with South Park Reel Chaos Touch
Good news awaits all South Park episode fans because the famous game developer NetEnt and South park studio's collaborative effort, the South park slot game, can now be played on your handheld devices in the name South Park Reel Chaos Touch. Coming from the development chambers of NetEnt Touch, the game has been specialized to adapt to your mobile phones or tablets powered by Android or IOS to give you the smoothest gaming experience no matter where you are or what device you use.
Game Theme
South Park Reel Chaos Touch is the slot game version of the South park episodes, which were the rage in the 90's for being one of the most kickass cartoon series ever. Filled with entertainment, fun and a mild amount of cursing, the show was a big hit back then, and the same can be said about the slot game too. The best part is you don't have to be a South park fan to play the game, because the game theme is simple and fits well for a slot machine.
Join a bunch of 9 year olds as they join forces to stop evil Dr.Chaos from plunging the city into darkness with his evil scheme. Join the heroic kids, as they take you through 4 mini games and an epic bonus game making you rich, and fighting crime to bring justice to their beloved city.
Game Features
South Park Reel Chaos Touch is a 5 reel and 20 paylines game playable from 20p to £ 100 making it a pretty exciting game. The game mainly has it's features distributed through 4 mini games and a 5th bonus game named after the heroes.
The game has a symbol substituting wild besides Cartman's stacked wilds that works as a normal wild does. But if you trigger Cartman's wilds, then General Disarray runs around the screens with cartman chasing after him, leaving you wilds wherever he goes.
Kenny's multiplier is a randomly triggered multiplier feature, where Kenny faces off with Professor Chaos and gives you progressive multipliers up to 5x while beating the professor.
Stan's multiplying re spins will save your day, giving you progressive multipliers and free spins until you get a winning spin on your playscreen.
Kyle's random wilds come into the picture, when Dr.Chaos releases his hamsters. Kyle zaps them with his laser vision leaving 3 to 5 random wilds on your screen.
The Mintberry Crunch epic bonus game is a combination of multipliers, free spins and a lot of action. Here the number of free spins are decided by the number of bad guys you beat, and the multiplier keeps increasing progressively.
South Park Reel Chaos Touch is a fun slot game which is quite entertaining and worth your time. With an RTP of 96.8%, the game's mini games and bonus game keep you rewarded and busy, giving you a good time.


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Team TouchDroid disbands; posts installation tutorial for developers
If you haven't been following the team TouchDroid saga lately, here's the "too long; didn't read" version. Some code used in a recent demo video or two wasn't properly credited (to CyanogenMod). On purpose. Names were exchanged. Accounts were banned. Feelings were hurt. The team has called it quits. Tragic, ... Read More »


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Who Will Snap Up the New BlackBerry 10?
RIM no longer depends on corporate customers for the bulk of its business, yet some of these clients are among its most loyal. Ahead of the BlackBerry 10 launch, Will Connors joins digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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CD-Beauty of Two, Kennedy Center Chamber Players
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CD— The Beauty of Two
Many of the pieces on this CD feature rapid interactive dialogue between two musical partners.
In this premier recording, musicians of The Kennedy Center Chamber Players, consisting of Principal Chair members of The Kennedy Center's National Symphony Orchestra, present their imaginative interpretations of the most intimate and personal of chamber music genres - the instrumental duo.
Pianist Lambert Orkis, a chamber music pro, provides the unifying thread that ties together and makes a cohesive program out of four very different works. In addition his booklet notes give listeners an insider's view of the challenges that each piece poses in terms of ensemble, reminding us that the natural feeling of the end result should never make us lose sight of the effort that went into preparing the performance.
It's a credit to him that his contribution in all four works is invariably stylish, spirited, and genuinely collaborative.