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Losing a parent, spouse, or other loved one is really hard. What most of us don't know, until it happens, is that it hurts for a long time. According to experts, though, there are recognizable stages -- or signposts -- that you'll pass through as you move from bereavement to healing. In her landmark 1969 book On Death and Dying , psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross popularized the idea of five stages of grief. Since then some experts have continued to work with Kubler-Ross's model, while others have simplified the theory to include just three or four stages, or expanded the list to as many as ten.
But most experts agree that everyone processes a loss by experiencing a series of different feelings, though we may go through these stages in a different order or skip one altogether. Here's a guide to the stages of grief and how to navigate them to find comfort and healing.
Stage one in the stages of grief: Shock and denial
For the first hours, days, even weeks after someone you're close to dies, you may feel like you simply can't absorb what's happened. It might feel like there's a glass wall between you and your feelings. You know you're sad, but you can't actually grieve. The numbness protects you from dissolving, but it may feel a bit frightening, too -- why can't I cry?
Losing someone you've lived with may also bring intense feelings of loneliness and emptiness as you struggle with the hole left in your daily life. If you've spent the past months or years as a caregiver , it's natural to experience a sense of being cut adrift -- after giving so much of your time and devotion to your loved one, suddenly you are no longer needed.
What you might be feeling:
- Numb and distracted -- "This can't be happening to me.
- Alienated from other people , as though everyone else exists in the sunny world of everyday events, while you're in a dark tunnel.
- Bereft of purpose. Many caregivers say they feel painfully lost, as if the connection that kept them going every day is no longer there.
What you might notice:
- Memory gaps , such as being unable to recall what you did yesterday, or not knowing how long it's been since you last ate.
- Being disorganized and "spacey" -- misplacing your keys or cell phone, losing your car in the parking lot, forgetting to return phone calls.
- Feeling out of touch with your real feelings, reacting in ways that don't feel like "you," such as snapping at a sibling or feeling nothing when a friend tells you some happy or sad news.
What to do:
- Give yourself permission to feel however you feel. You've just been through an emotional earthquake, and the aftershocks are going to continue for a long time. It's okay if you can't cry, and it's also okay if you cry all the time or at inappropriate moments.
- Break through the denial. Recognize that numbness has a purpose: It keeps you from falling apart. But if feelings of distance and unreality are bothering you, use family members and close friends as touchstones. Prevent yourself from "stuffing" your feelings by checking in with others: How are you holding up? Create opportunities to talk over the experiences you've been through and reminisce about your loved one.
Stage two in the stages of grief: Pain and guilt
When the protective curtain of denial slowly slips aside, intense feelings start to surface. This may be the hardest time, when things seem darkest. Self-blame is common. You may find yourself replaying conversations and decisions in your mind and asking yourself if you should have done things differently. If you've lost someone who's been suffering or in pain, you may experience a complex mix of relief coupled with guilt. It's common to hear a judging voice in your head, berating you fo r feeling relieved -- but actually relief is a perfectly normal reaction.
What you might be feeling:
- Extreme mood swings, feeling okay one moment and overwhelmed with sadness the next.
- Physical and/or emotional exhaustion. You might feel like you can't get out of bed in the morning, or even like you can't go on any longer.
- Guilt -- if you've lost someone who died relatively young, you may feel guilty that you yourself have your health. If you've been a primary caregiver, you may feel relieved that the intense period of caregiving is over and you can return to your "normal" life, yet you feel terribly guilty for having such thoughts.
What you might notice:
- Tears that come when you least expect them.
- Negative thoughts about yourself.
- Obsessive thought patterns, such as going over in your mind things you did and didn't do or say.
- Exhaustion and lethargy -- feeling overwhelmed and defeated, asking yourself "what's the point?"
What to do:
- Find ways to turn off the "tapes" replaying themselves in your mind. If there are moments or images that are particularly traumatic to remember (the decision to turn off life support, for example, or an image of your loved one in pain), talk through the memories with family members and friends who went through them with you.
Saying, "I keep thinking of how much pain she was in and wondering if there was more we could have done" allows you to get the dark feelings and fears out in the open so that you and those who were also present can talk through what happened.
You may be surprised to find that others remember things differently. Getting everyone's feelings out in the open allows you to reassure each other that you all did the best you could in a difficult situation.
- Ask for help. This is the time to find a support group, therapist, or close friend or family member who's been through something similar, who can help you work through these very difficult feelings.
- Force yourself to reach out. It's easy to hide away or isolate yourself when you feel that you're "not at your best," but this is just the time to reach out. Put a few close friends or family members on alert by saying, "I'm having a pretty tough time right now. Can I call you when I'm really feeling down?" Setting this up ahead of time gives you permission to pick up the phone.
- Let yourself off the hook. If you're experiencing guilt for surviving, or relief that their suffering or your caregiving role is over, remind yourself that those feelings are common and natural and nothing to feel bad about. The truth of the situation is that the person you were caring for is out of pain and some of the burdens that have overwhelmed you have been lifted, and it's natural to react with relief.
Stage three in the stages of grief: Anger, frustration, and bitterness
For many people, this stage alternates in spurts with pain and guilt. You may find yourself becoming very reactive. You're going along just fine until something -- a TV episode, a story told by a friend, an ad in a magazine -- sets off an explosion of angry, even hostile feelings. Sometimes anger is a way to shield ourselves from feeling intense pain; other times it's the simple contrast between other peoples' concerns and the sheer magnitude of what we're going through that triggers an attack of bitterness or frustration.
What you might be feeling:
- Sudden attacks of self-pity and frustration or bursts of outrage and a sense of injustice that may feel childlike: "Why me?" or "This isn't fair!" As one person put it, "I just keep thinking that this isn't what we signed up for."
- Bitterness or resentment. If you've lost someone who died relatively young, you may feel bitter about having lost her "before her time." Many people describe feelings they're not proud of, such as, "Why couldn't it have been him instead?" One person who lost her father early to cancer reported feeling ashamed of her lack of compassion when other friends described their difficulties with fathers in poor health. She heard a voice in her head saying, "I'll trade you any day."
What you might notice :
- A desire to avoid certain social situations, particularly those where others are celebra tory or self-congratulatory.
- Irritation when others complain about things that seem petty and unimportant compared with what you're going through.
- A tendency to react with mistrust and sarcasm.
- Anger and bitterness over others' sincere expressions of sympathy. Someone saying "I understand," or "Is there something I can do?" might make you want to scream, for instance.
What to do:
- Avoid those who bring you down. If you notice that certain people or situations bring on bouts of anger and ill humor, it's perfectly okay to avoid them -- you're protecting both of you. For instance, if a certain friend tends to initiate a "pity party," put that friendship on hold for awhile.
- Tell people what's happened. It can be hard to bring up a loss, but it's more uncomfortable still if you keep silent and those around you remain oblivious. When there's an appropriate opening, explain that you've recently experienced a loss. People will be more supportive than you think, and some will really "get it," resulting in deeper shared connection. This will also stop most of those who are just having a bad day from telling you about it.
- Have compassion for yourself. When feelings of anger and bitterness are separating you from others, instead of berating yourself for your lack of compassion, turn that compassion on yourself. You've just lost someone terribly important to you, and it's natural for your mind to compare yourself with others and find their situations less traumatic. Talk to yourself with sympathy and forgiveness and remind yourself that you won't always feel this way.
Learn About Acceptance as a Stage of Grief
No matter how deep your grief, slowly but surely you'll be pulled back into the world -- perhaps even against your will. Life has a way of throwing moments our way that wake us to the possibilities still in front of us.
But at first, i t's almost certainly going to feel like one step forward, two steps back. That's okay. Bit by bit your mind will accept what's happened, and you'll discover new reserves of strength and resilience.
What you might be feeling:
- A sense of "waking up" to the world around you.
- Moments of surprising joy and satisfaction , followed by guilt: "How can I feel happy?"
- New reserves of strength and determination: "I can get through this."
- If you've lost your second parent, you may feel a sense of moving forward into a new phase of your life. Now you're the "older generation" in your family, which can feel scary and sad. But over time it may also feel freeing. Even if most of the time you're still very low, you'll start to see that there is a way past the grief .
What you might notice :
- Things can seem funny again. Whereas a few months ago you avoided silly movies and didn't find jokes funny, now every once in a while something makes you laugh or smile.
- A return to awareness: You notice the smell of roasting coffee or a friend's new scarf.
- The rediscovery of old satisfactions: You might realize you want to resume knitting, start a new book, or rejoin a volunteer effort that used to be important to you.
- At least for short periods, you feel like yourself again.
What to do:
- Seek out experiences that feel meaningful. If seeing your grandchildren is the only thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, make as many dates as possible to spend time with them. If watching birds at the bird feeder lifts your spirits in midwinter, keep the feeder filled and perhaps invest in a bird guide and try to identify your winter visitors.
- Fight "survivor's guilt." Don't feel bad about being happy. Life goes on, and we're meant to go on with it. If the moments are few and far between, notice them and seek out similar moments. Ask yourself what your loved one would have wished for you -- to see you in perpetual mourning or happy to see you rediscovering joy in life?
- Give back to others. Many people, when grieving a loss, find solace in helping others. It can take you out of yourself and put things in perspective to help others in need. Volunteer in your community or at your place of worship, or offer to help a friend or neighbor who is going through a hard time.
Remember all the people who helped you through your loved one's last illness? There are others out there for whom you can perform the same valuable service, with a new depth of compassion and understanding.
Books to Read About Grieving
Calvin Trillin, About Alice (Random House, 2006). Trillin mourns the death of his wife, Alice.
Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (Knopf, 2005). Didion writes about the year that followed the loss of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
Patricia Hampl, The Florist's Daughter (Harcourt, 2007). Hampl reflects on her life as a "dutiful daughter," taking care of her parents until their deaths.
David Rieff, Swimming in a Sea of Death (Simon & Schuster, 2008). Author Susan Sontag's son writes about her death from cancer .
Lee Montgomery, The Things Between Us (Free Press, 2007). Memoirist Lee Montgomery tackles her father's death from cancer and her mother's alcoholism, highlighting the complexity and importance of family relationships.
Ianthe Brautigan, You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir (St. Martin's/Griffin, 2001). Author Richard Brautigan's daughter writes of his death by suicide with insight and compassion.


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Playing With Time gives visitors the tools they need to see a previously hidden world: events that occur too quickly or too slowly for humans to perceive—the flap of a hummingbird's wings or the expansion of the universe. This imaginative exhibition invites people to examine these invisible dynamics by using high-speed photography, time-lapse videos, and animations to effectively increase or decrease the speed of the world. Interactive exhibits, natural objects, and stunning displays allow visitors to experience natural phenomena occurring over vast timescales—from billionths of seconds to billions of years. Playing with Time also reveals the tools that help scientists make models, and the evidence they gather in order to better understand how our world works. By profiling scientists, Playing with Time shows that much scientific inquiry involves examining how things change. After "playing" with this elegant exhibition, visitors will begin to see the changes happening and gain a new appreciation for the ever-changing world.
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CryoLife Begins Distribution of Blood-Clotting Agent PerClot® in Europe
European Distribution Comes on Heels of Worldwide Distribution and Manufacturing Agreement with Starch Medical, Inc.
Oct 25, 2010, 08:34 ET
ATLANTA, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, announced today that it has begun European distribution of PerClot®, a novel polysaccharide hemostatic agent used to control bleeding during surgical procedures or following traumatic injuries.
"PerClot is an exciting technology platform that has seen success in Europe already, and we are pleased to begin offering this product in France," stated Steven G. Anderson, CryoLife president and chief executive officer. "Our international and largely unrestricted distribution agreement allows us to address a very broad range of medical specialties in the growing hemostatic agent market. We look forward to expanding distribution within the European Union and many other markets around the world in the coming months."
The European hemostatic market is estimated to be $279 million in 2010 growing to approximately $430 million in 2014.(1)
On September 28, 2010, CryoLife entered into a worldwide distribution agreement and a manufacturing agreement with Starch Medical Inc. (SMI) of San Jose, California for PerClot, a unique, absorbable powder hemostat that has CE Mark designation allowing commercial distribution into the European Community and other markets. PerClot is indicated for use in surgical procedures, including cardiac, vascular, orthopedic, spinal, neurological, gynecological, ENT and trauma surgery as an adjunct hemostat when control of bleeding from capillary, venous, or arteriolar vessels by pressure, ligature, and other conventional means is either ineffective or impractical.
CryoLife plans to file an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin clinical trials for the purpose of obtaining Pre-Market Approval (PMA) to distribute PerClot in the U.S.
About PerClot
PerClot is a medical device composed of absorbable modified polymer (AMP®) particles and delivery applicators. AMP particles are derived from purified plant starch. PerClot contains no human or animal components. It is intended for use as an absorbable hemostatic system to control bleeding during surgical procedures or following traumatic injuries.
PerClot is ready to use, requiring no mixing and/or other components and does not need special handling or storage conditions. Pre-clinical evaluations, clinical studies and surgical use have shown the efficacy of PerClot to be comparable to the current popular choice of surgical hemostatic materials while its unique formulation allows for rapid absorption. PerClot particles are readily dissolved by saline irrigation and are degraded rapidly by human enzymes, primarily amylase, within several days.
About CryoLife, Inc.
Founded in 1984, CryoLife, Inc. is a leader in the processing and distribution of implantable living human tissues for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Company's CryoValve® SG pulmonary heart valve, processed using CryoLife's proprietary SynerGraft® technology, has FDA 510(k) clearance for the replacement of diseased, damaged, malformed, or malfunctioning native or prosthetic pulmonary valves. The Company's CryoPatch® SG pulmonary cardiac patch has FDA 510(k) clearance for the repair or reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which is a surgery commonly performed in children with congenital heart defects, such as Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Pulmonary Atresia. CryoPatch SG is distributed in three anatomic configurations: pulmonary hemi-artery, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary branch. The Company's BioGlue® Surgical Adhesive is FDA approved as an adjunct to sutures and staples for use in adult patients in open surgical repair of large vessels. BioGlue is also CE marked in the European Community and approved in Canada and Australia for use in soft tissue repair and was recently approved in Japan for use in the repair of aortic dissections. The Company's BioFoam™ Surgical Matrix is CE marked in the European Community for use as an adjunct in the sealing of abdominal parenchymal tissues (liver and spleen) when cessation of bleeding by ligature or other conventional methods is ineffective or impractical. CryoLife distributes PerClot®, an absorbable powder hemostat, in the European Community. CryoLife currently distributes HemoStase®, a hemostatic agent, in much of the U.S. for use in cardiac and vascular surgery and in many international markets for cardiac, vascular, and general surgery, subject to certain exclusions, although CryoLife has received notice from Medafor, Inc. that it has terminated its HemoStase distribution agreement with CryoLife.
Statements made in this press release that look forward in time or that express management's beliefs, expectations or hopes are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include those regarding CryoLife's expanding distribution of PerClot within the European Union and many other markets around the world in the coming months, the estimated growth of the European hemostatic market by 2014, and CryoLife's plans to file an IDE with the FDA to begin clinical trials for the purpose of obtaining a PMA to distribute PerClot in the U.S. These future events may not occur as and when expected, if at all, and, together with the Company's business, are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include that we may not ultimately be successful in our attempts to expand our distribution into other markets or such expansion may take longer than expected. Depending on the market, we may still need to obtain regulatory approvals prior to distribution and there is no guarantee that such approvals and/or market acceptance of PerClot will be obtained within our expected timeframe, if at all. Also, some degree of confusion regarding our position in various markets may exist because of our past difficulties with Medafor and our distribution of HemoStase, and our ability to leverage opportunities related to PerClot may take longer than expected and require more resources from us in order to educate the market. Given the addition of PerClot to our product mix and any resultant confusion this may cause, there is no guarantee that we will not experience short-term difficulties in our efforts to successfully expand into other markets. The European hemostatic market may not continue to grow as expected due to any number of economic or regulatory factors or as the result of the advantages of or pricing competition from competitive products. There is no guarantee that the FDA will approve PerClot for distribution in the U.S. in accordance with our expected timeframe, if at all. FDA approvals are dependent upon a number of factors, many of which are outside CryoLife's control, including successful clinical trial results, and discretionary decisions made by the FDA personnel. Any number of factors could delay clinical trial conduct and analysis and result in delays in the approval process. CryoLife's IDE application could be denied by the FDA, and if the application is approved, the clinical trials that follow may not be successful in leading to approval for our distribution of PerClot in the U.S. CryoLife's business is also subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors detailed in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Form 10-Q filing for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, our Form 10-Q filing for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and our Form 10-K filing for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the Company's other SEC filings. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.
For additional information about the company, visit CryoLife's Web site: http://www.cryolife.com.
(1) Frost and Sullivan Report – European Tissue Sealants and Topical Hemostats Market M2F8-54 Oct 2008, Page 45.
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Butterflies –discussion of butterfly life cycle, and making of small arrangements of butterfly-attracting flowers
Salad Box Gardening – planting of seeds and seedlings, watering and harvesting of greens
Apples – discussion of different kind s of apples, tasting, and apple print-making
Winter Evergreens – discussion of characteristics, and making of holiday centerpieces
Projects are adapted to what residents can do giving each a feeling of being successful, useful and productive. Stimulation is provided for all senses. When sensory deficits are present, strengths are drawn from, i.e. when vision is impaired the sense of smell or touch is stimulated. Plant materials for the programs are obtained from the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden and Master Gardeners' home gardens. Recyclables are used for containers whenever possible.
Residents have shown great delight in hearing about and working with fresh flowers and natural materials. Those who can remember have commented over and over how they look forward to this, their favorite activity. (For most, this is their only direct contact with nature.) Positive social interactions among group members are frequently observed, and attendance has increased from 12 to almost 30 residents due to the successful engagement of participants and the enjoyment expressed by them.
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For our readers in the Northern Hemisphere you may not have heard, but it's really hot here at the moment. For our readers closer to home, crazy isn't it?! And just in case you don't quite believe me, it's so hot right now that the Bureau of Meteorology's head of climate monitoring and prediction announced yesterday that a new colour code is needed at the high-end of the scale to capture Monday's predicted temperatures.
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The barometer in certain parts of Australia is predicted to exceed 50C, toppling the current 50.7C record maximum temperature, set in Oodnadatta South Australia in 1960!
Here at the ANU, we received an announcement from our VC that coastal regions and some of Canberra's surrounds had reached a fire warning of 'catastrophic' (here in Australia we don't just do 'extreme' we do 'catastrophic'). Once Canberra reaches 'catastrophic' fire danger we start to close down sections of the university's off- campus laboratories, and consider our evacuation plans. Over 100 fires are blazing in New South Wales and thousands of people evacuated in Tasmania after record temperatures were consistently broken across the nation last week. With more record temperatures predicted for next week I think we need to do more than assess our current evacuation plans, and start to assess why we keep committing to increased warming and the consequent extreme weather events.
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My 15 month old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. How close are we to finding a cure for it?
While there are exciting developments reported commonly to treat diabetes, our prognosis for a cure remains mostly a hopeful one. There is a newer protocol from Canada which shows some good promise in islet cell transplants. The pancreatic islet cells are the insulin-producing cells. One of the main reasons that pancreas transplants (and even islet cell transplants) have failed, is that treatment doe not address the underlying cause of most cases of type 1 diabetes, which is the body's own immune system attacking itself -- a so-called " autoimmune disease." When a new pancreas is given, the body's immune system often starts to reject the transplanted organ too, and in addition, anti-rejection medicines have many side effects, one of which can lead to higher glucose readings! The combination of medicines in this newer protocol shows some promise in keeping the rejection in check and not requiring medicines that otherwise affect the blood glucose. This protocol is now in clinical trials at other centers through the United States, but not for children (as far as I am aware).
Once the immune system has disrupted a patient's own insulin producing capacities, it does not appear that they can be "recharged" so a cure without a transplant is bleak, but some research in stem cells also holds some promise to "regrow" islet cells.
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The recall clock is officially ticking again in Bridgewater.
Bridgewater Town Clerk Ron Adams has requested the Town Council set Saturday, Oct. 27 as the date of the election to recall councilors Mike Demos and Peter Riordan.
The Council has seven days from Aug. 13 to notify Demos and Riordan of the receipt of the certifications, making the deadline Monday, Aug. 20. Demos and Riordan then have five days to decide whether to resign or run in the recall election.
The recall clock is officially ticking again.
Town Clerk Ron Adams has requested the Town Council set Saturday, Oct. 27 as the date of the election to recall councilors Mike Demos and Peter Riordan.
In the wake of a Plymouth County Superior Court judge's ruling on Aug. 9 upholding the Bridgewater recall law, Adams resubmitted his certifications of the petitions to remove Demos and Riordan to the Town Council on Monday, Aug. 13.
That is a key date because it will be considered the "effective date of certification" — since all of the deadlines under the recall law have long expired using the original February certification date, Adams said.
That means the Council has seven days from Aug. 13 to notify Demos and Riordan of the receipt of the certifications, making the deadline Monday, Aug. 20.
Demos and Riordan then have five days to decide whether to resign or run in the recall election.
If they do not resign, the Council must then set an election date that is between 60 and 90 days from the date of certification.
Oct. 27 is 75 days from the effective date of Aug. 13, Adams said.
Citizens Forum member Mel Shea, who has helped spearhead the recall effort, said he is "very pleased" with Justice Robert C. Cosgrove's ruling.
"It took a while, but he got everything right," Shea said.
Shea said he was disappointed last August that Demos and Riordan did not alter their approach to dealing with the town manager after an earlier ruling from Cosgrove.
In that 2011 case, Cosgrove struck down a Council order requiring the town attorney to live outside of Bridgewater as an encroachment on the town manager's appointing authority and stated the town manager is the "chief executive officer" of the town.
"And yet for the last year, they (Demos and Riordan) have been interfering with the authority of the town manager and doing a number of things to interfere with people's civil rights," Shea said, a reference to the Council's recall investigation last fall in which Town Clerk Ron Adams and other town officials were called to testify before the Council.
In the latest ruling, Cosgrove also dismissed the civil rights complaint filed by Demos and Riordan against Shea and Citizens Forum member David Moore and ordered Demos and Riordan to pay Shea and Moore's legal fees.
The complaint was based on a letter Shea and Moore sent to the Council in December offering to end the recall on condition the Council agreed to resolve disputes between the Council and town manager using "a mutually agreed-upon dispute resolution process."
The letter also asked councilors to agree that the executive and legislative branches of town government are equal.
Demos and Riordan's attorney, Anthony Pignone, said that amounted to "coercion" and violated his clients' free speech rights.
But Cosgrove disagreed.
"By threatening to continue the recall, the defendants merely threatened to do something they have a legal right to do — to enlist public participation and petition for a recall election," Cosgrove said.
"'Threatening' to use lawful means to reach an intended result is not actionable under the (Massachusetts Civil Rights Act)," Cosgrove said.
Shea said the offer was made "by a citizen in good faith" and was intended as "an olive branch" not an act of intimidation.
Council President Kristy Colon said at the Council meeting last week she disagrees personally with the recall and supports Demos and Riordan but the judge has ruled and the Council will set the date as required.
Councilor Michael Berolini called it "a sad day in Bridgewater."
"I've known both of them (Demos and Riordan) for many years. They are honest, smart, hard-working and courageous, always looking out for the best interests of Bridgewater," Berolini said.
"You have two people, all they've done is volunteer and not ask for anything and unfortunately we may lose them because of a small contingent of voters," Berolini said.
"This is about control. The people putting this forward want to control this Council," Berolini said.
But Adams said the truly sad thing is that the town had to go through the time and expense of a court case to confirm what several attorneys for the town said from the start: the recall law is valid.
When the Council refused to set a recall election date, Adams felt he had no choice but to take action, he said.
"It was such a simple process that got out of hand because it became political," Adams said.


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They become the first networks to make deals in this year's upfront market, which gets its name from the agreements reached before the start of the fall TV season.
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Hi! I was a little bit late when joining this world, so i have to based on a smaller airport. My fleet consist of 5xDash 8-100, 1xE170 and 2xBrasilias and all of them are bringing me 150-190k per week. Pretty for me! But recently, the low cruising speed of the Dash-8 started to annoyed me because my base has a curfew @ 22-7. I can't make more legs on every a/c cause my surrounding city is like 500nm or so. So,is it worth to replace my Dash-8 (@90k lease rate) with ERJ/CRJ-200 (around 200k lease rate) but with more pax, higher speed and more legs?
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Bill Gates life is a testament to the wealth-building power of entrepreneurship. His tiny start-up company, Microsoft, has evolved into one of the largest technological companies in the world. He is proving that full-time philanthropists can still maintain a spot on Forbes richest list. Gates has given away billions of dollars over the past few years and no longer takes a salary from Microsoft, yet he remains the second wealthiest man in the world. Gates fortune increased from $53 billion to $56 billion dollars over the past year. (For more, see Are You An Entrepreneur?)
The multi-year run up in oil and gold prices has not just benefited oil and gold investors. Business owners like Elke Batista have reaped a nice return on investment from their oil companies' holdings. Batista has a conglomerate, with the majority of his holdings being in the energy and mining sectors. He has seen an 11% growth in his net worth over the past year, as it grew to $30 billion dollars. Elke Batiste is the wealthiest man in Brazil and has his eyes on the number one spot in the world.
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The Oracle of Omaha used the financial recession to make investments that have paid off big time for himself and his company. Buffett's net worth has risen $13 billion dollars over the past two years to $50 billion dollars, and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, has seen its value rise 15% last year. Buffett wisely invested in iconic companies like General Electric and Goldman Sachs. Buffett's Goldman Sachs preferred stock investment in Goldman Sachs made him $15 a second. (We look at the Sage of Omaha's methodology for evaluating value stocks. For more, see Warren Buffett: How He Does It.)
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On a regular basis, our agency receives calls from our clients who are opening a business and are in the middle of lease negotiations with a landlord. Whether your business is an office, a store, or a showroom, a lease agreement typically obligates a tenant to carry specific limits of insurance. Often the landlord wants to be named on your policy and requests proof of this prior to the tenant taking possession of the space. This proof is called a Certificate of Insurance and it typically requires updating on an annual basis.
Sometimes, we find that the landlord's insurance requirements are so outrageous it is as if they want to transfer the entire insurance obligation to the tenant and cancel their own policies! What most would-be tenants do not realize is that the terms of a lease and the limits of insurance required by management are usually negotiable and a knowledgeable insurance professional can be of great assistance during this time. In addition, the landlord's interests are never fully protected by a tenant's policy and a savvy landlord will always maintain their own policy to protect their own interests.
Most leases minimally request that the tenant carry General Liability limits of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. Often there may be an additional request for a $1 million (Excess) Umbrella policy. They might also require Workers' Compensation, Automobile Liability and, depending upon the nature of the business, Professional Liability. These requirements, we feel, are not unreasonable demands. Some leases might require coverage for Improvements and Betterments made to the space by the tenant as well as the continuation of Rent Payments even if the space becomes uninhabitable in the event of a claim. We strongly suggest that you have someone who is really well-versed in contract language, such as your attorney, review the lease clauses prior to signing such a document.
Once your policies are bound, your agent or broker issues you, the insured, a certificate naming your landlord as the Certificate Holder. It is very important to understand that the certificate of insurance is only a snapshot of the coverage you just put in place.
A Certificate cannot add to the coverage, change the coverage or modify it in any way. The issuer (your agent) cannot provide any wording other than that which is contained in the policy document. In addition your agent cannot provide any assurance of payment for a loss because liability is based upon negligence (fault) which is something to be investigated by the insurance carrier.
In fact, the subject of "Certificates of Insurance" is such a hot topic that many agents and brokers take innumerable courses to become more knowledgeable as to the proper procedure to follow when issuing a certificate, so they can answer a variety of questions such as those we hear on a daily basis:
• Why all this emphasis on who, what, where, how and when to get a certificate?
• Who should you provide with a certificate? What should it say?
• How do you know what really should be included?
• When can you push back on a landlord asking for unreasonable inclusions?
• Why do landlords request the name of every officer, director, member, agent, representative, successor, and assign appear on a certificate of insurance these days?
The main answer to all these questions is that we live in a very litigious society in very challenging economic times and everyone is looking to have their interests protected. Moreover, everyone is looking to have their interests protected by someone else so that they don't have to pay any additional monies on their own insurance policies. Most important, when a loss occurs depending upon who is named on a certificate and to what degree they are included, they are often entitled to a defense should a suit be brought against them. Therefore, it is up to an insured to become educated and be sure that their limits of liability aren't in any way being diluted by the inclusion of numerous others. After all, your insurance is there primarily to protect you and should be available to make payment in case a judgment is ultimately rendered against you.
So, before you agree to give away your "store," we suggest that you make a call to your agent. Ask them to look over your lease, the requested limits of insurance, as well as any request for additional insured status to see if everything being requested is both reasonable and in order. After all, insurance agents pride themselves on being able to offer their clients a "decent night's sleep".
- Karen Skoler, CPCU


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They saunter into my classroom alone or with friends, at the height of their youthful beauty. They may be 17 or they may be 22; they may dress in classic preppy style or, more likely, they may have thrown on a pair of jeans and t-shirt, slapped a baseball cap on and hurried, half asleep, to class. As I look at them, my heart tightens in my chest: if they reinstate the draft, how many of these young men and women will have low numbers in the conscription lottery? How many will be sent to fight? How many will be picked off at a guard post by a sniper? Or blown to pieces when their jeep hits a mine? For this is what George W. Bush's war comes down to: The death of innocents for a senseless war, led by a man who shirked his own duty during a time of war.
Much has been made of Bush's privileged experience during the Vietnam era; I have heard some comment that they cannot criticize Bush for doing what anyone in his position would have done and, in fact, did: Avoid going to Vietnam by using whatever means necessary. Vice President Richard Cheney got two deferments. Former President Bill Clinton won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.
Yet when I hear my contemporaries boast about how they got out of serving in Vietnam, I taste bitterness on my tongue. So many of my working-class peers died in Vietnam! It was a debacle; to sustain it, several presidents, Democrats and Republicans, lied about it. Each lied because he did not want to be the first American president to lose a war. For that hubris, my generation paid and continues to pay: 58,229 dead and still counting.
9,087,000 or about 9.7% of the men in my generation fought in Vietnam. 7,484 women served, most of them as nurses. Names continue to be added to the Vietnam War memorial in Washington, D.C. because the fatalities did not stop when President Richard Nixon declared victory and abandoned the war.
We need only look in the doorways and on the park benches of our cities to find the human detritus of the war. Many of these veterans are so scarred from their experiences in Southeast Asia that they will never recover. Some will commit suicide; many already have.
Those 58,229 young men and women were once students in our schools, raised to love God and country. 76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower middle/working class backgrounds. One quarter were from homes whose family income was below the poverty line.
These are the students who would have been in my classroom had I been teaching then. It is not so far-fetched to imagine my current students pressed into service for this war.
The Vietnamese lack the ability to conduct a war by themselves or govern themselves. --Vice President Richard M. Nixon, April 16, 1954
Where have we heard similar sentiments recently?
Rosa Maria Pegueros (email@example.com) is an associate professor of Latin American History and Women's Studies at the University of Rhode Island.


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Good afternoon all! I lurk 99.9% of the time but I always enjoy an insightful read. Glad to see it landed here. Will enjoy this new source of information / enlightenment going into the season.
Thanks to you all who make my Ravens experience all the more enjoyable by sharing your comments & thoughts. From Spotsylvania, VA I sure am in a minority here, though it is amazing how many locals don"t fall into autosneer when you say the word Ravens. Amazing times!
Carry on!
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After the classless display of certain members on the "old" board i'm officially done there.
To troll a thread about the passing of a legend (and a human being) is completely absurd to me. :(
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Welcome to all our new (and for me some old as well) friends! Hope you enjoy your stay with us!
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Hello all....many of you may recall me from the Baltimore Sun forum...glad to be back in the company of adults who can carry on a conversation about football with taste and class.
I'll probably be lurking more than posting for the foreseeable future...least till mid December anyways unless I can't get the Raven's game from the job... (I am a firefighter at Dover AFB.....retired active duty in 2009 and came back to work on the civil service side of the house while I use up my GI Bill) ...at which point I will be GLUED to the game thread!
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Hey everyone. Its great to see all of you coming over from the sun. I look forward to hear and giving opions about this amazing football season. May we all witness the best Ravens team ever assembled and enjoy watching their journey all the way to a second superbowl championship! Go Ravens!!!


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Euro thrives on Greece optimism
Slower servicesThe biggest shock on Wednesday was seeing on TV that Captain Birdseye had turned state's evidence in the FIFA bribery affair. The second biggest was the news that companies in Britain's services sector reported less lively activity in May.The second monthly round of purchasing managers' index readings showed the UK measure falling three points to 56.5. Although that was beaten only by Spain's 58.4 the disappointment was still enough to knock more than half a cent off the pound's value.
In most cases sterling was later able to recover the lost ground, leaving it on average just about unchanged against the other dozen most actively-traded currencies. The pound was higher on the day against the Commonwealth dollars and the yen, steady against the Swiss franc and lower against the US dollar and the euro.Buoyant euroThe euro could not keep up with the Swedish krona but it was the top performer among the major currencies, strengthening by a cent and half against sterling. It was helped by greater optimism about the Greek situation and, to an extent, by the European Central Bank.Between the beginning and the end of his press conference the ECB president added half a cent to the value of the euro. He said the bank had raised this year's inflation forecast from 0% to 0.3, with the projections for 2016 and 2017 unchanged at 1.5% and 1.7% respectively. Sig Draghi dismissed the idea of an early end to the quantitative easing programme and refused to comment on the negotiations between Greece and the troika.
Plenty of commentary on the matter was to be heard elsewhere though and its tone was mostly positive. Athens has apparently found the €300 million it needs to cover tomorrow's repayment to the IMF and the troika has watered down its demands for Athens to run a budget surplus. Investors remain optimistic that one of the participants in this game of chicken will swerve, and they rather fancy it will be the EC unless the German finance minister manages to grab the wheel.Countdown to FridayWith most of the PMIs out of the way there should be a lull today before tomorrow's potential storm of US payrolls and Greek debt repayments. There is zero chance that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee will make any change to interest rates.Australia opened the batting this morning with its figures for the balance of trade and retail sales. Retail sales were flat in April and the trade deficit widened as imports rose by 4% while exports were down by -6%. The Aussie lost a cent and a half on the news. US jobless claims and Canada's Ivey PMI come out after lunch.
Although there are no Euroland ecostats to speak of, the euro is still likely to be the focus of investors' attention. For it to have another winning day, investors will need to hear more good news about Greece.
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If you're looking for the business case for expanding your B2B SEM efforts, this is the executive summary.
I recently sat down to dissect the results of Enquiro's Business to Business Survey 2007, and it's impressive. Here is a summary of what I gleaned; it makes a great business case for expanding your B2B search marketing efforts.
Online Research Happens at All Phases, Search Engines Take the Lead
We all know there are many factors that influence B2B buyers throughout the buying cycle, particularly in the early awareness and research phases. However, what surprised those doing the study was that online research is relied upon in all phases of the buying cycle, not just the early phases.
The study found an overwhelming number (85 percent) of business buyers go online during the purchasing process, and 83 percent found the vendor from which they eventually purchased online. Of those using the Internet, over 70 percent start with a search engine (either a general search engine such as Google or Yahoo!, or a B2B search engine such as Business.com or KnowledgeStorm). There are, consistently, three top online influencers used in all phases of the buying cycle:
- Manufacturer Web sites
- Distributor Web sites
- Search Engines
Search engines consistently ranked in the top three, making it a primary means for getting in front of business buyers.
An interesting discovery was how much the offline and online research are intertwined – throughout the entire buying process – using search engines starting at the awareness phase and continuing into the purchase phase. The study showed that once the buyer becomes aware of a particular product or service that could meet his/her needs, even if it is from an offline source such as a tradeshow or a business colleague, most B2B buyers will then turn to a search engine to find a vendor's Web site and more information.
B2B Buyers Use Search More than they Realize
Search is actually used by business buyers more than they realize. Even when the buyer said s/he wouldn't use a search engine as a starting point for the online research, 27 percent actually did use search. In many cases, rather than guessing the URL, it may simply be easier to navigate to a vendor site or industry site, using the browser's built-in search functionality, a search box on the homepage, or an installed toolbar.
The breakdown of when the respondents used search to navigate to a site is interesting; search is used to find an industry site far more than to find a vendor site. The Awareness phase is highest for an industry site, and the Research phase is by far the highest for a vendor site:
Navigation to a Vendor vs. Industry Site via Search
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|Vendor Site
|Industry Site
Where You Want to Be: General and Vertical Engines
As with the general public, B2B buyers prefer Google as a general search engine by a considerable margin. For general search, the study found that 77 percent of B2B buyers prefer Google, 14 percent prefer Yahoo, and 7 percent prefer MSN. This is in line with where most companies place the focus of their search marketing campaigns.
B2B Vertical search engines "definitely have a place in the purchase process" as well, according to the study. While general search engines (Google, Yahoo! and MSN) are used initially, buyers increase their use of B2B search as they move from basic awareness into the research, negotiation, and purchase phases. The leading vertical business search engines were:
- Business.com (preferred by 73 percent of respondents) – Broad business "horizontal" search engine covering over 65,000 business product and service categories.
- KnowledgeStorm (preferred by 22 percent of respondents) – Focus on technology purchases such as enterprise software and hardware.
- ThomasNet (preferred by 5 percent of respondents) – Directory of industrial and manufacturing solutions.
The Key Take-Aways
This study had many great stats. After poring over it for a few hours, here are my key take-aways and recommendations for B2B search marketers to use this information for expanding their search marketing initiatives:
- B2B Buyers research online in all phases and use search engines in all phases. Therefore, you want to know what your prospects are searching for throughout the buying cycle, and ensure your Web site is listed for each of those phrases. For vendor sites, keywords in the research phase will be your biggest bucket of terms. For industry sites, your biggest portion of terms will come from the awareness phase.
- Many B2B buyers use search to find a vendor Web site rather than direct navigation, even if they learn about the vendor through an offline channel. This means you want to ensure you are well covered for brand phrases, particularly if you have a domain that is difficult to remember, has frequent misspellings, and/or is not your exact company name.
- Industry Web sites need to focus on search marketing for brand terms more than vendors because more B2B buyers will search for an industry Web site than a vendor Web site, so make sure you are at the top of the SERPs for the variety of brand search phrases that people type into a search engine.
- Search marketing to business buyers requires a presence on both general search engines and B2B vertical search engines to ensure you are visible wherever your buyers are searching throughout the B2B purchasing process. If you are not in vertical search engines, this is where you need to expand. While general search engines are a must, vertical search engines increase their influence in the latter phases of the buying cycle when the prospect is more qualified and closer to making the buy.
Enquiro's Business to Business Survey 2007 is available to download.
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Delaying retirement until 70 can add £300 a month to your income, study claims
New research suggests that delaying retirement for a few years past state pension age could boost your pension pot by thousands of pounds.
Life insurer Aegon said that a 65-year-old could gain an additional £314 per month in retirement income (£771 per month instead of £457) by continuing to pay into their personal or workplace pension until the age of 70.
Even just working for an extra three years, to 68, would increase monthly income by £164.
"Those of working age today are waking up to the likelihood they´ll not retire at as early an age as their parents, and are no longer picturing state pension age as the defining 'retirement moment´ at which they automatically leave the workforce," commented Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon.
"The positive news or silver lining as some may see it, is that working a few years longer and keeping saving in a pension can dramatically improve retirement incomes."
This is because of the "triple boost" of continued investment growth on the pension fund, further contributions being added, and ultimately fewer years to spread the fund over once the person is no longer working, Cameron explained.
Reporting on the study, personal finance website Moneyfacts said that this kind of pension pot boost could become increasingly common, as the employment rate of over 65s has doubled in the last 30 years (from 4.9% to 10.2%), and half of people now expect to work past state pension age.
"For those early on in their working lives, starting saving as soon as possible is key," Cameron stressed. "But we can´t turn back time and those approaching traditional retirement age with less than they might wish for still have choices. For those who are able, continuing to work for a few years more not only keeps a salary coming, it can also produce a substantial uplift in retirement income."
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