text: CHAPTER 44: CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AND PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS IN STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE Michael E. Farkouh; Samin K. Sharma; Matthew I. Tomey; John Puskas; Valentin Fuster View Full Chapter Figures Only Tables Only Videos Only Print Share Email Twitter Facebook Linkedin Reddit Get Citation Citation AMA Citation Farkouh ME, Sharma SK, Tomey MI, Puskas J, Fuster V. Farkouh M.E., Sharma S.K., Tomey M.I., Puskas J, Fuster V Farkouh, Michael E., et al.CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AND PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS IN STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. In: Fuster V, Harrington RA, Narula J, Eapen ZJ. Fuster V, Harrington R.A., Narula J, Eapen Z.J. Eds. Valentin Fuster, et al.eds. Hurst's The Heart, 14e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; . http://accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2046§ionid=176557150. Accessed September 24, 2018. MLA Citation Farkouh ME, Sharma SK, Tomey MI, Puskas J, Fuster V. Farkouh M.E., Sharma S.K., Tomey M.I., Puskas J, Fuster V Farkouh, Michael E., et al.. "CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AND PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS IN STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE." Hurst's The Heart, 14e Fuster V, Harrington RA, Narula J, Eapen ZJ. Fuster V, Harrington R.A., Narula J, Eapen Z.J. Eds. Valentin Fuster, et al. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, , http://accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2046§ionid=176557150. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager Mendeley © Copyright Tools Search Book Top Return Clip Autosuggest Results ++ INTRODUCTION ++ Great advances have been made in the consideration of coronary revascularization for patients with stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD). Perhaps the greatest advance over the past decade has been the establishment of the heart team approach. This is when clinical cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, and cardiovascular surgeons, along with nursing staff, consider together the revascularization options for our patients with SIHD. The heart team approach facilitates better engagement of the patient in the informed consent and decision-making processes. ++ DEFINITION OF STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ++ The diagnosis of SIHD is based on symptomatology and primarily obtained through the history of the patient (see Chap. 43). The traditional risk factors for the development of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) are ascertained to estimate its likelihood. Stable angina often presents with retrosternal heaviness and aching, which may or may not radiate to the jaw(s) or shoulder(s) and is provoked by exertion or emotional stress and relieved within 5 minutes of rest or nitroglycerine use. Patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions may present with atypical symptoms including the feeling of general malaise after exertion. In combination with the physical examination and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), the important risk markers of hemoglobin A1C, lipid profile, renal and liver function tests, thyroid function tests, and hemoglobin should all be part of the initial evaluation. ++ ASSESSMENT OF ISCHEMIA ON THE BASIS OF NONINVASIVE TESTING ++ The identification of ischemic heart disease has largely relied on the documentation of ischemia by noninvasive testing (see Chap. 43). Noninvasive testing largely pertains to patients who are at intermediate risk for establishment of SIHD. Because the workup of noninvasive testing will be the topic of another chapter, it is important to emphasize that noninvasive testing is reserved for men aged over 40 years and women aged over 60 years with a strong history of the presence of angina. With the advancement of noninvasive technology spanning into computed tomography (CT), stress methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI), and echocardiography, the most reliable noninvasive test should be accessible and of high expertise. The choice of noninvasive testing is based on whether or not the ECG is normal or whether or not a left bundle branch block or ventricular paced rhythm is present. ++ OPTIMAL MEDICAL EXPERTISE ++ All patients with a history of SIHD should be treated with optimal medical therapy (OMT; see Chap. 43), and it is important to follow evidence-based guidelines for OMT for all patients considered for coronary revascularization.1 Routinely, patients would receive aspirin daily with or without additional P2Y12 inhibitor antiplatelet therapy depending on the history of ischemic acute coronary syndrome. All patients with SIHD should be on a potent statin therapy and at high doses. 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The Four Seasons Residence Club Punta Mita offers you and your family and friends a spectacular vacation experience in your luxurious private villa, complete with plunge pool and Four Seasons impeccable service and decor - in an environment of spectacular natural beauty.
We have several rental weeks available in these beautiful villas. You can see our reservation dates below. If you need help with different dates we may be able to change reservation dates. Most stays are weekly but please contact us if you need a shorter stay.
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A story in the Columbus Dispatch about the deal reached between Gov. John Kasich and Rock Ohio Caesars, which is building two Las Vegas-style casinos in Cleveland and one in Cincinnati, contains this jewel:
"Los Angeles-based Moelis & Co., hired by the Kasich administration to help the state maximize its gambling revenue, will make 3.25 percent of any estimated added revenue from casino operators — capped at $13 million.
"That's on top of a monthly $200,000 retainer fee for the yearlong contract, bringing the potential value for Moelis to as much as $15.4 million."
Little wonder that businesses are literally drooling at Gov. Kasich's plan to privatize as much of state government as possible. From the lottery, to liquor, to the prison system, to the turnpike, there will be a lot up for grabs.
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Baldor motors is now becoming one of the most well known industrial companies who provide services in term of the servo motors. They have had so many customers during years. There are several types of servo motors that they provide. Those are included the AC servo motors, DC servo motors, and also the stainless steel type of servo motor. Their company has been established since 1920. Thus, it makes sense that they already had the high level of customer satisfaction indeed.
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As you occasionally do when rummaging around aimlessly on the internet, we have recently stumbled across a little gem featuring some hillclimb history on You Tube.
This little video clip from the Classic & Sportscar You Tube channel features a very familiar hillclimb car, but also a venue which many British and Midland Championship contenders will recognise.
The car is David Newman's stunning HWM-Jaguar, which was run in period by renowned sports-racing car hillclimber Phil Scragg, and can be seen today at hillclimbs (driven by the owner) and on the circuit (driven by former Shelsley 'pre-war' record holder David Morris).
Whilst the car is a wonderful piece of motorsport history, we felt that the most interesting part of this video was that the venue for this little test drive is Chateau Impney, the current venue for the MHC Awards Dinner and former venue for the BHC Awards Dinner. The hotel and grounds are now owned by well-known VSCC competitors the Spollon family, who intend create a hillclimb course within the grounds.
This is not the first we have heard of this plan, so the idea must be gathering some momentum. It would be great to see a new venue appear on the Midlands scene, we will keep you posted on developments as & when we hear of them…


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Choreographed by Olympic Ballet Theatre Artistic Directors Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev, Coppélia takes us to a quaint Eastern European town where the eccentric doll maker, Dr. Coppélius, is hard at work, trying to bring his beloved Coppélia doll to life. Join in on the fun as Swanhilda, a village maiden, fools Dr. Coppélius and Franz, her unfaithful boyfriend, by pretending to be Coppélia, the girl with enamel eyes. Entertaining for all ages.


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Overnight Website Challenge Evolving
I'm writing to talk a bit about The Nerdery's community service approach and to dispel (at least slightly) the myth that Mike Schmidt and I have retired to a life of leisure since turning over the CEO reins to Tommy O last month. In addition to our duties at Prime Digital Academy and The Nerdery, this transition has also given Mike and I more time to think about ways that we can support the organizations with our time. We intend to spend some of this time in 2016 evolving how we build community in development circles while giving back.
Since The Nerdery's first Overnight Website Challenge in 2008, volunteers at this annual 24-hour community service initiative have freely given more than $6 million worth of professional services to 175 nonprofit organizations in communities where Nerdery Nerds live and work. This a tremendous record, and we're so grateful for the friendships we've formed over these several years of long weekends, and all who've supported us along the way.
The Web Challenge is a Nerdery initiative, born and bred within our walls, but one of the things I've always found most exciting about it is its ability to mobilize the larger development community — inside and outside The Nerdery — to give back in a way that they are uniquely suited to do. For me, this has been one of the most important aspects of the event. I love that we have been able to give software developers that unique opportunity, and I'm looking forward to many years of continuing to make that possible through the Web Challenge or other Nerdery Foundation initiatives.
A basic website remains tremendously valuable to a nonprofit, but during our Web Challenge's lifespan The Nerdery has drastically changed. We have evolved into a company whose focus and capacity goes well beyond creating basic websites for smaller organizations, having evolved into a more sophisticated, full-service custom software design and development company. While The Nerdery has been evolving over these years, another big change has happened with the birth of Prime Digital Academy. Now, in addition to all of the great and talented folks here at The Nerdery, we're also sending 18-22 new software developers into the wild each and every month. Through the success of both companies, we've expanded our reach in this industry and are even more connected to the software development community than ever before. The evolution of these two organizations makes me think that it's time now to explore an evolution of our philanthropic focus as well.
We're considering piloting new and different tracks at the 2016 Challenge. Perhaps teams will take on a larger-scale nonprofit organizations looking to do more than just build a new website. Or, maybe something completely different than that. It'll still be about doing good – just more about doing all the things we've gotten really good at. To purposely plan this evolution, we're moving the event from spring to fall.
Over the next few months, Mike Schmidt and I will be working towards both restructuring the Web Challenge event and also formalizing The Nerdery and Prime's philanthropic arm – The Nerdery Foundation. As part of this process, we're planning to launch a number of focus groups and a steering committee to help us identify opportunities to make the challenge more impactful for our communities and more engaging for the software developers participating. We'll have our steering committee in place by end of March and are looking for a few volunteers to help us make these important decisions. But meanwhile, please share your thoughts on how the Challenge could evolve. We can do so much more with our nerdy powers; the "why" is because we should – but what should we do – and, with our new resources and abilities, what can we do now that we never could have done when the challenge was born? Ideas, please. Your thoughts can help more nonprofits level-up in new ways, and help nerds change the game in corporate philanthropy. Again.
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Click an underlined title below to see the corresponding PowerPoint Presentation shown at the 2013 SUNY Retirees Conference, "Connecting SUNY Retirees in the Digital Age."
The SUNY Retirees Network: Linking Retirees Through the World Wide Web
Presenters: Julie Petti, Director of University-wide Human Resources, SUNY System Administration, and Pierre Radimak, Coordinator, SUNY Retirees Service Corps, SUNY System Administration
Open SUNY: The Vision for SUNY's 21st Century Online-enabled Environment
Presenter: Carey Hatch, Associate Provost for Academic Technolologies and Instructional Services, SUNY System Administration
NYS Evidence-Based Health Programs: Quality and Technical Assistance Center
Presenter: Elaine Escobales, Assistant Director, Local Program Development, Living Healthy NY Community Workshops (University at Albany Center for Excellence in Aging & Community Wellness)
NYS Office for the Aging: Connecting SUNY Retirees in the Digital Age
Presenter: Reza Mizbani, Public Information Officer, NYS Office for the Aging
SUNY and the Vibrant Community
Presenter: Elise Newkirk-Kotfila, Coordinator of Community Relations, SUNY System Administration
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The "Connecting SUNY Retirees in the Digital Age" conference also featured a video about the UAlbany Emeritus Center (conference co-sponsor) shown by Ray Ortali, the Center's Program and Communications Director. The video can be seen on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/ualbanyemeritus. For more information, contact Ortali at email@example.com.


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Our picks from the 2014 International Builders' Show.
SHOWROOM STRATEGIES: ProBuild Wilmington
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MANAGING RISK: A Worst Case Scenario
Planning for the unexpected should be part of your technology plan.
Lumber and Panels: The Capacity Issue
North American wood products markets are recovering. Where will supply come from?
GIVING BACK: Paving the Way for the Future
Kuiken Brothers gives high school students a taste of the LBM industry.
DEALER PROFILE: Innovating Outside the Box
A fearless approach to gain brand recognition helps grow Arrowhead Building Supply.
BUSINESS INSIGHTS: The Real Benefit of Category Management
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Well, I currently have a jacked up right wrist that may or may not be broken and a swollen and scraped up left knee. In case you're wondering, I'm typing with my left hand right now.
These injuries are the result of a bike ride around Paris with my siblings and dad which culminated in three near death experiences on my part along with the aforementioned injuries. The last one was when I acquired the injuries. I'm still not entirely sure what happened-- one moment I was riding my bike skirting around some heavy traffic and the next, the bike was flying out from under me. I hit the pavement, looked up to see headlights, and scrambled to my feet and off the road before I could become roadkill.
Anyway, the injuries made wandering through the Louvre, packed to the brim with tourists and art fanatics alike, a tad less enjoyable than usual. Still, I enjoyed it immensely.
I spent most of our time there wandering through the Italian paintings, gathering as much information as I possibly could on each new beauty I chanced upon. Dad is always sure to get the audio guides where you type in the numbers by exhibits and the narrator fills you in on all the history, details, and quirks. God, I love wandering through there. There's something about those paintings that just reaches out and takes me captive.
Art museums like the Louvre appeal to me for two major reasons.
The first is my love of beauty and my love of art. I don't know how to describe it as thoroughly as I would like. Everyone appreciates beauty, of course, it evokes an emotional response in the viewer that few other mediums can. It's something about the colors, the lines, the lighting. It's quite similar to music in that way. Some pieces inspire one person and leave another impression less, yet the power and force of that beauty remains.
The second is probably the geek in me talking, but I love to learn. I love amassing knowledge and museums make me feel like a dry sponge plunged into a bucket of water, ready to soak up as much information as my brain can manage to process. I suppose that's another of the many reasons I enjoy reading. I love to learn.
Overall, it was a good day, even with my arm in a brace and pressed so close to my body that I could nearly absorb it in order to keep it from being jostled about by the crowd. I had the privilege to witness a ton of awesome all together. One word of advice, though? Go somewhere else for lunch. The food there is terrible.


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A short film maker is confused about the making a short film when he doesn't have a short film script idea or when he has a lot of short film ideas. My case was the latter one. I didn't have any camera and I wasn't ready to rent one. I wanted to buy one for myself and learn it first. So, until the time I wasn't having any camera I kept writing short film scripts. And, now when I have the camera, I was confused which short film idea to choose and which one to leave as all looked equally good to me with aRead More →


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Andrew Mangels has been the Director of Westlake Porter Public Library for the past ten years. Andrew, his wife Christine and three children – Alex, Emma and Sarah - moved to Westlake in 2007 from Kansas City, Missouri. After arriving in Westlake, Andrew has become involved and engaged in many community activities and organizations such as Celebrate Westlake, Kiwanis, Rotary, Citizen's Advisory Committee to the School Board to name a few. Andrew has served on the Board of Connecting for Kids for four years. As a librarian, one of his proudest professional accomplishments is Porter Public Library's partnership with Connecting for Kids.
Chris Chambers, MEd, OTR/L, Vice President
My passion is working with children. I have been a Pediatric Occupational Therapist for the past 25 years. I treat from a Sensory Integrative, play-based approach which means my "work day" is all about being creative and having fun. The children that I work are exciting and energetic; they keep me hopping and teach me something new every day. I am never bored! I am also blessed to have a wonderful husband and 2 amazing teenagers. We like to be outdoors as much as possible: taking walks, bike rides, hiking, swimming, camping, having campfires and just enjoying our life together. I am so excited to be a part of Connecting for Kids. They do such a wonderful job of helping families meet new friends and find fun community activities, as well as connect with much needed therapy/medical services.
Katy Bryan, PhD, Secretary
Katy Bryan is a special needs financial planner working with Skylight Financial Group. She received her BS in psychology and Neuroscience from Baldwin-Wallace and received her PhD from Kent State University where she studied Psychoneuroimmunology. During her studies, Katy worked with autistic children providing ABA therapy and also conducted basic science research examining the influence of stress on the immune system, learning and PTSD. Katy now works with families who have children or adult loved ones with special needs to build strategies and lifecare planning for their families. Katy continues to work with non-profits to help children find residential housing as they transition into adulthood. She also mentors and serves as the chair for fundraising to help victims of human trafficking in Northeast Ohio. In her free time, she and her husband enjoy spending time with their two boys.
Rebecca Baker, CPA
Rebecca Baker is a Certified Public Accountant. She has a BSBA from The Ohio State University. For more than 10 years, Rebecca served non-profit organizations while working for a global accounting firm. She has served on various non-profit boards of directors and finance committees. She and her husband have two children, a boy and a girl. In her free time she enjoys being with her family, golfing, reading and running!
Meghan Barlow, PhD
Meghan Barlow is a pediatric psychologist with a specialty focus in the assessment and treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorders, behavioral concerns, Depression, developmental issues and chronic medical problems. She earned a BA in Psychology from Denison University in 2000 and a PhD in 2006 from Kent State University. She completed a fellowship in pediatric psychology at the Cleveland Clinic. Working closely with colleagues, she developed a program for the primary care pediatricians at the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic whereby parents and pediatricians could have almost immediate and convenient access to a psychological consultation for a concern or question regarding a child or adolescent's emotions, behavior or development. She was hired as a member of the medical staff to continue this important service. She decided to open Meghan Barlow & Associates in an effort to provide families with timely, private, and convenient access to a variety of psychological services within their community.
Alaka Chandurkar, MD
Dr. Chandurkar has been a general pediatrician on the west side of Cleveland since 1986 and is interested in parent education as well as teaching children importance of healthy body and healthy mind. She and her husband of 45 years, Dr. Sudhakar Chandurkar, have one son, Dr. Rohit Chandurkar, one daughter, Menaka Chandurkar, and three grandchildren.
Tish Henry, MEd
Tish has been in education for 26 years. She received her bachelors degree from Kent State University in Elementary Education. She then went on to get her special education license and her Masters Degree in School Counseling from Cleveland State. Tish has taught at all grade levels in both regular and special education. Currently, she works as a school counselor at Lincoln West High School in Cleveland. Tish lives in Westlake with her husband and two children.
Greg Lee obtained his bachelor's degree from Kent State University. Greg lives in Lakewood with his wife and son. In his free time he enjoys writing and performing original music. Greg is very excited to join the Connecting For Kids board to help support an impactful organization.
Emily currently serves as Director of Reporting and Analytics at Forest City Realty Trust. She is a Certified Public Accountant and has more than 15 years of experience in finance and information technology. Emily holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from John Carroll University and an Emotionally Intelligent Leader Certificate from the Executive Education Program of the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management. Emily lives in Westlake with her husband, Mike, and their three, small children. In her free time, she enjoys being with her children and hiking in the Cleveland Metroparks with her dog. She will serve on the Connecting for Kids Finance Committee.
Bonnie is an Associate at BakerHostetler. She holds a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Suffolk University. In the past, Bonnie has worked directly with children in positions at the South Boston Boys and Girls Club, East Boston Head Start (through Jumpstart AmeriCorps), and the Wilton CT YMCA. During law school, Bonnie volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. She currently resides in Cleveland Heights with boyfriend Brendan and cat Taco. Bonnie enjoys running, hiking, and tennis. She will serve on the Connecting for Kids Small Fundraisers Committee and hopes to reach out to young professionals in the area.
A.J. Miner presently serves in the capacity of Division Supply Chain Manager for eight U.S. locations for the Parker Hannifin Corporation. He is a graduate of Cleveland State University where he received his MBA and also from Youngstown State University where he earned his BSBA in International Business. A.J. resides in Rocky River with his wife Stacy who is also actively involved with Connecting for Kids and Autism research. They have two sons together, Colin and Brendan. A.J. is also a certified ski instructor through PSIA and focuses his time on teaching children to ski including children with cognitive disabilities.
Kathy Nash received her undergraduate degree from Ohio University and her graduate degree at Cleveland State University. She started her teaching career in Sugar Grove, Ohio working with children with special needs in 5th-9th grade. Kathy has also worked with children with a variety of needs in the Berne Union City Schools (Grades 1-6) and Elyria City Schools (2nd and 3rd grade, 1st-3rd grade and preschool). For the past 16 years, Kathy has been a teacher in a Center Based Preschool Program at Hilliard Elementary in the Westlake City School System. Kathy was honored as a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar in 2005. When Kathy is not at school she enjoys spending time with family and friends and walking in the Metroparks with her dog.
Amy Vavra serves on the Fundraiser Committee. She is the Director of Individual & Corporate Giving - Center for Arts-Inspired Learning. Vavra lives in Lakewood with husband, Brian, and twin toddlers, Ada and Evie. She received her bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctorate from the Boston College Law School. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending time outside with her family.


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Comic book companies don't use newsprint anymore. From what I understand, there is no cost savings. Plus everything is done mostly done digitally and the colors won't reproduce very well.
And I don't agree about not having the kids but different strokes, etc.
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Even though we're supposed to think babies are cute, let's face it…newborns look kind of weird when they first come out! Standardized exams like HESI and NCLEX (not to mention your class exams) will frequently test you on whether you can tell the difference between a harmless mark on a newborn, and one that requires a nursing intervention. They might describe the newborn's appearance, including "unusual" markings, then ask something like "What would be your priority action," or "What could you teach the parents?" If the marking on the newborn is harmless, then you can simply document and teach the parents that it is fine. In many cases (but not all!) birth marks will fade or go away with time. If not, or if they are in an very noticeable location like the face, then laser treatments can help to fade or remove them as well.
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Texas Developments
City of Rowlett Joins the PARS OPEB Trust ProgramCategories: Hot Sheets,OPEB/GASB 45/75,Texas Developments
When the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) first released Statement 45 detailing new OPEB accounting standards, the City of Rowlett was one of the many forward-thinking government entities that took notice. Smartly, Rowlett began requesting biennial actuarial reports and placed current OPEB liabilities on their financial reports. After a few report cycles, the data clearly showed steadily rising OPEB costs and liabilities that would need to be addressed.read more...
San Marcos, TX Adopts the PARS FICA Alternative PlanCategories: Hot Sheets,Texas Developments
With its community growing, City of San Marcos officials searched for ways to add much needed personnel to meet demands on service in a way that would also help support the City's financial health. The PARS FICA Alternative to Social Security Plan provided the City an appealing and cost-effective way to offer part-time, seasonal and temporary workers nice retirement benefits with advantages that Social Security does not currently provide.read more...
Harrison County, TX Improves Liabilities Through PARS OPEB Trust ProgramCategories: Hot Sheets,OPEB/GASB 45/75,Texas Developments
By adopting and prefunding into the PARS OPEB Trust Program, Harrison County is immediately establishing a secure method of funding future retiree health benefits that will also allow them to reduce their unfunded liabilities by 30-40%.read more...
Victoria College in Texas Reduces Budget with PARS Separation Incentive PlanCategories: Early Retirement Incentives,Hot Sheets,Texas Developments
Victoria College was looking for a way to reduce its budget and restructure staffing in a positive way. While looking for solutions, the College learned about the PARS Tax Deferred Separation Incentive Plan (SIP).read more...
Harrison County, TX Moves Ahead on OPEB TrustCategories: OPEB/GASB 45/75,PARS In the News,Texas Developments
Harrison County moved a step closer in securing the future of its retiree health care plan by approving, on Monday, an agreement with Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS), to provide administrative services over its OPEB trust fund.read more...


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text: These Daughters of Mine – Kinga Dębska #film #culture Kinga Dębska created a moving and unpretentious film out of a story about a family, illness, and death. These Daughters of Mine, which received awards from the journalists and the audience of the Gdynia Film Festival, is a shamelessly tender and wonderfully acted piece of cinema. Krzysztof Mętrak used to write about films such as These Daughters of Mine that they are characterised by a 'screen musicality.' They inspire lots of empathy in the viewers and soak them up in an emotional whirlwind. Kinga Dębska's picture exemplifies cinema which brings solace even though it doesn't sweeten things, which confronts difficult subjects whilst at the same time avoiding grand statements and pompous gestures. One cannot dislike this movie – it is impossible to resist, for in this story about two sisters facing their parents' illness and dying, Kinga Dębska found a golden balance between comedy and drama, between bitterness and hope. Marta (Agata Kulesza) is an actor in a popular telenovela. Divorced, she is a single mother of an almost adult daughter; she can't handle men, but on the other hand, she is down-to-earth. Her sister, Kasia (Gabriela Muskała) is completely different – she works as a teacher and drowns her everyday stress in alcohol. She has a permanently unemployed husband (Marcin Dorociński), an adolescent son, and financial problems, which she solves with the help of her father (Marian Dziędziel). The former is slightly coarse, but strong, while the other – caring and helpless. They love and hate each other at the same time, they can't stand yet can't do without each other. The relationship between the two sisters becomes even more complicated when their parents fall sick. In These Daughters of Mine, Dębska revisits events from her own life and tells the story of her own parents' disease. We will not, however, stumble upon any exhibitionist tones or emotional blackmail. Dębska translates her story into a language of unpretentious tragicomedy in which there is no room for false notes. Her film brings to mind Małgorzata Szumowska's 33 Scenes from Life, another story about the death of loved ones. But These Daughters of Mine is much more heart-warming than Szumowska's picture. While the latter painfully dissected her own life with cold blood and rough treatment, Kinga Dębska is more compassionate towards her protagonists. She talks about a family in which not everything is fine, and people are imperfect, but she does not judge them even for a moment. Dębska's exceptional tenderness in portrayal of her characters is paired here with the directing and acting precision. It is impossible to write about These Daughters of Mine without mentioning the performances that shape this film. Let us begin with Gabriela Muskała – neurotic and gloriously helpless. Muskała, who seems to be made for this role, simultaneously irritates, entertains, and endears. She and Agata Kulesza, who once again shows off her talent, complement one another superbly. Kulesza does not try to suck up to the viewer, she doesn't shine or charge, but, scene after scene, she constructs a character filled with doubts, intrinsically coherent, but nevertheless complex. Her precision and dexterity impress. These Daughters of Mine, dir. Kinga Dębska – Image Gallery display gallery as slider Marian Dziędziel plays the father struggling with brain tumour. He is caring, unbridled, and weak – Dziędziel delivers a spot-on representation of the different faces of protagonist. However, the greatest strength of his enactment lies is his naturalness and on-screen authenticity, which one cannot simply acquire, but which Dziędziel has plenty of. He doesn't really need to act (which he can do), because without that he is able to bring emotions, sensibility, and life experience to the screen. These Daughters of Mine has a scene in which the father wakes up from a coma and walks down a dark hospital corridor. We see him from behind, the gown reveals the actor's buttocks. Dziędziel was embarrassed when filming this scene, and was coming up with different solutions on the set, in order to avoid the necessity to show himself naked. It was completely unnecessary. The scene of wandering around the hospital is one of the most touching ones in Dębska's film. It is silent, and yet so eloquent when it comes to portraying loneliness and illness, in the light of which a man is defenceless. This should also be credited to the actor. Half jokingly, one could say that Marian Dziędziel's bare arse carries more truth than many other leading roles. The power of These Daughters of Mine comes from its director's maturity and self-awareness. Dębska does not promise more than she is able to give. She doesn't sweeten things, but she also doesn't exaggerate them. She reaches for conventional patterns and weaves her own story out of them. A Foreigner's Guide to Polish Cinema Polish cinema needs films like this. Pictures that are universal, accessible, and wise. The issue with the domestic film world has not been the lack of artistic talents, but its split into two disconnected continents. One of them has been inhabited by the amateurs and authors of high-brow cinema, which, in spite of its artistic merits has not been able to reach mass public, while the other one has been taken over by popular films, attracting millions of viewers, but often offensive towards them. Anything halfway has been extremely rare. Dębska's film is one of such exceptional encounters. After Gods, These Daughters of Mine is an example of how well-made popular cinema should look. Cinema which, while attracting the audiences, doesn't lower its level, which introduces genre patterns, but infuses them with the authors' personal emotions. It is a film that seduces with an unforced wisdom and warmth, accompanying the viewer long after the screening ends. These Daughters of Mine (Moje córki krowy), writer and director: Kinga Dębska, cinematography: Andrzej Wojciechowski, music: Bartosz Chajdecki, cast: Agata Kulesza, Gabriela Muskała, Marian Dziędziel, Marcin Dorociński, Małgorzata Niemirska, Maria Dębska. Distributor in Poland: Kino Świat. Polish premiere 08.01.2016. Bartosz Staszczyszyn, January 2016 r., transl. AM, February 2016 these daughters of mine Kinga Dębska andrzej wojciechowski agata kulesza gabriela muskała marian dziędziel marcin dorociński Maria Dębska bartosz chajdecki 33 scenes from life małgorzata szumowska gods Łukasz Palkowski


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Having dry skin can be a right aul pain in the arse. Especially when you don't set your make up, and want to touch up your make up as you feel it won't last the full night. I picked this bottle of All Nighter spray from Urban Decay up about two years ago. I only used to use this for more special occasions for long wear mainly for the likes of nights out and weddings. More recently I've been using this to set my daily make up instead of going over board on the powder, which is something I have been guilty of which can leave me looking and feeling cakey.
The way I like to use it, I like to spray it three times. Once on the left side of my face, once on the right and finally in the centre of my face in a down-ward motion. I find that you have to wait for your mascara and eyeliner to be fully dry as I've sprayed on some and there has been some smudging on my lower lash line.
Now the big question.....does it make my make up last all night? I find that it certainly lasts longer than without wearing it. It's a fine mist that disappears in to the skin that becomes untraceable. I spray this over my make up, even after powder, and I find that I never get a "cakey" make up look.
Now that I'm using this in my daily make up routine I ask myself....why didn't I use it before in my everyday make up?
Now that I'm using this in my daily make up routine I ask myself....why didn't I use it before in my everyday make up?
What do you use for setting your make up?
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Upcoming Events
584- Last night was the monthly Village West Homeowners and Tenants Association (HOATA) meeting. This was the first one that I've attended, and enjoyed it very much. For those of you who have never been, these meetings allow any resident to voice their opinion, hear from representatives of our elected officials, and get a sense … Continue reading
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584- It has been a very hectic week. Met with a bunch of interesting people and made some great connections. Thanks to all who were able to take time out of their busy schedules to talk with me about Village West issues. I realized that I still use my cell number from when I lived … Continue reading
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When not deeply immersed in commercial projects, everyone at Kollegorna enjoys taking the time to tinker with ideas of their own. Releasefest — a community for Swedish professionals working with technology to share new and interesting projects — stemmed from one of these experiments.
Taking all of the time we could find in between client projects, and over the course of roughly six months, we took the idea out of the backburner and turned it into a full-fledged product. We branded it, designed a frictionless UI for it and sent it out into the world of Swedish technology, where it now seeks to inspire creators to keep pushing code that helps change the world for the better.


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Free landings at Old Sarum
Both Alan and fellow L4 owner, Wilf Readman who's two L4 aircraft are based at this historic field, are celebrating their aircrafts' 70th birthdays this year and, to this end, Alan has arranged for all vintage rag-wing Pipers to be invited to land at Old Sarum on every Sunday during April 2014 "free" of any landing fees. Alan will be on hand for each Sunday to welcome crews and he would love to see lots of Vintage Pipers and their crews to help he and Wilf celebrate their old aircrafts' 70th birthday yea.
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Chasing chillies
Mamagoto's food director says finding the right Szechuan chilli is imperative to maintain consistency in Asian cuisine
Khader Nawaz Khan Road has seen the rise and fall of several restaurants over the past few years. From Mediterranean restaurant 5 Senses to Aromas of China and Khansama by the BJN Group and even Mumbai's Goa Portuguesa. Still, this stretch remains the most coveted address to restaurateurs looking to dip their hands in Chennai's food pot. No surprise then, that Delhi-based Azure Hospitality's Kabir Suri and Rahul Khanna jumped at the opportunity to set up shop in the same complex that housed Goa Portuguesa till not so long ago. The approximately 50-cover Mamagoto is scheduled to launch on December 2, but we're invited to take a look at its kitsch interiors and trademark yellow door a whole week before D-day.
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Suri and Khanna have perfected the art of turning restaurant into canvas. Wooden frames with colourful screens run across the ceiling like an installation here. Some furniture is yet to arrive and the staff are busy at the juice bar, coming up with fruity concoctions that will substitute the cocktail shakers available at other cities. But before you start lamenting about our liquor laws, know that Chennai's Mamagoto will serve beef, which is not available in their Mumbai branches. Then again, we will not get to enjoy their pork belly skewers, so I guess there's just no having it all. "But Chennai will have our first Teppanyaki counter," smiles Janti Duggal, food director of the brand. We can't wait to see our choice of meat or seafood sizzle in their special sauces, but this will happen only post launch. For now, we sit down with mocktails and one of Mamagoto's most popular offerings, the signature basil chicken bowl.
Going international
I'm here to interview Duggal, but she ends up quizzing me about the seafood that Chennaiites prefer and the availability of a certain dried Szechuan red chilli. "The flavour of the chilli changes in different regions," she shares. "And the flavour of the chilli paste that goes into most dishes changes altogether if the chilli is not right," says Duggal, adding, "South East Asian and Chinese cuisine is all about the balance of flavours. But my concern is that people might want a lot more chilli here." Save for the difference in meats and seafood, the dishes on the menu are constant across cities and Duggal says that we can expect ramen bowls when they do their seasonal menu once in four months. That said, given the `65 crore funding Azure Hospitality received from Goldman Sachs earlier this year, where will this brand 'go-to' next? "Hyderabad and then Dubai," beams the proud food director.
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With implementation of the Affordable Care Act moving forward, one of the major challenges confronting US health care is determining how many health professionals will be needed, especially in primary care, to treat those who will be newly insured in 2014. Separately, as has been well documented by the John A. Hartford Foundation and others, millions of baby boomers are reaching their sixties, and many will need care by professionals well versed in geriatric care.
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded $58.7 million in grants to bolster the US health care workforce, according to an August 2012 press release. This total included more than $30 million for nurse workforce development and $4 million for training and educating people who provide care to the elderly.
Earlier in 2012 the National Health Service Corps, which provides resources to help repay the student loans of medical and other providers who agree to practice in areas of the United States that have limited access to health care, awarded $9.1 million to a group of fourth-year medical students. The students have chosen a career in primary care and have committed to practice in a health professional shortage area. The Affordable Care Act made possible this pilot, called Students to Service Loan Repayment Program.
Following is a small sampling of what foundations are funding to help meet various needs related to the health professions workforce.
Shortages Of Health Professionals: How Real?
In November 2012 the Alliance for Health Reform, a nonpartisan health policy education group, released a package of tool kits, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on current or future shortages of four categories of health professionals: health information technology staffers, physicians, nurses, and direct care workers. For example, the alliance says that recent reports have found that the shortage of qualified health information technology staffers is becoming a bigger impediment than are costs for implementing technologies, such as electronic health records.
In October 2012 the Missouri Foundation for Health released a short documentary film titled Grow Your Own: Addressing Missouri's Health Care Workforce Shortage. The film, part of the funder's MFH Reel Change series, discusses how to find local and statewide solutions to this problem and gives examples of "people and communities creating positive change," the foundation says.
Primary Care Shortage?
Despite predictions of a major shortage of primary care physicians, much analysis indicates a maldistribution and inefficient use of primary care professionals. According to a 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Synthesis Project report, a key workforce challenge is a paucity of primary care providers in rural, inner-city, and other shortage areas. In an August 2, 2012, Health Affairs Blog post, which cites a Blue Shield of California Foundation survey, Rushika Fernandopulle of Iora Health suggests that instead of more primary care professionals, the United States needs "a fundamentally new approach" to providing such care. Technology, as well as the use of health care teams to deliver care, could help, he says.
And, in this issue of Health Affairs, Linda Green of Columbia University and coauthors argue that the combination of physicians working in teams, improved information technology, and the expanded use of nonphysician health care providers could offset the increase in demand for physician services in the next ten years and avert a primary care physician shortage altogether.
In 2012 the Duke Endowment approved a three-year, $668,534 grant to the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium, in Charleston, with the aim of increasing the primary care workforce in the state by focusing efforts on students enrolled in the schools of medicine, schools of nursing, and physician assistant programs at the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina. The endowment's funding will be used to establish the Institute for Primary Care Education and Practice, which will use interprofessional education and training as its basis. Students from more than one health profession will learn together.
The project will also recruit and train community-based "preceptors"—that is, physicians who incorporate an interprofessional model in their practices. The Practice Partner Research Network will train these practitioners in twenty practices to work on interprofessional teams and "to provide practice environments for [selected] students that will mirror the way that health care is envisioned to be delivered in the future," according to endowment materials. The two universities are providing in-kind funding for the project.
Education And Training
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation's aim is "to foster innovation in health professional education and to align the education of health professionals with contemporary health needs and a changing health care system." This national funder supports a number of efforts, including the Macy Faculty Scholars program, which provides two years of salary support ($100,000 per year) for five midcareer faculty leaders who are "educational innovators" in medicine or nursing, Macy's website says. The goal is to accelerate necessary reforms in education to address "dramatic changes occurring in medical practice and health care delivery."
Demonstrating to health care professionals how to learn and work together as a team, and encouraging them to do so, is one of the Macy Foundation's funding priorities. For example, in May 2012 Macy awarded a $201,270 grant to the Southeast Consortium for Interprofessional Education. This funding will be used by five universities in the region, led by the University of Kentucky, to develop an interprofessional education program combining online learning with face-to-face instruction for medical, nursing, pharmacy, and other health professions students. The program will use resources from the collaborative's partners to develop core competencies leading to curricula on care transitions and patient safety.
Macy also awarded funding in June 2011 to the Association of American Medical Colleges to define medical school competencies for treating lesbian, gay, transgender, and intersex patients who confront "documented health care disparities" resulting from bias and social stigma as well as restricted access to services, and to establish core components of a curriculum to train students in these competencies.
The Bingham Program, a charitable endowment with a major focus on improving delivery of health services in Maine, has awarded a one-year, $19,894 grant to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative at the University of New England. The university educates the greatest number of health professionals in the state. The grantee is using the funding to create the first of up to five interactive online modules for teaching students in its twelve graduate health professions programs as well as new faculty. The first module is an introduction to the many roles and responsibilities of the various health care professions.
Graduate Medical Education
The Institute of Medicine is conducting a study of the financing and governance of graduate medical education. The study will focus on the training of physicians in the United States. The Macy, California HealthCare, Robert Wood Johnson, ABIM, Jewish Healthcare, Aetna, and East Bay Community Foundations, as well as the Missouri Foundation for Health, Commonwealth Fund, and others are funding the study. Gail Wilensky of Project HOPE and Don Berwick cochair the study committee. Berwick is the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Wilensky held that same post when the agency was named the Health Care Financing Administration, under President George H.W. Bush. Octavio Martinez, executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, serves on the Institute of Medicine panel. The institute's report should be issued by early 2014.
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, with offices in Paris, Geneva, and New York City, have awarded $250,000 to date to the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding for an initiative to improve health care for patients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. When health care providers disregard the health-related religious beliefs and practices of their patients, care and health outcomes can be affected, according to a center press release.
Thus, the grantee is using this funding to pioneer "a curriculum on religio-cultural competency for medical residents." It will partner with Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York. The initiative is expected to result in a replicable educational model of how to train residents, medical students, and nurses around the United States in this competency. The Tanenbaum Center describes itself as "a secular, nonsectarian organization that promotes mutual respect with practical programs that bridge religious difference and combat prejudice" in health care and other settings.
In April 2012 St. Luke's Health Initiatives, a public foundation in Phoenix, Arizona, along with its partners, the Arizona Chamber Foundation and the Greater Valley Area Health Education Center, held a conference at which they released Graduate Medical Education in Arizona: Growing the Physician Pipeline.
Focus On Nurses
Foundations have also recognized the important role that nurses play in our health care system. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been a major funder in this area. It funded the groundbreaking 2011 Institute of Medicine report, Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a national effort spearheaded by AARP, its foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson, now is striving to implement the report's recommendations. Its priorities include strengthening nurse education, training, and diversity; eliminating scope-of-practice barriers restricting the ability of nurses to provide certain kinds of care; and advocating for interprofessional collaboration. According to the foundation's website, the Department of Veterans Affairs has outlined a plan to implement the report's recommendations "throughout its vast health care system."
Also, in March 2012 Robert Wood Johnson announced three new nursing initiatives, including one on the current and future status of public health nursing. The funder kicked off that effort in February 2012 by convening a national summit to develop an agenda for its work.
The foundation, a major supporter of Health Affairs, also funds the journal's long-running series of Health Policy Briefs. An October 2012 brief dealt with "Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care."
Shoshanna Sofaer and colleagues at Baruch College evaluated the John A. Hartford Foundation's Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium initiative. Entitled "Multiplying Change: Ensuring All Nurses Learn to Care Well for Older Adults," their July 2012 brief on the evaluation documents "the remarkable success" of the initiative. Hartford awarded a $2.48 million implementation grant to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University collaborated on the effort.
In this initiative, nursing faculty from 418 institutions, located in all fifty states, attended a Faculty Development Institute. Almost 82 percent of the institutions that reported to the evaluators at the end of two years "revised and enhanced" existing senior-level nursing courses with "evidence-based curricular material on caring for older adults." Also, more than one hundred new purely geriatric courses were created. In summarizing various initiative results, the authors note, "Since such a high proportion of patients are older adults, [the initiative's] success serves as a quality boost for the entire health care system."
The California State University Institute for Palliative Care at California State University San Marcos was launched in September 2012. With initial funding from the Archstone Foundation and California HealthCare Foundation and a large gift from local philanthropist Darlene Shiley, the institute is addressing the critical shortage of nurses as well as social work, spiritual, and other professionals who have skills and training in palliative care. Such care, which uses an interdisciplinary team approach, improves the quality of life for people confronting serious and chronic illnesses—whatever the prognosis—and for their families, a press release explained. Palliative care addresses pain as well as emotional, spiritual, and other challenges. The institute, located in San Diego County, will offer continuing education for working professionals, a curriculum for current students, and community programs to raise awareness of palliative care's value.
In July 2012 the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released a twenty-five-slide tutorial, narrated by Joanne Spetz of the University of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions, on Nursing Labor Markets. This presentation is part of the foundation's website, Kaiser.EDU.org: Health Policy Explained.
Direct Care Workforce
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (now known as PHI), which strives to transform elder care and disability services by promoting the concept that high-quality direct care jobs are the basis for high-quality patient care, received a thirty-eight-month, $1.4 million grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies in 2010. Direct care workers include personal care aides, nurse assistants, and home care aides. They provide 70 percent of the paid, hands-on long-term care services and personal assistance services in the United States and are about 31 percent of the total health care workforce, a PHI fact sheet reports.
Although part of the Atlantic grant is for general operating support, it also includes a three-year component for policy efforts to improve the quality of elder care and disability services, particularly for people who live in poverty. Efforts include advocating for increased pay for home care workers and providing technical assistance to four of the states receiving federal funding under the Affordable Care Act for training of aides, so that all direct care workers entering the field have a "common educational platform," PHI said.
Careers For Low-Income Workers In Health Care
The New York Community Trust; New York City Workforce Funders, which includes the Rockefeller Foundation, Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, and Altman Foundation; and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions Social Innovation Fund have provided funding for the New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, which launched in April 2011. The alliance's current goal is to act as a broker to train, promote, or place 800 low-income New Yorkers in health care jobs.
The US recession created an "urgent need to find where the jobs are for disadvantaged people," Pat Jenny of the trust, a large community foundation, said in a 2011 issue of the trust's newsletter. The alliance asked employers to analyze their labor force needs and has been working with trade associations of hospitals, community health centers, and nursing homes, as well as a union, to communicate to training organizations and schools about what kinds of jobs are in demand. Health care has plenty of opportunities and is "fairly recession-proof," Jenny added. Len McNally, also of the trust, commented in the article that the workforce needs to meet the challenges of federal health care reform implementation, shortages of primary care physicians and nurses, changing technologies, and necessary cost cutting.
In late 2012 the alliance was to launch training programs leading to home health aide certification, coding and billing certification, and medical assistant certification or registration for patient-centered medical homes and health homes. The City of New York will provide up to $862,000 for training. The Aspen Institute is conducting an evaluation of the alliance through spring 2014.
Training Medical Assistants
The Hitachi Foundation is funding a University of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions project on Innovative Workforce Models in Health Care. The project focuses on medical assistants. Medical assistants work in one of the fastest-growing occupations in the United States. However, they are also among the lowest-paid health care workers, and their "training is often of uneven quality," the center says. They will be an important component as the number of primary care providers grows to meet the demands of health reform.
The center, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2012, interviewed fourteen model health care practices that have contributed to the development of the role of medical assistants. It has also published an online case study on each. The center is now developing webinars, videos, and site tours to spur interest in, and explore the capacity for, future demonstration projects related to medical assistants.


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Conflict in 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'
This film presents an individual that chooses not to conform to modern society, and the consequences of that choice. The main character R.P. McMurphy would be best described as the antihero, and Nurse Ratchet would be the antagonist.
Both characters have an important role insofar as how the ward responds to their actions. The basis of this plot is a battle of wills between McMurphy and Nurse Ratchet. Before McMurphy entered the ward, Nurse Ratchet ran the place the way that was most comfortable for her, and not in the best interest of the patients. From their first meeting, McMurphy asserts that her dominance is not as things should be.
Randall Patrick McMurphy's struggle against institutional authority in the 1975 Academy Award winning film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest brings to light one man's rebellion against the repressive and controlling powers of an oppressive institution. McMurphy is committed to a mental institution after being ejected from a work farm due to his belligerent: some at the prison believed him to be crazy.
Within the walls of the man-made cuckoo's nest McMurphy and his new peers are scrutinized without end under the total control of the facility's administration for their own good, of course. Their access to information is restricted to the point where they are not even allowed to watch the current World Series on television; all their personal freedoms are forfeit.
The daily degradation that strips away their humanity and self-regard is apparent to McMurphy from his first entry into the ward as all his personal belongings are collected and removed from his possession. From that point on he is treated as no longer a man, but a case file to be dealt with in accord with all protocol at the expense of any real therapy or rehabilitation.
The independently-produced film also swept the Oscars: it was the first film to take all the major awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress) since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934). It was nominated for nine Academy Awards in total.
The film's title was derived from a familiar, tongue-twisting Mother's Goose nursery rhyme called Vintery, Mintery, Cutery, Corn:
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn
Apple seed and apple thorn
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock.
One flew east
And one flew west
And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.
The one that flies over the cuckoo's nest is the giant, allegedly deaf-mute Chief Bromden. In Ken Kesey's original novel, Chief narrates the story, providing evocative images of an all-powerful bureaucratic 'harvesting machine' fostering functionalist social integration: a combine that would process out individuality, thus creating compliant individuals (the exaggerated representation of this in the film's ward is a microcosm of society at large). Those who did not conform would be relegated to a correctional facility for repair or removal.
McMurphy strives to overcome the head nurse, Nurse Ratchet, and finds himself sympathizing with the others in the ward. This can be described as social influence. Social influence is where other people impact the thought, perception, and behavior of a person.
When McMurphy first arrives at the institution, the other patients adhere to the structure in the institution. Many of the patients are withdrawn from communication, and mindlessly follow the daily routine assigned to them. This society of order through regulation has a culture and common identity, attached to the stigma of their respective mental illnesses.
McMurphy changes this complacence through the influence of his relationships with the other patients, teaching them to interact with one another again. He...
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To start the New Year, the General Contractors Association hosted a three-day project management workshop for certified DBE and MWBE heavy civil and specialty trade contractors. The workshop focused on the essentials for successful project delivery. Topics covered included estimating, understanding the terms of a subcontract, working safely, working under a collective bargaining agreement or a project labor agreement, and government agency processes and paperwork requirements.


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At 7.45 am this morning, Thursday 12th March, three explosions in quick succession blasted a commuter train in the central Madrid railway station of Atocha. Apparently the bombs were concealed in hand luggage inside train compartments. Simultaneously there were other explosions in stations in Santa Eugenia, El Pozo and the working class suburb of Vallecas.
These attacks were timed to coincide with the rush hour, when thousands of people would be going to work in factories and offices in and around Madrid. There can be no doubt therefore that the intention of those responsible was to kill and maim the maximum number of people.
In all these places there were scenes of unspeakable chaos and terror as people came to terms with the scope of the disaster. Hospitals and clinics were flooded with the injured. To date, 190 people are dead and over 1000 wounded. The attack was indiscriminately aimed at defenceless men, women and children. No warning was given. This was a bloody massacre.
The carnage would have been still greater if the police had not deactivated an explosive device in a red Ford Fiesta. This was parked near the Atocha station in a petrol station. If it had exploded amidst all the petrol, the result would have been too horrible to contemplate.
Who is responsible?
The identity of the authors of this atrocity is unknown. But it may be the responsibility of the Basque terrorist organization ETA. This is denied by ETA supporters.
A spokeman for Batasuna, Arnaldo Otegi, blamed the outrage on the actions of "the Arab resistance". While the hypothesis of an Arab connection cannot be excluded, the most likely explanation is that it was an ETA attack. Otegi said that he found it "unthinkable" that ETA could have carried out the attack because in the past they always left a warning. This argument is not conclusive. Nor is the argument that ETA has not claimed responsibility. Also in the past they have delayed some time before claiming responsibility.
There is more circumstantial evidence for ETA's involvement. ETA declared a truce in Catalonia but not the rest of Spain. On Christmas Eve, two men were arrested carrying cases full of explosives. Two vans full of explosives were intercepted a week ago. According to El Pais, yesterday two unidentified individuals were distributing leaflets in the old district of San Sebastian, calling for attacks on Spanish interests and specifically for the "sabotage" of the Spanish railway company Renfe.
The absence of a warning can be explained in different ways. It may reflect the actions of the type of raw, inexperienced recruits who ETA now has to rely on. Or it may be that a section of the hardliners in ETA decided to resort to these methods out of desperation. Either way, the results are equally criminal.
If ETA is in fact responsible, it shows weakness not strength. ETA is isolated and desperate Last year 300 ETA suspects were arrested. The organization is finding it difficult to get new recruits. The ones arrested in the van incident were novices. There are serious differences within ETA and Batasuna. Many people are questioning the methods of individual terror that have been carried on for decades without bringing the desired results.
The questioning is justified. Members of Batasuna should ask themselves who gains from this? The answer is clear: only the extreme right wing, the police and the state. Spain is on the eve of a general election in which Batasuna for the first time will be barred. Maybe the authors of the bombing imagined they were striking a blow against the PP. In fact, the opposite is the case.
The secretary general of the separatist Catalan ERC, Josep Lluis Carod-Rovira, calls for dialogue with ETA to finish with "this barbarism". This is just stupid. The only dialogue the actions of ETA will bring about is the dialogue of bullets, fists and truncheons. After the atrocity, the Spanish minister of the interior, Angel Acebes, warned that those responsible would "pay dearly for it". We have no reason to disbelieve him.
France has already backed the campaign against ETA, and this has caused the organization a lot of trouble. France immediately declared a further tightening of border controls after the Madrid atrocity. The French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has sent a telegram to his Spanish counterpart offering police help. The noose will be tightened.
And what will the consequences be for the Basque Country? By their actions the terrorists have united the people of Spain against them. Hearts will be hardened. The most reactionary wing of the Spanish bourgeoisie will be strengthened. There can be no talk of negotiations. The Basque prisoners will continue to languish in prison.
The right wing Popular Party immediately suspended the election campaign. The PP is now certain to win a sweeping victory at the polls. The PP has adopted a tough line with ETA and the Basque nationalists. They will now be encouraged to increase repression even more. Only this week the UN produced a report denouncing cases of torture and beatings of Basque suspects in Spanish prisons. The Spanish state will now be able to continue these methods and clamp down on democratic rights with complete impunity. This will create a climate in which violence, madness and murder can flourish. In what way this could help the cause of the Basque people nobody can say.
How the terrorists aid reaction
Terrorist atrocities play into the hands of reaction in Spain, the Basque Country and internationally. Terrorism does tremendous damage to the cause of the working class and the Basque people. On the other hand, it gives heart to the reactionaries and imperialists of the whole world. At a time when Spain's involvement in Iraq is increasingly unpopular, this atrocity provides a convenient excuse to Aznar to renew his commitment to Bush' so-called war on terror. Tony Blair immediately used this to justify the "war against terror". Soon George Bush will add his voice to the chorus.
All this permits the leaders of the PP to pose as "friends of the people". Aznar now appears as the Great Statesman, standing at the head of a grieving Nation. The government has called for demonstrations all over Spain on Friday with the slogan: "With the Victims, with the Constitution, for the defeat of terrorism." Millions of ordinary Spaniards will participate in these demonstrations, with Aznar and all the other PP leaders at the head.
Spain's foreign minister Ana Palacio was today demanding the application of "the full weight of the law". There is no doubt that this will follow without delay. We can expect further repressive acts, and the agents of the state will not be particularly worried if the mailed fist falls on innocent people. Individual terrorism gives the excuse for state terrorism and vice versa. And in this macabre dance of death it is ordinary working class people who pay the bill.
The PP general secretary and Presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, announcing that his party was suspending its election campaign, crowed: "These are moments in which all differences should be set aside. We should unite the will of all Spaniards […] and to this end, the Popular Party has decided to suspend its election campaign", he said. "These are hours of horror and rage but also of serenity, firmness and determination. They are challenging all Spaniards and we Spaniards will not surrender. […] I can assure you that Spain will put an end to this murderous garbage of terrorism." This theme of national unity will be played repeatedly in the next few weeks.
Can one imagine a better present than this for these reactionary bourgeois politicians on the eve of a general election? In public they weep crocodile tears for the victims of terror, while in private they will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of another five years in power with a big majority. That is the marvellous present the terrorists have just handed them!
All this noise will not solve the problem of the Basque Country or liquidate terrorism. It will merely give another twist to the infernal cycle of terrorism and repression. The two things feed upon each other. The terrorists are the best allies of the bourgeois state, and the bourgeois state is the best recruiting sergeant for terrorist organizations.
An independent class policy is needed!
The government immediately characterised the attack as an attack on democracy and appealed to all Spaniards to rally to the state. They have set a trap for the workers' organizations and the Left, which has walked right into it. The PP is not capable of eradicating ETA. By its repressive measures, it helps to perpetuate an environment in which terrorism can flourish. When the PP banned the political wing of ETA, thus denying them all legal outlets, the result was predictable. Along this road no way out is possible.
What is needed is for the working class and its organizations to adopt an independent policy. Unfortunately, the reformist labour leaders are incapable of this. The Socialist Party has no independent policy, and has identified itself with the PP and the Spanish state. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the PSOE general secretary, called for the unity of all political forces against terrorism. Zapatero stated on television: "I hope that these bastards, these criminals, fall into the hands of the police as son as possible."
The co-ordinator of the United Left, Gaspar Llamazares, said that ETA "has shown its real face in attacking students and workers in Madrid, sowing death in the streets and train stations of Madrid." He referred to the "Nazi barbarism" of ETA. And he also identified himself with the slogan of national unity, advocating "an image of unity between all parties."
The same message came from the Madrid municipal spokesperson of the United Left, Inés Sabanés, who called for calm and "the unity of all democrats in the face of the fascist barbarism against the people of Madrid that has caused dozens of deaths and wounded today."
The leaders of the Left have thus abandoned any pretence at an independent policy and allied themselves with the PP. This is a lamentable situation. The actions of the terrorists are barbaric and must be condemned. But by uniting with the PP the leaders of the main left parties in Spain will not help to eradicate the problem of terrorism. On the contrary, the methods used by the PP are the best possible propaganda for ETA.
Marxism is opposed to individual terrorism. But the reason for our opposition has nothing to do with the hypocrisy of the bourgeois politicians who are not averse to violence and bloodshed when it suits them. We oppose individual terrorism because it is counterproductive and always produces results that are diametrically opposed to those intended.
Russian Marxism was born in struggle against individual terrorism. But compared to the modern breed of terrorist the old Russian terrorists were like saints. They only killed known torturers, police chiefs and tsars. Quite often they would hand themselves over to the police after a terrorist act. The modern form of terrorism that kills ordinary people indiscriminately is an abomination that contains not a single atom of progressive content.
The Spanish and Basque Marxists, El Militante in Madrid and Esker Marxista in the Basque Country, immediately issued communiqués condemning the atrocity. That is absolutely correct. What is needed now is to maintain a position of complete class independence in the face of the attempts of the bourgeois state to create a national unity bloc around their reactionary programme.
The leaders of the UGT and CCOO have called a 15-minute general strike in protest at the atrocity. That is a correct decision, as long as it means that the union leaders are protesting against the slaughter of working people, and not acting in solidarity with the PP. But the unions must beware of being dragged into a bloc with our class enemies.
The leaders of UGT and CCOO say that this strike shows their "firm commitment to the democratic system". It is the duty of the unions to defend all democratic rights. We hope the unions in Spain will therefore oppose with all their might any attempt to restrict democratic rights, whether in Euskadi, or any other part of the country, under the pretext of the fight against terrorism.
The unions should prepare a general strike against the PP government, which by its reactionary anti-working class policies, and by its intransigent position on the national question, contributes to the tensions in society and renders a just solution to the Basque problem impossible. In the last analysis, the evil of terrorism is the product of the unjust and rotten system under which we live. The only way to eliminate terrorism is by removing its root cause, which is the capitalist system itself.No to individual terrorism!
No to state terrorism!
Defend democratic rights!
No bloc with the PP!
For an independent class policy!


text: eric byrne 78 Report post Posted July 23, 2015 Good Morning Everyone, Hope you are all well,thought I would drop by since I have a wee bit of spare time on my hands.Off into Glasgow shortly to meet up with my gym buddies to share our weekly lunch date. I have been so busy recently,holidaying for a change,seems its all I do recently,not long back from my visit to Holland to see Andre Rieu in concert in Masstricht,it turned out be one of those memourable days we have occassionally in our lives,we met up with Liz'es friends Peter and Mary who hail from Newcastle in England,they by coincidence had booked the same concert.Peter had visited Masstricht before and led us to a super Irish restaurant where we enjoyed a brill steak lunch.The weather was really hot,we enjoyed a stroll though this lovely city,then onto the concert in the evening.Our seats were ideally placed in the square just 9 rows from the stage,what a performance,think I had been transported to heaven, Our package included a day trip to Amsterdam,which was really beautiful and yes we did visit the popular tourist destination there of the red light district,I have to say I was propositioned by one nice scantily dressed lady standing at her doorway,I jokingly declined excusing myself as being in company with Liz,no problem this attractive young lady said,your companion can come and join us LOL.Crossing the streets in Amsterdam is an experience,getting to the other side is quite an accomplishment is you get there without incident,the traffic,vehicles and cyclists are overwhelming.We did walk to the Ann Frank building,but were unable to enter since it was fully booked up throughout July.We also visited Antwerp in Belgium for a day,we wandered about the town centre enjoying the traffic free pedestrian cobbled streets,visiting the shops and open air cafes,I just loved the architecture of the buildings around,particularly the cathedral with the spire which was over 400 ft in height,I would certainly recommend Antwerp as a place to visit. As previously mentioned,Liz and I have bought a motorhome,its not huge,just two berth,but it meets all our needs,very modern,all sorts of accessories including a solar panel on the roof,so we can travel off road and be self sufficient with our energy needs.We had our first excursion last Friday through to Monday,we toured the North of England,including meeting up with our Newcastle friends we met in Maastricht,Peter and Mary,they were so welcoming at their home,we shared a traditional roast beef Sunday dinner with them,can life get any better.Well home now planning our next jaunt at the weekend.I am driving my daughter and her boyfriend to Edinburgh Airport at 7am on Monday morning,they are off to a weeks hols in Tenerife. Time to go guys,hope you are having some summer fun too,bye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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