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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 1, Winter 2010
Dean's Message, page 2
Findings: Study Targets Scourge of U.S. Military, page 4
The Rewards and Challenges of Translational Medicine: The Patient-Centered Medical Home, page 6
Beyond the Office Visit: Jefferson Focuses on Advocacy, page 12
Eakins Scholar Follows Her Own Path, page 16
Jefferson Faculty Compile First Medical Professionalism Textbook, page 18
Faculty Profile: Karen Knudsen: Piecing Together the Prostate Cancer Puzzle, page 20
On Campus, page 22
Class Notes, page 28
In Memoriam, page 34
By the Numbers, page 37
Recommended Citation"Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 59, Number 1, Winter 2010" (2010). Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin. Paper 290.
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William and Mary Real Estate Foundation
Executive Director
As Executive Director Nancy Buchanan serves as the president and chief executive officer of the William and Mary Real Estate Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to acquire, manage, sell, lease, and develop real properties in support of the educational goals of William & Mary. Components of this effort include: Tribe Square, a $9 million mixed-use retail and housing project that opened in 2011 and Discovery II, an office building located in the New Town mixed-use development.
Most recently, Ms. Buchanan served on a techical assistance panel for the Urban Land Institute, which was tasked to formulate a vision for the Redevelopment of Ettrick Village at Virginia State University. She is an active member and past president of the national Association of University Real Estate Officials (AUREO), which gave her The Lessenger Award in 2012. The Award was given to her in recognition of her commitment and outstanding contributions to the Association of University Real Estate Officials and the higher education community.
Before coming to the Real Estate Foundation in January 2007, Ms. Buchanan was Director of Real Estate and Insurance Services at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She was instrumental in the acquisition of numerous small properties in order to create what is now the VCU School of Business and the VCU School of Engineering. Ms. Buchanan also taught Advanced Real Estate Appraising in VCU's School of Business.
Ms. Buchanan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Fredonia. The Appraisal Institute awarded her the MAI designation and she is a past president of the Richmond Chapter of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers.

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From movies to television and computer games, vampires are back in vogue, often as sympathetic characters. But a remake of a 1985 hit film, "Fright Night," gives us the traditional blood-sucking monster.
Charlie is a teenager who lives with his single mom in a Las Vegas suburb, on a quiet street far from the bright lights and decadence of the popular gambling resort.
That changes when a handsome but reclusive neighbor moves into the house next door and some of Charlie's classmates begin to disappear. His best friend Ed is convinced there's a connection and that Jerry, the new neighbor, is a vampire.
As outrageous as it seems, events soon prove Ed's theory to be true, and Charlie sets out to stop the demon before it is too late.
Anton Yelchin, who stars as the reluctant teenage hero, says he needed to find reality amid the fantasy in order play Charlie.
"I didn't go 'Aw, this is a vampire movie. How do I relate to a guy in a vampire movie?' I just said 'How do you relate to a guy who, in the face of total destruction and everything he cares about being threatened by this destructive force. How does he feel?'"
The script takes several swipes at the current crop of romantic vampires, like the ones in the popular "Twilight" novels and films. In "Fright Night," as played by Irish-born Colin Farrell, the vampire Jerry is as evil as they come.
"I was playing a vampire that didn't have any fear at all and had no desire to locate his romantic counterpart," Farrell says. "There was none of that stuff. It was just really an exercise in malevolence and brutality. And it was fun."
"Fright Night" is based on a 1985 film seen by many as a horror classic. Farrell admits he had some misgivings about taking the new role.
"I loved the original so I was very dubious when I heard they were remaking it," he says. "You can have all these ideals about how possibly uncool it is to do a remake, especially of something that's held so sacrosanct by so many people as "Fright Night" is. Then, at the end of the day, as a working actor you read something and you either connect to it for whatever reason or you don't and I loved it."
It also gets a thumbs-up from Chris Sarandon who played the vampire in the 1985 original and took a cameo in this version to show his support.
"I thought the first one was a perfect little movie," says Sarandon. "At the same time, if somebody can come up with an idea for doing the same thing in a different, contemporary way - a way that works for the zeitgeist of today - then why not?"
"Fright Night" is the follow-up to director Craig Gillespie's first film, the critically acclaimed dark comedy "Lars And the Real Girl." The screenplay is by Marti Noxon, who has plenty of experience with creatures of the night as writer and producer of the popular TV series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer."


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To invoke a spirit is to summon or draw a spirit being into your own body. This is usually done to encourage communication between the spirit world and the material world and is part of many magico-religious practices.
The words invoke and evoke are often used synonymously, but Aleister Crowley notes the distinction:
To "invoke" is to "call in", just as to "evoke" is to "call forth". This is the essential difference between the two branches of Magick. In invocation, the macrocosm floods the consciousness. In evocation, the magician, having become the macrocosm, creates a microcosm.
~ Magick, Book 4, p.147
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No matter how workaholic you are or how responsible you are… There will be periods in our life when we feel a sense of a lack of motivation to do anything. It feels like there is no energy for action and the mind might find such a situation quite frightening because it has a way of associating inactivity with failure.
When we understand the movement of energy in the universe, we can also understand why there are periods of ebbs and lows in our own being – so when you are feeling a lack of energy or motivation it's not bad news but just a natural cycle of change.
Tips to Deal with Lack of Energy and Motivation
In this article let's look at some helpful tips on how to deal with a situation where you have no energy for action and feel "stuck" in your life situation.
1: Stop Resisting the Situation and Embrace It
Our minds are so habituated to resisting the "present" and always projecting a state of "how things should be".
A condition where you feel a complete lack of motivation to take any action can be an opening for you to realize that your mind is not in control, but reality or life is. Your mind believes that it's totally in control and that it dictates how things should be. But in truth it's not the job of your mind to determine how life should move. Your mind's job is to desire, to have preference, to have a perspective, but it's not possible for the mind to determine how the desire will manifest and how life will move in order to bring things, that you prefer, to you.
So relax and embrace the flow of life. This period of "lull" may be required for life to bring about the change that is needed to create a better reality for you.
2: Avoid Labeling the Situation as Negative
Since our childhood we have be reprimanded for being "lazy" or inactive.
So in our mind we have a negative outlook towards "inactivity", and yet if you look at nature you will see that it works in a cyclic manner where there are periods of huge activity followed by periods of inactivity.
For example, during spring the flora around you is in an absolute activity, full of flowers and blossoms. The vegetation is at its peak with new leaves and branches coming up on trees and shrubs. But this is then followed by the autumn where there is a period of inactivity or rest.
This rest is what enables the flora to have the energy to bring forth another season of blossoms. Even animals go through periods of hibernation. As you can see, nature works in a cyclic manner where highs and lows are both natural and part of the movement of life. Our minds tends to label the highs as good and the lows as bad. It wants your energy and motivation to always be on a high level, which is a very unnatural demand on the body.
It's important for the mind to understand that periods of low energy are natural, and it's necessary to have these periods of lull in order for a restoration to take place and a new reality to come into being. So stop labeling this condition of feeling a lack of motivation as negative.
3: Don't Take Action Without the Motivation
Some of us can get so frantic that we start taking action without having the motivation or energy for it. These actions are bound to be low quality and unproductive because you are "forcing" yourself to make effort.
When you are feeling a lack of energy it's a sign to be in "rest" and to allow the restoration to take place within. Any basic action that is required will be carried out by the body automatically, so stop forcing it into action.
4: Know That This Will Not be a Permanent State
It's so easy to get all worked up about a life situation in the fear that it's something permanent.
Always remember the simple truth of life – "This too shall pass". Life is always expanding and becoming, but that does not mean that it's always in "activity".
In fact, when you are aligned with the flow of life you will realize that activity is just a minuscule part of the process of manifestation or creation. A lot of creation takes place in a state of rest and allowing, because though your body is resting the universal energy is in a constant movement of becoming through you.
Just relax and allow the natural flow of life. Don't get worked up or afraid of your inactivity. It's not possible for you to know how long this period will last, but when you know that what's happening is something "good", and important, you will learn to just go with the flow.
5: Use this time to Grow From Within
Taking time to do nothing, often brings everything into perspective –
Use your low energy state to get in touch with your inner self and grow from within.
Dedicate your time to meditating, mindfulness, journaling, visualizing and self reflection.
Spend time doing what you love. Spend time in nature. Find out where you are in your life, what your truly desire and what you need to do in other to arrive there.
This is the time for self reflection. This is the time for getting back in alignment with your life.
6: Trust the Higher Intelligence of Life
Dealing with a lack of energy or motivation is not about "changing" it but about allowing it by understanding that it's a part of the big picture of unfolding.
Your mind does not have the capacity to see the big picture because it does not have the "universal" view that the vital force, or life energy, has. So trust the intelligence of life, it knows what it's doing, and it's working for your benefit, to bring you everything you desire and prefer. This period of feeling a lack of energy is a necessary part of the process of unfolding and if you just allow it, it will move swiftly past.


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That would be Ashley Dupre, the harridan who brought down the governor of New York and, more recently, had an affair with a married New Jersey construction magnate. According to Sunday's New York Post, Dupre's handlers don't want to debase her by having her do an MTV reality-type show, but instead want something that "cleans up her image."
Ashey's interests, says one of her potential dealmakers, LA producer David Krieff, includes journalism and lounge singing.
"She also has a strong desire to give to a charity," he said. "She's very analytical. She wants to help people. She sees herself as a kind of Dr. Phil."
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WASHINGTON — Game on.
President Obama yesterday took his first swing at his November Republican opponent — by indicating that who it might be isn't exactly keeping him up at nights.
"Whoever their nominee is, they represent ideas that I think are wrong for America," he said in an interview with Univisión.
"On a whole range of issues, I think whether it's Mr. Romney or Gingrich or Mr. Santorum, they represent a fundamentally different vision of America — and it's not the bold, generous, forward-looking, optimistic America that I think built this country."


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Nobody understands the concept of the balancing act like a working mother. Balancing is an everyday reality, but has only recently become part of the controversial conversation about the workplace. There are the classic "mommy wars," of course, between working mothers and those who choose to stay at home with their children in which everyone ends up feeling slightly guilty. But the struggle inherent in the every day life of the working mother -- a struggle that really does happen moment to moment, every moment, every day -- is more than the simple question, "To work or not to work." It's about how to be the best possible parent, the best possible person and have the best possible work experience. It's about trying to have it all, and as often as not, feeling like a failure when one of those many balls we've all got in the air falls to the floor, breaks a lamp and rolls under the couch (metaphorically, of course). It's a struggle that takes its toll, and it's a struggle that is very personal to me.
Yet, the good news is that women are speaking up about this, in louder and more authoritative voices than ever before. From Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In to Arianna Huffington's recent women's conference, "The Third Metric: Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power," it was the year for facing up to hard facts, like how maybe we are partially responsible for not being on top of the corporate ladder and perhaps we are not fighting for what we deserve. And maybe we aren't even always the "best" mothers, whatever that means.
I don't disagree with any of these notions, but somewhere in between that battle for what we deserve and that battle to be Super Mommy is a middle ground where most of us live. We can get theoretical all day about what we could achieve in either arena, but what happens when we don't have the resources, the time or the energy?
Ms. Sandberg reminds us that our husbands can bear half of the load (possibly true, depending on the situation), and that we can get more help in the house (but this does require some money). She maintains that we need support to help us with our children. We cannot be successful mothers and career women all by ourselves. This can be a hard message for many of us "I can do it all" moms to hear: that we might actually need to ask for help. Early on in my career, the head of the NIH made a simple statement to a group of women doctors that help is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Yet, I still have trouble asking for it.
I do know some things for sure about being a working mom. In my case, being a mother has never affected my personal ambition, but my son is always in the front of my mind, even when I am at my most intense in the workplace. I believe working mothers play under a different set of rules, and until we realize this, we will never quite master either role. It's not that being a mother makes us less hungry for success or less motivated to achieve our career goals. It's just that we also have to incorporate a full range of emotions into the mix that those who are not mothers don't have to deal with. Other people in other situations certainly have other things to contend with as they navigate their careers, but I believe that what mothers contend with every day as they balance their lives is unique to mothers, and something we all have in common.
Recently, when one of the women I work with had a baby, she expressed her concern about being a working mother, prior to the birth. Then the baby came, and "everything changed." (How many of us have uttered those exact words?) After the child's birth she sent me a message: "She's even learning the whole sleeping thing, a little better each night, which makes it that much easier to stay awake and just gaze at her. It's a whole new world." That "whole new world" will never change, even when she returns to her job. If women recognize this, it helps. If you know you are not going to be the same person as you were before motherhood, you will be readier to manage your job in a way that makes space for who you have become.
Womanhood and motherhood don't necessarily need to change, but perhaps the workplace does, and that can only happen if women themselves make room for the knowledge that womanhood and motherhood can exist together and be equal partners.This is the key to increasing the working mother's value, both in the corporate world and in the home, as well as to herself. The natural evolution of that will be a greater reliance of the capability and competence of working mothers, as well as a greater value placed on what is best for children. Until that happens, however, we will muddle along, as well as we can.
When I first started my training, one of the attending physicians who was the Director of Heart Failure ( a demanding position, dealing with very sick patients and doing research), showed up to her first day with white powder all over her pants. When I discreetly pointed it out to her, just to prevent her embarrassment, she proudly told me, without any sense of shame or concern for what anyone else thought, that she had been baking cookies at her daughter's school prior to coming to the hospital to work. She is well respected in the field, and head of the program at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. Ask her what has mattered most to her, and she would say, without pause, that it is her daughter. To me, she is a role model for women. She has managed to find that balance, even as she too navigated her way through both worlds. She excels as both a mother and a doctor.
So, where does that leave the rest of us -- working moms who struggle to do it all and figure out who we really are without feeling like we have split personalities? First, we need to accept that we can be both, and we don't have to feel guilty about it. Second, we need to ask for help. And third, we need to prioritize our children's needs and our own needs above other less important things. This isn't always easy, but if getting your work accomplished means hiring a babysitter for those late nights, or spending quality time with your child means leaving the dishes, then that's what you do. It's never easy. It's never uncomplicated, but it is possible.
I am the last person to say that we can all have it all, as if there is some simple formula that will help us skip merrily from nursery to the hospital or the boardroom and back again without, well... getting flour all over our slacks. But what I do know is that being a working mother is worth the struggle. Know that you can do it. Ask for help. Share responsibility. Join up with other working moms to find solutions. Talk about how hard it is, and let yourself be buoyed up by both the frustrations and inspirations of other working moms. Most of all, put aside your guilt. You simply don't have time for it.
I think of the time before I had my son, and the time since he entered my life. I remember when he was first put in my arms, and how much I grew because of him. If I had it to do all over again, yes, I would still become a cardiologist, and yes, I would still become a mom. These are my two greatest accomplishments. What are yours? Embrace them! Let's join together and hold each other up, because together, we really can have it all.


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It's April 1, the international Fool's Day and while I'm not a huge fan of this day due to the irrelevant stories posted, I can't help but smile at some of the really innovative ones.
Fake breaking news are overrated and many sites are just overdoing it, but seeing marketing ads that poke at other companies or even themselves, are something worth reporting on.
So, here is the latest BMW marketing campaign taking place in UK today.
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BMW's Magnetic Tow Technology
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* Next phase of EfficientDynamics sees 30 per cent improvement in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
BMW's award-winning EfficientDynamics programme has been taken to the next level with the announcement of an innovative fuel and emissions saving system called Magnetic Tow Technology (MTT). In a bid to retain its World Green Car of the Year crown, BMW will launch MTT across its range today.
The unique system, developed in conjunction with NASA, works via a discreet unit located in the front valance that projects an enhanced magnetic beam 20 metres in front of the BMW. Once a suitable target car is located and the BMW is magnetically locked on behind it, the driver is then able to take his foot off the accelerator, turn off the engine and let the car in front do all the work. The towing car will not notice any change in manoeuvrability.
The BMW driver can unhook from the towing car at any time by depressing the clutch pedal to start the vehicle. This is the same method used to operate the existing Start Stop system. Drivers of automatic transmission BMWs need only move the lever into the 'D' position to continue on their way. Early research indicates that MTT could save as much as 30 per cent in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Gurus from BMW's in-house driving etiquette guide suggest flashing the car in front and giving a friendly hand gesture to thank them for the free ride.
BMW's Head of Innovation, Dr Noitt All, a specialist in Kinetic Ride And Propulsion, said: "BMW has always been a leader in the application of the very latest automotive technology. Up until now the EfficientDynamics programme has looked at ways of improving the performance of our own products, but we thought why burn your own fuel when you can burn someone else's?"
The 56-year-old boffin promised more to come from his innovation workshop but in the meantime recommended people email his colleague firstname.lastname@example.com to be kept abreast of further developments.


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On June 14, during the lunch break from my employer-funded MATLAB training course I attended a Kiwanis meeting.
There I heard Dr. Gene Schmidt, LAPS superintendent and John Wolfe, LAPS business manager, describe the school's budgeting process.
Next year's program budget will be about $700,000 less than last year's and the schools have had to make some serious cuts!
For example, over the last few years the amount available for professional development has shrunk by more than $150,000.
Our teachers have not had a pay raise for four years. In fact, because of increased deductions for retirement and benefits, their take home pay has actually shrunk.
I have read several letters to the editor supporting the idea of a two-lane Trinity Drive with roundabouts.
These letters presented arguments that show how roundabouts have worked in other areas. Yet when I ask people I know for their thoughts on the matter, I have not heard a single person say they're looking forward to the change.
Regarding the ill advised plan to construct eight traffic circles in a 4.2 mile stretch of Trinity Drive — while the bombardment of ads about how great traffic circles are continues to bombard us at the Reel Deal theater, and we watch the waste of money being spent trying to convince a dubious public that this really is a good idea, one can only echo the Roman judge Lucius Cassius: "Cui bono?" Who benefits?
Eight traffic circles in four miles? That's one traffic circle every half a mile - creating an accelerate-decelerate cycle that disrupts traffic flow, commute speed and fuel economy. Who benefits?
A community working together can accomplish amazing things, and LA Cares is grateful. On Saturday, May 7, the local chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Boy Scouts of America teamed up for the semi-annual Help Stamp Out Hunger food collection.
With support from the Postal Service – mailing the postcard reminders, use of trucks and facilities – the carriers picked up bags of food left on mailboxes along their routes, and delivered them for sorting.
Forty million dollars is a lot to spend in the name of improving the "safety" of Trinity Drive.
When I was in business school, I was taught to use cost/benefit analysis when looking at a proposed expenditure.
I would like to know if there is an estimate for the reduction in lives lost or bodily injury crashes so that we can see what we will get for $40 million.
It seems that few towns are able to spend that kind of money, but thousands more are providing appropriate safety for their residents and visitors in a cost effective fashion without roundabouts every half mile.
It is clear that Trinity Drive could use significant rehabilitation, but I am sure that could be done for a lot less.
The visible news for days now has been the thick smoke from Arizona forest fires filling the Rio Grande Valley. Old-timers recall the 1970s, when haze from the large coal-fired power plants in the Four Corners region often reached the valley.
A decade of citizen effort cut down the then-legal emissions of ash by 300-400 tons daily.
Later, the legal emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the plants also were reduced by 300-400 tons a day.
Albuquerque rules and new engine technology cut NOx emissions from vehicles. Ash, SOx and NOx cause haze.
More citizen work and political help from both parties produced laws and rules for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration in treasured parks.
We'd like to thank the Los Alamos Monitor for the article 'Enchantment by the River' about Embudo including our restaurant, Embudo Station.
However, there are some factual inaccuracies. Chef John Cox has never been the chef at the restaurant. Chef Cox designed the initial menu in 2009 and is a member of our small business.
We loved Jay Bost, who did cook there last year, but is no longer employed with us because the restaurant is not open yet this season. We have run into serious difficulties with the landlord, but are hoping to find a resolution and open again soon.
I am writing to ask you if we could have a Los Alamos Middle School section in the sports section.
This is because this year we had an outstanding football season, a good cross country season and a pretty good track season. If we had a middle school section in the sports section more people would know about our success.
This addition might also boost customers for the Los Alamos Monitor.
With this addition, we would also increase the awareness of the Los Alamos community on what is going on around the middle school. With that I hope you at least consider putting a middle school section in the sports section.
Christopher Bond
Los Alamos
In the May 26 edition of the Los Alamos Monitor, a front page story told us about how Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities wants to raise our water rates by 6 percent.
I guess they need more money. But they are willing to spend $40 million to rebuild Trinity Drive.
Recently I have seen several stories in the Los Alamos Monitor about how the schools and other local organizations do not have enough money for their budgets.
It seems to me that the $40 million could be used in better ways.
Melvin Prueitt
Los Alamos
We were pleased to note the thorough and thought provoking story you published in the Los Alamos Monitor May 5, but we are troubled to be so informed of a major difficulty facing Los Alamos Family Council.
We are proud of the community services offered by LAFC for nearly 50 years, consisting primarily of counseling and youth programs. We cannot imagine the detriment to our community if LAFC closed its doors.
Youth Activity Centers in Los Alamos as well as in White Rock for grades 3 -8 would be absent, as would be the counseling offered for low income families, remediation for alcohol and substance abuse, family relationships, mental health, crisis line and other areas of concern.
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Medical Needs Shelter
About Us
The shelter at The University of Texas at Tyler Herrington Patriot Center was opened to post disaster evacuees of New Orleans in the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina. University student, faculty and staff volunteers worked with the American Red Cross and community volunteers to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and counseling for evacuees who found themselves homeless in the aftermath of Katrina.
The UT-Tyler College of Nursing and Health Sciences became very involved in the disaster sheltering efforts, and since Katrina have volunteered during hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Ike. The Herrington Patriot Center was designated as a Medical Special Needs Shelter during Hurricane Gustav. During this time, the head of the Center for Disease Control toured the shelter and complimented our efforts. After Hurricane Gustav, faculty in the College of Nursing made great strides in analyzing the specific needs and challenges faced when providing mass shelter care for those with medical special needs. One of the most frequently identified needs of those volunteering in a Medical Special Needs Shelter was the lack of an organized and consistent approach to orientation. This Just-in-Time online training was created to fill that gap.
The Just-in-Time online training was researched and developed by the College of Nursing faculty and staff with the assistance of the University's Office of Instructional Design. It is our desire to provide orientation for our own volunteers and insight and orientation to volunteers in other communities that might be called to shelter Medical Special Needs guests.
We would like to express our appreciation to Hospital Preparedness Program, Regional Advisory Council TSA G, Tyler, Texas for providing the funds to develop this online training program.
We hope that you will find this training helpful and that it will entice you to become involved with a Medical Special Needs Shelter. In addition to this training, the faculty have published several articles about sheltering those with special needs that you might find helpful. Though the work is physically demanding, the emotional, professional and psychological rewards of participating in these events are immeasurable.
Deal, B., Alfred, D., Fountain, R., Ford, T., & Chilton, J. (2010). Educational opportunities: A nursing school model for medical special needs sheltering. Nurse Educator. (May-June 2010 Issue).
Deal, B. J., Fountain, R. A., Russell-Broaddus, C. A., & Stanley-Hermanns, M. (2006). Challenges and opportunities of nursing care in special-needs shelters. Disaster Management Response, 4. 100-105.
Missildine, K., Varnell, G., Williams, J., Grover, K. H., Ballard, N., & Stanley-Hermanns, M. (2009). Comfort in the eye of the storm: A survey of evacuees with special medical needs. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 35(6). 515-20.


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Pianist PEI-SHAN LEE's active concert career has taken her to The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Boston's Jordan Hall, Cleveland's Severance Hall, Taiwan's National Concert Hall, and tours of France, Germany, Belgium, and Israel. Her many summer festival appearances include The Mostly Mozart Festival, Caramoor Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Chautauqua Institute, Music Academy of the West, Heifetz International Music Institute, the International Piano Festival in Spain, the International Piano Festival at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, ProQuartet in France, and the Great Wall International Music Academy in China. Read more
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5976?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13491529#comment-13491529 ] Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-5976: -------------------------------------- Thanks for the patch, Kim. Looks great. +1 > Document the new SQLWarning raised when trying to change the encryption state of an already booted database. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: DERBY-5976 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5976 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Documentation > Affects Versions: 10.10.0.0 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > Assignee: Kim Haase > Attachments: DERBY-5976.diff, DERBY-5976.stat, DERBY-5976.zip > > > After committing derby-5969-01-aa-warnEncryptionOnBootedDB.diff, we will want to adjust the user guides to clarify the following point: > o If you are changing the encryption state of the database, be sure to check for SQLWarnings after the change. The change succeeded only if there were no SQLWarnings or SQLExceptions. > I think that the following sections need to be touched up: > Developer's Guide: > o "Encrypting an existing unencrypted database" > o "Encrypting databases with a new boot password" > o "Encrypting databases with a new external encryption key" > o "Decrypting an encrypted database" > Reference Manual: > o "dataEncryption=true attribute" > o "newBootPassword=newPassword attribute" > o "newEncryptionKey=key attribute" > o "decryptDatabase=true attribute" -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Lithotripsy is a procedure used to treat kidney stones that are too large to pass through the urinary tract. It works by sending focused ultrasound energy or shock waves directly to the stone. The shock waves break a large stone into smaller stones that will pass through the urinary system. Lithotripsy lets people with certain types of kidney stones avoid surgery. To find the stone, healthcare providers use fluoroscopy. This is a series of moving X-ray pictures. They may also use ultrasound to find the stone.
There are 2 types of shock wave technology. In the original method, the person is placed in a tub of water through which the shock waves are sent. This method is still in use. More recently, machines have been developed that send shock waves through padded cushions on a table.
When substances normally excreted through the kidneys stay in the kidney, they may crystallize and harden into a kidney stone. If the stones break free, they can get stuck in, the narrower passages of the urinary tract. Some kidney stones are small or smooth enough to pass easily through the urinary tract without discomfort. Other stones may have rough edges or grow as large as a pea. These can cause great pain as they move through or stick in the urinary tract. The areas that are more prone to trapping kidney stones are the bladder, ureters, and urethra.
Most kidney stones are small enough to pass without treatment. But, in about 20% of cases, the stone is greater than 2 cm (about 1 inch) and may need treatment. Most kidney stones are made of calcium. But, there are other types of kidney stones. Types of kidney stones include:
When kidney stones get too large to pass through the urinary tract, they may cause severe pain and may block the flow of urine. This can cause infection.
There may be other reasons for your healthcare provider to advise lithotripsy.
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On 16 September 1847 the inhabitants of Needingworth were shocked by a fire that devastated nearly half of the village.
We will be commemorating the 170th anniversary of the fire on the weekend of 16-17th September this year. Included in the activities will be a (free) guided walk seeing where the fire started and following its dreadful route through the village to where it ended, hearing about the events of the day and its consequences.
We will be repeating the walk on both days at 2 and 4 pm but numbers are limited for practical and safety reasons. If you want to come on one of the guided walks you will need to register, either via this site or via Peter at the contact details below. [Note that the 16/17th walks are now fully booked. You can still click on Register to go onto the Waiting List, or just turn up over the weekend, pick up your handout 1.30-6pm at the Village Hall, and do a self-guided walk. If you are on the Waiting List, or let us know in any other way then we can make sure to let you know should we organise any other walks at a later date.]
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How can I contact the organisers with any questions?
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How accessible will the walk be?
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What if I don't register?
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What will the extra walk in October be like?
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Paragraphs 1.1 to 19 read and agreed to.
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Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
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With more than 7,100 entries, this event is the largest competition of American wines in the world. On the day of the grand tasting, thousands of wine lovers experience award-winning wines paired with delicious food, while top professional wine judges have the challenging task of selecting the finest wines from a crowded field of varietals in many categories; last pour at 4:30 p.m.
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Phoronix Test Suite 6.0 Delivers New Result and Phoromatic UI, New Modules
For those who are unfamiliar with the Phoronix Test Suite, it is an open benchmarking platform that provides an extensible framework for easy batch-testing. The test suite includes over 100 test suites featuring more than 450 test profiles for hardware spanning from processor to disk and all kinds of other hardware.
Two days ago, Phoronix Test Suite 6.0 was released. According to Phoronix it is by far the most significant release for the open-source cross-platform benchmarking software since the first test suite launched seven years ago. The most significant changes include a new user interface for the Phoromatic server, a brand-new result viewer, auto-authentication improvements, several low-level performance enhancements, reworked sensor monitoring, and so much more.
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TORONTO, ON, CANADA, August 16, 2012 /Stanford Who's Who/ — With over three decades of professional experience in the communications and publishing industries,Kimberly Gray is an author who has consistently displayed the passion, vision, and dedication necessary to be mentioned among the elite. As a result of her phenomenal body of work, Kimberly has earned recognition in the exclusive network of prominent professionals with Stanford Who's Who.
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Workforce health and safety continues to be a challenge worldwide. Over 370 million accidents occur on the job annually and over 2.78 million people die each year as a result of work-related activities.
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ISO 45001:2018 is the new ISO occupational health and safety standard which will take the place of the current standard, OHSAS 18001, in spring 2018. Once ISO 45001 is published, companies certified to OHSAS 18001 have three years to migrate their certification to ISO 45001.
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We perform a document review for the management system and issue a report of conformance or nonconformance. (This is usually done in conjunction with the Stage 1 audit but may also be done separately.)
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Looks like everyone had their party hats on this past week! While we saw some great nursery uploads, the parties were in full swing. We're excited to share some of the cutest, most clever projects we saw in the gallery. […]
Design Board: Picnic-Inspired Nursery
The new limited-edition red color option from Bravado Designs (available Monday 7/15) got us thinking about the bright red of gingham blankets and shiny cherries, and with the sun shining and summer in full bloom, we started dreaming of a picnic-inspired nursery! […]
Nurseries and Parties We Love this Week
The Project Gallery was on fire this week with excellent submissions from our readers. Anyone looking for great design inspiration will be thrilled to see the projects of this past week, so we encourage you to take a look and have fun. Please let us know which one of these projects you "like" by Monday— enjoy the weekend. Lovely Lavender
Gallery Roundup: Mad for Plaid
We just love painted patterns in nurseries; they always make a major impact. While plaid is an old-school pattern, these rooms, found in our gallery, have made the traditional plaid cool and modern. Elena and Myles Shared Room by carrieharb
Vote: September Party Finalists
Fall is kicking off with some amazing parties! Readers, you put so much energy and enthusiasm into planning these celebrations for your loved ones, be it a baby shower or a birthday party. We can only imagine the smiles that registered on your guests' faces when they walked in to these festivities and saw your magic. Please tell us which
Gallery Roundup: Crib Canopies
You may think that canopies are ultra-feminine, and they can be. But with a quick look around our gallery, you'll see that canopies can be created in any number of styles. From sweet and traditional to sleek and modern, a canopy can add a touch of drama to any nursery. Rock Star Duchess by sharon taylor Contemporary Shabby Chic


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Many years ago, a wise person said to me, "Man's total responsibility to God is simply to respond to his love!" It would take years for me to really understand the magnitude of this profound truth.
I want to spend the next 600 or so words attempting to reveal the gospel in the most pure, bold and exciting way you have ever heard. This revelation has changed my life and pursuit in ministry forever.
We are all born into sin. Bummer, I know. Because of our natural conception, everyone is born with a sinful nature and we are guilty of sin that entered the world through Adam's disobedience. We can never do enough or be good enough to cleanse ourselves of our sin and deliver ourselves from judgment. Despite our best efforts we continue to sin because it is the nature of our flesh. We all sin. A lot. Yep…even you. When God gave Moses the 10 Commandments it seemed as though man had been given a prescription for righteousness and a roadmap for salvation…quite the contrary. Man was actually given a mirror that revealed the hopelessness of his state and the guilt and shame of his sin. Because of our inability to escape our sin and justify ourselves by the works of the law, we come to realize we need a savior.
God sent his son into the world to reveal his love to us. He didn't come to judge our sin but to save us from it. Jesus had no sin, yet he exchanged his life for yours thereby paying your penalty. He paid the full price of your sin once and for all, forever redeeming you. He nailed your guilt and shame to the cross. You never have to carry sin's guilt again because it has been paid for in full. Jesus ushered in grace and mercy and revealed that he alone is the prescription for righteousness and the roadmap to salvation. His offer is the free gift of righteousness by forever cleansing you from the acts and state of sin. You can't earn this gift; you can only receive it. All you must do is confess Jesus as your lord and savior, believe that God raised him from the dead and ask him to come into your heart. That is how you respond to God's love. That is crazy. It is not godliness that saves you, but God, through the blood of his son Jesus and the power of the Holy Ghost.
Being born again begins with a spiritual conception. Our spirit is made alive by and joined together with the Holy Spirit. The result is a new man. We are made one with God in spirit and our nature is changed from one of sin and death to a nature of righteousness everlasting life. When we receive God's spirit in us, our spirit and God's spirit are knit together forever. We are raised up incorruptible in true righteousness and holiness. This is the new birth and the regeneration of believers. We are justified before God through his son. We become children of God, and our born again spirit is forever separated from our sinful flesh. Our flesh however does not change and will never change. It will always fail and fall short.
For this reason we do not put our confidence in our flesh, but in the power of God. Your failures in the flesh will not undo the operation of God in the spirit. Even when you sin your righteousness and salvation are not put in jeopardy. That would be double jeopardy since Christ already paid the debt for your sins. Your sins are not imputed against you anymore, but Christ's righteousness is counted for you. You are forever perfected in God's sight by his love. When he sees you, he sees his son Jesus. Remember that your salvation has never and will never be earned by you. So stop thinking that you lose your salvation every time you sin and rest in the finished work of Christ. You are saved by grace and you will only stay saved by grace.
When this revelation of the new covenant evolves from church theology to church psychology we will see the church rise. God's love will shine so brightly that sinners will run to God rather than from God in these last days. This is the Good News of Christ.


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Firstly, we had to finish harvest which was all over by the 5th of January. This was our last day...
Then on the 8th we left for our trip and camped at the Johnson lakes (west of Norseman) for the first night.
We stayed at the Madura pass on the next night but woke during the night to keep driving as it was too hot to sleep. We watched the sun rise from the Eucla cliffs (the Great Australian Bight) and had breakfast on the cliffs. This memory is priceless and we are hoping to make this a family tradition as we go the SA every couple of years to see Matt's Nana and extended family.
Since then we have been driving still and here are photos of us in our temporary home (the car). We look quite relaxed dont we?
We are now in Streaky Bay have a rest, soaking up the sun and enjoying family time away from work. I hope you are all busy making memories too!


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In late 2010, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), a project of the Tides Center, completed a comprehensive strategic plan, providing a road map for achieving its mission. The planning process engaged dozens of stakeholders – members, alumni, funders, leaders in the field, chapter leaders, board and staff – to give a 360-degree perspective on the strategic choices facing EPIP.
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More oil and gouache studies
I have been working a bit more in gouache and oil in the fields…doing the few hay balls still lying around in the fields here and there. The following pieces are only exercises done on site in plein air. I'm working hard at just interpreting, not rendering the reality, but only the essentials.
…close-up 1
Close-up two was done using only fench ultramarine, white an a touch of black. I'm quite happy with this one…
…close-up 2…
I am finding that I enjoy gouache more and more. I like the touch of it on the paper's surface and it is creamy enough for me and I can work thick with it or thin in washes. I also particularly like its "flat" two dimensional appearance, which looks very "painterly" to me.
…Bales of hay in gouache…
These two gouaches were done on a large sheet of light grey laminated paper/carton paper (65x50cm..25.6×19.7″)
I did a small oil as well.. I have to regain my confidence in oil as I lost it completely during an experience a few weeks ago. I'm hesitant, I don't really know what to do and where to go to on the canvas. But maybe it is a good thing too…maybe something new can be born from this. I hope so.
…bales of hay in oil…
oil on linen, 33×24.5cm (13×9.7″)
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Gouache always reminds me of college and I steer clear of it, but I like your results, especially the top one. may have to follow your example and experiment in the summer with them.
July 3, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Lovely, Ronelle. It still has some flow to it like watercolor. I have done little gouache, usually by just adding white to my watercolors. You make me want to buy some. No idea which brands– I'd want to keep that flowing quality. Just put it on very thin, I suppose?
July 3, 2011 at 8:03 pm
My friend/neighbor enjoys gouache also..well many forms of media in art..Talented in all forms like you.
I agree your ultramarine is stunning:)But so is the other.
I love hay..all rolled up..basking in the sun..We have some here..but my favorites were in Italy.Hands down.
We didn't see many in France..where we were..If any..I bet they are like the ones in Italy.Resplendent.
July 3, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Hi, I think your bales of hay are wonderful. They make for a wonderful series in paintings…like Monet….We drove through some wonderful farm land in Northern Carolina yesterday, and there were many rolled bales of hay sitting in the green pastures. I have always wanted to stop and paint them, but I have to settle for photographs. You mention being frustrated recently with oil painting…your oil painting of bales is very interesting.I like the fact that the bales are not overworked. They look as though every stroke counted! Nothing over worked. That is difficult to do. I always enjoy seeing well done gouache, also…it is a fascinating painting medium. I am surprised more people don't paint with it. Looking through your sketches, I learn a great deal from your gouache work. ….also your watercolor technique of leaving a lot of white space and very loose…I would like to attempt doing more of that.
Thank you for dropping by my blog, so unexpected, so nice. I hope you will post more of your pictures of your gallery. It is ever so much fun to find your posts in my email….when your name pops up it reminds me of the wonderful trips I have had to France and the Provence area. Just love it. The best to you.
July 4, 2011 at 5:52 am
I love what you're doing with the gouache.
July 8, 2011 at 6:10 am
I'm not a gouache fan, but your two gouaches are fantastic! I love their spontaneity!
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Andrew Bynum was the 76ers' haul in the biggest move of the summer, the four-team mega-deal that landed Dwight Howard with the Lakers. But Bynum, who hasn't played in Philadelphia's first two games, has a right knee injury, and there is no definitive date for his return.
So the 76ers have to get by with what they have — and avoid a "poor-us" syndrome.
"You have to avoid that," said Sixers president Rod Thorn before yesterday's 100-84 loss to the Knicks at the Garden. "You have to because otherwise the other guys pick up on everything. Like Doug [coach Collins] said to the team, 'We can't be sitting around waiting on him to be a savior for us. We've got to go out, play and win and we're capable of doing that.' And when he comes back, he comes back, period."
Thorn said the 76ers, who beat the Nuggets in their season-opener and are 1-1, can find ways to win without Bynum, but are looking forward to getting him back.
"We're pretty good without him," he said. "And we'll be real good with him. He's doing stuff on the court. But he hasn't really done five-on-five type stuff. When will that be? We don't know. We'll see how it goes."
Collins, who saw starting guard Jason Richardson go down with a left ankle sprain (day-to-day) just 1:47 into the game, said he knows his team is facing an early test.
"We're going through some adversity early," Thorn said. "Andrew has yet to play and now we've got J-Rich going down and we've got five games in seven days. … This is the dog days of the NBA in Week 1, and you have to fight through it."


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FRESNO, Calif. --We have new information about the two men whose bodies were found inside a Fresno County home.
Detectives say both men had medical problems, and they now believe the father and son died of natural causes.
Their bodies were found Monday inside a home at Hammel and Griffith in Tarpey Village.
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Lebanon's US$300m shopping mall Beirut City Centre is on course for opening in early 2013, according to developer Majid Al Futtaim Properties.
Located in Beirut's Hazmieh district, the project is gunning for a LEED Silver rating and will contain a total of 200 stores within 60,000m2 of retail space.
Is the first retail development in Lebanon by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, the developer behind several of the UAE's mega malls, including Mall of the Emirates, Deira City Centre and Mirdif City Centre.
Construction on Beirut City Centre commenced in September 2009 and the roof and external structure has now been completed.
The scheme will be anchored by the first Carrefour hypermarket in Lebanon, a VOX Cinema multiplex and the Magic Planet family entertainment.
It will also feature an open-air, rooftop dining area with 12 restaurants.