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When Your Child Has Hives (Urticaria) or Angioedema
When Your Child Has Hives (Urticaria) or Angioedema
Hives (also called urticaria) are raised, red, itchy bumps on the skin. The bumps come and go for a few days and then disappear completely. Although hives can be uncomfortable, they won't harm your child or leave scars. Sometimes your child may have severe swelling around the lips or eyes. This is a more serious skin reaction called angioedema. It can happen with hives or on its own.
What causes hives?
Hives often develop when cells in your child's skin release a chemical called histamine during an allergic reaction. The histamine produces swelling, redness, and itching. Here are some of the most common causes:
Foods, such as peanuts, shellfish, tree nuts, eggs, and milk, and food additives, such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) and artificial colorings.
Viral infections
Prescription and over-the-counter medicines. These include antibiotics (penicillin), sulfa, anticonvulsant drugs, phenobarbital, aspirin, and ibuprofen.
Extreme heat or cold:
Cold-induced hives. These hives are caused by exposure to cold air or water.
Solar hives. These hives are caused by exposure to sunlight or light bulb light.
Emotional stress
Dematographism. These hives are cause by scratching the skin, continual striking of the skin, or wearing tight-fitting clothes that rub the skin.
Chronic urticaria. These are hives that keep coming back and with no known cause.
Exercise-induced urticaria. These allergic symptoms are brought on by physical activity.
What do hives look like?
Hives are itchy bumps that can vary in color from pink to deep red. They come in different sizes and sometimes spread to form large patches of swollen skin. Hives can appear on one part of the body and disappear on another in a matter of hours. Each hive lasts less than a day, but new hives may keep forming for days or even weeks.
How are hives diagnosed?
Your child's healthcare provider can diagnose hives by looking at your child's skin and taking a complete health history. He or she may also do skin tests. These look for foods or other substances that your child may be sensitive to. Blood tests may be done to rule out causes of hives not related to allergies. In most cases, the cause of hives is never found.
How are hives treated?
For mild symptoms:
Give your child an oral over-the-counter antihistamine that has diphenhydramine. Talk about this with your child's healthcare provider
To relieve itching and swelling, apply calamine lotion or cool compresses, or have your child soak in a cool bath. (Adding 2 cups of ground oatmeal to the tub may make your child more comfortable).
For more severe symptoms, your child's healthcare provider may prescribe:
A prescription or over-the-counter oral antihistamine to block the chemical in the body that causes allergic reactions. Your child is likely to take it every 4 to 6 hours for several days. Some antihistamines may make your child drowsy. Some work faster than others. Ask your child's healthcare provider which antihistamine to use and the correct dose to give your child.
An oral steroid to relieve severe swelling of the throat and airways. It's usually taken for 3 to 5 days.
Epinephrine (adrenaline) to use in an emergency to stop a severe allergic reaction. If swelling affects your child's breathing, get emergency care RIGHT AWAY. Your child is likely to need an injection of epinephrine to stop the allergic response.
Angioedema is a type of allergic reaction that sometimes happens along with hives. It causes swelling deep in the skin, especially around the lips and eyes. Swelling can make it hard to breathe. If this happens, seek medical care right away.
Preventing hives
To help prevent hives, avoid any substances your child is sensitive to:
If your child has food allergies: Read labels carefully, and use caution in restaurants.
Tell your child's healthcare provider, dentist, and pharmacist about any allergies your child has to medicines. Keep a list of alternate medicines handy.
Call 911
Call 911 right away if your child has hives and any of the following:
Wheezing, or trouble breathing or swallowing
Swelling of the lips, tongue, or throat
Loss of consciousness
October 08, 2017
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Heavy Mental Music
This week's Bohemian feature is on Heavy Mental Music, a very amazing, strange record made in 1981 by David Petri and the developmentally disabled clients of the Manual Skills Training Center in Santa Rosa. Pictured above is the "deluxe edition," with a T-shirt, two posters, three stickers, a photocopied booklet, a notepad and two copies of the record, all housed in a hand-designed box. According to Petri, only 50 of these "kits" were made (most copies of the record were sold alone, or given out to strangers on the bus), and at one point, what you see above actually sat on the desk in the Oval Office.
What strikes me most about this record is that it's completely ahead of its time, both in concept and presentation. Colored-vinyl 7″s, stenciled T-shirts, photocopied lyric booklets and paper Kinko's stickers didn't start showing up en masse until around 1991, and the acceptance of incorporating the developmentally disabled into pop culture—the Kids of Widney High, or How's Your News?—was years away.
The heartbreaking part of the story, for me, is Petri being accused of using the mentally retarded clients of the Manual Skills Training Center to advance his own agenda. In the time I spent with Petri, he seemed like a sincere, caring person who patiently taught the clients how to play drums and keyboards and who happened to be attracted to the aesthetic of artists like Todd Rundgren and Salvador Dalí. Shades of that aesthetic color Heavy Mental Music, and something tells me that if Petri had recorded campfire folk songs like "This Land is Your Land" instead, it wouldn't have been an issue.
Anyway, without further ado, here's "Heavy Mental Music," written by Jim Weber and performed by the developmentally disabled clients of the Manual Skills Training Center on Lomitas Ave. in Santa Rosa in 1981:
Click the second file above to hear the obscure but no less compelling B-side,"Tour."
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Hell's Kitchen Studio Makeover: Part 2 – Damp Bathroom
When you find a very reasonably priced studio apartment in Manhattan, two things come to mind: it's either rent-controlled and you've struck gold or there's something wrong with it. While this small studio had nothing glaringly wrong with it, the tiny bathroom did suffer from a lack of ventilation to let the morning steamy shower vent anywhere. Since this was not a gut renovation job, I had to think of Plan B in dealing with this ventilation issue.
As JCPenney's Green Living Partner, I work with them on our designation program called "Simply Green" that helps our customers find eco-friendly products for sale in stores and online at jcp.com. At our new NYC store inside the Manhattan Mall, you'll find one Simply Green item that I absolutely love and is perfect for this ventless situation: Our Linden Street Quick-Dri towels and bath rugs.
The Quick-Dri products feature a special weave that helps them drive about 33% faster. In a more humid bathroom, that means the towels and mats can air-dry faster, making them less prone to mold and mildew. Stacks of Quick-Dri towels are a quick decorating fix.
In this 30-minute makeover, I stocked the shelves with rolled up towels and laid down a Quick-dri mat. I took away the boring Kleenex tissue box to expose the neatly stacked facial tissues and use a simple binder clip ring on top where they are pulled one by one. At the very top, I filled an American Living vase with a $3 arrangement of corner deli eucalyptus — when the steamy air fills the bathroom, it activates the essential oil in the leaves, giving the whole room a fresh, aromatic scent.
The old-fashioned, water-wasting showerhead was replaced with this Kohler Forte showerhead, which is incredibly water-efficient and uses just 1.75 gallons per minute. Behind it, I hung a sprig of eucalyptus to help bring that natural aromatherapy into the shower. Finally, instead of two shower curtains (including a PVC liner that off-gassed in the small space), this PVC-free, nylon shower curtain works without a liner, just like the ones in hotel rooms. It's also machine washable, which makes it very easy to keep clean.
With the 30 minutes up, I now had 1 hour to makeover the biggest challenge yet — the bedroom.
-Danny Seo
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The Zero Install Injector
A running process is created by combining many different libraries
(and other components). In the Zero Install world, we have
all versions of each library available at all times. The problem is
then how to choose which versions to use.
The injector solves this problem by selecting components to meet
a program's requirements, according to a policy you give it.
The injector finds out which versions are available, and downloads
and runs the ones you choose.
Maintained by: Erik Hanson
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In an emergency requiring immediate medical or law-enforcement response - call 911.
Report the emergency, and then ask the dispatcher to contact National Park Service dispatch 24-hour communications center at 1-866-677-6677
Reporting all other incidents on the Appalachian Trail.
ATC Incident Report Form can be saved to your computer, completed electronically and then e-mailed, or it can be printed, completed, and then faxed or mailed to the ATC. Incidents also may be reported by telephone to the ATC headquarters at 304-535-6331 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. The ATC offices are closed on most federal holidays, on the day after Thanksgiving, and on December 24.
If you see something suspicious, stay safe and tell us about it. Talk to any National Park Service or Appalachian Trail Conservancy employee for help, or give the NPS dispatch a call at 1-866-677-6677. We understand that it may take time to reach park personnel and/or areas with limited cell or internet service.
You don't have to tell us who you are, but please tell us what you know:
CALL NPS Dispatch 1-866-677-6677
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Remember - if you need immediate help, dial 9-1-1
If you have an incident with a bear on the A.T. use this Bear Incident Report form.


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Aberdeen Man Sentenced in Chase, Tower Climb Case
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - An Aberdeen man who led officers on a chase in a stolen car before climbing an electrical transmission tower to avoid arrest has been sentenced.
The American News reports 27-year-old Christopher Carroll pleaded guilty Thursday to grand theft, aggravated eluding and domestic simple assault. Other charges were dropped.
Carroll was sentenced to serve five years in prison, fined nearly $1,300 and ordered to pay about $1,100 in restitution.
Authorities say Carroll on June 10 led officers on a foot chase when they responded to a domestic dispute call, then stole a car and fled from the officers. They say he abandoned the vehicle in the Westport area, led officers on another foot chase, swam across the Elm River and climbed the tower. Officers coaxed him down with cigarettes.
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SOCORRO, N.M., Dec. 18, 2003 – New Mexico Tech Vice President Van Romero has been tapped as one of "six lobbyists who made an impact in 2003" in an article featured in this month's issue of Influence magazine.
Romero, who is in charge of research and economic development at the research university in Socorro, was profiled in "The Players," a special year-end feature in the national magazine which identifies a handful of prominent Washington, D.C. lobbyists who made a mark in 2003.
"From his perch 2,000 miles outside of the Beltway, this physics Ph.D. understands exactly how Washington works," the article states. "A major chunk of his job involves lobbying for federal government funding, and if the 2003 fiscal year was any indication, Romero is a superstar."
Romero is credited in the article with being instrumental in procuring about $56 million worth of appropriations for New Mexico Tech for the current fiscal year. This notable achievement also recently caught the eye of editors at The Chronicle of Higher Education as they ranked the university first in the nation among institutions of higher education that receive federal earmarks.
In the article, Stephen Traver, a legislative aide for U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), credits Romero's success in Washington with his having adopted a lobbying approach where "he starts with a problem that the federal government has as a priority, and then looks for solutions to that problem."
The article in Influence also points out that "Van Romero is proof that the client can be the best lobbyist."


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How important is it that children are happy at school? Few people would argue that happiness is paramount, so why do we measure success by productivity and knowledge gained, rather than happiness and well-being? A recent conference organized by Royal Opera House Bridge, one of ten national 'Bridges' that work across England to connect children and young people with great art and culture, explored innovative approaches to improving happiness through exposure to the arts.
The three speakers were Nic Marks, a statistician researching happiness; Martin Green, Head of Ceremonies for London 2012; and Louise Thomas, leader of the education programme at the Innovation Unit.
Each agreed that we should be prioritizing arts-based learning.
'The arts are everything,' said Martin. 'We've got to stop thinking that the arts are some kind of luxury you do when you've found some time outside maths.' And, after the success of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, 'we can demonstrate it works on a really large scale.'
The speakers were of the opinion that cultural learning cannot be delivered effectively if we ignore happiness in schools. Encouraging it should be more of a priority than it is, said Nic, but not just for children. 'Often teachers' happiness is forgotten', he said. 'Happiness is contagious. If the teacher is very unhappy and closed, they're not going to be as good a teacher as one who is happier. One way to make children happier at school is to make sure their teachers are happier.'
Education policy often restricts and dictates what schools can do, but Louise says it is time to challenge that: 'The model of the teacher-learner hierarchy comes from the idea – which has now proved to be false – that learning is about delivering knowledge into empty boxes. But learning is a live, dynamic process. Our formal learning still exists in this hierarchical constraint that doesn't reflect that.'
We will be uploading audio highlights from the conference in the next couple of weeks. If you would like us to let you know when it is ready you can join Royal Opera House Bridge on Twitter.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A cousin and outspoken critic of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad warned that if the rebel forces that America is now arming succeed in taking over the country, it will lead to a regional war including Israel and Turkey.
Speaking to Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz from New York, Ribal Assad noted that the rebels making up the Free Syrian Army are primarily Islamic extremists "who are worse than Nazis." In fact, many in the rebel ranks are members of Al Qaeda.
Ribal is no fan of his cousin's rule, but if the Islamists win, "they won't stop with Syria. Their aim is to spread the revolution throughout the Middle East. ...The result will be a regional war in which Turkey and Israel will also become involved."
Sporadic reports out of war-torn Syria tell of unspeakable atrocities committed by the rebel forces as they seize control of civilian areas. Earlier this month, a young boy was publicly executed in front of his parents after rebels charged that an off-hand remark he made had insulted Islam.
Faced with the prospect of living under Iranian-style Sharia Law, Ribal Assad said up to 70 percent of Syrians are now rallying behind the regime. "Most Syrians prefer the devil they already know," he stated.
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Lancaster Super Speedway returns to action Saturday, June 22 with a couple of notable streaks.
Lancaster Super Speedway returns to action for the second half of the season following its annual mid-season break.
Following are the Lancaster Super Speedway points through June 8. The track has its annual summer break this weekend. Action returns Saturday, June 22.
Super Street
Pos., Driver, Car No., City, State, Points
Richie Corley captured his first career win at Lancaster Super Speedway in the Limited Late Model Division on Saturday, June 8.
Lancaster Super Speedway will feature six divisions of racing Saturday night for the June 8 race at the half-mile dirt oval.
Lancaster Super Speedway featured one of the most exciting nights for the 2013 season.
The Lancaster Super Speedway racing card for Saturday, June 1 includes five divisions of racing at the half-mile dirt oval.
Timbo Mangum, Jeffrey McGuirt and Josh Langley each captured $1000 wins to highlight action at Lancaster Super Speedway on Saturday, May 25.
The Lancaster Super Speedway is set to host the Coca-Cola Shootout at Sundown on Saturday, May 25.
This stacks up to be one of the best nights of racing on the 2013 LSS season.
Steve "Burn "Em Down" Hinson captured the win in the Cauthen Motors Pure Street main event for his first win of the 2013 racing season.
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Comparing Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hemi-Arthroplasty on Secondary Procedures and Quality of Life in Adults With Displaced Hip Fractures (HEALTH)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00556842
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 12, 2007
Last Update Posted : June 27, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Hip Fractures Femoral Neck Fractures
|Device: Total hip arthroplasty Device: Hemi-arthroplasty
|Not Applicable
One type of hip fracture, called a femoral neck fracture, involves a break in the narrow part of the femur bone where the head of the femur is joined to the main shaft. The break can be either undisplaced, which involves very little separation at the fracture site, or displaced, in which there is substantial separation. For displaced fractures, surgeons usually choose between internal fixation and hip arthroplasty, which is also known as hip replacement.
Patients receiving hip arthroplasty may undergo either a total hip arthroplasty or a hemi-arthroplasty. Which surgical method is best for the patient is unknown. Advocates of total hip replacement claim better improvements in patient function and quality of life. On the other hand, advocates of hemi-arthroplasty, which include most orthopaedic surgeons, claim reduced rates of dislocation and deep vein thrombosis, shorter operating times, less blood loss, and a technically less demanding surgical procedure. This study will compare total hip arthroplasty and hemi-arthroplasty on rates of revision surgery 2 years after patients aged 50 and older sustain femoral neck fractures and undergo surgery. The study will also compare the impact of the two different surgical procedures on function, quality of life, and post-surgical complications. Results from this study may impact current orthopaedic practice.
Participation in this study will last 2 years. Before surgery, participants will complete a baseline assessment that will include x-rays, a medical history review, and a physical examination. Participants will then be randomly assigned to undergo either total hip arthroplasty or hemi-arthroplasty to repair their hip fractures. All surgeons will need to meet certain criteria to partake in the study and will have expertise in whichever surgical procedure they are performing. Surgeons will also follow the manufacturers' implant guidelines during surgery. Specific aspects of both the preoperative and post-operative care, such as weight bearing status, the prevention of thromboembolic disease, and the use of antibiotics and calcium supplementation, will be standardized for all participants. Within 2 days of under going surgery, x-rays will be performed again.
Follow-up assessments will be completed either by phone or in-person at the hospital or clinic. They will occur 1 and 10 weeks after surgery and 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months after surgery. All assessments will include questionnaires and interviews on health status, hip function, pain, functional mobility, and revision surgery. Some of the in-person assessments will also include x-rays.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1501 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Hip Fracture Evaluation With Alternatives of Total Hip Arthroplasty Versus Hemi-Arthroplasty: A Multi-Centre Randomized Trial Comparing Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hemi-Arthroplasty on Secondary Procedures and Quality of Life in Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures
|Study Start Date :
|March 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|June 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 2019
Active Comparator: 1
Participants will undergo total hip arthroplasty.
Device: Total hip arthroplasty
Proscribed approaches will include minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty (i.e., two incision approaches) and hinged prostheses or capture cups. Other surgical approach aspects, the use of cemented components, the implant manufacturer, and femoral head size will not be standardized. Surgeons will use the manufacturers' specific implant guidelines for insertion.
Other Name: THA
Active Comparator: 2
Participants will undergo hemi-arthroplasty.
Device: Hemi-arthroplasty
Surgeons will use modern implants for hemi-arthroplasty, excluding non-modular, non-canal filling unipolar implants such as Moore's and Thompson's prostheses. The choice of modular unipolar versus bipolar hemi-arthroplasty will not be standardized. Whether implants are inserted with cement or a press-fit design will also not be standardized. Surgeons will use the manufacturers' specific implant guidelines for insertion.
Other Name: HA
- Revision surgery [ Time Frame: Measured 2 years after original surgery ]The primary outcome is any unplanned secondary procedure within 2 years of the initial joint replacement surgery.
- Function [ Time Frame: Measured 2 years after original surgery ]Functional outcome measured using self-administered and interview-administered questionnaires. Measured using a hip function and pain questionnaire (WOMAC) and the timed up-and-go test (TUG).
- Complications, including mortality, dislocation, infection, femoral fracture, deep venous thrombosis, and prosthesis loosening [ Time Frame: Measured 2 years after original surgery ]Hip-related complications including peri-prosthetic fracture, hip instability or dislocation, implant failure (loosening/subsidence and breakage), would healing problems (including superficial/deep infection, wound necrosis), soft tissue problems (e.g. pseudotumor), heterotopic ossification, abductor failure, implant wear and corrosion, osteolysis, neurovascular injury, decreased function, or pain. Measured at 1 and 10 weeks, 6, 9,12, 18, 24 months.
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Measured 2 years after original surgery ]Quality of life measured using self-administered and interview-administered questionnaires. Measured using a generic health status measurement instrument (SF-12) and a health outcome measure (EQ-5D). Measured at 1 and 10 weeks, 6, 9,12, 18, 24 months.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult men or women aged 50 years and old (with no upper age limit)
- Fracture of the femoral neck, as confirmed with either anteroposterior or lateral hip radiographs, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Displaced fracture that is not, in the judgment of the attending surgeon, optimally managed by reduction and internal fixation
- Operative treatment is planned within 72 hours of the patient being medically cleared for surgery
- Patient was ambulatory prior to the fracture, though they may have used an aid such as a cane or a walker
- Anticipated medical optimization for arthroplasty of the hip
- Provision of informed consent by patient or proxy
- Low energy fracture (defined as a fall from standing height), with no other trauma
- Assurance from site that surgeons with expertise in both total hip arthroplasty and hemi-arthroplasty are available to perform surgery (Note: Surgeons do not need to be experts in both techniques)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not suitable for hemi-arthroplasty (i.e., inflammatory arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, pathologic fractures (secondary to cancer), or severe osteoarthritis of the hip)
- Associated major injuries of the lower extremity (e.g., ipsilateral or contralateral fractures of the foot, ankle, tibia, fibula, knee, or femur; dislocations of the ankle, knee, or hip; or femoral head defects or fracture)
- Retained hardware around the affected hip that will interfere with arthroplasty
- Infection around the hip (soft tissue or bone)
- Bone metabolism disorder except osteoporosis (e.g., Paget's disease, renal osteodystrophy, osteomalacia)
- Patients with a previous history of frank dementia that would interfere with the assessment of primary outcome (e.g., secondary procedures at 2 years).
- Likely problems, in the judgment of the investigators, with maintaining follow-up (e.g., no fixed address, plans to move out of town in the next year, or intellectually challenged and without adequate family support)
- Enrolled in another ongoing drug or surgical intervention trial
- Patients whose fracture occurred as a result of violence.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00556842
|United States, New York
|New York University Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|Canada, Ontario
|McMaster University
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S4L8
|Principal Investigator:
|Mohit Bhandari, MD PhD FRCSC
|McMaster University
|Principal Investigator:
|Thomas A. Eihnorn, MD
|Boston University
|Responsible Party:
|McMaster University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00556842 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
UM1AR063386-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UM1AR063386 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
1R01AR055130-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
MOP 126188 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Canadian Institutes of Health Research )
|First Posted:
|November 12, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 27, 2018
|Last Verified:
|June 2018
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by McMaster University:
Total Hip Arthroplasty
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fractures, Bone
Hip Fractures
Femoral Neck Fractures
Wounds and Injuries
Femoral Fractures
Hip Injuries
Leg Injuries


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YOU ARE WATCHING: Gintama: Season 9
Have a nice day! All The Best
Gintama: Season 9
The comic adventures of a samurai having to live in an alternate history of Japan occupied by aliens.
Genres: Animation, Action, Comedy
Actor: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Kazuya Nakai
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Country: Japan
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Meat, Pork, Cocoa Crusted Pork Tenderloin
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Cocoa Crusted Pork Tenderloin
This dish inspired by Costa Rican spices seems exotic, but it uses spices and ingredients you already have around the house: coffee, cocoa and cinnamon. You'll wonder why you've been relegating these flavorings to dessert! Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 1.2g | Fat: 13.1g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 33.7g | Calories: 264
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The researcher began the game by exerting a fixed amount of pressure on the first volunteer's finger. The first volunteer was then asked to exert precisely the same amount of pressure on the second volunteer's finger. The second volunteer was then asked to exert the same amount of pressure on the first volunteer's finger. And so on. The two volunteers took turns applying equal amounts of pressure to each other's fingers while the researchers measured the actual amount of pressure they applied.So they were upping the pressure 40%? How disturbing is that? Maybe the "eye for an eye" rule already incorporated the realistic prediction that people carrying out retribution would go over the mark. And maybe they should. There are lots of people who would be only too happy to punch you in the face if they had the assurance that all you'd ever do would be to give them one equal punch. But what discord the first puncher causes! How is one equal punch back fair? There's a guy at the next table in the café where I'm writing this. If I waltzed over and slapped him in the face, I'd be shattering the whole social order. Slapping me back is hardly sufficient. The lesson is: Don't start it, because even fair-minded people will pay you back with some extra punishment that you richly deserve for breaching the peace.
The results were striking. Although volunteers tried to respond to each other's touches with equal force, they typically responded with about 40 percent more force than they had just experienced. Each time a volunteer was touched, he touched back harder, which led the other volunteer to touch back even harder. What began as a game of soft touches quickly became a game of moderate pokes and then hard prods, even though both volunteers were doing their level best to respond in kind.
Well, that's what crossed my mind. Gilbert's conclusion is much mellower:
Research teaches us that our reasons and our pains are more palpable, more obvious and real, than are the reasons and pains of others. This leads to the escalation of mutual harm, to the illusion that others are solely responsible for it and to the belief that our actions are justifiable responses to theirs.Hey, why should I trust the bastard who hits me out of the blue?
None of this is to deny the roles that hatred, intolerance, avarice and deceit play in human conflict. It is simply to say that basic principles of human psychology are important ingredients in this miserable stew. Until we learn to stop trusting everything our brains tell us about others — and to start trusting others themselves — there will continue to be tears and recriminations in the wayback.
I know Jesus said "Turn the other cheek." I remember right after 9/11, a friend say to me -- with great enthusiasm -- that a brilliant response would be to do nothing at all, to turn the other cheek. The Muslim world would be awed into profound admiration of us and everything would just topple into place.


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When I last saw the Mulkey in 1988 it stood closed and lonely. It had a wonderful double sided marquee that extended out from the building and and formed a point. On top of the marquee "Mulkey" was spelled out in individual dark red letters that were outlined with neon tubing. The front of the building had pink and red tile.
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My photograph of the MULKEY www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/216530816/
Here's a photo taken 01 Sept. 2007.
Does anyone know the root of the Mulkey name? It's the only one with that name in the database.
A 1988 photo of the Mulkey in Clarendon.
From 2010 photos of the Mulkey Theatre in Clarendon. [Click on thumbnails for larger view].
According to this article about efforts to restore the Mulkey, the theater opened in 1946 as a rebuilt version of an earlier theater on the site, the Cozy, which was destroyed by fire: View link. The theater was named for a Mr. Homer Mulkey by his widow; Mr. Mulkey operated theaters in the Clarendon area.
Nice 1982 pics.Too lazy to put "ANNIE" on the other side?
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NEWPORT BEACH — The sunny weather this week in Southern California has been great for the golf course at Newport Beach Country Club. Perfect timing, as the 17th annual Toshiba Classic begins Friday.
Lee Trevino took notice after playing in the Toshiba Classic Pro-Am Wednesday.
"I've never seen it better," said Trevino, who is playing in his 15th Classic, which is in its 17th year. "It is in the best condition I have ever seen it. The scores are going to be extremely low, I think, which will be good … It is immaculate. The fairways are the best I've ever seen, the greens. Just everything about it … This is one of the finest golf courses I've ever played."
Ron Benedict, in his 20th year as the NBCC golf course superintendent, says the course is in "good of shape as it's ever been."
"Last year was probably the best ever, quite frankly," he said Wednesday. "The rough this year isn't quite as consistent. We started out OK with the overseed. But it got real hot in November and the kikuyu [on the fairways and roughs] kind of climbed over it."
Benedict said the rain and cold temperatures didn't help the roughs.
"The rough is a little inconsistent but the fairways are perfect, the greens are really good," he said. "All in all I'm really happy with the golf course."
Most of the golfers on the Champions Tour enjoy the course, as well, it's one of the reasons the Toshiba Classic has remained at the NBCC for the past 16 years and it will go for least two more.
Tom Watson, who shot nine-under-par 62 in his final round last year, certainly likes the course.
"I've always enjoyed this golf course," the 39-time PGA Tour winner said. "It's the classic golf course. "It's a course that anybody can go out and play and get around the course without losing any golf balls."
Benedict said the weeks leading up to last year's tournament made the course attain its best condition. Fred Couples would certainly agree, as he won the Toshiba Classic.
Benedict says he hears all types of comments about the course during the tournament week.
"Look at their scorecards," Benedict somewhat joked. "It depends on the scorecard. If he shot a 65 he loved it. Shot a 77? They don't."
Mostly, Benedict receives feedback from tournament staff or officials on the Champions Tour, he said.
"I tend to stay away from the players," he said. "I do my best to go about what I do and let them do what they do. If they win, congratulations and we'll you again next year."
Ian Baker-Finch, making his Champions Tour debut at the Toshiba Classic, has been experiencing a wide range of emotions in his return to competitive golf.
Baker-Finch, the famous TV analyst who won the British Open in 1991, said he was apprehensive of how he would play this week.
In the weeks leading up to the Toshiba Classic Baker-Finch thought, "I hope I don't make a fool out of myself. I hope my golf is good enough that I can continue to enjoy myself and enjoy the experience."
In the past two weeks, Baker-Finch let those thoughts take over him, as he "had at least five different swing thoughts every day."
"I went from shooting an average of 68 every time I played to an average of 74 every time I played just in three or four weeks," he said.
Baker-Finch said he went back to doing what he had done in the past and he has gained positive thoughts. He expressed optimism, yet it was mixed with uncertainty.
Perhaps it's a good thing he's only playing four events on the Champions Tour. Or, maybe he'll score low this weekend.
His TV schedule keeps him busy, so no one would blame Baker-Finch for just having fun with this opportunity.
But he appears to be taking it serious, yet with some realistic expectations.
"… For me it's more of my first time out, just going and playing and see how I go and hopefuly be able to be comfortable enough to play like I know I can play," he said.
Watson said this is the final tournament he'll play in as he prepares for the Masters. At the Toshiba Classic he said he'll be using a new putting stroke.
"I've adjusted my arm position and my setup position," he said. "Basically I'm a little bit more behind the ball with my head. I'm not on top of it. I'm behind it. My right shoulder and right arm is closer to my body. I open my stance to get there. We'll see if it works."
Watson's best finish at the Toshiba Classic, came last year when he tied for fifth.
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1. Lonnie Nielsen, Michael Mathe, Richard Cucco, Rodolfo Paskvan, Leon Mordoh 52
2. Fuzzy Zoeller, Ray Appel, Bob Goon, Paul Folino, Mike Downey 53
3. Chip Beck, Alan Zuckerman, Richard Afable, Rick Norling, Alan Beyer 54
T4. Keith Clearwater, John Barry, Ralph Cimmarusti, Bruce Schwartz, Andy Moreno 55
T4. Mike McCullough, Ralph Bilyeu, Mike Coelho, Don Bumer, Jeff Shepherd 55
T4. John Morse, Bret Osborn, Gary Johnston, Jim Welsh, Bob Singsank 55
Afternoon Flight, Low Net
1. David Eger, Ron Clarke, Bob Murphy, Jim Worley, Tim Smith 51
T2. Frank Minoza, Simon Diaz, Jose Antonio Vargas, Hector Lara, Javier Narro 52
T2. Tom Jenkins, Cliff Cook, Terry Weiner, Hoyt Vanderpool, Mike Baghramian 52
4. Ian Baker-Finch, Jeff Johnson, Mark Simons, Jason Bonfig, Steven Guggenheimer 53
T5. Don Pooley, Don Milder, John Benner, Dick Allen, Brett Allen 54
T5. Keith Fergus, Tom Woods, Jeff Gorski, Eldridge Daniel, Steve Turnbow 54
T5. Bobby Clampett, Bob Nelson, Nikesh Arora, Scott Wallace, Hiroshi Ishimura 54


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East Hampton
Shanette Cohen of Atlantic Street said someone shot her house seven times on Friday with a paintball gun.
Two padlocked bikes valued at $300 were taken from Giacomo Gambino's backyard on Cedar Drive between Aug. 1 and last Thursday.
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A Suffolk County bus operated by Paul Schwartz of Coram was headed east on Montauk Highway on Aug. 1 with a banner that read, "Call the police/emergency." Mr. Schwartz said he inadvertently hit the button that displayed the banner.
Robert Rattenni of Gingerbread Lane reported on Aug. 2 that someone damaged a building he owns on 21 Newtown Lane. He said that the alleged suspects wrecked the stucco siding and made graffiti behind his building. Mr. Rattenni has spent $7,500 on repairs.
Kristen Tulp's son's unlocked mountain bike, valued at $500, was taken from Old Beach Lane on Aug. 3.
Ben Krupinski of North Main Street told police that 11 three-foot light poles were knocked over in the parking lot of the building he owns at 2 Pantigo Road on Aug. 3. He said it will cost over $1,000 to fix the damage.
A man was caught sleeping in his car on Railroad Avenue near Race Lane on Friday. When police arrived the man said he did not want to drive and decided to take a nap. An officer called a taxi for the man, who was driven to Springs.
Javier Solis of West Palm Beach, Fla., left his Eddie Bauer nylon fanny pack in the bathroom on Saturday at the Gallery Valentine on 63 Main Street. When Mr. Solis returned to retrieve it, the pack, containing cash and miscellaneous items, was gone.
When Edward Matthews attempted to park Tracy Stein's car on Newtown Lane on Saturday, an unknown woman banged the car with her hand, opened the passenger door, and informed Ms. Stein that she was saving the spot, according to police. They argued, and the woman left the scene after telling Ms. Stein that she "better watch her car." Ms. Stein told police that the woman appeared intoxicated.
A rock was thrown through a glass French door on a vacant Montauk Highway building sometime between July 29 and Aug. 3, Arthur Trifari of Amagansett told police. Police inspecting the premises observed a large number of rocks in close proximity to the building. The door was valued at $500.
An unnamed man walked into the Shagwong Restaurant on July 30 and head-butted Christopher Coleman of Flagg Avenue while he was sitting on a bar stool, police said. Mr. Coleman said he fell to the floor, and the man was escorted from the bar by patrons and employees of the bar. Mr. Coleman told police that the man has had an issue with him for no apparent reason since July 15 and that the man is frequently intoxicated.
A blue beach cruiser with blue glitter handle grips, valued at $300, belonging to Lucy Jolis of East Lake Drive was taken from the Surf Lodge on Edgemore Street on July 30. Ms. Jolis said she saw a man ride away on the bike, but she thought he was just borrowing it.
A man threw a glass cup at Stephanie Kline of Montauk following a verbal dispute at the Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island Road, she told police. Shards from the glass hit Ms. Kline's legs, resulting in minor cuts. According to police, club security said the altercation may have been precipitated by Ms. Kline spitting at the man.
Christina Black of Brisbane Road was surfing at Ditch Plain Beach last Thursday when her wallet, including $500 and her New York driver's license, was lifted from her bag. Later that day, Ms. Black discovered her empty wallet in the public bathroom at the beach.
An American flag, a P.O.W. flag, and a Support Our Troops flag, valued at $250, were stolen from Kathleen Kubik's flagpole on Soundview Drive between July 31 and last Thursday, she told police.
After Mario Pucha Monge of Oceanview Avenue in Springs left his wallet on the counter at Montoya Communications on Springs-Fireplace Road on Aug. 3, a man removed $200 from it and then handed it to the clerk, according to police. The suspect was caught on video removing the cash, and police contacted him and asked him to return it.


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Although he had to wait a few weeks for a deal, Chris Butler is now a member of the St. Louis Blues.
Former Flame Butler thrilled to join the St. Louis Blues, the team he grew up cheering for
Although he had to wait a few weeks for a deal, Chris Butler is now a member of the St. Louis Blues.
The 27-year-old defenceman — who was originally part of the Robyn Regehr trade to the Buffalo Sabres — wound up signing a one-year, two-way deal with the club he grew up cheering for after testing the free agent waters following three seasons with the Calgary Flames.
"It would be very cool (to play for the Blues)," he said via cellphone on Thursday. "It's the team I grew up watching. I have a lot of memories of different Blues moments over the two decades I remember watching them.
"To get a chance to put on that jersey is going to be very special for me and for my family as well."
The St. Louis, Mo., native also took a slight hometown discount as Butler's two-way contract is worth $650,000 in the NHL and $400,000 in the AHL with their affiliate in Chicago.
Playing in all 82-games — his first full NHL campaign and the only member of the rebuilding Flames to dress for every game in 2013-14 — Butler had a pair of goals and 14 assists, had 68 hits, and was a minus-23.
He finished second in the league with 211 blocked shots and also defined himself as a penalty-killer.
"My agent talked to (Calgary) a couple times," said Butler who just purchased a home with his wife Jordan in Minneapolis. "Obviously, I had end of the year meetings with Brian Burke and, at that point, there wasn't a GM. He said, 'We're kind of in a holding pattern here.' We had a really good honest conversation there but after a while, I talked to the GM (Brad Treliving) and it didn't look like it was going to be a fit moving forward and we went from there."
Butler became an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and spent the last few weeks waiting.
"It would have been nice to get something done early, especially in that first hour when everything was crazy," Butler said. "But I had no problem waiting. It didn't really affect me in any way; I continued to train and prepare for the season.
"Now, it's a little bit of weight off my shoulders and it's not in the back of my mind anymore. At the end of the day, if it took two weeks or two months, I couldn't be happier with the end result."
He told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Blues had reached out to him on the first or second day of free agency but nothing materialized at that point.
A few weeks later, Butler had been on a vacation in Europe when he received a phone call from Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock. Later, he sat down with St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong.
"It was more or less touching base and talking about where they are right now and moving forward with what they have for defencemen," said Butler who also owns a house in Kirkwood which is 15 minutes outside of St. Louis. "Maybe fitting in and what they thought about my game.
"It was two good conversations."
Butler had been part of the return in 2011 for Regehr (as well as Ales Kotalik and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft which wound up to be Jake McCabe) along with Paul Byron.
In total, Butler has 349 games of NHL experience including parts of three seasons with the Sabres. He's also represented the U.S. twice at the world championships (2012 and 2013).
The Blues have seven defencemen on one-way contracts next season but are in need of NHL-ready depth at the position.
"The conversations I've had with the head coach and GM have both been positive," he said. "I'm motivated and excited and I'm looking forward to camp.
"I'm going to approach it the same way I always do — continue to work hard in the summertime and make sure I'm in good shape when training camp rolls around and compete for ice time."
ICE CHIPS . . . Ben Hanowski, who signed a two-way pact with the Flames last weekend, will earn $67,500 at the AHL level and $850,500 at the NHL level . . . Still awaiting contracts from the Flames are restricted free agents: defencemen Mark Cundari and Chad Billins, forward Lance Bouma, and goalie Joni Ortio. Meanwhile, Joe Colborne's arbitration hearing is set for Aug. 1 in Toronto . . . T.J. Galiardi, James Martin, and David Eddy and goalie Olivier Roy were not tendered a qualifying offer by the Flames and are unrestricted free agents along with defencemen Shane O'Brien and Derek Smith and forward Kevin Westgarth . . . According to a report on Swisshockeynews. CH, Flames G Jonas Hiller suffered an appendicitis attack at a goalie camp in Verbier.
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Jay-Z released "Glory," a song dedicated to Blue Ivy Carter, his newborn daughter with wife Beyoncé, on Monday. When I pressed play on the sentimental track, I was shocked.
Rap has been here before, of course. Only people who haven't spent many years listening to as much hip-hop as possible would be surprised that the genre's artists can be deep, introspective and personal. Die-hard Jay-Z fans recall the brief mention he gives to having a stillborn baby on the song "This Can't Be Life" from his 2000 release The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. Most recently, Jay-Z mined the fatherhood topic, albeit hypothetically, on "New Day" from last year's Watch the Throne album.
But anyone paying attention to Jay-Z's career notices how, over the years, he's attempted to dissociate himself from the stigmas of being just another rapper. He might record a verse with artists like T.I. or Rick Ross, but those are basic moves to keep his street cred intact: strategic but effortless.
These days, Jay-Z focuses on establishing himself as a living legend, not just within his genre, but beyond it. He has to be more than a critically acclaimed artist; he has to be image-savvy as well, so he does things like plan February's headlining shows at Carnegie Hall, then releases a song about the timeless topic of parenthood before his wife even gets released from the hospital.
Jay-Z doesn't write a song like "Glory" because rappers like Ja Rule have songs like "Daddy's Little Baby." He does it because legendary hip-hop artists like Lauryn Hill have songs like "To Zion." The cries that Jay-Z tacked on at the end of "Glory" aren't there because he thought it was adorable (it is). He's emulating Stevie Wonder's knack for nuance on "Isn't She Lovely."
Perhaps even slyer is how he one-upped his own wife. He knows that Beyoncé has all the tools to create a smash hit about their daughter, but before Mommy can even get in a recording booth, Daddy says a few words.
None of this is to say Jay-Z was all brains and no heart when he recorded "Glory." Vulnerable lyrics about a previous miscarriage and their daughter's conception are a clear indicator that her birth moved Jay-Z. The question is, for a rapper who has a reputation for being so tight-lipped about his personal life with his celebrity wife, what changed?
Back in 2009, after Jay-Z released The Blueprint 3, this publication published a commentary that I wrote entitled, "Jay-Z Should Rap About Marriage": "When are we going to hear one of these married or crazy-in-love rappers like Jay-Z rap about holy matrimony? With one song, Jay-Z can do what Hill Harper, Steve Harvey and arguably the Obamas have not been able to do. He can make marriage cool."
As a Jay-Z fan and a nerd when it comes to issues surrounding love, relationships and marriage, I was disappointed not to hear anything about those topics from my favorite rapper on that album. I thought it a missed opportunity.
On "Glory," Jay-Z goes beyond the personal and into the secretive, divulging details to which only the closest of kin was previously privy.
I am not a father; nor am I married. But I have written about women I loved, and at times, it's difficult. Whether they're in my life or not, I know that what I say about someone I care about can affect them even if the post is more about me and they're a side character. And I'm just a writer with a small following on my blog.
Jay-Z is a superstar with a superstar wife. I can only imagine what kind of scrutiny they would be under should he rap a mere bar about their lives as Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Carter. But there's something different when it comes to children, who are extensions of you in some way, being brought into this world.
I know what it's like to be moved by the birth of a child who, if not yours, is close to you. When I knew I was going to be an uncle for the first time, the situation inspired me to occasionally write about the new experience, something even Jay-Z knows about (hear "Lost One" for his touching verse on the death of his nephew). Now he's a father, which means the game is about to change.
"Glory" isn't a song about Blue Ivy Carter so much as it is a song about Papa Carter, a moment for which Jay-Z has likely braced himself long before he met his wife.
Jay-Z may never rap a bar about being a married man, but like it or not, we should all get ready to hear a side of Jay-Z we've never heard before. The man is a father now. Who knows if it means he starts rhyming about putting a baby seat in the Maybach or records a song for Yo Gabba Gabba!? What I do know is not to expect this to be the last song Jay-Z writes about being a father.
Jozen Cummings is a writer living in Harlem, N.Y. You can follow him on Twitter and read his blog, UntilIgetmarried.com.
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The Underwater Welder, the wonderful new OGN by writer/artist Jeff Lemire, is available for pre-order now, and hits shelves soon! Order it now, or pick up your copy at San Diego Comic-Con!
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Sometimes, it's just too damn hard to move on. Something happens to us when we're kids and it sticks to us through adulthood. So how do we deal with this kind of thing?
Jeff Lemire has Jack Joseph, the protagonist of his new OGN The Underwater Welder, figure out that very question. Married with a baby on the way, Jack can't seem to live in the present. Having lost his father as a boy under mysterious circumstances, Jack can't detach from the idea that there was something more to his father's death than the simple stoy that he got drunk and drowned one night. The emotion Lemire infuses Jack's story is true and poignant, as Jack, maudlin as he is, feels all too real. It's easy to see where he's coming from. His connection to water is notable, since water is so often used as an element of cleansing in literature. Here, water washes over Jack and keeps him stuck in the same muddy emotional place. Far from cleansing, it keeps him in the dirt he's been living in.
The Underwater Welder takes place in that strange place where memories and dreams intersect. Jack is haunted by the memories of his father as much as he sees him as a wish-fulfillment figure. While he can't stop thinking about him, he also fears becoming like him. It's a subtle complexity that Lemire, himself a young husband and father, wields effortlessly. There is so much going on in the eyes and craggy face of Jack Joseph, that it becomes easy for the reader to fall deeper into his emotional journey.
Lemire renders all of this in a four-tiered structure that alternates between sixteen-panel grids and wide panels, creating a dynamic sense of atmosphere and place. The gridded pages ramp up the tension of a scene, which then gets released by the larger, more airy panels in the next page. This manner of scene transition causes the narrative to come about in waves. The story moves along in crashing torrents of emotion as well as smooth traveling, quiet stillness. Lemire's use of contrast to establish texture works also works very well. While on land, he uses stark blacks and whites, while underwater, the environment is rendered in a fluid grayscale that connotes the current and weightlessness of the briny deep. The most remarkable use of the grid structure is when Lemire uses it on a single action. Whether it's the intimacy in a close-up, a sweeping aerial shot, or a medium shot of Jack rising out of the water, Lemire uses this visual device to give his story a more dynamic look that's very effective and eye-catching.
So how does one move past oppressive memories? How do you break free? Lemire has Jack confront them head on. Jack dives (literally as well as figuratively) down into his memory of his father and forces himself to learn about what's happened in the past. This is when things very compelling. While expecting Jack to heroically face up to some plot contrivance that reveals everything to him, the reader sees Jack learn in a roundabout way what exactly what he needs to in order to move forward in his life. In matters of the mind, nothing fits together well, and everything just looks weird and unsettling. Meditative and haunting, The Underwater Welder is the portrait of a man in crisis, and whose anxieties play out in very truthful and fascinating ways. It dawns on you that while Jack is obsessed with the story of his father, what he's really worried about is his relationship to his own unborn child. Jack's impending fatherhood is weighing heavily on his mind, and he's retreating into his own mind, and his own story, in order to come to terms with that. While the character of Suse never really rises about the stock character of the put-upon housewife, that feels excusable here because this is completely Jack's story, and Lemire focuses on it sharply. It's a singular vision of a man who needs to figure himself out before he can truly grow up and become a man.
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State aid: new Framework for Research, Development and Innovation – frequently asked questions
(see also IP/06/1600)
Why issue a Framework for R&D and innovation?
State aid is in principle prohibited by the EC Treaty unless it fulfils certain criteria and is authorised by the European Commission. The Commission issues guidelines and frameworks to help Member States by announcing in advance which measures it will consider compatible with the common market, thus speeding up their authorisation.
R&D is an important objective of common interest. European companies must invest more in R&D and Innovation if they are to compete globally. The most effective way of stimulating innovation is by fostering competition. Competition in free and open markets pushes firms to innovate, as this is a way for them to differentiate their products, increase their appeal to customers and thereby survive competitive pressures.
However, sometimes the market fails to deliver, either because of very high technological and/or commercial risks or because of difficulties in exploiting the results of research. This leads private firms to believe that their investments in R&D and Innovation will not be profitable and discourages them from investing in R&D&I projects. In such cases, state aid could encourage private firms to invest in R&D&I.
What are the main changes in the new R&D&I Framework as compared to the current R&D Framework?
The main changes in the new R&D&I Framework compared to the current Framework (dating from 1996) are:
These changes, and in particular the introduction of the detailed assessment, are based on the Commission's State Aid Action Plan (see IP/05/680 and http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/others/action_plan/saap_en.pdf), adopted in Summer 2005 to concentrate scrutiny on the most distortive state aid cases.
Why does the Commission not consider that state aid for R&D and innovation is always beneficial?
Aid for R&D&I can have very negative effects on competition, as well as benefits. It can be abused to protect national players, keep inefficient firms afloat, distort competition and artificially maintain costly, fragmented markets. It can lead to less investment in R&D&I because it discourages private companies from intervening alongside their subsidised competitors. Furthermore, state aid is not a 'magic wand' to solve Europe's innovation problems. It is only one tool in a much bigger tool-box needed to spur R&D and innovation, including: first class universities and higher education, cutting-edge fundamental public research, research and innovation infrastructures, well-performing financial markets, efficient policies for protecting and managing intellectual property rights, general business environment supporting entrepreneurship. State aid cannot replace the structural reforms Europe badly needs – and it should certainly not delay them.
Why has the Commission kept the same aid intensities (100/50/25)?
The new Framework maintains three categories of research aid, depending on whether the type of research is more or less remote from the market: fundamental research, industrial research and experimental development. This allows governments to use different aid intensities depending on the size of the market failure which certain research projects are facing.
Although three categories of research aid have been maintained, the definitions have been modernised. The existing category of pre-competitive development has been expanded to cover research closer to market activities, such as prototypes which can be used commercially. In order to highlight this change, this category has been renamed "experimental development".
The variations in the basic aid intensities of 100% for fundamental research, 50% for industrial research and 25% for experimental development are based on the size of the market failure that companies entering into R&D&I activities in the corresponding category are facing.
What is the purpose of the thresholds? Why have differentiated thresholds? How have you determined them?
Thresholds primarily serve to fix a ceiling above which large R&D-projects must be notified individually to the Commission, even if they come under an aid programme already approved by the Commission. Aid above the ceiling has a greater risk of distorting competition and trade, and will therefore be subject to a detailed assessment.
The new framework has introduced differentiated thresholds of €20 million for projects that are predominantly for fundamental research, €10 million for projects that are predominantly for industrial research and €7.5 million for projects that are predominantly for experimental development. The Commission considers that such differentiated ceilings best reflect the underlying risks of distortions of competition. These risks depend primarily on the amount of aid a Member State wants to grant, but also on the question how far the research project is away from the market, since aid to a close-to-the-market experimental development project has a much greater potential for distortion than aid for fundamental research.
How have you integrated 'innovation'? What measures will Member States be able to take in this area?
Although the 1996 R&D framework explicitly excluded state aid for innovation, the Commission set out its intention to authorise state aid for innovation in the Communication on State Aid for Innovation of September 2005 (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/others/action_plan/cdsai_en.pdf - see IP/05/1169).
The Communication proposed to authorise state aid for the following measures:
Following the public consultation, the measures outlined in the Communication were improved and two new measures were added to the final Framework, to take into account the specificities of service activities and to support innovation clusters:
The types of innovation measures outlined in the Framework can be used not only to support specific innovative ventures by individual companies, but also to support the build up of innovative capacities and the diffusion of innovation.
How does the new Framework treat SMEs?
The new Framework treats small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) even more favourably than the current Framework. In line with its new practice, the Commission has increased the uniform 10% SME-bonus to 20% for small companies and 10% for medium-sized companies. Some of the newly introduced measures for innovation are only available for SMEs, since SMEs are considered to face a greater market failure than large companies. This is strongly reflected in the new rules.
Does this Framework not place large companies at a
How do you treat universities/research organisations? What about general research/innovation infrastructure? What about the 'university privilege'?
Universities and research organisations play a key role in fostering R&D. A substantive part of their funding in principle does not fall under EC Treaty state aid rules and therefore will not need to be notified to the Commission. However, where universities carry out research under contract to companies, they may be competing with private competitors. The new Framework clarifies the competition rules which apply in such situations, in order to ensure fair competition. This is in line with the state aid rules of the Treaty, where universities have never benefited from a "university privilege" which would have fully exempted them from state aid rules.
The framework also clarifies that the core activities of universities and research organisations, like teaching, independent research and dissemination of research results, normally do not fall under state aid rules. The new Framework also sets out the conditions when the building of research or innovation infrastructure and its renting out to business may imply state aid.
Will the Framework allow collaborative research between universities and companies? How does it promote collaboration?
The framework takes a very favourable view on collaborative research between public and private partners and acknowledges that companies may need additional incentives to enter into such collaboration. The aid to a company collaborating with a university or research organisation may thus be increased by 15 percentage points. For experimental development, this brings the permissible aid intensity for large companies from 25 to 40%. This ratio shows the importance attributed to collaboration in the new text.
The framework also provides for a bonus for companies collaborating with other companies. Large companies only qualify for this bonus if they collaborate with SMEs or enter into cross-border collaboration.
Which account are you taking of regional considerations? Why have you abolished the regional bonus? Is this not 'anti-cohesion'?
The state aid framework for R&D&I is not targeting regional cohesion. It is targeting economic efficiency and there are other, better placed instruments (notably the new Regional Aid Guidelines, see IP/05/1653 and MEMO/05/491) to support less developed regions in catching up with the best of the EU. The new R&D&I framework tries to focus state aid towards the most valuable projects, no matter where they are located. This is fully in line with EU Research Policy, which is supporting excellence in research. In addition, the permissible aid intensities of the R&D&I framework are already very high and have not been used to their limit by many Member States. An additional regional aid bonus would not seem necessary.
However, the new Framework takes regional considerations into account in three areas, where economic analysis shows that a differentiated treatment is desirable to better target state aid. First, differentiated funding possibilities are offered for young innovative enterprises, according to the location of the region, to account for higher risk factors for creating a research intensive company in a poor region. Second, higher aid possibilities are offered to support the creation of innovation clusters in assisted areas. Third, the detailed assessment procedure, which relates to large amounts of aid, takes regional specificities into account for the analyses of both the market failures and the incentive effect. All in all, the new framework offers clearer and more transparent possibilities for the poorest regions of the EU to enhance their competitiveness through specialisation on their critical factor of success, and to benefit from targeted support for R&D&I taking regional specificities into account.
Is this new Framework sufficiently simple and user-friendly? How does it tie in with the 'better regulation' agenda? Is this not adding administrative burdens for Member States or companies - or the Commission?
The role of frameworks and guidelines is to facilitate the design of state aid measures and their notification by Member States to the Commission. The main value added of these documents is therefore their readability and clarity. The new Framework is arguably longer than the 1996 version and more complex. However, this does not mean that it is adding to the administrative burden of Member States. On the contrary, by providing more explanations as well as a complete methodology to justify aid measures, the new Framework will increase the predictability of the Commission's assessment, and facilitate the work of Member States and of private companies alike. The new Framework offers not only more precise rules, but also enables the Commission to focus on the cases that are really problematic, for which a detailed assessment will be made. This is fully in line with the Commission initiative for better regulation.
Why have a 'detailed assessment'? Is this not too complicated for Member States/companies/the Commission? How can the new Framework ensure speedy authorisation for important projects in the common interest?
The State Aid Action Plan has established the basis for a comprehensive reform of the state aid rules, to enable the Commission to improve its scrutiny and to focus on meaningful cases. This is precisely the function of the detailed assessment: focus the scrutiny on cases that may give rise to a major risk for competition, because of their high aid amounts. Important projects will not get delayed if they are submitted to a detailed assessment, as this process will be fully transparent and linked to the aid amount. Companies and Member States will be able to prepare the notification on the basis of precise indicators, which are based on standard corporate information and which can be assembled quickly. This will ensure transparency and predictability and will facilitate a speedy authorisation if the project proves to be in the common interest.
The introduction of a detailed assessment should also be seen in the context of the increased possibilities for block exempting whole categories of aid from the notification obligation, that will be offered in the field of R&D&I. With these two developments, fewer measures should be notified to the Commission and it will concentrate its investigations on cases that may be harmful for competition and trade.
How does this Framework contribute to the Lisbon agenda for growth and jobs? Will it help Member States meet their 'Lisbon target' of 3% R&D by 2010?
The new framework for state aid to R&D&I is at the core of the Lisbon agenda for growth and jobs Fostering a more innovative Europe is one of the essential messages of the Lisbon agenda and the Framework will contribute to this, by helping Member States to better focus their state aid budgets on R&D&I and design their aid measures in the most effective way. However, the framework can only indicate ways how aid measures could be designed by Member States and approved more effectively by the Commission. It is Member States' responsibility to actually create aid measures and to move towards the target of spending 3% of gross domestic product on R&D by 2010. This target is largely detached from state aid, which is only one relatively minor instrument in a policy for R&D and innovation.
What are the market failures identified by the framework as justifications for granting state aid to R&D&I?
The Commission has identified a series of market failures, which hamper R&D and innovation and which can justify granting state aid to improve the market outcome. The following market failures were considered relevant, on the basis of the existing economic literature, consultations and dedicated studies on state aid and innovation:
A specific study on "Innovation market failures and state aid: developing criteria" undertaken for the Commission is available at:
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I'll be honest, I try to not speak of it much here. I was born in the South, homeschooled, and raised in an ultra conservative home under a definition of sheltered that most people aren't familiar with. The oldest child of 4, we were to be "set apart" - never coming into contact with the sinful world. I lived in a bubble, with restrictions like no television, no movies, no public schooled friends, and no books unless dad read them first. All letters I wrote and received had to be read by a parent before they entered or exited the home, and every church sermon was picked apart at the Sunday dinner table, truth re-stated and lies cast out, until my heart was bloody. I didn't have friends at church; youth group wasn't allowed, and I dressed funny, so the other girls in Sunday school class didn't talk to me. I never went on a date or kissed a boy before I was 18, and I went through my teenage years with no make-up, no nail polish, and no girls nights allowed. My teenage years were instead full of politics, speech and debate, and discussing the perversion that is American society.
To this day, I haven't seen The Little Mermaid, and if you joke about an actor, TV show, or musician between 1987 and 2003, I will look at you with same expression I give astrophysicists when joking about microquasars. This morning in bed, my husband asked me if I knew what Seinfeld was and I replied happily, "Yes, it's a cartoon!"
Somewhere between age 16 and 18, I began questioning things. I was introverted, and miserable. There were too many secrets I couldn't share, too many things I couldn't do, and too many books I couldn't read. And I was desperate to have fun, and to stop thinking. Weeks after turning 18, I walked out of my home. I went to the only safe place I knew, and stayed there. 6 months later I moved for the 10th time in my life to Phoenix, Arizona to go to college. Since then, I have moved 22 times, not including the last 7 months of living in a car while I travel the US.
My life has never been the same. I lost my family, my friends, and I have spent every day of the last 6 years learning who I am, who God is, and how the world functions.
Much of it was a clean break, and much of it was a slow, brutal tearing apart.
I sat down last night with a heavy heart to write a letter to my 18 year old self. So many women have asked me to share my story. One day, it will be a book, but for today, it is in the form of a letter I wish someone had written me 6 years ago.
- God is not who you think He is. He is bound by nothing and no one. Don't be afraid to question what you know of Him. Don't be afraid to question the rules as laid out for you. God is big enough to handle it, and crossing the lines of religion, denomination, subcultures & belief systems will not break your God, or revoke your salvation.
- God will fight in your defense. Even when you are suffocating and drowning in confusion, when the ground underneath you seems unsteady and faulty, He will always know your heart and will never condemn you for your lack of understanding. He is the God of wisdom and of truth. If you seek it from Him, He may re-write what you know, and that is okay.
- It will be harder than you think. This isn't teenage rebellion, and it isn't the miscommunication of the generation gap. You will not wake up one day and have parents again, and your decision to walk out on your own means God will reassign new family members to you. Permanently. It will be painful, especially on holidays and birthdays, but in the end, you will find out that biological family is given to us to represent spiritual family - and you are simply learning it the hard way.
- Your heart is not evil, nor is it deceitful. Do not be afraid of yourself; God created you and set those desires in your heart for good. Submit yourself to Him, and you have nothing to fear. Dig deep into what makes you happiest, what triggers emotional responses, and what you are drawn to. It isn't you being worldly or sinful, and you will not be punished by God for them. Live life fully, and don't be afraid to breathe. Your mistakes are already paid for, and fear does nothing to stop death - only to stop life.
- It will get better. Those girls you envy, that are confident and beautiful? Those girls that have friends to laugh with and cry with? Those girls who have good men in their lives and a future they look forward to? Those girls who aren't plagued by confusion, depression, and loneliness? Those girls who can have fun? In six years that will be you. And those years will go by fast. Take it one day at a time, and don't try to become someone else. Become what you love, and a miracle will happen: You will become that girl.
- Read, a lot. You have years and years of truth and love to re-write into your heart. You were born broken, just like the rest, but in your own unique way, too. It takes reading about others' childhoods, brokenness, and fears to see what Jesus can do to a woman's soul. Acknowledge that you're just trying to figure things out - and read everything that gets put in front of you that has to do with healing. It will slowly permeate your mind and heart, and truth will soothe the ache.
- The numbness will go away, at the cost of your innocence. You'll slowly learn how to be human, and you'll slowly begin to feel normal. I know that in a desperate attempt to be 'just like everyone else' you'll get drunk at the frat house, you'll kiss boys whose names you don't know, and you'll watch pornography. I know you'll sleep with a guy you don't even like in a self-loathing attempt to destroy the Holier Than Thou reputation you've grown up with your entire life. It will wreck you, instead of heal you - but it will bring you to a new understanding of Grace that God needed you to experience. It will be part of your story.
- Read the four gospels. Every single day. Take a break from theology, and let go of what is right and what is wrong. At the end of the day, your salvation rests on Jesus alone, and he cares only for your heart, not for how much you know. Pay attention to what he talked about most: Compassion, healing, taking care of the widows and orphans, dealing out grace and mercy, overlooking tradition for the sake of love, and making people new. Our first command is to love one another, and you will not be able to do that with judgement and bitterness in the way.
- Be the little girl that you are. God knows you're scared of growing up, and he knows that right now, you despise men. He sees you as pure and innocent, and when you can't explain yourself, he already knows your heart. God desperately wants to be your Father, not your life coach, your teacher, your business consultant, or your boss. He just wants to be your Father, and sitting in His lap sobbing, "I don't know, I don't know" is okay - just as a little girl falls, gets hurt, and buries her face in her fathers lap to cry and beg him to fix it. God will always defend your innocence; Jesus loves the little children.
- Choose to always believe that God is good. You'll always believe that God loves you, but you'll stop believing that He is good. Like dark-chocolate-and-a-big-hug kind of good. Your life is in shambles, and He knows it. You'll be a mess for awhile, but He has a plan. You'll hate it, you'll get sick of it, it won't make sense, and you'll cry yourself to sleep a lot - but He will always be good, and you must always believe it. The moment you stop believing it, your heart will break all over again, and you'll start sabotaging yourself. Dig your heels in and believe that God is good.
- Being a girl is okay. All the things you weren't allowed to do in high school, go do them! No matter how silly, how impractical, and how pink they are. Buy the colored eyeliner, get a brazilian wax, color your hair, paint your nails black, spend too much money on shampoo, go see outrageous chick flicks, buy that sequined little black dress, buy the scandalous lingerie and enjoy laughing at trash reality TV. Not everything has to be practical, and you don't have to think in black and white. Find yourself somewhere in there, and learn to enjoy being a woman.
- Your parents' definition of sin may not be God's definition of sin. Sin is missing the mark, choosing to live a life apart from God's way, and letting self-centeredness grip your heart. Just as one culture believes a woman without a headcovering is sin while another believes that voting Democrat is a sin, neither of these hold any weight over anyone's salvation. Don't give sin power where it doesn't deserve to have any. Choose instead to see people how Jesus saw them: all in universal need of His love to fill their empty hearts.


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Game playing captain gets home detention
Violation of Clean Water Act from 2010 tugboat grounding
Ronald Monsen, the former tugboat captain that shocked Valdez after his safety-tug ran aground on Bligh Reef two days before Christmas in 2009 has been sentenced to six months home confinement and three years of probation.
Federal prosecutors said Friday the sentence was the result of a guilty plea entered by Monsen for violating the Clean Water Act after 6,410 gallons of diesel spilled from the Crowley operated tugboat Pathfinder during a December 23, 2009 ice-scouting expedition in Prince William Sound.
Ironically, the Pathfinder was part of a navigation safety system put in place after the infamous Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck the same reef and spewed 11 million gallons of crude oil into surrounding gulf waters, causing what was at the time the largest oil spill in US history.
A US Coast Guard investigation found Monsen was playing computer games and checking his email at the time of the accident.
Monsen was also fined $15,000 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service.
A 2010 report by Reuters news said after "completing the ice scouting, and waiting for a 6 p.m. order to submit the ice report and return to the Valdez harbor, Monsen altered the auto-pilot course of the boat to bypass two GPS waypoints on the way back.While waiting to submit the report, the tugboat drifted so that the new course would put Bligh Reef between the vessel and its destination. After submitting the report, Monsen ordered both of the ship's engines full ahead, which would drive them directly into infamous Bligh Reef 1-1/2 miles to the south."
In addition to the accusation of playing electronic games, a Coast Guard report after the accident found Monsen changed the Pathfinder's course despite losing track of the vessel's precise location, increased speed and failed to properly communicate with other officers.
Monsen's conduct was called "grossly negligent" by US Magistrate Judge Deborah Smith.
The press release said Monsen no longer holds a captain license.


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WALTHAM, Mass. – After scoring three goals – including two game winners – and adding an assist, Brandeis junior forward Dara Spital of Miami, Fla., was named the University Athletic Association Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 3.
Spital helped the 12th-ranked Brandeis women to start the season with back-to-back shutouts, including a 1-0 win against 15th-ranked MIT on August 30. Against the Engineers, the junior dribbled the ball through the midfield and faked to her right, opening up a shot on her left foot. The righty unleashed a left-footed laser from 25 yards out that flew into the upper-right netting over the leaping keeper. The goal made the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) weekly highlight show of top plays from across the country (http://www.nscaatv.com/09032013-college-review-show).
Against Clark University, Spital chipped in with two goals and an assist during a 6-0 victory over the Cougars. She scored what would prove to be the winner in the 11th minute, finishing a cross from sophomore Holly Szafran of Newton, Mass., for her second goal in as many games. Spital's second of the contest came in the 53rd minute, as she was able to collect the ball and slot it home after a scrum in front of the Clark goal. Three minutes later, Spital returned the favor to Szafran, playing a terrific through-ball that her strike partner promptly one-timed home.
Spital, a transfer from Division I Central Florida, has now been named UAA Player of the Week three times in her career. She has 17 career goals in just 25 games for the Judges. The junior also has 10 career game-winners. She finished fourth in Division III in 2012 with eight game-winners, part of a 14-goal campaign that earned her third-team Division III All-American honors from the NSCAA.
Spital is a 2011 graduate of Gulliver Preparatory School. She is the daughter of Michael and Jeanne Spital, Miami, Fla.


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Mixing techniques for a starter feeding or a levain
Another TFL member, in a private message to me, expressed frustration regarding how to disperse the starter when feeding it or when mixing a levain. I thought this might be of general interest, so I'm sharing my suggestions. Besides, others might have even better techniques from which I might learn something. So, here is my method:
Re. dispursing starter when feeding it.
There are better sources of frustration to devote your problem-solving to, so here are a couple easy techniques:
1. Weigh your starter into your mixing bowl. Weigh in your water. Use some impliment (I use a dough whisk.) to break the starter into pieces about the size of a large olive. Give it a good whisk or stir with a spatula. Walk away for 10 minutes or so. Come back and whisk vigorously until the starter is almost completely dispersed. If your starter is healthy, you should have an extremely frothy, milky mixture at this point. Now add the flour and mix until all the flour has been incorporated and is moistened - no dry appearing flour on the surface. I do this with a silcon spatula about 90% of the way, then use my fingers, folding the "dough" over and over itself in the bowl. Then transfer the ball of levain to a clean container for fermentation.
2. If you don't have a dough whisk, do the same with a spatula, but, after the pieces of starter are softened, smear them against the side of the bowl with the spatula, give a few mixes, smear some more and continue until the starter is well dispersed.
I like dough whisks. I have a large one and a small one. You can get them from KAF, breadtopia.com, and from Amazon.com. Some cookware shops carry them, too.
Hope this helps.


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Notice to Members 05-82
SEC Approves Amendments to Arbitration Fees Applicable to Certain Statutory Employment Discrimination Claims;
Effective Date: January 17, 2006
On October 24, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to the fee schedule for certain statutory employment discrimination claims.1 Under the new fee schedule, a current or former associated person who brings a statutory employment discrimination claim that is subject to a predispute arbitration agreement will pay no more than a $200 filing fee at the time that the claim is filed. The member that is a party to such a statutory employment discrimination arbitration proceeding will pay the remainder of the filing fee, if any, as well as all forum fees.
1 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52658 (October 24, 2005), 70 FR 62362 (October 31,2005) (File No. SR-NASD-2005-046).


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