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Dear readers - we miss you and we're thinking of you! We're in Salt Lake City enjoying time with family and friends (getting our butts kicked in board games, playing with our nephews' awesome light sabers, going Rambo in nerf gun wars with all the boys, and eating a whole lot of food, food, food!) But, we're also so excited to get back to our regular posts (and promise some of those will be coming).
For now...Danny just showed me a beautiful and touching video that I just had to pass on. I want to show it to everyone I know. It was created by an 18 year-old boy who passed away on Christmas Day. He had a heart condition from birth and he and his family knew his time was limited. He created this short video the week before he died. His family found it the day after his death. As I watched him tell his story (and as I watched some related news stories), I couldn't help but be impressed by the peace that seemed to surround this young man and his family, despite the difficult hand he was dealt. Truly beautiful...
29 December 2011
24 December 2011
Merry Christmas from the Kofoeds
We are in Salt Lake City. An apple crisp is in the oven. Danny is cozy and napping on his mother's couch, since we went to a fondue party last night that began at 11 pm. 12 nieces and nephews are due here in a few hours. It smells and feels like Christmas.
The night before we left NY, we stayed the night with our dear friends who just moved to New Jersey. We burned the midnight oil and laughed and made the most delicious caramels before Danny & I climbed up to their charming attic for a few hours of sleep. Didn't matter that we all weren't in Brooklyn, like normal. It still felt like being home, simply because we were all together.
May you all be surrounded by ones you love during the holidays. And may we all do our part to get over our pride or fears and reach out to others with even more love & gratitude. I'll be working on that, too.
I leave you with a few photos from our Progressive Dinner in Brooklyn (Danny spoiled all 16 of us with filet mignon!)
Lots of posts coming for you all in 2012! We'll be writing away. Can't wait to continue this wonderful experience of having a blog and continuing the conversations on marriage, happiness, love, & how to face our trials and be the best we can be. We hope that 2012 will be the best ever for each & every one of us. Let's make it happen.
Sending you warm wishes,
Mara & Danny
22 December 2011
"Mara Decorations"
When it comes to styling / decorating, I am really, really low key. My time in New York has done it to me. Time & money are just so very, very precious in this town & I have learned it's better to hang on to both.....so.....I have paired down, by choice, & live very simply (it's actually quite liberating!)
And this is why we have in this house what my husband calls "Mara Decorations" :) They are typically decorations that cost about 50 cents and can be set up in very little time. For example, that ribbon tree, above, I taped to the door in the 5 minutes before guests were arriving. I usually just grab some materials that are hanging around the house (or ones that I got nearly for free) & figure out what I can do with them in a hurry. (Though, I guess the two wreaths, below, don't fit into that category as I actually paid money for them from Ikea).
Naturally, being low-key & all, most of my "Mara Decorations" from over the years are not pictured here because they are still in the basement storage room. Oops. I guess I'll have something new to post next Christmas, cause we're missing several good ones. :) Plus, if I can get my hands on the perfect mixed bow bag at my local 99-cent store, I may make my stick-on bow tree even larger next year. 99-cent store, I'll be paying you a visit...if I happen to cross paths with you, that is....:)
Happy Christmas Week!
P.S. LOVED the thoughts coming in from yesterday's post. There's so much more to talk about! :) That post was originally much longer and I split it into two (always trying to shorten my long-winded posts!) The other half was going to be posted soon and may explain a bit more where I was going with the idea. And now you've prompted me to add a bit more to it. Ha! Tricky stuff to write about! Anyway, Thanks for the great conversation. Obviously, I love talking about marriage!! :) [Btw, Danny is writing some replies to some comments on that post now. Always melt when he's over there writing away.]
20 December 2011
Are You Working Away At A Hard Marriage?
Hello dear readers!
Let's talk more about marriage! Shall we?
You know how many people say "marriage is sooooo much work?? It's soooo hard??" I feel like I've heard people say this my whole life, to the point that it could almost make someone fearful of what they might be getting into (I certainly braced for the worst when I got married the first time, just because of what I had heard...any of you single people a little scared?) And I get why people say marriage is hard. I think people are referring to how hard it can be to: live with another person, deal with the faults of another, live on a budget, give up freedoms they used to have, feel that their needs aren't being met, feel that they aren't desired, share a home with someone who is not as tidy, handle difficult in-laws, deal with all the hurt feelings or fights or bouts of silence that come up, ETC....
YIKERS! Well, these things all do exist in a marriage. And it does sound like a lot of "work"...... if that's how you decide to view it.
Well, you guys know by now that I have some views on things that are not always the norm.....and so I hope today I don't strike a nerve in any of you....buuuut... I think that viewing marriage as hard or unpleasant work results in a self fulfilling prophecy. Remember what I said about identity? That applies here, too. If MARRIAGE has an identity of being difficult, that is what it tends to be, simply because that is how we already see it.
As an example…how many of you with kids tell them "I know, I hate peas too, they really are disgusting and I hate the way they feel in my mouth…but, they're good for you, so you should eat them!" More likely you try to tell them how yummy their vegetables are, and when you eat them you try to model as much satisfaction as possible. It's not a perfect analogy, but is marriage really that different? Many of us grow up hating vegetables until we finally realize they can be scrumptious and delicious (even though the taste never really changed). Are there a few of us who still need to grow up regarding how we view and talk about marriage?
So what's MY marriage identity? Joy! An Opportunity to Progress! (...no matter what's going on.) OK, I just felt like a dork saying that. But who doesn't want a more joyful marriage?
It's important to remind you all, that it was while my first marriage was failing (and Danny's too for that matter) that I found true joy in marriage and life. How's that for a shocker! Why was a failing marriage a source of joy? Because I relished in the opportunities to master my emotions, reactions, thoughts, and to develop my ability to have love and compassion, even for someone who wasn't acting "according to plan". (See this post to see what kind of love I'm talking about.)
How about you? What's your current Marriage Identity? Do you think it needs to change?
Danny asks: Do you still hate vegetables? :)
Update - this was part one of a two part post. The follow up post is here.
(Photo by the AMAZING Jonathan Canlas, in Central Park)
And The Winner Is......
The lucky winner of the $150 K. Grace gift card is...
Stephanie H.
"Gorgeous and versatile! Save the world, one cute jacket at a time!"
December 19, 2011 3:01 PM
Stephanie, please contact me ASAP to claim your prize as I don't have your contact info.
Thanks everyone for leaving such sweet comments, I know it was so fun for Kamilah to receive such positive feedback on her designs.
Everyone who left a comment, please go to K. Grace to receive your 40% discount. Please enter discount code: LOVE40.
P.S. - If anyone wants to sponsor a giveaway, send me an email.
Danny's Man Gift Guide
You may have missed it, but I did say earlier that Danny had a gift guide coming :)
Well, that husband of mine had more fun writing the Flowbee post than finishing the gift guide....(can you blame him?) So I will finish up this sucker for anyone that is still wondering what on earth they can get their husband or boyfriend or dad. These are Danny's tried and true favorite things......you can't go wrong with these.....
19 December 2011
How to Have the Best Christmas Ever
This is what happens when Danny hands the camera to someone.... :)
Let's try that again...
My dear friends -My heart is so full tonight. It's Sunday night. I have been amazed by all your lovely notes lately & I want to thank each & every one of you! I'm sitting here feeling all Sundayish and Christmasy and feeling a lot of love for all of you. And I am sitting here giddy from meeting one of my favorite bloggers ever, natthefatrat, and her baby boy, Huck (he is adorable)! We just had ourselves one sweet excursion to Dyker Heights. That woman is one of the cutest moms ever...seriously. She just loves being a mom so much and it's so fun to see! And Brandon is such a great guy. We just had the best time with them all.
I thought today I'd write about HOLIDAY STRESS & offer some tools for letting it go! :)
Spiritual Enlightenment,
16 December 2011
K. Grace is owned by Kamilah Cole, one of the most lovely women I know here in Brooklyn.
She has a line of beautiful clothes made with hemp linen, organic cotton, & coconut buttons. All of us girls here looove wearing her clothes and it's fun to see everyone style the pieces differently. Everyone always looks SO DANG GOOD!
-ONE person will receive a $150 gift card!
-EVERY person who leaves a comment will automatically receive 40% off any order for the next two weeks. Just visit K.Grace & add this discount code at check-out: LOVE40.
Just leave any ol' comment below. :)
Monday PM, December 19. A reader for the gift card will be chosen at random.
P.S. I have the jacket and dresses pictured and LOVE them....
A Few Love Announcements
A few love announcements for this holiday weekend....
-I'm obsessed with this holiday hair updo and I need to start practicing it so I can wear it like this over the holidays.
-A friend here happens to be one of the best illustrators ever, Brett Helquist. He illustrated A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket! And he has several other amazing children's books that I just bought as gifts this year (including some for myself)....
A Christmas Carol, Bedtime for Bear, Roger the Jolly Pirate, Milly & the Macy's Parade.
-This is my favorite fancy bubbly drink for the holidays - comes from a vineyard in CA. I gave Danny a case of this one year.
-I don't have a nativity yet, but I love this one. Looks like origami!
-For those that won't be forking out for a Brinca Dada dollhouse [btw, mention {A Blog About Love} for 10% off!], you can always make your own modern dollhouse - here are the instructions.
-LOVE this idea. I love decorations out of repurposed items. You could also try this with Christmas cards that you might otherwise be throwing away.
-Looove these modern Finnish Himmeli decorations made of straws and cotton string.
15 December 2011
What Are You Without?
(From Danny:)
This weekend I was glancing through the dog-eared pages of Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" to remind myself of some of the wisdom I found in that book when I was reading it two years ago. I kind of like that back then I dog-eared the pages instead of underlining like I do now (today I almost refuse to read enlightening books if I can't also have a pen in hand to underline and write notes in the margins of every page). The earmarks forced me to read the entire page to remember what it was that I found so interesting that it merited a folded page. Looking at the various folded pages distracted me, in a good way, for two hours, especially when I came across this little gem on the principle of Abundance:
I suppose that is why Mara and I have this blog...this is one of many outlets for us to practice offering goodness, respect, kindness, love, etc. I'd say so far we've received just as much in return as we've sent out...if not more.
And what about you readers. Have you ever found this principle to be true for you? If not, are you willing to give it a shot? Will you try giving what you don't have in the hopes of discovering you had it all along? I suppose the Holiday season is as good excuse as any to offer up some joy to someone else who needs it!
This weekend I was glancing through the dog-eared pages of Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" to remind myself of some of the wisdom I found in that book when I was reading it two years ago. I kind of like that back then I dog-eared the pages instead of underlining like I do now (today I almost refuse to read enlightening books if I can't also have a pen in hand to underline and write notes in the margins of every page). The earmarks forced me to read the entire page to remember what it was that I found so interesting that it merited a folded page. Looking at the various folded pages distracted me, in a good way, for two hours, especially when I came across this little gem on the principle of Abundance:
Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. The fact is: Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Try this for a couple of weeks and see how it changes your reality: Whatever you think people are withholding from you - praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on - give it to them. You don't have it? Just act as if you had it, and it will come. Then, soon after you start giving, you will start receiving. You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you already have, but unless you allow it to flow out, you won't even know that you have it. This includes abundance. The law that outflow determines inflow is expressed by Jesus in this powerful image: "Give and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. (Luke 6:38)"Now that is certainly something worth thinking about. Call it what you want to: karma, the law of the harvest, the law of attraction, the Golden Rule, etc. They all mean the same thing...what you send out to the world through each of the hundreds of interactions every day will come back to you.
I suppose that is why Mara and I have this blog...this is one of many outlets for us to practice offering goodness, respect, kindness, love, etc. I'd say so far we've received just as much in return as we've sent out...if not more.
And what about you readers. Have you ever found this principle to be true for you? If not, are you willing to give it a shot? Will you try giving what you don't have in the hopes of discovering you had it all along? I suppose the Holiday season is as good excuse as any to offer up some joy to someone else who needs it!
Spiritual Enlightenment
14 December 2011
A Tapas Party in Brooklyn
Here are some pictures from the Tapas Party that we were invited to attend. The night could not have been more festive, fun & delicious. It was a seated dinner for 40! FORTY!! IN BROOKLYN!!! That is a huge feat, people. :) Sometimes those long, narrow brownstone apartments can come in handy. It was amazing to all be seated around the same table with so many dear friends (especially since many of us here don't even have tables :).
If you'd like to throw your own Tapas Party (which would also be so dreamy for a New Year's Party) - here is what my friend did:
13 December 2011
Danny's Long Awaited Hair Tips For Men
After all the buzz about Mara's Curly Hair Tips (and the fact that those pictures are now floating around all over on Pinterest), our readers have been clamoring to know about my Super Straight Hair Tips for Men. Listen to this reader's comment after I tried to post about something meaningful: "Stop teasing us with this crap. I want to know how you do your hair!" Since those fateful words, our inbox has been cluttered with demands to know the secret to my perfectly trimmed hair.
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12 December 2011
Love Story & A Hard Headed Woman
Thank you, dear Mara. I really do love you...no qualifications needed...and for all the right reasons. Thank you for returning that and for bringing so much hope and joy and pure happiness into my life.
So...I've got a song for you - Hard Headed Woman by Cat Stevens. I know a hard headed woman can sound like a bad thing, but I think he means it just like you've been saying - a strong partner with a level head, a knowledge and conviction of what really matters. Anyway, I was playing that on the guitar last night and thinking of you :) If you don't already have the song, let me know and I'll email it to you.
09 December 2011
Happy Weekend!
Just came in from outdoors and my hands are numb as I write!Feeling excited to see Danny's family in a couple weeks. His sisters both have large families out West. One sister has seven kids and they like to joke that she & her husband would love to trade places with Danny & I... we could go watch their kids while they come out to New York for a week of being together, date nights and focusing on their marriage. Haha :)
This weekend I'll be going to the South Slope Craft Fair in my neighborhood. I'm excited to see my friend there who will be selling these leather journals. Her fingertips are raw because she's been making these beauties BY HAND for weeks!
And, homemade Christmas candy is on my mind. Every year my mom & sisters make homemade candy. Some of my earliest Christmas memories involve stirring pots of bubbling caramel & rolling and dipping these:
Hope you all have festive & lovely weekends full of family traditions, holiday parties, & plans to do some nice things for friends/neighbors/family (I need to get crackin!)
I'll be thinking of you all,
How to Keep a Marriage GLUED
Attn. Every Married Person :)
You may already know that prayer is on my list of tips for a lovely marriage.
Am I really going to talk about prayer? Yes - I kind of have to... :). You see, at this point in my life, I've seen what a beautiful thing it can be in a marriage. So I CAN'T HELP but throw this post out there in case it could be helpful to anyone.
Now, I wasn't sure how I felt about prayer most of my life. So if any of you are thinking WHAT?!?! Trust me, I've been there.
08 December 2011
Being a Blogger Wife
(Photo by Jonathan Canlas)
Blogging really is something else.I had NO idea. Haha.
Here are a few things I have come to realize:
a. Blogs most likely take WAY more time than you would think.
b. I did not go to the high school that teaches HTML.
c. People are so lovely I could just die.
d. Blogging affects your marriage... :)
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43 U.S. Code § 338 - Election to perfect entry; final proof
Any desert-land entryman or his assignee entitled to the benefit of section 337 of this title may, if he shall so elect within sixty days from the notice therein provided, pay to the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the local land office the sum of 50 cents per acre for each acre embraced in the entry, and thereafter perfect such entry upon proof that he has upon the tract permanent improvements conducive to the agricultural development thereof of the value of not less than $1.25 per acre, and that he has, in good faith, used the land for agricultural purposes for three years and the payment to the officer, at the time of final proof, of the sum of 75 cents per acre: Provided, That in such case final proof may be submitted at any time within five years from the date of the entryman's election to proceed as provided in this section, and in the event of failure to perfect the entry as herein provided, all moneys theretofore paid shall be forfeited and the entry canceled: Provided, That in cases where such entries have been assigned prior to March 4, 1915, the assignees shall, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit hereof.
Section is comprised of fourth paragraph of section 5 of act Mar. 4, 1915. First paragraph of such section 5, which was classified to section 26 of former Title 41, Public Contracts, was repealed by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, § 602(a)(26), 63 Stat. 401, eff. July 1, 1949, renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583; second and third paragraphs of such section 5 are classified to sections 335 and 337 of this title, respectively.
Act Mar. 21, 1918 added the last proviso.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174,64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
"Officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior" substituted for "register" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices and transferred functions of register of district land offices to Secretary of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3, of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Previously, references to "receiver" changed to "register" by acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, which consolidated offices of register and receiver and provided for a single officer to be known as register.
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How To Do An SEO Audit
The word audit is usually used during the tax season. However, it will be used in this case on your website and it is something that is very helpful and important. You need to audit your website sometimes so therefore SEO Audits are good and they are not scary at all. SEO Audits are a very good thing and you really need it for your website to survive.
I know your question now is what is an SEO Audit or why do I need one Well an SEO Audit is: a way for you to tell how far your SEO service has taken you so far. Without, an SEO Audit you can not tell how well the search engines are finding your website using your key words. When you are performing an SEO Audit it will take a while to complete it. If your website is huge it can take you a few days to complete your SEO Audits. So be prepared to wait a long time for your website to be completed.
Before you perform an SEO Audit you will need to crawl your website. When you crawl your website you are checking to see if there are any parts of your website not showing up in the search engines. Therefore, when you crawl your website it is very important that you complete it so you will know what parts of your website is not showing up and you will also know if they are not ranking well to. If they are not ranking well it will give you the chance to change it. And once you change it your website may get a better ranking.
Step one is to analyze your accessibility and to analyze your index ability. You need to do this and you do this by analyzing robots. Txt and you check your 404 errors and the redirects, you will need to check out the XML site map, the web design/ and the development audit. Lastly you should check and see the amount of pages that are indexed by the search engines.
Step two you will need to analyze the on page rankings. You need to do this because it is important and there are the site URLS, also the page content, also the out bound links, also the meta tags, and also the images, and the java script, etc. So be very careful on this step it is very important. You need all of this in order to SEO Audit your website and to get it in tip top shape.
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The last step which is comparing your website to the competition. Now this is a necessary step so you can stay ahead of the competition. Because, they are the reason why you are doing this. It is good to always SEO Audit your website. Many website owners do not do this so therefore if you care you will do it yourself or you can hire a professional to do it for you especially if you are too scared to do it your self.
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Risk Factors for Early Infant Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
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The prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infections have been increasing in the general population, including the pediatric population. It has been reported that MRSA colonization persists for up to four years, and therefore the youngest pediatric patients, specifically those who are less than 2 years of age, have a high risk of prolonged colonization during a period of time when they are susceptible to significant skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) attributable to MRSA. Once prolonged colonization takes place, recurrent SSTIs are commonplace, resulting in substantial morbidity and in some cases mortality, as well as a significant cost to the healthcare system. Individuals colonized with MRSA have an increased risk of developing MRSA infections, which range from mild disease, such as carbuncles, to severe infections, such as necrotizing pneumonia and toxic shock syndrome. The prevalence of severe MRSA infections is also greatest in neonates and infants, where increased MRSA colonization has been observed. In the early infant period, the most common manifestation of MRSA disease is pustular skin lesions, which affect approximately 5% of the general population, with MRSA-colonization being a major risk factor for this disease. Moreover, the prevalence of pustular disease is increasing in the general population, and there are numerous case reports of invasive, life-threatening MRSA disease in the early infant period.
Corresponding to the increasing prevalence in the community, the carriage of MRSA in pregnant women has also escalated, and vaginal carriage is significant in pregnant women. As an analogy, maternal vaginal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) colonization is the major risk for infant colonization regardless of whether early or late neonatal colonization or disease occurs. It is quite feasible that vaginal MRSA carriage predisposes newborns to colonization during the birthing process; however, this mechanism has not yet been well studied. There are other mechanisms implicated for early infant colonization, including close contact with MRSA-colonized mothers through daily care and breastfeeding. MRSA colonization in one household member greatly predisposes colonization in others; therefore, early infant colonization could result from contact with other MRSA-colonized individuals in a household. Currently, it is not clear which factors are the most important in influencing early infant MRSA colonization and subsequent infection.
Not only is the prevalence of MRSA colonization and infection on the rise, but there have been few if any measures that have been established to prevent colonization and subsequent infection in adults and children. Eradication measures have shown limited long-term benefit. If vertical transmission of MRSA can be established as a critical event in the pathogenesis of disease, potentially effective strategies could be tested, and possibly the spread of MRSA in the community interrupted.
Hypotheses and Specific Aims:
- Identify the proportion, rate and time of MRSA colonization in infants born to mothers with and without MRSA colonization;
- Compare risk factors for infant MRSA colonization in these two groups;
- Determine the prevalence and risk factors for developing MRSA infections in the MRSA-colonized infant.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Risk Factors for Early Infant Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
- We will compare infants' MRSA-positivity rates in the exposed versus the unexposed study groups. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- We will determine if infant MRSA positivity appears earlier in exposed infants versus unexposed infants. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- For infants who become MRSA-positive we will determine if their strain of MRSA is the same as their mothers' or other household contacts or care giver who is determined to be MRSA-positive. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
Enrollment: | 100 |
Study Start Date: | June 2010 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2012 |
Primary Completion Date: | June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts |
The MRSA-exposed group will include 100 MRSA-colonized mothers and their babies
The MRSA-unexposed group will include 100 MRSA-negative mothers and their babies.
Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
The exposed group will include 100 MRSA-colonized mothers and their babies. The unexposed group will include 100 MRSA-negative mothers and their babies. The groups will be conveniently selected from all mothers and infants meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria each month. Enrollment will continue until 100 babies and mothers in the MRSA-positive mother group and 100 babies and mothers in MRSA-negative mother group are enrolled. We estimate that enrollment will require approximately 18 months to complete.
Household contacts of infants will be enrolled. A contact is defined as any individual who had or has had the same primary residences (who has lived in the same house for at least one week) as the infant since the infant's birth. We will ask the infants mother to identify the infants household contacts.
Infant care givers include any person who provides daily care to infant for at least 4 hours per day at least 3 days of week.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Infants born at > 32 weeks of gestation.
- Mother must have been tested for MRSA prior to birth.
- Mother must be willing to provide informed consent for herself and infant.
- Mothers feel household contacts and caregivers will be willing to enroll in the study.
- Household contacts must be willing to provide informed consent (if greater than 18 years of age) or parent of household contact must be willing to provide informed consent for minors and the minor must provide assent (if greater than age 7) to enroll in study.
- Infant care givers must be willing to provide informed consent (if greater than 18 years of age) or parent of infant care giver must be willing to provide informed consent for minors and the minor must provide assent (if greater than age 7) to enroll in study.
Exclusion criteria:
- Infants born at < 32 weeks gestation.
- Infants who will not be receiving their primary care at Boston Medical Center.
- Household contact or Infant Care giver not willing to provide informed consent.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01141101
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Boston Medical Center | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118 |
Responsible Party: | Stephen Pelton, BMC Faculty, Boston Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01141101 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | June 9, 2010 |
Last Updated: | May 1, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Boston Medical Center:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Neonatal Vertical transmission Horizontal transmission |
MRSA colonization in enrolled infants MRSA colonization obtained from maternal source MRSA colonization obtained from source other that mother |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Staphylococcal Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections |
Methicillin Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 29, 2017


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Welcome to Breaking Pointe! I will warn you all now, I never took ballet and my experience with it is pretty much limited to Black Swan and multiple viewings of Center Stage, so I can pretty much guarantee you I'm going to start calling various dancers Jody Sawyer and Charlie From Seattle. Is that all right with everyone? Great.
Okay. We open with a girl intoning solemnly, "Every day since I was three I've dreamt of being a ballet dancer." There are many artistic shots of disembodied feet pirouetting, and then we meet our first dancer: a suspiciously burly fellow named Ronnie with giant blue eyes. Hel-lo, Ronnie. Ronnie does a giant Cooper Nielsen jump move thing and says, "We train more hours than an Olympic athlete." Well, sure, all of you put together.
Another boy dancer: Ronald and his weird little chinstrap beard. Next: Christiana, who I desperately hope turns out to be queen of Denmark. (Or is it Sweden?) Bedazzled Rex. Babyfaced Katie, saying, "There's rivalry… and relationships." I'm just abandoning hope right now for anyone to have the proper grasp of subject-verb agreement. Beckanne, who's wearing a great big pink thing.
The dancers are all voiceovering about obsession and competition and someone asks, "Why do we do it? We do it… to be perfect." We're going to get some heavy duty Little Girls in Pretty Boxes **** sometime soon, right?


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Strongly conflicting arguments continue over the future of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina, with some demanding more autonomy, and some less, or none at all.
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A poster war on the theme of the status of the Serbian province of Vojvodina has been launched in the city of Novi Sad.
The Vojvodina Party, which backs the province's independence, put up blue-green posters, reading "Republic of Vojvodina - for a Free Vojvodina", across Novi Sad on Monday.
The posters were put up over those reading "Novi Sad - capital of Serbia", previously put up by the Treca Srbija party, which wants to see Vojvodina's autonomy abolished.
Tensions over the future of the province, which was part of Austria-Hungary before World War 1 and is more multi-ethnic than Serbia proper, rose in July, after a Constitutional Court ruling curbed Vojvodina's powers.
The Constitutional Court disputed around 20 provisions of the law of the jurisdictions of Vojvodina, including those naming Novi Sad as capital of the province, and entitling Vojvodina to open its own representative office in Brussels.
The law on Vojvodina was implemented on January 1, 2010. The provincial assembly previously proclaimed its own statute on December 14, 2009.
Earlier in January, the conservative Serbian Progressive Party, which overthrew the more centrist Democratic Party in Novi Sad three months after the May 2011 elections, started introducing names of streets and institutions in Serbian Cyrillic letters alone.
Both the Cyrillic and Latin scripts are officially recognized in Serbia, but the use of Latin letters is especially important in Vojvodina for its 250,000 or so ethnic Hungarians as well as for other, smaller minorities.
On Monday, the Vojvodina Party said it would never allow the abolition of the autonomy of the province, which effectively occurred in the late 1980s under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.
"We will fight for our rights and identity with all possible democratic means, because it is the duty of our generation," the party said.
The statement also called for the adoption of a new constitution, which would define Vojvodina as a republic within a federal Serbia.
Meanwhile, Cedomir Antic, historian and leader of the Serbian Progressive club, urged parliamentarians to form a group to abolish the autonomous province of Vojvodina altogether.
Centre-right GERB claimed victory in Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, narrowly defeating its main opponents, the Bulgarian Socialists, exit polls show.
The failure of Bosnia's Bosniak leaders to meet Turkish demands to close down organisations allegedly linked to Fethullah Gulen could cost them Ankara's support.
Brussels-based photographer Thomas Nolf embraces Visoko's famous so-called pyramids for offering a divided country a positive 'ground-up' version of history.


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Dr. Bob please don't ignore was your infection really a needle stick accident??? (DR. BOBS OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE, 2010)Jul 10, 2010 Or are you just trying to cover up that you were infected through a homosexual hookup I recall reading that the rate of infection from needle stick accidents is in the few % range or so. I know it sounds more respectable to have been infected through a needle stick accident vs sexual activity. If it really was a needle stick accident I'd bet your pissed they didn't have PEP out in those days. I know I got severly ill after a risky encounter and I should have gotten PEP the next day after my encounter but I didnt have symptoms at that point in time so I wasn't that worried. |
Response from Dr. FrascinoHello, See below. Dr. Bob lie? (DR BOB'S OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE)Jul 26, 2008 ... Been with Steve for 14 years which is (1994) and I assume i read somewhere you had a former lover in Sydney.... So my theory says you were gay before the occupational exposure you have had? And maybe in it you found a perfect alibi to hide the true source of infection! Response from Dr. Frascino Hello, Every now and again someone writes in questioning how I became infected, because I happen to be gay and had a documented significant occupational exposure. One wonders why this would even be an issue. Does it really matter if someone became HIV infected because they sustained an occupational exposure or because they were in love and shared a moment of unprotected intimacy? If it does matter to you or anyone else, it shouldn't! I do not lie. I value honesty and veracity. Regarding your mean-spirited theory of lies, deception and alibis, let me set the record "straight" about this gay occupationally infected physician. Yes, Steve and I have been together for 14+ years. Prior to that relationship, I was involved in a relationship with a registered nurse that lasted 11 years. Prior to that was the Australian. He was from Sydney, but we lived in San Francisco. The Australian, the registered nurse and Steve are all HIV negative. I sustained my occupational exposure in January 1991. Per protocol for significant occupational exposures in health care workers, I was immediately HIV tested (found to be HIV negative) and started on PEP. I seroconverted, despite PEP. This was due to the fact we had only a very limited number of approved HIV drugs in 1991 and most likely the patient I was treating, who had advanced-stage AIDS, was already resistant to the antiretrovirals available for PEP. (Resistance tests were not available in 1991.) Whether you choose to believe these facts make absolutely no difference to me. Although I do feel sorry for folks, like you, who have such suspicious minds. It must be a miserable way to have to go through life. I'll reprint some information from the archives below. Dr. Bob re: dr. bob's occupational exposure Dec 15, 2007 wasn't PEP available when you had your "occupational exposure"? you're a doctor - i find it hard to believe you didn't know exactly what to do after an accident like that, or have access to the necessary drugs to ward off the infection (PEP). i think the truth is that you were infected via receptive anal sex, and you're just too ashamed to admit it because it brings with it the fact that you were voluntarily irresponsible and that you cheated on your partner. sound familiar? Response from Dr. Frascino Hello, "Sound familiar"???? Well actually yes, you do sound familiar. You appear to be yet another deranged individual with a deep-seated psychopathology and preconceived notions based on stigma rather than fact. You also seem to have difficulty reading. Had you read the full post (see below), your unfounded and meanspirited suspicions would have been squelched. Although I doubt you'll let reason, fact and logic get in the way of what you "believe." You do indeed have the right to "believe" whatever you wish about me; however, please note that does not change the reality of the situation. It must be uncomfortable living in a paranoid parallel universe. I certainly don't envy you. Dr. Bob re: please please please (DR BOB'S OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE) Dec 12, 2007 ISN'T THIS (see question below)HOW YOU SUPPOSEDLY BECAME HIV POSITIVE, DR. BOB? Dec 4, 2007 Dr. Bob!! Can you please tell me about the possibilities of getting HIV by sharing a razor?? Thank you so much!! You are wonderful!! Response from Dr. Frascino Hi, Although we certainly do not recommend sharing razors (or toothbrushes) with HIVers, the actual HIV-transmission risk from these activities would be remarkably low. HIV does not survive very long outside the body. For transmission to occur via razor, an HIV-poz person would need to cut himself and get an adequate amount of fresh blood on the blade, which would have to almost immediately cut into an HIV neggie, thereby transferring the virus-infected fresh blood into fresh non-infected blood through a fresh open wound. For obvious reasons the chance of this actually occurring is remote at best. You're welcome so much. Dr. Bob Response from Dr. Frascino Hi, Nope. I did not contract HIV from a razor! Whatever gave you that idea? See below. Also you can read more about my occupational exposure in the archives and on related links. Dr. Bob hollow-bore needle stick May 15, 2003 Hi Dr. Frascino What routine procedure was it that led up to the needle stick exposure? Wait, you're a doctor, right? Oh, I get it, the nurse who usually does all the blood work was out sick that day, so you filled in. I was confused at first, because you're a doctor talking about doing routine blood work with a patient, when I'm used to seeing the nurse do that sort of thing. I guess that's the way they do it in San Fran, huh? It is just a little coincidental that you're one of the only Doctors on here who is gay, and you happen to have HIV too. The other Doctors on here have much better luck than you I guess. Well, even though I find your story a bit far-fetched, I still think you do a great thing helping all these people. We look up to you like a hero - and that's the damn truth. TBT Response from Dr. Frascino Hey TBT, My my my you have a suspicious mind. You are correct that I sustained my hollow bore needle stick and laceration while doing a "routine medical procedure". However that procedure was not "drawing blood"! I was un-roofing a cluster of unusual blisters from the back of a patients knee to culture the fluid inside when the patient inadvertently jerked causing the large bore needle I was using to jab and wound him as well as become impaled in the palm of my gloved hand. It all happened very quickly. I hope that is graphic enough for you. Yes, Im gay and happen to have acquired HIV occupationally but as I have said a thousand times before --- I am no more innocent or guilty than anyone with this virus. None of us wanted this disease. So whether it was a blood transfusion, a broken condom, or an episode of love making please dont try to make some of us innocent victims and others deserving of our fate. I stand with the entire HIV infected community as one. The sooner we can get beyond trying to place blame, the sooner we can focus on fighting the real enemy --- HIV! Are the other doctors on this site luckier than me? Oh, I doubt it. I feel like one of the luckiest people in the world. Like Babs says "People who need people and Lovers are very special people --- their the luckiest people in the world!" Thanks for your comments TBT. Im neither a hero nor a victim. Im just a guy with HIV trying to do what he can. And thats the "damn truth" Dr. Bob Why PEP could not save you Dr Bob Mar 16, 2004 I am very sorrow to learn that you, a good doctor who give many generous supports to fight HIV, hot seroconverted in an accident. But why PEP could not save you? Response from Dr. Frascino Hello, My hollow-bore needlestick and laceration occurred in January 1991. We didn't know too much about PEP way back then. I did take AZT immediately after the incident, but since the patient I was performing the procedure on was in the advanced-stages of the disease and had taken AZT himself for quite some time, there was probably a good chance his strain of virus was resistant to that drug. Please don't feel bad about my situation. My life has been and continues to be a great joy. If I die tomorrow, I'll be able to say I've had a wonderful life while here on earth. If I don't die tomorrow, there are still many things on my "to do" list to experience, accomplish, and enjoy. I consider myself one very lucky guy. Stay well. Dr. Bob What Happened to you Dr. Bob Jan 8, 2006 Hi Doc, Please please do not get offended by this question...I have been perusing your responses to these questions for a long time now, and I am thoroughly stunned by you compassion, patience and understanding. You cause me to aspire to be a better person. But my question is, how on earth did you become infected? I wasn't aware of this fact until i read your reply to "suicidal with symptoms", and I've been heartbroken since. I pray as i write this that i do not come across as patronizing or pitiful, because you are doing more good with your life than any 100 people i know combined. But I just can't believe somoeone so attractive, smart and sophisticated has to suffer this disease. If you don't mind, can you share your story with us, as we all love you. I'm so impressed with your accomplishments and dedication, despite being positive, as I know if it were me I wouldn't be able to cope, i just don't think i'm strong enough. Please, if you want to tell me to mind my own beeswax and go "f" myself, feel free. Yours, A concerned friend Response from Dr. Frascino Hello Concerned Friend, No, I'm certainly not offended! Being "virally enhanced" has been such a part of my life for so long, I sometimes forget those who only more recently tuned into the Forum may not realize I'm HIV positive. My story was splashed across the news media TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, medical journals, etc. when I went public with my story a decade ago (1996). In reality I don't believe the manner in which I became infected should matter. I'm no more guilty or innocent than anyone else who never wanted to acquire this scourge! However, I do realize people are curious and that the "story" is out there so I'll briefly mention it to save you the trouble of Googling it. The virus found me while I was working. I sustained a hollow-bore needle puncture and laceration while performing a medical procedure on a patient with advanced-stage AIDS. Despite yelling a few "expletives deleted" and taking AZT (the only thing we had for PEP in January of 1991) within moments of the incident, I seroconverted to HIV positive a few months later. You can search the archives and review additional information in my biography on this site or at The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation Web site (www.concertedeffort.org). I'll also post a recent question that I hope will address your question about being able to cope with adversity. Your beeswax is always welcomed here. Stay well. Dr. Bob Dr. Bob, What about you? Sep 6, 2004 Hello Dr. Bob, I want to start by simply saying thank you for all of the work that you do each day on this site. You bring so much comfort and knowledge to people. You are a very compassionate and caring man. Perhaps it doesn't surprise you that we (your devote fans) are just as caring and concerned about you. Some of us can't help but wonder how you are doing with this disease. What is your status in terms of viral load and CD4? How do you find strength each day to go on? and what can we do for you to help you with this very trying time in your life? You do not have to answer this if you do not want to. We just simply want to know about someone we love. And I mean that Dr. Bob. Your Friend Always William Response from Dr. Frascino Hi William, What a pleasure to read a question that isn't self-centered and related to a lap dance from a bisexual cross-dressing transsexual Mormon midget! There were so many of those types of questions coming in from New York City last week ahhh, the fools and fanatics of the GOP Convention!!! The best word for my viral load and CD4 count at the moment would be "stable." How am I doing with the disease? Well, according to the statistics at the time the virus found me in January of 1991, I shouldn't even be here, so I'd say I'm doing quite well. Sure, at times I feel as though I'm living on borrowed time. As I've said before, I really do believe we measure life in the wrong dimension. A life shouldn't be measured merely in length, but rather in depth. In many ways, perhaps because of HIV and the depth of my experiences, I've never felt more alive. I won't say that cohabitating with HIV is easy. It's not. The drugs that keep me alive are science's classic double-edged sword causing not only great benefits but also some not-so-great side effects. At times I can be so exhausted I need to take a nap before going to bed. Once asleep, I can sometimes have my very own version of a "wet dream," a drenching night sweat that has, on occasion, made me wonder if I should wear a lifejacket and flippers to bed. At times I look at our linen closet and refrigerator, and see that it's now decorated in "nouveau pharmacy" style. Mack trucks deliver my medications in Godzilla-sized containers. Like so many other virally enhanced folks, I've had my fair share of HIV-related complications, but I see no point in dwelling on them. In life, as in playing cards, you can't choose the cards you are dealt, but you can definitely choose how to play these cares. Perhaps that's the real secret of living well on borrowed time. I also freely admit having Steve (Dr. Steve in The Body's Tratamientos Forum) to share life, love, sex, and other unscheduled events makes me the luckiest guy on the planet. Here is my two-rule manifesto for living well with HIV: 1. "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. The being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy . . . . Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." George Bernard Shaw 2. Always remember the wise advice of rule number 1. Thanks for your concern and friendship, William. I find that compassion and generosity, when freely given to those in need, is returned a thousand fold. Stay well, William. Your friend, Dr. Bob How do you do it? Jun 13, 2006 Dr Bob, There's no need to tell you how much we all love you, I'm sure by the truckload of emails you recieve you know "inspiring" you are to all of us. You are always giving advice, but my question is....how "did" and how "do" you cope with your diagnosis and co-exsisting with hiv? You must have an incredible mind set of positivity, or some other secrets we arent aware of, as you are always sooo seemingly happy and strong in your life? Do you put things down to the knowledge you have being a doctor? Love, family and freinds? Large support groups (like us who adore you)? We would love to know the many secrets you possess to coping with hiv so incredibly well. There are a lot of us trying to find a way to live with this "frightening" illness. Also, do you have a lot of faith and hope in how the meds will be over the next 5 - 10 years? do you believe we will come to live with this as those do with diabetes - a more "guaranteed long life with less illness and infection"? I'm sure these are questions every reader on here wants to hear from you. Thanks Dr Bob. Response from Dr. Frascino Hello, "An incredible mind set of positivity . . . ???" Hmmm . . . well, I will say I'm one of the most optimistic (and realistic) people on the planet and very "positive about being positive." Being an HIV specialist does help me understand the illness, but "love, family and friends" help me survive and thrive with it. As for secrets that help me cope with the challenges of being "virally enhanced," I have always found that helping others who are in need is not only rewarding beyond belief, it's also the best way to keep my personal challenges in their proper perspective. Adaptability is also important. Life, love, sex, illness and our eventual transition to whatever is next are all a series of unscheduled events! In life, as in cards, we can't choose the hand we are dealt, but we can choose how to play those cards! It seems to me a truly content person is one who can enjoy the scenery, even when forced to take an unanticipated detour! Even with HIV, I find life is full of passion, meaning and commitment. If I were to die today, I'd say I had one hell of a good ride. If I don't die today, I have an unlimited list of things to experience and accomplish that I look forward to with great anticipation. George Bernard Shaw captured my sentiments exactly when he wrote: "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. The being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy . . . . Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." Am I optimistic about treatment options over the next 5-10 years? Absolutely. What saddens me is that only 10% of those in need are even getting the treatments we have available today. It is harder to be as optimistic about their future. Do I believe HIV will become another diabetes? No, I do not. This has nothing to do with "treatability" or becoming a "chronic manageable disease," but rather with the fact that HIV/AIDS, for all the wrong reasons, has been stigmatized beyond belief. I view the challenges of HIV to be far greater than merely coexisting with the virus. I welcome everyone to join me in confronting these daunting issues. Perhaps that's the real secret of coping with any personal crisis looking beyond our personal self interest in an effort to improve the common good. Stay well. Don't be frightened. Get involved. Dr. Bob | ||||||||||
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Little bistro, huge impact. Like a different sort of miracle of the five loaves and two fishes, Chez Panisse, the landmark Berkeley restaurant, and its founder and guiding spirit, Alice Waters, have leveraged a small temple of slow, local and organic food into a massive force in the culinary world. Now that appetite for a new/old food culture has begun to register on the public's consciousness, if not always on its plate. Waters is clearing her table of most everything but the Edible Schoolyard Project: If we are what we eat, she wants children in class, on the playground and in the cafeteria kitchen to change their identities by the forkful.
It took nearly 20 years, but finally the White House has the vegetable garden you've been urging it to plant. Are you taking your trowel to D.C. to see how it's going?
I think it's doing wonderfully. I have a shovel -- a gift from an Italian ironworker -- for the first lady and I have to get it there. Michelle's interest in bringing schoolchildren in for the groundbreaking was important. She just found a way to make it real.
Now you've enlisted Gov. Jerry Brown and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to expand another long-standing idea of yours, the Edible Schoolyard.
I've known Jerry for a long time. I wanted him to validate edible education [with a] task force. I [want] to position edible education in a national way, the way we introduced physical education into public education. Everyone reminded me that to do this in California would really impress the powers that be in Washington.
[And] Kevin Johnson is trying to make Sacramento the greenest place on the planet. I've been talking to [him] about [a] program in a Sacramento high school: Kids running the cafeteria, turning it into a business, learn[ing] how to run the business, do the math. Schools [could] apply and have us come in to help work out the curriculum.
It's the whole nine yards; I don't see any [other] way of doing it. I don't think just upgrading food in the cafeteria can work.
You've been doing a version of this in Berkeley at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School for 15 years, and some other schools in California and around the country have similar programs. How does it work?
We have a good test case at Martin Luther King Jr. When they grow it and cook it, they all want to eat it. They like the pride, the control, measuring [planting] beds for a math class. They like being in the garden. They're learning by osmosis. I've watched them; the kids are really talking to each other [about it].
You once had a Chez Panisse Foundation; what's happened to that?
We decided to let go of the Chez Panisse Foundation because it's associated with the restaurant work and [focus on] the Edible Schoolyard Project. The website will map the movement, gather all the best practices so people will be able to take what they need for a particular program, like, "How do you save water?" "We live in New Mexico, this is the water catchment system we're using."
What's the state's role?
They're going to be cheerleading. They don't have any money; we understand that. [President] Kennedy didn't put money into physical education either -- he just gave it credibility and inspired every school to institute physical education. It was part of the curriculum, and that's the key. This needs to be part of the curriculum too.
Maybe the schools could do what Prince Charles does, selling organic products from his farms.
In Sacramento, they have Seville orange [trees] all over the Capitol grounds. Way back, a grocer in Sacramento made a Capitol marmalade. I said wouldn't it be great if the gift from the [governor's] task force could be Capitol Marmalade [that could be sold] for edible education?
The attacks on the first lady for promoting good nutrition and exercise have been shocking, as if it's un-American.
It's promoted, I think, by the fast food industry: "We have a right to eat what we want to eat." That's their only [defense]. It's going to persist, and it's something we can only address in public education.
A whole set of values comes with fast food: Everything should be fast, cheap and easy; there's always more where that came from; there are no seasons; you shouldn't be paid very much for preparing food. It's uniformity and a lack of connection.
Anything political you do now is about food, but back in 1966, you had a fling with election politicking, working to send columnist and former Times staffer Robert Scheer to Congress on an antiwar platform.
When he lost, I was so depressed that I opened Chez Panisse. I said I never want to go into politics again. I just want to be in my own restaurant and feed who I want.
Do you keep your hand in at the restaurant?
I'm always in collaboration with the cooks. I'm bringing back information every time I go away, every time I read a book. We're all talking about the menus. I think it's inspiring for them and inspiring for me.
Have you read "American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food"?
No, but it's all of a piece. I grew up in a household that had a tiny little garbage can they picked up once a week. My parents had a victory garden so [most] went into compost. And out in front of people's houses now are three garbage cans. Even if they're recycling. We have a very indoctrinated idea [against] leftovers. It's part of the fast, cheap and easy thinking -- don't sew it, just get a new one. It's going to be very hard to change those values unless you do it when kids are [as young as] 3.
Writer Adam Gopnik says food culture today is what rock 'n' roll was in the 1960s -- our preferences identify us.
I love him; [I hope he] means the good food culture. That I might agree with. Food culture is like listening to the Beatles -- it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.
But aren't some people food snobs, talking about food the way people used to talk about wine in New Yorker cartoons? Not what you're about?
Exactly. [Chez Panisse] never wanted to be more than a little one-star place at most, and then of course we lost our [Michelin] star. I was very happy! I'm sure that by not having that, we lose some people, but [we] brought them in [to] convert them. It took us a long time to use the word "organic" or "sustainable" because I didn't want to put people off. I wanted to get them to have the peach, love the peach, and then ask where it came from.
Now Wal-Mart is boasting about its organic produce. A good sign?
I think [yes] when the biggest grocer in the world decides they're going to try to buy locally and organically, even if many of their practices aren't ones that are good for people.
[However,] it can have a bad effect by knocking all the small local people out of business. People who shop at the farmers markets are always going to shop at the farmers markets, but a lot of people see the price and it costs X amount more.
I've been accused of being a farmers market philanthropist, and I love that. I am! Every time I buy in the market, I'm making a donation to my kids' future.
If you were being immodest, you could take a bow for popularizing much of this -- slow food, local food.
These have been part of civilization for a long time. It's the way people have been eating since the beginning of mankind -- in rhythm with nature. We are really hungry for that.
Do you ever watch any of these reality-TV chef shows?
I don't. All of this piques people's curiosity, and we need that, but what we really need every day is being involved in the schools.
People always complain they don't have time to cook. How long does it take you to fix dinner?
If I have chicken, I have salad ingredients, I have rice or potatoes and some fruit; I can do it in 10 minutes, as long as it takes to cook the potatoes and saute the chicken breast. If I don't have it, then it could take me a little longer.
So what's in your fridge?
You can take a look! I think there are two dozen eggs, some buttermilk that I was making, yogurt. I have sauerkraut; I have some quince paste, one avocado, kale with garlic and onions [that] I sometimes use in pasta. Whole wheat flatbreads made with whole wheat from California; I just put them on the fire, they rise up and get brown.
Do people ever try to catch you eating, say, M&MS? Do you ever backslide?
I backslide to caramel corn. But it's made with organic popcorn!
This interview was edited and excerpted from a longer taped transcript. Interview archive: latimes.com/pattasks.


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Chelsea produced the kind of "perfect" performance Roberto Di Matteo had demanded tonight to inflict Barcelona's first Champions League defeat of the season and give themselves real hope of reaching the final.
The Blues once again proved the nemesis of the team feted by many as the greatest to play the game thanks to an amazing smash-and-grab display in the semi-final first leg at a jubilant Stamford Bridge.
Caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo's plan paid off spectacularly, Didier Drogba scoring the winner to go some way to burying the demons of the sides' last meeting three years ago.
As well as being magnificent to a man in carrying out the instructions of Di Matteo - whose claim to be appointed manager on a full-time basis is becoming irresistible - Chelsea also enjoyed the kind of luck that deserted them in 2009 and which they have had in spades since the Italian took charge.
They may need plenty more at the Nou Camp on Tuesday to reach their second final after Barca missed a glut of chances after dominating possession from start to finish.
The pattern of the match was set the moment the visitors kicked off, Chelsea allowing them possession to a point and Raul Meireles leading the pressure behind Drogba.
From a defensive point of view, it largely worked, although the visitors should have taken one of the chances to have fallen their way.
Luck played a part in the first of them in the ninth minute, Alexis Sanchez chipping against the crossbar from Andres Iniesta's perfectly-timed pass.
The other two both fell to Cesc Fabregas courtesy of Lionel Messi, who was otherwise restricted to a quiet half.
The first was a sitter, Fabregas shanking his finish after Messi's burst and pass had set up Andres Iniesta for a shot Petr Cech parried.
Messi finally had the chance to build up a real head of steam two minutes before half-time, Fabregas this time producing a delightful dink which was only kept out by Ashley Cole's clearance off the line.
Otherwise Chelsea had plenty to give them hope from what little ball they had.
The benefit of going long was quickly demonstrated when only a heavy touch prevented Drogba capitalising on Cech's clearance.
Drogba, who got away with overstepping the mark when he trod on Sergio Busquets' foot, also failed to make the most of a one-on-one with Carles Puyol.
Long throws predictably unsettled Barca, too, and Gary Cahill almost took advantage of the first of them.
Chelsea did tread a fine line discipline-wise, with Meireles lucky not to pick up a booking that would see him suspended for the second leg.
"Same old Barca, always cheating," chanted the home fans whenever a Barca player went down.
They were in good spirits despite the deluge, which may have played a part in Drogba scoring with the final kick of the first half.
Barca were caught upfield and Frank Lampard's ball over the top sent Ramires rampaging forward, the Brazilian's cross picking out Drogba.
Victor Valdes should have saved the scuffed finish but could only help it into the net.
Barca were even more dominant after the restart, Cech parrying Adriano's curler before Sanchez missed another gilt-edge chance when he stabbed Fabregas' scooped pass wide from six yards.
Otherwise they were being kept at bay by a world-class defensive display led by Cahill and John Terry, who were almost single-handedly keeping Messi at bay.
Pep Guardiola sent on Pedro for Sanchez with 24 minutes remaining, with Barca becoming increasingly frustrated, not least with perceived play-acting from Drogba, who got an earful from Puyol.
There was finally a booking when Ramires tripped Messi in full flight, Pedro quickly following for a similar offence on Cole.
Busquets was also cautioned for scything down Ramires after Juan Mata was withdrawn for Salomon Kalou.
Fabregas left the field to a chorus of boos for Thiago Alcantara as Chelsea began to drop deeper and deeper, as they had done three years earlier.
Barca laid siege to the Blues goal and Cech produced a magnificent save three minutes' from time when Puyol glanced Messi's free-kick towards the corner.
And, in stoppage-time, the visitors saved their worst finish until last, Busquets skying high over the crossbar after Pedro's effort had hit the post.


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3rd June 2008, 06:30 AM | #4081 |
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And what about to rotate BIB for 90* and put driver on one side like a monolith in 2001 A Space Odyssey ?
3rd June 2008, 12:50 PM | #4082 | |
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Besides that, there is more ripple in the monolith than in the slim profile + wing, that has the additional advantage to get back slim at will (WAF !). Also, the ability to shape the frequency response is not to be disregarded. All in all, IMO a wing is a better option, but as almost everything in life, it's a matter of tastes Gastón EDIT: completed the post... it went away before it was finished. |
3rd June 2008, 05:02 PM | #4083 | |
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It didn't sound too good. I then actually flipped the cabinet again, so the speaker was on the side, but only about 8 inches or so from the floor. This actually didn't sound too bad, especially for background music. The highs were greatly rolled off, of course, but by tilting the cabinets up against the wall, the drivers pointed back up at the living area, and the radiation from the mouth bounced off the wall... it was not bad, for a while. Then I read about the importance of the suprabaffle, and the huge difference in the T/S parameters actually measured for the Fe126e (versus manufacturer's specs). I performed surgery on my BIBs to shorten the line length, put the drivers back into their original position, and glued wings onto each side. Of course, I glued the symmetrical wings on the day before reading the latest updates here about the better sims on asymmetrical wings, so I may be taking a saw to one of the wings someday. But, I have to say, for right now, this is the best configuration - standard BIB, using the measured (by others) T/S parameters, and ample wings - mine increase the width from 6" to 13". |
3rd June 2008, 06:38 PM | #4084 |
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>>> Godzilla, do you have the wings on both sides on the boxes or just one?
One side only. My BIBs are in the corners of the room. Maybe two inches from the side walls. One of the beautiful things about the wing is that it is totally stealth! I unfold it during listening and fold it back when not in use. I have still not constructed my final set of wings but think they will be 48" tall x 7" wide. Simple. Can that be measured? Godzilla |
5th June 2008, 03:31 PM | #4085 | |
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They sound nice and have similar specs. However, working out the numbers in the BIB worksheet, they call for HUGE cabinets: 29" deep 20" wide 94" tall That won't fit standing up in my house :-) Any suggestions for a good horn or TL or similar enclosure to get the most out of these lovely Canadian drivers? I've looked at the frugel-horn designs etc, but none of them seem to be made for anything like this driver... Here are the specs: Outside Dia...........................257 mm Impedance...............................8 ohm Power ........................................75 W Freq. Resp ................37 Hz - 16 KHz Magnet Wt ................................20 oz Fs .............................................37 Hz Qts ..............................................0.41 Qes .............................................0.48 Qms ............................................2.99 Vas ...................................115.5 litres Voice Coil Dia .........................38 mm SPL...........................................98 db Depth ....................................117 mm Cheers, Mitch |
5th June 2008, 10:30 PM | #4086 |
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You're welcome!
Well, to get the drivers down to ~ear height, the 'stock' ~48.78 Hz (Fp = 24.34 Hz) solves the height problem, but due to the medium high Qts and Vas we're still talking a ~27 ft^3 cab, fairly large even by my standards, so it's going to be impossible for these to 'be all they can be' in any reasonable size cab unless you want to buy two more to make them isobaric, assuming you consider a ~13.5 ft^3 cab 'reasonable' as I do. Here's a modest size Alpha TL that when properly positioned to get some room to fill in the bottom octaves should be OK for most music: L = 44.44" W x D (CSA) = 214.985"^2 All dims inside (i.d.) and approximate. Place driver at the top front and the vent cutout = CSA at the bottom. Can be one big hole or spread out around the sides/rear. Make it as wide as practical to reduce/eliminate the need for any BSC. Stuff to 'taste'. Note the sim is 1.0 lb/ft^3 of polyfil. GM
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5th June 2008, 10:50 PM | #4087 |
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208/T90A BIB with Different Amps
Just replying to Benjamin's post.
To be honest I haven't tried different amps with my 208/T90 BIBs but I am very happy with the T-Amp I use. This is the 41HZ Amp11 modified with separate 5v supply and better voltage regs in the 5v section, PIO input caps. This is very much like the red Wine Audio 70 monos but without battery PS (not convinced battery is better if your regs are good). Detail, space, power all wonderful, the AMP11/BIB setup cleary shows changes in other parts of the audio chain. I would love to try a SET amp like the SEX and even considered buying one. But I am very much taken with the T-Amps, I have a Truepath kit waiting to be built. And on the cap value. I started with 1uf PIO cap and no attenuation, slowly reducing to current value - comprises 2 Sprague PIO caps in // resulting value .54uF. I was surprised how high the x/over frequency was with this and still clearly hearing the T90 tweets. Cheers |
7th June 2008, 01:13 AM | #4088 |
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Hi, I've just purchased the KingRex T20 for my 168es BIBs and it performs really well. It's early days but it seems to add more body and colour to the sound with no apparent loss of dynamics even though replacing a very well regarded pre/power SS at about 10xprice. Remarkable really and without the recommended PSU. Regards, Andrew
7th June 2008, 04:52 AM | #4089 |
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I just got one too (sans power supply) and it sounds fantastic!!
My Bottlehead 2a3 Paramount / Foreplay setup is better but not by much! I'm really impressed with the Kingrex stuff. I'm using it in my office setup but just brought it home and I'm currently listening over the weekend trhough my Lowther BIBs. |
7th June 2008, 06:49 AM | #4090 |
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The T20 uses the Tripath TA2020, same as the 41HZ Amp6 kit - I have a couple of these and, yes they sound great with the 168 BIB - great combo. 6 watts is plenty!!
Amp11 is a step up tho. Really like to compare with a Bottlehead amp! Cheers |
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Sudan's Vaccination Drive Targets Millions
More than two million people are expected to benefit from a vaccination campaign against yellow fever, which has killed and infected scores in Darfur.A Yellow Fever vaccination drive (file photo).
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Appreciating Whisky
If you're drinking whisky just for fun, and aren't interested in learning more about your whisky, then go ahead and drink it however you like. You paid for it and you earned that right. However, if you want to capture as many aromas and flavors as possible, then try to understand that whisky expresses itself best at room temperature. I know you are tempted to just go ahead and drink the whisky, but don't. Not just yet, anyway.
Before you do anything, look at the whisky. You can learn a lot about your whisky by its color. Generally speaking, the darker the whisky, the older it is, because whisky gets its color from being in contact with the oak barrel during aging.
The type of barrel also matters. For example, if a Scotch whisky is being aged in a bourbon barrel that has been used several times over, it's not going to pick up much color from the barrel. However, if that same whisky was put in a cask that contained sherry or port wine, it will pick up some of the colors of the wine, in addition to those of oak barrel.
I must also warn you that some whiskies (particularly those that are younger) contain caramel coloring to make them look "the way we think whisky should look", because young whiskeys haven't had enough contact time with the oak barrel, and will appear lighter in color.
Realize that you can smell more from your whisky than you will ever be able to taste. In fact, all the master blenders work primarily by nosing, not by tasting. So do yourself a favor and smell your whisky before you taste it. Don't thrust your nose into the glass, because the alcohol will be too dominant. Gently raise the whisky up to your nose until you begin capturing its aroma.
Think about what you smell. Often, but not always, a whisky's aroma will be a good indication of how it will taste.
Now go ahead and taste the whisky. Make sure you coat your entire tongue and let it linger on the palate for a little while before swallowing. Is it thick on your palate or thin? What flavors do you taste? Does the whisky taste the same way it smells? Do the flavors evolve on the palate or just stay the same? After you swallow, does the flavor fade away quickly or does it linger on the palate? Most importantly, did you like it?
For many of you, the alcohol will just be too intense to fully appreciate the whisky. I recommend that you add a little water to your whisky, then nose and taste the whisky again, I suggest that you add a little bit at a time (a few drops) and keep adding until you find your comfort zone. Adding water brings out more of the whisky's aroma. It also lowers the alcohol level, reducing its numbing effect on the palate.
Reading the Label
Reading a whisky's label can be very daunting. This guide will help you understand what's inside the bottle, what it means to you, and help you find a whisky you will enjoy.
To "e" or not to "e"?
Depending on the country of origin, "whiskey" is spelled with or without an "e." American whiskeys, like bourbon, rye, and Tennessee whiskey, usually spell their whiskey with an "e." Irish whiskeys also retain the "e." Scotch and Canadian whiskies are spelled without the "e."
What is "finishing"?
Many whiskies spend most of their lives in one cask, but then are put into a different type of cask for a brief time before bottling. This practice is known as "finishing," and you will often see this identified on the whisky's label. Finishing is used to a great extent with Scotch whiskies. Most scotches are initially aged in used bourbon barrels. Finishing them in a wine cask, like sherry or port, or perhaps even a used rum cask, will add new dimensions of flavors. It is also a quick way, from a marketing standpoint, for a distillery to introduce a new whisky to the market.
Is it from a single cask?
When a distiller bottles a whisky, it generally comes from a marriage of casks produced at that distillery. This ensures consistency of flavors. Only a small percentage of whiskies are bottled one cask at a time, and they are usually identified on the label as such. Since each barrel of whisky tastes different (even when from the same distillery), single cask bottlings are most individualistic.
How old is it?
If a whisky has an age statement on the label, then all the whisky in that bottle must be at least that old. For example, if a distillery combines 12, 15, and 18 year old barrels of whiskies, the age statement on the label can't be more than 12 years old. Remember: whisky only ages in the barrel, not in the bottle.
What's its strength?
All whiskies must contain at least 40% alcohol by volume (ABV), or 80 proof (proof is twice the alcohol level.), though there are whiskies on the market that are over 70% ABV (140 proof)! Usually, after whisky is taken from the barrel, water is added to bring it down to the strength that the producer wants to sell it at. Sometimes a whisky is bottled at the same strength it came out of the barrel. This is often referred to on the label as Barrel Proof or Natural Cask Strength.
Is it chill-filtered?
A whisky will get hazy or cloudy if its temperature is lowered (e.g., if ice or cold water is added). Most whisky companies think cloudy whisky is unappealing and will hurt sales. To prevent this, before the whisky is bottled, they chill it down and filter out the components that make it cloudy. Unfortunately, those components (known as congeners) also contribute to a whisky's flavor. Some producers bottle the whisky without chill-filtering, and this is usually identified and explained on the label.
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Stem-ing the tide
There is no disputing it. The United States has fallen dramatically behind other industrialized nations in the fastest growing global industries, and we must act now if we are to regain our competitive edge. The highest-paying and highest number of jobs will be in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)—the very fields where U.S. students lag most significantly.
The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that workers in STEM industries earn an average of 26 percent more than their non-STEM counterparts, and a study by Change the Equation finds that STEM job postings outnumbered the number of unemployed people by two to one.
The jobs are out there and the industry will only grow, but how do we prepare our students to compete?
Enter Science@OC, an organization that was originally incubated by the Orange County Community Foundation to revolutionize the way science is taught in Orange County classrooms. Harnessing the impact of "inquiry-based science," or hands-on, experiential approaches, Science@OC helps make science fun to maximize interest and retention. It then builds on multiple platforms to further develop understanding through compelling, instructive programs and expanded leadership roles and teacher education.
"Students aren't competing against the students in the next desk anymore," says Sue Neuen, executive director for Science@OC. "They are competing against the students from China, Singapore and South Korea, among others. Technology is changing fast. Communications are fast. It is imperative that our education system prepares them for this."
And research shows that if we wait beyond eighth grade, it might be too late.
"If you don't take physics in high school, engineering in college is pretty much closed to you," says Neuen. "If we can get kids through eighth-grade physical science feeling comfortable, particularly in physics and chemistry, they are more likely to take the elective classes in high school that can prepare them for college."
So what are our biggest issues?
"We're not getting enough girls into the STEM careers," says Neuen. Of the women entering college, only 3 percent choose engineering as a career and of those, only 12 percent graduate. The chair of the National Academy at the Office of Naval Research cited that the U.S. ranks 28th among nations in putting talent into the STEM pipeline from high school to college.
The stats are worse for underrepresented minorities, says Neuen.
Experts say that technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, and almost all of the 30 fastest-growing occupations in the next decade will require at least some background in STEM. But in 2009, just 34 percent of U.S. eighth graders were rated proficient or higher in a national math assessment, and more than one in four scored below the basic level.
In an international exam given to 15 year-olds in 2009, U.S. high school students ranked significantly behind 12 industrialized nations in science and 17 in math. Students in only four industrialized nations scored lower in math.
Science@OC's inquiry classroom method identifies a specific science dynamic and explores and broadens it from the student's level, through scientific questions, information gathering, analysis, and comparison of results to develop the most-effective mode of interactive learning.
"Learning science from a textbook doesn't work well. It's the touching, seeing, manipulating, trial and error experiencing that makes a greater impact," says Neuen. "This is particularly true for those with language barriers. It has been proven that there are major leaps in other areas, such as writing and critical thinking because of students record their data and procedures in science class, using notebooks like real scientists."
What is needed above all else is student input into their own learning experience, additional training for teachers, continued assessment to ascertain how much the students are truly grasping and of course, materials—how can there be hands-on learning without something tangible to grasp?
The last aspect is administrative and community support. A momentary fix is not enough. School administrations, backed by parents and reinforced by the entire community, must remain consistent to ensure the progress of STEM education.
The results have been dramatic. Science@OC reported that for the 2012 school year, 35 percent of Santa Ana Unified School District middle school students enrolled in hands-on classes placed at the Advanced Level on the California STAR Test for Science, compared to only 13 percent who were in the more traditional classrooms. The Advanced Level students are now considered prepared to handle the rigorous high school coursework that is the next step in their STEM educations.
"Our global economy is one based on innovation. We have to prepare our students to be critical thinkers and innovators. Their future – and our nation's future -- depends on it," says Neuen.
To learn more about Science@OC, visit www.scienceoc.org.
Shelley Hoss is president of the Orange County Community Foundation (www.oc-cf.org).
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Editor: We have sent the following letter to Langley Township council:
As you know, the deadline for Intervenor Status Application to the National Energy Board (NEB) is Feb. 12. As Agricultural Land Reserve property owners in the flood plain who are directly affected, we strongly urge council to represent Langley's interests — especially previously unaffected home and property owners who now face potentially catastrophic changes to their land use, wildlife habitat, and water aquifer.
We own a 33-acre parcel of land in the flood plain along the Salmon River, a recognized spawning ground for salmon.
Kinder Morgan has identified two potential pipeline corridors through our land. Already, we are limited in our land use through restrictions imposed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and other wildlife authorities.
Further farming restrictions imposed by an industrial interest would be devastating.
This is a highly sensitive ecological area, and the groundwater for drinking is important to thousands of residents in the community.
It is council's obligation to represent and work for taxpaying stakeholders. This matter is of importance to the entire Township of Langley.
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