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Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Patients Previously Exposed to Rituximab
|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: NCT01123356
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 14, 2010
Results First Posted : December 3, 2015
Last Update Posted : December 3, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
|Drug: Ofatumumab Drug: Lenalidomide
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|21 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase 2 Trial of Intracycle Sequential Ofatumumab and Lenalidomide for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Patients Previously Exposed to Rituximab
|Study Start Date :
|May 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2013
Experimental: Oratumumab and Lenalidomide
Single arm, non randomized study
Ofatumumab, Lenalidomide: -Ofatumumab 2000 mg (300 mg on first cycle) IV on day 1.
Drug: Ofatumumab
Other Name: Arzerra
Drug: Lenalidomide
-Lenalidomide 10 mg (5 mg on first cycle) PO days 8-28 for up to 6 cycles (28 day cycles)
Other Name: Revlimid
- Overall Response Rate [ Time Frame: 30 Weeks ]
Obtain early assessment of the efficacy of the intracycle sequential administration of ofatumumab and lenalidomide in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) after prior use of rituximab. Response was categorized according to the IW-CLL criteria which includes the following: Complete remission (CR), CR with incomplete marrow recovery (CRi)Partial remission (PR), Progressive disease (PD), Stable disease (SD).
Overall response rate was defined as those who experienced a response of CR, CRi or PR.
- Frequency of Adverse and Severe Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 30 weeks ]Frequency of adverse and severe adverse events
- Biomarkers Changes During Treatment. [ Time Frame: 30 Weeks ]Biomarkers changes during treatment. A minimum of 5 subjects will be enrolled in the biomarkers sub-study. Only those subjects enrolled at MUSC will be considered for the biomarkers sub-study. At day 1 of cycle 1, day 8 of cycle 1, day 1 of cycle 2 and day 8 of cycles 2, blood samples will be obtained for assessment of biomarkers.
- Frequency of Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 30 weeks ]Number of adverse events occuring in greater than 20% of subjects
- Dose Reductions Due to Adverse Events. [ Time Frame: 30 weeks ]Number of dose reductions due to toxicity.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must have confirmed diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
- Prior therapy with at least one regimen containing rituximab
- Age > 18 years.
- Life expectancy greater than 12 months.
- ECOG performance status <2
- Patients must have normal organ function as defined in the protocol.
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow function as defined in the protocol.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- All study participants must be registered into the mandatory RevAssist® program, and be willing and able to comply with the requirements of RevAssist®.
- Females of childbearing potential (FCBP)† must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test with a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL within 10 - 14 days prior to and again within 24 hours prior to prescribing lenalidomide (prescriptions must be filled within 7 days) and must either commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or begin TWO acceptable methods of birth control, one highly effective method and one additional effective method AT THE SAME TIME, at least 28 days before she starts taking lenalidomide. FCBP must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing. Men must agree to use a latex condom during sexual contact with a FCBP even if they have had a successful vasectomy.
- Able to take aspirin (81 or 325 mg) daily as prophylactic anticoagulation (patients intolerant to ASA may use warfarin or low molecular weight heparin.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks or received any monoclonal antibody within 6 weeks prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents or other anti-cancer agents or treatments.
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ofatumumab or lenalidomide.
- Uncontrolled concomitant illness.
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because lenalidomide is believed to be teratogenic.
- HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with ofatumumab or lenalidomide.
- Prior treatment with lenalidomide
- Evidence of laboratory TLS by Cairo-Bishop Definition of Tumor Lysis Syndrome. Subjects may be enrolled upon correction of electrolyte abnormalities.
- All patients will undergo screening for hepatitis B and may or may not be eligible based on the results as outlined in the protocol.
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): NCT01123356
|United States, South Carolina
|Medical University of South Carolina
|Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
|Greenville Hospital System
|Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29605
|Responsible Party:
|Medical University of South Carolina
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01123356 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|May 14, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 3, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|December 3, 2015
|Last Verified:
|July 2012
Relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Leukemia, B-Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
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Recruitment #19-EC2-01
|Date Opened
|Filing Deadline
|$4,796 - 6,067 / Month
|Job Type
|Open & Promotional
THE JOB: Under general supervision, to perform a variety of moderate to complex office and field technical engineering tasks related to construction plan review, permit processing, surveying, inspecting, drafting, document preparation, record keeping, office research and assisting the public; and to perform other duties as required. Engineering Technician I is the first working level in the series. Incumbents perform more routine tasks independently and receive closer supervision when assisting in more complex engineering tasks. Incumbents may serve as an instrument person on a survey crew. The list established from this recruitment will be used to fill current and future vacancies for full-time, part-time, substitute, and extra-help temporary positions during the life of the eligible list.
THE REQUIREMENTS: Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
One year of journey-level technical engineering experience. A bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, geology, physics, chemistry, computer science, or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience. College-level coursework in engineering, computer-aided drafting or mathematics (algebra, geometry, or trigonometry) may be substituted for up to six months of the required experience on the basis of one semester or quarter-length course for two months of experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a valid California Class C Driver License (upon appointment) is required for some positions.
Knowledge: Working knowledge of the principles and practices of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, general science and scales of weights and measurements as applied to engineering computations and construction; survey procedures, techniques, and equipment; the physical properties of construction materials; the principles and techniques of drafting. Some knowledge of the principles and practices used in the construction and repair of roads, drainage and sewer facilities, and other public works projects.
Ability to: Read and interpret blueprints, maps, change orders, improvement plans and construction specifications; use and adjust precision surveying equipment; perform drafting work and assist in the preparation of designs, plans, and reports; make accurate engineering calculations; collect and analyze field data and prepare accurate and detailed reports and records; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; drive vehicles, such as pickup trucks and vans (some positions); learn to input, access, and analyze data using a computer terminal; stand or walk for up to eight hours per day; kneel for up to four hours per day (some positions); perform tasks requiring strength, such as carrying bags of aggregate, removing underground access covers, climbing into and out of trenches, lifting equipment up to 40 pounds out of trenches, and lifting maps from map files; lift items weighing up to 40 pounds, such as buckets of soil and soil gauges (nuclear gauges); some positions require lifting up to 47 pounds, such as two employees moving a 94 pound concrete survey monument; distinguish various sounds, such as the voices of co-workers in noisy environments, the sounds of operating equipment and oncoming traffic, and radio communications at construction sites; smell odors in order to detect natural gas leaks; identify objects in the distance, such as co-workers' hand signals, construction stakes, and oncoming traffic; distinguish colors, such as color-coded underground service alert markings and colored ribbon on construction stakes; and put on, wear, and use a respirator and other required safety gear (some positions).
Special Working Conditions: Exposure to variable temperatures and weather conditions; slippery surfaces, such as wet trenches; heights, such as at the edge of a trench; cramped work spaces; high levels of noise; dust and silica dust; allergens, such as poison oak and stinging insects; strong, unpleasant odors; electrical hazards; potentially hostile or violent individuals; the possibility of experiencing bodily injury and contact with toxic substances, chemical irritants, and ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; and, for some assigned tasks, possible exposure to needles or blood which could possibly result in chronic disease or death.
Some positions may require Fingerprinting and/or Background Investigation.
ANNUAL LEAVE - 22 days first year, increasing to 37 days after 15 years of service. Available for vacation and/or sick leave.
HOLIDAYS - 13 paid holidays per year.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE – 3 days paid in California, 5 days paid out-of-state.
MEDICAL PLAN - The County contracts with CalPERS for a variety of medical plans. For most plans, County contributions pay a majority of the premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
DENTAL PLAN - County pays for employee and eligible dependent coverage.
VISION PLAN - County pays for employee coverage. Employee may purchase eligible dependent coverage.
RETIREMENT - Pension formula 2% at age 60 or 2% at age 62 as determined based on provisions of the CA Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). Pension benefit determined by final average compensation of three years. County participates in Social Security.
LIFE INSURANCE - County paid $20,000 term policy. Employee may purchase additional life insurance.
DISABILITY INSURANCE - Employees in the General Representation Unit participate in the State Disability Insurance (SDI) program. This program is funded 100% by employee payroll deductions.
DEPENDENT-CARE PLAN - Employees who make contributions for child or dependent care may elect to have their contributions made utilizing "pre-tax dollars."
H-CARE PLAN - Employees who pay a County medical premium may elect this pre-tax program.
HEALTH CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING ALLOWANCE (HCFSA) - Employees may elect this pre-tax program to cover qualifying health care expenses.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION - A deferred compensation plan is available to employees.
THE EXAMINATION: Your application and supplemental questionnaire will be reviewed to determine if you have met the education, experience, training and/or licensing requirements as stated on the job announcement. If you meet these criteria and are one of the best qualified, you may be required to compete in any combination of written, oral and/or performance examinations or a competitive evaluation of training and experience as described on your application and supplemental questionnaire. You must pass all components of the examination to be placed on the eligible list. The examination may be eliminated if there are ten or fewer qualified applicants. If the eligible list is established without the administration of the announced examination, the life of the eligible list will be six months and your overall score will be based upon an evaluation of your application and supplemental questionnaire. If during those six months it is necessary to administer another examination for this job class, you will be invited to take the examination to remain on the eligible list.
HOW TO APPLY: Apply Online Now! Click on the link below; or print out an application and supplemental questionnaire and mail/bring them to: Santa Cruz County Personnel Department, 701 Ocean Street, Room 510, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060. For information, call (831) 454-2600. Hearing Impaired TDD/TTY: 711. Applications will meet the final filing date if received in one of the following ways: 1) in the Personnel Department by 5:00 p.m. on the final filing date, 2) submitted online before midnight of the final filing date.
Women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. If you have a disability that requires test accommodation, please call (831) 454-2600.
To comply with the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, Santa Cruz County verifies that all new employees are either U.S. citizens or persons authorized to work in the U.S.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
NOTE: The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract.

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- "Squad Two and Three, attack!"
- ―Lok Durd
Squad Three was a squad of several B1 and B2 battle droids in the Separatist Droid Army that were under the command of the Neimoidian General Lok Durd. They accompanied Lok Durd to the planet of Maridun to test the Neimoidian's new artillery weapon, the Defoliator, which when detonated could destroy all organic matter in the weapon's blast radius but leave mechanical objects, like the battle droids, unharmed. Soon after arriving at the planet and setting up the base camp, Durd carried out a successful first test of the Defoliator using a pair of B1 battle droids, which Squad 3 witnessed. Lok then took Squad 3, along with at least two other squads, to test the defoliator on the planet's Lurmen colony.
However, three Jedi: Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Aayla Secura, along with Commander Bly and Captain Rex, which had crash landed on the planet earlier, had found out that Lok was going to destroy the Lurmen village, and had set out to stop him. When the droids arrived at the colony, the Jedi enveloped the colony with a deflector shield, using a pair of shield generators they had stolen from the Separatist's base camp. The Defoliator could not penetrate the deflector shield, so Lok ordered Squad 1 to attack the colony, destroy the Jedi, and take down the shield generators. The first squad charged the colony, but the three Jedi and their two clone troopers were able to easily defeat the battle droids, the Jedi cutting down most of the droids with their lightsabers.
Lok then ordered both Squad 2 and Squad 3 together to charge the colony the same way Squad 1 had. The Jedi fought the two squads the same way too, but this time the Battle Droids broke threw the Jedi line and continued on to the colony. Anakin, realizing that the droids might destroy the shield generators and leave the colony exposed, told Ahsoka and Aayla to keep fighting the droids while he went to destroy the defoliator. Meanwhile, the two squads pushed Bly and Rex, which had stayed behind to give covering fire, behind the makeshift barricade the Jedi had built earlier out of some kind of large pods. The droids blew threw the barricade and continued on to attack the colony, while the clones fired on the droids from covered positions. Aayla and Ahsoka were still attacking the battle droids, running up from behind them and attacking them while they were attacking the colony. However, they were unable to stop the droids from destroying the shield generators, deactivating the deflector shield.
With the colony now exposed, Lok Durd ordered his remaining to load the Defoliator and destroy the colony, but Anakin was running up to Lok's position. Durd ordered his droids to fire on the Jedi, but Skywalker evaded the blaster fire and destroyed the defoliator along with several of the droids guarding Lok. The Neimoidian tried to run away and escape, but the Jedi Knight captured him before he could get far. Back at the colony, the remainder of the second and third squads were still attacking the colony, and the village's leaders, Tee Watt Kaa, a devote pacifist, did not want his people fight the Separatists even if it meant the destruction of the entire village. However, his son Wag Too, disgusted by how is father would just sit by and watch the droids kill their people, found several other Lurmen that were willing to fight and attacked the droid. The small colonists underneath the remaining droids, tying their legs together with rope while the Republic forces distracted the battle droids. Once all the battle droids were tied together, the Lurmen pulled the droids down, while Ahsoka decapitated the droids on the ground. All the Battle Droids in Squad 2 and Squad 3 were destroyed during the battle.


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Posts tagged with "Prison":
City taps Perkins Eastman to research alternatives to Rikers
Denmark's latest maximum security prison designed to feel less like a prison
ACSA cancels controversial detention center competition
Growing private detention industry threatens immigrants' rights on the U.S.-Mexico border
The collision of private law enforcement and privately managed immigration enforcement at sites of detention is dramatically altering the landscape of migrant processing and justice—largely to the disadvantage of the detainee.
On Jan 25, President Trump issued an executive order, which, in addition to mandating the well-known "border wall," directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to "immediately construct […] facilities to detain aliens at or near the land border with Mexico," to support increased deportations of undocumented migrants. An internal memo circulated by the administration in April called for nearly double the existing detention capacity to accommodate 80,000 detainees on any given day. Twenty-seven new locations had been scouted; 21,000 beds had already been found. With such rapid growth, decisions privilege expediency and cost over the quality of services and care for detainees.
It is highly likely that the new federal detention capacity will be met in partnership with private prison companies. Currently, 65 percent of detainees in the U.S. migrant detention system stay in private facilities run by companies (commonly for-profit) that contract with the federal government. Both commercial contractors and government vendors contributed to the search for detention spaces outlined in the April memo.
The same criticisms that apply to the private prison industry, and which led the Department of Justice (DOJ) to mandate an end to its use in August of 2016, apply to the burgeoning private detention industry. A 2009 report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) noted that a majority of migrant detention facilities were initially built for use as prisons, and that these structures impose more restrictions than necessary for the detainees. The shared typological features between prisons and detention centers flatten the important differences between criminal sentencing and migrant detention. Where the two intermingle, the distinction between legal and extralegal, private and federal, detention and incarceration is dangerously elusive.
One of the largest private detention facilities in the U.S. is the Otero County Processing Center (OCPC) in Chaparral, New Mexico. The center is part of a 15-acre site that includes the Otero County Prison Facility, which first partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold detainees awaiting rulings in 2003. Residents of Otero County reportedly "liked the business [of migrant detention at the prison facility]—a half dollar a day per immigrant" and agreed to expand the practice, supporting the construction of a dedicated ICE detention facility, the OCPC, right next door, in 2008. Both the prison and the detention facility are operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), one of the nation's largest private corrections companies.
In its early years, the OCPC was known in immigration advocacy circles as "The Hub," due to the number of detainees who were transferred to the secluded site for processing from out-of-state. This transfer practice reportedly limits detainees' access to community support and legal assistance otherwise available at the location of their arrest, and places them in jurisdictions known to hand down less favorable rulings.
The architecture of the OCPC clouds important distinctions between immigrant detainee and convicted prisoner to preemptively deny justice and erode the humanity of migrants.
When we visited the OCPC in June 2016, MTC employees emphasized that the center's architecture is designed to maximize processing efficiency and prevent escape, not unlike a prison. In their language, spaces of intake manage "bodies"—not people. Walls that once ended in drop ceilings have been extended to seal completely to the roof, after speculation that a detainee could access the ceiling cavity.
Much of the staff's experience is in criminal justice; many have spent time as correctional officers or administrators in jails and prisons before stints at the center. The distinction between civil and criminal immigration violations does not register in our discussions; staff mistakenly refers to detainees as "inmates." The boundary between incarceration and detention on-site is fluid. The prison next door is used as a failsafe overflow center during overcrowding and operational malfunctions. When beds fill at OCPC, or the kitchen power fails, detainees are sent for up to 72 hours to the federal prison.
Other flattening abstractions permeate the space. Detainees wear color-coded uniforms, which provide a glimpse into their histories with the detention complex. Blue suits are for first-time non-violent immigration law offenders, mostly those picked up after walking across the U.S.-Mexico land border. Repeat offenders wear orange; those with violent or extensive criminal histories wear red. The center staff tells us they prefer dealing with the red population. Ironically, they are easier to manage; their criminal history is seen as an asset. Having spent time in jail, the regulated routine in the center is familiar territory, and they are more likely to comply with orders. To the detainees, as to the guards, it is all part of the same system.
Detention facilities like OCPC are specializing, taking on new roles. Our visit to the OCPC was just after a major transformation: Instead of providing long-term housing for detainees awaiting decisions on their cases, the processing center was converted into a last stop for detainees before deportation. Why? In 2015, DHS issued a report criticizing ICE transfer and deportation practices for presumed inefficiencies. ICE Air Operations (IAO), a shadow network of commercial and chartered flights that shuttles detainees domestically, had not been filling its seats. This report is likely the impetus for shifting strategy in Otero, which has become an overblown departure gate for deportation flights out of El Paso, Texas. When we visited, the typical stay at the OCPC is a mere two weeks, the daily operations consumed by the logistics of travel arrangements, rather than providing legal services and care for those detained. A chart in the offices maps out which detainees have been assigned seats on the three scheduled flights for the week, each filled to their 136-seat capacity.
Sites like Otero continue to contort themselves under changing directives, becoming autonomous islands, one-stop-shops for migrant processing and deportation. A DOJ directive began temporarily relocating federal judges to borderland detention facilities in March in an effort to speed deportation, further exacerbating questions of whether due process is respected in such off-grid locales with limited oversight. Existing teleconferencing rooms have since been repurposed to makeshift courts, while new courtroom space has been added to the OCPC. The wholesale restructuring of the space of migrant justice is just beginning. The construction of pop-up "port courts" is now proposed at ports of entry.
As the OCPC settles into its next-generation of use, it is consolidating even more security functions. Plans are underway to build a shooting range on site to support training for the detention center and prison staff. Guards will no longer need to go off-site to nearby Fort Bliss, thanks to a "bullet catcher" berm encircling the range. In December, DHS reported that private detention facilities—despite continued "documented occurrences of deficiencies and abuse"—will continue to be necessary for the foreseeable future. As a stopgap, the agency suggested positioning ICE wardens at private centers to provide federal oversight and accountability.
As the sites accelerate their transformations from isolated anomalies to quasi-urban, self-sufficient nuclei of privatized federal detention, we call for immigrant advocates and legal service providers to co-opt the logic of their shadow system of airfields, courts, and fly-in judges, grafting a parallel network supporting migrant advocacy on this nascent infrastructure.
This design team has ideas for a better, more humane jail system
Mayor de Blasio unveils plan to close Rikers Island for good
New York City pension funds will no longer invest in private prisons
There were periods after [a] riot during which health services staffing levels failed to meet minimum contractual thresholds. Moreover, between December 2012 and September 2015, the approximately 2,300-inmate Adams County facility was staffed with only a single physician for 434 days (43 percent of the time) and a single dentist for 689 days (69 percent of the time). This resulted in inmate-to-provider ratios that were about double those specified in BOP program statements.In addition to this, the Daily News reported that eight immigrant detainees have died in the last fiscal year while in private immigration detention centers—these house 65 percent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, so said Stringer's office. In a statement given to the Daily News, GEO Group said: "We strongly reject the baseless claims that led to this misguided decision. We're proud of our longstanding record providing high quality services, while treating the men and women in our care with the respect and dignity they deserve." Meanwhile, John Adler, chief pension investment advisor to the mayor, commented: "Private prison companies prioritize profits over humane treatment of immigrants and inmates, and their stocks' wild price swings over the past year show the risks inherent in their business model. The Mayor supports divestment from private prisons after thorough analysis from our outside investment consultants, the City Law Department, and the Bureau of Asset Management showed that it was a prudent step for our pension funds to take."
Deep in the Florida Everglades, this former state prison hosts private military training operations
This article appears in The Architect's Newspaper's April 2017 issue, which takes a deep dive into Florida to coincide with the upcoming AIA Conference on Architecture in Orlando (April 27 to 29). We're publishing the issue online as the Conference approaches—click here to see the latest articles to be uploaded.
Deep in the Florida Everglades, surrounded by wildlife and natural preserves, an abandoned correctional facility has become the unlikely background for high-stakes military training operations, far from the public eye. The Hendry Correctional Institute, a former high-security state prison complex turned private training facility, is the unlikely protagonist in a new generation of military-style training scenarios.
Since 2012, the site has been run by Altair Training Solutions, a private enterprise that rents out the facility and provides training to clients across a spectrum of military, private, and security interests. Site organizers capitalize on the facility's protective architecture, and its layers of security infrastructure left over from its prison days, to inject realism in simulated missions for special operations forces, law enforcement agencies, and weekend hobbyists.
The site signals a shift in what we might think of as "adaptive reuse" in a niche market of the newly securitized economy. Instead of repurposing an abandoned warehouse or a dilapidated factory into lofts or retail space, the scheme here was to reinvigorate a vast area on the urban scale—including 1,150 surrounding acres, a nearby county correctional facility, two hotels, houses, dining halls, a research and development facility, long and short shooting ranges, shoot houses, and a 3,800-foot-long private airstrip. Instead of targeting traditional market forces, the land-grab speculation hinges on the presumed insatiable and continued interest of militarized forces in the kind of free-rein, live-fire, no-holds-barred urban expeditions that only an underused, remote, and built-up site allows.
Such sites have long been objects of desire for the U.S. armed forces, which see them as ready-made approximations of emerging theaters of operations—stand-ins for the streets, markets, and central business districts of hostile cities a world away. The RAND Corporation identified abandoned towns as future training gold mines in the mid-2000s. The U.S. military has, in recent years, used existing—and sometimes inhabited—domestic cities to add realism to their training regimens. But this site was identified and purchased by private citizens (albeit former-military), and was initially supported by public tax incentives (a package the State of Florida called Project Assassin, which was later rescinded). The newly reimagined facility opens its doors to the untrained hobbyist and gun enthusiast. Public programming requires no military training or law-enforcement credentials—passing a criminal background check and paying the entry fee gains entry to select courses. In one recent example, students from every walk of life spent a Saturday learning to shoot targets near the former prison law library from hovering helicopters. This is a mom-and-pop shop for street-front shoot-'em-ups. This is amateur hour. And it may only be the beginning, a model for the private security urbanism to come.
To better understand the draw of the site, one must understand remoteness as a fundamental asset of the new private security urbanism. The state has historically invested in remote areas for detention purposes, using distance from populated centers as a buffer. Built in 1977 to be intentionally surrounded by uninhabited wilderness, the facility had been deteriorating for decades. The required public funding for renovations and remote access had become a burden to the State of Florida. The once-desired remoteness proved to only expedite the prison's eventual demise, but later offered an opportunity for other uses—allowing for the type of training other non-remote sites cannot.
The details of the training contracts are confidential, but one can imagine the series of exfiltration and other tactical operations that this type of location affords. As other military installations are spending money to faithfully recreate every physical nuance of projected intervention sites from scratch, Altair comes ready-made with a bona fide architecture of imprisonment. The former prison and its buildings, no longer capable of sustaining prior instantiations of security, are now seen as "up for grabs"—a kind of marketable good, repurposed to the whims of the new securocratic order.
It takes a mind with a particular type of calculus to understand the high value of civic remnants in the oncoming era. While the standard of real estate development speculation looks for new density and economic growth opportunities, these alternative post-urban investment schemes search for forgotten ghost spaces, where remoteness and absence of human inhabitation are the prized components. Given the rampant privatization of the prison-industrial complex, abandoned state prisons could soon be a boon to the speculative rehabber of disused security infrastructure. The architecture of incarceration is offered as a stage set, perpetuating its imagined use.
Mayor de Blasio backs ten-year-plan to remove prisons from Rikers Island
New York City has always been better than Rikers Island. I am proud to chart a course for our city that lives up to this reality. Our success in reducing crime and reforming our criminal justice system has paved a path off Rikers Island and toward community-based facilities capable of meeting our criminal justice goals. There is no doubt that the road to Rikers Island's closure will be long and arduous. It will require that local officials and stakeholders stand up and support facilities that meet our moral obligation to thousands of New Yorkers whose lives we will never turn our backs on. It will require that our state government, and each component of our criminal justice system, contribute to the reform efforts critical to reducing our jail population and improving re-entry services and educational programming. The length of this process will also require continued investment in the facilities and conditions on Rikers Island that remain key to rehabilitation efforts for thousands of New Yorkers in the years ahead. This moment would not be possible without the work of Speaker Mark-Viverito, who has helped fuel the progress toward a more just criminal justice system.
Frank Gehry to teach "The Future of Prison" course at SCI-Arc
This post is part of our years-long running Eavesdrop series (think page 6 for the architectural field). It's your best source for gossip, insider stories, and more. Have an eavesdrop of your own? Send it to: eavesdrop[at]archpaper.com.
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) announced last winter that architect Frank Gehry would be teaching one of the school's elective vertical studios for the spring 2017 semester. According to an image promoting the studio on the university's Instagram, the studio is titled "The Future of Prison" and "calls on emerging architects to break free of current conventions and re-imagine what we now refer to as 'prison' for a new era."
Could Gehry and his students re-imagine the carceral system the way his firm did with tourist-driven arts destinations? Perhaps the class could propose new designs for the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles, the 757-bed jail located just one mile from the SCI-Arc campus. The jail is due to be replaced sometime between 2027 and 2030 under the auspices of the city's new Civic Center Master Plan. If rebuilt elsewhere, planners would be wise to look to Gehry's SCI-Arc studio for ideas and inspiration.


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Travelers have 3 unique spells in Temporal Odyssey. A Basic, Advanced, and Ultimate Spell, which can be leveled up by controlling certain Elemental Sigils. Each Traveler uses these sigils in different unique combinations.
Drake is about being on the battlefield and fighting the enemy Traveler head on. He can phase targets in and out of the game to make his direct assault easier! More than any other Traveler, Drake's spells focus on aggressive combat tactics, making classes like Warriors, Beasts, and Machines a priority for recruitment.
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Drake can blink characters into the game for a short period of time. Try to set up a good Blink Portal during your draft. If you level it up, you can create some interesting combos by triggering enlisted Abilities over and over again.
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- Diligence ill make Drake extremely threatening while also bringing your Charge to max level.
- Try placing Zane back on top of the present deck when you draft. You'll have him ready an amazing Blink Portal sneak attack! He'll also bring your charge to max level when he's in play.
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By Daniel P. Elkins, Mission and Installation Contracting Command Public Affairs OfficeAugust 29, 2018
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 29, 2018) -- A member of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Government Purchase Card Program team earned DOD recognition during the 2018 GSA SmartPay3 Training Forum Aug. 7-9 at New Orleans for his contributions in developing requirements for the government's next generation charge card program.
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"I feel fortunate for the opportunity to help define the requirements by supporting multiple murder board requirements sessions and responding to many urgent data requests," Griffith said.
That support included providing inputs and recommendations; bank customer support resources; reporting capabilities, data mining tools and dashboard requirements; training requirements; internal controls; rebate structure and schedule; card issuance and delivery; program purchase card hierarchy structure; and statement pay options and delinquency management.
In a memo to Griffith, LeAntha Sumpter, a DOD procurement and acquisition policy executive, said his recommendations "will improve processes and functions for the Government Purchase Card Program, and help optimize component refunds throughout the maximum 13 year period of performance."
Griffith said tailored task order requirements differ from a standard task order in terms of increased oversight.
"While standard task orders allow some flexibility," Griffith explained, "tailored task order requirements include additional agency and organization-specific requirements that, as a rule of thumb, would increase the level of effort required from the contractor beyond what is required under master contracts but still within their scope."
Ray Estrada, the chief of the MICC GPC Program Management Office, emphasized that Griffith's subject-matter expertise and participation in the DOD GPC Source Selection Evaluation Board was essential to ensuring that the command and Army had representation with the composition of DOD's SmartPay3 GPC requirements package, technical evaluations and selection of bank card issuer.
"No other Army organization matches the MICC GPC program for its level of complexity, data demands and mission support requirements of a multi-customer portfolio," Estrada said. "If not for Leroy and one other Army Contracting Command agency/organization program coordinator participating in the DOD SSEB, the voice and needs of the Army would have been silent among an SSEB dominated by Air Force and Defense Agency representatives."
GSA officials announced the contract awards for GSA SmartPay3 in September 2015. The current GSA SmartPay2 contracts will expire Nov. 29, 2018, impacting all federal government purchase, travel and fleet card programs. For the Army GPC Program, all existing SmartPay2 GPC accounts will have to be cancelled and new SmartPay3 GPC accounts will be issued. Estrada said this represents more than 12,000 billing official and cardholders accounts managed by the MICC.
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Headquartered at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command consists of about 1,500 military and civilian members who are responsible for contracting goods and services in support of Soldiers as well as readying trained contracting units for the operating force and contingency environment when called upon. The command is made up of two contracting support brigades, two field directorates, 30 contracting offices and nine battalions. MICC contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 Soldiers every day, providing many daily base operations support services at installations, facilitate training in the preparation of more than 100,000 conventional force members annually, training more than 500,000 students each year, and maintaining more than 14.4 million acres of land and 170,000 structures.


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So, last week I pulled the trigger. This week it's time to discuss whether or not I hit the target. I'm thinking of a scene from the old 1938 Errol Flynn movie, "The Adventures of Robin Hood," wherein the title character shows up at an archery competition disguised, because the evil prince put a price on his head. If he had a lick of sense he'd have stayed at home, but nooo. It's a contest, and he's determined to prove what everyone already knows: he's the best bullseye buster in the realm. So, the heck with caution. Pretty soon he's faced with a challenge. The shot he has to improve on lands dead center in the target. He nonchalantly draws his bow and lets his arrow fly. Naturally, it splits the first shooter's arrow from nock to noggin. And the crowd goes wild! Mayhem ensues, and the intrepid archer sneaks out the back door with his reputation, and his neck, intact.
Thankfully, my task wasn't quite as dramatic. I didn't have to do better than anyone but myself. And no one was waiting to string me up simply for entering the arena. Nevertheless, I felt some tension. My goal was to distribute 5,000 free copies of one of my books.
Here's a bit more background on my Little Primitive campaign, a giveaway of the first book in a three-volume series about a two-foot tall warrior living in the utter boondocks of Wyoming. The book originally came out in January 2014. So did the sequel, cleverly titled A Little More Primitive. I was quite ready for the world to show up at my doorstep waving money and clamoring for autographed copies.
I waited a long time, but damned few people showed up. In March of 2015, I published book three in the series, A Primitive in Paradise, another <cough> tour de force of fantasy storytelling. I even had a healthy smattering of reviews, virtually all 5-star, and still the path to my doorstep remained uncluttered by rabid fans, or those of any other stripe.
In January of this year, I finally decided to do something about it. I invested in ads which ran on Amazon, and my sales quickly went up. Not enough to cover their cost, however. But that was okay since I told myself I was building an audience, and any day now they'd discover my diminutive warrior and his cowboy entourage. Alas, very few made the leap.
The problem was pretty simple: few outside my circle of acquaintances knew the books existed. I had to get the word out. Doing so would cost some money, but if the books were really any good, folks would jump on 'em once they became aware of them. That remains my fervent hope.
So I invested roughly $550 in a 5-day giveaway campaign of the first book. I contacted 39 different websites to help in the promotion. Their combination of emails to subscribers, postings in newsletters, blurbs on Facebook and other social media sites, plus tweets to Lord only knows how many people, constituted the bulk of the campaign. I also emailed everyone I knew and quite a few I wasn't sure of. The message was simple:
Here's a great book, and it's yours for FREE!
The results thus far have been positive. Some 5,800 free copies of A Little Primitive were downloaded during the 5-day period (8/25-8/29). Surprisingly, sales of the book nudged up, too. As did sales of the second and third books in the series. Hopefully, the "Pages Read" numbers will stay up as folks work their way through the collection. (Amazon/Kindle pays about a half-cent for each page read.) Here's how sales and page reads shaped up for the month of August 2018:
The pink area represents earnings from ebook Sales. The blue area represents earnings from Pages Read.
Okay, so I haven't made quite enough to take the New Zealand cruise I've been dreaming about, but the results are pretty clear: average Sales and Reads tripled, at least briefly. Promotion pays. And hopefully, it will keep paying even though the promotion is over.
I'm so pleased with the progress so far that I've planned a new promo for a different book. It'll run from 9/5 through 9/8. The focus this time is a stand-alone novel, no sequels exist. I'll provide more details next week.
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When Courtney Klein first dreamed up Storq, a goes-with-everything maternity basics line, she had just moved to San Francisco from New York, where she had been a partner at a digital marketing agency and, as it were, had never made clothes. That's where her BFF Grace Kapin came in—bringing with her experience as a stylist, an editor, and a visual merchandiser—to help turn this concept of effortless—but really, really good-looking—apparel for pregnant women into a wearable thing.
Even though neither of them had any maternal experience when they started working on the company in 2012, both saw their friends dealing with ill-fitting, disposable clothing. And when Courtney became pregnant six months in and fell hard for their tank top, Storq's first product, they knew they were onto something. "We wanted to approach pregnancy like we were just a regular clothing brand," Courtney says. "Our internal motto is that pregnant women are people, too! They still want to feel like themselves and show off their bodies."
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How I Started Riding Bikes
I get this question all the time. "Marley- how in the world did you get so into bike riding?" or "You commute to work EVERY DAY by bike? How in the world did you start doing that?" Honestly, it's the only happiness I've found in my adult life. I've been running away from a deep unhappiness, lonliness, and unfulfilled life for such a long time and bicyling is the only thing that has felt right. I don't know that will continue to fill this void in my soul, but for now, it is working.
With my bike, I feel like I can explore anywhere. I can just go. I am free. I'm not constrained by anything except my own body, and that I can refuel, rest, and keep going. Nobody else but me can disappoint, betray, leave behind, or screw over. I can learn to repair broken parts on my bike, I can pump up flat tires, fix the broken spoke, and I can keep going.
Three years ago, I was married. Shortly thereafter I was divorced. Like, really shortly therafter. 6 months after. In practical terms, my new situation left me living on Capitol Hill with a car that I never used. In emotional terms, I was an absolute disaster. Thankfully, I lived around the corner from a super cool bike shop, had a bunch of friends who rode bikes, and were way into it when I said I wanted to ride. I quickly bought a bike, sold my car, and it's been a quick spiral down the rabbit hole. Since June of 2013, I've owned 5 different bikes, plus my membership to Pronto Cycle Share. I currently only own 3 bikes, but always have my eye out for my next steed.
Bike touring is my latest adventure, and honestly, where I've found the most enjoyment. Open roads, endless possibilities (except I usually have to be back at work by Monday), starry skies above my campsite. More to come as I find more and more to love on two wheels.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger Recorded Himself Reciting Some Of His Most Famous Film Quotes & It's Amazing
The former governor of California may have just raised the bar for "creative ways to promote your upcoming movie": In a thread posted to the gathering place on the Internet, Reddit, Arnold Schwarzenegger asked users to post their favorite quotes from his films in an effort to promote his upcoming film with Sylvester Stallone, Escape Plan — then he proceeded to film himself reciting them all on the set of... whatever action film he's working on now. One of them.
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Whenever I go to an event, someone asks me to yell out one of my lines. Even when I walk into Starbucks, people scream at me to "Get to the choppa."
So to celebrate Escape Plan hitting theaters today, since I've already done an AMA and a Fitness AMA and I pop in on /r/fitness when I can, I thought it would be fun to offer myself to yell out all of your favorite lines.
I'm on set, so I will check in and upload the videos as responses throughout the day. I can't wait to scream one of my wilder lines and scare the crew.
And so he proceeded to film himself yelling random lines like "GET TO THE CHOPPA" and "IT'S NOT A TUMAHHH" and trust me, it's all as amazing as it sounds.
"Who is your daddy, and what does he do?"
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Not so much a comment on the gospel of St Mark Chapter 16 and Jesus Christ but another JC who lost his life for a cause he believed in. The other Easter Rising is probably a bit less widely celebrated in the UK but it has made Britain the country that it is and one of the most prominent figures in it was James Connolly of Edinburgh.
Today is 90 years since the Easter Rising of 1916 that ultimately led to the creation of the Irish free state and in doing so, created independence for Eire and changed the shape of Britain, forming the nation we now have.
Having visited the The General Post Office in Dublin and also The Bastille and Concord in the US (celebrating 230 years since the "shot heard around the world" on 19/4/2006) it is interesting to see the varied places associated with the birthplaces of nations.
What have we in Scotland? The foot in the hill at Dunadd? Iona? Bannockburn? Arbroath? The ballot boxes of 11th September 1997 which caused us to say "There shall be a Scottish Parliament"?
Sometimes the symbols of today are not as romantic or as inspiring as the symbols of the past, particularly when you're not even an independent country. Which countries celebrate "devolution day", oh. none of them. right.
Back to Ireland. It is clear that Eámon de Valera, James Connolly and others would have had an easier time of it if the British state has simple allowed a free vote on Irish independence. This is not the way of a democracy however.
Democracy - from Greek (demokratia), the common people + (kratein) to rule seems to be a great stick to beat nations with in the name of progress but a double edged sword when it comes to matters closer at home. It seems people+rule is convenient enough when it's another country on the other side of the world but not when it's your own country and it's single issue politics such as independence. Since when did democracy mean "only within the confines of a western party political system", this seems to be a rather narrow self-serving definition.
So where is democracy, 90 years after the Easter Rising and what have we learned? Not much it seems. Just as the Irish and Americans were denied a free voice to exercise their right to vote for independence in a single issue ballot, so the same situation exists today with Scotland.
It isn't about whether you advocate independence or not or whether you want devolution, independence, a federal UK or something else. It's about having the right to decide in a single issue vote whether democracy (= the people rule) should prevail and allow the people to speak where politicians fear to tread. Is this not the finest hour of the freedom of speech we're so quick to defend when it comes to Moslem cartoons? Would a referendum not be a more productive use of this right than using it to offend others?
Moving on to the situation today. As a signatory to the Independence Convention, I was in a meeting with The Earl of Mar and Kellie recently where the Parliament (Participation of Members of the House of Commons) Bill was discussed. This Private Members Bill introduced by Lord Baker, seeks to resolve the West Lothian question, but has covered wider ranging issues along the way including the mechanism for recognising Scottish independence. This question was put to both the Lord Chancellor and Attorney General by the Earl of Mar and Kellie yet I am not yet aware of an answer. Although a Liberal Democrat, asking the question caused Lord Elder to accuse him of coming "dangerously close to coming out as a nationalist".
It isn't about being a nationalist, it's about freedom of choice and self determination through the ballot box on a single issue.
If it's good enough for the Falklands and Gibraltar, surely it's good enough for Scotland or does the UK government not want to support free speech and true democracy in this country? Have we still not learned the lessons of Ireland and America when it comes to domestic politics?
Do we need to wait for the 2nd coming or will politicians learn to put their faith in what the people, rather than their party think is the best way to govern?
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16 April 2006
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The Problem: Around 39% of Afghans live below the poverty line, with huge differences in living standards between those living in cities and those in rural areas. Further, around 33% of Afghans are food insecure and 3.4 million severely food insecure. Consequently, there is urgent need to tackle the country's nutritional, educational and environmental problems, and support vulnerable people to improve their livelihoods.
The Solution: In collaboration with World Food Program, our team has been able to address the needs of rural Afghanistan through a number of diverse projects that include: delivering emergency food assistance and school meals, constructing and rehabilitating key infrastructure (including sustainable irrigation systems), improving employment opportunities through vocational training, and disaster risk reduction.
The Impact: In 2017 alone, SFL directed the rehabilitation of 260 kilometers of neglected and damaged irrigation canals, while constructing an additional 34 kilometers of new canal waterways; rehabilitated 255 kilometers of road; planted 28,600 trees; distributed 5,460 metric tons of food and provided 1,500 individuals vocational training.
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Duration: 2013-Present
Soybeans in the Agriculture Rehabilitation of Afghanistan Initiative (SARAI)
The Problem: Agriculture is essential in Afghanistan, representing 50% of the country's GDP and supporting 85% of its people. Securing water for agricultural and personal use remains a challenge, and due to ongoing conflict, much of Afghanistan's agro-processing industry has deteriorated, draining physical assets and human know-how.
The Solution: The warm climate of Northern Afghanistan is ideal for growing soybeans, a previously underutilized commodity. To revitalize agricultural growth in Northern Afghanistan, our team supported local farmers to develop and improve soybean production practices and access markets. This involved establishing community-led agricultural and water management committees; improving irrigation systems and farm-to-market roadways through cash-for-work programs; provision of agriculture-related microcredit loans; farmer training in soybean practices; development of harvest collection procedures; and construction of soybean demonstration plots.
The Impact: 6 community committees established and mobilized; More than 50km of roadways constructed or rehabilitated; 100 communities with improved access to water; Irrigated land productivity increased by 135-200%; Over $450,000 injected into local markets through cash-for-work employment opportunities; 1468 micro and small scale loans provided; 13,024 farmers provided training; and 102 demonstration plots established.
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These are the dimensions, in inches, for the max carry-on luggage for flights. Over two thousand square inches of room for stuff. That almost seems reasonable until it is converted to a number that is easier to intuitively gauge – cubic feet. 2,772 cu in = 1.6 cu feet. That is not such a big number. It is the space we have and it is the space we will use for our three months of travel.
Our swim team friends Loriann and Ken let us borrow a travel bag that is perfect for the trip. We found the bag online and purchased more for everyone. The bag is by eBags and the formal name is the eTech 2.0 Weekender Convertible and the eTech 2.0 Weekender Convertible Junior. The key points for us were maximum space, back-pack/duffel option and limited pockets. Oh, and the price was well under our $100 a piece budget.
Most heavy duty back packs have 27 pockets and bungee cords for items to dangle or cram in everywhere. This just seemed like a pickpockets delight. We so often hear to be very wary of European thievery – the less opportunity they can have with our family the better. No pockets to pick is key. Another swim friend, Michele, is loaning us packing cubes which will add a level of organization we usually don't experience.
I'm not sure how eBags operates but they exceeded expectations on delivery. I ordered them before noon on a Tuesday and they were delivered on Wednesday. This was their FREE ground shipping. Everyone got their color of choice but when Scarlet discovered both she and Brenna chose Plum, well Scarlet was no longer happy. This only serves to prove that with a family of 6, in any situation, someone will be unhappy.
This week we are filling the bags with clothing of lightweight materials. Basically we will all have 2 pairs of shoes, 2 pairs of pants, 5 shirts, a light jacket and a heavy jacket. No one is complaining. This must be for 2 reasons: 1) they are accustomed to having only a few clothes and 2) most of the clothes are new and a new item is equivalent to 5 old items. Toiletries are limited and we plan to buy larger shampoos and toothpaste when we get to Europe – they have stores and we have a credit card.
A big help with our packing list is my internet travel BFF Rick Steves. He has experience and is a source of truth for all things touristy. If you are interested in what we are bringing just reference his light and right packing guidelines.
Sunday will be the real test for the family. We are filling the packs and walking around the High School jog path after church. Brent says we are walking until someone drops out.


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Being pregnant is like living in two parallel universes, especially in your first trimester when no one knows you are expecting. One is your regular life, where you go about your day at work and around friends living like you had before, with the exception of pretending to drink alcohol and hoping no one notices you haven't drank in weeks. And, only you know this giant secret, one that many women have at some point in their life, that they have a new life, a new person, being created inside of them – as they give that presentation to their team or share a laugh with friends, holding a glass of wine without taking one sip.
Even though I'm 34, and will be nearly 35 by the time I deliver, this whole life inside of me thing hasn't really hit me yet. Yes, I've seen the tiny little life form in multiple ultrasounds, thanks to being treated by a. reproductive endocrinologist. But, it doesn't look much like a baby yet, and I don't feel that different other than constantly coming down with illnesses due to my immune system completely shutting down (apparently a normal side effect of pregnancy.) Morning sickness has not come on strong yet (knock on wood) and while I have moments of feeling queasy, nothing has hit like what I've seen some of my friends experience. Then again, this is the week that's supposed to start peaking, so who knows.
My husband doesn't seem concerned about bringing this child into the world, and I think that's because maybe it's too early to think all the things through. We're still in that stage where miscarriage is a high risk — but just like I feel like I knew I was going to get pregnant, and that I did get pregnant, I have this sense that this baby isn't going anywhere. I'm not a religious person and of course, I could be wrong (no one feels like they're going to lose a baby), but I just get this overwhelming sensation that – to continue my Star Wars theme from yesterday – the force is strong with this one.
There are so many things to figure out. Namely, I want to get a head start on child care. With our take home income of $10k per month, it's not the end of the world to pay $2k-$3k for child care each month (apparently what it costs around here – basically it's double our rent, which I hear is normal), but it's still going to substantially cut into our savings and downpayment fund. The good? news is that if I were to lose my job, at the least we could save the child care cost — but we can't really afford to live here without my job (for the long term) so that's moot. Maybe this is just a mom thing but I'm concerned about where to send baby during the day in his or her young life. I haven't spoken with HR yet but I'm all but committed to taking 3 months off after birth.
But while pregnancy will be a long journey, those first three months, I hear, will disappear in a blur of sleepless nights. Then, it will be time for me to go back to work. My husband, in his brilliant sense of timing, has decided to return to school for teaching this summer and next year in an accelerated program, meaning he'll get his credential in one year, but he'll also be teaching and taking early evening classes to achieve this. Even if he kept his currently flexible job, where he mostly works from home, I've read plenty about how working from home and also being a caretaker isn't compatible, especially in the first year.
My parents don't live in the area, so they are unable to help (not that they'd want to if they could.) We plan to tell his parents on Christmas that we're expecting. I don't want his parents to feel like we need their help — but it certainly would be nice. Unfortunately, his mother lives in an unsafe house, dirty and a hoarders paradise, so we've both agreed we will not be able to have our child visit there until they are much older. His father lives in a small, non-air conditioned one bedroom 55+ apartment. But his dad may be interested in helping out with the baby during the day, at least a few days a week, especially if we are able to pay him the going childcare rate, or close to it. That may be an option. He's a good guy–quirky as all hell–but truly good person–and someone who I can see being a wonderful grandfather to my child. Still, we can't rely on him every day for our child's life. We have to figure out daycare.
Husband will probably talk more about daycare with me once we announce the pregnancy to his parents and have a chat with them about how much they want to help. Originally, I thought I'd stay home two days a week to work from home and take care of the kid, but it sounds like I'll need in-home help on those days too. I'm still incapable of imaging this world with baby–making pumping a normal part of my workday, multiple times a day–and coming home exhausted to greet a screaming child who isn't interested in my desperate need for sleep.
But despite all of that, I'm so incredibly thrilled to be pregnant. I wasn't one of those kids that always wanted a child, but I think, in a sense, I've always wanted to be a mother. My friend said I am a motherly type, for what that's worth. I'm excited about all those moments of getting to know a child, and the fleeting years where you are a child's everything, for better or worse, and that love is special only to a mother and her child(ren.) It's going to be hard as hell, but, I feel so incredibly fortunate that after years of thinking I'll never be able to have kids, that this one stuck. I can't wait to meet her, or him.


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Cedar, Knotty Western Red
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So now onto this week's wallpaper submission:
I worked on a couple of color schemes last week. One of those I played with in Photoshop; mixing textures, gradients and patterns together. I never really have anything in mind but never want it to be flat or simple. I want it to have something that makes it stand out. If you look closely, this ones has two separate patterns and color schemes going for it.
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I am trying to keep the older kids busy in the afternoons. Partly because I feel guilty about putting them to bed at 7:00 and partly because they NEED something to do. Last night, we painted pumpkins.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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NEW DELHI: Chinese handset maker telecom company Vivo on September 26, Wednesday has launched the V9 Pro smartphone with FHD+ display in India. The telecom company Vivo had also launched the V11 Pro smartphone with priced at Rs. 25,990 before V9 pro launching on September 25, Tuesday in the country
The price for V11 Pro has been scheduled at Rs. 25,990 while price for V9 pro smartphone has been kept at Rs 17,990.
V9 pro features:
The smartphone is conducted by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE processor with Aderno 512 GPU. The phone has 6GB RAM, 64GB memory which is expansible upto 256GB using external SD card. The device a 6.3-inch 19:19 FHD+ display with a screen-to-body ratio of around 90 percent.
16MP AI selfie camera and a 13MP+2MP dual rear camera with AI HDR have been comprised in the handset. Running Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box, the phone fun touch features 4.0 custom interface at the top and has also a 3,260mAh battery.
V11 Pro features:
The V11 Pro smartphone contains a 6.4-inch super AMOLED Halo full view display which is controlled by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE processor. V11 Pro has been launched with Vivo's artificial intelligence assistant "Jovi", Google Lens and Google Assistant with purpose to help consumers in the area of online shopping, travel arrangements, music, video and social media.


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Silk Midi Skirt: How It's Done
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Styling for daytime (brunch, family bbq or cute picnic date) is pretty simple if you've got your key basics on hand. A black or white tee, bodysuit or streamlined ab-flashing cropped tank will keep it low-key and let your skirt do all the talking.
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