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Swept out of the playoffs, Evgeni Malkin is itching to get back on the ice with his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates.
"I miss hockey," he said. "It's (a) long summer."
Actually, it's the NHL's shortest summer in recent history. Training camps open around the league Wednesday, just 79 days after the Chicago Blackhawks wrapped up the lockout-shortened 2013 season by winning the Stanley Cup.
"I think for us, it's a short offseason, but we're excited to go back to camp and be together with a team again, get things started and just get back to our daily job as hockey players," Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said last week.
Condensing a 48-game regular season and playoffs into a window from mid-January to June made for a June 24 ending. The draft and free agency came and went in a blur.
Blackhawks players got to celebrate with a parade and now must shift focus to the business of trying to repeat. For players from the runner-up Boston Bruins and everyone else, preparations for training camp have been underway for a while.
It doesn't seem to matter that the offseason was so brief.
"From how you prepare for a season, I don't think it has any effect," Winnipeg Jets left winger Andrew Ladd said. "I think you would always usually come into town a couple weeks early and skate with the guys and start preparing for the season."
Those informal skates are over, as are rookie camps. Teams have physicals and other off-ice activities scheduled for Wednesday, and the first on-ice sessions Thursday.
For teams featuring new coaches — John Tortorella with the Vancouver Canucks, Alain Vigneault with the New York Rangers, Lindy Ruff with the Dallas Stars, and Dallas Eakins with the Edmonton Oilers — training camp is the first taste of change. As he did when in charge of the Rangers, Tortorella sent a letter to Canucks players detailing what fitness testing would be like, and strength trainers sent videos of what it looked like.
"I heard we need two ice sheets just for the tests," center Ryan Kesler said. "I heard it's tough. It's going to be rigorous, he even says that. I've been doing it this summer and, yeah, it's not fun. I think that's going to be the mindset, though. We're going to work hard, some days aren't going to be fun, but it's for the better of the team."
One benefit of the new collective bargaining agreement being in place and an 82-game season on the horizon is that teams will get more than a cursory glance at players, which was the case in January. There are more mandatory off days and limits on ice time under this CBA, which changes a little bit from previous years.
Camps are limited to 20 days for veterans, and each player is required to have two days off.
"Camp is shorter now than it used to be," Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis said. "There's not a lot of time for making people feel good. So I think Randy (Carlyle) and the coaching staff, they'll give everyone an opportunity, but we need to get to work pretty quick."
Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza similarly expects camp to be "full throttle" even with reigning coach of the year Paul MacLean in charge again. The post-Daniel Alfredsson era begins with the addition of Bobby Ryan and a changing leadership dynamic in the locker room and on the ice.
Even in places where not much has changed, players voiced an eagerness to get started.
"I enjoy training camp. I know a lot of guys don't, but I actually do," San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture said. "It's good to see all the guys again. I haven't seen them in a couple months, and just get back to feeling good about your game and relearning the system. I'm sure ours is going to be very similar to what it was last year and the years before that, but I'm looking forward to that."


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Second Arab Regional Media Forum on child rights kicks off in Dubai
A three-day review of policy innovations, country-specific strategies, success stories and challenges ahead in the area of girls' education, the Second Arab Regional Media Forum is an initiative spearheaded by UNICEF, in partnership with the World Food Programme, UNESCO, the Dubai Humanitarian City, the Dubai Press Club, Al Bayan Newspaper, the Arab Institute for Human Rights and the Center for Arab Women for Training & Research (CAWTAR).
Participants in the forum will review global and regional initiatives in the area of girls' education with testimonials from the field, illustrating a rich variety of initiatives that have proven to successfully absorb and retain girls in schools in several Arab countries.
Thomas McDermott, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa called on media to become a credible advocate for children and urged them to strengthen their role as monitors of the UN Millennium Development Goals and other promises agreed upon by countries to boost national support to girls' enrolment in school. "Media also need to make all of us the policymakers accountable for results", he added.
Egyptian film star and UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Mahmoud Kabil spoke of his visit to Darfur, where he witnessed the determination of girls to attend school. He called on countries in the region to push harder for achieving the goal of equality between girls and boys in education and asked each participant to commit to one activity to further this goal.
A regional panorama
Girls' access to education has improved dramatically over the past few decades, and primary school enrolment is high or universal in most countries in the region.
In the vast majority of countries in the region, girls have a lower repetition rate than boys and Arab women today are also more likely to enroll in universities than they were in the past.
But great challenges remain. Many children especially girls are still excluded from education, and many more are enrolled in school but learning too little. Djibouti, Sudan and Yemen are still faced with a major challenge, as more than half of their girls are deprived of primary education. Presently, there are 70 million illiterates in the Arab world, of which an estimated two thirds are women and girls.
In some cases where access does not constitute a problem, the quality of the education provided is often too low. Yet, even with quality education remaining a privilege for a few and teachers qualifications needing significant improvement, the gender gap represents the greatest single element in the spread of illiteracy in the region. In general, there is insufficient recognition of women and girls as worthy contributors to the social, political and economic development of their countries.
On the other hand, countries and territories that have experienced decades of internal conflict and displacement (Iraq, Sudan, Palestine) need to recreate strategies for school reintegration with focus on areas where resettling occurs.
Girls' Education and the rationale of global commitments
UNICEF is consolidating six decades of experience and the expertise of other UN partners, the academic community and non-governmental organizations to identify out of-school girls and get them into the classroom.
The UN Millennium Development Goals set a framework of action that expects countries around the world to eliminate gender disparity at all levels by 2015.
To do so, signatories of the global commitment will need to outline strategies to effectively reach the most disadvantaged communities, eliminating gender bias and ensuring effective learning in safe, gender-sensitive and child-friendly environments. Accelerating efforts in girls education also exerts a strong force for social transformation, addressing issues of exclusion and discrimination while promoting the values of tolerance, equality and mutual respect.
From a multi-sectoral perspective, the elimination of gender disparity in education systems should ideally envisage action at national and community levels, with the following strategies in mind:
Making the classroom more child-friendly and gender-sensitive, and rooted in the life and environment of the community.
Training teachers who are sensitive to gender and child rights and identifying women teachers who can become model roles and inspire girls to enroll and stay in school
Developing curricula and learning environments that are sensitive to health and nutrition issues, with a gender-neutral life-skills approach.
Providing girls with access to sport can also contribute to achieving gender parity in education. Through sports, girls are given the chance to be leaders and improve their confidence and self-esteem. As girls participate in sports, they acquire new interpersonal skills and through additional social networks gain access to different opportunities, allowing them to become more engaged in school and community life.
Making sure girls and boys are safe within the school grounds. This involves making schools secure not only from without but also from within. In some countries, perimeter walls have been found to increase girls sense of safety. When schools are associated with sexual or physical gender violence, girls access to education gets negatively affected.
Supplying safe water and latrines. Many girls drop out of school partly because schools lack separate toilet facilities. The provision of potable water is also crucial to retaining girls and boys in school.
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Vermonts Spring Trout Fishing Opens April 13
Catch & Release Fishing allowed on nine stream sections now
Vermonts traditional trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 13 this year, and anglers are looking forward to spring fishing for brook, brown and rainbow trout in the Green Mountain States lakes and streams. Until then, eager anglers can capitalize on year-round catch-and-release trout fishing opportunities on nine river sections.
The following Vermont river sections are open for year-round trout fishing using artificial lures or flies. All trout caught must be immediately released where they are caught.
Black River - From the Connecticut River boundary upstream to the top of the Lovejoy Dam in Springfield.
Lamoille River - From the Lake Champlain boundary (top of Peterson Dam in Milton) upstream to the top of the hydroelectric Dam at Fairfax Falls.
Lewis Creek - From the Lake Champlain boundary upstream to the State Prison Hollow Road (TH #3) bridge in Starksboro.
Ompompanoosuc River - From the Connecticut River boundary upstream to the Union Village Dam in Thetford.
Otter Creek - From the Lake Champlain boundary upstream to top of Center Rutland Falls in Rutland.
West River - From the Connecticut River boundary upstream to the Townshend Dam (Townshend) to Connecticut River boundary.
White River - From the Connecticut River boundary upstream to the bridge on Route 107 in Bethel.
Williams River - From the Connecticut River boundary upstream to the top of the dam at Brockway Mills Falls in Rockingham.
Winooski River - From the Lake Champlain boundary upstream to the Bolton Dam in Duxbury and Waterbury.
We know anglers are keen to wet a line as early as possible, said Vermont Director of Fisheries Eric Palmer. If weather conditions cooperate, these river sections will provide a great opportunity to do some catch-and-release trout fishing with artificials between now and the traditional start of trout season in April.
Vermont is known for excellent fishing opportunities for wild trout, and some of the biggest brown and rainbow trout are caught during early spring in many rivers throughout the state.
Willoughby River steelhead provide a popular spring fishery in the Northeast Kingdom at the Village of Orleans, said Palmer. These steelhead are on their spring spawning run from Lake Memphremagog, and they always attract a lot of interest, partly because they can be seen jumping the falls in Orleans.
As an added bonus, Vermonts catch-and-release bass fishing season in lakes starts the same day as trout season on April 13 and continues through June 7. Only lures and flies may be used, and bass must be immediately released.
The Fish & Wildlife Department is cautioning anglers that the use of felt-soled boots or waders in Vermont waters is prohibited in order to prevent the spread of the invasive algae called didymo.
Anglers also are reminded to use sinkers that are not made of lead. It is unlawful to use a lead sinker weighing one-half ounce or less while fishing in Vermont. Weighted fly line, lead-core line, downrigger cannonballs, weighted flies, lure, spoons, or jig heads are not prohibited.
Planning a Vermont spring fishing trip is easy. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has a 2013 Vermont Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Laws and Guide that includes maps showing lakes and streams as well as fishing access areas and public lands. It also lists the fish species found in each body of water and it includes fishing regulations. Copies are available where fishing licenses are sold, or from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Tel. 802-241-3700. You also can download sections of the publication from their website.
The Vermont Outdoor Guides Association offers help in locating fishing guides and some overnight facilities on their website (www.VOGA.org). Additional help in finding a place to stay overnight can be found at (www.VermontVacation.com).
Fishing license fees are $25.00 for adult residents, $8.00 for residents 15-17 years of age, $50.00 for adult nonresidents, and $15.00 for nonresidents 15-17 years old. One, three and seven day fishing licenses also are available for nonresidents. Children under age 15 do not need a fishing license in Vermont. Licenses are quickly and easily available on Fish & Wildlifes website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com) and at agents statewide.


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Madrid virgin olive oil
Olive oil
Hvor i Spanien er det typisk?
- Selvstyrende region: Madrid Region
Olive trees have been grown in the Community of Madrid since time immemorial. Nowadays, the oil obtained is of an extraordinary quality, with a unique flavour and aroma.
Extra virgin olive oil obtained almost exclusively from olives or fruits of the olive tree of the Cornicabra variety. It is produced in various counties in the south of the Community of Madrid, where a total of almost 22,000 hectares are given over to growing olive trees. The olives are harvested manually and manufacturing is traditional. This is an oil with a fruity taste and low acidity, less than 0.5 degrees. It is bright yellow in colour with touches of green. Its fragrance and unmatched flavour are its outstanding features. Madrid extra virgin olive oil is protected by the distinctive 'Food from Madrid' mark. This label covers oils from Villarejo de Salvanés, Villaconejos and Navalcarnero.
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- Type produkt: Others
- Sæson: All year round.
- Oprindelse: Oil from Madrid is produced in the south of the province in the counties of La Campiña and Las Vegas.
- Bemærkninger: Rich in lipids and vitamin E.


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Oct. 26, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Wellesley College (10-5, 5-2 NEWMAC) continued to roll on Wednesday night at Jack Barry Field, edging MIT (11-6, 3-5 NEWMAC) 3-2 in the Engineers last regular season contest. MIT never led and has now dropped four straight games after beginning the season 11-2. Junior Lydia Parzych led the way for The Blue, pumping in two goals, including the game-winner.
It was a battle between NEWMAC teams coming from different directions as MIT, winless in its prior three outings, hosted Wellesley, winner of its last two games. The Blue carried the momentum of back-to-back shutout victories into the contest and went up 1-0 less than three minutes into the game. Wellesley dominated the opening 15 minutes and recorded the first 10 shots of the game before the Engineers came alive.
After a flurry of action in front of the Wellesley net, MIT senior Cheryl Texin was awarded a penalty stroke at 20:07. The Blue's freshman goalkeeper Emily Hewitt, riding a streak of two straight shutout wins, stoned Texin to keep the Engineers off the scoreboard. Just over 10 minutes later, senior co-captain Deanna Lentz had a golden opportunity to tie the game for MIT on a penalty corner, but Hewitt again came up big, making a diving save. The Blue escaped the first half without relinquishing their one goal advantage.
Clinging to a one goal lead, The Blue bolted onto the field and sustained constant pressure for the first 10 minutes of the second frame. MIT sophomore keeper Alexa Herman was sharp in net and got a clutch defensive save from junior Sharon Prange at 44:01 to keep the Engineers within striking distance. Wellesley continued to threaten and the pressure finally paid off for The Blue when junior Julia Parzych fed her sister Lydia a pass in front of the net for an easy goal at 47:57. The goal was the eighth of the season for the junior forward.
With time winding down on MIT's regular season, the Engineers offense found its touch at 62:07. Senior Lauren Nowierski tipped a shot by Hewitt for her team leading ninth goal. The goal ended MIT's scoreless drought that had extended 258.05 of game time dating back to October 15. The celebration was short-lived for the Engineers, as The Blue bounced right back 21 seconds later on Lydia Parzych's second tally of the game and ninth of the year.
Senior Cheryl Texin made the game interesting at 64:34 when she put home a penalty corner pass from Nowierski and drew the Engineers within one, but a Wellesley timeout halted MIT's momentum. The Blue were able to control the ball in the remaining five minutes and hold on for the 3-2 victory.
Wellesley outshot MIT 24-14 in the contest and had a 14-7 shot advantage in the second half. The Blue's goalie Emily Hewitt made four stops in the victory, while Alexa Herman denied nine Wellesley attempts in the loss.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 18, 2009) - Led by senior Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) and a field-best score of 1-over-par 73, the ETSU women's golf team currently shares the lead with Nova Southeastern after Friday's first round play in the Lady Paladin Invitational hosted at the Furman University Golf Course.
Jansone's round included a birdie and just two bogeys, while Florida International's Paula Hurtado moved into second place with a first round 74. Sandra Changkija birdied three holes to pace the defending Division II national champion Nova Southeastern Sharks and grab a share of third place in the individual standings. In the team standings, ETSU (306) and Nova Southeastern (306) were followed by a trio of the Buccaneers' Atlantic Sun rivals with Stetson (311) in third, Kennesaw State (314) in fourth and Campbell (315) in fifth place.
"We fought through the rain and tough conditions all day," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton. "We played very steady most of the day, and even though we lost some ground over the final few holes we're where we expect to be. The girls are ready to come out and play better tomorrow, and then have a chance to win on Sunday. To have a freshman and two sophomores in the lineup I'm pleased with the way we're playing."
Along with Jansone's efforts, the Bucs placed three other players in the Top 20, with sophomore Nina Muehl (Vienna, Austria) carding a 5-over 77 to tie for 10th, while sophomore Malin Mansson (Kalmar, Sweden) and freshman Rebecca McGinley (Lincoln, England) tied for 18th after posting a pair of 6-over 78s.
Second round play tees off at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday with Sunday's final round scheduled for a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Live tournament scoring will also be available via www.golfstat.com, and a complete wrap up of each day's play can also be found at ETSUBucs.com.


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Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution
As President Washington considered these arguments, he knew that his decision to sign or veto Hamilton's bank bill would extend far beyond the issue of the bank itself. If he approved, his assent would potentially encourage the broad exercise of implied powers in the future. A veto, on the other hand, would send the message that Congress had no authority beyond the powers explicitly listed in the Constitution. Either way, President Washington would be lending his considerable weight and prestige to one side of this seminal constitutional debate, and he was well aware that much was riding on his decision.
Keywords: Governance; Central Banking; Laws and Statutes; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States;
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Using Microsoft .NET with the PostgreSQL Database Server via ODBC
From PostgreSQL wiki
Introduction and getting it running
The Microsoft .net CLR (Common Language Runtime) provides several ways of connecting to databases. This article deals exclusively with using ODBC to connect with PostgreSQL using .net languages.
[Note: For those that don't know, ODBC stands for 'Open Database Connectivity'.]
Before you read all of this article you may want to have a look at the 'known bugs' section at the end of this document.
The first important point is that, in the current version of the .net Framework SDK (Version 1.0.3617.0), there is no in built ODBC support. You need to download and install an extension to .net called, appropriately, odbc.net. This can be downloaded from msdn.microsoft.com
The downloaded file is called 'odbc_net.msi'.
NOTE: A .msi file is a MicroSoft Installer file, these are runnable if your system has Microsoft Installer installed (this comes preinstalled with Win 2000 / XP and most recent Windows versions and can be downloaded from Microsoft if you have an older OS).
'odbc_net.msi' will provide you with 2 important files:
- Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll - This is a dll that will need to be linked to your programs at compile time.
- Odbcref.chm - This is the documentation for the classes in the dll.
The next file you will need to download and install, if you don't have it already, is the PostgreSQL ODBC driver. The following site has all the information you could possibly want about the PostgreSQL ODBC driver.
NOTE: if you have problems with described above driver you may download this PostgreSQL ODBC driver it updates frequently, latest version is from 15/05/2015. Supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS x, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Once you've installed the ODBC driver you will need to add a new user data source. This is achieved by going to 'Control Panel', 'Admin. Tools', 'Data Sources (ODBC)'. Then selecting 'Add User DSN'.
[NOTE: These names and locations may vary slightly with different Win OS's.]
Select the PostgreSQL driver, and fill in your server and database details. You must also specify a unique DSN name; in Windows 2000 this field is, confusingly, labelled 'Data Source' in the data entry dialog box and not 'Data Source Name' which would be more appropriate. It is this name that you will later use in your programs to specify which database connection you want to use. Of course you can have as many User DSN entries as you want for different databases, servers and users.
You are now ready to write .net programs that connect to PostgreSQL.
odbc.net provides you with a suite of classes such as OdbcConnection, OdbcCommand and OdbcDataReader; which will allow you to communicate with the PostgreSQL server. Read the documentation, lots of classes are available.
Here is a small code sample, written in C#, that shows you how to open an ODBC connection and query a table:
// Create the ODBC connection using the unique name you specified when // creating your DSN. If desired you may input less information at the // DSN entry stage and put more in the "DSN=" line below. OdbcConnection connection = new OdbcConnection("DSN=PostgreSQL"); // "DSN=MyDSN;UID=Admin;PWD=Test" (UID = User name, PWD = password.) // Open the ODBC connection to the PostgreSQL database and display // the connection state (status). connection.Open(); System.Console.WriteLine("State: " + connection.State.ToString()); // Create an ODBC SQL command that will be executed below. Any SQL // command that is valid with PostgreSQL is valid here (I think, // but am not 100 percent sure. Every SQL command I've tried works). string query = "SELECT * FROM TESTTABLE"; OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand(query, connection); // Execute the SQL command and return a reader for navigating the results. OdbcDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection); // This loop will output the entire contents of the results, iterating // through each row and through each field of the row. while(reader.Read() == true) { Console.WriteLine("New Row:"); for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++) { Console.WriteLine(reader.GetString(i)); } } // Close the reader and connection (commands are not closed). reader.Close(); connection.Close();
You will need to specify the use of the odbc.net dll in your program in the usual way, in C# this is done with the following line:
using Microsoft.Data.Odbc;
At compile time you will need to reference the odbc.net dll. A typical C# compile line would be something like:
csc /out:run.exe /r:Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll TestDB.cs
Make sure Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll is in your 'path', referenced with it's entire path, or in the 'compiling' directory.
My apologies for the examples being exclusively is C#, I have not used any other .net languages. But I am sure the usage of the classes is the same in other languages even if the notation is not. Known Bugs in odbc.net. Users of odbc.net have experienced problems when using various odbc drivers. The following bugs have been found when using odbc.net with the PostgreSQL ODBC driver.
1) When querying a table and the results include an empty string in one of the columns, if you try and read the value of the empty string you may get the following unhandled exception:
Unhandled Exception: Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcException: NO_DATA
2) Similarly if a column contains the NULL value then the unhandled exception is this:
Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid."
The problem lies in Microsoft's Data Access Components which are an installation requirement for .net and odbc.net. Microsoft have announced a fix that can be obtained from Microsoft Product Support Services but you need a support contract to obtain it. The fix will be included in the Data Access Components 2.7 SP1 (Service Pack 1), which will be freely available at some point (no date for release is available).
More information is available here; Question ID: Q319243
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Apparently, there are no long-term studies indicating the safety of domperidone for breastfed babies. My ob/gyn refused to prescribe any more reglan (I've had 2 trials w/ success but he'd only give it me for 24 days w/ weaning off the first time and then 10 days w/ going off of it cold turkey the second time). Each time I went off the reglan, my milk supply dropped significantly. I also keep starting my period which screws up my milk supply This time I was w/out the reglan when I started my period and had to take fenugreek and blessed thistle like crazy in addition to pumping more often. I also started taking brewer's yeast a few days ago. I eat oatmeal daily. Ob/gyn said that domperidone was similar to reglan and that there were no long-term studies for that medication either so he refused to prescribe it. He suggested that I start supplementing.
Apparently, you can get a prescription for domperidone and have it filled at a compounding pharmacy in the U.S. I called the pediatrician yesterday. He wanted to see ds and me today to discuss the matter. He also said that there were no longterm studies on the effects of domperidone on the nursing infant. I mentioned all the literature I found on kellymom website. He stated that you needed to have thousands of women in the study to know if there were any adverse effects (like maybe the medication affects 1 in 100,000 babies). Good luck finding that study. So it was a no go with him too. He told me that my body was telling me that it didn't want to breastfeed anymore and that my milk supply would likely dry up before ds hits 6 months. Ds is 4 months right now. He told me to keep doing what I'm doing but that I should start supplementing. I went home and cried.
Thanks to your posts on this forum, I found where I can get domperidone online w/out a script. I talked to dh about how it is approved in other countries for breastfeeding but not here. Dh is supportive and said that the U.S. is always lagging behind and that I should try it. Just ordered it and am praying that it will help.
In the meantime, I'll continue the fenugreek, blessed thistle, brewer's yeast, oatmeal, mother's milk tea, and pumping. The lactation consultant I've seen (who agrees it's truly a low milk supply issue because my hormones get screwed up every time I start a period) also suggested Motherlove More Milk Plus. So I'll go get some of that while I wait for the shipment of domperidone. Anyone have any problems receiving domperidone from InhousePharmacy.biz? Any problems w/ customs or does it hopefully go through?
Is there anything I can do to ward off the stupid periods? At night, I get up one time to pump or nurse but I'm wondering if that's enough. Physically, I don't know how I'd manage waking up another time since I already feel sleep deprived though. Anything else I should be doing?
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Can an accounting degree prepare one for a life in the theater? That question has been dodging Chestnut Hill resident Alex Dremann ever since he graduated from the University of Delaware, 25 years ago.
A data analyst by day and playwright by night and weekend, Alex is currently presenting two collections of mini-plays this season of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, both at the Adrienne Theater's Second Stage. For the past two years, the shows produced by Secret Room Theatre, which he founded in 2007, generally sold out.
This year's Dremann shows, "Likety Skits" and "Wired," are fast-paced compilations of mini-plays, with different directors and cast changes. "There's not much outlet in Philadelphia for short plays," said Dremann, 45, who wears his producer's hat for the Fringe, "but short plays are great for getting an audience. Mostly, we get directors we like, and they cast their own groups.
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As to an overarching theme, "It's as broad as possible. We want the audience to go on a journey. The lack of a theme is what we were after. You don't know what you're getting next." Altogether, "Likety" has 16 actors — four groups of four actors each, and four directors all told. So each director guides four or five plays. No actor does two plays in a row.
"And there's one biggie at the end. When it comes all together, it's really cool," Dremann promises.
His other Fringe mini-play collection, "Wired," is loosely about our caffeinated and digital lives. Ah, there's the data analyst sneaking onto the stage. "Wired" also features several monologues and video, and has five directors for 11 actors. Its mini-plays are longer than those in "Likety," at about 20 minutes each.
As to the "completely different sides of my brain," Dremann said, "It's not simple, but I turn one side off and turn the other one on. I do playwriting all night long. If I've an hour for lunch, I think, OK, I'll write a play, but it is getting tougher to switch back and forth, ramping up and ramping down."
Dremann has lived in Philadelphia for a decade, back here after a dozen years in Los Angeles. Growing up near Phoenixville, Dremann wrote fiction throughout high school.
During college, he experimented with the idea of becoming a screenwriter and wrote a play with 120 pages in the first act alone. "The teacher said, 'You can't take 15 pages for a scene in a film that takes place in a coffee shop.' His advice was, 'You need to do plays.' He was right. My rhythm and temperament are better for playwriting. I like to explore the character and situation and don't want to go back and forth, jump-cut to a car chase in Italy, then jump-cut to an ashram in India. No, let's stay in that room and figure how to work it out. I like to stay put for that."
Since Dremann founded Secret Room Theater in 2007, he has produced six shows, all for the Fringe Festival except for one that opened for the Theatre Alliance's festival, SPARK.
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DeKALB – At the Golden Years Plaza in DeKalb, residents tend a garden that can supply about 50 to 60 residents with freshly-grown produce.
Brian Allan, property manager for the low-income housing building, said the building was approached by a nonprofit group – the DeKalb County Community Gardens – to develop garden beds this year. Since then, the building has added six garden plots to benefit the residents, he said.
"The biggest thing is that it gives fresh produce a lot of times when people can't afford it," Allan said.
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At this point, the organization is considering only putting up eight signs because installing them at all gardens would be too big of a project this year, she said.
The idea for the signs emerged from within the group's "Art in the Garden" subgroup. The organization originally planned for children to decorate the signs.
Kenney came up with the idea for the community gardens group while he was still a teacher at Clinton Rosette Middle School in 2006. He created a garden and gave away the produce to local food pantries.
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Kenney grew up on a farm in southwestern Illinois. Although he's no horticulturalist, he does have some experience with gardening. But the main reason he got into it was because he cared about people going hungry without access to food. He worked in the DeKalb School District 428 from 1994 until his retirement this year, and education has guided his community efforts.
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Although the organization focuses on giving people the ability to control their own food chain, it also gives food to local pantries, including Barb Food Mart, as well as food banks operated by Sycamore United Methodist Church and the New Hope Baptist Church in DeKalb. This year the organization has donated more than a ton of food, and last year their giveaways exceeded a ton as well.
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"I think anything that will help people to eat who are hungry is a great thing," Pringle said.
The DeKalb County Community Gardens is still seeking to expand its sites and work on creating a local food hub for processing in DeKalb, Kenney said. It also wants to create an agricultural center. Eventually, the group hopes to be self-sustaining, rather than dependent on grant funding.
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The prospect of a Republican Senate majority relies more than ever on a strong showing at the top of the ticket by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
With less than eight weeks to go and both national party conventions complete, a path remains for the Republicans after several weeks of shifts in the Senate landscape. But for the GOP, it's now more akin to a game of hopscotch than a straight-line sprint to the majority.
It could require a leap over Missouri - once a virtual sure thing for the GOP - to Connecticut, where the Senate race appears closer than it ever was in 2010. Overall, the party's hopes hinge on a baseline of three races in Republican-leaning states, a couple of states President Barack Obama should carry by a significant margin and a few close contests in presidential swing states - where Romney's performance especially matters.
"It's one of those situations where there are enough close races in swing states that I think whoever wins the presidency will probably win the Senate," said Dan Judy, a Republican pollster at North Star Opinion Research.
That was not necessarily the case a month ago, when Missouri still appeared to be a likely pickup for the party and New Mexico remained a margin-of-error race. Since then, a plethora of polling showed Rep. Martin Heinrich (D) taking a solid lead over former Rep. Heather Wilson (R), and both national Senate committees pulled money out of that state. In Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin's remarks about "legitimate rape" potentially doomed the GOP's chances of defeating the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent of the cycle, Sen. Claire McCaskill.
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Republicans must win four seats, net, to reclaim the majority. But the loss of any they currently hold would in turn increase the number of Democratic-held seats they must flip to assume control of the chamber. The most likely casualty at this point is the seat of retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe in Maine. Former Gov. Angus King (I) is favored and likely to caucus with Democrats if elected.
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The next challenges for Republicans are defending seats in two tossup races: Nevada Sen. Dean Heller (R), appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) earlier this cycle, against Rep. Shelley Berkley (D); and Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) against Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren (D). Obama is favored in both states, but in the Bay State to a far greater degree. Other races to watch are for GOP open seats in Arizona and Indiana.
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The Republicans' absolute bottom line path to the majority includes three states Obama won't win. The GOP must defeat Montana Sen. Jon Tester and pick up open, Democratic-held seats in Nebraska and North Dakota. If the GOP misses on any of those, a Republican majority would be highly unlikely.
All three are winnable propositions for Republicans, but two of them are pure tossups. Strategists in both parties have complimented the smart campaign Tester has run against Rep. Denny Rehberg (R), who's won six straight statewide federal races. Meanwhile, former North Dakota Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp (D) has consistently held a small lead or been tied with Rep. Rick Berg (R) in internal Democratic polling.
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Republicans are optimistic in Virginia and Wisconsin, the latter a hotbed of partisan politics for the past year. However, coming off a late primary, Thompson just got his first hit from national Democrats. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched its opening salvo in the Badger State on Wednesday, the start of a $5.2 million commitment to help keep the seat of retiring Sen. Herb Kohl (D).
Virginia has been one of the top targets of spending at both the presidential and Senate levels, including a $1 million ad campaign launched against Kaine by Crossroads GPS on Tuesday. As of last week, the DSCC had $8.1 million in fall TV time reserved in Virginia, and the NRSC had about $5.5 million reserved. Observers on both sides believe it's unlikely Allen will win if Romney doesn't.
A win in Connecticut would be a downright coup for Republicans, who haven't won a Senate seat in the state since 1982. Using money saved in New Mexico, the DSCC went on the air in the Nutmeg State on Wednesday, spending about $320,000 on behalf of Rep. Christopher Murphy (D). He's fending off a challenge for the seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) from former WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R), who faces a steep climb with Obama atop the ballot.
The Republican, who lost to now-Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) in 2010, has had a presence on the air in the New York City market. She's downplayed her party identification and successfully petitioned to appear on both the Republican and
Independent lines on the ballot, a tactic that could earn her a chunk of voters unwilling to pick a Republican.
Along with Virginia, Wisconsin and even Nevada, a Romney victory - or at least a strong showing - would significantly increase Republicans' chances against Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D). Both incumbents remain favored at this point in the race.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Russia and Black People - What is the truth? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Russia and Black People - What is the truth? Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Russia & C.I.S. View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: Russia and Black People - What is the truth? I've been hearing stories for about a year now on how black people (people of colour, and asians) in Russia are attacked in daylight on the streets. How they are seen as disruptors and hooligans by the large majority of people there. I was planning to go, but if I'm going to be jumped by 50 angry, ignorant workers in the streets, maybe I should hire a few bodyguards. Any of you know the truth of how people percieve blacks in Russia? Back to top canucktechieJoined: 07 Feb 2003Posts: 343Location: Moscow Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:06 am Post subject: I don't like being negative, but just about every teacher here has stories to tell about how their students perceive blacks and they are not good. A black university student was beaten to death in Voronezh, south of Moscow, a couple of months ago. I do occasionally see a black person here in Moscow, but having never met one, I have no idea what their experiences here are like. Back to top waxwingJoined: 29 Jun 2003Posts: 719Location: China Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:00 am Post subject: First, perspective: I have about 10 months experience in Russia, in three cities (Moscow is one of them). I am white (English), and pass for Russian, more or less, in looks. Take my observations as you find them. Reports of attacks on ethnic minorities are probably rather exaggerated by the media; but, no doubt, they do happen. What is clear is that you will be stared at. .. although I suspect it will be even worse in China. In Moscow (and doubtless Piter too), black people are absolutely a rarity, but they are there. I think we even have a couple of black pop stars here in Russia now . However even in the 'cosmopolitan' big cities, you probably will be stared at quite a bit. As for how people will to react to you on meeting, I can't say. Oh, btw, don't be shocked if they use the word 'nigr' (I have had to explain to Russians several times that 'nig.ger' is rude and 'black' is not - in their language it's not considered so). It's a good example of how there's a certain ignorance here about black or Afro-American or African cultures .. a big difference to Western Europe. The point is that there are just so few black people here. Down here in Stavropol we have a lot of racial tension between the darker skinned 'Caucasian' nationalities and the ethnic Russians. There are a few Indians and Africans who come to study at the Medical Academy (which coincidentally is just across from my apartment). They do successfully live and study here, and socialise with local people. At the end of the day, with the right attitude, everything is possible. Even for me it's a rather crazy decision to come and live here, and I understand why you would have even more doubts. But it can be done, with the right kind of attitude and confidence. Who knows, you might contribute a little bit to their education. Back to top zanethJoined: 31 Mar 2004Posts: 545Location: Between Russia and Germany Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:27 am Post subject: Blacks are so rare here that I even find it hard not to stare at them. But when I do see someone from America or Africa they don't look like they're living in constant fear or anything. No bodyguards or harried expressions. I think part of the issue is that Russians aren't PC shy about stating predjudices. I've had students come right out and tell me of dislikes for minorities. There are a lot of people from the South here. There's a definite visible minority here. I would think any political animosity would be directed at them, not at an obvious foreigner (from outside of the former Soviet Union). The n-word thing was really shocking at first. But I think it's actually a mispronunciation of negro. Many of the students at my University found MLK Jr.'s speak funny. They had to memorize it. They couldn't seem to get past the way he used his voice. Not much appreciation for the seriousness of the issue. And everybody knows Louis Armstrong. Not sure exactly why. I do know some students interested in hip-hop culture. Back to top Communist SmurfJoined: 24 Jun 2003Posts: 330Location: San Francisco Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:41 pm Post subject: I am half-asian. I was once on a train on its way to Moscow talking to a Jewish person. We were talking about militzia checking people's documents and he said that I shouldn't worry about it because they only stop people that don't look Russian and that he gets stopped too much. I was a little confused by this statement. Although most people don't make this assumption, a few have assumed that I was Russian even when someone specifically asked, "where does it look like he's from?" Even though what he said confused me, I've found that what he said was true since I've only been stopped twice ever. I've never experience racism here myself. When I first got here, people warned me a lot to stay away from certain places like Arbat, especially after soccer games. But I go to places like these all the time. I see a black person about twice per week (rough guess). Only on one occasion did I hear some Russians talking bad about a group of black men that left a big mess in a pizza shop. I don't think people in *Moscow* will stare at you. The only ethnic groups I've seen experience racism are Caucasians and Jews, of the non-violent type. I think they kinda group Arabs in with Caucasians. By the way, they definetely say n***** and it's not a mispronounciation of negro. But they don't mean it in a harsh way (I don't think, or atleast not as harsh if we used it in English). As far as Louis Armstrong, I was told that back in the 80s, every Russian teen wanted to grow up and be a cosmonaut. Just one theory. Yeah, there is one black Russian pop star. Pierre Nartsis, I think is his name. CS Back to top GordonJoined: 28 Jan 2003Posts: 5309Location: Japan Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject: Communist Smurf wrote: As far as Louis Armstrong, I was told that back in the 80s, every Russian teen wanted to grow up and be a cosmonaut. Just one theory. Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician. You're thinking of Neil Armstrong. Thanks for the laugh. Back to top blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:50 pm Post subject: That's alot of info, thanks. The stares are very natural. If I had never seen a person of a different colour, i would also stare, and I do expect ALOT of staers in Asia and Russia. So, why do they say the N-word if there isn't alot of black people around? Unless they use it to describe black people? ZANETH -who is MLK J'r? Is that Micheal Jackson? Back to top Communist SmurfJoined: 24 Jun 2003Posts: 330Location: San Francisco Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject: Gordon wrote: Communist Smurf wrote: As far as Louis Armstrong, I was told that back in the 80s, every Russian teen wanted to grow up and be a cosmonaut. Just one theory. Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician. You're thinking of Neil Armstrong. Thanks for the laugh. Whoops... Call it a generational gap...? Perhaps I can blame it on long hours at work. Anything to distract you from noticing what a tupoy kazeol I just made of myself, including throwing around Russian words that you might need to look up in order to forget what I said. Back to top canucktechieJoined: 07 Feb 2003Posts: 343Location: Moscow Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:23 am Post subject: ZANETH -who is MLK J'r? Is that Micheal Jackson? Is that a joke or are you serious? I guess you've never heard of Nelson Mandela either Back to top zanethJoined: 31 Mar 2004Posts: 545Location: Between Russia and Germany Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:08 pm Post subject: CT, you took the words right out of my mouth. Martin Luther King Jr.? You know? Maybe you've seen the street signs? Or maybe he's more of a Malcolm X man. Gordon, thanks for the clarification. I couldn't figure out what Smurf was talking about with cosmonauts. Thought maybe he was attacking my statement as a dubious generalization? Oh, one more thing. Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, had an african forebear. Look closely at the portraits. A number of students have pointed this out to me. Back to top blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: Up in Canada, we don't use acronyms as much as you all. MLK sounds like BLT, and looks like a miss-type of MILK. Would you type Nelson Mandela as NM? Zaneth, you are using strange wording again. What is forebear? I think you are using the word in a wrong way. Do you mean ancestry? Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: Dear blackguy-n-asia, Nope, zaneth's using it correctly: Main Entry: fore·bear Pronunciation: -"bar, -"ber Function: noun Etymology: Middle English (Sc), from fore- + -bear (from been to be) : ANCESTOR, FOREFATHER; also : PRECURSOR -- usually used in plural maybe you were thinking of this word, a pretty close match in spelling Main Entry: 1for·bear Pronunciation: for-'bar, f&r-, -'ber Function: verb Inflected Form(s): for·bore /-'bOr, -'bor/; for·borne /-'bOrn, -'born/; -bear·ing Etymology: Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear transitive senses 1 obsolete : to do without 2 : to hold oneself back from especially with an effort 3 obsolete : to leave alone : SHUN <forbear his presence -- Shakespeare> intransitive senses 1 : HOLD BACK, ABSTAIN <can write with ease what I forbear to read -- Flannery O'Connor> 2 : to control oneself when provoked : be patient - for·bear·er noun Regards, John Back to top blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject: Double-plus good I prefer the Queens' english, not a vid from 1984, or A Clockwork Orange. Back to top zanethJoined: 31 Mar 2004Posts: 545Location: Between Russia and Germany Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:33 am Post subject: Ah, African Canadian. Different culture. Sorry for the assumption. Back to top blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:16 pm Post subject: Maybe I haven't lived enough to know all the short words for major people, but thanks for the info. I'm fairly shocked by the developments in Russia. Here in Toronto, I have alot of Russian girls as friends, and they seem very friendly, even less trouble to date than other Canadian girls. You would think that in Russia, most people are friendly in this way. There also isn't a history of friction between blacks and Russians as there are in the Americas or Europe, so I' m a little shocked at the racism. I think it may be a resurgence of Nationalism. 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For the first time in almost 20 years, downtown Hollywood is one step closer to gaining its own art-house movie theater. And, perhaps, a bit more credibility as an emerging arts hub.
Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso is adding a second location in Hollywood thanks to the city's Community Redevelopment Agency. On Wednesday morning, the seven-member board voted unanimously to buy 3,000 tickets a year — about $30,000 worth — for 10 years, to help the independent theater open in the downtown district.
"It's a godsend. It's a real game changer," said Lisa Liotta shortly after city commissioners, acting as the CRA board, gave approval to the project. "I think the downtown area in general is again becoming a cool, snazzy place, and the Cinema Paradiso project will be another link in the chain."
The addition of an indie movie theater is indeed part of Hollywood's ongoing effort to turn its downtown area into a major arts-and-entertainment destination, which in recent years has tacked on an ArtsPark, new restaurants, a rock club, a weekly food truck roundup and, a few months ago, an ambitious Young Circle mural project featuring vibrant works from top local artists.
Gregory von Hausch, the executive director of Cinema Paradiso, "optimistically" expects the theater at 2008 Hollywood Blvd., to open by the end of April, but more "realistically" within six months, after renovations to its interior and utilities. In addition to the CRA's money, he said, the theater still needs about $100,000 in donations before it can open.
"We wanted a more-urban art house with parking and dining, and we finally got it," said von Hausch, also the president of the Broward County Film Society. "It's been three long years of work. With the economy the way it is, we didn't think it would be a possibility. We didn't want this to be the Titanic that brought us down."
The 3,000-square-foot cinema, to be sandwiched between Native Florida Tap Room and Music Hall and Melina's Lingerie Shoppe, will house about 100 seats, a concession area with a full-liquor bar and live music some nights. Called Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood, it will take over the high-ceilinged, bay-window-abundant former home of I Am an Artist Cafe, a pottery studio. The art house marks the first time downtown Hollywood has had a movie theater since the old Hollywood Cinema closed in 1996.
Wednesday's $300,000 deal will be funded by property taxes. Each of the 3,000 tickets, will head to 28 Hollywood Beach hotels large and small, including the Westin Diplomat and the Hollywood Beach Marriott. But here's the real star attraction: The tickets will be given free to hotel tourists as an incentive to get them to spend more money downtown.
City leaders said a cinema that steers tourists to local businesses is a project worth backing.
"I've been critical only because it's taxpayers' money," Commissioner Peter Hernandez said before voting in favor of the plan. "But I like the idea."
Hollywood attorney Alan Koslow, the chair of the Broward County Film Society, envisioned a film school opening down the block from Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood and a so-called "Broadwalk of Fame" near the beach where movie stars will receive diamonds instead of stars.
"The stars would get a diamond, and there would be a big unveiling like they do in Hollywood, California," he said outside commission chambers after the vote.
For the first time, von Hausch added, the theater will begin offering regular weekday matinees and more first-run movies, including blockbusters, which was an amenity its Fort Lauderdale location lacked. The problem, he said, was a lack of official parking at the 14-year-old theater, which opened in 1999 in the former Vinnette Carroll Repertory Theater, which in turn was converted from a disused church.
Chris Eberle, president of the Downtown Hollywood Business Association and owner of the Big Easy Bar and Grille, located less than a block from the new Cinema Paradiso, said a new theater will help local restaurants boom.
"In our opinion, it's a no-brainer and a great deal for us," Eberle said. "Business owners don't usually agree with public expenditures on private business, but this is a different animal. A theater was sorely needed."
Staff writer Susannah Bryan contributed to this report.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Nikki Morris has three very busy little girls at home in Haines City. Her husband works full-time and she stays home and home-schools the oldest while looking after the little ones.
Her pregnancy and delivery with her third daughter was a rough one, so she spoke to her doctor about permanent birth control options.
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The Essure procedure sounded like a convenient option, because it could be done in the office and had no recovery time, as opposed to tubal ligation which is more invasive.
The device works by inserting flexible coils into the fallopian tubes. Eventually tissue will grow around the coils causing a permanent barrier that blocks sperm from reaching the eggs for fertilization.
Morris said within four months of having the device implanted she couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't stand and was in debilitating pain.
"I remember telling my husband every night before bed to please check on me and make sure I keep breathing, cause I would go to bed every night scared to death I wasn't going to wake up the next morning," she said in an interview with Local 6's Lauren Rowe.
During a phone call with her mother, Morris discovered she had experienced a childhood allergy to nickel and wasn't even able to have pierced ears.
The Essure coils contain nickel alloy, and a warning is even given in the product's information for use, or IFU, provided to doctors.
Morris believed the coils were poisoning her body and contacted her doctor.
"He said there was not enough nickel to be causing those problems," she said.
After more months of pain, she ended up at Florida Hospital Celebration in the office of gynecological surgeon Dr. Steven McCarus. Dr. McCarus felt the coils had to be removed from her body to get her feeling normal again.
The only way to do that was to perform a hysterectomy and remove Morris' fallopian tubes and uterus.
"I was 25 years old and had to have a hysterectomy, I don't think that's acceptable at all," said Morris.
She is not alone. Thousands of women across the country say they've had to get hysterectomies after having the Essure device implanted. They have joined together on Facebook, and have the help and attention of consumer advocate Erin Brockovich.
Heather Hare, a 44-year-old mother from the Tampa area, is among those women.
She chose to have a hysterectomy in October and said the minute she woke up from the surgery she felt better.
"My body and my mind was that of an 80 year old and I just thought to myself everyday that I couldn't imagine living another day like this," said Hare.
Like Hare, many women who've had the procedure talk about getting a 'brain fog' where they cannot remember daily tasks.
Trish McFarlan, a 34-year-old mother of two from Orlando, has had that fog along with nagging pain for over four years and blames the device.
However, she said she is not quite ready to give up her organs to have Essure removed and is looking for a doctor who will remove the coils themselves.
Dr. McCarus does not think that is an option.
"It's a device that can't be removed easily so patients need to know that. Patients that have a nickel allergy or who are on steroids, patients who are not sure whether or not they are ready to be sterile or not should not have the device," he said.
Morris, Hare and McFarlan said they were never asked if they had an allergy to nickel prior to getting the Essure implants.
When Essure was first approved by the FDA in 2002, nickel was listed as a contraindication in the information for use.
But in 2011, the FDA removed that contraindication and stated in an email, "there was no evidence from laboratory (bench) testing data, literature, market history information, and clinical trials to support a contraindication for nickel sensitivity."
The FDA spokesperson also wrote that the sensitivity to the device was found to be less than one percent.
After the FDA removed the nickel contraindication, the maker of Essure said it would be aggressively marketing that change to doctors.
Conceptus, Inc., the maker of Essure in 2011, boasted about the change in a press release and claimed they would be informing the OB/GYN community about the new expanded amount of women who would be able to have the procedure.
Despite the change in the contraindication material, nickel allergy information still appears on the website for Essure and the IFU material.
In the last line of the warnings section it states, "Patients who are allergic to nickel may have an allergic reaction to this device, especially those with a history of metal allergies."
Dr. McCarus said he informs his patients about the potential nickel allergy before performing the procedure, and so far he has not had any patients who he implanted with the device experience problems.
However, Dr. McCarus said he has had to perform several hysterectomies on other doctor's patients for reasons other than a nickel allergy.
"The insert was either improperly placed and can perforate through the uterus, or through the tube, or it migrates into the end of the tube or it falls out," he said.
The US Food and Drug Administration provided figures regarding the types of complaints it had received on Essure.
In the FDA's adverse reporting database, from 2002 through the end of October 2013, the agency reported 943 complaints related to Essure.
Of those adverse events, 606 related to pain, 140 were for hemorrhaging, 130 for headaches, 95 for menstrual irregularities, 88 for fatigue and 77 for weight malfunctions.
In an email, a spokesperson for the agency wrote, "The most frequent device problems reported were the migration of the device or device component (116), patient device incompatibility (113) (e.g., possible nickel allergy), device operating differently than expected (73), malposition of the device (46), and device breakage (37)."
Another complication that is apparently not present in the FDA data is pregnancy.
Women who have joined forces with Brockovich have shared stories of unwanted pregnancy after getting Essure and shared their stories online.
Leila Cruz, a 29-year-old mother of three from Jacksonville, is pregnant with her fourth child despite having Essure implanted in 2007.
This is the second time Cruz has gotten pregnant on the device, she miscarried once in 2011.
The FDA said its adverse event reporting data alone cannot be used to figure out just how often certain events, like pregnancy, are occurring.
Bayer purchased Essure from Conceptus, Inc. in 2013 and has stood by the safety and effectiveness of the product.
In written and video statements, the company points out that nearly 750,000 women worldwide have chosen Essure as their permanent birth control method.
Bayer pointed to the results of a five-year Essure study completed by the FDA, that overall "did not demonstrate any new safety problems or an increased incidence of problems already known."
In a summary of that five-year-report, the FDA writes, "To date, we have found no evidence in the literature indicating any new or more widespread complications definitely associated with Essure occurring more than five years after Essure placement."
Local 6 filed a Freedom of Information Act request to receive the full five year study completed by the FDA, but the request has not been returned at this time.
Meanwhile, Dr. McCaurus said he will continue to have honest conversations with his patients about the device and the potential problems.
"There's a lot of stakeholders in this process, we all have to collaborate, get the information to the patient, answers the patients questions and concerns and try to make a good decision," he said.
Women who believe the product is causing their medical problems are encouraging others to file complaints with the FDA to try to get the agency to recall the device.
"I would love for them to pull this off the market so that no one has to go through this," said McFarlan.
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If you are heading to the Park with the kids, here is a fun preschool activity to print and take along.
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- Print activity sheet.
- At the Park, let kids look for the items on the sheet and circle them as they find the.
- Winner can be the first to find all the items or everyone can be winners as they complete their Look & Find activity sheet.
- A great preschool activity for alone play or a group of kids.