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Midland's Comiskey named Michigan gymnastics coach of the year
But he doesnt.
Instead, Comiskey makes his living coaching girls who are lucky if they tip the scales at 100 pounds.
By Fred Kelly
Jim Comiskey is a big, burly man. A strong man. A man who looks like he would fit right in coaching 300-pound offensive linemen in football.
But he doesnt.
Instead, Comiskey makes his living coaching girls who are lucky if they tip the scales at 100 pounds.
And he couldnt be happier.
"I dont do this because of me. I do it because I enjoy working with the kids and watching them grow," said Comiskey, owner and coach of the Midland Gymnastics Training Center and the 2005 Michigan Gymnastics Female Optional Coach of the Year.
Comiskey was one of four coaches statewide who earned coach of the year honors, as voted on by the Michigan Gymnastics Board. Four awards are given out one for the top female optional (Levels 7-10) coach, one for the top female compulsory (Levels 5-6) coach, one for the top male optional coach, and one for the top male compulsory coach.
Oddly, Comiskey admitted that he didnt even know he had won the award until his wife, Lori, co-owner and coach at the MGTC, read about it in the Michigan Gymnastics newsletter.
"Lori opened (the newsletter) and was kind of flipping through the pages, and she said, Oh, by the way, youre the coach of the year," he said with a laugh. " … It was just a nice surprise."
And a well-deserved one, too.
Comiskey has been coaching gymnastics for 14 years, the past seven at the MGTC. During that time, his gym has typically turned out several athletes who can more than hold their own against gymnasts from much larger facilities many of them even winning state and regional titles at various levels.
Comiskey is proud to carry the banner for smaller gyms throughout the state.
"Were in a smaller community, and we have one of the smaller gyms in the state," he noted. "But we consistently produce fairly competitive gymnasts. … It just goes to show that we can do gymnastics north of Lansing."
Fifteen-year-old Taylor Kelsey a Level 10 gymnast who has trained out of the MGTC for the past 11 years and was invited to the U.S. National Team camp at Bela Karolyis ranch in Houston a couple of years ago agreed that the award is quite an honor.
"Its great to have somebody come out of Midland whos the coach of the year," she said. " … Im very happy for him. I think he deserves it. Hes a great coach."
Comiskey, a former competitive weightlifter and football player, first became interested in gymnastics after meeting Lori when she was a gymnast at Eastern Michigan University. From there, he just fell in love with the sport.
"This has been the most exhilarating, most challenging sport Ive ever been involved with," Comiskey said. "Its not only one of the most physically challenging sports you can participate in, but its also one of the most mentally challenging sports you can participate in. Mentally, I dont think theres a sport more difficult than this is."
And its the challenge of helping his athletes reach their potential moreso than winning that Comiskey said he enjoys the most.
"I love competition, but I like the training part of it the most," he said. "Thats where the kids are learning the new skills and seeing their development grow. The competitions are cool … but to watch them grow and be able to obtain some goals theyve set for themselves, thats the part I think is the best."
After initially becoming interested in gymnastics, Comiskey spent years studying the sport, attending training camps and seminars, and learning both from his wife and from established high-level coaches he came in contact with. In fact, he deflects a lot of the credit for his coach of the year award to those who have helped him learn along the way.
"Ive been fortunate to have people I know who I can call or work with to get to this level," he said. " … It has a lot to do with my staff and Lori, obviously. I dont do this by myself. And the kids are ultimately what makes these things happen.
"Its their work and their courage in going out there and doing what we ask them to do (that makes me successful)," he added. " … Theres a lot to this particular award."
Comiskey began his gymnastics career by simply helping Lori when she was coaching at Freeland High School several years ago. At that time, his duties consisted of not much more than moving mats around.
Eventually, though, he began helping the athletes with their skills, and when the opportunity to take over the community education program in Freeland became available, Comiskey felt up to the challenge.
"It was a lot of hands-on stuff (in the beginning)," he said, adding with a chuckle, "I always say I got thrown into it backwards, because I started out working with some really high-level kids. And in a short period of time, I needed to learn how to work with these kids and spot them on their skills and get them ready for the meets."
After running the community ed program in Freeland for a few years, the Comiskeys purchased the MGTC and made Midland their home base. And over the seven years that Comiskey has trained local gymnasts, he has not only helped put Midland gymnastics on the map but also developed some special relationships.
"Theyre like family, because were with them so much for that 20 hours a week (that they train)," he said of his athletes. "And at the end of the day, when training is over and the workouts are done, theres always a hug. It finishes on a good note, no matter what transpires during the workout."
Thats not to say that its always easy training under Comiskey. He expects nothing less than the best effort from his competitive gymnasts even if that means getting a little intense now and then.
"The kids know were here to train competitive gymnastics," he said. " … Theres two roads. Theres the recreational road, and then theres the competitive road. And the competitive road is very serious.
"There is a certain level of intensity that has to be maintained in the training," he added. "And to maintain that (intensity) for the 20 hours a week and 300-and-some days each year that these girls are here, its hard to do."
Comiskey is quick to add that he also expects his athletes to have fun. And part of having fun, he noted, is not so much always winning but at least striving to achieve goals.
"We have a lot of fun. (The girls) wouldnt be here if they werent having fun," he said. " … They need to have fun, and doing well is part of that. You dont necessarily have to be standing up on the medal platform to be considered a good gymnast. You can do well in a meet and compete against yourself and do better than you did the time before. Thats being successful."
Kelsey said that she has complete faith in her coachs assessment of her as a gymnast.
"He pushes us, but we all need that," she noted. "Hes very supportive and does whats best for us. He tells us what he thinks is best for us and helps us and talks with us about things he thinks we should accomplish. … We follow our goals together."
Last year, Kelsey needed all the support she could get after suffering a streak of decidedly bad luck. She missed most of the competitive season with a wrist injury, which required surgery, as well as a sore knee and back.
It was her coach, she said, who helped keep her motivated.
"Sometimes, I was looking at quitting," she admitted. "But he just kept telling me that I could work through this and come back twice as strong. He told me, Were going to work together and get through this."
The admiration which Kelsey obviously feels for her coach seems to be mutual. As Comiskey pointed out, he can teach the girls what they need to know to be successful, but theyre the ones who work through the sweat and pain to achieve their goals.
"I can do a forward roll and a backward roll, and thats about it," Comiskey said with a laugh of his own gymnastics ability. " … Parents always congratulate me after a meet, and I tell them, Go hug your kids, because theyre the ones who put in all the hard work."


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A judge on Tuesday ordered that a 13-year-old Northern California girl declared brain-dead after suffering complications following a tonsillectomy be taken off life support.
But Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo gave Jahi McMath's family until 5 p.m. next Monday to file an appeal. She will stay on life support until then.
Grillo issued the order after a Stanford doctor testified that Jahi is brain-dead. Dr. Paul Graham Fisher's evaluation was the second to reach that conclusion.
Children's Hospital of Oakland, where Jahi is hospitalized, has asked that the girl be taken off life support after doctors there also concluded she was brain-dead.
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Fisher first provided his opinion to Grillo behind closed doors Tuesday morning. Fisher briefly provided his conclusion in open court that Jahi has no brain activity. Fisher left court without taking questions.
Dr. Robin Shanahan, a Children's Hospital doctor, was next called to testify in the judge's chambers.
Grillo had previously ordered Jahi to remain on life support until next Monday, or until further order from the court.
Jahi was declared brain-dead after experiencing complications following a tonsillectomy at Children's Hospital.
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The family's attorney, Christopher Dolan, said he would file an emergency appeal to keep Jahi on life support if the trial judge ordered her removal from the ventilator.
Dolan also wants a third evaluation done by Dr. Paul Byrne, a pediatric professor at the University of Toledo. The hospital's attorney objected to Byrne, saying he is not a pediatric neurologist.
Byrne is co-editor of the 2001 book "Beyond Brain Death," which presents a variety of arguments against using brain-based criteria for declaring a person dead.
In a phone interview, Byrne said he could not comment in detail because he had not seen any of Jahi's medical records. But the fact that her ventilator is still functioning properly is a sign that she is alive, he said.
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Outside the courtroom on Monday, Dr. David Durand, chief of pediatrics at the hospital, said staff have the "deepest sympathy" for the family but Jahi is brain-dead.
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Colin Gale of the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum gave a tour through the history of the ancient hospital in the form of five items from the archive. Previous posts are on the statues of mania and melancholia, the first medical note book, James Tilly Matthews' vision of a sinister Airloom Machine, and photographs of Victorian patient Emma Riches.
The last piece in the series is Nightmare, a work by Canadian artist William Kurelek, who was a patient at Bethlem's sister hospital, the Maudsley, in the 1950s. It is a powerful example of a patient communicating his own reality not just to those involved in treating him at the time but to anyone viewing it now.
William Kurelek was a young Canadian artist who had come to Europe partly to further his art education by visiting the great museums of Europe. He also had heard of the Maudsley Hospital and, aware that he had psychological problems, hoped the doctors could help him. He admitted himself soon after his arrival.
Kurelek was the sensitive oldest son of two Ukrainian emigrants to Canada. At odds with his father, his schoolmates and the prairie farming culture in which he was brought up, he had suffered from hallucinations from childhood and by the time he arrived at the Maudsley in his late 20s had more than once attempted suicide.
"I carried my wretchedness like a heavy stone sewn up inside of me," he later wrote, in an autobiography. He suffered from occasional psychosomatic deafness, as result he believed of the taunts and shouts that rang through his childhood, in particular from his father.
'Kurelek was a troubled young man,' says Colin Gale, 'whose family relationships were subject to strain. But what Nightmare shows is that he employed his skills as an artist to communicate with his doctors.
'William Kurelek shows his own huddled form at the centre of this work, being assaulted in bed by demonic figures. Around the bed is represented everything that is going on in his head, everything in his past and his perspectives on psychiatric treatment.
'He would show the drawings to the doctors and say, in effect, "Look, this is how it is for me." In one picture, he actually depicts his doctor confined in stocks with himself (Kurelek) beside him, pointing to a wall on which all his fears and insecurities are depicted, as if to say "Don't you understand?"
'It's said that Kurelek would sometimes draw pictures, show them to his doctor, then tear them up for effect.. But in those that remain, we have a patient perspective represented forcibly and expressively.
'William Kurelek went back to Canada and became a famous and well-respected artist. Out of the Maze, also here at the Archives & Museum, is one of his later works, which he donated to the hospital in gratitude for what they'd done for him.
'Painted 20 years later, in the 1970s, it shows him picnicking with his young family on the Canadian prairie. On the horizon is what may be part of a mushroom cloud. Here is a hint of one of Kurelek's later preoccupations: the possibility, ever present in the era of the Cold War, of nuclear conflagration.'
William Kurelek died in 1977. His paintings can be seen in collections around the world; 'Nightmare' and 'Out of the Maze' remain in the Bethlem Hospital gallery.
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This are the bookmarkers i made for my classmates when we graduated from Training for Victory just this September 17 . Training for Victory is a three month course or ten week course. And thank God i graduated, and not one absent i had for ten weeks. Wow!
Do you know what is the best thing about giving things you made for people you treasure must? Is the smile on their faces that makes me happy and makes me want to give more.
"We express our love for others through the grace of giving."
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Adiyel, 20 Dec 2016The Note 7's numbers sent the most surprising thing about this graph...It's that Sony seems to... moreSony deserve it.
Zz, 20 Dec 2016This is not possible. They are trying to deceive people. The remaining 10% will not be popu... moreAgree! Wondering where this information was sourced out. Can't be from Samsung, they are not stupid.
Anonymous, 20 Dec 2016Worth more now than they were new before battery issues.Seriously?
Tell my a guy who got one last week and for how much!
This is a big B.S.
Samsung sold 2.5 million N7 and just reported they got back 90%.
So, in other words, we have only 250'000 LG V20 + HTC Bolt + OnePlus 3T sold!? I'm not really buying this... On October 20, LG announced they sold 200'000 V20 within the firs 10 days (and today it is the 40th day....).
Kobresia, 20 Dec 2016Great to hear good news about Xperia. Keep on Sony! This is N7 related, no Xperia. Share your great Sony feelings some place else.
AnonD-404798, 20 Dec 2016HTC Bolt ?! what a lame joke ... who in the right mind would buy that crap ??? if I had to ch... moreAre sure you're willing to take the risk? FYI: If you're setting your house in fire, the Insurance will pay nothing!
MarkusLeto, 20 Dec 2016What kind of investment would that be? LOLWorth more now than they were new before battery issues.


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Excitement as Former Niger-Delta Militant Turned Pilot Flies Passengers to Owerri (Photos)
The excited former militant now a pilot, John Paul Nku
A former militant who has trained and qualified to become a pilot has achieved a great feat after flying passengers aboard a flight to Owerri, Imo State.
John Paul Nku who is a first officer with Air Peace is a beneficiary of the Amnesty programme organized for ex-militants in the Niger Delta region. He reportedly underwent his training in Jordan.
While expressing his joy at the feat, his friend Wabiye Idoniboyeobu took to Facebook to share the photos writing: "So the guy's name is John Paul Nku. A first officer with Air Peace. Smooth flight. You need to see the look on people's faces when the information trickled out that it was an Amnesty Beneficiary in the Cockpit. Everyone wanted a picture with him…Amnesty is working. Let's give the boys a chance."


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Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
do not understimate the power of isti3ba6, or "playing dumb" (joud's quote of the day)
it can really get u out of jams - be it with the police, the family, the friends, the colleagues, ...
yesterday, it got me out of a traffic fine (talking on the phone)
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
I did it !
with a perfect score; now i need a new challenge
* the D is for Doe, as in Jane Doe
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Shut down
i love getting massages, and i get them ona regular basis... but i have this problem which keeps me from fully enjoying them
my muscles are completely relaxed, but my mind doesnt stop working, it rehashes things, conversations, situations, work, tries to solve problems, makes plans... or for the very least i have a song stuck in my head
then i catch myself, and try to "free my mind" as i call it, which works for a minute, then it starts all over again
does anyone have any tricks or advice on how to "shut down ?"
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
1 year and 32 weeks
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Blow off some steam
here, click on the hand to bow off some steam...
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Monday, September 8, 2008
as i read jewaira's post about the cannon going off for fu6oor time, i wondered about the people/audience who sit at the scene to watch it/hear it live, u can see them on TV during the daily airing of the event...
wouldnt they rather be in the coziness of their own home, sitting at their dining room table ? i mean it's humid outside, and the cannon is damn loud; to each their own i guess
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
...And another teaser
is it just me or is this pretty tacky ?
plus, i find the rainbow to be somewhat controversial for our our region, given the connotation it has in many countries..
or is kuwait getting past the taboo-ness of homosexuality ?
.... i didnt think so either
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
i dunno whether its the lack of cafeine or the fact that i'm going to bed so late, but i seriously have to make a tremendous effort to keep my eyelids from closing right now
i'm at the office but my added value is minute , and whatever few brain cells i had were used up writing this post...
imbarak 3alekom el weekend
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Chile is the longest and narrowest country in the world bound on one side by the Andes mountain range and on the other by the Pacific Ocean. It has a spread (and coast) from north to south of more than 4.300 kilometres comparable to the distance from Norway to the Sahara. Chile can be divided into five geographical and climatic zones: In the north you will find the driest desert in the world, the Atacama, with one of the best views of a clear starry sky at night. Some of the best ski slopes as well as the most exquisite wine regions are found in the valleys and mountain ranges of the central region. Active volcanoes, blue lakes and green valleys fascinate visitors of the very fertile so-called "Little South". In Patagonia and the Chilean Antarctica, all the way in the south of Chile, fossil ice and glaciers create a very special landscape that is thousands of years old. Its beauty is best seen on a boat trip from the water. Over and above there are the highly diverse Chilean islands: Chiloé is the biggest one with a rural structure and many myths and stories. Robinson Crusoe is the main island of the Juan-Fernández-Archipel in the Pacific Ocean. A Scottish seaman with the name of Alexander Selkirk lived there and inspired Daniel Defoe to write his fantastic story which was then eponym for the island in 1970. The most spectacular of Chile's islands might be the Easter Island, called locally Rapa Nui which is the most isolated inhabited place on earth. It also bears on of the world's most mythical archaeological treasures, the Moais, and has a very lively indigenous culture which reminds of the South-Seas.
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The Griswolds are off on a family outing to Las Vegas in this sequel. Poised to prove that even the best-laid plans can unravel into hilarious misadventures, the ill-fated family heads for hijinx, high times, high rollers. . You can read more in Google, Youtube, Wiki
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The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
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Get started right away
Once you make the decision, once you set a goal for yourself, start acting on it immediately. That is how momentum is created. Don't move on to anything else until you have committed some action to your goal.
And then follow through. Keep the momentum going by taking consistent action. Your initial determination will get you started, and your discipline to act consistently will get you all the way there.
Don't stop, or it will take that much more effort to get started again. You're already on the way, so keep going. You've invested your time and effort, and your hopes. And the investment will pay off handsomely when you "hold it until maturity" by taking consistent action.
With commitment and perseverance, anything is possible.
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This movie gets: 6.00 (1 rating)nofreelist.com Ranking: not yet ranked (awaiting 2 ratings)
Secret Window (2004) is also mentioned in mino's review of Finding Neverland (2004).
Sometimes, a crappy movie is saved by the performance of a brilliant actor. And other times, a crappy movie is so crappy that not even the combined starpower of Johnny Depp and John Turturro can save it. I'll let you guess into which camp Secret Window falls.
Secret Window has pretty good credentials. Not only does it star the two aforementioned top actors, it's based on a story written by Stephen King, and he's managed to produce writing that's turned out some quite good films in the past. Unfortunately, this particular story, coming at this particular time, seems done to death; completely unoriginal and as a consequence, far from exciting.
The preview for Secret Window has all this stuff in it about how the ending of a story is the most important part. As soon as I saw this, I said to myself "that movie had better have a pretty bloody impressive ending". But it doesn't. It's just like so many other mediocre thrillers of the past couple of years. I won't name names, because that'd give the game away, and some people might still be surprised by it, but let me tell you that I was pretty disappointed with the outcome.
Depp plays Mort Rainey, a writer who is approached by a fella by the name of John Shooter (Turturro), who claims that Rainey has stolen a story that he wrote. It becomes clear that Rainey has previously plagiarised something else, and although Rainey is at first confident that he never did such a thing, he begins to wonder about himself, just as Shooter gets weirder and weirder, killing people around Rainey and forcing Rainey to deal with it. And then, when Shooter begins targeting Rainey's estranged wife, it's all even further downhill for Rainey.
Depp and Turturro both seem to just be coasting their way through their roles, which is pretty disappointing for two such high calibre actors. The rest of the cast don't do much to impress either. Secret Window certainly isn't the worst film I've ever seen. It even had the amusing distraction of containing closing credits that were from a completely different movie (gotta love pirated DVDs from Hong Kong). But not even this could elevate it into the kinda rating that could be considered high.
Hate it so bad and it was so boring it made me want to sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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After a sluggish start to the year, the movie business is finally firing on all cylinders, with the action flick "Ghost Rider" leading Hollywood to record ticket sales for Presidents Day weekend.
Sony Pictures' story of a hell-blazing, motorcycle-riding vigilante played by Nicolas Cage racked up an estimated $44.5 million through Sunday, the best three-day opening of the year and an all-time high for this holiday weekend.
The film is projected to reach $51 million when today's box office receipts are counted, which would also be a new peak for the four-day period.
Each of the five major new releases, including the family adventure "Bridge to Terabithia," took in more than $10 million through Sunday, helping the industry set overall records and snap out of a six-week slump. U.S. and Canadian totals from Friday through today were likely to reach $185 million, Media by Numbers said.


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The company reported first quarter earnings per share of 11 cents a share Thursday, up 83 percent from the year-ago profit of 6 cents a share and beating analysts' estimates by 1 cent. That compared to earnings of 6 cents reported in the first quarter of 1999.
The company posted first quarter revenues of $60.4 million, an increase of 61 percent over the first quarter of 1999.
"Mercury Interactive's first quarter revenue was the strongest in our history, surpassing even our traditionally strong fourth quarter revenue. The driving force fueling our growth was business to business e-commerce," said Amnon Landan, the company's president and CEO, in a statement.
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Publications and abstracts
See full lists of abstracts by STAR collaborators accepted for conferences in 2016, 2017 and 2018 including CROI, IAS, ICASA, ASLM, Interest and IHEA.
Articles on HIV self-testing by STAR authors are as below.
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- Sande L, Maheswaran H, Mangenah C, Mwenge L, Indravudh P, Mkandawire P, Ahmed N, d'Elbee M, Johnson C, Hatzold K, Corbett EL, Neuman M, Terris-Prestholt F. Costs of accessing HIV testing services among rural Malawi communities. AIDS Care vol 30. Published online 8th July 2018.
- d'Elbee M, Indravudh PP, Mwenge L, Kumwenda M, Simwinga M, Choko A, Hensen B, Neuman M, Ong J, Sibanda EL, Johnson CC, Hatzold K, Cowan FM, Ayles H, Corbett EL, Terris-Prestholt F. Preferences for linkage to HIV care services following a reactive self-test: discrete choice experiments in Malawi and Zambia. AIDS. June 11, 2018 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – p
- Figueroa F, Johnson C, Ford N, Sands A, Dalal S, Meurant R, Prat I, Hatzold K, Urassa W, Baggaley R. Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet HIV 2018. Published online April 24 2018.
- Kumwenda MK, Corbett EL, Chikovore J, Phiri M, Mwale D, Choko AT, Nliwasa M, Sambakunsi R, Taegtmeyer M, Gutteberg TJ, Munthali A, Desmond N. Discordance, Disclosure and Normative Gender Roles: Barriers to Couple Testing Within a Community-Level HIV Self-Testing Intervention in Urban Blantyre, Malawi. AIDS Behav. 2018 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2038-0. [Epub ahead of print]
- Indravudh PP, Choko AT, Corbett EL. Scaling up HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of technology, policy and evidence. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;31(1):14-24. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000426.
- Mwenge L, Sande L, Mangenah C, Ahmed N, Kanema S, d'Elbée M, Johnson C, Hatzold K, Sibanda E, Mwinga A, Kalua T, Cowan FM, Corbett EL, Ayles H, Maheswaran H, Terris-Prestholt F. Costs of facility-based HIV testing in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE (special issue), (10): e0185740. 16th October 2017.
- Johnson C, Kennedy C, Fonner V, Siegfried N, Figueroa C, Dalal S, Sands A, Baggaley R. Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20:21594.
- Indravudh PP, Sibanda EL, d'Elbée M, Kumwenda MK, Ringwald B, Maringwa G, Simwinga M, Nyirenda LJ, Johnson CC, Hatzold K, Terris-Prestholt F, Taegtmeyer M. 'I will choose when to test, where I want to test': investigating young people's preferences for HIV self-testing in Malawi and Zimbabwe. AIDS . 31:S203-S212, July 1, 2017.
STAR Authors
- Maheswaran H, Clarke A, MacPherson P, Kumwenda F, Lalloo DG, Corbett EL, Petrou S. Cost-Effectiveness of Community-based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing in Blantyre, Malawi. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Apr 3;66(8):1211-1221. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix983.
- Quaife M, Terris-Prestholt F, Di Tanna GL, Vickerman P. How well do discrete choice experiments predict health choices? A systematic review and meta-analysis of external validity. Eur J Health Econ. 2018 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10198-018-0954-6. [Epub ahead of print]
- Johnson CC, Fonner V, Sands A, Ford N, Obermeyer CM, Tsui S, Wong V, Baggaley R. To err is human, to correct is public health: identifying poor quality testing and misdiagnosis of HIV status. JIAS 2017 Aug; 20(Suppl 6): 21755.
- Johnson CC, Dalal S, Baggaley R, Taegtmeyer M. A public health approach to addressing and preventing misdiagnosis in the scale-up of HIV rapid testing programmes. JIAS 2017 Aug 29;20(Suppl 6):22190.
- Eaton JW, Johnson C, Gregson S. The cost of not re-testing: HIV misdiagnosis in the ART 'test-and-treat' era. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017 Apr 24.
- Johnson, C, Dalal S, Taegtmeyer, M. Finding the public health approach for quality HIV testing in the test and treat era. Forthcoming JIAS special issue.
- Johnson CC, Sands A, Urassa W, Baggaley R. Alert, but not alarmed – a response to "Towards more accurate HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-site evaluation of HIV RDTs and risk factors for false positives". JIAS 2017 20 (1). January 2017.
- Rutstein SE, Ananworanich J, Fidler S, Johnson C, Sanders E, Sued O, Saez-Cirion A, Pilcher C, Fraser C, Cohen M, Vittoria M, Doherty M, Tucker J. Clinical and public health implications of acute and early HIV detection and treatment: A scoping review. JIAS 2017; 20(1): 21579.
- Kennedy C, Yeh, P, Johnson C, Baggaley R. Should trained lay providers perform HIV testing? A systematic review to inform World Health Organization guidelines. AIDS Care; 2017.
- Flynn, D, Johnson C, Sands A, Wong V, Figueroa C, Baggaley R. Can trained lay providers perform HIV testing services? A review of national HIV testing policies. BMC Research Notes; 2017.
- Baggaley R, Dalal S, Johnson C, Figueroa C, MacDonald V, Mameletzis, I, Rodolph M, Samuelson J, Verster A. Beyond the 90-90-90: Refocusing HIV prevention as part of the global HIV response. JIAS; 2016.
- Dalal, S, Johnson C, Fonner, Kennedy C, Siegfried N, Figueroa C, Baggaley R. Assisted HIV partner notification services: A systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS
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- Ishikawa, N, Dalal S, Johnson C, Hogan D, Shimbo T, Shaffer N, Pendse R, Ru-Lo, Y, Ghidinelli M, Baggaley R. Should HIV testing for all pregnant women continue? Cost-effectiveness of universal antenatal testing compared to focused approaches across high to very low HIV prevalence settings. JIAS. 2016; 19(1): 21212.
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***SPOILER ALERT : Please do not read this review if you are planning on reading this novel. There are SPOILERS***
This review is from an ARC for Kindle from NetGalley, courtesy of Simon and Schuster.
Meet Bliss Harcourt, of the Harcourt family of suburban Maryland. In her 30's and divorced, she's living at home again, working on her Masters, and taking care of her sweet, smart and very mildly handicapped daughter, Bella. Her mother, Forsythia, is the Jamaican version of Hyacinth Bucket (of the Brit com, Keeping Up Appearances), her father Harold, the long sufering Richard Bucket (A Bristish citizen). Their four beautiful daughters, Charlotte, Diana, Elizabeth (Bliss) and Victoria, are all currently single, and this panics their social climbing mother, who is obsessed, with, well, keeping up appearances.
Bliss is the main character in this novel, the story is told, mostly, through her critical eyes. We learn about her sisters' different personalities via her perspective as grown sister returning to the nest after an unhappy divorce from her hot Latino husband who is an aspiring politician in Miami. Diana has managed to snag a reality tv deal--she has been asked to be "The Virgin" on a twisted and even more bizarre version of The Bachelorette. Her mother is overjoyed, father is disgusted (as is Bliss, of course), teenaged sister Charolotte, an egotistical nymphomaniac, is excited to say the least, and soft spoken and "perfect" oldest sister Victoria is appalled and distant. Bliss just wants to protect her 4 year old child.
We are supposed to identify these characters, as well as Dario (executive producer of the "The Virgin") and Wyatt (host) with characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: Dario is Darcy, Wyatt is Wickham, Forsythia and Harold Harcourt are Mr and Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth/Bliss, well, naturally she is our heroine, Lizzie Bennet. But Elizabeth Bennet was not a worldly single mother, who often has sexy dreams of her professor and constantly describes her buttocks as "ample," a word that is used in that particular context repeatedly throughout this novel.
The novel uses a pop culture reference on just about every page. Even Bliss's daughter's name, Bella, struck me as an unnecessary salute to Twilight. She seems to function as the court jester in the book, saying things the adults won't say aloud, and often exceeding the intelligence of the average 4 year old child. The book was funny at times, and at other times tragic. Instead of Lydia running away with Wickham, Wyatt manages to marry Diana (The Virgin who deosn't act like one), and Charlotte makes a sex tape with an "athletic" looking man--she is obsessed with athletes, and although a teenager, there are absolutely no repercussions for anyone when the sex tape arrives at their doorstep with a threat to reveal it to the whole world. The network squashes the tapes and poor Charlotte is disappointed, since she missed her chance to be the next Paris Hilton. (Yes, it actually says that in the book!)
I had a few problems with some references. This author is obviously very well educated, and in addition to the many pop culture refernces, she also alludes to many historical and literary ones as well. But it really bothers me when someone who is this educated still displays a complete misunderstanding of what the Immaculate Conception is! In Chapter 19, when Bliss arrives at the hotel where The Virgin will be shooting in Germany, she is asked by the desk clerk is she "The Virgin": "The man asked puzzled as he looked from Bliss to Bella and back to Bliss again as if to say, Am I to deduce that this was an Immaculate Conception?" The Immaculate Conception does NOT refer to Jesus' conception. The Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's conception, Jesus' mother, without Original Sin, and has NOTHING to do with the act of intercourse. Shocking that a Harvard educated graduate does not understand this very simple concept!
Also, in Chapter 32, a producer from the television show screams "Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me Henry VIII was only four foot eleven?" I'm not sure if the author thinks this is funny, or of she really believes this also: Henry VIII was a very large man for his time at well over six foot tall. Another gaffe, purposeful or not, but irritating when one learns that Ms. Fales-Hill graduated with honors in literature and history from Harvard. Maybe she doesn't think people who will read this novel are knowledgeable about anything, so accuracy doesn't matter.
Some of the descriptions within the book are annoying and gratuitous. Chapter 23: "Bliss sat with her father, nursing a Viennese coffee and cringing as Forsythia, squeezed into a red cocktail dress and teetering on a pair of spangled pumps, belted out the third stanza of "Santa Baby," the Earth Kitt come-hither holiday classic." A description of the lyrics and her presentatin follows. Really? Editor please! Too MUCH info. I know Earth Kitt sings it (or Madonna) and I really don't care for this much detail about your coffee, her outfit, etc. This goes on to describe Forsythia "...draping herself over the piano and writhing on it like a Jurrasic version of Michelle Pfeiffer's torch singer in The Fabulous Baker Boys." Enough already! I'd like to be able to use my imagination once in a while! Other annoying lines, "Looking like a multicultural prince froma late-issue Disney Film" (from Chapter 26). "His horse responded to his every prompt like a pliant female" Ugh. (from Chapter 36). For a character who is so "progressive," I was shocked when she reassures her mother she is not a lesbian like her sister reveals she is: "No, Mum, you can relax. Of all my failings, that's not one." What?! Being a homosexual is a "failing"???
The book takes an even more disturbing turn towards the end when Forsythia Harcourt reveals at the end of the book to Bliss, after rejecting her gorgeous, but sadly (ha ha) lesbian daughter Victoria, that she wishes her daughters had pretended not to be related to her because she was "a nigger." She would have happily pretended to be the Nanny, in a reverse Imitation-of-Life declaration that Bliss suddenly finds very touching, even though her mother has been a complete narcissistic shrew. Blech. Real people are confused about life, for certain, but as this book progresses and Bliss becomes more and more muddled, instead of less so about her relationships, I felt more annoyed.
The book has some very genuinely funny moments, and is mildly entertaining. A great beach read, although I felt that the author wanted this to be much more. She seems to be trying to be the new Zadie Smith, recrafting the social commentary novel of the late 1800's for a new generation, with an over abundance of pop culture references (that she also seems to feel need to be explained for her audience) but she really doesn't achieve this with so many gaffes and a few rather crude and unrefined moments in the novel.
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Seen and reviewed (Aug. 28)
New films in theaters this week:
— "Adam" (rated PG-13), the 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit, a romantic drama about a man with Asperger syndrome.
— "The Final Destination" (rated R), the latest installment in the hit horror series.
— "Halloween II" (rated R), Rob Zombie's sequel to his horror remake.
— "Taking Woodstock" (rated R), a fictionalized re-telling of efforts to put on the now-legendary music festival.
Neither of the horror films — which were not widely pre-screened for critics — are very good. In fact, the repellant "H2" is a disastrous step backwards for musician-turned-filmmaker Zombie.
At least the supposed "Final Destination" doesn't take itself too seriously. But it doesn't take full advantage of the 3D format. (The film is being shown in both 2D and 3D versions.)
And like the actual event, "Taking Woodstock" is messy. Comedian Demetri Martin is unconvincing in the more dramatic moments, though at least it's more watchable than the two aforementioned movies.
Poster art courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures
By default, the sweeter-natured "Adam" is the week's best film. Hugh Dancy is good as the title character, and the romance between him and Rose Byrne has some appeals.
It's unfortunate that the film takes an unexpected turn, however. A subplot involving a character played by Peter Gallagher is much too reminiscent of one in the infinitely better comedy-drama "Say Anything" (1989).
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Merlin, by Stephen R. Lawhead
The worst thing I have to say about this book is I feel like it's just boring more than anything else. Merlin spends a lot of his time outside of what's going on in Britain. For example, when he's a kid he gets kidnapped by a tribe of hill-folk and spends something like three years living north of the Wall and basically cut off from all the other events occurring in Britain. On the plus side, this is how Merlin learns to do certain forms of magic, but on the other hand he's away for important things happening in Britain. This is explicitly the time when the Roman legions, the final pretenses of Roman control over Britain, are abandoning Britain and leaving it fully exposed to attacks from Saxons, Picts, and Irish raiders. In Taliesin and to an extent in Merlin as well, the characters are increasingly concerned by the growth of fear and desperation among the population as Roman protection disappears and the threat of barbarian invasion becomes ubiquitous. But Merlin's gone for significant chunks of that time.
His capture by the hill-folk isn't the only time Merlin is effectively M.I.A. during this book. After returning from his capture north of the wall, Merlin finds another group of survivors from Atlantis and falls in love with their princess. Once Merlin is recognized as a king in his own right, he arranges to marry his love and they are soon expecting their first child. Unfortunately for Merlin, both his wife and child, as well as most of the second band of survivors of Atlantis, are killed by a band of Saxon raiders. Merlin slays a great number of them in a battle-fury, and then wanders off to be insane with grief for a number of years. How many is not stated and I begin to get the feeling that the Atlantean Fair Folk have much longer lives than humans because Merlin is described as hardly aging a day while other people have grown old and died in the same time. So bad things continue to happen in Britain but once again Merlin is not present to witness them. When Merlin comes out of his madness Vortigern is High King of Britain and has made a mess of things by making deals with the Saxons to protect his own throne and will be overthrown by the Britains in favor of Aurelianus and his brother, Uther.
This is at the point where we're on familiar Arthurian legend ground and Lawhead starts hewing closer to the source materials that have been passed down over the years. He still takes his own spin on things and provides his own version of events, such as the romance between Uther and Igraine who Merlin describes as Gorlois's daughter rather than his wife. And I did find myself being slightly more interested as events got into territory which I was more familiar. But I was left with the feeling that most of this book, much like all of the previous book, was basically set up for a story that's coming later, rather than being a terribly interesting story in itself. It does seem a little weird to me that the next book, Arthur, was imagined originally as the ending to the series rather a midway point.
So on the one hand, because I can get these books for free and because I'm curious to see Lawhead's take on the more well-known bits of Arthurian mythos. On the other, I'm concerned that they're going to be a lot of effort without a lot of pay-off in the end. So we'll see what happens.
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The timezone in Simpson Lake is America/Iqaluit
Morning Sunrise at 08:39 and Evening Sunset at 19:04. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 32.6233°, Longitude. -84.9183°
Morning Sunrise at 08:39 and Evening Sunset at 19:04. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 32.6233°, Longitude. -84.9183°
Weather near Simpson Lake Last report from Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, GA 16.7km awayTemperature: 13°C / 55°F
Wind: 6.9km/h South/Southeast
Cloud: Few at 1700ft Solid Overcast at 9000ft
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Geographic features & Photographs around Simpson Lake in Georgia, United States
reservoir(s) an artificial pond or lake.
- Simpson Lake (0km)
- Kokoloe Lake (2.1km)
- Lake Kokoloe (2.2km)
- Swifts Lake (6km)
- Bearden Lake (6.2km)
- James Lakes (6.3km)
- Woodruff Lake (7.3km)
- Story Lake (7.5km)
- Mirror Lake (7.8km)
- Lake Cora (8.2km)
- Lambs Lake (8.2km)
- Anthony Lake (8.3km)
- Pine Knoll Lake (8.4km)
- Herds Lake (8.5km)
- Chapman Pease Lake (8.6km)
- McGills Lake (9.1km)
- Bull Creek Watershed Lake Number 21 (9.2km)
- Stevens Lake (9.3km)
church a building for public Christian worship.
- Getzen Memorial Church (3.9km)
- Rehobeth Church (4.6km)
- Pierce Chapel Church (6.1km)
- Mount Commodoe Church (6.7km)
- Mount Gilead Church (8.2km)
- Mount Olive Church (8.5km)
- Clowers Church (9.1km)
- Victory Heights Church (9.5km)
dam a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Simpson Lake Dam (0km)
- Lake Kokoloe Dam (2.2km)
- Swifts Lake Dam (6km)
- Bearden Dam (6.2km)
- Woodruff Lake Dam (7.3km)
- Herds Lake Dam (8.5km)
- Bull Creek Watershed Dam Number 21 (9.2km)
Local Feature A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Cataula Camp Ground (historical) (1.1km)
- Faith Tabernacle (1.4km)
- Interchange 9 (5km)
- Pierce Chapel (5.9km)
- Binghams Chapel (7.2km)
- Camp McKenzie Boy Scout Camp (8.8km)
- Interchange 10 (9.4km)
Accommodation around Simpson Lake
Home-Towne Suites Columbus 6040 Knology Way, Columbus
Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham Columbus North 1728 Fountain Ct, Columbus
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Columbus, GA 1720 Fountain Ct, Columbus
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Fortson (3.3km)
- Rehobeth (4.9km)
- Barin (6km)
- Bayard (historical) (7.3km)
- Mulberry Grove (7.4km)
- Cataula (7.6km)
cemetery a burial place or ground.
- Crawford Cemetery (4.3km)
- Rehobeth Cemetery (4.4km)
- Pierce Chapel Cemetery (5.8km)
- Richardson Cemetery (6.1km)
- Mount Gilead Cemetery (6.4km)
- Bingham Chapel Cemetery (7.4km)
school building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Cataula School (8.6km)
- Clowers School (historical) (9km)
- William Henry Shaw High School (9.4km)
lake a large inland body of standing water.
- Asa, Lake (6.9km)
- Mobleys Lake (7.8km)
tower a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
- Muscogee Lookout Tower (5.6km)
- WYFK-FM (Columbus) (7.7km)
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Striblin Creek (2.8km)
park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Linwood Playground (7.3km)
Wikipedia entries close to Simpson Lake
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- Lawson Air Force Base city o city
- Columbus Metropolitan Airport airport airport
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- Waverly Hall, Georgia city o city
- Phenix City city h city
- Smiths Station, Alabama city o city
- Ladonia, Alabama city o city
- Pine Mountain, Georgia (town of) city o city
- Fort Benning landmark landmark
- Shiloh, Harris County, Georgia city o city
- Fort Benning South, Georgia city o city
- Valley, Alabama city o city
- Geneva, Georgia city o city
Airports close to Simpson LakeLawson aaf(LSF), Fort benning, Usa (42km)
Middle georgia rgnl(MCN), Macon, Usa (153.9km)
The william b hartsfield atlanta international(ATL), Atlanta, Usa (156.4km)
Robins afb(WRB), Macon, Usa (160.7km)
Anniston metropolitan(ANB), Anniston, Usa (177.8km)


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I am stocking up on my christmas cards now and have started doing more (not that I have many to make!). This one I made following the sketch from Card Positioning Systems.
I struggled with the card at first - the baubles just wouldn't hang properly! in the end I used twine and weighted the baubles with rhinestones so they hang better.
materials - Bazzill river reed, ivy cardstock; Cosmo Cricket 'mitten weather'; Scrappy Cat 'christmas clear stamps', Stampendous 'home for xmas'; Stazon jet black ink; Creative Memories circle cutters; Provocraft circle dies; brown twine; Kasiercraft rhinestones; Inkssentials glossy accents; ribbon.
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causes crash
• William Luberti, 58, Almont, was traveling southbound on South Otsego Avenue about 100 feet south of South Wisconsin Avenue around 2:10 p.m. Oct. 6 when his 2009 Subaru Outback collided with a 2002 GMC Envoy driven by Jeremy Mullins, 18, Gaylord.
According to reports, Mullins had been traveling eastbound on South Wisconsin and turned south onto South Otsego. Luberti changed lanes to turn into a private drive, colliding with Mullins' vehicle.
Both vehicles sustained minor damage. No injuries were reported. No citations were issued.
Driver runs red light
• Jordan Monarch, 16, Gaylord, was traveling westbound on West Main Street about 10 feet west of South Wisconsin Avenue around 5:35 p.m. Oct. 7 when the 1997 Land Rover Discovery he was driving collided with a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer driven by Jody Phillips-Kapanke, 21, Gaylord.
Reports state Phillips-Kapanke was traveling southbound on Wisconsin. Monarch ran a red light, striking Phillips-Kapanke's vehicle.
Monarch's vehicle sustained minor damage, while Phillips-Kapanke's sustained significant damage. No injuries were reported. Monarch was cited for hazardous driving.
Otsego County
Sheriff's Dept.
Vehicle crash on
Jackson Hill
• Ellen Burns, 16, Gaylord, was traveling northbound on Jackson Hill Road about two-tenths of a mile south of Blahowiak Road in Dover Township around 12:34 a.m. Oct. 6 when her 2007 Ford Focus ran off the roadway.
According to reports, Burns lost control on the muddy, leaf-covered road during a period of rain. The vehicle ran off the road to the left and struck some trees.
Burns' vehicle sustained significant damage. No injuries were reported. No citations were issued.
Cut-off causes loss
of control
• Laura Champion, 56, Petoskey, was traveling south on I-75 about a mile north of Parmater Road in Livingston Township around 12:05 p.m. Oct. 7 when the 2001 Mazda 626 she was driving struck a guardrail.
According to reports, Champion stated she was cut off by a silver vehicle when she lost control. Her vehicle spun around and struck a guardrail on the right side of the roadway. Champion refused treatment despite a facial injury.
Champion's vehicle sustained moderate damage. No citations were issued.
State Police
Gaylord Post
Driver strikes
telephone pole
• Christopher Jennings, 18, Flint, was traveling eastbound on Mancelona Road about a half mile east of Mount Frederick Road in Hayes Township around 1 p.m. Oct. 6 when he lost control of his 2002 Ford Explorer.
According to reports, Jennings' vehicle hydroplaned during a period of rain. His vehicle slid off the roadway and struck a telephone pole.
The vehicle sustained moderate damage. No injuries were reported. Jennings was cited for violation of basic speed laws.
Rollover on
Fowler Lake Road
• Matthew Kempfer, 17, Gaylord, was traveling northbound on Fowler Lake Road about a half mile north of Hereafter Lane in Bagley Township around 8 a.m. Oct. 6 when he lost control of his 2002 Chevy Cavalier.
Reports state Kempfer hit a patch of water on the road and hydroplaned. This caused Kempfer to lose control and roll his vehicle into a ditch.
The vehicle sustained moderate damage. No injuries were reported. Kempfer was cited for violation of basic speed laws.
— Compiled by Kurt J. Kolka