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Policy I-8
(Approved: UFC 9/12/00, 3/9/04, 4/27/04; Trustees 9/15/00, 3/3/06)
The trustees, administration, faculty, and staff of Indiana University all bear the responsibility of serving the research mission of the University. That mission is enhanced by the sustained, active interaction of members of the University community with business, government, not-for-profit groups, professional societies, academic institutions, and other individuals and organizations. Moreover, the University recognizes that the members of the University community participate actively in community, political, religious, and cultural activities and institutions, and other personal and economic endeavors.
These many interactions inherently create the potential for conflicts of interest in which University employees' external activities, income or other interests affect–or reasonably would appear to affect–the manner or extent to which those individuals pursue research within the University. Such real or apparent conflicts, when not appropriately disclosed and addressed, can undermine public and professional confidence in the integrity of University research and sponsored programs. The existence of a real or apparent conflict of interest does not necessarily mean that the outside activity at issue must be avoided or discontinued. Often, conflicts of interest can be dealt with effectively through disclosure or other steps to resolve or manage the conflict.
This document sets forth University policy on the avoidance, disclosure, management, and resolution of financial conflicts of interest regarding University research and sponsored programs. Recognizing the broad variety of both professional settings in which conflicts may occur and means of responding to them, this policy specifies only the basic principles that should guide the resolution of financial conflicts of interest. Specific requirements necessary to conform with federal law regarding financial conflicts of interest in federally funded research, including the conflicts of interest regulations issued by the National Institutes of Health at 42 C.F.R. Part 50.601 et seq., and the National Science Foundation in its Grant Policy Manual at Section 310, are detailed in a separate Statement of Compliance with Federal Conflicts of Interest Rules (See below for statement).
It is the responsibility of the Chancellors/Provost to ensure that each Campus, or all of the Schools or Departments within a Campus, adopt specific conflict of interest procedures, consistent with University policy and Federal and State law. This document only addresses financial conflicts of interest in research, whether externally sponsored or internally funded, and sponsored programs. There are other areas in which financial conflicts may arise, such as the assignment to Indiana University students of textbooks or materials for which a faculty member received royalties, and other types of conflicts, such as conflicts of commitment, when outside activities interfere with someone's fulfillment of his or her University responsibilities. These matters are addressed in other University policies.
1. Applicability This Policy applies to all persons at IU who are "Investigators" on University research projects or sponsored programs, as defined in Section 2 below. An "Investigator" is anyone who participates in designing research, collecting research data or performing other substantive research activities, or reporting research; and anyone who participates in designing, conducting, or reporting with respect to a sponsored program. Investigators may include: (1) academic appointees; (2) staff or students who are involved in the design, conduct, or reporting of research or sponsored programs; and (3) emeritus faculty to the extent that they still actively perform research or sponsored programs under the auspices of the University.
2. Definitions
- a. "Activities outside of the University" and "outside activities" are defined as activities not directly undertaken to fulfill the research, teaching, and service mission of the University.
- b. "University activities," by contrast, are defined as activities that are undertaken directly to fulfill one's research, teaching, or service responsibilities within the University.
- c. "University responsibilities" are defined as the responsibilities of a University employee to perform University activities as defined by University or unit policy, contract, or collective bargaining agreement.
- d. A "Conflict of Interest" exists when a Covered Person's Significant Financial Interests, or the interests of outside entities in which a Covered Person holds a Significant Financial Interest, reasonably would appear to affect or be affected by the Covered Person's research or sponsored programs.
- e. "Covered Persons" means persons to whom this Policy applies, as specified in Section 1.
- f. "Dependent" is defined as any person who receives more than one-half of his or her annual support from an employee, whether or not related to that employee.
- g. "Disclosure Period" means the one-year period immediately following the date on which the Covered Person completes a disclosure of outside significant financial interests.
- h. "Family Members" are defined as the member's spouse or domestic partner under Indiana University procedures and dependent children.
- i. "Financial Interest" is defined as anything of monetary value, including, but not limited to, salary, commissions, consulting fees, honoraria, equity interests, interests in real or personal property, dividends, royalties, rent, capital gains, intellectual property rights, and forgiveness of debt, other than:
- • compensation from Indiana University, except that royal income distributed under the University Intellectual Property Policy shall be considered a "Financial ::Interest";
- • income from seminars, lectures, or other educational activities sponsored by not-for-profit entities;
- • income from service on advisory committees, or review panels for public or not-for-profit entities; or
- • any financial interest arising solely by means of investment in a mutual, pension, or other institutional investment fund where the Covered Person does not exercise control over the management and investments of such fund;
- • any ownership interests in an entity that is an applicant under Phase I of the SBIR or STTR Programs. Ownership interests in entities that apply for funding under later phases of the SBIR or STTR Programs, however, are included in the definition of "financial interest."
- j. "Indiana University" or the "University" shall refer to Indiana University and to any foundation associated with Indiana University.
- k. "Investigator" means the principal investigator and any other person who participates in the design, conduct, or reporting of research.
- l. A financial interest is "significant" if:
- • it is an equity interest the value of which exceeds $10,000 from one enterprise or entity, or represents more than a 5 percent ownership interest in any one ::enterprise or entity, when aggregated for the member and his or her Family Members for the Disclosure Period; or
- • it is salary, royalties, or similar payments which exceed, or are expected to exceed, $10,000 within any one-year period, when aggregated for the member and his or ::her Family Members. However, Covered Persons engaged in medical or clinical trial research shall disclose all financial interests of themselves, or of outside entities ::in which they hold significant financial interests, that reasonably would appear to affect or be affected that research, without regard to any monetary threshold.
- m. "Research" means a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. The term encompasses basic and applied research and product :development. As used in this Policy, "research" includes both externally and internally funded activities.
- n. "Sponsored Programs" means projects or activities, other than research, undertaken within the University pursuant to funding from an external source.
- o. "SBIR Program" means the Small Business Innovation Research Program, an extramural research program for small business that is established under federal law.
- p. "STTR Program" means the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, which is a part of the SBIR Program.
3. Responsibility of Covered Persons
- a. University personnel and students who are covered by this Policy share an obligation to conduct their professional affairs in a manner consistent with the University's mission and to conduct their relationships with each other and with the University with candor and integrity.
- b. Pursuant to that obligation, covered persons share an obligation to identify and, when possible, avoid financial conflicts of interest. When conflicts cannot be avoided, covered persons must disclose outside financial relationships that create, or reasonably appear to create, conflicts of interest, and work with University officials to manage or resolve those conflicts.
- c. Accordingly, covered persons must disclose any significant financial interest of themselves or their Family Members that reasonably would appear to affect, or be affected by, the University research activities or sponsored programs in which they are engaged, and any financial interest of themselves or their Family Members in external companies or other organizations whose financial interests reasonably would appear to affect, or be affected by, their University research and sponsored program activities.
- d. Disclosures under this Policy shall be made as soon as possible after a significant financial interest that meets the disclosure standard of (c) arises. Disclosure shall be made to the official designated by the applicable policies and procedures on conflicts of interest.
- e. If any application for external funding is involved, covered persons shall ensure that they have disclosed all significant financial interests related to the proposed research or sponsored program, prior to submitting the application to the applicable University sponsored research office, and as soon as possible thereafter if a new significant financial interest meeting the disclosure standard of (c) arises. Disclosures shall also be updated as soon as possible when an existing significant financial interest ends or materially alters.
4. Federally Funded Research Federal regulations require institutions receiving federal funding to have in place a written, enforced policy and process to identify and manage, reduce, or eliminate conflicts of interest of persons engaged in the design, conduct, or reporting of federally funded research. The purpose and specific requirements of Federal law are detailed in the Statement of Compliance. This policy, the Statement of Compliance (which is incorporated into this handbook), and the procedures adopted by campuses to implement this Policy and the Statement of Compliance, are intended to meet the requirements of federal law.
5. Disclosure Policies and Procedures
- a. Disclosure shall be made pursuant to the applicable Campus, School, or Department procedures on conflicts of interest. These procedures shall be designed to facilitate the local resolution or management of any conflict, and minimize administrative burden.
- b. All such procedures shall be consistent with the following:
- i. It is the obligation of each covered person to disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest.
- ii. Covered persons shall disclose annually all significant financial interests that meet the standards of Section 3(c) above, and they shall update these disclosures within the annual period as soon as possible whenever (a) they acquire a new significant financial interest that reasonably would appear to affect or be affected by their University activities, or (b) an existing significant financial interest ends or materially alters.
- iii. Covered persons shall not be subject to burdensome or random disclosure requirements; however, this shall not restrict the use of disclosure as a tool for avoiding, resolving, or managing an on-going conflict of interest.
- iv. Disclosure shall be made to the official designated by the applicable procedures on conflicts of interest. Disclosure policies should require no more information than is necessary.
- v. Disclosure should not be part of the collection of unrelated data (e.g., annual reports). Disclosure documents shall be destroyed as soon as appropriate and in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
6. Conflict Resolution and Management
- a. Conflicts of interest shall be avoided, resolved, or managed, as needed, pursuant to applicable policies and procedures on conflicts of interest. These policies and procedures shall be designed to meet applicable legal requirements, facilitate the local resolution or management of any conflict, minimize administrative burden, and protect the privacy of University employees and their Family Members.
- b. Any University employee may request advice about a potential conflict of interest from the relevant campus faculty council's conflicts of interest committee, or other office or entity given this authority under local policies and procedures, without being required to disclose his or her name or identifying details of the potential conflict. Any unit of the University may request advice about a potential conflict of interest from the university designated official or a campus conflicts of interest committee, provided that no more identifying information than necessary should be disclosed unless required by law or University policy.
- c. Real or apparent conflicts of interest shall be avoided, resolved, or managed, as needed, locally whenever possible. Each Campus shall determine at what level (Department, School, or Campus) "local" responsibility for conflicts of interests shall reside. Should any unit at a level responsible for managing or resolving conflicts of interest fail to enact appropriate procedures, employees within that unit shall be subject to the conflict of interest procedures of the next highest level (e.g., a School without procedures would follow the procedures of the Campus on which it is located). If a Campus has not enacted conflicts of interest procedures, employees on that Campus shall be subject directly to this Policy and to those procedures applicable to the Bloomington campus.
- d. In the event it is not possible to resolve a conflicts issue successfully at the Campus level, the matter shall be referred to the university designated official, advised by the relevant campus conflicts of interest committee or other office or entity given relevant authority under local policies and procedures.
- e. The campus Conflicts of Interest Committees or other offices or entities given relevant authority under local policies and procedures, shall be charged with monitoring and recommending changes, as necessary, to the University Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest; advising units of the University on the development of local conflict of interest procedures; facilitating discussion within the University about, and awareness of, conflict of interest issues; and recommending measures for resolving or managing specific conflict of interest cases.
7. Enforcement
- a. Enforcement of this Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest is the ultimate responsibility of the President and the Board of Trustees, who may delegate that responsibility to other University officials pursuant to this Policy and procedures enacted by individual Campuses, Schools, or Departments. Principal responsibility for implementation and enforcement of this Policy shall reside with the university designated official, advised by the relevant campus conflicts of interest committees or other campus officials with authority for conflicts matters.
- b. Violations of this Policy and implementing procedures, including the failure to file timely disclosures; filing incomplete, erroneous, or inaccurate disclosures; or failure to comply with prescribed procedures for managing or resolving conflicts of interest, will be dealt with in accordance with applicable University policies and procedures.
- c. Appeals from administrative decisions concerning conflicts of interest are subject to applicable University policies and procedures concerning review of administrative decisions.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate election, while Democrats are left scrambling to keep a seat that has not been closely contested since the Detroit Tigers last won the World Series in 1984.
Levin's announcement is expected to spark a frenzy of interest from candidates and parties. The outcome of the 2014 race will play a role in Michigan's clout in Congress, the battle for control of the 100-member Senate and possibly even Gov. Rick Snyder's re-election prospects.
"This offers the opportunity for a huge field," said Lansing-based political analyst Bill Ballenger.
Much of the early focus is on the state's congressional delegation, where at least five members are considered possible candidates to move to the upper chamber. GOP Reps. Justin Amash, Dave Camp and Mike Rogers are being mentioned as well as Democrats Gary Peters and Dan Kildee.
Peters, who represents the bellwether county north of Detroit, told The Associated Press Friday that is he is "very interested" in running for Senate.
"It is absolutely critical that Democrats hold this seat," he said, calling himself a battle-tested campaigner who has won three difficult races. "People don't win statewide without winning Oakland County, and that's my political base."
The three-term congressman said he would make a decision within weeks after talking with his family. He said the chance to move up within House leadership does "somewhat change with an open Senate seat."
Some other Democrats interested in running are national committeewoman Debbie Dingell, the wife of long-time Rep. John Dingell, and University of Michigan regent Mark Bernstein, part of a well-known family of plaintiffs' lawyers. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm also is being mentioned. She could not be reached Friday.
One Republican to express interest was former two-term Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who previously considered running against Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
"The idea that you have to be (in Washington) 100 years to be effective has gone out the window," she said, saying she was excited by the way Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster energized other newer senators. "Those are the ones making a difference."
Land, a Republican national committeewoman, said her decision on whether to run will depend in part on who else jumps into the race. With more voters identifying themselves as independents, she said, they want lawmakers who "can get something done."
Another interested candidate is Scott Romney, older brother of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to a state GOP official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about specific candidates.
GOP Rep. Candice Miller, a former secretary of state, said Friday she will not run for Senate. Other Republicans to rule out a bid were 2012 Senate candidate and charter schools founder Clark Durant, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, former Attorney General Mike Cox, and Amway heir and 2006 gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos.
A message was left for another potential candidate, Delta Air Lines executive and University of Michigan regent Andrea Fischer Newman.
Levin's departure puts Democrats at a disadvantage as they already are looking for someone to challenge the governor and take back control of a state government dominated by the GOP. But Democrats also have fared well in federal elections in a state that has gone for Democrats in six straight presidential races.
Just one Republican has won a Michigan Senate seat in 40 years, Spencer Abraham in 1994, a non-presidential year like 2014 will be. The last close race was in 2000, when Debbie Stabenow defeated Abraham.
"It's a tremendous opportunity for Republicans. This is like a once-in-decades opportunity," said Stu Sandler, a GOP consultant in Ann Arbor. "There's a pretty strong bench out there."
Amash, a second-term conservative adored by tea party groups, was removed from a committee assignment in December after casting votes defying party leadership. If he won the primary, some Republicans worry he would not appeal to independent voters in the general election.
A message was left for Amash. He tweeted Friday that the Michigan GOP "can't put up an unelectable establishment candidate for Senate who doesn't appeal to independent & moderate voters on federal issues."
Democratic consultant Joe DiSano in Lansing said Peters right now is the Democratic front-runner.
"He can raise money. He's the most tenacious and seasoned campaigner. He's survived in extremely tough Oakland County," he said.
Republicans say Levin's departure is good news for Snyder, whose popularity has waned after signing a right-to-work law in December, because Democrats have to focus on the Senate. Democrats counter that Michigan now will receive national attention due to the Senate race, boosting fundraising for the gubernatorial challenger and excitement for Democratic voters to turn out in a non-presidential election.
Email David Eggert at deggert(at)ap.org and follow him at http://twitter.com/DavidEggert00

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Pete and Manu are returning to the table in 2018, for another nationwide dinner party, as they hunt for New Zealand's next hottest home cooks!
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Carol Bartz runs one of the top three news sites on the web....and doesn't, well, like the news.
In a rambunctious interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Bartz celebrated Yahoo's 15th anniversary and found herself asked a lot of tough questions by CNBC's Lunch Break team. Through that questioning -- which got the most press for her statement that she would have sold Yahoo to Microsoft had she been CEO at the time -- she hardly seemed like the proud captain of a news enterprise. You know, the news, it's just so negative, so ungainly, just too darn hard to understand.
On how to get the economy moving: "I think... if Washington would shut up occasionally, and let the consumer get his confidence back. It's a lot of negative news. People don't like negative news all the time."
On health care news: "You turn on the news every day, and there's another program. It's health care this and that. Who's fighting."
On her view of the health care legislation: "I don't even know what they're trying to pass. I'm well-educated. I read a lot. I'm on Yahoo all the time. I can't figure it out. How is my family in Minnesota going to figure it out. It's not that Minnesota families aren't smart....what's going on is too hard to figure it out. It just makes people think other bad things are going to happen."
Adolph Ochs, she's not, Jim Batten, she's not. Katharine Graham, she's not.
Ack, bad news. It's too icky to hear about all the time. And it doesn't monetize too well, either.
Bartz was glad to help the CNBC help understand what in fact defines Yahoo today. Among her replies, "We have the content, we have editorial presence, we're number in finance, sports, front page."
So this is where we've come to. Yahoo is a quasi-editorial company, glad to be atop the digital news heap, glad to be a partner to the newspaper industry. But that news stuff, it's awkward. And the CEO of this $6.5 billion company, who is "on Yahoo all day", is just another one of those Americans who just can't through the Tea Party haze, and read all the intelligent prose written out there that tells us all very clearly what's in the health care legislation, whatever we may think about it.
I sympathize with Bartz. She was brought in to play principal to a bunch of above-average-smart, but undisciplined students. It's frustrating. But, Carol don't claim to run one of the biggest digital news companies, say you're a media company, unlike those single-thought-paid-search techies down the road in Mountain View, and then tell us you don't like bad news and can't make heads or tails out of health care. We expect our corporate titans, especially our media corporate titans, most especially our news corporate titans to be a little brighter and savvier than that.
Bartz's comments came on the heels of her deputy Hilary Schneider's new street corner positioning for Yahoo, and its local newspaper partnerships. "Local is digital crack," she told PaidContent's Staci Kramer, out of the box in her recent interview. Insert your own joke, here. I just wished that this big media company with a growing editorial presence could be taking something that would make it more news-worthy.


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On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Health Professions, I welcome you to our website.
If you are a first time visitor, I invite you to explore our disciplines in more detail to see the variety of programs and curriculum options offered within our department. Our department includes academic programs leading to a bachelor's degree in Medical Technology, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Respiratory Therapy and Master's degree options in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Cytology), and Surgical Physician Assistant Studies. For over 35 years we have educated clinical, educational, and research leaders of tomorrow under the framework of our long-standing commitment to excellence in three core areas: teaching, research, and service.
Our department faculty has the educational preparation, clinical experience, research expertise, and national and international reputation to educate future leaders who will help shape the future of healthcare. We are housed in a state-of-the-art building with updated laboratory space, technology inspired classrooms, and expansive patient simulation equipment all within walking distance to the Lister Hill Library for the Health Sciences and major affiliated hospitals including the University Hospital, Children's Hospital and others.
In this time of rapid change and uncertainty, one thing remains constant: We are focused on sustaining excellence in your education to enable you to realize your full potential as a professional.
Whether you have already decided the program that best fits your needs or are exploring opportunities available to you, we welcome the opportunity to talk to you and help guide you to your career of choice.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Trick or Treat!
Who could pull off such a Herculean task? Why Al Parker, of course.
If you managed to guess Artist X's identity, good for you! And If I tricked you in my post above, well, remember that I also treated you to a lovely huge stack of Al Parker art... even if you didn't know it.
Happy Hallowe'en!
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Leif, you devil! Now I know why you show little horns on your head in your self portrait cartoon. I've been TRICKED and TREATED to a very entertaining post, all at the same time. However, I have to "save face" just a bit... I honestly thought that all but the last illustration were illustrated by artists who were probably influenced by Al Parker... but then most illustrators were. Also, the thought popped into my head that most of these illustrators, if they pursued illustration full time, could give Al Parker a run for his money... very tough to compete against yourself, but Parker was up to the task. It certainly was an interesting experiment by Atherton... and they both pulled it off beautifully.ReplyDelete
Must have been a fat month of billing for Al Parker!!
Donald Rumsfeld knew it was Al Parker all along... but kept his mouth shut.
Tom Watson
The premise of this issue of Cosmo is really boggling. Can you conceive of any magazine today where the art director has such a high profile, that would devote an issue to a puzzle like this, with a readership who would care or know enough to speculate on (and correctly identify) the mystery illustrator? My how times have changed. I also like the use of the old fashioned term 'picture-making' in the Artist X letter.ReplyDelete


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Brandeis rookie foil fencer Caroline Mattos (Providence, R.I./LaSalle Acad.) earned two wins in 15 matches on the third day of action at the 2013 NCAA Fencing championships - the first day of women's competition - hosted by the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.
Mattos, who suffered only 13 defeats during the regular dual-match season, matched that total in a meet with the 24 best collegiate fencers from Division I, II and III. Her two wins came against Mai Shaito of the Ohio State University (5-3) and Fatima Largaespada of Temple University (5-4). Mattos also suffered 5-4 defeat at the hands of Lily McIlwee of Stanford. Mattos is currently in 23rd place, one spot ahead of McIlwee based on number of touches.
Mattos will face fencers from Princeton, Penn State, Notre Dame, Harvard and Pennsylvania on Day 4 of the championships. Brandeis, which picked up 16 wins from the men's squad, is in 20th place overall - out of 25 teams represented - headed into the final day of action. The Judges are third among four Division III schools, trailing NYU (22 points) and MIT (19 points).


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With the Mariinsky Ballet's "Swan Lake," Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and a weeklong hip-hop festival, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is offering a mix of classics and contemporary pop culture in its 2013-2014 season.
Programming for the capital's art center includes more than 2,000 performances of dance, theater and music, Michael M. Kaiser, the center's president, announced. Some highlights include a revival of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's "Side Show"; an international theater festival with productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from the Old Vic in Britain and "The Suit" from France's Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne; the National Symphony Orchestra's birthday salutes to Richard Strauss; and a concert version of "Der Rosenkavalier" featuring Renée Fleming.
Jazz fans can attend a concert devoted to the trumpeter Arturo Sandoval that will feature Chick Corea, Bill Cosby, Doc Severinsen and Andy Garcia. The youngest audience members can look forward to the premiere of the Washington National Opera's newly commissioned production of Jeanine Tesori's "The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me," directed by the company's new artistic director, Francesca Zambello.
Mr. Kaiser is scheduled to leave the center in December 2014 and this will be the last full season of programming under his leadership.
More information can be found at kennedy-center.org.


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Thank you for stopping by! I hope you are enjoying your weekend? It's nearly the end of November and I can't quite believe how fast this year has gone! Well, I can't say it wasn't fun! ;) It is out intention to keep it that way and we have a very special post for you today! We are joined by a very talented lady who also is one of our lucky winners!
May I introduce, the lovely Beatriz Sanchez...
My name is Beatriz Sánchez (B-art) in the world of scrap. I'm from Spain and I live in Pamplona (Navarra). I live with my son and my three kittens adopted. I met the world of scrap a year ago and since then I have not stopped experimenting, do and try all kinds of things. I discovered it my world !!, as in, binds everything that I like. Photography, crafts, mixtures, ultimately, experience and explore !!. With every job, every day I try to overcome myself and try to learn new things and put my feelings in each. It is a passion. I hope you like my work and mainly to inspire them. I am currently a designer in two blogs of which I am very proud and can see my work on my blog: www.beartehome.blogspot.com.es
Thank you very much again for this great invitation for me a great honor.
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Beatriz (B-Art)
Beatriz has a great talent for combining gorgeous textures with vibrant colours. Her creations are full of amazing elements and there is always so much to admire. Her attention to detail is brilliant which is probably one of the reasons we absolutely loved her gorgeous layout. Today, Beatriz is thinking of Christmas! I'm confident that her beautiful decorated Christmas gift bag will inspire to start crafting for Christmas...
Oh, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely getting my glitter and pastes out! I hope you're also feeling inspired to get crafting for the wonderful season of Christmas. Do visit Beatriz's blog for more mixed media goodness!
Beatriz, thank you very much for sharing your amazing talent with us here today! Your make is absolutely stunning and we hope to see more of your creations.
Our 'Anything Goes' challenge is still running for all who fancy showing us those fab mixed media masterpieces. Can't wait to see them all!
Don't forget about our DT call! get in touch! :)
All the best!


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Southern California Linux Exposition hosted today a Women in Open Source Mini-Conf.
Jem Matzan reported the day being a "life-changing experience for all who attended".
Read his summary here: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/300/
- numbers are given (about 20% women in IT, far less in Free Software, ie 1.5 %)
- reasons for these low numbers are discussed
- links to women in FOSS sites are provided
To be noted, and that's not the first time I read this, women speakers emphasized FOSS as based on meritocracy with no real glass ceiling for women, as can be found in other technological areas.
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Eagles coach Andy Reid said rookie Casey Matthews remains the team's starting middle linebacker, as the Birds prepare to visit Atlanta.
The Eagles' inexperienced linebacking corps was one of the focal points for fans watching an impressive but inconsistent 31-13 season-opening victory at St. Louis. The Birds have made no move to add a linebacker; the only adjustment on the horizon is that nickel linebacker Brian Rolle, also a rookie, seems to think he will get more snaps this week.
The Eagles stayed in their base defense most of the St. Louis game, with the Rams keeping two tight ends in to block. Rolle said he expects more nickel this week, but he also indicated he could be rotating with Moise Fokou at the WIL spot in the base defense.
'The thing I look at is progress, especially with the young players. I felt that was what I saw with all of our young guys," Reid said.
"As a defensive unit, it was a little slow to start; you can expect that, especially the first game of the year, but once we made the adjustments, we felt the second half we came together and shut down what they had for us," Matthews said. "We can always play better. There's always stuff you can learn from."
Rolle said: "I'll probably work into the rotation a little more with the base ... Atlanta has a great quarterback in Matt Ryan; they'll be looking to throw the ball probably 40, 45 times a game, as well, so I'll be out there (in nickel) on those downs."
Eagles cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie suffered a slight ankle sprain during conditioning and will not practice today, coach Andy Reid said.
Darryl Tapp, who has a pector strain, will not practice. Vince Young (hamstring) continues to improve and remains day-to-day. He also will not practice.
Akeem Jordan, who has a shoulder injury, was listed as a limited participant.
A few other early notes from Reid's press conference:
* Reid said the Eagles' run defense has to be better against Michael Turner and the Falcons. Turner was held to 45 yards on 15 carries last season.
* Reid on Falcons QB Matt Ryan. "He's a great player. Every year they give him a little more and a little more and he gets better."
* On the defensive line: "We have to be better at getting pressure with the front four. I thought one of the positives that came out of the game as the defensive line."
* Asked whether he thought Winston Justice would ever be a starter again, Reid said he was not very good at predicting the future. "Right now it's Herremans' spot ... we'll just see how things go down the road."
*Reid said Michael Vick can't get caught up in the hype about returning to Atlanta, and Reid is confident Vick will focus.
Some other notes:
* Eagles punter Chas Henry was among those who felt his NFL debut was lacking. Says he'll be better this week.
* In news from Atlanta, defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux is expected to miss 3-5 weeks with partially torn ACL, his agent told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That will not help the Falcons along a defensive line that played without Corey Peters, a starter last year, against Chicago. Coach Mike Smith said Monday that there was hope that Peters would be able to play againt the Eagles. The only other DT on the Falcons' roster with significant experience is Peria Jerry. Peters was listed as limited in practice today.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Thousands of people in Ivory Coast continue to flee their homes because of ongoing land conflicts and residual tension from last year's postelection violence, according to a report released Wednesday.
The report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center said at least 24,000 people were displaced so far this year. An additional 40,000 to 80,000 are still displaced from the conflict, according to "conservative estimates" cited by the group.
The report was released on the two-year anniversary of the presidential runoff between ex-President Laurent Gbagbo and current President Alassane Ouattara. Gbagbo's refusal to cede office despite losing the election sparked more than four months of conflict that claimed at least 3,000 lives. The conflict initially displaced up to 1 million people, the highest number of people to be displaced in all of 2011, according to the study.
Nearly 75 percent of those still displaced by the postelection violence are living in the country's volatile western region, which has continued to experience sporadic violence in the 17 months since the crisis ended. Pro-Gbagbo militias hiding across the border in Liberia have allegedly launched a series of cross-border raids dating back to July 2011. An attack in June killed eight U.N. peacekeepers and at least 10 civilians.
But the report notes that tensions over land in the west originated decades before the conflict. Beginning in the 1960s, the government encouraged internal migrants and West African immigrants to farm the region, which is fertile in cocoa, timber and coffee. The allocation of plots to newcomers created friction with those who felt they had lost their ancestral land.
"This has left a devastating legacy where local custom and written law often contradict each other when it comes to land ownership, leaving the whole system open to abuse," said Elizabeth Rushing, the monitoring center's West Africa analyst. "The post electoral violence further exacerbated tensions between different groups, as land left behind by those who fled the violence has since been occupied, rented or fraudulently sold by others in their absence."
The report also cites complaints that armed men have prevented displaced persons from accessing their land, sometimes imposing "arbitrary taxes on those wishing to return."
Ivorian officials involved in assisting displaced persons could not be reached Wednesday. The report said few government programs have targeted this group.
The monitoring center called for efforts to stave off future crises that might displace more Ivorians as well as to help those who are still displaced return to their land.
"For the vast majority of internally displaced people, who are reliant on their land to survive, these restrictions have devastating consequences," Rushing said, adding that "many simply do not have enough to feed their families."


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An experience with acupuncture.
A while back, I injured my knee. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it caused me to walk a bit differently and ended up affecting more than the original injured area. I'm don't really over-react to pain. I've faced some in my life, and it's just a part of living. I don't think of it as anything special.
I think some people are more sensitive to pain than others. I can sort of ignore an injury to a point. I've never been one to miss school or work due to illness. I guess that comes from my family. Missing school or work meant we were too sick to get out of bed.
So back to my knee, instead of getting slowly better, the pain in my knee seemed to exacerbate. I finally started seeking help for this malady. I went the traditional route for treatment, which eventually led me to an MRI. The analysis of that showed that I had a stress fracture. I was told I should rest and exercise. Or was it exercise and rest. I can't remember, but I took the exercises to heart and did my best to follow the suggestions of the various medical specialists I visited. The pain didn't seem to be an issue to them. I appreciate that if the malady gets repaired, it is likely that the pain will subside, but there wasn't much discussion of the issue of pain, so I hobbled around uncomfortably. Months later a friend of mine gave me a tip. Acupuncture!
It was almost serendipitous because I got the same message from more than one person, and they didn't know each other. In fact, they've never met. I didn't even know such a service was available in Kirksville, but it is.
I made an appointment. I'm not writing this to tell you that this is the end all pain one might experience in life. Even my own pain, while it seems to be better, is not completely gone, but I've been advised that after a period of six weeks or so, I should feel considerable relief. The practitioner has impressive credentials, so I felt comfortable with giving this thing a try. I figured it couldn't hurt me.
Here's what has happened so far. First of all, I made my appointment and showed up at the scheduled time. I was early by a few minutes and sat in the waiting room during that time, but when my actually scheduled time arrived, I was ushered into the examination room. I contrast this with my first medical appointment. I had scheduled that as well and showed up early. I waited for two hours in the first waiting room before being ushered into the second waiting room. Of course, there was a reason given. That seemed considerate.
During my acupuncture appointment, the practitioner listened to my concerns about the pain I was having. She talked about how and why acupuncture can work, but made no promises and discouraged me from expecting miracles. She did, however, show what seemed to be genuine concern about the fact that I was experiencing pain.
I've now had my second appointment, which also occurred at the scheduled time. She talked to me about where my pain was and suggested what methods she would use to counter the way my pain was perceived. She checked with me frequently during the two appointments. After my second appointment, she e-mailed me to make sure that I was doing well enough. I had delayed taking my daily pain pills so that she could more accurately assess the progress her techniques made.
I have more appointments scheduled, which I can do on line. The cost of these treatments is reasonable. I have felt improvement in that the pain has lessened. She advised me that it may return after a few days, and it would take the whole series to have a more permanent effect.
She is professional, courteous, on time and clearly concerned about the pain I have been experiencing.
I'm not suggesting that anyone throw off the more standard methods of treatment. I'm not even testifying that this is the way to relieve pain, or even that it is an effective way to treat such a condition. However, I do like how I've been treated.
I've talked to a number of people who have benefitted greatly from acupuncture treatments. Some skeptics may think I'm full of baloney. That certainly may be true, and that condition, I'm quite sure, cannot be treated even by acupuncture. I'm just saying it's possible that there's more than one way to skin a cat.
You can do your own research and check the web site of Kirksville Family Acupuncture. If your living with pain, you have nothing to lose, with the possible exception of the pain.
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I am new to the security field, as you can tell by my name. I am currently working as a web server administrator, and I have about 4 1/2 years of I.T experience. I also have a B.S in Computer Info Sys. I am very interested in moving into the computer forensics field, and I have thought about pursuing a M.S in Information Security, but I'm not sure it would be worth the money. The program is very expensive and, I don't have any forensics experience. I have also thought about becoming a certified law enforcement officer, but not to become a police, just to have a law enforcement background. Do you all think it would be wise to just go for some entry- level certs and maybe get certified in law enforcement V.S M.S in Info Security?


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Following the wide popularity of MTV's Teen Mom and the glamorization of the teens with the numerous countless magazine covers, it was only a matter of time before a story like this came out.
A new report by Popeater examines the whole 'Teen Mom' and '16 and Pregnant' phenomenon. With the first crop of the MTV teen mothers now going into their twenties aka Amber Portwood, it seems MTV is eager for a new crop of knocked up teens and shockingly, insiders tell Popeater young ladies are so eager to be on reality TV that they are actually getting pregnant just to score an audition.
"This is yet another example of the desperation of fame," Matt Titus, a relationship expert from TheLoveConsultants.com, tells Popeater. "The sad state of reality television has created a lowbrow vehicle for untainted train wreck personalities to display their private lives. Getting pregnant to be famous is like eating as many cockroaches as possible in a one minute period."
While most networks go through thousands of applicants to cast for any reality show, MTV has a unique problem when it comes to casting for their hit show '16 and Pregnant.' The dilemma is the applicants have to be 16 and pregnant, leaving them a much smaller talent pool to pick their next overnight reality stars from.
Rabbi Shmuely Boteach, author of 'Kosher Sex,' feels that the whole reality tv celebrity culture is getting out of control. "Reality TV first began by exploiting people's problems, assuming they would do anything for fame. The idea of teenage girls getting pregnant to be on television shows that reality TV is going a step beyond exploiting problems. It is now creating the problems."
He adds, "These girls are ignoring the fact that this decision must followed by a lifetime of responsibility."
Above is a photo of Teen Mom stars Maci Bookout and Farrah Abraham with Bristol Palin. The trio got paid to host an event earlier this year. Bristol also received over $300,000 for getting knocked up as a teen appearing on Dancing With The Stars.


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President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran's oil exports after determining there is enough crude on world markets to take the step without harming U.S. allies, The Associated Press has learned.
President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran's oil exports after determining there is enough crude on world markets to take the step without harming U.S. allies, The Associated Press has learned.
Obama's move allows the U.S. to go forward with sanctions on foreign banks that continue to purchase oil from Iran. The sanctions aim to further isolate Iran's central bank, which processes nearly all of the Islamic Republic's oil purchases, from the global economy.
U.S. officials hope ratcheting up economic pressure will both push Iran to abandon its disputed nuclear program and convince Israel to give sanctions time to take hold before pursuing a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. The U.S. and allies believe that Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb; Iran denies that.
The congressionally mandated sanctions target foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran's central bank - barring them from operating in the U.S. to buy or sell Iranian oil. The penalties are to take effect at the end of June, around the same time Europe's embargo on Iranian oil kicks in.
Countries can still avoid the sanctions if they take steps to significantly reduce their imports before then.
Under a sweeping defense bill Obama signed at the end of December, the president had until today to determine if there was enough oil supply on the world market to allow countries to cut their oil purchases from Iran. A formal White House statement is expected later today.
A congressional source briefed on Obama's determination spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity ahead of the formal White House announcement.
Domestic and foreign policy concerns have complicated the administration's decision to pursue the oil sanctions.
Many of the countries that buy oil from Iran are U.S. allies, including several European Union nations, Japan, South Korea and India. In order to provide flexibility to countries friendly to the U.S., the sanctions bill allows the U.S. to grant waivers to nations that significantly reduce their purchases of Iranian oil.
Even before Friday's decision, the State Department announced that it would grant waivers to 10 European Union countries and Japan because of steps they have already taken to cut back on Iranian oil. An E.U. oil embargo, approved in January, is set to take effect in July.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who co-authored the sanctions legislation with Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, said he welcomed Obama's support in targeting Iran's Central Bank. Menendez's office says he was also notified of the decision earlier today
"Today, we put on notice all nations that continue to import petroleum or petroleum products from Iran that they have three months to significantly reduce those purchases or risk the imposition of severe sanctions on their financial institutions," Menendez said in a statement to the AP.
He predicted most countries would cut their purchase of oil from Iran, either out of fear of sanctions, or a shared fear over the Iran's pursuit of nuclear weaponry.
The United States has not said what constitutes a significant reduction in Iranian oil purchases, and analysts believe the administration could use different metrics for different countries.
With oil prices already rising this year amid rising tensions over the nuclear dispute between Iran and the west, U.S. officials have sought assurances that pushing countries to stop buying from Iran would not cause a further spike in prices.
That's particularly important for Obama in an election year that has seen an increasing focus on gas prices.
Administration officials say a February report from the Energy Information Administration shows there is excess oil supply on the global market. But the report also showed that prices are high.


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Mac vs Wintel arguments are always fun, but in the long run, always boil down to personal preferences. There is no right answer for every computer owner, it depends largely on needs and expectations. There is no cold, hard, fact that can't be overcome with a well reasoned response based on personal preference. This goes for both hardware/OS models. To be willing to insult another person for what ultimately boils down to personal preference is just childishness.
Since the Mac vs. Wintel argument ALWAYS comes down to personal preferences, the best you can hope to do is influence another person. Calling someone else names, questioning his/her heritage or intelligence, or generally belitting him/her is rarely effective when you are trying to influence that person and will not be tolerated.
I don't mind some teasing, but let's keep the discussions civil.
Here's a link to the Forum Rules. I would suggest all of you review the following text when you find yourself about to post something that is negative:
2.) Personal attacks will not be tolerated. If you have to resort to such behavior, perhaps you belong someplace else. It is understandable that some discussions can get heated (such as in the Religion and Politics forum) but try to maintain civility.
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Hi, I have a 7 week old baby and have had sore nipples from a shallow latch since the beginning. We're seeing an IBCLC and there has been some improvent, although things are not perfect yet.
My baby has always been very sleepy and nursing sessions always took over an hour. So today the LC watched me nurse and after 10 min she said "see how relaxed he is? he´s full already. from now on all he wants is confort nursing".
she suggested, since my nipples are sore, that I should shorten nursing sessions. I feel a bit anxious about this since I can't tell if he's full or not! He just never refuses the breast. Today I had 2 letdowns and after that she said he was full. Normally I'll keep offering until I have 4-5 letdowns and see him drinking. The fact is he has been gaining between 6-10 oz a week.
Could I be overdoing it? Am I overfeeding him? How can I tell he has had enough if he never refuses the breast???
Also how can you tell baby finished the first breast?
Thanks for your help!


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I have been studying the source code of magma1.1 recently.
But I found some very strange thing and that tangled me.
When I want to learn the matrix multiply, so I just find the corresponding code, but what I get is just
the declaration of magmablas_sgemm in magmablas/magmablas_s.h, where is the realization of magmablas_sgemm ?
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News came late Tuesday morning that former U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman has passed away at the age of 82. As it turns out, we learned of the news while contemplating an editorial for Thanksgiving Day.
Perhaps it is fate then that leads the editorial board here at Foster's Daily Democrat to be thankful for such leaders and statesmen as Warren Rudman.
Given the gridlock that has stymied Washington, the life and times of Sen. Rudman offer a lesson on how good government should be run — with allegiance to the truth, not party.
Legislatively, Rudman, a Republican, is perhaps best known for co-sponsoring the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget-cutting law that was working until his own party played politics.
As we are reminded by The Associated Press in announcing Rudman's passing:
"The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was approved in 1985. It was designed to end federal deficits by 1991 and required automatic spending cuts if annual deficit targets were missed. Congress rolled back the timetable each year, and the 1991 budget that was supposed to be balanced carried the second-highest deficit in history."
After leaving the Senate, Rudman teamed up with former Democratic Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts to found the Concord Coalition, which has campaigned for a balanced budget.
Rudman's ethics also superseded party.
As a member of the Senate's Iran-Contra Committee, Rudman spared the Reagan administration no criticism, accusing some of its officials with "pervasive dishonesty" while selling weapons to Nicaraguan rebels. He took on Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, a hero of the political right, for his role in the operation.
Rudman also served on the committee that investigated the "Keating Five," senators (including Republican Sen. John McCain) with ties to the savings and loan scandal in 1991.
None of this is to suggest Rudman's tenure in public office was without controversy. For better or worse, he stood behind New Hampshire Justice David Souter in his bid to sit on the United States Supreme Court, something which wound up offending the political right. But he also voted in favor of Clarence Thomas, something seen as an affront to the political left.
But perhaps therein lies the lesson of Rudman's life and times as a public servant and statesman.
Rudman always seemed to be able to see the larger picture. He was not one to wallow in the minutia. If the occasion called for standing rock solid he did. If compromise and reaching across the aisle was the order of the day, so be it.
Many of today's politicians, here in New Hampshire and in Washington, stand to learn much from studying Rudman. But of all the lessons to be learned, perhaps the most important is that the job of senator, coalition leader or N.H. Attorney General is not about the individual. It is about the people he or she serves and the good of the state and the nation.
For that alone, Warren Rudman joins the ranks of some of New Hampshire's best and finest public servants.
May God bless and may he rest in peace.
Rudman: A true leader, statesman
News came late Tuesday morning that former U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman has passed away at the age of 82. As it turns out, we learned of the news while contemplating an editorial for Thanksgiving Day.


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BOSTON — He's the spark plug Johnny Damon was for the 2004 Red Sox, the straw that stirs the drink — to steal a phrase from Reggie Jackson — and a leader even John Wayne would follow into battle.
Technically he's not old enough to drink yet in this country, but with game-changing performances like the one he produced tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series at TD Banknorth Garden, 20-year-old Milan Lucic should be able to have his choice of celebratory postgame beverages.
With the Bruins fighting for their playoff lives, Lucic answered the bell and set the tone for a hard-hitting, high-flying, 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, who still lead the series 3-2 heading back to Raleigh for Game 6 Tuesday.
"Looch being the physical player that he is certainly got the crowd behind us, and there's no doubt the rest of the team fed off it," said head coach Claude Julien after the game.
It took Lucic just a little more than five minutes to pop his version of a leadoff home run. With Carolina defenseman Dennis Seidenberg retrieving a dump-in deep in the Carolina zone, the winger plowed into the corner and turned Seidenberg into a wall decoration. The Garden crowd, which started to cheer even before the two combatants crossed the blue line, erupted in joy.
Just about 30 seconds, Mark Recchi put the Bruins on the board with a power-play goal.
"After a hit like that, you want to get the crowd into it," said Lucic, who inexcusably was only credited with three hits but threw at least a half dozen. "You want to get your team into it. You want to show some emotion. It was just a forecheck. I got a chance to get in on it. I finished my check and it was great to see the team respond."
Even the captain liked what he saw from his young teammate.
"I thought that he was very physical tonight and he was using his size well just like everybody else," said Zdeno Chara. "It's a game that we need to continue to do, be physical and I thought we brought our game tonight."
On a team with snipers like Phil Kessel and Michael Ryder, playmakers like Marc Savard and David Krejci, and defensive stoppers like Chara and Tim Thomas, there's a man-child that actually leads by example and aggression. In just two-plus seasons at the NHL, he's basically done everything a guy of his skill set can do. He's answered the bell against the biggest and baddest foes in the league, he's checked an opponent through the glass (literally) and he's developed enough of an offensive game that he's earned a top-line spot and the minutes that go with it.
His goal with 7:39 remaining in regulation sealed the deal. But this game was won long before that because of Lucic's hit on Seidenberg and the threat he was every shift to make another Hurricanes player into tomorrow's lunch. Plus he avoided stepping over the line despite Carolina's best efforts to take out Chara and Aaron Ward in separate incidents. Lucic was by no means calm, but he stayed within himself and the rules — kind of like stealing second and third, but only pretending to steal home in order to draw a balk.
Now it's on to Game 6 in Raleigh with the Bruins still facing elimination. The good news for Boston? Lucic has already started to set the tone with words.
"Anything less than what we've had tonight is unacceptable," he said after the game. "We know that they're going to be ready to play and that their fans will be into it. They're going to try and throw everything at us. We expect them to bring their best and we need to respond. We need to take it a step forward."
With Lucic, those words are pretty much as good as a check his body will more than gladly check. And that alone makes the Bruins almost impossible to exterminate.


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James Frey and His Son Leo Siddhartha Frey
James Frey shares his devastation over losing his son
This World Aids Day, author James Frey shares his devastation over losing his son and asks us to help all of the chidren who still have a chance.
On July 3rd, 2008, as my wife held him in her arms and I held his hand, my son, Leo Siddhartha Frey, died. We were in a small room in a hospital in New York, a room that was, and is, part of the NICU, a room where families who knew their children were going to die went to spend their last moments together privately and in some kind of peace, though I would never describe the time as peaceful. As we watched him, and told him we loved him, and cried, Leo took a final breath and his heart stopped beating and he passed, and part of me passed with him.
It was, and still is, an unimaginably horrific experience. Whatever loss or pain or sorrow I have ever felt or known pales in comparison. I wept, literally, for weeks. To this day I cannot look at pictures of Leo, and cannot talk about him without breaking down. I have never written about him, never spoken publicly about him, and after this, may never do so again. He was my son. I wanted the world for him. I would have given him anything and had so many dreams for him, though I truly wanted him to have the opportunity to find his own. Every day he was in the hospital I got down on my knees and begged God to save him, to spare him, to let him live, to let him grow up and know love and happiness and find his way. I said take me, take me and grant him what I have known. Take whatever time I have left and give to him. I begged and pleaded and cried. It made no difference. Leo got sicker, and weaker, and he died. In many ways, I will never recover from it.
When I think of (RED), I think of Leo, and I think of the children who are dying. I think of the pain and misery their families will feel when they are gone. I think of what my wife and I have felt and lived with and experienced and I never want anyone else to have to experience the same things. I think of the fact, and it is a fact, that many of these children could be helped and saved and given life. They can find their dreams and pursue them. They can know joy and beauty and love. They can take their first steps and learn their first words and go to school and have their first dates. My son never got to do any of those things. Nothing we, or any doctor on earth, could have changed it. But we, you and I and our families and our friends and our coworkers, can change it for the children in Africa who are living with AIDS. We can give them the gift that we have been given, and that so many of us take for granted.
They need our help. They need money to purchase drugs. They need doctors who can help them learn to live with their disease. They need hope and to believe that they will see tomorrow. Give them that chance. As someone who knows the pain of losing child, knows the personal apocalypse of losing a child, knows the emotional devastation that I felt and will always feel because my child is gone, I beg you to help. Anything you can afford will make a difference. For them, their parents, their families. It will make a difference. For our world, which is so full of violence and horror and poverty and hopelessness and despair, it will make difference. – James Frey
(RED) saves lives. So please choose (RED), get involved and make a difference in this world. In celebration of World Aids Day, James Frey created a one of a kind hand painted Bugaboo Cameleon stroller – inspired by his children and love of letters. The auction commences today and runs for ten days. Please visit ebay.com to place a bid and help save lives.


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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (US - BD RA)
Gabe attempts to wrap his mind around Tomas Alfredson's graceful spy film...
In October 1973 the head of British Intelligence, codenamed 'Control' (John Hurt) sends agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) to Hungary to meet a general who claims to have information to sell. The operation is blown and a fleeing Prideaux is shot in the back by Hungarian intelligence. Amid the international incident that follows, Control is forced into retirement and Percy Alleline (Toby Jones) is named the new chief, with Bill Haydon (Colin Firth) named his deputy, and Roy Bland (Ciarán Hinds) and Toby Esterhase (David Dencik) also set up in top seats. This team of four establishes their status by delivering apparently high-grade Soviet intelligence material, code named "Witchcraft". Alleline shares Witchcraft material with the Americans, obtaining valuable US intelligence in exchange. Some time later, Control's former right hand man George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is brought out of retirement by Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney), the Civil Servant in charge of intelligence, to investigate an allegation of a long-term mole in a senior role in British Intelligence by agent Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy). Smiley chooses a small team including agent a young agent named Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch).
I was hesitant going into Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, not because it looked anything less than awesome, but because I'm often so bad at following twisty-turny plots that watching this particular film only once, twice with the entirely helpless commentary track, before review might not be a sufficient buffer for me appear like anything else than an idiot. Then I watched the film, which was nothing less than awesome, and guess what? I did have trouble following this complex, time jumping narrative, so I'm not going to waste your time discussing it here. A certain degree of confusion is inherit in the material, material I'm entirely unfamiliar with outside this film (I've never read John le Carré's original novel, or its sequels, or the BBC series staring Alec Guinness), and the filmmakers shouldn't need to dumb things down for my sake. Besides, films like these are made for slow digestion, along with second, third, and twentieth viewings. Things fall into place much more effectively once I was primed with that first viewing, but the artistry of espionage plotting still largely plays out as a magic trick to me, and unlike a classically structured 'whodunit' I'm mostly unable to see any of the strings so soon after viewing.
That said, I am comfortable discussing the film's heritage and general artistry of the film. The spy genre has been largely defined by action and bombast thanks to the (deserved) success of the Bourne series, and the prevailing popularity of the James Bond films. The influence of Jean-Pierre Melville, Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin are prevalent throughout these films, and other, less dignified spyish movies, like the Fast and Furious series, but the subtleties aren't explored as regularly in this modern, effects driven era. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a definitively old fashion production, one that never concerns itself with extravagant shootouts, fisticuffs or car chases, and one that deftly avoids any semblance of a cliché.
Director Tomas Alfredson hasn't done a lot as director, but his profoundly fantastic adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In is achievement enough alone to pay close attention to his budding career. Alfredson doesn't go in for a whole lot of virtuoso camera work or flashy editing, but his visuals feature a definite artistic flare. He and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema find real beauty is static, naturalistic environments, and gracefully guide the audience's eye with smooth dolly shots, studious close-ups, and subtle shifts in focus. There's also a repetition of visual motifs that assists the dream-like rhythm of the piece, and I'm sure that upon subsequent viewings a clearer pattern will immerge. Had I not known Alfredson was also behind Let the Right One In I probably wouldn't have noticed, but with this knowledge in hand it's plenty evident that he's building a bit of a cross-genre brand here. Both films have a habit of avoiding on-screen action in favour of stillness and paranoia. In the case of Let the Right One In Alfredson staged most of his climatic slaughter above the frame, and in the case of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy he often stages suspenseful sequences without much of a dynamic change in action or pace, and allows characters to describe sequences most filmmakers would stage as an action set-piece. In both cases the approach successfully ensures the violence, however brief, startles and stings.
Besides being based on a respected novel and showing the continuing growth of Alfredson as a filmmaker, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a smorgasbord of acting talent, so much so the cast's incredible pedigree is actually the prime reason most people had any interest in the project. Not having read the book and having not realized the film was directed by Alfredson until about yesterday, the promise of Britain's best actors all in a row was what kept me interested in the project. Though his performance is nothing short of electrifying, it feels like Oldman's Oscar nomination is less a solo nomination and more in recognition of the group effort, because for some reason the Academy still doesn't have an ensemble cast category. Hurt, Jones, Firth, and Hinds are all on point as well, of course, but I would've liked to see Cumberbatch get a supporting actor nod. I understand that his work on Sherlock has already wooed the majority of humanity, but I haven't gotten around to seeing that series just yet, so this was my first real exposure to this particularly talented young man. The bigger surprise, however, is Mark Strong, who has spent the last couple of years convincing us he's a perfectly grizzled and frightening bad guy. Strong's Prideaux is presented as a typically powerful presence, but soon develops into a realistically frail and vulnerable character and, outside of Oldman, he commands the strongest sense of sympathy in the entire film.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is shot to look as if it actually takes place during the early 1970s. This is a smoky, rough, raw, and grainy 35mm motion picture. You may assume this look wouldn't be well served by high definition video, or at least not any better served than it would be by standard definition DVD, but the delightful texture all this grit and grain add to the film cannot be underestimated, and should not be smoothed over by digital compression. The grain does scratch out some of the sharpest surface structures and complex decorative elements, but nothing important goes missing, and it's never difficult to discern what we're meant to see. There's always a lot of structural detail in the frame, especially in the '60s and '70s décor and costumes, and none of these feature more than a hint of edge-enhancement, compression artefacts or moiré effects. Generally speaking, the palette here is desaturated and soft. The colours that do escape this sea of brown, blue, and orange (usually in the form of a background or costume pop) are largely consistent in hue, including pastel blues and rich blood reds. Time shifts are marked with shifts in the palette. The 'present' is represented with a cooler and darker look, while the 'past' is usually warmer and brighter, not to mention a bit messier in terms of grain and colour smearing.
The paranoia of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is exquisitely ingrained in this subtle as silk DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Blu-ray soundtrack. Volume levels are often quite low, but the stereo and surround channels are constantly busy with light-footed threat. These cues aren't abstract either, they're cleverly ingrained in the environment of a scene. The best example of this is the sequence that kicks off the plot proper, where Jim Prideaux tries to escape an obvious trap, and is threatened from every angle by the sounds of traitorous possibilities, undercut by the soft LFE rumble of passing subway cars. The sound design also propels the editing, often predicating a scene change with a sound effect from a location not yet appearing on camera. There aren't a lot of big aural cues, but what we get is well represented, and appropriately situated, such as jets flying overhead, barroom parties, gunshots, and cars moving through frame. Alberto Iglesias' soundtrack has its appropriate intensity in its combative and rhythmic strings, but there's also a fair amount of David Shire's The Conversation score in the mellow, jazzy interludes. Speaking of The Conversation, the most complex use of the 5.1 arena comes around the one-hour point, where surveillance tape audio switches wildly throughout the stereo and surround channels.
Extras begin with a commentary track featuring director Tomas Alfredson and actor Gary Oldman. From the start it's clear that this is going to be a slow moving, low volume and technically-minded commentary track. Alfredson does the bulk of the speaking, and most of this pertains to a camera style or location factoid, few of which are the kind of thing I was hoping for based on the film's historical basis and 'difficult' plot. Facts concerning the relatively invisible special effects are neat enough, but I'd much rather hear a bit about the original book, some production stories, or at least some minor behind the scenes anecdotes. Oldman spends most of his time either agreeing with Alfredson, or describing his character's thought process, which is a waste because he acts the part so well that we don't need the primer. There are massive swaths of utter silence, often spiked by nothing less than a quiet nod to screen specific narration. Basically I used this time to revisit the film's plot, minus the benefit of audio.
Next up is a deleted scene/outtake reel (6:10, HD) which includes Oldman cracking, cooking, and eating an egg from start to finish while glancing out his window with paranoia, and an EPK interview reel (24:30, SD) featuring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Alfredson, and co-screenwriter Peter Straughan. These are followed by the disc's most informative extra, an in depth interview with author John le Carré (31:20, HD), which covers his history with the real MI6, the ideas and history behind the book, and most charmingly, his respect of this adaptation as its own entity, outside his ego. The disc also features a First Look featurette (13:00, HD), featuring interviews with Alfredson, Peter Straughan, producers Tim Bevan and Ronin Slovo, costume designer Felicity Browning, John le Carré, and actors John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is just about everything I wanted from director Tomas Alfredson and this cast, and I'm sure that upon subsequent viewings my feeble brain will finally slip every piece of the puzzle into the appropriate place. This Blu-ray features a delightfully grainy and rich 1080p transfer, and a smart DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack brimming with subtle hints of intrigue and paranoia. Unfortunately, the extras are kind of a bore, but do include a solid and informative interview with author John le Carré that I'm sure most of the novel's fans will really enjoy.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th March 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director and Star Commentary, Cast and Crew Interviews, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy First Look, Interview with Author John le Carre, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 128 minutes
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A high-fat diet appears to make you dumber, but exercise makes you smarter. At least if you're a rat.
That's what researchers at the University of Minnesota and the VA Medical Center found, according to studies presented in October in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
In one experiment, researchers housed 30 rats in containers that had two compartments, which the rat could freely go between. Ten of the rats were allowed to use a running wheel whenever they wanted. Ten were put on a treadmill for 45 minutes a day, five days a week. And 10 rats were sedentary.
The rats were trained with 30 trials in which a light went on and a tone sounded that would be followed five seconds later by a mild shock to the rat's feet. The shock lasted five seconds. But the rats could escape the shock by crossing over to the other compartment.
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Another experiment by the group tested the effect of a high-fat diet on 17 rats. For four months, 10 rats were fed a normal diet and seven were fed a high-fat diet — food containing 45 percent saturated fats.
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According to Mavanji, high-fat diets may impair memory formation and retention, by leading to fatty acids getting into a part of the brain called the hippocampus.
But for the rats, exercise appears to reverse that cognitive decline.
Maybe the exercise increases the size of the hippocampus, as studies on humans have shown. Or maybe the rat workouts are leading to biochemical changes in the brain or the formation of new neurons or synapses that offset the impact of the fatty diet.
Mavanji said the data are still preliminary. He said researchers still need to find out if it's actually the exercise that helps the rats' brains or if it's a byproduct of the treadmill workouts, like lower body weight or the lower food consumption that was seen in the running rats.
Humans shouldn't see the findings as permission to eat fatty foods thinking they can offset any effect on their brains by exercising, Mavanji said.
"We won't suggest anyone should eat high-fat food," he said.
Richard Chin can be reached at 651-228-5560. Follow him at twitter.com/RRChin.


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Healthland Extends Commitment with National Rural Health Association in Continued Advocacy Efforts on Rural Issues and Healthcare
By: Business Wire
Jan. 31, 2013 10:03 AM
Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information technology solutions for rural hospitals, kicks off 2013 with increased efforts to bring awareness and support to rural healthcare. The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) recently announced that Healthland is the first health information technology (HIT) provider to become a Platinum-Level corporate sponsor with the organization – just one of the strategies Healthland is using to enhance this year's efforts. Healthland President and CEO Angie Franks will also join the NRHA to speak at the Rural Health Policy Institute on February 4, 2013, in Washington D.C.
"Rural hospitals are the hearts of their communities, both economically and socially," said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association. "They face unique challenges, but their role is critical to maintaining strong communities in rural America. We look forward to working closely with Healthland to advocate at all levels on behalf of rural hospitals and healthcare providers."
Hosted by the NRHA, the Rural Health Policy Institute is one of the largest rural advocacy events in the country. The event offers professionals the opportunity to learn about the development and implementation of healthcare policy at the federal level, as well as gain knowledge and tips on how to best communicate with elected representatives to advance legislative goals in Congress.
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