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The cover of "March: Book One," the first in a graphic novel trilogy by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, based on Lewis' life and the civil rights movement. (Top Shelf Comix)Link
The cover for "Battling Boy," by Paul Pope, nominated for best publication for teens. (First Second Books)Link
Scott Snyder is nominated for best writer for DC/Vertigo's "The Wake." Pictured here with "Superman Unchained" collaborator Jim Lee. (DC Entertainment)Link
The cover for "Django Unchained" No. 1, which is nominated for best adaptation from another medium. (DC Comics)Link
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's "East of West" is nominated for the Eisner for continuing series. Hick man is also nominated for the award for writer, and Dragotta for the penciller/inker prize. (Image Comics)Link
"Hawkeye" # 11, which follows Lucky (a.k.a. Pizza Dog), is nominated for the Eisner for single issue. Among "Hawkeye's" other nominations: continuing series, Matt Fraction for writer and David Aja for cover artist. (Marvel)Link
Emma Rios' cover for "Pretty Deadly" # 4. Rios received a nomination for best cover artist. (Image)Link
"Hawkeye" writer Matt Fraction is nominated for a 2014 Eisner Award for his work on the series. (David Aja / Marvel)Link
Marvel's "Hawkeye," DC/Vertigo's "The Wake" and Image's "Saga" topped the roster of Eisner Award nominations, which honor outstanding work in the comics field.
The nominations for the 2014 awards were announced Tuesday, marking the 26th year of the ceremony, long considered to be the Oscars for comics.
Image Comics topped the list of publishers with 17 nominations plus three shared; Fantagraphics received 18 noms.
"Hawkeye" and its creative team received five nominations for writer Matt Fraction, continuing series, single issue, cover artist (David Aja) and colorist (Matt Hollingsworth). Fraction was nominated for best writer for several series, including "Sex Criminals," which was hailed by Time as "comic series of the year."
Fraction will square off in the category against Kelly Sue DeConnick, who was nominated for her work on two series — Image's "Pretty Deadly," which earned several nominations and Marvel's "Captain Marvel," which earned two. She is also married to Fraction.
"The Wake" earned multiple nods for best limited series, best writer (Scott Snyder), best penciller/inker (Sean Murphy) and best cover artist (Murphy and Jordie Bellaire).
Image's nomination count was aided by the "Saga," series, which received nods for best writer (Brian K. Vaughan), best painter, best cover artist (both Fiona Staples) and is looking for a repeat win for best continuing series, one of three awards it won last year.
IDW also came up big in the archival collection/project – comic books category, as its elaborate Artist's Editions series garnered editor Scott Dunbier three of the five nominations in the category.
Individual creators with the most nominations are Aja, Fraction, Gilbert Hernandez, Murphy, Matt Phelan, Nate Powell and Staples, all with three.
This year's awards will see a re-match in the cover artist category between Aja ("Hawkeye") and Chris Samnee ("Daredevil"), who tied for the award last year. Becky Cloonan, who won the single-issue category last year, is looking for a repeat win with her nomination for the self-published "Demeter."
Voting for the awards is held online, and the ballot will be available here. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote and the deadline for voting is June 13.
The Eisner Awards will be presented in a ceremony on July 25 during Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Here's a full list of the nominees:
Continuing series
"East of West," by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image)
"Hawkeye," by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
"Nowhere Men," by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde (Image)
"Saga," by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
"Sex Criminals," by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
- East of West, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image)
- Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
- Nowhere Men, by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde (Image)
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
- Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
- East of West, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image)
- Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
- Nowhere Men, by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde (Image)
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
- Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
New series
"High Crimes," by Christopher Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa (Monkeybrain)
"Lazarus," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image)
"Rat Queens," by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch (Image/Shadowline)
"Sex Criminals," by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
"Watson and Holmes," by Karl Bollers, Rick Leonardi, Paul Mendoza, et al. (New Paradigm Studios)
Limited series
"The Black Beetle: No Way Out," by Francesco Francavilla (Dark Horse)
"Colder," by Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra (Dark Horse)
"47 Ronin," by Mike Richardson and Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)
"Trillium," by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
"The Wake," by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Digital comic
"As the Crow Flies," by Melanie Gillman
"Failing Sky," by Dax Tran-Caffee
"High Crimes," by Christopher Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa (Monkeybrain)
"The Last Mechanical Monster," by Brian Fies
"The Oatmeal" by Matthew Inman
Kelly Sue DeConnick, "Pretty Deadly" (Image); "Captain Marvel" (Marvel)
Matt Fraction, "Sex Criminals" (Image); "Hawkeye," "Fantastic Four," "FF" (Marvel)
Jonathan Hickman, "East of West," "The Manhattan Projects" (Image); "Avengers," "Infinity" (Marvel)
Scott Snyder, "Batman" (DC); "American Vampire," "The Wake" (DC/Vertigo)
Eric Stephenson, "Nowhere Men" (Image)
Brian K. Vaughan, "Saga" (Image)
Isabel Greenberg, "The Encyclopedia of Early Earth" (Little, Brown)
Jaime Hernandez, "Love and Rockets New Stories" No. 6 (Fantagraphics)
Terry Moore, "Rachel Rising" (Abstract Studio)
Luke Pearson, "Hilda and the Bird Parade" (Nobrow)
Matt Phelan, "Bluffton: My Summers With Buster" (Candlewick)
Judith Vanistendael, "When David Lost His Voice" (SelfMadeHero)
- Isabel Greenberg, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (Little, Brown)
- Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
- Terry Moore, Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
- Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Bird Parade (Nobrow)
- Matt Phelan, Bluffton: My Summers with Buster (Candlewick)
- Judith Vanistendael, When David Lost His Voice (SelfMadeHero)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Penciller/inker or penciller/inker team
Nate Bellegarde, "Nowhere Men" (Image)
Nick Dragotta, "East of West" (Image)
Sean Murphy, "The Wake" (DC/Vertigo)
Nate Powell, "March (Book One)" (Top Shelf)
Emma Ríos, "Pretty Deadly" (Image)
Thomas Yeates, "Law of the Desert Born: A Graphic Novel" (Bantam)
- Nate Bellegarde, Nowhere Men (Image)
- Nick Dragotta, East of West (Image)
- Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)
- Nate Powell, March (Book One) (Top Shelf)
- Emma Ríos, Pretty Deadly (Image)
- Thomas Yeates, Law of the Desert Born: A Graphic Novel (Bantam)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Cover artist
David Aja, "Hawkeye" (Marvel)
Mike Del Mundo, "X-Men Legacy" (Marvel)
Sean Murphy/Jordie Bellaire, "The Wake" (DC/Vertigo)
Emma Ríos, "Pretty Deadly" (Image)
Chris Samnee, "Daredevil" (Marvel)
Fiona Staples, "Saga" (Image)
- David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
- Mike Del Mundo, X-Men Legacy (Marvel)
- Sean Murphy/Jordie Belaire, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)
- Emma Ríos, Pretty Deadly (Image)
- Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel)
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Painter/multimedia artist (interior art)
Andrew C. Robinson, "The Fifth Beatle" (Dark Horse)
Sonia Sanchéz, "Here I Am" (Capstone)
Fiona Staples, "Saga" (Image)
Ive Svorcina, "Thor" (Marvel)
Marguerite Van Cook, "7 Miles a Second" (Fantagraphics)
Judith Vanistendael, "When David Lost His Voice" (SelfMadeHero)
Jordie Bellaire, "The Manhattan Projects," "Nowhere Men," "Pretty Deadly," "Zero" (Image); "The Massive" (Dark Horse); "Tom Strong" (DC); "X-Files Season 10" (IDW); "Captain Marvel," "Journey Into Mystery" (Marvel); "Numbercruncher" (Titan); "Quantum and Woody" (Valiant)
Steve Hamaker, "Mylo Xyloto" (Bongo), "Strangers in Paradise 20th Anniversary" Issue 1 (Abstract Studio), "RASL" (Cartoon Books)
Matt Hollingsworth, "Hawkeye," "Daredevil: End of Days" (Marvel); "The Wake" (DC/Vertigo)
Frank Martin, "East of West" (Image)
Dave Stewart, "Abe Sapien," "Baltimore: The Infernal Train," "BPRD: Hell on Earth," "Conan the Barbarian," "Hellboy: Hell on Earth," "The Massive," "The Shaolin Cowboy," "Sledgehammer 44" (Dark Horse)
Darwyn Cooke, "Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground" (IDW)
Carla Speed McNeil, "Bad Houses"; "Finder" in "Dark Horse Presents" (Dark Horse)
Terry Moore, "Rachel Rising" (Abstract Studio)
Ed Piskor, "Hip Hop Family Tree" (Fantagraphics)
Britt Wilson, "Adventure Time With Fiona and Cake" (kaBOOM!)
- Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground (IDW)
- Carla Speed McNeil, Bad Houses; "Finder" in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse)
- Terry Moore, Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
- Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics)
- Britt Wilson, Adventure Time with Fiona and Cake (kaBOOM!)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Graphic album – new
"Bluffton: My Summers With Buster," by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
"The Encyclopedia of Early Earth," by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown)
"Good Dog," by Graham Chaffee (Fantagraphics)
"Homesick," by Jason Walz (Tinto Press)
"The Property," by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
"War Brothers," by Sharon McKay and Daniel LaFrance (Annick Press)
- Bluffton: My Summers with Buster, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
- The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown)
- Good Dog, by Graham Chaffee (Fantagraphics)
- Homesick by Jason Walz (Tinto Press)
- The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
- War Brothers, by Sharon McKay and Daniel LaFrance (Annick Press)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Graphic album – reprint
"The Creep," by John Arcudi and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse)
"Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories," by Ben Katchor (Pantheon)
"Heck," by Zander Cannon (Top Shelf)
"Julio's Day," by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"RASL," by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
"Solo: The Deluxe Edition," edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
Single issue (or one-shot)
"Demeter," by Becky Cloonan (self-published)
"Hawkeye" No. 11: "Pizza Is My Business," by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
"Love and Rockets: New Stories" No. 6, by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"Viewotron" No. 2, by Sam Sharpe (self-published)
"Watson and Holmes" No. 6, by Brandon Easton, and N. Steven Harris (New Paradigm Studios)
"Dark Horse Presents," edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
"Nobrow #8: Hysteria," edited by Sam Arthur and Alex Spiro (Nobrow)
"Outlaw Territory," edited by Michael Woods (Image)
"Smoke Signal," edited by Gabe Fowler (Desert Island)
"Thrilling Adventure Hour," by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker et al. (Archaia/BOOM!)
Humor publication
"The Adventures of Superhero Girl," by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
"The Complete Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes and Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
"The (True!) History of Art," by Sylvain Coissard and Alexis Lemoine (SelfMadeHero)
"Vader's Little Princess," by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
"You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack," by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
- The Complete Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes and Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
- The (True!) History of Art, by Sylvain Coissard and Alexis Lemoine (SelfMadeHero)
- Vader's Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
- You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.KMyQkKiG.dpuf
Reality-based work
"A Bag of Marbles," by Joseph Joffo, Kris, and Vincent Bailly (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
"The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story," by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)
"Hip Hop Family Tree, vol. 1," by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
"March (Book One)," by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
"Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life," by Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics)
"Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story," by Peter Bagge (Drawn & Quarterly)
Short story
"Go Owls," by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #13 (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Mars to Stay," by Brett Lewis and Cliff Chiang, in Witching Hour (DC)
"Seaside Home," by Josh Simmons, in Habit #1 (Oily)
"Untitled," by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
"When Your House Is Burning Down, You Should Brush Your Teeth," by Matthew Inman
U.S. edition of international material
"Adventures of a Japanese Businessman," by Jose Domingo (Nobrow)
"Goddam This War!" by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)
"Incidents in the Night, Book One," by David B. (Uncivilized Books)
"Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life," by Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics)
"When David Lost His Voice," by Judith Vanistendael (SelfMadeHero)
U.S. edition of international material – Asia
"The Heart of Thomas," by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
"The Mysterious Underground Men," by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)
"Showa: A History of Japan, 1926–1939," by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Summit of the Gods, vol. 4," by Yemmakura Baku and Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
"Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist," by Asumiko Nakamura (Vertical)
Adaptation from another medium
"The Castle," by Franz Kafka, adapted by David Zane Mairowitz and Jaromír 99 (SelfMadeHero)
"The Complete Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes, adapted by by Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
"Django Unchained," adapted by Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin, R. M. Guéra et al. (DC/Vertigo)
"Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground," by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
"The Strange Tale of Panorama Island," by Edogawa Rampo, adapted by Suehiro Maruo (Last Gasp)
Archival collection/project – comic books
"Best of EC Artist's Edition," edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
"Canteen Kate," by Matt Baker (Canton Street Press)
"In the Days of the Mob," by Jack Kirby (DC)
"MAD Artist's Edition," edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
"Will Eisner's The Spirit Artist's Edition," edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Archival collection/project – comic strips
"Barnaby, vol. 1," by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
"Percy Crosby's Skippy Daily Comics, vol. 2: 1928–1930," edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
"Prince Valiant vols. 6-7," by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
"Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip," edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
"Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1," edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
"VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch," edited by Jonathan Barli (Fantagraphics)
Publication for teens
"Battling Boy," by Paul Pope (First Second)
"Bluffton: My Summers With Buster," by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
"Boxers and Saints," by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
"Dogs of War," by Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox (Graphix/Scholastic)
"March (Book One)," by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
"Templar," by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puviland (First Second)
Publication for kids
"The Adventures of Superhero Girl," by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
"Hilda and the Bird Parade," by Luke Pearson (Nobrow)
"Jane, the Fox, and Me," by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault (Groundwood)
"The Lost Boy," by Greg Ruth (Graphix/Scholastic)
"Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 2," edited by David Petersen, Paul Morrissey, and Rebecca Taylor (Archaia/BOOM!)
"Star Wars: Jedi Academy," by Jeffrey Brown (Scholastic)
Publication for early readers
"Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas," by Philippe Coudray (TOON Books)
"The Big Wet Balloon," by Liniers (TOON Books)
"Itsy Bitsy Hellboy," by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)
"Odd Duck," by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon (First Second)
"Otto's Backwards Day," by Frank Cammuso (with Jay Lynch) (TOON Books)
Publication design
"The Art of Rube Goldberg," designed by Chad W. Beckerman (Abrams ComicArts)
"Beta Testing the Apocalypse," designed by Tom Kaczynski (Fantagraphics)
"Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth," designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
"The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: A Panorama," by Joe Sacco, designed by Chin-Yee Lai (Norton)
"Little Tommy Lost, Book 1," designed by Cole Closser (Koyama)
Scholarly/academic work
"Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920–1960," by Nathan Vernon Madison (McFarland)
"Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation," edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)
"Drawing From Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art," edited by Jane Tolmie (University Press of Mississippi)
"International Journal of Comic Art," edited by John A. Lent
"The Superhero Reader," edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Ken Worcester (University Press of Mississippi)
Comics-related book
"Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary," by Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen (Bloomsbury)
"The Art of Rube Goldberg," selected by Jennifer George (Abrams ComicArts)
"Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps," by Art Spiegelman (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth," by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC/IDW)
"The Love and Rockets Companion," edited by Marc Sobel and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
Comics-related journalism
Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland
The Comics Journal #302, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
Comics and Cola, by Zainab Akhtar
Multiversity Comics, edited by Matthew Meylikhov
tcj.com, edited by Dan Nadel and Timothy Hodler (Fantagrapahics)
— Justin Sullivan and Blake Hennon | @LATHeroComplex
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'Hawkeye' scribe Matt Fraction: Maybe comics can be less 'comic-y'
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Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of December 16, 2013
People with an irregular heartbeat may also be at increased risk of being depressed…more
Mental Health America Faults Rep. Tim Murphy's Legislation for Jeopardizing Role for Consumers and Their Recovery.
Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace: Mental Health America has released a toolkit with a wealth of information and resources.
Mental Health America Produces Comprehensive, Objective Resource Describing Principal Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Mental Health Conditions.
The MHA Career Center matches the best employers with the best talent in the mental health field. Find your employment match at http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/mhacareercenter.
SAMHSA Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Toolkit: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a training resource toolkit, developed through the Enrollment Coalitions Initiative, entitled "Getting Ready for the Health Insurance Marketplace." The toolkit will assist organizations with outreach, education and enrollment of individuals in the Health Insurance Marketplace. It is composed of three sections: A description of the health care law, how it works, and why it is important for uninsured individuals with behavioral health conditions; An explanation of how the Health Insurance Marketplace works, how to apply for health coverage and where to get help; and Numerous communication ideas and materials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that can be used to raise awareness and encourage uninsured individuals to enroll. The toolkit has been developed in six slightly different 30-minute, interactive formats, each of which can be accessed and viewed online: http://tiny.cc/GettingReady (General information); http://tiny.cc/CommunityPrevention; http://tiny.cc/ConsumerPeerFamily; http://tiny.cc/HomelessServices; http://tiny.cc/CriminalJustice; http://tiny.cc/TreatmentProviders.
Become a Champion for Coverage: Help make sure all Americans can get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. Go to http://marketplace.cms.gov/help-us/champion.html.
Psychiatrists Less Likely than Doctors to Accept Insurance: Psychiatrists are significantly less likely than doctors in other specialties to accept insurance, researchers say in a new study. Published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, the study found that 55 percent of psychiatrists accepted private insurance, compared with 89 percent of other doctors. It also found that 55 percent of psychiatrists accept patients covered by Medicare, against 86 percent of other doctors. And 43 percent of psychiatrists accept Medicaid, while 73 percent of other doctors do. Dr. Steven S. Sharfstein, a former president of the American Psychiatric Association, suggested several reasons for the disparities. Payments by insurers for many services provided by psychiatrists are relatively low, Dr. Sharfstein said. Treatment is often subject to burdensome and intrusive review by managed care companies, he said, and "there are always concerns about confidentiality." (The New York Times, 12/11/13)
Public Health Approach Urged to Reduce Gun Violence: The most effective way to reduce gun violence without significantly curtailing Second Amendment rights is to treat the problem as a public health issue, like smoking or drunken driving, rather trying to profile potential shooters, according to a report released by a panel of experts who were commissioned by the American Psychological Association to study the issue in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy. The panel reviewed evidence on a wide variety of interventions intended to reduce violence, including suicides and homicides, in schools and in the workplace. It concluded that trying to predict who will act out by profiling was unreliable, and that more systemic preventive policies were far more effective. (The New York Times, 12/12/13)
Biden Announces $100 Million in Government Funding for Mental Health: Vice President Joseph Biden last week announced the federal government will make $100 million available to increase access to mental health services and improve mental health facilities. "The fact that less than half of children and adults with diagnosable mental health problems receive the treatment they need is unacceptable," Biden said. Biden said the $100 million in new funds will include $50 million for community health centers to establish or expand services for people with mental illness or addiction. The centers can use these funds, made available through the Affordable Care Act, for efforts such as hiring new mental health care professionals and adding mental health and substance use services. Another $50 million will help finance construction, expansion, or improvement of mental health facilities in rural areas over the next three years. These funds, made available through the Department's Community Facilities direct loan program, can be used to improve or construct mental health service facilities or put in place innovative tools such as telemedicine to expand access to mental health services at rural schools, community centers, hospitals, and other community-based settings. (NBCNews.com, 12/10/13)
Study—Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Depression: People with an irregular heartbeat may also be at increased risk of being depressed, according to a new German study. The added risk was small, researchers found, but it's in keeping with other studies linking heart disorders with depression. Researchers used data on 10,000 German adults for the new study. Most did not have an irregular heartbeat, but 309 did. The researchers compared the average depression scores for people with irregular heartbeat to the scores of people without the condition. Depression was measured on a scale of zero to 27, with higher scores indicating more severe depression. On average, people with irregular heartbeat scored a four, compared to an average score of three among those without the irregular heartbeat. In either group's case, the score wouldn't be enough to warrant treatment for depression. The study also can't answer whether one condition leads to the other or if they simply share a common cause. (Reuters, 12/12/13)
Mental Health Legislation Introduced to Loosen Privacy Protections, Unravel SAMHSA Programs: Rep. Tim Murphy(R-Pa.) introduced legislation that he says will help fix the nation's broken mental health system and let families and individuals get treatment for those who need it. The bill, which proposes to loosen privacy laws and commitment standards, drew praise and criticism. David Shern, president and CEO of Mental Health America, said in a press release that his organization cannot ignore the troubling provisions included in this bill, including the loosening of privacy standards and the expanded use of involuntary commitment, and must reject any effort that would undermine the role of consumers in their recovery and limit the availability of mental health and addiction support services by persons who have experienced mental health and substance use conditions. He said the bill would also unravel key programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (MHH Reporting, 12/16/13)
Scientific American reports on Unraveling the Mystery of How Anti-depression Drugs Work
Cnn looks at raising a child with mental illness.
Kaiser Health News/NPR report "Promises To Fix Mental Health System Still Unfulfilled."
NPR looks at "Veterans And Other-Than-Honorable Discharges."
Readers respond to a New York Times op-ed by David Brooks: Understanding Suicide: Mental Illness, Not Irony
Discover looks at how nature and nurture affects genes.
The New York Times looks at "The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder."
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March 24. 2013 8:11PM
Keene State College renews status as OSHA training center
By MEGHAN PIERCE
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KEENE - On Wednesday, Keene State College's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute and the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration signed an agreement acknowledging and renewing the college's status as the sole regional training center in all six New England states.
In 2012 the institute trained more than 2,000 people and supported other OSHA industry trainers, who were responsible for training 36,000 work force members in the New England region, said Robert Baker, director of Continuing Education at Keene State College.
The initial agreement was signed in 1994.
OSHA personnel and state consultants are trained at Keene State, but most of the people who come to train are from the general public who work in industries in which they need the OSHA training or knowledge, Baker said.
The OSHA training for employers is to help reduce work place hazards and related human and financial costs. Training programs address hazards associated with working in general industry, construction, maritime, industrial hygiene, and health care.
The alliance between the Department of Labor and Keene State provides instructors and students with access to training resources, and it supports outreach efforts, and promotes safety and health training.
The Keene State Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute is one of 43 education centers around the country working with OSHA.
The College's new Technology
Design and Safety Center that opened last fall offers more hands-on training opportunities for the OSHA training, Baker said.
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During my 32 years as a doctor, I've grown to appreciate that pediatrics is a partnership between me and my patients. That's why several years ago, when my two oldest sons joined our practice, I gave them the doctorly and fatherly advice to be humble enough to learn from the parents of the babies and kids they care for. Parents teach me how to be a better doctor and, in doing so, play a huge part in making sure their children get the best I have to offer. To do the same with your child's pediatrician:
Start off on the right foot. At your first visit, let her know that you're seeking a high level of medical care. When Jim and Deborah, a couple who were expecting their first baby, interviewed me as a prospective pediatrician, the first thing out of Jim's mouth was, "Doctor, this is a well-researched baby." From there, he politely drilled me with questions, including the usual "What are your hours?" and "Are you always on call?" as well as more probing ones, such as whether I had a lactation consultant on staff in case Deborah had any trouble with breastfeeding, and how much time they could expect from me at well-baby visits.
It was obvious that picking the right pediatrician meant a lot to them, and they'd done their homework. Most doctors will deeply appreciate this kind of approach -- and they also appreciate politeness. Even a few kind words about their practice goes a long way in establishing rapport. And call me old-fashioned, but I do enjoy getting personal notes from parents (or even the kids themselves). In fact, I still have a letter posted on my wall from a 7-year-old who didn't like being examined. It reads: "Dear Dr. Bill: I'm sorry I kicked you. I was having a bad day. Love, Isaac."
William Sears, M.D., a pediatrician, author, and a dad of eight, is a Parenting contributing editor.
You're the Expert
Be the expert. As part of this doctor-parent team, your role is to be a keen observer and accurate reporter of any worrisome changes you notice in your child because you're the top expert on his body and temperament. My favorite example of this involves a blind mother in my practice who brought her baby to my office to check out a rash. Though I couldn't find anything wrong with his skin, because of her persistence, I asked her to bring him back the next day. Sure enough, when they returned, her infant had an obvious viral rash covering his entire body. Because his mom was so used to the normal feel of her baby's skin, she actually felt the rash the day before I could see it.
It's this simple: You're with your child day in and day out, and no one else is as invested in his well-being. That's why it's important to trust your instincts and never let the doctor dismiss your concerns or observations.
Play doctor. Make sure you can clearly express what those concerns are. Before going to the pediatrician's office when your child's sick, imagine you're the doctor. Ask yourself what you (as the pediatrician) would want to know: When did he become ill? How did it begin? Does it seem to be getting better or worse? What home treatment have you given? Write down the answers to these questions.
Do your own physical exam too. Undress your child and look her over from head to toe. Make a bulleted list of all your worries. I love it when parents get right to the point, pull out a list, and volunteer what they think the problem might be. More times than not, they're right -- and I value their natural ability to see subtle changes and hidden clues in their children that I may not notice.
Remember: The more information you can give your pediatrician, the more likely it is that you'll leave the office with the right diagnosis and treatment plan. But don't stop there. In the same way you keep a record of your child's immunizations and illnesses, make a "what works" list too. When prescribing advice or medication, your doctor will rely heavily on what has worked well for your child in the past. For instance, if he's deciding which antibiotic to give her, you might remind him, "The first antibiotic you prescribed gave her terrible diarrhea, but the last one seemed to work better."
Stick to the point. If your child wakes up with a sore ear and your pediatrician manages to work you in between already-scheduled checkups (doctors leave open short time slots for such spur-of-the-moment cases), don't try to squeeze in a "doorknob" question. That's what I call those queries that come at the end of an appointment, after I've diagnosed the problem, prescribed treatment, and have my hand on the doorknob of the examining room, ready to exit. Then a parent interjects, "By the way, Ryan's teacher says he might have ADD. What should we do?" Complex medical problems don't have quick and easy answers, and shouldn't be brought up during an impromptu visit for an entirely different issue.
Instead, schedule a more extensive appointment for another day. To make sure you get enough time for an in-depth appointment, tell the receptionist the nature of the problem and request a longer visit, or ask if the doctor reserves certain hours or days of the week for extended consultations. An insider tip: The first appointment of the morning and the one following lunch are those in which she's typically not running late or concerned about a full waiting room, so you're likely to get a few extra minutes from her.
Nice and Comfy
Help your kids feel comfortable. Trying to examine a screaming patient is difficult for everyone, so it's best if you can prepare your child for her visit to the doctor. This way, the doctor will be able to make the best use of his time while you're in the office. To help ease her mind, if she's old enough, read a book about going to the doctor or role-play with her favorite doll or stuffed animal. (You can even try bringing it along to the appointment, and ask the pediatrician if he might first give Mr. Teddy Bear a quick checkup.) Once there, greet the doctor with enthusiasm. Mothers mirror the state of their world to their kids, so if you're apprehensive, your child is likely to be too (this includes babies)! If he clings to you like a little koala bear at the first sight of the doctor, immediately put on your happy face and, rather than reinforcing his fear by holding him tighter, loosen your grip. If from previous experience you know what settles your child best, by all means, let your pediatrician know. Even little things may help ease her tension. For instance, "Lauren, really enjoys the exam better if she sits on my lap," or "Tommy would like to listen to his heartbeat."
Tell it like it is. Like any relationship, the one between you and your doctor may not always be perfect. But you don't necessarily need to find a new pediatrician the second something she does (or doesn't do) bothers you. If you want more from your doctor than she's giving, let her know. A longtime patient of mine once wrote me a letter telling me she felt rushed during her baby's exam. After reading it, I realized that since she seemed like such an experienced mother, I'd assumed she didn't require that much time with me. I was wrong, and the fact that she cared enough to speak her mind motivated me to be more attentive to her needs.
One of the most common complaints that I hear from patients who've transferred to our practice is, "I liked my child's pediatrician, but we just didn't agree on parenting styles." If you have a doctor whose medical advice you trust, you might stick with him, and try to explain to him why your chosen parenting method works for you. Point out how well your child is growing and how well-behaved she is, and let him know that you've researched your choices thoroughly. Once he understands how important a particular issue is to you, and he sees how healthy your child is, he may very well come to understand your perspective -- or at least accept it.
Build healthy lives. Don't assume that whatever's troubling your child can be remedied with a prescription for antibiotics; a doctor who relies too much on pills probably isn't your best choice. Of course there are times when antibiotics are necessary or are the best treatment option, but feel free to ask whether there's an alternative.
Use the opportunity of well-baby visits to talk about things like nutrition, mental health, family exercise, and hygiene, and ask the doctor to help you develop a personalized health plan for your child -- specific day-to-day ways to care for her unique body, with its unique strengths and challenges, be they colic, asthma, food allergies, or obesity. Update him on each visit about how the plan is going, and whether you've seen any improvements in your child's health.
As I stroll around my office, I'm constantly reminded of the many children I've had the privilege of caring for. But what comes to mind just as often is the parents. Their confidence in me, and in their children and their own parenting skills, has helped keep me on my toes. I wouldn't want it any other way -- and neither should you.


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#1 Why is the national media mostly doing a lousy job of the Filner story?07-25-2013, 05:40 PM
Forget the title, it's a nadin/cali Cat Fight!!!!
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:44 PM
Why is the national media mostly doing a lousy job of the Filner story?
I think it's intentional, and there is no way the National media has no clue who Bob Filner was while in Congress. This was a response to another thread, but I figured it deserved it's own.
First off, the story went international during the Gloria Alldred presser on Monday, when she announced the civil complaint against the city of San Diego, and Bob Filner. It's not just channel 12 Tijuana, televisa station, but also CBC Canada. They were both there. Televisa makes sense due to the years of work Filner had, decades, with Tijuana as part of the Border Region. Bob Filner even served during Clinton's years as some kind of presidential envoy, while in Congress, to help with NAFTA. Yup, he actually ran on that before the business community.
In the US the story is not fully registering nationally, and msnbc, the place for politics, is doing a lousy job on it's effects to the California party, but this is now international.
It's worst than that...Wiener really never had bills passed in Congress. Filner served in the Armed Services committee as chairman, among other committees, and among other things he was the author of the GI bill for the 911 generation. In other words he was not a back bencher.
Anthony Weiner was loud while in Congress. Filner was part of the inside tract machine.
My opinion, it's not been reported that way by the NY-DC media because Filner could touch, and drag down, other powerful dems. Yup, he was a powerful So-Cal ally of among others Nancy Pelosi and even Stenny Hoyer. And while a progressive, a national defense hawk.
It speaks volumes as to how both stories are being covered, and it is not just the size of the markets. What Wiener has in common with Filner...both are considered progressives.
And if you are outraged over Wiener, you should be doubly so over Filner. The latter, just a matter of time for actual criminal charges.
(And I get not to chase this story today....Yee haw!!!! (He is supposed to show at a ground breaking ceremony...doubt it)
Read for the CatFight!!!! Then nadine puts cali on Ignore.May the FORCE be with you!
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34. East County Magazine is about as reliable as worldnut daily
crap and nothing but.May the FORCE be with you!
I think we all know why nobody but Fox is covering the Filner story, and it's much simpler than the reason Nads proposes.
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You got to give her props here, though, for not defending Filner for the party. Filner is a sleazy piece of crap and Nadin is right that this should be getting more attention.
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Britney Spears hugs her son Jayden James after watching his soccer game on Sunday (March 17) in Los Angeles.
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Sight Support Derbyshire is looking for volunteers to go out and collect with its donation boxes.
Charity Sight Support Derbyshire is looking for volunteers to back its work, spreading donation boxes across Derbyshir.
The group (SSD) offers two types of donation boxes; the first is a small cardboard 'Member's box', for members to take and for family and friends to place any spare change in. The second type is the more familiar hard-plastic boxes, which you may have come across before, as they are spread throughout Derbyshire.
These donation boxes can be found in pubs, newsagents, café's, corner shops and any number of high street stores, collecting money to go towards aiding the visually impaired in Derbyshire.
SSD is reliant on community donations and is calling for new volunteers is to help extend its network across the county so it can help more visually impaired individuals, says Eileen Bagguley, the charity's fundraising and communications manager.
she said: "All of this can be achieved with your help – never underestimate the work of one individual.We're always happy to welcome new volunteers to the organization but are especially keen on acquiring some new volunteers who are happy to take out and collect in these donation boxes.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the European champions submitted a £7 million bid to Newcastle which triggered the release clause in the Senegal international's contract.
Papiss Cisse or Shola Ameobi are 11/4 with William Hill to score first against Brighton
With Daniel Sturridge having already signed for Liverpool, Benitez has Fernando Torres as his only recognised first-team striker for his side's trip to St Mary's Stadium.
"I don't have any official information about the situation," said Benitez.
"The club is working [to sign a striker] and we know that."
Asked whether Chelsea can sign Ba before Saturday, Benitez replied: "If we can do the business, I hope so."Newcastle boss Alan Pardew admitted he is disappointed to potentially lose such an important player, but he is pleased the saga looks to be coming to a conclusion.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "Well there's no swift resolution, it's done, he'll go to Chelsea and with our blessing.
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Blog: Policy future looks bright with new generation of veterinary students
More than 65 U.S. veterinary students took two days off from classes this week for a good cause. These representatives of accredited U.S. schools met in Washington, D.C., with AVMA's leadership and its Governmental Relations Division to learn how to be effective in advancing the policy agenda of America's veterinarians. Banfield Pet Hospitals served as event sponsor to defray travel costs for the students.
After an advocacy "boot camp" on Feb. 10, the students and AVMA leaders hit Capitol Hill on Feb. 11 to meet with senators and representatives. A prime topic was the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act, previously discussed here, in addition to equine soring and transportation issues.
I know from experience that when students engage in one-on-one lobbying with their elected leaders, it gets officials' attention. If a veterinary student from Oklahoma State takes time during the semester to meet with an Oklahoma member of Congress in his or her office, the member will look at animal health issues in a different way.
There's no better explanation for veterinarians' recent success with their political agenda in Congress and state legislatures than their willingness to put boots on the ground (or send e-mails or make phone calls). This puts elected officials and their staff in direct contact with professionals held in high esteem by the American public. Not every profession—certainly not this blogger's legal industry—can make this claim.
But success requires veterinarians to step up and engage, and we saw a great example of this in D.C. this week by the AVMA and participating students. Job well done!
Mark Cushing, JD, is founding partner of the Animal Policy Group, providing government relations and strategic services for various animal health, veterinary and educational interests. He maintains offices in Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C., and is a frequent speaker at veterinary conferences.
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Incentives can help, but a regulatory framework could be essential to ensuring security
A White House report that highlights cybersecurity accomplishments during the 14 months since the release of the Cyberspace Policy Review includes some notable accomplishments. A cybersecurity coordinator has been appointed, a military cyber command has been established, and national strategies for trusted online identities and incident responses have been initiated. Domain Name System Security Extensions protocols are being deployed to help secure the DNS, and the Comprehensive National Cyberspace Initiative is being updated.
One of the biggest challenges remaining in securing the nation's information infrastructure is ensuring the cooperation of government, which has responsibility for the nation's defense, with the private sector, which owns and operates the majority of the critical systems.
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That challenge has long been recognized. The White House report notes that "government and the private sector are partnering" or "working together" to reduce financial risks from cyber threats, identify and reduce vulnerabilities from new devices such as smart phones, and protect industrial control systems. But despite those efforts, too little progress has been made.
The need to improve the relationship between government and the private sector is a constantly recurring theme in cybersecurity. After years of lip service, information is being shared, but not on a scale or with a speed that is necessary to meet the demands of cyberspace.
The private sector complains that government is unwilling to share intelligence with industry, and industry is unwilling to share with government because of concerns about liability and the possible exposure of proprietary information. As a result, we are still waiting for a real public-private partnership.
President Barack Obama and other government officials reiterated to industry executives at a White House meeting last month that the administration's approach to cybersecurity would be based on incentives for cooperation rather than on regulation. But some regulatory authority might be necessary to get an effective level of cooperation.
The problem is the conflict between the core interests and responsibilities of the two sectors. It is the government's job to protect; the private sector's job is to turn a profit and protect competitive advantages. Those two roles do not conflict so much in the real world, where government can defend its borders and leave industry mostly free to operate. But in cyberspace, the absence of easily defensible borders means we're all in the fight together.
In the end, the private sector will likely need to accept some meaningful government regulation on cybersecurity, establishing standards of practice and baselines of security that can be enforced. The alternatives are to accept the status quo with large gaps in cyber defenses or turn control of cybersecurity entirely over to the government.
No one is satisfied with the status quo, and the specter of the National Security Agency or the Cyber Command assuming control of the nation's critical infrastructure raises serious concerns about civil liberties and privacy. The sensible course is a reasonable set of regulatory standards that define the rights and responsibilities of each side in a public-private partnership, ensuring that government and industry each hold up their ends of the bargain and provide the information that the other needs.
Voluntary incentives are fine, but some baseline of compliance is necessary.
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National ID card? No thank you. Bad enough they are back-dooring their way into it with the Real ID drivers license standards, but at least those are seperate databases for now. Hey, I've worked for the Feds for 30 years, and I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. No, I'm not a conspiracy kook- no malice is required when the incompetency level is high enough- the end result is the same. It is called entropy.
Technically, it is called the comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative, not cyberspace.
As is usually the case, constant finger-pointing will occur until the Government takes the first step. Just build a system that Industry wants to compete with, and they eventually will... The first step should be a Secure National ID Card based on FIPS201 standards. Make it the NextGen SSN Card. Fund the Post Office to setup a service to vet all users and issue the initial smartcards (they already do Passports and once promoted a National Public Key Infrastructure). Digitally Sign the basic SSN cards in a fashion similar to E-Passports, but also allow individuals to purchase Advanced SmartCards and Permanent Email Addresses, so the Post Office can earn added Revenue Streams. Using Commercial Certificate Authorities (ie. Shared Service Providers) will induce their participation and build the link to commercial adoption... Secure the containers on enhanced cards using the Card Holders' Biometrics or Personal PINs so they can import additional Certificates from Banks or other services in the future. No need to reinvent the wheel here... just do it!
Can the Government defend our borders? Let me take you on a hike in SE AZ!
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Feb. 22, 2007) - A rare work of art by Canadian artist, David Milne (1882-1953), has been added to the National Gallery of Canada's collection, with the support of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Canadian Art Fund. The National Gallery and its Foundation are pleased to invite the public to see Milne's masterly work, Alcove (1914), presently on view in the Canadian art galleries of the National Gallery of Canada.
Established in 2002, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Canadian Art Fund provides additional funds to the National Gallery for acquisitions of Canadian art. Andrea (1945-2006) and Charles Bronfman are well-known Montreal philanthropists, who have always demonstrated a passion and deep love for the arts. Indeed, their support to artistic institutions across the country is legendary. The Gallery was able to acquire a first painting with the help of the Bronfman Fund, In the Orchard (Spring) (1892), by William Brymner, in 2002.
"David Milne is without a doubt one of the most important artists Canada has produced. What better than to purchase a work depicting where much of his day was spent - the interior view of a studio!", said Charles Bronfman.
"We are extremely grateful to the Bronfman family for their loyalty to the National Gallery and its Foundation. The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Canadian Art Fund enhances the Gallery's ability to purchase exceptional works of Canadian art, such as Milne's Alcove", declared Marie Claire Morin, President and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation.
"The National Gallery is privileged to have been able to acquire one of David Milne's most important canvases from his New York years. The simplicity and directness of the subject and composition are enhanced by the subtlety of design and colouring. This painting marks a major advance in Milne's work and is a landmark of early twentieth-century modernist Canadian painting", said Charles Hill, Curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery.
David Milne was born in Bruce County, Ontario, and moved to the United States in 1903 to study at the Art Students' League of New York. An exceptionally gifted and brilliant painter, he was the leading Canadian modern artist in the early years of the twentieth century. Differing from his Canadian contemporaries, Milne's roots lay in the work of Cezanne and Matisse. His formal approach, devoid of anecdote or ideology, would determine the growth of his painting during a career that spanned over forty years.
Alcove is not signed, which suggests it was never exhibited during Milne's lifetime. It was catalogued by Douglas Duncan and returned to the artist's estate after his death. The painting was first published and exhibited by John O'Brian in 1981. The most striking quality of the painting is the broad open space and simplicity of composition and subject. This is a superb and unique work in Milne's oeuvre and an outstanding complement to the small group of paintings from his New York years held by the National Gallery.
Alcove is currently on view in the Canadian art gallery A-107.
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There are some pretty big music industry stories breaking today so we'll get straight onto topic and get stuck in…
Firstly, Google Music, or as it's officially named, 'OneBox', launched in America today. Currently 1-5% of our trans-Atlantic cousins can access the new service (www.google.com/music) but this will be ramped up over the coming days and weeks to provide access to everyone and presumably bring it overseas in the not too distant future as well… In essence, the service uses the traditional Google interface, via a new 'Music' tab and will allow users to search by artist, title, lyric or song for music. The results will be presented with an image representative of the artist and a 'play' button that, when clicked, will open a new player, powered by Lala.com, allowing the user to stream the song once, in full, for free, before being directed to purchase it from various other platforms.
We are looking forward to having a go on this service, it's great to see that the big companies are starting to realise the potential of bringing music to the mass audience in a cost-effective and revenue generating fashion. You can watch a video and find out more about Google 'OneBox' on Google (believe it or not!) here, or, for less biased information, you could try this story from the BBC.
Next up is file-sharing, now we all know about file sharing and there's been a great deal of discussion in the press of late, from the perspective of artists, industry professionals and the public discussing the issue but the government have now weighed in and apparently finalised plans for a slightly amended version of the 'Three Strikes' legislation that will see persistent file sharers slapped with internet suspension.
Peter Mandelson announced this at the C&binet meeting in Hertfordshire this week outlining that the legislation may be brought into action if internet piracy has not fallen by 70% one year from April 2010. There is a lot of discussion surrounding human rights and complaints from the public, as well as some from artists and the ISPs in charge of the connections but you can read more about all of this here.
What are your thoughts on the piracy debate? It's always interesting to hear from artists, especially those new to music who have seen 'free' music as somewhat of a promotional tool and a way to attract attention.
In related news, there are two interesting (and conflicting) opinions on the fall of torrent-based internet piracy circulating the web today, one from the perspective of the music industry and another from the perspective of the pirates. One suggests torrent traffic fell by 80% when the Pirate Bay was closed in August, the other, claims this is entirely nonsense… Can you guess which opinion belongs to who?
Well that's it for today and as always, send any news tips our way on email@example.com


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SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, the SQL Server-based enterprise reporting solution Microsoft released in January 2004, is positioned to become one of the most popular SQL Server components. Nearly all organizations need to produce reports from their data, and with Reporting Services, Microsoft filled this large hole in SQL Server's toolkit. You can install Reporting Services on any SQL Server 2000 computer at no additional cost, and you'll be able to install it as part of SQL Server 2005.
In spite of the solution's benefits and the excitement surrounding its initial release, many SQL Server professionals have limited or no hands-on experience with Reporting Services. If you're like many database professionals, you might have put off using Reporting Services because of its relative newness, the fact that it requires a separate SQL Server installation that works along with your production SQL Server, or maybe its list of prerequisites. But Reporting Services isn't so new any more, and Microsoft has released Reporting Services Service Pack 1 (SP1), which fixes the bugs in the initial release. In addition, Microsoft is integrating Reporting Services with SQL Server 2005, so learning how to use Reporting Services now will give you a head start on SQL Server 2005. This article gives you the basics for getting started with Reporting Services and includes SP1 examples that you can reproduce in your test environment. I start by giving you the prerequisites for using Reporting Services and explaining where to get it. Then, I walk you through the steps for authoring two reports and for deploying those reports to the Report Server, Reporting Services' main component. Finally, I teach you two ways to view deployed reports.
Installing Reporting Services
To properly install Reporting Services, your system needs four elements. First, you need Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 with the most recent service packs installed. (For a list of service packs for each OS, see the Microsoft article "Reporting Services System Requirements," which is listed in Related Reading.) Second, you need Microsoft IIS because Reporting Services runs as an XML Web service. Third, you need the standard, enterprise, or developer edition of SQL Server 2000. (Reporting Services isn't compatible with earlier SQL Server releases.) Fourth, report designers need Visual Studio .NET 2003, which hosts Reporting Services' Report Designer component. (For administrators who don't design reports, Reporting Services provides a different UI that permits the creation of folders, data sources, and users and the assignment of permissions to users.)
After you make sure your system meets the prerequisites, you can install Reporting Services, then install SP1 to update the initial release. You can download a trial version of Reporting Services at the URL in Related Reading.
Creating Your First Report
The only Report Designer Microsoft offers for authoring Reporting Services reports is in Visual Studio .NET 2003. When you install Reporting Services, the installation process automatically updates Visual Studio .NET by adding a new project type called Business Intelligence Projects. You don't necessarily need to have Visual Studio .NET installed on the same server as Reporting Services. As I explain in a moment, you can reference a target-server URL for Reporting Services, which can be different from the location of the workstation you use to run Visual Studio .NET. Within this project type are two templates named Report Project Wizard and Report Project. Both templates let you perform the steps to create a report: defining a report's data source, specifying a report's layout, previewing a report, and deploying a finished report to the Report Server.
To create your first report, start a new Business Intelligence project in Visual Studio .NET, and choose the Report Wizard Project template. Name your project SSMRS-Intro. Read the wizard's welcome screen, then click Next to go to the Select the Data Source screen and specify the report's data source. Click Edit to open the familiar Data Link Properties dialog box that Figure 1 shows. On the dialog box's Provider tab, select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server as the type of data you want to connect to. As Figure 1 shows, the dialog box's Connections tab lets you specify on the local SQL Server instance a Windows NT Integrated security-based connection to the Northwind database. Click Test Connection, then click OK to return to the Select the Data Source screen, which now shows a connection string that points to a data source named after the database. Note that unless you select the Make this a shared data source check box at the bottom of the screen, the wizard embeds the data source so that you can use it exclusively for this one report.
Clicking Next opens the wizard's Design the Query screen. You can either type an SQL query statement into the Query string text box or click Edit to open a graphical query designer that operates like the query builder in Enterprise Manager. For this example, you can use the following query:
SELECT CompanyName, ContactName, Phone, Country FROM Customers WHERE (Country = 'Canada') OR (Country = 'Mexico') OR (Country = 'USA')
Then, click Next to open the Select the Report Type screen. The wizard offers two report types: tabular and matrix. The matrix type is for a cross-tab report, which we won't create in this article's examples. For this demonstration, select Tabular.
Figure 2 shows the next wizard screen, Design the Table, which lets you put the query fields where you want them in the report. Click Details to move the field names from the Available fields list box to the Details list box. These selections cause the fields to appear in a report's Details section. You can optionally create additional groupings around the Details section by adding fields to the Group list box. Clicking Next opens the Choose the Table Style screen. You can accept the default selection of Bold or highlight one of the other report styles. A preview window gives you a feel for how the different styles present your data.
When you're running the Report Wizard for the first time in a project, the Choose the Deployment Location screen appears next. The wizard automatically populates the Report Server and Deployment folder text boxes. Because the Report Server for this article's examples runs from the local IIS Web server, the Report Server text box shows the path http://localhost/ReportServer. During installation, you specify the name of the Web server that hosts Reporting Services. By default, the wizard names the deployment folder after the project's name—in this case, SSMRSIntro.
The final wizard screen assigns a default name to the report and shows a summary of the selections from the previous screens. The initial default report name in a project is Report1. When you're creating your own reports, you can change the default name to something more meaningful.
After you close the wizard, you're in the Visual Studio .NET report-design environment. Each report has three tabs: one to specify its data source, another for its layout, and a third to preview how it displays data. Figure 3 shows part of the Preview tab for Report1, which shows how the report will look after you deploy it. Report1 is for one specific data source, but Reporting Services lets you use parameters to vary the output in a report. For information about how to use parameters in Reporting Services, see Rodney Landrum's article "Pushing the Parameters," August 2004.
Creating a Drilldown Report
For your second report, let's use a shared data source instead of an embedded one, as you did to create Report1. A shared data source is useful because you can reuse it in multiple reports. Start by right-clicking Shared Data Sources in the Solution Explorer, which you see in Figure 3's right pane, then choosing Add New Data Source to open a Data Link Properties dialog box like the one that Figure 1 shows. Complete the dialog box to specify Northwind as the data source, as you did for Report1. This process adds a new entry with the name Northwind.rds nested below Shared Data Sources in the Solution Explorer.
Open the Report Wizard by right-clicking Reports in the Solution Explorer and choosing Add New Report. In the Select the Data Source screen, the wizard automatically selects Northwind as the database, referring to the Northwind.rds shared data source. If you had more than one shared data source, you could open the Shared Data Source drop-down box and select another shared data source.
For the second report, enter the same query that you used for Report1 and select a tabular report style. In the Design the Table screen, add Country to the Group list box, and add CompanyName, ContactName, and Phone to the Details list box. Because you selected an item for the Group list box, a new screen called Choose the Table Layout appears before the Choose the Table Style screen. The table layout screen includes a check box called Enable drilldown. (You must select the Stepped button to make the Enable drilldown check box available.) Select Enable drilldown so that CompanyName, ContactName, and Phone column values will appear only after a user drills down to them by expanding a Country column value. Click Finish, and accept Report2 as the second report's name.
Figure 4 shows how Report2 looks in the Preview tab. Clicking the expand icon (+) next to a country name drills down to the fields nested within the group value and changes the + to a -. Notice that in Figure 4, you can view the CompanyName, ContactName, and Phone column value for the customers in Mexico, but not for either of the other two countries. Clicking the expanders for either of the other two countries will expose their hidden nested column values.
Deploying a Solution
In Reporting Services, deploying a solution is the process of publishing the reports, shared data sources, and related file items from a Visual Studio .NET project to a folder on a Report Server. Administrators can set permissions to restrict user access to reports and other solution items (e.g., shared data sources) on a Report Server.
When you right-click a project in the Solution Explorer and invoke the Build, Deploy Solution command from a Visual Studio .NET project, you publish items from a solution to a folder on a Report Server. The first time you run the Report Wizard, the folder's name and the Report Server URL appear on the Choose the Deployment Location screen. If the folder's name doesn't exist on a Report Server when a report author invokes the Build, Deploy Solution command, Report Server creates a new folder.
You can view and update the deployment folder and Report Server URL settings from a project's Property Pages. Right-click the project name in the Solution Explorer pane and choose Properties to open a project's Property Pages dialog box. The TargetFolder setting corresponds to the deployment folder for a project, and the TargetServerURL setting contains the URL for the Report Server that hosts a solution's target folder. Figure 5 shows the Property Pages dialog box for the SSMRSIntro example project. Alternatively, you can change a report's deployment location by using the Reporting Services Report Manager application after you publish the report.
Viewing Deployed Solution Items
After you deploy reports and related items from a project to a Report Server, you can view them in one of two ways. First, you can use URL access to read the contents of reports with read-only permissions. Second, you can invoke Report Server for a richer mix of capabilities, including Reporting Services administration. Both approaches require a Windows account on the local Windows server or a Windows account from another trusted Windows server. Administrators have unlimited permissions, including assigning users to predefined and custom roles with permissions to perform tasks, such as reading a report.
Connecting to Report Server through URL access. You can connect to a Report Server by navigating to its URL address from any user account that has permission to connect to it. For example, the IIS server hosting the Reporting Services Report Server in my office is called cab233a. Other computers in my office can connect to the Report Server at the URL http://cab233a/ReportServer. A user who has an authorized user account can navigate a browser to this URL and view a page showing links to folders on the Report Server. The link for the SSMRSIntro folder opens a Web page containing links for the two example reports in this article and the shared data source. The links are named after the item names in the SSMRSIntro project; the Report1 link opens Report1 in the browser.
Figure 6 shows an excerpt from the URL-accessed view of Report1. Notice that the report appears the same as it does in Figure 3, but the Address box shows a URL that contains a command to render the report (rs:Command=Render). In addition, the Select a format drop-down box near the top of the pane lets users save the report in a variety of useful formats. For example, selecting Acrobat (PDF) file from the drop-down box lets users save a local copy of the report in PDF format for offline use.
Invoking Report Server. Users who have appropriate permissions can connect to the Report Server by navigating to http://servername/reports. For this article's examples, the server name is cab233a. Figure 7 shows a connection to the cab233a Report Server and a folder list in the Home folder. Clicking any folder (e.g., SSMRSIntro) in a Home folder reveals the clicked folder's contents. Users can use the Report Server folders to perform tasks according to the role assignments for their Windows account and any Windows groups they belong to. An administrator has all possible permissions. Report Server automatically adjusts its UI to expose permissions and items consistent with the role of each user.
Beyond the Basics
Reporting Services is Microsoft's first entry into the enterprise reporting platform market. I like Reporting Services because it's easy to install and use. Reporting Services will be even more tightly integrated in SQL Server 2005. Learning it now will help you later as you start learning SQL Server 2005. As you work with Reporting Services you'll discover that its capabilities go far beyond what I cover in this tutorial, but you can use the information in this article as a first step to expanding your enterprise reporting capabilities.
Related Reading
"Pushing the Parameters," August 2004
"Reporting Services: It's De-lightful," December 2003
Trial version of Reporting Services
"SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 1"
"Reporting Services System Requirements"
"Reporting Services Trial Software"
"Walkthrough—Creating a Basic Report"
"Walkthrough—Adding Grouping, Sorting, and Formatting to a Basic Report"
"Get to Know Reporting Services," SQL Server Perspectives, February 6, 2004
"An Offer You Can't Refuse," February 2004
"Investigating Reporting," September 2004


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Lobster Tacos
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Source: Recipe from Chef Josefina Santacruz
Warm lobster tacos in flour tortillas with Chile de Arbol Sauce and Black Bean Puree.
1 lobster (1 1⁄2-lb.)
1 tbsp. butter
Salt, to taste
4 flour tortillas, cut into 4-in. circles
4 tbsp. black bean puree (recipe below)
4 slices avocado
4 tsp. chile de arbol sauce (recipe below)
1 tsp. chopped cilantro
Black Bean Puree:
1⁄2 cup dry black beans
1 1⁄2 cups water
1⁄4 small onion
Salt, to taste
Chile de Arbol Sauce:
1⁄2 tsp. olive oil
1 dried chile de arbol, sliced
1⁄4 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tbsp. tomato paste
1⁄2 cup heavy cream
1⁄4 cup chicken stock
Salt, to taste
1 tsp. chopped cilantro
1. Cook lobster in simmering water for 6 min. Remove shell and crack open claws to
remove meat. Roughly chop lobster and warm in a pan with butter; season with salt.
2. Heat tortillas on a griddle. Spread 1-2 tsp. black bean puree on each tortilla; divide lobster on top. Drizzle with chile de arbol sauce; top with avocado slices and cilantro.
Black Bean Puree:
1. Cook beans in water with onion, covered, for about 25 min., or until tender.
2. Season beans with salt and puree until smooth.
Yield: About 2 cups.
Chile de Arbol Sauce:
1. Heat oil; add chile, onion, garlic, and tomato paste. Sauté 3 min.
2. Stir in cream and stock; simmer 5 min. Add cilantro; puree until smooth.
Yield: About 1⁄2 cup.