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Emma Adair
Clinical Research Manager, Neurology
Current Role at Stanford Emma manages the Neurology & Neurosurgery Clinical Trials Team consisting of 17 Clinical Research Coordinators conducting 70+ clinical trials in areas including: Device Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Headache, Epilepsy, Neuroimmunology, Alzheimers/Memory Disorders, Parkinson's, Radiology, and Bio Banks.
Bruce T. Adornato
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio Dr. Adornato joined the Department of Neurology as Voluntary Clinical Faculty in 1978, (subsequently Adjunct Clinical Faculty) and has served as Director of the Neuromuscular Laboratory from 1978 until 1983, performing and interpreting nerve and muscle biopsies as well as serving as attending physician directing residents and medical students in the diagnosis and care of his private patients admitted to Stanford Hospital. Since 1986, he has been attending physician at the Palo Alto VA Hospital, directing Stanford Neurology residents and medical students in the care of veterans. He has published 69 peer reviewed papers and a number of book chapters in the field of neurology. He is currently the medical officer of a silicon valley startup exploring mobility devices for the neurologically impaired.
Gregory W. Albers, MD
The Coyote Foundation Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our group's research focus is the acute treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disorders. Our primary interest is the use of advanced imaging techniques to expand the treatment window for ischemic stroke. We are also conducting clinical studies of both neuroprotective and thrombolytic strategies for the treatment of acute stroke and investigating new antithrombotic strategies for stroke prevention.
Katrin Andreasson
Professor of Neurology at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our research focuses on understanding how immune responses initiate and accelerate synaptic and neuronal injury in age-related neurodegeneration, including models of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. We also focus on the role of immune responses in aggravating brain injury in models of stroke. Our goal is the identification of critical immune pathways that function in neurologic disorders and that can be targeted to elicit disease modifying effects.
Meredith Barad, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My current research interests involve novel treatment paradigms for challenging pain problems such as orofacial pain, trigeminal neuralgia and low pressure headaches. I am also interested in migraine and trigeminal autonomic cephalgias. Finally I amI interested in the intersection between chronic pain and headache.
Fiona Baumer
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I am researching the neurobiology underlying cognitive problems in pediatric epilepsy. I am using transcranial magnetic stimulation paired with EMG and EEG to study cortical excitability and plasticity in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS or Rolandic Epilepsy). I am investigating whether changes in plasticity affect a child's ability to learn.
Michael Eddy F Belloy
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Bio I have a long-standing interest in brain function and network dynamics in both health and disease. I pursue this interest at the interface between state of the art brain imaging technologies and advanced data modelling. This translates into the investigation of large-scale multimodal datasets that contain information on structural and functional brain properties, genetics, and other biomarker data. More recently, I have developed a strong interest to investigate the genetic underpinnings of neurological disorders and their clinical substrates.
I am currently a post-doc at Stanford university, under the lead of Dr. Michael D Greicius, performing genetics and imaging research into Alzheimer's disease and other complex neurological disorders in humans. My main aims are to identify genetic factors that may be causative to Alzheimer's disease and to determine related endophenotypes from publicly available imaging and biomarker data bases. My current project seeks to unravel differential genetic risk for AD across sub-ethnic groups and by interaction with a patients APOE genotype.
During my phd, supervised by Dr. Marleen Verhoye, Dr. Shella Keilholz and Dr. Georgios A Keliris, I worked on developing dynamic resting state functional (rsf)MRI in mice, which lead to the first observation of mouse Quasi-Periodic patterns, and related applications for Alzheimer's disease research in rodents. I still have an ongoing interest in dynamic rsfMRI research.
Brent R. Bluett
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio Dr. Brent Bluett received his bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He graduated medical school at Touro University with national osteopathic medicine honors as a member of Sigma Signa Phi. He completed neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern at Austin, during which he was resident chair of the Texas Neurological Society. Afterwards, he went on to obtain a fellowship in Movement Disorders at the University of California San Diego directed by Dr. Irene Litvan, a world renowned expert in atypical parkinsonism. Prior to joining the Stanford movement disorders program, Dr. Bluett worked at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Dr. Bluett's clinical expertise is in all movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, dystonia, normal pressure hydrocephalus, ataxia, and atypical parkinsonism (progressive supranuclear Palsy, dementia with lewy bodies, corticobasal degeneration, and multiple system atrophy). He is trained and skilled in the administration of botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation programming.
Dr. Bluett is a member of the Parkinson Study Group, Huntington Study Group, National Ataxia Foundation, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, and he recently helped create and develop the CurePSP Centers of Care – a national initiative dedicated to increasing access to care and advancing research initiatives for progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration.
Dr. Bluett's research focuses on falls prevention in movement disorders. He received NIH grant funding to explore freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease, in order to better understand the underlying pathophysiology. He is expanding this research at Stanford University by using virtual reality to explore treatments for this disabling phenomenon.
Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MS
John E. Cahill Family Professor, Professor of Neurology and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research focus is human motor control and brain pathophysiology in movement disorders. Our overall goal is to understand the role of the basal ganglia electrical activity in the pathogenesis of movement disorders. We have developed novel computerized technology to measure fine, limb and postural movement. With these we are measuring local field potentials in basal ganglia nuclei in patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonian and correlating brain signalling with motor behavior.
Martin Brown
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly Interests We seek to understand the mechanisms responsible for the resistance of cancers to treatment and to develop strategies to overcome these resistances. We are using molecular and cellular techniques and mouse models to potentiate the activity of radiation on tumors by inhibiting the bone marrow rescue of the tumor vasculature following therapy.
Axel Brunger
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, of Neurology, of Photon Science and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests One of Axel Brunger's major goals is to decipher the molecular mechanisms of synaptic neurotransmitter release by conducting imaging and single-molecule/particle reconstitution experiments, combined with near-atomic resolution structural studies of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery.
Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Mechanisms of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy.
Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests The goal of the Buckwalter Lab is to improve how people recover after a stroke. We use basic research to understand the cells, proteins, and genes that lead to successful recovery of function, and also how complications develop that impact quality of life after stroke. Ongoing projects are focused on understanding how inflammatory responses are regulated after a stroke and how to make recovery faster and better after stroke.
Michelle Thi Cao
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Positive Airway Pressure devices for central sleep apnea
Russell Wade Chan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Bio Russell Wade Chan is a postdoctoral research fellow of Neurology at Stanford University. Dr. Chan received his Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering and Doctoral degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. He is a Junior Fellow of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). His research interest is dissecting brain functional networks using neuromodulation (optogenetics) and neuroimaging (functional MRI) methods.
Steven D. Chang, MD
Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Neurosciences Professor and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and of Neurology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical research includes studies in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders, such as aneurysms and AVMs, as well as the use of radiosurgery to treat tumors and vascular malformations of the brain and spine.
Dr. Chang is C0-Director of the Cyberknife Radiosurgery Program.
Dr. Chang is also the head of the The Stanford Neuromolecular Innovation Program with the goal of developing new technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients affected by neurological conditions.
S. Charles Cho, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical research focused on peripheral nerve and muscle disorders. Also involved with prevention of cerebrovascular disesase in the intraoperative setting. Ongoing clincial studies include treatments for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Inflammatory Demyelinating Neuropathy and HIV neuropathic pain.
Mingyu Chung
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Regulation of cell cycle and quiescence in tissue regeneration, homeostasis, and aging.
Robert Cowan, MD, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Current interest focus on patient education technology and patient/physician communication with a particular emphasis on tools which increase encounter efficiency and improve outcomes. Basic research focuses on mechanisms of action in Chronic Daily Headache, with a particular emphasis on New Daily Persistent Headache. Techniques include fMRI, biomarker investigation and evoked potentials. Clinical research includes clinical trials of novel treatments for episodic and chronic headache forms.
John W. Day, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, of Pediatrics (Genetics) and, by courtesy, of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our Neuromuscular Division coordinates a comprehensive effort to conquer peripheral nerve and muscle disorders, including the muscular dystrophies, motor neuron disorders, neuromuscular junction abnormalities, and peripheral neuropathies. With patients and families foremost in mind, we have had success defining and combating these diseases, with research focused on identifying genetic causes, developing novel treatment, and maximizing patient function by optimizing current management.
Antoine de Morree
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Molecular mechanisms underlying neuromuscular disorders and the molecular regulation of satellite cell quiescence and activation in relation to normal aging.
Danielle DeSouza
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio My research aims to understand the central mechanisms of chronic pain disorders such as migraine and facial pain by combining structural and functional MRI methods, sensory testing, and subjective measures of pain perception and affect . I am also highly interested in how various treatment strategies impact these measures. Other ongoing collaborative projects focus on clinical trials and translational projects to assess novel non-invasive neuromodulation approaches for the treatment of chronic pain and depression, central mechanisms of pain in individuals with chronic Lyme disease, and individual differences in hypnotizability.
Teaching roles include Co-Director for the Neuroscience, Behavior, and Cognition (NBC) Scholarly Concentration, part of a required structured program of study in the medical student curriculum, and Co-Instructor for ANES 215, a required course in the Department of Anesthesia for medical students enrolled in the NBC Scholarly Concentration.
Gayle Deutsch, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Professor (Affiliated) [Shc], Neurology
Current Role at Stanford Clinical Professor (Affiliated) Stanford Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Jun Ding
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Neural circuits of movement control in health and movement disorders
Les Dorfman, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment. Neurological education.
Lauren Drag, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) [Shc], Neurology
Bio Lauren Drag, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor(Affiliated) in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She received her bachelor's degree from Pomona College and a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Drag is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.
She completed a clinical internship in neuropsychology at the VA Ann Arbor Medical Center and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the University of Michigan Healthcare System. Prior to coming to Stanford, she was a researcher at the VA Palo Alto Medical Center and served as Director of the Neuropsychology Area of Emphasis at Palo Alto University. Dr. Drag's research interests are in cognitive aging and traumatic brain injury.
Dawn Duane
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests I am a general pediatric neurologist. My interest is in clinical diagnosis and treatment of common neurologic diseases in pediatric patients and teaching feature doctors, neurologists and pediatric neurologists about pediatric neurology.
Jeffrey Dunn, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Translational research in the human application of emerging immunotherapies for neurological disease, focusing on Multiple Sclerosis, CIS, transverse myelitis and Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO). Collaborative research with Stanford and extramural scientific faculty to identify biomarkers of disease activity and treatment response in humans. Clinical trials to assess efficacy of emerging treatments for MS, CIS and NMO.
Faisal Fecto
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio Dr. Fecto is a board certified neurologist who specializes in neuromuscular medicine. Dr. Fecto completed his medical training at Aga Khan University in Pakistan in 2005, where he was also junior faculty till 2006. Dr. Fecto completed his PhD in neuroscience at Northwestern University in 2012 during which he was supported by a University Fellowship and an NIH/NIA Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship. From 2012 to 2015 he completed his post-doctoral training in neurogenetics at Northwestern as the Link Foundation Fellow. From 2015 to 2019 he completed his neurology residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as part of the clinical-neuroscientist and physician-scientist training programs. During his residency, he served as Chief Neurology Resident and Adult Neurology Clinic Liaison, as well as serving on departmental committees for curriculum development, program evaluation, resident selection, departmental history/centennial celebrations, and resident continuity of care clinic. Dr. Fecto completed his fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at Stanford University in 2020. Dr. Fecto has received several awards including the resident teaching award, resident team leader award, a resident lectureship by the Iowa Neurological Association, and a fellow scholarship by the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Fecto is a well-published researcher and serves as an associate editor for the journal BMC Neurology. His research explores the pathogenic mechanisms that contribute to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related disorders. His research is supported by an NIH/NINDS R25 Research Education Grant. Dr. Fecto is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Society for Neuroscience, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Medical Association.
Anna Finley Caulfield, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Finley joined the Stanford Stroke Center in 2004 from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She cares for acute stroke patients and other neurologically critical ill patients in the intensive care unit. Currently, her research interests include hypothermia after cardiac arrest and comparing health care provider's predications of future neurological function in neurologically critical ill patients to their 6-month outcome.
Paul Graham Fisher, MD
Bing Director of the Program in Human Biology, Beirne Family Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Professor of Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery and of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) at SUMC
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical neuro-oncology: My research explores the epidemiology, natural history, and disease patterns of brain tumors in childhood, as well as prospective clinical trials for treating these neoplasms. Research interests also include neurologic effects of cancer and its therapies, and childhood headaches.
Robert Fisher, MD, PhD
The Maslah Saul Professor in the Department of Neurology and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Fisher is interested in clincal, laboratory and translational aspects of epilepsy research. Prior work has included: electrical deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, studied in laboratory models and clinical trials; drug delivery to a seizure focus; mechanisms of absence epilepsy studied with in vitro slices of brain thalamus; hyperthermic seizures; diagnosis and treatment of non-epileptic seizures, the post-ictal state; driving and epilepsy; new antiepileptic drugs; surgery for epilepsy.
Kara Flavin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Current research interest is stroke recovery, including use of virtual reality and robotics for post-stroke rehabilitation.
Paul George, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SCAFFOLDS FOR STEM CELL-ENHANCED STROKE RECOVERY:
We focus on developing conductive polymers for stem cell applications. We have created a microfabricated, polymeric system that can continuously interact with its biological environment. This interactive polymer platform allows modifications of the recovery environment to determine essential repair mechanisms. Recent work studies the effect of electrical stimulation on neural stem cells seeded on the conductive scaffold and the pathways by which it enhances stroke recovery Further understanding the combined effect of electrical stimulation and stem cells in augmenting neural repair for clinical translational is a major focus of this research going forward.
The George lab develops biomaterials to improve neural recovery in the peripheral and central nervous systems. By controlled release of drugs and molecules through biomaterials we can study the temporal effect of these neurotrophic factors on neural recovery and engineer drug delivery systems to enhance regenerative effects. By identifying the critical mechanisms for stroke and neural recovery, we are able to develop polymeric technologies for clinical translation in nerve regeneration and stroke recovery. Recent work utilizing these novel conductive polymers to differentiate stem cells for therapeutic and drug discovery applications.
The ability to create diagnostic assays and techniques enables us to understand biological systems more completely and improve clinical management. Previous work utilized mass spectroscopy proteomics to find a simple serum biomarker for TIAs (a warning sign of stroke). Our study discovered a novel candidate marker, platelet basic protein. Current studies are underway to identify further candidate biomarkers using transcriptome analysis. More accurate diagnosis will allow for aggressive therapies to prevent subsequent strokes.
Carl Gold
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio Dr. Gold is a board-certified general neurologist who is fellowship-trained in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders in hospitalized patients. He cares for a broad range of patients, including individuals with seizures, central nervous system infections, autoimmune diseases, headaches, neuromuscular conditions, and neurological complications of cancer. Dr. Gold has a particular clinical interest in the inpatient diagnosis of uncommon or rare neurological disorders. He directs quality improvement for the department of Neurology and is actively involved in projects to improve the experience of hospitalized patients with neurological conditions at Stanford. His primary research interest focuses on enhancing the communication skills of neurology residents and he serves as the Director of the Stanford Neurology Residency Communication Coaching Program. He is also the Fellowship Director of the Stanford Neurohospitalist Fellowship.
For more information on the Stanford Neurohospitalist Program & Fellowship, please visit: https://med.stanford.edu/neurology/divisions/neurohospitalist.html
Additional information on Stanford Neurology's efforts in Quality, Safety, & Value can be found here: http://med.stanford.edu/neurology/quality.html
Neelam Goyal, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Goyal specializes in the diagnosis, management, and electrophysiological testing of neuromuscular diseases. Through collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including therapists, research scientists, and ancillary staff, her work focuses on providing state of the art, comprehensive care to patients living with neuromuscular diseases. Her clinical research interests include ALS and sleep, hereditary neuropathies, and neuromuscular junction disorders.
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS
Endowed Professor in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurology at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Grant directs a Blood-brain Barrier Translational Laboratory focusing on enhancing drug delivery to brain tumors in children.
Michael Greicius, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests As the Medical Director of the Stanford Center for Memory Disorders and Principal Investigator of the Stanford Extreme Phenotypes in Alzheimer's Disease (StEP AD) Cohort, Dr. Greicius' research focuses on elucidating the neurobiologic underpinnings of AD. His lab combines cutting edge brain imaging, "deep" phenotyping, and whole-genome sequencing of human subjects to identify novel pathways involved in AD pathogenesis. The goal of his work is to develop effective treatment for AD patients.
Jin S. Hahn, MD
Professor of Neurology, of Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests 1. Clinical informatics and electronic health records
2. Neonatal and fetal neurology
3. Prenatal diagnosis neurodevelopmental anomalies
4. Personalized Health and Wellness Records
Jacob Hall
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Bio Dr. Hall graduated summa cum laude from UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Behavior and received his MD from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He completed an internal medicine internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He went on to train in neurology at Stanford University where he also completed a clinical fellowship in behavioral neurology.
Dr. Hall's clinical expertise includes mild cognitive impairment, dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease, primary progressive aphasia, posterior cortical atrophy, frontotemporal dementia and vascular cognitive impairment.
Dr. Hall's non-clinical time is spent studying novel imaging techniques for neurodegenerative disorders, participating in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials and working with the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
Casey H. Halpern, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests We are currently investigating the effects of deep brain stimulation in obesity using mouse models of human behavior. Many obese individuals exhibit behavioral disinhibition, a clinical feature of many neurologic and psychiatric conditions. We are dissecting the mesocorticolimbic circuit with novel techniques including optogenetics.
May Han, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Multiple sclerosis
Neuromyelitis optica
Autoimmune CNS disorders


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Week of 3.6.09
What Really Happened to Sister DorothySister Dorothy Stang, an American nun, worked as a Catholic missionary in the Brazilian town of Anapu. The 73-year-old nun was murdered, execution-style, in 2005.
Sister Dorothy was from Ohio and spent many years in Brazil with Christian activists working to create a sustainable development program to help feed poor natives while preserving the Amazon rainforest. She helped implement a government project which supported sustainable farming development on rainforest lands. A lover of nature, Dorothy believed land should be shared and preserved equally by everyone. But not everyone appreciated her efforts. During the last years of Dorothy's life, her drive to stop the destruction of the rainforest made her an enemy in the eyes of the region's ranchers and loggers.
Wealthy landowners, ranchers, and loggers claimed the land set aside for the PDS was privately owned and therefore not for government use. They countered Dorothy's beliefs that the Amazon should remain intact and supported deforestation in order to build profit-generating farms and businesses. Men representing these interests are suspected in the plot to kill Dorothy.
The documentary, "They Killed Sister Dorothy," follows David Stang, Dorothy's brother, as he travels to Brazil to find the truth about the murder of his sister. There, he suspects that the three young men who admitted to shooting her were hired assassins connected to two rich and powerful landowners. Vitalimiro "Bida" Moura and Regivaldo Periera Galvao were both later arrested in the case.
The film documents the dramatic courtroom battle from the perspective of Dorothy's brother and fellow activists, the murderers, the powerful defense lawyers, and the region's ranchers. Defense lawyers for the ranchers claimed Dorothy was a U.S. spy and an arms dealer selling weapons to natives to destroy the ranchers' lands. Sister Dorothy's family and friends fought to have the case tried in federal court to escape the corruption of local officials allegedly paid off by wealthy landowners.
"They Killed Sister Dorothy", directed by Daniel Junge and narrated by Martin Sheen, won the 2008 South-by-Southwest Film Festival Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award for Best Documentary.
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Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Senatorial candidate for Kogi West constituency, Dino Melaye, has called out the All Progressive Congress(APC) led administration ahead of the much awaited general elections.
Melaye who was a former APC member called out the ruling party during a live television programme "the verdict" on Channels television today, 19th February.
The highly controversial Senator said the APC has become not only unpopular but have also become incapacitated. He went on to add that Nigerians are already tired of Buhari's led administration and are already looking for a change.


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After the First Mile: A Look Inside Sisu Global Health
In partnership with GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, CAMTech launched The First Mile Innovation Challenge to improve global primary care with a focus on maternal and child health, cardiac health and safe surgery. CAMTech awarded Sisu Global Health $25k for developing health technologies that address critical needs in emerging markets. One of Sisu's technologies, Hemafuse, is an auto-transfusion device that replaces donor blood in emergency situations. Katherine Kirsch, Chief Marketing Officer, offers a look inside Sisu Global Health while working at Impact Hub in Accra, Ghana.
Opening the Sisu Global Health Office
Sisu Global Health recently moved in their own office in Baltimore in early 2017. After working in a series of co-working and shared spaces, moving into and making our own office felt like a validating step as a startup. The location isn't terribly glamorous and is above a mechanic shop, but offered lots of light and a place to really build a company culture. Company culture is immensely important to maintain morale and a quality working environment for the entire team. Our latest addition certainly helps: Rosie, the Golden Retriever and Chief Happiness Officer. The photos that follow are a pretty average day in the Sisu Office.
Mihir Sheth, Project Engineer, working away on possibly the most important tool to a startup: financial proforma spreadsheets. Everyone has a title, but we often end up doing a variety of activities outside of the title's description.
Carolyn Yarina, CEO, contemplating an email. The glamor of a startup knows few bounds.
Rosie and her new friend came to visit the office to keep us company. These visitors help everyone's happiness and offer healthy walk breaks each day.
Hosting Chinese Investors in Baltimore, Maryland
In mid-May, Sisu Global Health had the honor of hosting one of their investors, Futuretech, and a contingency from Changzhou and Tianning, China, who were interested in social impact ventures in the US. Carolyn Yarina, Sisu's CEO, presented about the company and our future goals to the multi-lingual audience. Katherine Kirsch, Chief Marketing Officer, and Mihir Sheth, Project Engineer, also presented a hands-on demonstration of how Hemafuse might function in surgery.
No one was hurt in the demonstration! We used fake blood made of Jell-O and food coloring to add simulation effects.
Visiting Hospitals in Uganda
Gillian Henker, Sisu's Chief Technology Officer, spent 10 days visiting hospitals in Uganda. Her goal was to determine future sites for Sisu Global Health to partner with and how best to navigate the Ugandan health system, including understanding costs of blood (Hemafuse's primary competition), how donor blood and surgical costs are paid for and discovering Key Opinion Leaders for the product. Gillian spent most of her time in Kampala but was happy to also visit CAMTech-supported Mbarara Hospital, a few hour's drive outside the capital. Gillian enjoyed meeting new clinicians and health workers in a new country and certainly enjoyed the Ugandan hospitality.
Dr. Rose Nabirye is the Dean at the School of Health Sciences for Makerere University. We met to discuss the Ugandan health system and to identify key hospitals that would benefit from Hemafuse
On the way to Mbarara University, my taxi driver, Benedict, and I stopped along the way to see where the equator passes through Uganda. The typical tourist site for travelers along the way like a world's largest ball of string.
I met with CAMTech at Mbarara University and heard from several student groups about what technologies they were developing to launch in Uganda. I was able to visit the hospital and work out of their lab for the day among them.
Presenting at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland
After winning the First Innovation Discovery Challenge, sponsors GE Healthcare and CAMTech invited Sisu Global Health to present at the World Health Assembly. The World Health Assembly is the largest World Health Organization gathering in Geneva with top government officials and health-focused decision makers on international health priorities. Safer surgery was a specific focus this year. Hemafuse, Sisu's first product, enables access to a patient's own blood during certain emergency surgery, and advocating for surgery in low-to-middle income countries is very important to us.


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Arriello's Global Pharmacovigilance (PV) Network and services.
A poor translation can lead to a misunderstood critical report. An article on an adverse reaction buried in a local scientific journal can go undetected. A follow-up on a case isn't carried out.
All these errors can lead to serious repercussions for you, and for patient safety.
It's an undeniable fact; an ineffective local PV service can lead to a significant level of risk with non-compliance of regulatory requirements, major or critical inspection findings, and patient safety. And that's why the quality and efficiency of the processes and management of your local PV system is critical.
Arriello has been a leading supplier of Global and Local Pharmacovigilance services, since 2008. Our team has a combined experience of over 100 years across the EU, US, LATAM, MENA, CIS, APAC regions and South Africa. We are constantly expanding our global coverage and currently operate in 143 countries with the ability to expand this as required.
We can offer a completely tailored Local PV service solution to your requirements based on the following areas:
Faster, better, smarter within pharmacovigilance.
How does our faster, better, smarter ethos apply to pharmacovigilance? What does it mean in practice for clients, and for patient safety?
Anna Lukyanova, Arriello's COO talks about how we integrate these 3 principles into our pharmacovigilance service for maximum effect.
"In pharmacovigilance, faster is a much more focused concept because it has a patient safety and compliance implication - it is critical for us to be fast to respond to serious cases and to respect client and authority deadlines.
I'm really proud to say that our pharmacovigilance team truly embraces and integrates the fundamental principles of faster, better, smarter in their work on a daily basis, and that it helps them to focus and achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients and for patient safety."
Donna Hartley
Drug Safety Manager, Pharmacovigilance and Safety Services, ICON plc, Ireland
Drug Safety Officer.
A major and growing role in Pharmacovigilance is that of the DSO – Drug Safety Officer. This role is often connected/interchangeable with the titles LSO - Local Safety Officer, LRPV - Local person Responsible for Pharmacovigilance and others which can differ country by country and client by client.
The DSO role objective is primarily the same regardless of title; to have a dedicated knowledgeable and efficient technical service at the individual country/territory level.
At Arriello we offer a unique blend of in-house resource and expertise, combined with local in-country staff who fully understand local regulations. This includes but not limited to Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSR) intake and local level processing, local submissions (aggregate reports, RMPs, ICSRs, etc.), compliance monitoring, the implementation of local PV requirements in relevant procedures and systems, providing PV/product-specific training, Health Authority inspections and many more! As the role is flexible depending on individual client needs and local PV regulations, the exact mix of capabilities and requirements varies.
Whatever your Drug Safety Officer requirements, we can propose and deliver a faster, better, smarter solution to meet them.
LPPV - local person responsible for pharmacovigilance.
Through consultation and our extensive experience and knowledge of local PV requirements, we know what is required in each market and how that matches your requirements. We can then provide either a LQPPV - local qualified person for pharmacovigilance service, or a LCPPV - local contact person for pharmacovigilance service.
We can do this in all your markets through our comprehensive global vendor network which is qualified and audited by our dedicated vendor management department.
Local Literature Screening.
Literature Monitoring specifically at the individual country level is a key part of our local pharmacovigilance system at Arriello. Using broad and narrow search strategies and keywords, we search local medical and scientific journals including published study results, literature reviews, meta-analysis, etc.
We make sure we've fully assessed any available information that may have an impact on patient safety, or require further investigation or changes required in specific markets.
Regulatory Intelligence.
Our faster, better, smarter approach extends right down to the requirements from our local vendors. They provide us with regular updates on changes to local regulatory requirements and legislation by monitoring official sources such as their National Competent Authority, Health Ministry websites and others. Then, all this information is double-checked by another vendor to ensure all it is correct.
This depth of research and monitoring, with a double-checking process, means you can be confident that you're completely compliant in that market. Plus, you'll gain country-specific insights that could reduce your risk and allow ample forward planning of changes and implementation that can impact your PV system or your product.
How do we operate in 143 countries?
We have a highly trained and knowledgeable network of local specialists that meet our faster, better, smarter standards, and can respond to sometimes frequent changes in local legislation.
Arriello's Head of Global PV Network and services, Zuzana Plánočková, talks about how our rigorous auditing program makes sure we deliver for our clients, on time, every time.
""Although the PV principles remain the same, every regulatory authority and every company can have a different interpretation of PV requirements and PV legislation.
With the depth of expertise we have at Arriello, and the quality of our extensive global network, we can and do meet all the local PV requirements of regulators, and our clients, faster, better, smarter."
Berit Lindholm
CEO, Bluefish Pharmaceuticals, Sweden
Case Management at the local level.
We offer complete support in management of ICSRs on local level, including but not limited to:
Safety mailbox management
We can monitor, assess, track, process and forward any correspondence and information received in the local safety mailbox.
Local case submission
We can process all local submissions to the National Competent Authorities according to the country specific requirements (e.g. on format, timelines, route of submission, etc.).
Case follow-up
We ensure that all cases that require additional information after initial review are rigorously followed-up back to their sources.
Safety Reports.
Whatever the specific requirement is for writing and developing safety reports, you can trust Arriello's pharmacovigilance experts to gather the right data, use the right formats, and follow the right processes to comply with local regulatory requirements.
Pharmacovigilance Translations to/from Local Languages.
Clear communication is critical for maintaining your MA and protecting lives.
We provide translations specifically for Life Sciences materials across all therapeutic areas. From ICSRs to abstracts and articles from local literature screening, translations are available in virtually any language and at any scale.
Our network is based on a mix of certified translators, or local translators that meet a minimum three criteria of medical background, local language plus English knowledge.
Vendor Vetting and Management.
Our large vendor network includes 128 companies in 92 countries but that doesn't mean they aren't subject to the demands of our faster, better, smarter culture.
When you partner with Arriello you can be sure quality extends right through to our vendors thanks to the robust processes our vendor management department has in place for vetting and management including:
Qualification for selection
Using a balanced scorecard, our department assesses and monitors potential vendors based on predefined criteria.
We regularly require our vendors to provide reports on their performance, which are then checked internally by our PV project managers and specialists. We also monitor all reporting timelines are adhered to for compliance too.
Compliance monitoring
To ensure our vendors are fully compliant, we conduct on-site and off-site audits based on the frequency identified in the approach to risk planning or Risk Management Plan.
With training, we use education to empower our vendors to follow Arriello's best practices and our faster, better, smarter approach.
Risk Minimization activities.
At Arriello, we provide support for several risk minimization activities targeted at increasing patient safety close to the source.
These can include documents that may help physicians properly prescribe your drug or patients and doctors to properly use it (e.g. Direct Healthcare Professional Communication (DHPC), educational materials and other communications) – all according to the guidelines and requirements of the national competent authorities in that location.
Audit/Inspection Readiness - AIR.
If you'll soon undergo an audit, you don't have to face it alone. At Arriello, our experienced team has a deep understanding of the auditing process.
We are audited numerous times each year as part of the auditing process of our clients as they themselves either prepare to be audited or, as part of a health agency inspection, where we are part of the system they maintain. True to our faster, better, smarter ethos, we are fully ISO: 9001 Certified for Quality Management and we are able to offer this expertise as a service.
With our team, you can...
- Have Arriello audit your organization for best practices through a detailed gap analysis and report.
- Prepare for a Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP) Audit.
- Ready your team for a Health Inspection Audit.
- Learn how to audit internal teams and vendors.
More about support services for audits and inspections.
Pharmacovigilance training.
In addition to our in-house pharmacovigilance services, we can also provide pharmacovigilance training for your specific project or as a standalone service.
Full Pharmacovigilance System and services.
We also offer a Full Pharmacovigilance System and services. These have been developed and refined over several years and are maintained by our in-house European Union Qualified Person Responsible for Pharmacovigilance (EUQPPV) and Deputy QPPV, backed up with the support of a range of Medical specialists. For more information, click here.
Download our PV services brochure.
You'll find all the key information about our PV services in our Full PV System and Global PV Network Brochure, which you can download here.
Current or future requirements for nationally targeted Pharmacovigilance solutions?
Find out how our faster, better, smarter service can meet and surpass them. Just fill and send the form and we'll be in touch, it's easy.


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Self-Driving Vehicles on the Horizon; Humphrey School Works to Ensure They're Accessible to All
When Myrna Peterson wants to visit downtown Grand Rapids, Minnesota, from her home two miles outside the city limits, she uses the most convenient vehicle she has: her motorized wheelchair. Peterson, who has been in a wheelchair since she was seriously injured in a 1995 car accident, has few other options to get around town.
"I used to run marathons, and I can roll a 10-minute mile," Peterson says. "It's about five miles from one end of town to the other. My chair goes 11 to 12 miles on one charge, but some days I run out of juice."
Grand Rapids, a city of about 11,000 people in north central Minnesota, is like many other small communities in Greater Minnesota. It has limited bus service, especially during the evenings and on weekends. People with mobility issues, like Peterson, face even more constraints when trying to go shopping, get to an appointment, or go out to dinner.
That's why Peterson has become an advocate for more accessible transportation in her community, and wants Grand Rapids to be the location of a pilot program to test driverless vehicles.
"Rural outstate communities are often the last ones to get advanced services, but we need them the most because we have greater distances to travel and fewer people," she says, "and school districts have bus routes that cover vast numbers of miles."
Peterson served on a task force, along with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Center for Transportation Studies, to examine issues of equity and access to driverless cars for people with low incomes or disabilities.
Driverless cars are just that: vehicles that navigate their routes without human input. They're capable of sensing their surroundings through GPS, radar, laser light, computer vision, and other control technologies. Vehicles of different sizes are being designed to serve different purposes: to transport one individual, a family, or a few dozen people a few blocks or to a city down the road.
"This technology has the potential, if deployed correctly, to improve mobility and access for people who can't drive," says Frank Douma, director of the Humphrey School's State and Local Policy Program and an expert on driverless vehicles. "The populations that can't drive now include those with disabilities, senior citizens, and those who can't afford to own a car."
That question—how to deploy the technology in an equitable manner—is what Douma and his research team are trying to answer, especially for smaller communities.
"One option is to improve rural transit. It's very expensive per ride now, and a lot of the cost is for the drivers," says Douma. "If you can supplement that service with driverless shuttles, which have a lower cost to operate, then you can increase the frequency of service. Or a community could set up a co-op system and purchase vehicles that everyone could share."
It's not just small towns that could benefit from this technology. Sandy Vargas, senior executive leadership fellow at the Humphrey School and chair of the task force, points out that many urban residents also have limited access to transportation.
"For example, many people live in Minneapolis but the job growth is in the suburbs, and the transit system has not been able to respond," says Vargas. "People may have to ride two or three buses to get to work, especially if they work second or third shift or have more than one job."
Vargas adds this issue of transportation access is part of a persistent pattern, where people in low-income communities and those with disabilities are often left out of the conversations about employment and economic development strategies.
"The equity task force was a good way to include a lot of different voices in the discussion," Vargas says. "A lot of times, the practitioners don't make an effort to look at the effect on people whose voices are not always heard."
The task force identified several issues that should be addressed as planning on driverless vehicles moves forward:
- There is a lack of research and no clear vision for self-driving vehicles in rural areas
- The transportation needs of Minnesota's tribal nations must be considered
- Provisions and regulations must be established to ensure that travel on self-driving vehicles is affordable and accessible to all people, regardless of income and ability
- Barriers to accessible transportation currently exist; state and local planners must address those issues regardless of whether driverless cars become a reality
"The Humphrey School's involvement in this conversation fits with our mission to improve and strengthen our democracy," said Vargas. "The ability for Minnesotans to access adequate transportation is a key resource for making sure our state is prosperous, successful and equitable."
The task force completed its formal duties over the summer, but the discussion over how to implement driverless technologies on an equitable basis is just getting started. The next step for Douma and his research team is to convene discussion groups of potential users, decision-makers and other stakeholders in communities in greater Minnesota.
The first session is scheduled next month in Grand Rapids. Myrna Peterson, who likely will arrive at the meeting in her motorized wheelchair, says community leaders there will meet to discuss what it would take for them to become a testing ground for driverless vehicles.
"We're excited to be given the opportunity, and we want to know more answers," she says.


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This recipe is a slight adaptation of The Cafe Sucre Farine's Honey and Sea Salt Roasted Almonds. Instead of sea salt, I used coarse ground Himalayan Pink Salt because that's what I had.
The recipe's super easy — four ingredients — all things I had in my pantry. The above photo is after coating the sliced almonds with the coconut oil and honey mixture before the pan went in the oven.
And here they are after 25 minutes in the oven, stirring every 5 minutes or so. When the pan first comes out, the almonds look wet, but as they cool, the glaze hardens into a crunchy coating. The almonds aren't super sweet, and go great as a topping on salads, yogurt, oatmeal… really anything that needs a little pizzazz. They're also super for snacking!


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"I'm a foreign correspondent on enemy lines," Representative Michele Bachmann said on a hometown radio show this year of her role in the nation's capital, "and I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington."
It was classic Bachmann: catchy, biting, partisan. But critics say her sound bites also often carry a different quality: inaccuracy.
PolitiFact, a nonpartisan project by The St. Petersburg Times of Florida to fact check the statements of political figures, analyzed six of Ms. Bachmann's comments that seemed questionable and found all of them to contain falsehoods. Three were characterized on the group's Web site as "pants on fire," a designation the site's editor, Bill Adair, defines as inaccurate and making a "ridiculous claim."
In June, Ms. Bachmann told The Washington Times that Acorn, the controversial community group that had been made a national partner in the next census count, would receive federal money and be "in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
But according to PolitiFact, while some people who get census jobs may learn about them through Acorn, the group will not be in charge of collecting data from the public, nor does it receive payment for signing on as a partner.
Ms. Bachmann also said her family would not provide information to the census beyond how many people lived in their home "because the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."
The Constitution, PolitiFact found, contains no such requirement, though a measure passed by Congress requires people to answer questions posed by the census takers.
And in April, Ms. Bachmann told an interviewer that she found it interesting that "it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter." She added, "And I'm not blaming this on President Obama; I just think it's an interesting coincidence."
As it happens, the scare of the 1970s came in 1976, PolitiFact found. Gerald R. Ford, a Republican, was president.
Debbee Keller, the press secretary for Ms. Bachmann, said the congresswoman took PolitiFact's analysis "with a grain of salt."
"Despite the fact that they try to make themselves sound above the fray and objective, PolitiFact is nothing more than another Web site trying to make its own headlines," Ms. Keller said.


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|Pierre Cordier & Gundi Falk, Chimigramme 11-6-13 I "Resurgence", 2013
The above piece, by the Brussels-based team of Pierre Cordier and Gundi Falk, demonstrates the devotion to exacting conceptions for which they are famous. Here they compound that practice by using one of their frequent ploys, the hidden puzzle, an audience favorite since time immemorial. If you stand back and squint real hard you can just make out the letters of the title, R-e-s-u-r-g-e-n-c-e, written left to right and then, as in a boustrophedon, a device popular in ancient Greece, from right to left in the line below and zigzagging back and forth down the picture. As I say, you have to squint. Who said boustrophedons were easy! Yet is the supposed boustrephodon here actually a red herring, a trail leading to a misreading? It's for you to decide. Here's a blow-up of the lower left corner, which is elegant fun but unfortunately may not help at all:
|detail, Resurgence
In a work like this, planning in advance is essential - everything must be scrupulously mapped out, the incisions, the larger boundaries, the form to be taken by the hidden letters of text, the areas to be masked from chemical assault. 'More Mondrian, less Pollock,' as Pierre has said - a lot more. The good part is that once set in motion the process more or less proceeds to term on its own, and all the artist has to do is shift the paper from one tray to another. Imperfections, blips, and other small visitations from the gods of photochemistry, when they happen, are accepted into the picture, indeed they are blessed as emblematic. But I exaggerate somewhat.
To monitor progress (the new reader should review earlier how-to posts on chemigrams, such as this), the artist may use the thickness of dark and light lines as a measure or trace of ongoing activity, a chronometric record not unlike the growth rings of a tree - an idea which, the more we think of it, may connect chemigrams to the larger saga of natural history and to the seasons of the earth. If you think this connection far-fetched, we've discussed themes allied to it before in other contexts, for instance in the rate of movement of mackie lines around the equator. Critics and pundits in the future, if there is a future and there are critics, will want to expound on this.
Another work on view by the same team is 'Musigram', a remarkable piece depicting a fantasy musical score that features a staccato of bips, or congealed clumps of musical notes, against an opulent black. Don't even think of playing it, it's only for viewing. One attendee at the opening tried to hum it but failed, complaining he needed a bass line to keep time - or perhaps just a refreshed glass.
|Pierre Cordier & Gundi Falk, Chimigramme 11-6-13 I "Musigram", 2013
|detail, Musigram
Douglas Collins has several chemigrams in the show as well, quite different in design and a far cry from the impeccable work of Cordier & Falk. All were done earlier this year, mainly in the western Mexican state of Guerrero working under, let's say, simple conditions. Using Foma FB paper outdoors under a tree, he produced this
|Collins, Guerrero series #4, 2016
and this
|Collins, Guerrero series #5, 2016
|Collins, Guerrero series #11, 2016
The quality of the light and of the water in rural Mexico can be expected to have had an effect, from subtle to determinative: the water was from an ancient well, and bore minerals from deep in the mountainside. Here's some detail:
|detail, Guerrero series #4
and again
|detail, Guerrero series #11,
Or, according to Collins, they could express something else entirely, and that's okay with him too.
Pierre Cordier and Gundi Falk will be seen at Galerie Volker Diehl (Berlin) in August and at Paris Photo/Scheublein + Bak (Paris/Zurich) in November. Gundi Falk has a solo show underway at Barbado Gallery (Lisbon). Collins has work currently on view at IPCNY (New York) and at the Center for Photographic Art (Carmel, California).


text: Share Smaller TextLarger TextPrint Mood and MS By Nicholas LaRocca Jun 03, 2019 1 Comments Those of us who have been involved in both the research and care of people with MS walk a tightrope sometimes between pointing out the severity of a problem and solving it. We want to alert our patients without overwhelming them. On Thursday, I attended a session on depression and other mood disorders at the Consortium of MS Centers meeting in Seattle that really brought home how prevalent these symptoms are in people with MS. While the numbers are sobering, the message is clear: bringing this information to light can only bring us closer to finding solutions. Depression is two or more times more prevalent in people with MS than in the general population, says Dr. Scott Patten (from the University of Calgary) in his review of the studies (find his presentation here). When researchers try to find out what factors predict lower quality of life, depression gets high marks. Not surprising, since depression affects how you function at work, in school, in your social life and during recreational activities. It's crucial to distinguish depression from other MS symptoms, though, and Dr. Patten made some great points. People may feel "low" from MS fatigue, but that is the kind of feeling that gets worse as the day goes on. Depression is worse earlier in the morning. So, the "scales" we use to measure such symptoms are important, but more importantly, providers need to keep their eyes and ears open. Truthfully, just two questions can help: During the past two weeks, have you often felt down, depressed or hopeless? During the past two weeks, have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things? Dr. Anthony Feinstein (University of Toronto) discussed treatment options. There are several antidepressants that have shown promise for treating MS-related depression, and which you might be prescribed can depend on your other symptoms. If you have fatigue, you want to take something that will not make you more tired. If you have cognitive impairment, you may want to take something that will keep working even if you miss a dose. Read more in his presentation. Cognitive behavioral therapy works, he said, whether it's given individually, in groups, or even via telephone. It doesn't have to be a long, involved process. Cognitive behavior therapy is a short-term treatment that helps people to take a practical approach to problem solving. Changing how you think can help you to resolve difficulties, and that can change how you feel. I was encouraged by his discussion of options like computerized cognitive behavioral therapy—now under study. People in rural areas or people with mobility challenges need viable options for addressing mental health challenges. Does personality matter? It might, according to novel research presented by Dr. Ralph Benedict (University at Buffalo). He showed how a test that evaluates five personality traits—neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness—can be used in people with MS. What's the point? Some traits—like really high levels of neuroticism—are associated with mood disorders. His team is working on strategies that might help people to compensate for these traits. If you try to help people overcome mood disorders, you need to know what stands in the way. We have to combat the stigma around discussing depression and other mood disorders. There's nothing shameful about having depression. Depression is treatable, and we don't want to miss this opportunity to make life better for people with MS. Nicholas LaRocca, PhD Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is a consultant to the National MS Society. He is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of MS for over 30 years. He was an associate professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York Medical College before joining the Society in 1997. Dr. LaRocca served as vice president of health care delivery and policy research in the research programs department of the Society. In this role, he was responsible for Society funding of research to address the symptoms of MS, and the rehabilitation, epidemiology and psychosocial aspects of MS, as well as health policy studies.


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Wood pellets
Wood pellets are a form of wood energy that is clean-burning, convenient and cost-effective. They are made by drying and compressing sawdust and wood shavings.
Despite these simple beginnings, businesses and organisations are increasingly using wood for industrial energy generation, horticulture such as heating greenhouses, and for heating commercial buildings and schools. In fact, it is now the forth largest energy source after oil, coal and gas.
Part of its popularity in recent years is due to the fact that wood can be grown and used sustainably. Wood energy is also carbon neutral as the carbon released by burning wood is equal to the carbon absorbed by trees during growth.
Wood energy is a form of bioenergy. Bioenergy is energy from the sun which is captured in organic material such as wood, crops or animal waste.
How are wood pellets made?
Wood pellets are produced using waste material such as untreated sawdust and shavings from local sawmills. This woody material is dried to and compressed into 6mm diameter pellets under high pressures and temperatures. This process solidifies the pellet, by using the natural lignin found in wood, no artificial additives or binders are required. Pellet moisture content varies between <15% (for industrial grade pellets which are not produced in New Zealand) and <8% (for pellets rated as 'Category A1 Premium Pellets').
Energy from wood pellets
The ratio of energy used for processing compared to the energy value of the produced pellets depends on whether the material used is wet or dry. The energy yield ratio is 20:1 for dry material and 7:1 for wet material.
- Example 1: To produce 1 tonne of wood pellets from dry shavings requires approx 250kWh of electrical energy. One tonne of wood pellets contains 5000kWh of energy. For every 1 unit of energy put in there are 20 units out. This gives an energy yield ratio of 20:1, or 5%.
- Example 2: To produce 1 tonne of wood pellets from wet sawdust (50% m.c), requires 300kWh of electrical energy and 400kWh of heat energy. One tonne of wood pellets contains 5000kWh of energy. For every 1 unit of energy in there are 7 units out. This gives an energy yield ratio of 7:1 or 14%.
Pros and cons of using wood pellets
Wood pellets are a highly standardised and compact fuel, this allows for cost-efficient transportation and storage. The design of pellet stoves ensures almost complete combustion, resulting in the cleanest burn and lowest ash of any solid fuel. Low emissions mean there is a very low impact on air quality.
However, wood pellets can sometimes be more expensive than other forms of wood energy.


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BOSTON (CBS) — On the surface, it seems like Roger Goodell is constantly in danger of losing his post as the commissioner of the NFL. So it came as a shock to many when it was reported that Goodell is on the verge of an extension to stay on as commish through 2024.
Why are the NFL's 32 owners so devoted to Goodell as commissioner? The Boston Sports Journal's Greg Bedard offered some insight into that when he joined 98.5 The Sports Hub's Felger & Mazz on Tuesday.
There are two well-documented reasons why the owners would like to keep Goodell as their commissioner. One is the money the league has made since he became commissioner in 2006; every team has significantly increased in value since he took over, while the latest reports say the league earned over $14 billion in revenue in 2016. The other reason is that Goodell is the public face of the league; he shields the owners from criticism that they would otherwise receive themselves.
But the third reason the owners like Goodell may come as a surprise, because it's a side of Goodell that fans and the general public never see. Goodell is actually "very personable", especially in his private interactions with the owners and their families – and it's been frustrating for those who would prefer Goodell showed more of his real self publicly.
"It drives Roger's people crazy that they cannot get the private Goodell into the public," said Bedard. "It's the one guy where you say, 'Just be yourself, and people will like you. People like you!' He just can't do it, for some reason. But he is extremely personable, and this is the side that the owners see."
Perhaps the private Goodell came out when he met those Patriots fans in Foxboro.
Despite all the good things that Goodell has done for the owners, that same success hasn't necessarily translated to happy fans. Bedard acknowledged that Goodell angers fans across the league with the demeanor he projects in his press conferences and other public appearances – and justifiably so.
"I do not think [Goodell's] good for the game," said Bedard. "Any time he talks about anything, he just looks like he's disingenuous and just trying to play the high notes. I don't think anybody believes him, when he talks about player safety or the integrity of the league or transparency … it's all just a bunch of B.S. when you hear him talk."
Michael Felger also offered his thoughts on Goodell's performance as NFL commissioner, and the guys also went over some key questions entering week 3 of the Patriots preseason. Listen above for the full podcast and check out Bedard's thoughts on Jimmy Garoppolo below:


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New Years Eve is here – which means in less than 6 hours it will be the start of 2017. So in this post I'm hoping to look back on 2016 and share some of the new things that will be happening in 2017 with Irish Primary Teacher.
I was looking back over photographs from the year the other day and it really has been a great year. I love travelling and seeing different places so my highlights included New York, Rome, Florence, Milan and Brighton and I'm hoping for lots more trips in 2017. As well as that I was granted CID in my school – which is great security for the future. The blog has gone from strength to strength throughout the year and I was thrilled to be included in Feedspots top 100 teaching blogs and top 10 primary teaching blogs on the internet!
And the not so good…
On the day we got our summer holidays – I deleted the blog by mistake and I was devastated – so much work was gone and couldn't be retrieved. I debated whether it was worth all the time/effort to rebuild the site and decided to do it. Thankfully we managed to get some of it down from cached versions on the internet. It was definitely a massive learning point and I now have everything backed up and know to ask and make sure I know what I'm doing before pressing silly buttons.
Goals for 2017
Health and Fitness; I joined a new gym just before Christmas. My best friend is getting married next December so thats a great motivation to get fit this year! I'm also glad that I joined before Christmas because I'm not terrified about starting from scratch now in January!
Music; I'm hoping to complete Grade 2/3 this year in Piano and to continue playing violin too!
Holidays; I'm hoping to go on two trips abroad this year – hopefully one over the Easter holidays and maybe another during the summer.
IPT in 2017
I'm hoping to make some small changes to the blog in 2017. Some of these include;
Teacher tip Tuesday/Thursday
I'm hoping to write a blogpost every Tuesday/Thursday (might vary) with a tip for saving time/ organising resources/ lesson ideas etc.
Guest Blog Posts
I will be starting a series of guest blog posts over the next few weeks. If you would like to write a guest blog post; please email email@example.com – blog posts could be about anything teaching related from lesson ideas to tips for organising resources or about your experience as a teacher (particularly interested if you are working abroad/ working in a special ed setting etc.)
The first series will be from a student teacher who is beginning a 10 week placement in January.
I'm in the middle of making some new resources for the IPT store and hopefully will be able to upload these in the coming weeks. I'm hoping to make at least 2 resources a month so if you have any ideas/requests please email me.
Overall, I'm hoping that 2017 will be another great year! Thank you for following IPT in 2016 and I hope 2017 is a wonderful year for you!
Niamh x


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Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around sugar, a product with massive influence in the energy and food industries. It explores sugar's historical influence, its use in biofuels, and its place in the modern diet. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
This title examines an important historic event - the bubonic plague. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the disease, how it spread, key players and happenings during the black death, and the event's effects on society up through modern times. Features include a table of contents, a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.


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Distance Between Thornton and Gray Summit = Miles
Calculated driving distance between Thornton, New Hampshire and Gray Summit, Missouri is miles, this equals kilometres. Estimated driving time is in current traffic conditions. With an average car, this trip would cost around $ in gasoline, since you would need about gallons of fuel.(Based on current US Gas prices and average mileage of 3.6 gallons gas per mile).
Leaving from Thornton, New Hampshire located in New Hampshire - United States you would reach Gray Summit, Missouri (Missouri - United States) in about driving an average speed of miles per hour to cover the miles, assuming traffic conditions stay unchanged and you don't take any breaks.
Map Overview
The map overview below shows the best driving route from Thornton, New Hampshire to Gray Summit, Missouri as a blue line on the map, with starting point (Thornton) marked A, and destination point (Gray Summit) marked B. You can zoom in on the map to view road numbers, street names and other details both in Thornton, New Hampshire and Gray Summit, Missouri as well as every other town near or on your route.


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Mr. O'Donnell brings 30+ years of experience to Dominic's equipment rental. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State, including 33 years in the oil fields of the western United States, surveying, well logging, an H2S Safety supervisor.
Early in the 1980's Mr.O'Donnell moved into the construction industry as a materials technician, and purchasing Agent for a Pennsylvania bridge, and highway contractor. O'Donnell has 20+ years of rental service to bring to Dominic's. We welcomed him on board as of March 2010, and congratulate him on his election to the board of the Pennsylvania American Rental Association.


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There are many gods in this world, and people seem to argue over which one is the most powerful, or the best. While the fact that there can only be one god, is in a way correct. The argument over which one is absolutely false. It's simply a way for humans to feel confident over their incompetence to thrive their lives to happiness, which ultimately is each ones own responsibility. The one god, or goddess that I am talking about is you, me and everyone, as well as everything. It is the all powerful force, that is accessable to all human beings, plants and animals in this world. To tap into it, gives you real freedom to explore human consciousness and achieve things in life that make it worth living. Competition of any kind, between religion or acrobatic theatre is not necessary and only for those who are weak.
The world is full of different kinds of gods, made by man. But the one god or goddess is that which covers the whole world. Whenever I find examples of people who have embraced this tremendous force, I take not and study their ways. It's always good to stay humble even if you achieve as incredible things as the Tiandi Theatre in Beijing has over the course of their acrobatic lifetime. Within Chinese history, the tradition has been that only those who forget pride and become humble within the forces of greater gods, one can really achieve the skill that is needed to become an acrobatic performer. Chinese tradition has indeed set the par of skill within this area of theatrical performance as high as it can be. Which is why the westerners could never replicated the feats, or reach the level of enlightement that has given the Beijing acrobats a power of gods to become one of the leading such nightlife venues.
Often enough, best examples are found in the most ordinary examples and even in commercial areas. For the performers at the Tiandi Theatre, money is definitely now the thriving power. Especially since wage is so low, that doing the incredible stage performance as many times as once a day without much holiday.. one needs to be passionate about their work and to entertain foreigners who come to Beijing. If you don't believe me, just go there yourself and witness the true marvel of Chinese acrobatics.
There are others too which I will talk about, and cover in later posts. Until then, let us dream and embrace the world gods that are everyone and us all. To witness this, head on Beijing and don't be afraid!
W. unconditional love,
Note. Last updated October, 2016


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Indie Adda is an attempt to build a platform for Indie authors, their interviews, critics for their works are posted here, will love to have some guest bloggers there!
Right now I can't pay you anything monetarily but will love to write for you in return if you want.
Apart from that, your post will be shared in Indie Adda's facebook page.
If you allow me, it can be added into the Agnishatdal Ezine too.
If you have something to say about Indie publishing or Writers we will love to hear that!
Write to me-
firstname.lastname@example.com and send a copy to email@example.com (MUST). I always acknowledge mails, if I don't like them I will tell you.
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We will be referencing YGKEvents.com throughout this article, as that is the primary domain we use for marketing purposes and it's a lot easier to type in!
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The Coma: Cutting Class Apk is an Adventure game for android
Download latest version of The Coma: Cutting Class Apk + Obb Data + Mod [Unlimited Life] v1.0.1 for Android 6.0 and up from androidlegends.xyz with direct link developed by DODAM GAMES
The Coma: Cutting Class Apk Description
After spending all night studying for the last day of Sehwa High's final exams, Youngho has an eerie dream. He arrives at school the next morning and learns someone tried to commit suicide in school the night before. Despite this, class goes on!
Youngho drifts asleep during the final to find himself trapped in the school at night. The only problem is…he's not alone. You can run. You can hide. Can you survive while piecing together the nightmarish mystery of Sehwa High?
The Coma: Cutting Class is a Korean survival-horror adventure game set in a frightening shadow world.
Make your way through a twisted school, packed with dangerous encounters and a relentless killer. In this unthinkable situation, your choice is clear: figure out what brought you here and escape. Unfortunately, it seems your school's inhabitants have other ideas…
▣ Polished Graphics ▣
A Ko theme featuring updated graphics and animations that will send a chill down your spine!
▣ Easy Controls ▣
Controls optimized for an all-new mobile experience.
▣ Survival Isn't Easy ▣
Your trusty backpack has a limited amount of space for your goods. Make sure you have the essentials!
▣ Hold Your Breath ▣
Crouch silently in the dark, hold your breath, and hope for the best. This comes with a price though as your stamina will deplete!
▣ Evading ▣
Youngho is nimble enough to evade the killer's deadly weapons. However, this is an option of last resort!
▶ The Coma: Cutting Class Features ◀
⊙ 2D hand illustrated visuals.
⊙ Listen carefully to footsteps revealing the killer's approach.
⊙ Run and hide from the world's most relentless psycho-killer.
⊙ Avoid poisonous tentacles and clawing shadows as you explore.
⊙ Discover notes and clues that illuminate the mystery of Sehwa High.
⊙ Work together with the others who are trapped here. But can they be trusted?
⊙ Crouch in the shadows during intense moments as the Killer searches for you.
⊙ Reveal the startling mystery of your school through maps, notes, and exploration.
What's New
What's newly in version 1.0.1?
– Fixed Minor Bug.
– Improved Game Service.
note: extract the zip and move or copy the obb data folder "com.dodamgames.aos.thecoma" to "internal storage/android/obb/"


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N° 39–1995: Completion of qualification testing on the Ariane-5 storable propellant stage
26 September 1995
The last three qualification hot tests on the storable propellant stage of the Ariane-5 launcher were carried out on 20 September 1995 on the teststand at Lampoldshausen in Germany.
This test campaign, for which a "flight type" stage was used, began on 18 July 1995.
A total of 11 tests (two 1000 s tests and nine short or medium-duration tests lasting 10 s to 100 s) have been undertaken to simulate the various filling, pressurisation and burn-out configurations which the stage is likely to encounter in the course of the different missions Ariane-5 will be called upon to perform (geostationary transfer orbit, sun-synchronous orbit, low Earth orbit, reignition etc.).
The Storable Propellant Stage and the Aestus engine which powers it were developed by the German firm Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA).
The European Space Agency has delegated the management of its Ariane-5 programme to CNES, the French space agency.


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--February 25, 2016.
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September 8, 2008 - Royal Philips Electronics reached an agreement to acquire India-based Alpha X-Ray Technologies, a manufacturer of cardiovascular X-ray systems targeting the economy segment of the Indian market, as Philips positions itself in high-growth emerging economies.
Upon closing of this transaction in the fourth quarter of 2008, which is subject to certain contractual and other conditions such as regulatory approvals, Alpha will become part of the Cardiovascular X-Ray business within Philips' Healthcare sector.
Philips is growing its presence in high-growth healthcare market in emerging economies, and follows the earlier acquisitions of healthcare companies Brazilian Dixtal Biomédica e Tecnologia, Shenzhen Goldway Industrial in China and VMI Sistemas Medicos in Brazil.
"The acquisition of Alpha is another great example of how Philips continues to strengthen its industrial and commercial footprint in emerging markets. It provides us with significant presence in the high-growth economy segment for Cardiovascular X-Ray systems, underlining our commitment to deliver affordable healthcare solutions in emerging markets," said Ronald de Jong, CEO Emerging Markets of Philips Healthcare.
Alpha's product portfolio complements Philips' existing high-end cardiovascular X-ray range and helps Philips to capture an even larger slice of the global EUR 1.8 billion cardiovascular X-ray market. Analysts estimate that the economy segment is the fastest growing segment of the global cardiovascular X-ray market, with anticipated annual growth rates of 10 to 15 percent in coming years. Philips will use its global distribution network to sell Alpha's cardiovascular X-ray products .
The acquisition of Alpha comes on the heels of two key product introductions in India: the SureSigns VM3 patient monitor and the Ultrasound HD15 system.
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A very compelling article from the New York Times is worth a close read. It details some of the dizzying array of problems that may arise with the bulk collection, retention, and distribution of body camera video by police agencies.
At first blush it seems that the bodycam can be a great tool to foster greater transparency and police accountability. But as the saying goes, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
And I'm not talking just about the mundane financial costs of the installation, training, and maintenance of the devices themselves. As this article so clearly articulates, there are other, hidden costs. What is the financial costs associated with staffing governmental agencies to deal with responding to the requests for these videos? What systems need to be implemented to deal with the redaction of sensitive information (if any) from the videos? And also, what is the ultimate cost to privacy?
If you are subject to a routine police stop, let's say for speeding, who is entitled to a copy of the video of that encounter? What if no arrest was made, but say an officer was simply responding to a person in emotional distress? Who is allowed a copy of that video, which perhaps documents someone at a very low and vulnerable time in their life. And once the copy is obtained, what are the limits of its distribution? Should they be allowed to be posted up on YouTube?
Ultimately, the mass use of police body cameras, now being hailed as the next great innovation in law enforcement, can create just as many issues as they solve.


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Horror With Novelty Contact Lenses
This Halloween, when you get a costume party, why not consider buying a new wear contact lenses complete your costume? These fun and quirky accessories to bring out the true horror of your clothes. This is terrible, wild, luminous in the dark or vampire style contacts that can help add that element of surprise when people see your eyes. As cosmetic lenses, contact lenses provide a new range, without your correct prescription. Most reputable retailers will not sell non-prescription medicines access, these are not corrective lenses.
Lensmart is an online retailer offers a stage, whose large array of special effects contact lenses. At the same time, this is only sold in drama or film, theater and production company purposes. Retailers such as Lensmart now available to the public, boutiques and online and in local eye care specialists. Evaluation of your eyes must be professional to do is make sure your eyes are healthy enough to wear these lenses occasionally. There are many uses, including sexual contact with the new ball with special effects, of course, Halloween.
In 2000 and 2004, Vin Diesel plays Riddick, who has supernatural powers in criminal evening. These powers, lens and mirror outstanding. These are called Riddick contact lenses, and available in black or silver. Both are coated with mirror material, actually reflect the person's image, they enter your eyes. Some people may think they are terrible, even welcome, but an advantage, they were dressed. In fact, they reflect the sun's ultraviolet radiation from the lens of your eye.
Scleral contact lenses contacts, including the entire surface of the eye. Black sclera lenses turn your whole eye black and white lens of the eye to your white sclera. They are also known as black and white camera. The lens is a vampire costume, gothic-style clothing and a great band to wear as a special effects shot. Gothic Gothic black and white camera is to tie these categories. Many people wear strict demands on themselves the pleasure of friends and family, encouraging them to fear or shock.
Wearing decorative contact lenses, including acts of terror, madness and sclera, but many different styles of the most popular young man, was shot in the dark light. These can be purchased in different colors and lighting materials, when literally cover the light black light on. These lenses are usually the place to wear a black rubbish illumination. They do not like black sclera lens, cover the entire eye, they only cover the iris or colored part of the eye. This gives your eyes a strange appearance or crazy. Whether you look for the special effects, you will find beauty contact lenses also can take them from different retailers