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Tom DeLay was wearing special booties after his big ballroom moment with Cheryl Burke on last night's "Dancing With the Stars."
Due to an injury, Tom had to wear special cushioned footwear, which he strapped on when he finished competing.
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"He was diagnosed with a pre-stress fracture," Cheryl explained to Access. "At any moment, this foot can literally break in half."
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Lego 30453 Captain Marvel and Nick Fury Polybag
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Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Kashruth Administrator at the Chicago Rabbinical Council, says:
You would think, with so many cow sh'chitas in America, with so many, you know, steaks, what we have, that there would be [udders easy to find], but doesn't — no one seemed to be doing [sh'chita on] milch cows.
It sounds as though he means a lot of kosher beef in America is from cows (female animals)[1] — just not from, as he puts it, "milch cows", cows that are bred for milk (or that are nursing).
Is it possible that that's what he means? In other words, is there in fact a lot of kosher beef in America from cows? I ask because I've always understood that kosher beef in America is from male animals exclusively or almost exclusively.
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Relax, it's only a vacation
By Marnie Hunter, CNN • Updated 15th July 2012
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Vacationing with no agenda -- for some travelers it's heaven, for others a week or more of unscheduled free time is like staring into an abyss.
Planning for a vacation is usually part of the fun for me, but largely skipping the research and reviews on a recent trip to Costa Rica was surprisingly refreshing.
Arriving without a bunch of expectations and a long list of things to see and do and accomplish wasn't entirely premeditated. I ran out of time, and since the friend I was traveling with is a native Spanish speaker, I felt great about being able to resolve those inevitable travel snafus. Also, we did book hotels a couple of weeks in advance. (I probably would have melted into a puddle of anxiety otherwise).
We did a lot -- zip lining, snorkeling, bird watching, tarantula spotting, sitting on the beach -- but without that gnawing sense of missing something really important. Ignorance might indeed be bliss.
Have I been doing it wrong all this time? After the trip, I consulted a trio of sages -- a travel agent, a psychiatrist and a life coach -- to see what vacationing advice they'd offer to people who want to avoid going back to work dragging, desperate for another vacation.
Studies have shown that not taking vacations is linked to health problems. Dean Obeidallah says "vacation or die."
Maybe you don't need three professional advisers to have a nice trip, but some Type A would-be vacationers could use a little help. You know who you are.
We asked: Your vacation planning tactics
Loosening up
"If your vacation causes you stress, it's not a vacation, it's a should, a to-do or an overachieving chore," said
Laura Berman Fortgang
, a career and life coach and author of "Living Your Best Life."
Trying to squeeze too many activities into one trip with "no built-in time to chill" can be exhausting, especially when your trip lasts a week or less. (Ours was a weeklong trip and we visited three places. Overly ambitious?).
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Consider this
, posted by enthusiastic planner Kris Stafira on
CNN's Facebook page
: "I usually do plan every minute of every day, but then our family sets our priorities and we make SURE we do those things -- the rest happens or not, depending on the day. I tell my kids they can relax at home -- vacation is for SEEING and DOING and LEARNING!"
Right. But what if life at home is just as busy?
Berman Fortgang recommends taking at least 10 to 14 consecutive days away, if at all possible, and building in time to do nothing.
"A week isn't a lot now. At the pace that we all go and the amount of adrenaline that we force our bodies to produce because we move so quickly -- your body doesn't really recover from that in a week," she said.
Berman Fortgang and her husband are self-employed and they shifted their family's schedules years ago to be able to take European-style, three to four week vacations in August.
"Just knowing on that sixth night you didn't have to pack up to leave, then we started relaxing," she said.
Switching off from the 24/7 work ethic
Finding flexibility
From a psychological standpoint, vacation offers time to build resiliency, according to Dr. Gregory Fricchione, director of the
Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine
at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The term, adopted from structural engineering, refers to the ability to bend or adapt, but not break, under pressure.
I employed a little of that when I figured out shortly after we got off the plane in San Jose that two of the three places we'd picked to visit were not in fact within day-trip distance of each other, but actually three hours apart by van and boat. (Everything looked really close on the map. This is where reading up and carefully mapping things out comes in handy.)
Strong connections with family and friends and meaningful and positive experiences bolster resiliency. Your stress response, an alert to threats that spurs you to action, is also a key component, Fricchione said.
The stress response is essential, but it burns a lot of energy, so avoiding stressors is part of what's restorative about vacation.
If you want a restful trip, ask yourself "what's a nonthreatening and socially supporting and meaningful and positive experience for me to have? And it would be different for different people," Fricchione said.
Sitting on the beach reading books is just the thing for some people. For people with highly active, risk-taking personalities that don't satisfy that side of themselves at work, an adventure trip can be very fulfilling.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with having a very busy vacation. Being outside your normal habitat has its own benefits.
"There is something rejuvenating about that in the sense that your mind is very alert, your senses are very alert," Fricchione said.
"If you enter into that experience and you're not exhausted at the beginning, it can be very energizing. It's a nice kind of stress, in a way, and you have enough resiliency to deal with it."
Fricchione suggests taking stock of how you feel and what would be restorative for you and planning your time off accordingly.
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People who go for the trips they think they want instead of the type of experience they really want and need are the ones who come home needing another vacation, said travel agent Anne Morgan Scully, president of
McCabe World Travel
in McLean, Virginia.
"The reality is a vacation should really be about you and what your body needs, what your mind needs, what your soul needs and what your heart needs, and that drives good vacation decisions," she said.
Scully asks her clients about their best trip ever and for two reasons why they loved it. She takes those and other responses and tailors a trip to suit everyone in the group.
"We try to put a balance in what they're asking for so if there are choices and options, something is going to work," she said.
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You also have to assess a person's ability to relax. Some travelers are going to find lying on the beach about as enjoyable as having a broken leg set.
"You can have very active, very engaged businesspeople that you put them on a beach and they're there the third day going 'What am I doing? Where's my BlackBerry? Where's my computer? What am I doing here?' because their mind doesn't settle down, and it's not going to," Scully said.
Those people need kayaking lessons or surfing lessons or mountain biking to relax and escape from the grip of their gadgets and their busy lives at home, she said.
I'm not a gadget hound or a businessperson, but I'm not a big fan of sitting still either. In Costa Rica we did some zip lining, boat riding and snorkeling, a few nature tours, a bit of sitting on the beach and a whole lot of restful, sometimes jolting, and always thoroughly stimulating gazing across Costa Rica's undulating landscapes from the windows of tourist transport vans.
We missed a lot, I'm sure. We did touristy things, we didn't encounter much gourmet fare (not a big draw in Costa Rica) and our lack of planning was pretty inefficient and not particularly budget conscious. But it was fun and not knowing what to expect kept me in the moment.
That's kind of the essence of that lovely phrase used liberally in Costa Rica: Pura vida.
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Moby-Dick Marathon 2012
The New Bedford Whaling Museum's 16th annual Moby-Dick Marathon celebrated the 160th anniversary of Herman Melville's literary masterpiece with a 25-hour nonstop reading of the book during a weekend of activities and events, January 6 – 8, 2012, including a performance by the critically acclaimed American tenor, Jonathan Boyd.
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Marathon Reading Timetable (Readers are able to approximate the pages they will be reading based on this schedule.
Moby Dick Marathon 2012 Poster (download and print, illustration by Dan Vasconcellos)
Moby Dick Marathon reading in 2011 underway.
On Friday, January 6 at 5:30 p.m. the weekend kicks off with a ticketed buffet dinner and cash bar in the Jacobs Family Gallery. For tickets to the dinner ($25), call (508) 997-0046 ext. 100.
Dinner will be followed by a free public lecture titled "Moby-Dick in American Popular Culture," presented by Dr. Timothy Marr, at 7:15 p.m. in the Cook Memorial Theater. Co-editor of "Ungraspable Phantom: Essays on Moby-Dick," Professor Marr teaches American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as an executive member of the Melville Society Cultural Project and is a contributor to the Melville and the Digital Humanities project of the Melville Electronic Library.
On Saturday, January 7 at 10:00 a.m., "Stump the Scholars II," returns by popular demand – a free program in which the audience is invited to pose questions to Melville Society scholars on all matters Moby-Dick in the Cook Memorial Theater. Patterned after NPR's popular quiz show, "Wait, wait, don't tell me," prizes will be awarded to those who can stump the scholars.
At 11:30 a.m. in the Bourne Building, Melville Society members will read many of the 80 brief Extracts related to whales and whaling, which Melville included before Chapter 1.
At noon, the Moby-Dick Marathon begins with "Call me Ishmael" – the most famous opening line in American literature. With more than 150 scheduled readers, the marathon will continue through the night, ending early Sunday afternoon. All reading slots have been booked. The public is cordially invited to come and go at any time during the marathon, or stay for the entire 25 hours and win a prize.
On Saturday at approximately 1:30 p.m., marathon participants will walk next door to the historic Seamen's Bethel (est. 1832) – located at 15 Johnny Cake Hill for the reading of Chapters 7, 8, and 9, titled "The Chapel," The Pulpit," and "The Sermon" – all three chapters take place in the original "Whaleman's Chapel." This segment will feature a performance by Jonathan Boyd, the critically acclaimed American tenor starring in the San Diego Opera's co-production of Jake Heggie's "Moby-Dick" a new opera hailed "a triumph" by the Dallas Morning News. Boyd has made recent notable debuts at Opéra de Nice and Opéra de Toulon, and has performed with opera companies throughout the United States. He will sing the hymn from Chapter 9.
Readers and guests are also invited to "Chat with a Melville Scholar" from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Wattles Family Gallery or take a guided tour of the "Imagining Moby!" exhibit with Dr. Robert Wallace, Northern Kentucky University.
Chapter 40, "Midnight, Forecastle" will be performed in the Cook Memorial Theater by members of Culture*Park, a theater and performing arts collaborative.
Three related exhibits during the marathon include, "Imagining Moby!," "Visualizing Melville" and the 1956 Moby-Dick publicity panels. "Imagining Moby!" showcases the collection of Melville scholar, Dr. Elizabeth A. Schultz, including works by Leonard Baskin, Richard Ellis and Rockwell Kent in the Centre Street Gallery, Level 2. "Visualizing Melville" pairs items from the Museum's collections with Melville's vivid text, including "Quakers with a vengeance" and "a heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears" in the Changing Gallery, Level 2. The 1956 Moby-Dick publicity panels feature movie memorabilia displayed in the windows of the Research Library.
Matt Kish's "One Drawing for Every Page of Moby-Dick"
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This year's marathon is a program of MOBY! – a partnership of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park to celebrate the iconic tale of the 'Great White Whale' and is funded through a grant from the Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO), administered by the United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement.
Friday, January 6
5:30 p.m.: Ticketed buffet dinner and cash bar, Jacobs Family Gallery.
7:15 p.m.: Public lecture, "Moby-Dick in American Popular Culture," with Dr. Timothy Marr, Cook Memorial Theater.
Saturday, January 7
10:00 a.m. Stump the Scholars II, Cook Memorial Theater.
11:30 a.m. Moby-Dick "Extracts," Bourne Building.
11:45 a.m. Live-streaming begins with opening ceremony.
12:00 noon Moby-Dick Marathon begins, Bourne Building.
1:30 p.m. (approx.): Chapters 7– 9 in the Seamen's Bethel with tenor Jonathan Boyd.
2:30 p.m. (approx.): Marathon continues, Jacobs Family Gallery.
3:00-5:00 p.m.: Chat with a Melville scholar, Wattles Family Gallery.
3:00-5:00 p.m.: "Imaging Moby!" tour with Dr. Robert Wallace, Centre Street Gallery.
7:00 p.m. (approx.): Chapter 35 to Chapter 40. "Midnight, Forecastle" performed by Culture*Park, Cook Memorial Theater.
8:00 p.m. (approx.): Marathon continues, Jacobs Family Gallery.
Sunday, January 8
1:00 p.m. (approx.): Marathon concludes with the Epilogue.
Ongoing related exhibits: "Imagining Moby!," "Visualizing Melville" and the 1956 Moby-Dick publicity panels in the Research Library Window Gallery.


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I have an upper Hessenberg matrix i.e. upper trapezoidal with a block=1 band under the diagonal with non zero elements from some column onwards, and I need to triangularize it in the fastest possible way. This use-case is the result of computing e.g. QR and then deleting one column (yes it is always only one column) from R. I need to make R upper triangular again by annihilating all those (one per column) non-zero elements below the diagonal e.g. I need to get rid of the 2s in the fastest way:
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I have tried:
- Using Givens rotations combining dlartg and dlasr in a loop. Issue: very bad spatial locality, keeps moving along the rows that consequences in high cache misses.
- Using householder reflectors combining dlarfg and dlarf in a double loop. Issue: very bad spatial locality, keeps moving along the rows that consequences in high cache misses.
- Using the latest 3.4.x QR decompositions e.g. dgeqrt. This is a work overkill for this simple update, algorithmically very bad even when the column deleted is among the firsts ones.
Can anyone point me to a set of lower level functions I can use to implement my use-case in the fastest way? Otherwise I might end up reinventing the wheel, studying the update pattern and doing it manually in a block of registers along the columns.
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Anders Trentemøller is a Danish electronic musician from Copenhagen.
After being part of the first live-house act in Denmark Trigbag ( 1997 - 2000 ), he started his solo career in 2003 with his The Trentemøller EP which lmade him an important electronic artist.
After releasing a lot of 12" EPs and doing a lot of remixes, his debut album The Last Resort was released on Poker Flat in October 2006 and was voted Recod of the year by German magazine Groove Mag and French magazine Trax.


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A woman has been convicted of seven felonies after authorities say she and her boyfriend kept an emaciated 13-year-old boy locked in a cage.
Sharon Glass was convicted Friday of several charges including child abuse. She and Michael Marshal were arrested in 2012 after authorities say they locked the boy in a closet as punishment and strapped him to a bed for long periods of time. Investigators said the couple also starved the boy. He weighed just 40 pounds when he was found.
Florida Today reports Glass denied involvement in the alleged abuse and blamed Marshal. Her attorney said she should have intervened but didn't participate in the abuse.
Marshall faces similar charges, but a trial has not been scheduled.
"It's very difficult for (the boy)," Assistant State Attorney William Scheiner told prosecutors, according to the newspaper. "It's very difficult for everyone involved, it's very difficult for us as prosecutors to do these kind of things. Our job is to pursue justice, and that's what we did."


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Elasticity -- the ability to ramp up or down computing resources depending on need -- is one of the key benefits of cloud computing. Not being shackled to their own, in-house hardware means organisations can dial up the amount of resources they need to crunch big data sets, run their Web presence during spikes and troughs in demand and process periodic jobs without needing the internal resources necessary to cope with peak demand.
But although the IT department may be less likely to have to run out to buy a new server or two, they will still have to make decisions about the purchase of resources from a cloud provider. Of course, cloud computing will let you change your mind and respond to changes in an organisation's demand, but, according to a group of Microsoft researchers, there may be an easier way to go about it, with benefits for both providers and 'cloud consumers'.
In a paper -- presented at the ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing 2012 earlier this month and titled Bridging the Tenant-Provider Gap in Cloud Services -- the researchers make the case for allowing cloud tenants to purchase resources based on a "job-centric" model. A job-centric cloud would add another layer of abstraction to the cloud by having an interface that lets tenants specify performance and cost goals, instead of an interface that lets them more directly allocate resources.
The researchers -- Virajith Jalaparti, Hitesh Ballani, Paolo Costa, Thomas Karagiannis and Ant Rowstron from the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge, UK -- make the case that not only would a job-centric interface make life easier for cloud tenants by removing the burden of translating their "high-level goals into the corresponding resource requirements", but it would add flexibility for cloud providers by allowing them to allocate which and how many resources to a job, as well as when to allocate these resources.
Cloud tenants are mostly concerned about predictable application completion times and costs. "However," the paper states, "with today's setup, tenants are responsible for mapping such high-level completion time goals down to specific resources needed for their jobs." Although this issue has been tackled, it's normally been from the point of view of working out the size and number of virtual machines, not dealing with shared provider infrastructure such as the network.
At its heart, from the providers' point of view, the appeal of a job-centric interface is that different combinations of resources can be used to complete the same job for a customer. An example the paper cites is a job that could be run over a small number of virtual machines with a lot of network bandwidth or a lot of virtual machines with a little bandwidth, "or somewhere in between".
To illustrate the idea, the researchers designed a cloud framework for MapReduce jobs, using the open source big data platform Hadoop, which they dubbed Bazaar. Bazaar allows tenants to specify MapReduce job constraints and then determines the best resource combination from the provider for completing the job within those constraints.
The framework translates the goals of the cloud users into a series of resource tuples (comprising number of virtual machines and network bandwidth) in a predictive analytics phase and then chooses a tuple to complete the job based on the state of the data centre at the particular point in time and with an eye to allowing "the cloud provider to accept more requests in the future, thus maximising its revenue."
The translation process involves analysing the details of a job to work out which resource tuples would meet the tenant's goals, and then a second phase of selecting one of the tuples. The researchers note that Bazaar model was intentionally limited, and that there are benefits from expanding the model to allow the allocation of idle resources to enable earlier completion of tenants' jobs. "Though our core ideas apply to general multi-resource settings, we being by focusing on two specific resources, compute instances (N) and the network bandwidth (B) between them," the paper notes.
Employing Bazaar, the researchers showed that the 'provider' used during their tests could accept 3-14 per cent more requests, as well as more resource-intensive requests, increasing the data centre's goodput by 7-87 per cent.
The paper notes that a Bazaar-style model would also have implications for cloud pricing models: instead of charging based on resources allocated to a client, a provider could move towards job-based pricing that takes account of things such as the amount of data to be processed and desire completion time.
"A job-centric cloud, coupled with job-based pricing, can thus enable a symbiotic tenant provider relationship where tenants benefit due to fixed costs upfront, and better-than-desired performance [because providers can complete jobs quicker if there are idle data centre resources] while providers use the increased flexibility to improve goodput and, consequently, total revenue," the paper argues.


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The fire and passion of traditional Scottish fiddling is reflected in the lightning-fast playing of Johnny Cunningham. A founding member of Silly Wizard, Cunningham was instrumental in spreading interest in modern, tradition-rooted Celtic music. His albums as a soloist and as a member of Relativity and Nightnoise have extended those traditions. Traditional music, however, is only one side of Cunningham's repertoire. The producer of albums for contemporary singer/songwriters including Fred Small, Brooks Williams and Bill Morrissey, Cunningham recorded two albums with the alternative rock band the Raindogs, and has performed in concerts with Hall & Oates. His more recent projects range from a tour and ensuing live album, Celtic Fiddle Festival, with Irish fiddler Kevin Burke and fiddler Christian LeMaitre of Brittany, to composing the soundtrack for an adult-oriented version of J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy, performed by the New York-based Mabou Mines Theater Company. In addition, Cunningham collaborated with novelist Thomas Moore (Care of the Soul) on a double-CD seasonal recording, The Soul of Christmas.
The oldest of three children, Cunningham played harmonica at the age of five in the Grand Lee Old Age Pensioner Harmonica Band. Although he tried his hand at accordion and piano, he found his natural musical voice when a grandmother presented him a fiddle shortly before his eighth birthday. Leaving school and home at the age of 14, he spent several years living in rundown apartments in Edinburgh. A turning point came when he met Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas, musicians who managed the Triangle Folk Club. Moving into their communal apartment without bathrooms or heat, Cunningham joined them in forming a band, Silly Wizard. After playing several local gigs, the band accepted an extended engagement in Liverpool, England, writing music and performing in plays at the Everyman Theater. Returning to Scotland, the group added Cunningham's younger brother, Phil, on accordion, as well as traditional singer Madeline Taylor. Although they recorded an album for Transatlantic Records, the album has never been released.
After releasing a self-titled album in 1972, Silly Wizard went through personnel changes, with Taylor being replaced by Andy Stewart and bassist Martin Hadden of the recently disbanded group Puddock's Well. Following the recording of Silly Wizard's second album, Caledonia's Hardy Sons, Bob Thomas left the band, and the group continued as a five-piece unit. Silly Wizard's first tour of the United States included a pivotal appearance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Cunningham emigrated to America shortly afterwards in 1980. Although his place in Silly Wizard was filled temporarily by fiddler Dougie McLean, he played on their last recording, A Glint of Silver, in 1986, and joined them for their farewell tour two years later.
Cunningham continued to work periodically with his brother; in addition to recording an album as a duo, Against the Storm, they joined with siblings Triona NiDomhnaill and Michael O'Domhnaill of the Bothy Band to form Relativity in the early 1980s. Cunningham also worked with NiDomhnaill and O'Domhnaill in the new age Celtic band Relativity. Sadly, Cunningham died of a heart attack in December 2003. He was 46. ~ Craig Harris~ Rovi


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Transfusion of Prematures Trial (TOP)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01702805
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 8, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Infant, Newborn, Diseases Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant, Small for Gestational Age Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Anemia
|Procedure: Liberal Cell Transfusion Procedure: Restricted red cell transfusion
|Phase 3
Long-term outcomes of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) preterm infants, those weighing less than or equal to 1000 g at birth, are poor and pose a major health care burden. Virtually all of these infants are transfused, but at inconsistent hemoglobin (Hgb) thresholds.
The investigators propose in TOP to randomize infants less than or equal to 1000 g BW and < 29 weeks GA to receive red blood cell (RBC) transfusions according to one of two strategies of Hgb thresholds, either a high Hgb (liberal transfusion) or a low Hgb (restrictive transfusion) algorithm. It is currently unknown which transfusion strategy is superior. TOP is powered to demonstrate which strategy reduces the primary outcome of death or neurodisability in survivors at 22-26 months.
A secondary study entitled "Effect of Blood Transfusion Practices on Cerebral and Somatic Oximetry", also known as the NIRS study, will determine differences in cerebral oxygenation and fractional tissue oxygen extraction with NIRS between high and low hemoglobin threshold groups during red blood cell transfusions. The investigators also propose to determine whether abnormal cerebral NIRS measures are a better predictor of NDI than hemoglobin alone and whether abnormal mesenteric NIRS measures are associated with the development of NEC within the 48 hours following a transfusion.
Extended follow-up: Subjects will be seen for a follow-up visit at 5-6 years corrected age to assess neurological and functional outcomes at early school age based on neonatal transfusion threshold.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1824 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Transfusion of Prematures (TOP) Trial: Does a Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy Improve Neurologically-Intact Survival of Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants as Compared to a Restrictive Strategy?
|Actual Study Start Date :
|December 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2020
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2023
Active Comparator: Low Threshold Transfusion
Transfusions will be administered using a lower threshold hemoglobin value. The low threshold values reflect more common practice, so this is considered the 'usual treatment' group
Procedure: Restricted red cell transfusion
Active Comparator: High Threshold Transfusion
Transfusions will be administered using a higher threshold hemoglobin value.
Procedure: Liberal Cell Transfusion
- Death or significant neurodevelopmental impairment [ Time Frame: Birth to 22-26 months corrected gestational age ]Number of children surviving without significant neurodevelopmental impairment at 22-26 months of corrected age.
- Grade 3 or 4 IVH, cystic PVL, or ventriculomegaly [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]
- Moderate or severe cerebral palsy [ Time Frame: Birth to 26 months corrected age ]
- Episodes of necrotizing enterocolitis [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]Episodes of NEC Bell stage II or higher.
- Time to full feeds [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]The amount of time it takes for infant to achieve full feeds.
- Length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]
- Number of transfusions [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]Number of transfusions, numbers of donor exposures by RBC donors or other blood product
- Age at final tracheal extubation [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]
- Age at final caffeine dose [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]
- Growth [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]Weight, length, and head circumference at 36 weeks postmenstrual age
- Survival to discharge without severe morbidity [ Time Frame: Birth to 36 weeks PMA ]Survival to discharge without severe morbidity, defined as any of the following: bronchopulmonary dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity (stage >3 or requiring treatment), or serious brain abnormality (grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, or ventriculomegaly).
- Respiratory disease [ Time Frame: Birth to 26 months corrected age ]The presence of respiratory disease necessitating readmission before 22-26 months follow-up.
- Hydrocephalus shunt, microcephaly, or seizure disorder [ Time Frame: Birth to 26 months corrected age ]
- Economic cost-benefit analysis [ Time Frame: Birth to 26 months corrected age ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 48 Hours (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Birth weight less than 1000 grams.
- Gestational age at least 22 weeks but less than 29 completed weeks
- Admitted to the NICU within 48 hours of life
Exclusion Criteria:
- Considered nonviable by the attending neonatologist
- Cyanotic congenital heart disease
- Parents opposed to the transfusion of blood
- Parents with hemoglobinopathy or congenital anemia
- In-utero fetal transfusion
- Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
- Isoimmune hemolytic disease
- Lack of parental consent
- Severe acute hemorrhage, acute shock, sepsis with coagulopathy, or need for perioperative transfusion.
- Prior blood transfusion on clinical grounds beyond the first 6 hours of life
- High probability that the family is socially disorganized to the point of being unable to attend follow-up at 22-26 months.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01702805
|Principal Investigator:
|Michele C Walsh, MD
|Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Abhik Das, PhD
|RTI International
|Principal Investigator:
|Beena Sood, MD
|Wayne State University
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|Abbot R Laptook, MD
|Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Cotten, MD
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|Greg Sokol, MD
|Indiana University
|Principal Investigator:
|Krisa P Van Meurs, MD
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|Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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|Waldemar A Carlo, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
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|Kristi L Watterberg, MD
|University of New Mexico
|Principal Investigator:
|Myra Wyckoff, MD
|University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
|Principal Investigator:
|Kathleen A Kennedy, MD, MPH
|The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
|Principal Investigator:
|Carl T D'Angio, MD
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|Principal Investigator:
|Pablo Sanchez, MD
|Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|William Truog, MD
|Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
|Principal Investigator:
|Uday Devaskar, MD
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Study Director:
|Haresh M Kirpalani, MD
|University of Pennsylvania
|Principal Investigator:
|Bradley Yoder, MD
|University of Utah
|Responsible Party:
|NICHD Neonatal Research Network
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01HL112776 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U01HL112748 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|October 8, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 5, 2020
|Last Verified:
|February 2020
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Plan Description:
|NIH has had a long-standing policy to share and make available to the public the results and accomplishments of the activities that it funds. The NRN plans to share de-identified data after final publication in an NIH supported data repository such as the NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (https://dash.nichd.nih.gov)
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW)
Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW)
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Birth Weight
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Lung Injury
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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It's good to see SFPD exercising courage to keep us safe from rogue cyclists. I was knocked down and seriously injured by a speeding cyclist who not only ran a red light but was going the wrong way! Yet there is no accountability for such actions.
Instead of attacking Capt. John Sanford Jr. of Park Station, whose goal is to keep everyone safe, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition should work with him to encourage playing by the road rules for all cyclists and publicly criticize those cyclists who endanger the rest of us.
Sherrie Matza
San Francisco
Capt. John Sanford Jr. is to be praised for courageously resisting the constraints of political correctness and taking enforcement action against the lawless, reckless, inconsiderate behavior practiced by most cyclists and endorsed by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. He is doing more to achieve Vision Zero goals than all the cyclist/pedestrian activists who argue that only automobile drivers are the problem.
Anyone who walks about The City knows that scofflaw cycling is the norm, not the exception, and that pedestrians almost universally ignore pedestrian traffic control signals, often while dangerously focused on their cellphone screens and deafened by the buds in their ears.
As long as Vision Zero relies on perfection by drivers and tolerates reckless, careless, inconsiderate, scofflaw behavior by cyclists and pedestrians, it is doomed to failure.
Barrett Giorgis
San Francisco
New Park Station Capt. John Sanford Jr. is right to clamp down on scofflaw bicyclists who endanger not only pedestrians but all of us. The City, in its urban fantasy that bicyclists would one day become 20 percent of all commuters, has allowed bicyclists and the San Francisco
Bicycle Coalition to dictate policy and practice. Presently, bicyclists are only about 3 percent of commuters, despite the millions spent on making San Francisco "comfortable" for scofflaw bicyclists and uncomfortable for the rest of us. Bicyclists — with their scofflaw mentality, refusal to follow traffic laws and provocative behavior — create an atmosphere of chaos and danger. Traffic laws work on the presumption that most people would follow these laws.
Scofflaw bicyclists are the "broken windows" in traffic enforcement. Thanks, Capt. Sanford.
Fiona McGregor
San Francisco
I shouldn't be appalled by the arrogance of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, but I am. Who do you people think you are? Are you and the cyclists of San Francisco so entitled that you're above following the traffic laws? There are certainly more cyclists running red lights than drivers. Last I checked, bicycles are moving vehicles too. You all want to be heard and respected, but a large majority of cyclists don't exercise common sense or courtesies.
City Hall should also insist that cyclists have and use bike horns. The coalition lobbied for bike lanes, but cyclists ride on sidewalks on streets that have bike lanes. Cyclists zoom by on sidewalks weaving in and out of pedestrians without warning. Cyclists want drivers to be more mindful of them, but the vast majority aren't being mindful of pedestrians. And drivers can't stop on a dime when cyclists weave through traffic. Instead of blasting the Park Station captain, you should be supporting him by reminding cyclists that they're susceptible to injuries/death if they're hit because they ran a red light. They hit a pedestrian, both are injured or killed.
If Vision Zero is going to be a success, then drivers, pedestrians and cyclists need to take responsibility for their safety and stop whining that the Police Department is singling them out.
Debi Gould
San Francisco
It's about time the police ticketed scofflaw cyclists. They ride wherever they want, whenever they want. They ride on sidewalks (which is generally illegal in The City), run red lights and stop signs, etc.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is showing its true colors. The organization claims to promote safe and law-abiding cycling, but it's obvious from their petition that they don't. The City spends millions of dollars to give cyclists a better environment in which to ride, but the cyclists show little, if any, appreciation. The cyclists pay nothing for roadway changes aimed at making things safer, and then complain when they are cited for a violation.
The article states that 1 percent of traffic tickets are given to bicyclists. I think if you open your eyes, you will see that they commit far more than 1 percent of the traffic violations.
As to the complaint about the cost of tickets by bike messenger Santiago Campos: The City doesn't charge you anything to ride your bicycle if you obey the law. Try it sometime.
I salute Capt. John Sanford Jr. for doing his job and not caving in to a "politically powerful" Bicycle Coalition.
Arthur P. Samuelson
San Francisco
Thank you so much for that article. Finally! I'm a pedestrian who walks all over town. Cyclists and BMW drivers are the most arrogant in The City. They always think they have the right of way. I would never challenge a cyclist, except maybe midtown. They expect rights (bike lanes), but don't stop at red lights or stop signs and cut off pedestrians in crosswalks. Again, I appreciate your article.
Willa Crowell
San Francisco
The standard for traffic enforcement has always been traffic safety, not literal enforcement of traffic laws. The SFPD shows little or no regard for the safety of cyclists, as shown by cyclists' automobile-caused deaths and injury on San Francisco streets. It would appear that the Park Station captain is acting more out of blowing with the political winds of the moment than out of regard for safe use of our public byways. Unmistakably, it is very dangerous to ride a bicycle on San Francisco streets, as The City does a poor job of coping with a near unprecedented population growth the likes of which it has not seen in over 50 years.
Nick Pasquariello
San Francisco
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The Japanese Master of contemporary beauty.
"Creating something that is universally beautiful, that is art". Mr. Shu Uemura.
The master who brought beauty to the state of art. The artist Shu Uemura set forth to revolutionize the world of make-up in 1958 and to define new standards of beauty, combining the power of nature to the passion and sensitivity of an artist.
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RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – May 27, 2014 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced the hire of Matthew Smith as vice president of sales and marketing, printing solutions. Smith joins Samsung as a member of its Enterprise Business Division leadership team where he will be responsible for managing B2B sales, fostering channel relationships and driving market share growth for the Samsung print business.
"Matthew brings with him a wealth of industry knowledge that will be incredibly valuable as we continue to deliver an enhanced business experience, a significant part of which is printing solutions," said Tod Pike, senior vice president at Samsung's Enterprise Business Division. "We look forward to his expertise and a fresh perspective as we evolve our B2B print offerings and deliver on our vision of providing smarter, more connected and cost-effective technology experiences."
Smith's responsibilities will focus on driving sales and market share growth for the Samsung Printing Solutions business. He will also serve as conduit for Samsung's channel partners, tasked with ensuring alignment on business objectives and facilitating an understanding of the unique needs of this business area.
Among Smith's first major initiatives is a B2B marketing campaign showcasing how to "do it all by doing less" utilizing new technologies in Samsung's ProXpress line including NFC, mobile print and one-touch eco mode. Learn more about the campaign at samsung.com/printless.
"Samsung is in an exciting place in the print market, with an awarding-winning product portfolio and a unique ability to deliver smarter and more connected solutions that help businesses and other organizations unlock new potential," Smith said. "We are looking to present some new ideas and be a little disruptive in the way we showcase print as a part of a broader IT strategy."
Prior to Samsung, Smith was responsible for channel marketing, marketing development, and communications for Print and PC for the United States and Canada at HP. He is a graduate of Purdue University and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
About Samsung Electronics America Enterprise Business Division
As a global leader in Information Technology, Samsung's Enterprise Business Division (EBD) is committed to introducing new business experiences across a diverse spectrum of industries from retail to healthcare, hospitality to sales. We believe technology brings business and customers together — to better share, collaborate and discover new opportunities. With a market-oriented approach to innovation, EBD is a division of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC). For more information, please visit samsung.com/business, call 1-866-SAM-4BIZ or follow Samsung EBD via Twitter: @SamsungBizUSA.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.
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VATICAN CITY — Seminarians at the Pontifical North American College will be vying for the Clericus Cup "triple crown," well, "saturno" to be exact, since that's what the trophy ball is wearing on its head (with a pair of cleats).
The PNAC Martyrs have become a soccer powerhouse after years of hard work and training.
It also helps having the most colorful and "heroic" fan base in the whole tournament with Captain America, Spiderman and a giant fuzzy yellow chicken cheering from the stands.
The news about this year's soccer tourney, which features priests and seminarians from all over the world who are studying in Rome, is each team jersey will have "My captain is Pope Francis" printed on it.
Fr. Alessio Albertini, one of the series' organizers said:
"The job of a captain is to lead the team, to be a point of reference during difficult moments, to encourage the disheartened players, to be a symbol and who better embodies this in the great playing field of the world than Pope Francis?"
The series started eight years ago and boasts a few technical differences from regular league soccer.
Aside from players and fans having lots more spirit, Clericus Cup soccer games run 30-minute halves instead of 45-minute halves.
Referees also have another penalty option. In addition to the yellow warning card and the red expulsion card, they can flash a "sin bin" blue card, which requires an overly aggressive player to leave the field for five minutes … presumably to pray for more patience.


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International Symposium on Saint Maximus the Confessor
International Symposium
on Saint Maximus the Confessor
The conference is organized by the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade, in collaboration with the Orthodox Christian Studies Program of Fordham University.
The Department of Patristic Studies of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in Serbia is organizing an International Symposium on Saint Maximus the Confessor in Belgrade, October 18-21, 2012, commemorating the 1350th year since his repose in 662.
The goal of the symposium is to highlight those elements and aspects of Saint Maximus's teaching that are relevant for our time, especially the theological, philosophical, psychological and other questions it raises.
A number of areas present themselves as interesting foci for the conference: theology, anthropology, hermeneutics, philosophy, science, eschatology, human physis, freedom, otherness, person, gender, psychology, biology, cosmology, physics, modern and ancient philosophy.
Featured Speakers:
Demetrios Barthrellos, Grigory Benevitch, Calinic Berger, Paul Blowers, David Bradshaw, Adam Cooper, Brian Daley, Paul Gavrilyuk, Atanasije Jevtić, Joshua Lollar, Andrew Louth, John Panteleimon Manoussakis, Maximos of Simonopetra, Ignatije Midić, Pascal Mueller-Jourdan, Alexei Nesteruk, Aristotle Papanikolaou, George Parsenios, Philipp Gabriel Renczes, Nino Sakvarelidze, Torstein Tollefsen, George Varvatsoulias, Maksim Vasiljević, Christos Yannaras, John Zizioulas.
Be sure to check out the schedule and registration information.
Please, us with questions.
"The Logos of God and God desire that the Mystery of His Incarnation works always and in all."
- St. Maximus the Confessor
The Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade, in conjunction with the International Symposium, entitled
St. Maximus the Confessor Today
October 18 – 21, 2012 - Belgrade
is announcing, with the blessing of the Faculty Dean, His Grace, Bishop of Backa, KIR IRINEJ, an open competition for an independent icon exhibition dedicated to St. Maximus entitled:
The Mystery of Christ
All interested artists are invited to participate with their original and authentic works of art from the life of St. Maximus, contributing that science and art meet and intertwine in the testimony of the Mystery of Christ and the knowledge of the goal by the power of the Resurrection in the spirit of St. Maximus the Confessor.
The exhibition will take place at the Orthodox Theological Faculty at the time of the scientific symposium from October 18 to October 21, with the idea that all symposium participants can simultaneously take part in the icon exhibition, allowing for icons to be made available for purchase.
The competition is open to iconographers, painters and artists exclusively using iconographic technique.
Participants are asked to choose a topic taken from the life of St. Maximus the Confessor.
Printing of an exquisite catalog is planned.
A three-member commission will choose the final participants.
Chosen final participants will be contacted by October 1, 2012.
Please submit the following necessary requirements:
1. Three photographs of the icon (higher resolution; smallest format 10x15; the name of the icon, first and last names of the iconographer, technique and format of art are required to be written on the back side of the icon).
2. A brief work history.
3. Contact telephone number and email address.
Please send requested materials to the following address:
Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade
Mije Kovacevica 11B
11060 Belgrade
Attention: "St. Maximus the Confessor" Competition
Deadline for submission of materials is August 1, 2012. Late and incomplete submissions will not be taken into consideration.
Submitted materials will not be returned and participants are solely responsible for all packaging and shipping fees.
For more information please contact us via telephone/email:
Tel. + 381 64 800 4637
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Source: Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade


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Google changed the definition of beta just like it has done for many other things. From the beginning it has become a centre of innovation in software. Google has shown the way to capture the market when open source software was gaining momentum. Google uses a nice business strategy with a place for open source in it. It is interesting to note that Google supports Firefox, yet launches its own Chrome browser.
I have been critical of the the incorrect use of 'beta' for about two years now, but mostly offline. However, recently I found a discussion at Slashdot supporting my ideas. That inspired me to write this blog. I like the line about getting out of jail for free.
'Beta' means it may change without warning. Well then a number of Google applications tell us at the first page that they are likely to change without warning and we are supposed to tread ahead at our own risk. However, they do it with flair: the 'beta' tags usually blend nicely with the background. Thereby, most of the users become mere beta testers for Google - a novel way to get intelligent testers at a large scale, as required for web applications.


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"J. Edgar" producer Brian Grazer has reportedly stepped up to produce the next Academy Awards telecast in the wake of sudden resignations by producer Brett Ratner and host Eddie Murphy.
The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.com both reported that Grazer had accepted the gig. The Academy has not confirmed the reports.
Grazer, who also helped produce "Tower Heist," may be tasked with trying to keep Murphy as host, according to Deadline's Nikki Finke.
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Murphy announced his Oscars exit one day after his longtime collaborator, Ratner, resigned amid the controversy stirred up by his use of a homophobic slur and a series of explicit radio and TV interviews over the past week.
"First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony," Murphy said in his statement. "I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."
Academy President Tom Sherak responded, saying, "I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well."
Murphy was hand-picked to host the show by Ratner, with whom he recently made "Tower Heist." The decision to step down appeared to be entirely Murphy's.
The Academy was set scrambling for a new producer and host only a few short months before its February 26, 2012 air date.
Ratner stirred up trouble over the past week when, during a Q&A following a screening of "Tower Heist," he responded inappropriately to a question about how he and his actors prepare for scenes. He also appeared on the G4 Network's "Attack of the Show" and said several disparaging things about that actress and former "Attack" host Olivia Munn (which he later apologized for). Ratner capped off his week by calling into the Howard Stern radio show and openly discussing having sexual relations with Lindsay Lohan.
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Such shortages of women have long existed in the U.S. in computer technology, NASA, aviation, defense, and other high tech industries. NASA actively seeks women and now that Hollywood is being pushed to continue its expansion of 3D cinema and broadcast technology, the need for highly skilled technologists continues to grow. Bettina's skills are so refined and specialized that she is being used by 3ality Technica to help educate and encourage others to enter this new field. She has worked on preparing crews for films such as the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. 3ality Technica's CEO, Steve Schklair wrote, "I brought Bettina to the company to create and write software. The idea was to utilize her rare talent to correct issues with the implementation of 3D in filmmaking."


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Off my soapbox now and on to the tutorial.
When I saw this dining room set on KSL, I was ecstatic. I have had a vision of the set I wanted in my own kitchen for quite some time but hadn't been able to find the perfect set within my budget. This one would require a lot of work, but I was willing to put in the time.
Here's how I transformed the table:
Supplies used
- Old table in need of some TLC, solid wood
- citristrip stripper
- paint brush
- Husky paint scraper/multi use tool
- lots of patience
- 80 grit coarse sandpaper
- sander
- 320 grit extra fine sandpaper
- Minwax pre-stain wood condition
- Another large dose of patience
- Minwax stain- Dark Walnut and Jacobean
- Annie Sloan soft wax- dark
- Microfiber disc
- Annie Sloan Chalk Paint- Paris Gray and Old White
- Annie Sloan soft wax- clear
- A very large Diet Coke with fresh lime to reward yourself when finished
1) Stripped the paint
I experimented with several different paint strippers and tools, and hopefully all of my experimentation and mishaps will help you. I found that the best stripper was Citristrip, which can be purchased from Home Depot.
First, I treated the wood with Minwax pre-stain wood conditioner using a rag, and applying it with the grain of the wood. Once it had dried, I applied a combination of Minwax stain in Dark Walnut and Jacobean.
4) Waxed the table top
Using Annie Sloan Soft Wax in dark color, I applied several light coats with a brush, and buffed in between coats using a microfiber disc for waxing cars (I picked mine up at Walmart for a couple bucks).
Using my new stash of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, I mixed together Old White with a small amount of Paris Gray, and painted right onto the funky textured apron and legs of the table. I didn't sand or prime before and I'm telling you, this paint goes on like butter! It is amazing.
Once the paint had dried, I roughed up the high points and edges with a sanding block, allowing for the funky texture hiding underneath to shine through. The disastrous sponge paint mayhem that once was on this table worked in my favor. Often times, you have to just go with the texture of your piece of furniture rather than try to alter it. Usually, it works in your favor.
Using an old brush and Annie Sloan Soft Wax in clear, I lightly covered the surfaces just as I had to the table top and then buffed it all down with the microfiber discs.
Here's how I transformed the chairs:
- Small pliers to remove welting
- Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Paris Gray and Old White
- Sanding block
- Annie Sloan soft wax- clear
- Screwdriver to remove seat cushion
- Staple gun
- Bleached canvas drop cloth, refer to tutorial HERE
- Double welting cord
- Scissors to trim away excess fabric
- Sewing machine and thread to make skirts, tutorial HERE
- Magic sliders to protect floors
- Drill to create pilot hole
- Scotchgard fabric protector spray
I unscrewed the seat bottoms so that I could work on the frames without them getting in the way. If I had upholstered the seat cushions, I would have needed to do so at that point when the bases were removed.
Here's a small little cheating secret on how to quickly upholster chairs, when the foam and batting are still in great condition... just upholster over the existing fabric! This saved me hours of time. I simply removed the double welting cord (find the starting point, tug gently and try not to pull the other fabric off with it), and stapled my new fabric right over the top.
2) Painted, distressed, and waxed the frames
I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris gray on all 4 armless chairs, and Old White on the 2 captain chairs. I wanted them to really stand out.
Using a bleached canvas drop cloth from Home Depot, I upholstered right over the existing fabric. For tips on how to prepare your drop cloth and upholster, please refer to my tutorial series HERE and HERE.
I cannot claim any creativity for this step. I fell in love with the skirts that Miss Mustard made, and copied hers using her wonderful tutorial, HERE.
5) Finishing touches
Lastly, I screwed the seats back in place, and added protective sliders to the bottom of each chair leg to prevent scraping against our floors. I experimented with several, and the ones that I liked the most were called Magic Sliders from Home Depot. You drill a small pilot hole into the leg, then secure the slider in place with a scew.
I also sprayed the upholstered fronts and backs with Scotchgard spray to hopefully allow for an easier clean up when we get the inevitable cheetos fingers or spilled spaghetti on the chairs. I didn't worry about spraying the skirts, as they are removable and will get tossed in the washing machine as needed.
And that, dear friends is how I did it.
Please be sure to share with me your transformations. It's never too late to begin...
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"Anatta: Literally 'not-self'. The teaching that there is nothing that we can call a fixed self." Jim Pym, You Don't Have to Sit On the Floor
"Buddhism is often accused of being a religion so aborbed in the impersonal and the eternal that it overlooks the importance of individual and temporal things. According to its teachings, all things that have form are subject to change and void of any enduring "self," but this does not imply that such things are unimportant." Alan Watts
"It may only be a certain nagging sense that the world you live in does not fit. The job you hold, the education you recieve, the institutions that claim authority over you ( the government, the corporations, the courts, the welfare system), all these may seem to have been crudely designed for everybody in general, but for no body in person – least of all you." Theodore Roszak, Person/Planet
"And still, you know, with an instinctive conviction, that there is an essential you behind all the world's imposed identities, a you that needs a meaning of your own making, a personal emblem to hold in the face of grief and before the advance of death." TR
"To give a face to the faceless, a voice to the voiceless – and to each person the one face, the one voice that is uniquely theirs… that is the meaning of personhood." TR
In Buddhism there is the idea of anatta or no-self. That really the self is just a composition of various elements, converging and diverging in a series of rebirths. Science seems to confirm this; "I" am just a product of a highly developed neurological system, evolved in order to give coherence to the psychological experience of being an organism, itself constituted from various cells, genes, molecules and atoms in a state of flux or "rebirths".
According to this explanation self is an experience that appears when I awaken and disappears when I go to sleep. If this is the case then "I" do not exist when the brain rests, and perhaps it is a different "I" that wakes up than the one going to sleep the night before. Perhaps "I" am a different "I" every moment time passes. The brain is not static, all cells and molecules within it are in a constant state of flux and nor is its sense of self.
And yet, there it remains; a strong, persistent sense of self. Despite changing over time, despite interruptions in the flow of consciousness called sleep, there is a strong sense of continuity, that, despite being different ages and with different personal qualities, the "I" ten years ago is the same "I" that is experience by this brain now.
Science says I am an impersonal package of impersonal neurons and synapses evolved to ensure the survival of the whole organism and the species of which I am a part. They may well be right, and I don't deny there is truth to that. But really, let's be serious, this is not how I experience myself, and no matter how many times I try to convince myself otherwise there's that persistent feeling that "I" am there and "I" am very real and undeniable.
And with a scientific view we might say that this is fine, it's way we have evolved, it's how the organism survives and ensures the survival of its species. But even such a reductionist explanation still doesn't quite do it justice, not the way I live it every day of my life. I feel it needs more honouring than that (and perhaps that's just another survival trait?).
From an impersonal "soup" we call the Universe, a person can emerge, consciousness can take on a personal form! Not like it is imposed from somewhere "outside" or "beyond" but that personality is latent in the physical laws of the Universe. "I" existed as sleeping potential in the very fabric of the Universe, but without form or presence. And then an impersonal egg and sperm came together and began a journey that would lead to personhood through a miracle of biology and neurology, with millions of years of evolution preceding this moment. And this has happened not just once but many times over. Millions of persons. Billions of persons. Individual persons, not just masses of people.
Amazing that each human face and each human voice is so distinctive as to not be confused with anybody else… most of the time. Imagine over 6 Billion people with a face and a voice that is uniquely theirs! And that's only now, imagine all the unique humans there have been and the unique humans there will be! Even animals transmit some sort of instinctive self, if my Cocker Spaniel is in a room of similar Cocker Spaniels I'll still know which one is "her". It is imprinted in me. Something that happens with people we don't know as well, though seem to know so well…
You hear a voice on the radio, you see a face on the TV and instantly you have a sense of recognition. Sometimes you may not remember the name or why they are famous but instantly you know it is that person and no one else. Looking at a DVD cover right now I see a woman's face, I don't recognise her. I see a name -Kate Beckinsale- and instant recognition comes to me, it is her, much much younger but you see it is the same "person". And turning over to the back I see another picture of her with another man poring over a map or something and I recognise him instantly; Art Malik. I see only his face looking down, can't see much of a profile but I know it is him. Why can't I mistake him for anyone else if he and I are just impersonal bundles of neurons and synapses amongst billions?
Impossible! Isn't it? And what if it isn't impossible, what if it is true? Doesn't that make it even more of a miracle that "I" am here communicating with "you"?
How can individual unique persons be so "mass produced" in such an unconscious and impersonal Universe? The mind boggles! The mind gropes for some plausible fantasy to explain this; a "superbeing" "out there," or manifest destiny, or a ghost in the machine, or, or, or…
It's a miracle of nature, an implausible reality, to distill many millions, billions, trillions of impersonal elements; like cells, atoms, subatomic particles, through long long processes of evolution to finally arrive at personhood! The machine is the ghost! There I am. And there you are!
Miracles, each of us.