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New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie is reuniting with President Barack Obama for the first time since the pair teamed up in response to Sandy.
Christie made an unannounced visit Thursday to the White House, where he met with Obama to press for $83 billion in extra disaster aid for his state plus New York and Connecticut.
Obama is expected to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for 11 states struck by the late October storm.
Christie made a similar pitch to a fellow Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, later at the Capitol.
The New Jersey governor might seek the presidency himself in 2016. His warm praise of Obama's handling of the storm so close to last month's election drew fire some fellow Republicans.
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This research contributes to the initial engagement literature by providing evidence that successor auditors charge higher fees to their clients that previously reported disagreements and other reportable events. The authors also contribute to the literature by examining fees over a six-year period surrounding the auditor change. More importantly, they find that only Big 4 auditors appear to charge higher fees following disclosures of disagreements and other reportable events. Finally, the authors add to the existing literature on audit fees for risky clients, especially the internal control weakness literature, by providing evidence that disagreements and other reportable events are priced incremental to internal control issues.
Elliott, J. A., A. Ghosh, and E. Peltier. 2013. Pricing of Risky Initial Audit Engagements. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 32 (4): 25-43.
The results from this study are important for regulators when considering mandatory audit firm rotation. The evidence suggests that auditors are concerned about the length of their new client's relationship with their former auditor and perceive this as a risk factor in pricing their engagements.
However, the authors caution that the evidence does not necessarily support mandatory rotation. As Andersen was a high-profile case, it is possible that the fee premium observed in this study is unique to Andersen clients. Moreover, in examining mandatory rotation, the authors suggest that switching costs should also be considered in conjunction with the fee premium.
Kealey, B. T., H. Y. Lee, and M. T. Stein. 2007. The Association between Audit-Firm Tenure and Audit Fees Paid to Successor Auditors: Evidence from Arthur Andersen. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 26 (2): 95-116.
The results of this study are important for regulators to consider when scrutinizing auditor changes and former audit partners. The evidence indicates that former audit partners may adopt a strategic approach to auditing follower clients by being more conservative in their audits in the first post-switch year when the level of scrutiny is high, but allowing more aggressive earnings management after the first post-switch year.
Chen, C. J. P., X. Su, and X. Wu. 2009. Forced Audit Firm Change, Continued Partner-Client Relationship, and Financial Reporting Quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 28 (2): 227-246.
Audit firms may find this study interesting because it contributes to an understanding of the competitive nature of the U.S. audit market among the remaining Big Four firms. Additionally, this study appears to have implications for audit firms operating in a market where a major accounting firm either leaves the market or dissolves. Specifically, the results imply that a potential growth strategy for firms remaining in such markets may be to purchase the practices of such firms, where possible. Further, this study appears to have implications for portfolio management related to small clients and large clients, since the audit fees for these firms behaved differently following the demise of Andersen.
Additionally, the results suggest that the decreasing number of Big Four audit firms may be detrimental to competitive forces in the audit market, which is of importance to audit market regulators in the U.S. and globally. Given that the dissolution of an audit firm is a very rare event, this study provides unique empirical evidence on the consequences of such a dissolution.
In their discussion of the study, Ramnath and Weber (2008) raise concerns related to what a purchase of an Andersen office really means and how this definition may differ across markets. They also note that a more appropriate level to examine these issues would be the partner level (e.g. clients may have chosen to remain with their Andersen partner at their new firm).
Kohlbeck, M., B. W. Mayhew, P. Murphy, and M. S. Wilkins. 2008. Competition for Andersen's Clients. Contemporary Accounting Research 25 (4): 1099-1136.
Ramnath, S. and J.P. Weber. Discussion of "Competition for Andersen's Clients". Contemporary Accounting Research 25 (4): 1137-1146.

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Stallergenes: Oralair: Very Positive 3-Year Results of the Long-Term Study
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Very Positive 3-Year Results of the Long-Term Study Provide Confirmation of the Clinical Relevance of Oralair®
PARIS, FRANCE | December 7, 2009 | Stallergenes S.A. today announces the 3-year results of a phase III clinical trial (VO53.06) to assess the long-term (sustained) effect and disease modifier effect after discontinuation of treatment of its sublingual grass pollen immunotherapy tablet, Oralair®. This study is the first ever pivotal study designed to be a long-term and disease modifier trial from the outset.
The VO53.06 study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial conducted over 5 years, 3 years as a pre- and coseasonal treatment regimen and the following 2 years without treatment. It included 633 patients, aged 18 to 50 years, with grass pollen-related allergic rhino-conjunctivitis, in 45 centers in 10 countries. The patients were divided in two treated groups and one placebo group. In the two active arms, there was no dose escalation and the daily dose was a 300 IR sublingual immunotherapy tablet. In one active arm, the treatment started 4 months before the pollen season, and in the other, 2 months before. The total treatment duration for each study-year in all groups was 5 to 6 months up until the end of the pollen season.
The sustained clinical efficacy as defined by EMEA[1] guidelines is the measurement of treatment efficacy after 3 years. The primary endpoint was the Average Adjusted Symptom Score (AASS)[2].
In the third year analysis, the two treated groups demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of AASS in comparison with placebo (p<0.0001) with a very large effect.
Relative differences versus placebo (season 3)
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A reduction of 40% was achieved in the 2nd year and a reduction of 30% in the 1st year (relative median differences versus placebo). These results not only demonstrate the sustained clinical effect of Oralair® administered using a pre- and coseasonal treatment regimen but also suggest an increase in efficacy over the seasons.
In addition, each of the six individual symptom scores has demonstrated a statistically significant improvement. All the outcomes obtained in the secondary endpoints were statistically significant and consistent with those of the primary endpoint.
Patient compliance was very satisfactory over the three seasons and the overall tolerance was excellent.
In accordance with the recommendation of a board of independent experts (Data and Safety Monitoring Board), the study will be continued over the next 2 years in order to assess the disease modifier effect (maintenance of therapeutic benefit after treatment discontinuation).
In addition to this long-term study, in 2009 Stallergenes conducted a phase III one-season optimization study (VO60.08) with Oralair® 300 IR. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed without dose escalation and used a 2-month pre-seasonal treatment regimen. In this trial, 180 patients were enrolled in each of the two arms. The analysis on the primary endpoint did not reach a statistically significant difference, although positive trends were demonstrated. Further in-depth analyses will be performed, to identify likely methodological bias.
"We are very enthusiastic about the results of the VO53.06 study which far exceed our expectations. We will file for an extension of the product's current labeling, as defined in the marketing authorization recently obtained via a Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) in 23 European countries. Such setbacks due to the VO60.08 study outcome can occur in any large development program, and in no way call into doubt the overall findings of the Oralair® program as a whole, which remain extremely consistent. The development program, which focuses on the benefit to patients and fits squarely with current cost-containment trends, confirms the relevance of Stallergenes' strategic choices.
Our 2009 clinical news flow has been very dense and is not over yet. There are still more results to come and more analyses to be conducted. We will be delighted to present all these findings at an R&D day to be held at the start of 2010." says Albert Saporta, Chairman and CEO of Stallergenes.
The Oralair® clinical development program has demonstrated the short-term efficacy of the product at an appropriate dose of 300 IR during the first season, through two clinical studies in adults and children (VO34.04 and VO52.06).
Through a pharmacodynamics study (V056.07), Stallergenes demonstrated that its immunotherapy tablet had an effect on symptoms from the very first month of treatment, without the use of rescue medication and irrespective of variable patient exposure to pollen.
The Oralair® development program, which has so far included over 1,800 patients, makes the level of clinical evidence for this treatment indisputable. This program, which was initiated in 2003 and is fully in line with EMEA guidelines issued in 2008, will help immunotherapy tablets achieve the same level of recognition as conventional pharmaceuticals.
From the outset, the Oralair® clinical development program has addressed the key issues involved in grass pollen immunotherapy:
- It answers the unmet needs of patients suffering from severe rhino-conjunctivitis caused by grass pollen, inadequately controlled using ymptomatic treatments,
- It favors compliance and cost-containment, through its pre- and coseasonal protocol (the treatment is taken for four months prior to the pollen season and then throughout it, for three consecutive seasons) rather than a perennial protocol (when the treatment is taken all year round),
- Its active substance consisting of a set of five pollens corresponds to the epidemiological characteristics of patient exposure in Europe.
Stalair® is the pharmaceutical and clinical development program for immunotherapy tablets being implemented by Stallergenes with a view to obtaining marketing registrations for pharmaceutical products in Europe and in other strategic markets.
Oralair® is the first project resulting from this program. A Mutual Recognition Procedure has been completed. The results of a phase III clinical study conducted in adults in the USA are expected in the coming weeks.
A positive phase IIb/III study was completed for the dust mite immunotherapy tablet, Actair® in allergic rhinitis in adults during the first half of 2009. A pediatric phase III study has been launched.
The Bet v 1 tablet (birch pollen recombinant) has been the subject of a positive phase IIb/III clinical trial conducted in allergic rhinitis caused by birch pollen. A confirmatory phase III study is currently being prepared with a view to EMEA registration.
The other allergens concerned by the program are ragweed for the North American market and Japanese cedar pollen for the Japanese market. Altogether, the program covers 80% of the epidemiology for all markets.
Stallergenes is a European biopharmaceutical company dedicated to immunotherapy treatments for the prevention and treatment of allergy-related respiratory diseases, such as allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, rhinitis and asthma. As of today, Stallergenes is the seventh-ranked French pharmaceutical company. A pioneer and leader in sublingual immunotherapy treatments, Stallergenes devotes 21% of its turnover, in gross terms, to Research and Development and is actively involved in the development of a new therapeutic class: sublingual immunotherapy tablets.
In 2008, Stallergenes had a turnover of 171 million euros and more than 500,000 patients were treated with Stallergenes immunotherapy products.
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About Lee Child
International #1 bestselling author Lee Child is firmly established as "the best thriller writer of the moment" (New York Times), with more than 22 million copies of his novels in print worldwide. His hero, ex-Army cop Jack Reacher, a loner with no evident roots, has been called "the toughest guy in literature," and Child's events draw standing-room-only crowds of hundreds of fans (dubbed "Reacher creatures").
Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of nearby Birmingham. As a boy he was tall for his age, and he became a protector of sorts for less fortunate classmates. One day he saw a bully harassing a girl, so he beat him up on the way home, rolling him down a hill covered with nettles for good measure. The tough guy was born. Is Child himself Jack Reacher? "He's everything I could be if I could get away with it," Child admits.
He went to law school in Sheffield, England, then spent eighteen years as a presentation director for Granada Television in Manchester. When a corporate restructuring caused him to lose his job in 1995, he gave himself a year to try his hand at fiction. He wrote Killing Floor—his first novel to feature Reacher—which won both the Anthony and the Barry awards for Best First Mystery and was a critical and commercial success. Lee Child is now the author of twenty-two Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers 61 Hours, The Enemy (which won both the Barry and the Nero awards for Best Novel), One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Make Me, and most recently, The Midnight Line, which debuted at #1. Many of his titles have been optioned for major motion pictures. In 2012, Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo starred in Jack Reacher, a major motion picture inspired by Child's book, One Shot. Cruise returned to his role in the 2016 sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. In 2019, it was announced that Amazon would be developing script-to-series drama based on the Jack Reacher series. Child is also working on a true-crime TV series which depicts the stories of real-life men and women from around the world who have been driven to stand up and put their lives on the line, fighting for justice in the face of great danger.
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From Knight Errant to Jack Reacher: Why We Need Tough Guys in Life and Literature
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Praise for Blue Moon
Child is at the top of his game in this nail-biter.— starred Publishers Weekly review
Praise for Past Tense
Superb . . . [Lee] Child's spare prose continues to set a very high bar.— Publishers Weekly (boxed and starred review)
Praise for The Midnight Line
Compulsively readable.— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Night School
The prose is crisp and clean, and the fighting is realistic. . . . This latest installment has all the classic ingredients: a great setting (Hamburg), a good villain, and a mystery that draws you in efficiently, escalates unpredictably, and has a satisfying resolution.— The New Yorker
Reacher [is] one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes.— The Washington Post
Another timely tour de force . . . The taut thriller is textbook [Lee] Child: fast-paced and topical with a 'ripped from the headlines' feel.— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
As gripping as ever.— The Florida Times-Union
Praise for Make Me
Lee Child's Reacher series has hit Book No. 20 with a resounding peal of wisecracking glee. Everything about it, starting with Reacher's nose for bad news, is as strong as ever.... The big guy's definitely on the upswing. The guy who writes about him is too.— Janet Maslin, The New York Times
I've read all twenty of Lee Child's novels... I can't wait for the twenty-first.— Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
Praise for Personal
Few novelists can equal [Child's] explosive action scenes, neon-bright descriptions and unexpected plot twists...Reacher is the stuff of myth, a great male fantasy...one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes...Child does a masterly job of bringing his adventure to life with endless surprises and fierce suspense, and he's peerless on the logistics of killing.— The Washington Post
Fans won't be disappointed by this suspense-filled, riveting thriller. Those who haven't experienced this irresistible series should definitely start at the beginning and catch up to this book.— Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for Never Go Back
A breathless cross-country spree . . . some of the best, wiliest writing [Lee] Child has ever done . . . Child's bodacious action hero, Jack Reacher, has already tramped through 17 novels and three e-book singles. But his latest, Never Go Back, may be the best desert island reading in the series. It's exceptionally well plotted. And full of wild surprises. And wise about Reacher's peculiar nature. And positively Bunyanesque in its admiring contributions to Reacher lore.— Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Brilliant ...Child never, ever slips. He keeps the action cranking better than anyone, but, best of all, he keeps us guessing about Reacher.— Booklist (starred review)
One of the best in the series.— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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November 3, 2017Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
A little-known treaty provides transparency for confirming arms control agreements and serves as an important measure of the health of the U.S.-Russia relationship.
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China and Israel have sharply ramped up trade, investment, and cultural ties in recent years, but obstacles to closer relations may yet emerge.
May 18, 2018Foreign Aid
During its fifteen years, PEPFAR has become one of the most important global health initiatives ever launched. However, its influence is fading, threatening the global fight against HIV/AIDS as the s…
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The president's first national security strategy eloquently sums up the U.S. role in the world and what should be done to defend it, but much of the document is at odds with what the president himsel…
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Washington should respond to sectarian conflict near Kirkuk by seeking to preserve a united Iraq while supporting Kurdish autonomy.
August 22, 2017Afghanistan
President Trump's much-anticipated Afghan policy rightly avoids troop withdrawal timelines but offers little prospect for progress against the durable Taliban.
December 12, 2016Arab Spring
The Arab world's stirring for political change in 2011 failed dramatically, but support for building democratic institutions still represents one of the region's best hopes for reform.
October 7, 2016North Korea
Ten years after North Korea's first nuclear test, sanctions and negotiations have done little to quell the regime's ambition of becoming a nuclear weapons state.
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geekSpeak recording - VSTS with Anton Delsink
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Anton introduces us to VSTS and helps clear up any confusion over names and what tools are included in each edition. Anton enlightens us on the openness of VSTS for third party add-in tools.
Anton highlights how people in various roles in a project can use the system, from architects to devs, testers to project managers, and how they can work from their area of comfort, be it Visual Studio, Excel or even their browser. He also shows us how the reporting aspect is really SQL Server Reporting Services at heart, so you can report on quality indicators.
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New England Compounding Pharmacy filed documents Monday in response to a federal lawsuit in Minnesota. Barbe Puro claims she suffered emotional distress after receiving a steroid that may have been contaminated.
The company admits it compounded and dispensed the steroid, but denies Puro's claims. Among other things, it says injuries have not been proven, and if there are injuries, they might have been caused by pre-existing or unrelated conditions.
The company also says the steroid was formulated, distributed and labeled in compliance with state and federal laws.
The company faces three other lawsuits in Minnesota.
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- libexpat1-dev: needed for presence indication.
- libasound2-dev: optional, if you wish to have ALSA support.
Mandatory and optional dependencies: doxygen, autotools-dev, pkg-config, libpt-dev, libcelt-dev, libtheora-dev, libgsm1-dev, libspeex-dev, libspeexdsp-dev, libcapi20-dev.
For non-free codecs, see below their dependencies.
Mandatory and optional dependencies: libsasl2-dev, gettext, libldap2-dev, libpt-dev, libopal-dev, libgconf2-dev, libxv-dev, autotools-dev, gnome-pkg-tools, rarian-compat, intltool, libxml-parser-perl, evolution-data-server-dev, gnome-doc-utils, libavahi-client-dev, libavahi-glib-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, libdbus-glib-1-dev, libnotify-dev, libebook1.2-dev, libxext-dev, boost base and signals, libv4l-dev (for video device hotplugging I think).
If you use git repository, you need autotools (automake, autoconf) and gnome-common (containing file gnome-autogen.sh) too.
Information about some flags:
- gnome-common: to support GNU autotools with some scripts
- libsdl: for full screen support
- libebook: for Evolution mail client integration
- dbus-glib: for automatic discovering of devices
Compiling instructions
Note: make sure you do not have ptlib, opal and ekiga installed on your computer before compiling them, see #Uninstall Ekiga for more information.
The compilation is mostly plug'n'play, using the common triple of
configure && make && make install (
make install as root, if necessary). As usually, you need to install all headers of libraries you want to use a certain feature (e.g. OpenLDAP or ALSA), because otherwise ptlib/opal/ekiga will spit out a message ("checking for ...: no") and silently disable support for that feature.
I assume that common options, like
--prefix are known and used.
Note that v4l is disabled by default; if you need it, add --enable-v4l to ./configure.
Notes on ptlib and opal: The path to the directory where they are installed must not contain spaces; also, you need to build them from their directory, as shown below; finally, using CFLAGS and LDFLAGS is not reliable.
./configure --prefix=/usr make make install
./configure --prefix=/usr make make install
Note: on some systems, such as Mandriva [1], you can receive an error about not finding ptlib during
configure execution. In that case you might precede configure command with pkgconfig information, like this:
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --prefix=/usr
If you have downloaded Ekiga from git repository, then you don't have a
configure script. You should use
./autogen.sh instead of
./configure below (giving the same parameters).
The following options (among others) are recognized:
--disable-gdudisables the generation of the help documentation files (readable with GNOME yelp).
--disable-gconfdisables GCONF support
- it's experimental and was introduced to make the WIN32-port possible
- it saves it config AND addressbooks into a FILE (usually ~/.config/ekiga.conf or whatever was reported by GLib)
- for the moment, expect some weirdness with the UI and some config keys
--disable-dbusdisables DBUS support for automatic discovery of devices
Note for version >= 4.0.0: neighbours (seing all ekiga users in the same network, zeroconf, avahi) are disabled by default, so use
--enable-avahi if you need this.
./configure --prefix=/usr make make install
Additional dependencies of specific video codecs
Generally, GNU/Linux distributions strip out "non-free" codecs. You can check if your distribution allows them by installing libav/ffmpeg and use the following command:
$ objdump -T /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.5*|grep 26[34]_decoder
If it shows some lines, then you have them. Note: this command works only for old versions of libavcodec.
Otherwise, you need to build them manually, as shown below.
ffmpeg / libav
FFMPEG is required for the following video codecs:
If you use ekiga >= 3.3.2, then you can install libav/ffmpeg 0.6.2 or later like this:
./configure --enable-shared make sudo make install
x264 is required for the following video codecs:
- H.264 via RFC 3984
If you use ekiga >= 3.3.2, then you can install libx264, version 107 or later like this:
./configure --enable-shared make sudo make install
Uninstall Ekiga
If you want do compile and install (new versions of) ekiga, you should make sure before that you do not have them already installed.
Check if you have previously installed PTlib, Opal, and Ekiga
Some versions of Linux (like Ubuntu) install Ekiga automatically with Gnome Desktop as it is part of it. If you or your distro have installed Ekiga before, you most likely already have a version of PTlib & Opal installed. You must check to see what versions you have before downloading other versions. Unless you remove older versions before you start, there is a chance you'll create multiples versions of these libraries on your system, which will stop you from compiling Ekiga.
You can check your version of Ekiga from Ekiga's Help → About menu, or open a Terminal and at the prompt, type:
$ ekiga --version
This will show you the version of Ekiga if any properly installed on your system.
You may want to have a closer look to be sure there is no ptlib and opal in your system as those libraries can be used by other programs than Ekiga:
$ whereis ptlib $ whereis opal $ whereis ekiga
- Alternatively, you can use find to get a list of a program's locations, searching in /usr is usualy a good start:
$ find /usr -name '*libpt*' $ find /usr -name '*opal*' $ find /usr -name '*ekiga*'
This will show you if PTlib, Opal & Ekiga has been installed.
Uninstall previously installed ptlib, opal, and Ekiga
First, you should try your package manager which is distro dependant: Debian and Ubuntu use synaptic and apt,... and search for "libpt" "opal" "ekiga" in it. Then uninstall all libpt/opal/ekiga packages (ptlib sometimes comes with plugins in separate packages, uninstall them all).
FIXME: list of package managers per distro
If Ekiga was installed from sources, it is recommended you uninstall them by:
$ cd to appropriate directory (where you compiled Ekiga, then Opal and finaly ptlib)
and as root for each source:
# make uninstall
$ sudo make uninstall


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Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents." Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):e163-70."
Developing a Community-Wide Initiative to Address Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress: A Case Study of The Philadelphia ACE Task Force." Academic Pediatrics. 2017;17(7):S130-S135."
Childhood Traumatic Stress and the Emergency Department Visit." Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2013;14(1):41-46."
Characterization of interpersonal violence events involving young adolescent girls vs events involving young adolescent boys." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(6):545-50."
Characteristics and Behavioral Risk Factors of Firearm-exposed Youth in an Urban Emergency Department." Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2019;42(4):603-12."
Before and after the trauma bay: the prevention of violent injury among youth." Ann Emerg Med. 2009;53(4):490-500."
The assault-injured youth: what we know, how we use it." J Adolesc Health. 2012;50(3):213-4."
The Assault-Injured Youth and the Emergency Medical System: What Can We Do?" Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2013;14(1):47-55."
Application of a Framework to Implement Trauma-Informed Care Throughout a Pediatric Health Care Network." J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2017;37(1):55-60."
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Expanding the Concept of Adversity." Am J Prev Med. 2015;49(3):354-61."
Adult Connection in Assault Injury Prevention among Male Youth in Low-Resource Urban Environments." J Urban Health. 2018;95(3):361-371."
Adolescent decisional autonomy regarding participation in an emergency department youth violence interview." Am J Bioeth. 2005;5(5):70-4; discussion W14."


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Yellow Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe
In her cookbook The Taste of Country Cooking, Edna Lewis says there was always pound cake on special summer occasions to eat with whatever berries and fruit were left over from canning and preserving. This cake is dense and delicious, with a crumb that is slightly heavier and pleasantly chewier than my usual recipe (Rose Levy Beranbaum's, which melts in your mouth). It has a pleasing soft but dark brown crust. "Oh," I thought when I tasted it, "this is what Sara Lee pound cake is trying to be." I mixed it by hand with butter right out of the refrigerator, as she directs, and was delighted by the results.
- Yield:8 generously or 12 sensibly
- 1 cup (1/2 pound) cold butter
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 5 eggs (medium to large but not jumbo)
- 2 cups sifted unbleached flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice
Put the butter in a large mixing bowl and work it with a wooden spoon until it becomes shiny, about 5 minutes. Add in the sugar and salt and continue to work sugar and butter together. When well mixed, begin to stir in a circular motion until the mixture loses most of he gritty feeling. The addition of eggs will dissolve the rest.
Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each addition. After the third egg has been incorporated, add 2 tablespoons of flour and stir well. This will keep the batter from separating. Add the fourth and fifth egg and continue to stir, then the rest of the flour in four parts, stirring well after each addition. Finally beat in the vanilla and lemon juice.
Butter and dust a 9-inch tube pan (I think this means angel food cake style; I used a 12 cup Bundt pan with good results) on the bottom only; the sides should remain ungreased because the cake will adhere to the sides better when rising. Spoon the batter into the pan.
Set into an oven that has been preheated long enough for the heat to have risen and become stable at between 275°F and 300°F. Bake for 40 minutes at that temperature, then raise the temperature to 325°F for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven, run a knife around the sides of the pan, turn out right away on a wire rack, and turn face up. Cool uncovered for 15 minutes, then cover with a clean towel; otherwise the cake will become dry and hard.
When cold, store in a clean tin. Plastic containers develop an undesirable odor.
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Gorman 'Charlotte' duffle jacket (similar)
Floral dress C/O Modcloth (similar)
Felt satchel C/O Chicwish (similar)
Heart knee patch tights C/O Modcloth (similar)
Gorman 'Mary' wooden wedges in Olive (similar)
Sportsgirl rose gold watch (similar)
Saturday, June 29, 2013
{ Heart patches & pom poms }
23 comments | Heart patches & pom poms
- Dominiq said... on
- June 29, 2013 at 4:30 PM
- Unknown said... on
- June 29, 2013 at 4:39 PM
Ah you make dresses and tights look so cute, but grown up! Those wedges are awesome, too. I'm always drooling after Gorman's shoes, such good quality. (If only I were get the whole range hehe)
Steph xx
- Tabet said... on
- June 29, 2013 at 7:54 PM
great pictures and a sweet outfit :)
Love it!
- Rosalinda Tjioe said... on
- June 29, 2013 at 11:21 PM
The coat is so cute! xx
- snow said... on
- June 29, 2013 at 11:45 PM
so adorable! ^^ I love pom poms!
- Jul said... on
- July 1, 2013 at 12:24 AM
You got your braces off? That's the end of an era! Braces look so cute on you...anyways this is an adorable outfit, you look fabulous :)
My blog: Life Is A Romantic Poem
- Unknown said... on
- July 1, 2013 at 4:03 AM
This outfit is so cute, and the photos are amazing! I love your hair by the way :) x
- Anonymous said... on
- July 1, 2013 at 7:40 PM
Hi Sushi!
I'm a long time follower of your blog - love your style!
Just a quick q, how do you find the shipping from Modcloth in the States to Melbourne?
Did it arrive relatively quickly and hassle free?
Just placed an order for
- m said... on
- July 2, 2013 at 6:19 AM
OMG you have to tell us how you do your hair, it is pure awesomeness!
- Unknown said... on
- July 2, 2013 at 4:05 PM
So sweet.Like your red coat.Like your style.
- Katie Frank said... on
- July 3, 2013 at 2:46 AM
this look is even more than perfect <3 <3 <3
- Anne said... on
- July 5, 2013 at 6:44 PM
WOW, I just discovered your blog and I think your style is absolutely adorable! I love the coat :) Wanna join my GIVE AWAY party?
Love, Anna
- B. said... on
- July 8, 2013 at 6:59 PM
I love your skirt!
- charmeuse said... on
- July 9, 2013 at 2:20 AM
You look truly amazing <3 ;)
- The Fashion Loonatic said... on
- July 12, 2013 at 1:10 AM
Cute outfit, love the pompoms :)
- Ester Durães said... on
- July 12, 2013 at 7:29 AM
aww I love everything about this outfit: your coat, your tights, your shoes!! you look adorable! :)
oh and congratulations on taking off your braces!
Ester from Drawing Dreaming
- Angie J. said... on
- July 19, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Sushi you're always the cutest! Love the outfit - that dress looks cute as far as I can tell!
- Lanna ~ said... on
- July 24, 2013 at 6:43 AM
Very cute! I really like winter looks with red color :3 and that made me want to hug you haha
- Caity @ Moi Contre La Vie said... on
- August 9, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Fabulous jacket - I adore the color and sweet, eye-catching details. <3
I love Gorman shoes too, so many cute styles and the quality is amazing! :D
Haha thanks, it's great being braces-free now, I love smiling! xo Sushi
Hi hon, thanks for following my blog. I've ordered from Modcloth a few times since moving to Melbourne and have never had any issues. I usually just go with the cheapest shipping method and it arrives in about 10-14 working days :) Haha that's a very cute frying pan, hope you receive it soon! x Sushi
Thank you, I might do a tutorial soon. I usually just use old fashioned rollers when my hair is damp, either air dry or blow dry it, then take the rollers out and brush the curls out a bit :) Takes a bit of practice but it's pretty easy once you have it. Plus you can always use a hair curler for touch ups if you need x Sushi


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I look forward to the Roseland tower. It looks beautiful in the diagrams.
Really like the exterior of this building...well, the one in the renderings.
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By Evan Bindelglass The undulating, skyscraping replacement for the Roseland Ballroom has yet to top out, but its curtain wall is already being put in place at 242 West 53rd Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, in Midtown.
Construction progress yesterday at 242 West 53rd Street.Concrete has been poured up to the 31st floor of the CetraRuddy-designed tower, and curtain wall installation is underway on the fourth through sixth floors. When we reported on construction in December, the building had reached 12 stories. When it tops out, its 62 stories will rise 675 feet and encompass 452,896 square feet.
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The PRO-IP Act was designed to "strengthen" US intellectual property protections, but opponents of the bill have referred to it as "gluttonous" and overreaching. One of the most controversial bits of the bill was a provision to stop treating compilations of copyrighted works as a single work. This change would mean, for instance, that a music label could seek 10 or 12 times the allowed statutory damages when it prosecutes someone who sells a single copy of an album. For magazines and newspapers which contain a host of separate copyrighted pieces (articles, advertising, etc.), the effects could be even more dire, since a single lost copyright lawsuit could put publishers on the hook for millions and millions of dollars in fines. Today, a House subcommittee removed the controversial provision from the Bill and passed it on to the full committee for further comment.
William Patry, Google's top copyright counsel and the man who literally wrote the book on the subject, said that the compilation change made him "very happy." Public Knowledge head Gigi Sohn, who testified to Congress about the bill's shortcomings late last year, also said in a statement that she was "pleased that the Subcommittee deleted from the bill the section (Section 104) that would have allowed multiplied damages for infringement of a compilation far beyond any reasonable levels."
An argument by copyright owners in defense of the change was that it essentially lowered the value of individual works. If a music company, for example, was able to nail someone for selling 10 songs from 10 different artists, the company could seek the maximum statutory damages ($150,000) and then multiply the amount by 10 ($1.5 million). But if that same petty crook was selling all 10 songs on a single CD, it would be treated as a compilation and the label could only get $150,000.
The standard response to this from digital rights groups is that statutory damages are plenty high already, and that nothing prohibits plaintiffs from seeking much higher amounts of money once they prove actual damages (statutory damages required no proof that the activity in question has harmed the copyright owner).
In their view, removing the statutory limits on damages from compilations could create significant legal uncertainty for companies that use copyrighted content in their operations. Any mistake, even an inadvertent one, that ends up in court could well see a company liable for damages so astronomical that it would simply have to close its doors. The bigger concern is not that this would happen on a regular basis, but that the possibility of it happening was so catastrophic that new companies would be scared off doing anything interesting with copyrighted content.
This argument was actually brought up during a stakeholder roundtable early this year. A US official from the Copyright Office reportedly asked those pushing the change if they could point to a single example from the last several decades in which they had suffered economic harm from the compilations provision. According to reports from those in the room, this led to a significant period of dead air (a claim I heard echoed again last week at a music conference in New York).
The good news here is that Rep. Howard Berman's (D-CA) Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, actually made the changes in response to work by subcommittee staff, the US Copyright Office, and testimony from hearings. Despite his hostility to several provisions in the bill, Patry concluded that the process worked well, in the end. "Committee staff and the Copyright Office devoted a great deal of attention to the issue and the round table that was held was very well run and very balanced," he noted. "It was government at its best."
Berman took responsibility for making the changes. In his opening statement at the markup hearing this morning, he agreed that the bill "is not perfect" and said that this was why he would be "introducing a managers' amendment today that will address some of the concerns groups have brought to the Subcommittee's attention." Despite Berman's reputation as a big booster of the MPAA and RIAA, he also has a reputation for being willing to listen to other voices and make changes in response to legitimate criticisms. Kudos to him for doing that.
Berman's not necessarily done with the compilations issue, though. He went on to say that the section would be pulled out of "expediency," and said that legislators needed more time to craft a good solution. "There will be ongoing discussions about these issues," he said.


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Costume Wearer name: Carter. This Amazing looking Pyrate Ship was created by his mom, Nichole.
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This homemade costume for boys entered our 2010 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Nichole, the 'Pirate Ship with Pirate' costume creator:
This pirate ship is completely made with cardboard, wiring, pipes(for canons), paint to paint the ship(all painted by hand). The pirate ship has a custom made bench seat that sits on a radio flyer wagon. The pirate chest is made of cardboard as well and wired together. I have put a lot of details into this ship to make it look at real as possible. I attached a string to the end of the ship so I could pull it around, you can't even tell there is a wagon under the cardboard. In the ship itself I cut out holes to insert the pipes(cannons). There are 20 cannons in total and the canons will actually launch out bullets(balls) for a realistic pirate ship! I used white material and cut them out for the flags and hand drew the skulls on the material. The poles holding the flags up are large pipes. Another realistic feature is, I have attached a nearly invisible string for my son to pull which pulls on the skeleton and the skeleton is rigged to fight with his sword so in other words; my son pulls the string with one hand and fights with the other and it appears that the skeleton is actually fighting him! All in all this whole costume costed about $3 as cardboard, piping, wires were free. The cost was for paint. We already had the swords and jewelry from Halloween!
Happy Halloween to all, hope you like the costume because my son loves it. Time it took was about 16 hours.
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Adopt-a-School Partnership Breakfast awards community volunteers
Waco ISD hosted its 5th Annual Partnership Recognition Breakfast honoring the Adopt-a-School Partners from across the district.
As another wonderful school year with the Adopt-a-School Program concluded, it was a special time to thank, honor and recognize the incredible work that our partners put in to our schools each and every day.
Each volunteer associated with the program has the same goal; helping to grow the educational experience for the students in Waco ISD. These volunteers devote countless hours of hard work and dedication to not only our students, but also provide amazing support to our wonderful faculty and staff as well. Saying a simple, "thank you" does not even begin to express how much each and every one of you are appreciated.
The Adopt-a-School Program has been in existence for 35 years; all the while forming over 150 partnerships with numerous businesses and service organizations across the community. This program would not exist without the vital support from these groups. They are quick to give their time, energy, and financial resources to support the program, and the district is truly grateful.
We look forward to working with our community and all partners to continue to grow our students' educational experiences. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our children at Waco ISD. Congratulations to all of the partners on another very successful year!
Adopt-a-School Partnership Award Honorees
Golden Apple - Mentoring
Ivan LeBlanc; Look at Me Now Barbershop and Parkdale Elementary
Golden Apple - Tutoring
Members Choice Federal Credit Union and G.L. Wiley Opportunity Center
Golden Apple - Academic Enrichment
Kiwanis Club of Waco and Parkdale Elementary
Golden Apple - Community Service
Brook Oaks Neighborhood Association and Brook Avenue Elementary
Golden Apple - Science and Math
Live Oak Classical School and J.H. Hines Elementary
Rookie of the Year
Family of Faith Worship Center and Kendrick Elementary
Outstanding Volunteer - Elementary
Tanya Light and J.H. Hines Elementary
Outstanding Volunteer - Secondary
Keith Guillory and Waco High
Outstanding Business Coordinator - Elementary
Dale Horn; Office Depot and Parkdale Elementary
Outstanding Business Coordinator - Secondary
Misti Mostiller; Extraco Banks and Brazos High
Outstanding School Coordinator
Brad Janek, Bell's Hill Elementary
Award of Excellence - Elementary
St. Louis Catholic Church and Provident Heights Elementary
Award of Excellence - Secondary
Ash Properties and Cesar Chavez Middle
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YMCA of Central Texas
Rotary Club of Waco
Junior League of Waco
STARS Book Clubs
Red Apple Sponsor
Baylor University - School of Education
Green Apple Sponsor
Peter Piper Pizza
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It is not, apparently, illegal to drive while naked in Nebraska as long as "no one is alarmed." Sadly, 32-year-old Nickolus Borgman figured out a way to alarm many, many people in the Lincoln area with his nude-driving antics.
Witnesses called the cops when they noticed a suspicious truck full of people. When sheriff's deputies arrived they discovered two men and two women in the front of Borgman's truck. All were nude, with their clothes in the truck's bed. When asked what they were doing, one of them gave the best possible response you can possibly give in this situation:
"I think we're getting in trouble."
Despite Nebraska's surprisingly lax public nudity laws, Borgman went afoul of many other statutes including DUI (his third offense), open container, and for having too many people in the front seat of a pickup truck. The one law he broke he should get credit for? No seat belts.
C'mon, you've never heard of chaffing officer?
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Word has it that "I, Frankenstein", the big screen adaptation of the the graphic novel with the same name, will be dropped in 3D this coming September. Now before you all go getting moist over this you should know that the film wasn't actually shot in 3D, Lionsgate will be doing all the magic in post production. So in other words it's going to suck and they're going to want 4 or 5 extra bucks for it at the theater.
David Hewlett, better know as "oh hey that guy" from a bunch of horror flicks is stepping behind the camera with a new film titled "Debug". The film is about, and stay with me here, 6 computer hackers who have to battle a rouge artificial intelligence program that wants to be human. All kidding aside that sounds like the worst movie ever. There's nothing funny about that.
And the "Zombieland" casting train keeps on chuggin. Has anyone ever used that analogy before? Man, that is awsome right? Frakin bad ass train that does casting. I'm like a freakin poet. Anyway Maiara Walsh has landed the lead role, AKA the one Emma Stone played in the original film. I'm calling this an upgrade because Stone looks like a frog and if you try to tell yourself that you think she's hot then you're only kidding yourself.
NBC is apparently making a "Dracula" series and Thomas Kretschmann has been cast as Van Helsing. I don't know who he is and this show will be canceled almost immediatly. Watch for it.
Richard Norton, and Australian actor you've probably never heard of but is frightening as hell, has signed on to play a number roles in the upcoming Mad Max film titled "Fury Road". Most notably he'll take on the Toecutter role, aka the main bad guy in the movie and this seems fitting because he looks like he eats puppies for fun.
They're still putting Michael Cera in movies? Super! Anywho! "Magic, Magic" has nothing to do with the card game virgins play (sorry Mark) and everything to do with a girl who starts to lose her mental faculties on a remote Chili island and not only stars Cera but Emily Browning, Juno Temple and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Three women who I assume are very nice but have names that sound like they would have ignored me in High School so in turn hate this movie and everyone in it.
Thomas Kretschmann, who's been in a bunch of movies I've never seen, has signed on to play the lead in the upcoming Dario Argento version of "Dracula". Of course seeing that this is an Argento flick god knows what the "lead role" means. I'd normally guess Dracula but for Argento the lead character could be a mule that has orgies with supermodels on the beach. Which, now that I see it typed out actually sounds like an awesome movie. Oh and it's going to be in 3D!
Looks like the apocalypse has come a few days early because "Monsters 2" has been announced. The sequel will follow 2 brothers as they find each other in a world filled with crappy CGI monsters that like to dry hump in front of gas stations (if you saw the first one you're wetting yourself right now). At the very least this will give me a reason to use the world "mumblecore" again.


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Russia's State Duma deputies visit Belgrade Representation of Russian Orthodox Church
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On May 5, 2014, a group of Russia's State Duma deputies led by I. Melnikov visited the Belgrade Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the church of the Holy Trinity, its rector, Archpriest Vitalij Tarasjev, conducted the requiem service for the Russian soldiers who died in action during World War I.
After that, Father Vitalij introduced the guests to the history of the Representation and the spiritual life of the Russian church community in the Serbian capital city.
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Going out for dinner
British people often celebrate important events by going out for a meal.
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WikiLeaks Release Shows U.S. May Charge Julian Assange [REPORT]
Nestled in Monday's WikiLeaks cache of 5 million emails from security company Stratfor was a nugget of particular importance to the secret-sharing organization: An email that suggests the U.S. government has unreleased criminal charges against founder Julian Assange.
"Not for Pub — We have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls protect," reads the email sent from Stratfor's vice president of intelligence via his BlackBerry device.
That email, sent in January of last year, was among the first parts of WikiLeaks' most recent info dump to be published by international newspapers. Those papers — the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald — were unable to confirm the existence of an American indictment of Assange.
If the email is indeed accurate, it means the U.S. has privately charged Assange with some crime.
Millions of emails were taken from Stratfor by Anonymous and then handed to WikiLeaks. Stratfor issued a release calling the incident a "theft" and is declining comment or questioning on the matter.
In November 2010, WikiLeaks published more than 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables. Soon afterward, U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst serving in Iraq, was arrested on suspicion of handing those cables over to Assange's organization. Manning was recently arraigned and is now awaiting the beginning of a military court martial against him.
A secret grand jury that has been meeting since December of 2010 to determine whether to press charges against Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. One writer at Forbes speculated that if an indictment against Assange does indeed exist, it may remain sealed until a possible plea deal with Manning reveals more about Assange.
Assange is currently under house arrest outside London while he appeals extradition to Sweden to answer charges of sexual misconduct and rape. If Assange is indeed charged by the U.S., it will add another layer to his fight to remain in Britain.
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Lindenwoods Open House!
We are proud to announce that this Jul 25th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM we will be hosting an Open House at 500 Lindenwood Dr E in Lindenwood Villa in the Lindenwoods neighborhood, Winnipeg. This is an opportunity to visit this excellent Life Lease Condominium for sale in beautiful Lindenwoods.
Please come with any questions you may have. In the meantime you can take a virtual tour of this Lindenwoods Life Lease Condominium for sale.
As always please do not hesitate to give me a call at 204-989-5000 if I can answer any questions before the open house, or if you would like to book a private showing.
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