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Ramsar COP7 DOC. 16.4
"People and Wetlands: The Vital Link"
7th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971),
San José, Costa Rica, 10-18 May 1999
Ramsar COP7 DOC. 16.4
Technical Session I:
Ramsar and Water
Document 4
The role of Ramsar in response to the global water crisis
Juan Schnack, Museo de La Plata, Argentina
§1. Introduction
1. In spite of being generally in small and scattered patches, wetlands occupy approximately 6 per cent of the earths surface and contribute about 25 per cent of the net productivity of the planets ecosystems. Wetlands are also important reserves of biodiversity, breeding areas, sanctuaries and stopovers for migratory wildlife (Goudie, 1994). In addition to their vital role as the main source of water for human populations, they play other roles of no lesser importance, which together make it possible to maintain the ecological integrity of nature.
2. It is estimated that about half of all wetlands were lost between the beginning of the twentieth century and the 1990s (Goudie, 1994). If this trend continues, water will become the scarcest resource for ecosystems and humans.
3. Even though the relationship between availability and use of water per capita is high, there are regions of the world which almost totally lack this resource and which are exceptions to the general trend. Waters scarcity is determined primarily by climatic, socioeconomic and cultural factors.
4. Increased demand for good-quality water in developing countries in large parts of Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean speaks for itself. But inadequate infrastructure for providing water and basic hygiene have left more than 1100 million persons without "safe water," and between 5 and 10 million people die each year from diseases transmitted by or originating in water (Reid, 1998).
5. Urbanization, wasteful consumption and the inefficient use of water resources are contributing to the deterioration of wetlands by modifying the processes that determine the dynamics of the ecosystem. If this trend continues, wetlands will cease to provide support to human life and biodiversity. In order to overcome the water crisis, it is necessary for the world community to understand that wetlands have a limited capacity and that only through the preservation and recovery of their resources, functions and attributes can the water crisis now affecting the planet be countered (Ramsar Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands , International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development, Paris, 19-21 March 1998).
6. The nature of wetlands as ecosystems should be kept in mind as well as their inevitable interaction with other ecosystems in order to ensure their survival. At its 6th Meeting, held in Brisbane, Australia, in 1996, the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands adopted Resolution VI.23, entitled "Ramsar and Water," in which, apart from recognizing the important hydrological functions of wetlands, was also recognized "the need to plan at the level of catchment basins or watersheds. This implies integrating the management of water resources and the conservation of wetlands."
7. Taking into account that ecosystems are basic components of river basins, the sustainability of these basins will depend on recognition of the functions, services and benefits provided by wetlands (Ramsar Information Document No. 11, "Ramsar and water", Wetlands Convention, 1996). This recognition is the basis for the integrated management model for water resources, in the context of which the wetland ecosystems must continue being the "providers" as well as "end-users". In essence, the world must become aware that the use of water to satisfy the worlds demands (irrigation, drainage, consumption, basic hygiene, energy) must give priority to wetlands and their ecosystems as suppliers of the water resource.
§2. Tasks and Objectives for the Convention
8. The Conventions role is "to promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands through national programmes and international cooperation in order to contribute to sustainable development throughout the world" (Proceedings of the Conference of the Parties. 6th meeting of the Contracting Parties, Brisbane, Australia, 1996. Vol. 5/12. Strategic Plan 1997-2002).
9. The Strategic Plan 1997-2002 carefully reviewed the work of the Convention. New strategies based on this review have been evolved to strengthen conservation activities and the use of wetlands, without reducing existing biodiversity or the quality of life that depends on these resources and functions.
10. The advances gained by the Convention since its creation are documented in a wide variety of publications and have recently been condensed in The Ramsar Convention Manual: A Guide to Wetlands of International Importance. Destined for the general public, this publication presents a summary of information on the functions of the Convention. The Ramsar Manual describes the main factors that have led to the current status of wetlands, while at the same time suggesting policies to diminish or counter the deleterious effects of human intervention.
11. Before beginning the next section, it is important to make clear that the main difficulty in determining which functions the Convention should assume to counter the water crisis is defined by the fact that the Convention is in effect fulfilling the function for which it was established. Among its recent successes is that of having obtained the accession of new countries, now more than one hundred, with almost 900 sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance, covering approximately 68,000,000 hectares (Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands, International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development, Paris, 19-21 March 1998). As a result, there are many countries that have assumed the obligation to promote the wise use of their wetlands through the adoption of adequate policies and norms, the training of specialized personnel and the promotion of an awareness in the general public about the scientific, cultural and economic importance of wetlands. It is hoped that the delay that surely would exist in implementing integrated management plans will be shortened by the call of this Conference of the Contracting Parties, in which the participating countries have become conscious of the urgent need for an approach to management of water resources that is ecologically sound.
§3. Establishing the Conventions Role
12. In determining the functions that the Convention should assume in response to the world water crisis, it will be necessary to maintain the same general approach, conceptual focus and methodology that have governed its activities from its creation to the present, directed first of all toward obtaining the participation of all countries in the Convention and to ensure wise use of wetlands.
13. Any programme in support of conservation, wise use and restoration of wetlands should include environmental projects that ensure sustainable regional gains through the participation of environmental institutions and society in general.
14. Joint participation of parties affected by the water crisis that stand to benefit from the wise use of wetlands, including the general public, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and all levels of the education system, will be the best guarantee for effective management.
15. As stated in the Ramsar Manual, one of the principal roles of the Convention is "to help generate policies and programmes in favour of wetlands and to prevent deterioration of wetlands in countries that are Parties to the Convention." Fulfilment of the theme of the 7th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, "People and Wetlands: The Vital Link", depends on orienting assistance to developing countries and economies in transition because they are the countries most affected by the water crisis. A reversal of the situation in these countries could be achieved if the Convention promotes programmes that ensure that equality among countries stops being a simple expression of desire and is translated into concrete action. The task of heightening the publics environmental awareness in all countries should also be a priority, and there should be special emphasis on countries with the greatest educational needs.
16. Given the role of the Convention in response to the water crisis, action should be channelled through national programmes and international cooperation within an environmental plan that concentrates most of its effort on the following topics:
- promoting education and awareness
- strengthening management capacity
- scientific research
- cooperation with international conventions
- regional planning
- compliance with regulations for the protection of specific wetlands
- environmental impact assessments (EIAs)
- development of new criteria for surveying wetlands, designating them as Ramsar Sites or including them in the Montreux Record
- efficient implementation of contingency plans
§3.1 Education and Awareness
17. A priority for the Convention should be to strengthen activities already begun to promote environmental education and awareness. Beneficiaries should be all age groups of the population. Nonetheless, a special effort should be made to reach primary education or children, who can be used as multipliers in the effort to reach adults.
18. The main objective of education and awareness is to create a moral and wise attitude toward caring for wetlands, based on a knowledge of their essential components and processes and on an understanding of the need to maintain all of their functions, resources and attributes in order to improve the quality of life now and in the future through conservation and sustainable use.
19. That unequal opportunity of access to formal education exists between the regions of the planet has been eloquently described by Dickinson (1995), with reference to biodiversity and the perception of inhabitants of different regions of the world. According to this author, efforts to conserve diversity are not geographically uniform. Interest increases as distance increases from sites where conservation of diversity is most seriously threatened. Concern for biodiversity is greatest where diversity is least affected; where those who are interested in maintaining biodiversity have most of their basic needs satisfied. They are not, however, among of the inhabitants of the areas most affected by deterioration of the environment. Lack of a clear perception of a need to protect the environment for wise use is compounded by poverty and a low cultural level of large sectors of the population that have not had access to even basic formal education.
§3.2 Strengthening Management Capacity
20. Strengthening the management capacity of environmental agencies is essential to achieving efficient protection and wise use of wetlands. In order for this to happen, it is recommended that special emphasis be placed on implementation of actions for full enforcement of environmental regulations and strengthening environmental training for government officials and technicians.
21. The seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties offers an excellent opportunity to bring together important environmental officials in participating countries in order to discuss environmental problems and to define the best way to contribute to a decrease in the negative effects of the water crisis. The following important topics should be proposed to the Contracting Parties to strengthen management capacity.
- implementation of institutional framework that avoids duplication of work by institutions carrying out similar functions
- implementation of strategies guaranteeing continuity of sustainable environmental plans, free from political changes
- adoption of guidelines defining standards of technical
- qualifications of officials who take decisions on environmental issues
- training of government officials responsible for aspects of the environment at local and regional levels
- establishment of environmental management policies in function of the natural area of influence of wetlands and not in function of arbitrary limits on the environment determined by political considerations
§3.3 Scientific Research
22. As the list of wetlands identified in Contracting Parties increases, even though fewer of these are declared to be of international importance, greater will be the knowledge of their functions, resources and attributes and the communitys concern for protecting them.
23. Because the Conventions permanent role includes gathering information for updating the inventory of wetlands and evaluating proposed Ramsar Sites or sites to be included in the Montreux Record, one function of the Convention that will contribute substantially to these ends is the promotion of scientific research through funds from the Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF).
24. Because not all Contracting Parties have access to the SGF, the Convention should promote wide diffusion of information to interested parties about existing subsidies and fellowships for training and research offered by countries through the public and private sectors.
25. Expanding scientific research will contribute to:
- improvements in surveys of wetlands
- designation of new Ramsar Sites or their inclusion in the Montreux Record
- increased understanding of the status of wetlands, drafting of rational management proposals to promote conservation or recovery
- training of human resources
26. The last of these aspects is critical in several Parties to the Convention. The training of scientists at research centres or universities concentrating on topics concerning water is one of the actions that should be promoted.
27. On the basis of this information, the Convention should set as a permanent task the preparation of policies for bringing up to date an inventory of institutes, research centres and university departments in all regions of the world involved in topics concerning water (hydrology, marine biology, limnology, fisheries biology, etc.) or in regional studies that include aspects of the subject of water.
28. Another pertinent recommendation is that of expanding emphasis on international cooperation among neighbouring countries with transborder wetlands to include the promotion of international cooperation among distant countries, which, because of the characteristics of their aquatic ecosystems and their being affected by similar environmental problems, make it possible to carry out comparative studies leading hopefully to the solution of scientific and practical problems related to the water crisis.
29. Among research priorities, the Convention should continue to give importance to ecosystems with high biological diversity and subject to increasing deterioration.
30. In the case of the biocenosis of coral reefs, international recognition of its importance to conservation should be made evident to the public and environmental decision makers. Peck (1995) point out, based on a proposal by Sue Wells (1984, IUCN Bulletin 15: 4-6, pp. 56-57), the need for Ramsar to be the instrument for this recognition and for the conservation of these communities. One of the functions of Ramsar can be directed to promoting information on research that makes it possible to evaluate anthropogenic impact on coral reefs and on the beneficial effect of protecting the coast, fishery resources and tourism. The degradation that coral communities are suffering in southeast Asia and the Caribbean is a vivid example of the interference that the combination of natural and anthropogenic factors produce on the complex and intricate biotic interactions of the ecosystem (wetlands) that they occupy.
31. The natural or induced increase in water temperature has made symbiotic alga abandon their hosts and makes them more susceptible to the forces of mortality. A greater concentration of sediments caused by coastal development blocks the penetration of sun light, decreasing survival rates of corals and increasing their vulnerability to infection. The addition of large amounts of sewage and agricultural runoff promotes an increase in plankton and consumers of plankton, especially predators such as starfish, which prefer to feed on corals (Chadwick, 1998).
32. Mangroves also deserve special attention. Their conservation status should be surveyed in order that Ramsar Sites be more representative of existing ecosystems. The evaluation of the most important parameters of the index of conservation of mangroves (Dinerstein et al., 1995) could be one of the priority themes for research in the future.
33. The biocenosis of mangroves forms one of the most diverse and productive coastal wetlands on the planet. In many regions, the deforestation of mangroves has multiplying effects, which are manifest in the decline in fisheries, degradation in water quality, salinization of coastal soils, erosion, subsidence of the land and a decrease in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Coastal mangroves produce more carbon dioxide per hectare than all the phytoplankton of the tropical oceans (Quarto and Cissna, 1997). The urgent need for the rational use, reversion of degradation and recuperation of mangroves has been well understood by the Mangrove Action Project (MAP), created in 1992, whose international network is comprised of more than 350 NGOs and about 200 scientists from more than fifty countries.
34. Closely related to the protection of mangroves, a global group was formed at the end of 1997 to counter the destruction caused by the industrial raising of shrimp. It is called the Industrial Shrimp Action Network or ISA Net. The initial meeting of this group was held in Santa Barbara, California, where environmental and community organizations agreed to create a group to oppose the world expansion of the industrial raising of shrimp, promoters of the destruction of millions of hectares of important coastal wetlands, including mangroves.
§3.4 Cooperation with Environmental Conventions
35. The strengthening of cooperation and the undertaking of complementary action with international environmental conventions with which there is a shared interest of conservation of the ecosystems and their wise use have been two of the most intense activities of the Convention. While all the conventions with which the Ramsar Convention interacts are important, special consideration is warranted for two conventions, probably because they deal with the two environmental questions of greatest universal importance: climate change and biodiversity.
36. Dr. Ken Lum, special consultant to Ramsar, in a document entitled: "Wetlands and climate change: a report from Kyoto" (1998), provides a summary of the most important aspects of the Third Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Climate Change, held in Kyoto in 1997. The three recommendations made in this summary seek to promote the recovery of wetlands and other ecosystems whose structure and dynamics have been dramatically disturbed by the warming of the climate:
- immediate adoption of measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases
- recognition of the inertia of climate change and of the resulting gradual nature of any measure taken to attenuate global warming
- search for other sources of energy that do not involve the emission of carbon
37. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases, warns Ken Lum, changes in the worldwide distribution of wetlands and their negative effects on the quantity of available water, fishery resources, biodiversity and tourism are predictable. He considers that the problems discussed at the Kyoto Conference present an opportunity for Ramsar and everyone interested in wetlands to participate in the drafting of guidelines and norms for the evaluation of the different types of wetlands that will serve as a basis for the third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the approval of which is expected by the end of 2000.
38. The close ties that the Ramsar Convention has maintained with the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) were strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation in Geneva, on 19 January 1996, and the adoption of Resolution VI.9 by COP6 of Ramsar in March of the same year in Brisbane, Australia. This tie promoting cooperation between both conventions was significantly strengthened by the IV Conference of the Parties of the CBD, held in May 1998 in Bratislava, Slovakia, at which Decisions IV.4, IV.5, IV.10 and IV.15 were taken; decisions in which the common objectives of both conventions converge. Finally, COP7 of Ramsar in Document 15.4, Annexe I, clearly laid out the Joint Work Plan 1998-1999 for both conventions. It should also be pointed out that almost simultaneously with the signing of the Memorandum of Geneva, on the occasion of the first 25 years of Ramsar, the role of the Convention in the conservation and wise use of biodiversity is stated in the document "Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention (1996-1997)." The broad coverage of common topics and objectives left little out of the joint programme. It is important to point out, nonetheless, that the object of study, conservation and wise management of the Ramsar Convention is the ecosystem, a natural unit, that together with genes and species is one of the three components of biodiversity. Taking this into account, the loss of biodiversity is directly tied to the loss of ecosystems, and the erosion of biodiversity is directly tied to the loss of wetlands in this century. As a result, it is valid that the Ramsar Convention promote awareness in the general public and in public officials dealing with environmental topics, so that they can understand to which degree the loss of wetlands is associated with the loss of biodiversity.
§3.5 Adoption of New Regional Planning
39. The use of wetlands will be compatible with the basic principles of sustainable development if all management promoting conservation and recovery is associated with regional planning based on the spatial dimensions of natural processes having their origin in these ecosystems and not on sectorial considerations (OAS, 1984). A task that could be proposed to the Convention is that of influencing Contracting Parties to adopt their own regional planning along lines agreed by the region.
§3.6 Compliance with norms for the protection of specific wetlands
40. The stability of the structure and functioning of wetlands can be threatened by construction with disruptive factors that affect the biotic components that sustain the biodiversity of a region or components of the physical environment. Any undertaking that might negatively affect the components and natural processes of these ecosystems should respect the general and specific guidelines set by the Convention, as well as local and regional norms.
41. Each Contracting Party should ensure that all projects that can affect, in practice or potentially, the natural functions of a wetland or a group of wetlands take into account the status of the wetland within the Ramsar Convention, either as a recognized Ramsar Site or as a site included in the Montreux Record. In summary, the Ramsar Convention should be taken into account in all cases.
§3.7 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
42. The definition by Pritchard (1966) of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) can be stated as "the process of predicting and evaluating the effects of an action or a series of actions on the environment, the result of which is used as a tool for planning or decision making. An EIA is an attempt to prevent environmental degradation by making available to planners and decision makers the best information possible about the consequences that the actions (development) could have on the environment, although an EIA alone is insufficient to prevent degradation. The use of an EIA is multidisciplinary, systematic and predictable, as opposed to the more retrospective process of the environmental survey." Pitchard adds to his definition the key principles of the EIA, which were accepted by the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention. Many of these principles are general in scope and for this reason are shared by other conventions or international organizations. It is opportune, nonetheless, to mention one of them because it defines the "sphere of influence" that should be considered in evaluating an impact on wetlands. This principle holds that "an EIA should not be restricted simply to the site of a planned development or an identified wetland, but should take into account external influences (e.g. up stream/down stream) and consider the interaction between all components of the hydrological system at the level of the natural area of drainage."
43. COP7 will be a propitious opportunity for the Convention to stimulate the Contracting Parties to discuss, define and agree on approaches and methodologies for EIAs that cover wetlands and watersheds. It would be appropriate that planners and decision makers have access to EIAs that are succinct and understandable in order to make their work more effective and the decisions they adopt more rapid. This will encourage development compatible with the concept of wise use and lead to the rejection of development that is ecologically incompatible.
44. Another proposal that the Convention can make to the Contracting Parties is that of discussing methodological approaches to different types of programmes or developments that can interfere with the components and processes of wetlands and their water basins. Of special importance, for example, are projects for protecting against flooding, which can include a range of constructions and interventions such as drainage, channelling, straightening streams, dredging, landfills and stabilization of bridges and shores. In spite of the differences between various types of protective constructions against flooding, their impact can be measured with similar methodological approaches, based on graphics and matrices of easily accessible to decision makers (Schnack et al., 1995).
45. Some development has perhaps no apparent link with the deterioration that it can cause in wetlands as ecosystems. Deterioration is more closely identified, at least in the publics mind, with water as a resource per se. One of the factors contributing to the water crisis is related to the construction of tourist centres. In these cases, it is appropriate that the EIAs also include an analysis of projected consumption of water and an estimate of the effect of increased consumption on the decrease in water as a resource. Although tourism is considered by some as a non-polluting industry, its impact on the exhaustion of water as a resource is, nonetheless, significant. It is perhaps appropriate to suggest that the Ramsar Convention request the Contracting Parties, independently of the inherent aspects of the EIA, to intensify educational and awareness campaigns. These efforts can be similar to those used by some hotel chains in cooperation with governmental agencies (e.g. hotels of the United States of America and the Environmental Protection Agency), which propose to tourists measures to avoid an excessive consumption of water.
§3.8 Adoption of New Criteria for Classifying Wetlands
46. One of the functions to which the Convention should give special attention concerns the setting of new criteria for classifying wetlands. Until now, the prevalent criteria have been those of classifying wetlands by their birdlife and, more recently, by their fishery resources. Now would be a good time to insist on the use of other criteria, such as the degree of deterioration of temporary microlimnotypes, susceptibility to flooding, other taxa apart from birds and fish (e.g. amphibians, because adult amphibians play a regulatory role in the trophic dynamics of ecosystems), the trophic state of an ecosystem or organisms that are indicators of contamination (especially in the benthic community).
§3.9 Efficient Preparation of Contingency Plans
47. Many countries are not properly prepared to face emergency situations caused by unexpected events significantly affecting water quality, in both its vital role for biotic communities and for human consumption.
48. Oil spills produced by collisions of oil tankers are perhaps illustrative alarms. Their impact on ecosystems is especially important when they affect birdlife, although they affect all biotic communities negatively.
49. Quite frequently, local or regional governmental agencies are the object of criticism because of a lack of means to intervene rapidly and effectively to neutralize the causes of environmental disasters. The major responsibility for these events lies with the private sector that, as in the case of oil spills, does not properly implement contingency plans because of a lack of strict controls in the regions where they operate.
50. The serious consequences that these events can have on aquatic ecosystems and human populations that use this water for consumption should be considered by the Convention as a topic for discussion by the Contracting Parties. The capacity of the private sector to meet urgent contingencies should be evaluated and minimum requirements should be set for these activities.
§4. Conclusions
51. The role of the Convention should continue to be determined by the spirit of its Global Mission and the stated Objectives. The effectiveness of programmes designed to attenuate the negative affects of the water crisis will depend on the guidelines that the Convention gives to the Contracting Parties in order to strengthen and update the considerations described above. The efficient implementation of the functions that the Ramsar Convention should carry out to counter the water crisis will be fulfilled only:
- if there is greater equity in the satisfaction of basic human needs
- if planners, decision makers and the general public become aware of the need to plan at the level of water basins or watersheds, thus integrating the management of the water resources and the conservation of wetlands
- if it is understood that wetlands can provide water for different uses, only if it is given the status of a user of water as a resource
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Goudie, A., 1994. The Human Impact on the Environment (4th edition). The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 454 pp.
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Detailed specifications for the Nokia C5-03
At a glance
- Main camera sensor: 5 MP
- Display size: 8.13cm
- Maximum talk time (3G): 4.7h
- Maximum standby time (3G): 590h
- Maximum music playback time: 35h
- Maximum music playback time: 35h
- Maximum video playback time: 7.5h
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Form factor
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Software and applications
Productivity features
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Main camera
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Improving Delivery of Quality Cancer Care
During a recent meeting with NCI-funded investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, we saw an older gentleman sitting in the waiting room, his wife by his side, with a small tablet PC on his lap. He was, we learned, completing a questionnaire about any symptoms or side effects he was having from the treatment he was undergoing for metastatic prostate cancer.
"Why are they asking me all of these questions?" he wondered aloud.
Because, we replied, otherwise he might not volunteer the information to the treating oncology staff.
His wife chimed in. "That's right. He would never tell them these things. He wouldn't want to bother them with it."
The conversation affirmed an important fact: Patients often don't report, or tend to underreport, the problems they are experiencing as a result of their cancer treatment or because of their underlying cancer. Unless, of course, they are asked. Only if a problem is identified can a solution be delivered, or at the very least sought out.
Although palliative care is often equated with end-of-life care, they are not the same. Palliative care is about helping patients maneuver through the travails of cancer diagnosis and treatment, regardless of whether they have early-stage cancer that is highly curable or more advanced disease for which the treatment goals are extending survival as long as possible with as good a quality of life as possible. And according to a recent review we conducted, efforts to achieve survival with good quality of life are progressing, with clinical trials that better capture patients' experiences during their treatment. That information, in turn, is improving our ability to help patients manage quality-of-life issues, often through palliative care services.
To conduct the review, we looked at NCI-sponsored phase III clinical trials of the four major cancers (breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung) that were published or launched over the last 2 decades to assess their use of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures. These measures assess changes in patients' health status—aside from their underlying cancer—as a result of their treatment, such as changes in bowel function, fatigue, or neuropathy (tingling or burning sensations in the hands or feet, numbness in certain areas, among other things). Several clear trends emerged.
For instance, over time, the number of measures that patients are being asked to assess, often called patient-reported outcomes, have increased. And, second, more trials have begun to shift from global HRQOL measurements to more symptom-specific measures, such as sexual function after prostatectomy.
This shift is important, because while patients may report that, overall, treatment has not altered their health that much, when asked about specific symptoms that can have a significant impact on their day-to-day lives, they are more likely to report them. For example, in one trial that tested two different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens in patients with stage II or III colon cancer, the trial investigators learned that there were significant differences in the impact of the two treatments on patients' reports of weakness and hand/foot pain related to cold. Having reliable information about symptoms can allow oncology professionals to prepare patients for what they may expect from given treatments and, as we gain more information and experience with different treatment regimens, to learn how these symptoms can be effectively managed or perhaps prevented altogether.
Unfortunately, progress has lagged in developing evidence-based treatments for symptoms and toxicities related to different cancer therapies. In many cases, such as the skin toxicities associated with the use of EGFR inhibitors, we still need to better understand why, at a biologic or physiologic level, patients experience these toxicities so that treatment options that will not interfere with cancer therapy can be developed and tested.
Some studies directly testing palliative treatments, including groundbreaking work by Dr. Betty Ferrell and colleagues at City of Hope cancer center, are already moving ahead. And we eventually hope to begin incorporating palliative care studies into randomized trials of new cancer therapies, something that has been a matter of much discussion and that we will continue to explore at NCI and with clinical trial investigators.
We are also seeing a growing interest in and support for palliative care training programs. So, as we develop more evidence-based treatments for the broad-ranging effects of cancer therapies, we will have a more highly trained workforce that can work in collaboration with treating oncologists to ensure that they are effectively delivered.
Overall, we are clearly witnessing a transition in clinical cancer research, where a higher priority is being placed on gaining the information and taking the steps needed to more effectively treat the whole patient. And that is very encouraging. Because, of course, we want to save lives—as many as possible. But if we truly believe in the idea of personalized medicine, then we must embrace the notion that cancer treatment and a poor quality of life do not go hand-in-hand.
Dr. Ann O'Mara
Head of Palliative Care Research, Community Oncology and Preventive Trials Research Group
NCI Division of Cancer Prevention
Andrea M. Denicoff
Nurse Consultant, Clinical Investigations Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
NCI Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
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Quake Wars Demo Lands on Xbox LiveA free demo of the Xbox 360 version of Splash Damage's objective-oriented multiplayer shooter Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC, PS3, 360) is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Those of us on the Orioles beat like to joke that no matter what place the team is in, it is always making news.
Right now, the Orioles are playing well, and the news continues.
Tuesday was a particularly newsy day.
Here are some of the things that happened, and my take on each.
Nolan Reimold returns to Baltimore and is diagnosed with a bulging disk in his back
First, we'll start with the good news. Now Reimold and the Orioles have an explanation for why he was having neck spasms and finger numbness. The team believes it all could be related to the bulging disk. They've given him anti-inflammatory medication, and he hopes to be back by the Boston series, which starts Friday.
Now the bad news. Back injuries to hitters are like shoulder injuries to pitchers. Some are mild, but they always raise a red flag. A hitter needs strength and flexibility in the core/trunk area to be effective. Hopefully, this is just a minor setback because Reimold was really starting to show his promise again. He was derailed by injuries in 2009, and here's hoping he isn't again after such a great start to 2012. But I've been in this business too long to dismiss any injury as minor, especially when the back is involved.
UPDATE: Orioles have clarified that the bulging disk is actually in Reimold's cervical spine and not what was initially disclosed to reporters. So it is a neck issue and not a back issue. And that, from a hitter's point of view, is good news.
Tsuyoshi Wada's second opinion confirms a UCL tear
The Orioles are waiting for the 31-year-old Wada to make a decision on what his course of action will be. But, really, it seems like just a formality. It would be shocking if Wada didn't choose to have elbow surgery, which would cost him about a year.
He has the security of a two-year deal, signed in December, so it's not as if he'll be without a job if he goes under the knife. Renowned surgeon Dr. Lewis Yocum has recommended surgery, and Wada is comfortable with Yocum, who removed bone chips from Wada's elbow in 2007.
Honestly, this signing is starting to be reminiscent of Omar Daal, a lefty starter who was inked for two years (Daal got $7.5 million before 2003; Wada, $8.14 before 2012) by an incoming Orioles regime only
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter tried to downplay the milestone after the game, but you could tell the way his players celebrated it – they encircled him at home plate like he hit a walk-off homer and later had a champagne toast in the clubhouse – meant a lot to Showalter.
I've said this plenty of times: Showalter is one of the more interesting people I've ever covered. It's a complex statement, and tough to really get into in a few paragraphs. But I'm not sure I have ever met someone whose mind is going as quickly – or often – as his is. I do think he genuinely believes it's the players who make the manager, so it is nice to see him get a little recognition Tuesday – especially in New York.
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"I am not fighting for abstraction. Those battles have already been fought. I'm using those victories to make an abstraction that is, in fact, more relaxed, more open, and more confident … I am trying to make something that is more expressive and that relates to the world in which we live. In that sense my abstraction is quite figurative. It is not very remote.
- Sean Scully, Journal of Contemporary Art (in conversation with R. Eric Davis) 1999
The Henry is pleased to present a focused exhibition of works by the celebrated British artist Sean Scully (born 1945). The presentation pairs the artist's photographic Harris and Lewis Shacks portfolio, from the museum's permanent collection, with October, a large scale oil painting from the same period, to examine and expose the rich dialogue between the two mediums in the artist's oeuvre.
Since the early 1970s, Sean Scully has consistently favored abstraction, focusing on the recurring subject of the stripe in both his paintings and drawings. The artist has often drawn inspiration from unnoticed architectural and incidental urban fragments that he then isolates to create works that maintain a tenuous but organic relationship between reality and non-figurative representation.
In his search for images and inspiration, photography has played a key role, allowing the artist to record in his extensive travels facades, doorways, windows, and close-ups of unremarkable buildings. The Harris and Lewis Shacks portfolio, photographed in 1990 in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, is a series of twelve close-ups of the worn and haphazardly constructed surfaces of dwellings on the islands of Harris and Lewis. The isolated architectural elements of the shacks are tightly framed by the lens and captured in a deadpan manner that makes them appear as deliberately flattened details rather than full-scale structures. The artist does this not only to accentuate the disembodied bands of color – stripes, squares, and rectangles – on the facades of these handmade modest, aging buildings, but also to highlight the variations in surface, color, and the individual compositional choices made in each structure.
October, dating from the same period as the Harris and Lewis Shacks portfolio, is representative of how the artist draws inspiration from the real to create autonomous works that attempt to express emotion and human history. Showing these works together highlights the oblique, but ultimately productive dialogue between the found and the made in Scully's work.


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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
When I married my husband, I knew I was also marrying into generations of family holiday traditions. In fact, I think it was written in the marriage contract, squeezed right between not touching his BBQ grill and promising to love him even when he's 80 years old and I still look 35. The first Christmas together was a little stressful, but I kept notes of all the little things I needed to remember – like what kind of candles to buy for the German pyramids (skinny, small), the placement of hand blown glass ornaments on the tree (big ones on bottom), and what kind of cookies are served Xmas morning (shortbread).
I did ok when both kids were too young to really understand the holidays, so I mostly winged my way through it. I mean, would they really remember that I spaced out opening their chocolate Avent calendar the first 2 weeks of December? Oh, and that I ate all their chocolate for them because pediatric dental visits are expensive?
Last year though, both kids were of speaking age, meaning that they could rat me out if I forgot something or did something wrong. There's nothing more embarrassing than a 2 year old shrieking to Grandma, "SANTA DOESN'T LIKE US!" …continued…
Grandma helped the kids, who were in their flannel jammies set out a plate of cookies, glass of milk for Santa and a bowl with mini corn on the cobs for the reindeers. A perfect little treat from perfect little kids.
After they went to bed, the family elves scurried to the living room to set up the train set, while I stayed in the kitchen to clean. As OCD I am about tying up the end of the bread bag after you've taken a slice of bread, I am even more neurotic about food left on the counter. Bare, exposed food is left out to defend itself against germs, bacteria and late night infomercials about men with small pee-pees.
On the big morning, the kids ran straight to the kitchen counter. They didn't see anything so they opened the trashcan to look for crumbs. Sitting right on top of the pile of trash were cookies uneaten and corn untouched.
Oh shit. There goes another $10K in future therapy bills for them.
I'm prepared this season. I got a pack of Post-its to remind myself what I need to do, including my midnight snack of gnawing corn, chomping cookies and gulping milk. But of course, my husband gently reminded me the yesterday that I really should remember leave some crumbs on the plate as Santa's mittens are quite bulky, so most likely he'd be a little clumsy eating. To which I replied, "Well, can't I leave antibacterial wipes and the Shark-Vac next to the plate?"
Mimi's Shortbread Cookies
To be served on Christmas morning for breakfast
Ingredients:½ cup butter, at room temp
1/3 cup powdered sugar
¼ tsp vanilla
1 cup flour, unsifted
Cream butter on high until light yellow. Turn speed to low and add in powdered sugar. When mixed, turn speed to high and add vanilla. Turn back to low speed and add flour, 1/3 cup a time until crumbly. Use hands to gather dough together. Knead dough on a lightly floured counter until nice and smooth. For shortbread pan: spray lightly with nonstick spray, firmly press dough into pan. For heavy baking sheet: turn baking sheet over, spray back of sheet with nonstick spray. With floured rolling pin, roll into a circle, ½"thick and 8" wide directly on baking sheet. Use hands to nudge into round shape with smooth edges. You may find it easier to wrap and refrigerate dough for 20 min before rolling.
Prick surface with fork. Bake 325F for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on pan for 10 minutes, loosen edges with knife. If using shortbread pan, flip pan over onto rack. If using baking sheet, carefully slide cookie onto rack. Cut into wedges while warm so it doesn't crack.
Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who nominated me for one of the annual Well Fed Network food blog awards! I can't believe that 11 months ago, I started this dinky blog thinking that I could hide out on the Internet and just use it to keep track of recipes. Wow, was that small thinking on my part!
I'm very honored to be a finalist in 3 categories – Best New Blog, Best Photography and Best Writing. 3 categories! WOOHOO! While I know winning all three would be a long shot (and I think some of my competitors in the writing and photography are pretty damn awesome) will you at least vote for me so that I won't go down in blog history as, "the chick who was a finalist for 3 categories but didn't win shit."
That, my dear, would suck.
So, if you vote for me, I'll promise to write a letter to Santa, Buddha, God, Jesus, Lady Godiva, Annapurna…or whoever you want, saying wonderful things about you. Good karma will come your way.
Voting ends Friday, December 14th 11:59 pm. Vote right here, baby!
xoxo, Jaden
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The cookies look absolutely marvellous! How on earth did you get them into such perfectly uniform shapes?
wow, that was a truly entertaining post Jaden! btw, my vote's already there, I just wanted to say that those berries besides the cookies are getting all my attention!:)
http://www.savoryspiceshop.com/aboutus.html Love the site and love your style. The above link is to a shop that sells the worlds best spices! check them out!
I love your site and your wit, too. I also agree with Ken on the Savory Spice Shop recommendation…when I searched the web trying to find HBI garlic and Syrian Aleppo Peppers for the Dukkah recipe this was one of the few places I could find it! Great product and service! (and great Dukkah!)
What template are you running on this site ? I really like it. Could you post where you got it from ?
Loved your Christmas story! Did this all with my children and now am practicing on grandchildren. Shortbread cookies are the best. Did you get the CubbyBear stainless flatware for the kids?


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CCNY Research Funding Grows 24.3 Percent to $69.1 Million
For the second consecutive year, funded research programs at The City College of New York experienced gains in excess of 20 percent. Awards for the 2009 – 2010 academic year totaled $69.1 million, a 24.3 percent gain from the prior year, according to the College's Office of Research Administration.Read More »
CCNY Professor Helps Document Obesity's Rising Impact on Longevity
San Diego, CA, August 3, 2010 – Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant burden of disease associated with obesity has not been well understood. A new study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost to U.S. adults due to morbidity and mortality from obesity have more than doubled from 1993-2008 and the prevalence of obesity has increased 89.9% during the same period.Read More »
Ten CCNY Students Named Sophie and Leonard Davis Scholars
Academic excellence, community service and a sense of compassion and empathy have earned ten fourth-year students in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York (CCNY) $30,000 scholarships for their medical studies.Read More »
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Dr. Arup Chakraborty, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Annual Katz Lecture in Chemical Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) 2 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the Steinman Hall auditorium. His topic will be "Understanding Adaptive Immunity: A Crossroad of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences."Read More »
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In computing length of service of officers and enlisted personnel for any purpose all creditable service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Revenue Cutter Service, and Life Saving Service shall be included in addition to any other creditable service authorized by any other law.
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BALLSTON LAKE, N.Y. Jeanette G. Pratt, 82, of Ballston Lake, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
Born in Berlin, N.H., October 5, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Grace White.
She attended Castleton (Vt.) Teachers College and received her bachelors degree from the College of Saint Rose. Jeanette taught first and third grade at St. Marys Catholic School in Ballston Spa, until her retirement in 1992.
She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and sewing. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family and friends.
Jeanette was predeceased by her husband, Earle, son, Daniel, brother, Kenneth White and sister, Mary Jane Barone. She is survived by her children, Stephen Pratt (Laura) of Richmond, VA, David Pratt (Sandy) of Cleveland, GA, Tina McQuiston (William) of Ballston Lake, and Michele Lawson (Michael) of Ballston Spa, two brothers, Arthur White of California and Ernest White of Massachusetts, 12 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, December 10, at St. Marys Catholic Church, Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated. Burial will follow in St. Marys Cemetery, Ballston Spa.
Relatives and friends are invited to call from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, December 9, at Armer Funeral Home Inc., 39 East High Street, Ballston Spa.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, or St. Marys School, 40 Thompson Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020.
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"The improving national job market is reflected in a more confident attitude on the part of consumers and home builders, although recent employment growth in Illinois has underperformed both the Midwest and the nation. If the current foreclosure inventory continues to decrease at recent rates, then the inventory will return to pre-recession levels by the end of the year in Illinois."
The Illinois Association of REALTORS® has affiliated with the University of Illinois Regional Economics Applications Laboratory [5] (REAL) to develop a housing forecasting model based on Multiple Listing Service sales reported by 31 participating Illinois REALTOR® local boards and associations.
The research links economic indicators with real estate trends and indicators for the state of Illinois as a whole and the Chicago PMSA.
Leading the research team is Dr. Geoffrey J.D. Hewings [6], director of REAL, professor of Geography, of Economics and of Urban and Regional Planning for the University of Illinois Department of Economics. He earned his B.A. from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle.
His major research interests are urban and regional economic analysis with a focus on the design and application of regional economic models. For this he travels all over the world including several modeling projects in Brazil, Colombia, Japan, Korea and Indonesia.
Dr. Geoffrey J.D. Hewings [6], director of REAL and professor of Geography, Economics and Urban and Regional Planning. (photo by L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Formula One's return to American soil is scheduled for 2012, but as of now, the site that's going to host the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas is still nothing more than just a patch of dirt with no resemblance of the actual race track .
Deadline's a little under two years away so we can only hope that they're already doing something to break ground on the site. The plan was for that to start happening last December and to their credit, they seem to have made their target after construction equipment was spotted in the land before the year ended. Let's just hope that with the constrained timetable, they'll be able to work hard enough to finish the track before the summer of 2012, around the time the F1 circus hits the US once again.
If you're looking for any updates on the track, the Statesman has released a video reporting the progress being made on the track with a few sound bytes from the construction crew that's already hard at work in laying the ground for the future Formula One race track.


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Mrs. Pruitt was born Nov. 27, 1936, on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon and had lived in Tracy 44 years. She had worked as a sales clerk.
Survivors include her husband, Bill Pruitt of Tracy; two sons, Bill Pruitt Jr. of Tracy and Steven Pruitt of Stockton; a daughter, Lisa G. Pruitt of Tracy; a sister, Georgia Heitmann of Phoenix; a brother, Henry Kangas of Omaha, Neb.; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, John Spencer and Edith L. Wiesel; and a daughter, Joy Lee Pruitt.
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A new mixed-use development for Daytona Beach was announced on Wednesday by the International SpeedwayCorporation (ISC).
ISC and Atlanta-based Jacoby Development, Inc. are jointly constructing a large entertainment and shopping complex that will be anchored by a Bass Pro Shops store.
Named ONE DAYTONA, the development will encompass 181acres which ISC already owns just north of International Speedway Boulevard. The preliminary conceptual designs for the first phase include 1.1 million square feet of retail, finedining, hotel accommodations, and a movie theater affiliated with Cobb Theatres.
"ONE DAYTONA combines the thrill of the legendary Speedway with thepulse of entertainment and the buzz of a premier shopping, leisure andlifestyle experience," said Jim Jacoby, Chairman and Founder of JacobyDevelopment.
Bass Pro Shops andCobb Theatres have bothsigned letters of intent with ONE DAYTONA, according to developers.
"Our goal with ONE DAYTONA is to create a vibrant year-rounddestination that will serve as a new gateway to our hometown," said ISC's ChiefExecutive Officer Lesa France Kennedy. "We're thrilled to partner withJacoby, an experienced and renowned developer, to bring this one-of-a-kind opportunityto Daytona Beach."
ISC's approved land-useentitlements allow for up to 1.4 million square feet ofretail/dining/entertainment area, 2,500 movie theater seats, 660 hotel rooms,1,350 residential units, 567,000 square feet of additional office space and500,000 square feet of commercial/industrial space.
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Work commissioned by Atlantan to premiere
When Frank Thomas heard a piece by Tarik O'Regan on the radio three years ago, the impressed Atlanta attorney had to pull to the I-85 shoulder to scribble the composer's name.
In an unlikely chain of events, Thomas got in touch with the London-born O'Regan, who resides in New York and Cambridge, England, and commissioned him to create a choral work honoring Ray and Beth Chenault, choirmasters and organists at All Saints' Episcopal Church.
And so O'Regan's "Blessed Are They" will be given its world premiere during All Saints' Holy Eucharist services at 9 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday (open to the public). The composer will attend, and Ray Chenault will conduct the accompanying string quartet.
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Ludwig Symphony launches 17th year
The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra opens its 17th season with "An International Festival Concert" at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Duluth's Gwinnett Center.
Korean-born violinist Janet Sung will be featured in the world premiere of a newly revised violin concerto by maestro Thomas Ludwig. Other guest artists are Peruvian baritone Jose Sacin and 16-year-old pianist-Joshua Shue. Ludwig will lead the 80-piece orchestra.
Tickets ($22, $19 seniors, $12 students) via 770-623-8623, www.ludwigsymphony.org. HOWARD POUSNER


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So far, the American Music Awards are shaping up to be a good night for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis . The rap duo scored a leading three nominations out of five categories announced Thursday morning on ABC's Good Morning America .
Macklemore & Lewis are nominated in the Artist of the Year, Kohl's New Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year categories, the latter for their hit single, "Thrift Shop."
Other multiple nominees include Justin Timberlake , Robin Thicke , Rihanna , Taylor Swift , and country duo Florida Georgia Line .
Kelly Clarkson joined will.i.am to announce the nominees in the top five AMA categories on Good Morning America . The rest of the nominees will be announced immediately following the GMA broadcast at B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
The American Music Awards recognize artists in all major musical genres. The trophies will be handed out Sunday, November 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Artist of the Year
: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake
Kohl's New Artist of the Year: Florida Georgia Line, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phillip Phillips
Single of the Year : "Cruise," Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly; "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz; "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell and TI
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Pink, Rihanna, Taylor Swift
Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist: Miguel, Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake
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August 12, 2011
Wow, hard to know where to being with this one. Sometimes you have friends that decide to join indie pop superpowers and form a band. This one hits it out of the park and they're off (literally) to save the world, and the longest convos you have with 'em are when your paths cross in airports miles away from home. Seeing as how some of the best quality time with friends can be found in conjunction with music events, I was incredibly happy when I saw The Pains of Being Pure at Heart on the lineup for Øya this year. It's always nice to run into people when you're overseas (especially during festival season) and getting to witness them in action for an international gig – let's just say they were total pros.
Between the time I spent with them at Lollapalooza and me flying straight to Norway, they had driven back to NYC to open for The Kills' during their Terminal 5 shows. That meant they took the redeye flight to land in Oslo at 8AM the day of their √òya gig, rounding up all the gear and trying to grab an hour's nap at the hotel, heading to the grounds, loading in, playing a set in front of thousands and thousands of people (with Twin Shadow swinging by to say hey), and then getting back to the hotel and bracing themselves for yet another incomplete night of sleep. See, they had to be up at 3AM for a 4 hour drive to the airport for a flight to the next fest in a neighboring country where they would do it all over again. All while figuring out the setlists and culturally appropriate stage banter. I don't know how they do it!
Watching them doze in the hotel lobby in the wee hours of the morning surrounded by hardcases of equipment, all I could think was a) here you look like you could use a blanket b) I am so effing proud of you and c) HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAME PUBLICIST THAT NIRVANA DID. Yes, I do have a polaroid of the 3AM Pains, and no, I'm not posting it here. Some things are better left unpublished (or until their version of Behind the Music drops but only if they say it's ok)! PS Be sure to pick up their epic album Belong here.


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