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The show is filled with Machiavellian maneuvering, duplicitous double dealing, and insane political posturing. Chicago city government (as well as a state election) is the arena for the never ending game and all the players are jostling for the best position and the preservation of their own self interest. The heightened drama unfolds with an operatic grandeur with the unscrupulous Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammar) unwilling to relinquish his mayoral seat under any circumstance. Although intensely dramatic, I found myself frequently laughing out loud at the show's ruthlessness! But just as the show is hitting its stride, Starz has decided not to move forward with Season Three. So it's somewhat bittersweet to say goodbye to this gleefully unpleasant adult entertainment.
Grammar is terrific in the role that won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. His Kane is still struggling to hang on to his devastating health secret and remain in power. As the season starts, he sits squarely on the throne. But his reign starts to be compromised by rivals, foes, personal demons and the truth itself. But never count Kane out, even when all looks lost.Read more ›
Fans of Boss were greatly excited to see the second season of this critically acclaimed show (Grammer won a Golden Globe for best dramatic performance in Season One), and, for the most part, Season Two does not disappoint. We can easily say again what we said after watching Season One of Boss: this is Grammer's greatest role to date, and demonstrates that his acting skills cover drama, not only comedy (as we saw in 11 years of Frasier).Read more ›
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At the end of Season 1, Kane was forced to make a few fateful decisions - one involving the life and liberty of his closest confidante - and, as Season 2 opens, we see that he's still struggling to maintain a semblance of control over his office as well as his own sanity. The sanity bit is largely driven by the fact that he's suffering from a rare brain disease that's slowly robbing him of all his faculties (as well as his allies). However, Kane employs the same ruthlessness that's made him a winner in Chicago's back alleys in order to bring his condition under control (is a cure truly possible?), only to risk losing it all when he's force to bow to adversaries who attack when he's weakest.Read more ›
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The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes
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Knowledge of the foraging ecology of fishes is fundamental both to understanding the processes that function at the individual, population and community levels, and for the management and conservation of their populations and habitats. Furthermore, the factors that influence the acquisition and assimilation of food can have significant consequences for the condition, growth, survival and recruitment of fishes. The majority of marine and freshwater fish species are planktivorous at the onset of exogenous nutrition and have a limited ability to detect, capture, ingest and digest prey. Improvements in vision, development of fins and associated improvements in swimming performance, increases in gape size and development of the alimentary tract during ontogeny often lead to shifts in diet composition. Prey size, morphology, behaviour and abundance can all influence the prey selection of larval and juvenile fishes. Differences in feeding behaviour between fish species, individuals or during ontogeny can also be important, as can inter- and intraspecific interactions (competition, predation risk). Temporal (diel, seasonal, annual) and spatial (microhabitat, mesohabitat, macrohabitat, regional) variations in prey availability can have important implications for the prey selection, diet composition, growth, survival, condition and, ultimately, recruitment success of fishes. For fish populations to persist, habitat must be available in sufficient quality and quantity for the range of activities undertaken during all periods of development. Habitats that enhance the diversity, size ranges and abundance of zooplankton should ensure that sufficient food resources are available to larval and juvenile fishes.
KeywordsInterspecific and intraspecific interactions Ontogenetic shifts Predator–prey relationships Prey selection Spatial variations Temporal variations
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- The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes
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Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
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- 10.1007/s11160-011-9240-8
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- Interspecific and intraspecific interactions
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Cora G.L. Fleming, 91, of Breinigsville, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in the home of her daughter, Bonnie Fleming-Jacoby. She was the wife of the late Linford R. Fleming, who passed away in 2009. She was predeceased by her first husband, Horace Pete LaRue, who served on the USS Yosemite, off the coast of Japan, after the bombing of Hiroshima. Cora was born in Pineville, Bucks County, a daughter of the late Russell R. and Laura Gill (Krewson) German. She worked for Brown Brothers Auction in Buckingham, PA for 25 years before retiring in 1978. She operated an antique stand at Schupps Grove in Adamstown for many years. In addition to her love of antiques, she enjoyed visiting with her family.
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Why dont Americans just scrap NFL, NBA, MLB and join the rest of the world with footb
Why not be normal and play football instead? Scrap all your dumb american sports, Basketball can stay though, and come play a sport the rest of the world does.
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Because nobody will show it on TV.
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Americans are already playing european football. It's getting bigger and bigger i think, but of course compared to their national sports it's small fry. But i don't believe americans should drop their traditional sports in favour of a sport that is quite 'new' to them in terms of national professional soccer. I think they can do both and what their american national team lacks in talent, they make up in determination and grit. Just like the japanese and south korean teams; they really play hard and work together as a team.
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Do the Aussies have to drop the million different versions of Rugby that they play. Do the Canadians have to drop Ice Hockey? Soccer is already growing in size here, leave it be. Why China sucks so bad at it should be more of a concern.
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But at the same time if you were to get a Rugby player and put him in certain positions in American football he wouldn't have the size to compete. I mean defensive positions not offensive. I could see a Rugby player being a WR or a TE since that position requires speed and stamina.
When I really try to compare the two Rugby requires a lot of stamina and grit. The NFL requires grit and may have breaks but that has to do with strategy. Getting that football across the field requires strategy. That is why the players line up a different way after each play.
But if you like Rugby more then more power to you. I probably would like it more if they showed it more over here in the States.
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were those clips supposed to impress me? lol it's still boring to me no matter what. You can post the most "exciting" soccer moment in the history of the sport and chances are I wont care. It's like wazaa posting some cricket highlights is that going to convert you??!?
It certainly doesn't help all these soccer fans on this site have some homo looking queer in their avi's and sigs too.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A Hendersonville woman told police that her ex-boyfriend took her against her will from a Hendersonville restaurant and that she escaped from him while in Spartanburg early Friday.
The woman said she met the man at the Hendersonville restaurant and he forced her into his car, a police incident report said. The man would not let her out of the car, and the woman said she didn't try to escape because the man keeps a lead pipe under the front seat of his car.
The woman said once they got to Spartanburg, she convinced him to stop at Lil D's, a bar they had gone to when they dated before, the report said. She went to the restroom and called 911.
No charges were filed in Spartanburg.
Capt. David Adams of the Hendersonville Police Department said Friday that the case is under investigation but no charges had been filed.
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Three first-inning runs helped the Versailles JV Tigers to a 5-1 win over Sedalia Undertakers at Hickman High School on Saturday, July 26.
The JV Tigers scored in the first on a single by Dylan Wood, a bases loaded walk, and a walk by Riley Shriver.
It was a good day at the plate for the JV Tigers 's David Hansen. Hansen went 2-3, drove in one and scored one run. He singled in the fourth inning and doubled in the sixth inning.
Dylan Wood struck out four, paving the way for a the JV Tigers win. Dylan Wood allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk over five innings.
Tyler was charged with the loss. He lasted just three innings, walked five, struck out three, and allowed three runs.
JV Tigers closer York put away the final three outs to record the save.
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COPD is characterized by an enhanced and uncontrolled inflammatory response. Crucially, COPD is poorly controlled by current anti-inflammatory therapies including glucocorticoids. Elevated lung oxidant burden and activation of key pathways that impinge upon GR function such as p38 MAPK, NF-κB and IL-17 may drive this insensitivity. In addition, the expression and activity of the GR co-repressor protein histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) is reduced in COPD in response to oxidative stress possibly due to elevation of the phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)δ signaling pathway. Importantly, blockade of PI3Kδ or p38 MAPK in primary cells from disease or in disease models restores glucocorticoid function. Selective inhibition of these pathways may provide a therapeutic strategy in COPD both as a novel anti-inflammatory and as a combinatorial therapy with glucocorticoids.
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Augustine Choi, M.D., Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham And Women's Hospital
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a debilitating disease caused by chronic exposure to cigarette smoke (CS), which involves airways obstruction and alveolar loss (emphysema). Our previous studies demonstrated elevated autophagy in human COPD lung, and as a cellular and tissue response to CS exposure in experimental model of emphysema in vivo. We identified the autophagic protein microtubule associated protein-1 light chain-3B (LC3B) as a positive regulator of CS-induced lung epithelial cell death. We now extend these initial observations to explore the mechanism by which LC3B mediates CSinduced apoptosis and emphysema development in vivo. Here, we observed that LC3B-/- mice demonstrated significantly decreased levels of apoptosis in the lungs after CS exposure, and displayed resistance to CS-induced airspace enlargement, relative to wild-type littermate mice. We found that LC3B associated with the extrinsic apoptotic factor Fas in lipid rafts in an interaction mediated by caveolin-1 (Cav-1). The siRNA-dependent knockdown of Cav-1 sensitized epithelial cells to CS-induced apoptosis, as evidenced by enhanced DISC formation and caspase activation. In conclusion, we demonstrate a pivotal role for the autophagic protein LC3B in CS-induced apoptosis and emphysema, suggestive of novel therapeutic targets for COPD treatment.
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Neutrophils play a fundamental role in several chronic lung diseases including COPD and cystic fibrosis. Among the mediators of neutrophil recruitment into the lung, the chemokine CXCL8 is considered to be the major player. CXCL8 exerts its chemotactic activity by binding to its GPCR receptors located on the neutrophils, as well as through interactions with co-receptors located on the inflamed endothelium, the socalled glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). We have engineered higher affinity for GAG binding into human CXCL8 thereby obtaining a protein-based inhibitor for the CXCL8/GAG interaction. By additionally knocking-out the GPCR domain of the chemokine, we obtained a decoy protein (termed PA401) with potent anti-inflammatory characteristics. PA401 has been tested in murine models of lung inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide and tobacco smoke in which the compound showed strong dose-dependent reduction of BAL neutrophils after intravenous and subcutaneous administration at doses of 40 and 400μg/kg. PA401 is therefore considered a new promising biologic therapeutic with a novel mechanism of action for interfering with lung inflammation.
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– Quantum mechanics is not "responsible" for postmodernism. The difficulty of interpreting language or constructing grand narratives out of social phenomena has nothing to do with not being able to know with the same precision the momentum and position of a particle. If we had a pre-quantum mechanics understanding of the world, it would have no bearing on the validity, truth or usefulness of the claims and arguments of postmodernists.
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5/10A man tells his mother that his stepfather once 'touched' him, but quickly retracts his statement saying it was a joke.A man scratches his clothed crotch.A man frequently jokes that he is sexually attracted to another character's mother.A man makes a sexual gesture with his hands.A man says that a woman at the bar is a former porn star, and that she starred in the 'first interracial hardcore loop.'A man turns into a zombie in the shower. No nudity is shown, but he is naked throughout the rest of the film. Frequent close-up shots of his chest, legs, and feet, but nothing else.A main character wears a shirt that says 'I got wood' throughout the film.A man makes a brief mention of 'eating out' a woman.One of the main characters periodically makes suggestive jokes.
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Frightening/Intense Scenes: 7/10It's important to remember that this film is a comedy film. The violence and gore is frequent and pervasive, but its impact is significantly lessened by the overall comedic tone of the film.The theme of zombies and the violence could be considered to be moderately scary to some audiences. The zombies themselves are often covered in blood.A man is disembowelled, dismembered, and eaten alive by a hoard of zombies, all on-screen. This is the most graphic scene in the entire movie.The death of one particular character (Shaun's mum) is very emotional.15: strong comic gory horror, very strong language, strong bloody violence.
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ENSCHEDE, Netherlands - A blaze inside a fireworks warehouse Saturday triggered multiple explosions that killed at least 20 people, wounded another 175 and sent balls of fire shooting over the center of this eastern Dutch town, media reported.
A sea of black smoke plunged an entire neighborhood into darkness as the fire raged for hours after the afternoon explosions. Helicopters and ambulances ferried away the injured. A 625-square-yard area around the facility was destroyed, and streets in the town of Enschede, 85 miles east of Amsterdam, were littered with fragments of concrete and shards of window pane.
"This is truly a calamity," the town's mayor, J. Mans, told RTL-5 television. He said 100 tons of fireworks exploded in the blaze.
"Our information is that 20 people are dead, but I fear that there will be more," he told the NOS public television channel.
"I'm afraid that there are more people buried under the rubble," he said.
Nearly 2,000 people live in the neighborhood where the warehouse is located, according to the mayor.
Mans initially told RTL-5 that 10 firefighters were missing but later said on the NOS report that the exact figure was unknown.
NOS reporter Pauline Broekema said desperate family members were searching for loved ones under the rubble.
"We heard a huge explosion, and then we thought, `we're finished,' " an unidentified witness told channel RTL-4. "We had no idea what was happening. All we knew is there was no place to escape."
Amateur video footage on RTL-4 television showed a huge ball of fire rising over the roofs of row homes in a densely populated area. Sparks shot skyward as more explosions followed.
"I was sitting in a cafe, and all of a sudden, there was a huge explosion. Beer glasses shattered, window panes were blown out and people were hit by slabs of concrete," an unidentified teen-ager said.
Interior Minister Klaas de Vries arrived on the scene and said emergency services were being coordinated by the National Crisis Center in The Hague.
"Everyone in the Netherlands feels compassion for the people of Enschede," he said.
The neighborhood around the warehouse, called Enschede North, resembled the aftermath of a heavy bombing raid. There were no signs of life on the gray, ash-blanketed streets. Homes were reduced to blackened rubble and surrounded by burnt-out hulks of cars and mangled bicycles.
The warehouse is several blocks north of the train station, television reports said. The Dutch national railway said train service to the city had been suspended.
Dutch television also reported that a part of a Grolsch beer brewery was on fire. Winds were threatening to spread the fire to a large supermarket.
A statement issued by the town said ambulance and fire fighters from nearby Dutch cities, as well as Rheine across the border in Germany, were helping move the wounded to hospitals. A local Dutch air force base was reportedly being used to treat the injured.
No further details were given on the cause of the blast, which followed a spell of unseasonably warm and exceptionally dry weather. Temperatures here have been in the 80s.
The mayor said the warehouse was licensed for fireworks storage but could not explain why it was situated so close to a residential area.
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This get-away was for our second "Babymoon" and we wanted to stay somewhere different, so we chose a B&B. We chose Americus Garden Inn because of the excellent ratings we saw online and we were not disappointed! Susan and Kim were incredible hosts - so warm and friendly and just made us feel very welcome and at home from the minute we got there to the minute we left! They pay attention to the little details - rose petals and chocolates on the bed, a "Congratulations" banner across our bedroom door and fresh homeade chocolate chip cookies upon our arrival (just to name a few)! The house is amazing and everything was so clean. Our room was beautiful and we really enjoyed the jacuzzi. We loved hearing about the history of this beautiful home, too. Susan is also a terrific cook and even made sure that we didn't have any dietary restrictions! We made memories that we will not soon forget!!
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Tomorrow, July 2nd, is the second week of the Seven Ages of Man Memoir-writing class at the Hatchery Press.
We're going to discuss and write about the extent to which, as infants, our basic needs – food, comfort, affection and unconditional positive regard – were met, or if those needs were denied us, and how . We're going to talk and write about developing trust -according to the developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, the first task of the ego – and about its opposite, the infection of mistrust, about security and abandonment, reliability and uncertainty.
Bring a writing implement to write with. Bring something to write in, or to write on. You don't have to remember to bring anything to write about. That will be elicited.
The class will start promptly at 7:00pm and end at 9:30pm.
Sign-ups are still available at this address:
The Hatchery Press
5611 Clinton St, Los Angeles, CA, 90004
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This is my daughter's favorite book. She got it for Christmas along with 7 other books and I can't get her to put this one down. It is fun and entertaining and great at teaching lower case letters and letter sounds.
AS a retired teacher, I think this is wonderful for my grandchildren. I had looked at them and decided to try it and they are great. Am a little disappointed that the pen does not hold more books.
great book. fun and keeps kids wanting more. as for book itself i wish they made hard paged book for the tag reader they rip really easy. Book is totally worth it.


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Meredith Foote
6722 Lansdowne Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19151
Phone: 215-581-5890
Welcome to Overbrook Educational Center!
There is no other school in the world like OEC. We have the largest population in the entire Philadelphia Public School District of blind and visually impaired (VI) students. Reading this, you are unlike almost ⅓ of the students at OEC who are unable to read print without magnification, technology aides, enlarged text, or braille.
Our strategically designed vision program is led by a team of incredibly knowledgeable staff. On average, teachers in the vision program have 28+ years of experience working alongside children with vision deficiencies.
At OEC, we have a full time dean, counselor, special education liaison, and a committed staff who focus on using restorative practices to solve conflicts. We recognize that occasional errors in judgement are part of students' growth and development. The most important thing is for students to learn from their mistakes and to reflect on their decisions in order to improve and move forward.
At OEC, there are 271 students. This year, in 2015-2016 we will add 21 kindergarten students and are thrilled to expand! With such a unique population of students, we honor our diversity. Students at OEC truly learn how to respect and appreciate everyone and work together. The "C" in OEC's mission (to Care for all) epitomizes the sentiment that helping others is what life is centrally about. At OEC, our VI and general education population help each other out in all aspects of learning.
The primary instructional focus at OEC for 2015-2016 is to improve in all areas of academics, especially math. This, however, cannot be done in isolation. Teams are essential to achieving our goals as a school. We will use First in Math to demonstrate progress in grades K-2 and Go Math in grades 3-6. In grades 7-8, the school district's curriculum engine will be used as an instructional tool and students will demonstrate growth using practice PSSA exams. For literacy, staff serving students in grades K-5 will utilize DRA to measure student growth and staff serving students in grades 6-8 will utilize the Scholastic Reading Intervention online tool to measure student lexile levels and demonstrated growth.
At OEC, the staff is expected to partake in the below strategies to reach our instructional goals:
1. Plan monthly units to ensure accurate sequencing and the evolution of objectives each month.
2. Implement 22 minutes of sustain silent reading (SSR) every day for every student in the school to further build an interest in reading and inspire students to read independently.
In terms of school climate, we have several main goals:
1. All visually impaired students will be matched with a sighted student by November 1, 2015 in order to improve socialization and information sharing across the school. A pre and post survey will be utilized to show progress.
2. All 67 staff members will be paired with a student who is a high priority (*attendance, academic or behaivor) by October 15, 2015 and meet regularly. The purpose is to ensure every student has one adult in the building with whom they are able to connect with as a mentor. The purpose of this mentor system is so that we are proactive about student social and emotional development.
3. 1,000 additional hours of volunteer service will be implemented in order to support our school's vision and mission to increase our school climate and subsequently increase community partnerships by 42%.
Every student needs and deserves a mentor, coach, or guide in life. Parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, religious leaders, aunts, or uncles can serve as these crucial motivators in student lives.
The most influential person in my life was and is my dad. Six years ago, he lost a courageous battle to cancer. Even though my dad physically is no longer here, I feel his spirit every day. My dad taught me three main lessons that I want to share with you.
First, education is of utmost importance. Second, kindness is contagious and it must be practiced. Third, everyone has one of the following; time, talent, or treasure to share. Thus, helping others is the primary purpose of life. In whatever capacity that might be, everyone has the ability to serve.
This is my second year as principal at OEC. Previously, I taught high school English and served as an administrator in Newark, New Jersey. My former supervisor, Principal Sam Garrison of Camden Street School, taught me that anything is possible if you dream big. He always put children first and served as a valuable mentor to me. Without my dad, Mr. Garrison, and countless others, I would not be at OEC.
I am both grateful and proud to be a part of the OEC Family. We are constantly looking for community partners, volunteers, and collaborators to provide resources, opportunities, and exposure to a variety of careers for our students. Students and families at OEC deserve the best. My goal is to help provide as many opportunities as possible to ensure the students put forth their best Effort to excel, demonstrating the "E" in OEC.
Students cannot achieve all of our goals as a school community and their personal goals without a guide, mentor, or coach in their lives. I urge all family and community members who are currently in this position to take it seriously. Students at OEC need you! There is no place like OEC. Our students are amazing young people with incredibly bright futures ahead of them.
We need your help! Come in and give your time, talent, or treasure to us and you will not regret it. I guarantee it. At OEC, our mission is the following: we OWN our actions, we put forth our best EFFORT to excel, and we CARE for all. I urge you to be a part of the OEC family and our continuing journey to provide students with everything they need to transform their dreams into reality.
Our doors are always open and we welcome you to come visit. We invite you to check us out and see all the wonderful things happening in our classrooms every day.
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I'm replacing our Windows 2003 print server with one running on Windows 2008 R2. I have connected and configured all of our printers and can successfully print to them from the server itself. All of the printers are shared and user's have permission to print on all of them.
Whenever one of our clients attempts to connect through the shares they receive the following error message:
Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000709). Double check the printer name and make sure that the printer is connected to the network.
No messages are generated on the client Event Log nor is anything generated on the server.
I have reinstalled the drivers as suggested by a few forum posts I came across and it didn't solve the issue. There are twelve different printer drivers and they are all experiencing this issue so I believe it is unrelated to the driver.
I have disabled UAC on both the client and server since that has caused so many headaches before, but it too did not solve this problem. Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this?


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4.3 out of 5
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
New Patient Appointments: 336-716-WAKE Returning Patient Appointments: 336-716-8091Department: 336-716-8200
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Dr. Allston Stubbs performs more than 200 hip arthroscopic procedures a year - well above the national average. Wake Forest Baptist Health is one of the few hospitals on the East Coast that offers this highly-specialized procedure.
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Academic: 336-716-3932 | Department: 336-716-8200
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Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
4.3 out of 5
The overall Patient Rating score is the average of responses to the nine questions listed below. The questions are from the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Responses are measured on a 1 to 5 scale, where 1 represents "very poor" and 5 represents "very good."
Comments are taken from the Care Provider section of the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Comments are posted exactly as they are written. Comments are added weekly. To protect patient privacy and confidentiality, patient names are not included.
never would recommend
*Dr. Stubbs seemed apathetic the day of my visit I felt like maybe my health issues were trivial. I did much research on this and he is the best in his field so I'll be coming back. It's a 2-hour drive for me.
*Dr. Stubbs is a wonderful dr. He cares about his patients & will spend whatever time he needs to answer questions & explain thoroughly.
He did not have the concern about my problem as he had in the past.
as stated before, Dr. Stubbs wasn't very friendly, nor did he display compassion at all. I was told if I didn't like what he had to say to feel free to find a second opinion.
I would recommend *Dr. Stubbs every time but his tx is very specialized - but would definitely rec him!
*Dr. Stubbs has given and continues to give me exceptional care. He always take time to listen and instruct.
He didn't seem to care about my concerns, didn't ask nearly enough questions or do a complete enough physical (in my opinion) in order to fully assess my condition, and didn't provide any answers to why I'm having issues with my hip. I was very upset and disappointed in this provider, especially since he was recommended to me by the prior physician I had seen, and I was sent to him for a very specific reason. Ultimately I have very little faith in his caring or the in his abilities to diagnose and treat my condition. I will not likely come back to his office for care.
I would highly recommend Dr Stubbs but with the caution to save your vacation time and PTO for his office visits cause you will be there an eternity to see finally see him. This was not a one time occurrence. I fully expect 1 appointment with him to take 1/2 day off of work. Awful wait times.
I like having the documentation/protocols to refer to as I was going through recovery. the were clear and easy to understand. if I had any questions I emailed the provider and he responded in a timely manner
Dr Stubbs spent a lot of time explaining my condition and complications of surgery. He used images from the surgeries, X-rays and MRIs to help explain the problem and show where the areas of concern were located. He answered all of my questions and was extremely kind and gentle in explaining my continued hip issues. He is always very professional and extremely brilliant. I recommend him all the time to the members of our hip impingement support group on Facebook. He has many fans!
We drive from Asheville to see this provider. It is WELL worth the drive to receive the medical care that we do in this office. From the front desk to the doctor and physical therapist and EVERYONE in between, we have never left this office feeling that we weren't heard or feeling lost. Things are explained and there is concern for the patient.
Dr. Stubbs and his staff are extremely courteous and thorough! Not only was my surgery a success, I leave his office feeling secure with the expectations for my continuing my recovery and that my needs have been met regarding meds, follow-up and any additional concerns I may have had.
Dr. Stubbs was referred to me by a friend. He lived up to the hype! Very good clinical experience.
*Dr. Stubbs spent a good amount of time examining me, answering all of my questions and addressing any concerns I had.
Excellent doctor!!!!
As stated earlier, I will continue to recommend Wake Forest to friends and family.
When we initially got a referral to see Dr. Stubbs, we had never heard of him and knew nothing about him. As we shared that he was going to see her, or when we went for unrelated care at other facilities, we were told over and over that he is the best. Even staff at other offices smiled and commented that we were very fortunate to be his patient because he's the best. At our first appointment and each appointment since, he has proven time and time again that he really is the best!!!
Amazing provider. I have already recommend him to people with hip issues. I'm very pleased.
Dr. Stubbs is a great doctor and the go to person for hip problems. He did a great job with my surgery and I am thankful for that; however, I do feel that appointments with Stubbs are rushed. He doesn't explain things in terms that a non-medical professional could understand, and he doesn't give much time for questions.
Dr Stubbs is easy to talk to, easy to understand and is very thorough. When I asked for more information he gave it readily and responded enthusiastically to my questions.
*Dr. Stubbs' exam was very thorough.
Loved *Dr. Stubbs - he's thorough, friendly & spends time w/his patients.
*Dr. Stubbs needs patient information packets about labrum tears, hip dysplasia and infor. regarding different treatment options.
Made me feel like I wasted his time. Another doctor sent me to him.
Dr. Stubbs is amazing!
Dr. Stubbs is an amazing doctor, and he really knows what he is doing. If I knew anyone with hip problems, I would recommend him. My only complaint is that appointments with him feel incredibly rushed. I feel that he speeds through the information and then I leave the office with unanswered questions. Overall though, I am very happy to have Dr. Stubbs as my provider.
Stubbs is great in the OR. He is not as great with patients, especially when the surgery doesn't go well. I am having complications with recovery and feel like I am left on my own to figure it out. He has his mind made up as to what is causing the problem, and not willing to listen to another opinion. It is like he loses interest in the patient after the "fun" part of doing surgery is over. Communication with his staff has been difficult. Conflicting instructions from staff who seem to be unfamiliar with my case. I have lost confidence in the care that I am receiving.
Read about Costen Irons – a young, athletic man who suffered from hip pain and recovered with the help of hip arthroscopy from Wake Forest Baptist Health.
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At the event in Switzerland, the 44-year-old rode Magnus Romeo, the same horse upon which he claimed victory in the Chantilly Grand Prix last July.
Not long before that, Dreher had stood on the second step of the podium at the Monaco Grand Prix, this time having ridden his trusty steed Embassy.
He was also a member of the team that won the Nations Cup in Calgary, again atop Embassy, but Dreher really made the equestrian world sit up and take notice with his fourth place in the Aachen Grand Prix.
Yet Dreher has not taken the same path as many of his international team-mates - he only rode once in the German championships, in 2011, finishing seventh with Magnus Romeo.
It was the same year that Dreher and Magnus Romeo - previously ridden by Clarissa Crotta then Beat Mändli -teamed up.
Notoriously difficult to ride, Magnus was a challenge for the German. But he proved able to cope with the horse and together they finished fifth at the Hickstead Grand Prix before ending the year in style with fourth place at the World Cup Grand Prix in Malines.
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For Small Patients, Introduction to Surgery
By ROBIN F. DEMATTIA
Published: February 25, 1996
NICHOLAS LEBLANC held his mother's hand as he walked down the brightly lighted hall at Norwalk Hospital. Nicholas, who will celebrate his 3d birthday on March 12, was searching for pink signs with arrows pointing the way to the pediatric unit. "Where's my room?" he kept asking, eventually letting go of his mother's hand to run enthusiastically forward in his search.
As her son continued his adventure along the corridors, Nicholas's mother, Lisa LeBlanc, listened carefully to Susan Menelly describe what would happen when Nicholas returned two weeks later for surgery to correct an imbalance in his eye muscles. Ms. Menelly -- who is certified by the Child Life Council in Rockville, Md., as an advocate for children -- conducts pre-operative tours, helping alleviate anxieties felt by young patients and their families. The two women kept an eye on Nicholas as they discussed where to park, when the anesthesia would be administered, how Nicholas might look and feel after surgery and dozens of other issues.
If a child is coming in for any surgery, the more you know the better," said Ms. Menelly. "Leaving things to your imagination is worse."
Ms. Menelly began offering the tours nine years ago when she joined the Norwalk Hospital staff. She spends an average of one hour with each family, and often meets with four or five groups each day. "It's mandatory here that if a parent is going into the operating room with the child until they get the anesthesia they must take the tour, even if their child is only 6 months old," she explained. "The child needs to see that Mom is going to be there and is calm."
The Norwalk Hospital tour includes stops in the admitting area, pre-operative section, waiting rooms and several spots in the pediatric unit, including the play room, aquarium and nurses' station. Ms. Menelly spends the most time in an empty patient room, showing children how the equipment works and what to expect before and after surgery.
"Are there frogs in your belly?" Ms. Menelly asked Nicholas as she touched his stomach with a stethoscope. "What have you been eating for lunch?" She continues her lighthearted banter as she wraps a decorated blood pressure cuff around his arm. "See the animals on here?" she asked. "When you come back, remember that the animals will give your arm a little hug."
Ms. LeBlanc puts on a surgical mask and hat. "See how pretty your Mom looks, Nicholas?" Ms. Menelly asked. "Guess who else gets a mask?" Once his mask is on, Nicholas looks in the mirror so he knows what his doctors and nurses will look like. He likes wearing the mask so much it's difficult to get it off him.
He also tries on an anesthesia cone, which he will take home and practice wearing, and learns how to use intercom system. Nicholas shows an interest in everything, but gives his biggest reaction to a feature of his hospital room. "Hey," he exclaims, "I have my own TV!"
The tour concludes outside the operating room suite, the place where Nicholas is told he will go to sleep and take a nap. He doesn't see inside the room, but takes home a coloring book that shows what it looks like.
Given his age, it may seem as if Nicholas would not be able to glean too much from his pre-operative tour. But Ms. Menelly is confident the visits benefit children of all ages.
"It's not so much that he understands what I'm saying about IV's," she explained, "but that everything will be familiar to him when he comes back."
Ms. LeBlanc agreed. "I think he understands a lot of it. He will remember what he was told and shown. He's that kind of kid."
Several hospitals offer pre-operative tours for children up to age 18 and their families, but they let parents decide whether or not to participate.
"Sometimes parents are afraid that if they bring their child in earlier and they get upset, they'll have a hard time getting them back to the hospital," said Robyn Miller, a therapist in the pediatric department of Bridgeport Hospital. "But often it's the parents who are more nervous. Once the parents see the kids are O.K., they relax too."
Ms. Miller has given tours for many years, but says she does fewer now because more surgery is done on an out-patient basis. Cathy Bigda, a registered nurse in the hospital's out-patient area, said only six or seven families request tours each month, but she encourages people to take advantage of the instruction.
"I think it makes a huge difference," she said. "Something that's brand new, like a strange place with doctors, can frighten kids in the first place. When they come back after a tour it's less frightening than seeing it for the first time." Because they are calmer, children can concentrate on instructions given the day of surgery. The instructions are also not new to them; they hear them on their tour day and the information is reinforced right before their operation.
Ms. Bigda says the tours also help parents be more supportive because they too are familiar with the routine. "It's like taking a dry run, so the day of the surgery they can concentrate more on being there for the child."
Parents must decide how much to tell their child about their operation, based on the child's age and maturity. Most of all, Ms. Bigda says, parents should be truthful.


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Macedonia may well be one of the better-known regions of Greece, if only because some years ago the Macedonian region of what was Yugoslavia declared independence. To say that Macedonia has history would be an understatement. This region's past reaches back thousands of years, leaving many artifacts to fascinate the student of history. The connection with Alexander the Great is of great interest to those who choose a Macedonia hotel. The region is awash in the history of Alexander, one of the great leaders in history. Travel to Macedonia and discover some of the finest architecture and art anywhere in the world.
This portion of Greece has a rather rugged landscape, but is still considered a marvellous agricultural area. Visitors who choose a discount hotel in Macedonia will find productive crops of grain, olives, fruit and much more. Winemaking and tobacco farming are also a significant part of the area's economy. The capital city of Thessaloniki is an important port and a center of manufacturing and small business, but is also a culturally rich city. The White Tower is a city landmark. The island of Thasos is a drawing card for tourism. Travelers who check with EasyToBook.com for a hotel in Macedonia are also close to the world-famous region around Mount Olympus.
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I am using a theme called SportsMag. Here is a snippet of code from the index page that shows you that it uses both has_post_thumbnail and the_post_thumbnail:
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I have a multisite blog with a testing area at dsnamerica.com/test. It is successfully pulling and posting articles from other sites in the network, but like many, it is not displaying the thumbnail.
A lot of what I've read indicates that I need to add <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?> to my functions. Well, it is already using that (the code I posted above) so do I still need to add this code somewhere else?
I do have "Include Post Thumbnails" under the global tags settings checked.
Also, I tried installing the beta version of SWT from the code I found here:
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Approaches to Teaching Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain
- Editor: Kenneth M. Roemer
- Pages: xii & 172 pp.
- Published: 1988
- ISBN: 9780873525107 (Paperback)
"The seventeen essays collected here, plus Roemer's excellent survey of reference works, critical studies, and teaching aids, make Momaday's work accessible and intelligible in consistently clear and informed prose."
"[Approaches to Teaching Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain] will doubtless prove valuable to college instructors and high school teachers as well. Moreover, much of it stands on its own as fascinating material for the independent reader of Momaday's work and of Native American literature in general."
The 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner for literature, N. Scott Momaday is considered one of the greatest of twentieth-century Native American writers. The Way to Rainy Mountain, the author's personal favorite among his works, combines contemporary Indian prose and poetry with tribal history, autobiography, lyric versions of tribal narratives, and songs. Its diversity has proved valuable to teachers of a wide range of subjects, including American literature, comparative literature, history, sociology, anthropology, and English composition.
This Approaches to Teaching volume, like the others in the series, is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Materials," surveys materials useful to classroom instruction (such as anthologies, reference works, teachers' guides, and audiovisual aids), discusses bibliographic and biographical information, and includes sections on Momaday's other works and on oral and written Native American literatures. Part 2, "Approaches," includes seventeen essays by contributors who have taught Rainy Mountain in a variety of settings, from large state and small private universities to Indian community-based projects. An interview with the respected Kiowa leader Gary Kodaseet concludes the section.


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This place is as nice as the pictures show it to be. It is clean and beautiful. We stayed here while visiting friends. The rooms were great. There is a large kitchenette and living room then a separate door to the bedroom with a huge bathroom. The room darkening curtains worked great, the rooms were very clean and it seemed very new and well kept. The beds were super comfortable! The indoor pool was warm but only goes to 5ft deep(if that matters to you). The breakfast had a lot of options - cereals, breads, cold items, oatmeal, make your own waffles, and hot trays of eggs, sausage and gravy. Great price for all that you get. We would definitely stay here again. Only about a minute off I95.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- The Staybridge Suites Quantico offers 83 guest Suites and is proud to feature complimentary wireless and hard-wired high speed internet access, Large High Definition LCD Flat Screen TV's, full size refrigerators, dishwashers, stove top cooking, fully stocked dishes silverware glasses, microwaves, hairdryers, coffeemakers and iron and ironing boards in all rooms. The property offers an indoor pool, as well as an on-site fitness center. For all your office needs, please visit our business center which offers as an added amenity complimentary printer and fax service. The hotel offers complimentary deluxe full breakfast daily. ... more less
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For my blog, I've defined a few custom fields that can be used for every new post. Is there a way I can pre-fill the fields with sample data whenever I create a new post without having to type each time?
Hopefully, the solution doesn't require any plugin.
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Peter Bagge's end-of-the world buddy comedy Apocalypse Nerd may air on BBC
Peter Bagge, the creator of seminal 90s satire comic Hate, may see his Dark Horse Comics miniseries Apocalypse Nerd go to the BBC. The story follows two friends who go camping one weekend and return to Armageddon. Here's the trailer.