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Victoria, British Columbia
Fort Victoria RV Park & Campground
[ 5/10 ]
Friendly, helpful staff. Despite being over a hill, sites (while gravel) were reasonably level. A good spot when passing through or seeing Victoria (transit right to park). Train tracks right through park, but the rails are rusty. Nothing really special, but nothing really negative. Pricy, but right in the city. Will be back when passing through.
Leavenworth, Washington
Icicle River RV Park
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A nice quiet place a few miles out of town, excepting the noise of a rushing river. Helpful staff, guides to site and reasonably well maintained (a busy place in summer). Get one of the sites with a concrete pad as the other sections are so-so in quality. Sites were close but not too close. Marginal cell reception. A lot less expensive than the KOA and we will stay there again when in Leavenworth. Have a reservation. Final note, parking for RVs in Leavenworth is iffy. The town's signed RV parking is a dust bowl. We found a quiet non-residential street.
Anacortes, Washington
Fidalgo Bay Resort
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Friendly cooperative staff in a spacious park. Roads and sites are gravel and basic, but hookups were good quality and sites reasonably roomy and level. Prices vary due to location and view. Some sites had shelters while others were drive-ins, for motorhomes - much appreciated and rare. Excepting the view, location doesn't matter as long as you are away from the road (and noise). We don't like the pet fee, but they never asked! Would stay there again.
Everett, Washington
Lakeside RV Park
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The office staff was very helpful and went out of their way for us during the reservation process. The maintenance staff proved a bit clueless when asked about cable connections. The park itself features a nicely maintained pond/park area but the sites are very narrow (but with hedges) and very few are even close to level. If leveling is a challenge for you (luckily not for me) you will be in for some frustration. The WiFi did not work, but the area we were in was down the hill from the busy road and surprisingly quiet.
Monitor, Washington
Wenatchee River County Park
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We spent two nights here because the friendly clerk oversold the place. We got one of three pull throughs, however insist on a site in the 'circles' and away from the busy road. Most sites (not ours) were spacious and the park in general is well laid out, well maintained and spacious. Not having been here in the area before, we thought it was close enough to commute to Leavenworth, not the case. Worst, it is between a busy highway and a noisy railway. OK for one night passing through.
Chelan Falls, Washington
Beebe Bridge Park
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This was the nicest spot on a two week trip, during which we moved a lot. If it had sewer and Wi-Fi it would be perfect. Huge and well tended sites in a beautiful spacious park. Lots of responsible parents and well watched kids, although some loose dogs after the maintenance staff left for the day. No gate staff, but a workable self check-in (have cash or a cheque). The staff during the day were evident, helpful and professional. If anywhere near, I would go here.
Twisp, Washington
Riverbend RV Park
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Friendly staff and easily accessed sites, with guide, it was a good park for a night while passing through. Did not like the extra charge for dogs, as no extra services were provided and my dogs are better behaved than most kids. Nice open locale on a shallow river, it is miles from anywhere. Would stay there again.
Mount Vernon, Washington
Mount Vernon RV Park
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We stayed here twice, two days each time, on a two week trip. The staff is great, it is quiet (excepting trains 1/4 mi away)and almost everyone there is grown up. Super convenient yet out of the way, there are relatively few transient sites. In the summer, get a reservation. We will be back again and again.
Campbell River, British Columbia
Ripple Rock RV Park
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This time we stayed six days, and we will be back. The road in is rough and therefore mitigates against casual one night stays. Also, while there is a new playground, this is essentially a park for adults who want to have a quiet stay in a fantastic place. The scenery is simply terrific, cruise ships so close you can see the on-deck movies, whales going by and sites right on the water. Moreover, this place is kept up to the nth degree and everything is new or as good as. Great clubhouse and new guest cabins this year (got the tour: very, very nice). It looks better than even their own photos reveal. Lastly, their floating restaurant has been redone completely: we had two dinners there. No better RV park on Vancouver Island.
Victoria, British Columbia
Pedder Bay RV Resort & Marina
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Our second time there, we stayed six days and will be back soon. Depending upon site, great views of the water. Very well maintained and friendly, helpful staff. Sites separated by tall hedges, spacious and well laid out. Some could be more level, they slope, but not many. Roads nicely paved and sited are gravel. Everything is new, hook-ups, picnic tables, etc. Best park in the Victoria area, but a bit isolated for city focused tourism. If you want fishing, this is the place. Reasonable rental rates and knowledgeable and helpful staff at marina. Launch site and moorings also available. The ONLY negative is that it is just out of cell phone range. OK for kids, but great for adults. We will be there again this year!
Parksville, British Columbia
Parry's RV Park
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Well-kept middle of the road campground. Friendly staff. Mostly grass sites and gravel roads. Quiet and relatively spacious sites. Suffers in comparison to nearby ocean view parks, but only regarding location. Will stay there again.
Mount Vernon, Washington
Mount Vernon RV Park
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This is the third time we stayed here and it has improved from the aspect of maintenance and upkeep, being nice enough to begin with. A friendly, secure and quiet park with a lot of semi-permanent sites, but with a nice section available for over night stays, we were made to feel quite welcome. Sites are spacious, well-graded and clean. Staff were helpful and went out of their way. Not too far off the I5, but you can barely hear it - even at night. It is close to shopping and yet secluded off a secondary highway. We stayed five nights and will camp there again.
Victoria, British Columbia
Fort Victoria RV Park & Campground
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Large park in the city. Friendly staff and the park is reasonably well maintained. While transient sites are fine, some sections of park could use a clean up. Overall OK, but location is the main plus.
Sequim, Washington
Rainbows End RV Park
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Friendly, helpful staff and convenient to town. Small park, a bit crowded and congested. Clean but showing its age. OK for the two nights we stayed, but not for a longer stay.
Potlatch, Washington
The Waterfront at Potlatch
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Absolutely super view and right on the water. Small and excellent. Staff friendly, people friendly and just about perfect. We went out of our way, to pass this way, so we could stay here again.
Kelso, Washington
Brookhollow RV Park
[ 7/10 ]
Came back here again. Quiet and well away from I-5 and yet close enough. Well laid out, friendly staff, spacious and well maintained. Everything positive - will stay there again.
Welches, Oregon
Mt Hood Village RV Resort
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Good option at end of a long day, but not a place to stay long. Reception was friendly and helpful. Sites spacious but rustic. Sort of level sites, 'well-used' hook-ups, charge for Wi-Fi, laundry not clean. Would not seek this park out but would stay one night while passing through.
Sisters, Oregon
Bend / Sisters Garden RV Resort
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An oasis in the flat desert. More expensive than some and worth every penny. Great staff and excellent service attitude. Very well maintained and well designed. Will most definitely camp there again. Best option for the Sisters/Bend area.
Newport, Oregon
Port of Newport RV Park
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Back again to a favorite place. Friendly helpful staff and a clean, specious and well run park. Free shuttle bus around town a nice touch. While not on the water, very close to harbor and a great view.
Lincoln City, Oregon
Premier RV Resort of Lincoln City Oregon
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Best RV Park in area. Friendly staff, well run and clean. We had a terrific view site the first night, but moved to escape high winds the next. Has a group gas campfire, no smoke within park and a good place to relax.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cannon Beach RV Resort
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We came back again and it was just as great. Stayed three nights and had a great site. Close enough to town to walk and well run. Clean and well maintained. One of our favorite places.
Hoquiam, Washington
Hoquiam River RV Park
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This was a welcome surprise at the end of a long drive. Management was friendly, sites were clean and spacious and everything worked well. Would drive a few extra miles to stay there again, even if only overnight.

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San Bruno?s West Coast Cafe serves up delicious Italian meals to Bay Area locals and tourists alike. Known not only for its award winning
Italian dishes but also for the relaxed, yet elegant Tuscany ambiance, West Coast Cafe offers up authentic Italian delicacies with a smile.
Whether dining with friends, co-workers or on a special date, this Italian restaurant offers both inside and outside dining to accommodate the party. Enjoy their lunch or dinner menu and choose from a variety of Italian dishes sure to please any palette.
For dinner, start with an appetizer of Bruschetta before moving on the main course of pasta, veal, chicken and more. Add a glass of wine from West Coast Cafe?s extensive wine list and you?ll have meal not easily forgotten. Eating is always a pleasure at this Bay Area Italian eatery. Come in to the West Coast Cafe today & enjoy an authentic Italian meal.
The food of course delicious!. Oh what an experience! There is something about family and food are closely related. The atmosphere was perfect, service great and the food of course delicious!
Editorial Review. Italian restaurant in Bay Area serving authentic Italian food in a relaxed atmosphere.
Good prices, so-so food.
We went to West Coast Cafe for dinner, I had read the one review of the restaurant and it was a good review. I should remember that no everyone has good taste.
The prices were reasonable but the food was just average. I had the capellini w/basil garlic tomato sauce, couldn't taste the basil as there was very little, no garlic taste at all, I had the waiter put cheese on it when it was served and when he came back to fill our water I asked for more cheese, the pasta needed flavor, it was extremely boring without the cheese and that didn't even help very much. My son had the veal filled canelloni, he gave me a bite, no taste, very finely ground up meat, almost like baby food. This is not a restaurant I would go to again and surely wouldn't recommend it to friends.
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NORTH ADAMS -- Mosquitoes found in the city have tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to state and local officials.
Christopher Horton, superintendent of the Berkshire County Mosquito Control Project, said Friday that two pools of mosquitoes collected in the areas of South State Street and Route 8A on Aug. 10 tested positive for the virus on Thursday.
"For a pool to test positive, there would have to be at least one mosquito with the virus in the pool," he said.
He said the mosquito control project will continue to trap and test mosquitoes in the city over the coming weeks to determine the range of the virus.
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Kevin Cranstone, director of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said a large number of people who contract West Nile Virus don't even know they have it, but in its most serious form, it can cause encephalitis.
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In recognition of outstanding historical writing, the American Historical Association offers the Leo Gershoy Award in 17th- and 18th-century western European history. This award was established in 1975 by a gift from Mrs. Ida Gershoy in memory of her late husband, a specialist in European history. Professor Gershoy was associated with the graduate faculty of New York University for more than 25 years.
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"…the fire chief (stated that) a restaurant cook was outside smoking prime rib when a propane fire got too close to the building…The building was built to code (but) it's just the nature of the beast…they had a lot of fire moving fast, and it was hard to get to because it was under the roof, and the roof keeps water out like it is supposed to…firefighters said the building is a complete loss, about $300,000…"
A fire in North Ridgeville destroyed a local restaurant Saturday. It happened around 3 p.m. at the Black Dog Pub and Eatery on Sugar Ridge Road. Because of the disaster, the building couldn't be saved. Crews had to demolish it. Crews with the North Ridgeville Fire Department said it was an accidental fire.
The owner of the restaurant, who didn't want to be identified, was heartbroken as she looked on while several different agencies sprayed down the building.
"She just put a lot of money into the floors. She just remodeled the place you know. She was doing really good on business. Everything was going great," said Xevier Neider, who was a chef at Black Dog. "It's sad that she did a lot here, for it to just go up like that."
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"Mom, the whole world is sick!" This was my great-niece Lilith as she ran into the house after school one day. And to her, this was a truthful statement. She is a first grader and in her class, the teacher puts four desks together, called a pod and gives each pod a name. The teacher began with the street the school was on, the town, the county, state, country until the "whole world" was in the classroom.
As funny as Lilith's comment may sound, has anyone not had a sickness touch their homes this month? My goodness, what a month this has been for sickness! In this home it has been pink eye, a gift from the grandkids to their grandfather. Then the respiratory thing came along. As I sit here looking at the snow coming down sideways, I find myself thinking about the long bike rides on the warm, tree-laden bike trails around our White Lake area. Summer cannot come soon enough!
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- Guilt is much understood in contemporary society. Some believe that guilt is only relative to the culture, while others believe that results from violation of some basic value intrinsic in human nature.
"The Psychophysiology of Confession: Linking Inhibitory and Psychosomatic Processes," J.W. Pennebaker et al, J. Personality and Social Psychology 52(4): 781, 1987.
- Failure to confide traumatic events was found to be stressful and associated with long- term health problems.
"Sin, The Lesser of Two Evils," O. Hobart Mowrer, American Psychologist, May, 1960, pp. 301-304.
- Comments by the author:
- For several decades we psychologists looked upon the whole matter of sin and moral accountability as a great incubus and acclaimed our liberation from it as epochmaking.... In reconsidering the possibility that sin must, after all, be taken seriously, many psychologists seem perplexed as to what attitude one should take toward the sinner. Non- judgmental, nondirective, warm accepting, ethically neutral are words generally used.... We have reasoned the way to get the neurotic to accept and love himself is for us to love and accept him, an inference which flows equally from the Freudian assumption that the patient is not really guilty or sinful but only fancies himself so and from the view of Rogers that we are all inherently good and are corrupted by our experiences with the external, everyday world.
- But what is here generally overlooked, it seems, is that recovery (constructive change, redemption) is most assuredly attained, not by helping a person reject and rise above his sins, but by helping him accept them. This is the paradox which we have not at all understood and which is the very crux of the problem. Just so long as a person lives under the shadow of real, unacknowledged, and unexcited guilt, he cannot (if he has any character at all) "accept himself"; and all our efforts to reassure him and accept him will avail nothing. He will continue to hate himself and to suffer the inevitable consequences of self-hatred. But the moment he (with or without "assistance") begins to accept his guilt and his sinfulness, the possibility of radical reformation opens up; and with this, the individual may, legitimately, though not without pain and effort, pass from deep, pervasive self-rejection and self-torture to a new freedom of self-respect and peace.
"The Myth of Mental illness," Thomas Szasz, American Psychologist 15:113-118 (1960).
- "The notion of mental illness has outlived whatever usefulness it might have had and..- now functions merely as a convenient myth...mental illness is a myth whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations."
"The Theology of Therapy: The Breach of the First Amendment through the Medicalization of Morals," Thomas Szasz, N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change (1975); also. "The Control of Conduct: The Ethics of Helping People," Szasz, Crim. Law Bulletin II, pp. 617-622, September-October 1975.
- "In the Therapeutic State many medical acts are considered scientific when, in fact, they are moral, and many psychiatric acts are considered medical, when, in fact, they are religious."
- Szasz observes a close parallel between church and state relations 200 years ago and between medicine and state relations today. He notes that "in each case (church or medicine) we are faced with a social institution to which men and women turn to for protection when they feel most endangered. Hence, they want their protector to be as powerful as possible. [But] protection from injuries and diseases requires knowledge and skills, not power; protection from guilt and shame requires honesty and courage, not power; power is necessary to oppose the external enemies of freedom but not the internal enemies of freedom."
"Guilt and Guilt Feelings," Martin Buber, Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Psychotherapy, Vol. Ill, International Conference of Mental Health, London, 1948. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1948).
- Comments by the author:
- As a result of the teachings of Freud, who presented the naturalism of the enlightenment with a scientific system.. .guilt was simply not allowed to acquire an ontic character; it had to be derived from the transgression against ancient and modern taboos, against parental and social tribunals. The feeling of guilt was now to be understood as essentially only the consequence of dread of punishment and censure by this tribunal. (p. 115)
- Guilt does not exist because a taboo exists to which one fails to give obedience, but rather that taboo and the placing of taboo have been made possible only through the fact that the leaders of early communities knew and made use of a primal fact of man as man- the fact that man can become guilty and know it. (pp-116-117)
- The psychotherapist is no pastor of souls and no substitute for one. It is never his task to mediate a salvation; his task is only to further a healing, (p. 119)
- The therapist in order to do this must recognize one thing steadfastly and recognize it ever again: There exists real guilt, fundamentally different from all the anxiety induced bugbears that are generated in the cavern of the unconscious. Personal guilt, whose reality some schools of psychoanalysis contest and others ignore, does not permit itself to be reduced to the trespass against a powerful taboo, (pp. 119-120)
- Each man stands in an objective relationship to others; the totality of this relationship constitutes his life as one that factually participates in the being of the world. It is this relationship, in fact, that first makes it at all possible for him to expand his environment into a world. It is his share in the human order of being, the share for which he bears responsibility.
- Injuring a relationship means that at this place the human order of being is injured. No one other than he who inflicted the wound can heal it. He who knows the fact of this guilt and is a helper can help him try to heal the wound (p. 120).
- The doctor is not concerned with whether or not the demand of the society is right or not. This does not concern the doctor as doctor; he is incompetent here.. .nor can faith be his affair. Here the action commences within the relation between the guilty man and his God and remains therein. The therapist may lead up to conscience but no farther. Conscience means to us the capacity and tendency of man radically to distinguish between those of his past and future actions which should be approved and those which should be disapproved. Conscience only rarely fully coincides with a standard received from the society or community. Self-illumination, perseverance and reconciliation is required. (pp. 120-121)
Toward a Psychology of Being, Abraham Maslow (Princeton: F. Van Nostrand Co.,1962)
- "Intrinsic conscience" is the necessity of being true to one's inner self, and not denying it our of weakness or for special advantage.
Conscience and Guilt, Tames A. Knight, (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969).
- The bond between the principle and the act is conscience. There is something wrong with psychology's emphasis on "adjustment", rather than "goodness." Real guilt follows in the wake of wrongdoing, seen and accepted as such by the doer, who seeks expiation and makes restitution.
Abortion-Related Guilt/Regret/Violation of Conscience or Belief
- By adopting a pragmatic approach to abortion-decision making, higher ethical, moral or religious standards are frequently violated as the following studies demonstrate.
"Many in Survey Who Had Abortion Cite Guilt Feelings," George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1989 p.28
- In a national U.S. telephone survey by the Los Angeles Times in March, 1989, 56% of women who admitted to at least one abortion expressed a sense of guilt and 26% said they now mostly regretted their abortion.
"Abortion Counselling. A New Component of Medical Care," Uta Landy, Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 13(1):33, 1986
- An article by the former executive director of the National Abortion Federation based on observations of its members stated that women obtaining abortions will make the decision by a "spontaneous" response without much thought, engage in denial or procrastination, be overly rational, or allow others to make the decision for them thus making it more likely that the women will have later regrets.
"Testing a Model of the Psychological Consequences of Abortion," WB Miller et al in The New Civil War. The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion, Ed. LJ Beckman and SM Harvey, (Washington, D.C.:American Psychological Association, 1998) 235
- Women about to undergo abortion with Mifepristone exhibited acute stress and appeared to be trying to control their response to the unwanted pregnancy/abortion situation by not thinking about it The researchers concluded that there is a broad, multidimensional affective response.At two weeks postabortion 29.7% of the women expressed some guilt. At 6-8 months 35.9% of postabortion women expressed some guilt. The authors concluded that long term studies should be undertaken to ascertain the psychological effects of abortion.
"Physical and Psychological Injury in Women Following Abortion:Akron Pregnancy Services Study," L Gsellman, Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change Newsletter 5(4):1-8, 1993
- In a questionnaire survey of postabortion women receiving a variety of services at a pregnancy services center, 66% expressed guilt and 54% expressed remorse or regret approximately 6 years postabortion.
"Induced Abortion as a Violation of Conscience of the Woman," Thomas Strahan, Life and Learning VI.. Proceedings of the Sixth University Faculty for Life Conference. (June, 1996, ed. Joseph W. Koterski
- A majority of U.S. women appear to violate their conscience by obtaining an induced abortion. Among the reasons are a belief that if it is legal it must be all right; encouragement of her male partner or others, including abortion facility workers to obtain an abortion, lack of respect for the moral or religious beliefs of the woman, and a frequent crisis situation where the woman may be easily influenced by others or use primitive coping methods.
"Objective Versus Subjective Responses to Abortion," James M Robbins, Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology 47(5): 994-995, 1979
- In a study of medically indigent unmarried black women who had abortions, deep regret was reported by 14.6%, some regret by 34.1%, a little regret by 19.5%, and no regret by 31.7% one year postabortion.
"Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis After Viewing the Fetus During Therapeutic Abortion," S Lipper and W Feigenbaum, Am J Psychotherapy 30:666-674, 1976
- Following her abortion, a woman was preoccupied with thoughts of being " dirty" and washed her hands 30-40 times a day.
"Unsafe Abortions: Methods Used and Characteristics of Patients Attending Hospitals in Nairobi, Lima, and Manila," A Ankomah et al, Health Care for Women Int'l 18:43, 1997
- The beliefs of women regarding when abortion is justified conflicted with their actions in a study of postabortion women in Kenya, Peru and the Philippines. The authors concluded, " it can be seen that abortion is not an acceptable option even for those who resort to it , and that it is employed as the final option."
Ambivalence or Inner Conflict
- Ambivalence is common both pre and postabortion. It appears to be acceptable at one level of consciousness, but unacceptable at a different level.
"The Ambivalence of Abortion," Linda Bird Francke (1978).
- Interviews with various people involved in abortion. Demonstrates ambivalence as well as many other emotions and considerable confused thought. For an extensive discussion of this book see Rachael Weeping, James T. Burtchaell (1982,1984)
"Abortion: Subjective Attitudes and Feelings," Ellen Freeman, Family Planning Perspectives 10:150-155, 1978.
- This article concludes that feelings of ambivalence, both before and after the abortion, are common..
"The Psychological Reaction of Patients to Legalized Abortion," J Osofsky and H Osofsky, American Journal Orthopsychiatry 42(1): 48-60, January, 1972.
- A leading early study on the effects of abortion, often cited. Psychological evaluation of 250 postaborted women reported 24% experiencing guilt (much or moderate); 47% reported the decision was either considerably difficult (28%) or mildly difficult (19.5%). Some 32.5% expressed the desire for the child as the reason for difficulty. 45%-48% expressed happiness or much relief following abortion.
"Pregnancy Decision Making as A Significant Life Event: A Commitment Approach," J Lydon et al, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71(1): 141-151, 1996.
- Initial commitment to the pregnancy predicted subsequent depression, guilt and hostility among those who had abortions. Women who previously had at least one prior abortion reported more commitment to the pregnancy than women with no prior abortion history.
Fragmentation of the Personality Associated with Post-Abortion Trauma , Joel O Brende, Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change Newsletter 8(3): 1-8. July/Aug 1995.
- People enduring extreme stress often suffer profound rupture in the very fabric of the self. Factors which are likely to produce dissociation, memory lapses, and evidence of self- fragmentation, include (1) the severity of the violation, (2) lack of support from others, (3) subsequent self-blame and shame, (4) loss of idealism and purpose. Fragmentation predisposes to unstable and destructive relationships.
"Post-Abortion Syndrome as a Variant of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome," Robert C Erikson, Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change Newsletter 3(4):5-6, Winter, 1991.
- Conflict between incompatible goals of attachment and destruction leads to the experience of stress.
" Voluntary interruption of pregnancy: comparative study between 1982 and 1996 in the main center of Cote d'Or. Study of women having repeat voluntary interruption of pregnancy", S Douvier et al, Gycecol Obstet Fertil 29(3): 200, Mar 2001
- A French study of women who had repeated abortion in 1996 found that this group had been characterized by unstable couples and ambivalence with a wish of pregnancy but no wish of children.
Psychological sequelae of medical and surgical abortion at 10-13 weeks gestation. Ashok PW, Hamoda H, Flett GM, Kidd A, Fitzmaurice A, Templeton A. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2005 Aug;84(8):761-6.
METHODS: Partially randomized patient preference trial in a Scottish Teaching Hospital was conducted. The hospital anxiety and depression scales were used to assess emotional distress. Anxiety levels were also assessed using visual analog scales while semantic differential rating scales were used to measure self-esteem. A total of 368 women were randomized, while 77 entered the preference cohort.
RESULTS: There were no significant differences in hospital anxiety and depression scales scores for anxiety or depression between the two groups of women having medical or surgical abortion. Visual analog scales showed higher anxiety levels in women randomized to surgery prior to abortion (P < 0.0001), while women randomized to surgical treatment were less anxious after abortion (P < 0.0001). Semantic differential rating scores showed a fall in self-esteem in the randomized medical group compared to those undergoing surgery (P = 0.02).
Associations Between Abortion, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviour in a Nationally Representative Sample. Mota NP, Burnett M, Sareen J. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 55, No 4, April 2010
- Methods: Data came from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (n = 3310 women, aged 18 years and older). The World Health Organization–Composite International Diagnostic Interview was used to assess mental disorders based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, criteria and lifetime abortion in women. Multiple logistic regression analyses were employed to examine associations between abortion and lifetime mood, anxiety, substance use, eating, and disruptive behaviour disorders, as well as suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. We calculated the percentage of respondents whose mental disorder came after the first abortion. The role of violence was also explored. Population attributable fractions were calculated for significant associations between abortion and mental
- Results: After adjusting for sociodemographics, abortion was associated with an increased likelihood of several mental disorders—mood disorders (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] ranging from 1.75 to 1.91), anxiety disorders (AOR ranging from 1.87 to 1.91), substance use disorders (AOR ranging from 3.14 to 4.99), as well as suicidal ideation and suicide attempts (AOR ranging from 1.97 to 2.18). Adjusting for violence weakened some of these associations. For all disorders examined, less than one-half of women reported that their mental disorder had begun after the first abortion. Population attributable fractions ranged from 5.8% (suicidal ideation) to 24.7% (drug abuse).
- Conclusions: Our study confirms a strong association between abortion and mental disorders. Possible mechanisms of this relation are discussed.
The Long Term Psychological Effects of Abortion, Catherine A Barnard. (Portsmouth, NH: Institute for Pregnancy Loss, 1990).
- 47.5% of women exhibited an elevated level of anxiety on the Millon Clinical-Multi-Axial Inventory 3-5 years postabortion.
"Emotional Distress Patterns Among Women Having First or Repeat Abortions," EW Freeman, Obstetrics and Gynecology 55(5):630, 1980.
- Phobic anxiety was identified as a postabortion reaction and was higher among women repeating abortion compared to women with one abortion.
"Incidence of complicated grief and post-traumatic stress in a post-abortion population," LM Butterfield, Dissertation Abstracts Int'l 49(8): 3431-B, 1988.
- Postabortion women consistently showed death anxiety on the Grief Experience Inventory.
"Psychological Responses Following Medical Abortion (using Mifepristone and Gemepost) and Surgical Vacuum Aspiration," R Henshaw et al, Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 73:812, 1994.
- A Scottish study found that postabortion anxiety correlated with cigarette smoking with the most anxious women having the heaviest smoking habits.
The effects of induced abortion on emotional experiences and relationships: a critical review of the literature. Bradshaw Z, Slade P. Clin Psychol Rev. 2003 Dec; 23(7): 929-58.
- This paper reviews post-1990 literature concerning psychological experiences and sexual relationships prior to and following induced abortion. It assesses whether conclusions drawn from earlier reviews are still supported and evaluates the extent to which previous methodological problems have been addressed. Following discovery of pregnancy and prior to abortion, 40-45% of women experience significant levels of anxiety and around 20% experience significant levels of depressive symptoms. Distress reduces following abortion, but up to around 30% of women are still experiencing emotional problems after a month. Women due to have an abortion are more anxious and distressed than other pregnant women or women whose pregnancy is threatened by miscarriage, but in the long term they do no worse psychologically than women who give birth. Self-esteem appears unaffected by the process. Less research has considered impact on the quality of relationships and sexual functioning, but negative effects were reported by up to 20% of women. Conclusions were generally concordant with previous reviews. However, anxiety symptoms are now clearly identified as the most common adverse response. There has been increasing understanding of abortion as a potential trauma, and studies less commonly explore guilt. The quality of studies has improved, although there are still some methodological weaknesses.
Assessing traumatic reactions of abortion with the emotional stroop.]Toledano, Levana. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering, Vol 64(9-B), 2004. pp. 4639. Hofstra U., US
- The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether PTSD and its related symptoms are present in a sample of women following abortion. Two groups of women were included in this study: 59 women who had undergone an abortion and a control group of 28 women who had comparable surgical procedures. The mean age of the participants was 29.82, with ages ranging from 18 to 50 years. Symptoms of PTSD were assessed using the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS), the Impact of Event Scale (IES), and the Emotional Stroop paradigm. The Emotional Stroop procedure utilized was a color-naming task comprised of abortion-relevant words (i.e., sex, pregnant, fetus), positive words, neutral words, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) words. Levels of depression and anxiety were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The role of social support at the time of abortion was measured via the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Background variables such as religiosity, the presence or absence of coercion, marital status, gestational length, number of children, and age were also explored as possible risk factors mediating responses to abortion. Multivariate tests indicated the presence of PTSD in both groups of women, but to a greater extent in the post-abortion group. The two groups reported similarly elevated scores for anxiety. Post-abortion women exhibited significantly longer response latencies on the Stroop for abortion/trauma-relevant stimuli as compared to the control group. There were no significant differences found between groups on measures of depression. Significant risk factors included low levels of perceived social support, younger age, and the presence of coercion. Implications for community and clinical psychology are outlined. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: a cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Cougle JR, Reardon DC, Coleman PK. J Anxiety Disord. 2005;19(1):137-42.
- Women with a history of abortion are significantly more likely to subsequently have elevated rates of general anxiety disorder.
Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health. Fergusson DM, John Horwood L, Ridder EM. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2006 Jan;47(1):16-24.
- Methods: Data were gathered as part of the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 25-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of New Zealand children. Information was obtained on: a) the history of pregnancy/abortion for female participants over the interval from 15-25 years; b) measures of DSM-IV mental disorders and suicidal behaviour over the intervals 15-18, 18-21 and 21-25 years; and c) childhood, family and related confounding factors.
- Results: Forty-one percent of women had become pregnant on at least one occasion prior to age 25, with 14.6% having an abortion. Those having an abortion had elevated rates of subsequent mental health problems including depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviours and substance use disorders. This association persisted after adjustment for confounding factors.
- Conclusions: The findings suggest that abortion in young women may be associated with increased risks of mental health problems.
The course of mental health after miscarriage and induced abortion: a five-year follow-up study. Broen AN, Moum T, Bødtker AS, Ekeberg O. BMC Medicine 2005, 3:18 (12 December 2005)
- Broen et al.'s results show that women who had a miscarriage suffer more mental distress up until six months after the event than women who had an abortion. Women who had an abortion, however, experienced more mental distress long after the event - two and five years afterwards - than women who had a miscarriage. Women who experienced induced abortion had significantly greater IES scores for avoidance and for the feelings of guilt, shame and relief than the miscarriage group at two and five years after the pregnancy termination (IES avoidance means: 3.2 vs 9.3 at T3, respectively, p < 0.001; 1.5 vs 8.3 at T4, respectively, p < 0.001). Compared with the general population, women who had undergone induced abortion had significantly higher HADS anxiety scores at all four interviews (p < 0.01 to p < 0.001), while women who had had a miscarriage had significantly higher anxiety scores only at T1 (p < 0.01).
- This section demonstrates that it is easier to physically remove the aborted child from the body of the mother than remove the image from the mind of the mother.
Introduction to Psychodynamics: A New Synthesis, MJ Horowitz (New York: Basic Books, 1988) 48
- Four stages of grief are identified (1) outcry, (2) denial, (3) intrusion, and (4) working through. When the intrusion phase is prolonged, the bereaved person may be troubled by recurring thoughts or images including nightmares and flashback experiences which may interfere with sleep and daytimes activities for months and years beyond the time expected for normal grieving.
"Postabortion Syndrome: An Emerging Public Health Concern," AC Speckhard and VM Rue, Journal of Social Issues 48(3):95, 1992.
- Intrusive nightmares of postabortion women fall into three general categories: horrors about how the fetal child dies, fearful symbols of judgment and penalty, and searching for something precious that cannot be found.
The Negative Impact of Abortion on Women and Families, E Joanne Angelo in Post-Abortion Aftermath, ed. Michael T Mannion (Kansas City, MO: Sheed&Ward, 1994) 50.
- Clinical psychiatrist E Joanne Angelo has observed: " the woman has often formed a mental image of her child which haunts her day and night- an image of an infant being torn to pieces, sucked down a tube, crying out in pain, or reaching out to her for help. She may have named her baby and have regularly occurring conversations with him or her in mind begging forgiveness for what she has done."
Experiencing Abortion, Eve Kushner (New York: Harrington Park Press, 1997) 166.
- One 22 year old woman, the night after her abortion said, " I felt my baby's spirit come to visit me." She adds that the spirit "found its body gone. Then it disappeared. I was positive that's what happened and I cried like I never had before, sobbing and sobbing. The world seemed so empty, with nothing left to live for."
Abortion. Loss and Renewal in the Search for Identity, Eva Pattis Zoja (English Trans. Henry Martin (New York: Routladge, 1997) 91-94
- This book describes a woman's dream 5 days before her abortion: " We've only got five more days. Then you will have to go. It's going to be horrible and I'm the one who has made that decision. For now, we're still together, we've still got a little time, I'll be with you, up until the end." The night before the abortion, this same woman had this dream: " It was the morning of the abortion. I knew I had to go to the hospital. My partner and two little boys had given me gifts; it seemed like my birthday. My younger sister was also there; there was a family atmosphere. Everybody was ready to accompany me. It made it easy to enter the hospital."
- Seven months later, at precisely the time when the baby was due, this same woman had the following dream: " I was in the bathroom at the home of my parents. I was sitting on the toilet, and I thought that I was having my period. I realized that a tiny baby had fallen out into the water, where it was moving about like a sea horse. I saw that it was alive, but the front of its head seemed squashed, as though it had no brain. It was a spontaneous miscarriage. I felt very sorry for it. I knew that the child couldn't survive; it would die as soon as I lifted it out of the water. I took it out of the water and held it in my hand. I didn't want it to die alone. There were people around me, and I found that very disturbing. I looked for a place in which to be alone, and found the room I had had as a little girl. Then Maria entered, an aunt of whom I was very fond. Finally alone and quiet, I saw that the child had died in the palm of my hand. I knew that I was supposed to burn the body. Now it looked like a sheet of paper, and I set fire to one of its corners. It burned and burned, but didn't turn to ashes; it took on a series of very bright colors, like the colors of a figure in enamel. It had turned into a Christ child, and was alive and smiling."
The Long Term Psychological Effects of Abortion, Catherine A Barnard, (Portsmouth NH: Institute for Pregnancy Loss, 1990.)
- In a study of women 3-5 years postabortion, 23% had recurrent and distressing dreams of the event, 45% had a sense of reliving the experience, 29% had recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event, 45% had hypervigilance, 35% made efforts to avoid feelings associated with the event, and 11% made efforts to avoid activities associated with the event.
"Abortion in Adolescence," NB Campbell et al, Adolescence Vol XXIII No.92: 813, 1988
- Women in a postabortion support group who had abortions as teenagers were more likely to have nightmares after abortion (80%) compared to women who had abortions as adults (43%)
"Therapeutic Abortion During Adolescence: Psychiatric Observations," P Barglow and S Weinstein, Journal of Youth and Adolescence 2(4): 331, 1973
- This article describes numerous dreams and nightmares of adolescents, both pre and postabortion. The authors stated," almost all adolescent subjects experienced the abortion procedure as frightening, dangerous, and punitive, and often as temporarily overwhelming." Dreams represented the fetus as a baby, child, or animal such as a worm, frog, parakeet, cat or even a dinosaur. The abortion procedure, hospital, or doctor appeared without disguise in 95% of the dreams." Examples of the content of these dreams include a 16 year old girl with a Black Muslim mother. The girl wept and screamed in terror during the abortion procedure. Her preabortion dream: " I dreamed the devil performed the abortion. He just reached up his black hand, pulled it out, and then danced around me with it in his hands while laughing and yelling";Another who had a conflict with her mother dreamt following her abortion " My mother and four men chased me into a white garage. The men held me and my mother made a cut in my vagina while I screamed"; A 16 year old who underwent a second abortion who was evaluated for severe depression and suicidal preoccupation after her abortion had the following dream before her abortion. "I had a nightmare that there was an atomic war and that I alone was left in the world."
"Prolonged Grieving After Abortion: A Descriptive Study," D Brown et al, The Journal of Clinical Ethics 4(2):118, 1993
- Postabortion women frequently fantasized about the aborted fetus and had other intrusive thoughts when reminded of pregnancy or childbirth.
"A consideration of ketamine dreams," P Hejja, S Galloon, Can Anaesth Soc J 22(1): 100-105, Jan, 1975
- This study used ketamine anesthesia to attempt to reduce the incidence of unpleasant dreams at the time of abortion.
"Induced Elective Abortion and Perinatal Grief," GB Williams, Dissertation Abstracts Int'l 53(3): 1296-B, 1992.
- Inability to control overt emotional responses had the highest scores in a Grief Experience Inventory 11 years postabortion.
" Memories Unleashed" in Forbidden Grief. The Unspoken Pain of Abortion, Theresa Burke and David Reardon (Springfield, Il: Acorn Books, 2002) 121- 132
- Describes flashbacks, dreams and nightmares, hallucinations, trauma and memory of postabortion women.


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There are at least two types of LED displays.
As explained by @Pete, a normal LCD-display with LED back-light instead of fluorescent tubes / strips. This is the kind you'll find in stores today.
Displays with Red-Green-Blue LEDs without the "LCD" part. Sony just released TVs with this technology. It's comparable with OLEDs in that both generate the colours ...
Apple is not the only manufacturer who provides the option of glossy monitors. Because you see rows of iMacs in the Apple store with glossy monitors does not mean Apple is the only manufacturer who provides them. Also, not all Apple monitors are glossy.
Pros for Glossy Monitors
Higher perceived contrast and saturation. This is a two-edged sword. The ...
For the last 2 years I've been using a Dell Studio XPS 16 (with Windows 7) and in terms of image quality it's far and away the best computer screen I've ever used. Although this model is no longer available to buy new, I'm sure there are comparable models. I wouldn't hesitate to buy the same again, although it does have some drawbacks.
Specific pros and ...
Normally you would use sRGB mode. It is the most common denominator. Keep in mind that this mode is not calibrated, so your sRGB colors will be different from other sRGB colors. They should be closer.
Once in sRGB mode your monitor may not be able to show colors which are outside of sRGB color-space which is why sRGB is not the default mode. The truly odd ...
Look for non-TN screens (twisted nematics), best PVA/MVA or IPS. They are not that expensive today and display gradients better than the (gamer-)fast TN.
Take into account that a glossy screen (like the Apple one surely is) might display the pictures more vibrant BUT will be difficult to use with any glaring lights, first and foremost the sun.
Maybe even ...
The 90 series from NEC is the benchmark for color-accurate displays. They are simply amazing, color-calibratable displays with wide-gamuts and excellent coverage of color-spaces like sRGB and AdobeRGB. Depending on desired size and budget you can get:
Multisync LCD3090WQXi - 30" - That is the one I have and love it. According to NEC, I was the first one to ...
VersaTile is getting ready to fundraising for an eInk Digital Picture frame on Kickstarter (you can follow the updates from @getversatile on Twitter ). I think that color eink technology (and black and white, for that matter) is finally to the point where you could conceivably make one of these frames work--200dpi is higher than the retina display on an ipad ...
CES 2012 brought some good news here.
Kyobo Mirasol is an Android-based device with a 5.7" Qualcomm's Mirasol e-paper screen. A review finds it very demanding on viewing angle though.
Ectacto jetBook Color Deluxe, an e-reader with 9" color e-ink display, won the innovation award of CES 2012. The software is proprietary, but according to manufacturer, it ...
Great monitors like the NEC ones have been mentioned so far (+1 for the sync LCD2690WUXi2 for example), but if you are on a "budget", look at some Dell monitors too. I bought a Dell Ultrasharp U2711 recently and I'm pretty happy with it. It's solid: IPS panel, 2560 x 1440 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, factory-tuned AdobeRGB (96%) and sRGB modes. Got some ...
It's not very hard to take a good photo of an LCD or CRT screen. I'll add oscilloscope in here as a special case of both as I've taken meany such over the years. A few pointers. Soem of the following may sound complex at first glance but it's all fairly u=inyuitive taken a section at a time.
Shutter speed is critical for a frame refreshed device due to ...
The only sensible thing you can do is to calibrate your monitor and work your images with respect to how they are intended to be displayed.
The problem is that there is not one way for monitors to be miscalibrated. An uncalibrated monitor will simply give different colors. Different uncalibrated monitors are likely to give different colors and the magnitude ...
The file is a 1.5 MB GIF file using LZW compression and contains 84 images.
To say that it is made from a "single shot" is misleading at best.
You can clearly see 3D relative motion of the model against the background.
In a "single shot" all the information that is visible in only some of the images would not be available at all. So the creator has either ...
There won't be an impact to photography itself. The display medium is changing and that means that better details in displayed images but prints require more resolution still.
This is not as new as you think. Over 10 years ago, I had a loaned IBM T220 on my desk which is a 9 megapixels display. The precision was incredible and while the list price dropped ...
Its hard to go wrong with Dell Ultrasharp, they are really nice displays in all sizes.
As mentioned, the preferred display for photo editing is an IPS display. It can be confusing to figure out which displays are IPS. Apple's iMac and Cinema Displays are IPS, and many Ultrasharp's are, but Dell seems to change supplier's on a whim and the technology changes ...
You might want to investigate the Dell U2311H; it is certainly not the largest screen nor the highest resolution, but it is a fairly affordable IPS screen.
A few reviews (for more, Google is your friend):
I've had one for a few months ...
I believe the technique would be the same as described here - Why I can't take a clear photo of a TV.
Because of the way the screen refreshes (redraws), your best bet is to have a shutter speed longer than the refresh rate. If it's 60Hz (1/60th second) then try 1/30th or slower. This way you won't catch it when it's halfway redrawn the screen. The ...
That would be the Lenovo W530. It's display covers 95% of sRGB color space and there is a version (linked) that has a built-in color-calibration sensor to calibrate the display and keep colors accurate.
There are 1600x900 and 1920x1080 (additonal cost) options for the display which are both high-resolution enough to make it comfortable for working with ...
Recently, laptops with IPS screens (or PLS in Samsung's case) have started appearing, such as Asus Zenbook UX31A or HP Envy series. There are not many models yet, but some high-end models do provide IPS (as an option in many cases, so make sure to check the specs of the actual machine you're going to buy). HP calls its IPS screens Dreamcolor; Dell sells ...
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After ending the previous session sharply higher, stocks have seen some further upside during trading on Friday. The markets have benefited from a positive reaction to a report showing stronger than expected second quarter GDP growth.
The major averages have moved roughly sideways in recent trading, hovering near their best levels of the day. The Dow is up 106.10 points or 0.8 percent at 12,994.03, the Nasdaq is up 34.94 points or 1.2 percent at 2,928.19 and the S&P 500 is up 14.99 points or 1.1 percent at 1,375.01.
The strength on Wall Street comes on the heels of the release of a report from the Commerce Department showing that the pace of U.S. economic growth slowed by less than anticipated in the second quarter.
The report said GDP increased by 1.5 percent in the second quarter compared to an upwardly revised 2.0 increase in the first quarter. Economists had been expecting GDP to increase by about 1.2 percent.
The stronger than expected GDP growth reflected positive contributions from consumer spending, exports, non-residential fixed investment, private inventory investment, and residential fixed investment.
While the report points to continued economic growth, analysts noted that the slowdown still leaves the door open for further stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
Meanwhile, Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan released a separate report showing that consumer sentiment deteriorated by less than previously estimated in the month of July.
The report showed that the consumer sentiment index for July was upwardly revised to 72.3 from the mid-month reading of 72.0. Despite the upward revision, the index remains down compared to the final June reading of 73.2 and is well below the nearly five-year high of 79.3 seen in May.
Among individual stocks, shares of Merck (MRK: Quote) are up by 3.1 percent after the drug giant reported better than expected second quarter earnings. The company benefited from an increase in sales of its diabetes drugs.
Biotech giant Amgen (AMGN: Quote) is also trading higher after reporting second quarter results that exceeded analyst estimates and raising its full-year guidance. Shares of Amgen are up by 3.8 percent.
On the other hand, shares of Facebook (FB: Quote) have come under pressure after the social networking giant reported second quarter results that came roughly in line with analyst estimates but disappointed investors by failing to provide guidance. Facebook has tumbled by 11.5 percent on the day.
Sector News
Internet stocks continue to turn in some of the market's best performances in mid-day trading, with the NYSE Arca Internet Index surging up by 2.9 percent.
Online travel agency Expedia (EXPE: Quote) has helped to lead the internet sector higher, surging up by 24.5 after reporting better than expected second quarter results. Amazon (AMZN: Quote) and VeriSign (VRSN: Quote) are also posting strong gains after reporting their quarterly results.
Significant strength has also emerged among trucking stocks, as reflected by the 2.4 percent gain being posted by the Dow Jones Trucking Index. With the gain, the index is climbing further off the nine-month closing low it set on Wednesday.
Retail stocks have also moved notably higher over the course of the trading day, driving the Dow Jones Retail Index up by 1.7 percent to a record intraday high.
Telecom, pharmaceutical, railroad, and biotech stocks are also posting strong gains, moving higher along with most of the major sectors.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region moved mostly higher during trading on Friday. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index surged up by 1.5 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped by 2 percent.
The major European markets also showed strong moves to the upside on the day, adding to yesterday's strong gains. While the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index rose by 1 percent, the German DAX Index advanced by 1.6 percent, and the French CAC 40 Index soared by 2.3 percent,
In the bond market, treasuries have come under pressure, pulling back further off their recent record highs. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, is up by 8.3 basis points at 1.511 percent.
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Metal Shark Boats expanding with Coast Guard contract
JEANERETTE — Metal Shark Boats plans to more than double its workforce to about 180 positions after securing an order for 500 U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats under a $192 million contract, company officials announced Monday.
The announcement marks the latest growth spurt for a Jeanerette boat builder that has seen business rise dramatically since shifting focus from recreational boats to government contracts about seven years ago.
The company won the $192 million U.S. Coast Guard contract in November and has already begun adding to what had been a workforce of 75, said Metal Shark Chief Operating Officer Matthew Unger.
"Our projection is we will be adding about 100 jobs over the next three years," Unger said.
The Coast Guard contract is to build 500 29-foot patrol boats over the next seven years, he said.
The boats will be used for a wide range of work, including security patrols, search-and-rescue missions and drug enforcement, according to information from Gov. Bobby Jindal's office.
Jindal spoke at the Jeanerette business Monday to announce the expansion.
Metal Shark has other ongoing government projects and has built boats for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, law enforcement and emergency response agencies.
Unger said the need for more workers is a combination of the new Coast Guard contract and strong growth in general.
The company is also planning a $1.9 million investment in equipment and new manufacturing space to accommodate the growing workload, he said.
Metal Shark Boats and the state's Department of Economic Development are holding a job fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the New Iberia campus of the South Louisiana Community College.
Starting salaries for the positions at Metal Shark average about $45,000 in addition to benefits.
The company is seeking applicants for general shop hands and in several trades, including welders, fitters, marine mechanics and electricians, according to information from the state.


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Illuminate: Lighting the Path To Photographic Healing
I was 20 weeks pregnant when we lost her. Our sweet, much loved, much wanted first child. Our daughter. My world came crashing down around me the moment she was gone. Photography was the healing outlet my heart needed as I learned to live a life without her. 6 months after Bella was stillborn I flew to Tampa, FL to attend a workshop to learn the ins and outs of running a successful portrait photography business. As we introduced ourselves that first day, I was the mood crasher. As most of the women in that room shared how their living children were the inspiration behind wanting to photograph I got to tell that room full of family photography business hopefuls "Hello, my name is Beryl, I want to learn photography, and I am here because my baby died." I went on to tell them about our angel Bella, my inspiration.
Amazingly, as that weekend of learning began to unfold 2 more of the 12 women at our photography seminar approached me. Told me how moved they were by Bella's story. How they too experienced their own losses. How they had never told anyone. How no one wanted to listen.
Most women keep it to themselves.
Most women suffer in silence.
Most women don't know where to find healing.
From Miscarriage. From Stillbirth. From Infant Loss.
1 in 4.
That's the mind-blowing statistic. That's the number of women who experience the loss of a child in their lifetime.
Grab a cup of coffee (or tea or hot cocoa if that's your thing), and stay here awhile. Go and read the story of our Bella.
This is a safe community for you to remember your loss, to talk about your babies, and to find healing behind the lens of a camera.
After losing Bella due to a series of complications, I scoured the internet looking for bereavement resources that spoke to me. I searched for a community that could relate to my pain. I needed someone to talk to who wouldn't mind if I needed to talk about the pain of losing Bella all day every day. I longed for an audience who could understand the source of the imagery I was creating. I came up with nothing. I learned photography on my own, as I grieved, and slowly grew from amateur to professional. Over the course of the past 2 years I've built a successful photography business from the ground up and I vowed that one day, when the stars aligned, I would create a photography experience exactly like the one I was looking for after our loss.
And now that experience, Illuminate, is here.
During your Illuminate experience you'll have the opportunity to:
- Learn how to use your camera to capture beautiful images that speak to you and your journey through grief.
- Join a tight knit community of women who know exactly how you're feeling.
- Manage your grief in a creative way and grow because of it.
- Focus attention on the family members who are still in your house and in your life.
- Create a body of work that serves as a testament to your lost child.
What Will This Online Experience Offer?
- 24/7 access (for the duration of the course) to a password protected e-course website containing all the assignment information.
- Weekly assignments to complete at your own personal pace.
- Access to private Facebook group for members of your course only to provide a safe environment of support from other Baby Loss parents (this group will continue even after class is over).
- Small class size of no more than 20 to ensure that the personal healing needs of each individual student are being met.
- Weekly video tutorials led by Beryl containing words of wisdom, technical knowledge, visual inspiration, and guidance through each assignment.
- Weekly PDF guide books to keep the assignment information in an easy to access format.
- Bonus video tutorials on how to create a free WordPress blog, edit and upload images to WordPress.
- Bonus video tutorial on editing techniques using Picmonkey.com
- Weekly "Ask Beryl" videos to answer questions from class members about blogging and photography
- Weekly written feedback and positive reinforcement on assignments from Beryl and other classmates.
- 20% of your class fee donated directly back to an organization 'doing good' in the baby loss community.
This Illuminate session's proceeds will be donated to: Molly Bears
Week-by-Week: At A Glance
Getting Started: Blog Set Up, Meet Your Classmates, Earning 'Extra Credit', Editing in PicMonkey
Week 1: Tell Your Story – Where Are You On Your Journey?
Week 2: Finding Your Way – Exploring Light and Shadow
Week 3: Change in Perspective – Re-discovering Your Joy
Week 4: Life's Journey – Where Do You Go From Here?
Wrap Up: Last Minute Questions, Feedback, Send-Off
Registration is now underway for the next session of Illuminate.
March 6th, 2013 – April 10th, 2013
Payment plans are available upon request. Contact Beryl to set up a customized payment plan if needed.
What Other Baby Loss Moms Are Saying About Illuminate
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Illuminate?
Illuminate is a 5-week course that takes place online. Participants will receive assignments weekly via a password protected website and will turn in each assignment once complete. Even though the weekly assignments end after 5-weeks, participants will also gain access to a secret Facebook group that will remain active forever. This will ensure that class members can continue to keep in touch and share photographs and healing tips and tools long after class has ended.
What kind of camera do I need to participate?
Any kind of camera is welcomed and encouraged! Some participants choose to participate in class solely with their iphone or cell phone, others use their point and shoot, while others use a dslr camera. What matters most is that you are making the effort to get out and take photos, the type of camera is secondary.
How tech-savvy do I have to be?
If you know how to navigate to a webpage, send an email, and shoot/upload photos you'll be set. Class members are encouraged to share their photo assignments via a blog platform, but Beryl will walk you through creating and posting to that blog (and even password protecting it to make it private) in step by step video tutorials. Beryl also provides bonus tech tutorials for class members interested in editing and tweaking their photos once they are taken.
How long does an Illuminate assignment take to complete each week?
This really will vary from person to person. It depends on how much time you devote to prepping, planning, shooting, editing, journaling and blogging your photos each week. The time will also depend on the type of camera you choose to use as well. Cell phone photos will most likely be processed and posted much quicker than photos taken with a dslr. However, past class members have estimated that each Illuminate assignment takes on average 2-3 hours to complete. Weekly assignments include one journal entry, one photography lesson, and one blog post.
Do you have a refund policy?
If you take Illuminate class and decide that it's not for you, or discover it's not giving you the healing outlet you need, you may request a full refund. No questions asked.
Registration is now underway for the next session of Illuminate.
March 6th, 2013 – April 10th, 2013
Payment plans are available upon request. Contact Beryl to set up a customized payment plan if needed.


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Biogen Idec (BIIB - Analyst Report) shares were down more than 2% following the announcement of disappointing top-line results on the company's late stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) candidate, dexpramipexole.
Biogen said that dexpramipexole failed to meet the primary endpoint in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study that was conducted in patients suffering from ALS. Besides failing to meet the primary endpoint, dexpramipexole also did not achieve its main secondary endpoints. Moreover, it failed to show any efficacy in sub-populations.
Given the disappointing data, Biogen has decided to scrap the development of dexpramipexole for ALS. Detailed results will be presented by the company at an upcoming medical conference. Dexpramipexole became a part of Biogen's pipeline following the company's licensing deal with Knopp Neurosciences.
The failure of dexpramipexole is disappointing especially as the candidate had fared well in phase II studies. However, we note that dexpramipexole was always a high risk candidate given the challenges associated with the development of a treatment for ALS.
With dexpramipexole phase III results out of the way, we expect investor focus to shift to Biogen's phase III multiple sclerosis candidate, PEGylated interferon. Top-line results from a phase III study (ADVANCE) should be out shortly.
Another major catalyst for the company could be in the form of FDA approval for its oral multiple sclerosis candidate, BG-12, by March. We believe BG-12 could become a leader in the oral multiple sclerosis market once launched.
Biotech companies that currently look more interesting include Amgen (AMGN - Analyst Report), which carries a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy).
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The former core facilities for DNA sequencing and genotyping at CMM L8:00, and the DNA sequence facility, KISeq, established at CMB 1992, merged year 2008 into the new core facility KIGene - genetic analysis at CMM. We are located at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, the Neurogenetics Unit, CMM L8:00, Karolinska University Hospital at Solna.
With experiences from two decades of running a core facility we have accumulated much knowledge and proficiency in how to perform services, superwise and support the users. Our vision is to provide a high quality, reliable, high efficiency and flexible core facility, aiming at providing the right solution and study set-up for the right project.
In order to meet the increasing demand on higher throughput and efficiency, as well as on cheaper analyses, our core-facility has introduced several options for gene expression analysis and the analysis of genetic variations including SNPs, microsatellite markers and insertion/deletion polymorphisms.
Our equipment can be used by those who have sufficient knowledge and experience. The facility provides start up theoretical and technical assistance. For some applications, we also offer full-service.
Flexible services - three service levels;• "Hands-on" service: The user receives a short introduction by experienced personnel regarding sample preparation and operation of the instruments. Each user reserves a date and time for occupying an instrument by a booking system.• "Hands-off" service: The user provides us with pre-made sequence or fragment analysis reactions and we are performing the analysis. The resulting files are transferred to each user by a FTP account or e-mail.• Full-service: The user provides us with starting materials- as blood, saliva, biopsies, DNA, oligonucleotides- and we are performing the analysis. The resulting files are transferred to each user by a FTP account or e-mail.
In the table below you can see what the different instruments can be used for. More information about each instrument, including price lists, is available in pdf-format if you follow the links under the table.
- DNA sequence analysis - fragment analysis
- real-time gene expression analysis,- SNP analysis (end-point analysis)
- single, duplex or triplex SNP analysis- microsatellite scoring- haplotyping- CpG-methylation analysis- allelic frequency quantification- short sequence analysis
- small volume quantity and quality determination of DNA, RNA and proteins
- small volume quality determination of DNA and RNA
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Treatment of hypertension in central and eastern European countries: self-reported practice of primary care physicians
Journal of Hypertension, 07/31/2012
Tomasik T et al. – In hypertension treatment, some decisions made by primary care physicians from central and eastern European countries are still done without any supporting evidence from clinical trials. They have declared lower treatment goals and the initiation of pharmacotherapy at lower BP levels than recommended in international guidelines. An innovative approach to continuous medical education should be introduced and the efforts to implement guidelines in everyday practice ought to continue.
Methods- A cross–sectional survey of primary care physicians with a questionnaire translated into various languages was carried out in nine central and eastern European countries.
- Three thousand physicians were randomly selected from the national registers.
- Eight hundred and sixty–seven invited primary care physicians responded.
- For the patients with hypertension and low cardiovascular risk, 49% of physicians reported a treatment goal of less than 140/90mmHg (69% in Slovenia, 20% in Latvia, P<0.001).
- In patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, blood pressure (BP) targets of less than 130/80mmHg and less than 120/80mmHg were reported by 47 and 48% of physicians, respectively, and significant differences between countries were revealed.
- Angiotensin–converting enzyme inhibitors were the most common declared drugs used on a daily basis (over 90% of physicians in all countries).
- Various international differences were observed among the use of diuretics,β–blockers and drugs from other classes.
- An immediate initiation of pharmacotherapy was declared by 24% of physicians at a SBP level of at least 180mmHg and 20% at DBP level of at least 110mmHg.


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As most of us know, the Rules and Bylaws Committee gave back all of the delegates from FL and MI that were originally stripped from them, BUT gave each only a half a vote. This was most likely due to heavy campaigning on the part of the Obama campaign.
And now, Obama is calling for the delegates of both states to have their full votes restored. (CLICK HERE) This would put Hillary at about 100 delegates behind Obama.
While I do appreciate the gesture, some of it is a trick to muddy the waters a bit, a smoke screen if you will. Don't forget that he still has 4 of her delegates and he has also been awarded the "uncommited" vote in MI.
This gesture, while nice, does not address the issues that PUMAs are upset about. It does not change the fact that the RBC changed the delegate appropriation and, therefore, people's votes.
What it does show is that Obama is worried. His poll numbers are slumping. The Democratic party is shrinking and the PUMA movement is growing. (CLICK HERE).
I will give him this… he has learned that he needs to start puckering up and kiss some Clinton ass.
What I am not sure of is why he is doing this… by putting her at around 100 delegates behind, and with 15 already committed to switching if given the opportunity… the PUMAs would only need 85 delegates to change votes.
If the credentials committee were persuaded to rectify the MI fiasco created by the RBC… that would put her within just a handfull of delegates?
Is he really desperate? Does he have the super delegates in the bag and already know it? Is he kissing ass to see if his polling among Dems gets better? Is he making this concession to appease the PUMAs in order to avoid naming her the VP?
I am not sure.
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