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National Almond Day
National Almond Day is February 16th!
Celebrate with creative "Life Hacks" and giveaways for each day of February.
February 16 marks the official day to celebrate everybody's favorite nut! Incorporating almonds into everyday life is a great way to get powerful dietary benefits along with a delicious crunch. In addition to their hefty nutritional profile, almonds have an array of useful applications. To celebrate their versatility, our "Life Hacks with Almonds" will introduce new and interesting ways to enjoy almonds every day in February, from recipe substitutions to beauty tips—our little gifts to you to make your days a little easier and more delicious!
Starting February 1st on Instagram, @californiaalmonds, and continuing each day of the month, the first person to "Like" the daily life hack post will win a "Life Hack Pack" featuring everything you need to try our life hacks at home (28 winners in all.) Your "Life Hack Pack" will include:
- One pound bag of whole almonds
- One pound of slivered almonds
- One pound of almond flour
- One jar of almond butter
Don't forget to "Like" California Almonds on Facebook, follow on Twitter, and now you can follow our page on Pinterest.
Here's a preview of some fun ways to enjoy crunchy almonds every day:
- Bake with almond flour to create gluten-free alternatives for favorite cakes and muffins.
- Thai recipe come out too spicy? Mix in some almond butter to tame the spice and create a more palate-friendly meal.
- Almond milk is a dairy-free substitute for regular milk and is easy to DIY.
- Rub almond oil directly onto scalp and leave for twenty minutes for an all-natural hair mask.
- Feeling mid-day hunger pangs coming on? Before you succumb to cravings, curb that hunger with a handful of almonds!
If you wanted one more reason to celebrate National Almond Day, do it for your heart: National Almond Day falls smack in the middle of American Heart Month. Every year, about 600,000 Americans die of heart disease, making it the leading cause of death for both men and women.1 Good news about almonds and heart health: scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 ounces of most nuts, such as almonds, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease. One serving on almonds (28g) has 13g of unsaturated fat and only 1g of saturated fat.
Sounds to us like a handful of powerful reasons to celebrate -- Crunch on!
1Go AS, Mozaffarian D, Roger VL, Benjamin EJ, Berry JD, Borden WB, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2013 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013;127(1):e6-e245.
2Bao Y, Han J, Hu FB, Giovannucci EL, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Fuchs CS. Association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality. N Engl J Med 2013;369:2001-11.


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Most of us know how to prepare for a storm. Get the bread, the milk, and park your car at the bottom of the hill. Well it's a little different in the news business. Can you believe we start preparing for a storm at least a week out?
I used to work in Alabama where we reported on several hurricanes a year. With a hurricane, we start watching the brewing storm very carefully. Every day and then every hour as the storm nears. Most of the time it's downgraded to a tropical storm, but there is that one instance when you can tell it's going to be a very big storm. Our news director starts sending out emails about who will be working when and where. Most of us pack a bag the day of and spend the night at the TV station. Others spend the night at the emergency management agency. The lucky or unlucky ones, depending on how you see it, get to go out in the storm as it makes landfall. To me that's the exciting part, because we are actually right in the storm. Then after the storm hits, we go into damage mode covering all the accidents and injuries.
The same goes for a snow storm like the one we're seeing today, January 29, 2010. We started getting ready for this storm on Monday when we knew a BIG winter storm was headed our way. We've been watching this storm throughout the week as it changes slightly. For example, Tuesday the snow totals expected were between 1 and 2 inches then Thursday we were expecting 4 to 8 inches. On Wednesday we got an email from our news director about needing to bring a bag into the station and plan on spending the night. Now as the snow comes down, we've got reporters out at TDOT and on the side of the roads. Then after the snow falls we'll be covering any accidents on the roadways and any downed power lines.
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Appraisal officials grilled by citizens
By 05/29/2003 00:00:00
The Ellis County Press
WAXAHACHIE - A packed house of angry homeowners grilled two of the top Ellis Central Appraisal District officials at a recent Taxpayers Alliance for Good Government meeting.
Chief Appraiser Kathy Rodrique and Executive Chairman Phillip Lynch spent nearly three hours Tuesday, May 27 at the Waxahachie Civic Center to educate residents on increased property values and told them they were representing the people's best interests.
'They [Lynch, Rodrique] don't have the nerve to stand up and tell us they're advocates of the people when increased appraisals are obvious,' said one audience member.
Lynch chairs the powerful ECAD committee overseeing the Appraisal Review Board, a volunteer-only board consisting of city and school district appointees responsible for hearing the complaints and protests of thousands of property owners.
'These people [Appraisal Review Board] are appointed by, and hired by, the taxing entities. They're going to dance to the tone of the tax entities fiddles,' the resident continued.
Much criticism has been directed at the ARB because of the treatment residents have received.
However, Lynch did say there would be attitude changes, and was quick to point out that it's not appraisal districts who tax people and collect revenue.
'Don't blame us,' he said. 'It's the city, school, and county who does that.'
Lynch did most of the talking, but come Question & Answer time, Rodrique chimed in.
'Now are we automatically going out and increasing market value? Absolutely not,' Rodrique said. 'We are reflecting the market value that's going on in your marketplace. We're required by law to do [two values].'
Rodrique said there are differences between the market value, or Fair Market Value, and taxable value; the taxable value listed on each property is what cities and school districts - plus the county - uses to levy their yearly tax rates.
The overall purpose of appraisal districts and values is to ensure each district receives full school funding, she said.
'Now who objects to full school funding?' Rodrique asked before a handful of residents replied, 'I do.'
If appraisals aren't up with the current market, Rodrique said the state could be forced to withhold school district funds.
Lynch said ECAD sued the state comptroller's office several years ago after they refused to fund four Ellis County school districts. The comptroller, basically the state's chief appraiser, will dispatch what Lynch called, 'stealth appraisers' to inspect properties and see to it that the law is being followed.
Additionally, Lynch and Rodrique recommended residents get involved with their local city, school district and county budgetary meetings. Each year, those entities are required - typically around September or October - to set the fiscal year's budget and tax rate.


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The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Sahel & Maghreb
A few months ago, I published the study I had been working on during my IPA Assignment at the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University – The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism. The study discusses the origins of TSCTP, which is rather unique by U.S. government standards, for its regional and interagency focus . It dissects the "anatomy" of the program (including which U.S. government agencies are involved, what their roles are, and who their partner nation counterparts are), and derives six functional areas of TSCTP engagement in order to better understand the program's lines of effort across the various agencies. These are: Military Capacity-Building, Law Enforcement Anti-Terrorism Capacity-Building, Justice Sector Counterterrorism Capacity-Building, Public Diplomacy and Information Operations, Community Engagement, and Vocational Training. The study then discusses some of the planning and implementation challenges associated with a program of this nature, derived from the over 70 interviews I conducted across the interagency and in nine of the ten TSCTP countries (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal) last year.
The study contains a lot of information on TSCTP, but as it's rather dense, I also published a handful of shorter articles that either summarize or draw out some of the more salient points of the larger study:
- Catch-22 in the Sahel in the National Interest
- Nine Questions about the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership you were too Embarrassed to Ask in War on the Rocks
- North and West Africa Seek to Jumpstart Regional Counterterrorism Cooperation in World Politics Review
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Return to the Mothership
Yesterday was my first day back at CNA, the place I've affectionately called "The Mothership" for the past fifteen months of my assignment at the Center for Complex Operations. While at CCO, I was working on an analysis of the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP), which is an interagency U.S. government program to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Maghreb and Sahel. I'm hoping my report will be published by the end of February – inshallah.
Working on this project, I learned a lot about the complexity of foreign assistance, and how much more I have yet to learn on the topic. I'm a very hands on learner, so fortunately I had to travel to nine of the ten TSCTP countries. At the time I traveled, I'd accordingly code-named them for security reasons: African Country A (Niger), African Country B (Chad), African Country C (Mali), African Country D (Senegal), African Country E (Morocco), African Country F (Algeria), African Country G (Nigeria), African Country H (Mauritania), and African Country I (Burkina Faso).
Here's a few pics from my travels & some blurbs about the kinds of things I got myself into when I wasn't working.
Meeting the Demand for African-led, Internationally Supported Peace Interventions
The Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings has continued its tradition of asking its experts and colleagues to identify what they consider to be the key issues for Africa in the coming year in "Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2014." The format of the report is as follows (and includes a contribution from yours truly):
- Pushing the Employment Frontiers for Africa's Rural and Urban Youth by John McArthur
- The Not-So-Jolly Roger: Dealing with Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Guinea by Vanda Felbab-Brown
- International Justice: The International Criminal Court and Africa by John Mukum Mbaku
- Africa's Capital Market Appetite: Challenges and Opportunities for Financing Rapid and Sustained Growth by Vera Songwe
- The Post-2015 Development Agenda: What Are the Priorities For Africa? by Haroon Bhorat
- Leap-frogging in African Agriculture: The Case of Genetically Modified Crops by Calestous Juma and Katherine Gordon
- Shifts in Financing Sustainable Development: How Should Africa Adapt in 2014? by Amadou Sy
- Climate Change and Growth in Africa: Challenges and the Way Forward by Temesgen Deressa
- Harnessing Africa's Emerging Partnerships by Mwangi Kimenyi
- Three Myths about African Industry by John Page
In my section on Meeting the Demand for African-led, Internationally Supported Peace Interventions, I argue call for regional and sub-regional organizations in Africa to better prepare their troops for rapid deployment in responding to escalating conflicts on the continent.
Following the release of the Foresight Africa Report, Brookings is hosting a discussion with leading Africa experts on the most important challenges the continent will face in 2014 on January 7 (today) from 10 to 1130am EST. You can register for the live webcast and join the conversation on Twitter using #ForesightAfrica.
Rumor has it Nigerian troops leaving Mali, MINUSMA
Yesterday, Nigeria's The Guardian newspaper reported that President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the withdrawal of Nigerian troops currently deployed to Mali. Nigerian troops initially entered Mali in January 2013 as part of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), and had come under the command of the UN's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), effective 1 July and authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 2100. With 4,684 troops currently participating in UN peacekeeping operations around the world, Nigeria is the third largest African contributor to such missions. In Mali in particular, as of mid-June, Nigeria had 991 troops in Mali (according to my numbers), meaning that one out of every six AFISMA soldiers came from Nigeria.
At this point, I've considered a few reasons that could be behind Nigeria's motivation to withdraw from Mali:
- The first, and most likely reason Nigeria may pull out of Mali is the uptick in Boko Haram violence in northern Nigeria. In mid-May, President Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and the government believed that the progress of the security forces' subsequent offensive was encouraging. However, Boko Haram's continued attacks on soft targets in northern Nigeria, such as the pre-dawn attack on a secondary school in Yobe state earlier this month may have led the Nigerian government to reconsider its commitment in Mali.
- For a second reason Nigeria may be withdrawing from Mali, recall the criticisms levied against the Nigerian military in the fall of 2012 – just before its deployment to Mali. The Nigerian military was accused of being incapable of carrying out forward operations in Mali, to which the Nigerian government rebutted that the military had proper training for an engagement in Mali, but simply required funding and logistic support. Furthermore, as the most capable military in West Africa, Nigeria had previously been successful in restoring peace to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Truth be told, all ECOWAS troop contributing nations faced significant difficulties deploying troops to Mali, so pre-deployment challenges were not unique to Nigeria, but rather a common problem that afflicts many African deployments to peacekeeping missions.
- The third, and in my opinion, least likely reason is that Nigeria was slighted by the selection of Major General Jean Bosco Kazura of Rwanda as the MINUSMA Force Commander instead of Major General Shehu Adbulkadir from Nigeria, who had been the AFISMA force commander since January. If you had been following the debates surrounding the selection of the MINUSMA force commander closely, you might recall that there had been speculation of a competition between Nigeria and Chad for the position of MINUSMA force commander. Chadian President Idris Déby sought the position for Chad as recognition of the role that Chadian troops had played in the January-February offensive to clear northern Mali of Ansar Dine, MUJAO, AQIM, et al. Allegedly, in order to avoid choosing between Chad and Nigeria, the UN chose Kazura – a force commander from neither country who has the added benefit of being francophone. Again, this seems like the least likely motivation because, quite simply put, it seems petty.
Regardless of Nigeria's motivation for potentially pulling its troops from Mali, I believe that the impact would have been worst if Nigeria had not deployed as part of AFISMA in the first place. If you think of French, Chadian, and AFISMA roles and missions in Mali since January in terms of "clear, hold, build" the French and the Chadians were the "clear" element, while the Nigerians as part of AFISMA were the "hold" element. (I don't think we're at the "build" stage as yet.) If Nigeria, as the seat of ECOWAS and the largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations in ECOWAS, had not been part of that initial AFISMA deployment, it is unlikely that the force would have gotten off the ground in the first place. So yeah, it wouldn't be great if the Nigerians end up pulling out of MINUSMA, but in my opinion, it could have been far worse had they not contributed to AFISMA in the first place.
Security Challenges in Libya and the Sahel (CNA Workshop Report)
Over the past two years, the world has witnessed a redrawing of the geopolitical map of the Middle East and North Africa. The responsibility for regional security and stability – which Western governments once relied on the area's authoritarian regimes to ensure – now falls to the transitional or newly elected governments that replaced the ousted old orders. Although in some countries the new leadership has succeeded in promoting a degree of stability during this transitional period, in Libya the turbulent social and economic forces that drove out the long-lived regime of Muammar Qaddafi have yet to settle. The rise of powerful militias that have filled the security void in Libya challenge the authority of the new government. Absent Qaddafi's political and economic influence, Libya and its neighbors are at risk of a new wave of civil conflict and economic deterioration.
On October 16, CNA's Center for Strategic Studies hosted a workshop to explore the repercussions of the Libyan Revolution — for Libya itself and for states in the broader Sahel region, particularly Mali. The workshop brought together noted academics and experts from the United States and abroad. The report summarizing the main themes of the workshop can be found here.


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EAU CLAIRE — James Sewell Ballet will present "Amahl and the Night Visitors" Monday, Nov. 13, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The innovative contemporary ballet company will perform on the Artists Series at 7:30 p.m. in Zorn Arena.
Gian Carlo Menotti's one-act opera is a heartwarming story about a little boy, his widowed mother, and the extraordinary night they were visited by the Three Kings on their star-guided journey to Bethlehem. Originally composed for NBC-TV in 1951, the enduringly popular work has been called the "Christmas Carol" of opera, the quintessential story of a Christmas miracle.
"To tell this fragile tale, Menotti wrote the simplest of music, but honest stuff pouring out heartfelt sentiments," wrote the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "James Sewell and his ballet troupe have brought another dimension to it, presenting the tale as dance theater."
The dancers dramatize the story with several movement styles, including American Sign Language. The 50-minute tale of faith, forgiveness, healing and compassion is perfect for the entire family.
The shepherds in the Artists Series production will be members of the Eau Claire community.
James Sewell Ballet was founded in 1990 by Sewell and his wife Sally Rousse, who danced the role of Amahl in the work's first performance in 1995. Based in New York City for its first three years, the company relocated to Minneapolis in 1993. Primarily presenting Sewell's contemporary ballet choreography, the company performs innovative works that explore the technical boundaries of ballet.
In choreographing the "Amahl" story, Sewell incorporated the visual-spatial movement of American Sign Language with classical ballet. His interest in ASL was prompted, in part, by his realization that Western dance culture, particularly ballet, has not developed a movement vocabulary for the performers' hands.
Since 1982 Sewell has choreographed more than 50 ballets, performed by more than a dozen companies in the United States and Taiwan. The New York Times describes his work as "different and unpredictable ... Always imaginative, often exquisite."
Tickets are $15 for the public, $13 for those 62 and older and UW System or Chippewa Valley Technical College faculty and staff, and $5 for those 17 and younger and UW System or CVTC students. Tickets are available at the Service Center counter in the east lobby of Davies Center and will also be sold at the door.
A dessert reception and discussion will precede the performance from 6 to 7 p.m. in The Dulany of Davies Center. Robert Knight and Toni Poll-Sorensen of the department of music and theatre arts will host the discussion. Tortes, cheesecakes, coffee and teas will be served. Tickets are $5 in advance at the Service Center and will be sold at the door.
Patrons may charge their tickets to MasterCard or Visa when they order by phone. Call 715-836-3727 or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free 800-949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders.
The Artists Series is supported in part by grants from the Chippewa Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Heartland Fund Program and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Wisconsin Public Radio and Community Television have contributed generous promotional support. Best Western Trail Lodge Hotel & Suites (715-838-9989) at 3340 Mondovi Road is the exclusive accommodations partner for the Artists Series.
Funded by the students of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the Artists Series is administered by the Activities and Programs office.
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It's been less than a week since the St. Louis Cardinals were removed from the playoffs by the San Francisco Giants winning Games 5, 6, and 7 of the National League Championship Series. What seemed on the morning of October 19th as inevitable, that the Cardinals would be playing for their 12th World Series championship in 2012, failed to come to pass thanks to shaky starting pitching and a slumping offense.
Over the final three games of the NLCS, the Giants outscored the Cardinals 20-1. They did exactly what they'd done just a series earlier to the Cincinnati Reds. In the National League Divisional Series against the Reds, the Reds won the first two games of the best of five series in San Francisco. Over the final 3 games of the series in Cincinnati, the Giants won all three games. They'd survived with their backs against the wall once, they could do it again.
Going into Game 7, the media portrayed the game as two teams who refused to give up. The Cardinals rode a six game winning streak in games where a loss would have eliminated them from the playoffs. The Giants had won five straight, all in 2012. But unlike Game 5 of the NLDS where the Cardinals got down 6-0 to a young and inexperienced Washington Nationals club, the Giants are a veteran team whose key players had been there before. They weren't likely to collapse like the Nationals did. And they didn't.
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Mondo Wrap-up of the Year's Entertainment
What better way to kick off the final, limited collector's edition of Mondo Thingo - not available in stores - than with a look back at a year of pop culture with the man who's helped keep us ahead of the game, Mr Steve Cannane.
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The UK has a long and proud history of comedy duos - Morecambe and Wise, French and Saunders, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, and, of course, regular visitors to Australia, Hale and Pace...
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Our first story tonight is on someone who won one of the main achievement awards at the AFI's.
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Red Robot Media are a copywriting company, who asked us to do some work making their existing website design work a little harder for them. Pleased to do so. Here's what they had to say:
"Rob is easy to work with and very good at interpreting ideas from non-designers. His work is of a high quality and the design is very closely tailored to the tone of each website. I've received a lot of excellent feedback on both sites and would not hesitate to work with him again."


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DST Systems, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE: DST) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.40 per share on its common stock, an increase of 5 cents per share or approximately 14% from the previous semiannual rate of $0.35 per share. The dividend will be payable April 10, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2012.
About DST Systems, Inc.
DST Systems, Inc . provides sophisticated information processing solutions and services to support the global asset management, insurance, retirement, brokerage, and healthcare industries. In addition to technology products and services, DST also provides integrated print and electronic statement and billing solutions through DST Output. DST's world-class data centers provide technology infrastructure support for asset management, insurance and healthcare companies around the globe. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO., DST is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 26th 2012 at 5:30am
GSP says 2012 travel period deadlier than last year
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ATLANTA - Authorities say 17 people died in traffic crashes on Georgia roads during the Christmas holiday weekend; four of those death occurred in North Georgia.
The Georgia State Patrol reported the numbers Tuesday evening. The State Patrol based the count on a Christmas holiday period that began at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at midnight Tuesday.
State troopers investigated eight of the fatalities reported, with the other six deaths being investigated by police agencies in Smyrna, College Park, Newnan, Rockdale County, Gwinnett County, and Cobb County.
Three of the deaths in North Georgia happened in the first hours of the travel period, two of them Friday night in Habersham and Barrow counties and the third early Saturday morning in Banks County. In addition, one person was killed in Gwinnett County in a traffic accident.
Last year, three people died statewide in Christmas holiday wrecks.
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What is meaning? What is the relationship between language and the world? How is linguistic communication possible? This comprehensive anthology contains thirty-seven of the most important articles in the philosophy of language, including both classic articles by such philosophers as Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, J.L. Austin, W.V. Quine, and P.F. Strawson and recent work by Saul Kripke, David Kaplan, Donald Davidson, David Lewis, John Searle, and Noam Chomsky. The Second Edition includes six new selections by Russell, Searle, H.P. Grice, Robert Stalnaker, Hilary Putnam, and Chomsky.
Clearly structured in a way that both students and teachers will find appealing, the new edition is divided into seven sections that cover all of the central issues in the philosophy of language: Truth and Meaning, Speech Acts, Reference and Descriptions, Names and Demonstratives, Propositional Attitudes, Metaphor, and The Nature of Language. The articles included represent a range of different approaches to the philosophy of language and many build upon or discuss previous articles. Expanded introductions to each section provide the background necessary for understanding the philosophical issues and the connections between the articles. A bibliography of suggested further reading is included at the end of each section. Reorganized and consolidated for easier accessibility, and with new material throughout, The Philosophy of Language, Second Edition, is an essential text for courses in the philosophy of language, linguistic studies, semantics, and rhetoric.
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It's September first, which means that our holiday knitting season has officially begun. If you started during the Summer, lucky you -but for the rest of us it's beginning upon crunch time. We've got to get organized and start holiday knitting NOW!
If you think you can get all your holiday knitting done without a plan, you're mistaken. Here are some tips to keep yourself on track:
Holiday knitting requires small projects that pack a lot of punch. Now is generally not that time to start that cabled cardigan for your daughter unless you are delightfully retired and free from other obligations, or your daughter is under the age of 5 and the knitting sizes are much smaller.
Here are some projects from recently published online knitting magazines that might fit the bill.
Flo the Elephant by Franklin Habit for Knitty, First Fall, 2010
A cute stuffed toy for the baby or toddler in your life.
The Minty Hat by Erica Jackovsky for Knitty, First Fall, 2010
The holiday hat for 2010, it's knit in red and white candy stripes that suggest the Christmas holiday without making you want to puke. You could also knit it in blue and white if Hanukkah is more your thing. Or, you could knit it in your honey's school colors for a less holiday approach.
Community Garden by Melissa LaBarre for Twist Collective, Fall, 2010
A lacy beret that could be made in a delicious black cashmere for a more luxurious twist. Nothing says "you're my bestest friend in the whole world" than a cashmere hat in the cold of winter.
Tern by Pam Allen for Twist Collective, Fall, 2010
These socks are a little on the complicated side and meant for those holiday knitters who are super speedy or with more time on their hands ;). The recipients will be astonished indeed, exclaiming "You knit these?".
The Schoolhouse Beach Scarf, by Natasha Grief, Knitcircus, Fall 2010.
No direct link to pattern -view the magazine for free on the company's home page, but access to the pattern is only available after purchase. The scarf has some pattern and stitch interest, but not so much that it would screw up your holiday knitting schedule.
Hematite from Miss P, Kitcircus, Fall 2010
A little crocheted scarf that will fly off your hook. A great holiday gift if there ever was one. You could make it in various colors for each of your friends and they would each look a little different.
Holiday Knits: 25 Great Gifts from Stockings to Sweaters by Alison Isaacs and Sara Lucas is a super choice if you're looking for holiday knitting with a luxurious twist.
One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit or Crochet by Leigh Radford is my holiday knitting go-to book with treasures your friends and loved ones will wear all year long.
One More Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit is also by Leigh Radford and a continuation of the One Skein book. It's also filled with awesome knits for baby, friends and family.
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson is a classic. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the blankets and hats in this book on new babies and that's because their great, easy to knit patters that pack a lot of punch.
Are you ready for your holiday knitting? Get ready because the season starts... Right Now! What are you going to knit for your friends and family? Have any funny holiday knitting stories?
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My style of wedding photography is mainly based in photojournalism – I like to capture the story of your day, watching out for those special candid moments and capturing them for eternity. Most of the day I'm quietly observing- looking out for beautiful emotions and anticipating where the next shot will be.
Please have a look through my wedding photography gallery in the menu for over 100+ sample images, and some of the featured weddings and blog posts to see some more shots of real wedding days.


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Creating a Budget: Helps to reduce stress through planning your spending habits and helps you cut back on unnecessary spending, which may free up more money each month. For a more in-depth look at what you spend and how much money you have left over each month, you could complete our financial review form.
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If you are concerned about your current debts or are having difficulties making repayments, there are agencies that you can call for advice and support in dealing with debts:
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A Dog-Gone Good Time
In the fall of 2008, a new canine-friendly family tradition was begun in the city of Chandler (Ariz.) with the inaugural Woofstock, also known as "The Great Chandler Dog Walk," at Tumbleweed Park.
Since then, community enthusiasm and support for the various pet activities offered have been so great that on November 17, the city will host the fifth annual event with the American Service Animal Society (ASAS) and the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control (MCACC).
In The Beginning
Woofstock was conceived as a free festival with activities for families and their four-legged companions to enjoy on a fall Saturday. The community responded favorably to the concept, as more than 2,500 residents turned out the first year.
By welcoming dogs as a valued part of residents' lives, organizers uncovered an appealing event for all ages.
These positive experiences, coupled with marketing initiatives, contributed to the attendance increasing 25 percent each year. More than 4,000 people participated in 2011, and staff expects that number to approach 5,000 next month.
A year prior to the inaugural Woofstock, the ASAS decided to organize a walk to raise funds for and awareness of disabled veterans in Arizona. However, when the organization experienced a setback, the event was postponed.
At the same time, city staff was developing the other event, so the two organizations teamed up to create one large community project that would convey the messages of both agencies.
The MCACC soon joined in the effort in holding a concert to raise awareness for pet adoption, care, and education, while finding homes for an average of 35 dogs each fall.
Overflowing With Activities
Activities that make Woofstock popular include a mobile-adoption bus for selecting a new pet, vaccinations at a reduced price, and musical performances.
Additionally, there is a village of vendors that has expanded to more than 50 in four years, featuring outfits for pets, rescue organizations, grooming companies, caricature artists, and a costume parade with participants competing for the best-dressed award.
Exhibitors and vendors provide complimentary items and services to attendees, including photographs, pet massages, and readings by a pet psychic. Local artists paint images of animals on children's faces and make dog balloon figures.
The vendor interest list continues to grow as requests to participate began arriving 6 months in advance of this year's event.
In line with the event's theme of pet recreation, there is an array of agility demonstrations and competitive obstacle courses provided by the AZ Disc Dogs, Blazin' K9s Flyball, Good Dog Agility, and the Chandler Police Department K-9 Unit.
Attendees also have the opportunity to participate in a fundraising walk, which draws nearly 250 people each year. The walkers receive prize bags filled with pet-oriented items to enjoy with their dogs.
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Dashboards for Boards
Take Aways
Adashboard will be different for each institution, reflecting the different priorities that each institution sets. Dashboards should be refreshed and recomputed on a cycle that is consistent with the characteristics of the data.
Trend data for successive years at the board's own institution and comparative data from similar institutions can also be useful in keeping a broad perspective on the institution's progress and place in higher education.
Board members who have used these models in other management solutions can make a valuable contribution to governing institutions. Using these concepts and adjusting them to the needs of higher education can lead to improved communication, planning processes, and overall performance.
Key Questions
What are the key performance indicators that the board needs to be aware of in order to fulfill their fiduciary responsibility to the institution?
How can board members use strategic decision making to help their institutions become more accountable? How can board members use knowledge of strategic management tools to identify the information they need to perform their roles?
Boards often use a dashboard—a specific measure or indicator—to gauge the institution's situation and to inform their decision making. The metrics are used not only to assess internal progress on strategic priorities, but also to respond to external calls for greater accountability from policy makers and the public.
Key Performance Indicators, Scorecards, and Dashboards
Developing a dashboard requires identifying issues of interest, selecting a small set of measures, linking measures to strategic priorities, customizing a tool for the needs of the institution, and institutionalizing the dashboard into the management process. There are three tools that institutions might utilize:
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): measures of outcomes in those areas in which a college or university must be successful if it is to survive and be competitive.
- Balanced Scorecard: looks beyond the single categories of indicators to reflect multiple perspectives that influence organizational success.
- Dashboard: focuses on a specific area of interest. Institutions frequently develop multiple dashboards that focus on different concerns.
These tools provide methodologies for reducing data and sets of measures into more manageable formats that communicate the outcomes in a graphic and timely manner. The major difference among the three tools is that there is more discipline required in identifying the much smaller set of numbers used in a dashboard.
Using the Dashboard
The first step in creating a dashboard—the selection of the indicators—is the most critical component. Indicators should be 1) easy to understand, 2) relevant to the user and to the institution's overall goals, 3) strategic, 4) quantitative, 5) up-to-date with current information, and 6) not used in isolation. And, of course, the data underlying the indicators must be reliable. Very few indicators are common to all dashboards, supporting the idea that institutions develop their indicators based on their specific strategic plan and institutional characteristics.
The structure of the dashboard should be user friendly and should provide segmented data within a larger system, allowing the board to view an issue from multiple perspectives to inform its decision-making process.
Common questions that boards will ask about the metrics and structure of the dashboard are:
- How does the number compare to other numbers? Users should employ an internal comparison to support a judgment based on relative status within the institution and an external comparison to address a reference group against which to benchmark. Interpretation of these comparisons can act as a leading indicator that helps anticipate future issues and opportunities.
- Does the number represent a good thing, a caution, or a bad thing? Establish a range for interpreting the outcome. For example, a composite financial indicator establishes a boundary for financial well being, but boundaries for learning objectives are more difficult to define.
- Is the trend going up, going down, or is it stable? The number of years to evaluate for a given measure should be included in the dashboard. The user must also specify how much fluctuation normally is expected before reporting that a change has occurred.
Data on Dashboard Use
Key Performance Indicators are often grouped into five categories: enrollment, finance, staffing, student programs, and advancement. In 2011, AGB conducted a study of boards' use of dashboards. Results included:
- The average number of indicators used is about 29.
- Financial data is the most widely used category, including measures of endowment and expenses, advancement, financial aid, and tuition and fees. Although surveyed institutions used 100 different indicators in the endowment and expense group, the top three are the market value of the endowment, endowment per FTE student, and endowment return or annual growth rate.
- Over 77 percent of the dashboards contain some type of enrollment measure. Additionally, 71 percent of the institutions include one or more enrollment measures of special populations.
- Graduation and retention rates are found on over 70 percent of the dashboards.
For a breakdown of the most common dashboard indicators, see Dawn Terkla's Trusteeship article, listed below in the resource section.
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. 2010 Policies, Practices, and Composition of Governing Boards of [Independent or Public] Colleges and Universities. Washington, D.C. 2010.
Allen, Clyde, Bacow, Lawrence S., and Skandera Trombley, Laura. "Making Metrics Matter: How to Use Indicators to Govern Effectively." Trusteeship. January/February. 2011.
Terkla, Dawn. "The Most Common Performance Indicators for Institutions and Their Boards." Trusteeship, January/February, 2011.
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Zokaei Far, Hadi and Saad, Che Roos and Mohd Daud, Hassan and Harnim, Sharr Azni and Shakibazadeh, Shahram (2009) Effect of Bacillus subtilis on the growth and survival rate of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). African Journal of Biotechnology, 8 (14). pp. 3369-3376. ISSN 1684–5315
Official URL: http://www.academicjournals.org/ajb/abstracts/abs2009/20Jul/Far%20et%20al.htm
The effect of Bacillus subtilis, isolated from digestive tract of Macrobrachium rosenbergii was investigated on growth and survival rate of Litopenaeus vannamei during 60 days of culture. Sixteen aquaria with four replicates were used for treatments and controls. Treatment groups were consisted of ) shrimp fed diet with B. subtilis (T1), and ii) shrimp fed diet mixed with B. subtilis and commercial probiotic (T2). Control groups were consisted of ) shrimp fed diet with commercial probiotic as positive control, and ii) shrimp fed unaltered diet as negative control. Results showed that B. subtilis was proliferated in digestive tract of treated shrimps, and the number of Vibrio spp. was reduced in digestive tract during the cultural period. Survival rate, 75.5± 4.62 %, and yields of shrimps, 190.00 ± 13.13 g, treated with B. subtilis were significantly greater (P<0.05) than the other treated and control groups. Also population density of total viable bacteria and B. subtilis counted in digestive tract of shrimps treated with B. subtilis were significantly higher (P<0.05) than the other treated groups. Results of this study indicate that the addition of B. subtilis can improve shrimp (L. vannamei) survival rate and yield.
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Wedding Guidelines
Have your wedding at William Peace University!
GUIDELINES FOR WEDDINGS at WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY
William Peace University is pleased to offer facilities for weddings of our alumni.
Alumni, former students who have attended Peace for at least one semester, and current students receive priority usage of the Chapel.
The University will also consider requests for weddings of parents, children or siblings of alumni.
Please read and observe the following guidelines carefully, and share with service providers:
Weddings are scheduled and confirmed by the Office of Visitor Services once a written request (See Wedding Inquiry Form) is received including the information listed below. Requests may be sent by e-mail, fax, postal service or use of the on-line request form located on the William Peace University website.
- the bride's address
- daytime telephone number
- home telephone number
- cell telephone number for bride and groom
- year of graduation or attendance (or graduation year and relationship of alumni who is sponsoring the wedding, if not the bride)
- date and time of wedding
- date and time of wedding rehearsal
- the groom's formal as well as familiar or preferred first name
- Wedding director, coordinator or planner's name and contact information
If you move between the issuance of the contract letter and the date of the wedding, please provide updated mailing address information as soon as known to expedite your deposit refund payment after the wedding.
A confirming letter and contract will be mailed to you once your written request is received.
Please return the contract, signed, within thirty days, acknowledging that you agree to the requirements noted below, and dates by which we need certain information and payments, and enclose your rental and deposit payment.
There are two ceremony locations available.
- INDOOR: The James Dinwiddie Chapel – located on second floor Main Building.
- Attributes: The capacity of the Chapel is 250. The aisle is 66 feet long and there are 10 windows in the Chapel. There are twenty pew rows, divided by a five foot wide center aisle. A sound system is not installed in the Chapel; the acoustics are very resonant and most ministers do not need amplification. If amplified sound is preferred, however, the wedding couple will arrange for rental, delivery, setup and removal of a sound system.
- Climate Control: The heat or air conditioning is turned on, as appropriate to the season, prior to the ceremony and rehearsal. Every attempt will be made to insure your comfort, recognizing the limitations of an historic structure such as Main Building and its systems.
Decorations: Decorations in the Chapel must not cause any damage or leave debris.
- Confetti and rice are not permitted in the building.
- Drip-free candles only, not wax, may be used and lighted in the chancel only and must be extinguished immediately following the ceremony.
- No lighted candles of any kind may be carried into the Chapel, down the aisles, attached to pews, or placed in the windowsills.
- Fresh candles are provided on the communion table candleholders for each wedding. We invite the bridal couple to take these candles as a gift and token of their ceremony, if desired.
- Battery-operated candles are required, if candlelight is preferred in windows.
- No items may be taped or wired to pews or other furniture; florists have resources which do not damage wood and other surfaces.
- Whenever necessary to change the paraments from the seasonal color to white for weddings, please replace existing paraments and any other liturgical items which were in place in when you arrived, following your wedding.
- If hymnals are removed from pews or furniture moved temporarily, please return these items to their original location.
- The University can provide a kneeling bench in the chancel, and a podium for the guest registry, if requested in advance.
- Please alert your florist or service providers that the University does not provide any items such as candelabra, plant stands, candle lighters, or other furniture or accessory items to supplement the existing Chapel decor.
- If floral decorations are placed on the communion table, they should be constructed so as to provide the organist a clear view of the Chapel aisle.
Failure to return any items which have been moved, including furniture, back to their original location will result in forfeiture of the security deposit.
- OUTDOOR: Gaddy Garden - located adjacent to Finch Library
- Attributes: The maximum capacity of the Garden is 25. Climate should be considered when renting this location.
- It is advisable to rent chairs for guests.
- A small sound system may be provided by the wedding couple, if desired. Note: Amplification levels may not disturb students studying in Finch Library, nor residents living on campus.
- Other items that you are welcome to provide include a table for a unity candle, a podium or other ceremonial items, and electrical cord for use with the electric box on the exterior of Finch Library.
- All items must be removed by two hours after the wedding or by advance arrangement with the Office of Visitor Services, if a different time is required. The University does not assume responsibility for items which are damaged or removed without permission.
Decorations: Decorations in The Gaddy Garden must not cause any damage or leave debris.
- Confetti and rice are not permitted; natural rose petals are suggested.
- Drip-free candles only, not wax, may be used and lighted, but must be extinguished immediately following the ceremony. Battery-operated candles are recommended due to climate in this outdoor area.
- No items may be taped or wired to the arches in the garden. However, seasonal tulle or cloth may be used, and removed immediately following the ceremony.
- Please alert your florist that the University does not provide any items such as candelabra, plant stands, candle lighters, or other furniture or accessory items to supplement the existing wood benches in the garden (there are 3).
- If floral decorations are placed around the Garden, they should be constructed so as to be easily removed and no debris left behind.
Dinwiddie Chapel and ancillary facilities:
- Alumni and current students: $350 rental plus a $500 refundable security/damage deposit
- Children and siblings of alumni: $500 rental plus a $500 refundable security/damage deposit
Gaddy Garden:
- Alumni and current students: $125 rental plus a $500 refundable security/damage deposit
- Children and siblings of alumni: $150 rental plus an $850 refundable security/damage deposit
- To provide an inclement weather option, Dinwiddie Chapel will be reserved along with the Garden, and appropriate fees will apply, should the Chapel have to be used, with the balance refunded.
- If you prefer an alternate, off-campus inclement weather location, please indicate that site in your written request.
Please return the payment for the rental and deposit with your signed contract. The deposit amount will be refunded by William Peace University within 10 days following the wedding, and upon satisfactory inspection of the facilities used.
The rental fee includes the services of our departments of
- Housekeeping to clean the facilities before and after both the rehearsal and wedding;
- Facilities to provide appropriate climate control to the season (Chapel) and routine facility
- Maintenance and groundskeeping needs;
- Public Safety to provide access to the facilities, and assist wedding party members and guests with directions to and use of the Chapel or Garden; and
- Office of Visitor Services to reserve the facilities, provide a contract for its use, communicate wedding information on your behalf to applicable Peace staff members, assist with questions and needs prior to and after the wedding, issue deposit refunds, and coordinate on-campus rehearsals with the organist prior to each wedding (Chapel).
- Note: The University does not provide assistance or supervision on the day of the wedding nor the rehearsal, thus we recommend that you hire a wedding director, planner or coordinator to assist you, your family & your guests. We also recommend that the coordinator (along with any other service providers) contact the Office of Visitor Services several weeks prior to the ceremony to review questions about these guidelines and the facility.
- To insure prompt access to the facility at your arrival times for the rehearsal and wedding, and for any other planning purpose visits, we suggest that you call Public Safety at (919) 833-2277 before reaching campus, especially during campus holidays, summer, and weekend hours.
- Access to facilities is provided once the first wedding party member or service provider arrives. Also, if emergencies occur during your visit, please call this number to ask for assistance with any facility-related or other need.
- It is recommended that wedding party members arrive on campus in wedding attire, or dressed as fully for the wedding as possible, as spacious facilities for dressing are unavailable.
- If dressing facilities are desired, however, they include (ON MAIN FIRST FLOOR) a small women's restroom on the west office wing (located directly underneath the Chapel), or the Faculty/Staff lounge.
- Male members of the wedding party will find men's restrooms available on the first floor of Main Building near the lobby as well as the first floor Frazier Hall, adjacent to Main on the east side; however, due to the small size of the space available, male members of the wedding party especially are advised to arrive attired for the wedding. No offices are available for dressing and assembly; please do not ask Public Safety to open offices for any purpose. Use of the Blue Parlor or Williams Board Room for dressing purposes will result in forfeiture of the Public Safety deposit and additional charges assessed if damages occur. Please notify your wedding party in advance of this policy.
- As noted above, Blue Parlor, directly adjacent to the Chapel may be used for assembly of the bridal party and for photography only, and is not available for floral arranging, dressing, dining, or for supervision of children during the ceremony. The Board Room adjacent to the Parlor will remain locked at all times and is not available for use. Male members of the bridal party (groom, best man and minister) may use Main Parlor for assembly prior to entering the Chapel from the east fire escape stairwell or prior to entering the Garden.
- The University welcomes clergy of your choosing to officiate your wedding and the University Chaplain, Dr. Lee Carter, is also available for this purpose, and may be contacted directly for his schedule and fee.
In Dinwiddie Chapel, should you wish to have organ music as part of your ceremony, please contact the Office of Visitor Services; a list of those approved to play the historic instrument will be provided so that you may contact those musicians directly for availability and fee list.
- Musicians and recorded music are welcome in Gaddy Garden as long as the amplified level does not disrupt activities in Finch Library nor residents in the various residence halls on campus.
- MARRIAGE LICENSE: Please provide a copy of your State of North Carolina marriage license thirty days prior to your wedding.
- William Peace University policy prohibits guests from casual consumption and storage of alcoholic beverages on campus at any time before, during or after the ceremony. Alcoholic beverages are provided by the University's caterer by contract only for events which are planned and contracted in advance, such as wedding receptions.
- Please inform wedding party members of this policy in advance of your ceremony. The use of alcoholic beverages outside of a planned, contracted event will result in forfeiture of the damage deposit, at a minimum.
- If you wish to provide light, non-perishable snacks for wedding party members prior to the wedding, please utilize the Faculty/Staff lounge on Main Building, first floor, if not being used for dressing purposes. Please do not provide any food or beverages in the Blue Parlor or Chapel.
- Providing refreshments in these areas will result in forfeiture of the damage deposit, and additional charges for cleaning.
- Should there be a need to cancel or change any aspect of the ceremony, please notify the Office of Visitor Services as soon as you are aware of the cancelation or change.
- Should you decide to cancel your wedding, your rental and deposit fee payments will be returned to you, if you cancel six months or more prior to the wedding date.
- Cancelations received with less than six months' notice will result in refund of the damage deposit only.
- The University offers rental of Main Parlor and Main Patio for standing receptions involving 100 or fewer guests, coordinated in advance on the University calendar, and by separate contract.
- The caterer for receptions is William Peace University Dining Services, exclusively, and you may provide your own wedding cake.
- In your wedding request letter, please indicate if you are interested in renting Main Parlor for this part of your ceremony.
- Receptions will be scheduled based upon and in coordination with other campus events, and thus all requests may not be able to be accommodated. Use of Belk Dining Hall for receptions may be permitted, as long as the wedding date falls during breaks and times when student meals are not being provided.
- Outdoor receptions are not permitted.
- The University offers rental of the President's Dining Room for rehearsal dinners involving 45 or fewer guests, if coordinated in advance on the University calendar, and by separate contract.
- The caterer for dinners is William Peace University Dining Services, exclusively; i.e., outside catering is not permitted, except for specialty cakes.
- In your request letter, please indicate if you are interested in renting the President's Dining Room for this aspect of your ceremony.
- Dinners will be scheduled based upon and in coordination with the University calendar, and thus all requests may not be able to be accommodated.
- Consider Peace as the site of your bridal portrait and/or engagement photos.
- Schedule dates with the Office of Visitor Services well in advance of your photo date, as campus events may preempt use of your preferred spaces.
- This service is at no charge to alumni; a modest fee is charged to relatives of alumni.
We are delighted that you have chosen Peace as the location for this special moment in your life!
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- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup pearl barley
- 2 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 medium carrot, peeled, finely chopped
- 1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until onion is beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add barley; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add chicken broth and bay leaf; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low, stir once, and cover. Cook until barley is almost tender, about 25 minutes.
Add carrot and bell pepper; cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes. Remove pilaf from heat and stir. Cover and let stand 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in lemon peel and serve.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (4 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories185
- Carbohydrates31 g (10%)
- Fat5 g (7%)
- Protein7 g (14%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (11%)
- Sodium52 mg (2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber7 g (28%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol8 mg (3%)


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FDA Advisory Committee Votes Favorably On Abbott's Minimally Invasive MitraClip® Device For Patients With Significant Mitral Regurgitation Who Are Too High Risk For Surgery
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has voted by majority (Yes: 5, No: 3) that the benefits of treatment with the MitraClip ® device outweigh its risks in patients with significant symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR) who have been determined by a cardiac surgeon to be too high risk for open mitral valve surgery and in whom existing co-morbidities would not preclude the expected benefit from correction of the MR.
Abbott's MitraClip device, which received CE Mark in 2008 and is commercially available in Europe and other international markets, is an investigational device in the United States. The device is delivered to the heart through the femoral vein, a blood vessel in the leg, and is designed to reduce MR by clipping together a portion of the leaflets of the mitral valve to allow the heart to more efficiently pump blood.
"We appreciate the FDA's dedication of time and resources to convene this advisory panel for MitraClip and for its review of this new and novel technology for high surgical risk patients suffering from the debilitating symptoms of significant mitral regurgitation," said Charles A. Simonton, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, divisional vice president, Medical Affairs, and chief medical officer, Abbott Vascular. "We are pleased with the outcome of today's panel, and we look forward to continuing discussions with the agency regarding the panel's comments."On the separate question of whether there is reasonable assurance the device is safe, the panel voted Yes: 8, No: 0. On the question of whether there is reasonable assurance of efficacy, the panel voted Yes: 4, No: 5. The FDA will take into account the panel's advice in making its decision on whether to approve the MitraClip for the treatment of significant MR in the United States. The company expects a decision later this year. The committee's recommendation followed a review of data from a large and growing body of clinical evidence (EVEREST II, EVEREST II High Risk and REALISM) in which the MitraClip therapy demonstrated positive and consistent results for high surgical risk patients suffering from the debilitating symptoms of significant MR, including a safe procedure, reduction in MR, reverse left ventricular remodeling, improvement in heart failure symptoms, improvements in quality of life, and reduced rates of re-hospitalization.
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- Reach out to other people in the organization to determine if they might be having some kind of cash crunch or other problem. That will at least tell you something about the "why".
Also, in the "things that might help in the future" department: I try to limit my exposure to these problems. So, for example, I ask for an up front fee on most of my work (10%-50%), especially with a new client. Also, I am pretty careful about making sure that I don't have a lot of outstanding invoices with any clients. If a client is more than a few days behind in payment, I typically stop working on their project until they catch up. I'm less likely to do this with someone who I have been working with for a while, but last year this bit me because one of my customers was over 1 month late in paying over $7,000 in work. Yikes!
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Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home
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August 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
Series Editors' Preface.
1 Domicile and Diaspora: An Introduction.
Home, Memory and Nostalgia.
Chapter Outline.
2 At Home in British India: Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.
Imperial Domesticity.
Nationalist Domesticity.
Domicile and Domesticity.
'Land of our Mothers'.
Home, Identity and Nationality.
3 Home, Community and Nation: Domesticating Identity and Embodying Modernity.
Domesticating Identity.
Embodying Modernity.
Domestic Transgression.
Home, Community and Nation.
4 Colonization and Settlement: Anglo-Indian Homelands.
Homelands and Settlements.
Anglo-Indian Colonization and Settlement.
Colonizing McCluskieganj.
Anglo-Indian Home-making.
Dreams of the Future.
McCluskieganj Today.
5 Independence and Decolonization: Anglo-Indian Resettlement in Britain.
Migration and Resettlement.
Britishness, Whiteness and Mixed Descent.
Documenting Paternity and Recolonizing Identity.
Unsettled Domesticity.
Embodied Identities and the Limits of Familiarity.
6 Mixed Descent, Migration and Multiculturalism: Anglo-Indians in Australia since 1947.
Anglo-Indians in White Australia.
HMAS Manoora.
Anglo-Indian Migration in the Wake of HMAS Manoora.
From 'Race' to 'Culture'.
From White Australia to Multiculturalism.
Anglo-Indians in Multicultural Australia.
7 At Home in Independent India: Post-Imperial Domesticity and National Identity.
Staying on in India.
Nationality and Community.
Anglo-Indian Women in Independent India.
Home and Work.
8 Domicile and Diaspora: Conclusions.
Appendix 1 Archival Sources.
Appendix 2 Interviews and Focus Groups.
- The first book to study the Anglo-Indian community past and present, in India, Britain and Australia.
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- Investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947.
- Draws on interviews and focus groups with over 150 Anglo-Indians, as well as archival research.
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Quality professional educational opportunities for retreat and conference center professionals are difficult to find. Those serving in this industry are asking different questions than a traditional camp director. They have needs not met by the general nonprofit learning programs found across the country. Directors and managers of retreat centers need to look at best practices for reaching out to and serving a more adult population. The International Association of Conference Center Administrators (IACCA) has met this need of more than 30 years. The following describes some of the opportunities available with IACCA:
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Conference and Retreat Center professionals will gather October 22 to 25, 2012, at YMCA Silver Bay of the Adirondacks in Silver Bay, N.Y. The theme is Money: The Fuel for Mission. The keynote for the conference will be provided by John Haydon, an expert in social media marketing for non-profits and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies (www.johnhaydon.com). Other key faculty for the conference will bring a wealth of experience in conference center and non-profit leadership. The distinctive nature of this event is the focus for professionals who serve in the conference center and retreat center setting and depth of learning around a common subject.
The primary days of the conference will focus in-depth on two key areas of money: marketing and finance management. Attendees will choose a management or executive track for study each day with teaching geared to both types of professionals. Each day will also begin with a time of focus teaching to launch the learning for the day. On the last day, teams from each center will have time to collaborate, plan, and begin implementation. Professionalism, knowledge, performance – all three are a part of this intentional time of learning and growing through this event. More details about the conference are available at www.iacca.org.
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...Drunk driving is not only illegal, it is unacceptable in today's world..... this is completely, 100% true. What is also true is that drunk driving in Newfoundland is rampant, out of control and not treated very serosuly at all by the court system. Which begs the question: Is then Newfoundland part of the "world"? From a "civilized societal norms and expectations" perspective, it is clearly not.
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Mr. Phelan , interesting column however you didn't suggest a way to stop impaired driving which as you say is the leading cause of criminal death in Canada. I therefore, would like to suggest a method of prevention that would be very effective. The police would confiscate the vehicle of any driver found to be impaired. The driver would not be allowed to get the vehicle back ,ever. Thus guilty drivers would soon run out of vehicles if they continued to drive impaired. Only the rich would be able to continue to drive impaired and for them after three impaired convictions ten years in jail seems appropriate. Doug Smith, GFW


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