text:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Lectures
Introduction to 3-D TEE by Dr. Mias Pretorius
6:15 am - 7:00 am
Conference Room MCE-NT 5053
January 28, 2015
"Anesthesia for Patients w/ Endocrine Disease/Anesthesia for Patients w/ Neuromuscular Disease"
Dr. William Furman
Pages: 759-787
419 AB Light Hall
Presenter: Dr. Suanne Daves
A Review of critical events in the OR and what to do!
Seminar title TBD
Presented by Cierra Spencer
9:00-10:00 AM 214 Light Hall
"A Molecular Epidemiology Study on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma" by Wei Hua Jia, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Ideal for people who would like to gain muscle tone and achieve cardio benefit from a seated position. Attention to alignment and balance of opposing muscle groups promotes spine health and prevents posture imbalances for individuals who use wheelchairs to support functional movement in daily life.
Measure your blood pressure, weight and body mass index with Health Plus. These numbers can be used for the Go for the Gold program. A Vanderbilt ID badge is required for participation.
More information can be found here: http://healthandwellness.vanderbilt.edu/news/2011/09/know-your-numbers/
Dr. Alexandra Boltasseva, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
"Practical Nanophotonics with Plasmonic Ceramics"
For more information visit:https://my.vanderbilt.edu/vinsenews/2015/01/colloquia-boltasseva/
The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) presents Dr. Jay Horton, UT Southwestern: "PCSK9: From Gene to Therapeutic Target for Hypercholesterolemia"
Research Overview:
In clinical digestive diseases, Dr. Horton has an interest in conditions that lead to steatosis and obesity. Currently the laboratory is investigating molecular mediators of steatosis using various mouse models. Investigations from the laboratory have revealed how the primary transcriptional regulators of cholesterol metabolism (sterol regulatory element-binding proteins) are also key regulators of fatty acid synthesis in liver.
A major focus of the laboratory is to determine how these transcriptional regulators contribute to the development of steatosis in various disease processes such as diabetes, obesity, and beta-oxidation defects.
A second area of investigation centers on determining the function of PCSK9, a protein that is involved in determining plasma LDL cholesterol levels through its ability to post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of the LDL receptor in liver.
Ben B. Hansen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
Propensity scores (Rosenbaum and Rubin, 1983) appear as central contributors to a number of widely used methods of confounder control. They also arise in connection with the antecedent question of whether non-equivalent treatment and control groups are suitable for comparison at all, with or without covariate adjustments.
"Common support", the assumption that propensity scores are bounded away from 1 (Heckman et al, 1998), is so named because for large samples it entails that the propensity support of the treatment group be contained within that of the control group. This entailment may appear to be simple to check, but it is not: it refers to true propensity scores, not estimates of them; and even if true propensity score supports coincide supports on the estimated propensity often will not. The few methodologists who have addressed the issue have tended to do so by changing the subject, specifying sample trimming rules suited to technical objectives other than the straightforward one of ensuring that like be compared to like (Crump et al, 2009; Rosenbaum 2012).
The approach I suggest is to match within propensity score calipers, thus trimming only the subjects for whom there are no counterpart within caliper distance, while using a novel procedure to determine the value of the caliper. I'll discuss two examples, one from education and the other from sociology and public health.
A stationary bike class in which participants are challenged to ride through various intervals!
Instructor: Diane Consists of cardiovascular and muscle conditioning segments in shallow pool. Vanderbilt Dayani Center Click Here There will be no class if it falls on a holiday. Click here Click Here to check for schedule changes.
Pediatric Rescusitation
Dr. Thanh Nguyen
Session: "Coagulation and Anticoagulation" by Dr. Waly
Location: MCE 5181B
Time: 6:15 am - 7:00 am
Topic: "Line Options & Locations"
Instructor: Dr. Karla Christian
Space-Occupying Lesions Part 2 - SAH, EDH, SDH, Hydrocephalus
Instructor: Mark Jenson, Jane Easdown CHapters 3, 10, & 18 Anes 4648 TVC - Small Conference Room
A low impact stationary bike class that will increase your endurance without putting too much impact on your bones and joints. The instructor will guide you through various intervals however you can feel at ease knowing you have the choice of increase resistance or staying where you're at.
Neuraxial Analgesia C Effected on Labor Progress & Fetus/ Neonate Childbirth; Pain: Anatomy, Physiology, & Meaning
Instructor-Dr. John Downing
Chapter 20 (p 410-415); Chapter 23(p490-506)
Hosted by: Pediatric Heart Institute
An Occupational Health nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks, VPEC Clinic - Rm. 21100 from 8 - 11:30 a.m. on January 29, 2015 to provide immunizations, flu shots, and TB skin tests to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
Future Directions in Personalized Medicine Seminar
January 29
Room 512 Light Hall
Sunil Kripalani, M.D., M.Sc.
"Measuring and addressing societal determinants of health: A path to patient-centered care"
Use Labnodes to Document your Resources and Collections
Whether you are in a lab, office, core facility, center or department; access to the resources you need, in order to perform your job in an efficient and productive manner, is critical. This training workshop will demonstrate how Labnodes can help you document, secure and share these resources and save you time in the long term.Training topics:
Center for Matrix Biology Seminar Series
"Structural basis for collagen register: one, two, three stagger and twist!"
Sergey P. Budko, Ph.D., Affiliate Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Date: Thursday January 29, 2015 Time: 12 Noon
Location: C-2303 MCN
Lunch will be provided
This is an interval training class that combines aerobic exercise with strength training. Students use props including handheld weights, steps, Bosu, balance.
"The Role of Macrophage Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein in the Activation of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells"
Roman Covarrubias, Pathology (Professor Virginia L. Shepherd, Chair of the Ph.D. Committee)
Topic: Outline of Curriculum, Classification of Evidence
Instructor: Dr. Brian Donahue
Hao Yuan Kueh, California Institute of Technology
Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held at 4:10 p.m. on Mondays during the academic year in the Biological Sciences/MRB III Lecture Hall, room 1220, located on the first floor of BSCI/MRB III, just to the right of the main first floor entrance (Latecomers may wish to note that there is a back entrance on the second floor).
NOTE: This Seminar Series presentation will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
"IV Regional Anesthesia"
Dr. Brian Allen
4648 TVC Conference Room
Nurses who achieve and maintain professional certifications validate their professional knowledge and commitment to improving patient healthcare standards. Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development is pleased to host Certification Exam Review Courses to help you take your nursing career to thhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=nepd&doc=44428 the next level.
Open to our community nurses and VUMC staff nurses.
"Emergency Management of Expanding Neck Hematomas"
Dr. Shannon Kilkelly, DO
Dr. Richard S. Miller, MD, FACS
214 Light Hall
Post Cesarean Analgesia
Instructor-Dr. Ray Paschall
Chapter 28
This 45-minute class is designed to improve muscle strength and endurance using the water's resistance and various types of equipment. Non-swimmers are welcome. This class is joint friendly. (all levels)
A fun-filled, joint-friendly aerobic and strength workout in the pool. Non-swimmers are welcome!
Beginner Yoga paced yoga class with a focus on building strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. Students will learn healthy and healing body alignment in and through yoga poses—breaking poses down so that new or refreshing students can understand how classical yoga postures work and how to implement them in a home practice. Students learn breath awareness and the therapeutic benefits of synching movement with breath. Appropriate for individuals interested in a traditional yoga class, including first time students. Instructors are able to show modifications for each pose and for general health concerns.
30 minute class designed to strengthen muscles. Expect use of Resist-A-Balls, weights, tubing and balance trainers! Take this class after Step or before Spin for a total body workout! (all levels)
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows and Pediatric Anesthesiology Faculty
Art of Anesthesia is an open forum designed to facilitate attending-to-fellow interaction and is primarily driven by brief case presentations performed by the fellows. The focus is upon reasoned discussion of clinical decision-making processes and consideration of alternative approaches to dilemmas in pediatric anesthetic management. This process is designed to address the domain of professionalism and critical thinking as part of graduate medical education.
Pediatric Endoscopy and Foreign Bodies
Dr. Elisabeth Hughes
Cardiothoracic Conference Review
Session: TEE Conference
Moderator: Dr. Robert Deegan
Location: MCE – NT 5053
Time: 6:15 – 7:00 am
Headache-differential/wet tap/prevention/mgmt. of spinal HA
Chapter 31
It's an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party™ that's moving millions of people toward joy and health.
This med-paced step aerobics class offers more basic choreography and dance patterns yet is challenging and allows you to add our own advanced modifications for additional a greater cardiovascular workout (basic/int Levels)
Open mic comedy night at Barnes and Noble at Vanderbilt. Bring four minutes of jokes, musical comedy, sketch comedy, improv, anything you want to try out in front of an audience to get some laughs. Show starts at 7pm. Sign up in advance by emailing email@example.com. Free show! Hosted by Comedian Paulina Combow
Cardiac Anesthesia Conference 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Conference Room 3 5181 MCE. "3D TEE" by Dr. Mias Pretorius
"Spine surgery & Electrophysiological monitoring"Instructors: Dr. David Zacharias, Dr. James Blair
Chapters 7 & 20 Sloan (2012), Jameson (2012), Pajewski (2007)Anes 4648 TVC - Small Conference Room
Neurologic Complications
Instructor- Dr. Curtis Baysinger
Chapter 32
In addition to working your endurance and cardiovascular system. This class work on building strength through the use of resistance band, free weights and body weight exercises. GREAT for all fitness levels.
The Vanderbilt-Reynolds Geriatrics Education Center offers a range of educational opportunities to physicians in Middle Tennessee and beyond. Many sessions will be of interest to providers of other disciplines as well. Both in-person and online sessions offer content in caring for older adults. Online offerings include videos of past sessions as well as webcasts to view live sessions in real time.
Topic: "Complicated Conversations with Caregivers: Aging Matters"
Speaker: Carolyn Smith, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
"Post-Operative Anesthesia Complications"
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Wanderer
1501 TVC (OHO joining via Lync)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Rob Reinhart, Department of Psychology (Woodman lab), Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, 2/3/15
Wilson Hall 316
Synchronizing Brain Rhythms Restores Adaptive Control in Schizophrenia
The ability to exert control over our behavior is fundamental to human cognition. This ability allows us to break out of routines and habits, adapting to new and ever changing environments. For people with psychiatric and neurological disorders, impairments in adaptive control are pervasive. Schizophrenia patients in particular show deficits in reacting to errors. These enduring difficulties with executive control mechanisms that allow us to adapt have direct implications for the lives of these patients in the real world. In this talk, I will present unique causal evidence for the neural mechanisms of adaptive control that distinguish healthy people from those with schizophrenia. I will show how we have combined direct-current stimulation to safely, noninvasively, and casually manipulate neural activity in a targeted brain region with measurements of electrical brain activity that are hypothesized to index the large-scale neural networks underlying adaptive control. Our results have implications for theories of executive control and cortical dysconnectivity in schizophrenia, as well as the development of new, drug-free, intervention therapies for psychiatric and neurological patients with cognitive deficits.
Anesthetic Considerations for Endocrine Diseases
Dr. Humphrey Lam
Download poster
Feb. 4-7
The annual case competition is organized by the VIGH Student Advisory Council and is designed to engage students in real-world global health challenges by introducing them to diverse factors that impact decision-making.
The goal of the case competition is to foster critical analysis and thoughtful action. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from across the university participate in multidisciplinary, multi-school teams to tackle a real-life global health case, working together to develop an innovative solution.
The case may involve issues such as health care policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership and investment, medical research, logistics management, faith and cultural understanding, and international law. There is no right or wrong solution, and no prior knowledge of the case topic is required. Participants do not need to have a background in medicine or health. People from all disciplines bring their different perspectives and expertise to address a complex problem within proposed budgetary constraints.
After two and a half days of research and preparation, teams present their case analysis and recommendations to a panel of expert judges and audience members. The winning team represents Vanderbilt University at the annual Emory International Global Health Case Competition in Atlanta, GA.
Beginner paced yoga class with a focus on building strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. Students will learn healthy and healing body alignment in and through yoga poses -- breaking poses down so that new or refreshing students can understand how classical yoga postures work and how to implement them in a home practice. Students learn breath awareness and the therapeutic benefits of synching movement with breath. Appropriate for individuals interested in a traditional yoga class, including first time students. Instructors are able to show modifications for each pose and for general health concerns.
VATS, Thoracotomy, Esophagogastrectomy by Dr. Robert Deegan
Feburary 4, 2015
First Wednesday of each month hosted by Warren Sandberg, MD, Ph.D.
6:30–7:30 a.m.
VCH Board Room, #2220
Anesthesia for non-obstetric surgery
Instructor-Dr. Mary DiMiceli
Chapter 17
Presented by Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Addiction Psychiatry at Vanderbilt
9:00-10:00 AM 898J Preston Research Building (VICC seminar room)
The 2015 Disability Day on the Hill will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at Legislative Plaza, 301 6th Ave. North, Nashville.
Disability Day on the Hill is an opportunity for disability advocates and members of the disability community to speak with their elected officials. If individuals and families would like assistance regarding Day on the Hill, the TennesseeWorks staff at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is glad to provide this. They can help with scheduling meetings with legislators, transportation options, providing maps of the buildings, and directions.
If someone would appreciate a disability field professional attending their meeting with them, one-to-one education on effective meetings with legislators, etc., e-mail Sarah Harvey at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (615) 322-4999. No RSVP is necessary to participate, but it is recommended for intereted individuals to call and set up in-person meetings with their state legislators. Find them at http://www.capitol.tn.gov.
Peer Review Process
Case Conference
Dr. Michael Chi and Dr. Daniel Roke
Session: "Ventricular Asist Devices"by Dr. Jeremy Bennett
"Neuroradiology Lecture" Instructor: Dr. Kyle Weaver Chapter 6 Muller-Furell (2007), Crute (2012) Anes 4648 TVC - Small Conference Room
Case Based Assessment (seniors only)
Instructor - Dr. David Chestnut
Chapter- N/A
An Occupational Health nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks, VPEC Clinic - Rm. 21100 from 8 - 11:30 a.m. on February 5, 2015 to provide immunizations, flu shots, and TB skin tests to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
Feb. 5-6
This forum is designed to level set the knowledge base surrounding enterprise-wide quality and safety performance goals. In addition, we will use this opportunity to discuss Joint Commission survey preparation.
This will be a great opportunity for the staff to identify deficiencies within their respective areas and discuss remedial measures. 5.25 contact hours Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
An Occupational Health nurse will be available at VCH, Rm. 2104 on February 5, 2015 from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. to provide flu shots, immunizations, and TB skin tests to all Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
An Occupational Health nurse will be available on February 5, 2015 in Room 2104 of VCH from 1:30 - 4 p.m. to provide immunizations, TB skin tests, and flu shots to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
Embolic Disorders
Instructor-Dr. Michael Richardson
Chapter 39
"Update on Enhanced Recovery Programs at Vanderbilt: Current Data and Future Directions"
Dr. Matthew McEvoy
An Occupational Health nurse will be roaming Medical Center North, Floors 3, 5, 6, 7 on February 6, 2015 from 6 - 10 p.m. to provide flu shots, immunizations and TB skin tests to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
For information about where the nurses are at the time of this event, please page 831-4722 to contact the OHC nurse.
Dr. Ray Paschall
Chestnut 2004, 4th edition
Review Orientation materials, Chapters 2&12&23&26
Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans' Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 presents Richard Payne, M.D., Duke University
Noon - Monday, February 9, 2015 - 208 Light Hall
Boxed lunch available to those who RSVP in advance,
RSVP online by noon, Friday, February 6:
Funded by the Flexner Lecture Endowment. Thanks! Stephanie Dudzinski MD/Ph.D. Candidate, MSTP Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Duke University, Class of 2013, BSE.
Pressure ulcer prevalence (PUP) survey. All in-house units involved.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Conference 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Conference Room 3 5181 MCE. "3D TEE: Role in MitraClip and closure of TAVR paravalvular leaks" by Dr. Burkhard Mackensen
Maternal Physiological Changes & Anesthesia Implications
Instructor-Dr. David Chestnut
Chapter 2
Dr. Rajnish Gupta & Dr. Brian Allen
CELA Conference Room, 3450 MRB IV
C. Andre' Christie-Mizell Ph.D., Department of Sociology. Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, 2/10/15
Title and abstract TBA
Pediatric Coagulation Disorders
Dr. Stephen Hays
February 11, 2015
"Thermoregulation, Hypothermia, & Malignant Hyperthermia/Nutrition in Perioperative & CCM"
Instructor-Dr. Adam King
Pages: 1183-1198
Neuraxial Anesthesia A- Anatomy, Physiol, Technique, Test Dose, LA choice, Maintenance, delivery anesthetic, spinal, CSE, PCEA
Instructor-Dr. Jill Boyle
Chapter 12 (p229-245; 247-52); Chapter 23 (p 457-480)
Presented by Sara Savage
The monthly meeting of the Caregiver Support Group. A support group allows people to share information and openly discuss their problems without judgment, to process their feelings, and to hear others talk about their situation. Participation can help people deal more effectively with their problems. The main thing support groups provide is the feeling that you are not alone. No RSVP required. Lunch is not provided, but feel free to bring your own. Hosted by Child and Family Center
This is for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants only.
February 11-May 20, 2015
Take the LEAP! and join us for a professional development opportunity! LEAP! is a group mentoring program focused upon enhancing leadership skills for the advanced practice professional.
By networking with experienced healthcare leaders, mentees will acquire knowledge and skills essential to leadership in today's health care environment. Guided by the competencies presented by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) for skills common to effectual leaders, the program also guides mentees through a process of self-assessment to validate areas of strength and identify areas for growth and development.
Starts mid-February 2015 and will meet for 1 ½ hours two times a month for a total of 8 sessions.
People in poverty face obstacles that those in the middle and wealthy classes don't, but what is the best framework for understanding the impact of poverty on their lives? Join us for a presentation by Georgie Asfoura, a second-year LOP student, as she shares stories from her experiences working in a women's shelter in central NY and draws connections to leading research on the "hidden rules" of poverty.
*This is a My Vanderbilt Experience
Safe and Effective Conduct of Neuraxial Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
Dr. John Downing
Chapter 26 (545-569); (p578)
(Skip Morbidity & Morality through Intrauterine Resuscitation)
An Occupational Health nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks, VPEC clinic on February 12, 2015 from 8:00 - 11:30 a.m. to provide flu shots, immunizations, and TB skin tests to all Vanderbilt faculty, staff and volunteers.
An Integrative Approach to Dyslexia Research: Translating Practice to Research and Back to Practice
Fumiko Hoeft, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Laboratory for Educational Neuroscience (LENS), University of California San Francisco
Thursday, Feb. 12, 4:10-5:10 p.m.Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/One Magnolia Circle Building
For more information, call (615) 322-8240.
Please register to attend here: http://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/events/4414
The Bradley E. Smith Endowed Lectureship on Medical Professionalism
"One is the Loneliest Number – The Power of One"
Robert R. Gaiser, MD, MS Ed
214 Rudolpph Light Hall
3rd Annual H. William Scott, Jr. Society Lecture in Surgical History James O'Neill, MD, John C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery Emeritus Chairman Emeritus, Section of Surgical Sciences Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"A Brief History of Surgical Education in America"
7 a.m. to 8 a.m followed by a Rocking Chair Conference During the Section of Surgical Sciences Grand Rounds 208 Light Hall.
Victor J. Torres, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Microbial Pathogenesis Program, NYU School of Medicine
Toxins, receptors and Staphylococcus aureus infection
In this seminar, I will discuss our work regarding how toxins contribute to the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus. Specifically, I will focus on the recent discovery of the cellular receptors and cellular pathways exploited by a subset of staphylococcal toxins, and how these toxins contribute to S. auerus-mediated: subversion of host immunity, tissue damage, and nutrient acquisition.
click here for poster info
The program is free of charge but registration is required: vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/events
TRIAD Families First Program is a FREE monthly workshop series for parents of young children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Each 3-hour workshop focuses on providing parents and caregivers with strategies to use at home, at school, and in the community. The strategies discussed are based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
The training takes place at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center at 110 Magnolia Circle, Nashville, TN 37203 in Room 241.
Free on-site childcare is offered if requested before registration deadline!
Utero-Placental Function & Anesthetic Induced Hypotension
Dr. Jill Boyle
Chapters 3&4; Loubert 2012
Anesthetic Mortality – Emphasis on Airway; Pulmonary Aspiration
Instructor: Dr. David Chestnut
Kinsella 2011; McDonnell 2009; Hawthorne 1996, Chapter 29 (p671-673) (pathophysiology); p 675-679 (prophylaxis)
Topic: "An Overview of ResearchMatch"
Speaker: Kathy Edson, ResearchMatch Community Engagement,Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Carissa Cascio Ph.D., Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vanderbilt university School of Medicine
Tuesday, 2/17/15
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Core Seminar: Statistical Inference (Powers and Perils) in Resting-State Functional MRI AnalysisFebruary 17, 2015
Hakmook Kang, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, will present his lecture "Statistical Inference (Powers and Perils) in Resting-State Functional MRI Analysis" on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room 241 of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, located at 110 Magnolia Circle. This lecture is given as part of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Core Seminar Series. For more information, contact Tricia Thornton-Wells.
"Relationships Among Maternal Stress and Immune Components of Mothers' Milk"
Shelly Swann Blankenship Thibeau, Nursing Science (Professor Karen C. D'Apolito, Chair of the Ph.D. Committee)
Scott Watkins, MD
Anesthesia for Oncology Procedures
Dr. Andrew Franklin
PBLD - Broncopleural Fistula by Dr. Andrew Shaw
February 18, 2015
"Chronic Pain Management"
Instructor-Dr. John Corey
Pages: 1023-1085
Presented by Paul D. Grossfeld, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor at the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the UCSD School of Medicine.
9:00-10:00AM 898J Preston Research Building
An Occupational Health nurse will be available at the Love Your Heart Expo, located in Light Hall on February 18, 2015 from 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. to provide flu shots, immunizations and TB skin tests to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
Free health screening:
• Check your cholesterol and glucose levels to see if you are at risk for heart disease
• Talk with a Vanderbilt Heart cardiologist, a registered dietitian and a stroke specialist about your heart health
• KNOW YOUR NUMBERS for blood pressure, weight and body mass index (BMI)
• Get a flu shot — it's not too late
This event is sponsored by Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Health Plus and Vanderbilt Stroke Center
Bedside Matters (Formerly Schwartz Center Rounds)
Bedside Matters is a professional caregivers forum. It is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between patients and caregivers by discussing important emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients and their families. The format is to offer an open and relaxed forum where professional caregivers have the opportunity to discuss not only the depth of patient care, but also explore and reflect upon the challenging social and emotional issues of provideing appropriate patient care.
Offered the 3rd Wed of each month, noon - 1:00, 202 Light Hall. A different topic is covered each month by a panel of speakers with Q/A session following the presentation.
Divisional research studio/update or presention of fellow projects
Successful Aging is something everyone seems to talk about, but what exactly does that mean?
Denial, like ostriches with our heads in the sand, is how most people and families age. It is convenient that we are so busy, because none of us really want to talk about how we are getting older or how our loved ones are getting older. So most of us simply don't, until there is a crisis. When we don't face aging head on, we are more likely to get manipulated by our own guilt and the guilt of others. There is another way!
Join Gretchen Geagan, Certified Professional Geriatric Care Manager and CEO of Life-Links Care Management and Advocacy, as she provides specific ways you may choose to age successfully through information and communication.
There will be an Ash Wednesday Service in the Children's Hospital chapel on Wednesday, February 18th from Noon-12:30 p.m. Ashes will be offered. The chapel is located on the second floor. Everyone is welcome. Please join us.
The Center for Medicine, Health, and Society hosts a lecture by Professor Nikolas Rose of the Department of Social Science, Health, and Medicine, King's College London. The topic is Our Brains, Ourselves? Neuroscience, neuropolitics, and technologies of the neurobiological self.
With Respondents:
Professor Stephan Heckers, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor Emily Nacol, Department of Political Science
Professor Johanthan Metzl, Medicine, Health, and Society
Associate Professor Sarah Igo, Department of History
Moderated by Associate Professor Dominique Behague, Medicine, Health, and Society
Hypertensive Disease/Preeclampsia-Mg++
InstuDr. Michael Richardson
Chapter 36; Gogarten 2009
ELNEC training offered here at Vanderbilt for anyone interested. Each session will focus on a different module.
Cost for each module is $25.00
2.25 Contact Hour Opportunity.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
From American Association of Colleges of Nursing website: The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a national education initiative to improve palliative care. The project provides undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty, CE providers, staff development educators, specialty nurses in pediatrics, oncology, critical care and geriatrics, and other nurses with training in palliative care so they can teach this essential information to nursing students and practicing nurses.
Addresses the challenging aspects of grief, loss and bereavement of patients and families as well as the loss experiences of health care professionals and focuses on care at the actual time of death, emphasizing the preparation necessary to insure the best care at this critical event in the trajectory of illness.
Thursday, February 19, 12-1 p.m.
Facing the Challenges of Pregnancy
Presented by Michelle Collins, PhD, Certified Nurse Midwife, Program Director VUSN Nurse-Midwifery Program
Location: 415 Light Hall
Learn ways to mange physical discomforts and emotional changes of pregnancy. Important decisions to consider during pregnancy are also discussed.
Health Plus offers Babies & You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Educational sessions on various topics are offered monthly.
Led by audiologists Alicia Barker, Au.D., CCC-A and Haley Butler, Au.D., CCC-A
Join us as we discuss new and innovative solutions for hearing loss including the latest technologies in hearing aids. A question and answer session will follow. Make your reservations today.
Please bring your lunch. Bottled water and cookies provided. Event reservations: VanderbiltHealth.com/events or call Lisa Dunaway/Kate Carney at the Bill Wikerson Center at 936-5016.
Location: Brentwood Library
David J. Anderson, Ph.D., Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cal Tech
Thursday, Feb. 19, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (Please note the earlier time)1220 MRB III Lecture Hall
Co-sponsor Vanderbilt Brain Institute
No registration is necessary.
For more information, contact (615) 322-8240.
Preterm Labor-Risks, Goals, & Management
Chapter 34 & Chapter 28 Selected portions of Gabbe
Audience: VU Community
The Child and Family Center will host their annual summer camp fair on Friday, February 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Light Hall, North Lobby.
There will be over 15 camps available to answer your questions regarding cost, location, times, and age requirements. This is a great opportunity for staff and faculty of Vanderbilt to learn about the different camps and summer opportunities in the area and get information.
Yoga- Beginner paced yoga class with a focus on building strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. Students will learn healthy and healing body alignment in and through yoga poses—breaking poses down so that new or refreshing students can understand how classical yoga postures work and how to implement them in a home practice. Students learn breath awareness and the therapeutic benefits of synching movement with breath. Appropriate for individuals interested in a traditional yoga class, including first time students. Instructors are able to show modifications for each pose and for general health concerns.
Make plans to attend the Affair To Care Mardi Gras Ball on February 21, 2015 held at aVenue,120 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN. The event is hosted by the Southeastern Young Alumni Charitable Foundation for the benefit of advancing adolescent and young adult cancer research.
To learn more about the organization and this event, and purchase tickets online visit www.seyanashville.com. All ticket proceeds will benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Co-existing Disease: Obesity; Coexisting Disease: Diabetes
Saravanakumar 2006; Soens 2008; Wilkinshaw 2004 Barbour 2003 Chapter 43 (p 1003-1012)
Multiple Gest/Abnormal Presentation
Chapter 35
Kendra Hinton, Department of Psychology (Zald Lab), Vanderbilt University
Tuesday, 2/24/15
Exoskeletons, robotic limbs, all-terrain wheelchairs: "assistive technologies" usually refer to prosthetics and medical aids—tools, devices, and other gear that either restore or augment the functioning of body parts. Historically, these have been designed for people with diagnosable disabilities. In this lecture, Sara Hendren examines functional and cultural tools that investigate the "normal" body and mind—high-tech, low-tech, digital or analog—and how these technologies assist with visible and invisible needs, externalize hidden dynamics, and create capacities far beyond or outside ordinary functionality.
Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and assistant professor of design at Olin College of Engineering.
This event is hosted by the Center for Medicine, Health, & Society and co-sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, & Public Policy, the Comparative Media Arts Project, the Department of Communication Studies, the Department of Art History, American Studies, and the Peabody Department of Teaching and Learning.
Intraoperative 3-D TEE for Mitral Valve Assessment by Dr. Mias Pretorius
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
"Perioperative Pain Management & Enhanced Outcomes"
Instructor-Dr. Matthew McEvoy
Pages: 1087-1105
Ante-/Post-Partum Hemorrhage
Chapter 38 (p 881-898)
Presented by Emily Warren and Scott McCall
9:00-10:00 AM 898J Preston Research Building
Free and Open to the Public
Location: Light Hall (Google map of this location)
Presenter: Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics & Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF, Chief of Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital, Member, Institute of Medicine
For more information regarding prior lectures, featured speaker and upcoming speakers, click on http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries/.
Hosted by: Department of Pediatrics
How gut microbes enhance enteric virus infectivity
Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Modeling Macular Degeneration Using Quantiative Phenotypes"
Joshua Hoffman, Human Genetics (Professor Chun Li, Chair of the Dissertation Committee)
Topic: "LGBTI and Older Adults"
Speaker: Kristen Eckstrand, PhD, MD, VUMC, CoDirector for LGBTI Health
No Talk Scheduled for Today
Presented by Matt Robson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Blakely Lab
Genetic Research Intro
"The Role of Cortacin in Endolysosomal Compartment Regulation"
Nan Hyung Hong, Cancer Biology (Professor Vito Quaranta, Chair of the Ph.D. Committee)
Instructor-Dr. Curtis Baysinger
An Occupational Health nurse will be available on March 5, 2015 in Room 2104 of VCH from 1:30 - 4 p.m. to provide immunizations, TB skin tests, and flu shots to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.
Chapters 2&12&23&26. Review Orientation materials,
Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans' Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 presents: Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Noon - Monday, March 9, 2015 - 208 Light Hall
RSVP online by noon, Friday, March 6
instructor-Dr. Mary DiMiceli
Dr. Lisa Jaeger & Dr. Eric Briggs
Presented by Ryan Ceddia
Chapter 26 (545-569; p578)
Elucidating the Neural Basis of Affective Pathology in Youth: Neuroimaging Approaches
Mary L. Phillips, M.D., Professor in Psychiatry and Translational Science; Dir of Mood and Brain Laboratory, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
Thursday, Mar. 12, 4:10-5:10 p.m.Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/One Magnolia Circle Building
Please register to attend here: http://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/events/4415
Neuraxial Analgesia B- Side Effects and Complications
Chapter 23 (p 479-490) Beginning with Dyspnea.
Anesthetic Mortality- Emphasis on Airway: Pulmonary Aspiration
Instructor: Dr. Jill Boyle
Topic: Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Speaker: Caryn Crenshaw, RN, American Parkinson Disease Association, Middle TN, Centennial Medical Center
Emergency Cesarean Delivery (GA & intra-partum fetal assessment)
Chapter 8; Chapter 26; (M& M, Prevention of CD, In-Utero Resuscitation p 547-549; GA for CS p 569-576)
Presented by Alex Nackenoff
Have you noticed your loved one is missing important appointments? Does your loved one have stacks of unopened mail sitting on the dining room table or still in the mailbox? Is your loved one forgetting to take medications or taking more than the prescribed dosage?
These are some signs that your loved one may need in home care. Pat Wissel, Owner of Preferred Care at Home, will speak on signs a loved one may need in-home care, what services in-home care provides, the average cost for care and who pays for the care.
March 19
Louis Staudt, M.D., Ph.D., Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Head, Molecular Biology of Lymphoid Malignancies Section, Deputy Branch Chief, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Member, National Academy of Sciences
Hosted by: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Preterm Labor-Risks, Goals, &Management
Chapter 34 & Chapter 28; Selected portions of Gabbe
The trainings take place at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center at 110 Magnolia Circle, Nashville, TN 37203 in Room 241.
Neuraxial Analgesia C Effected on Labor Progress & Fetus/ Neonate Childbirth; Pain: Anatomy, Physiology, & Meaning.
Please bring your lunch. Bottled water and cookies provided.
Event reservations: VanderbiltHealth.com/events or call Lisa Dunaway/Kate Carney at the Bill Wikerson Center at 936-5016.
Location: Williamson County Public Library
March 28th, April 18th and April 25th
Rhyme and Reason: Conversations on the Craft of Writing
With highly acclaimed poets Mark Jarman and Jane Hirshfield
In collaboration with Vanderbilt's Department of English and Creative Writing Program
Announcing Saturday University for Spring 2015: Three sessions with award-winning poets, essayists and teachers, designed for lifelong learners in the Nashville community.
For poetry lovers, aspiring writers, teachers in our local middle and high schools, inquisitive adults wishing to explore a wholly new adventure, Rhyme and Reason with these two highly regarded, award-winning poets will present a penetrating between-the-lines, up-close-and-personal look at the mechanics and craft of poetry.
Lectures will be held on Saturdays. Each session will include lecture, plus Q&A, from 9:30 until 11:30. The total fee is $75. We anticipate a huge demand for these sessions. Space is limited for this Saturday University, so please send in your registration soon.
Registration form link here. http://as.vanderbilt.edu/mlas/httpwww.vanderbilt.edumlasSatUnivRegForm3SPRING2015.pdf
Light Hall 208
How to and Why should We Investigate Mechisms of Effects
Presenter: Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D., Co-Director, IMS; Director, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories; Director, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Member, National Academy of Sciences, Member, Royal Society, UK
Hosted by: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Science)
Dr. Christopher Sobey & Dr. Brian Allen
Topic: "Respite Care for the Caregiver Who Gives Their All"
Speaker: Clara Kelly, Program Manager, Greater Nashville Regional Council Area Agency on Aging
Carla Shatz, Ph.D., Sapp Family Provostial Professor; Dir, Bio-X and Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, Stanford University
Wednesday, Apt. 8, 4:10-5:10 p.m.1220 MRB III Lecture Hall
"Postoperative Apnea - What's the Story?"
Charles Dean Kurth, MD
"How to Improve Quality in Anesthesia"
214 Rudolph Light Hall
Click here for online registration
Student Life Center Ballrooms
April 10, 2015 8:30-6:00 pm
Registration Link
This symposium is co-hosted by the Division of Adult Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics, the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Medicine, and the Division of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology.
The event is composed of speakers, including 5 high profile keynotes and a Poster Session.
8:00 - 9:00 Coffee and set-up
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome
9:05 - 9:50 Keynote: Dr. Vincent Racaniello, Columbia University
9:50 - 10:10 Dr. Tom Thomas, Vanderbilt University
10:10 - 10:30 Dr. Jennifer Gaddy, Vanderbilt University
10:30 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 11:05 Student speaker selected from abstracts
11:05 - 11:50 Keynote: Dr. Denise Monack, Stanford University
11:50 - 1:30 Lunch and Posters
1:30 - 2:15 Dr. Scott Smith, Vanderbilt University
2:15 - 2:35 Keynote: Dr. Adrian Erlebacher, NYU
2:35 - 2:55 Dr. John Williams, Vanderbilt University
2:55 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 3:25 Postdoc speaker selected from abstracts
3:25 - 4:10 Dr. Amy Major, Vanderbilt University
4:10 - 4:30 Keynote: Dr. Raul Andino, University of California SF
4:30 - 4:50 Keynote: Dr. Richard M. Locksley, University of California SF
4:50 - 5:00 Wrap-up
5:00 - 6:00 Wine and Cheese reception
Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans' Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 presents
Kelley M. Skeff, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford School of Medicine
Noon - Monday, April 13, 2015 - 208 Light Hall
RSVP online by noon, Friday, April 10:
Vanderbilt School of Medicine Flexner Deans' Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 presents Professor Harald zur Hausen, Annual Alpha Omega Alpha Ed Holloran Memorial Lecture, German Cancer Research Center
Noon - Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 208 Light Hall
RSVP online by noon, Friday, April 10
Funded by the Flexner Lecture Endowment. Thanks! Stephanie Dudzinski MD/PhD Candidate, MSTP Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Duke University, Class of 2013, BSE.
instructor-Dr. Michael Richardson
Presented by Richard H. Kramer, Ph.D.
CH and Annie Li Chair in Molecular Biology of Diseases and Professor of Neurobiology at the University of California Berkeley
Thursday, April 16, 12-1 p.m.
Basics of Infant Safety at Home and in the Car
Presented by Tara Huss, MD, University Pediatrics
Location: 411 Light Hall
The Cause: Proceeds benefit the Shade Tree Clinic - a medical student-run, free clinic in East Nashville
Fees: $25 for students and $30 for non-students until online registration closes at 4 p.m. April, 16. Day-of-race registration is $30 for students and $35 for non-students.
Pre-Registration Packet Pick-up: Friday, April 17, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Light Hall North Lobby (201), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
Organized by: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Questions? Email us at email@example.com or visit us at the Shade Tree Trot website
Saravanakumar 2006; Soens 2008; Wilkinshaw 2004; Barbour 2003; Chapter 43 (p 1003-1012)
Presented by Susan Yim and Max Joffe
Dr. Mary DiMiceli
Presenter: Roel Nusse, Ph.D., Daniel Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Investigator, HHMI. Member, National Academy of Science
Hosted by: Cell and Developmental Biology, (CDB Distinguished Speaker)
Presented by Rachel Crouch and Katie Sprinkel
Presenter: Eric I. Knudsen, Ph.D., Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor, School of Medicine, Professor of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Member, National Academy of Sciences
Hosted by: Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Chestnut 2004, 4 edition
Review Orientation materials,+ Chapters 2&12&23&26
instructor-Dr. Jill Boyle
Dr. Rajnish Gupta & Dr. Lisa Jaeger
Topic: "Medication Interactions and Advances for Geriatrics"
Speaker: Michelle Moseley, Pharm D, TVHS-VA
Questions please contact Nadia Rahman 615-343-9643, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Questions please contact Alicia Goostree 615-322-4287, email@example.com
Reception to follow in the North Lobby of Light Hall.
Questions please contact Sarah Woodall 615-322-5007, email@example.com.
Questions please contact Sarah Ramsey 615-343-3334, email@example.com.
School of Nursing diploma Ceremony with reception to follow.
School of Medicine diploma ceremony with strawberries and champagne to follow.
Presented by Janet L. Funk, M.D.
Clinical Trials
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Flexner Deans' Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 presents
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Ph.D., MBBS, FRCPCH, FAAP, Centre for Global Child Health and University of Toronto
Noon - Monday, May 18, 2015 - 208 Light Hall
RSVP online by noon, Friday, May 15:
The annual Vanderbilt University School of Medicine spring faculty meeting, including the announcement and presentation of VUSM faculty awards, will be held Tuesday, May 19, in 208 Light Hall.
Dean Balser will present spring faculty awards.
All University faculty are invited to attend.
A reception will follow in the North Lobby of Light Hall.
Presented by Rebecca Klar and Cody Wenthur
Dr. Eric Briggs & Dr. Christopher Sobey
ICU Studies of Survival Outcomes.
Laurie Cutting, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Associate Professor of Special Education; Associate Professor of Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics; Director, Translational Neuroimaging Core; Faculty Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic
Wednesday, June 3, 4:10-5:10 p.m.1220 MRB III Lecture Hall
Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Copyright 2015 © Vanderbilt University Medical Center.


text:
The Global Intelligence Files,
files released so far...
Index pages
by Date of Document
Our Partners
Al Akhbar - Lebanon
Al Masry Al Youm - Egypt
Asia Sentinel - Hong Kong
Bivol - Bulgaria
Carta Capital - Brazil
CIPER - Chile
Dawn Media - Pakistan
L'Espresso - Italy
La Repubblica - Italy
La Jornada - Mexico
La Nacion - Costa Rica
Malaysia Today - Malaysia
McClatchy - United States
Nawaat - Tunisia
NDR/ARD - Germany
Owni - France
Pagina 12 - Argentina
Philip Dorling - Fairfax media contributor - Australia
Plaza Publica - Guatemala
Publica - Brazil
Publico.es - Spain
Rolling Stone - United States
Russian Reporter - Russia
Ta Nea - Greece
Taraf - Turkey
The Hindu - India
The Yes Men - Bhopal Activists
Sunday Star-Times - New Zealand
Community resources
courage is contagious
The Global Intelligence Files
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.
APEC, EAS Meetings a Test of the U.S. Re-engagement in Asia
Released on 2012-10-12 10:00 GMT
Email-ID | 3375172 |
Date | 2011-11-02 13:52:48 |
From | email@example.com |
To | email@example.com |
List-Name | firstname.lastname@example.com |
APEC, EAS Meetings a Test of the U.S. Re-engagement in Asia
November 2, 2011 | 1221 GMT
APEC, EAS Meetings a Test of the U.S. Re-engagement in Asia
HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images
A U.S. destroyer sits in Da Nang, Vietnam
Two upcoming multilateral forums, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) meeting Nov. 12-13 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the East Asia Summit
(EAS) on Nov. 18-19 in Bali, Indonesia, will be key indicators of the
progress of the U.S. re-engagement strategy in Asia. The strategy,
originally announced in 2009, has consisted mostly of rhetoric from the
administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. However, with two wars
winding down in the Middle East and South Asia, Washington has begun to
turn its attention elsewhere, specifically to a surging China. While it
has much to do to shape strategic and economic institutions such as the
EAS and APEC in its favor, Obama's upcoming tour could accelerate the
shift in the Asia-Pacific power balance.
U.S. President Barack Obama will embark on a tour of Australia and
Indonesia in November. He also will host a meeting of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Nov. 12-13 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and
attend the sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) on Nov. 18-19 in Bali, Indonesia
- the first time the United States will participate in the summit as a
full member. These activities culminate a series of diplomatic visits
and rhetoric, from Obama's national security and economic teams,
intended to demonstrate the United States' renewed commitment to the
Asia-Pacific region and to link the region with U.S. national interests.
The U.S. strategy of re-engagement with East Asia, first announced in
2009, is somewhat misleading, since in many ways the United States never
disengaged with the region. However, Washington's focus over the past
decade has largely centered on the Middle East and South Asia. This,
combined with a rapid expansion of Chinese political and economic
influence in the region, led to a perception that Washington's interests
in East Asia were waning. Now that it is preparing to withdraw remaining
troops from Iraq and wind down its operations in Afghanistan, the Obama
administration can use more resources to [IMG] expand its involvement in
East Asia. While Washington has much to do to shape the economic and
strategic institutions in its favor, Obama's upcoming tour could
accelerate the shift in the Asia-Pacific power balance.
Wary of China's Rise
China's military has grown increasingly assertive in recent years, with
the People's Liberation Army taking a greater role in Chinese policy
decisions. In particular, the military's strategy to develop a
blue-water expeditionary navy has enabled it to shift focus toward
attaining greater control of sea routes, particularly in the South China
Sea, in the past few years. During this period, Beijing has attempted to
build relationships with other countries in the region, but concerns
over the threat of Chinese hard power have led Asia-Pacific countries
increasingly to call for greater U.S. involvement in the region to
counterbalance China's rising influence.
China's rise, especially its aggressive maritime strategy, presents a
challenge to key U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region. U.S. global
power rests on its control of the oceans, and the United States sees
East Asia as a main stage for political and economic relations in the
near future. The Obama administration thus has invested considerable
political capital in Asia since Washington's 2009 re-engagement
Bilaterally, the United States has moved beyond relationships with its
traditional Pacific allies - such as Australia, Japan, the Philippines
and South Korea - to emerging regional powers such as Indonesia and
India. Washington is looking to boost its standing in Indonesia, which
historically has been a regional leader on an array of issues, with
increased military cooperation and through the U.S.-Indonesia
Comprehensive Partnership, as well as by attending this year's
Indonesia-hosted EAS. With India, the United States has moved beyond
economic relations to strategic cooperation, particularly over maritime
issues. Washington also is approaching traditional Chinese allies such
as Laos, Cambodia and the military-ruled Myanmar.
Washington also is working to shape multilateral regional institutions,
both as a means of unifying other countries against China and to prevent
a powerful regional coalition from taking shape that does not involve
the United States. The institutions with which Washington is working
include the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - described
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the "fulcrum for the
region's emerging architecture" - and several ASEAN-led economic and
strategic institutions, including the EAS and APEC. The United States
also is working with a number of sub-regional blocs such as the Pacific
Islands Forum and the Mekong River Summit.
Washington is particularly interested in APEC and EAS, the structures
and agendas of which are in the process of being reshaped, allowing the
United States a greater say in their futures. Obama's upcoming meetings
thus represent two critical anchors for the U.S. re-engagement strategy.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEC was established in 1989 in Canberra, Australia, with the purpose of
bringing together several dynamic economies from across the Pacific Rim.
Gradually, the group grew to include 21 member states, including the
United States, and became the region's premier economic organization.
APEC's member countries are vital to U.S. trade interests - together,
they represent 60 percent of U.S. goods exports - as well as to the
global economy, and Washington has thus used the bloc to exercise
greater economic influence in the region. However, the rise of a number
of other regional economic blocs in the past decade that were largely
led independently by Asian countries - or dominated by China - have
caused APEC to wane in significance, and the United States thus has been
looking for other avenues to shape Asian trade policy.
To this end, the United States announced in 2008 that it would enter
negotiations in a multilateral free trade agreement called the
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP). The original TPP
went into effect in 2006 and included just Brunei, Chile, New Zealand
and Singapore. Soon after the 2008 U.S. announcement, Australia,
Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam all joined talks. Countries such as Canada,
Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan have since also shown
interest. The United States' engagement has significantly accelerated
the negotiations, and Washington is in the process of finalizing
bilateral free trade agreements with participant countries. The Obama
administration hopes to announce a framework for the TPP at this year's
APEC forum, though this may be delayed. Despite domestic deadlock over
the issue in Vietnam and Japan, Washington hopes the agreement will
improve trans-Pacific trade relations, lay the foundation for a U.S-led
free trade agenda, and improve Asian perceptions of the U.S. commitment
to the region.
Conspicuously absent from TPP discussions is China. Beijing expressed an
interest in joining the partnership, given the involvement of so many
important trade partners. However, a U.S.-led trade agenda would mean
China would only be able to participate by opening its economy in ways
shaped by the United States. China's exclusion is receiving some
resistance from smaller players in the negotiations, who are concerned
that such a move would undermine their economic relations with Beijing.
China may become involved in the TPP in the long term, but absent an
ability to shape the institution's agenda, Beijing perceives it as
counter to its economic interest.
The East Asia Summit
The genesis for the EAS was a 1991 proposal by Malaysia for a
counterweight to Western-dominated trade blocs. Its first meeting was
held in 2005, included 16 countries with Russia as an observer - and did
not include the United States. Washington originally perceived the
summit as an attempt by member countries to exclude U.S. influence from
the region, but as part of its re-engagement strategy recently shifted
its position and will participate in the summit as a full member for the
first time this year.
The EAS began as an energy and economic meeting. It has begun to reshape
its agenda and structure and this has provided a flexible platform for
the United States to evolve the group to focus on regional security
affairs and eventually become the pre-eminent institution for
Asia-Pacific security issues. In the meantime, Washington hopes the
summit will shape the agenda of other regional mechanisms, such as
Several regional players have welcomed U.S. involvement in the EAS,
seeing it as an important counterbalance to Chinese dominance,
particularly in maritime disputes, as China's growing maritime
assertiveness has raised tensions in the South China Sea. In this
context, overtures from Washington this year could help gauge its
commitment to Asia-Pacific security - specifically to so-called freedom
of navigation in the South China Sea. Southeast Asian countries, as well
as interested third parties such as Japan and India, have undertaken an
intense diplomatic campaign to bring broader international attention to
the issue. While these efforts are not solely directed at the United
States, they did help unify countries in the region against Beijing,
which plays into Washington's strategy.
China is closely monitoring the South China Sea issue, and Beijing is
particularly concerned that the United States could introduce measures
through the EAS that signal a further commitment to the issue. While a
single summit is unlikely to effect significant change, it could signal
a shift in the direction of the bloc under U.S. leadership.
However, the United States needs to resolve several issues before it can
fully reshape the EAS into a security-focused institution, the foremost
being the considerations of ASEAN countries themselves. These countries
would need to balance the advantages of greater U.S. strategic
involvement in the region against their relations with China - and weigh
the potential for being caught in the middle of intense competition
between Washington and Beijing. That calculation will be especially
difficult given the remaining gap between U.S. re-engagement rhetoric
and actions. Another question is how the EAS will differentiate itself
from other security-focused ASEAN sub-blocs such as the ASEAN Regional
Forum. A U.S. leadership role in a dominant EAS would run counter to
ASEAN's intention of shaping its agenda without Western influence.
The United States, after more than a decade of absence from Asian
institution-building, is attempting to lead the creation of a new
Asia-Pacific economic organization that enshrines American economic
principles and strategic agendas. For this plan to bear fruit, the
United States may attempt to demonstrate new developments and
commitments to facilitate the evolution of U.S.-led regional
Give us your thoughts Read comments on
on this report other reports
For Publication Reader Comments
Not For Publication
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
(c) Copyright 2011 Stratfor. All rights reserved.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
An Australian nurse who spent years working with patients during their last weeks of life wrote a book called "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying," based on her conversations with her patients. After compiling the answers, Bronnie Ware, who worked in palliative care for years, said the most repeated regrets expressed by her patients were:
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Ware explained, "My patients were those who had gone home to die, and some incredibly special times were shared. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality, and some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected — denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though. When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again."
Regarding the fifth regret, "I wish that I had let myself be happier," the retired nurse said, "Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content when, deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again."
You are probably not surprised that the simple things in life are what most people wished for in the end. People. Family. Honesty. Integrity. Relationships. Those are the things we miss the most and regret the most when we are confronted with an expiration date on our lives.
As family and relationship expert Hellen Chen said, "The deepest regret that I have heard has been men and women missing out on the most important part of life: the quality of their relationship in a marriage and/or with their children. On our deathbeds, we would never regret not having worked that extra day in the office. But we will indeed regret not having worked on more understanding with our loved ones when we could."
Is there a family member or a loved one with whom you need to make amends or draw closer to? Why not do it now? Tomorrow may be too late. Jesus Christ knew the importance of mending relationships. His advice was simple. At Matthew 5:23-25, Jesus said, "If you are offering your gift at the altar and remember there that another believer has something against you, leave your gift at the altar. First go away and make peace with that person. Then come back and offer your gift." — GOD'S WORD translation.
Isn't it interesting that Jesus says go and make peace with someone who "has something against YOU" even though you may feel that person should to come to you first? That is not the point. Pursing peace and mending relationships with love is the point. Does it matter if the "something" that the person has "against you" is trivial or petty? Should you disregard their feelings since your offense wasn't intentional or it seems more in their head? Jesus did not focus on that. He simply says "make peace with that person."
Why is peace so important? This not only helps the offended, but it helps you as well — giving both individuals a chance to find peace in life and be free from friction and strife. It is those kinds of things that experts say "eat at you" when you're dying and have a chance to reflect on the more important things in life: Peace of mind. Kindness to others. Loving relationships.
Why does getting along in peace and love matter to the Almighty? John explained at 1 John 4:20-21: "If we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God if we don't love the people we can see? The commandment that God has given us is: 'Love God and love each other!'" — Contemporary English Version.
That puts things in perspective, doesn't it? No matter how much good we do, we are still commanded to figure out a way to love one another, forgive one another and live in peace, or we will have a problem with God. We will also have a real problem with ourselves when we are forced to take inventory of our lives and look back on what really mattered.
How much better to apply Colossians 3:13-14 now. "Try to understand other people. Forgive each other. If you have something against someone, forgive him. That is the way the Lord forgave you." — New Life Version.
Asking for and extending forgiveness is the best way to avoid most regrets now and in the future. It may be as Eleanora Duse said, "When we grow old, there can only be one regret — not to have given enough of ourselves." May that regret not be in the form of failing to give enough to our spouse, our children, our friends and the God of peace.


text:
Pentax MX & Agfa XRG 200 (Expired)
Taken by simonesavo with a Pentax MX loaded with Agfa XRG film in Rome, Italy. These tags describe this photo: gabbiani, campidoglio, patria, della, altare, italia, metro, blue, colosseo, imperiali, fori, roma, mx, pentax, 35mm, iso, 200, xrg, agfa, simonesavo, and exopired. Date: 2013-03. Time: Morning. This photo can also be found in the album Pentax MX & Agfa XRG 200 (Expired) .Please login to get more out of this site
You are currently not logged in, do so now to add comments, like articles as well as photos, submit to competitions, translate articles and gain access to unlimited photo upload! If you are not registered yet, go here to find out more about Lomography and join now! If you just want a limited account for now you can use Twitter or Facebook. We would love to have you as a member here!
8 people like this photo
Liking photos helps us to present the best ones to you and others. 8 people like this photo. 8 people like this photo: clownshoes, suizidekid, tamarabehr, chourique, olga_primavera, clickiemcpete, kibs, and rik041.
No comments yet, be the first
Where is this?
Nearby popular photos – see more
Nearby LomoLocations
(Requested Location: St. Valentine – Rome) My Roman Holiday!
During my recent Roman Holiday, I visited some of the world-famous landmarks in Rome. These …
When in Rome
Undoubtedly one of the world's most beautiful ancient cities, Rome is more popularly known w…
Roma: Exploring the Beaten Path
Perhaps I am a bit snobby in my selection of place. Too snobby for my own good. I desire off…
The arena of the gladiators. A full of death history of human and animals.


text:
follow up December 17, 1971 Mr. James H. Hannan Consulting Mining Engineer 450 Calzada Independencia Colima, Colima Mexico Dear Jim: According to recent news bulleting, the Mexican Government is going flat out to increase coal production. Herewith is a direct quote from an international coal paper: ""The Mexican Government is coming out with an expansion programme for coal exploration and production. With the aid of foreign engineering and consultant firms, likely areas of the country are now being tested for possibilities of increased output, and other areas, too, are being examined for their possible coal production potential. In the course of this activity it was found, for example, that south of Sabinas there is a large new deposit of economically workable coal."" The above statement suggests that a new coal field has been found south of Sabinas. I know you appreciate that Utah is interested in strip coal mining for power generation. For example, in New Mexico we are mining around 7.5 tons of coal a year by strip method. The same is true for Australia; we are strip mining in the Bowen Basin, but this is metallurgi-cal coal. On the odd chance that a situation might possibly develop in Mexico amenable to strip mining methods, I would appreciate your letting me know. Early in January, Utah's annual report will be coming off the press. Fortun-ately it contains a number of excellent colored photographs of our strip mines. Do you think it would be to our advantage to send a copy of this report to whatever government officials or officers are in charge of coal mining in the State of Coahuila. With the best of the Season's Greetings and wishes for success in the New Year. Sincerely yours, Weston Bourret Vice President WB/nam January 12, 1972 Mr. James H. Hannan Consulting Mining Engineer 450 Calzada Independencia Colima, Colima MEXICO Dear Jim: Further to my letter of December 17, 1971, I cannot resist sending you an early copy of Utah's Annual Report. The reason is readily evident from the beautiful photograph on the front page of this report. Also, you may note from the chart on page three that our backlog of coal sales (the green bar) looms large in our Company affairs. I can truthfully say that we do have considerable expertise in the metallurgical coal field. Will you be good enough to take it from there if there is any reasonable hope for doing business with the Mexican industry concerned with your country's steel industry. Wishing you a very prosperous and successful New Year. Yours sincerely, Weston Bourret Vice President WB/nam Enclosure - 1971 Annual Report
Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.


text:
Designed for high school juniors and seniors, Bucknell University's Day in the Life provides an opportunity to experience a typical day at Bucknell by observing a class, meeting Bucknell faculty, having lunch with a current student, and participating in a more personalized campus tour. The Day in the Life is available Monday through Friday when classes are in session. On Thursdays, the Day in the Life typically runs from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
Specific academic interests are featured on select days. If you cannot visit on the day your potential major is featured, please consider our other daily visit options.
Please note that a minimum of two weeks advance notice is required for high school juniors and seniors to take part in the Day in the Life program.
To Schedule: Appointments are required for Bucknell's Day in the Life visits. Please call the Office of Admissions at 570-577-3000 to schedule a Day in the Life visit.
ARTS (Performing)
Cultural & Critical Studies in Music
Contemporary Composition
Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
Music Education
ARTS (Visual)
Art History (No faculty session available)
Biomedical Engineering (Faculty session only)
Mechanical Engineering (Faculty session only)
No Classes Currently Available
International Relations (No faculty session available)
English (Faculty session only)
History (Faculty session only)
Accounting & Financial Management
Global Management
Markets, Innovation and Design
Undecided Management
Computer Science (Faculty session only)
PRE-HEALTH (Advisory Programs)
(No advisory sessions available this day)
Animal Behavior
Chemistry (Faculty session only)
Physics and Astronomy
Economics (No faculty session available)
› Available Classes by Major and Day of the Week
Self-Guided Tour packets are available for times when the Admissions Office is not open. These packets can be found in the outer lobby of Freas Hall (Office of Admissions).
The following links are virtual breadcrumbs marking the 12 most recent pages you have visited in Bucknell.edu. If you want to remember a specific page forever click the pin in the top right corner and we will be sure not to replace it. Close this message.


text:
Increase the productivity of your mobile workers
IBM® Maximo® Mobile Asset Manager provides remote access to the Maximo Asset Management processes. Gain better control of all your work and assets through your mobile devices. Give your mobile workers the ability to complete more work and reduce nonproductive activities, paperwork and data entry.
Maximo® Mobile Asset Manager enables mobile workers to:
- Perform asset audits, inventories and meter readings.
- Maintain Asset and Location configurations while using bar code and RFID capabilities for finding and identifying Assets and Locations.
- Exchange data with the Maximo server using the method best suited for your operating environment – real-time wireless, dial-up or a docking cradle.
- Store and forward data when continuous connections are not feasible.
Maximo Mobile Suite
Increase the productivity of your mobile workers
IBM Software Subscription and Support is included in the product price for the first year.
Not available for purchase online.
Contact IBM
- Request a quote
- Email IBM
- Or call us at: 1-877-426-3774
Priority code: C&SI
Case Studies
- DTE Energy (503KB)
Gained greater flexibility with common, integrated business processes.
- Empower your mobile workforce with IBM Maximo Anywhere (734KB)
Better control of your work and assets and more.
- Understanding the impact and value of enterprise asset management
IBM Maximo Asset Management enables smarter physical infrastructure.
- Understanding the Real Risk for Asset-intensive Companies
Five myths behind the value of an ERP solution as an asset management tool.
- Amsterdam Airport Schipol (00:03:13)
Complete asset and mobile management solutions for a large airport
Asset and facilities management
- Enterprise asset management
- IBM Integrated Information Core
- IBM Real-Time Asset Locator
- IBM SmartCloud Cost Management
- Maximo for Life Sciences
- Maximo for Nuclear Power
- Maximo for Oil and Gas
- Maximo for Service Providers
- Maximo for Transportation
- Maximo for Utilities
- Maximo Anywhere
- Maximo Archiving with Optim Data Growth Solution
- Maximo Asset Configuration Manager
- Maximo Asset Management
- Maximo Asset Management Scheduler
- Maximo Calibration
- Maximo Everyplace
- Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager
- Maximo Inventory Insights
- Maximo Linear Asset Manager
- Maximo Mobile Inventory Manager
- Maximo Mobile Suite
- Maximo Mobile Work Manager
- Maximo Spatial Asset Management
Not in United States?
Considering a purchase?
Contact IBM
Considering a purchase?
- Email IBM
- Request a quote
Or call us at: 1-877-426-37741-877-426-3774
Priority code: C&SI


text:
Loren O'Keeffe's brother Dan walked out of the family home in 2011 and didn't come back.
Five former guests with very different takes on 'faking it'.
Conversations will be back on air, and on your preferred podcasting device, from Tuesday, 27 January.
Our last program for 2014 - Live Stories, Volume 7.
Writer and raconteur Bob Ellis has distilled his years of experience and wisdom into ten vital laws of life.
Jane Gleeson-White has discovered a revolution underway in the world of finance.
Ben Quilty was a war artist with the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan.
Tom Keneally has been an author for 50 years, steadily producing fiction, history and biography.
Anthony 'LT' Menginie grew up within the Philadelphia chapter of the notorious Pagan's Motorcycle Club.
Nurse practitioner Ronnie Taylor has saved the lives of countless people.
Help shape ABC Radio's digital future - take part in our podcast survey.
Welcome to our bright and shiny, all-new volcano of Conversational content.


text:
The Global Intelligence Files,
files released so far...
Index pages
by Date of Document
Our Partners
Al Akhbar - Lebanon
Al Masry Al Youm - Egypt
Asia Sentinel - Hong Kong
Bivol - Bulgaria
Carta Capital - Brazil
CIPER - Chile
Dawn Media - Pakistan
L'Espresso - Italy
La Repubblica - Italy
La Jornada - Mexico
La Nacion - Costa Rica
Malaysia Today - Malaysia
McClatchy - United States
Nawaat - Tunisia
NDR/ARD - Germany
Owni - France
Pagina 12 - Argentina
Philip Dorling - Fairfax media contributor - Australia
Plaza Publica - Guatemala
Publica - Brazil
Publico.es - Spain
Rolling Stone - United States
Russian Reporter - Russia
Ta Nea - Greece
Taraf - Turkey
The Hindu - India
The Yes Men - Bhopal Activists
Sunday Star-Times - New Zealand
Community resources
courage is contagious
The Global Intelligence Files
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.
Re: FOR COMMENT - US/ASIA - APEC and EAS under re-engaging
Released on 2012-10-12 10:00 GMT
Email-ID | 2241071 |
Date | 2011-10-31 16:08:13 |
From | firstname.lastname@example.com |
To | firstname.lastname@example.com |
List-Name | email@example.com |
On 10/31/11 8:55 AM, zhixing.zhang wrote:
As the United States prepares to end its deployment to Iraq and begin
winding down its operations in Afghanistan, the Obama administration is
balking at calls to reduce U.S. activity abroad and is instead setting
its sights on expanding U.S. involvement in East Asia - two years after
Washington's announced Asia-Pacific reengaging strategies.a bit
confusing on the military changing to diplomacy. seems like you're
saying military forces are being shift over to Asia which the piece
isn't about. In November, U.S. President Barak Obama embarks on a tour
of several Asia nations and the attendance at two key Asia-Pacific
forums, culminating a series of visits and diplomatic rhetoric over the
region by Obama's national security and economic teams. diplomatic teams
too? These visits are intended to underscore the critical importance of
Asia-Pacific to Washington's fundamental economic interests and security
strategy, and its commitment to re-engage in a region where the
perception is one of declining U.S. influence and rising Chinese clout.
With Washington's perception of Asia to be the main stage for the 21st
century's international landscape, the recommitment and leadership in
Asia also associated with Washington's long-term interests.
In many ways, Washington never disengaged with Asia-Pacific. But with
the shifting focus after the Cold War, bosnia in the early 90s?
particularly the heavy engagement of its counterterrorism mission in the
Middle East in the past decade has diverted much energy for U.S to
maintain the same priority level for Asia-Pacific affairs as in the
past. This in the region has led to the perception of Washington's
declining interests and reluctance to exercise full commitment. are you
trying to say: it's not that engagement declined in asia, it's that
other regions increased in importance? (work out w/ writers on
language) The shifting perception also paralleled with rapid expanding
influence of China in the past decade, both politically and
With Beijing's increasing military assertiveness in the recent years,
regional concern has risen as China is building a more dominant power,
which has been very much demonstrated through PLA's military build-up
and more assertive stance to dominate sea routes in the South China Sea.
emphasize naval capabilities and military professionalism. To
Washington, a rising China presents a challenge to its fundamental
interests - economic and security - in the region. Meanwhile, such
concern also led to increasing call by Asia-Pacific countries for
greater U.S commitment to counterbalance China. recent calls right?
last couple of years. not since the end of cold war
To Washington, as the economic and strategic architectures of Asia are
evolving at global stage haven't they always been? maybe say that China
is now moving into the global stage and that's what's important. before
they were more focused on the regional. , the need to rebuild its
influence has been increasingly linking to its fundamental national
interests to rebuild a Pacific power. Two years of the process toward
re-engaging plan, Obama administration demonstrated to have invested
considerate political capital in Asia. This has been displayed through a
number of strategies, both through bilateral approach and multilateral
mechanism. First, beyond anchoring relations with traditional Pacific
allies, U.S is placing much emphasize on the regional emerging powers,
for an increased access through which U.S is looking to exercise greater
influence in the regional affairs. This has been demonstrated through
the resumption of military cooperation and the move to Comprehensive
Partnership with Indonesia, which Washington is looking to boost the
status for Jakarta - the traditional regional leader on a spectrum of
regional issues is this true?, as well as bridging connections with the
ASEAN through the chairmanship of Indonesia this year. Meanwhile,
Washington has taken significant step to cultivate U.S-Indian relation
to a strategic level over Asia-Pacific affairs, particularly through
maritime cooperation. Secondly, U.S is gradually moving to approaching
countries such as Laos, Cambodia and the military-ruled Myanmar, in an
effort add a foothold in the largely neglected, and traditionally fell
into pro-Beijing camp. On multilateral regional institutions and
architectures, as part of Washington's strategy to prevent regional
coalition to take shape that could undermine its power, U.S is actively
working with a number of regional and sub-regional blocs for enhanced
connectivity. These included ASEAN - which described by Clinton as the
"fulcrum" for the regions emerging architecture and a series of ASEAN
led institutions including ARF, ADMM, and EAS, as well as Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for shaping Washington's interests
through both economic and strategic venues. Meanwhile, it is
accelerating the steps through a number of sub-regional blocs, through
the participation of Mekong River Summit (MRS) and Pacific Islands Forum
(PIF). In particular, Washington is looking for increased presence
through access to key regional issues, through enhanced regional
economic connectivity, or major security issues including maritime
disputes in the South China Sea. details are good but the grouping of
everything is a bit confusing for this paragraph. maybe break up?
The mission to reshape the perception and rebuild Washington's "lost"
leadership role will bring Obama to Hawaii, where he will host
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit on November 12-13,
and shortly followed by a trip to U.S Pacific ally Australia, and
Indonesia, where he will attend U.S-ASEAN Leaders Meeting and the six
East Asia Summit (EAS) on November 18 and 19. In particular, under the
context of Washington's demonstrated intention to accelerate the
commitment this year, the trip this time represents key test for any
genius genuine? step toward closing the gap between two years'
rhetorical reengaging Asia and the reality under President Obama.
To Washington, the evolving architecture of APEC and EAS meetings, both
set to lead to momentum in the upcoming session in November, represent
two critical anchors for U.S to reshape its Pacific leadership, through
economic refocus and strategic refocus.
APEC and Washington's Economic Leadership
Established in 1989 in Canberra, Australia with envisage to bring
together a range of dynamic economies across the Pacific, APEC was
gradually perceived as the premier economic organization in the
Asia-Pacific region, which has been sought for building a U.S-led
Asia-Pacific economic institution. In particular, as the 21 APEC
economies represents 60 percent of U.S goods exports, and increasingly
demonstrated strong dynamic to drive global economy (as opposed to
traditional Atlantic economies) and vitally important to U.S trade
interests, Washington is looking for a more aggressive economic agenda
through which it can exercise greater economic leverage and influence in
the region, and enable it to shape the agenda for future years.
In fact, with the rise of a number of other commercial based regional
architectures, such as ASEAN +3, ASEAN+6 and EAS that largely
independently led by Asia countries (or even more dominated by Beijing)
and running contrary to U.S goal, the question for U.S is which
institutions could better facilitate U.S trade policy in Asia. was APEC
an impetus for ASEAN? need to throw in here? there must be a link from
APEC to ASEAN to EAS. might want to use as a transition For this, the
process of Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP), which
came into effect in 2006 by Singapore, New Zealand, Chile and Brunei as
a path to trade liberation in the Asia-Pacific region envisaged for
regional free trade agreements and boost linkage with integration of
Asia economies present an access in a way would meet U.S long-term
economic and trade goal in the region. U.S announced engagement with TPP
process only late 2009, but process significantly accelerated since then
with Washington's intention finalizes bilateral FTA negotiations with
participant countries, as well as expanding to other nations in the
With the U.S hosting APEC forum this year, Washington hopes to announce
the framework for the TPP, which enables U.S the leadership role in the
process and is able to shape the regional economic architecture to the
comprehensive level. Washington hopes it could improve not only
trans-Pacific trade relations but also help positively affect change in
the perceptions of Asian states of the U.S. commitment to Asia.
Conspicuously absent from any of the early forms of these TPP
discussions is China. This is a free trade agreement that in many ways
doesn't recognize China as potentially being part <=don't understand,
and even with some of the smaller players the U.S. is getting some
resistance because of negotiations over the concern that it would
undermine their economic relations with Beijing. While in the long-term
it may include China, but without effective capability to shape agenda
nor leadership role, Beijing is perceiving the institution as counter to
Beijing's economic interests in the region.
The Evolution of East Asia Summit and Washington's Security Agenda
EAS was created based on Malaysia's proposal for counter-western
dominated trade blocs, but the idea wasn't fully realized until 2005.
how EAS and APEC related, if at all? Originally perceived by U.S as a
regional bloc to undermine U.S influence in the region, Washington was
shifted to pursue membership in EAS, as part of its reengaging Asia
policy and ensure its role through regional mechanism.howd they shift
from anti to pro US bloc? is it because china became a bigger threat? To
lead momentum not only to Washington's recommitment but also to the
emerging regional institution, the first year U.S participation to EAS
will led by Obama.

As U.S is looking for greater involvement in the security affairs in the
region, which will enable U.S to regain its role in the Asia-Pacific,
and fit its broader strategy to counterbalance China's expanding
military influence in the region. Thus, unlike other regional
mechanisms, East Asia Summit which is in the midst of evolving itself
through shaping agenda and structure, provide a much more flexible
platform for U.S to fit its strategy.

From U.S perspective, it is looking for EAS, which was once largely
economic and energy centered regional institution, to be the pre-eminent
regional institution for strategic issue in Asia Pacific. In the
meantime, it hopes the summit could demonstrate capability to lead other
regional mechanism, by providing strategic guidance to a series of ASEAN
related settings.

U.S involvement are well be welcomed by a number of ASEAN countries as
well as regional players, which see the importance of inclusion another
power to counterbalance China's increasing dominance in the region. In
particular, as tension in the South China Sea reached new height this
year compounded with Beijing's growing territorial assertiveness and
military might, regional security centered on maritime disputes have
become a more immediate issue surrounding not only claimant countries,
but also interested parties which eye South China Sea could provide a
gateway for them to exercise greater role.
Intense diplomatic campaigning has been taken place among Southeast
Asian countries and interested third parties such as Japan and India in
the past months, with the goal to bring South China Sea issue for
broader international attention and much more multilateralized
mechanism. do all countries want a multilateral approach? i'm sure
china doesn't. smaller countries want to in order to counter China.
While not all of them are directing at U.S, the perception of
Washington's position could directly affect those movement.

China is watching closely over the regional dynamic over South China
Sea. In particular, it is very concerned about possible further
commitment by the US on the issue, which could be introduced through
EAS. While nothing can be changed from one single meeting, the potential
shift direction of EAS could provide a more U.S-led regional bloc that
undermines China's dominance on security issue and its strategic
However, unlike APEC which U.S has been gradually shaping its leadership
role, for EAS to be evolved into security sphere led by U.S, a number of
issue will need to be solved. First, how ASEAN countries themselves
could reach consensus over possible U.S greater commitment in the region
in balance their relation with China, or how will they weigh a potential
intensive competition between China and U.S in Asia that could pose
question from them to choose in between, particularly amid remaining gap
between U.S rhetoric and full commitment.
Meanwhile, how EAS could different itself on other ASEAN related
meeting, and led the agenda for other meetings that was dominated by
ASEAN remain questionable. For EAS to evolve in security issue, it may
first need to different itself than ARF meeting which is pretty much
security centered and dominated by ASEAN. A shifting leadership in the
long term could mean a less ASEAN-led regional bloc which could be
contradictory to ASEAN's intention to seek independent and dominant role
in shaping ASEAN related meetings
Anthony Sung
221 W. 6th Street, Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701


text:
According to a report filed by deputy John Davis of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office, he responded to Way of the Cross Baptist Church on South Lee Highway and spoke with church Pastor Johnny Nix.
A church member discovered the trailer was missing Wednesday. A report was made Thursday after further investigation revealed no one at the church was using the trailer.
According to the report, the trailer was locked to a pole on the church property. The church member believed the trailer disappeared from the property between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The white trailer measured 6 feet by 12 feet.
Loss was not estimated. Evidence was collected at the scene and Criminal Investigations Division detectives are in charge of the case.
- A babysitter was charged with child neglect and several narcotics charges after a neighbor alerted authorities of a young child wandering in a neighborhood alone and crying.
According to a report filed by deputy Matthew Landolt, officers responded to a Foxfire Road address where a woman had found the child. The report noted the child was "very upset" and the complainant couldn't locate a "responsible adult for the child."
The child showed deputy Paul Singleton where she had walked from.
Deputies went to the residence and couldn't get anyone to answer after knocking on it several times.
The door was not secured.
Deputies attempted to get someone to come to the door after giving voice commands.
Eventually, the deputies went inside where they found two other children.
Rena Shell, 29, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom and told the deputies she had been babysitting. She had reportedly taken medication the night before, according to the report.
Deputies learned Shell was on probation regarding previous drug charges. In plain view, drug paraphernalia was located on a table in the bedroom.
Further investigation revealed suspected hydrocodone and a small amount of marijuana, according to Landolt.
Landolt also noted Shell didn't have a prescription for the narcotics.
She was charged with child neglect, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession of Schedule VI and III narcotics.


text:
Home Congregations About Us Bookstore Press Room Giving
Page Navigation
Your search returned 1100 result(s) for Show All Congregations.
Search Congregations Again
, 85901 Map
065 Rovira Road, BantayanDumaguete City 6200 Negros Oriental, 6200 Philippines Map
1a Ponsonby RoadGrey Lynn Auckland, 1011 New Zealand Map
P.O. Box 68967Newton Auckland, 1145 New Zealand
Sigrid Van EepoelRue de Chardons 46/22 Brussels, B-1030 Belgium Map
99 Osmond Terrace NORWOOD SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 506 Australia Map
La Maison Verte127, Rue Marcadet Paris, 75018 France Map
B. Stein233, Rue de Charenton Paris, 75012 France
Hotel Posada de la AldeaAncha de San Antonio #15 San Miguel De Allende, GTO 37700 Mexico Map
Apdo 798 San Miguel De Allende, GTO 37700 Mexico
2824 E. 18th Ave Anchorage, AK 99508-3033 Map
4448 Pikes Landing Rd Fairbanks, AK 99709-4618 Map
Temple Sukkat Shalom211 Cordova St Juneau, AK 99801 Map
PO Box 20064 Juneau, AK 99802-0064
408 Marine St Sitka, AK 99835-7344 Map
450 E. Thach Ave Auburn, AL 36830 Map
PO Box 669 Auburn, AL 36831-0669
4300 Hampton Heights Drive Birmingham, AL 35209 Map
4300 Hampton Heights Drive Birmingham, AL 35209
21620 Senator Claude Pepper Dr Camp Hill, AL 36850 Map
PO Box 86 Camp Hill, AL 36850-0086
1150 Fairhope Ave Fairhope, AL 36532-2958 Map
1332 N Pine St Florence, AL 35630-2150 Map
3921 Broadmor Rd NW Huntsville, AL 35810-4002 Map
6345 Old Shell Road Mobile, AL 36608 Map
PO Box 81415 Mobile, AL 36689-1415
2810 Atlanta Hwy Montgomery, AL 36109-3402 Map
6400 New Watermelon Rd Tuscaloosa, AL 35406-2912 Map
17 Elk St Eureka Springs, AR 72632-3303 Map
901 W Cleveland St Fayetteville, AR 72701-3103 Map
100 Norwalk Street Hot Springs, AR 71901 Map
PO Box 3125 Hot Springs, AR 71914
403 Barcelona Road Hot Springs Village, AR 71909 Map
Temple Israel Fellowship Hall203 W. Oak Jonesboro, AR 72401 Map
PO Box 1414 Jonesboro, AR 72403-1414
Still can't find a congregation near you? Visit Quest for Meaning from the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF): your church at home anywhere in the world!
For more information contact data_services @ uua.org.
This work is made possible by the generosity of individual donors and congregations. Please consider making a donation today.
Last updated on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
Sidebar Content, Page Navigation
More Ways to Search
Magnify Image Congregations that are wheelchair accessible and/or have assisted listening devices available are noted. Learn More
Magnify Image Congregations that have taken part in the UUA Welcoming Congregation Program are intentionally more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. Learn More
Magnify Image An Emerging Congregation has not yet been accepted into Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) membership. It may be new and growing toward full service or not yet ready to become a UUA member congregation. Learn More
Update Your Congregation's Listing
Becoming a Member Congregation
Online Congregation: Visit Quest for Meaning from the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF): your church at home anywhere in the world!
Young Adult and Campus Ministry: The Hub Google Map displays young adult and campus ministry groups across the U.S.
Donate to Support This Program and the Ongoing Work of the UUA
Read or subscribe to UUA.org Updates for the latest additions to our site.
Learn more about the Beliefs & Principles of Unitarian Universalism, or read our online magazine, UU World, for features on today's Unitarian Universalists. Visit an online UU church, or find a congregation near you.


text:
White Oval Olivia Carved Mirror
A grouping of this Olivia with the Adela mirrors is stunning!
We put the Olivia mirror center, then clustered four of the Adela (round, oval and two oval scrolls) on the sides on a deep Amethyst Wall in the dining roon. It was stunning! The Olivia needs wire to hang more easily, so grab some on your way home. I used the 20% sale and a 15% coupon which brought the overall price down quite a bit. I adore the effect and over the last few months puchased a number of large items at Cost Plus...love the people and value.
February 11, 2013
1-1 of 1 |


text:
Our Services
We all know the feeling. You're all packed and ready to go, but you're convinced you've forgotten something. Have you packed enough socks? Did you remember to tell your neighbour to feed your cat? Have you updated your ipod with your favourite new tunes?
While we can't remind you to put on clean underwear for the flight, Intrepid are comitted to taking the stress out of your travel experience by taking care of the big picture. That way, you can concentrate on the little things, like coming up with a really awesome Facebook status that will make all your friends jealous of your adventure.
So if you're looking for information on flights, transfers and accommodation, then you've come to the right place. Simply click on whichever tab is most appropriate. And get reading.
No trips.
Why Intrepid
Our small group style of travel means you'll stay under the radar, travel the local way, eat the local way and sleep the local way.
Small groups, big adventures.
Read more
My Intrepid
Create your account today to manage your subscriptions and user preferences in one place.
Your travel home online.
Log in here
Private Groups
For groups of all sizes, organise a special departure of one of our pre-existing adventures, or tailor-make an itinerary to one of our destinations around the world.
Enquire Today
Booking conditions
Ask Intrepid
TICO #50020269 Intrepid Travel is a member of the Travel Council of Ontario
- Safety
- Privacy & Conditions
- Contact Us Are you a travel agent? Log in here