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Chapter 8 Advising Travelers With Specific Needs
Special Considerations for US Military Deployments
The US military, as a matter of policy, follows most of the recommendations in the CDC Yellow Book. However, certain situations apply only to the US military, and some policies or recommendations differ from what is recommended in the Yellow Book for civilian travel. Active-duty military physicians generally manage pre-deployment medicine, but civilian physicians may interact with people who are on reserve status, home on leave, recently discharged from active duty, or veterans. Pre-deployment and post-deployment information, policies, and guidelines for clinicians, service members and their families, and veterans can be found on the Deployment Health Clinical Center website (www.pdhealth.mil). The purpose of this section is to inform US military medical corps officers, who routinely consult the Yellow Book, about these differences and also make civilian clinicians, who frequently see military personnel, aware of them.
In many countries, one of the largest traveling populations is their military personnel. The military should be considered a special population with demographics, destinations, and needs different from those of civilian travelers. This section focuses on the unique aspects of using pre-travel vaccines and malaria chemoprophylaxis in the military population. The specific examples will be from the US military, but the concepts may be applicable to other militaries. In 2012, approximately 1.5 million US military members were on active duty, and approximately 1.0 million were in the reserve forces.
Several characteristics of the military force differ from those of the civilian population (Table 8-07). In general, the active duty military population is younger, in better health than the population at large, and predominately male.
Force Health Protection (FHP) is an important concept in military medicine. FHP is defined as all measures taken by commanders, supervisors, individual service members, and the military health system to promote, protect, improve, conserve, and restore the mental and physical well-being of service members across the range of military activities and operations. Delivery of vaccines and the use of malaria chemoprophylaxis agents are 2 aspects of FHP.
Medical interventions for FHP are the responsibility of the unit commander, with advice from the unit medical officer. When pre-deployment vaccines or malaria chemoprophylaxis are indicated, the commander includes such requirements in the mission plan. Service members are then required to receive these interventions under proper medical supervision. If a particular vaccine or drug is medically contraindicated, alternative agents may be employed if they are available. The unit medical officer documents which military personnel have not received standard preventive measures, so these people may receive additional monitoring or treatment if they become ill.
FHP policy positions in the Department of Defense (DoD) are issued as directives and instructions. All directives and instructions can be found online at www.dtic.mil/whs/directives. The Policy and Program for Immunizations to Protect the Health of Service Members and Military Beneficiaries is found in directive 6205.O2E (September 19, 2006) at www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/620502p.pdf. Although policy may be made at higher levels in Washington, DC, the final decision to use vaccines or malaria chemoprophylaxis under FHP is made by commanders in the field, guided by their medical staff. In certain circumstances, individual service members may be exempt from vaccination. There are 2 types of exemptions from immunization: medical and administrative. Granting medical exemptions is a medical function that can only be validated by a health care professional. Granting administrative exemptions is a nonmedical function, usually controlled by the person's unit commander. Further information on exemption from vaccination may be found at www.vaccines.mil/documents/969r40_562.pdf#page=9.
Table 8-07. Differences between military populations and civilian traveling populations
|Primary focus
|Optimizing advice and interventions for individual travelers
|Ensuring mission success; optimizing advice and interventions for each person is difficult
|Strongly encouraged but travelers are free to choose
|Required; vaccines and malaria chemoprophylaxis are part of Force Health Protection (FHP)
|One-on-one encounters
|Unit education
|Not prescreened; travel health providers see all ages and people with preexisting medical conditions
|Prescreened; people with serious medical problems are not allowed to join the military or be deployed
|Special populations
|Infants, children, pregnant women, elderly people, people with renal or hepatic impairment
|Less frequent in military population or deployments
|Disease comorbidity
|Similar to civilian population
|Limited, generally healthy
|50% male, 50% female
|85% male
|Unusual activities
|Adventure activities, such as trekking, climbing, scuba diving, spelunking
|Housed in barracks or other group settings, aviators, Special Forces, operating complex weapons systems, hostile and extreme environments, stress of combat operations, night operations, and use of night-vision goggles
|Duration of use
|Mostly short term, 2–3 weeks
|The US military often uses chemoprophylaxis for longer periods of time than do short-term travelers. Many deployments, to Afghanistan for example, are for 1 year or longer.
DoD policy states that the recommendations for immunization from CDC and the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices shall generally be followed, consistent with requirements and guidance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and with consideration for the unique needs of military settings and exposure risks. The Military Vaccine Agency (MILVAX) supports all 5 branches of the US Armed Services to enhance military medical readiness by coordinating DoD immunization (vaccination) programs worldwide. A valuable source of service-specific information on immunizations for all branches of the US military is found at the MILVAX website (www.vaccines.mil).
In particular, the quick reference tab of the MILVAX website (www.vaccines.mil/QuickReference) provides an easily accessible and complete source of information with product specifics and policy documents that both military and civilian providers will find useful. DoD and service-specific policies for vaccines and geographic-specific vaccine recommendations can also be downloaded from this site.
The US military issues FHP recommendations based on geographic areas of responsibility (AOR) (www.vaccines.mil/QuickReference). Command and control over US military personnel in each AOR are under a unified combatant command, which is a joint (all branches of the US military) command that provides recommendations for all service members being deployed to that AOR. For example, Afghanistan is in the Central Command (CENTCOM) AOR. All personnel on orders to deploy or travel to Afghanistan should receive the vaccines listed in the "Vaccine Recommendations" tab of the above quick reference web page unless there is a medical contraindication.
Preventing malaria in military units deployed to endemic areas is an essential objective of FHP. Malaria can be prevented through 1) education and training; 2) use of personal protection measures, which include individual bed nets, permethrin-impregnated uniforms, and insect repellents; and 3) use of chemoprophylaxis where indicated. The joint instruction on immunization and chemoprophylaxis stipulates that medical commanders designate trained staff to provide comprehensive malaria prevention counseling to military and civilian personnel considered to be at risk of contracting malaria and that such counseling "include instruction on how to take prescribed antimalarial medications, the importance of compliance with the prescribed medication schedule, information about potential adverse effects, and the need to seek medical care if these adverse effects occur" (www.vaccines.mil/documents/969r40_562.pdf#page=23).
Malaria cases seen in returning US military personnel reflect the current deployments around the world. In 2011, the highest risk was for people deployed in Afghanistan, with exposures to chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. There is also risk of P. falciparum malaria for people with frequent training and development missions to sub-Saharan Africa.
Several features of malaria chemoprophylaxis under FHP that are unique to the US military are derived from the activities and stressors of military deployments. When antimalarial drugs are used for chemoprophylaxis as part of FHP, the military can only use FDA-approved chemoprophylaxis agents in accordance with the specific FDA-approved indications. Off-label use of drugs is not allowed when given under FHP. If off-label use is felt to be in the best interest of the person or unit, trained and knowledgeable clinicians must provide one-on-one medical evaluations, document in the medical record the rationale for such use, and provide a by-name prescription for the drug or vaccine to each person.
In September 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) issued a policy memorandum on the use of mefloquine for malaria chemoprophylaxis throughout the DoD. In chloroquine-resistant areas in which doxycycline and mefloquine are equally efficacious in preventing malaria, doxycycline is the drug of choice for malarial chemoprophylaxis in personnel with a history of neurobehavioral disorders. Those personnel with a history of neurobehavioral disorders who cannot take doxycycline should be prescribed atovaquone-proguanil for travel to chloroquine-resistant areas.
The rationale for recommending doxycycline over mefloquine is as follows:
- With the increasing recognition of possible neuropsychiatric side effects of mefloquine in some people, new relative contraindications have been added to the product label since 2003. In addition, each person prescribed mefloquine must be given an FDA-approved medication guide. Complying with this guidance requires a one-on-one encounter with a knowledgeable provider, which is not feasible with large deployments.
- Neuropsychiatric side effects may confound the diagnosis and management of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which makes the continued routine use of mefloquine less desirable.
In September 2011, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) issued a policy change recommending atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone) as the recommended malaria chemoprophylaxis option for all personnel for both short- and long-term deployments in high-transmission areas of Africa. High-transmission areas for the purpose of this policy are defined by the National Center for Military Intelligence and can be found at www.intelink.gov/ncmi/index.php (authorization required). For practical purposes, this includes most of sub-Saharan Africa. For people who are unable to receive atovaquone-proguanil because of intolerance or contraindication, doxycycline is the preferred second-line therapy. Use of mefloquine as prophylaxis is a third-line recommendation for those unable to receive either atovaquone-proguanil or doxycycline. Before prescribing mefloquine for prophylaxis, absolute and relative contraindications as described in the approved product label must be considered.
As a matter of policy, the US military routinely uses primaquine for presumptive antirelapse treatment (PART) in returning military populations to prevent the late relapse of P. vivax malaria or P. ovale malaria. PART is also referred to as "terminal prophylaxis." In PART, primaquine is given to otherwise healthy people on their departure from an endemic area. Primaquine is used for this indication much more frequently in the military than in most civilian travelers.
The FDA-approved regimen for PART is 15 mg (base) given daily for 14 days. This regimen was approved in 1952 and has not been revisited since. In the intervening decades, an overwhelming amount of data has accumulated to show that the total dose of primaquine to eliminate the dormant hypnozoite stages responsible for late relapses is dependent on the infecting P. vivax strain; therefore, the optimal human dose should be based on weight and adjusted for the infecting P. vivax strain.
In 2003, CDC recommended 30 mg (base) of primaquine daily for 14 days based on available evidence, but the FDA-approved regimen remains the lower dose. Adherence to the daily 14-day regimen is poor unless primaquine is given under directly observed therapy, which is rarely done. As a result of noncompliance and subtherapeutic dosing with the 15 mg (base) for 14 days regimen, periodic outbreaks of relapsed P. vivax malaria occur in returning military personnel. Use of the higher-dose primaquine regimen for PART is now recommended for military personnel. This recommendation is consistent with the spirit of DoD issuance 6200.02 (February 17, 2008), in that the higher-dose recommendation for primaquine when used as PART is "standard medical practice in the United States."
The most important risk of using primaquine is hemolytic anemia in those who are deficient in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). Current policy is for all US military personnel to be screened for G6PD deficiency on entry into military service. However, some people, such as reservists, may have deployed without testing, or clinicians may not be able to confirm results for all people in a unit requiring PART. Clinicians should be aware that hemolytic reactions to primaquine may occur in those with unrecognized G6PD deficiency.
A recurrent issue for military medicine is the correct timing of primaquine when given as PART in conjunction with the standard chemoprophylaxis drug being taken. Primaquine can be given at any time after leaving an endemic area. For convenience and for enhancing adherence to the 14-day regimen of primaquine, it is often best for military units to prescribe the primaquine in the immediate 2 weeks after deployment. During this time the units are often still at their home base completing their inprocessing before block leave. Once personnel depart on leave, adherence and monitoring for side effects are more difficult.
Under FHP, military personnel are required to take their chemoprophylaxis agents as prescribed to maintain mission readiness. Individual soldiers do not have the right to refuse an order given under FHP. There is great variability in practice as to how seriously individual commanders enforce these policies, however, and continued outbreaks of malaria occur in military populations because of poor compliance.
Differences between civilian and US military use of chemoprophylaxis drugs are summarized in Table 8-08.
Table 8-08. Differences between CDC recommendations and US military's use of malaria chemoprophylaxis
|Choice of malaria chemoprophylaxis agent
|Chemoprophylaxis guidelines do not recommend one drug versus another, but rather emphasize the goal of individualizing the recommendation for the individual traveler on the basis of past experience, itinerary, possible drug interaction, potential side effects, costs, and medical contraindications such as drug allergies.
|Individualizing advice and recommendations for large military deployments is rarely logistically possible or feasible. Recognizing this reality, in September 2009, the US military adopted a new policy on the use of malaria chemoprophylaxis in the US military. Doxycycline is now the drug of choice to prevent malaria in deployed US military forces in all areas other than sub-Saharan Africa. In September 2011, AFRICOM policy changed to recommending atovaquone-proguanil for sub- Saharan Africa.
|An option for chemoprophylaxis in all areas
|Recommended first-line chemoprophylaxis in all areas other than sub-Saharan Africa.
|An option for chemoprophylaxis in all areas
Mefloquine is not recommended as a primary option. It should be used only in those whose travel requires malaria chemoprophylaxis, who cannot take either doxycycline or atovaquone-proguanil, and who meet all requirements of the current FDA-approved product label.
|An option for chemoprophylaxis in all areas
|Atovaquone-proguanil is the drug of choice for sub-Saharan Africa. Atovaquone-proguanil is recommended for those who are intolerant of or who have contraindications to doxycycline in other areas.
|Primaquine chemoprophylaxis
|CDC recommends the use of primaquine as primary chemoprophylaxis in geographic areas with mainly P. vivax malaria.
|There is no FDA-approved indication for the use of primaquine to prevent malaria. Therefore, the US military cannot use primaquine as a chemoprophylaxis agent under current FHP guidelines.
|Primaquine at 30 mg (base) for 14 days
|There is no FDA-approved indication for the use of primaquine at the higher dose of 30 mg (base) for 14 days. However, primaquine is an FDA-approved drug with an indication for PART. The CDC-recommended (higher) dose is recommended, as it is standard of medical practice in the United States.
US military personnel may encounter threats, such as biological warfare agents, that are not usually considered for civilian travelers. Vaccines, immunoglobulins, drug prophylaxis, and drug treatment regimens can be given under FHP, but only in accordance with FDA-licensed products and regimens and for FDA-approved indications.
Products not approved by the FDA are given to soldiers only with voluntary informed consent under an institutional review board–approved protocol and in accordance with a current and FDA-approved investigational new drug application.
Only under exceptional circumstances would products not approved by the FDA be given to soldiers without informed consent. This circumstance is governed by emergency use authorization procedures. Section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 USC 360bbb-3), as amended by the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–276), permits the FDA commissioner to authorize the use of an unapproved medical product or an unapproved use of an approved medical product during a declared emergency involving a heightened risk of attack on the public or US military forces, or when there is a potential to affect national security.
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Hi there,
are there any single moms of many kids out there (like three or more)?
Me and H are getting closer and closer towards separation, and I am TERRIFIED. If I weren't so terrified and not feeling so vulnerable and sick being pregnant with n.4 I would have separated long ago.
But than, he is not much of a help, anyway, but at the moment, he is at least physically present, in case I need to go to hospital or anything.
How do you cope?
I guess I need some support...
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I am not regularly online at the moment due to the above ...
Bumping for support. I don't have 3 or more children, but I can confidently say that single parenting is actually a lot easier than living with the man I left....so I suspect that how you cope as a single parent is probably quite similar to how one copes in a relationship where their partner is unsupportive. In my case, I have far more free time now than I ever had before (thanks to visitation). And as the children get older, it gets easier too - they become more independent and able to help. My x's involvement with parenting was so minimal before we split (basically a playmate but only when he felt like it).
I think one of the big stresses are finances. I don't know about your area, but many regions have more benefits (e.g. baby bonus) for single parents, lower tax rates, etc....and it's worth investigating this, as well as the child support laws for various custody scenarios. Being fully informed helps with coping in general.
I'm so sorry, Triniity. I have just the 2, but I do agree, single parenting 2 kids is actually easier than single parenting 2 kids and a full grown man. I barely had time to myself before we separated because I was always responsible for everyone. So now I don't have time to myself, but at least I don't have to be responsible for HIS stuff, too. Just mine and the kids. And it's much cleaner now, too, because he's not here to leave a trail of mess behind him. His visitation has been about 5 hours per week and no overnights, and it's tiring being on all the time, but still, I would not go back for anything.
Will he be a help at all with the baby when it's born? Babies are such a lot of work in any case, but especially if you don't have on-site backup.
He is not much of a help in general. I have a post in "parents as partners" - where I discuss the down spiraling of our relationship.
It's really difficult with him, he is not overtaking anything, and it's a pain to get him actually do his responsibilities.
He feels he should not have to do any of the "housework" (or any work really that is not professional work related).
Yesterday for example he told me that he finds it really unbearable that we have to apply for help with the kids ourselves and that - really - somebody else ought to do it. I was like: Yeah right, somebody is coming to fill out the forms for you, because you can't be bothered...
He sits at the pc for hours and than does not manage to do anything. But he is totally overworked in his mind.
I am always wondering what would happen to him and the kids if REALLY something would happen to me? Would he just swim than? I really doubt it, since he does not really care about anything here.
I am supposed to be on bedrest, but he does not even put the clean clothing away ...
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I am a single mama to four. When my ex and I first divorced, we had three and he was deployed, so I was already pretty much a single mom. We tried to reconcile and I had our youngest, but we've been separated since July. I moved from Kansas to Texas to be closer to my family, which was a very hard decision to make because I was taking the kids so far from their dad. I wouldn't have been able to do it if I'd stayed, though, I have no family there, and I've had so much help since we've moved. It's totally possible. It helps to get a support system in place that you can depend on. Don't be afraid to ask for help and *take* whatever help is offered! Because we're so far away, visits with dad are few and far apart, so I don't get much of a break, but I didn't before anyway because he was always working or busy with his friends or his own dad. I've learned to ask my family for some help so I can have time alone to study (I started back to school this semester), or just need to take a breather.
It's possible :) We're doing it and I never thought I'd be able to. We have a lot less stress, too, even the kids which surprises me.
Like others, I only have 2 but I agree that single parenting two is easier than single parenting two with a grown man who acts like he's child #3 - and also like a total jerk of a man.
I won't lie and say it's going to be easy. But it will be easier. There will still be stress, but it'll be a different kind of stress - it'll be "normal" stress, rather than "normal" stress plus the stress of trying to figure out how to make your marriage work or your husband act like an adult or whatever it is that's going on.
I have 3 and I agree with pp. Single parenting 3 is easier than coparenting with an ass.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA has the authority to set pollution control standards in the Chesapeake Bay, a federal court ruled Monday, hindering several national agriculture groups' efforts to stop the agency from what they say is federal overreach in setting total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs.
As of Monday afternoon, agriculture groups that were plaintiffs in the case, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Chicken Council, the Fertilizer Institute, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, National Corn Growers Association, were silent on the ruling.
In its 60-page ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third District said EPA is acting within its legal authority in setting a TMDL in an estuary that covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The court said in its ruling that EPA is acting no differently than it has in implementing thousands of TMDLs across the country.
"Any solution to it will result in winners and losers," the court said in its ruling. "To judge from the arguments and the amici briefs filed in this case, the winners are environmental groups, the states that border the bay, tourists, fishermen, municipal waste water treatment works, and urban centers. The losers are rural counties with farming operations, nonpoint source polluters, the agricultural industry, and those states that would prefer a lighter touch from the EPA.
"Congress made a judgment in the Clean Water Act that the states and the EPA could, working together, best allocate the benefits and burdens of lowering pollution. The Chesapeake Bay TMDL will require sacrifice by many, but that is a consequence of the tremendous effort it will take to restore health to the bay ... Farm Bureau's arguments to the contrary are unpersuasive, and thus we affirm the careful and thorough opinion of the district court."
Agriculture groups had made the case that farmers operating in the Chesapeake Bay would shoulder the brunt of responsibility in cutting nutrient runoff through expensive conservation efforts and other means, and that state governments have the primary authority to improve water quality.
In September 2013, a district court ruled EPA had the authority to set strict numeric nutrient standards and that farm groups had failed to prove EPA's decision to set a TMDL in the Chesapeake Bay was either arbitrary or capricious.
The court battle concerns EPA's nutrient restrictions in the 64,000-square-mile watershed that includes more than 50 tributaries. From the outset of the lawsuit originally filed in 2013, American Farm Bureau Federation argued in court that EPA exceeded states' right to regulate their own waters.
AFBF asked the appellate court to decide whether EPA has the authority to set both total allowable nutrient loads and individual limits for farms and other activities in the bay.
In the appeal, AFBF contended if EPA can set nutrients limits on individual farms or acreages, it would amount to "nothing short of federal land use zoning authority, which cannot be squared with Congress's clear and consistent determination to reserve such authority for the states."
The Third Circuit Court on Monday disagreed with AFBF's claims on land use, saying, "Perhaps we would reach a different result if the TMDL in fact made land-use decisions diminishing state authority in a significant way; we might then say that Congress delegated some authority over the definitions of technical terms in the Clean Water Act but not so much discretion as to usurp states' zoning powers."
A number of environmental groups intervened in the case, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy and the National Wildlife Federation, along with local communities as intervenors or defendants.
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I lead a busy life, but I like it that way. I go to school for nursing, I work in a hospital where I am very passionate about helping people. I workout several times a week, staying in shape is important to me. I love being outdoors. I love to travel. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve and enjoy making others laugh. Family and friends are very important to me, I am a very loyal and caring person. I'm on here in the hopes that I can find someone to spend my free time with, become good friends on the way to something more.
Camping , Cooking , Dining out , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Playing sports , Political interests , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Baseball, Billiards / Pool, Cycling, Football, Golf, Hockey, Other types of exercise, Running, Skiing, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I have Cats, Dogs
I like Exotic Pets, Fish, Horses
I have a fat chocolate lab and an orange tiger cat.
Letchworth for creek hiking and cliff diving, they have summer concerts that are great. Stoneybrook park, cedar point for a weekend, Dino BBQ, amerks/knighthawks games. I have a passion for music and enjoy all the Rochester festivals.
The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Brockport, NY
Camping or sitting on a beach with friends, a bonfire and some music is my utopia. I can cook pretty decently so hosting a party is a fun activity. Going for day and weekend trips, concerts, sporting events, amusement parks.
The outdoors,biking,creek hiking,golfing,whitewater rafting & kayaking,day/weekend trips to wherever,Kickball league,music/art festivals & concerts,amusement parks,skiing,boating,sporting events,Comedy Club,sometimes staying in with a good book/movie
Dean Koontz Odd Thomas Series, The Hunger Games,
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Do whatever makes you happy! Money is not everything!
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|East Indian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian
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Thread: Some head studies.
October 6th, 2008 #1
Some head studies.
Just a couple of head drawings from various angles that I did for class a while back. They were about 30-40 minutes each if I remember correctly, but I doubt I'll make any more changes. Just trying to see how much I can get done in that timeframe. (Speed is something I need to work on.) It was mostly willow charcoal on rough newsprint; so any critique on how I apply the medium would be appreciated.
^Yeah, I can see that his head shape is messed up. I think I made the back of his head too thick.
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These are nice but like you said there are some proportional issues.
But in general you seem to make the jawline too light, you can push your values more there. It looks a little like the heads just wobble down into the necks.
Also you seem to skip the detail on the ears and they are really small, on the first one particularly.
Keep it up, the expressions and characteristics are good.
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October 22nd, 2008 #3
You've got a real eye and talent for this kind of thing, I'll be sure to keep up on your progress!
October 22nd, 2008 #4
Looks good to me, but you should pay some attention to your tone hierarchy. The tonal work seems unfinished and even. A little more variation would work well here. When working with charcoals, try to work softly at the beginning, and layering as you progress, still using vine charcoals. Then using a little harder compressed charcoal, try to begin adding detail to the heads and finish it with charcoal pencils (Conte) if you will and adding lights with white at the end. Hope this helps!
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November 8th, 2008 #5
Thanks for the critique. As Ricardo pointed out, I need to used compressed charcoal some more to get better values. Those are hard to erase, though, so sometimes I wait until the end to darken up some spots. =o.o=
I added another sketch that I forgot to upload in the bottom of the first post. I should've drawn him smaller. Accidently cut off that damn ear. D:
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This episode is... well, mediocre. Instead of walking away from this episode thinking "Wow. A new life form that is truly alien in nature!", I walked away with "What is with all these aliens that tell us we're unworthy of even making contact and that we should not come back for at least a couple of centuries?".
Like a lot of season 1 and 2 episodes of TNG, "Home Soil" feels like another one of those original series stories in the wrong series. It shares a lot with "Devil in the Dark" except they decided to throw in the Metron ending from "Arena" in order to make this life form seem more awesome. It doesn't work.
And that voice. Oh, that voice. I hate that voice. No matter how funny that line "Ugly giant bags of mostly water" is, that voice just kills it. If this was the only way we could communicate with those glowing dots, I'd probably ignore them just like the Terraformers did.
If I had to choose between "Devil in the Dark" and "Home Soil", Devil wins by a landslide. At least in Devil our characters actually worked something out with the Horta that was mutually beneficial for both sides. In Home Soil, our crew just abandons the whole terraforming project completely and leaves us with this little gem of an exchange when Data asks if we'll ever contact the life form again.
"In time, Mr. Data. When we're better prepared."
Because being able to establish contact with a new life form and being able to reason with it and send it back home is certainly not an accomplishment in anyone's books. And what exactly is this life form expecting if we come back in 300 years? That humanity will be a better species? According to Gene Roddenberry, we already are! Children no longer weep for their dead parents!
Another sad reminder that this episode always brings me is that this was Walter Gotell only Star Trek role. I've always loved watching him act in everything he's in and I couldn't believe no one in Star Trek didn't use him for something else.
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I still haven't managed to see last Friday's episode although I have it recorded on the DVR. A strange convergence is going on. As the series winds down, I'm kind of wondering if my time on TV.com itself is winding down too. (It's a long story and a frustrating one. Though I've never been a troll or gamer, I've been hit with several warnings this past winter because of a serious situation going on at the site, one which I don't agree with.) So you'll have to excuse me a bit if my enthusiasm is lagging for all things TV.com.
Hard to believe that BSG is almost at the end. Onscreen, it's been 4 full seasons plus the Miniseries, the TV specials and the TV movies like "Razor" (and "The Plan", which will air later in the year). In terms of the "real" calendar, it's been almost 5 1/2 years since the spectacular BSG Miniseries first aired on the Sci Fi Channel, in early December 2003, before TV.com was even around. (TVTome existed, which later transformed into TV.com through various combinations.)
I'd hope that people will hang around the forum even after the series finale, maybe to bring up new points as they watch the DVDs again. There may be new insights once the prequel Caprica series gets underway. Although discussion of specific Caprica episodes should be directed to the forum for that series, there may also be opportunities to have BSG-specific discussions on this forum. I just hope I'm around on the site to see it.
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Read more about Some of my Best Friends are Smiths to be performed by Union College Drama Union College Drama to present The Eumenides February 26, 2008 Performances Thursday Feb. 28 Read more about Union College Drama to present The Eumenides New student government leadership chosen February 21, 2008 This past week students at Union College elected their student leaders for the 2008-2009 school year. In total, 365 people voted in the election. Next year's ASB executive team is: President – Alicia Archer Executive Vice President – Kelly Vogler Financial Vice President – Sabrina Wessels Social Vice President – Sadie Wren Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all those who ran! Read more about New student government leadership chosen Senior Claudia Pech demonstrates range in art exhibit February 19, 2008 Beginning Feb. 17, The McClelland Art Gallery will showcase the works of Claudia Pech, senior communication and graphic design major. "It's just for fun," Pech explained. "Most of the senior exhibits I've seen are a mix of graphic design and fine arts. I didn't want to take away from my graphic design major so I decided to have two exhibits." In her first show titled "Random Thinkings," there will be at least 16 of her fine arts pieces ranging from watercolors, oil paintings, charcoal drawings to a few photographs. As a young girl, Pech planned on becoming an artist in Paris. Life soon got in the way and disrupted her aspirations. While in college, however, her dreams resurfaced and partially revitalized as she took every art class available at Union. "Art moves something within me," Pech said, "I hope my creations make people wonder, think or rememberâ€â€Âat least give them a different perspective." The McClelland Art Gallery is in the Ortner Center on the Union College campus, 3800 S. 48th Street. Enter the campus from Prescott Avenue. The art gallery is free to the public and open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the Ortner Center at 402.486.2545. Read more about Senior Claudia Pech demonstrates range in art exhibit Union College receives President's Honor Roll Award for Service February 15, 2008 Read more about Union College receives President's Honor Roll Award for Service Specialized Career Fair at Union College proves significant success February 13, 2008 On Feb. 6, 2008, Union College's Going Global Career Fair brought recruiters and presenters from 20 organizations to the Don Love Building. From big names such the Peace Corps to the less well-known Active Community Team Services (ACTS), the information available to the attending students was invaluable. "I think this career fair is a great idea and helps a lot of people," said Jeremy Jones, sophomore international rescue and relief major. 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They welcomed us in their churches provided many meals for our team and were gracious hosts." Each student was assigned a different site and delivered 19 sermons in 16 days. Their Bible presentations were held in rented halls or churches throughout Balikpapan and the surrounding area. "The program was pretty intensive," said Shepherd who led a similar project in Rwanda two years ago. Elique Semaboye, a sophomore from [trying to get his home country] Africa, held meetings in a rural area outside of Balikpapan. As a theology major, his work in Borneo was a valuable experience for his future as a pastor. He regularly spoke to 75 to 100 visitors in attendance, including four local ministers of another denomination who sat on the front row taking notes. One evening one of these pastors came up to Semaboye after his sermon, encouraging him by saying, "Thank you for telling us the truth." An Indonesian movie star named Johannes also regularly attended Semaboye's evangelistic programs; the two young men soon became friends. One evening after the meeting Johannes took Semaboye aside said that he had been very inspired by Semaboye's sermons. He wanted Semaboye to pray that he would have the strength to give up being a movie star and follow Jesus. Amy Agosto, a sophomore international rescue and relief major, held meetings for children ages 12 to 18 at the local Adventist school. Many of them were not Christians, and she felt especially called to reach those who had never heard about Jesus before. "The kids were so inspiring to me," said Agosto, who had a fear of public speaking before she began preaching at the meetings. "The little ones were always so cheerful and I could tell they really loved Jesus. Speaking to them helped me to slowly become more comfortable speaking up front." Agosto also had the opportunity to interact with a young man who is passionate about following Jesus. One of the attendees at her meetings for children was a 17-year-old named Timothy. He was responsible for the program's music, sound system, and anything else he was needed for. Agosto soon noticed that Timothy, a high school senior, was wise beyond his years. He told her, "Amy, I believe that the young people will finish this great work that God has put us to do." Agosto couldn't agree with Timothy more. "We young people have a work to do as a light to this world," she says. "God is preparing young people around the world to be his tools, bringing the gospel to every nation. I am so excited to be an instrument for God." At the close of the evangelistic trip the group held a mass meeting with all the sites combined at one location; 45 people were baptized. "It is so rewarding to see people respond to the Gospel," Shepherd said. 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In a decision that could surpass the collusion rulings against Major League Baseball in terms of its importance to professional sports, and have a significant impact on the NFL's ongoing labor dispute, U.S. District Judge David Doty has ruled in favor of football's player's union, the NFLPA, regarding claims that the league negotiated television contract extensions that were designed as "lockout insurance" as opposed to growing total revenues – revenues that determine the salary cap for the league (read the entire filing by the NFLPA). Those extensions were designed to pay owners over $4 billion in rights fees, even if games were not played. The league had claimed that those provisions were within the agreements before the extensions were released.
Doty decision reads, in part (see the entire ruling):
The record shows that the NFL undertook contract renegotiations to advance its own interests and harm the interests of the players. The NFL argues that the SSA 4 does not require it to act in good faith in 2011 or subsequent seasons, that lockouts are recognized bargaining tools and that it is entitled to maximize its post-SSA leverage. The court agrees.
However, under the terms of the SSA, the NFL is not entitled to obtain leverage by renegotiating shared revenue contracts, during the SSA, to generate post-SSA leverage and revenue to advance its own interests and harm the interests of the Players. Here, the NFL renegotiated the broadcast contracts to benefit its exclusive interest at the expense of, and contrary to, the joint interests of the NFL and the Players. This conduct constitutes "a design … to seek an unconscionable advantage" and is inconsistent with good faith. See Ashokan Water Servs., 807 N.Y.S.2d at 554 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
Doty said, it is hereby ordered that:
1. The court adopts the special master's "recommendations for relief" paragraphs 1 and 2, see Op. 47, as there is no objection to these findings and recommendations before the court;
2. The court overrules the special master's findings as to the NFL's breach of the SSA relating to its contracts with DirecTV, CBS, FOX, NBC, and ESPN, and holds that the NFL breached the SSA as to those contracts; and
3. The court orders that a hearing be held concerning relief to be granted to the Players arising from the NFL's breach of the SSA. The hearing shall consider the award of both money damages and equitable relief, including injunction. District of Minnesota Local Rule 7.1(b)
The NFLPA said in a statement, "This ruling means there is irrefutable evidence that owners had a premeditated plan to lockout players and fans for more than two years. The players want to play football. That is the only goal we are focused on."
The NFL, through spokesman Greg Aiello said, "As we have frequently said, our clubs are prepared for any contingency, this decision included. Today's ruling will have no effect on our efforts to negotiate a new, balanced labor agreement."
The ruling by Judge Doty overturns Special Master Stephen Burbank's ruling on the case that sided with the owners saying that they did not use best efforts to grow revenues "in good faith" but rather were using "sound business judgment" in negotiating the extensions during a poor economy.
However, in an NFLPA filing, redacted images of a Powerpoint presentation to NFL owners showed several slides in which negotiating favorable "pay for no play" provisions would act as "lockout insurance". Commissioner Goodell also outlined reasons for wanting the provisions within sworn testimony.
The key excerpts from the filing include:
- pgs. 13-14 "Defendants concluded that 'in order for [them] to be able to get a [new labor] deal that worked for the owners, [they need to be able to sustain a lockout, which requires financing and proper planning,' In the words of Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones, Defendants 'need[ed] to realistically assume [they we]re lockout out in 2011' to get a CBA that worked for them."
- pg. 14 "in the words of the NFL, the omission of Lockout Provisions would have been a 'deal breaker' and 'clearly a deal we would never do.'"
- pgs. 15-20: Monetary figures in the charts are blacked out. However terms on the slides like "leverage," "labor positioning" "strategic considerations," "financial flexibility in the event of potential work stoppage," "no "hold-up value for union" are the NFL's own.
- pg. 23: "In a nutshell, Defendant's contention … is that their desire to gain greater leverage over (and harm) the Players through the acquisition of a $4B war chest was a more 'important business purpose' than maximizing Total Revenues for the benefit of the Players in 2009 and 2010, and therefore this purely self-interested objective justified Defendants' decision not to fulfill their 'best efforts' or 'good faith' SSA obligations."
- pgs. 29-30: (Goodell's testimony)
Q: And similarly, you didn't ask FOX or any of the other broadcasters how much more they would pay if you dropped your insistence on these work stoppage payment provisions?
A: We did not, because we did not think it was in the best interest of the NFL.
- pg. 46: "The Master also disregarded uncontroverted evidence establishing that Defendants used the 2009-2010 "Additional Rights" granted to FOX as part of their negotiated exchange to obtain 'Lockout Protection.' When FOX demanded that there be no Lockout Provisions in the extension, the NFL negotiator, Mr. Rolaapp, admitted at trial that he told FOX that to get the 'right term' [REDACTED] and 'the work stoppage protection in' the deal, Defendants would, inter alia, 'give' FOX new [REDACTED]."
If Judge Doty were to rule in favor of an injunction, it may thwart a protracted work stoppage after the current CBA in the NFL expires at midnight on Thurs. Still, the owners have an additional $900 million on top of the more than $4 billion in rights fee money within their war chest.
The following from the NFLPA filing that Doty ruled on show the slides from the Powerpoint presentation that was given in on March 5, 2009 to the Broadcast Committee of the NFL. A slide ("Short Term Extension: Concept View") was part of a March 22, 2009 Broadcast Committee meeting
Planning slide [partially redacted] :"Key Current NFL Media Objective" reads in part,
"Greater leverage in upcoming labor negotiations"… "Secures accress to revenues in
2011 if a work stoppage occurs"… "Accomplished as part of any likely extension…
optional timing ASAP"
Another slide [partially redacted] regarding CBS and FOX extensions for Sunday
packages, reads in part, "Shifts leverage in labor negotiations away from Union… ability
to pull money into Work Stoppage year."
Bottom of slide reads, "Is this structure attractive to NFL? Should it be explored further?"
Slide [partially redacted] from DirecTV presentation, reads in part, "Current structure of
broadcast contracts prevent NFL from collecting payments if work stoppage in 2011… no
deal in 2012 for 'rebate'"adds, "Leverage in negotiations… no 'hold up' value for union"
Slide from presentation on deal DTV on March 23, 2009 entitled "Why Now?… NFL
Perspective" where owners voted 32-0 to approve deal reads under "Labor" – "Current
structure of broadcast contracts prevent NFL from collecting payments if work stoppage
in 2011… no deal in 2012 for 'rebate'" adds, "Strengthed position in labor negotiations"
Slide from May 19, 2009 presentation [partially redacted] where owners voted
unanimously to approve FOX/CBS extensions, reads under "Key Observations" -
"Labor: Current structure of broadcast contracts prevent NFL from collecting payments
if work stoppage in 2011… no deal in 2012 for'rebate'", adds in box at bottom,
"Combination of market conditions and strategic considerations make it prudent to
consider extension alternatives today."
Slide from May 19, 2009 presentation [partially redacted] where owners voted
unanimously to approve FOX/CBS extensions, reads, "NFL received financial flexibility in
the event of potential work stoppage"
- Q&A: Inside a Possible NFLPA Decertification (The Biz of Football)
- Source: Chances of New NFL CBA By March 4 "Nearly Impossible" (The Biz of Football)
- With Week to go till NFL CBA Expires, Federal Mediator says "Very Strong Differences" Remain (The Biz of Football)
- Big Difference Between NFL and NBA Labor Disputes Boils Down to the Supreme Court (The Biz of Football)
- A Cold War Mounts, Here's Why a Lockout in the NFL Near Certain (The Biz of Football)
- Complete Text of NFL Charges Against NFLPA for Unfair Labor Practices (The Biz of Football)
- NFL Files Charges Against NFLPA Accusing Unfair Labor Practices (The Biz of Football)
- Is Jerry Richardson the Darth Vader of NFL Labor Battle? (The Biz of Football)
- NFL Rejects NFLPA Proposal, Reportedly Seeking Salary Cuts Beyond Rookie Signings (The Biz of Football)
- Numbers Show NFL's 'Economic Realities' for Lockout Unwarranted (Forbes)
- Rain on NFL Parade? (Variety)
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A third man wanted in a shooting death last week in St. Stephen was arrested Thursday morning in downtown Charleston, authorities said.
Brandon Antwane Wigfall, 22, of Woodlawn Circle in Summerville will face a murder charge in the slaying of 41-year-old John David Morant of New York.
Morant was fatally shot June 11 at 1020 Graham St.
Maj. Rick Ollic of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, which has worked with the St. Stephen Police Department on the investigation, said deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service caught Wigfall after 8 a.m. Thursday in downtown Charleston.
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The authorities have not identified a suspected shooter in the case.
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