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The Foundation of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is pleased to announce that a limited number of tickets are available for the 15th Annual Faithful Lives Celebration on November 7, 2013.
Each year at Faithful Lives, the Foundation of SJRMC celebrates those that exemplify the spirit of the Gospel and service to others. This year, the event will honor the dedicated physicians and staff of Michiana Hematology Oncology, PC, the leading cancer treatment organization in northern Indiana for more than 45 years. The event will be chaired by Drs. Zoreen and Rafat Ansari.
"Our region is fortunate to have access to an outstanding group of physicians and staff that provides the very best in cancer care," said Albert L. Gutierrez, President and CEO of SJRMC. "The longstanding partnership between SJRMC and Michiana Hematology Oncology enables us to offer a complete continuum of care for cancer patients in our community."
In 1968, medical oncologist Thomas Troeger, MD had a dream to advance the fight against cancer in northern Indiana. He opened a small cancer treatment center in South Bend. Dr. Troeger and partner Dr. Juan Garcia were soon joined by Dr. Rafat Ansari, and more than 40 years later this practice has grown into the largest network of cancer treatment centers in northern Indiana. Today, all the cutting-edge cancer services and care that a patient may need can be found under one roof at Michiana Hematology Oncology's Advanced Center for Cancer Care, a joint venture between Michiana Hematology Oncology and SJRMC. This state-of-the-art facility was designed by experts in cancer care who asked for input from real patients to ensure it would be a welcoming place that focused on treating the whole person.
The event November 7, 2013 will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, on the campus of Saint Mary's College. Funds will be used to assist patients who need but cannot afford diagnostic exams, as well as help to establish a survivorship program, to provide compassionate support for cancer survivors.
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Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Post-Market Surveillance Study
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This non-randomized, prospective, interventional observational multi-center study is designed to assess the long-term clinical performance of the Medtronic Melody™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) in the post market environment over a period of five years after transcatheter implantation in patients with dysfunctional RVOT conduits. In addition, the quality of life of implanted subjects will be assessed over five years.
Heart Valve Diseases
Device: Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
|Official Title:
|Melody TPV Post-Market Surveillance Study
- Clinical Performance over five years. Freedom from the following events: * explant * reintervention * stent fracture * valve dysfunction * device or procedure related death [ Time Frame: August 2014 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Procedural success [ Time Frame: August 2014 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Incidence of device and procedure related adverse events [ Time Frame: August 2014 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Hemodynamic Performance [ Time Frame: August 2014 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
The target population includes male and female patients with dysfunctional RVOT conduits.
Device: Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement
Other Name: Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Prospective subjects have complex congenital heart defects that have been palliated with RVOT conduits that have become dysfunctional and have a clinical indication for invasive intervention. Prospective subjects must meet all of following inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age greater than or equal to 5 years of age
- Weight greater than or equal to 30 kilograms
- Existence of a full (circumferential) RVOT conduit that was equal to or greater than 16 mm in diameter when originally implanted
- Any of the following by transthoracic echocardiography
For patients in NYHA Classification II, III, or IV:
- Moderate (3+) or severe (4+) pulmonary regurgitation, or
- Mean RVOT gradient greater than or equal to 35 mmHg.
For patients in NYHA Classification I:
- Severe (4+) pulmonary regurgitation with RV dilatation or dysfunction, or
- Mean RVOT gradient greater than or equal to 40 mmHg.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active endocarditis
- A major or progressive non-cardiac disease (e.g. liver failure, renal failure, cancer) that results in a life expectancy of less than one year
- Patient or - for patients who cannot legally give consent themselves- the guardian unwilling or unable to provide written informed consent or comply with follow-up requirements
- Obstruction of the central veins (including the superior and inferior vena cava, bilateral iliac veins) such that the delivery system cannot be advanced to the heart via transvenous approach from either femoral vein or internal jugular vein
- Known intravenous drug abuse
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00688571
|Canada, Ontario
|The Hospital for Sick Children
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
|Rigshospitalet Copenhagen
|Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
|Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
|Berlin, Germany, 13353
|Deutsches Herzzentrum München
|München, Germany, 80636
|Hospital Bambino Gesu Roma
|Rome, Italy, 00165
|Erasmus Medical Center
|Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3015CE
|Hospital Reina Sofia
|Cordoba, Spain, 14004
|Principal Investigator:
|John Hess, Prof.
|Deutsches Herzzentrum München
|Principal Investigator:
|Felix Berger, Prof.
|German Heart Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Lars Soendergaard, Dr.
|Rigshospitalet, Denmark
|Principal Investigator:
|Maria Giulia Gagliardi, Dr.
|Ospedale Bambino Gesu Rome
|Principal Investigator:
|Jose Suarez de Lezo, Dr.
|Hospital Reina Sofia Cordoba
|Principal Investigator:
|Lee Benson, Dr.
|The Hospital for Sick Children
|Principal Investigator:
|Maarten Witsenburg, Dr.
|Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
No publications provided by Medtronic Bakken Research Center
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Medtronic Bakken Research Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00688571 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 30, 2008
|Last Updated:
|August 8, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Germany: German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information
Keywords provided by Medtronic Bakken Research Center:
Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Heart Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Valve Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
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Folks lured by the promise of $200 gasoline coupons for nominal shipping charges hand their bank account and charge card information to swindlers.
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"Gas Coupons" an Excuse to Get Bank Account Numbers
Our office has recently heard that telemarketers are calling households in Texas offering $200 worth of gas coupons for $3.95. Reportedly, the caller is very slick and convincing, with smooth answers to every possible question. The key is, he wants the consumer's bank account number so he can receive payment directly from the account.
We cannot say it enough: consumers should NEVER give out their personal identifying information or financial information to anyone they do not know. Be suspicious of anyone who calls you and then asks for that kind of information. Don't be pressured. Don't be tempted by grand offers. And don't be fooled by a caller who has all the logical answers.
They called you. You didn't call them. You do not know who they are. Be safe: HANG UP!
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Escalating gasoline prices in the U.S. have left many consumers feeling the pinch, with rising fuel costs serving to make vehicle use decidedly less affordable than in years previous. That as a result a greater part of the household budget has to be apportioned to transportation, leaving less to satisfy other requirements, has created a situation that provides swindlers with yet another ready-made opportunity to ply their trade.
Enter the "gas coupon" scam in which telemarketers offer $200 of gasoline vouchers in exchange for modest shipping and handling fees (typically $2 or $3) debited from consumers' bank accounts or charged to their credit cards. Those unwary souls who let their desire for something for
(next to) nothing get the better of them never receive the promised gas coupons
— instead,
they're left to discover they've fallen victim to a flimflam as one unauthorized charge after another gets racked up against their accounts, often to the tune of several hundred dollars.
The crime is real, as is the warning about it. The alert quoted as our example began to be circulated in the online world in June 2004. It was issued by Greg Abbott, the Attorney General of
, on
21 June
2004. Attorneys General of other states have issued similar cautions, including those of
The Iowa Attorney General specifically warns against doing business with a Las Vegas-based telemarketer who is peddling gas coupons purported to be worth $200 in exchange for a $1.95 checking account debit to cover shipping. That entity, variously known as Continuity Partners, CPI, American Values, AM Values, Wellnet, Blitz Media, Washball, UTalk, and
is barred from doing business in Iowa as a result of its having defrauded a number of folks in that state with this scheme. By order of the Iowa Attorney General, the multi-named company is required to refund monies taken from those Iowans who fell for the con, but even those repayments have proved hard to collect, with some of the restitution checks bouncing like red rubber balls.
Consumers in the Tucson area have had to contend with
one of the iterations of that Las Vegas-based telemarketer that was barred from Iowa.
makes the gas coupon offer along with a free trial of a long-distance calling card.
In Ohio, consumers were hooked by American Values, another of those Las Vegas iterations. Typical was the case of Amy Herrick, a Chester Township woman who had agreed to let American Values debit her bank account for $1.95 charge for those gas coupons only to find she'd been drained of an additional $221.80 by companies she'd never heard of or agreed to do business with. As well as the $1.95 charge she'd authorized, there was a second $1.95 debit, a $79.95 hit for a washball (a small plastic ball meant to be placed in a washing machine), and $139.90 siphoning by Utalk.
Those living in Kansas had to deal with Continuity Partners, still another of those Las Vegas iterations. Defrauded Kansans were gulled with an offer of $20 to $200 in gasoline vouchers in exchange for confirmation of a bank account number to cover the cost of shipping. Once that confirmation was issued, money began to be drained from those accounts via unauthorized charges against them.
Residents of Virginia have also reported receiving calls from the multi-named Las Vegas-based telemarketer. Those making the calls were said to have posed as representatives of the U.S. government offering $200 worth of gasoline coupons for a $3.95 shipping and handling fee.
Continuity Partners was forced by the Oregon Department of Justice to make restitution to those Oregonians it had cheated. According to the
12 February
2004 Oregon DoJ
press release
, Continuity Partners had lied to those it contacted, claiming they had been selected to receive $200 in gasoline vouchers from the US government "to help pay people back for the high gas prices," with these being redeemable at any of the major gas stations. Others victims were told the promotion was sponsored by VISA, and yet others were told they had been chosen in a random drawing of key customers of the major retailers. Consumers were informed the only cost to them would be a $1.95 charge for shipping and handling charged to their credit cards. They were instead signed up for a
trial of a
Unlimited" phone card, with said service triggering a credit card charge if at the end of the
30 days
they didnt opt out of the plan.
When caught with its hand in the cookie jar by Oregon's Department of Justice, the Las Vegas-based telemarketing company with the revolving names laid blame for its actions on difficulties in supervising an independent phone center and claimed it immediately terminated those involved when problems arose. In light of the multiplicity of instances of its running similar operations in other states, such claim should be viewed with skepticism bordering on outright disbelief.
Our round-up of instances of this con being perpetrated in a few U.S. states represents just the tip of the iceberg and shouldn't be viewed as the definitive list of all the places this scam is being worked. We present it only as an overview of how widespread the con has become and in what various fashions it has been executed.
If this story has a moral, it is that there is often a dark side to "something for nothing" schemes. Our need to believe in the freebie is deeply ingrained and devoutly cherished, yet it is our very faith in this fiction that can work to set us up as pigeons, in that con artists need only wriggle this bait just a little to snare us in their webs.
Barbara "bargain hunters become the hunted" Mikkelson
How To Avoid Falling Victim To Unauthorized Payment Scams:
Do not give out bank account or credit card numbers over the phone if you didn't initiate the call to a reputable, known company. Be very reluctant to do business with any outfit that calls you (e.g., a telemarketing firm) rather than the other way around.
When tempted by a great deal proffered out of the blue by a business entity you have no direct knowledge of, remind yourself that offers which sound too good to be true generally are. Keep in mind that what is presented as a fabulous value for an amazing low price (e.g. coupons for $200 worth of gasoline in return for $1.95 mailing fee) might be no more than a
for the real purpose of persuading you to give up your financial information.
Be wary of any "free trial offer" that requires bank account or credit card numbers to cover shipping and handling charges. If the business is so interested in having you as a customer that it is willing to provide its product or service at no charge, why would it not also be willing to cover the cost of shipping?
Examine your credit card and bank account statements every month, keeping an eye peeled for unauthorized charges. Immediately challenge items you did not okay.
Stop believing in the chimera of "something for nothing."
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"The approval of this contract is a turning point," Co-Chairwoman Pam Knowles said before she and her colleagues voted 5-1 to approve the deal. "It is a relationship built on collaboration, not conflict."
Yet the new, two-year agreement calls for higher labor costs and at least 40 fewer high-school teachers next year. So why are most School Board members cheering?
Unlike previous contract negotiations between the school district and the Portland Association of Teachers, which represents about 3,200 teachers, the latest talks lasted only a matter of months. And they came to a resolution well before the current contract expires in July.
By comparison, negotiations on the existing contract stretched to almost two years, and Portland teachers worked for months without one in place. "It's difficult for morale when teachers are working without a contract," says Rebecca Levison, president of the teachers union.
As voters in the Portland district weigh two multimillion-dollar money measures for schools in May, teachers' morale takes on special importance. The school district, which wants voters to approve both a $548 million construction bond and a $57 million-a-year operating levy, needs teachers to help campaign for the measures.
The new contract also cements a deal to improve the way principals evaluate teachers, a process that hasn't been updated in 30 years. That new plan hasn't been hammered out entirely, but both sides have committed to putting an improved method in place by September. Only then can outsiders judge whether the new evaluations have helped teachers. David Wynde, a two-term member of the board, said that would give the district ample time to make sure the new system is implemented properly. "That's not kicking the can down the road," he said.
The deal also provides some financial certainty for the district. The new contract offers no cost-of-living increases in the 2011-12 or 2012-13 school years, when Portland Public Schools is projected to face back-to-back budget holes of $40 million a year due to shrinking state support for schools.
The full implications of the deal for Portland classrooms won't be known for weeks to come as the district continues to grapple with its budget. If either money measure fails or both do, the contract's financial impact on the district's budget will worsen and the district will have to lay off as many as 200 more teachers.
Although the contract offers no across-the-board raises, teachers who are eligible for automatic pay raises based on years of experience (raises known as "steps") will get those pay increases in both years of the contract. And in the second year of the deal, Portland Public Schools has agreed to add a new step to the salary schedule. As a result, a teacher with a master's degree and more than 12 years of experience who is already at the top pay level of $62,940 per year will see his or her salary increase by 2 percent to $64,199. Taken together, these step increases will cost the district $2.4 million in the first year of the contract and $6.8 million in the second year, for a total of $9.2 million.
To help pay for these raises, the school district and the teachers union agreed to change how the district allocates funding to high schools. Right now, the district assigns teachers to high schools on the assumption they will teach five out of seven classes in a school day. Going forward, the district will budget teachers to teach six out of eight classes.
That means the district will need fewer high-school teachers next year. PPS estimates that will save $4 million a year going forward. But that will also mean 40 high-school teachers—or about 8 percent—will lose their jobs.
The new contract does not spell out how individual high schools will arrange their schedules, however. Both the school district and the teachers union say those specifics will be determined on a school-by-school basis.
School Board member Trudy Sargent missed Monday night's last-minute meeting that approved the deal. Although that meant she couldn't vote, she expressed strong disagreement with the board's action in written testimony.
"In this difficult
economy, with high unemployment and depressed wages in our city and our
state, this district faces a serious shortfall in revenue that will
require deep cuts to balance the budget," she wrote. "Our duty to our
students and our taxpayers requires us to hold the line on all costs to
maintain the quality of the education we are providing for our
FACT: Board member Martín González was the lone vote against the deal, saying it didn't do enough to improve education for vulnerable students, especially immigrants. He didn't object specifically to the financial terms.


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Jean-Claude Bradley presents a 15 minute summary of current research in his lab on September 29, 2011 at the Drexel University Department of Chemistry Faculty Mini-Symposium. The main project discussed is the Open Melting Point Collection done in collaboration with Andrew Lang and Antony Williams. Work by Evan Curtin is also shown, demonstrating the application of melting point and solubility in reaction design.
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Well, that's how it goes when you don't play as hard as the other team.
It's really quite simple how this happened…
The Clippers wanted it more. That could be the end, but I'll expound on it a bit.
-Horrendous shooting. Were these guys rattled by the big stage after being on it (and an even bigger one) last season? Sure seemed it, especially the backcourt. Mayo/Conley/Allen/Arenas a combined..wait for it…6-for-33 from the field. WOW. I'm sort of led to wonder if VDN was watching NBATV the other night when Almighty Flopper Kevin Martin was on as a guest and revealed the "big secret" about how the Rockets had such success against the Griz all season-by packing the paint. When you do that, you beat the Grizzlies. The end. With a couple minor exceptions, the Grizzlies were not able to execute inside at all this game. They just didn't play like they thought they could win, even after coming back to only be down one at the half after being down ten earlier in the 2nd.
-Fatigue. Gasol and Conley, in particular, have been banged up and still playing a lot of minutes over the last month or so. However, in the biggest game of these young players' lives, they should have been able to reach deeper than they ever have. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't-but it wasn't enough, whatever it was or wasn't. Mayo, Arenas, Pargo, Selby. DANG IT GREIVIS WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HELP OFF HARDEN IN THAT TRIPLE OVERTIME GAME????? It not only lost us that game, but this series.
-I'm going way out here, but I'm gonna use the words "hubris" and "Hollins" in the same sentence. Subbing by the seat of the pants might be ok (kinda seems more fun than the Hubie "programmed" sub patterns), but not as in the game where he was WAY too conservative with Gasol's foul trouble, and this game where he left ZBo on the bench for an inordinately long time in the fourth quarter when the team needed offense in the worst way. By doing the thing that many coaches do in the playoffs-tightening the rotation-Hollins left out Cunningham for all practical purposes, and he was KEY to many Griz wins over the course of the season. By many accounts, the lack of D by GV last season drove Hollins to push for him to be traded, and Pargo had evidently been given a promise at some point. That did not work out well at all. Joerger is possibly gone, as he has been mentioned as a candidate for the Bobcats job and has interviewed for other jobs in the past….and I'm inclined to think that he's the only one that gets Hollins' ear with regularity. Does Lionel operate with *too much* autonomy? One of the many questions for the Grizzlies' offseason.
Watch this space for many discontented pontifications regarding what will be a very interesting summer for the Grizzlies..
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This image was taken about 1/10th of a second before my other image, Death From Above. So, it's the same story:
I really love coyotes. I know, not everyone is a fan, but I can't help it – they're one of my favorite animals.
I think the reason for this favoritism might stem from my admiration of the aerial pounce they sometimes use when pursuing prey. Their approach is decidedly cat-like in its execution and incredibly graceful to watch. For example…
I discovered this coyote while driving through Yellowstone's Hayden Valley after a late lunch. I spotted him and excitedly pulled over, hoping he'd find it in his heart to cooperate with us for a bit. I had hopes of getting a few nice "posed" shots of him majestically surveying the meadow – little did I know what was in store.
As we approached he stopped and stared very intently on a small area of vegetation – no doubt a mouse had tried to scurry away but waited too long to make his move. The coyote crouched down, cat-like, gave a slight wag with his entire body, and sprang into the air. The pounce was flawless as he fell upon on his prey and came up with a meal.
He was a pouncer!!
Now I was excited. Not all coyotes are pouncers, many just sneak up and snag from behind in a hurried, brute fashion that's anything but graceful – but this particular 'yote seemed to favor a dramatic leap to catch his dinner. The first pounce was a bit too far out for a good photo, but I knew if I could get closer I might have a shot.
Sure enough, he allowed a closer approach and I was able to secure several really solid pounce photos. This is one of my favorites – he wasn't too far away and he's completely horizontal a split second before the kill. This particular pounce actually yielded two photos – the one above and one I'll post down the road. Oh, and yes, he did manage to snag a mouse on this pounce too – he actually only missed his mark once out of five tries. Probably the reason he was such an impressive looking animal.
All in all we only spent about 20 minutes with this guy, but it was probably one of the most productive 20 minutes of my wildlife photography career.
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What a great shot. You were very fortunate that the coyote was not fearful or apprehensive of your presence which allowed you to get some wonderful pictures.
Love this photo. You were certainly in the right place at the right time.
I live in San Bernarino COunty near Colton and we still have wild coyotes here. Hear them calling each other in the night time. Good sound. Gets all the cats to come home too ! LOL !
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President Obama is zipping across the industrial Midwest lately, touting the budding recovery of the auto industry, and for good reason. His $50 billion investment in General Motors and Chrysler pulled them from the brink of collapse, potentially saving millions of jobs. At a GM assembly plant in Detroit last week, he test-drove Chevrolet's new battery-powered Volt (about 10 feet, after getting reluctant approval from the Secret Service) and swiftly pronounced the ride "pretty smooth." The TV cameras rolled. The crowd of autoworkers cheered, right on cue. Just like a campaign rally: Everything was perfect. Except, it's not. Obama, America's first urban president, was visiting his country's poorest and most populous majority-black city. But the urban crisis unraveling outside the auto plants wasn't on the agenda.
Detroit's official unemployment rate is 24%, the highest among major U.S. cities. But officials here believe the actual jobless rate may be 50%, since the official statistics fail to include people who no longer qualify for unemployment benefits or have stopped looking for work. To put this in historical context: a decade ago, Detroit's jobless rate was 6.7% At the height of the Great Depression, in 1933, about one-quarter of Americans were unemployed. Today in Michigan, an estimated 44% of adults lack the fundamental skills, like reading, to qualify for the high-tech jobs officials are desperately trying to attract. An entire population is ill-equipped to participate in the new economy.
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Terra Nostra Resources Corporation (OTCBB: TNRO), a majority owner of two joint venture companies in the copper and stainless steel industries in China, anticipates that, based on a preliminary review of production volumes and revenues provided by its joint venture partner for the fourth quarter ended May 31, 2008, it will report revenue of approximately $123 million, a 13% increase over the third quarter of 2008. These revenues as reported bring the total fiscal 2008 revenue to $532 million, 86% higher than fiscal 2007's revenue of $285 million.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, revenues reported from copper production are expected to be approximately $57 million, a 25% increase over the third quarter, on volume of approximately 7,500 tons sold, up 22% from the third quarter.
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About Terra Nostra Resources Corporation
Terra Nostra is a leading copper and stainless steel producer in China through its 51% majority interests in two joint venture companies in China. Shandong Terra Nostra-Jinpeng Metallurgical Co., Ltd. has an existing and under construction production capacity of 170,000 MT of refined copper, together with value-added copper rod and wire capabilities. Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. operates a modern stainless steel production facility with a 230,000 MT peak capacity casting mill, and a 150,000 MT rolling mill. The two joint venture companies, with total assets in excess of US$225 million and over 1,000 employees, are located in the highly industrialized coastal province of Shandong, midway between Beijing and Shanghai. Terra Nostra has entered into an agreement to increase its majority ownership in both joint ventures from 51% to 90%. More information on Terra Nostra can be found at www.tnr-corp.com.
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1992 Clynelish K&L Exclusive 21 Year Old Cadenhead Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 02-27-2015
This is a fantastic expression of the Clynelish distillery! A sweet, almost candied-flower nose and flavor begins the experience in the glass, leaving a big, oily impression on the tongue. This is bright Highland whisky with a noticeably spicy finish.
Price: $139.99
1995 Craigellachie 18 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Sherry Butt Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 02-27-2015
A terrific buy for the money and one of my favorites in the new Hepburn line of malts. Indian spice notes dominate the palate, and there's a little funk and brine on the nose and the whisky's underbelly. All of this complements big flavors of tobacco, malt, and toasted almonds. The whiskey is a terrific sherried Speyside with just the right amount of rich texture.
Price: $99.99
1995 Miltonduff 19 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 02-27-2015
You don't get much more quintessential Highland than this, and it's a little more restrained than Hepburn's Craigellachie. This malt is spicy and citrus laden, with subtle chocolate, chili, and cinnamon flavors and a touch of oak.
Price: $99.99
Enmore 25 Year Old Faultline K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Guyana Rum 750ml
Review Date: 02-27-2015
My favorite of the Faultline rums we just brought in. This beauty is rich and creamy, with loads of vanilla and spice and a long, sweet finish. Fans of dense, older rum will love this!
Price: Hidden
2012 Olema Sonoma County Chardonnay
Review Date: 02-23-2015
Olema is the Sonoma offering of Napa's Amici Cellars. True to their style, this Chardonnay offers loads of rich fruit and a lush texture lifted by a bright finish.
Top Value!
Price: $14.99
1990 Glenfarclas 24 Year Old K&L Exclusive Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 12-20-2014
Another outstanding release from this fantastic Highland distillery! Even at 100 proof--I felt that this malt didn't need any water addition. The flavors are so mellow and integrated from age, the whisky is smooth as silk--more exquisite and elegant than most Scotch on the shelf. Light fig, caramel, coffee, and oak flavors dance behind a rich and malty core of deliciousness. Any fan of Highland whisky will love this very special release!
Price: $169.99
2012 Mount Edward Estate "Morrison Vineyard" Pinot Noir Lowburn Central Otago
Review Date: 11-23-2014
Any fan of Pinot will love this bottle--it's one of the more well-rounded and delicious Pinots we've brought in from NZ. A light body of blackberry fruit notes is held up by subtle cinnamon and leather flavors. The finish is very long, full of the understated earthy tones one expects from a real Pinot of this caliber.
Price: $39.99
2009 Sesta di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino
Review Date: 11-09-2014
When we visited Sopra (consistently our best overall Montalcino producer, and probably the best winemaker in Montalcino period) the 2009 Brunello was our favorite. Even while the dark and earthy 2010 beckoned us from the barrel, this wine still had firm tannin and a great structure (more than most '09s from Montalcino) and loads of mindblowing flavor--a cascade of bright red fruits that dance on the palate and don't leave you for a very long time. That visit was 3 years ago--and finally it's here! A delicious Sangiovese that is not to be missed.
Price: $49.99
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1997 Glen Ord 17 Year Old K&L Exclusive Signatory Hogshead Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 11-09-2014
An obscure distillery and a crazy good bottle for the money! This is a classic Highland, with caramel malt flavors with aromas of fresh flowers and tobacco. I can't believe this malt was aged all in hogshead--the flavor is long and satisfying, with oaky and pronounced notes of coffee and vanilla.
Price: $79.99
1998 Mortlach 16 Year Old K&L Exclusive Signatory Sherry Butt Finish Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 11-09-2014
The legendary, elusive Mortlach distillery is with us yet again! You will never see a distillery bottling of this malt--most of the production goes straight to Johnnie Walker Blue. A big, sweet vanilla nose leads into a whisky packed with cedar and Indian spice notes. The sherry cask influence is noticeable--it tastes like dried apricot and leather dipped in chocolate.
Price: $99.99
1990 Bruichladdich 23 Year Old K&L Exclusive Signatory Refill Sherry Butt Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 11-09-2014
This barrel must be from the days when Jim Beam owned the Bruichladdich distillery--it's much different than other bottlings on our shelf. When you sip it, you are reminded of fresh cut grass and heather, with slight coffee, oaky, and wet vanilla notes to finish. This one is bright, with little to no peat notes at all. The last of the old heritage of a great distillery.
Price: $159.99
2012 Hewitson "Miss Harry" GSM Barossa Valley South Australia
Review Date: 11-06-2014
One of the best deals in the store, and one of the must buys of our Australian selections this year. Hewitson always offers an incredible wine for a great value in their miss harry release. The fact that this one comes from a perfect vintage is even better! Loads of nuanced spice and lush strawberry are evened out by bright acidity and a hint of menthol. There is a little tannic backbone to lend structure and complete this well crafted surprise.
Top Value!
Price: $19.99
2012 Oakridge Estate Single Vineyard Series "Oakridge/Whitsend Vineyard" Shiraz Yarra Valley
Review Date: 09-04-2014
This is not a big and rich Aussie Shiraz. This is cool weather, spicy, and complex Shiraz from perhaps the best producer in the Yarra Valley (one of the coldest appellations in Australia). This Shiraz is delicate and crisp, with brambly notes of cranberry and white pepper tightly wound in an elegant package. A fantastic red for $23!
Price: $19.99
2013 TWR (Te Whare Ra) Pinot Noir Marlborough
Review Date: 07-16-2014
This is a Pinot with structure--a nervy and delicious cool weather red with lean red fruit flavors but plenty of mouth-coating tannins. The fruit notes here are slightly bitter, lean raspberry and plum resting behind cassis and lavender, leaving a wonderfully long impression on the palate. The winemakers at Te Whare Ra took full advantage of the excellent 2013 growing season to craft this mouthwatering Pinot.
Top Value!
Price: $26.99
Lot 40 Single Pot Still Canadian Rye Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 01-20-2014
Now that's some good drinkin'! This rye is rich and delicious, with vanilla and chocolate notes over classic rye leather and cracked pepper--perfect on its own or for all your Manhattan needs. Not as sweet as some of the LDI stuff coming out of Indiana, not as dry as some of 100% rye Rittenhouse styled whiskeys in our store--it's just right.
Drink from 2013 to 2013
Price: $54.99
Ragnaud Sabourin K&L Exclusive Fontevieille #35 Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 08-02-2013
This is an outstanding addition to our brandy portfolio- with powerful flavors of coffee, caramel, and honey over a lightly sweet but long lasting finish. Perfect, dense, rich, and wonderful!
Drink from 2013 to 2013
Price: $169.99
Chateau de Pellehaut K&L Exclusive L'Age de Glace Tenareze Armagnac 750ml
Review Date: 08-02-2013
This bottle is way too delicious for this price- rich and easy but still showing that true armagnac spice with flavors of toasted almonds, oak, and honey. This price is ridiculous-buy this now!
Top Value!
Price: $27.99
Fleury Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Review Date: 07-25-2013
Consistently one of my favorite direct import producers in our champagne section- Fleury makes complex sparkling wine from 100% pinot noir vines. The result is a rich and decadent sparkler that doesn't sacrifice minerality or brightness for its lush texture.
Top Value!
Price: $39.99
Ariston Aspasie "Carte Blanche" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 12-27-2012
Bright and racy with a little toast, this is our best deal in champagne!
Top Value!
Price: $27.99
Ariston Aspasie Brut Rosé Champagne
Review Date: 02-02-2012
This bottle rivals other champagne roses that are two or three times as expensive! It is filled with floral aromas and fresh fruit flavors, with a dry finish. Fun, bright, and delicious - the ariston rose is always one of the winery's best releases.
Top Value!
Price: $34.99
ArteNOM Seleccion 1146 Anejo Tequila 750ml
Review Date: 12-24-2011
It is tough in the tequila world to find small production, unique expressions of terroir and artful distillation, but that is exactly what the arte nom line of tequilas is all about. They each come from a single plantation of agave and a single distillery. They are all wonderful, but I'm an anejo guy, and this beauty is rich and lush with wonderful oaky notes over pure citrus flavors. If you're a real tequila fan- you have to try this.
Drink from 2011 to 2011
Price: $54.99
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 05-31-2011
Always one of our best direct import champagne producers! Clean, crisp, bright - and the price is amazing!
Top Value!
Price: $34.99
Bulleit Rye Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 03-11-2011
A great rye for a great price! Bulleit has done it again. This release is soft on the pallate, with a trademark Bulleit sweetness backed by a present rye spiciness. Very drinkable- and not as heavy handed as a lot of other ryes on the market.
Top Value!
Price: $22.99
High West Rendezvous Rye Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 01-13-2010
A great rye whiskey with plenty of spice and backbone. Its oak aging and bourbon percentage give a lush, rich core, but this is a whiskey for the serious rye enthusiasts from one of Utah's first distilleries!
Drink from 2009 to 2009
Price: $54.99
Zubrowka Bison Grass Polish Vodka 750ml
Review Date: 11-18-2009
A delicious vodka - the slight flavoring from the blade of bison grass that floats inside works to accentuate the bready and full qualities of the spirit instead of overpowering them. This is a wonderful sipping vodka (and it works perfect in vodka sours as well).
Top Value!
Price: $27.99
Los Danzantes "Los Nahuales" Reposado Mezcal 750ml
Review Date: 10-14-2009
This Mezcal is rich, dark and delicious! Smoky and dense - I love when agave is treated with this much dedication and respect!
Drink from 2010 to 2010
Price: $62.99
Jean-Louis Denois "Tradition" Brut Reserve
Review Date: 10-14-2009
Easily our best sparkling wine under $20, this is as close one gets to real Champagne without paying $30. Denois is a brilliant producer, and it shows in the Tradition: a crisp, focused, slightly yeasty, entirely beautiful Southern French sparkler.
Top Value!
Price: $14.99
Marie Duffau Hors D'Age Bas Armagnac 750ml
Review Date: 08-07-2009
This brandy is never out of my house - it's a delicious spirit at a great price. Duffau Armagnacs are almost rich enough to pass for Cognacs, with a lush, round texture and less spice than many Armagnacs. The age on the Hors d'Age shows well through its rich flavors, which are delicate but delicious.
Top Value!
Price: $49.99
Aberlour - A'Bunadh Cask Strength Single Malt 750ml
Review Date: 06-05-2009
The best that Aberlour has to offer, in my opinion. Dark, rich, smooth and toasty, this is a deep and soothing malt with plenty of complexity and flavors. There is a very slight peat spice hiding behind a silk curtain of malty deliciousness. Very nice.
Drink from 2009 to 2009
Price: $68.99


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I'd like you to meet my new inspiration, Jill Gardiner. Jill is an 19 year old artist with a passion and flare for pattern and design. She walked into my studio one day to exchange a necklace I had created for her as a gift from her family. We had set aside a time to redesign the necklace to be more to her liking. During our visit, she asked if I could give her some advice on the wall design for her bedroom. She had already been experimenting with Wallovers stencils.
Then she pulled out a paper cutting design from her folder that made my jaw drop! She had cut and created this tiny, intricate pattern in a repeat islamic tile design… BY HAND!
I soon forgot about the jewelry project… as we spoke about Islamic art and architecture, pattern, color and textiles. What fun! (Above are her designs soon to be Wallovers' Stencils)
Jill found a love for art after taking a multi-media art class in high school at Hamden Hall Country Day School in Connecticut.
"I used newspaper to build a replica of a mosque and I realized I loved working with paper!"
But her real inspiration came after a civilization class with a fascinating unit on Islamic art and architecture. Kudos to that teacher! But all the real credit goes to Jill, who took this love into her independent senior study on the Ottoman Empire architecture. Her project focused on Turkey and the works of Sinan, one of the head architects under Suleyman I.
Jill traveled to Turkey to see the architecture which increased her passion for the style.
"I love to incorporate graphic design in my work and, because I and a perfectionist and love math, I find repeat designs fascinating! I used to carry around a ruler in school because I loves lines, but now I can see my work developing as I create more complex curves and repeats." she says
If you have read blogs about my daughter, Stephanie Davis, you will see why I think these two girls would get along! Stephanie, also a huge lover of pattern and design, will be soon exhibiting her colorful, ethereal paintings at The Skinny Pancake restaurant in Burlington, Vermont.
I can only imagine if I had both of them here to collaborate!
Jill is now an intern in the studio, working on new designs for Cynthia designs and Wallovers, marketing and efforts for the Canvas Peace Project.
Her paper cutting above will be translated into our newest design to be released in March….And….she did an excellent job as my assistant faux painting this very large wall for Spinning Lotus Studios using Wallovers Serenity stencil.
Unfortunately for us, Jill does need to go back to school, but we hope to share our passions for pattern as long as we possibly can. So, if you call Wallovers or Cynthia Designs and hear a new, energetic voice…say "hello" to Jill.
I cannot imagine where this passionate and talented young woman's talents will take her, but I definitely will be watching and staying a part of it!
Oh, and I think she was happy with how her necklace came out. Maybe we will design some jewelry together too!
My son, (Ben Davis, Beats-On-Tap) says I am not a good blogger because I don't post enough. He's right. After all, he blogs regularly about music and it is worth checking out! I wait and wait until something really inspires me. Well it hit me tonight as I walked into my studio. My husband and I had just returned from the airport after dropping off our daughter Stephanie to fly to Barcelona, Spain for 3 months. No… not as part of a college program, or any program… After Freshman year at Connecticut College, Steph felt she needed to break out and away from the constraints of art classroom assignments and see what kind of artist she could really become. Somehow she landed upon a website for Estudio-Nomada. She applied and was accepted to the independent art program in Barcelona. She found a family to live with and after private lessons of Krav Maga, self defense class by the best in the State at breakthru fitness.… off she went.
For a moment I felt empty walking back into the art studio without her paint brush in action as it had been all summer. She had just completed a large canvas and her palette papers were still there like their own work of art.
Her glass lamp-working table left with glass all about and an empty gas tank.
…but then I found myself sifting through her work table. I had not touched her side of the studio for weeks as she prepared her journals and inspirations for her 3 month art adventure. I admit I was tempted to throw out some scraps and gain some real estate on the 6 foot table but I never did and tonight I could not break away from the table of art books, cuttings of colorful hand-painted paper, mini cards, poems, fabric journals and paintings. With a list of things to accomplish myself, I just sat and let the colors and textures soak into my senses and let the time slip away.
The last thing we had done together at home was sit across from each other on our yoga mats and say a final Namaste. Finding her work left behind was like another ujjayia breath left from her in the room.
I am tempted to photograph every page of her journals and publish them. Don't worry Steph…. I kept them closed. But seriously. Her writing is Bob Dylanesque and her paintings a mix of Dali, Kandinsky and Matisse wrapped up in one hippy, vibe, mystical, mother-earth-loving imagination. Is that a genre??
It is hard not to get lost in her passion for her work. Her cat is obviously protecting her territory so I guess I will not be cleaning up tonight!
I recently took a trip to the textile museum in Washington, DC. The museum is small with only a few rooms which I felt couldn't do justice to all the history and global influences on textile design. I was mostly enthralled with the gift shop with a wonderful selection of books and magazines I found myself sitting on the floor sifting through pages of scrumptious photos.
I love textiles. I just want to look deeply into the stitches and find out how each and every weave is accomplished. I never appreciated work more than my visit to the weaving market in Chinchero, Peru located 13,000 feet above sea level. The air is thin but that does not stop these women from producing. We watched as they dyed alpaca wool and worked looms for hours creating the tightest stiches imaginable.
Shopping in the local market was a feast for the eyes with brilliant colors and patterns stacked like candy.
The difficult part of shopping was choosing just one thing to bring home when every piece was its own work of art.
After a long day in the high altitude, we happily returned to our peaceful chakra garden, mystical surroundings and yoga room at Wilka tiki in the sacred valley of Urabumba.
Driving down 3000 feet in altitude also helped the headaches and breathing, giving us energy for some much needed yoga. In the studio I was keenly aware of the antique carpets and woven mats used making each little bench a unique retreat. Everything at Wilka Tika awakened the senses of the soul.
Have you ever had the "after vacation blues" when you know work is awaiting you and the memories and restful feeling of the trip begins to slip away? Those blues set in for me on the airplane ride home. To channel the energy from the trip I took out my computer and began drawing the hundreds of small geometric shapes that would create "Batik" by Wallovers, reminding me of the fabrics in the peaceful valley.
"Batik" is a stencil design that once applied to any surface will create the look of hand paintied and dyed fabric.
Remembering the wonderful spaces at Wilka Tika Retreat I realized the space between the walls at home was a perfect spot to fabricate a bench in our own small yoga room. I began by painting a wonderful red and fushia base, hand-brushed to create a an impression of a woven background. I used modern masters metallic Gold Rush paint and some mica powders for the strong contrast of a yellow gold. The base was then made from Terracotta chimney flues that I painted in a periwinkle blue.
The final touch was the Bench pillows made from the fabrics collected at the markets in Peru and the Chakra Gardens book from Wilka Tika. What a cure for the blues!!!
Proceeds from the book benefit the non-profit Wilka Tika Children's Fund to support the isolated mountain schools and Andean children in their communities founded by the writer and Wilka Tika owner Carol Cumes.
When I was asked to paint on muslin I was challenged. First of all, if I made a mistake, if the paint bled under the stencil or left a mark, I was finished. You can't paint over or get fabric paint off fabric. I was also asked to try a new paint that I was introduced to at the Quilt show in Houston last fall. So the inexperience with this particular paint and the thin Muslin was enough to make me sweat. The muslin was given to me by Rockland industries to then be made into a quilt. hmmm, ok, I'd like to see this happen.
Well, Of course I used a Wallovers stencil to start and chose a couple of contrasting and happy colors, copper and aqua for my design. I chose Mediteranean Tile as it is simple, small with an easy repeat! By blocking off some of the design with masking tape, I easily turned the stencil into a two color pattern.
Surprisingly, the thin muslin was extremely easy to work with! (Roc-Lon #5115 118/120″, bleached, 100% cotton, CRF crease resistant finish). The stencil, with a little spray adhesive on the back, stayed beautifully on the fabric. The fabric did not scoot and the paint……like butta! (Stewart Gill Paints available through Notions Marketing)
I still do not know if it was the fabric and the way it accepted the paint, or the really creamy, delicious fabric paint that made the job so simple. I used the old swirl stencil technique, (I am usually a pouncer),and the small, 8oz container of paint completed 2 sides of a king size quilt. It just kept going and going! After stenciling the two king size sides of muslin, I shipped it back to Roclon and off it went to the quilter. Where the real magic happened!!!
White Lotus Quilting in Bainbridge, Washington took this basic painted muslin and tuned it into a real work of art.
By adding her own creative touches to the design, Marybeth O'Halloran and her quilting machines at White Lotus created a one-of-a-kind, muslin quilt.
Gorgeous! what a team effort! Thanks Rockland, Wallovers, Stewart Gills Paints and White Lotus. Can't wait to see it displayed at the next quilt show!


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FHM rates sexiest Jewish women
If you've been holding your breath, you can exhale. And then inhale. And exhale again. FHM's ranking of the 100 sexiest women in the world is out, and there are a whole bunch of Jewesses on them. Two JTA favorites make the Top 10: Mila Kunis (#6) and Scarlett Johansson (#10). According to Haaretz, Emily Ratajkowski… More ▸


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Science Museum News
Live Frog Exhibit Opens with Family Activities
Springfield Science Museum
January 4, 2012
A day of family activities will mark the opening of the special "exh-ribit" Frogs: A Chorus of Colors at the Springfield Science Museum on Saturday, January 21.
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Activities will take place from 10 am to 5 pm and are free with museum admission unless noted.
Note: A combination ticket to see both special exhibits is $12.50 for adults; $7.50 for children ages 12-17; and $5 for children 3-11.
Activities will take place from 10 am to 5 pm and are free with museum admission unless noted.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors is sponsored by United Bank.
Special Exhibits
- Frogs: A Chorus of Colors brings visitors into the colorful, sound-filled world of frogs. Fifteen different habitats filled with rock ledges, live plants and waterfalls are home to a variety of frogs from around the world. The exhibit also includes videos of frogs in the wild, recorded frog calls, and interactive stations that reveal fascinating frog facts. ($5 special exhibition fee for all visitors ages 3 and up in addition to museum admission.)
- Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting, 50 masterpieces that provide a comprehensive history of French art with paintings by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Van Gogh and other artists, many of whom are also represented in the permanent collections of the D'Amour Museum. (There is a special exhibition fee of $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12-17 in addition to museum admission to view Old Masters to Monet. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.)
Note: A combination ticket to see both special exhibits is $12.50 for adults; $7.50 for children ages 12-17; and $5 for children 3-11.
- "The Frog Prince" by the Pumpernickel Puppets, 1 pm - Young Prince Tad has been teasing the forest creatures so a magic tree turns him into a frog to teach him a lesson. Along the way he meets a princess who could turn him back with a kiss.
- Teaching Creatures presents "Hooray for Herps", 10:45 am-12:45 pm - A live animal demonstration with both reptiles and amphibians.
Ongoing Activities
- Hands-on art activity – Color your own frog, 10:30 am-1 pm
- Hands-on art activity – Design a lily pad, noon-3:45 pm
- Scavenger Hunts – Go on an I Spy scavenger hunt through the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts and discover things made in Springfield at the Wood Museum of Springfield History, 10 am-4:45 pm
- Roving Scientist Demonstrations, 11 am-2 pm
- Planetarium Shows – 11:15 am, noon, 1 and 2 pm (additional fee)


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Inspired By Bastiat
The International Policy Network awarded Robert Guest its Frédéric Bastiat Prize for Journalism Tuesday in New York. Guest is the Africa editor of "The Economist" and author of "The Shackled Continent." From the press release:
Guest won the prize for his 2003 survey of Africa for The Economist. Second prize ($3000 and a crystal candlestick) was awarded to John Stossel, co-host of ABC News 20/20 and author of "Give Me A Break" (Harper Collins, 2004), whose winning articles ran in Reason magazine and on ABCNews.com. An honourable mention (and a crystal candlestick) was awarded to Munir Attaullah, a columnist for the Daily Times in Pakistan.
The Bastiat Prize for Journalism is awarded annually by International Policy Network, a London-based think tank. The $10,000 prize was inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher Frédéric Bastiat, who used satire and wit to explain complex economic and political issues in ways the average reader could understand.
And it's not only awards Bastiat inspires. He can inspire all of us with this crystal clear quote:
"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone."