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The actress says she often gets recognized as "that girl" from 'Friday Night Lights' or 'Lost.' But fans of her role as madam Joanie Stubbs from the profanity-laden David Milch drama 'Deadwood' tend to be the most colorful.
"I definitely get a lot of quotes" from devotees of the profanity-laden drama, Dickens says. "And some of them, of course, are littered with curse words. That's always fun."
"I was waiting in line at a restaurant, and this group of people walk out, and this woman says to me, 'We love Joanie Stubbs,' and I was like 'Oh, thank you so much,'" the actress recalls. The woman walked out, "and her husband came through, and he goes, 'It's nippy on my twat!'" she laughs, quoting one of her character's lines on the show.
'Treme' - 'Do You Know What It Means' Recap (Series Premiere)
(S01E01) The opening title cards of David Simon's new HBO series 'Treme' (pronounced "treh-MAY," not "treem") tells you all you need to know: "New Orleans, Louisiana"/"Three Months After." I suppose Simon is saying that if you need to ask what "After" refers to (Hurricane Katrina, of course), then you shouldn't bother. Simon, the writer-producer-creator of 'The Wire' is back, and there isn't a 'Wire' fan alive who wouldn't want to see what he has up his genius sleeve for us this time.
Right away, the shots are close-ups of various jazz musicians, residents and cops preparing for a brass-band parade. There's a funny conversation with a musician negotiating his fee for participating in the main line, and then the parade starts, with its accompanying crowd of reveling second liners.
Late to the parade, because he can't afford the cab fare (a running gag throughout the episode), is perpetually broke trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce, a New Orleans native), who starts playing with a cry of "Play for that money boys, play for that motherf---ing money."
'Treme' Gets Up Close and Personal
When dealing with serious and potentially flammable subject matter, especially something as cataclysmic as 2005's Hurricane Katrina, a TV show has to tread carefully. 'Treme', a 10-episode HBO miniseries focusing on post-Katrina New Orleans, does not tread at all. Instead, it dives deep under the floodwaters and resurfaces with the corpses of those dead and gone -- lest we forget the immense tragedy that unfolded there.
Where most shows would exploit the exploitable (the riots, the pillaging, images of dying or dead people, the Dome), 'Treme' takes a raw look at the aftermath through a series of vignettes. The viewer follows different families and individuals as they try to put the pieces back together. Sometimes those pieces are tangible, like the rotting structure of a flood-damaged home, and sometimes they're purely emotional, like the trauma caused by a relative missing for months.
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But given that this is the latest effort from David Simon -- the much-heralded creator of the seminal HBO series 'The Wire' -- this drama proves to be so much more than just that.
Those expecting a Big Easy version of 'The Wire,' however, are out of luck. This is no police drama, and the city's politics are largely unexplored. The series takes its title from Faubourg Tremé, the historic New Orleans neighborhood adjacent to the French Quarter thought to be the birthplace of jazz. And the music from this multi-cultural, multi-storied, proud yet battered city pulses like a heartbeat throughout.
There's been no shortage of talent gracing this drama. The ensemble cast includes 'Wire' vets Wendell Pierce (a New Orleans native) and Clarke Peters, Khandi Alexander, Kim Dickens, Melissa Leo, John Goodman and Steve Zahn, in his first regular TV series role. Guest appearances from musicians such as Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Dr. John and Kermit Ruffins lend authenticity.
Nor has there been a shortage of media coverage leading up to 'Treme's April 11 premiere. Sadly, part of that has been due to the unexpected death of one of the team's writers, David Mills. But 'Treme' is also being hailed as more than just another television program: It's an event. While some have noted the series' meandering pace, many critics have been praising Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer's new series for its ability to immediately transport viewers on a musical journey into the heartbeat and the heartbreak of this weird and wonderful city.
Read what the critics had to say after the jump.
Here's the Trailer for David Simon's 'Treme'
HBO Orders Follow-Up to 'When the Levees Broke,' Sets 'Treme' Premiere Date
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the documentary is set to start shooting today, with Lee taking his eye on New Orleans and the Katrina aftermath five years later. Lee's original series won accolades for its compelling depiction of New Orleans' citizens and how they coped within the aftermath of the tragedy.
The project is set to debut in Summer 2010.
Deadwood movies won't air until 2008 at the earliest
You know, it's been so long since I've seen the last episode of Deadwood that I'll have to go back and watch it again to prepare for the two movies that will end the western saga. I think the last scene showed Gerald McRaney on his way out of town, probably heading to Jericho, Kansas.
But there's no rush. According to this story at the Chicago Tribune, not only are the two movies not going to air until 2008 at the earliest, but (according to cast member W. Earl Brown), the stars of the show haven't even signed contracts to appear in the TV flicks. But creator David Milch said a couple of months that he is "committed" to finishing the movies.
The Five: Best Lost guest stars
Fionnula Flanagan's scene-stealing guest spot on the "Flashes Before Your Eyes" episode of Lost got me thinking about some of the other memorable guest stars the show has had over the years. It was difficult to commit to only five performances, with so many to choose from. Below are my picks for the most entertaining guest roles over the last three seasons.
1. Clancy Brown ("One of Them"; "Live Together, Die Alone"): This actor owns every role he plays, from Brother Justin in Carnivale to Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, so it was no surprise when Clancy Brown rocked both Sayid's and Desmond's flashbacks. It is still unclear if Joe Inman and Kelvin Inman are the same person, but at least one of them has a major role in the history of the DHARMA hatch. Here's hoping that Inman's (and Brown's) part in the Lost story continues in the future.
Deadwood: Tell Him Something Pretty (season finale)
(S03E12) Maybe I sit alone with this belief, but I was royally disappointed with this finale. This entire season has been building up to this episode. It was supposed to be a magnificent explosion with guns a blazing as Bullock and Swearengen delivered Deadwood from the clutches of Hearst and his Pinkerton pistoleros. There was none of that. For the most part it was calm. It's clear that this finale was written with a full-length fourth season in mind and I only hope now that the remaining four hours of this wonderful series can do it the justice it deserves.
Deadwood: The Catbird Seat (late review)
(S03E11) Forgive the extreme lateness of this review folks, but between work and my cable being out for a day, I just haven't had the opportunity to sit down and watch this episode. But now that I have... wow. Words cannot describe how excited I am for tonight's season three finale. So take this review as sort of a refresher on the season as a whole as we prepare ourselves for the final stand-off between Hearst's men and the camp of Deadwood.
Deadwood: A Constant Throb
(S03E10) Once again, great as usual... but man, they are really building up to this season's climax at a snail's pace. As much as that fact has me agitated, you still have to admire it though. Every move, every scene, every choice bit of dialogue in this show means something. It all ties together. It's just so meticulously laid out and that's why we're unfortunately not being treated to a full fourth season. It's too bad that series renewal relies on viewership and not the quality level of the program, because let's face it. Deadwood, along with a few select others (Rescue Me comes to mind), are alone at the top right now.
Deadwood: Amateur Night
(S03E09) Since there are only three episodes left this season, I was expecting this to be a much tenser hour. Don't get me wrong, it was great, but David Milch and Co. are being very economical about when, where, and how they're doling out the really explosive stuff. If anything, the final three installments will be brimming with what this whole season has been building up to: a final confrontation between the people of Deadwood and George "Boy the Earth Talks To" Hearst.
Deadwood: Leviathan Smiles
(S03E08) This show just continues to impress. After missing last week's episode, I sat down an hour early tonight and got a double dose. Talk about a great two hours of television. We pick up the morning after Al's impromptu meeting with the rest of the camp elders. Tensions are high as Merrick and Blasinov distribute fresh copies of The Pioneer around camp. The waiting game came next as it would only be a matter of time before Hearst saw Bullock's letter to the families of the murdered Cornishmen. And find it he did. He had some words with Merrick about printing the letter. But Hearst is no fool. He knows it was published to embarrass him and shed light on the murders he clearly had a hand in. If anything, all this has done is strengthened his already powerful dislike for the camp and its residents.
Deadwood: A Rich Find
(S03E06) Omar Gooding?!?! This is too much to handle. From Wild and Crazy Kids to Deadwood. And yes, before people go comment crazy, I realize he's done plenty since then. But c'mon, he hosted a show where kids threw water balloons full of whipped cream and chocolate syrup at each other. Regardless, I'm not sure what adding his character (he plays Odell, Aunt Lou's son) will accomplish. I was starting to become content with all the players we had. Now we add Odell and leave out someone like Jack Langrishe, who I absolutely love. But I shouldn't discriminate... or else I'll come off sounding like E.B. or Steve the Drunk.
Deadwood: A Two-Headed Beast
(S03E05) This sums just about everything up:
Johnny: "What are we waiting for?"
Swearengen: "To see what kind of hell breaks loose."
And break loose it did. From drug addiction to street fights, plenty of things came out into the open this week on Deadwood.
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The million dollar question is who put Huck up to this? Was he working on his own because he thought the government robbed him of being "normal� and he felt that the only way to get back at the government is to shot the president? Does this mean that Huck will soon leave the show? He is a view favorite!!!!!
I don't envy Olivia. She is caught in the middle of helping family (Huck) and helping the love of her life (Fitz). How is she going to fix this one?
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In this week's Total Recall, we count down the best-reviewed work of the 2 Guns star.
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are the big stars of this weekend's 2 Guns, but they're not alone; the movie also boasts a solid supporting cast that includes a number of wily character actor vets -- including the one and only Bill Paxton, whose eclectic film and television pursuits have been keeping us solidly entertained for three decades and counting. To celebrate his latest role, we decided to spend this week looking back at Mr. Paxton's best-reviewed roles, and although we had to leave out at least one important cameo (hello, The Terminator) and watch one cult classic dip below the cutoff line (farewell, Weird Science), we still ended up with a mighty fine list of films. Game over, man -- it's time for Total Recall!
10. Tombstone
An ensemble Western depicting the adventures of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and his confederates, Tombstone transcended a number of behind-the-scenes difficulties (including an early tiff with would-be co-star Kevin Costner, who then attempted to kill its chances at distribution, as well as the firing of screenwriter and original director Kevin Jarre) to emerge as one of 1993's better-reviewed dramas -- thanks in large part to the stellar supporting cast assembled behind Kurt Russell. Paxton, who played Wyatt's brother Morgan, joined an eclectic crew that included Val Kilmer, Charlton Heston, Sam Elliott, and Powers Boothe. "It has an energetic flow, and a genuinely rugged, exciting feel," wrote an appreciative Jeffrey M. Anderson for Combustible Celluloid, "unlike many of the more bloated, picturesque examples of the Western genre."
9. Frailty
Paxton flashed a bit of his directorial ambition early in his career, helming the cult classic music video "Fish Heads," but it wasn't until 2002 that he made his feature-length debut behind the camera with Frailty, a dread-soaked suspense film about two young brothers (Matthew O'Leary and Jeremy Sumpter) held in thrall by their psychotic, religiously fervent father (Paxton) -- and driven to rid the earth of "demons" by any means necessary. While a number of critics were disquieted (or just plain turned off) by the deep darkness of the story, Paxton earned widespread praise for his work on either side of the lens. "Frailty may be only a genre film," admitted the New York Times' Stephen Holden, "but it forcefully reminds us of the degree to which all of us are our parents' ideological captives when we're children."
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Truly entertaining stories about con men are difficult to come by -- and even the best of the bunch tend to focus on the thrill of the grift, leaving the characters themselves in the background. 1997's Traveller reversed the formula, examining the knotty feuds and traditions of a tight-knit clan of small-time North Carolina con artists, in particular Bokky (Bill Paxton), a Traveller whose life is thrown out of balance when he crosses paths with the son of an exiled member (Mark Wahlberg) and develops an honest emotional attachment to one of his victims (Julianna Margulies). It isn't one of Paxton's better-known movies, but it was a hit with critics like ReelViews' James Berardinelli, who wrote, "The script is smart and sneaky -- by never telling the audience more than is necessary, it develops a keen sense of suspense that persists until the gritty final reel."
7. Haywire
A sleek, pleasantly pulpy woman-on-the-run action thriller with an uncommonly sharp cast, Steven Soderbergh's Haywire essentially doubled as two films -- one that acted as a showcase for the bone-crunching skills of star (and real-life MMA fighter) Gina Carano, and another that served to highlight the ever-dependable work of her supporting players, a group that included Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, and Antonio Banderas. "Carano is nothing special as an actress," admitted Eric D. Snider for Film.com, "but darned if it matters when she's supported by a killer screenplay, a sharp cast, and Steven Soderbergh's unmistakably sly, mordant direction."
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After appearing in The Terminator, Aliens, and True Lies, Paxton seemed safely ensconced in James Cameron's stable of favorite actors -- so it came as no surprise when Cameron enlisted Paxton for Titanic, casting him as the modern-day treasure hunter whose quest for booty on the titular wrecked luxury liner helps move along the movie's framing device, which stars Gloria Stuart as the aged modern-day version of the youthful beauty (Kate Winslet) whose doomed love affair with a poor passenger (Leonardo DiCaprio) helped launch a million Celine Dion-anchored mixtapes. "We know the story ends badly," admitted Time Out's Cath Clarke, "but Cameron still sweeps us up in the romance between Kate Winslet's rebellious posh girl and DiCaprio's steerage kid."


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Mack v. General Electric Co., et al
U.S.D.C., ED Pennsylvania, Action #2:10-78940-ER, (October 3, 2012)
MDL No. 875, _____ F. Supp.2d _____
Deciding two issues of first impression, Judge Eduardo C. Robreno, Jr., who presides over the thousands of cases in the Multi-District Litigation or MDL (the federal court assigned to deal with all asbestos personal injury and wrongful death claims which are subject to federal jurisdiction), has ruled on the Sophisticated User/Purchaser Defense and held that a Navy ship is not a "product" for purposes of strict product liability.
Technically, the Mack decision is merely a memorandum opinion by a federal district judge – a trial court judge – and has no more precedential value than a trial court ruling in state court. But the reality is that federal district court opinions are often cited as persuasive authority in arguments and appellate court opinions and are given weight by most judges. Furthermore, Judge Robreno, through his handling of the MDL for many years, has become an exceptionally well-known and respected jurist with regard to asbestos litigation. His opinion on asbestos-related issues matters to other judges and courts.
Plaintiff James Mack alleged that he was exposed to asbestos aboard various Navy ships during the 1960s and 1970s, while employed by the Department of Defense as a welder. He alleged negligence and strict product liability claims. Defendants were shipbuilders who moved for partial summary judgment (the federal equivalent to a motion for summary adjudication of issues) on the basis of the Sophisticated User/Purchaser theory and on the ground that the ships they built should not be considered "products" for purposes of strict product liability analysis. The court rejected these defendants' arguments regarding the Sophisticated User/Purchaser theory but agreed regarding the product liability defense, summarily disposing of the strict product liability claims against these defendants but leaving the negligence claims intact.
Applicability of Maritime Law
In reaching its decision here, the court's first task was to determine applicable law. The action was originally filed in the Northern District of California, and there was a question as to whether California law should apply.
The court determined that maritime law had to govern this case because the case satisfied two separate tests: the "locality" test and the "connection" test. "Locality" is satisfied when the tort occurs on navigable waters or, for injuries suffered on land, when the injury is caused by a vessel on navigable waters. The court pointed out that work performed aboard a ship that is docked at the shipyard or while the ship is in dry dock is considered to have been performed on navigable waters. The court further pointed out that where the plaintiff's work is performed partially on land and partially aboard a ship on navigable waters, "the locality test is satisfied as long as some portion of the asbestos exposure occurred on a vessel on navigable waters." As Mack performed at least some of his welding on each defendant's ship on navigable waters, the court found that the locality test had been satisfied.
As to the "connection" test, this was satisfied because Mack's work was primarily sea-based during his asbestos exposure: it was "undisputed that the alleged exposure pertinent to Defendants occurred during Plaintiff's work as a welder aboard various ships." Had Mack's exposure been primarily land-based, then the connection test would not have been satisfied. The court further explained that the connection test requires that the incident could have a potentially disruptive impact on maritime commerce and that the general character of the activity giving rise to the incident must show a substantial relationship to traditional maritime activity.
The Sophisticated User/Purchaser Defense
In a nutshell, the Sophisticated User defense is a claim by defendants that they should not be held liable for failure to warn if the user or purchaser of their product is sufficiently sophisticated that he or she should know the dangers of the product. In Mack, Judge Robreno distinguished between the situation where the actual end user is sophisticated, which he refers to as a Sophisticated User situation, and where the purchaser or other intermediary is sophisticated but the ultimate user is not, which he refers to as a Sophisticated Purchaser situation.
Judge Robreno found that maritime law recognizes a Sophisticated User defense, but not a Sophisticated Purchaser defense. He specifically held that a Sophisticated User "is an end user who either knew or belonged to a class of users who, by virtue of training, education, or employment could reasonably be expected to know of the hazards of the product at issue." Finding that the defendants had presented no evidence that Mack had, or was a member of a group that had, the requisite level of sophistication, the court denied partial summary judgment on the negligence claims.
A Navy Ship is Not a Product Under Maritime Law
The court then turned to the issue of whether a Navy ship constitutes a product for product liability purposes. The court noted that maritime law seeks to promote maritime commerce and to protect those working at sea, and that strict liability seeks to place the burden of preventing harm on the party best able to prevent the harm. With these ideals in mind, the court concluded that "the entities best able to protect sea-bound workers and to bear the burden of preventing harm to those workers … are the manufacturers of the various products aboard the ship," and that "to impose upon a Navy shipbuilder potential liability for each of the thousands (if not tens of thousands) of products assembled in a Navy ship pursuant to Navy specifications would be an undue, unmanageable, and cumulative burden likely to discourage the activity of shipbuilding." Further supporting this conclusion, the court noted that the entity most knowledgeable about, and with the greatest control over, a given product is the manufacturer of the product, not the shipbuilder; and that the role of a builder of Navy ships is more like that of a service provider than a manufacturer or supplier of a product, because the shipbuilder simply assembles the components specified by the Navy. The court did make an effort to distinguish its holding from those of other courts which involved ships that had been designed by the shipbuilder and were ultimately found to be products for product liability purposes.
While defendants will find it helpful that Judge Robreno has acknowledged a Sophisticated User defense, the defense is narrow. Practical experience has shown that it is usually quite difficult to demonstrate that a particular end user had or was a member of a group that had training, education or employment such that the end user could reasonably be expected to know the hazards of a particular product, particularly where the product contained asbestos. Furthermore, such claims almost always involve issues of fact and are therefore not appropriate for summary disposition.
Nonetheless, we believe this is an extremely helpful decision for defendants who manufactured Navy ships and operated Navy shipyards. "Navy cases," where the allegations include significant exposure to Navy personnel or Department of Defense contractors, are among the more common types of asbestos cases filed, and usually include one or more builders of Navy ships as defendants.
When it is shown that a ship was a Navy ship and therefore designed to the Navy's specifications, and that the shipbuilder's liability is premised upon activity that took place primarily on the ship (even if it was docked or in dry dock), then the shipbuilder should be able to defeat a claim of strict product liability in the MDL.
Judge Robreno's decision also discussed why maritime law should be applied to such situations rather than state law, under which boats and ships may traditionally be considered products. Accordingly, this opinion should be useful not just for shipbuilder defendants but for any defendant that prefers the application of maritime law, even in cases venued in California and other state courts.
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Variable PSV is a new ventilatory mode which delivered a pressure support "variable" from 0 to 100% variation of the set PSV level.This study aimed to compare the ventilatory behavior, sleep quality and gas exchange between VARIABLE (or Noisy)-PSV and "standard" (or fixed)-PSV during the weaning phase of critically ill patients who required mechanical ventilation.
Acute Respiratory Failure
Critical Illness
Ventilation Weaning
Other: VARIABLE-PSV ventilatory mode
Other: STANDARD-PSV ventilatory mode
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation a New Ventilatory Modes: VARIABLE-PSV: a Randomized Controlled Cross-over Study: the " VARIABLE-PSV" Study
- Oxygenation in each ventilatory mode [ Time Frame: after 24h of mechanical ventilation in each mode ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]We will performed arterial blood gases and oxygenation wil be evaluated by the PaO2/FiO2 ration.
- Ventilatory comfort [ Time Frame: during 24h in each mode ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Comfort zone is defined as previously reported in some papers as considered adequate ventilation : 6 < tidal volume < 10 ml/kg, ETCO2 < 55 mmHg and < 65 mmHg for COPD patients and 12 < Respiratory rate < 35 cycles/min.
- Feasibility [ Time Frame: during the 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Evaluation of time spent in each mode during the 24 hours of ventilation without any side effects and switch for another ventilatory mode.
- Patient/ventilator asynchronism [ Time Frame: during the 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Evaluation of number of asynchrony evaluated by an Asynchrony Index (AI) in each mode during the 24 hours of mechanical ventilation
- Ventilatory effects [ Time Frame: during the 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Evaluation of machine ventilatory behaviors in each mode during the 24 hours of mechanical ventilation.
- Sleep quality [ Time Frame: after the 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Evaluation of quality of sleep in each mode after the 24h of mechanical ventilation
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|VARIABLE-PSV ventilatory mode
Other: VARIABLE-PSV ventilatory mode
The two ventilatory modes will be studied during 24h in intubated patients in random order.
|STANDARD-PSV ventilatory mode
Other: STANDARD-PSV ventilatory mode
The two ventilatory modes will be studied during 24h in intubated patients in random order.
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Twenty patients will be enrolled. They will be ventilated withVARIABLE-PSV and STANDARD-PSV: for 24 h each in a randomized crossover order. The ventilatory parameters, ventilator/patient asynchrony, gas exchange effects, sleep quality and ventilatory comfort produced by the two ventilation modes will be compared. Before randomisation, a sequence of VARIABLE-PSV will be performed with different level of variation setting to better define the future behavior of the patient under this mode during the 24 h of Variable-PSV.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- ventilation planned for more than 48 h
- patient alert and calm corresponding to a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) between -2 and 0
- Age > or equal 18
- Surrogate decision maker's consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinical instability for any reason.
- Life support withdrawal code
- Patient under tutelage
- Pregnancy
- No French health insurance
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01580956
|Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, St Eloi University Hospital
|Montpellier, France, 34000
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Montpellier
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01580956 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 28, 2013
|Health Authority:
|France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)
France: Committee for the Protection of Personnes
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Montpellier:
Acute respiratory failure
Critical illness
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilation weaning
Intensive Care Unit
Variable (NOISY) PSV
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Critical Illness
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
Respiratory Insufficiency
Disease Attributes
Lung Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Organizer: Christine R. Yano, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Chair: Merry I. White, Boston University
Discussants: Kosaku Yoshino, University of Tokyo; Marilyn J. Ivy, Columbia University
In late twentieth-century Japan, a new Asianism has emerged centered around the economics of rapidly growing markets for Japanese products in Asia. At the same time, global capital flows bring elements of "Asia" into Japan to be packaged and consumed. These form a kind of dreamworld of mass consumption in which what is consumed is, in part, "Asia" itself. Papers in this panel address these various flows, as well as the meanings given them as they center in, around, and through Japan. We look at the flows not as center-periphery voyages, but as often uneven, unequal interchanges of desire within a global marketplace. That desire becomes fixed upon particular constructions of Asia. We examine the seductiveness of "Asia" in Japan as it kindles the popular imagination by analyzing elements of the consumerist quotidian: advertisements, television, music, books, goods. In doing so, we problematize the very boundaries by which these dreamworlds have been established.
Shifting Desires: Asian Singers on the Japanese Popular Music Stage
Christine R. Yano, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Since the 1980s, singers from Korea and Taiwan have taken to the Japanese popular music stage in growing numbers. They come to Japan to sing, among other things, enka, sentimental ballads considered to be the most "Japanese" of popular song genres. This paper analyzes this phenomenon within the context of both historical colonial relationships between Japan and other Asian countries in the first half of the century, as well as an emergent post-colonial Asianism in the late twentieth century.
These imported singers of enka take the stage alongside other hidden Asians whose non-Japanese identities have been obscured by long years of Japanese names and "passing" within a society which continually withholds citizen rights from them. The juxtaposition of these two forms of Asian singers deeply ironicizes the enka stage, at least from an outsiders perspective. The slipperiness with which past colonial relations are forgotten and then reconfigured in lucrative forms creates a dreamworld of consumption and desire. These singers may be taken as texts which inscribe and reinscribe the boundaries between "Asia" and "Japan." On the one hand, they confirm a brand of Asianism which centers on purported common ground of popular music, aesthetics, values, and emotions. However, as the ground shifts, these singers are recast as tidbits of "Asian" chic, performing Japanese songs amidst a glass ceiling of accomplishment. The enka stage becomes a site of refracted Asianism which keeps "Asia" at bay.
In Dialogue with "Pop Asia": Japans Consumption of "Asian" Popular Culture
Koichi Iwabuchi, University of Western Sydney, Nepean
This paper addresses Japans ambivalent desire for a dreamworld called "Asia" through ethnographic and textual analyses of popular consumption of "Asia" in Japan. This "pop Asia" includes Ajia-bon (Asia-related books), pop music celebrity Dick Lee, and Hong Kong movie stars. Although popular culture still tends to flow from Japan to other parts of Asia, the reverse direction is slowly gaining momentum, particularly among youth. Asian popular culture captures the attention of many younger people in Japan, as Japanese popular culture often does with other Asian youth. For the first time, Japanese youth have developed a sense of coevalness with youth in other parts of Asia through popular culture, which is admittedly highly commercialized and media-driven.
This unprecedented influx of Asian pop culture is accompanied by a new but familiar Asianism in Japan in the 1990s. Amidst Japans ambivalent relationship with "Asia," many Japanese audiences cultivate a narcissistic sense of nostalgia for what Japan has lost in the course of economic development. Unlike typical mainstream Asianism discourse, however, "pop Asia" is not simply exploited as an inferior other to be cannibalized by Japans claim to sameness as and superiority to "Asia." Instead, "pop Asia" also fascinates, because it represents different modes of non-Western modernity, negotiating with the West and cultural hybridization on equal terms.
From Aesthetics to Mass Culture: Asianism in the Age of Global Capital
Leo Ching, Duke University
In this paper, I analyze the latest phase of Asianism through a cultural-historical perspective. Firstly, I am interested in the renewed interest in Asianism in relation to the increasingly transnational forms of mass culture, especially those that are associated with Japanese mass culture. Secondly, I want to place todays Asianism in contradistinction with an earlier form of Asianism to better demonstrate the variable continuities and discontinuities within Asianism itself and their respective conditions of possibility. I want to suggest that whereas late nineteenth-century Asianism is substantiated by "aesthetics" (great religions, philosophies, art, etc.), it is Japanese mass culture (melodrama, animation, pop music) that conjures a sense of commonality and resonance within Asia in the late twentieth century. The shift from aesthetics to mass culture is significant not only in terms of mapping out the historical transition in the geopolitical configuration of "Asia" in the world system, but is also important in delineating the organizational and conceptual frameworks that make the regionalist imaginary thinkable in the first place. I argue that instead of construing the shift as merely reflecting evolution in the material base, the shift in discursive strategy regarding Asianism should be apprehended as an ideological formation that, in the last instance, signals the impossibility of the thing itself. In short, as soon as the commodity-image-sound of mass culture becomes the fundamental form in which Asianism is imagined, its historical contradiction is suppressed for commensurability within the global distribution of cultural power.


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Navy Yard gunman told police he was hearing voices
Savannah Walker, right, hugs Alex James during a candlelight vigil in honor of Richard Michael Ridgell at Jaycee Park in Westminster, Md. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Ridgell was killed in Monday's shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington. (AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dave Munch)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month before he went on the shooting rampage that killed 12 people, Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis complained to police in Rhode Island that people were talking to him through the walls and ceilings of his hotel rooms and sending microwave vibrations into his body to deprive him of sleep.
The account, contained in an Aug. 7 report from Newport, R.I., police, adds to the picture that has emerged of an agitated and erratic figure whose behavior and mental state had repeatedly come to authorities' attention but didn't seem to affect his security clearance.
Alexis, a 34-year-old information technology employee at a defense-related computer company, used a valid pass Monday to get into the Navy Yard and then killed 12 people before he was slain by police in a shootout that lasted more than a half-hour.
A day after the assault, the motive was still a mystery. U.S. law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that investigators had found no manifesto or other writings suggesting a political or religious motivation.
Alexis, a former Navy reservist, had been undergoing mental health treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs since August but was not stripped of his security clearance, according to the law enforcement officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the criminal investigation was still going on.
He had been suffering from a host of serious mental problems, including paranoia and a sleep disorder, and had been hearing voices in his head, the officials said.
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These videos have recently been completed for the Sydney-based punk-pop band known as the Hard-ons. Directed by Mark Gravas at Australia's Kapow Pictures, the two videos couldn't be more different. Aaron Powell and Colin Bigelow led a small team to create both pieces using traditional hand drawn techniques, Flash and After Effects.
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*EDIT: 8-20-12: Less than on month later, this company has come back with a new facebook page and are still selling the same soap dyes as eyeshadow. https://www.facebook.com/ZoraBeautyShop
*EDIT: 7-24-12: Zora Cosmetics has taken down their shopping cart and facebook page and says they are going to reformulate their products to ensure customer safety. Glad to hear this, and I will be monitoring their progress.
Okay, now usually I don't come on here openly bashing independent makeup companies. I am a reasonable person and like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I make my own cosmetics, so I understand how confusing some of the requirements can be from the FDA. That said, when I started up my business, I didn't take making cosmetics lightly. It took me about 6-8 months to research, save up the money, and develop products before I even thought about opening up my shop.
Cosmetics are products that are going to be used on the skin and around the eye; people can get sick or damage their vision if you don't take precaution with the ingredients you use and don't include thorough ingredient lists for each product on your website. I also list what items are approved for just as an extra safety precaution.
I found out about a new cosmetics company named Zora Cosmetics that is just starting out via my facebook page. I found out that they were listing their products as vegan friendly even though they were including ingredients such as: carmine, silk powder, whey-milk in their ingredient listing. This is something that really bothers me…if you are going to list an item/product as being vegan friendly, shouldn't you do research into what being a vegan is actually about? Any quick google search will tell you that vegans do not use or consume any dairy/animal byproducts. So this was the first red flag I noticed about their company. She responded by simply deleting carmine and whey-dairy off her lists of ingredients, never explaining how she could so quickly and easily "re-formulate" her products in a short amount of time, especially when they were still listed as being for sale?
Here is a screen shot of her ingredient list, which she said is accurate for all of her current products. Notice the removal of carmine, whey-dairy. These were on her list as of Saturday night, now they have been removed. These are not common ingredients used to make eyeshadow, and I know this as a cosmetic formulator:
A quick scroll down on their facebook page shows a model wearing NEON GREEN eyeshadow. This filled me with concern because this is very similar to what happened with Glittersniffer cosmetics a year or two back. Lela was using soap dyes (ingredients not approved for cosmetic use) in her eyeshadows. These ingredients are not approved for use in cosmetic products AT ALL in any form. Many people, including myself, tried to inform her of the trouble she can get into and how damaging this will be to potential customers. She deleted all of our concerns and comments, and we were being reasonable and expressing normal customer concerns. She gave the excuse that she's only 16 and she's allowed to make mistakes.
Okay, you're sixteen? You aren't allowed to have your own paypal account unless you are 18 years old first off. Secondly, it doesn't matter what age you are…if you are selling unsafe cosmetic products you will have to pay the consequences when one of your customers reports you to the FDA for using ingredients for their unintended purposes. Not only does she not list base powders, she doesn't reference what dyes, ultramarines, iron oxides she uses…she doesn't even list mica, which is a very common ingredient in most cosmetic items.
There are many wonderful and safe vegan cosmetics from independent sellers, but you need to be aware that there are also people out there who do not put their customer's safety and concerns first. Because Zora Cosmetics refuses to own up to their errors, won't list accurate ingredients, and is continuing to claim their neon pigments are eye safe, I have no choice but to warn others about their company. This is not me being a "hater", I simply don't want independent cosmetics sellers to get a bad reputation because certain companies don't do their research and are willing to put their customers in harms way to create neon eyeshadow. And yes, I understand that the European Union has different standards as far as neon pigments go, but this is referring to a shop that is based in the U.S., selling their items to U.S. customers. This is the reason Sleek Makeup cannot sell the Acid palette legally in the U.S.
Here is a screen shot of colors she currently has for sale, as of this post. There is no way that several of these do not contain soap dyes or at least lake dyes that are not eye approved.
Here is the statement, directly from TKB Trading, a popular cosmetic wholesale supplier that many companies get their ingredients from. They openly state that using soap dyes for cosmetics is dangerous:
"The colors are not cosmetic-grade and so may not be used in cosmetics, but they are great for soap. They have been tested by Duke University and verified to be "non-toxic".
6/11/2011 Update: Despite the fact that we have already advised people that the product is not cosmetic grade, and the label on the product so states, we consistently hear of people reselling this powder and advertising as OK for use in cosmetics. This includes: eye shadow, bath bombs, lotions, shampoos, etc. TKB Trading, LLC emphatically reasserts that this product is not approved for cosmetic use. It may only be used in soap, which is not a cosmetic per the FDA. In order to put a stop to the misuse of this product, we are adding a "required" checkbox which states that you understand these facts."
Lime Green- TKB Neon Green (Not approved for cosmetic use)
EU: All cosmetics, including Eye.
EU: All cosmetics, including Eye.)
EU: All cosmetics, including Eye.
The Miseducation of Zora Cosmetics
It really annoys me that these kind of business pop up all of the time. Many of these companies think its easy to start up and run a cosmetics business; it takes a lot of research and creativity to create safe and affective cosmetic products. Selling and creating cosmetics is not something that should be taken lightly; consumers that are concerned with people's safety have a right to speak up and inform other consumers to beware of companies who think they can get away with using soap dyes in an unintended fashion.


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SHEPHERDSVILLE - Throughout the years Martie Korfhage has worked very hard to create a perfect home for her family.
From cooking great recipes and crafting homemade drapes to using tried and true cleaning techniques, the 86-year-old has a wealth of knowledge she acquired throughout the years and much of it she attributes to the Bullitt County Homemakers.
Korfhage has been a member of the county's Cedar Grove Homemaker Club since September of 1949.
Bullitt Central FFA advocated new involvement in the community, outspoken leadership, and agriculture education to strengthen the relationship between FFA and Farm Bureau as well as to prove younger generation's interest in agriculture.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - Abraham Lincoln's coming to town…sort of.
This weekend visitors and local residents alike will have the opportunity to explore "Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" when the Kentucky Historical Society's HistoryMobile makes a stop in downtown Mount Washington.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - There is a certain pride in knowing your family tree.
Those interested in sharing or gathering genealogical information met at Ridgway Memorial Library for the second annual Family Fair, presented by the Bullitt County Genealogical Society in conjunction with the Bullitt County History Museum.
Genealogical Society president Barbara Bailey said all were welcome to attend, not just those with Bullitt County connections. She displayed memorabilia from the history of The Pioneer News, with which her ancestors played a major role.
CLERMONT - Bernheim's Concert by the Lake, sponsored by Jim Beam, will rock your evening on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 5-9 p.m. at the Sunset Amphitheatre on Lake Nevin.
Local favorites and rising stars J.D. Shelburne and Erica Martin will deliver high-energy rock and country, each with their own exciting personality.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - Don Grace doesn't play basketball, football, baseball or golf, but he does have a sport - competitive commercial truck driving.
Since 1999, Grace has competed in four Kentucky Motor Transport Association Truck Driving Championships, giving him the opportunity to exhibit his commercial driving skill.
Along the way he picked up second- and third-place honors in various categories, but despite his best efforts he never could nab first place.
That is until this year.
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest recently held its annual BugFest weekend.
A lot of youngsters got a chance to see bugs up close, as well as some other creatures in nature.
More photos by Stephen Thomas are available in the photo galleries of www.pioneernews.net.
Most Americans will never forget the tragic events that unfolded on Sept. 11, 2001.
To commemorate 9/11 and give honor to those who lost their lives on that day folks all over the country participated in various events in remembrance.
As a way of thanking military, police, fire and EMS personnel for their service the Mount Washington Valu Market observed the ninth anniversary of 9/11 by offering them a 10 percent discount on all items in the store.
"It's our small way of giving them some recognition," store manager Dan Kelty said.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - Since she was 6 years-old, Old Mill Elementary fourth grader Sydney Cheatham has taken home first and second place from the Kentucky State Fair for the largest sunflower in the field, seed and grain category.
This year the 9 year-old added one more ribbon to her collection, beating out adults and children alike in the field, seed and grain category, taking home yet another second place title for the roughly 21-inch diameter sunflower she raised in her parents backyard garden.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - The Ironman triathlon is one of the most grueling tests of physical strength and stamina known to man, requiring competitors to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles, back to back to back.
When Phil Stevens witnessed the first Ford Ironman Louisville race in 2007 he was inspired.
"It was so exciting," he said. "In the back of my mind I thought, 'I want to do that someday."
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The first woman to run the Newark's Police Department was appointed on Wednesday.
Mayor Cory Booker named Captain Sheilah Coley as the new acting police chief.
Acting Police Director Samuel DeMaio was also confirmed on a permanent basis by the Municipal Council. He took over the position three months ago from Garry McCarthy, who left to become the Chicago Police Department's Superintendent.
"Today is a historic moment for our City and our Police Department, as we promote from within our ranks," Mayor Booker said of Coley in a statement. "One of our most professional, dedicated, and deserving police officers, making her the first woman to hold this rank."
Coley joined the department in 1989 and patrolled the city's West and East Districts. She rose through the ranks from detective to sergeant to lieutenant in 2000, when she became the commander of the Sexual Assault Rape Analysis Unit.
"When she came to the sex crimes unit, it was a little bit in disarray, and she straightened the whole place out," said Captain John Chrystal, president of the Newark Police Superior Officers' Association, referring to the way Coley handled administrative problems Chrystal said the unit was riddled with at the time.
Chrystal said he worked with Coley over the past two decades and described her as "fair, but no nonsense type of person."
"She's qualified for the position," he added. "She can get the job done. She's proven herself."
Coley most recently served as the head of the department's office of internal affairs, a position to which she was appointed by DeMaio in May. As the acting police chief, she will supervise the day-to-day running of the department, which has over 1,100 officers. Coley will report to DeMaio, who will handle policy and budget decisions.
This is the first time that a police chief has been appointed in Newark since 2008. The position was eliminated after a battle over territory between McCarthy and Anthony Campos, who served as the police chief. Coley was appointed after the Municipal Council voted on Wednesday to reinstate the position.
"I promise my brothers and sisters in blue that I will give them the highest level of professional leadership and the citizens of Newark the best police force in the entire nation," Coley said in a statement.


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With Eden Park subject to major planning decisions this week, the North Shore city venue has leaked plans of a new stadium, a smaller version of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
North Harbour Stadium chief executive Brendon O'Connor believes any tangled red tape in the Eden Park project would open up an opportunity for his arena to capitalise.
He told The New Zealand Herald: "It would seem sensible to me to put equal effort into developing opportunities at North Harbour Stadium, we don't have the problems Eden Park has.
"Then the Government could make an informed decision against rational criteria as to which is the best option for 2011 and beyond."
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Jacopo Ferretti
Jacopo Ferretti (16 July 1784 – 7 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. His name is sometimes written as Giacomo Ferretti.
He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas composed by Rossini and for five operas composed by Donizetti.
Introduced by his father to literature while very young, in addition to his native Italian, Ferretti mastered not only Latin and Ancient Greek but also French and English, and began writing verse early. Even though he worked in the tobacco industry from the age of about 30 until he was over 60, he was extremely prolific, writing "everything from love letter to odes and welcoming speeches",[1] and numerous opera libretti, all but the few listed below being generally forgotten.
His first big success was La Cenerentola, written at great speed for Rossini over Christmas in 1816. Ferretti wrote afterwards how he had agreed to write a libretto on a subject which the censor vetoed, so he met the composer and the theatre manager to discuss alternatives. He struggled to find a new subject that appealed, but about two dozen were rejected for one reason or another. At last, yawning wearily, Ferretti said "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") and at last Rossini decided he liked it, so Ferretti went home and began at once, worked night and day on it, and gave sections to Rossini on Christmas Day. Early on during the production there were problems, but Rossini predicted (correctly) that it would be a great success in the long term.[1]
Ferretti married the singer Teresa Terziani in 1820, and their house was continually visited by musicians and poets, including Donizetti who had been given a letter of introduction to Ferretti by Johann Simon Mayr. They became good friends after he arriving in Rome in October 1821 for the preparation of the production of his Zoraida di Granata, which became his first major success. Ferretti worked on revising Bartolomeo Merelli's libretto for the opera.[2]
Librettos by Ferretti[edit]
Altogether, Ferretti wrote about 70 librettos, the majority of which were for operas presented in Rome.[3]
- Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
- Zoraida di Granata (contributed, 1822)
- L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, o Don Gregorio (1824)
- Zoraida di Granata (1824)
- Olivo e Pasquale (1827)
- Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (1832)
- Torquato Tasso (1833)
- Composed by Saverio Mercadante
- Scipione in Cartagine (1820)
- Gli amici di Siracusa (1824)
- Composed by Giovanni Pacini
- Cesare in Egitto (1821)
- Composed by Luigi Ricci
- L'orfanella di Ginevra (1829)
- Composed by Lauro Rossi
- La figlia di Figaro (1846)
- Composed by Gioachino Rossini
- La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (1817)
- Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro (1821)
- Composed by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
- Baldovino (1811)
- ^ a b Opera Talent entry for Jacopo Ferretti
- ^ Allit 1991, pp. 26—27
- ^ Black 1998, p. 167
Other sources
- Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, MA: Element, Inc.(USA)
- Bini, Analisa (1996), Jacopo Ferretti e la cultura del suo tempo ("Jacopo Ferretti and the culture of his time"), Skira. ISBN 88-8118-599-7
- Black, John (1998), "Ferretti, Jacopo", in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. Two, pp. 167–168. London: MacMillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4


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Derby, VT – IROC announced yesterday that discussions are continuing with the Vermont Economic Development Authority as IROC seeks to refinance, reduce, and restructure its debt. VEDA has determined that IROC needs additional support for VEDA refinancing to be workable.
Phil White, Chairman of the Board at IROC and Executive Director (without pay) made the announcement.
Jeff Twiss, Vice President of Media Service and Alumni Relations for the Boston Celtics, will be the guest speaker at this year's Orleans/Northern Essex County Athletic Hall of Fame dinner on August 27th. Twiss' father Bob, an inductee of the Hall two years ago, resides in the area and helped secure his son's services for the event.
Jeff graduated from UVM in 1977, and prior to his time with the Celtics was a teacher and three sport coach at Randolph High School.
Stay tuned to the Express as more details about the dinner will be coming in the following days leading up to the event.
Nash Basom, 69, died at his home in Glover on August 3, 2011 surrounded by his family. Born in 1942 in Alexandria, Virginia, Nash first fell in love with Vermont when he attended Farm and Wilderness Summer Camps as a youth in the 1950s. Later, he and his partner, Mariel Hess, moved to Vermont permanently, where they built a home in Glover and raised their daughters, Reeve and Kit.Â
NEWPORT CITY – Dwayne Calloway, Jr., 28 of Newport City, pleaded not guilty to five different charges and is being held without bail. According to court records, charges include felony first degree aggravated domestic assault with a weapon, a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor charge of unlawful mischief, a felony charge of aggravated assault with a weapon and misdemeanor of operating a vehicle with a suspended license.
NEWPORT CITY – About 200 jobs are slated to come to the state's most economically hardest hit area, the Northeast Kingdom. The jobs will be created by AnC Bio Vermont, which is part of AnC Bio Korea, a biotech firm located just outside of Soul.
Payeur–– Craig Bernard, 64, of Port Charlotte, FL/Island Pond, VT, passed away unexpectedly on June 21, 2011. His funeral will be at St. James Catholic Church in Island Pond, VT on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 11 a.m. with Father Francis Conners as celebrant. Internment will be at his parents' plot at Lakeview Cemetery on Pleasant Street following the Mass. The family will receive family and friends at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral.
For the full obituary see Friday's paper.
Girlfriend held for allegedly harboring him.
NEWPORT CITY – Dwayne Calloway Jr. of Newport was arrested Thursday and is being held on $25,000 bail after he allegedly threatened his mother, Bernadette Dewing, with a machete and a gun, ransacked her Hinman Street home, and later attacked a Massachusetts man with a knife and punched out the window of the man's car on Wednesday.
DERBY–The Women's Soccer League semi-finals were held at the North Country Junior High School on Wednesday night. The twin billing featured number three Colombia Forrest taking on number two Spates and number four Fortin Transportation squaring off against top ranked NC Pink a.k.a. what seems to bare a striking resemblance to the projected 2011 North Country girls high school soccer team.