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www.iwanttobeamachine.com (2008) by Angelo Plessas.
Originally posted on VVORK by Rhizome
www.iwanttobeamachine.com (2008) by Angelo Plessas.
Originally posted on VVORK by Rhizome
Brooklyn-based media moguls Shawn Carter and f@ bring you The Power Point Album. The latest in a long string of black album remixes, this one brought to you by the fffffull fffffat crew.
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Hats, a new work by Dallas-based artist, hacker and musician Paul Slocum, is a take on "the artist in his studio"- a situation so frequently addressed that it is almost a rich art historical genre in its own right. In the minute long snapshot of his computer's desktop, we see Slocum at work (via his own webcam), focused on on two photos of baseball caps on a chair and a YouTube confessional of a young man musing on his sexual experience. Albeit radically different than Rembrandt's or Johannes Vermeer's portraits of their studio practice, through its multiple layers Hats mines the same territory of process, source material, and artistic identity. In another new work, the Pi Music Generator, Slocum developed a mathematical algorithm that transcribes the infinite digits of Pi into an equally infinite house music track. Slocum assures that if the hardware is properly migrated in the coming years (and his mathematical calculations are correct), his composition will play forever. These works are only two in a group that will be seen in his upcoming solo show More House at Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas. In addition to being an artist, Slocum, along with co-owner Lauren Gray, runs renowned Dallas gallery And/Or, which has continuously hosted strong and progressive media art programming over the past two years. Engaged with the vast terrains of pop and computer culture, Slocum consistently and successfully blends hardware, software and raw source materials to create and curate a distinct continuously expanding body of work. - Caitlin Jones
Image: Paul Slocum, Hats, 2007
Email became an integral part of my life in 1998. Like many people, I have archived all of my email with the hope of someday revisiting my past. I am interested in revealing the innumerable relationships between me, my schoolmates, work-mates, friends and family. This could not readily be accomplished by reading each of my 60,000 emails one-by-one. Instead, I created My Map, a relational map and alternative self portrait. My Map is a piece of custom designed software capable of rendering the relationships between myself and individuals in my address book by examining the TO:, FROM:, and CC: fields of every email in my email archive. The intensity of the relationship is determined by the intensity of the line. My Map allows me to explore different relational groupings and periods of time, revealing the temporal ebbs and flows in various relationships. In this way, My Map is a veritable self-portrait, a reflection of my associations and a way to locate myself.
My Map from Christopher Baker on Vimeo.
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Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC
January will be devoted to setting the green scene with presentations of the winning submissions of the two-part Eco-Vis Challenge, initiated by Eyebeam's Sustainability Research Group. Featuring winners of each of the two Eco-Vis categories (icons and data visualizations), the installation will be an opportunity for participants and visitors to see the projects and learn how and why they were chosen. Going one step further, the display will reveal the workings of Eyebeam's Sustainability Research Group, and their process in designing the challenge, from initial inspiration through completion. The preview of winning projects, selected from a pool of 139 proposals, will be followed by our next major exhibition on sustainability, FEEDBACK, opening March 13.
Projects from Eyebeam's Eco-Vis Challenge, a collaborative initiative between artists and technologists focused on tracking and visualizing environmental data, will be on display during the month of January. The installation is one part of "Beyond Light Bulbs", a programming series based around Eyebeam's Sustainability Research Group.
Originally posted on Eyebeam reBlog by Rhizome
"The beginning of an unfinished sentence" reads No.47 (2007) by Pavel Buchler, one of many contributions to the ongoing online exhibition Why + Wherefore. The sentence fragment succinctly captures the premise of the show, which explores the tension between an art work's initial conception and completion. Curators Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist invited a diverse group of artists, practicing both online and off, to submit entries around the process of beginning a piece. With the involvement of over 50 artists, the interpretations of "beginning" vary widely. The website deceptively divides separate areas for "Works" and "Project Beginnings + Proposals", after some navigation, however, it becomes quite clear that the entries could easily translate to either category. Filed as a "Work", multimedia installation artist Assume Vivid Astro Focus submitted a series of long and elaborate to do lists. As a list of unfulfilled, amusing intentions (see: "13. Buy urgent: "The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell" by Aldous Huxley"), the To Do Lists (2007) demonstrate how quickly and powerfully ideas can emerge and then get lost. Artist Colby Bird's Dave and Tim (2007), also filed as a "Work", opens with the typed lyrics of Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys "Neva Eva" and then rotates through an unending loop of found digital images of keg parties, speaker systems, hallways, cats, teenagers, etc. Framed by an nondescript magazine advertisement, Dave and Tim uses the internet's store of visual detritus to present a bleak portrait of American life marked by consumerism. Artist Bard Ask's Global Perspective (2007), filed as a "Proposal", opens dramatically on a satellite image of the earth, and progressively narrows in on the state of Florida. The dramatic score heightens suspense, and the video closely recalls the opening sequence of a doomsday thriller. Florida ...
13.01.2008, 11:05pm - 11:45 pm (CET)
by MACHFELD (aka Michael Mastrototaro & Sabine Maier)
as part of the media.art.exhibition JOYES,
medien.kunstlabor Graz (Kunsthaus Graz, 06.12.07-13.01.08)
If you are not in austria, get the audio-live-broadcast online:
X-com is an acoustic map of Johannesburg that was developed by MACHFELD (aka Michael Mastrototaro & Sabine Maier) during their stay in South Africa in 2007. Together with students of the Cityvarsity Johannesburg and of University of Wittwatersrand Johannesburg, the artists explored the multicultural identification of the city of Johannesburg. An approach was to investigate in how far sounds are subject to cultural conditions.
MACHFELD apply old, analogue recording devices as well as new, digital ones in order to develop a cross-continental space of communication for their piece.
http://web.wits.ac.za/ (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
http://www.cityvarsity.co.za/ (Cityvarsity, Johannesburg)
http://kunstradio.at ( Kunstradio-Radiokunst)
New project by media art group MACHFELD. See full posting for a description in German.
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Flow 5.0 is an interactive art installation consisting of hundreds of ventilators, each being controlled individually by various sensors.
Microphones and other sensors control the direction and speed of the fans as visitors pass through a corridor. The fans form the walls of the corridor, and they remain off until a visitor moves in front of them.
Daan Roosegaarde, the creator of Flow 5.0, describes it as an interactive landscape made out of hundreds of ventilators which reacts on your sound and motion. By walking and interacting the visitors creates an illusive landscape of transparencies and artificial wind.
Further reading on Studio Roosegaarde's website.
Also check out the video of the installation.
[via digitalexperience.dk]
Originally posted on Unidentified Sound Object by Rhizome
Adam has an interesting query/blogpost about "what do you feel are the most significant contemporary developments in urban informatics? The most resonant projects, the most powerful interventions, the scariest precedents?". That's quite an important question that I try to ask myself for a while. Since I have not definite answer, I tried to pick up some examples I find relevant to get a messy list of "urban computing" projects:
But of course, it's a bit awkward to limit oneself to purely urban/contextualized projects: a cell phone, web mash-ups, Twitter or whistles might well count too.
This is really non-exhaustive and raw list, there are multiple points of entries that can be used to go beyond this ...
Partial list of "urban computing" projects by writer and researcher Nicolas Nova of Pasta&Vinegar, in response to writer Adam Greenfield's question, "what do you feel are the most significant contemporary developments in urban informatics? The most resonant projects, the most powerful interventions, the scariest precedents?". Be sure to read the comments section in both blogs. This topic is certainly applicable and important to the work and practice of many Rhizome readers.
Originally posted on Pasta&Vinegar by Nicolas Nova
Artists and curators are increasingly using a range of technologies to document global warming's rapid transformation of the planet. Painter Joy Garnett's blog StrangeWeather.info and Shane Brennan's curated weblog New Climates both provide a clearing-house for information about art projects related to environmental issues. This past fall, non-profit organization Electronic Music Foundation's environmental sound art festival Ear to the Earth brought together artists and musicians from the world over to produce and show projects on the subject. Undeniably, the art community is acting in response to an ever-greater urgency to acknowledge and appreciate the fleeting visual and audio experiences of the natural world. For years, digital media artist Andrea Polli has centered her practice around environmental concerns with such projects as Airlight Taipei (2006) and Atmospherics/Weather Works (2004) (included in the Rhizome Artbase). During December and January, Polli traveled to Antarctica to capture the quickly disappearing beauty of the region through sound and video. The trip is a residency funded by the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, and it will allow her to work alongside the scientists from the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Project. Polli created the blog 90degreesesouth.org to report and share her recordings and reflections. Visitors to the site can listen to Polli's field recordings of melting glaciers and icebergs, as well as take in a number of instructive audio interviews with notable climatologists and meteorologists, such as co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Andreas Fischlin, meteorologist Dr. Matt Lazzara of University of Wisconsin, Dr. Rick Aster, among many others. 90degreessouth.org provides a rare and informative artist's perspective on the day-to-day activities of scientists working in a spectacular and often strenuous environment. - Ceci Moss


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Highway Road Conditions Hotline and Winter Driving Safety Tips
The best thing to do when it's icy and slick, is to stay off the roads. However, if you must be on them, here are some winter driving safety tips as well as the hotline to call if you need updates on road conditions.
What to Expect With Bad Road Conditions
- Loss of pavement friction due to wet, snow-covered or icy conditions
- Restricted visibility due to fog, falling rain or vehicle spray
- Lane obstruction due to standing water or ice
- Infrastructure damage (such as a washed-out road)
Winter Driving Safety Tips
- Reduce speed. Speed limits are based on normal road and weather conditions, not winter road conditions
- Maintain at least three times the normal following distance on snow or ice
- Watch carefully for snow removal equipment and stay at least 200 feet back if you are behind a snow plow
- Use extra caution on bridges, ramps, overpasses and shaded areas as they tend to freeze first
- If you start to slide, ease off the gas pedal or brakes. Steer into the direction of the skid until you feel you have regained traction then straighten your vehicle
For additional road safety preparedness information and tips, download the TxDOT Safety Guide for Winter Travel.
Highway Road Conditions Hotline
Call (800) 452-9292 for current information. For non-emergency roadside assistance, motorists can call the Texas Department of Public Safety at (800) 525-5555.
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People ask for a piece of the giant Three Kings bread on January 03,... News PhotoArts Culture and Entertainment,Asking,Bread,Cityscape,Holiday - Event,Horizontal,Latin America,Mexico,Mexico City,People,Three Wise Men,Waist UpPhotographer Sergio German/CONCollection: LatinContent Editorial 2012 Sergio GermanMEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JANUARY 03: People ask for a piece of the giant Three Kings bread on January 03, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico. The giant bread had a 720 meters long and 9375 kg weight and was divided among the 25,000 people who attended the event held at the Capital Square. (Photo by Sergio German/LatinContent/GettyImages)


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Stingray Splash Special at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
When that little groundhog told us we were in for a long winter, was anyone prepared for all the snow, snow, and more snow that's been falling? Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but come mid-February, we're back to dreaming of flowers blossoming, green trees, and warm rays of sunlight, right? It might be a while before you see any of that at home, but it's all waiting for you at Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean Sea. The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman is offering a special Stingray Splash vacation package with a complimentary fifth night at the luxury hotel.
The package includes accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, a trip for two to Stingray City, and a free fifth night of your vacation. What is this Stingray City? According to ocean explorer and preservationist Jean-Michel Cousteau, it is one of the best snorkeling sites in the world. To get there, you'll board the Intrepid motor yacht at the resort's dock with a group of no more than 8 total visitors. It's a 15-minute boat ride to the shallow sandbar in Cayman's North sound known as Stingray City.
In crystal clear, 3-foot-deep waters, guests can snorkel, play with and feed the gentle stingrays which are accustomed to human visitors.
When you're not communing with friendly rays, there's plenty more to enjoy at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman: Silver Rain, a La Prairie Spa, Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment family program, Blue Tip, a 9-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman, and of course all the fine dining options you'd expect at any Ritz-Carlton property.
The Stingray Splash package starts at $609 per night for the high season. Visit www.ritzcarlton.com for reservations and more information.


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You can make Journeys a career instead of just a job. It's all about your journey, right? Your Career. Your Journey. Check out the career stories or choose your path to see what it's all about.
Journeys is a company with "An Attitude That Cares." We reward and encourage our employees to volunteer. The ATC Community Service Program gives our employees a chance to get involved and get paid! Click here for more details.


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Logitech FotoMan digital camera, made by Logitech in Switzerland, 1990.The FotoMan was the first digital camera to go on sale. Fuji had created a digital camera as early as 1988, but it was never commercially available. The FotoMan took monochrome pictures, 32 images could be stored in the camera, and images could be uploaded to a PC using the cable supplied with the camera. The price of the camera on its release in 1990 was £499.
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New Cornish Pirate Ashley Smith could play against Doncaster
Posted: February 08, 2013|
Cornish Pirates coach Harvey Biljon hinted that new loan signing Ashley Smith could come into contention for this weekend's Championship match with Doncaster.
Pirates host the Knights, who are currently bottom of the Championship, at Mennaye Field on Sunday.
The Penzance club completed the signing of London Welsh wing Smith yesterday and he will stay with Pirates until the end of the season.
Head coach Ian Davies and his assistant Harvey Biljon must now decide whether to name the 21-year-old in their matchday squad this weekend.
Davies said: "After featuring a good number of times for London Welsh last season, his chances in 2012-13 have been limited. Ashley is blessed with genuine pace and has the attributes to lay down a real marker for us, especially when the pitches firm up."
Biljon added: "I'm not sure when we are going to see him. Potentially, he could be available against Doncaster but we will have a couple of fitness tests to run through in the backs.
"Ashley has come down and thrown himself into it and enjoyed the training thus far. He does have a few skills that he is likely to bring."
Sunday's match will be Pirates' first since their British and Irish Cup defeat to Carmarthen Quins on January 19. Their Championship clash against Newcastle, due to take place on January 25, was called off due to bad weather.
Such a breaks bring positives and negatives, according to Biljon. He said: "It was summed up by one or two of the players in training this week when they said they were chomping at the bit to play this weekend.
"It does seem like it has been a little while but everyone is very keen. We think, as a coaching team, that after a really good couple of weeks' training, it has been revitalising in many ways.
"The difficulty of having time off is that although you get time to recover, you also want to be playing rugby and be battle-hardened.
"The game against Doncaster is a whole new challenge, not just because we haven't played in a while, but also they are playing for their lives.
"It is going to be tough and an emotional occasion for them and we just need to stick to task and be as professional as we can be."
The Knights are likely to pose a different challenge to their previous meeting with the Pirates in September, when the sides drew 18-18 at Castle Park. Their new director of rugby Clive Griffiths replaced Brett Davey in November.
However, Pirates have been given an insight into the new-look Knights by Matt Evans, who has worked with Griffiths during spells playing the Canadian national team.
"Clive has come in and made some defensive changes in their game," said Biljon. "He has also brought in a couple of players like Joe Bedford and Connor Braid at nine and ten, who are definitely going to add the Doncaster squad.
"Matt Evans will be back in our team at the weekend. Clive Griffiths has done a lot of defence work for Canada so Matt has been giving us little bits of information during the week as we have been doing our analysis. Hopefully, we do have a little bit of insight gained that we can use this weekend."


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Feasibility Study of Geko vs. IPCs in Trauma (GIFT Pilot)
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Trauma patients are at a high risk of developing blood clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis - DVT), which can travel to the lungs and cause serious health consequences. Often, these patients cannot receive blood-thinning medication to prevent these blood clots because of the risk of bleeding; in this case, they are usually given intermittent pneumatic compression devices (IPCs) to prevent blood clots. IPCs are inflatable sleeves that fit over the legs and periodically inflate and deflate, helping to pump blood out of the legs and thus reduce the risk of blood clot formation. Several studies suggest that IPCs are working properly on the patient only 60-70% of the time. Some patients also find them uncomfortable. A new device (geko) that works by stimulating the leg muscles and increasing blood flow in the legs has recently been developed. To compare the geko with IPCs, this study will randomly assign trauma patients who cannot receive blood thinners for blood clot prevention to either IPCs or geko. The main goal is to determine the feasibility of doing a larger study which would compare the efficacy of these devices in preventing blood clots. The amount of time the devices are properly used on the patients, comfort and tolerability, development of blood clots, and blood flow in the leg veins and arteries will also be measured and compared between the devices.
Venous Thromboembolism
Device: geko
Device: IPCs
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Feasibility Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Device vs. Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Trauma Patients
- Feasibility of completing a larger, phase III trial with DVT incidence as primary outcome [ Time Frame: earliest of when 40th subject is enrolled or 18 months from study start ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
This endpoint will be considered to have been met if, after enrollment of 40 subjects, both of the following conditions are met:
i. the time from enrollment of the first subject to enrollment of the 40th subject is less than 18 months; AND ii. all secondary outcomes are evaluable for at least 80% of subjects.
- Compliance [ Time Frame: Twice daily (excluding weekends and holidays), until subject exits study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Study personnel will assess compliance. For subjects randomized to gekoTM, the subject will be considered compliant for the visit if:
i) one gekoTM device is attached to each leg; AND ii) a muscle contraction caused by each device can be visualized with the subject's leg at rest;
For subjects randomized to IPCs, the subject will be considered compliant for the visit if:
i) one calf sleeve is affixed to each leg; AND ii) both sleeves are visibly inflating and deflating.
A compliance statistic will be computed for each subject by dividing the number of compliant observations by the total number of observations. A mean value will be determined for each study arm. The means will be compared using a two-tailed Student's t-test with alpha = 0.05. The proportion of subjects with a compliance statistic of at least 80% will be calculated. The proportion of subjects with at least 80% compliance will be compared between study treatment arms using Fisher's exact test.
- Development of venous thromboembolism [ Time Frame: At time subject exits from study (day 10 or earlier) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Development of VTE defined either by 1) a positive screening duplex ultrasound of the deep veins of the legs, or 2) an objectively verified clinical diagnosis of DVT and/or PE, established by patient's treating physician.
The proportion of patients in each arm who develop VTE during the study will be calculated. The sample is projected to be too low to enable any further statistical comparison of efficacy in prevention of VTE.
- Tolerability [ Time Frame: At time subject exits from study (day 10 or earlier) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
The tolerability questionnaire will be administered by the research coordinator on the day of study exit.
The proportion of subjects selecting each of the possible answers for each of the questions on the tolerability questionnaire will be computed for each study arm. Further statistical comparison between the groups will not be undertaken for the tolerability questionnaire, but the data will be used for hypothesis-generation regarding specific causes of increased or decreased tolerability between the devices.
- Venous and arterial physiological flow [ Time Frame: At time subject exits from study (day 10 or earlier) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Mean values and standard error for each study arm will be computed for the volume flow and peak velocity in the superficial femoral vein and femoral artery using pulsed Doppler by duplex ultrasound.
The values will be compared using a two-tailed Student's t-test (alpha = 0.05).
|Study Start Date:
|July 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: geko
For subjects randomized to the experimental treatment arm, one gekoTM device will be applied to each leg according to the manufacturer's instructions by the subject's primary care nurse. All nurses applying the devices must be trained on proper application technique. The old devices will be removed and new devices applied daily. The subject will continue to use the devices until he or she exits the study.
Device: geko
The geko is a neuromuscular stimulation device that stimulates the common peroneal nerve resulting in contraction of the leg muscles and increased venous and arterial flow. It is Health Canada approved for prevention of deep venous thrombosis.
Other Name: neuromuscular stimulation device
Active Comparator: IPCs
The control treatment will consist of the hospital's standard IPC devices. The IPCs will be applied to each leg by the subject's primary care nurse according to the manufacturer's instructions. They will continue to be applied until exit from the study. At the time of withdrawal from the study, the decision regarding continued use of IPCs will be made by the treating physician.
Device: IPCs
devices that pneumatically compress the leg, resulting in increased venous blood flow.
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of trauma, meeting criteria for referral to the HHS trauma service - ANY of the following (1-3):
- patient with obvious major injuries in two or more systems, each requiring a specialist and inpatient care
- spinal injury with paraplegia or tetraplegia; severe penetrating injury to the head, neck, trunk or groin; amputation above the wrist or ankle; burns, second or third degree, involving 20% or more body surface area, or involving the face or genitalia
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than or equal to 10, as a result of trauma or any two of:
- significant decrease in level of consciousness
- pulse < 50 or > 120
- BP < 80 or absent radial pulse
- Respiratory rate < 10 or > 24
- Subject admitted to the Hamilton General Hospital ICU or the hospital ward step-down units
- Age 18 years or older
- Contraindication to anticoagulation expected to last for more than 3 days. Contraindication to anticoagulation may include intracranial hemorrhage, ocular injury with associated hemorrhage, solid intra-abdominal organ injury (i.e. liver, spleen, kidney), and/or pelvic or retroperitoneal hematoma requiring transfusion. [12] The final determination of whether anticoagulant prophylaxis is contraindicated will be made by the treating physician.
- Projected hospitalization greater than 3 days (as determined by treating physician)
- Informed consent can be provided by the subject or substitute decision maker within 48 hours of admission
Exclusion Criteria:
Inability to wear either IPCs or gekoTM on both legs, including but not limited to:
- unstable fracture of the lower extremity;
- compartment syndrome of the lower extremity;
- skin breakdown affecting the area on which the devices will be applied;
- prior amputation affecting the area on which the devices will be applied;
- severe peripheral ischemic vascular disease;
- uncontrolled bleeding of the lower extremity;
- Diagnosis of DVT within 1 month prior to assessment for enrollment
Use of anticoagulant medication within 24h of enrollment (except when used solely as a flush for intravenous catheters), or ongoing effect of anticoagulant medication at time of enrollment as determined by history of medication use and laboratory evidence of medication effect. For the purposes of this study, anticoagulant medications include:
- unfractionated heparin (intravenous or subcutaneous)
- low molecular weight heparin
- fondaparinux
- dabigatran
- rivaroxaban
- warfarin
- argatroban
- danaparoid
- lepirudin
- Leg circumference greater than 24 inches at the location the gekoTM device would be secured to the leg.
- Presence of cardiac demand pacemaker
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01835990
|Canada, Ontario
|Hamilton General Hospital
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2
|Principal Investigator:
|Vinai C Bhagirath, MD FRCP(C)
|McMaster University
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01835990 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|GIFT Pilot
|Study First Received:
|December 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 18, 2015
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Health Canada
Keywords provided by Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation:
venous thromboembolism
mechanical methods of prophylaxis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Venous Thromboembolism
Venous Thrombosis
Wounds and Injuries
Cardiovascular Diseases
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
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Eibar Coa Update
Eibar Coa Update
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey Eibar Coa was scheduled to undergo surgery today at Memorial Regional Hospital on his C4 vertebrae, which was broken in a spill following the finish of Friday's sixth race.
Family spokesperson Tito Fuentes, Coa's agent, said Saturday morning that Coa has feeling in his body but no motion. Fuentes added that Coa was alert and talking. He had been visited throughout the evening and morning by a number of fellow riders and horsemen.
"Eibar and his family are in the thoughts and prayers of the entire Gulfstream and racing community," said Gulfstream President and GM Steve Calabro.
Jockey Paco Lopez, who was also unseated from his mount in the spill, was treated for an elbow chip and was released from the hospital Friday evening. Before being released, Lopez spent several hours with Coa.
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Wetherspoon pubs will be serving six new wines during our 19-day wine festival.
The festival wines have been crafted by Matt Thomson, who was named as International White Winemaker of the Year (at the International Wine Challenge 2008) and also New Zealand Winemaker of the Year (2008).
The six wines have not previously been served at Wetherspoon's pubs and will complement up to 15 additional wines available during the festival.
The festival runs from Wednesday 10 June until Sunday 28 June, inclusive.
The new wines on offer are: Pinot Grigio 2008 Grave del Friuli, Ponte del Diavolo, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Steam Wharf Road, Grenache Blanc Chardonnay 2008 Vignes de l'Eglise, Rosato Veronese 2008 Alpha Zeta, Barbera d'Asti 2003 Ca' del Matt and Hawkes Bay Merlot 2007 Stop Banks.
All wines will be available by the glass (175ml and 250ml) and bottle.
Festival organiser Kay Lewis said: "The six new wines have been sourced from one of the world's leading winemakers, who has crafted the wines himself.
"Our range of festival wines will be on a par with wines served in restaurants and hotels, yet sold at a more affordable price."


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Via Atlantic magazine based on Facebook data. A huge swath of Giants orange in Nor Cal and zero presence for the Oakland Athletics (as well as the Mets and Blue Jays). This is probably just the thing to make another … Continue reading
Giants World Championship trophies will be appearing in Sacramento
Nicknamed "The Twins," the Giants 2010 and 2012 World Series trophies are making another tour of Northern California, and their first stop is none other than Sacramento. This will be the second public trophy tour held in the past three … Continue reading
In honor of tonight's CGSO by the unfortuntely-hairstyled Tim Lincecum I'd like to belatedly post this photo I snapped at Sunday's division-winning victory over the Padres. It was the first SF Giants game I had attended in a few years … Continue reading
Two Kudos for the Bee
1) Not putting the new Neo Mnemonic movie, "Street Things" on the front page of the Ticket section. Rather than pimp a movie that once again has felt the wrath of Carla Meyer, the editorial staff wisely chose to feature … Continue reading
Downtown stadiums
I'm sitting in a room on the 21st floor of the Omni in San Diego, looking down into PetCo Park, where the Padres are playing the Giants. I can tell every time Bonds makes an appearance — the boos rock … Continue reading
Attack of the 120-year old outfield
There are enough A's and Giants fans in Sacramento that they can be considered fair game for a post, right? That question was purely rhetorical. Here's what prompted me to bring my beloved Gigantes de beisbol into the mix: In … Continue reading


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Single-family housing starts edged up 0.3% in May from the prior month, according to a new government report, as homebuilders continue to complain about labor shortages.
The Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that single family starts rose to a 599,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in May from a 597,000 rate in April.
The April rate was revised downward from 610,000.
Construction of residential homes hit its highest level this year at a 652,000 rate in February. But starts have slowed since then.
Overall, single family housing starts are up 16% from May 2012. In April, before the revisions, the Census Bureau estimated housing starts were up 21% from a year ago.
Despite the high national unemployment, our members tell us they are having trouble finding skilled labor, according to the National Association of Home Builders chief economist David Crowe.
As a result, they are working their crews harder when they would prefer to increase their hiring, he said.
Small and mid-size firms also face a shortage of building lots, which is also holding back new construction.
Despite these shortages, builder confidence about demand for new homes and sale expectations rose to the highest level since April 2006.
Builders are experiencing some relief in the headwinds that are holding back a more robust recovery, Crowe said.
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index surged 8 points from April to 52 in May. A reading above 50 means that more builders view conditions as good as opposed to bad.
NAHB chairman Rick Judson, a home builder from Charlotte, N.C, said builders are seeing more buyers gravitating toward new homes due to the low inventory of existing homes.
Economists at Wells Fargo Securities noted that homebuilder confidence is reviving as more markets move into recovery mode.


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Should taxpayers cover Majestic murder suspect's tab?
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Prosecutors want to know how much money John Munzanreder has. He's the man accused of planning the murder of his wife.
They argued Thursday that Munzanreder should be required to disclose financial information prior to the appointment of a public defender at the cost of taxpayers.
Munzanreder is suspected of planning his wife's murder as they left a Union Gap movie.
A judge originally decided Munzanreder would need a public defender following his first court appearance on murder charges.
Prosecutors indicate the husband made more than $100,000 a year. They also believe he has access to $80,000 in financial accounts and owns multiple properties.
Munzanreder's lawyer argued his client's assets would not cover the cost of a murder trial.
At this moment a public defender will remain on the case.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Rick Pitino saw the score flash across the TV screen after another shocking Kentucky loss, picked up his phone and sent Billy Gillispie a text message.
Pitino -- who knows only too well how tough things can get while working in front of the most demanding fans in college basketball -- had a little advice for the first-year Kentucky coach.
"I texted him and said, 'You're doing the right things, stay with what you believe in and in the end you'll have your success,"' said the Louisville coach, who led the Wildcats to the 1996 national title.
It was a gesture that wasn't lost on Gillispie, though he demurred when asked about his relationship with Pitino, saying only "he's been very, very kind to me since I've been here."
Pitino might be the only one. Gillispie has gotten off to a bumpy start for the Wildcats (6-6), and he knows the success Pitino is talking about will likely have to start Saturday when Kentucky hosts Louisville (9-4).
The last time the coaches met at Rupp Arena, Texas A&M knocked off Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. As strange as it sounds, almost as much could be at stake Saturday, as the Wildcats try to erase the memories of a nightmarish two-month stretch that included baffling home losses to Gardner-Webb and San Diego.
"We're not a very good team right now," Kentucky guard Derrick Jasper said.
At times the Cardinals haven't been much better.
Louisville began the season ranked in the Top 10 and with a daunting schedule designed to prepare a team with legitimate Final Four aspirations for life in the brutal Big East. But injuries to center David Padgett and forward Juan Palacios combined with inconsistent play from Louisville's talented but enigmatic sophomore class have the Cardinals still searching for a marquee nonconference win.
"The bottom line is that we just need to win a game," said Padgett, who returned from a fractured kneecap to score 13 points in a loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday. "If we were playing a conference game or just playing anybody, we just need to try to get a win right now. And I think they would say the exact same thing."
Neither team was at full strength until earlier this week. Jasper, who missed the Wildcats' first 10 games recovering from microfracture surgery on his left knee, played brilliantly in a 43-point win over Florida International on Monday.
It was the kind of confidence-building performance the Wildcats have been looking for all season. Gillispie, however, has been quick to put the damper on Jasper's return, saying the sophomore guard is hardly a savior.
"I think that if we do our job, we shouldn't be in the situation we're in right now: expecting so much out of one player," Gillispie said.
The Wildcats never led Gardner-Webb, and just when it seemed like they were starting to break out of an early season funk, they looked just as out of it in a loss to San Diego on Dec. 29.
Gillispie has been quick to accept blame for the team's poor play, but even Pitino said expectations for the Wildcats this year may have been too high.
"They've got talent, but they've lost to some people that (the fans) don't think he should lose to," Pitino said. "He's a first-year coach and he can coach. He can recruit ... It's silly to judge a person when he first comes in because you're not hiring a miracle worker. You're hiring someone that is going to get the job done in the long haul."
A Kentucky victory would match the longest winning streak by one side over the other since Pitino and the Wildcats beat Louisville four straight between 1990-93.
"We can make history," said senior Kentucky guard Ramel Bradley.
Bradley's teammates, though, have tried to downplay the game's importance, saying it doesn't matter who the Wildcats play as long as they play well.
Playing well would be a start, but Gillispie -- who spent the last few days watching old film of the rivalry trying to get a feel for its energy -- has been on the job long enough to know it isn't just another Saturday at Rupp.
"You have got to hold the game in the highest esteem," Gillispie said. "You can say 'Well it doesn't really matter or whatever' but I don't think that people that say that are being totally honest."
Maybe, but Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson admits he's almost ambivalent about facing the Cardinals.
"I don't hate them or anything," he said with a laugh.
Maybe for 40 minutes, he should pretend. It's something Pitino, who is still booed by fans at Rupp more than a decade after leaving the program for the Boston Celtics, has tried unsuccessfully to do.
While Pitino admits he just doesn't have it in him to drum up any animosity toward the school he led to three Final Fours, he knows the players and the fans feel otherwise.
"This is a bitter rivalry and I think you're going to see two teams that play really hard and want the game badly," Pitino said. "It's going to be tough."
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More students saying yes to Clemson University offer
CLEMSON - Clemson University has gotten more students to say "yes" after receiving an acceptance letter from the school this year in large part due to scholarship programs targeting key groups.
Clemson University's director of financial aid, Chuck Knepfle, spoke Tuesday during the regular monthly meeting of the Clemson faculty senate to explain how his office has leveraged money to get more of the state's top high-school seniors and more out-of-state students to come here. This, he said, is the so-called "yield" rate.
A record number of freshmen enrolled this fall – 3,435 students. This was 500 more students in the freshman class than the fall of 2011.
Tuition and fees for an in-state student living on campus this year was $21,726, Out-of-state students faced a ticket price of $38,370.
Knepfle said Clemson spent an additional $4 million on scholarship packages for the 2012-2013 school year; but the school also took in $10 million more in tuition dollars. By netting $6 million, Knepfle said, the school's efforts to get better students paid for itself.
One thing that's new this year, he said, is an expansion of the university's long-standing policy to offer out-of-state tuition waivers to students getting top scores on the SAT. Up until last year, anyone scoring at least a 1370 would face a sticker price reduced by $17,000 to $18,000 a year.
"Of course, that meant those scoring a 1360, 1350 or 1340 weren't enrolling at a high rate," Knepfle said. "So the first thing we did was stretch out that scholarship. Instead of all or nothing, we did a tiered approach."
The floor is now set at 1250, with these students getting $5,000.
"So we went from a yield rate of 12 percent to 20 percent for students scoring a 1250 or above," Knepfle said. "There's a direct correlation we are very happy with."
Knepfle said his office also wanted to recruit more of the state's top Palmetto Fellows. These in-state students receive state-paid $6,700 scholarships their freshman year if they have scored a 1200 on the SAT, have a 3.5 GPA and are in the top 6 percent of their graduating class. They receive $7,500 the other three years of college.
Knepfle said all Palmetto Fellows have been receiving an extra $2,500 from Clemson; he said an additional $2,500 was offered to the top half of these students this year.
"We went from a 42 percent yield rate to 50 percent," Knepfle said. "That's a phenomenal rate for a school."
Knepfle said his office has more flexibility when it comes to waiving out-of-state tuition rates than it does offering scholarship money to students. This is because of a state law that caps the amount of scholarship money a public institution can offer to students to 4 percent of general revenues.
"People might think we just put a whole lot more money toward out-of-state students than in-state," said Knepfle, who came to work at Clemson two years ago from his job at the University of Miami in Ohio. "We are really hampered with that law."
Operating within a limited amount of money, Knepfle said, he studies where the university wants to see more students saying "yes" and the financial incentives needed to get them here.
Clemson has about 1,000 black students out of an undergraduate population of 16,000, and Knepfle said his office has been looking for ways to step up minority recruitment. Clemson's admissions policies are race-blind.
"When I arrived, our office had $50,000 of endowed or annual gifts that we could direct to minority students," Knepfle said. "We increased that to $400,000 last year."
With moderate success, he said, his office is looking to bump up financial offers to minority students next year.
Currently, Clemson offers no scholarships to transfer students.
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WalMart nap leads to arrest of an Englewood man
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - Charlotte County deputies arrested an Englewood man Sunday on a variety of charges including stealing a bicycle when he was found sleeping on bean bag chairs in a WalMart.
The victim who lives near Oceanspray Blvd. and Spinnaker Blvd. in Englewood, reported that someone had entered his garage, as well as one of his vehicles. While in the garage, it appeared that the intruder had tried to take a bicycle that had been hanging from the ceiling.
The victim reported that someone apparently had used a couple of cigarette lighters that had been in the vehicle to light a marijuana cigarette, based on the smell left in the car. The only item reported missing was a blue bicycle valued at more than $300 taken from the house.
The victim's son spotted the missing bike in the bike rack at a WalMart located on McCall Road. He told store personnel who checked store surveillance video to see who had left the bike in the rack.
After viewing the video, WalMart personnel found 19-year-old Roy Peter Hornjak, asleep on bean bag chairs inside the store. He was asked to leave the store. Instead of leaving, Hornjak went to the Subway located inside WalMart and fell asleep at a table.
Deputies arrested Hornjak charging him with burglary of a dwelling, burglary of a structure, burglary of a conveyance, grand theft, and violation of probation.
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Chief executives at big banks take on big risks, and for that, they are paid millions. But what happens when the risks don't pay off? Should CEOs still get to walk away from the wreckage with gilded severance packages while employees lumber off with boxes and broken dreams? Don't taxpayers deserve a refund of multi-million-dollar payouts for paying billions to bail out these firms? Almost all these CEOs say no, but lately, Congress and federal regulators seems to be saying yes. Some compensation has been cut, and some could be capped under proposed regulations. Some ex-CEOs may face fraud charges, and a few have been hauled before Congress--such as those at AIG, which was lambasted by lawmakers for sending executives to a $440,000 junket after getting an $85 billion government bailout. Despite all this scrutiny, plenty of chiefs are still walking away with mountains of money. A look at some of these golden parachuters.
Richard Wagoner
Chairman and Chief Executive
Company: General Motors
On his watch: GM built its identity and best-selling brand around gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, which quickly fell out of fashion once the recession began and consumer spending dropped. By December 2008, sales plummeted and according to The New York Times, GM's cash reserves were falling $2 billion a month. Wagoner insisted that a government bailout was essential to the auto manufacturer's survival. It didn't help that Wagoner arrived in Washington, D.C. in a private corporate jet. In the weeks that followed, the Obama administration rejected Wagoner's plan and pushed him out of the company in March 2009. The company filed for bankruptcy in June of that year, but has rebounded with the help of taxpayer dollars. GM raked in $13 billion in earnings between 2009 and 2012, but in 2011 paid not a dime in federal income tax.
Payout: $8.2 million over five years; $74,030 per year until he dies; a life insurance policy of $2.6 million
Angelo Mozilo
Company: Countrywide Financial
On his watch: The founder of the ill-fated mortgage giant, Angelo Mozilo was at the helm during the subprime fiasco that led to the broader credit crisis. Mozilo swore Countrywide would ride out the turmoil and emerge bigger than ever. Instead, he cashed out his stock options as Countrywide headed into a nosedive in 2008; the company's worth shrunk from about $25 billion to $2.5 billion. In 2010, Mozilo was smacked with the Security and Exchange Commission's heftiest fine to that date: $45 million for ill-gotten gains and an additional $22.5 million to settle SEC charges that he and two other Countrywide executives misled investors. Countrywide paid $20 million of the fine thanks to Mozilo's indemnification agreement.
Payout: Mozilo gave up $36.4 million in severance pay, but walked away with $121.5 million in stock gains before the SEC charges and disgorgements.
Stanley O'Neal
Company: Merrill Lynch
On his watch: Shortly before his ouster in October 2007, Merrill reported $7.9 billion in write-downs related to O'Neal's blundering forays into risky subprime-mortgage territory. O'Neal had snatched up subprime lender First Financial in late 2006, a move Portfoliomagazine has likened to having "all the strategic wisdom of a foray into Havana real estate in 1959." Merrill's write-downs climbed to $45 billion in 2008.
Payout: $161.5 million
John Thain
Company: Merrill Lynch
On his watch: In O'Neal's messy wake, Merrill tapped Thain, then head of the New York Stock Exchange, to help right the firm in November 2007, but Merrill continued to slide. On September 15, 2008 – an hour before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy – Merrill agreed to a merger with Bank of America rather than meet a similar fate. In December 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported that Thain was seeking a $10 million bonus from Merrill (The New York Times later reported Thain demanded as much as $40 million.) The Journalalleged Thain's rationale was that he had helped avert a crisis that could have been worse for the company. Merrill promptly issued a statement saying Thain and other top executives would not receive bonuses. But Thain's controversial ways continued to get attention. According to The Daily Beast, Thain spent $1.22 million on a renovation of his own office in 2008. Line items included an $87,000 rug and $800,000 in interior design fees. The remodel took place even a Merrill was slashing expenses and laying off workers. After the merger with Bank of America, Thain was to be put in charge of the bank's trading and investment banking operations, but resigned on January 22, 2009.
Payout: No final bonus. On January 26, 2009 the New York State Attorney General's Office subpoenaed the former executive to answer questions about the approval of $4 billion in bonuses given out before the Bank of America merger. Thain is currently chief at bank holding company CIT Group, where he makes a base salary of $6 million annually.
Lloyd Blankfein
Company: Goldman Sachs
On his watch: Golden Goldman has always been heralded for managing risk better than other banks. But perhaps they weren't so prudent; when AIG revealed the beneficiaries of its TARP money in 2009, Goldman Sachs was on the list. The bank received more than $13 billion from the Federal Reserve, via different deals with AIG. Meanwhile, Blankfein – the Bronx-born CEO is consistently ranked one of the highest paid on the Street – refused his own 2008 bonus, while continuing to offer pay-outs to more than 440 partners, all of whom he argues deserve their bonuses to protect Goldman from other banks poaching Blankfein's staff.
Payout: None for Blankfein, but his partners stood to profit from Goldman's influx of $13 billion in taxpayer funds. Goldman is a major Obama funder, and Blankfein is reported to have visited the White House more than a dozen times.
Edward Liddy, Robert Willumstad, Martin Sullivan, Maurice (Hank) Greenberg
Company: American International Group (AIG), world's largest insurance firm
On their watch: In Willumstad's brief tenure, AIG stock plunged from around $27 a share to $2 a share, and the ailing firm agreed to an $85 billion government bailout. Sullivan left after two quarters of record losses and $20 billion in subprime-mortgage-related losses. Greenberg was credited with shaping AIG into the world's largest insurer but was forced out in 2005 due to a fraud investigation. No charges were filed against him. In March 2009, AIG revealed the beneficiaries of its TARP money, many of whom were other Wall Street banks. Even more odious was news that the company's CEO Edward Liddy still planned on offering bonuses to top execs, using the tax payer funds.
Payout: Willumstad refused a $22 million severance package, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 21, 2008 (previous reports put his payout deal at $7 million). Sullivan received $47 million, and for Greenberg, despite the investigation, a 12 percent stake in AIG. That stake, however, isn't worth what it once was. After the government bailout, Greenberg's $3 billion interest nearly disappeared, and he dropped off the Forbes list of the richest people in the world.
Charles Prince
Company: Citigroup
On his watch: Before he stepped down in November 2007, Citigroup, the world's largest bank, reported a 57 percent drop in quarterly earnings and lost nearly a quarter of its market value. "It is my judgment that given the size of the recent losses in our mortgage-backed securities business, the only honorable course for me to take as chief executive officer is to step down," he said.
Payout: $68 million
Richard Fuld
Company: Lehman Brothers
On his watch: The firm declared bankruptcy on Sept. 15. In April he proclaimed to shareholders that "the worst is behind us," but for months he had dodged queries about the firm's exposure to toxic subprime debt.
Payout: $22 million
Kerry K. Killinger
Company: Washington Mutual
On his watch: As CEO since the early 1990s, Killinger oversaw the acquisition of a slew of credit and mortgage providers that have since headed south. More than half of WaMu's loans were tied up in the riskiest types of loans, leading it to post a $3.3 billion loss for the second quarter alone in July 2008. At its peak in 2006, the company was worth about $44 billion. By mid-2008 it was worth less than $5 billion. Killinger was ousted as CEO on Sept. 7 of that year.
Payout: Up to $22 million


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Whoever said growing old gracefully was easy has not met the residents of Pine Haven Estates, a retirement community in Fulton, North Carolina. Decisions regretted and bittersweet memories are countered with surprising friendships and old fashioned orneriness. The confederate jasmine and wisteria arbor may shield the cemetery next door, but Pine Haven residents know it is the next stop. Oh well, such is life and death in Jill McCorkle's stirring new novel, Life After Life, where the challenge to keep from disappearing meets the desire to embrace life at any age.
McCorkle, whose previous five novels were New York Times notable books, has loaded this, her first novel in 17 years, with quirky, well-drawn characters from both in and out of the retirement village. Making sense of it all is hospice volunteer Joanna Lamb, who ensures that dying residents are not forgotten. Arriving after her own tough spell, Joanna is there for their last day in the sun, "one more song, word, sip of water" before they pass. So she holds the hands of the dying and writes in her journal touching, eloquent remembrances of those who have died. For the eccentric group of residents still around, life remains a journey defined by their own choices. A former lawyer who feigns dementia, a retired school teacher who thinks everyone is really eight-years-old at heart, a Jewish resident from up north who wonders how she ended up in "the land of quilts and doilies," are among the repertoire of voices. Youth, too, passes through Pine Haven, as seventh grader Abby prefers the residents to spending time with friends her own age, and a tattooed young mother named CJ does pedicures to escape her own past.
At times witty and other times poignant, McCorkle's brief narratives show off her penchant for short story form, along with the soul-searching that takes place when the life one has always known coalesces with the realities of aging. Fans of this southern writer are likely welcoming her return.
Mike Greenberg is best known as one-half of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning. But here, in his debut novel, All You Could Ask For, Greenberg leaves sports behind and hits a home run with this powerful novel about three women connected by cancer. Meet Samantha, Katherine, and Brooke, who share Greenwich, Connecticut as their hometown but are all at different places in their lives. Samantha is twenty-eight and two days into her honeymoon she discovers pictures of a naked woman in her husband's email. Nude photos are also on Brooke's mind. At forty, and after fifteen years of marriage and two kids, she is trying to muster the courage to present her husband with a personal portfolio featuring her and not much else. Finally, there is Katherine, a high-powered executive with a fabulous lifestyle. Her only problem is that her boss is the man who broke her heart eighteen years ago. Each woman works through her issues and gradually reaches resolution and happiness.
Those flashes of bliss are soon shattered as each receives a diagnosis of cancer and must face the disease head on. It is through a support group message board that the three meet and share their anger, fear, and hope for the future. The posted messages add more depth to each of these women as their innermost thoughts are revealed. These realistic, modern women struggle with the disease, treatment options, and side effects, yet they are strong and courageous. As their friendship grows, so does their spirit as each resolves to experience more "best days" of their lives. Perhaps the women's voices are so honest because Greenberg, like so many of us, has personal experience with cancer and wrote the book to honor the memory of a close friend. Greenberg and his wife are donating all of the author proceeds to The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Housesitting is a rather ambiguous sort of activity. It isn't really a proper job but it still comes with enough responsibilities to prevent the time spent from ever truly transforming into a vacation. Some people are better at handling this tension between obligation and pleasure than others, and occasionally accidents happen. A crystal glass might become broken, or a nick or two may appear in a previously flawless expanse of plaster. But take a particularly fragile home and add a more-than-usually disorderly house sitter and you don't just face an accident or two; you court utter disaster. Will Wiles, in his debut novel Care of Wooden Floors, hilariously portrays the panic, guilt, and misery that one such hapless house sitter experiences during the gradual devolution of his friend's pristine flat into complete chaos.
Wiles' protagonist, who remains unnamed, is doing a favor for Oskar, an old school chum, by staying in his flat for a few weeks while he travels to LA to finalize his divorce. The house sitter, who is from London, takes an instant dislike to the (also unnamed) Eastern European city that the flat is in and is less than attentive to the many notes that the persnickety Oskar has left regarding the proper care of his two cats, his grand piano, and his precious pale wooden floors. Less than twenty four hours into his stay, Oskar's meticulously maintained home has already been marred by the faint blush of a tiny wine glass stain, one that Oskar is sure not to miss. And that is just the beginning of a slowly escalating week of mishaps and casual negligence that contains as many surprises as it does calamities. This madcap misadventure is sure to delight fans of Matthew Dicks' Something Missing, as well as psychological drama aficionados and screwball comedy enthusiasts.
Actress Nia Vardalos won seemingly overnight stardom and acclaim with her first movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which she also wrote. Although she seemed on top of the world, there was one thing missing from her life—a child. Married to fellow comedic actor Ian Gomez, Vardalos tried for over a decade to become a mother. In the funny and touching new memoir Instant Mom, she chronicles the journey that led the pair to the adoption of their daughter, and shares with the reader the transformative experience that is motherhood.
Despite the title, there was nothing "instant" about Vardalos' becoming a mother. Much of her professional success in life, she admits, is due to her stubborn nature and her refusal to take "no" for an answer. She admits to translating the meaning of the word as "try a different way." Five years of devastating miscarriages led her to many more years of IVF treatments and even attempts with a surrogate. She kept this personal heartbreak hidden from the media even as millions embraced her as an actress they could immediately relate to, a Greek-Canadian girl next door.
Vardalos' humorous, approachable tone makes Instant Mom a page-turning read, and when she decides to explore adoption via foster care, you know that this will finally be the answer. When she receives the phone call confirming that they have been approved to adopt a three-year-old little girl, she and her husband have just fourteen hours to prepare for her arrival. From this point, the book becomes a love story, one filled with trial and error as well as joy and frustration as the family gets to know one another and settles into the routines of everyday life. Instant Mom is a memoir of hard-earned motherhood with just a dash of Hollywood name-dropping, a book with wide general appeal.
Letting it Go is Miriam Katin's gorgeous new graphic novel, in which she tries to come to terms with her past as a Holocaust survivor. Due to her past, Katin had come to despise all things German. When her son moves to Berlin, she realizes she must somehow come to terms with Germany if she is to maintain a relationship with her son.
Born in Hungary during the Second World War, Katin eventually immigrated to Israel in 1957 where she worked as a graphic artist for the Israeli Defense Forces. She went on to work for the MTV Animation and Disney Studios. She wrote her first graphic novel, We Are On Our Own, at the age of 63. Although Katin is writing about very heavy subject matter, the overall tone and art remain fairly light and at times, humorous. At once literary and accessible, Letting it Go reveals Katin's daily life with her husband in New York while calling on the likes of Kafka to reveal her inner fears.
Done in colored pencil, Letting it Go works exceedingly well as a graphic novel. Katin is able to reveal details and nuance in her art, letting us inside her psyche. The mostly panel-less comics flow nicely with the fairly free-form text. The mix of black and white and color also nicely juxtaposes past and present. Like Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, this would make an excellent introduction to nonfiction graphic novels.
Blue Balliett has created an unforgettable character in Early Pearl, the eleven-year-old heroine of Hold Fast. Early's life is happy despite a lack of money. Her parents, Dashiell and Summer, and her four-year-old brother Jubiliation form a tight-knit family that enjoys reading, words, and puzzles. Dash works as a shelver in the Chicago Public Library with a dream of one day becoming a librarian. Sum stays at home to take care of Jubie, but once he starts school, she wants to work with kids who need help. They all long for a home of their own someday, but until then are content in their cozy apartment on Chicago's South Side.
All that changes when Dash suddenly vanishes and the Pearl family is shattered. Forced to retreat to a shelter, Sum grows depressed, Jubie sick, and Early is anxious and determined to find out the truth about her father. Early becomes desperate to hold her family together and find her father. She realizes that he hasn't left without a trace, and with the help of her dad's former teacher, tracks down the patterns and rhythms of Dash's days prior to his disappearance.
Early is a wise and spunky young girl; Balliett infuses the story with the poetry and spirit of Langston Hughes, as evidenced by the book's title, which is from his poem "Dreams". This is also an interesting glimpse into life as a shelter kid and offers an honest look at homelessness. The mystery will keep readers engaged, especially with the public library at the center of an international crime ring. Enjoy getting to know this most special Pearl family, which is blissfully reunited despite great obstacles, thanks to the persistently clever Early who followed her heart and held fast to her dreams.
Blending engaging, energetic illustrations with an accessible plot and appealing characters, acclaimed cartoonist Michael Fry offers a refreshing new take on some timeless issues in middle school in The Odd Squad: Bully Bait. Nick has got to be THE shortest twelve-year old on the planet. Well, at least the shortest in Emily Dickinson Middle School. Being short isn't always bad...at least when the school bully Roy stuffs Nick in his locker, it's a roomy fit. But then being short isn't Nick's only problem.
Nick's mom and dad have split up. Roy regularly terrorizes him at school. He doesn't really fit in anywhere, not even with the Unsociables. Worst of all, Becky, his would-be girlfriend has begun hanging out with the abominable Roy! Not everything is rotten though, like Mr. Dupree, the seriously weird janitor who quotes Shakespeare and tells strange truths disguised as lies. Then there's his mom and Memaw who love him. Best of all, Nick has a cool virtual alter-ego, Max. Max gets to torment Roy through texts and is Becky's virtual BFF. Nick's school counselor, Dr. Daniels, has had enough of the bullying. She's recruited Nick and two other misfits, Molly and Karl to join the lamest club ever - Safety Patrol. Molly, the tallest girl in school, and Karl, the weirdest, aren't prime friend material as far as Nick is concerned. They have a common cause, though, and together the three devise a plan to stand up to Roy. In the process, Nick learns some surprising information about Roy – and about himself.
Fry takes on a potentially problematic combination of delicate issues in Bully Bait, including both physical and virtual bullying, "peer allergies", challenging family situations and more. What he delivers is a story that is humorous and light, without sacrificing realism or a powerful underlying message. Look for the second installment in The Odd Squad series in September.
Revenge might be a dish best served cold, but for Celia Door it will certainly feel warm and comforting when it finally arrives. In The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, Karen Finneyfrock dives headfirst into the high school arena of mean girls and hidden truths. Celia was a normal teenager—average student, slightly unsure of herself but relatively happy—until two events occurred that upset her world. The first was the "trial separation" of her parents and the subsequent relocation of her father to Atlanta. The second was a mean-spirited prank by two popular girls that has socially-damned Celia, causing her to withdraw into herself and go dark, wearing only black and speaking to as few people as possible. As she silently plans her revenge, a new student named Drake, with a few issues and secrets of his own, slowly breaks through the cracks in her darkness.
Celia channels her feelings into her poetry notebook, and her poems add to the mood of the story in addition to playing an important piece of the novel's plot. Author Finneyfrock is a Seattle-based poet, branching out here with her first novel, and is a promising new voice in realistic fiction for young adults. Poetic yet painful, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door is highly praised by best-selling authors Sherman Alexie and Ruta Sepetys.
How do you finally let go when you lose what matters most? This is the question asked by Barbara Taylor Sissel in her new novel Evidence of Life. When Abby's husband Nick decides to take their daughter on a camping trip, Abby is thrilled that he wants to spend more time with his daughter. After they leave, the skies darken and the weather takes a turn for the worse. Roads are blocked with debris, major flooding ensues and emergency services warn travelers to stay off the roads. Abby receives a disturbing phone call from her daughter Lindsey, who tells her in a scared and distressed voice that they have traveled through San Antonio, Texas, a city far from their intended route. This is the last that Abby would hear from Nick or Lindsey.
Everyone is quickly presuming that Nick and Lindsey are dead, even though their bodies have not been recovered. Abby wants to give up the search and begin the grieving process, but there are too many unanswered questions. Her son Jake becomes distant, making fewer trips home from his college. Abby's best friend Kate, though sympathetic, also seems to know more than she is telling. Nick was a lawyer on a high profile case and some suspect him of absconding with a great deal of money. Could Nick and Lindsey still be alive? Abby's friends and family are skeptical and urge her to declare them dead and plan a memorial service, but Abby chooses a different path. She will keep searching until she uncovers the truth.
Evidence of Life is a suspenseful mystery with many twists and turns. Barbara Taylor Sissel creates an engaging main character in Abby, whose inquisitive nature pulls the reader through the story as we discover the truth along with her. Fans of Mary Higgins Clark will definitely find something to like in this novel.
Lauren Willig's new stand-alone novel The Ashford Affair is a departure from her well-known Pink Carnation series. The story, which the Library Journal says combines an "Out of Africa sensibility with a Downton Abbey cast," takes readers from the English countryside before World War I to 1920s Kenya and 1990s New York City. Clementine "Clemmie" Evans is a successful, overworked attorney whose personal life is a mess. As Clemmie's ninety-nine-year-old grandmother Addie nears the end of her life, Clemmie stumbles upon a secret from Addie's past. A family member hints to Clemmie that there may be more to the story than meets the eye, and Clemmie begins to investigate Addie's life story. Addie grew up in England on her uncle's estate as a poor orphan taken in by her rich family. Addie and her effervescent cousin Bea grew up to be best friends and close confidants, but with time came change. As Clemmie learns about Addie's past, it begins to influence her own future. The Ashford Affair is a multi-layered love story that will enchant fans of Kate Morton.
What are the odds that two authors would leave behind their popular series and write stand-alone novels set in the same place in the same time? While at a conference, Willig met her friend Deanna Raybourn for cocktails. When the discussion turned to their work, both were surprised to discover that their latest projects were set in 1920s Kenya. Raybourn's new novel, A Spear of Summer Grass, is the story of Delilah Drummond, a socialite whose family banishes her to Kenya to avoid a scandal. Delilah quickly connects with a group of British ex-pats, but a murder within her group forces Delilah to make an important choice. These two novels are a perfect pairing for a literary getaway.
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The Bulldogs surrendered two goals in the first half — the first in the 13th minute and the second three minutes later — and were outscored 4-1 in the second half to fall to 2-5-1 on the season.
Wylie, which plays a pair of games today, cut the Coyotes' lead to 2-1 with a Jeffrey Kendall goal early in the second half, but Wichita Falls answered with about 20 minutes remaining and found the net three more times after that.
"We came out in the second half and played probably our best 15 minutes of soccer all year," Wylie coach Chris Kincaid said. "We scored a goal and had all momentum. Then we get one bad little break, they score, and we just shut it down.
"We just hung our heads and forgot that you've got to play the whole 40 minutes of the second half."
Wylie, which has lost its last two games by a combined score of 12-1, continues tournament play today with a 10 a.m. game against Denton Guyer, followed by a 5 p.m. matchup with Wichita Falls Hirschi. After watching his team get buried in its last two outings, Kincaid said he just wants to see the Bulldogs compete.
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As a race organiser I am also taking back many ideas and positive elements from your event. Amongst other things.
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3. Plenty of signs in and around leisure centre.
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5. Obvious timely setting up of finish area and barrier placement throughout.
6. Notification to public of best viewing areas on local web sites.
7. Something we find key to success is engaging with local business and community - we do a race booklet sent free to runners and its clear Beverley AC have same strong bond.
8. 2 drink stations. (for the race weary)
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9. I guess over 60% unattached, so like us good links/advertising within local area.
10. Great setting for start & finish.
See you again next year - along with a posse of Wetherby Runners AC members.
Once again well done guys, I KNOW of untold hours in building a race to be successful - but there is a world of difference between a good race which just about hangs together and a truly great race event which has vision, pre-empts 'almost' all of the scenarios and has all the players pulling together.
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Hi, My computer received a virus which has been cleared but since then I am unable to open up Virgin Security Centre. I have tried the diagnostic tool which has not worked and it has recommended that I come to the support site. I need to reinstall the security centre but when I try to uninstall it I receive the follwoing error: An error (-5001 : 0x80070002) has occurred while running the setup. Please make sure you have finished any previous setup and closed other applications If the error still occurs please contact your vendor: Virgin Media (http://www.virginmedia.com) Please can you PM the file need to uninstall and reinstall the security centre. Thanks
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Ana Ruiz, my housekeeper and property manager, worked for five years in the agave fields of tequila producer Jose Cuervo. Along with 25 other workers from her village, El Conde, an hour away from Guadalajara, she was picked up at 5:30 AM, Monday through Saturday, and packed into the back of a truck.
"We were dropped off at 6 AM and picked up at 5 PM," Ana said. "All of us were paid 150 pesos ($13) per day. I worked for Jose Cuervo from 1999 to 2004 and never got a raise." Sauza, owner of adjoining fields and the only other big local employer, paid its workers the same, she said. Like most of the others, she felt she had no choice but to stay. "I was 28 years old, my husband left me the year before, and I had two children to raise," she said.
Every day, 5'2" Ana strapped on a 20-liter tank of chemicals and walked the rows of agaves, fumigating and fertilizing the plants. "Jose Cuervo's rows look straight and tidy," she said. "Not like the Sauza fields, so messy with weeds. That's because they don't use chemicals. And Jose Cuervo now uses a small plane for spraying. Less work for the field hands, but people worry about how much more they inhale." (Note to self: Switch to Sauza brand tequila.)
During those years, Ana thought about cleaning houses in Phoenix. A friend had a crew and a van, and Ana had her standing offer of a job. But she couldn't bear the thought of leaving her kids in El Conde. "I wanted to do better by them, though," she said. " I dropped out of school at 15 and gave birth to Karina at 16, to Enrique at 18. It's been hard physical work for me ever since. I want so much more for the two of them."
So Ana left her kids with her parents in El Conde and moved to San Pancho, where her in-laws lived and she heard there was work. After a stint as a housekeeper at the local hotel, she found me by day and a restaurant by night. She washed dishes the first year at Café del Mar. The second, she washed dishes and trained as a sous-chef. The third, she prepared salads and vegetables at sister restaurant Mar Plata. And the fourth, 2009, she returned to Café del Mar, this time as head chef.
"I learned the menu fairly quickly," Ana said. "Now I'm starting to innovate, which I really like a lot." She feels proud of herself. "My kids say they feel proud of me, too," she admitted.
I imagine my days as Ana's boss are numbered -- surely she won't need a second job much longer. And oh how I'll miss her. Nice, though, to have been part of this local-girl-makes-good story.
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Istanbul bomb blast kills police officer, injures 7
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The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals and the toll was likely to rise as some of them are reported to be in a critical condition.No group has taken responsibility for the attack yet. In May, a policeman was killed after two gunmen attacked a police station in the central city of Kayseri and opened fire before setting off a bomb. The Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), took responsibility for the attack. DB/MA/PG/JR/SS


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