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Aug 04 2012
WordCamp San Francisco 2012
WordCamp SF 2012
Even though it took up a sacred Saturday, WordCamp San Francisco 2012 was an informative and fun event. The community around WordPress is filled with excitement with so many people gathered in one place that can talk "geek". I have been attending WordCamps for a number of years now and they continue to amaze. Matt also gave one of the best State of the Word addresses and included his great slides which he attributed to a person that lives in Japan. I have tried to capture the day with my live blog tweeting notes and some pictures. This is my first attempt to integrate pictures on the spot. They were taken with my new Galaxy S III phone, uploaded to DropBox and then inserted into the post. I used WordPress Plugin "Live Blog Entries" to accomplish the tweets / posts. For your information I have not gone back and edited the blog notes.
Additional links of interest:
- Most of the presentation slide decks are available on line and are listed on David Bisset website.
- WPCandy Live Blog – This is the live blogging I strive to attain one day. It was this blog from last year conference, saw how they included images and thought I need to figure that out.
It looks like each session is 15 minutes long #wcsf. That could be a good thing.
10 Things to make your WordPress Website Faster with @chriscoyier #wcsf
Steve Souders is the web performance guy. #wcsf 80% of the time it takes a site to load is front end stuff 20% backend
#1 turn on http compression #wcsf GZip gzipwtf.com
go to .htaccess file and add Gzip compression #wcsf WordPress Yoast SEO plugin also has it
2. Cache stuff #wcsf server cache W3 total cache plugin
3. losslessly your images #wcsf
4. combine css and js files #wcsf
The cool Sheri Bigelow #wcsf Hidden Gens: Little known Facts about publishing with wordpress
wordpress is getting faster #wcsf comment moderation, upgrades post-slug-only permalinks, WP-Query …
Keyboard Shortcuts built into WordPress mouse over the editor buttons #wcsf See hot keys
Comment Shortcut keys for moderating your comments. #wcsf Auto embeds put the video right into the post and it will display now tweets are auto embed. Use the http address for entering the tweet.
You can rearrange your edit window move the widgets around.
Press This #wcsf Great for interacting with other things on the web and adding content into your site
Adding pagination into your site <—next page –/> #wcsf
Adding columns to your post for a gallery Use the column code.
Slugs will redirect automatically
Sheri says wordpress is making it easier for you to publish and write.
Header Images #wcsf adding directly from your media library. Add flexible widths and heights. new in 3.4.1
Customizer #wcsf do a live preview in the theme appearance to see what a theme redesign will look like before going live.
@designsimpy Colourlover backgrounds very cool in her presentations. Happy bright and cheery
That last post should have been @designsimply #wcsf color backgrounds check them out
Up next is BBPress which is forum plugin for WordPress, I really like #wcsf
John James Jacoby the master of bbPress. #wcsf bbPress and BuddyPress can go together like peas in a pod
there is a converter for bbPress 1.0 to 2.0 #wcsf that is huge! You should be able to covert your data over easily.
Turnkey way to start a community use bbPress before BuddyPress. #wcsf
Making Plugins Faster #wcsf only load the code you need, run the code ou need and hook the actions
Use Core for plugins #wcsf Wordpress is Feature rich, fast, compatible and maintained
Now we are getting geeky talking about benchmarking #wcsf running from command lines …
#wcsf XD Bug output for profiling something shows how long things have taken nice visuals
P3 plugin that shows how long your plugins are taking.#wcsf Oh boy this is a developer talk but good for all to know.
Matt Mullenweg is up next for State of the Word 11:00. He usually has good slides #wcsf
Obviously with all the media & size of websites speed is an issue #wcsf slides at http://x.co/wcsf12 Kurt Payne
State of the Word with @photomatt #wcsf
#wcsf New ability for people to put headers in the plugins in wordpress.org
Also ability to favorite plugins and later download. in WordPress.org #wcsf
Bringing plugins and themes to international communities #wcsf is the future
The customizer editing your blog while looking at it. Big change in WordPress #wcsf
What is next in WordPress 3.5 #wcsf the 2012 theme. Full retina support,
Upload multiple images simultaneously. 3.5 #wcsf
wordpress 3.5 will be available on 12/5. They will be on time. #wcsf
New is "Get Involved" button the wordpress collaboration space will be within WP dashboard. #wcsf
Applause for many of the people that have gotten involved with WordPress. #wcsf From all over the world. Open Source opportunity
#wcsf Parity between .com and .org, introduced JetPack. Lot more features coming to it.
wordpress.com, Mobile app Blogs | Follow #wcsf
Posting to tablets is the future and how we interact with the web #wcsf Developing for mobile platform
Web developers should start getting more involved with mobile #wcsf That may be a hint for me.
2012 WordPress Survey #wcsf 66% using wordpress as a CMS. Now they have more than just a blog.
WordPress on average small biz website cost is 00. Large business enterprise 00 #wcsf
WordPress has gone from Blog > CMS next is becoming an APP engine #wcsf
16.7% of top websites using WordPress up from 14% last year #wcsf
WordPress Challenges: Media, galleries, tagging, zooming #wcsf
WordPress Challenge: More timely releases #wcsf Like to have 3 releases a year.
WordPress Challenge: UI do a lot more testing. #wcsf How do people use the dashboard? Watch more reg. users using the site.
WordPress Challenge: Community Summit, bringing everyone together, particularly from international. Smart Iteration, Updates, Updates.
WordPress Challenge: Updates, it just all works. Much like Chrome.
One click upgrades from web hosts will automatically upgrade WordPress if you opt in. #wcsf
This is the moon shot, real time editing. #wcsf Much like on Google Docs. Now big Applause State of Word ended.
VaultPress will help your WordPress site from getting hacked through backups. #wcsf
ooooh you can not control the Q & A's. #wcsf
Back from a great Lunch at #wcsf first afternoon session Custom Post Type Relationships #wordpress
@randyhoyt works at treehouse presenting about relating Custom Post types with custom fields (wp_postmeta table)
Plugins that can do this are Plugin Pods and post to Posts 2 Posts plugin
Parent / Child relationship (post_parent column) – subordinate post type
WooCommerce creates separate variations for products.
Created a plugin "Subordinate post type helpers" to help create these post types. #wcsf Slides at randyhoyt.com/wcsf
the code is at github.com/randyhoyt/subpost
Next Session #wcsf Extendable Extensions w/ Michael Fields is a theme wrangle for Automattic
Plugin – wp core contributions widget , imports the code into your site for you to use and customize.
Portfolio Press by Devin Price, custom post type
- Registered in theme
- moved into a plugin
- users can now switch to new themes
- other themes can now add support
"Looking at plugins and themes as words that can form sentences"
The integration and separation at the same time. Plugins and themes work together. Playing well on the WordPress playground.
Next Zen of WordPress Development with Daniel Bachhuber from Portlandia (: #wcsf
Striving for elegant solutions. #wcsf Zen comes in when you think about the API fully
- Be intimately aware of your environment
- Know thy codebase, know the rules and how it opperates
core files: formatting.php , post.php, rewrite.php, query.php, pluggable.php
- Master the tools of the trade
developer plugin: developed by automattic
Debug Bar Cron – scheduled cron events
User Switching
Rewrite Rules Inspector – useful for debugging
- Best practices are healthy ingredient for your code
- Prefix everything
- Commit wisely
- Focus on choosing the proper hooks for your APIs
The State of Themes with @RyanImel from WPCandy Where we have come and where we are going with themes
At wordpress there is a theme review team WPTRT.
Premium Themes are themes you can buy also known at commercial themes. #wcsf Started with magazine style themes.
Customising your themes with Customizer in WordPress, Options Framework Plugin #wcsf
Next #wcsf session is The Business of Code with adii pienaar co-founder of my favorite WooThemes.
Building a business around WordPress 8 lessons from @adii
Fusion between Entrepreneurship and development
- Learn to speak "geek", learning to speak to these people
- Open – source economics, There's no such thing as fast money or making easy money with WordPress
- Only clean code scales. Feature Bloat = live young, die hard.
just adding features is not the way to go.
- Users pay for support and service. Technology and code are bonuses . Great technology and great code and supporting all of this. woo themes is great with support and service.
- Understand the ecosystem. The "community" is small in comparison. The WP ecosystem is larger and very diverse.
- Freemium is a distribution channel only. You need a real revenue model. Releasing a free theme is great but does not make us money. Converting free to paying is not a business model.
- Core Contributions are Special. Making core contributions is #warmfuzzies.
- Be a good ambassador. Stick to native code and UI Conventions. As a designer stick to doing things as natively as possible.
Theme Foundry developed the 2012 theme coming out with WordPress 3.5 #wcsf
How to design a wordpress default theme #wcsf
- Sketch first and share ideas
- Look at the work that has been done before.
- Make it look like a website tool or CMS not a blog
- Use a grid for designing, consistency and rhythm
- Use few colors and texture.
- Use the theme customizer, build in support
- Make sure the theme looks good on all devices
- Use percentage base widths. So that your design will scale.
- Use the rem (root em) unit. Set one value at the top of your style sheet and reference it throughout your theme. Will also need to use a pixel fall back
- Use CSS3 gradients instead of images
- Use Web fonts –
- Pre Processing, Sass is for style sheets. Free open source tool called Forge
- Get help from the wordpress community
twentytwelvedemo.wordpress.com – link to check out demo of the theme
Designing for the future web. #wcsf Mobile devices will surpass desktop by 2015. The mobile web will become the majority
The mobile web is what we should be designing for. #wcsf It is not an after thought. Ultimately need to design for our content.
starting to take a mobile first approach.
Flexible grids / media and images are adaptive.
Retina is changing everything. Another thing we cannot avoid anymore.
Retina Display is changing everything and adding a lot more pixels to a tiny screen mobile #wcsf
A good ratio of Speed vs. Awesomeness. 2G is the new dial up. #wcsf
OMG now we need to think about designing for retina display. #wcsf How do your images look on retina … ?
Retina retina.js, plugin WP Retina 2x
Retinafy your websites & apps by Thomas Fuchs an ebook #wcsf
"How to Building an Audience as a Writer" Leo Babauta is a writer. #wcsf Started blog zenhabits.net. In one year built up to 26,000 readers.
Leo has no slides. First presenter without slides. Kind of nice. #wcsf
"Most stuff you read on line for bloggers and writers is mostly bullshit" #wcsf
- mountain of bullshit – don't need to be in big city to do well. Basically just wrote.
- As a writer you don't need to learn marketing, learn how to serve your audience. Create something so amazing people will do your marketing for you. People forwarded it for you.
- popups they are annoying and disrespectful to the reader. What you want them to read is your content.
- Mailing list – does not have one. Doesn't believe in SEO
- Social media does not do it
- Ads, you don't need them.
- Put your readers first and great content. Ask why would a reader want to come to my site.
- Great content is content that solves the readers problem. Figure out how to solve their problem.
- Figure out what your differences are. People are craving simplicity. What sets you apart from everyone else
- Monetize your content through ebooks, courses …
closing speaker today Pete Davies How to run a small country…using the P2 theme #wcsf
http://p2theme.com/ P2 theme, check it out download it. Great for team work and collaboration. #wcsf
closing remarks "the end" #wcsf
3 Responses to "WordCamp San Francisco 2012"
# Dennis Goedegebuure (@TheNextCorner)on 04 Aug 2012 at 7:00 am
@toniCarr nice, you will be busy today
# Dennis Goedegebuure (@TheNextCorner)on 04 Aug 2012 at 9:57 am
@toniCarr sessions are going a little too fast, don't you think…?
# Sheri Bigelow (@designsimply)on 04 Aug 2012 at 10:27 am
@toniCarr good catch! I *knew* there was more than one eagle eye in the crowd. 😉 I hope you're using your powers for good.


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"smells like edam cheese"
Damn you Britney! You said it would taste like coconut!
Tastes like Cheetos and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Poor guy drew the short straw.
did she take her implants out?
Britney's clothes always look like she got them from the set of an early 90s porno.
What's unfortunate is that she is relatively attractive with a fairly nice body (if you like kind of thick muscly girls) but she has no idea how to dress. I don't know if she is making these costume decisions or someone else is, but she could still dress in different sexy way and look good. But these just do not work and make her look ridiculous. Does she pick these clothes? Someone needs to have a clothing intervention.
I thought she got rid of k-fed?
Smells like fish, but tastes like Cheetos.

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After two days of searching, officials are out of the Montgomery County woods after a quick end-of-day sweep resulted in the finding of Ryan Priestley.
"We finished up on a few more leads that we had, and we were doing a couple more canvasses of the neighborhood," according to Sgt. Ken Culbreath of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. "It was at that point that our detectives discovered him "
Officials say they found the 11-year-old just a few hundred yards from his home in the Woodlands area. Priestly had gone missing Wednesday after arguing with his parents. Although officials are in the early stages of the investigation, they tell us Priestly had heard search teams over the past two days. The sheriff's office, police, DPS helecopters and canine units all assisted in the search.
"We've had a couple of instances where kids have left and we've done searches," said Culbreath, "but nothing that I can remember that was on this scale that we had this many different agencies willing to participate."
Ryan Priestley was found just after 7 PM. Officials described him as being in good health, just a little shaken. They describe his parents as ecstatic.
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Benny Jasso took charge of his first city council meeting as mayor of Deming. The regularly scheduled meeting went off without a hitch at the John Strand Municipal Building 309 S. Gold St.
Jasso, 54, was sworn in as mayor by City Administrator Rick McInturff, as was incumbent City Councilman David Sanchez and new council member, Dr. Victor Cruz.
"It was fun and exciting," said Jasso of his first meeting as mayor. "I was nervous at first, but I think it went very well. We accomplished a few things.
"I want to thank everyone for their continued support. We need to push forward and see growth in our community. It means so much to me to have the community support. It motivates me to work harder."
Jasso's immediate plan as mayor is to meet with McInturff to discuss the city's budget. Jasso indicated he has meetings planned with different departments to get updated on each department's current situation. Jasso also plans to meet with his new staff members and learn the inner workings of the city's government. Meeting with the financial department, service center crews and getting feedback from staff are only a few of the items on the new mayor's plate.
"We have to see where we are at before we can see where we are going," said Jasso, "it's all good for the city, we are moving forward. I am glad about that."
City Councilor Linda Franklin was elected as Mayor Pro-Tem on Monday by a unanimous vote of the council members.
Council members considered an amendment to memorandum of the Solar Energy Lease for Tradewind Energy. The request is for an additional six acres to be added to the lease and it was unanimously approved by the council.
Renegade Construction LLC., of Las Cruces, won the low bid on a project for replacement of old sewer lines in the Bell Elementary School area on Deming's east side.
The city received six sealed bids from construction companies in connection to the proposed project. Deming Excavating was the only local bidder.
The construction project is being funded through the Colonias Fund for infrastructure repairs to the city.
It is expected to take 90 days for the project to be completed, being that there are some private properties involved where the sewer lines run through. The old sewer line will be abandoned once the new line is replaced.
The council members also discussed and approved the following:
• Declaring the month of April as Fair Housing Month. City recognizes every resident — regardless of age, color or religion — deserves reasonable housing accommodations.
• Confirmation agreement between Shell Energy North and the City of Deming. The proposal was approved based on the only old contract was expiring and the only change would be the date to renew.
• Declaring the month of April as Clean and Green Month. City will be implementing cleaning up city alley ways and problem areas.
• General engineering services for streets and drainage on-call (federal and state). The city received and approved three engineering companies for service of streets and drainage issues with the city. The staff requested an award of three be approved in case any of the other companies were unavailable. Both requests were approved.


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Extinction-Level Supervolcano Growing in the Pacific – Pt 2 | Earthquakes.
This entry was posted on February 13, 2013 by loopyloo305. It was filed under Future, Life, Science and was tagged with life.
Very interesting that you posted this today. Look at what I just posted on my blog in the past hour:
"Some Thoughts on the Las Vegas Earthquake Dream"
February 14, 2013 at 3:01 am
Read it just after you posted it Tim, I wonder if the volcano under Lake Tahoe that I read about a few years ago, is having any tremors?
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Have you been watching Sundance Channel's mini-series Top of the Lake? If so, remember to tune-in tonight for a special 2 hour finale, starting at 9pm EST. Here's an exclusive clip from tonight's show.
Notice a familiar face? Trainspotting's Peter Mullan (Sweeny), plays a drug-lord looking for his missing 12-year-old daughter. The Scottish actor sat down with the New Zealand Herald to talk about ToTL and his character, Matt Mitcham.
He's a tortured soul ... there's a lot of self-loathing there but on the whole, like any lunatic I've ever met, he doesn't see himself as such. He has more than a few dark nights of the soul, and the power that he wields over people - it's a hands-on power. It's not the gangster from afar whose reputation can do things. He's hands-on. He's sort of guy who thinks 'I haven't beaten up anyone this week so I am an okay guy'.
Mullan's the first to admit he didn't have a pleasant upbringing and got caught up in gang-life as a kid. He quickly realized hurting people wasn't something he wanted to do with his life and he enrolled in school, studying economic history and drama. Once he started acting, he was fully converted.
Acting is the best job in the world because you get to do things with impunity. As an actor, you can do the most horrible things to people. Someone will jump up (from a beating) and say, 'that was great, you were so bloody horrible. Let's do it again. It's such good fun, ridiculously stupid. You come in, say some lines without hitting the furniture, and then you fuck off. But you do have to humble yourself as an actor because you can make such a tit of yourself. You don't want to let anyone down to the point where they think you're shit. Actors are always looking for some kind of validation.
Mullan joked around with the Australian news that he's thankful he was cast in ToTL as a key player and didn't foresee his character being cut like it has been in previous work.
"I was the star of Trainspotting and they just changed the whole thing. I know that sounds hard to believe but that was my movie and that [expletive] McGregor comes along he does his Lust for Life whore acting and they cut me out of the fucking thing.
Whether you believe that or not, he did still make an impression in the cult film, which got him more work and recognition. Watch this Trainspotting clip with Mullan and McGregor when Renton can't make it through the day without one more hit.
Watch the Top of the Lake finale tonight on the Sundance Channel.
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From bears and bulls to doves and hawks, the financial world is a wild kingdom.
President Barack Obama is faced with selecting a candidate for the highly esteemed position of Federal Reserve chairman. With Ben Bernankes term expiring in January, two front-runners have emerged as his possible replacement: Larry Summers and Janet Yellen. While Yellen is picking up steam in the popular consensus, it seems Obama is leaning toward Summers.
In the financial markets, being hawkish refers to having a negative opinion on inflation and its effect. Think of the hawk as a highly vigilant, aware and skeptical creature, peering down from the sky monitoring economic activity. Hawks tend to believe the price of goods is too high, and they favor higher interest rates as a way of maintaining reduced inflation.
Doves have a softer, more optimistic opinion of inflation and interest rates. They favor lower interest rates, believing they will result in more borrowing by consumers and businesses, which in turn will spur economic activity and growth. Statements that imply inflation will have a minimal impact are dovish. We are currently in a dovish economy with low interest rates.
Most often you will hear the terms hawkish and dovish used to describe the actions and attitudes of the Federal Reserve, its members and Chairman Bernanke. Both Summers and Yellen can be classified as dovish.
Larry Summers is a former Treasury secretary and Obama adviser. Although described as dovish, he has not explicitly stated his plan to ensure that banks can support the slow-growing U.S. economy with exceptionally low interest rates. Summers is known for his intelligence, boldness some may say brashness which may contrast sharply with Bernankes understated style. A big point in Summers favor is that he has managed enormous financial crises for nearly two decades, including serving as Obamas principal economic adviser during the Great Recession.
Janet Yellen, the Feds vice-chairwoman, previously was an economic adviser to President Bill Clinton, a member of the Feds Board of Governors, and president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Her personality has been likened to that of Bernanke, which may serve the market better as she might provide a calming effect leading to less volatility. Further, she has outlined a more defined plan for tackling the problems at hand. Yellen has said she would advise the Fed to illuminate its strategies for the future in order to stimulate the market, and she has backed plans such as Bernankes bond-buying idea. Unfortunately, Yellen lacks experience in dealing with major financial crises.
While their personalities may vary dramatically, both candidates have similar backgrounds based in macroeconomic policy and implementation and take similar positions on U.S. economic problems. Right now, the market needs an unerring focus on strengthening economic growth and avoiding crises. Both candidates have said, as doves, that they are more concerned about stymied growth and unemployment than increased inflation. While their positions are very similar on a host of issues, one thing is certain whoever is chosen will have a challenge ahead.
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December 1, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee State Museum in Nashville is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 with a new exhibition.
"Becoming the Volunteer State: Tennessee in the War of 1812" includes the sword presented to Andrew Jackson by the Tennessee legislature for his victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Jackson became a national figure during the war and later became president.
So many Tennesseans volunteered for military service during the war that the state became known as "the volunteer state."
The free exhibit runs through June 24.
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Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. the Beatles are playing the Vineyard. Look closely and the Fab Four may resemble some local favorite musicians playing under the auspices of the Daytrippers, but close your eyes and be transported.
The concert takes place at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at the regional high school and is, in fact, a benefit concert for the PAC. The funds will be used to maintain and upgrade existing sound equipment and musical instruments in need of repair.
Flamenco Guitar
Flamenco guitar master Alberto de Almar performs at the Chilmark Free Public Library on Wednesday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. In addition to playing Mr. de Almar will talk about the history of the flamenco style and demonstrate the techniques.
Dynamic Duo of Fiddling
Tonight, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. KCT Concerts opens its 2012 season at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. There really is no need to say any more as all of KCT's performers are tops in their field, often leaning to the Irish or traditional music. Fiddle players as top billers, finally.
But go on we shall, out of sheer pleasure.
Alberto de Almar, Friday night at the Pitstop in Oak Bluffs. The notes came off his guitar in a flurry, his hands a blur — Flamenco — throbbing, twanging, pinging off the walls, carrying a message of joy and sorrow, and just plain good fun.
For current American Idol contestant Erika Van Pelt, last week moving into the top twelve, handling the pressure of performing in front of an audience of millions should be a walk in the park.
After all, her very first gig with the Sultans of Swing, the Martha's Vineyard based event band most commonly seen at weddings and summer events, was a Nantucket wedding in which she sang two hours of overtime as a storm rolled in over the horizon.
Talk about a high-pressure situation.
By the end of the grand opening night last Friday, it was standing room only at the Pit Stop.
The newest Oak Bluffs music venue that's housed in a converted Dukes County avenue garage echoed with jazz, folk and rock and roll as Vineyard musicians took the stage to celebrate the first official concert. The past mingled with the present — old concert posters lined the walls from the garage's previous incarnations — but the pulse was new.
Carly Simon, the celebrated pop songwriter and musical pioneer who began her musical career as a young singer on the Vineyard and lives here year-round, has taken a big step to give Vineyard musicians a way to stay connected with each other in the digital age. This week she launched a Web site, vineyardmusicall.com, as a way to help local musicians connect to each other.
The Pit Stop, a sort of underground music scene in Oak Bluffs, is going legit. Recently, its business and entertainment license was approved. Get ready to party.
On Friday night there will be free live music by Willy Mason, Nina Violet, Marciana Jones and Adam Lipsky. On Saturday there will be a CD release party for Master Exploder. Doors open at 7 p.m. on both nights and music starts at 8 p.m.
Next Friday, April 6, you are going to Boston or be prepared to hear the stories of how you missed the night everyone had their mind blown by being the first to experience a live show of DCLA's new CD at the Hard Rock Cafe.
There will be no excuses, no whining, no saying it's a drag to travel off-Island if you don't have a car.
The boys in the band have arranged for a bus to take Islanders to the show and return them the next day, more or less in one piece.
Violin Recital
This Sunday, April 1, at 4 p.m. the students of Rebecca Barca-Tinus' violin classes will perform in the 21st annual spring concert at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. The students range in age from three to sixty. Think bow puppies to Bach.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 508-696-1920.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This column, published Aug. 21, 1952, was part of a series written that year by 30-year-old Dakota Wesleyan University college professor George McGovern for The Daily Republic.
By GEORGE MCGOVERN
In last week's article I set forth a personal analysis of the contemporary political situation. The article contended that the major portion of the Democratic Party was still riding a historic trend that may well mean victory this fall. I have been somewhat concerned about the reception of that opinion by a few readers. Their reaction raises an issue that is important to us all.
Those persons have expressed amazement that a college professor would dare to publicly advocate a political opinion, especially one that was in disagreement with the prevailing view of many influential people of this area. They have insisted that to do so was to jeopardize both the fine college that employs me and my own professional career. They have further urged that all such public expression should cease and that the proposed series of articles be abandoned.
This reaction is, indeed, an unhealthy one and is certainly not within the spirit of American democracy. The basic tenet of our national faith is that every citizen shall be perfectly free to act and speak according to the dictates of his own conscience. That is the birthright of all Americans, including college professors.
It is not only the right of Americans to express their political views without fear of intimidation, but it is their duty. It seems to me that teachers who have been educated largely at the expense of the people have a special obligation to speak out on the great social and political issues of the day. Some of us will be Democrats, most of us in South Dakota schools and colleges will be Republicans, and others may belong to minor political persuasions. But all of us, if democracy is to flourish to the greatest degree, must be active in the political affairs of the nation.
I am confident that the freedom of discussion and opinion which is the real strength of both our political and educational life need not be surrendered to those pressures which are ever eager to stifle independent thought and criticism. It will certainly be a dark day for democracy if teachers, ministers, journalists and others yield any more ground to the current drive to crush the spirit of the Bill of Rights.
The tendency of many educated people to shy away from politics and political discussion is a really significant threat to our national strength. Many fine persons seem to have the idea that politics is now a forbidden subject or a dirty game not suited for nice people. The logical result of that kind of thinking is to turn our national affairs over to racketeers, opportunists and mediocrities while the rest of us sit idly by like the three monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. When we merely ridicule the lost state of American politics or by our silence indicate that we are cynical and indifferent toward the political process, we are really passing judgment on ourselves. In a democracy the government is seldom better or worse than the whole body of the people, for in a sense we are the government.
When the individual voter shakes off his lethargy and comes to life, he can make a difference in the political tone of his community and nation. I am, of course, aware that for non-Republicans to do that in South Dakota is to convince some people that the devil himself is on the loose, but even Christians behave a little better when they have some fear of the devil, and the same thing might hold true with Republicans.
During World War II, Adlai Stevenson noted a public opinion poll indicating that most American parents did not want their sons to enter politics. Stevenson was impressed by the fact that millions of parents had contributed their sons to fight for a government in which they were unwilling to have those sons participate as civilians. He resolved never to take such a scornful attitude toward the business of the republic if he were given the opportunity for service. I believe that Gen. Eisenhower is motivated by much the same sense of responsibility to the nation. It is to be hoped that neither the general nor the Illinois governor will be forced to embrace too closely the machine politicians or the more shabby wings of their respective parties.
Both parties have a right to be enthusiastic about their nominees this year. Unlike men such as Truman and Taft, neither of the 1952 candidates is a typical politician. That is a rather rare occurrence and should inspire us all to participate freely in making this one of the most significant elections in the history of the nation.
Next week I am going to begin an analysis of the historic conditions that called the major parties into being and have since shaped their development. Such an attempt to understand the political past may aid us in our efforts to understand the current political scene.
There is no such creature as a completely objective writer, but I am going to be fair and reasonable in this brief survey of our political parties, knowing full well that both parties have blundered at times and both have made invaluable contributions to our national life.


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Pittsburgh movies debut at Three Rivers Film Festival
Three Rivers Film Festival offers a wide range of screenings, from major directors and stars — like Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp and Emily Blunt — to lesser known, local filmmakers.
Even teenagers have a shot at fame with a new feature called Steeltown Film Factory, which invites aspiring student filmmakers (age 16 and older) to compete in a yearlong filmmaking competition.
Here are a few home-grown films that are featured this year:
Dr. Ravi Godse, 40, of Fox Chapel plays himself as the star of "If It Ain't Broke, Break It." He plays a nosy doctor who finds out he has six months to live, and wants to spend it "helping" six friends in his own unsolicited, bumbling way. The cast includes local actors Adrienne Wehr, Patrick Jordan and Dave Petti, as well as familiar faces from film and TV, like Steve Guttenburg, Rondell Sheridan, Richard Kind and singer Sabrina Bryan (of The Cheetah Girls).
Dr. Ravi, as everyone calls him, has become a one-man film industry in the past few years. "If It Ain't Broke" follows "Dr. Ravi and Mr. Hyde" and "I Am a Schizophrenic So Am I."
"I went to film school when I came here, for two years," says Godse. "I went to Pittsburgh Fillmmakers (host of the Three Rivers Film Festival). In fact, I have a joke about them in my first movie. In my first movie, I'm trying to make a movie. I tell them I'm going to Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and say they're excellent. Somebody asks, 'Who told you that?' I say, 'It says right there in their brochure that they're excellent.' "
Godse clearly loves all kinds of jokes, gags, and silly wordplay -- and isn't afraid to walk right up to that line where the laughs and groans are just about equal.
"I believe that we have so many setbacks in life, so many things that are serious," he says. "If we have a chin-up attitude and if we keep smiling about it, that makes it easier."
He attributes his film's plethora of well-known actors to being lucky.
"I got a producer from Hollywood -- Kathy Oliver," says Godse. "She has a lot of contacts in Hollywood, and had relocated to Pittsburgh. She opened all the doors for me, introduced me to a big casting agency in Hollywood. Then we were golden, because we could approach any name that we wanted. They gave me all the advice as to how much to offer, who to offer it to, who's good to work with, who would be good for my script."
Making movies is a lot of things, but relaxing isn't one of them. That's never been a priority for Godse, who works more than full-time as a doctor of internal medicine. He normally works seven days a week, which he claims gave him the flexibility to devote all the time his "hobby" needed.
"I wrote it, directed it and acted in it," says Godse. "My wife said I might be the only one who will see it."
"If It Ain't Broke, Break It." was screened Friday, but Godse is hoping to have a Pittsburgh theatrical release in January.
"Carpet Racers: A Crash Course" is about "life in the small lane" -- the strange and surprisingly competitive world of competitive professional radio-controlled (R/C) car racers.
Producer Michael Rooney -- of the Steelers Rooneys -- owned a now-closed shop in Bridgeville, Steel City Hobbies, that sold R/C cars. Some of his loyal customers happened to be good enough racers.
"One of them went down to this race in Florida, called the Snowbird Nationals, in Orlando every February," says Rooney. "So, I went down to take pictures, and I was shocked. There were over 700 entries. I couldn't believe all these people showed up for this stuff. Where do these people come from?
As it turns out, there's a thriving, colorful subculture of carpet racers all over the country -- grown men and women who pilot supercharged, shoebox-sized race cars at speeds of more than 60 miles per hour.
"I originally set out to make more of an informative video about carpet racing, what cars to buy, that kind of stuff," he says. "But I had some filmmaking in my background. I went to NYU and got my masters in Interactive Telecommunications."
Rooney and director Jay Thames followed several racers from Snowbird to their home tracks, to the championships in Las Vegas and back, capturing their setbacks and triumphs.
"Some are doctors, some are plumbers," says Rooney. "All walks of life."
"Carpet Racers" debuts at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Regent Square Theater. Rooney will appear to introduce the film. A 7 p.m. reception precedes the screening.
Mike Seate, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist, has written books and articles about motorcycles, and found himself fascinated with the cafe-racer culture. He decided to make his first documentary about it, "Cafe Society."
"A cafe racer is basically a race bike for the street," Seate says. "It's an ordinary street bike modified to go really fast and handle really well. Unlike a chopper, which is made simply for show; they don't handle, they don't go particularly fast. It's more of a 'Look at me, look how cool I am' sort of thing."
In England, it was a culture of speed, built upon squeezing every last bit of performance out of British Triumphs and Nortons, even if you had to take them apart and rebuild them in ways never imagined by the manufacturer.
"The whole English psyche sped up right after World War II," Seate says. "Kids were looking for an opportunity to express themselves. Adrenaline junkies at 16 to 18 years old -- first thing they thought of was to make their motorcycles go faster."
The name comes from the transport cafes -- rest-stop coffeeshops and restaurants on the ring roads outside London -- that motorcyclists would race to. Soon, an entire subculture with its own style, lingo and obsessions began to take shape.
Those risk-taking British teenagers and their quest for ever-greater speeds had a huge impact on the motorcycle industry as a whole. Their tinkering led to many technological advancements.
"If you've ever seen a motorcycle going up Green Tree hill pulling a wheelie, or a kid zipping in and out of traffic at 140 mph -- this is where it came from," Seate says. "If these guys weren't in their garages with hacksaws and dying up on the North Circular Road to figure out how to do this, there wouldn't be a Kawasaki Ninja, there wouldn't be a Honda CBR."
"Cafe Society" will be screened at 8 p.m. Saturday at Harris Theater, Downtown. A 7 p.m. reception precedes the screening and a Q&A follows.Additional Information:
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Rachel focused on the pale hand as it slipped through the flowing white veil.
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She felt like she was floating in space, but her feet were firmly on the ground.
"Is that you?" she said again, this time feeling the words tickle her tongue.
The pale hand snatched hers and her eyes sprung open with terror.
She was alone in a vast king-size bed. Her breathing labored. Her chin quivered. Her lacy gown clung to her clammy goose-pimpled flesh.
The room was dark. Soft moonlight glinted through a small window somewhere behind her, its soft glow caressing the lonely objects within the calm chilly space.
It's been five years since the accident, she thought. Five years since her husband and only daughter Sarah had left her.
She could still see the reflection of her own face in her daughter's soft green eyes. She had never before, or since, bonded with another human like she had with Sarah. And with a mere eleven years together she couldn't help but think about how things ought to have been; how they would have been, had she remained in control.
Sixteen, she thought. Sixteen today. Sweet sixteen. Flowing frills on her billowing pink dress. Soft white flower-peddles drifting about the landscape while strings play a lovely swaying rhythm of joy as the two of them dance. She could see herself. Dancing with her daughter. Their bodies close. Touching. The flowery fragrance of Sarah's perfume filled her every breath, warming the core of her motherhood.
There was a flash. Immense light washed out the entirety of her vision. A squeal of tires. Crushing metal. Broken glass. The room was again thrust into darkness.
The stench of her sweat curled her nose into a wrinkled ball. She wiped her puffy eyes with the heals of her hands and propped herself up on the edge of the bed.
The coldness of the lifeless room surrounding her sent electrifying chills down her washboard spine.
She grabbed her pillow, planted her face in its soft base of feathers, pulling it close. Squeezing. She cried, "Why did you leave?" Her voice was faint. "Why did you take her from me?"
Rachel. The voice was deep, Godlike, it seemed to encapsulate the room. But she knew it couldn't be God.
She gazed up from the sodden pillow. Her eyes filled with apprehension. She smiled. Sarah's smile gazed back. But as quickly as the joy flooded in, it evaporated. She rose from the bed and grabbed the picture from the dresser.
She was so beautiful, she thought.
"Why?" she hollered. Her voice sore from shouting and swallowing tears. "Why? You son-of-a-bitch!"
The room remained silent. Lifeless. Gray.
She placed the picture back on the dresser--
Rachel. The voice pierced her from everywhere.
--The picture slipped from her trembling fingers and shattered on the cold floor, inches from her bare feet.
A light enveloped her, so pure that it filled her soul as much as it filled the room around her. It didn't hurt to look at. She didn't even blink, nor squint. It was wonderful. Yet oddly frightening.
Is that you?
Her eyes focused on the pale hand as it slipped through the flowing white veil.
Silence. Her ears grew numb.
She felt light, as if floating in space, but her feet were planted on the floor, which no longer felt cold.
"Is that you?" she said again, this time feeling the words tickle her tongue.
The pale hand took hold of hers and she immediately felt a gasp leave her trembling lips as a shiver shook her spine. Her eyes sprung open. Her daughter's gazing smile caressed her soul.
Returning the picture to the dresser a frightening thought ransacked her timid soul. Oh God. I'm being haunted.
She knew the voice speaking her name wasn't God, it was her husband. It was Raymond.
The cold, she thought. It's so cold.
"Why are you doing this?" Her throat even more sore now; she could feel it going horse. "Leave me be, you bastard!"
The room was silent.
A sudden solemnness swept her face. "I know you had a rough life, Raymond." She grabbed a robe from the chair next to the bed and threw it over her shoulders. "You weren't alone."
She reached for the lamp on the night-stand and turned the switch. The room remained dark. "Shit." She glanced at the clock, just now realizing that it's digital face was as dark as the room. She gazed about, suddenly feeling claustrophobic. "Did you kill the goddamn power, too?"
She grabbed the comforter from the bed and wrapped it around her. It didn't help. The cold was deep. Her shivering became uncontrollable. The room suddenly took on an aura of being frost covered. Her breathing was fast and shallow. Pain nipped at her lungs as she fought for air.
A suffocating weight wrapped itself around her chest. "What the hell are you doing to me?" she cried. In a sudden, fearful flight, she sprinted across the room towards the door, but as she reached for the knob, it was no longer there.
The sun was blinding. Hot. The air muggy. Just enough cloud cover hovered overhead to provide a break here and there from the scorching rays. Sarah was dressed in the one-piece pink and white denim short-suit Raymond had bought her on her fifth birthday. She ran to and fro along the glimmering sand of the vast, almost endless beech. Her arms stretched high over her head. A large parachute style kite soared above.
"Rachel?" His voice was bold, yet warm.
She glanced over her shoulder. Raymond laid comfortably on a beech chair, his feet propped slightly so the blood didn't clot in his paralyzed legs. The sound of the waves as they beat against the shoreline brought on a nauseating sensation of d�j� vu, as did the reek of sea water and Banana Boat sunscreen.
Something was wrong, but she felt compelled to smile nonetheless, and did. "Aren't you--" She was afraid to complete the thought. Afraid of sounding stupid, "--Hot?" she finally said. There was no way she was about to ask if he was dead. He obviously wasn't. She suddenly felt she might be going crazy.
"Please," he said, "pass the sunscreen?"
"Of course." What is this place? Her mind drifted.
"Dear?" He was rubbing his legs, pain glared in his face. She grabbed the sunscreen from a mound of sand and mindlessly passed it to him.
"Thank you," he said.
But she didn't hear. Her eyes focused on Sarah, who looked older now, she looked like she did the day she... What's going on? she thought. Sarah was drifting down that endless beech; the oversized kite shrinking into the sun-washed horizon.
She jumped to her feet. The book she had been reading fell to the sand. "Sarah!" she hollered. But she didn't respond; she just kept drifting off into the setting sun. She gazed at Raymond who was smiling, waving at Sarah.
With eyes that screamed, what the hell's wrong with you, she said, "Aren't you going to do something!"
He didn't laugh, but she could see it dying to lash out at any moment; it was the one thing that always set her off. "She's just playing," he said. "Besides, what do you expect me to do, fly?"
Her eyes shot back toward the setting sun, toward Sarah, nearly too difficult to see now through the intense yellow glow. "We have to stop her." A tear rolled down her cheek. "We can't just..." Her gaze was drawn toward the book lying in the sand. Here eyes grew wide; her heart stopped; her stomach wrenched. Her tears struck the cover and rolled off into the sand. Her face reeled in a painful sob that seemed to heave its way up from her soul.
There was a child, playing, walking in the water. An ocean. The image faded into nothingness--a pale rusty tonality that reminded her of blood. Something stood, raised from the water, feet from where the child playfully wandered, kicking her feet, walking toward the thing which peered out from the void beyond.
It looked like ancient ruins, row upon row of towering Roman columns, extending off as far as the scene allowed eyes to follow. Menacing. Dangerous. Why is that child alone? she thought. Why isn't anyone trying to stop her. The child in the image was little more than a dark silhouette; but to her, it was Sarah. "Sarah," she spoke softly.
AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD, was the title. The cover was wrinkled slightly, perhaps by her tears as they joined the ripples and waves of a still ocean, held captive in a frame of one's haunted memory.
She stared back into the sun. Sarah was gone. She returned her teary eyes toward Raymond. He was gazing at a map. It was dark. A reading lamp lit the road atlas in her husband's hands.
"MOM!" a small voice shouted from behind.
Rachel quickly jerked her head toward the road. A bright light attacked her tired eyes. She spun the wheel. The tires squealed. The smell of burnt rubber filled the car. Sobs ramped up from behind; a sudden cry of terror and sadness. The Mustang, top down and full of everything she ever cared about in the world, swerved out of control. In the corner of her eyes she saw a guardrail. Nothing on the other side. A cliff. A mountain. A tree. A guardrail. A cliff. A mountain. A tree. A--
In a sudden streak, the blinding headlamps of the oncoming truck rushed by. The Mustang skidded to a halt on the opposite side of the road. Dust and smoke filled the air, then quickly became sucked away in the strong mountainous breeze.
She gaped out over the guardrail, just feet in front of her. Nothing, for as far as she could see. Her fingers hurt. She plucked them from the wheel as if they had been glued. Her knuckles popped as they came loose. Looking painfully at her crooked fingers, she realized the car was all to quiet. She caught her breath and looked to her side. Raymond was gone. She looked behind her. Sarah too.
She was alone. She placed her head in her hands and cried.
"Go Mom." The voice was Sarah's, though there was something strange about it. It seemed older. Mature. "Don't keep doing this Mom. Go... Go now!"
Rachel lifted her head to see her daughter's face and in a flash found herself back in her bedroom.
It was dark. Cold. Her body felt numb. Trapped. She lay at the center of the bed facing a small group of people. Total strangers. Six of them. Women. Holding hands. One stood, while the others knelt. This one, the one standing, seemed to gaze right at her. She spoke. "Go ... leave this place." It was that voice again. Sarah's, only older. "Mother. The time has come for you to move on. I can feel your spirit. I can feel you. You can hear me, I know it. Leave this place. Go on. Father and I forgave you a long time ago. We know you didn't mean it. We know you didn't mean to hurt us. We love you. That's why I've gathered the six of us. To release you. Set you free.
"Mother. Dad's waiting. He's waited fifteen years for this day, the day he would pass through the veil and see you again. But until you go, he'll be waiting, alone. Abandoned. Don't break his heart a second time. This is your chance to redeem yourself. I know God will forgive you for what you did. You were not well. You would have never killed yourself if you were."
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This residential development was once used as farmland.
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The reasons people give for objecting to Maryland's Sustainable Growth and Preservation Act of 2012 are many and varied. The legislation, also known as the "septic bill," requires counties to divide land into four tiers, based on whether it's served by public water and sewer utitilies.
The bill is supposed to help county land planners better manage and contain sprawl. It also preserves farmland and forests, which not only reflect the rural nature of the region, but also provide natural filtering and cleansing functions. It all sounds reasonable, until you hear some of the objections. It tends to decrease the value of farmland by reducing its development potential, which is another hit on farmers; it takes away local sovereignty over land planning because of its cookie-cutter approach.
Then there is the cost factor. The bill could stifle development by making it more costly to install private septic systems, as well as create unwanted financial hardship on homeowners forced to replace a system.
The key to this issue is really that cookie-cutter approach that doesn't take account for rural and urban differences. In densely populated areas, existing infrastructure can be used to provide these services to new homes at relatively little additional cost; on the Shore, the cost of extending infrastructure can be prohibitive.
It seems unlikely legislation to repeal the entire bill can succeed.
Instead of attempting to toss out the whole bill, why not propose an amendment to differentiate between rural and urban areas and the wide variations in needs and resources that exist, and work cooperatively with each to reach the laudable goals of cleaning up the bay and preserving the unique characteristics of each region?


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The penis is made up of two parts - the shaft and the glans. The shaft is the main part of the penis and the glans is the tip of the penis. All healthy boys are born with a foreskin, which is basically a covering over the tip of the penis. Some boys have this covering of skin removed in a process called circumcision. Other boys are not circumcised and may have skin that covers the tip of the penis. Generally, it is up to the parents to decide whether or not to circumcise their child. A parent's decision depends on various factors, such as personal preference, religion, and cultural practices.
If a boy has not been circumcised the foreskin will begin to separate from the tip of the penis in a natural process called foreskin retraction that occurs during infancy. Foreskin retraction may happen immediately after birth, or it may take several years. Most foreskins can be fully retracted by the time the male is 18 years old. Retraction of the foreskin, or pulling the foreskin back from the tip of the penis, should never be forced. When forced to retract, bleeding and discomfort may occur.
Cleaning Instructions:
Teens who are uncircumcised should pull back the foreskin and clean underneath it each and every day. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) states that the foreskin should be cleaned in the following way:
· Gently (not forcefully) pull the foreskin away from the tip of the penis.
· Rinse the tip of the penis and the inside part of the foreskin with soap and water.
· Return the foreskin back over the tip of the penis.
If you have special questions or concerns, or need further information on properly cleaning the uncircumcised penis, then FX does recommend that you speak with your primary care physician or adolescent medicine specialist. If you don't have a doctor and live in northern New Jersey, you can call the Adolescent/Young Adult Center for Health at 973-971-6475 for an appointment or contact your local teen health center or Planned Parenthood. You can also contact your insurance company for a list of in-network providers.


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Today we signed our lives over to the Marine Corps for 6 more years. It is kind of surreal that Brian actually re-enlisted, it has always the plan for Brian to stay in the Marine Corps but now its actually really happening.... weird!
I got to be "sworn in" too. They said some stuff about being a support system for my Marine and gave me a little certificate. I done know why but when I get in a room full of Marines I say the stupidest things! My hands were full with Kenley so the Captain couldn't hand me my "award" so he said he would hand it to Brian and I said "Good Job"..... Yeah, I meant to say good idea... Totally embarrassing!
Please tell me that there are certain situations that get you all flustered and you say dumb stuff too! It cant just be me...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
6 comments:
- KMom said...
Congrats on the re-enlistment.
And... I'm pretty sure it's just you :)
- May 19, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Emily @ Longley's in San Diego said...
When Frank re-enlisted last year I had no idea I'd be getting something as well. The shirt I was wearing decided it didn't want to stay on my shoulder. The guys he worked with were making me feel better and joking about it. Most embarrassing thing ever! ha
- May 19, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Jasleen said...
I do stuff like that all the time! Don't worry, Keri, it's not just you :)
- May 20, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Emma said...
LOL!!! yes, I do that too. Maybe it's just me and you...but I'm right there with ya!
- May 20, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Bekah said...
ummm Have you read Susi Zimmer Johnson's blog at all?? That is HER LIFE!!
- May 20, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Keri said...
yes.. haha I love reading Susi's blog. She cracks me up!
- May 20, 2010 at 9:47 AM
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Section 11: Research with Investigational Devices
11.1 General
If a research activity appears to use a device for an indication for which it has not been cleared, the IRB Program Coordinator will review FDA regulations to verify that the research meets the definition of a device investigation. Device studies must satisfy one of the following:
- Have an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approved by the FDA under 21 CFR 812.30;
- Be categorized as fitting abbreviated requirements under 21 CFR 812.2(b) or;
- Be deemed by the FDA as being exempt from the requirement to have an IDE under 21 CFR 812.2(c).
By reviewing the protocol, some form of communication from the sponsor or a letter from the FDA to the sponsor, the IRB primary reviewer will determine whether or not the study has a valid FDA-approved and issued IDE. If not, the primary reviewer will determine whether or not the study meets the requirements for an abbreviated IDE or exemption from the requirement for an IDE.
11.2 Abbreviated Requirements
The following categories of investigations are considered to have applications for IDEs, unless FDA has notified a sponsor under 812.20(a) that approval of an application is required:
- An investigation of a device other than a significant risk device, if the device is not a banned device and the sponsor:
- Labels the device in accordance with 812.5;
- Obtains IRB approval of the investigation after presenting the reviewing IRB with a brief explanation of why the device is not a significant risk device, and maintains such approval (See section 11.4 below);
- Ensures that each PI participating in an investigation of the device obtains from each subject under the PI's care, informed consent under Part 50 and documents it, unless documentation is waived by an IRB under 56.109(c);
- Complies with the requirements of 812.46 with respect to monitoring investigations;
- Maintains the records required under 812.140(b)(4) & (5) and makes the reports required under 812.150(b) (1)-(3) and (5)-(10);
- Ensures that participating PIs maintain the records required by 812.140(a)(3)(i) and make the reports required under 812.150(a)(1), (2), (5) & (7); and
- Complies with the prohibitions in 812.7 against promotion and other practices.
- An investigation of a device other than one subject to 812.2(e), if the investigation was begun on or before July 16, 1980 and to be completed, and is completed on or before January 19, 1981.
11.3 Applying for and/or Filing an IDE
An IDE application should include the facts that satisfy the FDA that the agent may be justifiably administered to a human as proposed. If the PI wishes to apply for and hold an IND, they must give the FDA the information specified in "Notice of Claimed Investigational Exemption for a New Drug (IND)," Form FD-1571. Visit the FDA website for instructions for completing and submitting an IND:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/ HowtoMarketYourDevice/InvestigationalDeviceExemptionIDE/ucm046706.htm
11.4 Exemptions
The regulations at 21 CFR 812.2 do not apply to investigations that fit one of the following categories:
- A device, other than a transitional device, in commercial distribution immediately before May 28, 1976, when used or investigated in accordance with the indications in labeling in effect at that time;
- A device, other than a transitional device, introduced into commercial distribution on or after May 28, 1976, that the FDA has determined to be substantially equivalent to a device in commercial distribution immediately before May 28, 1976, and that is used or investigated in accordance with the indications in the labeling that the FDA reviewed under Subpart E of part 807 in determining substantial equivalence;
- A diagnostic device, if the sponsor complies with applicable requirements in 21 CFR 809.10(c) and if the testing is i) non-invasive, ii) does not require an invasive sampling procedure that presents significant risk, iii) does not by design or intention introduce energy into a subject, and iv) is not used as a diagnostic procedure without confirmation of the diagnosis by another, medically established diagnostic product or procedure;
- A device undergoing consumer preference testing, testing of a modification or testing of a combination of two or more devices in commercial distribution, if the testing is not for the purpose of determining safety or effectiveness and does not put subjects at risk;
- A device intended solely for veterinary use;
- A device shipped solely for research on or with laboratory animals and labeled in accordance with 21 CFR 812.5(c);
- A custom device as defined in 21 CFR 812.3(b), unless the device is being used to determine safety or effectiveness for commercial distribution.
11.5 Significant/Non-significant Risk Determinations
If a PI or sponsor claims a device is not a significant risk, then the IRB will review research involving the investigational device at a convened meeting. The IRB will determine whether the study using the device is significant risk, within the context of the overall study, by reviewing the criteria in 21 CFR 812.3(m). A significant risk device means that the device:
- Is intended as an implant and presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject;
- Is purported or represented to be for use supporting or sustaining human life and presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject;
- Is for a use of substantial importance in diagnosing, curing, mitigating, or treating disease or otherwise preventing impairment of human health and presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject;
- Otherwise presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject.
A non-significant risk device study is one that does not meet the definition for a significant risk device study.
If the IRB determines that the study using the device is not "significant risk," it will document that determination in the primary and secondary reviewer checklist and the minutes, along with the IRB's rationale for that decision. The IRB will notify the PI of its determination and the study may begin without submission of an IDE application to the FDA.
If the IRB disagrees with the sponsor's or PI's assessment that a device study is "non-significant risk" and determines that the study using the device is "significant risk," it will notify the PI, and where applicable, the sponsor (21 CFR 812.66) and document its determination in the IRB minutes. The study will be tabled, the sponsor or PI must apply for an IDE, and the study may not begin until the FDA approves the IDE application and the IRB approves the study. Upon receipt of FDA approval, the sponsor or PI must provide the IRB with the FDA's approval letter or conditional approval letter as part of the re-submission process.
11.6 Principal Investigator (PI) Responsibilities
- Must not begin the study or obtain informed consent of any subject prior to IRB and FDA approval.
- Ensure that the clinical investigation is conducted according to the signed PI agreement for clinical investigations, the investigational plan, applicable regulations (21 CFR 812), and any conditions of approval imposed by the reviewing IRB or FDA.
- Supervise all testing of the device involving human subjects in accordance with 21 CFR 812.43(c)(4)(ii) and 812.110(b).
- Permit use of an investigational device only with subjects under the supervision of the PI and to supply the investigational device only to persons authorized to receive it.
- Provide for control or take adequate precautions, including storage of the device in a securely locked area to which access is limited to prevent inappropriate use of the device in accordance with 21 CFR 812.100, and return any remaining supply of the device (or otherwise dispose of it as directed by the sponsor) upon completion or termination of the clinical investigation or the PI's part of an investigation.
- Permit the FDA to inspect and copy any records pertaining to the investigation, including those which may identify subjects (21 CFR 812.145).
- Prepare and submit to the sponsor:
- Progress reports,
- Final report,
- Financial disclosure reports and;
- Any other information requested by the FDA (21 CFR 812.110).
11.7 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices
In vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) are products (reagents, instruments, and systems) intended for use in diagnosis of disease or other conditions, including a determination of the state of health, in order to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a disease or its sequelae. Such products are intended for use in the collection, preparation, and examination of specimens taken from the human body (21 CFR 809.3). IVDs are considered to be devices under the regulations and are therefore subject to FDA regulation. In many cases, the research usually involves the comparison of the IVD under investigation to the "gold standard" using data generated from samples analyzed on both instruments. The comparison data and subsequent statistical analysis are submitted to the FDA for consideration of clearance or approval for marketing.
Technically, within the FDA regulations there is no distinction between an IVD and a device that may be implanted regarding informed consent of subjects in the study. However, the samples used in IVD studies typically are laboratory samples that have already been analyzed for clinical and/or diagnostic reasons and obtaining informed consent to use the samples for IVD analyses would be cumbersome. In a recent guidance document the FDA informed IRBs and others that it does not object to the use of "leftover specimens" in IVD studies without the consent of the specimen donors, providing that:
- The investigation meets the IDE exemption criteria at 21 CFR 812(c)(3);
- The study uses leftover specimens collected for routine clinical care or analysis and/or leftover specimens that were previously collected for research purposes;
- The specimens are not individually identifiable;
- The specimens may be accompanied by clinical information as long as the information does not make the specimen source identifiable to the PI or any other person associated with the investigation;
- The individuals caring for the patients are different from and do not share information about the patient with those conducting the study;
- The specimens are provided to the PI without identifiers and the supplier has established procedures to prevent the release of personal information;
- The study has been reviewed and approved by an IRB.
The FDA has a guidance document entitled "In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Device Studies – Frequently Asked Questions" which should be considered when proposing IVD studies.
Proposed research on IVDs may be reviewed using an expedited review process providing that the research meets all applicability criteria as listed in Section 5.3.5 of this manual and one of the categories of research that qualify for expedited review http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/policy/expedited98.html.
11.8 Emergency Use of Devices
The University is not a medical campus nor does it perform clinical trials in which emergency use would be a possibility, so there should never be an occasion to use this provision of the FDA regulations. If this changes in the future, specific policies and procedures will be established.
11.9 Principal Investigator Responsibilities in Storage and Use of Investigational Devices
Storage and use of investigational devices are the responsibility of the PI. A sponsor should deliver/ship investigational devices only to qualified, IRB-approved PIs participating in the investigation. Arrangements for delivery/shipping of investigational devices must be arranged in advance to ensure they are received by the PI. Every attempt should be made to deliver/ship the investigational devices as close as possible to the time of use.
Investigational devices must be stored in a locked room designated for research or in a locked cabinet within a room designated for research that is under the direct control of the PI and accessible only to the PI and his/her authorized and IRB-approved staff. If applicable, the storage area for investigational devices must be separate from storage areas for approved devices. An investigational device or its packaging must be labeled with the following information:
- The name and place of business of the manufacturer;
- Packer or distributor;
- The quantity of contents, if appropriate; and
- The following statement: "CAUTION - Investigational device. Limited by Federal law to investigational use." The label or other labeling must describe all relevant contraindications, hazards, adverse effects, interfering substances, or devices, warnings, and precautions.
An investigational device is to be used only on subjects under the PI's supervision or under the supervision of a Co-I on the study. A PI will not supply an investigational device to any person not authorized to receive it. The PI is responsible for records of receipt, use, or disposition of a device that:
- Relate to the type and quantity of the device;
- The dates of its receipt;
- The batch number or code mark;
- The names of all persons who received, used, or disposed of each device; and
- Why and how many units of the device have been returned to the sponsor, repaired, or otherwise disposed of.
Upon completion or termination of a clinical investigation or the PI's part in an investigation, or at the sponsor's request, the PI must return to the sponsor any remaining supply of the device or otherwise dispose of the device as the sponsor directs.
11.10 Registering Applicable Clinical Trials
All applicable Clinical Trials with devices subject to FDA regulation must, by law, be registered on http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov. Small feasibility trials and larger clinical trials of prototype devices with a primary measure of feasibility rather than health outcomes and trials using only de-identified human specimens are not Applicable Clinical Trials.


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Chester's Paul Sakowski has been named one of four team captains for the Marist football team. He joins quarterback Chuckie Looney, safety Tyler Ramsey and free safety Nick Kaszei - like the other three, Sakowski will be a senior in the fall.
Sakowski started all 22 games at middle linebacker the past two seasons. He had 71 tackles in 2012 and 61 in 2011, earning honorable mention Pioneer Football League honors.