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What is a clinical trial?
A clinical trial is a research study Clinical research is medical research that involves volunteers who participate in carefully conducted investigations that ultimately uncover better ways to treat, prevent, diagnose, and understand human disease. Clinical research includes trials that test new treatments and therapies as well as long–term natural history studies, which provide valuable information about how disease and health progress. Each study answers scientific questions and tries to find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose, or treat a disease. Clinical trials may also compare a new treatment to a treatment that is already available.
While the idea for a clinical research study—also known as a clinical trial—often originates in the laboratory, doctors and other health professionals run the clinical trials, which are conducted in phases. Clinical research is conducted according to a plan known as a protocol to test how well a new drug or a new medical approach works. The protocol is carefully designed to safeguard the participants' health and answer specific research questions. A protocol describes the following:
- Who is eligible to participate in the trial
- Details about tests, procedures, medications, and dosages
- The length of the study and what information will be gathered
A clinical study is usually led by a principal investigator (PI), who is often a doctor. Members of the research team regularly monitor the participants' health to determine the study's safety and effectiveness.
When you volunteer to be in a study, you might try a new treatment or drug that may or may not be better than one that is already in use. The doctors and researchers don't know ahead of time how the study will turn out. That is why they are doing the research.
Each clinical trial in the United States must be approved and monitored by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure that the risks are minimal and are worth any potential benefits. An IRB is an independent committee that consists of physicians, statisticians, and members of the community who ensure that clinical trials are ethical and that the rights of participants are protected. Federal regulation requires all institutions in the United States that conduct or support biomedical research involving people to have an IRB initially approve and periodically review the research.
Why participate in a clinical trial?
Being part of a research study can mean playing a more active role in your health care. It can also:
- Help you gain access to new treatments before they are widely available to the public
- Offer expert care at leading health care facilities during the trial
- Help others by contributing to medical research
Being in a clinical trial is not for everyone. The information in this section will help you learn more about research studies before you decide if this option is right for you.
Why are clinical trials important for rare diseases?
- Treatment options are often limited for rare diseases. These studies help doctors find new and better ways to find, prevent, diagnose, treat, and control rare health problems.
- Research studies help doctors find out the best dose and schedule to use when giving a treatment. This improves a treatment's success rate. Studies are also a great way to find better treatments with fewer side effects.
- Past research studies have led to the approval of many effective treatments for bone marrow failure diseases. These include:
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- lenalidomide (Revlimid)
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Research has also helped develop new procedures, such as bone marrow transplants. Clinical trials explore and measure ways to improve the comfort and quality of life of people with a chronic illness through supportive care.
What are some risks of being in a clinical trial?
Before you join a clinical research study, you should know that:
- The treatment being tested may not work as well as the standard treatment. The term "standard treatment" means a treatment that has been tested and found helpful and that is commonly used.
- There is a chance that the side effects of the treatment being tested may be more serious than those of the standard treatment. The risks depend on the type of treatment you receive. The study researchers will explain all known risks to you throughout the study. This is known as informed consent.
- You may have more doctor visits and tests than if you were not in the study.
What happens in a clinical trial?
These studies test whether new products are safe and work against a disease. A research team may include doctors, social workers, and other health care professionals. They will check your health at the start of the study and give you instructions for being in the trial. They will check you carefully during the entire study and may stay in touch with you when the study is done.
Some studies require that neither you nor your doctor know whether you are getting the new study treatment, the standard treatment, or a placebo. Clinical trials may compare a new medical approach to a standard one that is already available or to a placebo that contains no active ingredients or to no intervention. Some clinical trials compare interventions that are already available to each other.
Volunteers in a clinical trial are free to withdraw from the study completely or to refuse particular treatments or tests at any time. Sometimes, however, this will make them ineligible to continue the study.
What is a clinical trial protocol?
Before a research study begins, the lead researcher creates a study plan called a "clinical trial protocol." The plan lists exactly what will happen during the study and why.
Most protocols include:
- The specific research questions the study hopes to answer
- Who may take part in the study (eligibilty)
- How many participants are needed
- How long the study will last
- The results the doctors hope to see in response to the treatment
- What information will be gathered about the participants
Protocols also address the medicine and treatment and include:
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- Any lab tests that will be done
- Known side effects of the treatment
- Possible benefits and risks of the treatment
The protocol must be reviewed and approved by a special review committee, called an Institutional Review Board, or IRB for short. Doctors, scientists, and people from the community make up an IRB. These IRB members review the study plan to make sure that the rights of volunteers in the study are protected. They also check to see that the risks of being in the study are reasonable in comparison to the expected good outcomes.
Who can be part of a clinical trial?
Some research studies look for people with certain health problems to be studied. Other studies need only healthy participants. Research procedures with healthy volunteers are designed to develop new knowledge, not to provide direct benefit to study participants. Every clinical trial has a set of guidelines about who can be part of that study. These guidelines are also called eligibility requirements. The factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical study are called inclusion criteria. Those factors that disqualify someone from participating are called exclusion criteria. These are based on things such as age, gender, the type and stage of a disease, previous treatment history, and other medical conditions.So, before joining a clinical trial, you must qualify for the study.
Before you are allowed to be in a study, you'll be asked to fill out a form to see if you meet the guidelines. The guidelines help the researchers make sure people with the health condition being studied are in the trial. These guidelines also protect people who have certain health problems that may make it dangerous for them to be part of the research study.
Often, the guidelines are set so that people in the study are as much alike as possible. This way, the doctors and researchers can be sure that the results from the study are due to the treatment.
You may be asked if you:
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- Have had a certain kind of therapy in the past
- Are in a certain age group
Can children be part of a clinical trial?
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, many medicines given to children have not been studied and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children. This is known as "off-label" use. Most of the time, this works well, but because children are not merely little adults, there is a chance that the dose used could be ineffective or even harmful.
Without research studies on children with aplastic anemia, the healthcare team may not have the level of information needed understand the way medicines and other treatments work in a child's body over time, or how those therapies impact a child's growth and development. The only way to examine the scientific value of a new therapy for children, is by conducting a pediatric clinical trial. Should you enroll your child in a clinical trial? Learn more about clinical trials and children, then speak with your child's doctor.
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In 1766 Scotland, the laird of the clan, Angus McTern, has everything he wants in life. Although his grandfather lost the family's land and castle in a card game when Angus was just a boy, Angus takes his duties seriously and is respected by all the men and adored by the women. That is, until Edilean Talbot shows up.
Breathtakingly beautiful and born of privilege, Edilean represents everything Angus despises. Still he is as dazzled by her as everyone else is, and he can keep his feelings hidden from her for only so long. When she rejects him he is deeply wounded and, worse, humiliated before his clan. But then the day comes when Edilean needs Angus's help, to reclaim the gold she inherited from her father, which is on its way to America. At first Angus refuses, but her beauty -- and her tears -- so haunt him that he puts aside his pride and decides to aid the heiress. However, when Angus tries to intervene, he's accused of kidnapping and theft. To avoid being prosecuted, he's forced to leave behind all that he knows and loves and escape with Edilean to America. There they will overcome almost insurmountable obstacles as they are pursued endlessly by the man who claims the gold for his own. Despite all that tries to keep them apart, Angus and Edilean also find a love as wild and free as the land itself.
The second book in the multigenerational Edilean Series that began with Lavender Morning, Days of Gold is filled with passion, humor, exquisite detail, and pulse-pounding adventure. Stirring and masterfully rendered, this is Jude Deveraux at her best.
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Jude Deveraux continues her Edilean series in Days of Gold, set in eighteenth-century Scotland and later in colonial America.
Angus McTern is the laird of a Scottish castle, committed to overcoming his grandfather's disreputable legacy by looking after each member of his beloved clan, which remains in thrall to the tyrant who won the castle. Angus is a Scot of honor and solitude, revered by men and adored by women.
But when the tyrant's niece, a young heiress named Edilean, takes refuge within the castle walls, Angus's life is forever changed as he becomes entangled with the young girl and is unknowingly roped into a mission to keep her dowry out of her greedy uncle's hands.
As the pair begin to fall deeply in love, Angus and Edilean must weather catastrophe and betrayal, and begin a relationship that spans continents, years, and colonies.
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The musical "Urinetown" continues at Goshen College this weekend.
"Urinetown, The Musical," a comedy that makes fun of musical comedy and makes its audience think about "what if," will be performed at Goshen College at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. The performances will be at the college's Umble Center. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors, students and GC employees. Tickets can be purchased from the Goshen College Welcome Center or online at www.goshen.edu/tickets. The college is at 1700 S. Main St. in Goshen.


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In listening to comments from Mr. Romney I see criticism of what President Obama has failed to accomplish, however I have yet to hear Mr. Romney's solution. The only explicit solution he has proposed is in line with his best friend Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stance that it is time to start a war with Iran sooner than later, and who has inserted himself into the presidential campaign.
Just as I predicted that when G.W. Bush was elected the United States would start a war with Iraq the same situation exists if Mr. Romney is elected. This way any and all solutions to the current economic problems the Republicans promise to cure would be swept under the rug using the war as an excuse. Also in all probability as with the Bush administration all costs covering the war would be excluded from the budget deficit.
We have had enough bloodshed the past 10 years to last a lifetime and it is now time as President Obama has done to hold down the extremists controlling Israel's aggressive actions toward Iran. We are not talking politics here but common steps to avoid another costly and unnecessary war.
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Hi everyone, long time no see, eh?
Well I've been slowly kinda coming back in the past few months, participating in chat events, pixelling from time to time, eventually made for my 100 themes challenge list you can see on my page. The latter couldn't have been possible without an anonymous lovely deviant who offered me a sub so I can see said list, so I send all my love to you, whoever you are
2012 hasn't been the bestest of years for me. To be fair, it was the worst ever.
Around march, I started to feel quite down, kind of stopped going to school, went into so much procrastination I actually couldn't give in all of my work in time, failed a few of my finals, got a caring suggestion to go "see someone" from one of my teachers. When school was finally over, I came back home for three days and then we moved into an other house. It was quite difficult as I had always known the old house and I loved it.
Summer wasn't completely bad though. One week after moving, I participated in a 48 hours film project and made this movie. I had a lot of fun. The most fun I had in months, actually. I catched up with my best friend IRL as we could only talk over the phone when I was in Belgium, even though he visited me in february. We had fun every time we would see each other, we celebrated his birthday like we would eavery year for as long as I can remember, by going to the movies and watch the latest Pixar. We met multiple times.
At the very end of august, I went back to Belgium to resit my finals, got them right this time and finally got my photographer diploma. I started looking for jobs around my hometown and in Paris where I would stay with my best friend, welcomed the lovely Kyramy for a couple weeks and then decided to create my own business as it seemed I was not going to find anything.
As things were starting to feel good again, on october 6 I lost my best friend because he decided he couldn't live after breaking up with the love of his life. It was a heartbreaking period, and if I didn't have my family and friends at the time, I would have ended the same. I so wish he told me more about what it made him really feel and if I had found a job in Paris, we would have been sharing an appartment, and I could have been closer to him. Since then, not a single day has passed without me thinking about him, feeling sad, mad, down and crying in my bed, in my car, on my bike.
On the other hand, I created my own business in january. You can check my website, even though it's in french, there are a few pictures up there and they speak more than words. This is going pretty good so far, I'm confident. I got a few missions (including this week, I'm off for five days to film a theater festival!) and I can finally buy the gear I've always dreamed of (thank you, bank loan).
I am trying to be back in the pixelling business, but I am starting with one hell of a piece. It won't be finished before a few weeks
You can check this WIP snapshot (it also is on my profile, on the left, just scroll down a bit, it updates automatically every time I work on it!)
Anyway, I'm slowly feeling better everyday, I want to do more things, so stay tuned.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
How Rising College Costs Hurt Families and Society
Recorded: Monday, December 24, 2012
Research Fellow Vicki Alger discusses the increasing debt burden of student loans and the state of college finances in an interview with Joy Pullman on Heartland.
Experts: Vicki E. AlgerType: RadioIssues: Culture/ Society, Economic Policy, Education, Labor and Employment
How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor
Recorded: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs speaks at The Arthur M. Krolman lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Truth About War: A Revisionist Approach". Recorded at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, on 27 October 2012.
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Art Carden on Stossel
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Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel to discuss the topic What you think you know...may not be so.
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Ben Powell on Globalism and Development
2012 Summer Seminar for High School Students
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UFM Presentation of Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Recorded: Sunday, June 3, 2012
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Research Fellow Peter J. Boettke gives a talk based on the triple meaning of the title of his new book, Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, at the Univeridad Francisco Marroquin.
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Peter Boettke on Teaching and Communicating Economic Ideas
Recorded: Friday, May 4, 2012
Research Fellow Peter J. Boettke interviewed by Luis Figueroa of UFM on his journey as a free-market economics teacher and on his new book Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Experts: Peter J. BoettkeType: TelevisionIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Education, Free Market Economics
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So, after much scare mongering, hand wringing, and deal making, and pork slinging, the Senate has just finally passed its version of health care reform. Now the battle to reconcile the House and Senate bills starts, and that's where the real fun lies. Meanwhile the circular firing squad has begun. Kevin fills you in on what you need to know.
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"The best way to develop partnerships and strategic relationships with other countries is to be engaged with those countries," in efforts to counter threats against our way of life and against their way of life, Brig. Gen. Christopher Tucker said. "And I can think of no command within the United States Army that does that more than USASAC."


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Woman's family says it was murder, wants funding help
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Attorneys for the family of Rebecca Zahau, the 32-year-old woman who was found hanging naked and bound nearly two years ago at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado, announced last week that they are seeking a court-ordered release of evidence in her death and are looking for the public's contributions to help fund the effort.
At a news conference downtown, Los Angeles attorneys David Fleck and Marty Rudoy, along with Zahau's younger sister, said they believe there was no evidence to support the investigation's finding that Zahau committed suicide. They believe Zahau was murdered, although they declined to say who they suspect in the killing.
The lawsuit against the county, filed Wednesday in San Diego Superior Court, seeks all investigative records and forensic evidence seized in the investigation, as well as items seized under a search warrant.
Although the San Diego County Sheriff's Department already has turned over files to the family, the seized property cannot be released without a court order, Rudoy said.
The suit seeks two photos that are missing from the investigative file, as well as an original recording of the 911 call made the morning Zahau was found. A copy of the call provided to the attorneys contained an eight-second gap, Rudoy said.
The attorneys also are seeking the investigation materials into the death of 6-year-old Max Shacknai, whose fall at the mansion two days prior is what investigators said led to Zahau's death.
"We think the two deaths are intrinsically related, in that had nothing happened to Max, then nobody would've done anything to Rebecca, and she would still be here with us and we wouldn't need to be here today," Rudoy said.
The attorneys said they are not accusing the Sheriff's Department of a cover-up, but instead believe evidence was overlooked in a "rush to judgment."
Homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said Wednesday that the department thoroughly investigated the case and stands by its conclusion. He said investigators would only consider reopening the case if there was evidence brought forth to indicate that was warranted.
Zahau was found hanging from a second-story balcony of the oceanfront home she shared with millionaire boyfriend Jonah Shacknai on the morning of July 13, 2011.
After a seven-week investigation, sheriff's and medical examiner investigators determined that Zahau killed herself two days after finding out Shacknai's son Max was not going to survive. The boy fell over a second-story railing while under Zahau's watch and he died from his injuries a few days later.
Zahau's hands were tied behind her back and her feet were bound together with red rope. The Sheriff's Department produced a video that showed how Zahau could have tied the rope around her hands.
The Zahau attorneys have launched a crowd-sourcing campaign at Indiegogo.com to help raise money to pay for investigators and experts as well as their fees. They said they hope to raise about $435,000.


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Somebody in Hollywood will buy a fleet of ten or so and it will be coming to a sci-fi movie very soon. Of course the guys riding will look like something akin to a Star Wars imperial storm trooper and they will be chasing after the hero and his large breasted girl friend.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2010 - A silent killer is rapidly infiltrating the military, claiming lives at an alarming rate each year.
It does not discriminate, taking aim at the young and old, male and female -- from the battle-hardened soldier to the new recruit.
Military suicides have more than doubled in the Army, exceeding the national average over the past five years, and leaders are redoubling efforts to figure out why.
"It's an area that can't get enough focus right now," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. "When we're losing as many lives as we are, it is a crisis we have to continue to address."
In an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service, Mullen and his wife, Deborah, talked about what it will take to stop troops and families from taking their own lives.
"It's a very difficult, vexing, complex problem and one that leadership has to spend an awful lot of time on to try to figure out," Mullen said. "It's one that in the country is not well understood; therefore, [it's] one in the military that isn't understood."
While top leaders are struggling to find answers, military suicides have reached a critical point, the chairman said. Last year, suicide claimed 309 troops, and in 2008, 267 servicemembers committed suicide, according to a Defense Department task force. From 2005 to 2009, more than 1,100 servicemembers took their own lives, an average of one suicide every 36 hours, the task force said.
Some reports attribute the spike to multiple deployments and long family separations. The majority of suicides do take place among servicemembers who have deployed, Mullen said. Still, a considerable number occur among those who haven't deployed, he added.
Complicating the issue is a delay in symptoms for those who have served in combat, Mullen said. In many cases, post-traumatic stress symptoms don't reveal themselves until months or years later, and a servicemember may be discharged by that time and back in a civilian community without the same level of support. The military needs to find ways to track those servicemembers so they receive the support they need, he said.
"A significant amount of work needs to be done on the prevention aspect of [suicide] so we don't get to the point where men and women would consider doing this," he said.
Leaders also must gain an understanding of the problem's scope, including the signs, symptoms and vulnerable population, he said.
"More than anything else, I think, military leaders have to lead," Mullen said. Many leaders have had challenges themselves, he noted, and the way they address those challenges, seeking help when needed, can set the example for others.
The military also must work to end the stigma that's preventing people from seeking help early on, Mullen said, including family members afraid to raise a red flag.
Spouses often are the first to notice a problem, but are fearful of the career repercussions for their servicemember if they speak up, Mrs. Mullen said.
"We know that servicemembers tell their spouses not to mention any sort of symptoms the servicemember might be experiencing for fear that, as one spouse said, 'That will mean the end of their career,'" she said. "That stigma is so ingrained and embedded in not just the military, but in our country, and breaking through that is going to be key ... to solving this problem."
This internal barrier to seeking help can have a far-ranging effect, also causing spouses to stop short of seeking much-needed help for themselves, Mrs. Mullen said. Spouses, she said, may be suffering from stress, anxiety, frustration and anger, but are afraid of the fallout from asking for care.
When family members have the courage to ask for help, the military must step up care, Mrs. Mullen said. She said she spoke with a military spouse with suicidal thoughts who sought help from a military physician. She was given medication, but not a follow up. If someone is brave enough to come forward, the military must offer ongoing support, including mental-health follow-ups, she said.
Mrs. Mullen called for training within families to help them recognize issues in their servicemember and in themselves, and to know what to do about them without fear of repercussion.
Fortunately, families have more avenues of help now than ever before, including ones that offer anonymity, she said. People who are uncomfortable speaking with someone at a military clinic can instead receive 12 free counseling appointments through Military OneSource or contact Tricare for online counseling at home. Other resources include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors at 1-800-959-TAPS (8277) or a military family life consultant.
Support is particularly vital after a suicide, when a family is at its most vulnerable, Mrs. Mullen said, stressing the importance of what she calls "post-vention," or after care.
"It's important to make sure that the people at risk after the suicide are reached and that they have the opportunity to express privately maybe their own concerns, their own thoughts," she said. "I think if we provide for them the appropriate post-vention care that we will restore the hope for those families that this may not occur in their family again."
The Mullens both stressed the importance of hope, both in prevention efforts and in the aftermath of a tragedy. A suicide, they said, means all hope was lost.
"[There's] help out there that would allow an individual to move through this," the chairman said. "Keep the hope, as difficult as that may seem in these circumstances."
"No matter how hard, how long, no matter what it takes, however many people need to get involved in this, this is something that the military is going to pursue and try to eliminate totally." Mrs Mullen added.
To watch this interview with Adm. and Mrs. Mullen, tune in to the Pentagon Channel's "This Week in the Pentagon" today and Sept. 17. The interview will run as part of the channel's special, "Restoring Hope: Stories of Survival."
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When will my mate be able to fill my baby kick?
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I started to feel kicks and movement around 15 weeks or so. Back then they were very light and kind of felt like butterflies or someone tickling my insides (kind of gross sounding, but that's the best way I can describe it). I had an ultrasound at 19 weeks and the baby did a lot of jumping around and rolling over (being a stinker). Now at 23 weeks I feel my baby move all the time, especially in the morning when I am STARVING. He likes to kick my bladder too. I believe it just depends on the pregnancy. Some are more active earlier than others.posted 09/06/2007 by CalliopeK
For the first time I felt the baby kicking after the first complete ultrasound when I was 20 weeks pregnant. The nurse was trying to make the baby move inside in order to take a better picture and that night I felt a very light kick in my belly. After that day the baby became VERY active. I felt her movements almost every day. Now I am 24 weeks pregnant abd not so long ago my husband finally felt the baby kick, it was quite a strong kick too:)I guess before that the kicks were too light for him to feel even though I felt them pretty well.posted 08/31/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm 24 weeks and I just started feeling the kicks and so did my husband.posted 08/31/2007 by luvin_6
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During the Rhode Island International Film Festival last August radio host Toni Pennacchia of SpoilerAlert Radio (http://spoileralertradio.com) interviewed Crazy Parkite producers Billie Harsch and Stacy Dymalski about their short film THE WRITE STUFF. You can catch Billie and Stacy's interview online Thursday, October 11, at 8:30 a.m. EDT http://www.893wumd.org or the rebroadcast on Sunday, October 14, 7:30 p.m. EDT on http://bsrlive.com. If you miss those you can listen to a podcast of their interview starting the week of October 15 on http://spoileralertradio.com.
SpoilerAlertRadio, whose tagline is All Things Film, Locally and Globally, devotes its air time to the promotion of independent film and filmmakers. A major supporter of film worldwide, SpoilerAlertRadio annually covers the Rhode Island Independent Film Festival by interviewing the participating filmmakers not just about their films, but also about how they navigate the murky waters of independent filmmaking.
Since THE WRITE STUFF is a short film that was shot and produced in Park City, using strickly Utah talent on both sides of the camera, we are very excited this local production is receiving worldwide recognition. In addition to the Rhode Island International Film Festival, THE WRITE STUFF has also been accepted into the Eugene International Film Festival and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, which is also an Academy Award qualifying festival for best live action short film.


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The embattled Shadow Theatre Company this afternoon canceled the entire run of its twice-delayed musical tribute to Nina Simone, which had finally opened just last night.
Shadow, which has been in a state of both administrative chaos and rebuilding since the departure and later tragic death of founder Jeffrey Nickelson last year, had not secured a legal contract to perform "Simply Simone," which newly named executive director Karen Hatchett admitted today simply did not get done in a timely manner.
She promised that Shadow is getting its house in order, it will move forward, and predicted this will be the last bit of bad news to come from Colorado's only black theater company for some time to come.
Hatchett said Shadow will replace "Simply Simone," which was to have been the final offering of its 2009-10 season, with a staging of "The Life and Times of Ol' Alfred" in June. That play is written by Jon Ian Sayles, son of longtime Shadow director, actor and playwright Hugo Jon Sayles. The play tells of an African-American family as seen through the eyes of the Sayles' common ancestor, Alfred Sayles.
"Simply Simone" was created by Summerwind Productions of Windsor. Hatchett and Summerwind business manager Dawn Grapes both said there is no ill will between the companies, and both hope Shadow will stage "Simply Simone" sometime in the future.
What went wrong? In the past year, during which Shadow has gone through two artistic directors and two turned-over boards, the company never paid the $4,200 minimum it would have cost to nail down a contract to perform the show. And in the meantime, the rights to many of the songs used in the score have been pulled by their individual licensors, and so they can no longer be performed - by anyone.
Summerwind is run by David Grapes, who runs the theater department at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He developed the creative concept of a tribute to Simone using four actresses to portray the famous singer in different chapters of her life. Grapes, who also is the man behind the popular Frank Sinatra tribute, "My Way," compiled a score of 29 songs and negotiated the rights to each individual song with more than 10 separate licensing agencies.
But in March, the largest of those agencies rescinded the rights to 10 songs Grapes had put in the "Simply Simone score, said Dawn Grapes.
"At that point, we knew we would have to rewrite the show," said Dawn Grapes, who then emailed Shadow to inform the company that Summerwind was no longer in a position to offer them the rights to the show. Not until David Grapes and his writing partner, Robert Neblett, have time to substitute the lost songs with new ones. That process is expected to take months.
"And that was not the first time I had contacted them to tell them that they should not be advertising the show until they had secured an executed contract," said Dawn Grapes, who finally received a $400 deposit from Shadow earlier this week. But at that point, it was too late, and so she has returned the check uncashed.
Just two days ago, Shadow tried to salvage the run by announcing that it would not be performing "Simply Simone" but rather something called "Quintessentially Nina" -- its own musical tribute to the singer.
But that was a solution that just had legal trouble written all over it. Today, the decision was made to call the whole thing off.
Hatchett is now looking forward.
"This theater is too important to the community, so we're going to do whatever it takes to keep Shadow here and viable," she said.
To contact Shadow about refunds, or to apply ticket purchases to "Old Alfred," call 720-857-8000.


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Oregon Temporarily Bans Pesticides to Investigate Bee Deaths
Posted By Lori Zimmer On July 2, 2013 @ 5:53 pm In Animals,Environment,environmental destruction,News | 2 Comments
Oregon bees can breathe a little easier for the next six months. After a recent spraying of the Safari insecticide [1] apparently killed tens of thousands of bees in a Target parking lot [2] in Wilsonville, officials have responded by banning the pesticide [3] for the next six months. The Oregon Department of Agriculture also banned any pesticides containing dinotefuran neonicotinoids across the state.
Over 50,000 bees appear to have been killed when workers sprayed the blooming linden trees in the Target parking lot in Wilsonville last month. The initial intent was to control aphids, but the bee and other pollinator deaths seem to be a side effect of the Safari spraying.
Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba is taking the bee deaths [4] very seriously, and she has called for a temporary ban on a list of pesticides. During this time the department will investigate the connection between each pesticide and bee deaths [5]. The ban calls for landscapers and gardener to cease using the pesticides [6] for six months, but retailers will still be allowed to sell the products. The department feels the partial ban will stall bee deaths, giving them time to decide whether the products need to be fully removed from shelves or not.
The temporary ban is supported by the bee conservationist Xerces Society [7], which also feels signage stating the temporary restriction on the pesticides' use is also necessary. After the 180 day investigation, the Oregon Department of Agriculture will reevaluate if Safari is safe for gardeners and landscapers to use.
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Father As Servant
A good father serves his children, as Jesus served his followers.
One morning last October, my husband Brent rose at 4:30 A.M. to shoulder one of the most frightening responsibilities a parent can have-he was about to drive our 16-year-old son, TJ, through the pre-dawn darkness to the Navy Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. TJ was scheduled to undergo major abdominal surgery at 6 A.M. After dropping our younger son at school at 8:15, I drove nervously through rush-hour traffic to the hospital, arriving just as TJ was being wheeled back to his room.
Naturally, the first thing his dad and I did was take a close look to make sure TJ was still alive. (Has any parent ever completely trusted even the most skilled surgeon not to accidentally kill his child?) TJ looked pale and groggy, disheveled and confused. A sheet covered most of his body. Pushing the gurney into a corner, a cheerful and chatty male nurse carefully lifted TJ to his feet and settled him onto the bed.
We gently touched his face and spoke to him reassuringly to make sure he knew we were there, and that it was all over. Then we sat down to wait, our parental anxiety gradually receding into the background. Glancing out the window, I watched the usual rush hour traffic flow silently by many floors below.
An hour went by. TJ was becoming more wakeful and feeling some pain. The surgeon came in to check him and announce that our son was ready to go home. Brent stood up and pulled shut a curtain designed to swing in a U-shape around the bed to provide a bit of privacy. I sat and listened.
I heard the rustle of clothing and gentle words of encouragement. It was evident my husband was dressing TJ-something he had not done since our six-foot teenager was a six-year-old child.
My gaze traveled downward, attracted by movement. Beneath the abbreviated curtain, I saw my husband's khaki-covered knees appear. He was kneeling on the floor in order to put on TJ's socks and sneakers.
I was suddenly reminded of Christ getting down on His knees to wash the feet of His disciples, illustrating, through soap, water, and a rough towel, that a true leader is a servant. I was overwhelmed with love for my husband-love and gratitude.
Most fathers I know would lay down their lives for their children-just as Christ laid down His life for his flock. But how many dads follow Christ's other example? How many of them willingly, unthinkingly, get down on their knees to serve children who have grown bigger than they?
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ALMEIDA, A.C.S. et al. Tetanus in small ruminants: retrospective study of major clinical and epidemiological findings in 11 cases. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec. [online]. 2012, vol.64, n.4, pp.1060-1064. ISSN 0102-0935. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352012000400036.
A retrospective study of major clinical and epidemiological findings was performed in 11 cases of tetanus observed in eight sheep and three goats from 1998 to 2008. The cases occurred predominantly in animals aging from five days to two years, in winter season, with history of recent wounds or surgical procedures. Muscle rigidity and muscular tremors (72.0%), tachycardia/dyspnea (54.5%), change of placement of ears (45.4%), protusion of the third eyelid (27.2%), hypersensitivity to external stimulus (18.1%), and elevation of ears (18.1%) were the most common clinical signs.
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I have read things that say don't mix dwarf gouramis with the larger specimens. Well I have a dwarf honey gourami and 2 gold gouramis. Both the larger ones are female (one is about 2.5 inches the other 3 or a touch over) and there really hasn't been an issue. The tank is heavily planted with driftwood though and other smaller fish (red eyed tetras, neons, 2 baby angels, and many a cleaner fish). I was just wondering if anyone else has had experience keeping the dwarf and the larger ones in together without issue? They have been together for 2 or more months now. Also has anyone ever bred gouramis? Are they like bettas when breeding because I've bred bettas once before.The pic shows all 3 in it, the larger one on top, the smaller in the middle back and the dwarf on bottom.
i had trouble with my gouramis,
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then i decided to split them up,phew harmoney at last
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The male was now in with the barbs,and going great,(he still is)
however it was then the female who became the
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i loved that little guy,then two sunset reds,
she was returned to the shop. :x :(
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OSU Extension to host Home Food Preservation Workshop
Home Food Preservation Workshop, a program about canning and home food preservation for beginners, is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. June 20 at the Vinton County Community Building.
The program will include a demonstration of the proper home canning techniques, up-to-date fact sheets, and important information on canning safely. Dial gauge canner lid testing will be available after the program. Registration is necessary because the program will be canceled if enrollment is too low. For more information or to register, call Joyce at 740-596-5212 or email her at email@example.com by noon on June 18.


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Placing the mouse cord into the slots after unscrewing the top was a breeze. Once in the slots I screwed the top back on to secure the cord and I was ready to go. Or was I? Not quite, I realized that I actually had too much cord for my liking so all I did was loosen the top screw to allow me to move my cord to find the right length.


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When Jillian Rockey Forbes was 17, she asked how to help her new home congregation. She had no idea that her simple question would lead her all the way to Haiti and to a ministry that earned her a Jefferson Award for Public Service.
|Jillian Rockey Forbes (center in blue shirt) leads a tour to Haiti, where participants learn firsthand about the country and its people.
A member of St. Peter Lutheran, Mechanicsburg, Pa., Forbes learned that the congregation had years earlier started a relationship with Institution Univers, a school in the Ouanaminthe community of Haiti that no one had visited in several years.
"I don't know how I convinced my parents at 17 to let me go," said Forbes, who eight years ago took her first of nine trips so far to Haiti, accompanied by Carol Forbes, who eventually became her mother-in-law. "It captured my heart right away. My initial thought was that I wanted to move there. Then I realized that the school needs money and support, and Americans have money and lots of love to give."
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Wednesday Dec 28 2011
New Year's warning from Loomis family touched by tragedy: Don't drink and drive
By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Robert Wyatt, 15, was killed by a drunken driver on Auburn Folsom Road in a Dec. 10, 1999 crash
AUBURN CA - With New Year's Eve falling on a Saturday and some people getting Monday off, the odds of over-imbibing and getting behind the wheel during celebrations will increase for many. And that will boost the odds of sober drivers getting into a potentially fatal crash with a drunken driver. Twelve years ago, the Wyatt family of Loomis lost 15-year-old Robert Wyatt when a drunk driver crashed head-on into the truck he was in as the two were heading in different directions on Auburn Folsom Road. It's a memory that still brings tears to the eyes of Robert's father, Doug. Robert died in his arms at the accident scene after he rushed to be with his son from their nearby home. "It's hit me again in the last three or four months," Doug Wyatt said. "It's something that never goes away. We learn to live with it better but it doesn't go away." Jennifer Wyatt, then 17, was a passenger in the Wyatt truck that night and suffered extensive injuries that continue to require medical care a dozen years later. But the loss of her little brother was a major, life-changing moment, she said. "The message I like to give is that you think drinking and driving is a thrill but think again, it can kill," Wyatt said. "I don't want anybody to go through what I've been through. It made me a strong person but, wow, it's been really hard." Doug Wyatt said that he wants others to know about the impact of a fatal drunken driving crash and is now making plans to share his story with high school students as part of the Every 15 Minutes program. Joshua Sanguinetti, the drunken driver of the vehicle that hit the Wyatt truck, received a seven-year, four-month prison term but served less than three years. Doug Wyatt said that drunken driving laws and the Placer County District Attorney's Office now take a harder line against perpetrators. The Wyatt family is left to remember a talented baseball player and Del Oro High School student whose life ended too soon on a rural Placer County road in early December. "When the holidays come, it does rattle our cage," Wyatt said. "There is no right time with it, but this is worse." Officer Dave Montijo of the California Highway Patrol's Auburn office said Wednesday that while no checkpoints are scheduled to screen drunken drivers, the holiday weekend is considered a maximum enforcement period. That will mean a higher number than usual of highway patrol officers. Montijo's advice is to plan ahead if you're considering drinking alcohol and ensure somebody can give you a ride home. "Have a plan – have somebody available who is looking out for you specifically," he said. "That's opposed to thinking you'll find somebody who will take care of you." AAA will be offering its Tipsy Tow service for drinking drivers from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 6 a.m. New Year's Day. And Sierra Cab in Auburn will be operating, with reservations made for times before midnight but rides provided on a first-come-first-serve basis New Year's morning.


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Weekly Field Crops Pest Report 2012
June 28, 2012, Volume 11 Number 11
- View from the Field
- Weather Outlook
- Watch out for Two-Spotted Spider Mites in Soybeans
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View from the Field
Ken Wise
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Move over, true armyworm. Potato leafhopper is the insect pest of the week! There are reports that potato leafhopper (PLH) have reached economic thresholds on many fields across the state and Extension Educators report a lot of yellowing fields. This is a byproduct of not scouting for potato leafhopper earlier. Once you see the yellowing the quality and yield are dramatically reduced. When the alfalfa is 8 to 10 inches and has yellowed due to PLH damage and nymph infestation levels are high the question is what to do?
Potato Leaf hopper Damage on Alfalfa
Elson Shields (Cornell University Extension Field Crops Entomologist) states it is better to clip off the damaged alfalfa then to spray the crop, since if you spray the alfalfa, forage quality will remain poor. If you clip off the 8 to 10 inch PLH damaged alfalfa you get rid of the potato leafhopper nymphs and can start over managing the alfalfa for leafhopper. The regrowth would have normal high quality forage. BUT . You have to scout and manage PLH after clipping the alfalfa to monitor infestation levels in the field. While scouting the Cornell research farm this week, I found some alfalfa research plots loaded with nymphs. They far exceeded the economic threshold and the alfalfa was yellowing. These plots were in the middle of an alfalfa field that had been harvested the week before with the exception of those plots. The re-regrowth on the alfalfa was good and infestation levels were very low. The harvesting had removed the nymphs from the field. As we get hotter and drier again this next week PLH levels will continue to risePLH loves hot, dry conditions and populations can explode very quickly. For information on how to scout for PLH please consult last week's article, Time to Start Scouting for Potato Leafhopper on Alfalfa.
Kevin Ganoe reports soybean aphid on soybeans. He stated that populations were high, exceeding 250 aphids/plant. Mike Stanyard found soybean aphids at low levels on soybeans this week in western NY. SBAs are very tiny, soft-bodied insects. They are pale yellow-green and less that 1/16 of an inch long. The aphid has black cornicles, aka "tail pipes" on hind end of the insect. Most generations of SBA lack wings with the exception of early field invaders and a population readying for migration or dispersal. They are the ONLY aphids that infest soybeans in North America. The economic threshold for SBA is an average 250 aphids per plant, population is increasing, natural enemies like lady beetles are not holding the infestation down and the crop is prior to early pod fill (R4). More on soybean aphids next week!
Soybean Aphids on Soybeans (Photo taken by Kevin Ganoe)
At the Cornell Research farm this week I was scouting a cornfield that had an infestation of European corn borer. About 15 percent of the plants showed corn borer feeding. I have not seen this much corn borer in several years.
Alex Wright CCA with Carolina Eastern-Vail found a large population of black cutworm in corn. The cutworm dramatically reduced corn populations.
Black cutworm in corn (Photo by Alex Wright)
Weather Outlook
June 28, 2012
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Last week we had hot weather followed by a cooling trend bringing the overall temperature departure to 0 to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation amounts ranged from a trace to an inch for most of the state, though some areas did see over an inch. The base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 100 to 150. Hot again! Well see hot and humid conditions starting today and through the weekend. Today will be sunny with highs in the mid to upper 80s, some near 90. Overnight will also be warm, with temperatures in the 60s. Showers and thunderstorms are possible tonight into Friday morning, some of which could be severe producing heavy rain. Friday will be sunny with temperatures rising into the upper 80s and low 90s. Lows will be in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Saturday will again be hot and sunny with temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s. Overnight temperatures will be in the 60s. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a chance for showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid 80s to low 90s. Lows will be in the 60s. Monday will be mostly sunny with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be a little cooler, throughout the 80s. Lows will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Lows will be in the low to mid 60s. Wednesdays temperatures will be throughout the 80s with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the 60s.
The five-day precipitation amounts will range from a tenth to half an inch. The 8-14 day outlook is showing normal temperatures and below normal precipitation for most of the state.
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Service Maps of 8-14 day outlooks
National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters watch/warnings map
NRCC Drought Page which features the US Drought Monitor map (updated every Thursday)
Watch out for Two-Spotted Spider Mites in Soybeans
Ken Wise
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Two-Spotted Spider Mites (Archnida: Acari:Tetranychidae) can commonly be found in soybeans. They become a problem under certain environmental factors. Two-Spotted Spider Mites are not insects. They are more closely related to spiders. Spider mites are VERY VERY tiny less than 0.002 inches long. They look like a speck of dust to the naked eye. To really see them well you'll need a 30+ hand lens or a dissecting scope. Note two spots on either side of their back.
Like their spider relatives, spider mites make fine, silky webs. Heavily infested fields show webbing on leaflets and petioles (where the leaves meet the stem). The mites cannot flybut they can float. Their silk threads can carry them far on a breezy day, which is how they move to new fields. Mites really thrive in soybean fields when the weather is hot and very dry. Many times the soybeans are under some drought stress when mites cause damage. The mites normally infest fields in July and August. You rarely see damage when it's wet and or cool.
Spider mites increase on soybeans when it's droughty and hot. Here's why: When alfalfa or grass hay is cut, the weather is normally dry. This causes the mites to set afloat their silk thread and travel to a nearby soybean field. The drought stress improves the soybean food quality for spider mites. Also, naturally occurring fungus diseases that normally help control mites can't develop when it's dry. And mites reproduce more when it's hot and dry.
How can such a little beast damage a soybean plant?
Heavily infested leaves are stippled yellow with lots of tiny dots. Stippled leaves are an early feeding sign. Later, note bronzed leaves. Injury can look like a fungal disease. Damage normally starts along the edge of fields as mites migrate in from the hedge rows. You can find them on weeds long the edge of fields.
Early season applications of pyrethoids (tank mixed with herbicide like Roundup) often trigger spider mite outbreaks when the weather turns warm and dry. Resist the urge to "just add insecticide" to herbicides. These early applications also can trigger soybean aphid rebounds by killing off the beneficial insectsrequiring a second application to prevent loss.
When scouting for spider mites, start along the egde of the field. Look for symptoms first. Pull a plant out of the ground and look on the underside of the leaves, starting with ones that have that show damage. Examine the damage and webbing and see how they progress up the plant.
Here's how to record field conditions and the possible economic threshold for spider mites.
Stippled Leaves
Mites on Leaves
Check fields every 4-5 days during dry weather, since damaging infestations can develop quickly.
Spider mites do economic damage to plants between R4 and R5 growth stage. Because the mites reduce photosynthisis and promote drought stress, a reduction of 10 to 15% in the leaf surface area causes damage. Pod set, seed size and number of seeds are less. Pods are more prone to shattering. These are critical times affecting the yields of soybeans. If the plants reach economic threshold at the R4 to R5, an insecticide should be used to avoid economic losses. For an insecticide please consult the Cornell Guide for Integrated Field Crop Management. Note: a single rainstorm will normally not stop a spider mite infestation. Several days of rain can stop an infestation.
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To Report Oil and Hazardous Material Spills in New York State
Poison Control Centers
If you are unable to reach a Poison Control Center or obtain the information your doctor needs, the office of the NYS Pesticide Coordinator at Cornell University, 607-255-1866, may be able to assist you in obtaining such information.
Mark Your Calendars
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July 18-Robert B. Musgrave Research Farm Field Day
FREE and open to all!
Contact Information
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Keith Waldron: NYS Livestock and Field Crops IPM Coordinator
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Marriage is Coming to Norway
Timothy Kincaid
May 29th, 2008
Anti-gays like to wail and moan about how awful, just awful, things have gotten since Norway "began allowing same-sex marriage in the 1990s." But as we pointed out, while Norway has allowed civil unions since 1993, it does not currently recognize gay marriage.
That is all about to change.
Back in March we told you that Norway had proposed legislation that would allow for same-sex marriage. Now the AP reports that adequate support is pledged to ensure passage.
Two Norwegian opposition parties on Thursday backed the rights of gay couples to marry in church, adopt and have assisted pregnancies, effectively assuring the passage of a new equality law next month.
The new law would allow marriage, adoption, and assisted procreation for same-sex couples. It seems that the Norwegians took a little closer look at their society and culture and decided that gay couples just aren't the curse that anti-gays like to think they are.


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Microsoft Prepping Kinect Move to PC, Rumor Says
Rumor has it, Microsoft is working on software development kits to put the Kinect on PC in the next few months, just in time to compete for market share with a few other gesture-control systems headed to shelves.
Microsoft news site WinRumors has the story, which cites unnamed sources and says an SDK and drivers for the Kinect are being prepped for a beta release. This is just a week or so after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Kinect would make its way to the PC, but didn't give a timetable or any details.
The report says third-party developers will be able to use the kit and drivers to create Kinect-enabled PC programs, and that includes games. You can expect that it'll quickly be able to handle multimedia functionality, too, in order to take on Kinect developer PrimeSense's PC-enabled multimedia controller.
Microsoft probably can't get to get the PC Kinect onto shelves, since the Xbox 360 unit has shipped more than 8 million units. Meanwhile, plenty of people have already hooked their Kinects to PCs to do all kinds of awesome things — including play video games.
Via Joystiq.