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Gilead Sciences, a science-led company backed by business-led IT, uses Oracle solutions to simplify business processes and establish a foundation for continued growth.
by Fred Sandsmark
One key to success in treating chronic disease is a simplified treatment regimen. It's human nature: a patient is much more likely to consistently take a single daily pill containing multiple medications than a handful of different pills on a complicated schedule.
A similar case can be made for business processes and IT: if you make processes simple and consistent, and consolidate the datasources that support those processes, the result is a healthier business with more-efficient operations and improved decision-making.
Gilead Sciences of Foster City, California, has a strong track record in both areas. Gilead is best known for single-tablet regimens for HIV: Atripla, approved in 2006, was the first of its kind; Complera followed in 2011, and Gilead's newest single-tablet treatment, Stribild, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August 2012. On the business process front, since 2008 Gilead Senior Vice President and CFO Robin Washington has led efforts to standardize and improve processes and build an IT infrastructure—heavily leveraging Oracle applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, and Oracle Fusion Middleware—that enables and supports those processes. The single-minded goal is to support the continued growth of a science-led company with business-led IT capabilities.
Despite Gilead's success—including steady growth in revenues and earnings per share—its management can't afford to relax. Approximately 80 percent of current company revenues come from HIV medications, the patents for which begin to expire in 2018. In response, Gilead is diversifying—through both internal development pipeline and acquisitions—into treatments for other disease areas, such as Hepatitis C, oncology, and inflammation, while continuing to focus on innovative HIV treatments.
Gilead's leaders want to diversify without straying from the company's roots as an enterprise founded and led by scientists. "We want to focus on our core competencies while continuing to have a highly leveraged business model," explains Robin Washington, senior vice president and CFO at Gilead Sciences. This means making extensive use of contract research organizations to manage clinical trials, and contract manufacturing operations to produce product. Indeed, the majority of Gilead's clinical trial management and more than half of its manufacturing are outsourced, a leveraged model that Washington calls a competitive advantage.
Diversification into new treatment areas is just one challenge Gilead faces. According to Washington, many additional challenges loom large for all biopharmaceutical companies, including an increasingly complex regulatory environment and a difficult macroeconomic environment with increased focus on reducing healthcare costs globally. For Gilead, these pressures are compounded by the company's rapid growth—revenue nearly doubled between 2007 and 2011, from US$4.23 billion to US$8.38 billion.
To better manage this complex business environment, in 2008 Gilead's management embarked on a centralized enterprise resource planning (ERP) program, based on Oracle E-Business Suite. They sought to establish an IT foundation on which the company could standardize and integrate manufacturing and supply operations, along with the financial systems that support them. Furthermore, the focus was on the business processes and the data, not the technology itself. "We were trying to worry less about which technology and more about what business problems people were trying to solve," Washington recalls.
Moving to this business-led IT focus proved to be tough going at first. Washington eventually needed to assume sponsorship of the project, hire a new CIO, and bring in experienced project managers. This team brought the Oracle ERP system online in October 2011. "Along with the Gilead ERP team, Robin got the project over the finish line," says Dennis Self, who joined Gilead as vice president and CIO just 17 days before the Oracle ERP system went live. "It is one of the most pure forms of leadership I have ever seen in my career."
Clearly, the Oracle platform and the integration of [Oracle] Hyperion help us relative to the tools we used before. We're spending less time on an arcane tool, or a tool that's not integrated, and more time analyzing the output of that tool.
"We did go live in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year—which is an absolute no-no as a CFO—but we had so much momentum," Washington says today. "We closed the books successfully for the year, and had the lowest level of SOX [Sarbanes-Oxley] deficiencies ever in the history of the company."
Creation of a financial shared services center for Europe running Oracle E-Business Suite—a project that began in 2007—contributed to building that momentum. Gilead employees initially pushed back against the shared services concept—they saw it as a poorly planned, technology-centric cost-saving measure, whereas Washington envisioned it as a catalyst to move to globally consistent processes.
So the entire shared services center project was relaunched in 2009, this time led by an experienced shared services expert and a business council consisting of the people who would own and use its services. Many country-based financial processes (procure-to-pay, for example) were consolidated into a single global process; legacy systems were either integrated or eliminated. "I think the shared services center and the ultimate implementation of Oracle forced us to focus on the 80-plus percent that we're alike, as opposed to the nuances of how we're different," Washington says.
In the process, trust was established between the business, IT, and Oracle. "Some of the best meetings we had with Oracle were when we had the development folks in the room with the operators," Washington recalls. "Not the project people, but the people who, for instance, wanted their inventory system to do A, B, and C. When the developers understood their needs, then the dialogue really started to occur."
The Business Process Council (BPC), launched during the reboot of the ERP implementation, has become a standing group of around 20 Gilead employees, convened by CIO Dennis Self and representing every major department in the company. The council looks at Gilead's process needs semiquarterly, determines and prioritizes projects to address those needs, and provides oversight of these projects until they are completed. "Most of these projects are devoted to standardizing, integrating, and scaling various business capabilities throughout the company," Self explains. The council has also helped foster open communication and closer collaboration across the entire company.
The analytic needs are changing constantly, so you really need flexible, nimble systems that can be used in a lot of different ways.
Standardizing processes does more than just save time and money; it also aids with compliance, which is one of Gilead's ongoing business drivers and a "must have" within any life sciences company that operates within a regulated environment. Technology's role is huge, Washington says; recording and maintaining accurate records requires core IT strengths such as application, data, and infrastructure quality and security. "When you think about a process, you have to think about it relative to meeting all of our various compliance needs. The more standardized and integrated we are, and the better we are at documenting and accessing information quickly, the better we're able to meet all those regulatory standards," she says.
In order to enable standardized and integrated business processes, Gilead's business operations are underpinned by a "loosely coupled" technology architecture whereby IT has decoupled its applications, data, and infrastructure. Indeed, Gilead has deployed approximately 175 applications—many from a variety of vendors—that are integrated via Oracle Fusion Middleware and are enabled by a highly virtualized infrastructure platform. Single sources of data are also integrated using this same integration platform. "The concept is that we should only populate customer data one time, using Oracle master data management solutions," Self explains. "Similarly, we should only populate product, supplier, and people data one time." Those datasources, because they're not directly associated with individual applications, are accessible to other applications via an Oracle Fusion Middleware integration bus.
To further support the standardization and integration of business processes, Self has restructured the IT department to reflect Gilead's business-led philosophy, including the establishment of three teams that are assigned to managing formal and informal relationships with key business partners throughout the company—one assigned to R&D, another assigned to manufacturing and finance, and a third assigned to sales and marketing. "They're paid to listen," Self says. "What are the business requirements, and where can IT help?" Once the answers are identified, the IT teams then work with functional leaders to build a business case—with a strong ROI component—that is presented to the BPC for approval.
"This BPC and IT governance model we've put in place ensures that we don't do projects unless there's business sponsorship," Washington explains. "We were successful with our ERP implementation because we had business sponsorship at the highest levels—in manufacturing, supply chain, and finance. It was focused on business needs, as opposed to someone saying, 'Wow, this seems like a cool thing to implement.'"
Having a single global source of financial data has also assisted in the refinement of Gilead's budgeting and planning processes. When Washington arrived, the company had 1- and 10-year planning cycles and annual budgets. The 1-year planning cycle couldn't cover the typical lifecycle of Gilead's clinical milestones, while the 10-year planning cycle was too speculative given the uncertainty inherent in a post-financial-crisis world. Today, a robust 3-year planning cycle and rolling forecasts (rather than annual budgets) are the goal. And because technology supports business processes, IT planning is synchronized with the 3-year business planning cycle.
In the near term, having data decoupled from applications will enable the quick and efficient scaling of analytic capabilities throughout the company, Self believes. "We have these capabilities in place today, but now we're in position to take it to a whole other level," he says. Every part of the company—from sales to manufacturing to finance to HR—has analytic requirements and wants to make faster, better, fact-based decisions, he says, and Gilead's business-driven technology foundation can enable that.
Washington says Gilead's product and geographic diversification efforts will require enhanced analytic capabilities. "It's going to be even more important as we diversify into other therapeutic areas, in terms of getting that data and those analytics correct," she says. "The analytic needs are changing constantly, so you really need flexible, nimble systems that can be used in a lot of different ways." (See the "Planning and Modeling" sidebar.)
And with Gilead's Oracle E-Business Suite live for a year, the focus there has shifted from deployment to adding capabilities and deriving more value. "When we automate operations—make them more efficient, scalable, and low-cost—we can actually derisk them," Self says. "That keeps folks in R&D and commercial, and at the executive level, from having to pay attention to these back-office, operational issues."
Put another way, automating Gilead's business operations gets IT systems out of the way of science—indeed, out of the way of the business—which will help the company continue to thrive. "There's a belief here at Gilead that, if we focus on the science—on being the best, and on being differentiated—everything else will work itself out," Washington concludes. "People will want our product because ultimately it improves their lives."
Fred Sandsmark is a regular contributor to Profit.
Before Robin Washington became senior vice president and CFO of Gilead Sciences, she served as CFO of Hyperion Solutions and senior vice president and corporate controller of PeopleSoft. "I've been acquired by Oracle twice," Washington says with a laugh, but she's serious about how both of those Oracle solutions—and Oracle Hyperion solutions in particular—are used at her current employer.
"Clearly, the Oracle platform and the integration of [Oracle] Hyperion help us relative to the tools we used before," she says. "We're spending less time on an arcane tool, or a tool that's not integrated, and more time analyzing the output of that tool."
Oracle Hyperion Planning is a key tool for Gilead's overall business planning and is increasingly used in the finance department. Take Gilead's US$11 billion acquisition of Hepatitis C drug developer Pharmasset, which closed in 2012. The acquisition required Gilead to incur significant debt and leverage cash located in geographies outside of the United States.
"Having a tool that allowed us to look at the balance sheet and the cash flow statement simultaneously helped us analyze our options more efficiently," Washington says.


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Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, he must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.PT2M13S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-36s3h 620 349 April 16, 2014
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- Like Father, Like Son (aka Soshite chichi ni naru)
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- Drama
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- Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki, Riri Furanki
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- 2013
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- Japanese
Japanese filmmakers are specialists when it comes to stories about emotional repression. And hand in hand with their expertise goes a fascination with the dynamics of the family. It's a fascination tinged with wistfulness caused no doubt by the long hours that Japanese salarymen spend in their offices at the expense of their lives as husbands, fathers and sons.
The master of the genre was Yasukiro Ozu, whose quietly contemplative films about Japanese home life did so much to boost the international reputation of the country's cinema in the 1950s and '60s and Kore-eda Hirokazu, director of Like Father, Like Son, is often touted as Ozu's direct heir. He, too, has staked out the domestic landscape as his territory - although his style is rather more nimble than that of Ozu, who kept the camera permanently set just above floor level for reasons which have kept critics wrangling about them for decades.
Like Father, Like Son, screening at MIFF 2013
Here, Kore-eda has chosen a classic theme. Two babies are switched in the hospital where they're born and taken home by the wrong parents and it's years before the mix-up is discovered.
Like all classics, it's an infinitely adaptable scenario. We saw it last year in The Other Son, played out against the Arab-Israeli conflict. Here, it's moulded into a tale about class differences. One of the fathers, Nonomiya Ryota (Fukuyama Masaharu), is an affluent and ambitious architect with a demure wife and a six-year-old son who seems to have inherited his mother's gentleness, much to Ryota's frustration. And the other, Saiki Yudai (Lily Franky), is a happy-go-lucky appliance salesman from one of Tokyo's poorer suburbs. He and his wife run a shambolic household. Yudai, however, always has time to play with his four children and they're more outgoing because of it. Kore-eda raises this stereotypical set-up beyond the level of cliche with the exactness of his observations, the performances he gets from the children and his actor's skill in investing the personalities of the parents with a healthy unpredictability.
There are times when the script seems just too schematic - as if Kore-eda has decided that we should all sit still while he lays out the nature versus nurture debate.
Then the small truths which enrich each scene take over.
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L'Arte del Foto Restauro dalla mano di Marco Girgenti.
The Art of the Photo Restoration from Marco Girgenti's hand.
I am photographer from three generations. I work in digital and I have a post production studios where I create for photography - advertising images - video and audio editing. I invite you to see my site.
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From hectic mornings to chaotic afternoons, the school year can be stressful families. To make the transition smoother, organization is key to success. From cohesive calenders to a memo board, families can keep all the balls rolling by being prepared. The family command center becomes the hub for all activities.
Creating a family command center starts with determining the perfect location. For many families, the kitchen can be the best option. Depending in the layout, a wall by the refrigerator, with empty flat space, can work well. Since everyone goes to the refrigerator, the space can be highly visual for calendar, reminders and all other important messages.
The Home Collection by Post-it Brand, Scotch Brand and Command Brand offer a comprehensive line of products that combine to create the essential family command center. Bringing together the family calendar and family paperwork into a sleek, stylish single location creates easy to use organization.
To create the family command center, two items from the Home Collection can act as the centerpiece of the organization. The Post-it Dry Erase Planner offers a quick glance at family activities. With multiple columns that can be mounted vertically or horizontally, the planner can be used for sports practices, weekly chores or even family dinners. Erasing completed activities brings satisfaction to accomplish the long list of tasks. No more excuses for being unaware of an event or activity when the family can see each item written on the planner. The Post-it Dry Erase Planner retails for approximately $8.99.
In many homes, kids bring home piles of paper. From the school permission slips to the birthday invitations, paper can over take a counter top. With the Post-it Grip Board, a family's important papers leave the counter top and puts them in plain view. The Grip Board mounts almost anywhere with the Command Picture Hanging Strips. The folds can hold a variety of papers, from business cards to mail and even pictures. The Grip Board retails for approximately $19.99.
With these items and a few others, like Post-it Planner and Perforated List Pad, Post-It Dry Erase Grip Tile and Post-it Magnet Grip Discs, families will run into the school year with an organized plan for success. Is your family ready to get organized and tackle the school year? A family command center is key to back to school success.
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Austin McPheron will make his second career start on Tuesday.
April 7, 2014
|Southern Illinois Salukis (17-14) vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (21-10)
|Tuesday, April 8
|5:00 p.m.
|Capaha Field - Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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|SIU: RHP Austin McPheron (1-0, 0.82 ERA)
SEMO: LHP Alex Winkelman (1-2, 4.39 ERA)
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Mike Reis will call the play-by-play.
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LEADING OFF Southern Illinois will make a brief road trip to visit Ohio Valley Conference leading Southeast Missouri State Tuesday night at 5 p.m. at Capaha Field. The Salukis will look to improve upon their 5-1 record against OVC teams in 2014.
TUESDAY'S STARTER Austin McPheron will make his second career start. The freshman made his first start last Tuesday against Missouri. He allowed one run off four hits and struck out three in 3.0 innings of work. In seven relief appearances this season, McPheron did not allow any earned runs over 8.0 innings.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE SERIES NOTES Southern Illinois leads the all-time series, 48-26-1. Under Ken Henderson, SIU is 3-3 vs. SEMO. The two programs first faced each other in 1923 and have met annually since 1997 with the exception of 2007. Since then the Salukis are 6-9 in Cape Girardeau. SIU has won its last three games against the Redhawks. In 2013, Southern swept the two-game season series and claimed its largest victory ever against SEMO, a 25-3 road win on April 9.
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS After sweeping SIU-Edwardsville this weekend, the Redhawks have won seven in a row. Southeast Missouri is second in the OVC with a .307 team batting average and leads the conference with 58 stolen bases in 69 attempts. Derek Gibson leads the team with a .415 average and 39 RBIs while Matt Tellor is tied for the conference lead with nine home runs. SEMO is tied for the OVC lead with a 3.79 ERA and has already recorded four shutouts. Alex Winkelman will make his sixth start of the season. He started the SEMO game at SIU in 2013 and threw 4.0 scoreless innings in a game the Salukis won, 3-2, in 11 innings.
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Salukis recover for 11th inning 3-2 win over Southeast Missouri State
Jake Welch scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning as Southern Illinois snuck past Southeast Missouri State, 3-2, on a windy Tuesday evening at Abe Martin Field. After SIU surrendered a one-run lead in the ninth, the Salukis' third walk-off win of 2013 came just in the nick of time.
MVC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Senior first baseman Ryan Casillas has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performance in five games this past week. Casillas helped the Salukis to three wins, driving in seven runs and recording multiple hits in three of five games. In SIU's win over Missouri on Tuesday, he set a career high with four hits and matched a career high with three RBIs. Three days later, Casillas again drove in three more runs in the series opener against Bradley. In that game, he also hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season. Four of his eight hits for the week went for extra bases. Casillas is the first Saluki to earn MVC baseball player of the week honors this season.
FRESHMAN IMPACT Six Saluki freshman position players have started at least one of SIU's six conference games this season. Those six first year players are hitting a combined .302 in conference games while the upperclassmen are hitting .266 in conference play. Freshman center fielder Dyllin Mucha leads the team with a .421 conference average, which ranks sixth in the Valley.
WELCH'S WALKS Jake Welch is tied for the MVC with 25 walks this season. After matching a career high with three walks on Sunday against Bradley, the Salukis' senior shortstop has 95 career free passes, which is one walk away from moving into an eighth place tie on SIU's all-time list.
LOOKING AHEAD The Salukis will begin a five-game homestand when they open a three-game conference series against Indiana State on Friday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Itchy Jones Stadium. SIU will then host a pair of midweek games against OVC opponents. On Tuesday, April 15 the Salukis will face UT Martin at 5 p.m., and the next day they will play Austin Peay at 4:30 p.m.


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When It Comes to the Economy, It Suddenly Seems Canada Can't Do Anything Right
By Don Curren
All of a sudden, it seems Canada can't do anything right.
That's how economists at National Bank Financial described the sudden shift in sentiment on the Canadian dollar in a report Tuesday.
With a couple of major U.S. investment banks ganging up on the loonie in recent days–and a slump in the currency to levels not seen since the summer of 2010–it does seems markets have turned on the loonie in the last few days.
And the souring on Canada extends well beyond currency traders: overseas interest in Canada's once-hot Triple-A government bonds has faded; its resource industries are struggling, cutting staff while they contend with wobbly commodity prices; and high-profile economists in the U.S. are worried its apparently unstoppable housing market could crash.
Even the Economist magazine has weighed in, writing recently that Canada has lost its cool.
"If Canada is exciting at all in 2014 it will be for the wrong reasons. With household debt and house prices at record levels and mortgage rates creeping up, a housing crash is the biggest domestic risk facing the economy," it said.
None of this is new.
Canadians have been hearing about the potential of a crash landing for their soaring housing market for several years, have been scolded by policy makers for their high debt for at least three years, and volatile commodity prices are a staple for an economy that's highly leveraged to resource extraction.
Canada did come through the financial crisis in better shape than most of its advanced-economy peers, but its economy has been trudging along at subpar growth levels for quite some time. Canada's GDP growth in 2012 was 1.8%, while the U.S. posted growth of 2.2%.
The comparison isn't entirely fair, as the economy there is receiving the monetary equivalent of steroid injections through the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying programs, while the Canadian economy has had to make do with a low interest rate setting, more akin to some multivitamins or an energy drink or two.
Even the Canadian dollar's tumble has not been as rapid as some appear to believe.
The currency's been gradually losing ground since September 2012, when it reached $1.04 U.S. It's now around 93.5 U.S. cents. Its decline accelerated in October after the Bank of Canada withdrew its already diluted assurance that interest rates would eventually go up.
The loonie's travails may help dramatize Canada's rough patch, but might also be of aid in helping address one of its persistent problems–stagnant exports.


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Nikki Reed and Paul McDonald Duet "Now That I Found You" (LISTEN)
Nikki Reed and her husband Paul McDonald are making sweet music together.
The Breaking Dawn actress premiered their duet, "Now That I Found You," on Ryan Seacrest's radio program Monday.
"He's really supportive and encourages everything," she says of her "American Idol" alum hubby. "I'm a little more shy. We've done some open mic's together. I probably will end up doing [more music with him]."
Reed and McDonald wed last month.
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Arizona 2002: Redshirted the season.
Arizona 2001: Appeared in 15 games, making three starts ... Missed the second half of the season with a broken bone in his arm ... Worked four innings of relief against Southern Utah, striking out five and walking none ... Tossed the final two innings against St. Francis to earn his third victory of the season ... Picked up his second win against Texas A&M (2/17), working 4.2 scoreless innings in relief ... Earned his first win of the season with 4.2 innings of relief against St. Mary's (1/29) in which he struck out five and walked one.
Arizona 2000: Made 14 appearances, starting 10 games... Third on the team in starts... Struck out 35 batters in 40.1 innings pitched... Allowed just one run on four hits in victory over St. Mary's (1/23)... Did not suffer a loss in his first five decisions... Worked back-to-back six-plus inning performances recording two victories... Had a season high 7.0 inning stint in a victory over Nevada (2/13)... Picked off a team leading three base stealers on the season.
Summer 1999: Pitched for the Brainerd Mighty Gulls of the Northwoods League ... Went 5-5, 4.79 in 10 games (nine starts) ... Allowed just 57 hits in 62.0 innings ... Team finished second in the North Division.
Arizona 1999: Tied for the team lead with 20 appearances ... Held opponents to a .366 slugging percentage ... Lefties hit just .211 off him ... Held batters to a .191 mark with two outs and .253 with men on base ... Stranded 17 of the 26 runners he inherited ... Struck out a season-best four batters on three occasions ... Earned first win with 6.0 shutout innings vs. Grand Canyon (3/16) ... Worked a season-high 4.2 innings vs. Arizona State (2/28).
Summer 1998: Competed in the Connie Mack League.
High School: Graduated from Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson where he played for Coach Jason Hisey ... Earned three letters as a pitcher ... Named to the Arizona Daily Star's second-team 4A All-Sonoran Region ... Named to the Tucson Citizen All-Star second team ... Team MVP as a junior ... Also earned two letters in basketball ... First-team All-Sonoran Region.
Personal: Full name: Brian William Pemble ... Born: 4/24/80 in Tucson ... Majoring in political science with a minor in business ... Son of Bill and Lauri Pemble ... Father is an Arizona alum ... Has two brothers, Brady and Neal, and a sister Hayley ... Brady runs cross country and track at USC.


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According to Yahoo! Sports on Friday, United States president Barack Obama owes Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper two cases of beer after Canada defeated the United States in men's and women's hockey at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games the last two days.
On Thursday, Marie-Philip Poulin of Beauceville, Quebec scored two dramatic goals as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in the gold medal game of the Olympic women's hockey tournament.
Then on Friday, Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens made 31 saves as Canada blanked the United States 1-0 in the semi-final of the Olympic men's hockey tournament. Team Canada will now play Sweden in the gold medal game on Sunday.
The United States played the men's hockey bronze medal game on Saturday and played poorly throughout. Finland dominated the contest, and led by their captain, Teemu Selanne of the Anaheim Ducks, trounced the Americans 5-0. There are no reports if Finnish President Sauli Niinisto bet Obama prior to the game on Saturday.
This is not the first time an American politician has lost a hockey bet. After Canada defeated the United States 3-2 after the gold medal men's hockey game at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, American press secretary Robert Gibbs had to wear a Canadian hockey jersey to work.


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This photo book contains a collection of over 100 photographs specifically from various elements of textures and patterns in architecture and nature that can be seen as abstract fine art. These images come from various parts of the world such as Egypt, Russia, Ireland, Italy as well as others. All photography is by Donna Corless.
This book contains 110 pages and is the Standard Landscape size with 10x8 inches (25x20 cm) and I've selected the Premium Paper.
$5.00 from the sale of each of these books will go to support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
Donna Corless is an artist and photographer specializing in travel, architecture and fine art photography. She creates photos from her passion for travel. Her photos are available as prints, note cards and books. She has been listed as an Emerging Artist with Art.com since January 2007. Selected as NOMINEE in the Professional Architectural Category by the International Color Awards, Masters of Color Photography by a panel of the most esteemed creative professionals in photography and art, from National Geographic Channel in Washington DC to Vogue and the Fine Art Society in London. Beverly Hills, California, May 7, 2006. Thirteenth National Juried Exhibition: A Curator's Choice Winner, Viridian Artist Inc. Juried by Robert Rosenblum, Curator of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. June 25 through July 12, 2002.
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deannecrewse says I love how these images capture my world in a fresh way! I am especially fond of those which I recognize from my own travels. Great Job Donna!
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Khartoum says I voted for your book.Great luck.Ilike your book alot.Proceed forward always.
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Ciao Debra,
Thanks so much for the compliments. I appreciate it especially coming from an Architect.
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Ciao Donna,
so good job and grate view of architecture and texture
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Opening Reception, Saturday, September 8th, 6-9pm
Featured artists include: Lisa Clague, Cynthia Consentino, Debra Fritts, Linda Ganstrom, Marie E.v.B. Gibbons, Margaret Keelan, Coeleen Kiebert, Beth Lo, Janis Mars Wunderlich, Kathryn Rush, Kathy Ruttenberg, Esther Shimazu, Nan Smith, Cheryl Tall, and Patti Warashina
Since its inception three years ago, AMOCA has produced a number of exhibitions that featured legendary, post World War II, artists. This male-dominated period of dramatic change resulted in an upward shift in the status of ceramics. At the time, Abstract Expressionism, which was originally embraced by painters in the 1940s, affected the ceramic realm as well, translating to a preference for large-scale, roughly textured, slash-and-rip, abstract, wheel-thrown objects. Form and Imagination: Women Ceramic Sculptors is offered as a contrast to these past exhibitions. The work is representational, content driven, symbolically rich, and expressly based on the human form.
Form and Imagination: Women Ceramic Sculptors includes the work of fifteen female artists from across the US whose figurative art has a narrative quality. The visual scenarios vary, but the works are unified through common experiences as mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, or simply women. Some pieces have a playful twist or fairytale-like quirkiness, while others specialize in irony or satire. Several works offer social commentary, and a few reference spiritual truths. The forms include figurines, dolls, torsos, and still lifes.
This exhibition asks an important question, "Do women bring a unique perspective to figurative sculpture?" Whether genetically predisposed or socially conditioned, little girls are motivated by imaginative drama and role playing, projecting themselves as fashion divas, teddy bear caretakers, or princess "wannabes." The sculptures in this exhibition, physically illustrate
qualities related to "girl activities" – fine detail, elaborate costuming, mask making, doll-like forms and more. The thought processes that drive women are often described as excessively introspective. Women artists are by nature predisposed to be "thinking" artists, stirred by vivid dreams, spiritual/religious connections, intense emo
tions, real-life experiences, memories, or what is often referred to as woman's intuition. In day-to-day communication, women seem inclined to elaborate story-telling – embellished, embroidered, saturated with nuances, and played out with expansive telling, dissection, and examination.
Organized with the intent to inspire conversation and encourage discussion, this exhibition offers a multitude of compare/contrast opportunities. Some works are all white clay; some are color – glaze, or even acrylic paint – and some incorporate mixed media. There are highly textured surfaces, while others are smooth as glass. A number of women who have used similar imagery: rabbits, flowers, dolls, pop-culture items, and even guns. Two artists deal with sisterhood; several allude to childhood or aging. By their very nature, these differences and similarities, along with additional matched or mismatched distinctions, invite opinion.


text:
(Roasted Sponge)
(From vol. vi, 2nd edit., 1827.)
(The bath sponge – the habitation of the animal of the Spongia officinalis, . – is cut into pieces of moderate size and roasted in a tin-plate coffee-roaster, turned round over glowing charcoal until it becomes brown, and can without much labour be triturated to a powder. Of this 20 grains are added to 400 drops of good alcohol, shaken twice a day and allowed to macerate for a week without warmth. Thus a tincture is made which contains a grain of roasted sponge-power in every 20 drops.)
Sponge burnt to black coal (spongia usta, combusta) as it is not seldom prepared, seems to be less powerful. On the other hands, if only roasted brown in the manner described above, it is very odorous, and communicates all its great medicinal powers to the alcohol. If the tincture be dropped into water a milkiness is produced, yet a good deal of it is retained in solution. The sponge is said to contain some iodine.
That remarkable swelling of the thyroid gland of the neck called goitre, which is peculiar to the inhabitants of deep valleys and their termination in plains, which arises from a concurrence of apparently tolerably identical causes, though most of these are unknown to us, constitutes a malady which us almost always uniform in its nature, for which a medicine, if it has in one case been proved servicable, must be so always and in every case (specific).
But the ordinary medical school did not know how to obtain a knowledge of medicines a priori, before their administration in diseases, and knew not for what morbid states they would and must be curative, and consequently to prescribed them in a blind sort of way in diseases, several medicines at once, always in mixtures. Hence the ordinary schoonl was unable to discover any certain remedies for chronic ailments, not even for diseases that always remained the same. Hence common folk had to look to themselves for help, but this they could only obtain in the slowest an most tedious way in the world, namely, by incessantly trying all sorts of simple substances which chance offered them, whereby after some millions of fruitless trials at last a remedy came into their hands, which having once been of use, must assuredly be always servicable in diseases of fixed character and identical nature. Thus medicine has, to thank this thorough trial by the common folk of all conceivable medicinal substances, for the few surely curative drugs for such diseases as are always the same, that is, arising from identical causes and hence of fixed character. The ancient medical school that thinks itself so wise could not do this for itself, as we see.
In this way thousands of years might have elapsed ere the ordinary domestic medical practice, after unnumerable trials of drugs, at length lighted upon roasted sponge as the remedy for this troublesome ailment, the goitre, and found it to be a specific for the disease. At all events, we find it first mentioned a specific for goitre in the thirteenth century by ARNOLD VON VILLANOVA.
The medical art then reaped where it had not sowed, and appropriated this discovery of common folk. But as it has even held simplicity to be dishonourable, it mixed the roasted sponge when employing it as a remedy for goitre with a number of other substances, (in the Pharmacopoeia Angustana, for example, ten other ingredients are added and so the actual efficaciuos remedy, the Spongia usta, deteriorated.) always varying them, in order as if declared in its learned way, to act as adjuvants to the sponge, but in reality this only spoilt its action. The mixture, on account of these perturbing additions, often proved useless, or if it still did good, then in course of time the good effects were ascribed by subsequent practitioners to the auxillary ingredients, so that at length it was not known which was the efficacious ingredient in the prescription. Thus roasted sponge, owing to this quackish but learned addition of other drugs, gradually lost its reputation, and, indeed, sometimes disappeared altogether from the goitre-remedy (As for example in KLEIN'S Selectus Medicaminum, p. 138, compared with p. 183.) (pulvis ad strumas), so that at length roasted sponge was dropped out of many modern works on materia medica as a useless thing. So the distinguished medical school, by means of its learned mixture-art, succeeded once more in destroying and burying in oblivion a truth which the unsophisticated experience of the common folk had discovered by an infinity of tedious trials carried on during thousands of years. This is a little specimen of the benefits which have been bestowed on the human race by the ordinary medical art.
But granting that practitioners of the ordinary stamp knew the original value of roasted sponge in the treatment of the goitre of residents in valleys, how can they apply the other great curative virtues of this medicinal substance in many other morbid states that do not occur in a uniform manner, when they do not know or scorn to follow the only sure way to discover the pure powers of drugs, experimentation on the healthy?
The following symptoms of roasted sponge observed on healthy persons (I would they were three times as numerous) will teach us what further medicinal use this drug, as powerful as it is useful, can be applied to by the homoeopathic healing art.
Where the ordinary practitioner still employed roasted sponge for the cure of goitre he gave it in doses of half to a whole drachm daily, mixed with pepper, lamp-black &c. On the other hand, I found one or two doses of the smallest portion of a drop of the tincture several times diluted quite sufficient for curative objects, I found a still farther dilution of a drops of the decillion-fold dilution-fold dilution for a dose.
The most powerful antidote of roasted sponge is camphor.
Homoeopathy has found the most remarkable remedial employment of roasted sponge in that frightfully acute disease membranous croup, guided there to partly by other symptoms 231. The local inflammation, however, should first be diminished or removed by the exhibition of an extremely small dose of aconite. (The smaller the drug-doses in acute and the most acute diseases, the more quickly do they effect their action. In the case above alluded to one single olfaction of a globule the size of a mustard-seed moistened with the thirtieth dilution of itc-juice, fulfils this object in the best complete manner.) The accessory administration of a small dose of hepar sulphuris will seldom be found necessary.
[HAHNEMANN's fellow-provers were GUTMANN. FR. HAHNEMANN, HARTMANN. HAYNEL, HORNBURG, LANGHAMMER. J. G. LEHMANN. STAPF. WAGNER, WISLICENUS.
No old-school authorities are referred to.
The 1st edit. has 316 symptoms, the 2nd edit, 391.]
Vertigo when sitting, as if the head would sink to the side, with hot feeling in the head (aft. ¼ h.). [Wr.]
Vertigo, inclining to fall backwards. [Fr.H-n.]
He has whirling in the head, he staggers and must support himself by something, as in intoxication (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]
Violent rush of blood to the brain, with heat outwardly on the forehead; the cervical arteries beat perceptibly (aft. 1 h.). [Wr.]
5. Increased afflux of blood to the head.
In the forehead sensation of accumulation of blood.
Weakness of the head and an obtuseness that makes him unfit for all mental work, with a sensation of weariness through the whole body.
The head is confused and stupid.
Confusion of the head; he staggers like a person when walking, for an hour (aft. ½ h.). [Hnl.]
10. Heaviness of the head all day.
When she lays down her head on the table before her in order to rest and then lifts it up again, she feels it heavy.
Painful heaviness ion the occiput, as if lead lay in it, whilst walking, which is repeated in jerks (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
Heaviness of the head (aft. ¼ h.). [Wr.]
Heaviness and fulness of the head, increased by stooping. [Wr.]
15. Aching pain in the crown (aft. 5 h.). [Fr.H-n.]
Obtuse pressive pains from within outwards in the right frontal protuberance (aft. 30 h.). [Htn.]
Dull headache in the right half of the br, on coming from the open air into the warm room (aft. 1.1/2, 35 h.). [Gn.]
Pressive pain out at the right parietal bone, when lying. [Gn.]
Dull pressive pain from the front, in the forehead above the eyes, to the occiput and nape, for ten hours, until he goes to sleep (aft. 3 h.). [Wr.]
20. Violent tearing pain in the left temple, close to the orbit, which also sets up a pressive sensation in the left half of that eye (aft. 2 h.). [Hbg.]
Aching pain in the forehead (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Out-pressive sensation in the right temple (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Htn.]
Sensation in the head as if all would come out at the forehead.
Violent pressing pain in the left side of the occiput, as if the head would burst there (aft. 9.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
25. Jerking through both sides of the head, especially at the temples up into the top of the head when he moves his arms and at every step (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
On the whole side on which the (small) goitre is, a jerking pain; in the head a beating which descends into the cheeks and spreads into the neck as a tearing. [Stf.]
Twitching stitches in the forehead, increased by walking (aft. 5 h.). [Wr.]
Pressive down-drawing pain on the right side of the head and neck (aft. 4 h.). [Wr.]
Violent pressure in the forehead and occiput simultaneously as if the two were pressed together towards one another, at noon (aft. 5 h.).
30. Aching pain over the right eye rather externally (aft. ½ h.).
Aching pricking at one time he moves, with burning hot sensation spreading from the region behind the ear over the occiput to the nape. [Wr.]
Needle-pricks going transversely across on the left side of the forehead (aft. 4 h.). [Lr.]
When walking in the open air boring needle-pricks on the left side of the forehead as from within outwards (aft. 34 h.). [Lr.]
Beating in the left temple.
35. When lying she feels in her head, in the region of the ear, on which she is lying in bed, a noise like a strong pulsation, each time with a double beat; of she lies round on the other ear, she feels it on that side.
Sharp stitches on the left temple externally, extending into the forehead (aft. 6, 14 h.). [Lr.]
Pressure on the left side of the forehead (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
Sharp external pressure on both temples (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
An out-pressing pain on the top of the left side of the forehead, when sitting, which went off after standing up (aft. 6.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
40. Drawing pain in the crown of the head (immediately).
Gnawing pain externally on the upper part of the head (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
Disagreeable sensitiveness of the integuments of the head, especially on moving the scalp (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Burning in the scalp on the right side (aft. 15 h.). [Gn.]
Feeling as if the hairs on the crown stood on end, or as if someone moved them, most severe at any movement of the body (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
45. Tensive contractive sensation above the root of the nose (aft. 11.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
A yellow scabby eruption on the left superciliary ridge, where it is only somewhat painful when touched. [Fr.H-n.]
The eyes have a dull look and the eyelids are swollen as after intoxication, or as if he had been reveling all night; at the same time exhausted, tried and sleepy (aft. 3.1/4 h.). [Htn.]
Sudden shooting drawing in the outer angle of the left orbit which spreads upwards and downwards round the eye to the inner angle (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
Tensive shooting pain in the left outer canthus of the eye, worst on moving the yes; it went off when touched (aft. 4.1/4 h.). [Gn.]
50. Pricking itching under the left eye which is somewhat relieved by rubbing (aft. 5 h.). [Ws.]
Aching round beneath the eyelids.
Itching on the eyelids.
In the morning in bed the lids of the left eye are closed so that she can only open them with difficulty.
Heaviness of the eyelids. [Wr.]
55. Pressive heaviness in the eyelids, just as if they would close (aft. ¼ h.). [Wr.]
Tension in the left eye, near the temple (aft. ¼ h.).
In both eyes shooting and at last aching pain, in the evening (aft. 9 h.). [Wr.]
Aching and shooting in the right eye. [Fr.H-n.]
Burning in the left eye round about the eyeball.
60. Shooting in the eye.
The eyes suppurate.
The eyes are deeply sunk.
Burning pain on the outer surface of the left lower lid. [Gn.]
Redness of the white of the eye. [Fr.H-n.]
65. Great watering of the eye. [Fr.H-n.]
When she looks fixedly at a point, there occur headache and weeping of the eyes.
She can only make out distant objects by a great effort.
Severe heat of one side of the face, which is renewed even by merely thinking of it.
He has red cheeks and yet only the usual warmth in the face. [Htn.]
70. Dull ringing in the ears (aft. ½ h.). [Wr.]
Ringing in the right ear (aft. 10 h.). [Lr.]
Red swelling of the anterior convolution of the right auricle, with a pimple in it, which discharged like an ulcer for nine days; the ear was painful when pressed from without (aft. 24 h.).
In the left auricle, close to the entrance to the meatus auditorious, an inflamed lump, which later on was covered by a scab, remaining for several days painful to touch. [Hnl.]
75. Formation of boils on the left ear which are painful when touched (aft. 1 h.). [Ln.]
Burning in the orifice of the right ear. [Gn.]
Pain in the ear-cartilages per se like soreness – not altered by touching (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Tensive pain in the swelling at the orifice of the meatus auditories and formication therein, as if it would become an ulcer; sometimes stitches in it (aft. 15.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
Fine pricks in the right ear towards the outside, as if through the membrana tympani (immediately). [Ws.]
80. Pressure in the ears and forcing in them.
Earache – a contractive pain (aft. 3 h.).
Drawing pain in the interior of the right ear (aft. 9 h.). [Wr.]
Cramp-like pain in the left ear when walking in the open air (aft. 24.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
Hardness of hearing.
85. Formicating pricks in the left nasal bone (aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
Tearing in the nose.
(Stoppage of the nose mucus.)
Eruption on the tip of the nose and on the lips.
During dinner, after gently blowing the nose, a violent and long-continued epistaxis (aft. 3 d.). [Hnl.]
90. Aching tearing sensation in the right zygomatic arch (aft. ¼ h.). [Htn.]
Itching on the left cheek (aft. ½ h.).
Pricking itching in the left cheek (aft. ¾ h.).
Shooting on the cheek.
Swelling of the cheek.
95. Cramp-like pang from the left maxillary joint down along the cheek, in the evening when eating (aft. five days).
Twitching prick posteriorly from the right upper jaw into the right inner ear, in the evening in bed. [Hnl.]
Cramp-like pain on the left upper jaw (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
On the left upper jaw needle-pricks darting across (aft. 2.3/4, 3.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
The lower jaw is painful when touched.
100. Fine pricks under the lower lip (aft. 7 h.). [Ws.]
Constant violent burning under the right commissure of the mouth, on the chin, as if an eruption were about to come there; on stretching the skin it becomes more violent (aft. 6 h.). [Hnl.]
The left side of the chin is painful to touch, extending to the oral commissure, as if festering (aft. 4 h.). [Ws.]
Sensation as if the cervical glands were swollen (aft. 14 h.).
Pain as if the cervical glands near the larynx and trachea were swollen (aft. 3 h.).
105. Several glandular swellings under the right side of the lower jaw, which interfere with the movement of the neck and have a tensive pain when touched (aft. 38 h.). [Lr.]
Glandular swellings under the left side of the lower jaw, which are painful on touching the neck (aft. 73 h.). [Lr.]
Sensation in the thyroid gland and the cervical glands, on taking breath as if air in them rushed up and down.
In the goitre shooting pain on swallowing, when not swallowing slight pain. [Stf.]
In the goitre, stitches also when not swallowing. [Stf.]
110. Pressive sensation in the goitre, several times daily.
Externally over the pit of the throat constant needle-pricks (in the lower part of the goitre).
Several large pimples under the chin on the neck, which are painful when pressed on (aft. 12 h.).
Stiffness of the neck when bowing and tthe head. [Ln.]
Intermittent, slow pressure on the right side of the neck, as if the skin were compressed between the fingers, the part down the jugular vein was also outwardly painful when touched. [Hbg.]
115. Painful pressure over the thyroid cartilage increased by touching (immediately). [Hbg.]
Whilst singing an aching pain in the region of the larynx (aft. 6.1/4 h.). [Htn.]
Tension of the cervical muscles especially on the right side, on bending back the head (aft. 3 d.). [Ws.]
In the goitre sensation as if something waggled and moved about in it as if alive, especially when swallowing. [Stf.]
In the goitre sensation as of a working in it, a distension and pushing, as if all would come out there. [Stf.]
120. Painful tension on the left side of the neck near adam's apple, on turning the head towards the right side (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
The region of the thyroid gland is as if indurated (aft. 4 d.).[Ws.]
Twitching in the right cervical muscles, when lying (aft. 24 h.). [Gn.]
At various times, twitching pricks externally in the region of the larynx. [Hnl.]
A transient stitch on the left side of the neck (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Ws.]
125. Coarse slow stitches in the right cervical muscles, immediately on waking from sleep, which went off when swallowing and then immediately recurred (aft. 23 h.). [Htn.]
Transient formication on the neck (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
After opening the mouth wide and biting the teeth strongly together, a painful spasm in the cervical muscles, which drew the lower jaw forcibly down, with heaviness in the maxillary joint as if it were dislocated. [Hnl.]
Drawing needle-pricks through the left side of the neck (aft. 60 h.). [Ws.]
Painful sensation of stiffness on the left side of the nape, when he turns the head to the right side (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]
130. frequently recurring pressive cracking pain on the left side of the nape, close to the scapula, which it not altered by any movement (aft. 7./12 h.). [Htn.]
On bowing a cracking in the nape (aft. 16 h.). [Hnl.]
Vesicles on the border the tongue with sore pain.
On the inside of the cheek and on the border of the tongue vesicles with shooting and burning, on account of which she could not eat anything solid.
Itching in the upper and lower teeth.
135. Shooting in the upper incisors. [Hbg.]
Pain in the back molars of the right lower jaw, as if the gums and teeth were swollen and the latter raised up, for two days.
Pain as if he bit on something between the teeth.
When chewing food a painful sensation as if the molars were on edge and loose (aft. 6.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
A (burning) pain in the left upper molars (aft. 12 h.). [Lr.]
140. When chewing, painful gums which are swollen.
A burning in the throat, the larynx, and then in the ears.
In the throat, especially after eating, a shooting and on the neck sensation as if something passed out there, in the morning and evening.
Accumulation of saliva (aft. ¼ h.).
Hiccup (aft. 8.1/4, 33, 37, 57 h.). [Lr.]
145. Repeated hiccup (aft. ¼ h.).[Wr.]
Sweet taste in the mouth.
Deep down in the throat, not on the mouth, a persistent bitter taste.
In the throat bitter taste (aft. ¼ h.). [Htn.]
Empty eructation (aft. ½ h.).
150. Eructation several times (aft. 2 h.). [Wr.]
Sour belching (aft. 5 h.). [Htn.]
Bitter eructation (aft. 1 h.). [Wr.]
Thirst for cold water, in the evening (aft. 38 h.). [Lr.]
Increased appetite.
155. Great hunger; she cannot be satiated.
Diminished appetite. [Fr.H-n.]
Water collects in his mouth, with nausea (aft. 24 h.). [Hnl.]
Persistent nausea.
Nausea during (accustomed) tobacco-smoking (aft. 30 h.). [Lr.]
160. Inclination to vomit, without vomiting. [Stf.]
The (accustomed) tobacco, when smoked, tastes scrapy bitter in the mouth and fauces (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]
Every time he smokes (the customary) tobacco, violent thirst. [Htn.]
Extremely disagreeable sensation of relaxation in the oesophagus and stomach as if he had drunk a great deal of water – for several hours (aft. 23 h.). [Hnl.]
Aching in the pit of the stomach in the afternoon.
165. Aching pain in the gastric region, lasting all the forenoon (aft. ¼ h.).
She cannot bear any tight clothing on the body, especially in the region of the stomach.
Inward sensation of cold in the scrobiculus cordis with fulness in that region (aft. ¼ h.). [Htn.]
During the (accustomed) tobacco-smoking there occurs immediately heat in the belly which goes also up into the chest, without heat of the rest of the body, which on the contrary is chilly (aft. 3 h.). [Ws.]
When sitting painful contraction on the left below the stomach, especially when lying on the right side (aft. 17 h.). [Hnl.]
170. Stitches in the right of the belly, in the hepatic region (aft. 1 h.). [Wr.]
Rumbling in the abdomen and empty eructation (aft. ½ h.).
Pinching in the hypogastrium with loud rumbling (aft. 5 h.). [Gn.]
Frequent pinching in the abdomen, which ceases after discharge of flatus (aft. 14 h.). [Lr.]
After eating a cutting in the upper part of the abdomen in the morning (aft. 26 h.). [Hnl.]
175. After eating distress and fulness in the abdomen, as if digestion would not go on.
In the evening after eating, cutting in the hypogastrium, going towards the left side of the chest (aft. 4 d.). [Hnl.]
In the morning after eating, violent cutting in the abdomen, so that he must bend up the abdomen; at the same time great urging to stool, when the evacuation is normal but scanty (aft. 5 d.). [Hnl.]
Spasms in the abdomen (aft. 6 d.).
Bellyache, pinching in the whole abdomen. [Stf.]
180. Pinching deep in the abdomen, when sitting, which compels him to get up, because he thinks he has a call to stool; but immediately after getting up the pain lessens and goes off entirely when standing in a stooping posture (aft. 10 h.). [Htn.]
Fine prick externally at the navel (aft. 2 h.). [Ws.]
Tensive pain in the upper abdomen when walking, but worse when stooping (aft. 1 h.). [Gn.]
Tensive pain in the upper abdomen when sitting. [Gn.]
Tense abdomen (aft.24 h.).
185. Digging shooting in the hypogastrium, on the left side, only observed when expiring, and worst when stooping (aft. 10.1/2 h.). [Gn.]
Sensation like fine digging as from something alive under the abdominal integuments above the left hip, in the left side on which e lies in bed, in the morning (aft. 22 h.). [Ws.]
On the left side of the abdomen a strangling sensation which is aggravated by the pressure of the hand (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]
Deep in the abdomen, a strangling sensation which is relieved by the discharge of some flatus, but soon increases again (aft. 7 h.). [Htn.]
Obtuse stitch in the right lumbar muscles (aft. 6 h.). [Gn.]
190. Cramp-like pain in the left inguinal region, when sitting (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
Glandular swelling in the right groin, which has a tensive pain when walking. [Lr.]
Pain in the inguinal ring, as in a hernia.
Only when sitting, aching tearing pain in the region of the inguinal ring, on both sides, at various times. [Hnl.]
Qualmishness in the abdomen, together with frequent liquid stools like diarrhoea. [Ln.]
195. White diarrhoea (aft. 48 h.).
Discharge of flatus and a soft stool without suffering (aft. 6 h.). [Gn.]
(The first part of the stool is hard, the second soft.)
Hard motion seven hours too late (aft. 9 h.). [Wr.]
During the stool pressure from flatulence in the lumbar regions (aft. 36 h.). [Ws.]
200. Tensive pain from the middle of the hypogastrium out at the anus (aft. 11 h.). [Gn.]
During the evacuation of the stool sore pain for some days (aft. 2 d.). [Hnl.]
Tenesmus with every stool.
Bruised pain at the anus, almost like sore pain.
Before every stool stitches in the anus and rumbling in the belly.
205. During the stool tenesmus at the anus, as if diarrhoea would come on (aft. 4 d.). [Ws.]
Every day many thread-worms come away; every evening there is creeping in the rectum.
Frequent discharge of urine (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
(Inability to retain the urine.)
The clear bright yellow urine on standing deposits a yellow sediment (aft. 23 h.). [Gn.]
120. (The urine is foamy and frothy.)
The urine deposits a thick greyish-whitsediment.
(Pain in the neck of the bladder as a hint to urinate.)
Very thin stream of urine.
A voluptuous itching on the point of the glans penis, for several hours, which forced him to rub it (aft. 52 h.). [Lr.]
215. Itching burning in the scrotum and the body of the penis, several times. [Hnl.]
Drawing painful stitches from the body of the penis through the glans (aft. 4 d.). [Hnl.]
Simple pain of the testicles, also when touched.
Squeezing, contusive, strangling pain in the testicles.
Coarse rather obtuse stitches which dart from the testicles into the spermatic cord.
220. Aching painful swelling of testicles (aft. 10 h.).
Swollen painful spermatic cord.
Before the appearance of the menses first pain in the back then palpitation of the heart, all day.
During the menses drawing in the thighs and legs.
The menses come on too soon and too copiously (immediately). [Stf.]
Cough and coryza, very severe.
Scrapy burning and constriction of the larynx. [Ln.]
Dryness in the region of the larynx, aggravated by hawking (aft. ½ h.). [Wr.]
230. Hoarseness.
Difficulty of drawing the breath, as if a cork were sticking in the larynx and the breath could not penetrate through the narrowed orific of the larynx (aft. ½ h.). [Ln.]
Slow, deep breathing, as after exhaustion, for several minutes (aft. ½ h.).
After some exertion she suddenly became exhausted, the chest especially was affected; she could hardly speak, got heat in the face and nausea; after some hours heaviness in the head.
After a dance frequent gasping for breath, very quick panting respiration.
235. Hollow cough with some expectoration, day and night. [Fr.H-n.]
When coughing in the chest and trachea, with roughness of the throat.
Continued cough from a spot deep down in the chest, where there is pain as if it had become sore and bloody from coughing (aft. ½ h.).
When coughing painful aching under the short ribs (aft. 1 h.). [Htn.]
Hacking up of mucus (aft. 25 h.). [Lr.]
240. Dry cough (aft. ¼ h.).
Dry cough, day and night, with burning in the chest, as if she had something hot inside her; after eating and drinking the cough goes off.
(Frequent cough at night, with burning in the chest, as if she had something hot inside her; after eating and drinking the cough goes off.
(Frequent cough at night, lasting two minutes, and cross expression along with it.)
(Great tightness of the chest)(aft. 10 d.).
Boring stitch in the right costal muscles, continuing during inspiration and expiration (aft. 7 h.). [Gn.]
245. Severe needle-pricks on the right side of the chest from within outwards (aft. 56 h.). [Lr.]
When sitting with the back somewhat bent, but especially during slow deep inspiration, drawing stitches in the left side of the chest (aft. 5 d.). [Hnl.]
Severe intermittent stitches on the left side of the chest (aft. 1.3/4 h.). [Lr.]
Drawing stitches under the second rib of the left side of the chest, only when walking (aft. 8 h.). [Hnl.]
Transient, painful stitches on the right side of the chest; if he rubs on the spot he feels as if a weight were drawn downwards under the skin there (aft. 50 h.). [Lr.]
250. Pricking itching on the left side of the chest towards the shoulder (aft. ¼ h.).
Outwardly on the chest and arms fine pricking for several days.
In the left side of the chest an aching cutting pain on taking a deep breath; at other times he feels but little of it (aft. 3 d.). [Ws.]
Shooting pinching crawling in the left side of the chest, in the region of the sixth and seventh ribs, which becomes more painful when pressed from without (aft. 10 h.). [Ws.]
Sudden pain simultaneously in the pectoral and dorsal muscles of the left side, as if a broad body furnished with points forced itself up-a broad pressure with much pricking (aft. 3 d.). [Ws.]
255. An aching in the left side if the chest, and sometimes several stitches in it, when moving and when at rest. [Hnl.]
Pinching jerk in the left side of the chest towards the interior (aft. 20 m.). [Ws.]
Dull pain in the seat of the junction of the right os ilii with the os sacrum, when standing (aft. 27 h.). [Hnl.]
Pressive sensation going up and down through the spine, when sitting erect (aft. 6 h.). [Htn.]
Feeling of coldness on the back in the region of the last ribs (aft. ¾ h.). [Ws.]
260. Severe stitch in the sacrum.
An aching pain in the sacrum only when walking, particularly when treading with the left foot (aft. ¼ h.). [Hnl.]
Fine tearing upwards on the os sacrum, from the right to the left side, only when sitting (aft. 5 d.). [Hnl.]
The sacrum and buttocks are very numb.
At night a burning itching exciting scratching, especially on the back; he only slumbers and tosses about constantly, with thirstless heat all over the body, especially towards morning. [Ws.]
265. Excessively painful transient stitch on the right scapula (aft. 17 h.). [Hnl.]
Pain on the scapulae, as if something pointed were stuck in there – a constant shooting pain combined with sore pain (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Muscular twitching about the left shoulder-joint. [Gn]
Burning on the left shoulder (aft. 16 h.). [Hnl.]
Fine pricks in the axilla (when sitting)(aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
270. A constant prickling itching in the left axilla, when sitting (aft. 5 h.). [Hnl.]
Shooting drawing through the upper arm (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Stitches in the elbow-joint on moving.
When bending the arm, a stitch in the point of the elbow and then tearing in the joint as long as he keeps the arm bent.
Aching pain at the point of the left elbow (aft. ¾ h.).
275. Under the elbow-joint on the upper part of the forearm a cramp like pain with slow gurgling, especially when leaning on the arm (aft. 3 d.). [Ws.]
Pain in the left forearm as if the bone were compressed (aft. 1 h.).
In the internal muscles of the right forearm, severe out-boring stitches (aft. ½ h.). [Lr.]
Great blisters on the right forearm.
Heaviness in the forearms (aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
280. Drawing pain in the forearms.
Trembling of the forearms and hands (in a few m.). [Ws.]
(Burning in the arms and hands.)
Several stitches in the right wrist, when at rest (aft. ¼ h.).
Drawing aching pain over the right wrist (aft. 6 h.). [Htn.]
285. Tensive pain in the left wrist, when at rest and when moving (aft. ¼ h.).
Severe drawing in the left wrist-joint (aft. 3 d.).
A tired feeling in and behind the wrists (aft. ¾ h.). [Ws.]
Swelling of the hands; she could not bend the fingers.
An in-drawing pinching on a point in the middle of the palm (aft. a few m.). [Ws.]
290. The tips of the index fingers lose feeling without becoming pale (aft. ¾ h.). [Ws.]
The middle joint of the left middle finger became swollen and red and was stiff when bending it.
Aching pain in the proximal finger joints of the right hand (aft. ¼ h.).
Itching in the ball of the left thumb, not removed by rubbing (aft. ¾ h.).
Cramp-like pain in the ball of the left thumb only when moving the hand, all day (aft. 6 h.). [Lr.]
295. Painful drawing in the proximal phalanx of the left thumb extending into the forearm (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
Cramp-like pain in the ball of the right thumb, which lasts all day, an on moving the hands extends also into the thumb itself (aft. aft. 1, 14.1/2, 25 h.). [Lr.]
A persistent stitch combined with sore pain in the distal thumb-joint (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
On the right natis, quick muscular twitchings. [Hnl.]
The lower extremities felt quite stiff.
300. backwards pressing pain on the inner side of the right thigh above the knee (aft. ¼ h.).
A very acute prick in the skin of the inner side of the right thigh above the knee (aft. 54 h.).[Hnl.]
On the front of the right thigh near the hip, severe out-boring stitches (aft. 8 h.). [Lr.]
Persistent drawing stitches on the upper part of the left thigh just below the groin, especially when walking (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
A tickling itching on the left side close to the groin, compelling rubbing (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
305. At the upper end of the thigh at every step, a tension as if a muscles were too short, each time accompanied by a stitch (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
In the morning in bed, pulsating sharp stitches through tright thigh above the knee (aft. 22 h.). [Ws.]
Aching shooting pain above the right knee (when sitting)(aft. 4 h.). [Htn.]
Severe drawing in the left knee; thereafter profuse sweat, at night.
Heaviness in the knee-joints, felt when walking (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
310. When walking a weakness in the knees as if they would knuckle under him, though he plants the foot firmly down (aft. 4 h.). [Htn.]
On the left hough a jerking drawing pressure, which only occurs on flexing the knee, and alternates with a similar sensation in the axilla (aft. 6 h.). [Htn.]
In evening when lying, an obtuse shooting in the left knee, (continuing also when moving), for quarter of hour (aft. 41 h.). [Lr.]
When walking, a persistent prickling itching in the houghs, which compels scratching (aft. 5 h.). [Hnl.]
Aching pain in the external tendon of the flexor muscle of the right hough, more violent when walking than when sitting (aft. 7, 9 h.). [Hnl.]
315. After a short nap at noon, first the right then the left leg goes to sleep; on attempting to walk the left leg was drawn spasmodically up to the thigh; even when sitting he could not keep it extended – it was then also drawn spasmodically backwards (aft. 5 d.). [Hnl.]
Sharp stitches on the right calf, when walking (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
Great irritation and restlessness on both legs, he must often change their position (aft. 16.1/4 h.). [Hnl.]
Tearing in the tibia, all the afternoon.
Tearing heavy feeling in the left tibia close to the ankle (aft. 34 h.). [Htn.]
320. When walking quickly, a sensation at the lower part of the left tibia as if a weight hung to it (aft. 3 d.). [Ws.]
Tearing in the ankles; the feet are as heavy as lead, up into the tibiae.
Drawing tearing from the right ankle-joint to the knee (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
Drawing pain from the right foot to the thigh (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
Formication in the left foot, coming on when walking and not going off when sitting (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
325. (After a long walk pin-pricks in the heels, when sitting, for an hour.)
Severe intermittent needle-pricks on the left heel from within outwards, when standing, which went off on moving (aft. 1 h.). [Lr.]
In the right heel needle-pricks going upwards, when sitting (aft. 6 h.) [Lr.]
When standing, a severe needle-prick out at the right heel (aft. ½ h.). [Lr.]
A pressive pain on the right heel, which increased when walking (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]
330. In the morning on awaking a voluptuous itching on the back of the toes of the right foot, which compels scratching (aft. 24 h.). [Lr.]
At all times of the day on any, even a small part of the body, often only for a minute, at first a creeping in the skin, then the spot becomes red and hot, then there is eroding-itching, like a flea moving about (not biting), and on the spot miliary vesicles arise – the eroding itching is not allayed by scratching, on the contrary, that seems to make it last all the longer (aft. 2 h.).
Causes itching eruption on the skin and red, itching spots.
When he scratches an itching spot, there occurs itching on many other parts.
The occurs, especially when she feels cold, an itching erosion on the chest, scrobiculus cordis, back, and under the upper arms – at the other times only on the feet; by rubbing the part becomes red and the erosion becomes more severe for a short time; vesicles appear on the spots, which, however, soon go off.
335. Itching all over the body, as when sweat breaks out, which compels him to scratch, and always returns, in the morning on waking (aft. 48 h.). [Lr.]
All over the body, now here now there, a persistent itching prick, as with a very fine needle, which compels rubbing, but this does not remove it. [Ws.]
Painful stitches on several parts of the body, that compel him to scratch (aft. 49 h.). [Hnl.]
On the upper part of the body, as if bruised (aft. 24 h.).
He awakes with bruised pain all over the body.
340. Numb sensation on the lower half of the body.
Weariness in the lower extremities (aft. ½ h.). [Wr.]
Weariness in the whole body, especially the arms.
Such a heaviness of the body that when walking in the open air he was obliged to sit down on the ground, without drowsiness (aft. 9 h.). [Lr.]
Extreme exhaustion of body and mind; she preferred to do nothing and rest.
345. Persistent exhaustion and bruised feeling of all the limbs, especially of the muscles of the lower extremities (aft. 2 h.). [Wr.]
After every exertion of the body, however slight, she becomes weak, the blood surges up in her chest, the face becomes hot, the body commences to glow, the blood-vessels are greatly distented, and her breath leaves her; she can only recover after a long rest.
After moderate exercise in the open air she suddenly becomes weak and sways about on her seat; with great anxiety, nausea, pale face, short, panting breath, there is a surging from the heart up in the chest as if it would burst out above; at the same time her eyes close involuntarily, almost spasmodically, and tears are forced out between her closed lids – she retains her consciousness, but her will is incapable of acting on her limbs.
When she rests in a horizontal position she feels best.
Great weariness and inclination to sleep (aft. 1 h.). [Hnl.]
350. Drowsiness with yawning, without inactivity, in the afternoon (aft. 8, 33 h.). [Lr.]
Sad dreams.
Fatiguing dreams.
Vexatious and lachrymose anxious dreams.
Sleep broken by dreams. [Lr.]
355. Sleeplessness until midnight.
He could not sleep, and as soon as he felt swollen and was painful to the touch, an aching pain above the eyes, increased by stooping, as if all would come out at the forehead; he felt chilly and as if cold in the back – this lasted, with chilliness, twenty-four hours.
He passed the night almost without sleep, with frightful dreams about murder and assassination (6th night). [Hnl.]
At night frequent waking as from fright. [Lr.]
At night in her sleep she spoke out loud several times, but not in an anxious manner.
360. Four successive nights, very short sleep, with many dreams; he awakes about midnight, but cannot fall asleep again from restlessness; until the morning he had but to close his eyes, when though still awake visions immediately hovered most distinctly before him; sometimes it seemed to be in flames, sometimes scientific subjects forced themselves upon him – in short, a number of subjects interested one another in his imagination, which all vanished as soon as he opened his eyes, but reappeared when he closed them. [Hnl.]
In the morning on waking he lay bathed in sweat (aft. 25 h.). [Lr.]
Cold hands.
Cold feeling in the lower extremities.
Along with heat on the whole body, coldness, paleness and sweat on the face.
365. Violent chill in the back, which did not go off by the heat of the stove (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
Shivering and chilliness all over the body but especially in the back, though he stood near the warm stove, without thirst, lasting two hours (aft. ½ , 22.1/2 h.). [Hnl.]
He has a feverish feeling in the limbs; he is disposed to stretch himself (aft. 30 h.). [Gn.]
Stretching of the upper and lower extremities (aft. ¼ h.).
Stretching of the arms (aft. ¾ h.).
370. Fever: in the morning; at first headache and belly-ache, then severe rigor with cold bluish hands and some thirst; then, when lying, a dry burning heat with some thirst and much restless slumber for thirsty-six hours; all night, on waking and moving, nausea and vertigo – between times, every twelve hours slight sweat, when the heat was occasionally mitigated; thereafter, tearing and shooting in the left eye and left cheek and eruption on the lips.
In the afternoon, pain in the occiput, like a weight and a stitch there, when he turned his head, with heat in the face, hands and feet, and chilliness in the rest of the body, and tendency to coryza, at the same time exhaustion of the body and bitterness in the mouth; in the evening after undressing, rigor, and a quarter of an hour thereafter, in bed, heat in the whole body, with thirst.
Quicker, fuller pulse (aft. ½ h.). [Wr.]
Feeling of burning heat on the forehead, without heat perceptible outwardly, wiquick hard pulse for half an hour (aft. ¼ h.). [Wr.]
375. Great heat on the forehead, alternating with shivering in the back, without thirst, in the afternoon (aft. 10 h.). [Wr.]
Flying heat in the face and in the blood and nervous excitement.
Every day several fits of heats, with anxiety, pain in the cardiac region, weeping and inconsolableness; she would like to die there and then.
He becomes suddenly anxiously warm all over the body, with heat and redness of the face and perspiration (aft. ½ h.). [Stf.]
In the evening when sitting cool sweat in the face and at the same time increased sensation of warmth throughout the body.
380. Headache, anorexia, drowsiness, lassitude throughout the body, cross; everything was distasteful to her. [Stf.]
She is very timorous and particularly pursued and incessantly plagued by a frightful picture out of a melancholy past.
Anxious, as if a misfortune threatened him and he had a foreboding of it.
She is very much given to be frightened and starts at every trifle, which goes every time into her feet and leaves therein a weight.
She is not satisfied with her work; she cannot do her work properly, she is not successful with it.
385. Monosyllabic and discontented humour.
Insolent, obstinate, rude humour.
Ill-humoured; she spoke and answered very unwillingly . [Wr.]
He is ill-humoured and idle; he prefers to rest, and is but little disposed to speak (aft. 3 h.). [Wr.]
An irresistable inclination to sing, with excessive gaiety, for half an hour (aft. ½ h.); thereafter distraught and indisposed for all work, for an hour. [Gn.]
390. Pert witty humour.
Alternate gay and lachrymose and cross quarrelsome humour.


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John Guy Newman of Dover died Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Delaware Veterans Home under the care of Delaware Hospice. He was 86. Mr. Newman was born on June 25, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey the son of Sidney and Henrietta Newman. He graduated from Bergenfield High School in New Jersey. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the Navy and served in the Philippines during WWII. After the war, he received a BA in education from the University of Pittsburgh where he also played tight end on their football team. He married Barbara Blair in 1948. They were married for 54 years until her death in 2003. He went on to earn his MA at Case Western University in Ohio and did further graduate work at Princeton University. He started his teaching career in Cleveland, Ohio at Shaker Heights and then spent most of his teaching career at Caldwell High School in New Jersey. While at Caldwell he taught history, was the Director of Student Activities, and was the head wrestling coach and an assistant football coach. He received the prestigious Harry E. Lake Award for his outstanding lifetime achievement in wrestling. After retiring from Caldwell High School in 1988 he and Barbara spent many years living in Panther Valley, Allamuchy, New Jersey. He was involved in selling real estate for Century 21 during that time. He and Barbara moved to Dover, Delaware in 2000 where he quickly became involved with the Delaware Wrestling Alliance and the Beast of the East Wrestling Tournament. Throughout his life his family was the most important thing to him. His children's and grandchildren's activities happily consumed much of his and Barbara's life. He is survived by his son John and wife Janella of Dover, his daughter Deborah Post and husband Roger of Basking Ridge, New Jersey; six grandchildren, Matthew Post, Leigh Ann Hinkle, Stacy Newman, Melissa Clare, Kyle Post, and Blair Newman and four great-grandsons, Caden, Brody, Colton, and Tucker. He also leaves behind his loving companion of eight years Margaret Hallett of Dover. Memorial services will be 4:00 pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden-Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, where friends may call one hour earlier. The Rev. John W. Davis will officiate. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions could be made to the Barbara and Jack Newman Memorial Scholarship, Killinger Football Foundation, PO Box 541, West Chester, PA 19381. Letters of condolences may be made at www.pippinfuneralhome.com.
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Two From OSU Volleyball To Try Out For Team USA
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Former Oregon State volleyball player Becky Defoe, along with incoming freshman Mary-Kate Marshall, will participate in the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts in Colorado Springs this weekend.
Defoe, who concluded her career this past season as the school's record holder with 2,029 digs, will try out for the third time (it was formerly called the A2 team). It will be Marshall's first. She hails from Coppell High School in Texas.
Tryouts are for spots on U.S. Women's National Team and/or U.S. Collegiate National Teams program. A total of 248 athletes from 106 different colleges will be at the tryouts.
The tryouts begin Friday and conclude Sunday.
Defoe ended her career as perhaps the most decorated defensive player in school history, recording a school-record 591 digs as a junior. She owns the top three digs totals in school history after posting 555 as a sophomore and 511 as a senior.
Marshall, meanwhile, is a 6-foot-1 outside hitter. She helped guide the program to a 47-3 record and Texas 5A State Championship in 2012, and was named all-district after the season. The 6-foot-1 outside hitter was on the all-tournament team for the USAV 17's Nationals Open Division. The club, Texas Advantage, won the championship. Marshall has proven to excel in the classroom, earning Academic All-District honors in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Selected athletes will be notified by early March. USA Volleyball will announce the selections by the end of March once all roster spots are accepted and confirmed.
For more information on the Oregon State volleyball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeavsVolleyball or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateVolleyball.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes Third Post-Program Monitoring Discussions with JordanPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 06/56
May 23, 2006
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The staff report for the Article IV consultation with Jordan may be made available at a later stage if the authorities consent.
On May 1, 2006, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the third Post-Program Monitoring (PPM) discussions with Jordan.1
Jordan graduated from a series of Fund-supported programs in 2004 and has since been engaged in PPM, which is expected to last through the end of 2006. The Jordanian authorities successfully addressed major economic shocks during 2005 as external grants fell faster than expected and oil import prices rose sharply. Staff's assessment is that Jordan's economic situation and prospects have improved since the last staff report as a result of favorable economic and financial developments, as well as on-going policy adjustments. The capacity to repay the Fund is expected to remain strong.
The macroeconomic situation in 2005 turned out to be better than projected. Real GDP growth is estimated to have been strong at 7.2 percent, mainly on account of a sharp increase in private consumption and investment, in part financed by large private capital inflows. Average inflation remained under control, at 3½ percent. However, unemployment is reported to have remained high at about 15 percent. In part reflecting the rapid economic growth, high corporate profitability, and an increase in private capital inflows mainly from the region, the Amman Stock Exchange index rose by 93 percent during the year. However, over the first quarter of 2006, stock prices have fallen moderately.
Fiscal adjustment was intensified in 2005 and the fiscal deficit (including grants) turned out to be about 5 percent of GDP as against the projected 6 percent. While external grants fell to 5 percent of GDP from 11 percent in 2004, domestic revenues increased by 2 percentage points of GDP to 28 percent, as tax revenue increased sharply, mainly on account of higher GST and corporate income tax receipts. In response to higher world oil prices, the authorities raised domestic fuel prices in July and September 2005, entailing a reduction in fuel subsidies by about 5 percent of GDP on a full-year basis (with most of the savings accruing in 2006). For 2005 as a whole, fuel subsidies increased, but were offset by substantial cuts in capital spending, and thus, total expenditures remained at about 38 percent of GDP. Excluding grants, the deficit fell by 2½ percent of GDP between 2004 and 2005, to 10 percent. Reflecting strong economic growth, the total public debt-to-GDP ratio fell to 84 percent and external debt to 58 percent—in line with the Public Debt Law.
The external current account deficit (including grants) rose sharply to 18 percent of GDP in 2005. Import growth continued at a high rate (28 percent) on account of high oil prices and strong demand, while exports grew at about 10 percent and grants fell sharply. This deficit was financed by sharply higher capital inflows, including substantially higher foreign direct investment, leaving official foreign reserves virtually unchanged at about US$4.7 billion—equivalent to about 5 months of prospective imports and nearly 100 percent of combined debt service and foreign currency deposit liabilities. With inflation remaining subdued and the nominal exchange rate pegged, the real effective value of the dinar was broadly stable in 2005, after having depreciated by about 10 percent in 2002-04.
Monetary policy remained focused on maintaining the peg of the Jordanian dinar to the U.S. dollar. Reflecting mainly the increase in net domestic assets, broad money increased by 17 percent in 2005, substantially higher than the 12 percent growth recorded in 2004. Domestic credit grew sharply by 30 percent, in line with the increase in domestic demand, despite the increase in domestic policy interest rates—the spread with respect to the relevant U.S. interest rate rose to over 200 basis points by end-2005. Bank supervision has been strengthened over the past few years and Jordan generally observes international standards and codes in banking, payment systems, securities, and insurance.
The near- and medium-term outlook appears stronger than previously assessed, though challenges remain. Reducing the fiscal and current account deficits will continue to be a challenge, as they are projected to decline only gradually under current policies. The economy also remains susceptible to fluctuations in private capital inflows, security concerns, stock market volatility, and shortfalls in the pace of privatization.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors welcomed the robust economic performance in 2005 and commended the authorities for the strong fiscal measures taken in 2005, which were particularly opportune in light of the twin shocks of higher oil import prices and a sharper-than-expected decline in external grants. While welcoming the improvement in the near- and medium-term outlook, Directors cautioned that the widening current account deficit and high debt levels continue to pose a challenge over the medium term. They also underscored that the economy remains vulnerable to regional security concerns and fluctuations in private capital inflows, a risk heightened by recent stock market volatility.
Directors commended the authorities' strategy, centered on a strong and sustained fiscal adjustment, supported by a tight monetary policy to help contain domestic demand and support the exchange rate peg. The strategy would also require structural reforms to increase productivity and strengthen competitiveness so as to encourage exports and investment, with a view to sustaining growth under the fixed exchange rate regime.
Directors agreed that the planned fiscal adjustment in 2006 is appropriate and should be built upon over the medium term with the objective of eliminating the primary fiscal deficit excluding grants and reducing the debt burden to a more sustainable level. They supported the authorities' plans to reduce current expenditures through reductions in fuel subsidies and administrative outlays, and strengthening adherence to budgetary allocations. To mitigate the potential impact on the poor, Directors supported direct cash payments to the poor under a transparent social safety net mechanism. They also emphasized the need to resist pressures for increased current spending, including wages. While the policy of discretionary petroleum product price increases has significantly reduced fuel subsidies, Directors noted that an automatic, formula-based mechanism for price adjustments would prevent the reappearance of subsidies. Over the medium-term, Directors considered that the revenue position will need to be strengthened through broader tax bases, the elimination of exemptions, and improvements in the tax rate structures. Directors also called for the adoption of comprehensive structural reform measures to contain current expenditures, including a civil service reform with a wage structure aimed at improving efficiency and reducing wage pressures in the private sector. Directors emphasized that the social safety net should be reformed to improve targeting and the efficient provision of services, including through the centralization of all social safety net activities.
Directors noted that the exchange rate peg to the U.S. dollar had helped anchor financial policies. In this context, they underscored that the planned fiscal restraint should be supported by a tighter monetary policy stance to ensure private sector confidence in the stability of the dinar. They emphasized that, in the event of a decline in private capital inflows, the growth momentum should not be sustained through expansionary macroeconomic policies and that interest rate policy should react effectively should private sector credit growth exceed the authorities' expectations. While the tighter fiscal policy stance has helped contain the dinar's real effective appreciation, some Directors were of the view that the authorities should keep exchange rate policy under review, particularly if growth slowed unexpectedly or external imbalances worsened. They also underscored that a strengthening of the institutional infrastructure for more active monetary and exchange rate policies would allow a greater degree of policy flexibility to address unforeseen developments.
Directors supported the authorities' policy of closer supervision of banks and the monitoring of banks' exposure to the stock market. They urged caution toward the licensing of new banks and encouraged the Jordan Securities Commission to enhance the effectiveness of regulation and supervision of capital markets. Directors also welcomed the authorities' progress in the passage of AML/CFT legislation.
Directors encouraged the authorities to accelerate structural reforms to improve competitiveness and export capacity. This included steps to strengthen the investment climate for export-oriented activities, including those in the Qualified Industrial Zones. Directors also supported the authorities' plans to accelerate privatization of public enterprises with a view to increasing efficiency, transparency, and the supply of equities in the market. They also emphasized that steps should be taken to promote greater flexibility and integration in the segmented labor market to facilitate market-determined real wages and improve competitiveness. In this context, Directors stressed that any wage increases in the public sector should take into account the implications for wages and costs in the private sector.


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My son was attacked at pre school by 2 children he had black eyes bumps scratches and bruises on his face head and ear firstly they lied to me and told me it was a inocent squable with a camera I was asked to sign tha accident book before seeing him and before being told the full story .I was onlyinformed of what really happened when I rang the school as after I got him home the black eyes appeared the school then told me they saw 2 boys on top of him . I ask why this wasn't stopped at the first cross word or hit . They told me they didn't hear or see anything other than the two kids on top of him. I have spoken to the pre school who seem to want to defend the childen but not my son I can't understand how or why my son was attacked unnoticed .I have spoken to senco and the local authorities are doing a full investigation into this But haven't heard anything from anyone . Could you telll me what will happen I would like my son to return providing how ever is a fault may it be teacher or child is removed from the school xIn Topics: School and Academics, My Relationship with my child's school, Bullying and teasing
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PR # 244 May 12, 2008
The Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) Conference Center was transformed into the PNC Bank Racetrack on Friday, May 2, when the RVCC Foundation held its annual spring fundraiser, A Nite at the Races .
The event, which raised $35,000 for scholarships, featured an evening of horseracing when guests placed paper money bets on their favorite horses as actual races were projected on large screens. Participants used their winnings to ?bid? on gifts in the Prize Paddock and also had the chance to compete with real money in the Silent Stakes for silent auction items. A Derby hat parade was held and the winners were selected by the student volunteers.
As the lead sponsor, PNC Bank lent its name to the racetrack for the night and was recognized for its support throughout the event. Stephen Reynolds, senior vice president, regional director, addressed the guests, noting that ?PNC takes seriously its commitment to corporate philanthropy and is pleased to support Raritan Valley Community College.?
Guests were greeted when they arrived by Star, a dark half-Arabian horse with a star-shaped white patch on her forehead. Owned by Richard Nash of Camelot Farms in Lebanon, Star posed for photos with race night party goers.
Other sponsors for A Nite at the Races were Affinity Federal Credit Union (Trifecta); QuickChek, Somerset Medical Center and SunGard Higher Education (Exacta); and Chubb & Son, Gilbane, GPC, Inc. and Jeanne Stahl & Daniel Elliott (Daily Double). Handicappers were Princeton Design Group and Suplee Clooney & Co.
In the past 11 years, the RVCC Foundation?s spring event has raised $600,000 for scholarships. For more information about making a gift to the Foundation, contact Betty Hutcheon, executive director, at 908-526-1200, ext. 8349.
RVCC, located on Route 28 and Lamington Road in North Branch, NJ, and serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close to 40 years, offers 90 associate degrees and certificates. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu .
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