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John Gorka's eclectic songwriting showcases his trademark wordplay and phrases as he folds stories into poetry and song. Formerly a Windham Hill recording artist, his 2014 album, "Bright Side of Down," is on the Red House label. Songwriter Antje Duvekot will open the show at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 Fourth St. Tickets cost $20 in advance and can be purchased at Music Coop, online at www.stclairevents.com or by calling 541-535-3562. Tickets will cost $22 at the door; $10 for ages 12 through 17. Kids 11 and younger get in free.
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DANVILLE -- A Danville teenager described as "at risk" by police was found safe at a friend's house Friday morning after a search effort to find her that started Thursday evening.
Earlier in the day, police launched a search party to find 15-year-old Madeline "Maddie" Langill, just hours after her family last saw her about 6 p.m. on Thursday when she left their Danville home, police said.
Police Chief Steve Simpkins Friday morning would not disclose the reasons the teenager was considered at high risk.
"We're very pleased with this outcome," Simpkins said. "This was the result of a combined effort, and I am very grateful for all the hard work that led to the successful resolution of this search."
Within hours of her family alerting police Thursday night that she was missing, a helicopter search was conducted and the search continued throughout the night.
Another helicopter search had been planned for Friday.
About 25 volunteers showed up Friday morning to help search for her and were all given assignments where to check, according to police.
An official search and rescue team was also enlisted and search dogs were expected to be brought in Friday morning.
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Woman missing from Bayou Blue found safe
Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 11:29 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 11:29 a.m.
A woman from Chalmette who was missing early Tuesday from a Bayou Blue bar, was found safe late Wednesday afternoon in a Morgan City house.
Heather Holloway, 27, was last seen about 2 a.m. outside Shelly's, 100 Meadowland Drive, following a fight with the bar's manager, her family said.
The manager alerted her family to her disappearance that night, said her mother, Bonnie Eisler, who notified police later that same morning.
Heather's wallet and one of her bras was found in a nearby ditch, her sister Carrie Holloway said. Her cellphone was broken.
Heather was reunited with her family around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Carrie said.
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Double Lives On The Down Low
By Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Published: August 3, 2003
In its upper stories, the Flex bathhouse in Cleveland feels like a squash club for backslapping businessmen. There's a large gym with free weights and exercise machines on the third floor. In the common area, on the main floor, men in towels lounge on couches and watch CNN on big-screen TV's.
In the basement, the mood is different: the TV's are tuned to porn, and the dimly lighted hallways buzz with sexual energy. A naked black man reclines on a sling in a room called ''the dungeon play area.'' Along a hallway lined with lockers, black men eye each other as they walk by in towels. In small rooms nearby, some men are having sex. Others are napping.
There are two bathhouses in Cleveland. On the city's predominantly white West Side, Club Cleveland -- which opened in 1965 and recently settled into a modern 15,000-square-foot space -- attracts many white and openly gay men. Flex is on the East Side, and it serves a mostly black and Hispanic clientele, many of whom don't consider themselves gay. (Flex recently shut its doors temporarily while it relocates.)
I go to Flex one night to meet Ricardo Wallace, an African-American outreach worker for the AIDS Task Force of Cleveland who comes here twice a month to test men for H.I.V. I eventually find him sitting alone on a twin-size bed in a small room on the main floor. Next to him on the bed are a dozen unopened condoms and several oral H.I.V.-testing kits.
Twenty years ago, Wallace came here for fun. He was 22 then, and AIDS seemed to kill only gay white men in San Francisco and New York. Wallace and the other black men who frequented Flex in the early 80's worried just about being spotted walking in the front door.
Today, while there are black men who are openly gay, it seems that the majority of those having sex with men still lead secret lives, products of a black culture that deems masculinity and fatherhood as a black man's primary responsibility -- and homosexuality as a white man's perversion. And while Flex now offers baskets of condoms and lubricant, Wallace says that many of the club's patrons still don't use them.
Wallace ticks off the grim statistics: blacks make up only 12 percent of the population in America, but they account for half of all new reported H.I.V. infections. While intravenous drug use is a large part of the problem, experts say that the leading cause of H.I.V. in black men is homosexual sex (some of which takes place in prison, where blacks disproportionately outnumber whites). According to the Centers for Disease Control, one-third of young urban black men who have sex with men in this country are H.I.V.-positive, and 90 percent of those are unaware of their infection.
We don't hear much about this aspect of the epidemic, mostly because the two communities most directly affected by it -- the black and gay communities -- have spent the better part of two decades eyeing each other through a haze of denial or studied disinterest. For African-Americans, facing and addressing the black AIDS crisis would require talking honestly and compassionately about homosexuality -- and that has proved remarkably difficult, whether it be in black churches, in black organizations or on inner-city playgrounds. The mainstream gay world, for its part, has spent 20 years largely fighting the epidemic among white, openly gay men, showing little sustained interest in reaching minorities who have sex with men and who refuse to call themselves gay.
Rejecting a gay culture they perceive as white and effeminate, many black men have settled on a new identity, with its own vocabulary and customs and its own name: Down Low. There have always been men -- black and white -- who have had secret sexual lives with men. But the creation of an organized, underground subculture largely made up of black men who otherwise live straight lives is a phenomenon of the last decade. Many of the men at Flex tonight -- and many of the black men I met these past months in Cleveland, Atlanta, Florida, New York and Boston -- are on the Down Low, or on the DL, as they more often call it. Most date or marry women and engage sexually with men they meet only in anonymous settings like bathhouses and parks or through the Internet. Many of these men are young and from the inner city, where they live in a hypermasculine ''thug'' culture. Other DL men form romantic relationships with men and may even be peripheral participants in mainstream gay culture, all unknown to their colleagues and families. Most DL men identify themselves not as gay or bisexual but first and foremost as black. To them, as to many blacks, that equates to being inherently masculine.
DL culture has grown, in recent years, out of the shadows and developed its own contemporary institutions, for those who know where to look: Web sites, Internet chat rooms, private parties and special nights at clubs. Over the same period, Down Low culture has come to the attention of alarmed public health officials, some of whom regard men on the DL as an infectious bridge spreading H.I.V. to unsuspecting wives and girlfriends. In 2001, almost two-thirds of women in the United States who found out they had AIDS were black.


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Ashlee Taylor and Seth Paul Lemke Jr. announce the birth of a daughter, A'Lyric Nikole Lemke.
She was born at 1:51 a.m., Feb. 4, 2013, at St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long.
She is the granddaughter of Jerline Green and Seth Paul Lemke Sr. and Sherida Taylor.
She has two siblings, Avry Maurice, age 7, and Aydin Allen, age 6.
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Submitted to: International Conference of Dietary Assessment Methods
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: December 14, 2005
Publication Date: April 27, 2006
Citation: Holden, J.M., Zhao, C., Roseland, J.M., Andrews, K., Amy, S., Perry, C., Wolf, W.R., Harnly, J.M., Dwyer, J., Picciano, M., Saldanha, L., Fisher, K., Betz, J., Yetley, E., Radimer, K., Wilger, J. Prevalence of vitamins e and b12 in dietary supplements reported in national health and nutrition evaluation survey (nhanes). Sixth International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, April 27-29, 2006, Copenhagen Denmark. Technical Abstract: Objectives: Public health concerns regarding excessive Vitamin E and deficient Vitamin B12 intake warrant evaluation of total dietary intake for these nutrients. A Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database is being developed by the Nutrient Data Laboratory with the Office of Dietary Supplements and other federal agencies. Method and Materials: During this project, dietary supplements containing Vitamin E or B12 were identified using label information from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (NHANES). Results and Conclusions: Of the 2200 reported supplement products, 695 products contained Vitamin E and 692 products contained Vitamin B12. Approximately 36% of the U.S. population reported taking a supplement containing Vitamin E and about 34% of the population reported taking a Vitamin B12-containing supplement within the past 30 days. Distribution of nutrient label levels versus number of reported products indicated the major levels of Vitamins E and B12. The most commonly reported products containing Vitamin E had label levels of 30 and 15 International Units per serving. Most commonly reported products containing Vitamin B12 had label amounts, in ranked order, of 6, 25 and 4.5 micrograms. The most commonly reported products had label amounts for Vitamin E (30 I.U.) and B12 (6 micrograms) at 100% of the U.S.Daily Value.


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In a world full of runny noses and hacking coughs, some products dispense hopes of germ and illness-free lives. But, as the variety of germ-fighting products continues to rise, medical experts are raising concern over their potential long-term harms.
Getting sick often comes with taking time off from life's responsibilities and allowing yourself time to recover. Because this is inconvenient, many of us may want to fight back by using products that contain bacteria-killing agents such as triclosan and triclocarban. Many of these products are labeled as antibacterial, antiseptic, or antimicrobial. However, using these products may have damaging long-term effects.
Widespread use of these products may cause bacteria to mutate and develop a resistance to other bacteria-killing agents. This could make these products less effective in places where it is important that they do work, such as hospitals and healthcare facilities where sick people need to be protected. Bacterial resistance to these products could also result in a cross-resistance to antibiotics that are used to treat people with infections.
Another important concept to understand is not all bacteria are harmful. Some bacteria help us stay healthy by keeping disease-causing bacteria under control. The bacteria-killing agents in these products do not recognize the difference and kill both good and bad bacteria. This may result in more, rather than less illnesses.
Antibacterial products have grown increasingly popular since they were first introduced—and heavily marketed—in the 1990s. Everyday household products which may contain bacteria-killing agents include:
If you and your family follow good hygiene measures, you are probably better off not using antibacterial products. However, these products may be appropriate if you have a medical reason and your doctor has told you to use them. You may also need to use these cleaning products in high traffic areas such as the kitchen (especially cutting boards) and bathroom.
When it comes to avoiding disease-causing germs, proper hygiene means more than any product label. To decrease your chances of getting common infections, follow these basic steps:
US Food and Drug Administration and some states in the US are challenging manufacturers to prove that the chemicals in their soaps and cleaning liquids are safe for long-term use. If not, manufacturers may be forced to remove the chemicals from them. For now, be sure to read the active ingredients on the back of the products you choose and to use them wisely.
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Angkadjaja S. What makes antibacterial soap antibacterial? Illumin website. Available at: http://illumin.usc.edu/printer/68/what-makes-antibacterial-soap-antibacterial/. Accessed May 19, 2014.
Antibacterial cleaning products. Better Health Channel website. Available at: http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Antibacterial_cleaning_products?open. Updated May 2013. Accessed May 9, 2014.
Antibacterials in household products. Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. Tufts University website. Available at: http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/consumers/personal_home_5_3590195869.pdf. Published September 2010. Accessed May 9, 2014.
Bergstrom KG. News, views, & reviews. Update on antibacterial soaps: the FDA takes a second look at triclosans. J Drugs Dermatol. 2014;13(4):501-503.
Decoding the labels. Environmental Working Group website. Available at: http://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/content/decoding_labels. Accessed May 19, 2014.
General background: antibiotic agents. Alliance for the Product Use of Antibiotics website. Available at: http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/agents.shtml#2. Accessed May 19, 2014.
Healthy home tips: Tip 5—Wash those hands, but avoid Triclosan. Environmental Working Group website. Available at: http://www.ewg.org/research/healthy-home-tips/tip-5-wash-those-hands-avoid-triclosan. Accessed May 19, 2014.
Levy S. Antibacterial household products: cause for concern. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Disease. Available at: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7705_article.htm. Updated April 27, 2012. Accessed May 9, 2014.
Minnesota state agencies will no longer purchase products containing triclosan. Beyond Pesticides website. Available at: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=9881. Published March 6, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2014.
US Food and Drug Administration. FDA taking closer look at antibacterial soap. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo44917/UCM378615.pdf. Published December 2013. Accessed May 19, 2014.
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A lightweight, non-greasy lotion with SPF 30 and PA++++ that absorbs instantly into skin.
Powerful ingredients provide UVA/UVB protection while helping repair and build stronger barrier, skin's natural protective layer.
Patented Pro-Niacin helps repair past damage and rebuild the skin barrier. Chemical sunscreens protect against UVA & UVB rays, providing ultimate sun protection in a light-weight, hydrating formula.
PA+++ protection against UVA rays, and SPF 30 protection against UVB rays.
Sun protection measures: Spending time in the sun increases your risk of skin cancer and early skin aging. To decrease this risk, regularly use a sunscreen with a Broad Spectrum SPF value of 15 or higher and other sun protection measures including: limit time in the sun, especially from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. and wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, hats and sunglasses. Children under 6 months: Ask a doctor. For use on skin only.
|Active Ingredients: Homosalate (7.5%), Octisalate (5.00%), Avobenzone (3.00%), Octocrylene (2.60%)
Inactive Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Dipropylene Glycol, Myristyl Nicotinate, Polyester 8, Caprylyl Methicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Panthenol, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Ceramide 2, Ceramide 3, Lycium Chinense (Goji) Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Licorice Root), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Cetyl Alcohol (Palm Oil), Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, PEG 100 Stearate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Polyacrylate 15, Polyacrylate 17, Acrylates/C10 30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Hydroxide
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It's very common to have children of mixed ages during playdates, especially when siblings, cousins and neighbors join in on the fun. The more (ages), the merrier, in my opinion! –Amy
Summer's almost here, which often means that older siblings are home from school and ready to join in on their younger brother or sister's playgroup.
Want to make that next mixed age playdate a success? Here's how:
1. Be prepared. Just knowing that children of varied ages will be attending a playdate is half the battle. That way, you can gather enough toys, dress-up or craft supplies so that everyone is happy.
2. Give them options. When all of the children arrive and everyone is settled, show them what toys they can play with and set boundaries. Get excited about the puzzles or puppets you have, because all children love to get their hands on "new" toys–even if the children are older and your toys are geared toward younger kids.
Don't want the kids upstairs? Tell them. Want all of the toys to stay in the playroom? Explain it. No food in the living room? Just tell them! Kids want to do what's right–they just need to know what is "right" at each person's home.
3. Play outside. Get kids outside if possible. Adding a few balls, rackets, scoops, bubbles or chalk will entertain kids of all ages for hours on end! If it's warm, turning on the sprinkler or encouraging kids to paint with water is a lot of fun.
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The evaluation of extractables and leachables has become an increasingly important aspect in the Quality by Design (Qbd) initiative of FDA in the area of drug product design, including the selection of materials used in the drug product production process and the selection of container and closure systems used for product packaging to help maintain product safety, quality, and efficacy. This paper describes a general approach to designing extractables and leachables studies—based on the Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) recommendations to FDA for Orally Inhaled and Nasal Drug Products (OINDP)—to evaluate and qualify the bioprocess materials used in a disposable manufacturing environment.1
In the method described here, disposable materials are extracted with solvents of various polarities, using various extraction techniques. The resulting respective extractions then are evaluated with various techniques, including liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), and inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry (ICP/MS). This paper also presents analytical thresholds of extractables for the evaluation of disposable materials. In addition, case studies are presented to exemplify the specific study designs and procedures that can be used to fully evaluate, characterize, and qualify certain specific disposable materials used in the bioprocess industry.As pharmaceutical and biological technologies move into the twenty-first century, emerging global regulations are focusing on risk management and integrated quality systems.2–5 The FDA, the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), and other regulatory bodies have joined forces to promote and facilitate discussions about and the implementation of risk management and integrated quality systems into pharmaceutical and biological manufacturing processes.6–8
The consideration and evaluation of extractables and leachables is a key aspect in the development of disposable bioprocess materials because these compounds, which can originate from the pharmaceutical container and closure packaging's processing and bulk storage supply systems, may adversely affect the safety or efficacy of the final drug product. Extractables are compounds that can be extracted from source materials using appropriate solvents under vigorous laboratory conditions. Leachables are compounds present in drug products caused by leaching from container, closure, or processing components. Therefore, leachables can be considered a subset of extractables.
The process begins with the judicious selection of manufacturing components, and with the proactive design of process qualifications and validation requirements for materials in a disposable bioprocess. The majority of disposable materials used in single-use bioprocesses are various types of plastics which tend to leach out foreign materials over time; therefore, a detailed extractables and leachables study that is designed from an analytical point of view is needed. This paper presents a roadmap to guide the manufacturing process. This roadmap begins with the selection of components in terms of the extractables and leachables (E/L) reports and documentation. Reports and documentation are required to support viable, valid, and qualified processes that meet current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements for a disposable bioprocess.
In its component quality test matrices,9 the Bio-Process Systems Alliance's classification identifies consensus quality tests for each of the four most commonly used classes of disposable components:
Selecting the right material acceptable for use in a disposable bioprocess for components in any of these subclasses can eliminate most potential extractables and leachables because of the removal of materials that fail to satisfy such standards as listed in the US Pharmacopeia (USP) 27, monograph c88: Biological Reactivity Tests, In Vivo: Classification of Plastics, Class VI.


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World Humanitarian Day: An international day to celebrate the humanitarian spirit
New York— Today marks the tenth anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, an attack that claimed the lives of 22 UN and aid agency staff including the Secretary-General's Special Representative to Iraq, Sérgio Vieira de Mello.
"Today is a day of mixed emotions for everyone involved in humanitarian work," said Valerie Amos, the United Nations Humanitarian Chief who is attending World Humanitarian Day events in Brazil. "We remember those we lost in Baghdad and we remember all aid workers who have lost their lives. But in their memory, we also celebrate the humanitarian spirit."
Events are being held in more than 50 cities around the world to celebrate World Humanitarian Day. In New York, families of those killed in the Iraq bombing will attend an event hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and in Rio de Janeiro, the Government of Brazil has arranged a series of events to celebrate Sérgio Vieira de Mello's legacy.
Elsewhere, events include an academic debate in Colombia, the awarding of an humanitarian prize in Madagascar, the hosting of fairs and photo exhibits in Mali and Pakistan, and even humanitarian-themed races, flash mobs and soccer tournaments in Panama, Thailand and Côte d'Ivoire respectively.
Today also sees the official start of a global campaign called "The World Needs More__". The campaign brings together different parts of the United Nations and wider humanitarian community, as well as celebrities, philanthropists and corporations in an effort to turn people's words on social media into aid and support for communities affected by humanitarian crises.
"World Humanitarian Day is now recognized as a day of global importance," said Helen Clark, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). "Last year, the humanitarian community reached millions of people through social media. This year, it aims to go one better and turn those 'shares' and 're-tweets' into real assistance for people in need."
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WASHINGTON � More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented � a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow.
Now Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions, and a top official says signs of improvement are beginning to emerge.
�We�re at a very promising moment,� Medicare deputy administrator Jonathan Blum told The Associated Press.
Nearly 1 in 5 Medicare patients is hospitalized again within a month of going home, and many of those return trips could have been avoided. But readmissions can happen at any age, not just with the older-than-65 crowd who are counted most closely.
Where you live makes a difference, according to new research that shows how much room for improvement there really is. In parts of Utah, your chances of being rehospitalized are much lower than in areas of New York or New Jersey, says a report being released this week from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.
The AP teamed with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore, through the eyes of patients, the myriad roadblocks to recovery that make it so difficult to trim unneeded readmissions.
The hurdles start as patients walk out the door.
�Scared to go home,� is what Eric Davis, 51, remembers most as he left a Washington hospital, newly diagnosed with a dangerous lung disease. His instructions: Stop smoking. He didn�t know how to use his inhaler or if it was safe to exercise, until a second hospitalization weeks later.
There is no single solution. But what�s clear is that hospitals will have to reach well outside their own walls if they�re to make a dent in readmissions.
Otherwise, a slew of at-home difficulties � confusion about what pills to take, no ride to the drugstore to fill prescriptions, not being able to get a post-hospital check-up in time to spot complications � will keep sending people back.
�This is a team sport,� says readmissions expert Dr. Eric Coleman of the University of Colorado in Denver. It requires �true communitywide engagement.�
Pushed by those Medicare penalties, hospitals are getting the message.
�It�s made hospitals go, �Oh my gosh, just because they�re outside my door doesn�t mean I�m done,�� said nurse practitioner Jayne Mitchell of Oregon Health & Science University, who heads a new program to reduce readmissions of patients with heart failure.
In a pilot test, her hospital is sending special telemedicine monitors home with certain high-risk patients so that nurses can make a quick daily check of how these patients are faring in that first critical month.
Too often, families don�t realize that many readmissions can be prevented.
In Fort Washington, Md., Reggie Stokes started asking questions after his 84-year-old stepmother was hospitalized four times in a row, for transfusions to treat a rare blood disorder. He found a specialist in another city who said a bigger dose of a common medication is all she needs.
The hospital �could have helped her and saved money� by doing that legwork, Stokes said. His advice: �You have got to go out and do research for yourself.�
That�s hard when you�re feeling ill, said Lincoln Carter, 50, of New York, who didn�t think his pneumonia was under control when the hospital discharged him.
But, Carter said, �I didn�t even really know the questions to ask.� Nor could he get to his regular doctor�s office. When �you can�t breathe, the last thing you want to do is sit on the subway.� A few days later, he was back in the hospital.
Patients don�t have to be powerless, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation this week begins an effort called �Care About Your Care,� which offers consumers tips to guard against unnecessary readmissions.
�Everyone has to understand their role in improving the quality of care, including families,� said Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, the foundation�s president. �This could be a time when we turn the corner.�
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Rehospitalizations are miserable for patients, and a huge cost � more than $17 billion a year in avoidable Medicare bills alone � for a nation struggling with the price of health care.
Make no mistake, not all readmissions are preventable. But many are, if patients are given the right information and outpatient support.
The new Dartmouth Atlas evaluated Medicare records for 2008 to 2010, the latest publicly available data, to check progress just before Medicare cracked down. In October, the government began fining more than 2,000 hospitals where too many patients with heart failure, pneumonia or a heart attack had to be readmitted in recent years.
�Change is hard and comes slowly,� said Dartmouth�s Dr. David Goodman, who led the work.
Of seniors hospitalized for nonsurgical reasons, 15.9 percent were readmitted within a month in 2010, barely budging from 16.2 percent in 2008. Surgery readmissions aren�t quite as frequent � 12.4 percent in 2010, compared with 12.7 percent in 2008. That�s probably because the surgeon tends to provide some follow-up care.
Medicare�s Blum told the AP that the government is closely tracking more recent, unpublished claims data that show readmissions are starting to drop. He wouldn�t say by how much or whether that means fewer hospitals will face penalties next year when the maximum fines are scheduled to rise.
But by combining the penalties with other programs aimed at improving these transitions in care, �we have now changed the conversation,� Blum said. �Two years ago, the response was, �This is impossible.� Now it�s, �OK, let�s figure out what works.��
Hence interest in the geographic variation.
Some 18 percent of nonsurgical patients, the highest rate, are readmitted within a month in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Rates are nearly that high in Detroit, Lexington, Ky., and Worcester, Mass.
Yet the readmission rate in Ogden, Utah, is just 11.4 percent. Half a dozen other areas � including Salt Lake City, Muskegon, Mich., and Bloomington, Ill. � keep those rates below 13 percent.
For surgical patients, Bend, Ore., gets readmissions down to 7.6 percent.
Some studies suggest part of the variation is because certain hospitals care for sicker or poorer patients, especially in big cities. Yet Minneapolis, for example, has readmission rates just below the national average. Goodman said whether local doctors� stress outpatient care over hospitalization, and how many hospital beds an area has play big roles, too.


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"Dick Cavett's Watergate" (9 p.m., PBS; Check your local listings): Marking the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon's historic resignation, this special looks back at the scandal through the eyes of the late-night TV host who covered it extensively. Included: Vintage clips and fresh exchanges with journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
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Definition of Nordic in English:
1Relating to or denoting Scandinavia, Finland, and Iceland: the Nordic countries
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- The five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden together constitute Scandinavia.
- The Nordic working culture is of highly educated staff, of staff councils and youth programmes, of appointing women into senior positions and of long-term planning.
- Outside the black plastic tunnels the sun is bright, and the breeze is bracing and Nordic.
1.1Relating to or denoting a physical type of northern European peoples characterized by tall stature, a bony frame, light colouring, and a dolichocephalic head: the Nordic races on one street corner a dusky Moorish maiden, the next a Nordic blonde
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- The U.S. side of the river feels like a northern outpost, inhabited by rural people of Nordic descent, while the Canadian side is a southern city of that nation, largely Italian and industrial.
1.2 Skiing Involving the disciplines of cross-country skiing or ski jumping: Jim competes as a veteran in Nordic events in Scotland Often contrasted with alpine.
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A person from Scandinavia, Finland, or Iceland: the Nordics might share a common history, speak similar languages, enjoy the same culture
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Many battles have been fought on and off American soil since the country's birth.
Those battles have meant the ultimate sacrifice from men and women who were unafraid to give themselves for their country, and that includes present-day soldiers who take on enemies with extreme courage.
Today we must never forget the war on terror on the streets and in the countryside in Iraq and Afghanistan has been and continues to be fought with extreme sacrifice by men and women and their families.
We must also not forget that many gave their lives protecting the safety of the United States of America, so that we may never have to live through such a horrible day as that sunny September Tuesday more than a decade ago.
To help us remember, area communities and veterans organizations continue the longstanding American tradition of holding memorial services this weekend, to mark Memorial Day.
"In Flanders Fields" will likely be read at those ceremonies, and its words echo from World War I especially to us as Americans this year. The poem, by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae, was written May 3, 1915, after the soldier saw a friend die on the field of battle the day before.
It summarizes the feelings of the soldier who died, of all soldiers who died. It exhorts the living to take up the quarrel with the foe and keep the faith with those who died in battle.
"To you from failing hands, we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high."
Attend a local memorial service, and listen intently to the words of the soldiers and leaders who speak. The words should touch the very American part of your soul, and push you to continue to keep the honor and memory of these brave men and women in your hearts, your thoughts and prayers, and never to give up the cause, which would leave their deaths as mere battlefield statistics.
Say thank you to the living veterans for their service, to active service personnel for continuing the fight, and thus hold the fallen's torch high.


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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Saying Goodbye To My Fat Pants.... For Good!
You thought I was teasing, didn't you, when I told you that I'd be embarking on the diet to end all diets; the diet that will get me thin and keep me thin for the rest of my life? Rice cakes and parsley, that's all we get today folks. Chew slowly and drink lots of water in between bites. You'll feel as though you've eaten a feast, swears!
OK, of course you know I'm kidding. To know me is to know that I hate crash diets and anyone who sets unrealistic goals for weight loss coupled with a ridiculously low-caloric diet is doomed to failure. One of the initial purposes of this blog was to prove that there is a way to eat healthy and nutritious foods while still being able to experience all the flavors you love. It's about balance and learning to pay attention to your body. Eat less and eat more frequently. Make sure you get enough lean protein, low fat dairy, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and healthy fats. Limit sugar and refined starches. Easier said than done? Of course it is. But by visiting food-related internet sites, you're obviously interested in finding a way to make it all happen. My aim this year is to focus on more nutritional recipes, so that we can all enjoy healthy living. Will you continue to see some recipes here that are not so figure friendly? Of course. My addiction to bread baking and making treats for hubby's co-irkers will remain weekly features. And I'm still committed to my monthly posts related to Chocolate With Francois. But the overall theme here is about to change, if not permanently, at least temporarily. I've got to get myself back into a healthier frame of mind. If you're interested in joining me, please do. I welcome any/all support.
And for the record, those rice cakes will never pass these lips. I had you going for a minute though, didn't I?
19 comments:
- Carrie @ Cottage Cozy said...
Hey everything in moderation right?...even rice cakes!
Good Luck...healthy eating and NOT dieting is what it is all about...bravo!
- January 3, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- HoneyB said...
Whew! You had me worried there for a minute! Glad those rice cakes won't be passing your lips...they are horrible! ;o)
My plans are to continue on as I have been - trying to eat healthy yet delicious with the occasional splurge. However, now that I have the Wii Fit I may actually get back into exercising (cause its FUN!)
- January 3, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Lea said...
Please don't let that parsley go to waste!!! jijijijiji
I think the birds might like the rice cakes....
- January 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Mags said...
Carrie: Everything in moderation, I agree. Except for rice cakes...LOL. (I hate them!)
HoneyB: Rice cakes=cardboard, yes?
Lea: Not to worry. The parsley went back into the fridge to live to adorn another dish another day. And the rice cakes will most likely be eaten by hubby. I hate to waste food too!
- January 3, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- Abby said...
This is our goal, too! Can't wait to see what you've got to share...Hubby and I can use all of the help we can get! ;)
- January 3, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- A Year on the Grill said...
everything in moderation!!!
good luck, i am constantly trying to lose 25 pounds
- January 3, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Best of luck... I look forward to your healthy and nutritious recipes! Don't forget to throw in a few goodies, too... In small portions, of course!
- January 3, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Megan said...
I'm sooo with ya! My but just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Someone once told me that when you turn 50, it's not funny any more. That is so true. I have to do this for my health, not just my vanity. Cant wait to see some healthy yet tasty recipes. And I dont do rice cakes. ;)
- January 3, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Mags said...
Abby: Good luck to us all!
Year/grill: If you're anything like me, what used to be a nagging 10 pounds turned into 25 as I got older. We can do this!
Jen: I'll never give up those goodies completely!
Megan: So true... after 50 it's so not funny! We're going to do this!
- January 3, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I'm definitely joining in eating healthier in 2010. I'll look forward to your health recipes!
- January 3, 2010 at 11:18 PM
- stephchows said...
bring on the healthy that tastes good! woo wooo!!! Happy new year :)
- January 4, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- June said...
Hey Mags, you've got lots of company! I can't wait till we're all shopping in smaller sizes.
- January 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Linda said...
It's gonna be a fun year!
Rice cakes? bleugh! They do not invade the air space over here! Some skiny, sicko nut-job invented them to torture those of us who want to lose a few!
- January 4, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Debbie said...
Everything in moderation is definitely the key and it's easier said than done! I love sweets and am going to try my best to set limits on when I indulge myself!
- January 4, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Sherylyn said...
"...prove that there is a way to eat healthy and nutritious foods while still being able to experience all the flavors you love. It's about balance and learning to pay attention to your body. Eat less and eat more frequently. Make sure you get enough lean protein, low fat dairy, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and healthy fats. Limit sugar and refined starches."
Totally my motto as well. It's not always easy to avoid the junk, but coming up with ways to make healthy delicious certainly helps! We CAN succeed!
- January 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Moogie said...
Mags, you scared the bejebbers out of me. Don't ever use that four-letter word again.
- January 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Susan said...
I'm with you! The hubby and I both regained most of the weight we lost over the last year. All because we stopped paying attention to what we were eating. Glad to hear you are going to eat more than rice cakes and parsley! :)
- January 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM
- Mags said...
Thanks for all your comments. Together we can do this gang!
- January 4, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- kelliscakes said...
oh my that looks sooo good!!!!
- January 9, 2010 at 5:29 AM


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NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor has told a jury that a New York City police officer was a would-be cannibal who was plotting to eat women before his arrest last year.
The remarks came Thursday during closing arguments at the federal trial of Officer Gilberto Valle (VAL'-ee).
The FBI began investigating Valle after his estranged wife reported his online chats about abducting, killing and eating women, including her. But his lawyers say he's being prosecuted for indulging in harmless fantasies.
During the two-week trial, jurors have viewed disturbing images of women being tortured and strangled.
The 28-year-old Valle could face life in prison if convicted on a kidnapping charge.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
A jury was set to hear closing arguments on Thursday in the grim case of a police officer accused of conspiring with Internet friends to kidnap, kill, cook and eat women.
Prosecutors say Officer Gilberto Valle had extensive discussions with at least three men he met on an extreme sexual fetish website to attack up to six women he knew, including his wife.
During the two-week trial, the government has tried to prove Valle was serious about the plans by showing jurors evidence that he illegally researched some of the women through a national crime database and haggled with a Trenton, N.J., man, Michael Vanhise, over whether it would cost $4,000 or $5,000 to abduct a Manhattan teacher who would be delivered to his home in a suitcase for him to rape and murder. Vanhise, who has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge, is incarcerated without bail and awaits trial.
Lawyers for the baby-faced 28-year-old Valle, who cried when his weepy wife testified against him for the government, say he was indulging in fantasies on the Internet, describing elaborate plans but doing nothing to make any of them happen. The lawyers elicited evidence from witnesses that Valle did not have any of the tools of the torture he described in instant chats and emails with his Internet acquaintances and did not own an upstate home where he had suggested he could take a victim.
On two occasions, jurors seemed extra fidgety when they were shown sadistic pornography including what appeared to be a staged video of a chained, naked woman screaming as the flame of a torch was put beneath her crotch.
The trial also left Valle emotional at times, including after the jury left the courtroom following the conclusion of the presentation of evidence on Tuesday.
"I think it's just the knowledge that we're finally coming to a conclusion and his fate is in the jury's hands," defense attorney Robert Baum said.


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GOP legislators look forward to 2013
December 31, 2012
CHARLESTON — With Republicans making a significant gain in seats in the West Virginia Legislature, many legislators feel the Republican Party will play a bigger part in forming policy for the state......
Its pretty bad republicans, when the people in your own state doesn't support you! So you have to go out of state to get support
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Will this mean Welfare Willie will have to go to work??? I hope.Willie you may have bit the hand that feeds you.I hope,
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Did you see the article in today's paper were, "Out-of-state funds aided W.Va. House GOP gains" so the head line to this article should read "Out-of-staters are look forward to 2013 West Virginia Legislature."
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Get rid of the political gang system.....NOW.
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Here are some helpful tips for completing your library assignment:
Section 1 a: Get ready to burrow down into the 2010 Census data using American FactFinder:
- Go to the American FactFinder page from the U.S. Census.
- Select "Guided Search" and "Get Me Started."
- Select Topics -> People -> Basic Count/Estimate -> Population Total (this will add "Population Total" to the "Your Selections" box)
- Select Geographies -> Metro Statistical Area/Micro Statistical Area 2010
- Scroll down the list of metro/micro areas by state and click on the entry for the Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington metro area.
- Click on "Add to Your Selections."
- Click on "Advanced Search" to display all of the data tables.
- Click on the table in the list labeled "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010".
- You're almost there! Use the dropdown list to find the Demographic Profile table for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area.
- Go the U.S. Census page for information on Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.
- Click on "Delineation Files."
- Under "Core Based Statistical Areas" the Feb. 2013 file will provide your answer.
Section 1 c: You will use the U.S. Census QuickFacts page to find this data:
- Go to the QuickFacts page.
- Select the appropriate state (MN or WI) using the map or the drop down list.
- Use the drop down list to select a city and retrieve a list of basic population, business and geographic data.
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Market research reports and trade journals can provide useful insight into various industries.
The ABI/Inform Complete database provides access to both journals and reports.
IBIS World contains a large collection of industry market research reports.
The library also subscribes to a variety of business journal databases. They contain articles from trade journals that discuss market size, market trends, consumer spending, etc. Try searches such as: pet products and trends, pet products and industry, etc. Be creative with your search terms!
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The same market research tools and business journal databases that you used for sections 2 and 3 can lead you to articles identifying national competitors.
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"Abby Drake is a masterful storyteller."
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The secrets sisters keep can be startling—and in the hands of Abby Drake, author of Perfect Little Ladies and Good Little Wives, they can be outrageous, eye-opening, wickedly smart and wildly funny. With The Secrets Sisters Keep, Drake once again takes women's fiction far beyond common chick lit—delighting readers with a deeply satisfying story of four sisters gathering at a rich uncle's home to celebrate his birthday. But they'll have to find the old man first, since he's inconveniently gone missing. If you like Allison Pearson, Jennifer Weiner, and Jennifer Crusie, you will love this fresh and surprising story of sibling rivalry, fate, disputed fortunes, and The Secrets Sisters Keep.
Sisters should be the best of friends, but . . .
When it comes to family secrets, the four Dalton sisters have had more than their share. Then quirky, spirited Uncle Edward decides to throw a seventy-fifth birthday celebration and wanders off, leaving the women to face their past—and one another.
Ellie–the eldest, tended to Uncle Edward instead of her dreams. Exasperated with his antics, aware that she's not getting any younger, is she finally ready to take off for Egypt?
Amanda–the Park Avenue snob, spent two decades raising three kids and squandering money she didn't have. Now that her husband's found a Brazilian back-waxer to take her place, will she reassess her life?
Babe–the movie-star beauty, fled New York for L.A. When she returns with her has-been actor-husband, will love and lust be reignited for her—with someone else?
Carleen–the middle-class mom, a ninth-grade algebra teacher, quilts cloth pocketbooks for fun. Did she really once have orange hair, bad boyfriends, and an attitude? Will her sisters ever forgive her for their shattered family? Or will she be forced to tell them the truth?
And will these ladies ever be able to confront their long-buried past and act like, well, sisters again?
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"Drake's funny and wise family soaper ... depicts the search for Uncle Edward and the bumpy quest for family harmony with wit and style as the sisters try to make peace with the past." — Publishers Weekly
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PITTSBURG -- She definitely has seen better days, even though her yellow paint is still bright.
"When you get closer you can see the damage," said Rosemarie DiMaggio, curator of the Pittsburg Historical Society.
She's talking about the 28-foot-long boat perched on a platform on dry land at the Pittsburg marina entrance as a monument to the city's commercial fishing past.
A closer look reveals warping wood and other signs of deterioration in the boat's interior brought on by decades of exposure to the elements.
Some local groups, including the Historical Society, would like to restore the Bristol Bay gillnetter that once fished Alaskan waters. The boat was built in 1928 and donated to Pittsburg in 1984 by local fisherman Joseph "Squash" Papetti.
"I've talked to other organizations and they're jumping on the bandwagon, fundraising or lending labor, or providing expertise," said Paul Flores, a member of the Historical Society. "We're not going to make it seaworthy, but we are going to give it a little face-lift."
Pittsburg is also on board with the effort.
"The city will be coordinating with some local volunteers and charitable organizations to get this done," city manager Joe Sbranti wrote in an email.
When Pittsburg had an active fishing industry, many local fishermen would head up to Bristol Bay, Alaska, and use the gillnetters to fish for salmon when the six- to eight-week season rolled round each year.
"A lot of old-timers went to Alaska year after year. They fished in Pittsburg and they also fished in Alaska," DiMaggio said.
"It was powered by wind and sail. My father and grandfather fished on those," said Flores, who retired from the city after serving as its former harbor master and recreation director.
But while the Pittsburg fisherman came back after the salmon season was over, the gillnetters stayed in Alaska.
"During the offseason, they used to beach the boats and cover them," Flores said.
Before the restoration effort can begin on the donated boat, a plan of action will have to be worked out on the best way to go about the restoration effort, he said.
"It's going to take time," Flores said.
"It's going to be a very delicate operation," DiMaggio said.
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A painter and sculptor, Henry Cros was one of the most fervent champions of polychrome sculpture at the end of the 19th century.
Fascinated by technical experiment, this singular artist was the first to make works using coloured wax, and then glass paste, for which he rediscovered and often improved on ancient techniques.
At the end of his life he was based in a workshop at the Sèvres Factory. He was a singular artist, like other figures of the end of the century.
The polychrome terracottas, which are uncommon for Cros, were often used to prepare pieces in glass paste for the same subject. This very complete work, perhaps the one that was exhibited at the Salon of the Society of French Artists in 1903, should be considered as a finished work.
An eclectic and cultured character, in the text Cros revisits the myths and legends of antiquity with a contemporary eye. Here, in a confined space, like a metope at the Parthenon, he depicts a centaur uprooting a tree and a dryad or tree nymph mourning the death of the tree, linked to her own death.


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The more you fly, the higher you climb.
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Plans were to use the bulk of the income tax for road repairs, the tax was not to be limited to just roads in case an emergency project needed to be completed.
Strasburg Mayor John Bitikofer was disappointed.
"I thought it would pass. I talked to a lot of people about it. We did what the people asked us to do — try an additional income tax. I don't know what council will decide. We need to set down and look at the budget and what we will do," Bitikofer said.
"We have nowhere to cut. We have two street employees and four water and sewer employees," he said.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi has become one of the strongest and most articulate pastoral voices in Italy, building a reputation as a conservative on doctrine and a liberal on social issues.
In part because he heads Italy's biggest diocese, and in part because of his impeccable theological credentials, Cardinal Tettamanzi enters the conclave as a slight favorite for the papacy in the eyes of many observers, but it is far from a broad consensus, even among Italians.
The author of more than 25 books, the 71-year-old cardinal is considered one of the church's top experts in bioethics, marriage and family ministry, the lay apostolate and youth formation. He is said to have been a leading behind-the-scenes contributor to Pope John Paul's 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life").
Increasingly, Cardinal Tettamanzi has spoken out on social issues at home and abroad, highlighting in particular the pitfalls of globalization. He drew criticism from the right when, as archbishop of Genoa, Italy, in 2001, he defended protesters at a G-8 meeting in the city and spoke movingly of the new situations of poverty in the world.
Since his appointment to Milan in 2002, the cardinal has repeatedly challenged the city's residents and institutions to live up to Gospel values in the way they treat the weakest of society's members.
"The rights of the weak are not weaker rights, but are completely equal to the rights of the strong," he said.
Short, rotund and quick to smile, Cardinal Tettamanzi is well-known to his fellow cardinals and bishops around the world, who have watched him for years at Vatican synods and church conferences. Many see in him the traditional Italian talents for building consensus and calming disputes.
His positions on social and moral issues closely follow the teachings developed by Popes Paul VI and John Paul II.
Speaking in mid-2004 at an annual Italian church conference on social issues, Cardinal Tettamanzi reflected on democracy and Catholicism. He said that in many Western countries, democratic values are undermined by "a false conception of man, of human life, of human sexuality, and of human relations with others and with God."
The right to life -- from conception to natural death -- is the source of all other rights, he said. He warned that biological advances today tend to manipulate or destroy human life rather than protect it.
Cardinal Tettamanzi also addressed the question of whether democracy can be exported to various countries and regions of the world. He said the values of democracy should indeed be spread, because they should be enjoyed by everyone. But he said the way to do this was never through violence -- a remark seen as an implicit criticism of the U.S. policy in Iraq.
The cardinal has strongly defended marriage as a permanent union between a man and a woman and criticized legislative efforts to legalize same-sex unions as an equivalent form of marriage.
His approach to the question of homosexuality is nuanced, however. In a 1997 article published by the Vatican newspaper, he emphasized that "the Catholic Church does not have a separate set of criteria for judging the morality of heterosexual and homosexual activity." He also cited the need for respect, compassion and sensitivity to those with homosexual orientation.
Cardinal Tettamanzi came to the world's attention during the 1999 Synod of Bishops for Europe. At that synod, the cardinal took on a leadership role, and Pope John Paul's favor and respect were reflected by his peers. The pope appointed Cardinal Tettamanzi head of the committee that produced the meeting's final message, and bishops elected the cardinal to the council that collaborated with the pope on his apostolic letter marking the synod's formal conclusion.
Since then, Vatican and Italian media often have turned to Cardinal Tettamanzi for an "expert opinion" on a host of topics, ranging from genetic engineering to political ethics, one of his specialties. He is a member of seven important Vatican agencies and has served as secretary-general and vice president of the Italian bishops' conference.
In 2000, Microsoft published Cardinal Tettamanzi's "Christian Bioethics" in eBook form, an event that gave him an online reputation. He acknowledged at the time, however, that he did not navigate the Internet much.
In 2001, he was asked to give the opening reflection on "The Bishop as a Man of Prayer" at a Vatican-sponsored retreat for young bishops from around the world.
Cardinal Tettamanzi repeatedly has called for greater responsibility in political life -- a touchy subject in Italy. His 1991-95 term as secretary-general of the bishops' conference coincided with Italian political upheavals.
At the time, investigations into alleged kickback schemes hit high-ranking officials, contributing to the collapse of the country's Christian Democrat Party and the ensuing lack of unity among Catholic politicians.
Following a general assembly of Italian bishops in 1993, then-Archbishop Tettamanzi urged politically disaffected Italians to rededicate themselves to the good of the country, within a Christian framework able to cut across party lines.
In 1998, he led a retreat for Italian politicians, telling them politics showed responsibility only when leaders accepted the religious dimension of their vocation to public office.
Born in Renate, near Milan, March 14, 1934, Cardinal Tettamanzi entered the seminary at age 11 and was ordained in 1957. He wrote his doctoral thesis in theology on the lay apostolate.
He taught for more than 20 years at seminaries throughout Italy, and in 1987 the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education appointed him director of the Archdiocese of Milan's seminary in Rome, where he remained for two years before being nominated archbishop of Ancona-Osimo.
He was appointed archbishop of Genoa in 1995 and was named to the College of Cardinals three years later. His appointment to Milan in 2002 marked the first-ever transfer of a cardinal from one Italian diocese to another.
Cardinal Tettamanzi often has contributed commentaries to the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano and has served as a top official of Avvenire, an Italian Catholic daily.
His expertise on contemporary ethical issues led to a 1996 book on bioethics and the church's defense of human life. He also participated in a 1998 European workshop on genetic engineering.
Cardinal Tettamanzi's interest in bioethics grew out of his long-standing work in pastoral outreach to families. He served as a consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family for more than 15 years and participated in a 1980 Synod of Bishops on the family.
Following the 1994 U.N. Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, the cardinal told the Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana that the meeting did not consider the centrality of the family or the importance of its unity.
"The church's family program, in the final analysis, is God's program," he said.
"In this sense, the church's proposal, while assuming the positive aspects of the United Nations' proposal, goes further, not in the sense that it sacrifices determined values and needs of so-called modernity, but in the sense that it offers a broader and richer vision," then-Archbishop Tettamanzi said.
Cardinal Tettamanzi took part in a 1999 Pontifical Council for the Family meeting on the issue of cohabitation, warning that "certain cultural forces of a radical character have the destruction of the family institution as their more or less manifest objective."


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The Clinton Police Department on Tuesday began staffing police officers at the city's three elementary schools. The Police Department will use existing officers, working overtime, to fill the positions. Anticipated costs for the remainder of the year is $50,000. The city of Clinton will split the cost with the Clinton city school system.
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Following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, all of us ache for those who have been, and will continue to be, affected by the storm's toll. It's a common reaction in the face of disaster to think to ourselves: "what can I do to help?" But it's worthwhile to exercise caution here – sometimes the actions we take to try and help are not helpful at all. Author Dave Roos has a good piece worth reading, "10 Worst Things to Donate After a Disaster," that explains some of the unintended consequences of accepting donations. Medicine is number 6 on the list.
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Internationally, things get even more complicated. It's important to understand exactly what is needed. Medications may remain underutilized if they're ones local providers do not typically use, or in dosage forms that are unfamiliar, or labeled in a language that the providers do not speak. With limited personnel and capacity on the ground, handling unanticipated donations can take focus away from urgent tasks.
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"Altman" (8 p.m., Epix): This new 90-minute documentary celebrates the work of the late maverick filmmaker, who gave us such offbeat classics as "MASH," "Nashville" and "The Player." Among those interviewed: James Caan, Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams and Julianne Moore.
"Skin Wars" (9 p.m., Game Show Network): Rebecca Romijn, who took on a blue hue for the "X-Men" movies, hosts this new competition series, which seeks to discover the most talented and versatile body painters in the country.
"Top Chef Duels" (10 p.m., Bravo): Eighteen leading foodies from past seasons of the "Top Chef" franchise go head-to-head in culinary smackdowns. The show will fork over $100,000 to the winner.
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