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BELLEFONTE - This is the year when child sexual abuse victims begin to fight back, a victims' advocate said Tuesday outside Centre County Court.
Matt Bodenschatz, a Penn State student who heads a group called Voices for Victims, made the proclamation after Jerry Sandusky, pale and aged in his red Centre County Prison suit, defiantly stated in court that he never sexually abused boys who were part of his The Second Mile charity.
Bodenschatz described what Sandusky's victims said to Senior Judge John M. Cleland Jr. as "poetic."
Several victims came forward and spoke before a packed courtroom for Sandusky's sentencing. Most had remained silent for a decade or more about Sandusky's abuse until they were called before a statewide grand jury to relate what Sandusky did to them.
Sandusky was convicted in June of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. Cleland sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in state prison - the equivalent of a life sentence for the 68-year-old man.
"I'm not going to sentence you to centuries in prison, although the law will permit that," the judge continued.
Cleland praised the courage of the victims for coming forward and he told Sandusky "the tragedy of this crime is that it's a story of betrayal."
"The most obvious aspect is your betrayal of 10 children," Cleland said. "You were respected, trusted, admired. They grew to really love you."
Addressing the young victims, Cleland said, "It is for your courage, not for your assault, that you will be remembered."
Testimony during Sandusky's three-week trial in June showed he took them to football games and other athletic contests, and appeared to them as a mentor and father figure - then he betrayed them through his abuse.
The reaction to the sentence was immediate.
Dominic Ramunni, a second-year Penn State student who sat in the back of the courtroom as the crowd went outside, said it's been a tough year for the Penn State community.
"I think we finally have closure. ... I hope we do," he said.
David Clohessy, the national director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, talked about the "extraordinary courage for the victims to speak as they did."
He said he believes there are other victims out there who will see what the Sandusky victims did and come forward, taking the attitude that "if those guys are strong enough to come forward, I am too."
Speaking up is important as a step toward helping the victim go forward with his life, Clohessy said.
Attorney Michael Boni, representing Victim 1, said his client for the first time realized "the torment of his life [Sandusky]" will spend the rest of his life in jail.
When Sandusky was tried in June, each of the eight days of testimony was greeted by the packed courtroom with a nervous energy that was fueled by the expectation of revealing testimony and the jury's ultimate verdict.
On Tuesday, the courtroom crowd appeared quiet, respectful, knowing that a one-time community and Penn State icon was about to be sentenced for what would amount to a life sentence, and that some of the victims and Sandusky would have something to say.
Cleland began by announcing there would be a Megan's Law hearing to determine if Sandusky was a sexually violent predator. Under Pennsylvania law, sexually violent predators must register with police for life once released from prison.
Sandusky's defense attorney, Joseph Amendola, quickly took the steam out of that hearing by stating that Sandusky, while maintaining his innocence, would not oppose a prosecution recommendation that he be declared a predator.
Sandusky meets the criteria under the law to be classified as a predator, Senior Deputy Attorney Joseph McGettigan said.
Cleland agreed, declaring him a sexually violent predator.
Then McGettigan had his turn before the judge, pointing out, "No words I could utter will speak with the eloquence of the victims."
Sandusky used The Second Mile to involve himself in the lives of the children, and unbeknownst to the mothers of the children, he abused their boys, McGettigan said.
"He treated the victims as human property to be used as he saw fit," said McGettigan.
Amendola followed with his comments, calling it a sad day for Sandusky and his supporters. He said there was another side to Sandusky that he wanted people to know about.
According to many neighbors, friends, co-workers and football players, Sandusky was a "kind, giving person."
He and his wife, Dottie, adopted six children, and Sandusky's wife and five of those children remain committed to him, Amendola said. His son, Matt, offered to testify against his father, a move that stopped Sandusky from testifying in his own defense in June, Amendola said after the guilty verdicts.
Many children from The Second Mile have gone on to "wonderful lives," Amendola said.
McGettigan read a statement from Victim 1, a young man who said Sandusky humiliated him with his abuse. He said he now suffers "emotional agony" and said he has been looking over my shoulder "for a very long time."
Sandusky, he lamented, showed "no remorse, no acknowledgment of regret."
The mother of Victim 9 said she wondered why her boy was physically ill and made two attempts to take his own life - learning eventually Sandusky was molesting him.
She blamed herself, pointing out both she and her son are in therapy.
She called Sandusky "a horrible person."
Victim 6 said Sandusky's abuse was like a "knife wound buried in the garden of my heart for years."
Victim 5 said he suffers from anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, nightmares and other problems and can't get Sandusky out of his mind. He said he knows he has a difficult road to travel but it must be done.
"I grew up in a bad situation and you only made matters worse," Victim 4 told Sandusky.
Sandusky issued a statement Monday to ComRadio, the Penn State student radio station, indicating that many people have suffered "as a result of false allegations."
He followed the same script in his address to Cleland talking of a conspiracy that included the media, Penn State, the system and others.
"They can take away my life. They can make me out a monster. They can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart," he said.
"I speak today with hope in my heart for a brighter day, not knowing if that day will come. Many moments have been spent looking for a purpose. Maybe it will help others, some vulnerable children who might have been abused, might not be, as a result of the publicity."
He read a letter from a Second Mile client who stated, "I love you Jerry," and he talked about the good times when he was playing with kids, tossing them in the air while swimming and tossing water balloons at them.
He said he has lived long enough to cherish his memories.
"I'm going to smile. ... I'm going to laugh. I'm going to cry. That's who I am," he said.
McGettigan called Sandusky's court statement "delusional, ludicrous, self-centered and a testimony to himself."
Amendola and fellow defense attorney Karl E. Rominger of Harrisburg said they will appeal, challenging a statement McGettigan made during his closing argument at the June trial and indicating Cleland did not give them ample time to prepare a defense.
Amendola pointed out Sandusky had only four months to prepare for trial while two Penn State officials, charged with perjury and covering up Sandusky's abuse - only two charges - will have 14 months, at least, to prepare for trial.
The two officials - retired Vice President for Finance Gary Schultz and Athletics Director Tim Curley, who remains on a leave of absence - are due to go on trial in January in Dauphin County Court.
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BAYFIELD � The double bonus buried the Wolverines.
The No. 2-ranked Centauri Falcons scored 11 fourth-quarter points from the foul line to hold off a near comeback by the Bayfield High School girls basketball team and win 59-53 on Friday night at BHS.
Although the Falcons, ranked second in Class 3A by The Denver Post, hit just 55 percent of their final-frame free throws, the barrage of early double-bonus opportunities added too much to a hill of other little miscues that proved too high to climb for the Wolverines, who still played inspired basketball to hang with a �really good ball team,� head coach Ronnie Posey said.
Centauri�s Tori Fringer scored four of her game-leading 18 points on free throws in the final quarter, and Taylor Wilson knocked down six freebies as part of her 17 to stuff the Bayfield comeback and keep the Falcons perfect in the Intermountain League.
�That�s tough when you�re giving up two shots,� Posey said.
�There are things we can count that will make a difference.�
But the Wolverines fixed many of those things after a first half that included 22 Bayfield turnovers in the face of a full-court Centauri press.
�We didn�t come out as hot as we should have,� said Destini McGhehey.
�Just stupid errors.�
Bayfield trailed 36-24 at the halfway mark, just two points short of their largest deficit of the evening.
Micaela Knickerbocker led the rally attempt herself, directing the Wolverines� defense to tighten up and give the offense opportunities to cut into the Falcons� lead.
�Just played hard nosed,� Posey said.
Wilson, who scored nine first-quarter points on three consecutive 3-pointers, disappeared under the pressure and four fouls in the third quarter.
�Then, we held her pretty well in check,� Posey said.
On offense, too, Knickerbocker set the example, converting steals and turning fast breaks into easy layups. Knickerbocker led the Wolverines with 17 points on the night
�She�s a quarterback,� Posey said. �She understands the game well.�
McGhehey followed her lead, even putting in some wild runs through the paint to finish with seven points to help the Wolverines win the third quarter and pull within six points at 38-46. Haley Clarke and Chanel McCloskey each scored eight, more than half of those points on free throws as the Wolverines shot 77 percent from the line.
Asked which of his players stood out in the attempted comeback, Posey said �Can you list 10 girls?
�There�s not a let up with this team. We don�t feel like we have to hide anybody,� Posey said, nodding to his bench as putting forth good effort.
After a run of a double-bonus free throws opened back up a 10-point gap in the fourth quarter, the Wolverines closed within five on a McCloskey 3-pointer with just more than a minute to play, but the stalling Falcons let the Bayfield girls no closer.
�Besides the fact that we lost, it was a great ending,� Knickerbocker said. �I don�t know if you�d call it a booster, but it definitely encouraged us a little bit.�
Bayfield (7-6 overall, 1-2 IML) plays Alamosa at 1:30 p.m. today at BHS.

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5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older
Look, I'm not going to bullshit you. You are going to get old, and it is going to happen lightning fast. You won't see it coming. You'll just be living your life the way you always have, thinking, "Man, I sure am young. There is little in life that I enjoy more than the simple knowledge of how completely not old I am." And then one day, out of the blue, you'll have a horrifying realization that people have stopped viewing you as an ultra cool, iconic masterpiece of sexuality ... now you're just some kid's parent. An annoying teacher. The asshole supervisor. There will be no warning.
Except these ...
#5. Slang Genuinely Makes You Angry
When You're a Kid ...
You never stop learning new words -- I had never heard the term "hubris" until about two years ago, and now I see it used in every TV show I watch, every article I read, every police statement I have to sign. But when you're young, you're learning new words constantly because your mind is still fresh, and it turns out that there is a shitload of words out there, many of which double for "penis" in the right context.
In the rush of learning, slang just slips in like a Game of Thrones fuck scene. It doesn't seem out of place because it's just another word you've never heard or used before, no different from any of the other dozen you learned that week. So if you grew up in the '60s and '70s, a term like "groovy" or "hunk" didn't seem like the unwashed underwear stains of language ... it was just another sequence of letters you didn't know yesterday, but do today.
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Far out, kitty cat. Wanna get baked and give my dick a righteous disease?
The Warning Sign:
I mentioned that you never stop learning words, but there does come a point where the frequency slows to a near stop. And when a new one pops up, you can tell if it's real or just made-up bullshit. For instance, when I heard the aforementioned "hubris," I knew it was a real thing before I filled my clipboard and opened up Google. It didn't sound "clever" or edgy. It didn't have some ridiculous spelling. It didn't sound like an acronym or a shortened version of a longer word. But the first time I heard someone say "probs" in place of "probably," it took every ounce of willpower I could muster to not punch them in their stupid goddamn lips for having made that noise.
I also renounced the very air that made sound waves possible when I heard the first dumb asshole say "cray cray" instead of "crazy." Even widely accepted ones like "veggies" make me want to grab the person saying it by their neck and scream into their face, "YOU ARE AN ADULT!" Even if they're not.
"Veggies" is what a 3-year-old says because she can't pronounce "vegetables" yet!
I have no right. I totally understand this. It's just a word, and unless it's hurting someone, my reaction to hearing it should be nothing short of apathy. But I guess that's sort of the point. The fact that I'm reacting in that way to what should be a non-issue is the sign that I'm moving away from the section of my life where it was acceptable and normal ("rad," "wicked," "gag me with a spoon") and into the new section, where anyone who uses these terms immediately sets off my internal "Fucking Idiot" alarm.
#4. Clothing Becomes Complicated
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When You're a Kid ...
Your outfit is who you are. Yes, even those of you who go out of your way to avoid name brands because you're your own person who doesn't fall victim to corporate bullshit. When I was a kid, especially in the grunge era, I swore that I didn't give a shit what I looked like or what I put on. I was just wearing what was comfortable, right? But if someone would have handed me a pile of ultra preppy clothes or a stack of jock type sportswear, I would have physically fought them to keep that shit off of my body. The point is, we all have our lines that we won't cross when it comes to clothing.
When you're younger, you can get away with pretty much anything you want to wear because it's accepted that you're experimenting with style and expression. It's why we can make fun of that emo haircut where it looks like you were riding sideways in an open convertible, but we won't step in and force you to stop ... well, those of us who aren't assholes, at least.
Yep, that hair will in no way come back to haunt you later in life.
The Warning Sign:
There's a moment of panic that I ran into the other day while shopping for clothes. I found an awesome shirt that I just loved. It fit perfect, it had a cool design, it was the right price ... but right before I decided to add it to my "fuck yeah" pile, I noticed that I was standing in the "teens to young men" section. And in an instant, my shopping trip turned into an internal moral debate.
I'm 39. I don't have gray hair or wrinkles. I don't have an old man gut -- not yet, anyway. But even at a glance, it is apparent that I am a full-grown man. Knowing that, I am well aware of the go-to insult when people see middle-aged people dressing in certain outfits: "God, that's so sad. He's a middle-aged man who dresses like he's 18. He can't let go of his youth." I've said it myself about other people -- some of them movie stars, and some of them just regular people I've seen on the street. Part of me looks back on the guy who said that with shame, but an even bigger part says, "You do not want to be that creepy old douche who can't dress his age."
"Grandma, we're going to have to demand that you to stop."
And that's the weirdest part. What exactly is "dressing your age"? I've seriously had to look it up because I have no idea, and what I found was ... well, I still have no idea. As far as I can tell, it's just taming yourself down. Dressing more conservatively. Less rebellion, less edge, less attention-grabbing patterns, less everything. Now, don't get me wrong here: I'm still going to dress the way I want, but for the first time in my life, I'm doing that with caution. Now I have to consider the options of: Do I wear Justin Bieber's designer Chanel ski mask and cocked fedora outfit? Or do I go with the more conservative double-zipper onesie of his bodyguard?
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#3. Technology Stops Making Sense (Even if You're Tech-Literate)
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When You're a Kid ...
When you're a kid, you don't sit and marvel at the complexity and wonder of a cellphone. You just use it to send racist messages to your friends. And just like every other facet of material life, when one thing starts to get stale, we invent another similar version and move on to that, abandoning the old concepts. How many people reading this article still regularly use Myspace after Facebook became a thing? And how many abandoned that when Google+ became a- OK, I guess the analogy falls through there, but you get my point, right?
In that same vein, we are quick to try out new technologies, because just like fashion or finding a really badass band, there's a rush you get from being the first in your social circle to be in on the ground floor before it gets huge and becomes the norm. Because of that, it's easy to skip through program after program after program, keeping the ones that are useful and forgetting the ones that aren't.
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Let's face it: Dick Logger was an app that was bound to come back and bite people in the ass.
The Warning Sign:
And then you reach a certain age, and novelty just doesn't mean jack shit anymore. It's all about usefulness now because you're busy, and you don't have time to fuck around with learning some new program or piece of hardware if it's not going to have a major payoff. For that reason, I have a smartphone, but I only use it to text and call and take an occasional picture. Ninety percent of its abilities are lost on me.
I'm going to assume that the underlying need for function is why I don't get Vine. For those who don't know, it's an app that lets you post six-second looping video clips to the Internet. By default the sound is turned off, so to me, it just looks like a high-quality animated gif. But then when you unmute the sound, it turns into ... well, an animated gif with sound. It's like a YouTube version of Twitter, and I cannot for the life of me understand why it got popular. Yet, at the same time, one of my all-time favorite sites is 5-Second Films, so it's not like I'm lost on the premise. Given, the 5SF crew are masters of the art, whereas Vine users are regular people with a time limit.
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"OK, chug that sucker. We'll have to film my hilarious Charles Ramsey imitation on the way."
Keep in mind, I'm not new to computers. I've been using them since the early '80s. But even with decades of experience, I don't understand when someone gets mad that a Facebook user posts a full article or essay. I've heard Facebook people say, "Take it to Tumblr." Who in turn tell people to "start a blog." And to this day, I've yet to be able to tell the difference between the three. All of them have the same abilities to post photos, video, and text ... but for some reason the users have decided that one of the sites is used for photos, one site is used for short messages, and the other site is used for My Little Pony fuck fiction. And my rapidly aging, bitter mind just gives up, saying, "Fuck 'em. Post what you want. If they don't like it, they can just lick my asshole."


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1. NEWS TJC center launches new partnership campaign
2. PATIENT SAFETY FDA revokes approval of Avastin (bevacizumab)
3. EVIDENCE Enoxaparin reduces VTE in morbidly obese patients
4. EVIDENCE JAMA study finds severe sepsis and new-onset AF increases mortality
5. EVIDENCE Statins not associated with higher risk of ICH, study says
6. CALL TO ACTION Comment on AHRQ's VTE Common Format
7. CALL TO ACTION Apply for HHS-CCSC HAI award
8. CALL TO ACTION Comment on FDA's proposed opioid training program
9. CALL TO ACTION Participate in survey on providing care when guidelines are lacking
10. EVIDENCE Delays reduce benefits of transfer for primary PCI in MI patients
11. EVIDENCE PedNIHHS useful for pediatric stroke studies
12. EVIDENCE Warfarin dose assessment might be extended to every 12 weeks, study says
13. CALL TO ACTION Submit nominations for AACN President's Awards for Chapters
14. MEMBER BENEFIT Free enrollment in ChangeAnything.com for one year
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1. NEWS TJC center launches new partnership campaign
On Nov. 16, The Joint Commission (TJC) Center for Transforming Healthcare, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., launched Healing Healthcare Partnership™, a campaign that brings together accredited healthcare organizations and industry to improve patient safety and lower healthcare costs. TJC encourages organizations to join the campaign and use the center's resources, including the Targeted Solutions Tool™ for hand hygiene.
2. PATIENT SAFETY FDA revokes approval of Avastin (bevacizumab)
On Nov. 18, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Md., revoked the agency's approval of Avastin (bevacizumab), manufactured by Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., for metastatic breast cancer, because "the drug has not been shown to be effective for that use." Avastin remains on the market for certain types of colon, lung, kidney and brain cancer.
3. EVIDENCE Enoxaparin reduces VTE in morbidly obese patients
Weight-based dosing of enoxaparin reduced the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in 23 morbidly obese surgical ICU patients "below expected levels and no additional adverse effects were reported," according to "Implementation of an Enoxaparin Protocol for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Obese Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients" in November's The Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
4. EVIDENCE JAMA study finds severe sepsis and new-onset AF increases mortality
Patients with severe sepsis and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) have a higher risk of "in-hospital stroke and death compared with patients with no AF and patients with preexisting AF," according to "Incident Stroke and Mortality Associated With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Sepsis," published online Nov. 13 by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
5. EVIDENCE Statins not associated with higher risk of ICH, study says
"Statins and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Collaborative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" found "no evidence" that statins increase risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). "If such a risk is present, its absolute magnitude is likely to be small and outweighed by the other cardiovascular benefits of these drugs," concludes the study in the Nov. 15 Circulation.
6. CALL TO ACTION Comment on FDA's proposed opioid training program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Md., invites comments on the "Draft Blueprint for Prescriber Education for Long-Acting/Extended-Release Opioid Class-Wide Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy." Deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 7.
7. CALL TO ACTION Apply for HHS-CCSC HAI award
Apply by Dec. 19 for national awards recognizing sustained improvements in reducing or eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in critical care. Now in its second year, this awards program is sponsored by AACN and its partnering organizations in the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and Office of Healthcare Quality (HHS), emphasizing success related to reducing or eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Access eligibility, selection criteria and application requirements.
8. CALL TO ACTION Comment on AHRQ's VTE Common Format
Comment by Wednesday, Nov. 30 on the new Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Common Format from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, Md. Common Formats help healthcare providers collect and submit standardized information on patient safety events.
9. CALL TO ACTION Participate in survey on providing care when guidelines are lacking
You are invited to participate in a series of three confidential online questionnaires about the opinions of critical care nurses regarding care provided when standard practice guidelines are lacking, to meet patient specific care needs. Doctoral student Jodie Gary from the University of Texas at Tyler College of Nursing requests your participation as an expert in your field to find areas of agreement and gaps in knowledge. Read inclusion criteria and participate.
10. EVIDENCE Delays reduce benefits of transfer for primary PCI in MI patients
"Benefit of Transferring ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (MI) Patients for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Compared With Administration of Onsite Fibrinolytic (O-FT) Declines as Delays Increase" found that as door-to-balloon/door-to-needle times increase, the mortality advantage of transferring for primary PCI instead of O-FT declines. "PCI-related delays are extensive among patients transferred for (primary) PCI and are associated with poorer outcomes," notes the study, published online Nov. 7 by Circulation.
11. EVIDENCE PedNIHHS useful for pediatric stroke studies
November's Stroke contains "Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Retrospective Scoring of the Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (PedNIHHS)," which concludes PedNIHHS "can be used to improve the quality of retrospective pediatric stroke studies."
12. EVIDENCE Warfarin dose assessment might be extended to every 12 weeks, study says
"Warfarin Dose Assessment Every 4 Weeks Versus Every 12 Weeks in Patients With Stable International Normalized Ratios: A Randomized Trial" found that 12-week assessments were safe and "noninferior" to four-week assessments. More research is needed before extended monitoring intervals "can be routinely recommended for practice," concludes the study in the Nov. 15 Annals of Internal Medicine.
13. CALL TO ACTION Submit nominations for AACN President's Awards for Chapters
Nominate chapters for the 2012 AACN President's Awards for Chapters, which recognize the chapters that best exemplify the association's annual theme. Learn more and nominate by Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
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Take control of the sources of influence that impact your behavior by becoming both the subject and the scientist of your change. In partnership with Change Anything, a division of VitalSmarts, AACN welcomes members to ChangeAnything.com — a social media website based on award-winning research. Sign up by Dec. 31 for free one-year premium membership in this unique online resource.
Patient Safety
November's Nurse Advise-ERR, published by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), Horsham, Pa., discusses the role of culture in patient safety and notes "the two strongest predictors of high-level patient safety behaviors" for healthcare workers are observed behavior of peers and a genuine belief in the safety outcomes of the behavior. The issue also states dolasetron (Anzemet) injection, manufactured by sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, shouldn't be used to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and highlights recommendations for detecting clinically significant drug-induced postoperative respiratory depression from a group convened by the Anesthesia Patient Foundation, Indianapolis. Subscribe to the free monthly newsletter or read the archives, which ISMP updates each month.
"Screening and Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients: A Decision Analysis and Economic Evaluation," published online Aug. 25 by American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, states, "Appropriate prophylaxis provides better value in terms of costs and health gains than routine screening" for deep vein thrombosis.
Hospital safety climate is associated with nurse and patient injuries, "suggesting that patient and nurse safety may actually be linked to outcomes," according to "Do Nurse and Patient Injuries Share Common Antecedents? An Analysis of Associations With Safety Climate and Working Condition," published online Oct. 19 by BMJ Quality & Safety. "The findings also indicate that increased unit turnover should be considered a risk factor for nurse and patient injuries," the study concludes.
Access "Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals," a free monograph from The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., designed to help hospitals meet patient-centered communication standards scheduled to take effect July 1, 2012.
Download "2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention," published online Nov. 7 by Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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ASSAY & Drug Development Technologies offers a unique combination of original research and reports on the techniques and tools being used in cutting-edge drug development. The journal includes a "Literature Search and Review" column that identifies published papers of note and discusses their importance. GEN presents one article that was analyzed in the "Literature Search and Review" column, a paper published in Science Translational Medicine titled "First-in-human testing of a wirelessly controlled drug delivery microchip." Authors of the paper are Farra R, Sheppard NF Jr, McCabe L, Neer RM, Anderson JM, Santini JT Jr, Cima MJ, and Langer R.
The first clinical trial of an implantable microchip-based drug delivery device is discussed. Human parathyroid hormone fragment (1–34) [hPTH(1–34)] was delivered from the device in vivo. hPTH(1–34) is the only approved anabolic osteoporosis treatment, but requires daily injections, making patient compliance an obstacle to effective treatment. Furthermore, a net increase in bone mineral density requires intermittent or pulsatile hPTH(1–34) delivery, a challenge for implantable drug delivery products. The microchip-based devices, containing discrete doses of lyophilized hPTH(1–34), were implanted in eight osteoporotic postmenopausal women for 4 months and wirelessly programmed to release doses from the device once daily for up to 20 days. A computer-based programmer, operating in the Medical Implant Communications Service band, established a bidirectional wireless communication link with the implant to program the dosing schedule and receive implant status confirming proper operation. Each woman subsequently received hPTH(1–34) injections in escalating doses. The pharmacokinetics, safety, tolerability, and bioequivalence of hPTH(1–34) were assessed. Device dosing produced similar pharmacokinetics to multiple injections and had lower coefficients of variation. Bone marker evaluation indicated that daily release from the device increased bone formation. There were no toxic or adverse events due to the device or drug, and patients stated that the implant did not affect quality of life.
Implanted medical devices have been around for a while and their uses range from simple mechanical support (joint and bone replacements) to delivery of a drug through an external pump, and include direct control of key organs, such as the pulse of the heart through a pacemaker. While the existing devices are sometimes fairly complex, the next-generation implantables are expected to serve even more complex functions as in the example of a fully implanted drug delivery unit that is responsive to the changing needs for the drug being delivered.
Unlike a drug delivery pump, which typically remains attached to the body and has only a feeder line implanted into the patient with all the device controls and access ports being available on the outside, a fully implanted device would be expected to remain autonomous for extended periods of time. Under such conditions, issues such as drug stability, reliability of drug release, acceptance of the device by the host, and stability of communication to control the drug delivery regimen, will all have to be resolved. The present work provides key evidence that producing such small, fully implanted, remotely controlled drug delivery devices is possible.
Robert Langer's team used human parathyroid hormone fragment 1–34 (hPTH(1–34)) as the proof-of-concept drug in a clinical trial of an implanted microchip-based drug delivery device controlled through wireless communication (Figure 1). hPTH(1–34) is the active ingredient of teriparatide, a drug used to treat osteoporosis in patients with elevated risk of bone fractures. The delivery of teriparatide needs to be controlled very carefully because its continuous administration can lead to the unwanted effect of promoting bone loss. The implanted delivery device therefore consisted of two microchips containing 10 small drug delivery reservoirs each; these were designed to deliver individual drug doses of 40 μg upon electrothermal ablation of a thin metallic membrane that covered each reservoir.
Seven patients were subjected to the trial, which involved implantation of the device in their abdominal area through an outpatient surgery. After waiting for almost 2 months to create conditions of a fully tissue-encapsulated device, the authors initiated daily dosing of the drug for 20 days; the devices were removed after approximately 3.5 months.
PK monitoring of the drug level indicated overall stable and adequate levels of hPTH(1–34), with good rates of absorption and distribution. Evaluation of the histology of the tissue surrounding the devices (referred to as capsule tissue) indicated normal wound-healing responses with very few inflammatory cells, and no malignancies or bacterial infections were noted (Figure 2). Moreover, the bone markers indicated adequate dosing and in-range responses to the drug, while the test subjects did not experience any out-of-the-ordinary discomfort and managed the post-implantation and -explantation pain with 2-day administration of over-the-counter pain medications.
It is expected that these very encouraging results will be followed by the expanded testing of a device that ensures delivery of a drug for at least a 1-year period.
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David Maya will spend as much as 25 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old in Wheeling, W.Va., this summer. Then he will go home - to Mexico.
Maya, 24, was living in Maryland when he used the Internet to stalk the girl, then went to Wheeling to rape her in June. This week, he pleaded guilty to the charge and Circuit Judge David Sims sentenced him to six to 25 years in prison. Let's hope he serves the full quarter-century behind bars.
Once Maya leaves prison, he will be sent back to Mexico. He was in this country on a visa, and will be deported.
His case is far from unique. Similar crimes in which illegal immigrants raped children have been in the headlines throughout the United States just during the past few months. Sexual assault cases in Tennessee, North Carolina, Nex Mexico, New York, Michigan, Missouri and California were found in a brief search.
It is a topic some reseachers have investigated, with some of them worrying the statistics they find will prompt some Americans to stereotype illegal immigrants.
That would not be fair or intelligent, of course. As many as 11 million illegal immigrants live in the United States. The overwhelming majority of them break no laws except for those against their presence here.
But there is a problem, according to a study by the Violent Crimes Institute in Atlanta, Ga. According to a published report, researchers there found there are tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who are sex offenders in the United States. About 2 percent of the illegal immigrants detained by the authorities are sex offenders, according to the study.
Sims did the right thing by sentencing Maya to a long prison term. Unfortunately, even if he serves the maximum, he will not be an old man when he is deported to Mexico - possibly to sneak back into the United States.
States have sex offender registries to keep track of men and women who may pose threats to society. Maya and people like him should be on the registries, and federal officials should establish a database of illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes. It should be checked every time a repeat illegal immigrant is caught - and sex offenders who come back to this country should be locked up for life.


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Wow, I could get lost for hours reading all those stories. Love them.ReplyDelete
How's the celery break going?
That was a fabulous summary of your three births thus far. Great job!ReplyDelete
Oh, I love birth stories!ReplyDelete
Hope you're having a better day, today!ReplyDelete
Those are all wonderful! I admire how you were able to write short summaries--my birth story ended up being PAGES.ReplyDelete
Always fun to hear!ReplyDelete
Great birth stories I almost wrote birthday stories, which I guess would of been the same thing!ReplyDelete
Your birth stories are beautiful. I wish mine was that great. Mine ended in an emergency c-section. If I'm ever blessed enough to do it again I want to go all natural and possibly with a midwife. I too would be wavering between home and hospital.ReplyDelete
Wow, you make birthing babies sound easy.ReplyDelete
You aren't hitting the celery again are you?
Our stories have so many similarities. I pray your 4th is as peaceful and wonderful as mine was!ReplyDelete
Letting go and letting God take the lead. Amen. Same here. Our daughter is a miracle baby. I still find it amazing that we each had a baby the same size 9lbs. 12 oz. Yeah for big babies! Yeah for natural childbirth!ReplyDelete
What a super summary of your birth experiences! If you do the home birth you will have to do a huge update on what all you have to do to prepare and how it goes. I think home births are just beautiful, but I am really too chicken to be away from the hospital.ReplyDelete
i enjoyed reading your birth stories...beautiful!ReplyDelete
That is a great description! The pic is cool, too!ReplyDelete
It is amazing what we learn and do differently with each pregnancy and baby!
I love reading birth stories!ReplyDelete
I'll have to share mine sometime. Briefly though, with Lance I had hoped for a completely natural waterbirth. I didn't get it, becuse when my water broke it had meconium in it so they had to keep a fetal heart monitor on me, which wouldn't work in the water. I managed to labor for 18 hours without medication, but when they told me I needed a C-Section because Lance refused to come out (he was turned sideways) I asked for some meds to get me through the next couple hours.
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Martha Groom, professor of ecology and conservation biology, discusses her research into ways to develop sustainable livelihoods for both human and wildlife populations.
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I teach courses primarily in the Environmental Studies, Global Studies and Environmental Science majors. My goals as an environmental educator are to help students learn how to evaluate information from multiple sources and perspectives on environmental issues, and place their choices in a regional and global context. To achieve this end, I seek to enhance students' critical thinking and communication skills, while fostering their understanding of the process of science and its integral concepts and methodologies. I use interactive-learning approaches to help connect students to course material, including group work and discussion to prepare students for lifelong collaborations in seeking understanding. I place particular emphasis on problem-solving and an understanding of both the limits and promising tools of our fields. Wherever possible, I try to connect students to work on current, local problems, including restoration efforts, conservation practice, and conservation policy concerns, but also to connect with broad issues that impact those in other countries. Where possible, my courses include a field component in which students observe and conduct experiments in local field sites, including our own restoration site on campus.
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In my scholarship I emphasize the careful application of ecological and evolutionary theory and empirical knowledge to conservation concerns.
To better understand the population and community effects of life in fragmented habitats I have conducted mechanistic investigations of the dynamics of an annual plant (Clarkia concinna concinna (Onagraceae)). My study has been richly rewarding. For example, I documented a marked threshold effect whereby sufficiently small and isolated patches of the plant do not receive effective pollination services, and suffer higher extinction rates than plants in large, well-connected patches.
In collaboration with Jaime Collazo and our graduate students, I investigated the influence of land use history on bird communities in Puerto Rico. More than 98% of the forest cover of Puerto Rico was removed in the last century, yet few bird species went extinct, perhaps because the birds used traditional coffee plantations. We found that shaded coffee plantations contain more bird species that enjoy higher breeding success than do areas with other agricultural practices. However, only plantations with large "resting" areas of secondary forest and a wide diversity of tree species are widely used by birds.
I also work on large, collaborative efforts to evaluate and enhance the value of scientific information in conservation policies.
Miller, J.R., M.Groom, G.R. Hess, D.L. Stokes, T.A. Steelman, J.A. Thompson, T. Bowman, L. Fricke, B. King, R. Marquadt. 2009. Where is biodiversity in local conservation planning? Conservation Biology 23(1):53-63.
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Groom, M.J. 1998. Allee effects limit population viability of an annual plant. American Naturalist 151:487-496.
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St. Bonaventure was not predicted to be among the contenders in the Atlantic 10 even though the men's team entered the season with 10 returnees from last year's conference championship outfit.
Yes, the Bonnies lost a key piece of last year's team to graduation in A-10 Player of the Year Andrew Nicholson, but still a from first-to-11th drop?
Well, the Bonnies lived up to that prediction and then some by losing their first three conference games – including a Jan. 16 home loss to Xavier. To say they've rebounded well since that 66-64 loss to the Musketeers, however, would be a gross understatement.
The Bonnies (9-9, 2-3) snapped a pair of Philadelphia jinxes in winning for the first time at Temple last weekend and just the third-time ever at Saint Joseph's last Wednesday – two teams predicted to be among the contenders for the A-10 crown.
Bona gets to face another contender this afternoon when it welcomes Saint Louis into the Reilly Center (4 p.m., Time Warner Cable SportsNet). The Billikens (13-5, 2-2) have been picked to finish second in the conference.
Saint Louis leads the conference in scoring defense (57.9 ppg) and has not allowed more than 46 points in its last four games.
Thus far, the Bonnies are 2-1 against teams predicted to finish in the top four of the A-10, with the wins coming against conference-favorite Saint Joseph's and Temple (picked to finish fourth) and the loss to national No. 19 VCU (picked to finished third in the A-10). Bona is the only A-10 team to face those four schools.
Junior Matthew Wright has played a role in Bona's recent wins as he's 8-of-10 shooting from three-point range in his last two games. Wright is shooting 12 for 20 from beyond the arc against A-10 foes after shooting just 6 for 34 (17.6 percent) during the nonconference portion of the schedule. Bona's five starters have accounted for nearly 92 percent of the team's scoring the past two games.
In other Big 4 action, the University at Buffalo (7-12, 2-3) men hit the road to face Mid-American Conference East Division favorite Akron (14-4, 5-0) at 7 p.m. UB has ridden Javon McCrea to its last two victories as the junior forward has averaged 22.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in that span.
The Zips bring a 10-game winning streak into tonight's contest (Radio 1230 AM).
In Big 4 women's action today, UB faces Western Michigan at 2 p.m. at Alumni Arena (Radio 1340 AM), looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Prior to the game, UB will honor Brenna Doty Rousseau as part of its "Legend of the Hardwood" series honoring the school's past men's and women's hoops greats. She ranks second all-time in scoring at UB with 1,703 points.
St. Bonaventure (9-10, 2-2) aims for its third straight win when it visits Saint' Joseph's (12-5, 3-0) for a 3 p.m. contest.


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A downtown El Paso building considered by preservationists to be historically significant will be demolished to make way for a parking lot.
The revelation comes as a shock to many of the advocates who fought to save the Muir Building from the jaws of the bulldozers.
"Trust is one thing but we need a commitment from developers," El Paso County Historical Commission chairman Bernie Sargent said. "Instead of saying 'Well let's look at taking it down,' say, 'OK, if you want to take it down, what are you going to put in its place?'"
Borderplex Community Trust, the prospective purchaser and developer of the property, did not reveal its parking lot plans when it appealed the decision of the city's Historic Landmark Commission last November, preservationists say.
"I wish we could give you more details than we've been able to give," BCT attorney David Bernard said at the November city council meeting. "We've given you what we can, but confidentiality commitments that we've made don't allow us to do that."
Even though Bernard would not reveal specific details of the developer's plans for construction, he said what would be built would be an urban "mixed-use building," that would contribute to the economy of downtown.
BCT did not own the property at the time and was only interested in purchasing the Muir Building on the condition that demolition plans were given the green light.
During the heated city council meeting, historians and descendants of the building's architect, Henry Trost, pleaded with council members to follow the recommendations of the Historic Landmark Commission and the Texas Historical Commission to deny BCT's appeal for demolition.
In a unanimous vote, council members approved BCT's appeal for destruction, allowing for demolition to proceed.
The Muir Building is a non-contributing building that met the economic hardship provisions as defined by the city's municipal code, says the city's director of planning Mathew McKelroy.
The building has sat vacant for years. BCT made a case during the council meeting that according to their estimators, the cost for renovation would outweigh the cost of demolition.
"They didn't have to provide us with those numbers," McKelroy said. "In this particular case they were willing to provide us with those costs, and their costs were high. But we also know the costs on the Mills Building were also high."
Preservationists disagree with the figures presented by BCT to city council and question whether or not anyone with the city actually scrutinized the numbers.
"They are totally inaccurate," UTEP architecture professor and historian Max Grossman, Ph.D. said. "Take a look at what they did to the Buckler Building right down the block. That was developed by CVS and we know they want to make a profit. There's no way an international company would choose to renovate that building if they weren't going to make money from it. Go look at it, it looks great."
The Muir Building is not one of the historic properties protected from demolition under the current municipal code.
El Paso's Downtown Historic District was created in 1992. At the same time, a number of buildings within the district were given protection from demolition – designated as historically significant buildings.
Nobody has been able to say who came up with the list or the criteria used in constructing the list. In the more than 20 years since the list was first created, it has never been revised or updated.
Even though Bernard would not reveal specific details of the developer's plans for construction in November, he said what would be built would be an urban "mixed-use" project that would benefit the downtown economy.
ABC-7 contacted all of the city representatives, asking when they first heard the property was going to be a parking lot.
Only Reps. Steve Ortega, Susie Byrd and Cortney Niland responded.
Both Ortega and Byrd said they knew of the plans for a parking lot prior to their vote to overturn the HLC's decision in November.
Byrd said her understanding was that the parking lot was only temporary so that the property could produce income until development plans and financing for future construction of the site were solidified. She said she did not believe the parking lot would remain at the site indefinitely but only for a few years at most.
Byrd was not clear on where she first learned the site would become a parking lot, but said she thought it had been presented to city council publicly as part of the developer's presentation during the appeal, or in talks with BCT representatives.
"In November, during discussion of the project, I learned that a temporary use may be a surface parking lot," Ortega wrote in his email response. "It was made clear, that the end product will not be a parking lot, but rather a vertical development that would make the community proud. This is my best recollection."
Rep. Cortney Niland, whose district includes downtown, said she did not know the site would be developed into a parking lot.
"I'm not aware of this," Niland responded in an email. "I'm looking into the issue and I'll get back to you."
McKelroy said he had not heard of parking lot plans until about one month ago.
"I heard it from Max [Grossman], I can tell you that," McKelroy said. "That was probably 30 days ago. I had heard most recently from Borderplex they intend to use it as a surface parking lot [through the permit application process]."
The Muir building is part of a set of several buildings flanking San Jacinto Plaza created by prominent architect Henry Trost, whose work was most prolific from the late 1800s to the 1930s.
Architectural historians say the buildings were meant to be a showcase of the architect's varied ability – each one built in a different architectural style. Each structure represents a period in architectural history.
ABC-7 was unable to confirm when demolition of the Muir Building will begin.


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Alisha Arbogast, Jeyna Collett, Lydia Plishka, Sarah Riggleman and Madison Wymer served as 4-H legislative pages. They were the guests of Delegates William Hartman and Denise Campbell, both D-Randolph.
During the floor session, the 4-H pages served members of the House in a nonpartisan capacity within the Legislature, and had an opportunity to interact with lawmakers while observing the legislative process at work.
Sarah Johnson, Jonathan Stanley, Rebekah Stanley and Summer Turner represented Randolph County 4-H as 4-H Teen Ambassadors and observed the Senate in session. They shared thoughts and ideas with Hartman and related how the 4-H program has influenced their lives. In addition, they had the opportunity to watch the House of Delegates in session, giving them a firsthand learning experience regarding the role of the legislators in the state and to learn more about state government in West Virginia.
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if you are receiving oral sex from your girl but she doesn't like to swallow you pull out when you are ready to orgasm and ejaculate across the top of her head giving her some what of a cow lick look
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British term for skipping school; participating in truancy; playing hooky.
During 2005/06, DfES defined a persistent truant as a pupil who missed 20 or more days classed as unauthorised absence. Children often refer to it as "doing a bunk", "bunking off" or "skiving".
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To "entertain oneself" before one has risen for the day, or to masturbate whilst on holiday or resting in a bunk bed.
Reba was annoyed that her college roommate kept bunking off at 6am.
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When one company uses another product's success to boost their own.
"If you like Coca-Cola, you'll love our soda!" They bunked off Coca-Cola.
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Microsoft's hardware division is at it again and this time they're pulling out all the stops with their latest product. The company
has unveiled a new teaser campaign on its site that showcases "The
Ultimate Keyboard."
The new Bluetooth-based wireless keyboard is aimed at making
your Windows Vista experience even more pleasurable with such features as a
backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor and proximity sensing to power down
the lighting when you leave the room. Even more impressive is the included pad
that charges your mouse when not in use. It's probably using some kind of induction charging system
similar to what's used in A4Tech's
BatteryFree Mouse. The ergonomic keyboard also features a host of media
buttons and controls to take advantage of Vista's multimedia capabilities and
has a 30 foot
range. But for all its features, the new keyboard ditches the traditional numpad that most have grown accustomed to.
Microsoft's latest and greatest features premium grade plastic
construction along with metal accents to liven things up. The Ultimate Keyboard
is sure to have an ultimate price once it's released; likely around the same
time that Vista hits store shelves.
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Hamilton College is committed to the intellectual and personal development of students. We seek to nourish a love of learning, a creative spirit, and an informed and responsible engagement with an everchanging world. To promote these qualities, the College challenges all of its students to work with their advisors to devise an educational program that fosters eight goals:
At Hamilton, where faculty-student advising matters, we provide academically focused students an individualized education characterized by intense student-faculty interaction, an emphasis on oral and written communication, and the ability to make thoughtful choices about their intellectual pursuits. The academic program is rigorous with two defining characteristics:
No Distribution Requirements – students take courses because they are interested in the subject, not to fulfill a requirement.
The Writing Program – communicating well is so important to one's future that all Hamilton students are required to take three writing-intensive courses.
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In this episode David talk to Bob Familiar about Effective IT Innovation. David talks about how innovation is more than just coming up with great ideas. He makes the case that innovation is a change that provides value. He goes into some detail on his i3 approach to taking ideas and moving them through the implementation and infusion phases so that their value has the broadest impact.
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Doctors first will determine if you're a candidate for the procedure, based on your condition. Doctors will also explain what to expect during the procedure and discuss the benefits and risks of awake brain surgery.
Awake brain surgery offers many advantages. People who have brain tumors or seizure centers (epileptic foci) near the functional brain tissue, whose conditions previously may have been considered inoperable, may have the option of awake brain surgery.
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Awake brain surgery may reduce the size of spreading brain tumors, and it may prolong your life and improve your quality of life.
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Other surgical complications may include nausea, vomiting or seizures.
Before surgery, a speech-language pathologist may ask you to identify pictures on cards. During the surgery, the speech-language pathologist will ask you to identify pictures on cards and compare your answers to your pre-surgery responses.
In awake brain surgery, also called an awake craniotomy, an anesthesia specialist (anesthesiologist) will give some sedating medication while your neurosurgeon will apply numbing medications to your scalp to ensure your comfort.
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on January 24, 2013 - 9:46 PM
Two Buffalo firefighters had to be taken to a hospital for evaluation for minor injuries they suffered Thursday afternoon fighting a fire that caused $100,000 damage to two homes on Reservation Street in Black Rock.
The Red Cross helped five adults and four children who lived in the two apartments at 78 Reservation. The fire began about 4:30 p.m. in the rear first-floor apartment of that structure, Buffalo firefighters said.
The blaze, which remained under investigation late Thursday, caused $75,000 to the two-story frame apartment house and $15,000 in damage to the 2½-story frame house at 80 Reservation St., firefighters said.


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Teaching Family-to-Family in Northern Virginia for the first time in Fall 2003 helped me as well as the students. As a NAMI National employee in the NAMI Education, Training and Peer Support Center I wanted to learn as much as possible about the program. In this way I would be able to help my peers with their work. I realized the best way to learn the program was to teach it. I knew I needed to be familiar with each chapter to effectively teach. This process succeeded since I now am much more familiar with the contents of the teacher manual.
The bonding that took place during this class was amazing. Everybody seemed interested in helping each other. It was very empowering to see this happen. Also it was satisfying to see the level of interest in the material. My students seemed to like the role- plays in the Communications class best. I am more technically inclined. Therefore the chapters on the illnesses and the brain interested me most.
By virtue of one of my sister's mental illness I qualify as a family member. However, I am also a consumer. Therefore I had experience with many of the situations presented by the class members from both vantage points. My consumer perspective helped me to establish more of a rapport with the students. I was also able to take a family member's role because of my sister. Both my sister and I are committed to adhering to our treatment regimens. Fortunately, I acquired experience with issues of nonadherehce because of my work on the NAMI Helpline. Thus I think I was able to help people in the class with problems they had with relatives who refused medications and treatments.
My advice to new teachers is to read the chapters several times before teaching its contents. The more you read the material the more confident one becomes. I would also advise talking with an experienced instructor to see how they would teach a particular item. In my case, I had the most experienced teacher in the U.S., Joyce Burland, Ph.D., who wrote the curriculum for Family-to-Family. Finally if you are intimidated by the thought of teaching, remember 4,000 other teachers felt that way too.


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Pope Benedict XVI will have a lasting contribution to his church.
What that is yet is only for history to judge, say area priests.
Resigning the papacy might be the most notable precedent set during his tenure.
"He took the job out of love for the church," said the Rev. Paul Fontanella, of St. Ann Roman Catholic Church in Loyalsock Township. "It's the same love for the church, I think, that motivates him now to make sure she's in the best possible hands. I think we'll look back on that with gratitude."
"This historic decision will undoubtedly be remembered as Pope Benedict XVI's last great service to the Church," the Rev. Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, of the Diocese of Scranton, said Monday.
Beyond his resignation, area priests said that Benedict likely will be remembered for his writings and his teaching, even if he is overshadowed somewhat by his predecessor John Paul II's lengthy reign.
"In a great many ways he saw himself continuing the legacy of John Paul II," said the Rev. Bert Kozen, of Immaculate Conception and St. Luke's churches. "He will be viewed as a good pope in his own right, with what he brought, especially with his writing. He was very prolific both before and after his election."
"I think he will be remembered as a very pastoral pope," said the Rev. Glenn McCreary, of Church of the Resurrection in Muncy. "His writings and his talks have been extremely accessible - this is a man who wrote books while he was pope that were not meant for the theologician, the intellectual. They were meant for ordinary people to read."
"John Paul (II) was a teacher of teachers - someone always needed to explain to me what he was trying to say," Fontanella said. "Benedict is a teacher of students. He was very eager to try and present the teaching of the Church to the modern world in away we can understand even when it challenged us."
Whether Benedict's reign was a "conservative" one, as media have often reported, is more an issue of semantics than what he actually taught.
"He was very traditional and very centered on church teaching and doctrine," Kozen said. "What he wrote is certainly in standing with what the church teaches and what it believes in."
"It's hard for anyone to put him in a box. He has bothered both the left and the right," Fontanella said. "I think that's a good place for any churchman or woman to be, because in the end he saw himself as a servant of the truth, which neither the right nor the left lays total claim to."


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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who took part in a Jan. 23 home invasion that caused a woman to miscarry her pregnancy, was sentenced to four years in prison and five years' post-release supervision Friday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.
Marcel M. Walker, 23, of Pierce Avenue, had pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree burglary, as well as fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in an unrelated drug case.
Co-defendant Deonte J. Brinson, 21, of Mackenna Avenue, pleaded guilty to two counts each of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary, as well as single counts of third-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree grand larceny, in exchange for a 15-year sentencing cap.
Police said the armed attackers wore masks and gloves. DNA evidence connected Brinson to the crime, but the victim, Atasha Mallory, identified Walker by his voice.
"The proof was weaker [in Walker's case]," Kloch said, explaining the sentencing disparity.
Mallory said she was tied up and had a miscarriage shortly after the incident. Restitution of $3,000 was split among the defendants, including an unidentified third man, for a laptop computer, jewelry and phones that were stolen.
"My peace of mind is gone," Mallory said. "[Walker] deserves way more than four years."
"I think you were the ringleader. Your buddy's going down. He wouldn't rat on you," Kloch told Walker. "I think you're a bad person."
In other court action Friday, a Falls woman who allegedly stabbed two men on Ferry Avenue on July 7 was arraigned in absentia before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.
Amanda M. Henry, 27, of Ferry Avenue, is in jail in Lake County, Ohio, where she went after the stabbings, Assistant District Attorney Theresa L. Prezioso said.
Henry was arrested there for receiving stolen property, driving without a license and misleading public officials, Prezioso said. Her sentence expires Dec. 20, and she then will be extradited to Niagara Falls.
In the July 7 attack, one of the victims was stabbed in the lung and kidney, the other in the arm, Prezioso said. Henry is charged with first- and second-degree assault and two counts each of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing.
Also Friday, Farkas sentenced Joseph A. Daniels, 59, of Cleveland Avenue, Niagara Falls, to two to four years in prison for chasing a woman through the Niagara Falls Transportation Center with a box cutter Feb. 27.
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