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I'm EXHAUSTED. Tired. OVER IT! My Character Building Two Years
Posted By Juli Novotny On September 14, 2010 @ 3:00 am In Monkie Journals | 4 Comments
I have been super duper stressed lately as I'm sure everybody has picked up on {no blog posts, and when I do post it's all negative and rushed and not-so-spectacular}. Last night I was in bed and couldn't help but analyze my stress.
Of course there are the inevitables – 2 babies that are just 12 months apart & a food company that I'm barely holding onto, just trying my best to keep going despite the fact that I don't want a full-time nanny – yeah, those things are enough stress for anybody to deal with.
But started thinking about the past two years and the events that have occured. Not only did I birth two babies in these past two years but I attended 10 weddings 5 of which I was IN as a bridesmaid. 2 of my best friends also had babies and another one just got engaged a few months back. I have thrown two engagement parties, two baby showers and one HUGE birthday party here at my home in addition to the many I have attended.
I have planned three bachelor parties and attended all of them. One of them I actually flew to SF for and brought my 5 month old. I hired a sitter service, stayed in a hotel by myself with my son and went out on the town partying with the crew and then driving and staying in napa again with my baby still in tow.
I have flown to Oregon by myself with my baby and pregnant self. Gone with Wes to NY {2xs}, Hawaii {2xs}, SF {4xs}, Avila Beach, LA {6xs}, Switzerland, Paris and Czech with my baby. Then to Mexico and Cabo alone without kids.
And on a terrible note, one of my best friend's mom's died {of cancer} and then so did my other best friend's new husband {of random causes}. Then, not long after, my favorite grandma passed away.
That alone is more than I could barely handle. How does anybody handle death like that?
Somewhere in between all of that chaos I have been appeasing my work, creating new flavors, meeting with investors, fixing up my house, planning holidays and throwing holiday parties, making my kids some-what healthy food, myself green smoothies and trying my best to keep a big smile on my face and my kids as happy as can be!!!
I'm EXHAUSTED. Tired. OVER IT! I want peace, good health, calm and just NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT OR DO.
Do you think it's possible? Do you think I can actually STOP the madness and start the peace? I want to. OR MAYBE it's just life in your 30s. I mean my 20s were just so easy. So simple and fun and adventurous but at the same time there were times when I was actually BORED. Yes, bored. That word hasn't come out of my mouth in the past two years, that's for sure.
Maybe now more and more people will be dying, births will be more common and of course so will marriages {and even divorces}! Weird how life can change so dramatically and so quickly. But either way, it's weird to think that only 2 years have passed and I have done ALL of that? Or maybe, again, I might just be crazy to think I could pull all that stuff off and do it well. No? I mean, some of it was obviously fun. But more importantly some of it was just plain non-negotiable. I need to be there for my friends and family during time of death, birth and marriage. I think it just all happened at once which became the craziness. I need to be a good partner and mother and boss, too. Right? That's not really a negotiable thing either, for the most part.
My kids alone are more than enough though. I want to JUST be a mom for once. A good mom. I think that I am, but gosh, I could be so much better. Maybe it's not possible. Maybe it's my personality and I will never be able to just stop. Hmmmmm.
Thanks for listening and understanding. Good night. This post is a tribute to ALL moms out there! It sure is tough sometimes. No? I think we all have these issues. I'm just the only one bitching about them. Ha. Go figure. You'd think I didn't have time?!!!!! Right? {yeah, forgot about my silly blog that I started, that didn't take anything off my plate, but it sure has helped me find happiness — so thanks for listening}!
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Rather quickly, however, Hume rejects this despair, accepting that such scepticism is unwarranted and can be cured by reference to our natural associative tendencies. Many have suggested that Hume emerged from this crisis because he changed his feelings about the matter, with little justification. In this thesis, by contrast, I argue that Hume's jump from pessimism to optimism relies upon his arguments about the 'empire of imagination' in the creation of our ideas and beliefs about the experienced world. The key, as I will show, is how one interprets the creative imagination, which Hume refers to as the fancy. My central hypothesis is that there are two distinct roles played by the fancy: the critical and the fictitious. The critical fancy mixes with natural causation to create ideas that represent the world as we experience it. The fictitious fancy creates ideas that do not represent the world as we experience it. In essence, my argument is that the dialectic between the two types of fancy allowed Hume to emerge from his sceptical crisis because our fundamental beliefs about the world have a basis in a particular natural function of the imagination that renders their formation possible. More specifically, the critical fancy serves to justify our beliefs about the world as we experience it. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A Free Choice to Trust: An Essay on the Necessary Requirement for Freedom of Choice in Interpersonal Trust Coffman, Nicholas http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10248 2014-04-01T15:53:32Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: A Free Choice to Trust: An Essay on the Necessary Requirement for Freedom of Choice in Interpersonal Trust Authors: Coffman, Nicholas Abstract: In everyday life we are constantly confronted with situations that we think require us to trust. Getting on the bus, depositing a check, or simply buying food from a local street vendor all seem to call upon us to trust to some degree. 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More specifically, it is argued that this follows from the fact that Presentism and The Special Theory of Relativity are incompatible. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether the Presentist can refute this argument. I shall argue that whilst it is problematic for the Presentist to dispute the claim that their theory is incompatible with The Special Theory of Relativity, they can successfully refute the argument that their theory is therefore incompatible with our most fundamental theories of physics. My conclusion will be that, as it stands, there is no sound argument to suggest Presentism is incompatible with our most fundamental physics. 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This paper is designed to reveal a better grasp and understanding of what the coherence theory's status should be. The first important result is that coherence is a perfectly acceptable extensional description of truth, as it simply predicates something about all the true things. The second even more interesting result is that if coherentists want their theory to achieve an analysis of the meaning of truth then they must be committed to an ontological position, specifically, some form of idealism. 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In particular, I intend the theory to be naturalistic at least in accordance with a specified kind of epistemological naturalism, to give priority to explaining the properties of the representing events themselves rather than their contents, to avoid the widespread lack of clarity among similar theories when it comes to identifying contents, to apply to human-like systems with executive functions and language, to be compatible with constraints imposed by natural selection, and to posit narrow contents that are capable of figuring in a certain kind of autonomous causal explanation. The suggested theory for meeting these desiderata is based on a definition of perceptual states by ceteris paribus effects on the motor control system, which contrasts with the orthodox description of tokened perceptual states as carrying information about their external causes. I then propose that the representational content of a perceptual event is specified by the motor control system effects that define the state it tokens, but only when this event affects the executive systems. Intuitively, these representations are constructions out of the behavioural dispositions that are mediated by perceptual events, such that these constructions are used by the executive systems in the trialling of potential behavioural outputs. While this behavioural model theory of perceptual representation satisfies the desiderata, I argue that it warrants scepticism about manifest objects and their properties. 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This phenomenology of despair is then drawn into comparison with Heideggerian 'Anxiety' and it is concluded that despair is comparable to Heideggerian anxiety when it is subject to a negative existential reduction as put forward by Dreyfus. The final section of this paper then maps the phenomenology of despair onto the temporality of Heidegger's care structure, ultimately explicating the ontological structure of despair. This involves a close analysis of the radical diminishing of Heideggerian 'Projection' or 'Understanding' as is reflected in the radical disruption to temporality that occurs in despair, particularly the diminishing of the futural self- the most profound consequence of which is the loss of the capacity to project towards one's ownmost possibility, that of death. 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GMR offers a reductive analysis of modal claims of possibility and necessity in terms of claims quantifying over concrete worlds and counterparts, and is in this way committed the existence of a plurality of concrete worlds other than the actual world; AMR, on the other hand, offers an analysis of modal claims in terms of claims about the causal powers of existing objects in the actual world, and identifies these powers and powerful properties as the truthmakers for modal truths of possibility and necessity. I consider two objections to GMR; firstly, that it leads to ethical paradoxes, and secondly, that the counterparts it offers as truthmakers for modal claims are fundamentally irrelevant to the de re modal properties of objects. I argue that AMR bears a prima facie advantage over GMR by reason of its avoidance of those two objections, before evaluating two objections faced by AMR itself, namely, that its analysis is not genuinely explanatory, and secondly, that the ontology of powers fails to account for the full range of metaphysical possibility. I argue that AMR has the resources to avoid these objections, that AMR on balance is more attractive, and that therefore AMR is worthy of serious consideration by advocates of GMR. References LEWIS, DAVID K. (1986). On the plurality of worlds. New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell. PRUSS, ALEXANDER R. (2011). Actuality, Possibility, and Worlds. London: Continuum. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Moral Discourse: Error-Ridden or Relatively Defensible? Norton, James Peter http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7968 2013-02-24T21:30:57Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Moral Discourse: Error-Ridden or Relatively Defensible? 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Postpone Retirement for Your Health
Retirement leads to poorer health, according to a new study by Britain's Institute of Economic Affairs. Author Gabriel Sahlgren found that retirement has an adverse impact on both physical and mental health.
Sahlgren bases his research on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The data group covered between 7,000 and 9,000 individuals aged 50 to 70 years old at the time of the first interview. Sahlgren looked specifically at changes in health over various stages and factored in the number of years that was spent in retirement.
What he found is that not only does retirement adversely affect health, the number of years spent in retirement also impacts health. Specifically, he found that being retired led to:
- A 39% reduction in the likelihood of describing one's health as "very good" or "excellent,"
- A 41% increase in the probability of suffering from clinical depression and
- A 63% increase in the probability of having at least one diagnosed physical condition.
- Doubling the number of years spent in retirement:
- Decreased the likelihood of being in "very good" or "excellent" health by 11%,
- Increased the probability of suffering from clinical depression by 17% and
- Increased the probability of having at least one diagnosed physical condition by 22%.
Commenting on his findings, Sahlgren concluded, "It is found that whereas the short-term impact of retirement on health is somewhat uncertain, the longer-term effects are consistently negative and large." He further stated, "The findings are in line with research showing that general practitioners note a drop in various health indicators as a result of early retirement, despite the fact that their patients often believe that retirement has positive effects on their health." Sahlgren does acknowledge, however, that the type of work was not measured, meaning there could still be different health effects for those engaged in manual labor versus those who perform office work.
This new research backs up a study we discussed last year. University of Zurich researchers estimated a decrease of 1.8 months in lifespan for each year a person retires early. (See "Early Retirement, Early Death?" in the Briefly Noted section of the June 2012 AAII Journal.) Though several factors determine when to retire, we will point out that there is a financial benefit to waiting: more salaried years and fewer years of relying on savings.
Source: "Work Longer, Live Healthier," Institute of Economic Affairs, May 2013.
Jim from WA posted over 3 years ago:
As a retiree at 55 from an eligible retirement plan, I don't know if I'm considered and "early retiree" but do know that I would gladly give up 1.8 months of my latter life for every day I have been away from my previous career!
DAB from WA posted over 3 years ago:
There's not enough info about the study to really comment, much less conclude retirement causes poorer health or decide to work longer to be healthier.
To ask the obvious: How does "being retired" lead to "doubling the number of years spent in retirement"? Is this just sloppy reporting?
How was the design & data handled to remove the effects of age?
Were working & non working stress and physical activity levels evaluated?
Were systematic dietary changes evaluated?
Without any description of the study design and such questions and others reported, its potentially misleading to publish such summaries about any study. I expect better than that from AAII.
Jonathan Silverberg from NY posted over 3 years ago:
Couldn't agree with you more, DAB...
Jeff from Minnesota posted over 3 years ago:
As the Brits would say, "this study is a muddle." Unless, you can look at the underlying methodology and data, I don't think you can draw much of any conclusion about it. It could be, not surprisingly, that on the average somewhat healthier people are able to work longer.
I'm pushing 68 and will retire in a few months. I don't think I'm a great deal healthier than my friends who've been dropping out of the workforce at a lesser age than me.
Usually, AAII has informative articles. This one misses the mark badly.
Charles Rotblut from IL posted over 3 years ago:
The study this article was based on can be found at http://www.iea.org.uk/in-the-media/media-coverage/work-longer-live-healthier
Coincidentally, Bloomberg has an editorial about the topic of retirement health this morning:
What I have not seen is a study distinguishing between staying employed, being retired and very active, and simply being active. My guess is that the first two would both contribute to better health, while a decrease in activity would lead to worse health outcomes. (And yes, I realize poor health does lead to less activity.)
-Charles Rotblut
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Victor Stankevich from NC posted over 3 years ago:
As already noted, the study is missing too many critical variables; e.g., what type of work did the subjects do? how old were they when they stopped working? what was their sense of purpose? what did they do in retirement? how did men and women differ?
Scott Ries from KY posted over 3 years ago:
Having grown up in a retiree area (Florida), and as a current psychotherapist in a psychiatry department, I have noticed that there are two types of states of mind of retirees: one group who sees retirement as an opportunity to pursue new things, and another group who sees retirement as the last significant thing that happens before death. Not suprisingly, the former group holds up well, both physically and mentally, while the latter group tends towards depression and lethargy.


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To be clear, PPR is not opposed to genetic testing and actually believes there are many new and exciting possibilities that exist within the realm of genetic analysis. However, there are several issues that need to be addressed before people start encouraging others to publicly share their own genetic information. This excerpt from the article sums up the dilemma quite nicely:
"What is noteworthy is the ethics of publishing details of this genetic analysis at all," Brice says, noting that "one of the major ethical concerns about genetic information and privacy" is that individual information can lead to the disclosures about family members.
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My little girl is now 9 1/2 months old. After a real battle during the first 6 months of breastfeeding (I had chronic oversupply resulting in my little one being really colicy and not enjoying feeding at all, often screaming during feeds and refusing the breast) we've been really enjoying the last 3 1/2 months. Everything really seems to have settled down - feeds are no longer a battle and quite nice!
I've been exclusively breastfeeding as until last week bubs was refusing solids. She's still been putting on weight - if only 1-2 ounzes a week - but has been waking every hour during the evening crying for months now and has never slept through - she sometimes has me up 3 or 4 or even 5 times a night, although I only usually feed her once or twice between when I go to bed and the morning.
Anyway, over the last couple of days she suddenly seems really into the solids and I've been giving her 3 meals a day. She just isn't interested in single veggie purees but I've been making my own concotions mixing them with potatoes, cheesy sauce, fish, pulses, etc and she seems to be yumming them up. I reckon she has about the equivalent of 1/2 one of the bought pots of food at a sitting, maybe with a little tub of fromage frais afterwards or some fruit.
My worry is that although she's obviously ready for solids now and enjoying it, I should be taking things a bit slower and building up gradually? We seem to have gone from nought to sixty in less than a week! She's still having 5 or 6 bfeeds a day although not feeding for quite as long perhaps and I'm feeling very full? I've been offering the solids between bfeeds, rather than before or straight after her milk. She is suddenly sleeping loads better (rather than waking 4 or 5 times a night it's only once or twice now) and still has plenty of wet nappies.
Am I worrying over nothing?!
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It's good to have friends that will do just about anything for you. Such is Adam Sandler's case since there are more than a few good comedy stars who willingly came out to play for "Grown Ups 2." The summer stinker is so excruciatingly immature that it makes 2010's "Grown Ups" look enticing (and that movie was bad with a capital B).
While "Grown Ups" had its share of groan moments, the sequel has more than enough gross bodily function jokes to last a lifetime. Heck, in this film we even have to endure the bodily functions of a deer.
The movie opens with said deer breaking into the home of Larry Feder (Sandler) and urinating here, there and everywhere. Why? Well, just like everything else in "Grown Ups 2" there really isn't a reason — except for the buck to end up with Salma Hayek's bra hanging from his antlers.
Hayek's buck-bagged bra is only the beginning of the endless stream of cleavage jokes at her expense and an unmerciful fascination with female breasts that chugs throughout film. Pre-pubescent boys will get a few giggles from the barrage of ridiculous jiggles.
The sequel finds Feder, who in the first film was a high-powered Hollywood talent agent, returning to the small New England town where he grew up and reconnecting with his high school buddies. Anyone with any sense knows you can't go back again, but "Grown Ups 2" makes it all seem so cozy. He reunites with old pals played by Kevin James, Chris Rock, and David Spade. Noticeably absent from the first film is Rob Schneider, who is the only smart one in the bunch since he begged out of this one.
But Sandler must have a convincing pitch line since Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Steve Buscemi, Shaquille O'Neal, Jon Lovitz, Cheri Oteri, Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, Georgia Engel and Taylor Lautner, signed up, too. (Peter Wolf from J Geils Band makes an appearance but he looks like he doesn't even know what film he's in or where he is, for that matter.)
Written by former "Saturday Night Live" writers Tim Herlihy and Fred Wolf plus Sandler, the movie relies on the same long-form skit format a la "SNL," and just like the late-night comedy show that's overstayed its welcome, the skits here run longer than they should, too.
One such skit that looks like it was salvaged from the "SNL" trash bin, features Andy Sandberg and other "SNL" alumni as male cheerleaders who get down while all soaped up at a car wash. It's funny for about the first 10 seconds. Another finds Spade careening down the streets of the town curled up in a giant tire. The comic shelf life for that bit clocks in at less than two seconds. And Cheetos stuck up a sleeping bus driver's nose? A half second.
Perhaps the best joke in the film is a nod to the ridiculousness of Sandler's character being married to someone who looks like Hayek. Perhaps that notion isn't that far fetched in the delusional brain of Happy Madison. After all, Hollywood continues to believe in Sandler even when he keeps churning out lowbrow movies that are obviously an excuse for him to get the gang together while everyone else foots the bill. Next time, maybe Sandler should just take the group camping and spare us all the pain of another one of his childish pranks.


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President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold their hands over their hearts during the Transfer of Remains Ceremony for the return of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three Americans at Joint Base Andrews on Sept. 14.
The father of an American bodyguard injured in the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Libyan city of Benghazi said Wednesday the State Department should own up to what he said were its mistakes and release more information about what occurred.
David Ubben, a 31-year-old State Department employee, suffered broken bones and other injuries in the Sept. 11 attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
As David Ubben recuperates at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, his father, Rex Ubben, said he did not blame the State Department or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for his son's injuries.
But he added, "I do find it troubling that they have not owned up to their shortcomings; in government, in the military, and in business, if something goes wrong, you admit it, correct it, and move on."
"If you were in charge, it was your fault," he said in an email exchange with Reuters.
Rex Ubben's comments came after some congressional Republicans on Tuesday called for Clinton to provide more information about security at U.S. compounds in Benghazi in the days, weeks and months leading up to the attacks.
The administration is under more fire from Congress over its handling of the Benghazi attack – with new questions about security and intelligence failure. Ambassador Chris Hill joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss.
Sensitive documents left behind at US consulate in Benghazi, Libya
In a letter to Clinton, Reps. Darrell Issa of California and Jason Chaffetz of Utah recounted a number of attacks in Libya this year and alleged that requests from U.S. officials in the country for heightened security went unheeded.
Debate over whether President Barack Obama's administration was caught unprepared by an assault by militant groups has become U.S. election-year fodder.
At the consulate where four Americans died security consisted of one U.S. regional security officer and a local militia. Ambassador Chris Stevens often had little personal security detail. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
Ubben said people understood "mistakes and lack of foresight do happen," but, "to attempt to delay or cover information up, upcoming election or no, might put other people's lives at risk and fools no one."
Clinton vowed Wednesday to pursue a full accounting of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi "wherever that leads," but cautioned it could take time for a complete picture to emerge.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joins Morning Joe to discuss a grim milestone for U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, President Obama's relationship with U.S. military leaders, the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the upcoming presidential debates.
"There are continuing questions about what exactly happened in Benghazi on that night three weeks ago. And we will not rest until we answer those questions and until we track down the terrorists who killed our people," Clinton said in Washington.
Federal officials told NBC News on Thursday that members of an FBI team sent to Libya are now in Benghazi.
Military forces secured the site to permit the FBI to conduct an investigation of the site in an effort to collect forensic evidence and recover any U.S. documents that may have been left at the scene. The FBI had not visited the site until now because of the potential threat from regional militias.
The Benghazi attack killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, information technology specialist Sean Smith and security guards Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.
FBI agents keep out of Benghazi
Ubben said his son was on temporary assignment in Libya and that his deployment came in July, after - and perhaps in response to - earlier security incidents.
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A Libyan man explains that bloodstains on a column are from one of the American staff members injured on Sept. 11 in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
On June 6, an improvised bomb was placed at the north gate of the Benghazi mission. It blew a hole in the fence.
Rex Ubben, 60, said he was a 24-year Air Force veteran who retired in 1995 as master sergeant. He was based at various U.S. embassies. Since retiring, he has been a computer programmer for several banks.
Son said it was an attack, not a riot
He said David Ubben described the violence on Sept. 11 as "obviously an attack and not a riot," and sketched out what appeared to be a sophisticated mortar attack during the second wave of the assault. That took place at another compound where U.S. and Libyan personnel retreated, and resulted in the death of Doherty and Woods.
"What I wanted to know was whether the second part of the attack was pre-planned. The first (mortar) dropped 50 yards short and the next two were right on target," he said, adding his son "was not conscious for any more."
Libyan president to NBC: Anti-Islam film had 'nothing to do with' US Consulate attack
"This indicates to me that someone was either very, very good, highly trained and skilled, or that the mortar was already set up and pointed at the safe house and only minor adjustments were needed," he said.
Thousands of Libyans stormed the headquarters of an Islamist militia group in Benghazi Friday night in a deadly exchange. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
Ubben also questioned why it took so long for his son to reach a hospital after the attack, saying of his son's condition, "by my count, there were five or six broken bones (one completely smashed, thus the operations) and shrapnel damage head to toe. I was surprised at how many parts of him were injured."
Libya arrests four suspected in deadly US Consulate attack in Benghazi
David Ubben is having a series of surgeries and his father expects him to be hospitalized for several months.
Several questions still remain as to why top U.S. officials offered the wrong initial assessment of the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans. Was there a cover-up? Or were they trying to avoid acknowledging mistakes so close to the presidential election? The Obama administration has denied any wrongdoing. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
Rex Ubben said his son did not share many details of the attack with him, but added: "He seems to have been blown up twice, and kept going after the first one. ... I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to whoever did the first aid the first time, the second time, and maintained the tourniquets until they could get him out of there."
Ubben said he was bothered that "people do not seem to realize that this was a much bigger disaster for the people of Libya than it was for us, that they were attacked just like we were."
NBC News' Pete Williams and Jim Miklaszewski contributed to this story.
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- Organic food inspections lacking, despite USDA program
- Claims 'unsubstantiated'
- Former organic food inspector says current inspection system needs overhauling to make sure organic foods are what their growers claim them to be.
Mischa Popoff grew up on an organic grain farm and spent some of his early working career as an organic crop inspector in British Columbia.
So when Popoff, currently a policy advisor for the Heartland Institute, says the current system for certifying organic foods is flawed, he's not just another conventional-agriculture advocate complaining about expensive organic food.
"I think there are a lot of honest organic farmers out there at least here in North America, but they're lucky if they're supplying half the $30-billion market for organic food," he says. "The other half comes from foreign countries under USDA certification."
USDA certification, in this case, can be misleading, says Popoff, the author of a new book titled "Is It Organic? The inside story of who destroyed the organic industry, turned it into a socialist movement and made million$ in the process," and a speaker at the Southern Crop Production Association annual meeting in Jacksonville, Fla.
Popoff's book is one of a number of works that have raised questions about the benefits and safety of organic foods. A recent Stanford University study said its researchers found no more nutritional value in organically-grown than in conventionally-produced food.
Winding path
Like many stories surrounding the environmental movement, certification of organic foods has taken a lot of twists and turns before evolving into the system that governs inspection of organic foods today.
"The brilliance of the organic activists is what they came up with under the rubric of the United States Department of Agriculture is a system that you essentially can't fail. There's no measurement in it. You pay your fees, fill out the paperwork and you're off to the races. And you'll garner double or triple the market price whether it's at the farm gate or the store shelf under USDA organic certification."
For many years, organic activists "were banging their heads against the wall," fighting for market share customer by customer and dollar by dollar, he says. Then, in 1974, a group of organic farmers decided to go to Washington and ask for regulation of organic foods.
"What that regulation has bestowed upon them is the biggest marketing coup that any industry could ever hope for. That's illustrated by the fact that under the USDA, the National Organic Program is not located under the science or verification branches or any of the inspection functions. It's located under AMS, the Agricultural Marketing Service.
"It's right there in black and white even before you get into all the gory details. They have literally created a federally-sanctioned marketing system for their cause."
One group of organic farmers, which had set up a self-certification program for its crops, decided to expand its program to other countries. The extension of the program allows growers in those countries to export organic food to the U.S. under the USDA certification guidelines.
The USDA's National Organic Program contains a testing requirement, but it's a far cry from the rigorous standards the Environmental Protection Agency has established for reviewing new pesticide products.
The testing standard does result in states such as California, Arizona and Texas requiring some testing – about 5 percent – of food products. That testing generally is done on end products and not in the field.
Pesticides short-lived
"So it's really useless because a lot of the substances that are prohibited in organic food production have dissipated by the time they're harvested," says Popoff. "Modern agriculture has done away with persistent chemicals. We've moved to pesticides which dissipate rapidly. Therefore, they're very safe, and you won't see these in the end products."
The gatekeepers for the certification program charge a royalty fee of 1.5 percent to 3 percent of the farm's receipts and $2,000 up front for inspections.
Popoff says organic farmers are required to fill out large amounts of paperwork to satisfy the USDA certification program, but the latter requires almost no verification of the claims the crops have not received applications of synthetic fertilizer or been treated with pesticides.
Among his other work, Popoff has studied the history of synthetic nitrogen production since its development in Germany prior to World War I. The discovery of a method for converting nitrogen in the air to commercial fertilizer was one of the most important breakthroughs in modern history, he believes.
Before Fritz Haber created this process, most of the world's farmers had to rely on manures to provide nutrients for their crops, he noted. Composting and handling manure can be a time-consuming and laborious process.
"Most research says it takes about 5,000 pounds of finished compost to provide 200 pounds of nitrogen for use as fertilizer," he said. "You start with about 10,000 pounds of manure and 120 days later you have 5,000 pounds of finished compost if you do everything right. Do you really think no one is cheating and using synthetic nitrogen to grow organic crops?"
Popoff's claims have been challenged by organic food advocacy groups, including the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit.


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Mr. Perez was born Feb. 27, 1949, in Beeville to Manuel and Esperanza (Villarreal) Perez. He was a truck driver for many years for Mission Petroleum.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Manuel and Esperanza (Villarreal) Perez.
Survivors include his four daughters, Cindy (Mark) Dreese of Austin, Dolores (Baldemar Garcia) Perez of Beeville, Jessica (Simon Fuentes) Perez of George West and Jennifer Perez of Alice; one brother, Albert (Frances) Perez of George West; and four sisters, Simona (Martin) Ybanez of San Juan, Andrea (Joe) Rodriguez, Victoria Garza and Celia Cuevas, all of George West.
Visitation was held Thursday, July 31, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Oak Park Memorial Funeral Chapel and resumed at 6 o'clock at St. George Catholic Church in George West. A rosary was recited at 7 p.m.
The funeral Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at St. George Catholic Church. Interment with full military honors followed at George West Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mark Dreese, Baldemar Garcia, Simon Fuentes III, Angel Morin III, Robert Perez, Fidencio Martinez, Eliseo Perez and Ciriaco Villarreal.
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by Anton Shilov
Apple has increased its stake in graphics technology technology developer Imagination Technologies. The move does not have a clearly outlined goal, but Apple has been following Intel Corp. with increasing its stake in the developer of PowerVR graphics cores for a while now.
Apple said on Friday that it is subscribing for 2.2 million new shares of Imagination Technologies Group at £ 1.4275 per share, the mid-market close price on 25 June 2009, subject only to listing and admission of the new shares. Following the share placement and recent share purchases that Apple has made in the open market, Apple will have an ownership interest of 9.5% in Imagination.
Apple is a licensee of Imagination's technology and has been using its graphics cores for a while now. Even Apple's latest iPhone 3GS device utilizes PowerVR SGX 535 graphics core.
Intel and Apple have been increasing their stake in Imagination Technologies for several months now. At present Intel owns 13.99% of Imagination and is the second biggest shareholder of the firm behind Saudi Arabia's Saad Group. Apple will own 9.5% stake of the company.


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- Title
- An improved link model for window flow control and its application to FAST TCP
- Author(s)
- Jacobsson, Krister; Andrew, Lachlan L. H.; Tang, Ao; Low, Steven H.; Hjalmarsson, Hakan
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- This paper presents a link model which captures the queue dynamics in response to a change in a TCP source's congestion window. By considering both self-clocking and the link integrator effect, the model generalizes existing models and is shown to be more accurate by both open loop and closed loop packet level simulations. It reduces to the known static link model when flows' round trip delays are identical, and approximates the standard integrator link model when there is significant cross traffic. We apply this model to the stability analysis of FAST TCP including its filter dynamics. Under this model, the FAST control law is linearly stable for a single bottleneck link with an arbitrary distribution of round trip delays. This result resolves the notable discrepancy between empirical observations and previous theoretical predictions. The analysis highlights the critical role of self-clocking in TCP stability, and the proof technique is new and less conservative than existing ones.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
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- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 54, no. 3 (Mar 2009), pp. 551-564
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- 2009
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Too few people plan for their deaths. It's an uncomfortable thing to think about, of course, but without careful consideration and adequate preparation, you might leave your estate in tatters. Yes, your estate! Even if you aren't wealthy, you do have an estate, which is made up of all your money and property. And if you want your assets to be divided according to your wishes after your death, then you must consult an estate planning lawyer in Springfield MO to make a plan ahead of time.
The first thing you need to know is that estate planning should begin early in your life and change as your life changes. Too many people believe that they should wait until they're older, but what if something unexpected should happen? Create an estate plan so that you can give your belongings to your loved ones and provide for your family, especially any minor children. As you get older, your estate plan will likely shift with all of your major life changes (like marriage, divorce, births, and deaths).
The second thing to realize is that everyone needs an estate plan and a will, not just the very wealthy. Unless you have no children and absolutely no property or money, you should make a plan and decide how you would like your assets to be given to your chosen heirs. Remember that if you don't decide, a court will.
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"I was locked in my house for like two weeks, beaten and raped multiple times throughout the day," said DeeDee, who was only 16 when a family member recruited her.
For four months, an abusive pimp prostituted her on the streets of Waikiki.
"Out on the streets it's very hard. It felt like forever," she said.
They're broken in. Their families are threatened," said victim's advocate Kathryn Xian, who has been fighting for tougher sex trafficking laws for years.
She told KITV4 reporter Lara Yamada that a recent report giving Hawaii a failing grade is only fuel for her cause.
"It's huge. They have no resources, they have no source of help and they are misidentified," she said.
Every month, up to 600 children live homeless in Hawaii and 300 kids are reporting missing.
Hawaii also has some of the highest rates of incarcerated girls, teen suicide, and incest in the country.
"And all of those factors contributes to an environment that's rife for child traffickers," she said.
For the next legislative session in January, Xian is focusing on tougher penalties for those solicitation minors for prostitution or paid sex, which right now is a petty misdemeanor.
"It's the equivalent of staying over hours in a park," said Xian.
"I know it's not something anyone wants to go through," said DeeDee.
She said she's safe at home now, and hoping for tougher laws too, knowing victims are still out there.
"Now that we know what is really going on in prostitution, the education and awareness is changing," said Xian.
"I just want the girls out there to know and everybody else out there to know this needs to be stopped," said DeeDee.
Xian said she's been working closely with Sen. Suzanne Chun-Oakland. They're also considering a "Save Harbor" bill to keep prostituted children out of jail.
But maybe more importantly, Chun-Okland is working on providing a new facility, an assessment center, where victims can get quality help.


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Brian Aubuchon, 36, of Hartland struck a plea deal on Thursday morning in connection with a 2011 robbery spree that included grabbing cash from registers in Brattleboro and Berlin and holding up the Mascoma Bank branch in Hartland.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION The Hartland man who robbed a bank in 2011 next door to the apartment where hed been living was in court for a jury drawing Thursday morning when, at the eleventh hour, he agreed to strike a plea deal with the state.
Brian Aubuchon, 36, ended up getting an unusually wide-ranging sentence of two to 30 years in connection with the robbery of the Mascoma Bank branch and two larcenies in which he grabbed the contents of the cash registers at the Shell Station in Brattleboro and the Maplewood Convenience Store in Berlin on the same day. Topping it off, Aubuchon had just walked away from furlough a couple of weeks before his May 2011 crime spree began so he was also convicted of escape under the terms of the resolution reached Thursday, leaving Aubuchon with four new felony convictions and the status of a habitual offender if he ever finds himself back before a judge.
Aubuchon is currently serving time for another robbery in Braintree that took place during the same time frame as the other crimes and that, coupled with the fact that his remaining charges took place in three different counties, contributed to drawing out his day in court. Aubuchon had rejected a very similar offer just two weeks ago, but the realization that he would almost certainly face a much longer minimum jail sentence apparently led to Thursdays sudden conclusion.
Thursdays sentencing was also unusual because Aubuchons defense attorney, William Cobb, stood by his clients side and gave a lengthy character recommendation on Aubuchons behalf to Judge Robert Gerety, describing Aubuchon as someone who had made sincere efforts to change himself for the better in the wake of his most recent incarceration and the birth of a daughter who is now 2 years old.
Cobb described Aubuchon as someone who had grown up being abused and finally kicked out of his home by a stepfather at the age of 13, and who had struggled simply to survive and had gone down some bad paths while doing so.
Windsor County States Attorney Robert Sand echoed Cobbs assessment, saying that Aubuchons letters to him were thoughtful and articulate and that Aubuchon appeared to be taking steps to try and get his life on track even while behind bars. He also said the unusually short minimum sentence was a carrot for good behavior in order to avoid extinguishing all hope but he said it was now up to Aubuchon to convince the Department of Corrections that he would make a good candidate for furlough in the future despite his rather spectacular failure the last time around.
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Workers' comp probe ends with no charges against city officerAugust 29,2013Staff Report
A criminal investigation into a former Rutland City police officer has ended with a decision by the Vermont attorney general's office not to bring charges.
Nine months after an investigation began into workers' compensation benefits received by Joseph "Michael" Warfle, Assistant Attorney General Cindy Maguire said today that her office has formally notified the former officer that no criminal charges will be brought.
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Hi guys,
My story is posted here somewhere, but here it is as it relates to my
question... My baby was born at 25 weeks, I immediately started
pumping. I experienced engorgement around day 4. By day 10 I was
getting 1.5oz a day. Bad news!!! LC suggested power pumping etc. I had
a massage right after pumping around this time and could feel that my
breasts were really hard and full as I lay there on the table. That is
when I realized that I wasn't getting the milk OUT of my breasts. I
did some research and started breast massage/compressions during
pumping. By 6 weeks of power pumping (for an hour 8X a day) I was
getting 8oz. I started Dom at that point and maxed out at 20oz a day
at that strict schedule. Almost all my milk comes from my left breast
(3-5X more milk than the right)
So, when my baby was 7 weeks old I held him for the first time. We
kangarooed, so I held him on my bare chest. So, I get this intense
almost crampy pain in my left breast and then I leaked on my robe. I
realized that was let down/MER. I guess I only let down for my baby
and not to the pump. Now this leaking was drops, not squirts or
anything, I am a low supply mama
The NICU LCs did say that there are probably multiple reasons for my
low supply, but not emptying my breasts for the first two weeks really
didn't help things. After a while I did start to let down to the pump
(on my good side) but I still need to massage out the milk.
Now I am pumping 3X a day and getting 8-9oz a day total. My baby is 7
months old and not nursing. I am getting let downs constantly. Like 6X
a day. I feel this intense "pain" and look down (there is a delay) and
see drops coming out. What gives? I don't have to be thinking about my
baby or with my baby for this to happen. Is Let down/MER more
complicated than it is explained? Any insights ladies? I guess since I
have almost gotten over the intense grief of not being able to nurse
it is weird to get this "reminder" of nursing/not nursing all the
time. Just wondering what is going on with my body!!


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October 2, 2013 —
Dear Staff and Publisher of The River Reporter,
In response to your open letter dated September 25, 2013, I wanted to reach out and assure you and your readers that I oppose the consolidation of the Newburgh Mail Processing Facility by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and I continue to work in a bipartisan manner with my colleague Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney to convince the USPS to reverse this decision. Bringing to my attention the direct impact to your newspaper is important to my continued conveyance of the issues faced by my constituents to the USPS because of this facility's closure.
Earlier this year, I joined with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who represents Newburgh, in sending a letter to the Postmaster General requesting a review and reversal of this planned closure. In the meantime, I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to pursue meaningful postal reform in order to prevent future closings and review the financial and economic effects of, and any degradation of service standards caused by, past facility closures.
In regards to the USPS in general, this organization faces a severe budget shortfall. After benefiting from modest profits between FY2004 – FY2007, technology, antiquated practices and the poor economy has lead the USPS to have billions of dollars in deficits since FY2007. In fact, after it once again defaults on its $5.6 billion employee retiree health care pre-funding requirement on September 30, 2013, the USPS's total default to the federal government will be brought to $16.7 billion.
Beyond postal operations, internal funding mechanisms have created inefficiencies in the Postal Service's fiscal governance. This includes the overpayment into its employee health benefits system by approximately $6 billion. In addition, decreasing revenues and increasing operating costs during these difficult economic times have further exacerbated the problems and led to the current budget deficits and projected bankruptcy of the entire United States Postal Service in the coming years.
Rest assured, I fully understand the vital services and cultural value that local and rural post offices provide to communities throughout Upstate New York. As one of the few federal agencies explicitly authorized in the United States Constitution, the Postal Service still remains a critical component of our infrastructure, and post office closures limit accessibility to a crucial government service. For that reason, I have signed on as a cosponsor of H.Res. 30, a resolution by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) expressing the sense of Congress that the USPS take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its six-day mail delivery service.
In an effort to reform the operations of the USPS in general, several bills have been introduced during this Congress. have signed on as a cosponsor of the bipartisan bill, H.R. 630, the Postal Service Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR). H.R. 630 protects rural post offices from disproportionate closures, maintains the six-day delivery policy, increases revenues through the expansion of services and calls for effective financial reform to combat the increasing fiscal crisis, including eliminating the requirement for pre-funding of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. I look forward to advocating for the positions within H.R. 630 should postal reform legislation come to the House floor for a vote.
Finally, I look forward to working with my colleagues to find reforms or other measures to increase or protect service standards so that small businesses, like yours, can continue to meet deadlines and maintain a profit margin.
Thank you, again, for bringing your situation to my attention.
[Chris Gibson represents New York State's 19th District in the U.S. Congress.]


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Pinchot Institute for Conservation awards $175,000 in Common Waters Fund grants to two dozen regional landowners to implement practices that protect water quality.
Albany rescinds policy change allowing drivers to "self certify" that their vision is adequate to operate a motor vehicle.
Ecologist/author Sandra Steingraber announces her intent to dedicate $100,000 Heinz Award to fight hydrofracking.
Scott Perry named Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas by PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) adds "Monitoring for Natural Gas Development" program to water quality initiatives.
Town of Tusten residents show support for zoning update that would ban gas drilling.
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance celebrates 35 years.
Sullivan County schools increase focus on banishing bullying.
Wayne County Grown launches to connect farmers, food and community.
Pike County Conservation District concerned about slow restoration of TGP's 300 Line Project.
PPL chooses route for new powerline in Northeast PA.
Occupy Wall Street movement receives growing local support with activities in Monticello, NY and Honesdale, PA.
Special Protection Waters pioneer, Dick Albert memorialized with new NPS water lab dedication.
Sullivan legislators vote to strengthen their disclosure rules.
Third inmate in 2011 found hanged in Sullivan County jail.
Town of Cochecton, NY appoints zoning committee to advise about hydrofracking.
Lackawaxen Township, PA receives $250,000 for solar system panels.
Private well survey and database planned in PA.
Congressman Maurice Hinchey asks Federal Housing Finance Agency and NY DEC to examine mortgage rules as they relate to gas drilling and leases.
"Women of Wisdom" discuss civil disobedience, past and present, at Tusten branch of Western Sullivan Public Library.
Ground is broken for new Pike County Public Library.
Wayne County explores switchgrass alternative energy crop on county property.
PA DEP seeks use of natural gas well brines on secondary roads.
Town of Tusten zoning re-write committee recommends drilling ban.
"Journeys," a movie honoring Pike County attorney, Sidney L. Krawitz, set to film in Milford.
Eldred Central School District identifies increasing budget cuts.
Developer Ilwon Kang backs away from deal to buy Narrowsburg and Delaware Valley schools.
Catskill Brewery for high-end craft beers destined for Livingston Manor.
DRBC publishes adjusted gas drilling regulations.
Pike County Economic Development Authority and Pike County Chamber of Commerce form collaborative working structure called the Pike County Economic Alliance.
Sullivan County legislature votes to sell Smallwood Golf Course property and parcels to Bethel Local Development Corporation.
New PA manure management manual issued.
Delaware Valley Eagle Alliance announces cancellation of EagleFest due to unavailability of Narrowsburg school.
PA redistricting affects boundaries in Wayne and Pike counties.
Northeast to see four natural gas pipeline projects.
Winter Farmers Market to begin at Cooperage building on Main Street in Honesdale.
DRBC postpones vote on proposed natural gas regulations; scheduled protest becomes rally to keep the pressure on.
Proposed PA bills trade off home rule for natural gas impact fees.
Fourth marijuana grow house in Sullivan County shut down. (47)
First Sullivan County Agricultural Summit held.
Waste Management in Beach Lake, PA begins accepting electronic waste for recycling.
Delaware Valley School District to build new elementary school.
PA DEP allows Cabot Oil and Gas to stop delivering fresh water to Dimock residents with contaminated water wells.
Large crowd gathers at public hearing on NY DEC Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) in Loch Sheldrake, NY.
Town of Tusten becomes first Sullivan County town to ban gas drilling.
UDC divided about comments on NYS draft SGEIS.
UDC executive director William Douglass announces retirement on January 1.
Sullivan West Central School District seeks realtor to market schools; members of the community meet to discuss future of Narrowsburg school.
NY bans disposal of rechargeable batteries as solid waste.
Heinle's general store in Cochecton Center undergoes expansion and renovation; Narrowsburg's Roasters to become Coffee Creations.
George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School principal, Kathryn Ryan retires unexpectedly.
Hinchey introduces bill to avert rural post office closures.
Town of Lumberland debates proposed zoning changes.
EPA releases draft report linking hydrofracking to groundwater contamination.
Sullivan County to receive $1.7 million in Governor Andrew Cuomo's grant award program.
PA State Association of Township Supervisors and PA State Association of Boroughs oppose proposed gas fee legislation.
Sullivan County Legislature rejects own budget, nixes money for Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development.
$1 million grant awarded to develop electric vehicle infrastructure on PA turnpike.


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Student attends inauguration, ball
Posted on January 24, 2013
Grand Valley junior Khaleb Straight, who worked for the Obama campaign, recently returned from attending President Obama's inauguration and an evening ball.
Straight was a volunteer for Obama's 2008 campaign and decided to join the 2012 campaign to work as a field organizer. From August until Election Day, he was responsible for 31 precincts and organized four neighborhood teams.
"My favorite thing was canvassing," said Straight. "Having face-to-face conversations with folks who were truly undecided is something special. A lot of these conversations were about listening rather than throwing around facts."
At the January 21 inauguration, he stood with other campaign workers in a ticketed area close to the Capitol Building.
"The energy and excitement from being around everyone who worked so hard to get President Obama reelected was amazing," said Straight. "Even though there were less people this time than for President Obama's first swearing-in, there were still almost a million people there."
Straight attended the Staff Inaugural Ball, where Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett performed together. He also was invited to a self-guided tour of the White House and shook hands and spoke with the president and Michelle Obama.
Straight is majoring in political science, as well as secondary education and group social sciences. After graduation, he plans to teach or work in politics.


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Monday, February 8, 2010
Gail Sigford: Happy Birthday, Aunt Gail
This is one of my favorite pictures of my Aunt Gail, Gail Gwendolyn Sigford. She would have been eighty-eight years old today, February 9th. She was my mother's younger sister, in fact Gail was the baby of their family. When we were growing up, Gail brought a sense of a different world into our southern Oregon farm-family home. She loved to tell stories of her experiences in the WASP (Women Air Service Pilots), of characters that she had met on her travels, of art and ideas, and her "take" on the world. Everyone who met her was enthralled, at one time or another, with this Gail that we knew.
I miss our conversations.
I miss the banter of ideas.
I miss Aunt Gail.
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Joan, isn't it interesting how we can have one or two favorite relatives? Ones that melt our heart just seeing them or lighten our spirit with just a few kind words. Your Aunt Gail sounds like a terrific person. Thanks for sharing such a heartwarming story.ReplyDelete
I can see why this is your favorite and why you miss her, you get a sense of your aunt with this photo!ReplyDelete
I feel that way with my aunt Ginnie, I have a few photos of her that just touches my heart. She is still living so I don't post them but love looking at them frequently. Thank you so much for sharing your aunt and her story.
"Taylorstales" and Gini,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comments on this piece on my Aunt Gail. She was special to me.
I love that picture! Just looking at it makes you wish you had gotten to know her, and to hear her stories! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete


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New York Senator Malcolm Smith Urges Hollywood To Blacklist Alec Baldwin
New York state senator Malcolm Smith is calling on Hollywood producers to blacklist Alec Baldwin if the alleged racist comments he made to a New York Post photographer on Sunday are true.
Baldwin was approached by a Post reporter and photographer while walking his dogs outside his apartment in New York City Sunday morning and was asked to comment on a recent injury lawsuit filed against his wife, Hilaria; a yoga instructor.
Post reporter Tara Palmeri told police that Bladwin grabbed her arm and told her, "I want you to choke to death."
Baldwin then turned to photographer G.N. Miller and reportedly called him a "coon" and a "drug dealer."
According to the Post, Palmeri played a tape recording of the incident when she filed her claim.
Miller, a retired NYPD officer showed Baldwin his ID, which the actor called "fake."
Baldwin also filed a complaint, later tweeting about the incident and referring to Miller with the name "Ralston"; calling him an "ex-crackhead 'photographer.'" The posts were taken down from Baldwin's twitter shortly after.
Now Senator Smith has asked movie and TV producers to not hire Baldwin until he seeks help for anger management.
"If these allegations are true, then no television network or film studio should hire the veteran actor until he seeks help," Smith said in a statement on Monday. "In today's modern age it's a disgrace that people still use remarks that provide hatred to others based on race or origin."
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bioethics > Newsletter > CHCE Newsletter Archive > Fall 2008
Edmund PellegrinoMichele Langowski and the Mission to El SalvadorDepartment Ph.D. Grad Dan O'BrienAna Iltis' New Book
January 8, 2009 Grand Rounds Presentation, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry: James M. DuBois, Ph.D., D.Sc."Physician-Industry Relationships in Medical Research and Practice"8:00 a.m.February 6, 2009Grand Rounds Presentation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: James M. DuBois, Ph.D., D.Sc."OB/GYN Medical Ethics: Beyond Basic Principles to the Heart of Secular and Religious Debates"April 11, 2007 Drummond Lecture in Health Care Ethics: Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., M.A.C.P.7:30 a.m.LRC Auditorium, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Campus
EventsEdmund Pellegrino, M.D., M.A.C.P., Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics and Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, will present the Annual Rev. Edward J. Drummond, SJ, Lecture in Health Care Ethics on April 3, 2009. :: read more
This year's Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Mark Cherry, gave an engaging talk on a controversial topic that has repeatedly emerged for debate over the past two decades.:: read moreFaculty UpdatesDHCE's new Assistant Department Chair heads up an interdisciplinary health care effort to provide education and training to health professionals in El Salvador.:: read more
Department Faculty have been busy presenting and lecturing, both at this year's American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting and in other venues.:: read moreAlumni Spotlight DHCE grad Dan O'Brien is Vice President, Ethics at Ascension Health in St. Louis, Mo. :: read more
Grants and Contracts James DuBois receives a major grant from the Greenwall Foundation to study attitudes toward rapid organ recovery. :: read more PublicationsDr. Iltis's latest book, Legal Perspectives in Bioethics, is a collaborative effort with other Department personnel. :: read more
Student NewsKelly Dineen, J.D., accepts a new position at the School of Law and has been busy presenting; read more. She and Anji Wall also presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities; read more. Bander Center UpdatesIn the short time since its inception, the Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics has sponsored two nationally recognized speakers, has begun supporting faculty fellows and is making great strides in its three-fold mission of education, training and research in medical business ethics. :: read more


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Bellin Health Suring to host free skin cancer screening
SURING — Bellin Health's Suring clinic will hold a free skin cancer screening event on Thursday, Aug. 30.
The event will take place at Bellin Health Suring, 307 Manor Drive.
An appointment is required to receive a free screening, which lasts about 10 minutes. Available times are 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Shelli Meyer, a board certified nurse practitioner, will be the attending health expert. She will evaluate questionable moles or skin spots patients are concerned about and make suggestions for their treatment or potential removal.
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation – an international organization dedicated to the elimination of such cancers – the disease is the most common form of cancer in the United States with more than 3.5 million cases diagnosed annually. The organization says an estimated one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.
"Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon," the organization's website says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop skin cancer.
Risk factors vary for different types of skin cancer, but some general risk factors are having:
• A lighter natural skin color
• Family history of skin cancer
• A personal history of skin cancer
• Exposure to the sun through work and play
• A history of sunburns early in life
• Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily or becomes painful in the sun
• Blue or green eyes
• Blond or red hair
• Certain types and a large number of moles
According to The American Cancer Society, the best ways to reduce skin cancer risk are to avoid intense sunlight for long periods of time and to practice sun safety. Here are additional suggestions from the American Cancer Society:
• Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• Seek shade especially in the middle of the day when the sun's rays are strongest
• Cover up with protective clothing to guard as much skin as possible when you are out in the sun
• Use sunscreen and lip balm with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher
• Cover your head with a wide-brimmed hat, shading your face, ears, and neck
• Wear sunglasses with UV absorption to provide optimal protection for the eyes and the surrounding skin
• Follow these practices to protect your skin even on cloudy or overcast days
• Avoid other sources of UV light like tanning beds and sun lamps
Appointments for the one-on-one skin cancer screening are required. Please call (920) 445-7373 or (888) 758-7373 for more information.


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