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The quality of essential oils can vary widely. As a consumer (and even as an aromatherapist), it is difficult to assess quality. Essential oils come from all over the world, and suppliers or companies usually obtain oils from farmers or wholesalers whose practices and integrity they have come to trust over time. The end consumer would not be aware of (or have the capability to assess) those relationships and practices. For those interested in learning more about regulating bodies and certifying organizations, some information and links are provided below.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [1] and the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act [2], the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responsibility for regulating foods, food additives, drugs, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. The legal difference between these categories is determined by the product's intended use.
The FDA considers essential oils either cosmetics or drugs, depending on their intended use. The FDA makes decisions concerning the regulation of essential oils on a case-by-case basis. For example, if a company claimed that the aroma of an essential oil promoted attractiveness, the FDA would most likely regulate the product as a cosmetic. If a company claimed that an essential oil was effective as an aid for quitting smoking or in treating or preventing any other condition or disease, the FDA is more likely to regulate the product as a drug.
Cosmetics and drugs are regulated very differently. Although a few researchers have obtained FDA approval to conduct research on essential oils used therapeutically (as drugs), most essential oils are not considered drugs by official agencies. Thus, they are available to anyone without a prescription and questions of quality are handled as for cosmetics, foods, and flavoring agents.
Claims made in advertising, but not on product labeling, are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission [3] (although advertising claims can be used to establish a product's intended use). Room fragrance systems (deodorizers, odor control) are the responsibility of the Consumer Product Safety Commission [4].
For more information, see the following FDA web site:
Office of Cosmetics and Colors Fact Sheet, March 13, 2000: Aromatherapy [5]
Various agencies abroad have been proactive in setting standards for essential oil quality. Examples of these agencies include:
There are a number of ways in which the quality of essential oils can be compromised-from the growing conditions of the plants to their harvesting, distillation, manufacture, distribution, and storage.
Because standards for quality control of essential oils do not currently exist in the United States, it is important to find reputable sources that sell good quality essential oils if you are planning to use them for health-related purposes. Whether you buy essential oils in a store, from an individual, or from the internet, be sure to read any information provided on the label or website, or ask questions about quality.
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[2] http://www.health.gov/dietsupp/ch1.htm
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[4] http://www.cpsc.gov/
[5] http://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/productandingredientsafety/productinformation/ucm127054.htm
[6] http://www.afnor.org
[7] http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term5
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/linda-halcon-phd-mph-rn-ratc
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College Church > Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives
Church Vision
"We are a Eucharist-centered, spirit-filled people who choose to form parish community and to experience spiritual growth through life-giving liturgies in a worship space of beauty and reverence. Out of a long history of spiritual leadership from the Society of Jesus, we are challenged with the Gospel values of love, compassion, and social justice.
As a worshipping community, we extend hospitality and fellowship. We enrich our faith through prayer, diversity of membership, attention to family life and social ministry. We empower the laity in bringing forth the Kingdom of God and foster interfaith partnerships. We seek to deepen and grow in our commitment to being a Jesuit Parish at St. Louis University in the center of the City of St. Louis."
Social Ministry Mission
"Guided by the teachings of the Church on social justice, we serve others by promoting justice for the disenfranchised through advocacy, direct service, and formation, thereby creating partnerships with those who promote human dignity."
Goals and Objectives
The goal of the Social Ministry Program is to bring to living reality the Ignatian call to build a community where God's presence radiates in our work, our relationships, and personal presence. It is a response to the call to minister 'in the spirit, from the heart, practically" (Michael Holman, S.J., The Tablet, Dec 2006).
Social Ministry accomplishes this through Direct Service, Formation, and Advocacy.
In doing so, we continue to form a community rooted in Ignatian Spirituality, Catholic Social Teaching, and Catholic Christianity while developing 'men and women for others.'
The Social Ministry Program grew from parishioners asking "what could they do?" to meet the needs of those living in and around our community. From this question, parishioners began to formulate responses on how they individually and as a parish meet the needs of those living in and around our community. Over the years, the responses varied such as proving casseroles to St. Patrick's Center, sandwiches for Karen House, Peace Vigils on Sunday evenings, and participating in JustFaith.
In 1993, the Social Ministry Program started providing assistance to homeless, ex-offenders, low-income and those in transition with securing Missouri State Identification cards and Birth Certificates. Almost 10 years later, the College Church Social Ministry Program is still one of the few to provide this assistance. In 2006, Social Ministry again asked itself, "what can we do to meet the needs of our community." In response to this, Social Ministry broaden its outreach to build community partnerships and continue to fulfill its mission. Social Ministry formed a collaboration with Midtown Catholic Charities to offer P.E.O.P.L.E. 1st, Winter Outreach Group to open an emergency winter shelter, Xavier Winter Inn, and a Sister Parish with La Natividad in Santa Maria Chiquimula, Guatemala.
The Living Justice Speaker Series, Fair Trade, Advocacy Committee, and Hot Stuff/Cool Stuff developed as parishioners participated in JustFaith and identified ways for our parish to live out our call to service and justice.
The history of Social Ministry at the College Church continues to grow each year through the commitment of our parishioners, volunteers, and community partners. It is this commitment that allows us to continue asking the questions and searching for the answers on how, we, as an individual, church, and community, respond to "the Ignatian call to build a community where God's presence radiates in our, work, our relationships, and personal presence."
Direct Service ~Formation ~ Advocacy ~ International Outreach
Direct Service
We engage in direct service as a practical answer to the Ignatian call to meeting the needs of the community. Our direct service programs include our weekly outreach program, Xavier Winter Inn, sandwich programs, casserole programs, P.E.O.P.L.E. 1st, and Cool Stuff/Hot Stuff. To learn more about our commitment to Direct Service, click here.
We engage in formation as a way to promote justice. We commit ourselves to this pillar of social ministry by offering programs that encourage individuals to deepen their spirituality and faith in response to the call to social justice and programs that offer educational opportunities for the community to engage in open learning and discussion about current social justice topics. To learn more about our Formation opportunities, click here.
We engage in advocacy as an avenue to identify issues of concern to the parish community, educate the parish community about issues of social justice, and provide constructive responses to issues of concern. To learn more about our advocacy opportunities, click here.
International Outreach
We engage in international outreach to concretely live as a church of brothers and sisters without borders and as one human family. To learn more about our International Outreach programs, click here.


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Former Knight Capital exec departs KCG
Kee-Meng Tan, one of the most senior European executives at Knight Capital, which merged with Getco last year to form KCG Holdings, has left the group, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Last Friday, a note was sent internally that said Tan was leaving KCG to pursue other interests, the person said.
Following Knight's $1.4 billion merger with high-speed trading firm Getco last July, Tan had taken on a strategy and product development role with KCG in London.
He first joined Knight Capital in March 2010 as head of its European electronic trading group, with responsibility for its Knight Link dark pool. He also oversaw Knight's strategic investment in European retail stock exchange Equiduct.
A number of staff from Knight and Getco's former European businesses have left KCG since the merger. The group's chief executive Daniel Coleman told Financial News last week that KCG had undertaken a "reasonably significant" reduction in its European workforce last October. Among those to leave were Robert Smith, formerly head of Getco's European business.
Getco was one of five firms that rescued Knight from collapse after a rogue trading algorithm in August 2012 cost the broker more than $450 milllion within minutes.
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Mr. Kolodziej was born Sept. 15, 1938, in DeWees to Leon Floren and Meta Koenning Kolodziej. He married Mary Ann Johnson on June 13, 1959, in Pawnee. After graduation from Poth High School, he started his 32-year career with Halliburton in Falfurrias. From there he was transferred to Beeville then Robstown. After retiring from Halliburton, he moved to Sinton where he continued driving trucks for Chemical Express, Willoughby Trucking and Groendyke Transport. In April 2010, he fully retired to Tuleta.
He was preceded in death by his infant sister, Leona; brother, Harvey; parents, Leon and Meta Kolodziej; sister, Margaret Luedecke and her husband Ernest; and brother-in-law, James Eldridge.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Kolodziej; sisters, Lynette (Clem) Jarzombek and Kay Francis Eldridge; children, Michael (Kim) Kolodziej of Sinton, and Michelle (Danny) Morris of Tuleta; grandchildren, Ashley Nicole, Lindsey Renee, Reagan Beth, William "Will" Tyler, Taylor Marie and Brandon Kyle; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held Thursday, Aug. 14, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Eckols Funeral Home in Kenedy with services following at 10:30. Interment followed at Pawnee Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Richard Benson, Gary Kelley, Will Kolodziej, Brandon Morris, Joseph "JoJo" Respondek and Mark Sain.
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A man faces charges after trying to toss a football stuffed with heroin, marijuana, cell phones and chargers into a state prison yard.
Christen Deon-Sterling Moore of Detroit, Michigan is accused of slicing open a football, stuffing it with contraband and stitching it back together before attempting to throw it over the fence at the state prison in Jackson, Michigan, reports Reuters.
However, the attempt failed and the football landed short, between two security fences.
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Testimony started Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of dumping a body in a north side La Crosse park.
Cain Moss is charged with delivering drugs to 40 year old Anthony Ducharme in August of 2011. After Ducharme overdosed, authorities say Moss and three others dumped his body in Red Cloud Park.
Jurors heard testimony Tuesday from one of Cain's alleged accomplices, Patrick Valiquette, who has already plead guilty to lesser charges.
Valiquette described seeing Moss standing in the kitchen holding an object wrapped in a carpet. "Valiquette: It kinda looked like a body. Prosecutor: Did you ask about it? Valiquette: Yes. Prosecutor: And what did you ask? Valiquette: Is that a body? Prosecutor: And did you get an answer? Valiquette: Yes, Cain said yes."
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Buccos hit the road
The Pirates took their show throughout the tri-state are of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia this past week. The region that I like to call "my home." The Youngstown-Pittsburgh-Morgantown area is where I've grown up and have many memories throughout.
Neil Walker. Perhaps, the most famed Bucco currently on the roster, Walker is a hot commodity. A majority of the people at the Uniontown Mall were prepared with cards and photos of Walker while wearing his jersey. A notorious stand up guy Walker was everything and more. Complimentary to everyone who came out and honored by my congratulations to him.
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This signifies the first presence of Bucco baseball since the end of the 2010 season. Only when you can actually see a player in the flesh can you understand that Spring is just beyond the green curtain and the wizzard is about to grant you your wish……exciting baseball.
Can't wait to see the Pirates trucks heading down I-75 to Pirate City, just over the bridge from St. Petersburg.
But then again, I like bugging the Parrott.
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I have really been enjoying your blog. I had no idea how many great fan events the Pirates host and the caravan certainly sounds like another amazing one. It's fun to get a chance to interact with the players. Those small jokes and exchanges are some of the memories that stick with you forever. Regarding your third group of fans, I am right there with you. Sadly, I think every team has a contingent of fans like this. I refer to these folks as the anti-fans because they almost seem happier when their team loses and their dim view of the world is confirmed than when their team wins and they have nothing to complain about.
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This is wonderful Matt! I love your interaction with the Pirates personnel and how you tell a story. Isn't great that no matter what the outside weather looks like Spring is in the air with the Summer boys around.
I love that James McDonald story and pictures. And I like what you and Kristen have said about the imbeciles and anti-fans, of course here in Chicago we call them White Sox fans.🙂
James McDonald has just become one of my favorite players. That is really cool! Thanks for sharing.
JMac was one of my favorite guys during his time with the Dodgers, but unfortunately he just wasn't getting the job done. I think he might have been okay eventually with a little more minor league seasoning…it was a move of desperation. Maybe he'll do fine for you guys like he started out after the trade. I'm going to see one of Jeff Karstens' friends tonight so I'll mention this appearance to him. Do you think he'll ever develop any positive consistency? He's a nice kid but just can't seem to find his groove. Those pics of pitchers in their delivery always make their faces look distorted, LOL.


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3, Thats why the RFL have taken control of the NCL
So that NCL clubs will continue to develop future professionals past 16 years old on behalf of SL clubs? That's not what I see is going to happen. SL academies will pick 16 and 17 y.o.talent for their U19 sides and if they're not good enough by 19 they'll be
1. Farmed out to a Championship side
2. Tossed away.
Where the NCL clubs may come into things for those lads at that age could be if the Reserves U23 league for Championship clubs is scrapped (which we thought it would have been by now: its down to six clubs) and then Championship clubs would link up with NCL clubs, ie Fev Rovers with Fev Lions to nurture promising players aged 16 to 21.


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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
Good morning Mandela Washington Fellows and other distinguished guests from across the region. It is a pleasure to welcome you to this second YALI Regional Conference in East Africa on behalf of USAID.
Private sector engagement has been an important component of USAID's work since our founding in 1961. Of course, the nature and breadth of that work has deepened over time, evolving from a strategy focused on enabling the conditions of a robust market economy to one of mutually beneficial opportunities.
For example, today we work with private investors not simply because of the strategic capital they can deploy, but also because of the skills, knowledge, and experience investment brings to help developing countries grow. And investors are increasingly seeing opportunities in emerging markets such as those found across sub-Saharan Africa, and with good reason. It's at this nexus of business and development opportunities that we can help achieve transformative progress
President Obama underscored the importance of our cooperation during his trip to Kenya last year when he said, "America partners with Kenya in areas where you're making enormous progress …on access to power, where Kenya is developing clean energy that can reach more people; on the important issue of climate change, where Kenya's recent goal to reduce its emissions has put it in the position of being a leader on the continent."
I had the pleasure and good fortune to be there at the birth of Feed the Future early in President Obama's first term, and it was born out of a vision that the agriculture sector should be one that enables people to thrive, and survive, and grow, and create, and build their communities and countries. And not the source of pain and hardship and hunger and inequality. And what you all are doing and what I just saw out there, for which I thank all of you and I want to thank the USAID team across a number of bureaus, is making that dream come alive. So it's a wonderful thing to see, the amount of energy and creativity and dynamism.
Good evening. It is a pleasure to join you as we mark what I am sure will be an extraordinary partnership between Stanford, one of the world's premier universities, and so many of the great innovators and entrepreneurs here tonight. The Stanford SEED Transformation Program will bring new growth and innovation to Kenya through the promotion of business development and management skills. It will bring Silicon Valley ingenuity and the expertise of Stanford's leading business faculty to help businesses across East Africa expand. And, ultimately, it will bring jobs and greater prosperity across Africa.
The United States and India have a long and successful strategic partnership in the energy sector. In 2009, our governments held a Strategic Dialogue focusing on five pillars including energy and climate change.
One of the most significant outcomes of this Dialogue is our Partnership to Advance Clean Energy, or the "PACE" initiative, launched by President Obama and former Prime Minister Singh in November 2009. It remains the flagship program for clean energy between the United States and India.
The U.S. Government is a committed to partnering with Kenya in improving the agricultural sector. We support Kenya through President Obama's global initiative, Feed the Future, which aims to reduce poverty and stunting by 20 percent through improved technologies in agriculture. The Feed the Future Kenya Innovation Engine activity accelerates private-sector investment by sharing investors' risk in backing innovations that address food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty across Kenya.
We are at the starting point of the USAID-funded Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Project. Over the next five years, the project will support South to South innovation and regional networks to bring proven technologies to smallholders in the region. In particular to countries that face the greatest threats to food security.
As graduates of a school of public policy – and one of the finest at that – you will have plenty of opportunities in front of you to seek personal pride, and to fulfill personal ambitions. But you will also have opportunities to leave the world a better place than you found it.
I hope you'll remember that this is a privilege, and an extraordinary one at that. And I hope you'll remember that there is something bigger than you out there, and that it's worth pursuing.
Because, as it turns out, when you remove yourself from the equation a bit, and when you remember that everything really isn't about you, that's when you do your best work. And that's when you can have a real impact on the world.
Honorable Minister, Members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor to address this gathering as you discuss the creation of a Right to Information bill designed to enhance citizens' access to transparency and insight about their government. Any democracy requires that government officials be accountable to the citizens who elected them, and that accountability requires transparency.
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The Phillies fought through 30 mph winds today in Bradenton against the Pirates; winner? The wind. Many, many balls had some help flying over the outfield fence and others simply blew right past the outfielders grasp unexpectedly. A few guys looked like they may lose their jersey's as they were blown about in the stiff gusts of wind. But the only thing the Phillies lost today was the game, 10-4.
Jamie Moyer was not thrilled about the weather conditions as he gave up 11 hits, 7 runs and 1 walk and was even called for a balk when his glove flinched, likely because of the high winds. Moyer argued with the ump, but to no avail. Even Brad Lidge ran into trouble when Garrett Jones hit a long fly ball that the airstream helped carry over the fence for a 3-run blast.
Ryan Howard did not mind the situation too much; Howard hit a bomb to straight away center field in the 4th inning that some estimate travelled over 500 feet. It went so far, the ball was completely out of sight; the cameras never picked it up as it went out of the park. Right before that, Howard had hit a screaming foul ball towards the Phillies dugout, which nailed Geoff Jenkins in the leg as he waited in the on-deck circle. A brutal shot, Jenkins jumped up and down in pain. He shook it off and looked to be ok. As Howard trotted home after the 500 footer, he stopped to greet Jenkins at home plate, gave him a big teddy-bear hug and apologized for whacking him with the foul ball.
In the 6th inning, some confusion ensued as Eric Bruntlett and Marcus Giles could not seem to decide between the two of them who was covering what area. A routine ground ball turned into a base hit for the Pirates, as Moyer was not in time to cover first base during the turmoil. That inning turned into 4 runs for the Pirates and the Phillies fielding resembled something like this:
Today's Phillies Word of the Day is: Doo-Doo. Yes, thanks to pitcher Scott Eyre, Phillies fans everywhere were treated to a barrage of "Doo-Doo" remarks in the 7th inning during an interview by Phillies broadcaster, Tom McCarthy. When asked about his rough outing against the Yankees a few days ago, Eyre responded with, "It was a day where I warmed up and felt like doo-doo and so I pitched like doo-doo." And it didn't end there, folks. He used the doo-doo remark again when discussing what his next outing may look like. Let us hope doo-doo does not make any future appearances, unless it is by The Police:
Fun Fact of the Day: Ronny Paulino, who was just yesterday traded to the Giants in exchange for lefty Jack Taschner, has been traded yet again! The Giants sent Paulino to our NL East rivals, the Florida Marlins, presumably so Phillies fans would not miss him too badly. Although, Paulino may want to keep the wheels on his cart for now, just in case…
The Phillies will take on the Red Sox tomorrow at 1:05pm! The game will be broadcast on My PHL 17 – check your local listings.
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Lol, hilarious pic of Howard. Love it🙂
Kinda crazy they played in those winds.
The who's on first vid was funny too, lmao..
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
We were at a family function today so didn't get to watch this one on TV. Sounds like we didn't miss much. Oh well – get those losses out of the way now!
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Wow, a balk on account of wind. : )
Love the Yoda and Jar-Jar Bing video. Hilarious!
Eyre pitched like doo-doo his entire time in the Chi too, which is why I always got excited when they put him in a game😉
Don't blame the win for the loss today… it was definitely just a result of the Pirate's being the most finely tuned and destructive offensive unit in the league.
I guess Eyre was just trying to avoid getting bleeped in that interview (and you getting censored on this blog, Jenn!). That wind looked wicked.


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I just pumped both breast since dd2 is not feeling well. Anywho, I pumped the left breast for 20min. and seems to me no hindmilk. The milk looked watery and I was lucky to get the 1oz. The right breast I got about 3oz total and I can tell there is hindmilk by the color. It was a nice white and full looking.
I know pumping does not empty the breast like baby, but still shouldn't there be hindmilk? Should I be worried? I am going to pump again later today to see if there is a differece. I know I have cold and doing my best to drink water and other fluids and dd2 has a cold so she nurses very little and less often (the reason why I am pumping todad).
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I've been taking fenugreek pills for about a month and a half. I think I'm experiencing some side effects though, so I'm going to stop.
Does anyone have experience with what their milk supply did after stopping? I think I read that sometimes the supply stays up, but sometimes it drops again. I need some anecdotal feedback to trick my brain into thinking that I'll be fine.
My first pump session of the day was about an ounce and a half short. I changed my membranes, and the second session was the normal amount again. I'm worried that I'm not going to pump enough without relying on fenugreek.


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A cab driver was arrested after he was caught picking up and dropping off customers on his 12-hour shift with a BAC that registered four times the legal alcohol limit, according to police.
Police in Bayonne, N.J. received a call from a passenger who complained that he or she had just been dropped off by a cabbie who was swerving and driving erratically, reports NJ.com.
Robert Pipher Jr., of Campbell Taxi was pulled over a short time later. He failed to produce a valid license to drive the cab and then failed the field sobriety tests. At the police headquarters Pipher Jr.'s blood alcohol content was .32, four times the legal limit.
The dispatcher at Campbell Taxi said he dispatched several calls to Pipher Jr. throughout his shift, but had no clue he was drunk. He also noted that Pipher Jr. was a new driver and had only been on the job for three days.
Police are investigating how Pipher Jr. was driving without a license to drive with the company.
He was charged with two motor vehicle summonses, driving while intoxicated near a school zone and reckless driving. He was also issued three city ordinance summonses, including failure to transfer a taxi cab operator's license to a new company, smoking a cigarette, taxi driver/unkempt/unshaven, said Bayonne Police Capt. Walter Rogers.


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Death at Sears, Best Buy, JCP Hurts America
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's been nothing short of a volatile and downright entertaining start to 2014 in physical retail. But it's not like the brick and mortuary stores (a term coined by the great Downtown Josh Brown on Twitter
In this article, I summarize and build on my take on retail's conundrum beyond the recent controversy surrounding Sears
Because it's not just Sears on the verge of "death," it's names such as Best Buy
First, two key points ...
One ... how do we define terms such as "survival" and "death" within the context of these conversations?
While I certainly believe more than a few physical retailers, even some big names, will go the way of Circuit City, references to survival and death have as much to do with relevancy as they do the notion of struggling to exist or not existing at all.
To illustrate this, consider a Twitter exchange I had with TheStreet's Brian Sozzi on Friday:
??----> "The Assorted Reasons Why @Sears will Die and @JCPenney will Live" http://t.co/tQLgSUA5LO $SHLD $JCP
Brian Sozzi (@BrianSozzi) January 17, 2014
If you call that living $JCP RT @BrianSozzi: Funny you should ask that... @philprombo ---> http://t.co/bRSzxssw6o
Rocco Pendola (@Rocco_TheStreet) January 17, 2014
And that's the thing. Can we really characterize JCP outliving Sears and surviving as this place where you participate in uninspired consumption as success?


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Does anyone have an opinion on what level of residual chlorine must be achieved when dechlorinating effluent for NH3 or BOD? Would less than 0.1 mg/L cause any interference / inhibition?
Could you expand on your question. I am just not sure what you are trying to ask.
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Standard Methods says you must dechlorinate chlorinated samples prior to analysis for NH3 or BOD.
Dechlorinating agents such as sulfite can exhibit an oxygen demand so you don't want to "over" dechlorinate. Small amounts of chlorine may dissipate while the sample awaits processing.
Would a sample that had 1.5 mg/L Cl2 residual be considered dechlorinated if you knocked it down to 0.1 mg/L? Would that level inhibit a BOD test? Would that level interfere with an ammonia test by ISE?
Mark, if you are looking for a chlorine concentration below which the BOD is not affected, I don't think you are going to find one (someone else will have to address NH3). I have never seen such a concentration specified anywhere.
The result you get for BOD is determined by the method...follow the method, and the result you get IS the desired result (if all other method requirements are met). If you dechlorinate with sodium sulfite by titration, and add the number of drops determined as called for in the method, you have "dechlorinated" as required by the method. Is there still some chlorine in the sample! Probably so, most prominently as combined chlorine which releases slowly. Does that chlorine "interfere" with the test? Depends on what you mean by "interfere". It will kill some of the seed bacteria, but written between the lines in the method, that is acceptable because you have followed the method.
I would imagine the reason you are asking the question is that you might want to do a quantitative test for chlorine (e.g., maybe total chlorine by DPD) and if the result is less than a certain number, you wouldn't have to dechlorinate. Such reasoning would be valid except for one thing...it doesn't follow the method.
Your concert over excess sodium sulfite having an oxygen demand is valid. That's why when you reach the end point on the titration when determining how many drops are needed to dechlorinate each bottle, you don't wait for a while to see if more titrant is needed...that could go on all day because of the slow release of chlorine from combined forms. Get to the first end point, record the number of drops, and go for it!
I have been dealing with the same concern over when it is necessary to dechlorinate. I receive effluent samples at my small wwtp lab from other small wwtps in the county who do not do their own laboratory work. Two of the wwtps in the county use chlorine for disinfection while the others and ourselves use UV for disinfection. I always check the chlorine residual using the DDP powder pillow hach method. If I get a result less than 0.05 mg/L I do not go through the effort of dechlorinating. I tried to once, but when I followed the method for dechlorination, I never got the sample to change to dark blue when adding the starch indicator. Hence, the titration could not be completed because I would never see a color change since the sample was already clear. Is my rule of thumb acceptable? Or do I need to try to dechlorinate every sample that reads >0.00 mg/L from the DPD total chlorine residual test? Why is there nothing written in standard methods that states at what concentration of chlorine a sample must be dechlorinated for a BOD test?
If you recorded the results of your study that showed 0.05 ppm or less chlorine from a DPD test (total chlorine, I hope) always ended up with a non-detect doing a titration, a reasonable inspector should have no problem. Note that qualifier, "reasonable"!! It's always best to ask your regulator/accreditor before they show up at the intake...uh...front door.
Our permit requires that we have a total chlorine residual of less than 0.05 mg/L in the effluent. Normally there is a sulfite residual in the sample as we titrate it with a Hach drop count method. If there was a 0.04 chlorine residual we would add a drop of 1 % sodium sulfite and check to make sure that we get a 0.00 chlorine residual or a sulfite residual.
As for doing BOD's for another WWTP I would ask them to dechlor the sample prior to delivering the sample to your lab. They know the chlorine residual and how much sulfite to add to dechlor it better than anyone else. you would just have to check for chlorine or sulfite residual to ensure no chlorine residual.
You do have to be aware that there are some interferences with the DPD residual chlorine test. Oxidized manganese is the most common and nitrite if present can interfer. We use the ampherometric method of chlorine analysis to avoid interference.
Excess sulfite from effluent dechlorination is part of the BOD result but excess sulfite from lab dechlorination is a positive bias.


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But both, in fact, tell the same story ŌĆö the story of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians taking ownership for its own people. While the casino has lifted the economy of Cherokee as a whole, CloerŌĆÖs humble quarters in the tribeŌĆÖs new welfare office marks yet another step on the trajectory of self-determination.
This year, the tribe took over federal welfare assistance for tribal members. Before, tribal members had to apply for assistance through social service agencies in neighboring counties. Now, needy tribal members can apply for help directly through their own tribe-run program.
ŌĆ£A lot of elders in the tribe donŌĆÖt want to go off the reservation for services. They just donŌĆÖt. It is a cultural thing. A lot of folks are too proud to do that,ŌĆØ Cloer said.
The tribe believes it can do a better job reaching its own tribal members in need. Indeed, the number of enrolled members tapping the federal assistance has tripled now that it is operated by the tribe and housed in an office on the reservation.
In December, the month before the tribe took over the program, only 12 enrolled members received assistance. This month, there were 35.
Federal welfare dollars usually flow from the federal government to the state and then to counties. The reservation spans parts of five counties. So the tribeŌĆÖs share of dollars ŌĆö about $800,000 ŌĆö was divvied up to the different counties that claim a portion of the reservation.
But some in Cherokee believe tribal members werenŌĆÖt getting their fair share of assistance.
ŌĆ£It was not coming to the reservation,ŌĆØ said Cherokee Tribal Court Justice Bill Boyum.
Reasons were varied.
For starters, some tribal members simply didnŌĆÖt know about the financial assistance. The outreach by county social service agencies on the reservation was ŌĆ£inadequateŌĆØ in BoyumŌĆÖs book.
ŌĆ£Nobody really knew about it,ŌĆØ Boyum said.
But there were also cultural barriers.
ŌĆ£People are more comfortable going in to an office in Cherokee rather than over to Bryson City,ŌĆØ said Boyum.
Whether tribal members were getting their fair share of welfare assistance is unclear. Before the tribe took over the operations, the state was unable to provide hard numbers of exactly how much of the money earmarked for the reservation was actually going to enrolled members.
Regardless, the biggest barrier had nothing to do with the neighboring counties themselves.
Most tribal members simply didnŌĆÖt qualify for federal welfare assistance because they didnŌĆÖt meet the poverty criteria, according to Shelia Sutton, interim director of Swain DSS.
Tribal members get a cut of casino profits. It currently amounts to about $8,000 a year. That small amount was enough to push tribal members above the income threshold to qualify for assistance.
As a result, neighboring counties often didnŌĆÖt spend the entire pot designated for tribal members on tribal members ŌĆö simply because they werenŌĆÖt eligible. And if it wasnŌĆÖt all used, the county social services departments could put it toward other things.
Now that the tribe is running its own program, however, it has flexibility to craft its own income criteria.
ŌĆ£The biggest benefit for the tribe taking over is the tribe can set its own eligibility requirements,ŌĆØ Boyum said. ŌĆ£The tribe has made a larger population eligible.ŌĆØ
Only 60 out of more than 300 federally recognized tribes run their own federal welfare programs.
More tribes are interested in going that route, however.
ŌĆ£There is flexibility to design your own program that makes sense for your community,ŌĆØ said Felicia Gaither, director of the federal program for tribes. ŌĆ£There is a benefit to serving the community where the tribal leadership understands what the challenges may be.ŌĆØ
A safety net
What was once known as simply ŌĆ£welfareŌĆØ has many different names and many different funding pieces these days. ThereŌĆÖs money to help grandparents or relatives raising children who arenŌĆÖt their own. ThereŌĆÖs help for the struggling, minimum-wage work class that has no cushion to absorb lifeŌĆÖs curve balls.
ŌĆ£So many people live from paycheck to paycheck and one setback can throw them off,ŌĆØ Boyum said.
Say your car breaks down and you donŌĆÖt have the money to fix it, but without your car you lose your job. The assistance can help with one-time car repairs.
ŌĆ£Hopefully we can help people get over the hump,ŌĆØ Cloer said.
Or perhaps they lack the upfront deposit for utility hookups.
ŌĆ£They have enough money to get by but not for a deposit,ŌĆØ Boyum said.
Another part of the program is crisis and emergency assistance. Cloer has a stash of grocery store gift cards and gas gift cards, and even boxes of food, they can hand out.
ThereŌĆÖs also the classic welfare payments. Those who simply donŌĆÖt make enough to get by can apply for a monthly living stipend. The catch these days is that itŌĆÖs temporary, however.
Welfare assistance is capped at a maximum of five years over someoneŌĆÖs lifetime. The limited duration is supposed to keep generation after generation from living on handouts and instead help them get into the workforce through job training. They also get basic life-skills coaching, including household budgeting.
Known these days as Work First instead of welfare, anyone receiving assistance also has to prove they are looking for a job. The requirements often deter applicants who simply donŌĆÖt want to jump through those hoops, Cloer said.
Grandparents raising grandchildren
One of the biggest needs in Cherokee is assistance for grandparents or other relatives struggling to raise children who arenŌĆÖt their own.
ŌĆ£That was one of the things we wanted to target because we felt like that was a huge need,ŌĆØ Cloer said.
Parents off-load their children with a relative for a number of reasons. The most common: the parents are teens, are using drugs, are in jail or are still in school. It poses a financial burden on whoever takes them in.
ŌĆ£You can spend $50 a month on diapers,ŌĆØ Cloer said.
But there is a barrier keeping many grandparents from tapping the monetary assistance. If they apply for help, it automatically triggers a child support case against the childŌĆÖs parents, Cloer said.
Grandparents are often reluctant to apply if it means their own son or daughter will be handed a child support bill.
The grandparents also fear the parents will just show up and take their grandchild back rather than pay the child support.
ŌĆ£A lot of times the grandparents donŌĆÖt want the children to be taken back because they know they arenŌĆÖt going to be cared for,ŌĆØ Cloer said. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs an emotional issue.ŌĆØ
At the same time, itŌĆÖs only fair that the parent should be pitching in financially for the cost of feeding and clothing their children left in a relativeŌĆÖs care.
ŌĆ£If parents were paying child support, the grandparents wouldnŌĆÖt need assistance,ŌĆØ Cloer said. ŌĆ£If the daughter or son doesnŌĆÖt have any money, then why arenŌĆÖt they working? The fact they donŌĆÖt have a job or arenŌĆÖt doing anything right now, thatŌĆÖs just not good enough.ŌĆØ
Cloer isnŌĆÖt Cherokee herself. But she has worked intimately with the tribe for 17 years in child support before overseeing the new tribal welfare program.
Cloer has seen the benefits of the tribe taking ownership of social services once before ŌĆö namely in the child support arena. Collecting child support used to be state-run operation. Cloer was based out of an office in nearby Bryson City, even though she oversaw child support collection on the reservation.
Then the tribe took over its own child support in 2010. Since then, collections have risen from $2.4 million a year to $3 million a year.
ŌĆ£Mainly we think it has been the accessibility of being here on the reservation. A lot of enrolled members donŌĆÖt like to travel off the reservation for services,ŌĆØ Cloer said.
The tribe actually has the highest child support collection rate in the state ŌĆö thanks in large part to the ability to garnish the annual casino dividends of tribal members who owe child support.
Building a brand new social welfare department wasnŌĆÖt easy. It took a year of planning and training to get the tribally-run program off the ground.
ŌĆ£We had to put policies and procedures in place, had to hire staff, had to have a building to put people in,ŌĆØ said Cloer.
The welfare assistance office has three employees in Cherokee, and a fourth stationed in Snowbird, a satellite area of the reservation in rural Graham County.
Budget trails
When the tribe took over its own welfare program, money that was once funneled to the state and then to counties to serve tribal members started going directly to the tribe instead.
The federal government subtracted CherokeeŌĆÖs share from what it gave the state.
The state then lopped CherokeeŌĆÖs share off the top of its overall welfare budget, reducing the amount for every county in the state by a little, according to Ricky Diaz, spokesperson for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Presumably, the counties neighboring Cherokee wonŌĆÖt have as many people to serve now that tribal members can go through their own tribal program.
But instead of selectively cutting the welfare budget for those counties, the state spread the cuts across all 100 counties.
In the scheme of things, CherokeeŌĆÖs share of welfare dollars is only a small slice of the stateŌĆÖs total allocation. Cherokee accounts for less than 0.3 percent ŌĆö or one-third of one percent ŌĆö of the stateŌĆÖs federal welfare dollars. The state gets $304 million from the federal government. Of that, $804,000 was deemed CherokeeŌĆÖs share.
It was certainly easier to lop that $804,000 off the top of the stateŌĆÖs whole budget instead of taking it solely away from the counties in and around Cherokee itself.
But simplicity alone wasnŌĆÖt the reason for the stateŌĆÖs approach. Technically, tribal members could still go through neighboring counties to apply for assistance.
ŌĆ£In fact we still have them coming here for Work First stuff,ŌĆØ said Shelia Sutton, interim director of Swain DSS. ŌĆ£We canŌĆÖt deny or discourage anybody from applying. If they prefer to come here, we will process their application.ŌĆØ
But that also gives rise to another hidden problem.
ŌĆ£We have a lot of communication that has to go on to make sure people donŌĆÖt double dip,ŌĆØ Sutton said.
When an enrolled member applies through the Swain welfare office, Sutton said they call the tribeŌĆÖs office to make sure the applicant hasnŌĆÖt gone there as well.
ŌĆ£It is going to hinge on a lot of communications that we donŌĆÖt overspend our dollars,ŌĆØ Sutton said.
The tribeŌĆÖs share of welfare funding ŌĆö $804,000 ŌĆö was apparently calculated at the state level.
ŌĆ£Our figures came from what the state submitted on what they would have spent on Native families in those service areas,ŌĆØ said Felicia Gaither, director of the federal program for tribes.
But the state Department of Health and Human Services was unable to quantify how much assistance went to tribal members over the course of a year before the tribe took over the program.
But from the tribeŌĆÖs perspective, they feel like enrolled members have more at their disposal now that the dollars are in their control.
Regardless, Cloer has no doubt it will all be used.
ŌĆ£We are worried about running out at the rate we are going right now,ŌĆØ Cloer said.


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|TNG, Episode 6x05
Production number: 40276-231
First aired: 19 October 1992
|130th of 176 produced in TNG
|130th of 176 released in TNG
|238th of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Brannon Braga
Story By
Jean Louise Matthias & Ron Wilkerson
Directed By
Robert Wiemer
|46154.2 (2369)
Enterprise crew members report that they go to sleep but wake up exhausted; a mysterious subspace pocket forms inside a cargo bay.
- "Captain's log, stardate 46154.2. The USS Enterprise-D has entered the Amargosa Diaspora, an unusually dense globular cluster. We are faced with the daunting task of charting this vast region."
William T. Riker is having trouble sleeping. He is late to his shift, as Geordi La Forge tells him how he is attempting to speed up the process. He just listens, and struggles to pay attention.
Later that afternoon, Data reads some of his poetry. The rhyme and meter are perfect, but there is no emotional content to it. Riker is very obviously tired, falling asleep twice.
Act OneEdit
Riker talks to Doctor Crusher, and explains how he has been on edge all day, and almost swatting away her scanning device on the medical tricorder. She finds nothing wrong with him, and suggests a warm milk toddy.
La Forge gets the sensor array working, but there is a power grid overload in Cargo Bay 4, the location where they were routing power to amplify the sensors. When the damage control teams arrive, they find nothing but people working. La Forge concludes that it was a glitch in the internal sensors.
That evening Riker asks La Forge to stop by his quarters in the morning, since he's having trouble waking up. After drinking a warm milk toddy, he lies down in his bed and quickly drifts to sleep. What seems to be moments later, he is awoken by La Forge stopping at his quarters to wake him the following morning, as asked. Despite the fact that Riker says he just went to bed, La Forge assures to him that it is actually morning, leaving Riker, not only exhausted, but completely puzzled.
Act TwoEdit
While Worf is getting a haircut, the way the barber's scissors come at his face causes him to react strongly, but clearly he doesn't know exactly why.
La Forge is trying to diagnose the sensor problem back in the cargo bay. He can't find it, so at Riker's suggestion, he just disables the modifications. As he is about to run a structural integrity scan, his VISOR cuts out, making him dizzy. After another strange feeling, he goes to sickbay, leaving Data to continue the diagnosis.
Doctor Crusher finds that there is a bacterial infection around La Forge's neural implants, interrupting the data stream, but it doesn't match anything in the medical database. She runs an additional scan to check that there are no other signs of infection.
When La Forge returns, Data indicates he thought La Forge just left. He finds his internal chronometer off by more than ninety minutes. La Forge decides to have the cargo bay examined; his VISOR, a sensor glitch, and now Data's chronometer are not a coincidence.
On the bridge, Riker is about to make a course correction for an ensign, when he suddenly has an odd reaction to the console. He gets out of the chair, resumes his seat, and decides that astrometrics won't get their better angle.
Later, La Forge and Data detect a subspace particle emission within Cargo Bay 4.
Act ThreeEdit
They examine it, and conclude that this is a subspace rift, and on the other side is something that is so deep into subspace it shouldn't exist in this universe.
Riker explains to Counselor Deanna Troi that he suddenly felt trapped sitting in front of the console on the bridge, and she tells him he is the third person to mention having a fear response provoked by an object. When she gets everyone together, including Worf and La Forge, they all start to realize they are remembering the same thing. They all begin to describe a vague, but consistent, picture.
They all go into the holodeck, and begin to reconstruct it. Everything was dark, there were clicking sounds. They were laying on a table, with a bright light above it. There was something scissor-like on the end of a swing arm hanging above them. As the pieces are physically created by the holodeck, their memory is jogged.
In a few moments they complete the scene; they have reconstructed a medical table equipped for experiments. They all conclude that they have been in that room before.
Act FourEdit
Data, after completing his self-diagnostic, concludes he was not aboard the Enterprise for the lost time in the cargo bay. When Captain Jean-Luc Picard asks the computer if anyone is missing, it identifies two crewmen who have been gone almost since 2300 hours. He decides to locate the source of the tetryon emissions to find the missing crew members.
When the crew members who remembered the table are examined by the doctor, she finds strange things, such as Riker's arm having been surgically removed and then reattached, almost invisibly.
La Forge's analysis of the cargo bay soon finds the tetryon emissions have intensified and coalesced, the beginning of a spatial rupture. They decide to put a subspace containment field around it in case it expands.
Lt. Hagler returns to the Enterprise shortly after that. When Dr. Crusher examines him, she finds his blood turning into a liquid polymer. Commander Riker later states that Lt. Hagler has died.
At the next staff meeting, La Forge tells them that the subspace containment field isn't working. There is no way to beam the affected sections into space. La Forge also explains that the only way to close the rupture is with a coherent graviton pulse, but that has to be done at the source, and finding the specific subspace domain where the abducting aliens dwell within the infinite number of domains which exist is almost impossible.
Worf suggests a homing device, allowing them to track it when someone is taken. Riker volunteers to carry it, noting that he has been taken every night. The captain also asks Dr. Crusher if she can counteract the effects of the sedative the aliens have been administering. She gives Riker a neuro-stimulant.
Riker is laying in his bed, waiting for the inevitable. Suddenly, a bright rift appears in his quarters and he is levitated and pulled through it. Worf informs Picard that Riker is no longer on board the Enterprise.
Act FiveEdit
Riker finds himself on an examination table in a room with hooded aliens who appear to be busy with other tasks. The missing Ensign Rager is unconscious on a similar table nearby. La Forge has trouble finding Riker in subspace, but locks onto him as the rupture in the cargo bay continues to widen.
When the field then fluctuates, the crew on the Enterprise are forced to begin the graviton pulse. The aliens attempt to counteract it, La Forge starts adding a random shift to the frequency, but it doesn't work. He is forced to channel all of the graviton energy into a single burst, which does work.
As the aliens are concentrating on keeping the rift open, Riker frees himself from the table, grabs Ensign Rager, and jumps through the rift moments before it collapses, shooting one of the aliens who attempts to interfere. Just as the rift finally collapses, the aliens are able to send something unknown through, which passes through the hull and out into space.
- "Captain's log, stardate 46191.2. The tetryon emissions in Cargo Bay 4 have ceased, and there have been no further indications of alien intrusions. All Enterprise crew members are safe and accounted for, but we are still left with some unanswered questions."
Data and La Forge examine the tricorder readings and conclude that these solanogen-based lifeforms had created a pocket of "normal" universe within their subspatial domain, allowing them to examine and experiment on their victims taken from the Enterprise. They'd been attempting to establish a pocket of their subspace realm inside the ship's cargo bay. La Forge hypothesizes that they discovered the ship due to his modified sensor signal. Captain Picard decides that Starfleet will be notified not to perform that modification on other vessels in the future. The alien intent behind the abduction and experimentation was unclear, and there is some discussion of whether or not the energy sent through the rift was a probe of some sort. Noting the death and experimentation, Riker believes that the motivation behind them was beyond mere curiosity.
Memorable QuotesEdit
"Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature."
- - Data, reciting his poem "Ode to Spot"
"Your hesitation suggests you are trying to protect my feelings. However, since I have none, I would prefer you to be honest."
- - Data, asking for feedback on his poetry
"I've been in this room before."
"We've all been here before."
- - La Forge and Riker
"Whoever it was that sent that thing was more than simply curious..."
- - Riker
"Have you dreamed about scissors recently?"
- - Troi
Background InformationEdit
Story and script Edit
- Although hardly the first Trek episode in which characters have been abducted by aliens, "Schisms" marks Trek's first foray into the phenomenon of alien abduction in the popular sense. Set designer Richard James compared the episode to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Brannon Braga noted, "Getting kidnapped by aliens is not very fresh. I was more interested in those first four acts, the mystery and the weirdness and seeing our people losing their minds, which is not something you get to see very often." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 262)
- An aspect Braga was very proud of in this episode was Data's poetry reading. He stated, "That was a decision to do a cold teaser and the poetry reading was an idea that we had been kicking around for quite a while. The things that's great about the teaser is that it's still advancing the plot with Riker falling asleep, even though you don't think that's going to have anything to do with the story." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 262)
- Actor Brent Spiner was highly impressed with Data's poem, "Ode to Spot." He recalled, "I couldn't believe it because not only did it rhyme but it's technobabble and it also had something to say. It had a really sweet point of view towards the cat." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 262)
- The character of Kaminer was named after author Wendy Kaminer. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 2nd ed., p. 221)
- A schism is a split or division. As such, the title refers to the splits in subspace that allow the aliens to abduct crewmembers.
Production Edit
- Co-producer Wendy Neuss, sound editor Jim Wolvington and supervising sound editor Bill Wistrom were tasked with creating the clicking language for the aliens. Neuss recalled it was among the funniest experiences she had on The Next Generation. She explained, "We had decided what kind of clicks we wanted with Rick [Berman] and Peter [Lauritson] at the spotting session. Then the three of us actually sat there one night and wrote a script in English and then transposed it to 'clicks.' We wanted it to be organic, not synthesized, and we had a cadence to it; we decided where the clicks should be and what kind of feeling they should have. Then we brought in the group [of] people to do it – so in addition to the individual clickers we had group clicking: you see five people clicking, really intently, like the professionals that they are. And I just had to leave the stage – that's when you think, 'I can't believe I'm doing this!'" (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 2nd ed., p. 221)
- First UK airdate: 9 August 1995
Continuity Edit
- The stellar formations of the Amargosa Diaspora seen at the beginning of the episode turned up again later in the season to represent the Borgolis Nebula.
- This is the final appearance of the Bolian barber Mot (although Picard would later masquerade as Mot in "Starship Mine"), as well as conn officer Sariel Rager.
- The versatility of the main biobed in sickbay is seen in this episode. Riker is seen putting his arm on top of a retractable transparent scanner sheet while sitting on the bed. A scan of his forearm is then seen on a viewscreen, showing that it was severed by the aliens.
- The poem "Ode to Spot" later appeared in "A Fistful of Datas".
- The wall decoration at the barbershop was previously seen in Proconsul Neral's office in the fifth season episodes "Unification I" and "Unification II". It later appears in the reception area at Arkaria Base in the episode "Starship Mine" and in the observation lounge of the Enterprise-D in the seventh season episode "Parallels".
Reception Edit
- Director Robert Wiemer, Brannon Braga, and Michael Piller were all disappointed at the look of the aliens, and decided not to bring them back, despite the open ending. Braga stated, "I felt they looked like monks – fish monks – and monks aren't terrifying." (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
- Braga was additionally displeased with previews for the episode. He stated, "Unfortunately, the trailer also gave everything away, 'Aliens are using the Enterprise crew as human guinea pigs.' They showed everything during the coming attractions the week before, which was really annoying." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 262)
- Weimer stated that he thought the alien scenes were too "languid" and should have used more cuts to create an off-balance feeling. "There was a story consensus to do lighting control, smoke control, to limit what one saw, but it's always harder to paint with light when you're on the crush of time." (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 2nd ed., p. 221)
Video and DVD releasesEdit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 66, 17 May 1993
- As part of the TNG Season 6 DVD collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Guest stars Edit
Co-stars Edit
- Angelina Fiordellisi as Kaminer
- Scott T. Trost as Lieutenant Shipley
- Angelo McCabe as Crewman
- John Nelson as Medical Technician
- Majel Barrett as Computer Voice
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Lena Banks as operations division ensign
- Michael Braveheart as Martinez
- Tyce Bune as Edward Hagler
- Carl David Burks as Russell
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Brian Ciari as solanogen-based lifeform
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Tony Cruz as Lopez
- Elliot Durant III as operations division ensign
- Holiday Freeman as command division officer
- Grace Harrell as operations division officer
- Kerry Hoyt as operations division ensign
- Arvo Katajisto as Torigan
- Ron Large as command division officer
- Mark Lentry as civilian
- Debbie Marsh as command division ensign
- Victor Sein as technician
- Noriko Suzuki as operations division ensign
- Unknown performers as
Stunt double Edit
- Tom Morga as stunt double for Jonathan Frakes
Stand-ins Edit
- David Keith Anderson - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- Carl David Burks - stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Michael Echols - stand-in for Michael Dorn
- Nora Leonhardt - stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Lorine Mendell - stand-in for Gates McFadden
- Joyce Robinson - stand-in for Lanei Chapman
- Richard Sarstedt - stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Dennis Tracy - stand-in for Patrick Stewart
References Edit
Adele; Amargosa Diaspora; amino acid; anapestic tetrameter; anti-grav lift; astrophysics; auxiliary power; bacteria; barbershop; beard; blood; bulkhead; cargo bay 4; cat; coherent graviton pulse; conduit; deflector grid; diagnostic; diagnostic team; dream; keV; EM signature; EPS mains; EPS explosion; FGC-13; fish; force field; globular cluster; gravimetric disturbance; gravimetric interference; graviton; graviton emitter; haiku; hippocampus; holodeck; honeycomb; internal chronometer; internal sensor network; isolinear chip; joke; Jorkemo; Keats, John; liquid polymer; medical tricorder;metallurgical analysis; milk; muscle; neural input; neuro-sedative; neuro-stimulant; nucleonic interference; "Ode to Spot"; plasma infusion unit; poetry; probe; quasi-molecular flux; radius; REM sleep; resonance tissue scan; scissors; sector; security alert; sedative; self-diagnostic; sensor array; sensor relay emitter; sentience; serotonin; servo fluid system; shore leave; solanogen; solanogen-based lifeform; sonnet; spatial rupture; Spot; Starfleet; stellar cartography department; structural integrity; subspace; subspace containment field; subspace field tap; sunflower; tertiary subspace manifold; tetryons; tricorder; ulna; universe; visual cortex; warp field; warp grid coupler; warp-power transfer
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Give yourself a delicious calcium boost with this creamy, cheesy soup. I like to serve it with a green salad. You can also add 2 cups of cubed cooked chicken, if you wish. —Maria Regakis, Saugus, Massachusetts.
- 1 cup chicken broth
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- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
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