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UPPER DELAWARE REGION — Two organizations with complimentary missions have announced they will combine forces, resulting in an even more effective achievement of each one's long-term work to conserve the natural resources of the Upper Delaware region. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy (DHC) has embraced the opportunity to bring the Eagle Institute (EI) under its wings and into its nest, to the benefit of both highly successful organizations.
The EI is the Upper Delaware region's premier organization for the protection of eagles and the stewardship of their habitat. The DHC is the region's foremost organization for the conservation of healthy lands and waters and has protected over 13,000 acres to date. Both share a conservation vision vital for thriving wildlife habitats, for the health and quality of life of the region's residents and visitors, and for the success of the region's locally sustainable economies, including its important outdoor recreation and ecotourism industries.
Formalizing the partnership will expand the capacity and leverage the resources of both organizations by combining the efforts of dedicated members, volunteers, and supporters. The partnership will enhance the protection of the region's iconic eagle and the healthy lands and clean waters upon which eagles depend.
The EI, a non-profit volunteer organization founded by its executive director, Lori McKean in 1998, has reached nearly 50,000 people with its educational efforts on behalf of eagles and habitat stewardship. The DHC, also a non-profit organization, was founded by Barbara Yeaman in 1994 and works in partnership with landowners and communities to conserve the region's natural heritage and rural quality of life.
At a press conference held on February 10, McKean announced the merger, describing it as an effort to "increase our capacity, leverage our resources and grow both organizations."
DHC executive director, Sue Currier added, "The expanded role that we'll be able to play, bringing together the passion, not only of the members and supporters and volunteers of the EI, partnering them up with the support and infrastructure that we have with the DHC, is really going to energize both groups to make a difference."
Greg Belcamino, DHC president and board chairman described the opportunity as a perfect fit. "We have congruent missions, our members share interests, we'll be able to combine resources and get more done. One interest of the EI is in protecting eagle habitat and we are in the business of land protection."
The EI will run as a project of the DHC and become a committee chaired by McKean. It will continue to operate its winter field office in Lackawaxen, PA to offer eagle education programs and to provide on-site assistance for eagle watchers.
Sean McGuinness, superintendent of the National Park Service (NPS) Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River applauded the move. "We are excited to continue to work closely with these good people to conserve our natural resources, and educate the public as to why it's so important to assure our lands, waters, and wildlife habitats are protected," he said. "Together they will be even stronger in providing leadership in effective and intelligent conservation in our region."
McKean recognized the partnership that EI has enjoyed with the NPS and said that will continue with the shared agreement that currently allows EI to conduct programs from December through March at the winter office. "It's a great partnership and a wonderful location in the heart of wintering eagle habitat," she said. "We're very lucky to have the NPS here and the protected and private lands on both sides of the river."
To protect land, the DHC uses a tool called a conservation easement (CE). "The terms of an easement allow us to protect the natural resources that are there," said Currier. "We have a few easements with nesting eagle pairs, and they are designed to continue to protect that habitat. We also do CE's that protect working farmlands and forestlands, because those are also important to the quality of life here. It's like a jigsaw puzzle and we want to keep the pieces in place."
"Most easements allow for limited and sensitive development while protecting the most important ecological, scenic or habitat aspects of the property that the landowner wishes to protect," added Belcamino.
McKean pointed out that the top threat to eagle survival is loss of habitat. "We're not talking about the one tree or one acre where the eagle has built its nest," she said. "A species like the eagle needs a very large area of undisturbed trees and clean water. The DHC's conservation tools help to conserve a part of the habitat. When you put the pieces together, you create corridors for wildlife to move through. Eagles need to live with people, but we need to cut down on fragmentation and provide large areas where they can still thrive."
For more information, visit www.delawarehighlands.org [1], www.eagleinstitute.org [2], call 570/226-3164 or 845/583-1010, or email firstname.lastname@example.com [3]. S
Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Eagle Institute Merger FAQs
• Why did you decide to come together?
The Eagle Institute protects eagles, which means protecting eagle habitat. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy protect the lands and waters of the Upper Delaware region, much of which is eagle habitat. We have worked together for years toward common goals, so we decided to formalize our partnership. Together we will be even more effective in accomplishing our missions.
The economics make sense. In these days of doing more with less, we are combining resources and sharing tools while saving valuable dollars, which can then be used toward projects that further our goals.
By combining data resources, we will more efficiently reach greater numbers of people. We will generate more supporters of eagles and wildlife in general and eagle habitat and lands and waters in general, in our region.
• What is the nature of your partnership arrangement?
The Eagle Institute will be from this point forward a "Project of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy," which means the Eagle Institute will be a special entity of the Conservancy focused on Eagle Institute activities and goals.
• Why is this a positive step for the members and volunteers of the Eagle Institute/ Delaware Highlands Conservancy?
Both organizations are focused on healthy lands and waters and thriving wildlife and biodiversity. This partnership assures that we will be even more successful than they have been in meeting conservation goals.
Sharing of resources means membership support dollars and volunteer time contributions go further. All contributions of funds and of time will go farther in achieving conservation success than ever before.
Members and volunteers of both organizations have common values and priorities. They understand the important connections between people and wildlife in our region. If our lands and waters are healthy for the eagle, they are healthy for people, too. Our members and volunteers also share a philosophy that promotes a connection between people and the land where they live, work, and play. This partnership makes us even stronger in terms of supporting and furthering these common values and priorities.
• Will the Eagle Institute still have its winter field office in Lackawaxen?
Yes. The Eagle Institute will still be located at the same site in Lackawaxen during the winter field season and continue to staff the public viewing areas throughout the region and will also be able to use the Conservancy's office in Hawley and its new office on the beautiful 119-acre Lemons Brook Farm in Bethel, NY for activities as well.
• Will the Eagle Institute maintain a separate website?
During the transition, the Conservancy website will link to the Eagle Institute website at its "eagles" page and from its "eagles" button on the homepage. The Eagle Institute website will remain at EagleInstitute.org and link back to the Conservancy website. This will ensure a seamless transition for those seeking information about eagles and for accessing the popular eagle information features of the Eagle Institute web site. Eventually, the Eagle Institute will have its own place on the Delaware Highlands Conservancy website.
• The Conservancy focuses on sustaining working forest and farm lands and local economies. Will merging with the Eagle Institute with its focus on the eagle and eagle habitat protection detract from that important work?
On the contrary, this partnership will enhance that work. The Conservancy has the staff, the resources, and the capability to successfully support the Eagle Institute project and remain committed to all our current conservation projects and goals.
Eagles bring tourists to the region. Ecotourism has been a prime focus of the Eagle Institute for years. Educating visitors how to view eagles without disturbing them has resulted in a safe and successful eagle viewing experience for almost 50,000 visitors over the past decade. Winter eagle watchers may come back in the summer months to canoe the river, buy local farm and forest products, purchase second homes and more.
Assuring that eagles and eagle habitat remain healthy contributes to healthy local economies. Visitors to the region support all types of local businesses while they are here, and we will be working to creatively cross-promote the goal of supporting local economies with the goal of protecting eagles and their habitat. For example, a program like our Shop Local, Save Land could encourage visitors to, "Visit our region to see the magnificent eagle and its beautiful habitat, and spend time here shopping for our fresh delicious local farm products and wonderful local wood products."
Both the Eagle Institute and the Conservancy share a belief that people belong on and are sustained by the lands where they live. People relate to and use different lands in different ways. However, whether land is being farmed, forested, or preserved without farming and foresting in order to protect habitat, both organizations share the belief that people need to live sustainably and act responsibly toward each other and toward the flora and fauna with which we share the planet. Many local residents and our members and supporters share this philosophy, and the success of the eagle in this area is due to their good land stewardship practices that protect the eagle and its habitat.
• Will the Eagle Institute still offer eagle watch programs and other activities?
Yes. The Eagle Institute as a Project of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy will still offer eagle watch programs and other activities. The goal is to build upon current programs, make them even stronger, and attract more and more people to opportunities to learn about and experience eagles and the beautiful habitat where they live.
• Will there be an "Eaglefest this year?"
Though Eagle Institute took part in Eaglefest, Eagle Institute did not organize Eaglefest. Eaglefest was organized and produced by a privately-run organization. We can't speak on their behalf, but if they decide to reintroduce Eaglefest, we would participate.
• What will be Eagle Institute founder Lori McKean's role going forward?
Lori will continue to actively oversee the Eagle Institute programs as chair of the Conservancy's Eagle Institute project committee. A number of Eagle Institute volunteers have already agreed to serve with her on the committee to ensure a seamless and consistent transition into the future. In addition, we are always looking for more volunteers to participate in Eagle Institute and Delaware Highlands Conservancy activities. Check out DelawareHighlands.org/volunteers for more information.
Letter of announcement to members
Lori McKean: I founded the Eagle Institute to support the return of the endangered eagle to the Upper Delaware River region. Nearly two decades ago, I dreamed things would turn out just as they have: The eagles are back in the Watershed and thriving, the Eagle Institute is supported and run by incredible volunteers, members, and contributors who are passionately concerned about the protection of our national symbol and its habitat, and we have educated nearly 50,000 people over the years about the critical role this region's healthy lands and clean water play in the survival of this magnificent bird. We are ready to open the next chapter in our success story.
Barbara Yeaman: Like Lori, I founded the Delaware Highlands Conservancy nearly two decades ago because of my own love for the beautiful Delaware River and all the lands and waters of this watershed region. As the Eagle Institute has been for Lori, for me the Conservancy has been a dream come true. Since its founding, the Conservancy has protected over 13,000 acres of farms, forests, waters, and wildlife habitats in the Upper Delaware River region. Like the Eagle Institute, the Conservancy is peopled by dedicated members, volunteers, and supporters who are passionately committed to its conservation vision and who have propelled its incredible success.
Lori McKean: Early in 2011, Barbara and I, along with Sue, the Conservancy's Executive Director, and its Board of Directors, began to envision a new dream. What if these two successful organizations committed to the same vision of eagles thriving in a habitat of healthy lands and clean water came together? We have been partnering for years in educational programs and events, and we have always supported each other's habitat and wildlife stewardship and protection efforts.
Sue Currier: Like Lori and Barbara, I saw very quickly that bringing the Eagle Institute and the Delaware Highlands Conservancy together would be the perfect partnership. As the Conservancy's Executive Director and after talking in detail with Lori, I realized that coming together means both organizations will be stronger. In these days of doing more with less, we will share our resources, so those resources will go further. We will combine the energy of dedicated members, volunteers, and supporters, so we can protect more eagle habitat than ever before. We will reach more and more people with the message that the eagle thrives when the lands and waters where it lives are healthy and protected.
Lori McKean: Barbara, Sue, and I along with all of you who support the Eagle Institute know what it feels like to watch an eagle fly freely; to see it dive for its food or perch majestically against a winter blue sky. We all realize that if the eagles are thriving, the lands and waters where they live are healthy for humans, too. Eagles are good for our hearts, our spirits; their healthy habitat is good for our bodies. We need to make sure the eagles and their habitat are protected now and into the future.
Together our two organizations will move into the future more capable than ever of protecting eagles and eagle habitat. We are incredibly enthusiastic by the unlimited potential of this new partnership. With your support, this new chapter in the story of two dedicated conservation organizations will be even more successful than the previous one.
For more information on the perfect partnership, please visit eagleinstitute.org, or delawarehighlands.org email firstname.lastname@example.com [3] or call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010.
Come soar with us! We look forward to sharing this new and wonderful journey with you.
Lori McKean
Executive Director and Founder, Eagle Institute
Barbara Yeaman
Founder and Vice President, Delaware Highlands Conservancy
Sue Currier
Executive Director, Delaware Highlands Conservancy


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WASHINGTON - The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Friday for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate after having an affair with the aide's wife.
The qualified reprimand was for failing to avoid the ban on having former staff-turned-lobbyists meet with officials. It falls short of a censure or criminal violation. But the committee said it was "improper conduct" for Coburn to meet with Douglas Hampton, the former aide who tried to work as a lobbyist after the affair forced him out of Ensign's office.
The Senate has a one-year prohibition on senior staff seeking to influence their former colleagues, and the ethics committee previously accused Ensign of conspiring to violate the ban by helping to set up clients for Hampton. The rule applies to former officials and was set as a way to shut the revolving door between lobbyists and Capitol Hill.
"Senators are obligated to meet a high standard," the committee wrote in a letter signed by all six members of the panel, which is equally represented by Democrats and Republicans.
The committee also admonished Bret Bernhardt, the chief of staff to Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., for meeting with Hampton and arranging a meeting with DeMint.
A statement from Coburn's office called the admonishment "gratuitous," noting that Coburn had cooperated fully with the committee's investigation and that Hampton had been just seven weeks shy of clearing the cooling-off period.
"It is unfortunate the committee has impugned Dr. Coburn for their failure to provide workable guidance for a law that was passed nearly five years ago," said Coburn communications director John Hart.
DeMint's office stood by Bernhardt as a respected senior staff member who "continues to serve with honor and integrity," said DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton.
Ensign's nearly yearlong affair and its fallout ricocheted across Washington, resulting in a Justice Department investigation - and ultimately Ensign's decision last year to resign from office.
Once Ensign in 2009 disclosed the affair with Cynthia Hampton, who had also worked for him at his campaign office but had since left his employment, Douglas Hampton acknowledged having lobbied his former Senate colleagues as he tried to get new work - a violation of the one-year ban.
Hampton was indicted by federal prosecutors on charges related to the revolving-door lobbyist ban, but has reportedly reached a plea agreement in advance of a trial scheduled for this year, according to Las Vegas newspapers.
As the affair was unfolding, Coburn played a pivotal role, offering personal counsel to both men. Coburn lived with Ensign and other Christian conservative members of Congress in the building known as the C Street house, where men often hold prayer meetings.
In Friday's letter, the committee noted that Coburn and Bernhardt had personal relationships with Hampton and thus would have understood his status would violate the ban. Bernhardt and Hampton had occasionally met for Bible study.
Senate investigators looked at an array of events around the affair, including the decision by Ensign's parents to give the Hamptons and their children nearly $100,000 when the couple left the senator's employment.
Days before Ensign was scheduled to appear before the ethics committee, he resigned.
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Penn Research Probes Genetic Underpinnings of Nicotine Addiction
PHILADELPHIA – A new study from the Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that smokers who carry a particular version of a gene for an enzyme that regulates dopamine in the brain may suffer from concentration problems and other cognitive deficits when abstaining from nicotine – a problem that puts them at risk for relapse during attempts to quit smoking. The findings, newly published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, pave the way to identify novel medications to treat nicotine addiction.
"These findings also provide an important step toward personalized therapy for nicotine addiction by clarifying the role of inherited genetic variation in smoking abstinence symptoms that promote relapse," says senior author Caryn Lerman, PhD, the Mary W. Calkins Professor in Penn's Department of Psychiatry and Scientific Director of Penn's Abramson Cancer Center.
"The new data identify a novel brain-behavior mechanism that plays a role in nicotine dependence and relapse during quitting attempts," says lead author James Loughead, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Loughead and Lerman studied groups of smokers with different inherited variations in a gene which influences levels of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs working memory and complex decision-making. Spurred by their previous findings that carriers of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val gene variant are more susceptible to smoking relapse, the Penn researchers set out to learn if smokers with this genetic background would be more likely to exhibit altered brain function and cognitive deficits during periods of abstinence from smoking.
"Inability to concentrate after quitting is reported by many patients, and this leads them to smoke to reduce these impairments," Loughead says.
In this study, 33 smokers underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during periods of both abstinence from smoking and while smoking as usual. During the brain scans, subjects were asked to hold in their minds a series of complex geometric figures. Subjects were also asked to complete a withdrawal symptoms checklist and a questionnaire about their smoking urges. Results showed that smokers with the COMT val/val genotype suffered greater deficits in working memory and brain function when they had refrained from smoking for 14 or more hours, compared to their performance on this task when they had been smoking as usual. This group also exhibited significant increases in withdrawal symptoms during the abstinence challenge session, compared to the other two genotype groups in the study.
These indicators often play a role in the reasons why smokers relapse, and therefore, may lead to the development of personalized therapy to treat smokers who carry this gene variant – a group that is also less responsive to existing therapies for smoking cessation. One method may be to offer carriers of this gene targeted therapies with drugs like COMT inhibitors, some of which have been shown to increase working memory in healthy volunteers.
"Given the prevalence of smoking in the population, translating these findings for medication development could have a significant clinical and public health impact," Lerman says.
Editor's note: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest pertaining to this research.
PENN Medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #4 in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's survey of top research-oriented medical schools; and, according to most recent data from the National Institutes of Health, received over $379 million in NIH research funds in the 2006 fiscal year. Supporting 1,700 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
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I am expecting my second child in July. I have a son who is 2 yr. 8 m. We have had a wonderful breastfeeding relationship, and he nurses now only to sleep. When he was an infant, I was taking a full course load as a grad student and working 20 hours per week as a research assistant. I pumped at work and in the evening, but I simply could not produce enough milk to leave with him. When I was away, he got the expressed milk plus formula. When I was home, he always got the breast. This system worked pretty well (no nipple confusion), but I still regret having to use the formula.
With Baby #2, I will only need to be away for about 2 hours, 3 days per week. (I teach one university class.) I think with better dedication to pumping and perhaps better hydration (I know I was bad about that!) I will be able to pump enough milk for the brief periods that I will be away. I would prefer not to use bottles at all, but I'm confused about cup feeding. I've done some reading online, but I can't figure out what "cup" I would be using. I saw Medela's contraption (SoftCup feeder) , but do I really need something so complicated? Has anyone done cup feeding?
And while I'm at it...anyone really successful at pumping? My sister-in-law was amazing at it (exclusively pumped for two sons), but I would like other input as well. With my first son, I wasn't very committed to pumping while at home because I already hated being away from him all day. I never wanted to take more time away to hanging out with "the machine."
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SALISBURY Elaine Annette Holbrook, age 75, died Monday, February 4, 2013, at her home in Salisbury.
Elaine Holbrook was born in Middlebury on August 12, 1937. She was the daughter of Concetto and Dorothy (Bigelow) Poalino. She grew up in Middlebury where she received her early education and had attended Middlebury High School.
September 4, 1953, she married the love of her life, Charles Holbrook I, in Middlebury. They moved to Salisbury in 1955, where they lived and raised their family. Charles predeceased Elaine on November 1, 2002. In her earlier years, Elaine had worked at Abrams Department Store in Middlebury. She had been an Avon Representative over 40 years, proudly winning many awards for her sales. Elaine was a cancer survivor who had been a member of the Ova Chicks Relay for Life team at Middlebury College since 2004 with her daughter, Amy. Elaine proudly raised thousands of dollars each year for the American Cancer Society. Elaine loved gardening so much, in fact, that a double-knee replacement did not keep her from it. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Middlebury where she loved singing in the church choir. But, what Elaine loved most in life was her children and her grandchildren.
Surviving are three sons, David S. Holbrook and his wife Lynda of East Middlebury, Charles E. Holbrook II and his fiancée Louise Smith of Ripton, James P. Holbrook and his wife Mary of Colchester; three daughters, Cheryl A. Holbrook of Tampa, Fla., Amy R. Holbrook of Salisbury, Becky L. Holbrook; a stepson, Everett C. Holbrook and his wife Denise of Otisfield, Maine; three brothers, Concetto Junior Poalino and his wife Shirley of Fair Haven, Robert Paulino and fiancée Marci Mends of Hamburg, N.Y., and Richard Paulino of Chicago, Ill.; two sisters, Dian Fiegl and her husband Eugene of Williamsville, N.Y., and Irene Stoller of Corfu, N.Y. Eighteen grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive her.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by an infant son, Gary Michael Holbrook; a brother, Carl Paulino, who was killed in action in Viet Nam; and a grandson, Raymond Charles Holbrook.
A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 8, 2013, at 11 a.m., at St. Marys Catholic Church in Middlebury. The Reverend Justin Baker, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Rutland, will be the celebrant. A private graveside committal service and burial will take place at a later date in St. Marys Cemetery.
Following the ceremony, the family will receive friends at Middlebury American Legion Post #27, for a time of fellowship and remembrance.
Friends may call Thursday, February 7, 2013, from 4-7 p.m. at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.
Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, may be made in her memory to Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association, 19 Elm St., Middlebury, VT 05753; or to the American Cancer Society, via her Relay for Life teammate and daughter, Amy Holbrook, PO Box 707, East Middlebury, VT 05740; or Relay for Life Vermont Division, 43 Swift St., South Burlington, VT 05403.
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, since we're kind of past the introductory phase--DD's been eating solids for a while (she's 13 months). We started out with BLW, and it was great while she was eating finger foods. But lately, she only wants to eat the same things as us. The food is messier (soups, stews, saucy foods, etc.) and it's just been easier to spoon-feed her. But now, she wants to do it everything herself--as in, use utensils, etc. Unfortunately, all she does is stab her spoon/fork repeatedly into the bowl and send food flying everywhere.
The other big problem is she absolutely refuses to sit in her high chair, so I've been feeding her on the floor. But now that she wants to self-feed, this means she smears food EVERYWHERE.
Help me, please. Do I let her do what she wants? Or should I try to insist on feeding her? Is there a way to help her learn to use her utensils? Or good "practice" foods that don't make a huge mess? And how is there time to do anything else throughout the day, when eating takes up so much time (the preparation, the actual eating, and then the clean up of baby+clothes+surrounding area)? I know no baby eats neatly but the aftermath of each meal--it's seriously driving me insane.


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LOS ANGELES — James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are the names that will persuade moviegoers to see Enough Said, but viewers will be entering the world of director Nicole Holofcener — and celebrating when they leave.
In her fifth feature, Holofcener continues to make funny, melancholy, dead-on honest films about fallible people attempting not to make a mess of their lives.
Because her films are so intimate, they allow the actors to blossom. Both Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini reveal sides of themselves not often seen as they play two people drawn to each other but unsure how to handle what turns out to be a complicated attraction.
Holofcener has them explore everything from empty-nest syndrome to the pitfalls of firing the help. But what Enough Said looks at most is how we sabotage ourselves and one another by not understanding, as the title indicates, how to avoid saying too much or too little but just enough.
This holds especially true for Louis-Dreyfus' Eva. The busy masseuse is introduced in an entertaining montage of snapshots from her professional life, cheerfully putting up with the thoughtless foibles of her regular customers: clients who talk too much, smell badly or don't help with the heavy lifting.
Eva is a divorced single mother who is nervously preparing for a major change in her day-to-day situation: Her only child, daughter Ellen (Tracey Fairaway), is about to head cross-country to college, leaving her very much alone.
Eva's best friend, Sarah (the versatile Toni Collette), is a psychotherapist who could use some help with her own marriage — to Will (Ben Falcone). The couple drag Eva to a party, where she meets two people who take over her life as well as the film.
Marianne (Catherine Keener) is a successful poet. A fastidious individual who has the impeccable house that Eva would kill for, she turns out to be in need of both massages and friendship. Albert (Gandolfini) is a divorced single dad and a TV archivist. As people of a certain age, Eva and Albert bond over empty-nest syndrome — his sharp-tongued daughter Tess (Eve Hewson) is also leaving for college — and soon enough they are happily going out together. With a catch.
Marianne can't help sharing her continued distaste for her unapologetic slob of an ex-husband who, Eva slowly comes to realize, is none other than her new love, Albert. How these confidences affect Eva and what she says — and doesn't say — about them is this film's provocative central dynamic.
One of the pleasures of the film is watching Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini come alive as individuals and as the halves of a relationship.


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Directed by William Marshall
Dean Fredericks as Capt. Frank Chapman
Francis X. Bushman as Sesom
Coleen Gray as Liara
Anthony Dexter as Herron
Delores Faith as Zetha
Captain Frank Chapman (Dean Fredericks) awakens - (The Phantom Planet, 1961)
"Our Father, Who Art in Heaven . . ." Lt. Makonnen (Richard Webber) adrift.
Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman, and Dolores Faith
Sesom at the gravity controls (Francis X. Bushman)
Francis X. Bushman (Ben Hur, 1923)
1: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a Heaven for?" Robert Browning, Andrea Del Sarto, 1.2442: Dick Haynes is best remembered as a country/western radio personality. He hosted the popular "Haynes at the Reins" radio program for various stations around Los Angeles until his death from Cancer in 1980. His contribution to Country & Western Music was significant enough to earn Haynes induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and a star on Hollywood Boulevard.3: Both these fellows should live on Earth America now; as they would find a society that has completely licked the troublesome problem of too much leisure time. The elderly Sesom would find his devotion to the spiritual benefits of honest toil completely gratified as a bagger at the local supermarket, or perhaps with his post as a Wal-Mart greeter; jobs taken to compensate for a retirement package that was wiped out by the black hole formerly known as the "stock market" and a Social Security check (my mistake, an "entitlement program" check) that has proven inadequate to pay the rent on his trailer or keep him in Spam sandwiches. Captain Chapman? Due to government cutbacks in the space program, the projected lunar base is abandoned, and eventually Chapman is mustered out of the service. He now drives a Fed-Ex truck part time (the PR person had a soft spot for veterans) while moonlighting evenings as a security guard for a Super Target.4: For all information about Francis X Bushman, I have used two sources: A: Manafee, David W., The First Male Stars (Kindle Locations (1321-1324); BearManor Media. Kindle Edition. B: Len and Debra Davis, King of the Movies: Francis X Bushman; BearManor Media (2009).5: The story is as follows: Bushman was appearing in a Los Angeles theater production of Midsummer Masquerade, and Mayer requested to come backstage to see him. A butler, newly hired by Bushman, didn't recognize the movie titan, and denied him passage. Mayer never, ever forgot the unintended snub. Bushman would later recall: "I was there receiving people and Louie at that time was one of my dearest friends. Later, he told me, amid obscenities, that I would never work in Hollywood again." Manafee, David W., The First Male Stars. Considering what a vengeful, little prick Mayer was known to be (while at the same time being one of the primal forces of nature that created and defined American movie making), the story is completely believable.6: Swanson, Gloria, Swanson on Swanson, (Random House, October 1980)
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Manning, Tuck lead Giants over Redskins 24-17AP Photo
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning looks to pass as Washington Redskins inside linebacker Perry Riley hangs onto his jersey during Sundays game in Landover, Md.
LANDOVER, Md. Eli Manning and Robert Griffin III put on quite the show in the first half.
Then the two quarterbacks and their teams both with not-ready-for-prime-time records showed how theyve become the bottom-feeders of the NFC East.
Yet one team had to win, and it was the New York Giants who took advantage of the latest Washington Redskins special teams error to set up the go-ahead touchdown.
Andre Brown had a pair of touchdown runs Sunday night, and Justin Tuck had four sacks more than doubling his total from the season as the Giants beat the Redskins 24-17 to stay on the fringes of the playoff race.
The win keeps the Giants (5-7) two games behind division leaders Dallas and Philadelphia with four to play, while the Redskins (3-9) were eliminated from the postseason for the 17th time in 21 years and finished the season 0-5 in prime time.
Safety Will Hill sewed up the victory when he wrestled the ball from Pierre Garcon after the receiver made a catch near midfield with 1:21 remaining as the Redskins were driving for a possible tying score.
The turnover came two plays after a confusing moment in which Washington apparently thought it had a first down the sideline down marker was at 1 when it was actually third-and-1.
Redskins coach Mike Shanahan vented at officials over the miscue.
Manning and Griffin were a combined 26 for 29 for 250 yards at halftime before the same troubles that have beset both teams resurfaced in droves.
Manning had a high throw tipped for an interception in the third quarter, and he remains on course to have more interceptions than touchdown passes for the first time since his rookie season. Manning was also sacked three times, giving him a career-high of 31 for the season.
But the Redskins could only convert Mannings interception into a field goal even though they got the ball at the New York 12. That gave Washington a 17-14 lead, which evaporated after a gaffe by the consensus worst special teams units in the league.
Redskins long snapper Kyle Nelson sent a bouncing grounder back to punter Sav Rocca, leading to a blocked punt that was compounded by a holding penalty on Nelson that added 10 yards to the final spot.
The Giants took over at the Washington 46 and then took the lead, needing only four plays and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on cornerback DeAngelo Hall to produce Browns 1-yard touchdown run that made the score 21-17 early in the fourth quarter.
Josh Brown added an insurance 39-yard field goal with 2:32 remaining.
Manning finished 22 for 28 passes for 235 yards, including a streak of 10 consecutive completions and a 22-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Myers in the second quarter.
Griffin completed his first 12 passes, looking like the dynamic playmaker of 2012 as he found receivers from the pocket and used his speed to exploit the fringes of the Giants defense on option runs.
But the Redskins offense went cold late for the second consecutive week, gaining only 95 yards in the second half.
After going 16 for 17 for 149 yards in the first half, Griffin was 8 for 15 for 58 yards in the second for a final line of 24 for 32 for 207 yards and a season-high 88 yards rushing on 12 carries.
He wasnt sacked in the first half, but he went down five times in the second half. Tuck had four, after having only 2½ sacks coming into the game.
The Redskins also scored a touchdown on their opening possession for the first time this season, using the no-huddle offense to go 73 yards. Tight end Fred Davis made his first catch since Week 2 along the way, and the drive ended with Alfred Morris 1-yard run.
A 19-yard pass to Logan Paulsen gave the Redskins a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, but the Giants started their comeback with something unusual for this season a pair of long runs.
The Giants had only one running play of 20-plus yards in 2013 entering the game, but they had two on the same drive, including a 23-yard touchdown run by Brown that made the score 14-7. Mannings pass to Myers tied the game just before the half.
Giants 24, Redskins 17
N.Y. Giants 0 14 0 10-24
Washington 7 7 3 0-17
First Quarter
Was-Morris 1 run (Forbath kick), 7:54.
Second Quarter
Was-Paulsen 19 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick), 11:45.
NYG-A.Brown 23 run (J.Brown kick), 8:46.
NYG-Myers 22 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), :35.
Third Quarter
Was-FG Forbath 33, 4:25.
Fourth Quarter
NYG-A.Brown 1 run (J.Brown kick), 14:26.
NYG-FG J.Brown 39, 2:32.
NYG Was
First downs 16 18
Total Net Yards 286 323
Rushes-yards 23-80 31-139
Passing 206 184
Punt Returns 3-22 4-35
Kickoff Returns 4-69 3-53
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-32
Comp-Att-Int 22-28-1 24-32-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 5-23
Punts 6-47.8 7-40.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 1-1 8-55
Time of Possession 28:25 31:35
RUSHING-N.Y. Giants, Hillis 6-45, A.Brown 14-35, Manning 3-0. Washington, Griffin III 12-88, Morris 11-26, Moss 1-10, A.Robinson 1-9, Helu Jr. 4-6, Royster 2-0.
PASSING-N.Y. Giants, Manning 22-28-1-235. Washington, Griffin III 24-32-0-207.
RECEIVING-N.Y. Giants, Cruz 6-80, Myers 5-61, A.Brown 3-23, Randle 3-20, Nicks 2-34, Pascoe 2-11, Hillis 1-6. Washington, Garcon 9-61, Helu Jr. 4-34, Paulsen 3-41, Morris 3-27, Davis 2-13, Moss 1-15, Morgan 1-10, N.Williams 1-6.
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Are you poor, lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class, or wealthy?
I am regular middle class. What are you?
Regular but reaching toward upeer middle class
This is kinda personal---
Middle class.
Poor... my life is ****ing shit :/
Upper middle class.
My mom is a physician and dad does shit with computers. We live fairly well.
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Poor... my life is ****ing shit :/
Don't say that! thats f*cked up by the way I'm lower-mid
Lower middle class tbh
im middle class
I am lower-middle class
I'm practically poor. Everyday is a struggle for my family. I'll be rich one day. :D
was higher rich class but then dad died so went to higher middle class now lower class......but things are gonna get well soon :D
Lo-mid work construction during the week and weekends I work part time. So yeah still get by tho
I'm so poor I can't even afford internet, I'm currently typing from inside a McDonalds with free wi-fi.
My Mom is Doctor and my Dad is a lawyer so i am upper middle class.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs
Units: About 950,000 high chairs in the U.S. and 125,000 in Canada
Importer: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y.
Hazard: Children can fall on or against the pegs on the rear legs of the high chair resulting in injuries or lacerations. The pegs are used for high chair tray storage.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 14 reports of incidents, including seven reports of children requiring stitches and one tooth injury. One of these incidents was reported in Canada.
Description: This recall involves the Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs with pegs on the back legs intended for tray storage. The high chairs have a folding frame for storage and a three-position reclining seat. The model number and date code of the high chair is on the back of the seat. All Easy Clean and Close To Me High Chairs are included in this recall. Only Healthy Care High Chairs manufactured before December 2006 are included in the recall. If the fourth digit in the date code is 6 or less, the Healthy Care High Chair is included in the recall.
Sold at: Mass merchandise retail stores nationwide from September 2001 through September 2010 for between about $70 and $115.
Manufactured in: Healthy Care High Chairs were made in China. Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs were made in Mexico.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the High Chair immediately and contact Fisher-Price for instructions and a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.service.mattel.com
Note: Health Canada Link http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/search-recherche/simple/en/?f_mc=4
(Colors, fashions and toy accessories for each High Chair vary. The picture on the right shows a back view with a close-up of the storage peg)
Model Numbers: 79638, 79639, 79640, 79641, B0326, B2105, B2875, C4630, C4632,C5936, G4406, G8659, H0796, H1152, H4864, H7241, K2927, L1912
Model Number: H8906
Model Numbers: H9178, J4011, J6292, J8229
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How to Grow Watermelon
Planting advice for how to grow watermelon, recommended varieties and watermelon recipes.
A-to-Z Vegetable Guide:
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Citrullus lanatus
What's better at a summer barbecue than a big slab of watermelon so juicy it drips down your chin? This succulent fruit is also full of lycopene, a natural plant chemical that has been proven to fight heart disease and some cancers.
Hardiness: Annual.
Planting advice: Start seeds indoors about three weeks before you set them outdoors, or plant three seeds 1 inch deep in 2-foot-high mounds of soil and compost. Place mounds 6 to 8 feet apart.
In northern climates, transplants and early-maturing varieties work better. Water liberally for three or four weeks; cut back when plants are established.
It may seem counterintuitive, but don't overwater watermelons. Too much reduces the sugar in the fruit, which decreases the sweetness.
Harvest tips: Ready to pick in 70 to 85 days, when the curly tendrils on the stem turn brown and dry, or the underside turns from light green to a creamy yellow.
Recommendations: Sugar Baby (small fruits, early harvest), Crimson Sweet, Moon and Stars (decorative rind), Queen of Hearts (seedless).
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Earthquake!Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 by Ben Pyenson '09
So you may have heard on the news of the earthquake that occured in the L.A. area yesterday. According to seismologists, it was a 5.4 on the logarithmic Richter scale (the Szechuan Earthquake was 7.9/8.0).
Unusually, I was in another lab, specifically Dr. Jed Fuhrman's at the time. Our lab is limited by the number of advanced computational tools we have for microbial analysis, while Dr. Fuhrman's lab specializes in that sort of analysis and has a plethora of very expensive and useful toys. I had been working at a computer doing an analysis of an ARISA gel, when the walls and roofs started shaking pretty violently. To be honest, I thought it was additional construction at first–a mainstay at institutions of higher learning during the summer months. Quickly I realized this was no joke and ran into the other offices to go under a doorway in case there was falling debris, etc. Luckily, as Gov. Schwarzenegger so aptly pointed out since the damaging 1994 earthquake, building codes have been improved immensely. As a result, there seems (hoped…) there's no structural damage to the USC buildings as a result of the quake. Oddly enough, I had been anticipating to leave Dr. Fuhrman's lab within a few minutes after the quake hit anyway to meet my fellow REU participants for an outing at the La Brea Tarpits and Page Museum.
I suppose the scariest thought of the whole quake is the relaxed attitude on the part of residents here, as well as the possibility that the earthquake was only a foreshock to a much more severe quake. Few people evacuated their tall buildings after the event (unlike me…). In accordance with what seems like the culture of Los Angeles, few people were panicking over the earthquake, but more awed by the powers of nature. Moreover, it seems like most people had little if any idea of what to do if the event was more severe. I'll just hope that a bigger earthquake does not come through during my last few weeks here.
Growing up in the hurricane-prone area of south Louisiana, I know the damage nature can wield first-hand. For decades, many policy-makers and residents maintained a similar "laissez-faire" attitude of protecting New Orleans from flooding. It seems L.A. was better prepared for its medley of natural disasters than LA was.


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Goddard union says poison pen may be tied to firing
PLAINFIELD The president of the union that newly represents the staff at Goddard College is investigating whether a member was fired recently because of an anonymous letter voicing grievances with the administration.
Ron Patenaude, president of United Auto Workers Local 2322, said he is looking into whether a facilities worker was fired because the school believes he was connected to the letter that was sent to media outlets around the state and posted online. The union refused to publicly identify the employee.
The Times Argus received a copy of the letter in the mail a week ago but did not publish or post it.
The five-page letter, on Goddard letterhead, criticizes President Barbara Vacarr for decisions she has made as president over the past two and a half years.
The majority of the letter is devoted to appointments she made. The letter says the appointments were not vetted through a proper hiring process and that Vacarr essentially has been hiring her friends. Other appointees, the letter says, have little or no experience in the jobs for which they were hired.
The letter also talks about instances of Vacarr exploding in anger at the faculty and a member of her administration frequently breaking down and crying out of frustration during meetings.
Vacarr isnt the only one under scrutiny, as the letter criticizes the board of trustees for taking up the issue of an elder housing development at the college. The letter alleges a conflict of interest because the chairwoman of the board, Andrea Clay, and her husband, board member Jim Clay, are in the business of elder care. On Thursday afternoon, Goddards website said Andrea Clay is currently vice-president and partner in Regency Pacific Inc., which provides senior residential services in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Hawaii.
The school Thursday would not confirm or deny whether a staffer was fired. Diane Zeigler at KSE Partners, the public relations firm that works for the college, said the school does not discuss personnel matters and had no comment about anonymous letters.
The firm was also named in the letter in regard to a recent Seven Days article about Vacarr with the headline How President Barbara Vacarr plans to save Goddard College. The letter calls it an example of the consultants ability to spin Vacarr in a positive light to the detriment of the school.
Staff members voted overwhelmingly in January to join UAW Local 2322, based out of Massachusetts, which already represents the faculty.
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Separate from the issue of whether breastmilk is superior to formula, there seems to be a bottle bias at many hospitals.
Doctors, nurses and parents of preemies often say things like:
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-breastfeeding burns more calories than bottle feeding
-breastfeeding is more difficult for a lot of babies
-bottle feeding gets most babies home sooner
Is there any research to back this up? Is there really a medical reason to go from an NG tube to a bottle first if the goal is exclusive breastfeeding?
On the flip side, are there resources to support a "tube to boob" approach for babies born prior to about 34 weeks, or exclusive breastfeeding for 34-36 weeks preemies?
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January 12, 2005Dewhurst, Senators Adopt Principles for Education Bill
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Pregnancy can be a stressful and emotionally challenging time for many families. We have the expertise and resources to help, whether you have an underlying medical condition, problems with poor pregnancy outcomes, or a suspected or known problem with your baby (fetus).
Our high-risk pregnancy-related services include preconception planning, pregnancy management (primary or consultative) and delivery.
You may be a candidate for our services if you:
Cleveland Clinic's unique team-based approach gives women who seek care for pregnancy-related complications many advantages. Patients will have immediate access to experts in the care of newborns, including neonatologists and pediatric surgeons and subspecialists.
For example, if a baby has been found to have a heart defect, our team consists of pediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, who will help further counsel the family and prepare them for the child's care after birth.
Our team in maternal-fetal medicine consists of:
If patients have a preexisting condition or develop a medical complication during pregnancy, they will have the resources of one America's top hospitals immediately available them.
Cleveland Clinic offers options for women who are interested in determining the risk for chromosome abnormalities and certain birth defects in their baby during a pregnancy. These tests allow patients the opportunity early in pregnancy to find out if their baby has one of these conditions.
While the risk for having a baby with a chromosome abnormality increases with a women's age at the time of delivery, the majority of these babies are born to younger women. Thus, screening is an option for everyone. Having this testing performed is optional and should only be done after a thorough discussion of available tests. In some instances, your provider may refer you for genetic counseling to see which, if any, test is best for you.
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The sequential screen combines ultrasound and blood tests to determine the risk for chromosome abnormalities, including Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) and Trisomy 18. It also determines the risk for a group of birth defects known as open neural tube defects (ONTD's), which include spina bifida. Ultrasound examination is performed in the first trimester between 11 and 13 6/7 – weeks' gestational age and involves measuring the nuchal translucency. The nuchal translucency is a fluid filled space behind the neck, which is typically increased in size in fetuses with Down syndrome, other chromosome abnormalities, and birth defects. Blood tests, which measure the levels of certain hormones in the mother, are drawn at the time of the nuchal translucency measurement and later in the second trimester between 15 and 21 weeks' gestational age.
This is a new test that is now available for women with risk factors for having a baby with chromosomal abnormalities. NIPT evaluates DNA from the baby, which is found in the mother's blood, to determine risks for chromosome abnormalities such as Down syndrome, Trisomy 18, and Trisomy 13. Again, this is a blood test for the mother and poses no risk to the pregnancy. NIPT can be performed any time after 10 weeks' gestational age. At the present time, NIPT is not recommended for routine screening or in patients with multiple gestations (twins, triplets, etc.)
Prenatal, or intrauterine, diagnosis is a process that can identify some birth defects and genetic disorders in your child before birth.
Cleveland Clinic's Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare uses several different testing and evaluation techniques to perform prenatal diagnosis. Depending on your age, family health history and other risk factors, you may undergo a blood draw, an ultrasound examination of your pregnancy, or more invasive forms of testing such as chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis.
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More than 300 disorders can be detected in unborn infants. Some of the birth defects and genetic disorders for which Medical Genetics provides testing include:
These disorders can have different forms of inheritance, and a genetic counselor may be able to give you a better idea of the chance that your baby will be affected. The first step in the process is to obtain a detailed family history to determine the conditions for which your baby is at risk. Then, information from blood testing and/or ultrasound can be used to provide an assessment of risk, and you may have to make a decision regarding a more invasive procedure for diagnosis. For example, a baby's sex can be determined before birth with ultrasound. This is important in assessing the risk for certain diseases such as muscular dystrophy or hemophilia, which are typically passed from unaffected mothers (carriers) to their sons. For a mother who is known to be a carrier for one of these conditions, there is a 50 percent chance that male offspring will be affected by the disorder.
Not all disorders present at birth can be detected through the tests that are currently available, and some babies who have normal test results are born with birth defects or genetic disorders. A normal ultrasound, maternal blood test, amniocentesis or chorionic villus sample does not guarantee that a baby will not have a problem, but normal test results usually indicate that chances for having a baby without genetic disorders are high.
The decision to undergo prenatal testing and diagnosis is a personal one. Your doctor can make recommendations, but you must make the decision. Prenatal testing can lead to early detection of certain birth defects or other problems that may require special care. This testing offers parents the opportunity to learn about these conditions and make decisions and plans long before the baby is delivered. Prenatal testing helps parents and doctors work together for the best management of a pregnancy known to be at risk.
Your obstetrician may recommend prenatal testing and diagnosis if you have a higher-than-normal risk of giving birth to a baby with a birth defect or genetic disorder. Women who meet any of the follow criteria have an increased risk and should consider prenatal testing:
The prenatal diagnosis process begins with a meeting with one of our genetic counselors. Your genetic counselor is the person who will guide you through the entire process, explain the various tests available and the risks associated with each, interpret the results and discuss your options at each step. At your first meeting, the counselor will ask you about your family's health history, as well as your personal medical history and that of the baby's father. You should feel comfortable in raising any questions or concerns that you might have with your counselor.
Cleveland Clinic maternal-fetal medicine specialists or perinatologists primarily provide consultative services to obstetricians throughout Northeast Ohio. We work in close collaboration with them to manage a wide variety of problems that can arise during pregnancy.
Understanding the importance of the bond between patients and their physicians, our perinatal team strives to keep in close contact with the referring physician by communicating regularly over the course of the pregnancy. In certain situations, depending on the severity of either the mother's or the fetus's condition, the patient's care can be transferred to our practice at Cleveland Clinic.
For patients with significant medical problems and/or history of serious pregnancy complications, the decision to carry a pregnancy must not be taken lightly. Careful planning and taking appropriate measures prior to pregnancy can help prevent or significantly decrease the risk for adverse outcomes in future pregnancies.
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Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Fairview Hospital, Independence Family Health Center, Lakewood Medical Building, Wooster Women's Health Center
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diabetes, Gestational, Hypertension In Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Medical and Obstetrical Complications of Pregnancy, Medical Disorders In Pregnancy, Medical Problems in Pregnancy, Menstrual Disorders
Type of Doctor: Adults Only
Surgeon: Yes
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Location(s): Hillcrest Hospital
High Risk Pregnancy Care, OB/GYN Ultrasound, Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Location(s): Fairview Hospital, Strongsville Family Health Center, Richard E. Jacobs Health Center
Birth Defects, Cardio-pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy, Childbirth Injury, Ectopic Pregnancy, Hypertension In Pregnancy, Medical Disorders In Pregnancy, Medical Problems in Pregnancy
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Location(s): Hillcrest Hospital, Strongsville Family Health Center
High Risk Pregnancy Care, Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Location(s): Westlake Medical Campus Building A
Birth Defects, Cardio-pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy, Hypertension In Pregnancy, Medical Disorders In Pregnancy, Multiple Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
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Cleveland Clinic has established the Fetal Care Center to help mothers achieve the best possible outcome when a pregnancy is complicated by a maternal, fetal or obstetric disorder. Staff view the fetus as a patient, while respecting the health and well-being of the mother, which always remains the primary objective. We serve Cleveland Clinic obstetric patients from Hillcrest Hospital, Marymount Hospital, Fairview Hospital and our Family Health and Surgery Centers, as well as mothers referred by obstetric providers outside the healthcare system. When fetal anomalies (birth defects) are detected, we offer interdisciplinary diagnosis, counseling and treatment options at our children's hospital.
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Our program affords tremendous flexibility for the referring physician and expectant mother. For more straightforward problems, our center can provide definitive diagnosis and, in some instances, in utero intervention. The patient can then be referred back to her primary obstetrician for prenatal follow-up and delivery. For more complex problems, we offer longitudinal, coordinated care provided by a core team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, pediatric radiologists, pediatric cardiologists and a Fetal Care Nurse Coordinator. If needed, our program streamlines access to virtually any maternal or pediatric subspecialist who may be required, such as pediatric anesthesiologists and pediatric congenital heart surgeons. Similarly, when there is a maternal health concern, we work closely with specialists throughout our healthcare system to optimize outcomes for both the mother and her fetus.
Cleveland Clinic Children's has opened a Special Delivery Unit on our main campus for patients whose pregnancies are complicated by serious maternal or fetal conditions. The unit adjoins a new Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and is in close proximity to a state-of-the-art pediatric surgical suite and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
We offer convenience and efficiency that is unmatched in Northeast Ohio by providing services in a variety of settings and at numerous locations throughout the region. Our goal is to get patients in to be seen in a timely manner, while keeping them close to home.
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Avon, Ohio 44011
Phone: 440.695.4000
Beachwood Family Health & Surgery Center
26900 Cedar Rd., Suite 220 South
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Phone: 216.839.3100
Hillcrest Medical Building Atrium
6770 Mayfield Rd.
Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
Phone: 440.312.2229
Independence Family Health Center
5001 Rockside Rd., Crown Center II
Independence, Ohio 44131
Phone: 216.986.4130
Lakewood Medical Building
1450 Belle Ave.
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Phone: 216.529.2913
Main Campus
9500 Euclid Ave./A81
Cleveland, OH 44195
Medina Hospital
1000 E. Washington St.
Medina, Ohio 44256
Phone: 330.725.5282
Strongsville Family Health & Surgery Center
16761 South Park Center
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
Phone: 440.878.2500
Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center
8701 Darrow Rd.
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
Westlake Medical Campus
850 Columbia Road, Suite 320
Westlake, OH 44145
Wooster Family Health Center
1740 Cleveland Rd.
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: 330.287.4930
Screening for Chromosome Abnormalities
Cleveland Clinic offers new options for women who want to determine a baby's risk for chromosome abnormalities and other birth defects early in pregnancy. We invite you to view the video to the right for more information on screening options.
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Kevin Rutter named 2009-10 Illinois Teacher of the Year
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PEORIA – Kevin Rutter, an Economics teacher at Carl Schurz High School in Chicago has been named Illinois Teacher of the Year. Rutter was chosen from 10 finalists at the 35th annual Those Who Excel/Teacher of the Year banquet Saturday in Peoria. The Chicago teacher was among more than 150 honored Saturday as part of the state's educator recognition program.
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As coach of the Debate Team, Kevin spends many hours after school and on weekends working with his students. Students have said Mr. Rutter engages them in long and useful discussions to help refine their ideas but he ensures the arguments used on the team belong strictly to the students.
Kevin earned his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University and his Master of Arts in Urban Life Learning:Chicago Studies, from Loyola University Chicago.
Nearly 175 nominations were reviewed and scored three times by a selection committee comprised of administrators, teachers, school board members, representatives from educational service personnel, student support personnel and former Illinois Teachers of the Year.
The finalists are interviewed and videotaped and those interviews are scored again by the selection committee before making a final recommendation. Principals, faculty, parents and students submit letters on behalf of candidates as part of the nomination process.
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