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OK, I just got paranoid that it sounds like I'm advocating CIO -- I'm really not. Our son is very verbal and is able to converse with us about what's going on. Anyway, I'm sure there are a million different ways to approach sleeping, and I guess what I'm advocating is flexibility, responsiveness to one's particular child, and compassion for the needs of everyone. HTH clarify.
I swear I'm going crazy from the lack of sleep.
I won't go into details but my god I am going nucking futs.
Physically I am a mess, too.
I feel like I have gone wrong somewhere, but where?
I don't know what to do.
She doesn't want to sleep.
Now (for the past 2 nights) she has not gone to sleep for the first time until 10 or later. And then wakes up immediately. And again. And again. No matter what we do or don't do or where she sleeps. I'm so angry (at the situation - not at her of course) that I feel enraged in addition to all the other sucky physical and emotional feelings.
F*cking hate this.
I know this is just the emotion of the situation talking but it makes me want to turn back time and teach her to sleep in a crib from day 1. My mother did this with me and supposedly never had to CIO. I remember thinking that my mom missed out on co-sleeping but she also missed out on
and all the other fun stuff I have experienced.
I feel like I can't share this (too much) w/ family b/c although they won't say "I told you so" they will be thinking it. :
So on top of everything I am alienated somewhat from my family.
Truly, can it get any worse? Had a massive fight w/ DH just now and I really think I have gone crazy. It was totally my fault. I can't write how I acted b/c it was both childish and...scary.
I really think you are dealing with a child who has trouble getting through the sleep cycles. One other thing all the eight gazillion books suggest is to to get the child interested in a lovey. A special blanket or stuffed animal that they have in bed and use for comfort. I'm thinking YOU are the lovey at this point, and being mauled as one. Also, do you have a crib? Perhaps you could get her to sleep and put her in for a nap and see what happens? If she has a hard-to-transition sleeping personality, she just may sleep better apart from you, because she may learn to transition without your help if she has a little space of her own. (I'm thinking people must have invented cribs for a reason. I might research that. Why DID they make cribs?)
Drama is right...DD started in with the trying to pinch my boob, latch on/latch off/latch on/pinch pinch pinch routine at some point last night, and I simply "protected" my other boob by putting a hand over it so she couldn't pinch (if I cover it with a shirt she becomes hysterical, but sometimes will forget about pinching if my hand is there). She freaked out. Shrieked as if I were sticking pins into her.
So WE are always snappy at each other and nice and gentle to Nora. But we both are finding it harder and harder to have the appropriately gentle tone at 1/3/5 in the morning when she is screaming because she can't pinch and scratch mama's boobie. :
My marriage has taken a hit because we have had little time together and trying to have sex is hard to say the least.
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Bring It On
Collector's Edition
- 2000 (2001) - Universal
review by Todd Doogan of
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Film Rating: B-
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A/A+/A
Specs and Features
99 mins, PG-13, letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), 16x9 enhanced, single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (layer switch 41:03, in chapter 9), Amaray keep case packaging,
Spotlight On Location: The Making of Bring It On
featurette, audio commentary by director Peyton Reed, 11 deleted scenes (with introduction by Peyton Reed), 3 extended scenes with (introduction by Reed), home movie of "Car Wash" scene (with introduction by Reed), wardrobe and make-up tests for Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku,
Did You Know That?
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As If
music video by Blaque, production notes, cast and crew biographies, DVD-ROM features (including interactive games, screen savers, wallpapers and more), DVD newsletter info, theatrical trailers (for
Bring It On
October Sky
Reality Bites
The Skulls
), film-themed menu screens with sound, scene access (20 chapters), languages: English (DD and DTS 5.1) and French (DD 5.1), subtitles: English
Gimme a "D"! Gimme a "V"! Gimme a "D"! What does it spell? No... seriously. I have no idea how to spell. Is that DVD? Good. I recently had the chance to see this
Bring It On
flick, and I have to say that I was happily surprised to find a halfway decent movie that actually managed to entertain me. All the acting is great, the story is fun and director Peyton Reed has the pacing of a master. I see big things for this guy.
Bring It On
is a pretty simple story. The ever-adorable Kirsten Dunst plays Torrance Shipman. She's entering her senior year of high school in San Diego, and has just been voted captain of the championship cheerleading squad. She's a walking bubble to be sure, but she's a bubble with a hunger. She wants to lead her squad to another year of victory. So she pushes the team and ends up losing one of the cheerleaders, who has to be replaced. Enter Eliza Dushku (reeeoar) as new girl Missy, who wants to be a gymnast. But since the school doesn't have a program, she settles for cheerleader. Now... when I say cheerleader, I'm not talking your typical rah, rah type of cheerleader. These guys and girls flip, fly, jump, spin, rotate and land on their toes. These are some of the most talented athletes this side of professional wrestling. Anyway, Missy joins the team and starts having deja vu. All of these cheers - she's seen them before. Then it hits her: East Compton. She's originally from L.A., and her old high school would play the East Compton Clovers. All of the cheers that the San Diego Toro's are doing are exact replicas. It would seem that Missy's predecessor stole all of the Clovers routines, and used them to win championship after championship. When Torrance learns this, it breaks her heart. And when she learns that the Clovers are also entering the championship for the first time, she realizes she has to come up with a new routine and quick. Can Torrance save the day? Will she pick a college to get into that doesn't have a championship cheerleading program? And why is she attracted to "bad boy" Cliff, who just happens to be Missy's twin brother? All these questions have an answer somewhere on this DVD.
Like I said above, I really liked
Bring It On
. Sure, it's sappy, brainless and light, but it's funny. And that's what counts. More than that, it's also a serious story. It's not a parody of cheerleading films, like one might expect. Instead, it's a movie every high school student can see... and maybe see themselves in somehow. Everybody's here: stuck up kids, levelheaded kids, fat kids, thin kids and sexy ladies (Eliza Dushku, reeoar). The film's not going to win any awards, or even find a cure for cancer. But as a brain cell killer, it's a good film to see.
This DVD from Universal presents the film in anamorphic widescreen and represents the film well. Color is bright, skin tones are nice and the dark scenes are free of artifacts. There's not much fault to be found here - this is another solid transfer from our friends at Universal. The sound is even better, with a nice Dolby Digital 5.1 track as well as a booming DTS 5.1 track. The DTS track is obviously more full sounding, but the Dolby Digital does just fine on its own. There's also a French 5.1 track for our Canadian friends in Region 1.
The extras on board shine pretty brightly. Director Peyton Reed is all over this thing. First, he treats us to a hilarious commentary track, where he discusses the trials and tribulations of shooting a teen film that's both aimed at teams and stars teens. This must have been a fun shoot, and Reed definitely makes the most of it on the commentary. There's also a fluffy
Spotlight On Location
featurette, with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Then you get some 11 deleted scenes. Each scene is introduced by Reed, and he explains why each was cut (most of them for pacing) and what he liked about them. You'll also see 3 extended scenes, also with introductions by Reed. The best of these is an extended dolly shot of the locker room scene at the beginning of the film. For the pervs in our readership, we get a home movie of the now-famous "Car Wash" scene, again with introduction (the introduction is what makes it work). Rounding out the video supplements on the disc are wardrobe and make-up tests, with stars Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku dancing around and having fun, as well as the music video for Blaque's
As If
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thingy. If you select the
Did You Know That?
option on the disc, you can watch the film utilizing stylized subtitles that give little bits of trivia about cheerleading and the production. It's sort of annoying and I only made it about 30 minutes before I turned it off, but fans of the sport (and fans of the film) might find it fun. Other typical extras (like theatrical trailers, production notes, cast and crew biographies, DVD-ROM screen savers and DVD newsletter information) are also here for your perusal.
Bring It On
is a fun little film. It's entertaining, silly and well made. The same exact thing can be said about this disc. This is a great special edition for a film that deserves to be enjoyed on DVD. So let's give Universal a huge cheer and let 'em know we love them. Ready? Let's go! Universal, Universal, Rah! Rah! Rah! Universal, Universal, sis-boom-bah! Yeeeeeeeah Universal! Okay... I'm tired. I'm gonna go lay down now.
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"Many of us swear under our breath, from time to time, but it can be unpleasant to sit next to a group of people who are swearing in a loud voice," he said.
"I've discussed this with our management team and we will respectfully ask customers to mind their language. Perhaps we shall include it on our table-top advertising material as well."
Mobile phones may also be banned, or customers asked to answer quickly, after another regular complained about "the incessant ringing".
Mr Martin has a track record of doing something about customers' complaints. For example, vinegar sachets were changed after a complaint that they were impossible to open without squirting everywhere.
Mr Martin, 48, opened his first pub in 1979 when he was a law student, and called it Wetherspoons after one of his former school teachers. He takes an individual approach to his pubs and has not allowed music in any of them. A partial smoking ban was introduced in 1992 after he sat next to a man in a pub who was smoking a cigar.
Dogs are also banned, despite a plea from Cindy Cutler, "a depressed doggie from Welling, Kent", who wrote a letter of complaint in the same issue of Wetherspoon News as Mr and Mrs Lee. Mr Martin has three dogs but was adamant the ban would continue because "large dogs are less well behaved than you are".
The Reverend Ian Gregory, founder of the Campaign for Courtesy, said he would welcome the ban on swearing, but feared that it would be impossible to enforce.
He suggested a ban on swearing in certain pubs, similar to the no-smoking policy in designated areas of all Wetherspoon pubs, would be one option. "There ought to be 'swearing pubs', and ones where you do not have to be confronted by it," he said.
Wetherspoons will have an uphill battle to cut down on swearing. A 1998 book, Roger's Profanisaurus, became a bestseller. It contained more swear words than most practitioners would ever remember.
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Boosting the retirement savings of part-time workers and the selfemployed will be the next battle front for the superannuation industry after it won substantial concessions in the government's sweeping overhaul of the tax system.
The government reforms, which included an increase in compulsory superannuation payments and incentives for low-income and older workers, have won high praise from the industry, which had pushed for the changes.
"The reforms mean super fund members will be much better off in retirement in the long term," said Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive
However, Ms Vamos said there were still gaps in the government's retirement policy, including reforms to boost the superannuation savings of part-time workers, especially women and the self-employed.
Many part-time workers do not qualify for super payments from employers because they do not earn more than a $450 governmentimposed threshold per month from any one job.
ASFA wants the government to scrap the threshold, arguing it disadvantages employees who work several part-time jobs.
"Part-time workers, particularly women, who have two or three different jobs can miss out because they don't reach the $450 threshold with each job," Ms Vamos said.
"People who do not have enough money in retirement do not eat as well, they fall back on the health system and they get depressed. It can be a large proportion of our economy."
Ms Vamos said the government should also introduce compulsory superannuation payments for the self-employed, who are not currently required to contribute to a fund.
ASFA is pushing for self-employed people to pay 1 per cent of taxable income into a retirement fund initially, rising to 9 per cent by 2018-19.
"There are still significant segments of the community that miss out on super," Ms Vamos said.
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The government changes increase compulsory superannuation payments from 9 per cent of wages to 12 per cent during the next decade.
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MOSCOW – Young Russians got excited at a two-day Japanese event in Moscow over the weekend that introduced aspects of Japanese pop culture, including "Lolita" fashion.
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$11.1 billion Qantas grab fails
The proposed $11.1 billion private equity buyout for Qantas has failed.
The Airline Partners Australia (APA) consortium confirmed tonight they had only secured 46 per cent of the national carrier after a deadline for the takeover offer expired at 7pm.
The consortium needed 50 per cent of the airline for the offer of $5.45 per Qantas share to be extended another two weeks. It was counting on a last-minute rush of acceptances from hedge funds to get the deal over the line.
Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon has declined to offer his resignation, saying it was up to the board. As for his fellow executives Mr Dixon told smh.com.au: "The management team are all individuals. They can make make any decision on where they could go.''
Emergency meeting
The Qantas board will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow. Qantas chairwoman Margaret Jackson is expected to come under intense pressure to quit, given her strong endorsement of the private equity bid.
Shareholders such as Balance Equity Management and UBS Global Asset Management which rejected the offer, believed Ms Jackson and her board caved in too easily to the APA a share offer.
Despite reporting record traffic in recent months and issuing three profit upgrades since being approached from the consortium, Qantas repeatedly talked down its future profit outlook. Qantas repeatedly warned its profits could be hurt by the entry of the low-cost airline Tiger into the domestic market later this year, and the increased access given to Middle Eastern airlines such as Emirates.
APA is not expected to return with a higher offer.
Consortium member Macquarie Bank said it believed APA would have been "an excellent and responsible owner of Qantas''.
"Macquarie Bank wishes Qantas every success,'' the bank said in a statement.
Aside from facing opposition from several key shareholders, the bid had become increasingly unpopular after the consortium conceded last month it planned to gouge $4.5 billion from the airline's balance sheet to help fund the takeover.
Firm views
"APA remains firm in the view that its ownership of and plans
for Qantas would have significantly enhanced the airline,
guaranteed strong growth and been beneficial for employees and
customers," APA said in a statement issued tonight.
"The consortium partners also believe that the price offered for Qantas shares was fair and reasonable and remains so.
"Qantas is an outstanding organisation with a first rate management team and board.
"APA understands the bid process has been challenging for many of those involved and thanks Qantas management, board and employees for their professionalism during the process."
Bid 'too low'
APA said earlier today that the deal was on a knife edge and its fate rested on last-minute acceptances by hedge funds and big institutions.
The APA bid had been rejected as too low by some key institutional investors.
The APA consortium is led by Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie Bank and US private equity firm Texas Pacific Group. The group also includes Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp and Australian investment groups Allco Equity Partners and Allco Finance Group.
In a statement tonight, Macquarie Bank said the APA consortium would have been an excellent owner of Qantas.
"Our consortium partners are world class organisations with significant aviation experience," Macquarie Bank said.
"We think they would have been an excellent and responsible owner of Qantas."
The bank said it wished to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of the consortium partners and banking syndicates.
"Qantas is a strong company with an exemplary management team and board. Macquarie Bank wishes Qantas every success."
Consistent pattern
Earlier today, BBY aviation analyst Fabian Babich said the slow trickle of acceptances today was consistent with the pattern of other large takeover bids.
He said share prices would fall across the sector if the Qantas bid failed.
Qantas would fall to $5.00 and as low as $4.50.
Qantas shares closed today up one cent at $5.38.
The board of Australia's largest airline had rejected an initial takeover approach from the APA consortium, before accepting a sweetened offer in December.
The consortium restructured its offer last month in a bid to boost its chance of success, lowering the minimum shareholder acceptance condition to 70 per cent, from 90 per cent.
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FROM: Michael Kotar, Chair
DATE: November 15, 2011
SUBJECT: FASPC AGENDA – November 17, 2011, 2:30 p.m., Kendall 209
1. Approve minutes of November 10, 2011 meeting.
2. Approve today's agenda
3. Announcements
4. SET Committee request to approve SIR II as the standard University SET instrument (questionnaire).
5. Proposed revision of EM 11-045 Campus Fee Advisory Committee (Action).
6. Proposed rescission of EM 95-023 Policy on Performance Salary Step Increases (Action). Item 6 and item 7 were campus policy and procedure Ems to implement specific forms of merit pay for faculty under previous collective bargaining agreements.
7. Proposed rescission of EM 00-099 Policy on Faculty Merit Increases (Action).
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Beverly Hills was rife with movie and television stars last night (January 13) thanks to the 70th Golden Globe Awards, and afterwards InStyle and Warner Bros invited all the famous folks to party late into the evening.
Ben Affleck proudly displayed his Best Director award as he waltzed into the Oasis Courtyard at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, sporting a black tuxedo and a well-groomed beard.
Taking their massively successful flick overseas, the cast of "Django Unchained" showed up at the UK premiere in London, England today (January 10).
"And the Oscar goes to…" is one of the most exciting phrases in the film industry, and this year there's some serious competition among the Academy Awards nominees.
Heading overseas to kickoff the German release of their latest work, Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington attended the premiere of "Django Unchained" at Cinemaxx in Berlin on Tuesday (January 8).
The "Ray" star looked slick in a black turtleneck and shiny dark suit as he posed with his on-screen wife, who stunned in a long orange floral two-piece dress.
Bringing the action to Germany, the cast of "Django Unchained" attended a photocall in Berlin on Tuesday morning (January 8).
The lovely Kerry Washington rocked a gorgeous white dress with a darling bow headband, while walking the red carpet with co-star Jamie Foxx.
Taking their box office hit to the City of Lights, the cast of "Django Unchained" was on hand for the Paris premiere on Monday evening (January 7).
Taking their hit flick overseas, the cast of "Django Unchained" showed up at a photocall in Rome, Italy this morning (January 4).
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Covered California: It's a family affair
March 1, 2014
I had a nephew, David, whose carpentry skills really stood out. David was actually my cousin's son, but family is family.
David died of an aneurism at the age of 31.
David lived with his girlfriend and baby daughter near San Jose. His girlfriend, Jen, is a waitress, likes getting tips in cash and was enrolled in California's Healthy Families Program with their daughter, Zoe.
David worked for various contractors — sometimes for cash — and didn't have, or felt that he needed, health insurance. He was young, healthy and said he couldn't afford the cost. He would often complain to me about welfare cheats and how unfair it was for him to have to support "those people."
When David broke his arm a while ago, the local emergency room fixed him up and suggested he follow up with his doctor and get some physical therapy to help with any stiffness he could feel after his arm healed. He didn't have a doctor, or get the PT and didn't pay the emergency room bill.
David never really understood the connection between his working for cash, thereby avoiding paying income taxes; skipping out on his medical bill, thereby causing my insurance rate to increase; or using my tax dollars to provide health care for his daughter. Don't misunderstand,
I happily support Zoe receiving health care. However, I don't support people avoiding paying their "fair share" of taxes and skipping out on their bills while complaining about welfare cheats.
Jen and Zoe are now insured by Medi-Cal, the California health insurance program supported by the Affordable Care Act. David would have qualified for low-cost health insurance under Covered California. It's sad that David didn't get annual health checkups; he might still be alive today.
What's even sadder is that there are thousands of Davids all over our country and hundreds right here in Nevada County.
Signing up for the Affordable Care Act — Enrollment Assistance Program
An estimated 5.3 million uninsured Californians are eligible for coverage through the Covered California marketplace. Of that total, 2.6 million qualify for federal subsidies only available through the Covered California marketplace, and 2.7 million may or may not qualify for subsidies but will benefit from guaranteed coverage whether or not they enroll through the marketplace. The Enrollment Assistance Program is critical in providing in-person help to consumers purchasing Covered California health plans.
The Enrollment Assistance Program is comprised of three groups: enrollment counselors, enrollment entities and navigators.
In Nevada County, government assistance will be found at the County Human Services Agency, 950 Maidu Ave., P.O. Box 1210, Nevada City, CA 95959; by calling (530) 265-1340 or (888) 809-1340 toll free; or at http://www.mynevadacounty.com/nc/hhsa/dss/Pages/Home.aspx
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I have inguinal hernia, what is better: mesh or non-mesh? I want to avoid as much complications as possible.
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A hernia is a hole in the abdominal wall thru which the inner lining protrudes thru, creating a sac. Organs from within the abdominal cavity, such as the intestine, can protrude thru the hole and get stuck in the sac. Many hernias develop during fetal life and become evident in childhood or as an adult. Some develop following a prior abdominal operation. The cornerstone ...Read more
Complication of inguinal hernia?
Untreated: If you mean an untreated inguinal (groin) hernia. Complications of a hernia can be pain, hernia enlargement, low risks of bowel obstruction, hernia incarceration or strangulation resulting in dead bowel... Most inguinal hernias do not get complications. ...Read more
How safe is a mesh when used for an inguinal hernia?
This procedure is: done quite often by general surgeons. it is best to discuss the risks and benefits of any procedure with the surgeon doing the procedure. typically any time there is a foreign element introduced in the body it does have the risk to become infected. ...Read more
What is involved with mesh removal after inguinal hernia?
Hard work: Mesh placed for a hernia repair may need to be removed , either for infection, intractable post op pain of an extended period, or for hernia recurrence. In the latter, the graft should be left in place , and repaired with another adjacent or overlying graft. To remove a graft requires an open exploration, removal of tacks or sutures, then direct removal of the graft. Can be difficult. Good luck. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
App one year after inguinal hernia surg (Mesh) i still have minor pain and discomfort. Is it normal?
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18 years ago, I had inguinal hernia mesh repair. I practice karate and do 180-splits (like the kind Van Damme does). Would this tear/dislodge mesh?
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I had a open mesh repair of a left side inguinal hernia over 10 year ago. Sometimes at work i will overlift and i will be hurting for weeks.. Normal?
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What risks are involved in inguinal hernia mesh removal surgery?
Hernia mesh: Removal can be associated with pain, bleeding, and recurrence of hernia. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
I'm a 22y male, 67kg. Recently i had a mesh repair for my inguinal hernia. After 13 days of the operation, the wound gets swelled. Is that normal?
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Scrabble® is a blood sport in my family. From the age of 8, children are expected to play no holds barred Scrabble®- no hints, no mercy. As a result, by the age of about 10, children in our family can take on just about anyone in Scrabble® and, if not win, give them a real run for their money.
Imagine my delight when I ran across the following picture:
This is actually the second sign erected, the first have disappeared under mysterious circumstances several years ago. Some think that it may have been nabbed by an ardent Scrabble® fan, but there is one fatal flaw in that theory– Any real Scrabble® fan knows that "35th" is not an acceptable play!


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How fun is this pumpkin vase spied over at 52 Weeks Project? According to the creator Rachel, the project can be done in an hour, dry time and all. Head over to see how she created this gorgeous fall centerpiece. I just so happened to have picked up a white pumpkin yesterday. It is going to be … [Read more...]
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"The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life."
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
Contributed by: Andy James
"I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me."
"To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up"
"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."
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Bennett to chair CoEE for medication safety
It may have killed Michael Jackson and Corey Haim. It nearly killed Dennis Quaid's children. We take medication to get better, so how can it at times be dangerous? The state of South Carolina has recruited one of the nation's top scientists to help make drugs safer.
A new endowed chair at the Medication Safety and Efficacy Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE) will work to improve drug safety in South Carolina and beyond.
Dr. Charles Bennett, an international expert in his field, has been recruited as the CoEE Endowed Chair in Medication Safety and Efficacy and the Frank P. and Josie M. Fletcher Professor of Pharmacy at the University of South Carolina (USC) campus of the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Issues with medication safety harm at least 1.5 million people every year, and the medical costs of drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone conservatively amount to $3.5 billion a year, according to a 2006 report from the Institute of Medicine.
The Medication Safety and Efficacy CoEE works to prevent adverse drug events and to improve drug safety. The center was created in 2005 by the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and USC in connection with the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Scientists there study the effects of prescription and over-the-counter medications, particularly on children and the elderly. The CoEE also is focused on education and outreach to healthcare professionals and the public through the Doris Levkoff Meddin Medication Safety Education Program.
The non-state matching partners for the Medication Safety and Efficacy CoEE are Health Sciences South Carolina and the Frank P. and Josie M. Fletcher Endowment.
"I am extremely pleased to lead the CoEE for Medication Safety and Efficacy," Bennett said. "The commitment to reducing health disparities in pharmaceuticals in South Carolina is tangible and will serve as a model for other states." Health disparities are defined as gaps in the quality of healthcare that can occur across racial, ethnic or socioeconomic groups.
Bennett, a hematologist and oncologist, says he and his team at the Medication Safety and Efficacy CoEE will be developing technology that has a high likelihood of commercialization, will look for ways to make drug information more consumer-friendly and will create new training tools for healthcare providers.
Potential economic opportunities could come in the form of new federal funding from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies, new start-up companies based on research and new investment from healthcare companies outside the state.
Bennett has first-hand experience with commercializing technology and starting new companies. In 1998, he founded internationally known RADAR (Research on Adverse Drug events And Reports), which investigates and disseminates information about adverse drug and device reactions (ADRs). RADAR is staffed by a team of 25 doctors and Ph.D. scientists who investigate ADRs. During the last decade, the company's work has identified potentially fatal and previously unreported side effects associated with 43 drugs.
An internationally known scholar with more than 250 publications – many of which appeared in leading medical journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet and the Annals of Internal Medicine – Bennett has been serving as professor of medicine at Northwestern University. He has also held the position of associate director of the Veterans Administration Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.
The CoEE Program was created by the South Carolina legislature in 2002 and is funded through South Carolina Education Lottery proceeds. The legislation authorizes the state's three public research institutions -- MUSC, Clemson and USC -- to use state funds to create Centers of Economic Excellence in research areas that will advance South Carolina's economy. Each center is awarded from $2 million to $5 million in state lottery funds, which must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with non-state investment. To date, 46 centers have been created and 28 CoEE endowed chairs have been appointed to lead the centers. The CoEE Program has resulted in more than a quarter billion dollars of non-state investment in the South Carolina economy and is responsible for the creation of more than 3,200 jobs.
The South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP) was formed in 2004 through the integration of the Colleges of Pharmacy in Columbia (USC) and in Charleston (MUSC). The SCCP is a statewide education, research and service institution that combines the nationally recognized faculty, staff and resources of MUSC, a major academic medical center, and USC, a large comprehensive university, to create a statewide approach to pharmacy education that is on a par with some of the most highly regarded colleges in the United States.


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A hit at South by Southwest, Silverdocs, London, and other film fests worldwide,
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Children mugged for mobile phones
A 10-year-old boy was held at gunpoint for a mobile phone and �25 in cash, police have revealed.
It has also emerged that ten other children were forced to hand over their phones by a 40-strong gang, in a separate incident.
The 10-year-old, Nathaniel Dias, was with two friends when the armed mugger threatened them.
Both incidents took place in south-east London.
Before the gun incident, Nathaniel had been to a Barclays Bank cash machine just before going to a take-away restaurant where the attack took place.
The youngster, from Honor Oak, near Lewisham, said: "He showed me the gun. I was very scared and was in the corner of the shop shaking."
The robber threatened to shoot one of the other boys in the head unless they handed over their money, he said.
Nathaniel was forced to hand over �25 during the attack, which took place at Brockley Road in Lewisham.
Acting Detective Sergeant Sean Yates said: "These boys have been subjected to a terrifying ordeal by a ruthless attacker prepared to threaten children with a gun.
The boys were "shaken but unhurt", he said.
In the other incident the youngsters had just seen Lord of the Rings at the UCI cinema complex at Surrey Quays, near Rotherhithe, when the attack happened.
The gang threatened the youngsters and then searched them before making off with four mobile phones and their pocket money.
The youngsters were described as "very shocked and distressed" after their ordeal.
The gang of youths were all black and aged 14 to 18.
The three ringleaders of the gang were aged 14 or 15 and were wearing dark clothing including hoods or hats.
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Detective Inspector Martin McInerney said: "This was a very unpleasant experience for a group of children attending their local cinema.
"There must have been many people in the vicinity."
It is understood one of the children ran to a adult during the robbery and begged for help but the person ran away.
The robber in the attack on Nathaniel, struck at 1530 GMT on 28 December, and is described as black, 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build and with a moustache.
He was wearing a black baseball cap, black jacket, black jeans and white trainers.
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Business leaders have warned that the Qantas dispute is part of a broader deterioration in the industrial relations climate that could threaten confidence and productivity levels.
Leading chairmen told The Australian Financial Review that managements and boards must have the ability to manage costs without undue interference from unions.
Nufarm chairman and former Reserve Bank of Australia director
"So many companies have given in [to unions] to get peace and went to their knees," Mr McGauchie said.
The former president of the National Farmers' Federation said Qantas chief executive
"Alan has to get his cost base under control," he said.
Malcolm Broomhead, chairman of ports and rail operator Asciano, which has been trying to resolve a bargaining agreement with the Maritime Union at its Patrick ports operations, said Qantas was not the only company struggling to use the current industrial relations legislation to end disputes, arguing there was "an urgent need" for the government to amend the Fair Work Australia Act. "Otherwise it's a major problem for us as a country."
Some executives have accused unions of wanting to gain control of strategy. Last week, departing Toll Holdings chief executive
"The [grounding] reflects the deteriorating nature of the industrial relations climate . . . the [Qantas] dispute should have been sorted out much earlier and much quicker."
"It's important our labour force and economy remains competitive."
"It is absolutely no business of the government's whatsoever," he said, adding that while the Howard government might have gone "a little far" with Work Choices, the changes introduced by the Rudd government were hurting many companies.
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text: Just about anything is available to sell in party plan businesses. Candles, Chocolates, wine, jewelry, self-defense weapons, toys and even jeans. Party plan businesses even do well with potentially embarrassing products like lingerie and sex toys. But gold? You'd be hard pressed to get very much information about Gold Party on its Web site. NASDAQ lists a phone number, but the company never returned a phone call. If the company does have a successful offering and raises $80,000, it still ends up with about $50,000 after IPO expenses. Moreover, if you buy the stock, there isn't anywhere to sell it. So it's not something to be flipped like, say, a share of Facebook. Gold Party sees itself as an extension of companies like Cash4Gold, where people mail in their gold, or pawn shops. However, the company doesn't have own a brick and mortar shop, so it considers itself the better model. This seems like a candidate for www.kickstarter.com or even one of the new IPO crowdfunding deals for companies under $1million, like on www.CrowdfundingJumpstart.com or www.crowd2ipo.com . But an IPO on the Nasdaq? This is an offering not to friend. -- Written by Debra Borchardt in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Debra Borchardt. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/wallandbroad. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was ruled out of the London Olympics for the U.S. men's team, several names popped up as potential replacements.
Detroit Pistons forward-center Greg Monroe's name was mentioned. Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins' name was mentioned, too.
Cousins might have been an Olympian in his own mind at one time. Cousins, a talented player still working on his attitude and demeanor, is not yet close, according to USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo.
"He needs to mature as a person (and) as a player if he's going to have an outstanding NBA career," Colangelo said Saturday.
In May, Cousins told the Sacramento Bee: "I feel like if I did go play for the Select Team, I probably would get a spot (on the Olympic team). Honestly … but we'll see."
That didn't happen when Colangelo announced the 12-man Olympic roster Saturday. If Cousins doesn't change, he won't be on the 2014 world championship team either.
"Before there's discussion about him being part of our program, he has a lot of building to do. … He has a lot of growing up to do," Colangelo said.
U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski was more diplomatic.
"He has a talent. He's big. He's young," Krzyzewski said. "You don't know what an experience will do for someone. You're hope it will open their eyes to new things. I think that's what's it done for all players who have participated for the United States. His time here, playing in this culture and against these guys, sometimes can have a positive change for all the players participating. Hopefully, it has it on him and other others."
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The ivory towers of academia may be perfectly positioned for tickling or toppling, but they need considerably more pressure than James V. O'Connor applies in his play Literary Disruption. In it, a tweedy university's snob-heavy English faculty sniffles ineffectually as a new hire versed in Native American literature, Dr. Katherine Davis (Olivia Horton), starts sucking up affection, attention, and money, all before crucial plot twists paint her as something more devious than merely a clueless newcomer. Yet these left-thinking folks are concerned enough with their own social and political viewpoints to blame society even after she's repudiated it in all its callousness.
Huh? While such elite "educators" are certainly ripe for parody or satire (as in Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad), everyone here is too unbelievable for the accusations to sting. Two professors are "millionaire Marxists," one (Barbara Miluski) a former Vietnam protestor who refers to her anti-war action as "revolution" and the other (Bobbi Owens) a sophisticated African-American woman who sees everything through the discrimination lens. Yet another professor, Daniel (Ben Sloane) is a former seminarian who chickened out before his vows; while the department head (James Cronin) can't even seem to manage simple conversations or see beyond the next entry in his date planner. Only a student liaison (Emilie Soffe) suspects anything is amiss with Katherine.
But ribbing of this nature works only if the subjects are isolated, not imbeciles. Katherine's attacks on their minds and their finances eventually grow so psychotic that you can't believe they'd really take no action. (Would anyone in Daniel's position really wave away a $17,000 charge on his credit card, even if he knew the perpetrator was the woman who devirginized him?) And though they pop a lot of buzzwords, they don't come across as sufficiently stuffy to convince you they can't perceive a world outside their department. Plus, Katherine's actions are both so bald as to generate no suspense at all (the second act finds her moving from office to office, scamming each professor anew) and poorly justified on their own termsshe was mistreated by her Texan mother (a saucy Ann Dawson), who didn't mind farming out her daughter's body to preserve a mythical gentility.
Such broad strokes, which are repeated almost across the board in the acting, hurt more than help O'Connor's contention that these hot-air holier-than-thou types are prime for pin-popping. By making them so meek and their tormenter so strong, O'Connor inspires too much of the kind of sympathy the play claims it wants to avoid. The play's tagline may read "You can't judge a book by its cover," but Literary Disruption seems to exist for no other concrete reason than to prove that sometimes you can indeed do just that.
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Hi Jean-Christophe,
One thing to consider with your first question is the issue of interpretability. What does a prediction based on the mean of a binary variable represent? For example, if your binary variable was whether someone was married, you'd be estimating the effect of hybrid individuals who were/were not married. Depending on how many binary IVs you have, it may be worth considering holding individual IVs constant at 0 or 1 and then getting the predictions.
I'm not sure how to answer your second question; hopefully someone else has an answer for you.
- Melissa
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>Date Wed, 25 May 2011 16:21:30 -0400
>I am using a bivariate probit model with partial observability (biprobit)
>where some of the IVs in the first equation are either binary or continuous.
>Right now I have used the adjust stata command in order to predict
>estimations of the continuous IVs while keeping all other IVs at their
>means. There are two issues that worries me:
>1) Is keeping binary IVs at their means to estimate predictions is worrisome
>2) In bivariate models, the prediction commands only works for the first
>equations, should I be worried about not accounting for the rho in the
>prediction? Or is it already included in the biprobit results? Is there any
>specific command to use post-estimation technics for multilevel model such
>as the one I am using?
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text: A.M. Best has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "bbb" of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (New York, NY) [NYSE:AIG]. Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the ICRs of "a" of AIG's U.S. property/casualty subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the AIG PC U.S. Insurance Group [AIG PC US]), headquartered in New York, NY. At the same time, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of A (Excellent) and the ICR of "a" of American International Reinsurance Company Ltd. (AIRCO), a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. The outlook for the above ratings is stable. (See below for a detailed listing of the companies and ratings.) The ratings for the members of AIG PC US reflect its supportive level of risk-adjusted capitalization, generally solid operating earnings and its leadership position in the global commercial lines insurance market. Offsetting rating factors include recent underwriting results, which remain well below the group's historical levels, A.M. Best's expectation of continued adverse development of prior years' loss reserves and the group's exposure to natural and man-made catastrophe losses. The stable outlook reflects AIG's position in the U.S. commercial market; its ability to lead, attract and retain clients by leveraging its significant global capacity, extensive product offerings and innovation; as well as its greater emphasis on technical pricing and predictive modeling. The group continues to generate positive operating returns despite challenges in restoring underwriting profitability. While reserve development remains a concern, the stable outlook suggests that any future reserve development will be within a level acceptable to A.M. Best. A.M. Best also expects that the group will continue to maintain a supportive level of risk-adjusted capitalization through favorable net earnings while providing shareholder dividends to its parent in accordance with historical norms. AIG PC US' risk-adjusted capitalization declined in 2013, primarily as a result of sizeable dividend payments to AIG. However, the resulting level of risk-adjusted capitalization continues to be supportive of the ratings.


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Airing Thursday, October 9, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Louif Paradis, Nick Dirks, Fabia Gruebler and musical guest Rachel McGoye will appear on The Daily Habit.
Today co-founder of Misschief Films, Fabia Gruebler is here to show us the fab footy that the women in snow are packin' this winter. Also, snowboarders Nick Dirks and Louif Paradis give us the scoop on the new Transworld video "These Days". Plus, singer/songwriter Rachel McGoye performs on the Habit stage.
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By Sharon Wootton Herald Columnist
It wasn't the kind of burial that Everett's Pat Maher wanted to conduct, but when six red crossbills are found on your porch, close together, it seems the thing to do.
Death-by-window is a huge cause of bird deaths. Different bird-death studies provide wildly different but staggering numbers from various causes.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates tens of millions of deaths annually are caused by natural predators and natural accidents, estimating, for instance, that millions of birds die on their first attempt to fly.
Toss in many hundreds of millions of deaths by cats, many tens of millions killed by pesticides, and several hundreds of millions birds striking windows, cars and power lines.
Death-by-windows is the topic most likely to arise, and it's one with which we are most familiar. Periodically I face a dead bird on the deck, one that has seen a reflection of trees and sky and tries to fly through them. Even stunned birds that fly away may have fatal internal injuries.
National Audubon Society has suggested options to minimize collisions:
•The easiest and most effective measure is feeder placement because many deaths are caused when a bird is startled off the feeder.
Put the feeder within 3 feet of windows means birds don't reach high speeds at the window; placing feeders more than 30 feet can lower the risk because they have longer to recognize that the image is a reflection.
Maher's feeder is about 35 feet from his house, theoretically providing enough swerve time. But if the sparrow hawk that periodically hunts in his area is chasing them, theory doesn't work.
• Drawn light-colored window shades or drapes eliminate much of the reflections. Blocking the view does not make this a popular choice, but closing them when at work or on vacation can help.
Decals, in order to be effective at reducing the mirror effect, at most must be 2 inches apart horizontally and 4 inches apart vertically, according to Audubon, not a choice most people will make.
• Bird netting stretched tightly over an entire window creates a trampolinelike effect and, according to Audubon, does not obstruct the view (I may test that out). The fear is that birds will become entangled.
Window films fails most homeowners' tests because a sheet of opaque plastic severely limits visibility and is nonstarter.
There are no easy answers to the death-by-window problem. Homes aren't going to disappear; window-laden skyscrapers aren't going to be demolished. All the more reason for doing what we can, starting with placing the feeders where bird safety comes first.
From a perspective standpoint, habitat destruction is the most significant threat to bird populations. Now that's an issue in which all of us can become involved.
On the bookshelf: It's hard to believe that 50 years have passed since Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was published. The environmental classic, reprinted by Houghton Mifflin ($15), stands the test of time as the iconic call to arms against the deluge of chemicals in our environment.
Carson, who died a couple of years later, had to weather an all-out assault by the chemical companies after its publication but, in the end, DDT was banned and a new generation of readers help launch huge changes in laws affecting the environment.
It's a must-read because Carson's words will remind us of where we've been — and how far we need to go — regardless of our age.
"Whales! Strange and Wonderful" ($10) has no talking whales or singing fish, just facts, figures and great illustrations that tell the stories of Earth's whales. Author Laurence Pringle doesn't shy away from controversy, either, tackling whale hunting.
Columnist Sharon Wootton can be reached at 360-468-3964 or www.songandword.com.


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In the Works: A Film Adaptation of Edwidge Danticat's Short Story, "Caroline's Wedding"
Easmanie Michel, a filmmaker and graduate student in Cinema Studies at NYU/TISCH, has secured the rights to make a film based on the short story "Caroline's Wedding," by award-winning Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat. After learning that Hanky Panky was one of … Continue reading
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