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Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia
Chapter 38
Peripheral Nerve Blockade
Regional anesthesia enables site-specific, long-lasting, and effective anesthesia and analgesia (Tsui BCH, Rosenquist RW: Peripheral nerve blockade. In Clinical Anesthesia. Edited by Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK, Cahalan MK, Stock MC. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009, pp 955–1002). Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) can be used as the only anesthetic, as a supplement to provide analgesia and muscle relaxation along with general anesthesia, or as the initial step in the provision of prolonged postoperative analgesia such as with intercostal blocks or continuous peripheral nerve catheters.
- General Principles and Equipment
An exciting advance in technology in relation to regional anesthesia in recent years has been the introduction of anatomically based ultrasound imaging to visualize the target nerve. In many situations, it is prudent to combine the two technologies of nerve stimulation and ultrasound imaging to achieve the goal of 100% success with all regional blocks.
- Set-up and Monitoring(Table 38-1)
- Common Techniques: Nerve Stimulation
- Basics of Technique and Equipment.A low-current electrical impulse applied to a peripheral nerve produces stimulation of motor fibers and theoretically identifies proximity to the nerve without actual needle contact of the nerve or related patient discomfort.
- Practical Guidelines.After a low threshold response is obtained, 2 to 3 mL of local anesthetic is injected, and the operator watches for disappearance of the motor twitch, which is a signal to inject the remainder of the proposed dose in divided aliquots. After nerve localization using a stimulating needle, introduction
of a stimulating catheter with continuous stimulation of the nerve is suitable for provision of continuous analgesia.
Table 38-1 Set-up and Monitoring for Regional Blocks
- Common Techniques: Ultrasound Imaging
- Basics of Technique and Equipment.Ultrasound images reflect contours, including those of anatomic structures, based on differing acoustic impedances of tissue or fluids. The Doppler effect can be very useful for identifying blood vessels during nerve localization using ultrasound guidance because many nerves are situated in close proximity to vascular structures.
- Practical Guidelines
- Probe sterility is paramount when performing real-time ultrasound guidance. For nerve localization
during ultrasound-guided PNB, it is effective to first identify one or more reliable anatomical landmarks (bone or vessel) with a known relationship to the nerve structure (Table 38-2). The nerve structure is often placed in the center of the screen
to guarantee that aligning the needle puncture with the center of the probe will ensure close needle tip–nerve alignment.
Table 38-2 Anatomical Landmarks for Localizing Nerves During Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- After one observes that the needle is seen to be close to the nerve(s), a 1- to 2-mL test dose of local anesthetic or D5W can be injected to visualize the spread. The solution will be seen as a hypoechoic expansion and often illuminates the surrounding area, enabling better visibility of the nerves and block needle.
- Other Related Equipment
- Needlesused for regional techniques are often modified from standard injection needles (continuous blocks require larger bore needles to facilitate catheter introduction).
- Cathetersamenable to stimulation (with an electrode placed into the catheter tip) may enable more accurate advancement of catheters for substantial distances to provide continuous analgesia.
- Avoiding Complications.Despite the excellent safety record of regional anesthesia, the incidence of some complications may be higher in PNB than other regional anesthesia or analgesia techniques, and these complications can be devastating. Choosing a suitable patient and applying the right dose of local anesthetic in the correct location are the primary considerations. Follow-up before and after discharge is equally important.
- Specific Techniques: Head and Neck, Upper Extremities, Chest, and Abdomen
- Head and Neck(Figs. 38-1, 38-2, 38-3 and 38-4)
- Cervical Plexus Blocks.Anesthesia of the deep or superficial cervical plexus or both can be used for procedures of the lateral or anterior neck such as parathyroidectomy and carotid endarterectomy. In carotid surgery, local infiltration of the carotid bifurcation may be necessary to block reflex hemodynamic changes associated with glossopharyngeal stimulation.
- Occipital Nerve Blocks.The greater and lesser occipital nerves can be blocked by superficial injection at the points on the posterior skull where they emerge from below the muscles of the neck. This block is rarely used for surgical procedures; it is more often
applied as a diagnostic step in evaluating complaints of head and neck pain.
Figure 38-1. Schematic of the cervical plexus, which arises from the anterior primary rami of C2–C4. The motor branches (including the phrenic nerve) curl anteriorly around the anterior scalene muscle and travel caudad and medially to supply the deep muscles of the neck. The sensory branches exit at the lateral border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle to supply the skin of the neck and shoulder.
- Upper Extremity (Figs. 38-5, 38-6 and 38-7). The four anatomic locations where local anesthetics are placed are the (1) interscalene groove near the cervical transverse processes, (2) subclavian sheath at the first rib, (3) near the coracoid process in the infraclavicular fossa, and (4) surrounding the axillary artery in the axilla. Ultrasound imaging and nerve stimulation have greatly facilitated the use of upper extremity regional anesthesia. The
terminal branches can also be anesthetized by local anesthetic injection along their peripheral course as they cross joint spaces, where they lie in close proximity to easily identifiable structures or by the injection of a dilute local anesthetic solution intravenously below a pneumatic tourniquet on the upper arm ("intravenous regional" or Bier block) (see Table 38-2).
Figure 38-2. Needle insertion points and angles for the deep cervical plexus blockade. The nerve roots exit the vertebral column via the troughs formed by the transverse processes. The needle is inserted at each nerve roots of C2–C4 in caudad and posterior direction.
Figure 38-3. The cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral dermatomes of the body.
Figure 38-4. Greater and lesser occipital nerve distribution, supply, and block needle insertion sites.
- Brachial Plexus Blockade(Table 38-3)
- Terminal Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks.PNBs in the upper extremity are of particular value as rescue blocks to supplement incomplete surgical anesthesia and to provide long-lasting selective analgesia in the postoperative period. The peripheral nerves may be individually blocked at mid-humeral, elbow, or wrist locations, depending on the specific nerve. If using ultrasound guidance, the elbow and forearm regions appear to be the most suitable block regions, and blocks at these sites
may improve the accuracy of nerve localization and local anesthetic spread. The wrist is highly populated with tendons and fascial tissues (flexor and extensor retinaculae), which can be difficult to distinguish from, and may obscure the images of, the nerves. Color Doppler combined with ultrasonography can be used to clearly identify the nerves at many desirable locations because they are often situated near blood vessels (see Table 38-1 and Figs. 38-7 and 38-8).
Figure 38-5. Schematic of the brachial plexus. Many branches, including the medial cutaneous nerves of the forearm and arm, which arise from the medial cord, are not shown here.
- Intravenous Regional Anesthesia (Bier Block).Arm anesthesia can be provided by the injection of local anesthetic into the venous system below an occluding tourniquet without using ultrasonography or nerve stimulation (Table 38-4).
- Intercostal Nerve Blockade.Anesthesia of the intercostal nerves provides both motor and sensory anesthesia of the abdominal wall from the xiphoid to the pubis. These
nerve blocks involve injections along the easily palpated abrupt posterior angulation of the ribs, which occurs between 5 and 7 cm from the midline in the back. The anesthesiologist's other hand inserts a needle (22 gauge, 3.75 cm) directly onto the rib, maintaining a constant 10° cephalad angulation. After contact is made with the rib, the cephalad traction is slowly released, the cephalad hand takes over the needle and syringe, and the needle is allowed to "walk" down to below the rib at the same angle. The needle is then advanced approximately 4 mm under the rib. After it is in the groove, aspiration
is performed, and 3 to 5 mL of a local anesthetic solution is injected. Generally, the intercostal nerves are well localized with the blind landmark-based technique. Alternatively, the rib can be easily visualized with the use of ultrasonography.
Figure 38-6. Courses of the terminal nerves of the upper extremity. The posterior view (A) illustrates the branches from the posterior cord (axillary and radial nerves), and the anterior view. (B) illustrates the branches from the lateral (musculocutaneous and median nerves) and medial (median and ulnar nerves) cords.
Figure 38-7. Cutaneous innervation of the upper extremity nerves.
Table 38-3 Techniques for Brachial Plexus Blockade
- Paravertebral Block.This block technique is useful for segmental anesthesia, particularly of the upper thoracic segments. It is also useful if a more proximal (central) blockade than that of the intercostal nerves is needed,
such as to relieve the pain of herpes zoster or of a proximal rib fracture.
Figure 38-8. Probe placement (A) and ultrasound image (B) during paravertebral block in the thoracic spine. The probe is first placed in the midline of the spine to capture a transverse view of the vertebral and costal (if thoracic spine) elements. L = lamina; S = spinous process; T = transverse process.
Table 38-4 Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
- Inguinal Nerve Block.This block is performed easily with blind technique, although ultrasound imaging may be performed to help improve the success rate. Side effects include systemic toxicity and transient femoral nerve palsy.
- Penile blockis used in children and adults for surgical procedures of the glans and shaft of the penis.
III. Specific Techniques: Lower Extremity
Combined blocks of the lumbar and sciatic plexuses provide effective surgical anesthesia to the entire lower extremity (Figs. 38-3, 38-4, 38-5, 38-6, 38-7, 38-8, 38-9 and 38-10).
- Terminal Nerves of the Lumbar Plexus(Table 38-5)
- Sacral Plexus: Formation and Branches.The anterior primary rami of S1–S4 join the lumbosacral trunk to form the sacral plexus (Fig. 38-9).
- Sciatic, Tibial, and Common Peroneal Nerves.At a variable distance within the posterior thigh (often high in the popliteal fossa), the sciatic nerve bifurcates into common peroneal and tibial nerves.
- Nerves at the Ankle.By the time the femoral, tibial, and common peroneal nerves reach the ankle, five branches cross this joint to provide innervation for the skin and muscles of the foot (Table 38-6) (Fig. 38-10).
- Psoas Compartment Block.This block has the advantage of blocking the entire lumbar plexus and therefore provides anesthesia/analgesia of the anterolateral and medial thigh, the knee, and the cutaneous distribution of the saphenous nerve below the knee.
- Separate Blocks of the Terminal Nerves of the Lumbar Plexus.Anesthesia can be performed for four terminal nerves (lateral femoral cutaneous, femoral, obturator, and saphenous), although a lumbar plexus block is preferable if anesthesia of all these nerves is required.
- Anesthesia of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is occasionally used to provide sensory anesthesia for obtaining a skin graft from the lateral thigh. It can also be blocked as a diagnostic tool to identify cases of meralgia paresthetica.
- Obturator nerve block can be effective to prevent obturator reflex during transurethral bladder tumor resections, for treatment of pain in the hip area, for
adductor spasm (as seen in multiple sclerosis patients), or as a diagnostic tool when studying hip mobility.
Figure 38-9. The lumbar (A; L1–L4) and sacral (B; L4–S4) plexuses.
Figure 38-10. Cutaneous innervation from the terminal nerves of the lower extremity.
Table 38-5 Terminal Nerves of the Lumbar Plexus
Table 38-6 Nerves at the Ankle
- Procedures on the knee require anesthesia of the femoral and obturator nerves, although postoperative analgesia of the knee can usually be provided by femoral nerve block alone.
- Femoral nerve block is used extensively for analgesia (Fig. 38-11).
- Sciatic Nerve Blockade Using Posterior, Anterior, and Posterior Popliteal Approaches.A sciatic nerve block can be used with lumbar plexus block for anesthesia of the lower extremity. Together with saphenous nerve block, the block produces adequate anesthesia to the sole of the
foot and the lower leg. The sciatic nerve is deep within the gluteal region and may be difficult to locate blindly or with ultrasonography. Of benefit during ultrasound-guided blockade of the sciatic nerve and its terminal branches (tibial and common peroneal nerves) are the numerous bony and vascular landmarks that can be used for ease of identification (Fig. 38-12).
Figure 38-11. Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block. A. The probe is placed in a slightly oblique plane (at the level of and parallel to the inguinal crease) to capture the nerve in short-axis lateral to the femoral artery (FA). B. The needle is seen (not shown) as it transects the fascia lata and iliaca. The dotted line indicates the femoral nerve.
Figure 38-12. Landmarks for the sciatic nerve block using a posterior gluteal approach when a nerve stimulation procedure is used. This location will serve as a reference point when applying ultrasound imaging. The asterisk indicates the approximate location of the sciatic nerve. PSIS = posterior superior iliac spine.
- Ankle Block.All five nerves of the foot can be blocked at the level of the ankle. The superficial nerves (sural, superficial peroneal, and saphenous nerves) can be blocked by simple infiltration techniques. Ultrasound guidance can be useful for blocking the posterior tibial and deep peroneal (fibular) nerves because their locations can be easily identified next to reliable landmarks (bones and vessels) that are clearly visible.
Editors: Barash, Paul G.; Cullen, Bruce F.; Stoelting, Robert K.; Cahalan, Michael K.; Stock, M. Christine
Title: Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia, 6th Edition
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Two Bridges Responds to Closure of Cherry Street Pathmark
In the late 70s and early 80s, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council & Settlement Housing Fund negotiated to bring an affordable, full-service supermarket to our neighborhood, resulting in the construction of the 24-hour Pathmark Supermarket, which served our community for almost 30 years (1983 to 2012).
Though Pathmark closes its doors permanently on Friday, December 21, 2012, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council remains committed to protecting and enhancing access to fresh and affordable food for individuals and families in our area. Our ultimate goal is to enhance access to fresh & affordable food while strengthening the local economy of the Two Bridges neighborhood. As part of these efforts, a Grocery Guide for the Two Bridges neighborhood will be published in Spring 2013.
The imminent closure of the Pathmark Supermarket comes in the middle of the holiday season, when food plays a central role in family gatherings and celebrations. But affordable access to fresh food is a year-round concern, especially in the ethnically & economically diverse communities of the Two Bridges area on Manhattan's Lower East Side, one of the lowest-income neighborhoods in Manhattan with one of the highest rates of reliance on food subsidy benefits.
Earlier this Fall, following a public rally hosted by Two Bridges Neighborhood Council with participation from local elected officials and partner organizations, Two Bridges took immediate steps to launch the Two Bridges Community Food Assessment, as a means of developing both interim & long-term strategies to deal with the perceived "food gap" left by the closure of the Pathmark.
We are able to report that the first phase of our comprehensive assessment is already complete. Through the distribution of a multilingual survey (available in English, Spanish & Chinese), we have gathered essential data from over 300 residents to help us better understand the grocery-related needs of individuals and families. We thank our community partners who helped get our resident survey out into the community, especially GOLES, volunteers & the many residents who participated.
With guidance from Urbane Development, LLC, one of the nation's leading experts on inner-city food access, we are currently well into the second phase of data collection: executing a detailed survey of local business owners to aid in our understanding of the neighborhood's existing food network and local food economy, including bodegas, small-scale groceries, fruit and vegetable stands and pharmacies.
Together, the survey data and additional research will be compiled to create a Grocery Guide to the neighborhood. The guide will serve as a roadmap and index of affordability, to allow residents to locate the goods & services they require. The guide will be published in three languages (English, Spanish, and Chinese) in the Spring of 2013.
In tandem with these efforts, Two Bridges maintains regular communications with the executive officers of A&P, Pathmark's parent company, to encourage the store to maintain a connection with our neighborhood, and to exercise their right to return to their former site once a new building is developed. Two Bridges will meet with Pathmark executives in early January to discuss strategies for keeping Pathmark engaged in our community.
For more information about Two Bridges and our Community Food Assessment:
For Inquiries, Please Contact:
Kerri Culhane, Associate Director
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council
275 Cherry Street
New York, New York 10002
Victor J. Papa's Statement on the Closing of Pathmark 10/10/2012
We're standing here, united, all of us, together, along with our working families, with our seniors, all of us as a community stunned that we will very soon be deprived of a very basic need in our neighborhood…affordable food and medicine which this Pathmark Supermarket has provided to this community for nearly three decades.
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, with Settlement Housing Fund, was the original sponsor of this supermarket during the development of the Two Bridges Urban Renewal Site in the 1970s, in an era that seemed much more sensitive to the needs of a low-income community.
That period is over and we have seemingly become a city in which low-income and working class families and elders are not a priority in the incessant "development" of NYC city neighborhoods, but rather an afterthought.
While Pathmark has reserved the right to return to the future development, there is no guarantee that this will happen at all, nor that its replacement will be a supermarket considered affordable by local residents. In any case, in the unspecified number of years before the new development is completed, the neighborhood is left without an essential resource on which is has come to rely for the past three decades.
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council is committed to this community, and committed to protecting and enhancing access to fresh and affordable food in the Two Bridges neighborhood. We have engaged the services of one of the nation's leading food-systems consultants, Mr. James Johnson-Piett of Urbane Development, to develop real short and long-term solutions that will make our neighborhood, its food system and its economy, more resilient.
We are working with community residents, community CBOs, businesses, and elected officials to find alternative measures to provide affordable food to our families.
We are heartened by the support we are receiving from our elected officials, you Speaker Silver with your staff closely consulting with our staff, you Senator Squadron for your insight and encouragement, you Council Member Chin for all that you will give to alleviate this crisis, you Mr. Borough President Stringer for the assurances given that your staff will be available to this community, and you Congresswoman Velazquez, we never need your assurance for support, we know it's always there. Julie Menin, you too, extending as you do today, your concern from Lower Manhattan to the Lower East Side.
Finally, we are encouraged by the unity of our CBOs in addressing this crisis. We shall rely on your advice for strategy and ideas. We appreciate what you are already doing, you NYCHA tenant associations, always addressing quality of life concerns, you organizations like CAAAV, with hardly time and resources to address 11 Allen Street, you now come here to address this issue…You GOLES, enmeshed as you are in a multiplicity of community justice issues, lend your support to address this problem as well.
Thank you all. You will be hearing from Two Bridges very soon as we now undertake the task before us. Expect to hear from us a lot. Expect that very soon we will sponsor a public meeting to invite the developer and other parties that we will need to rely on to alleviate the hardships caused by the closing of this supermarket and pharmacy.
Carol Lamberg of Settlement Housing Fund's Statement on the Closing of Pathmark 10/10/12
Settlement Housing Fund is a 43-year old nonprofit housing organization that has worked with Two Bridges Neighborhood Council since 1971 to develop and sustain over 1,300 affordable apartments in the Two Bridges Urban Renewal Area. Together we co-own Two Bridges Tower, which houses nearly 200 families, and a small row of adjacent stores.
In the late 1970s, recognizing the lack of shopping in the neighborhood, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council and a group of community leaders – under the leadership of the late Goldie Chu – sought to identify a clean supermarket offering fresh, affordable food. After looking all over NYC and the surrounding area, they found Pathmark. We all worked together – testifying at numerous public hearings, and urging authorities to designate this portion of the Urban Renewal Area as a supermarket – and the City Planning Commission and other agencies approved it. The City provided the land at a reasonable cost, and Pathmark promised to hire neighborhood residents both during construction and permanently.
When Pathmark opened in 1983, it kept its promises. It offered fresh produce at a reasonable cost, hired neighborhood residents and offered a variety of foods that reflected the tastes of this very diverse neighborhood. It was profitable, attracting customers from all over the city, and its presence and activity helped keep the area safe.
Two Bridges is a mixed-income community including low- and moderate-income families who cannot afford high priced food. Nonetheless, the Lower East Side has now become trendy and developers see an opportunity to make a lot more money. Pathmark sold its lease, and there are plans underway to redevelop the site. But we do not want to see Pathmark leave. This neighborhood needs an affordable supermarket. We urge the developers to work with Pathmark to the keep the store open, at least until construction of a new building begins, and to build a neighborhood-sensitive supermarket as part of any new development. We hope the developers will respect the needs of this diverse community by keeping a decent supermarket affordable to everyone.
Press Release Issued 10/04/12: Pathmark Closure Sparks Community Discussion About The Future Of Affordable Food In The Two Bridges Neighborhood
In the late 70s and early 80s, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council and Settlement Housing Fund led the fight to bring a full-service supermarket to our neighborhood, resulting in the construction of a Pathmark Supermarket on lot 8 of the Two Bridges Urban Renewal Area. The 24-hour Pathmark Supermarket & Pharmacy have served our community for almost 30 years (1983 to 2012).
On September 28, 2012, Pathmark announced its intention to close in late December 2012, having sold its lease to a developer that will redevelop the site. The size and nature of this new development has yet to be disclosed. While we understand that Pathmark has reserved the right of first refusal to operate a supermarket in the new development once it is completed in the next two to five years, in the interim our neighborhood will be left with fewer affordable food options, with no guarantee that an affordable market will relocate in the new building. The loss of affordable fresh food options in this largely low-income neighborhood is a crisis demanding an immediate response.
"We are committed to working with our elected officials, the Pathmark Corporation, and the new developer in resolving this dire situation for the benefit of the Two Bridges families and seniors." says Victor Papa, President/Director of Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Inc.
WHO: Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, elected officials, community leaders and residents of the Two Bridges Neighborhood
WHAT: To express the neighborhood's concern about the loss of this important resource to elected officials, policy makers, the Pathmark Corporation and the developer; and to develop an interim solution until a permanent affordable supermarket and pharmacy is re-established in this location
WHEN: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at 11:00AM
WHERE: 227 Cherry St. (In front of the vacant lot)
WHY: Two Bridges Neighborhood Council is committed to protecting and enhancing access to fresh and affordable food in the Two Bridges Neighborhood.
Press Release Issued 9/28/12: Two Bridges Responds to Closure of Cherry Street Pathmark
The news of the impending closure of the Pathmark store later this year brings to mind how, years ago, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Inc. advocated for and made possible the Pathmark supermarket as the first full service supermarket in this community. Even when recalling that some residents were originally not supportive of it, having now experienced the major benefits of its presence for nearly 30 years, its imminent loss to the Two Bridges' community is unthinkable.
The Pathmark supermarket located at 227 Cherry Street currently serves the essential needs of every strata of our diverse Lower East Side community, especially seniors and low income families. Furthermore, the possible loss of the Pathmark pharmacy is particularly disconcerting, considering it serves hundreds of families in this area. In essence, the loss of both the Pathmark supermarket and pharmacy is the loss of a very essential social service.
In upcoming weeks, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Inc. intends to solicit the assistance of our local elected officials, community leaders, and residents to work towards extending the Pathmark's services for as long as possible, until continuity of services can be guaranteed by a future on-site full service supermarket that aims to serve the diverse communities and needs of this area.
A supermarket in our community is essential to thousands of residents who have very few other options for fresh food and other essentials.
For more information on the history between Two Bridges Neighborhood Council and the Pathmark supermarket and pharmacy, please see:
Two Bridges Urban Renewal Area 1972-1997


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The Gifts of Duncan Phillips exhibition showcases the major artworks he gave directly and indirectly to American University's Watkins Memorial Collection, as well as works by the early Department of Art faculty members Phillips helped recruit and encouraged. Learn more about the rich history between Phillips and the university with information collected by American University Museum Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen. There is an ongoing research effort to understand the sequence of events in the 40s and 50s that shaped American University, The Phillips Collection, and Washington, DC. Please email additional information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Phillips Memorial Art Gallery (later renamed The Phillips Collection) was established by Duncan Phillips in 1921 as a museum of modern art and its sources, the first such museum in the United States. The Phillips Gallery Art School began regular courses in instruction in 1931. C. Law Watkins, a former classmate of Duncan Phillips at Yale, became the museum's Director of Education, as well as serving as Associate Director of the Museum beginning in 1929. In 1930, after organizing several exhibitions, he established the Phillips Gallery Art School at the museum and later Studio House. In the early 1940s, Watkins was assisted by several younger artists, including Sarah Baker, William H. Calfee, and Robert Gates. Karl Knaths participated in the program as a visiting artist.
American University's Department of Art was founded in 1925 under the direction of Will Hutchins, who served as chair until 1941. Art classes were held in Hurst Hall, supplemented by classes at the Corcoran School of Art, until the United States entered World War II, and Hurst Hall was rented to the Red Cross. At the invitation of Phillips, the Department of Art moved to the Phillips Gallery Carriage House.
The university entered into an agreement with the Phillips Gallery Art School in 1942 whereby students could take classes in the mornings at the gallery and regular college courses in the afternoon at the university. Watkins re-organized American University's Department of Art, enabling students to earn a bachelor's or master's degree in fine arts. By this arrangement, AU became one of the first institutions of higher learning in the United States to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in fine arts.
Following the war, AU's Department of Art returned to campus to a temporary building left vacant by the Department of Defense. The efforts of Phillips and Watkins, Baker, Calfee, and Gates formed the nucleus of the newly expanded Department of at American University between 1945 and 1946, founded on the principles he originated at The Phillips School and stated in its course catalog:
The wisest and best teachers are the masterpieces of ancient and modern art, and the logical art school is in direct association with a great collection.
Watkins was appointed chair of the art department in 1944, but died unexpectedly the following year, whereupon Calfee took over as chairman and served in that capacity until 1954. Karl Knaths, Herman Maril, and Jack Tworkov also taught as visiting artists in the new program.
In 1945, AU's Department of Art faculty and artist friends of Watkins contributed gifts of art to establish the Watkins Memorial Collection as a tribute to their friend and mentor. Phillips wrote an essay for the first exhibition catalogue of the Watkins Memorial Collection, and between 1950 and 1952 contributed works by Milton Avery, Eugene Berman, Rockwell Kent, John Marin, Louis Marcoussis, Harold Weston, and Arthur Dove to the collection.
The Watkins Memorial Collection continued to grow through the influence of Phillips. In 1952, following Katherine Dreier's death, Marcel Duchamp offered Phillips the works in her personal collection. After much deliberation, Phillips selected seventeen works for The Phillips Collection, and suggested that twelve paintings and sculptures be given to the fledgling Watkins Gallery at American University to honor his long standing friendship with Watkins.¹ This gift included works by Werner Drewes, Joseph Stella, Heinrich Campendonck, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Kurt Schwitters, Jacques Villon, and David Burliuk. Over the next fifty years, the Watkins Memorial Collection has grown to over 4,800 objects.
In order to promote an awareness of modern art in the nation's capital, the art department faculty opened the Jefferson Place Gallery near the Dupont Circle in 1957. Artists shown included members of the New York Abstract Expressionists as well as the Washington Color School. By the 1960s a younger group of artists including Ben Summerford, Luciano Penay, Helene McKinsey Herzbrun, Robert D'Arista, and Lothar Brabanski joined the faculty of American University's art department. Collectively they made a lasting contribution to a younger generation of artists who are still active today.
¹Erika D. Passantino and David W. Scott, eds., The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A Collection in the Making (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1999


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Roger Angell, the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, returns with a selection of writings that celebrate a view from the tenth decade of an engaged, vibrant life.
Long known for his range and supple prose (he is the only writer elected to membership in both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters), Angell won the 2015 American Society of Magazine Editors' Best Essay award for "This Old Man", which forms a centerpiece for this audiobook. This deeply personal account is a survey of the limitations and discoveries of great age, with abundant life, poignant loss, jokes, retrieved moments, and fresh love, set down in an informal and moving fashion. A flood of listeners from different generations have discovered and shared this classic piece.
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Does anyone know of a good supplier of hickory for an offset smoker in the central Florida Orlando area?
Just got an almost new Lang 36 off Craigslist, picking it up Friday!! Need to stock up on the split logs now.
Does anyone know of a good supplier of hickory for an offset smoker in the central Florida Orlando area?
Just got an almost new Lang 36 off Craigslist, picking it up Friday!! Need to stock up on the split logs now.
You could try Walmart for hickory chunks, but for logs you'd probably have to advertise in the classifieds or Craigslist or other mediums.
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Check CL for guys cutting down trees. I usually get my chunks locally at Depot etc.. I have also ordered Peach off Ebay and so forth.
I do not know of anyone locally to help ya out with sticks.......
I would check with your local tree companies they should havesome or where you can get some splits. That's what I have done in Jax area.
Check the classified ads in your newspaper.
There's almost always an ad for oak by the truckload down here.
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Thanks for the tips guys - didn't think about using oak for the heat and just chunks for flavor, like the idea a lot. I ended up getting the Klose 20x42 instead of the Lang, so looking forward to firing it up this weekend! Thanks again all.
Since Pignut Hickory and Mockernut Hickory are native trees to Florida I would think you would be able to get it easily. Talk to tree trimming company's, allot of times they will help you out. I have a buddy who burns wood, and I'm always helping him out gathering wood from trees company's have cut. Saves them from having to haul it off, so it's a win win. However you gotta get it picked up quick as some customers of tree service don't want it laying around, and get antsy thinking the tree service just left it. Since I'm off allot of times I'm there when they are cutting.
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I'm pregnant with my first child I'm 20 years old. I kept telling him I had a uti and they did urine tests on me it came out I had one and it was reoccurring with the pregnancy. After I was about 20 weeks I starting getting horrible back pain and I couldn't even get an hour of sleep without waking up in pain tossing and turning all night. I called him went in for tests and they said if I had an infection they would let me know weeks passed with no call, when I kept calling they had an attitude with me and made me feel like I was just complaining about regular pregnancy pains. A week ago now I was 24 weeks pregnant and thought I had the flu I couldn't barely even walk I had a temperature of 102-102.9 for 3 days I called everyday saying something is not ok I took Tylenol and nothing brought the fever down the nurse in the office insisted I had a stomach bug she also had had and that it would pass in a day or so. After nothing clearing and myself getting horribly worse I called again and the dr prescribed me tamiflu without even a dr visit he wouldn't even see me! Then next day when I felt like I was about to die couldn't even stomach a sip of water he informed me to go to Yale er. I found out I have a horrible kidney infection and had to be admitted into the hospital. This dr has disappointed me and I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through DO NOT USE HIM AS YOUR DR, You will end up in the hospital. He did a clean catch urine sample in his office 4 days before this happened I don't understand why he didn't see I had an infection. Still now after getting out of the hospital I'm having problems and had a renal ultrasound he has not called me back yet it's been 2 days now he is awful and is harming my life and my unborn sons life! Don't make the same mistake I made and switch to him he will have u in the hospital on death row.
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Way too busy for his workload
Coming in for an emergency, after being a patient for over 7 years, they first had to call my insurance...?, then they made a mistake, stating i didnt have coverage, called to apologize, had me come in, had the staff diagnose the problem while the doctor isnt even in the office, still waiting for a call regarding my problem while i sit in pain.
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Very poor bedside manner. No empathy for a woman in hard labor. I left his practice. He didn't take my complaints seriously.
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Efficient and Caring
Dr. Ferrentino is great for OB/GYN care. He's consistently on time for appointments and has made personal calls to update me on my pregnancy. Additionally, he's efficient during appointments but will spend all the time necessary with me to address my questions.
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I am a busy mom of twin toddlers. They are two now, and I always say, "we have the terrible twos, times two!" It is one heck of a household – full of laughs, giggles, screams, and shouts. I cannot imagine life any other way, alhamdulilah. Ever since the kids starting eating solids, I try to cook all of their meals at home (using organic ingredients when I can). Let me tell you, it is quite a challenge. When I was busy working as a K-street lawyer in Washington, I was always looking for innovative ways to make traditional home-cooked meals, quickly. I am not talking Rachel Ray style. I find that the majority of these "30 minute meals" lack flavor and depth. However, there are a few Middle Eastern dishes that can be cooked quickly, without sacrificing flavor. My bamya in the pressure cooker is one of those recipes (ever since my mom introduced me to the pressure cooker, I don't know how I ever lived without it. I can make beef in 25 minutes, and it tastes like it has been cooking for hours). I plan on sharing my other kid-friendly recipes on midEATS in the weeks to come.
Bamya is a very traditional Egyptian stew, made with cubes of tender slow-cooked beef, okra, and tomato sauce. Most people don't like okra because of the stringy texture. However, when cooked in a stew (and when using frozen okra), this is pretty much a non-existent issue. Further, okra is a powerhouse of nutrients, with folic acid, vitamin B6, fiber, and potassium. My kids love the soft texture of the beef and okra, and it is a great way to get your children to eat their veggies!
I have other recipes for making bamya using fresh okra, but I wanted to share this quick, and simple recipe for all of the busy working moms looking for an easy way to get their kids to eat a nutrionally healthy meal!
30-Minute Bamya (Okra Stew)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
1 lb of organic stew meat, small cubes
1 onion, diced
1 garlic, minced
1 cardamom pod
2 cups of chicken broth
1 can tomato sauce (12-oz)
1 bag of frozen organic okra
½ cup chopped parsley, fresh
Juice of ½ lemon
Olive oil
1 tablespoon of your favorite Middle Eastern spice mix (7-spice or "meat spice" work well)
½ tsp salt
½ tsp onion powder
½ tsp garlic powder
- In a small bowl, mix beef cubes with the marinade spices. Mix well to coat the beef. Set aside while you prepare the other ingredients.
- Chop the onion, and mince the garlic.
- In a pressure cooker, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté. Once the onions become soft, add the garlic and cardamom pod. Let simmer for a minute or so.
- Add beef to the pressure cooker's onion/garlic mix, and lightly brown the beef. Add the chicken broth and tomato sauce. Mix well.
- Add the frozen okra to the pressure cooker. Cover and follow your pressure cooker's instructions. For mine, once it begins to whistle, I reduce the heat to low. Let cook for approximately 20 minutes. (I usually start cooking some rice at this step, so it will be ready at the same time as the okra.)
- Turn off the heat and release the pressure according to your pressure cooker's instructions.
- Add the lemon juice and chopped parsley. Add another pinch of salt and pepper. Stir well. Serve with freshly cooked rice. Enjoy!


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Pass the value of the payment option to the email autoresponderAsked by adea on November 13, 2015 at 06:40 PM2. I am using a recurring payment option in the payment widget. It is set up so that the person writes in the amount they are paying depending on the payment frequency. For instance, I have payment frequencies set up for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and yearly payments. For each of those the person chooses how much they want to pay.
In the confirmation letter we want to include the information from the payment transaction which shows which option they choose. The sentence reads like 'This letter confirms your first installment of .....". Do you have any suggestions on how I can capture that information in the letter?
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Here's a workaround:
Create separate autoresponder emails for each selection and then create a condition for each autoresponder. The condition would be like, "If this payment option is selected, send this autoresponder to the email address provided in the email field".
The content of the Monthly Autoresponder(like the other payment options autoresponder) is pre-constructed.
Say this is the option selected by the user:
Phase V Monthly Donation ( USD for each month .)
Then, the content of the autoresponder email would have an information that they have selected a monthly payment. Same goes for the other Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Yearly options and their corresponding autoresponders.
Now, the only thing that's missing is the amount. Unfortunately, we don't have a way to get the value of the amount they put in the payment option directly.
Looking how your form is constructed, I thought I have found a workaround, but I'm hesitant that it could work on your form and might just lead to confusion for your submitters.
Anyway, here's what I'm thinking:
If the "My Total Pledge is" field is fixed, meaning they are obliged to meet that amount, then you can get the value of that and divide it by the total of payments they will be having that's base on their selection on the Payment options. In this case, you need to have another field(hidden) added to your form that will hold the amount that they will be paying each period.
I'm not 100% sure that this would be appropriate with how your process works. Because from the looks of it, the monthly payment is set to "no limit" since there are no 60 in the value for 5 years of monthly payments.
Here's a sample condition:
The "Total payment per period" field should be hidden.
Although this is not a concrete workaround, I still hope that this would work for you. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know and we will be glad to help you. Thank you.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your response, however, I am a little confused. In your first example are you saying that each time a person chooses one of the payment frequencies that they will get an email? I don't want them to get another email. I already have an email being sent when they hit submit with a custom confirmation letter.
Also, are you saying that in order for your second option you listed above to work you have to have the first one also created?
I was just thinking about something. Is there any way to set up recurring payments without using payment widget? I really need to pull the amount the person is typing into the 'My Pledge' fields. I know that the calculation you suggested may work, but it is based on the assumption that the person will actually put in the correct amount. My concern is say someone says their total pledge is $100 and they select the quarterly payment schedule. With the calculation it will state their first installment is $25. However, the person may actually type something other than $25. This could cause big issues
JotForm Support
Currently, if you are setting up a form with multiple payment method, then you can follow this guide: http://www.jotform.com/help/182-How-to-Create-a-Basic-Multiple-Payment-form. This means you'll need to create two or more forms. Now the form's can have their own autoresponders and you can setup conditions to when the emails can be triggered, here's a guide that you can refer to: http://www.jotform.com/help/167-How-to-send-to-a-specific-email-address-based-on-a-selection.
Now, I'm not quite sure how your form actually works, I'm confused on what input fields needs to be filled out. If you would like your users to pay directly what they input without any calculation, then they can directly input it on the donation text boxes setup on the payment wizard, you can get the value directly and add it in your notifier/autoresponder's email template.
Unfortunately, you cannot setup recurring payments without using the payment tools. But you can use the "Purchase Order" field if you do not want to charge them automatically using any payment integrations, that's usually used for payments made on bank transfer or the likes.


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7-inch tablet. The tablet earned
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RIM will no longer be making the 16 GB model of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The 16 GB PlayBook will continue to be available for distributors and retailers while quantities last. We continue to remain committed to the tablet space and the 32 GB and 64 GB models of the BlackBerry PlayBook continue to be available from our distributors and retailers around the world.
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Pension systems are not a modern idea.
About 13 BC, the Roman Emperor Augustus began to pay pensions to veterans of his Imperial Roman army, financing the scheme with a 5 per cent inheritance tax.
In 1797, English revolutionary Thomas Paine called for authorities to establish a national fund from which everyone over 50 would receive £10 a year for the rest of their life.
Even the "modern" pension system – a widely available scheme for retired workers and those who hit retirement age – was introduced more than 120 years ago.
It was the brainchild of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who set it up in 1889, chiefly to pre-empt the growing socialist movement in Germany.
Pension systems have, however, always been dogged by a big problem: how can authorities keep the schemes financially sustainable while also providing a decent income for those who rely on them?
Bismarck went for sustainability. When told the life expectancy of the average German male worker was 65, he set the pension age at 65.
Economists call this problem a trade-off. When it comes to Australia, how well do you think we are managing this problem?
A former Treasury official and co-author of the Financial System Inquiry Report 1997, Patricia Pascuzzo, has just surveyed work on global pension schemes from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Monetary Fund, NATSEM, and other rankings of pension systems.
Her report, An International Comparison of Pension System Performance in Delivering Adequate Retirement Incomes, will be handed to the federal government'sfinancial system inquiry.
The report was commissioned by Challenger Limited, and forms part of that institution's second submission to the inquiry. It is worth a read.
Pascuzzo says Australia's combined superannuation and pension system ranks relatively well on fiscal sustainability, but very poorly on the level of income it is delivering to retirees.
Australia has one of the highest poverty rates among over-65s in the OECD (35 per cent of its retirees are "at risk of poverty". The only country with a worse record is Korea, at 47 per cent).
Australia's system also has the worst replacement rate for over-65s among 34 OECD countries. (The replacement rate is the proportion of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension system when they retire. Australia's pension replacement rate is 69 per cent of the national mean income. The OECD average is 86 per cent).
These are discouraging indicators.
They can partly be explained by the fact Australia's compulsory super system has not reached maturity. It will be some decades before all retirees have been through the compulsory system and only then will we see the full impact of the combined super and pension system on retirement outcomes.
But it seems the nation has put an emphasis on the fiscal sustainability of its system (not a bad thing in itself) at the cost of the adequacy of the payments retirees receive.
Living standards for retirees have suffered as a result.
"While the living standards of the aged across the world are generally lower than those of the broader population, the evidence suggests that this disparity is greater in Australia than in almost all OECD countries," the report says.
"[And] taking into account in kind benefits of housing and publicly provided services … does not change the overall conclusion that retirees in Australia are relatively less well off than their OECD counterparts."
But Australia's system is rated second among its peer group when it comes to financial sustainability.
The countries that perform best for fiscal sustainability are Switzerland, Australia and Canada, in that order.
Countries at the bottom of the scale include Greece, Italy, France, and Austria.
This ranking is based on the performance of several financial indicators, including pension and pension reserve assets as a percentage of GDP, public pension expenditures, and the permanent budgetary adjustment needed to ensure the sustainability of public finances.
Pascuzzo believes we can improve retirees' living standards while maintaining fiscal sustainability.
She asks: "Does the design of the retirement income system … provide a reasonable balance between the objectives of adequacy and sustainability? Notwithstanding that the system is fiscally sustainable, is it acceptable to have 35 per cent of the aged population 'at risk of poverty'? Given the relatively high cost of the Australian superannuation system compared with pension systems overseas … should Australians be content with the level of financial security offered by the retirement system?
"The answer to each of the above questions is an unequivocal 'no'."
What does she suggest we do? Well, the paper makes no recommendation for structural reform.
Instead, it identifies some design elements of the system that, if tinkered with properly, could improve living standards without threatening the system.
One of the best ways to increase living standards, while working within existing budgetary pressures, is to introduce a requirement that part of a superannuation benefit must be taken as an income stream over one's entire retirement, rather than as a lump sum when someone reaches the age at which super can be accessed.
This could be done by having default superannuation funds include an income-stream limit as their default retirement option.
It could be optional, or it could be mandated.
If retirees were encouraged to rely on such post-retirement income streams, they would be in a better position to manage "key risks" such as longevity, investment and even inflation risk during retirement.
And the effect on their living standards would be immediate, while their incentive to work and save would be positively affected.
Another option is to raise the age at which people can access their super (called the "preservation age"), a more effective move than further increasing the pension age, particularly for retirees over 75.
People can now access their super at 55 (although you have to pay tax on any benefits you receive before 60), while the retirement age is 65, so there's a 10-year gap between the time at which you can access your super and your pension.
However, this option would not allow retirees to manage for risks such as longevity and inflation.
These are some of the low-hanging fruit options. It's a messy business, but it would help lift living standards of retirees without threatening the system.
Ross Gittins is on leave


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