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A number of things have changed in the space of a month. Job change, career change, some financial reprieve and my decision to go active husband hunting. Of all those things I listed, the husband hunting is the hardest and most cringe worthy. Looking at those words "husband hunting" makes me uneasy.
It's not just about the words but the image that comes to mind – like a cougar (no pun intended) on the prowl for fresh available meat. It's not just any meat but prime grade A quality meat. None of that sounds very lady like or Christiany! However, the reason for the pursuit of more than the minimum single status quo is due to one thing – the philosophy that if I want something, then I need to take an active role in trying to acquire it.
For the longest time, religion dictates that we should be content in whatever situation we are in. However, I have decided to challenge that concept. That idea of being a minimalist is such a weak philosophy for living. If I live in the gutters of India, should I be content and praise God for – being alive? Should I always end my prayer with 'This is what God wants for my life?' Or can I work my way out of that miserable state and thank God for every progress?
I happened to have formed a budding work friendship with a single (non Christian) 40 something waiting for her man to propose. She was so forthright about her desires to be coupled and that she would actively pursuit two other eligible guys if her man continues to be a minimalist (all the milk without buying the cow). While her and I are very different in characteristics, I did grab on piece of important tidbit – sitting on your ass and praying alone will not make the world work in your favour.
I can hear the conservative christians vehemently explaining how 'God works in mysterious ways' and 'wait on the Lord' etc. These verses easily slipping from their mouths' but as I stated in my analogy about the gutters of India, I have decided to take the action point of view with my social life. PS- It's quite fun to take an active role 🙂 A dear friend of mine is leaving behind the minimum thought too-she has a financial goal she wants to achieve and let's just say it's a lot more than pennies. She is actively going after that goal while still keeping her connection to God. It's shocking how you can do both.
Contentment is certainly not overrated. However, contentment and having the barest minimum do NOT go hand in hand. Contentment and suffering are NOT synonymous. The idea that Christianity has become this perpetual suffering religion is ludicrous. Many of the Old Testament stalwarts were quite wealthy and God blessed them even more because such blessings were not evil – being happy in one's life does not equal sin.
I can truly say that this time in my life I am doing the minimum dance which is very far from contentment. So whether it is husband hunting or career finding or financial stability or even something else that God has blessed for those bible characters, doing the minimum does not seem to pull me closer to God. I guess I am refusing to be this waiting suffering Christianish person.


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Simply Green Art Exhibit
Monday, May 12, 2014
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Location: The Gallery at Lower Bucks
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Simply Green - April 7th through May 16th
This exhibition will feature artwork that promotes sustainable living. All works of art must be made of recycled materials or must promote some element of sustainability or environmental concern. Open to all artists and artist groups. The Simply Green reception will be held on Friday, April 11th from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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Nalepa clearly describes a quick way to create inspiring patterns using Ableton Live. I've use this technique and if you take a shot at is try it with some drum kits! I like how you can see the student in the orange hat start to get it.
"Dubspot Instructor and Curriculum Developer, Professor Nalepa offers a glimpse into our Ableton program; explains and demonstrates how to create custom arpeggio patterns using Live's powerful interface." – youtube.com/user/DubSpot
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Gray's superb run ends in abrupt fashion vs. Rays
Righty allows six earned runs after giving up five in previous six starts
OAKLAND -- Sonny Gray probably deserves a mulligan, except those aren't afforded to the contending types.
The A's right-hander gave up more runs Wednesday afternoon than he did in his previous six starts combined, and Oakland's offense absolutely sputtered in a 7-3 loss to the Rays. The A's maintained their two-game lead over the Angels in the American League West as the Halos lost to the Dodgers at home.
"We control our own destiny," said Josh Reddick, who collected a two-run double in the ninth against Grant Balfour. "We can't rely on those guys to hit a speed bump. We gotta get out of our rut and get back to being the team we know we can be."
Gray's rickety performance isn't so much of a concern, instead more of an outlier in the middle of an otherwise stellar season, particularly after he was named AL Pitcher of the Month for July. But the lack of offense is alarming.
The A's won the series but scored just nine times in three games and went 5-for-25 with runners in scoring position and left 31 on base. Brandon Moss' hitless streak reached 17 at-bats. So did John Jaso's. Stephen Vogt is 0-for his last 23. Josh Donaldson is 4-for-21 through six games of this 10-game homestand, and Yoenis Cespedes, well, he was shipped out to Boston before it even began.
But to place blame on his absence for this funk would be a stretch, since these woes sprouted even before Cespedes' departure. Still, his ex-teammates might be pressing a bit.
"We were struggling when he was here, so a lot of people lean on that as a crutch, but we know we're a good lineup with or without him," said Reddick. "Obviously we're going to miss that, but we gotta step up. Someone has to step up. We just haven't done it. We gotta keep grinding."
"We've seen stretches where we've scored double-digit runs, hence the run differential where we're at right now," said manager Bob Melvin, "but we're not doing that, where we're getting consistent at-bats and scoring multiple runs and putting up crooked numbers."
On Wednesday it was Eric Sogard who provided the lone run off righty Jeremy Hellickson, snapping a 110-game homerless streak with a one-out solo shot to right field in the sixth inning. Hellickson allowed just one other hit -- a leadoff single to Coco Crisp in the fourth -- through seven strong innings.
Gray only made it through 4 1/3 frames, allowing a career-high seven runs (six earned) and 10 hits, along with four walks, tying his career high, and a hit batsman. He allowed four runs total in five July starts for a 1.03 ERA and not more than one earned run in each of his last six.
"Just erratic with his fastball today," said Melvin. "He's able to wiggle out of some jams, which he typically does. Today, just wasn't the case. We just probably haven't seen a game out of him like this."
Gray was out of sorts from the start, escaping a first-inning jam before allowing a run in the next frame and walking the bases loaded in the third. Though the Rays didn't capitalize on it, they would go on to score three in the fourth, highlighted by Kevin Kiermaier's two-run homer, and three more in the fifth.
Gray had a chance to complete the inning, if not for Sogard's rare fielding error on a botched double-play attempt that would've cleared the bases and left him with one out to compile. Instead, he had runners at the corners and no out, ultimately leading to a two-run single off the bat of Desmond Jennings that marked the end of his day.
"When you put your team in a hole like that, it puts a lot more pressure on the offense and it's harder to climb out of," said Gray. "That's just tough to do, especially when the other team is scoring so many runs early in the game."
Righty Jesse Chavez allowed one of his inherited runners to score but none of his own, compiling 3 2/3 shutout innings in the loss, the fifth accumulated by A's starters over the last eight games, in which they've compiled a 5.77 ERA.
"You try to locate your pitches and stay on it and just fight through it," said Gray. "I thought I was close, just didn't have that extra life today."
"Just one of those days. Everyone's going to have their off days," said Reddick. "Tends to happen, but the lineup also still continues to struggle. I think we're getting tired of being perfected through the first four innings.
"The last few games it seems to be about getting guys on base, and even when we do, we can't come up with that one big hit. The other night, we got lucky pulling out a win after stranding 18 guys on base. Fortunately we got that one out of the way or we would've been answering a lot of questions we don't want to answer. We just gotta get on base. We keep doing that, we're going to do what we can do. We're a lineup that can put a lot of damage on the board. We just haven't done it. Hitting that funk for the first time."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A really nice sampler like piece of stitch work of art ! The scene is of Fox Hill Farm and the stitch work is Beautiful! Whom ever made this is a true artist , I first thought it was a painting from afar and I was Surprised as I discovered it was needle work ! I just Love It ! The attention to detail is Amazing!


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Trans-anal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (THD) vs. Hemorrhoidectomy (THD)
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|Procedure: Ferguson Procedure: THD
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Trans-anal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (THD) vs. Hemorrhoidectomy for 3rd and 4th Degree Hemorrhoids in at Least Three Quadrants: A Prospective Randomized Control Pilot Study.
- Post operative pain [ Time Frame: 14 days ]Patient reports pain levels at 14 days post surgery
- complications [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Complications involving hospital visit.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Trans-anal dearterialization
24 patients were assigned to the Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization with mucopexy arm, which is a Doppler guided procedure for suture ligation of hemorrhidal arteries rather than excisional
Procedure: THD
Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization will be performed using an endoscopic ultrasonic probe. Approximately 7-8 hemorrhoidal arteries will be ligated at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 o'clock position as previously described in the literature. The ligation will be performed using a vicryl suture. The ultrasonic probe locates the arterial signal.
Active Comparator: Ferguson
17 patients were randomized to Ferguson method, which is the operative gold standard for hemorrhoids. This is an excisional surgery.
Procedure: Ferguson
This is a modification of the Milligan-Morgan technique, whereby the incisions are totally or partially closed with absorbable running suture. A retractor is used to expose the hemorrhoidal tissue, which is then removed surgically. The remaining tissue is either sutured or is sealed through the coagulation effects of a surgical device.
Detailed Description:
The THD technique involves using ultrasound equipment to identify the arteries that are feeding blood into the hemorrhoids. Once located, stitches are placed around those arteries to cut off the blood supply to the hemorrhoids, which destroys them.
In the standard surgical excision technique, the hemorrhoids are removed by cutting them out with a scalpel.
Both techniques are widely used in many hospitals today. However, there have been no formal studies comparing the two techniques regarding outcomes, particularly regarding pain after the procedure. We plan to enroll 60 patients in this study here at Stony Brook; 30 patients will have THD and 30 will have the standard surgical excision of hemorrhoids.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients visiting colorectal outpatient office at Stony Book Medical Center, with the diagnosis of 3rd or 4th degree hemorrhoids requiring hemorrhoidectomy will be invited to participate in this study. The diagnosis of hemorrhoids will be established by a colorectal surgeon based on following criteria:
- physical exam
- anoscopy or proctoscopy
Exclusion Criteria:
- first and second degree hemorrhoids
- recurrent hemorrhoids after previous surgical treatment
- history of HIV
- history of inflammatory bowel disease
- inability to give informed consent due to mental disability
- age younger than 18
- history of colon, rectal or anal cancer
- thrombosed hemorrhoids
- pregnant women
- non English speaking patients
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01244672
|United States, New York
|State University Hospital Medical Center
|Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794-8191
|Principal Investigator:
|Roberto Bergamaschi, MD, PhD
|Stony Brook University Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Roberto Bergamaschi, Professor and Chief, Division of colon and rectal surgery, Stony Brook University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01244672 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 18, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 3, 2012
Keywords provided by Roberto Bergamaschi, Stony Brook University:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rectal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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it is very simple: ANY of the 2.3 million posts here may have a broken or alleged "dangerous" link in it, heck over age some might have grown bad, who knows.
I did the google thing multiple times but i can assure you i have a lot more to do that is worth way more then that
It helps for a few days and that is it, i don't know if it is something/somepone reporting or that they expect me to find these so called "bad links" by going over the database and or pictures, pm's etc.
as soon as i can get it to work i am moving the site to vb 5 and to another server
i have tested umpteen ties but it aint as easy as it looks and with the size of dbase we have it aint as easy as they say.
this week alone i am on my 3rd attempt, if you consider that the db is neigh on 40Gb of data which everytime has to cycle through the entire upgrade, which takes about 8 hours, you will understand my reluctance in communications
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Sulley and Mike are at it again in this new hi-def home video...
For a great selection of television and film action figures and collectibles, check out BigBadToyStore.com, Urban-Collector.com, DollsAmerica.com, ClarkToys.com, ToyWiz.com, VNCToys.com, PastGenerationToys.com, HobbyLinkJapan.com, YesAnimation.com, and SuperheroToys.com.
For a great selection of video game t-shirts and apparel, check out TShirtGurus.com and 80sTees.com.
Released in 2001 to rave reviews and frantic fans, Monsters, Inc. continues to be a favorite of children of all ages, the hilarious and original story both tugs at the heart strings while continuing to excite and even frighten (in a good way!) kids of all ages...
Now, thanks to a hi-def re-release of Monsters, Inc., those fans will be able to enjoy one of their favorite children's films in beautiful 1080p. The colors are all gorgeous and the animation is smooth and brings to life the characters. The film includes a English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio as well as French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital tracks and English, French and Spanish subtitles are also included.
The real "bonus" of this new 3-disc set is the special features. The bonus materials include all of the previously released material released with the 2001 Collector's Edition - like the amusing "For the Birds" featurette; the short "Mike's New Car;" an interactive game entitled "Roz's 100 Door Challenge;" and numerous story featurettes including "Story is King," "Monsters Are Real," "Original Treatment," and "Back to Work."
That said, the real draw for fans - besides the new hi-def video and audio - is the new bonus features, including the new audio commentary with directors Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, writer Andrew Stanton, and executive producer John Lasseter in which the group talks story, characters, and film origins; a "Ride and Go Seek: Building Monstropolis in Japan" featurette about the Monsters, Inc. ride at Tokyo's Disneyland; and a Filmmakers Round Table which includes the film's makers chatting at the Hidden City Cafe (a Pixar hangout!) about their working at Pixar, the film's development, and more. Both funny and fun to watch, the round table examines early ideas and concepts and will no doubt impress Pixar fans who love to get any and all "behind the scenes" info on this amazing animation studio.
Other bonus features include "Mike's New Car," the interactive game "Roz's 100 Door Challenge," "Pixar Fun Factory Tour," a host of "Banished Concepts," a storyboard to film comparison, "Designing Monstropolis," "Set Dressing," "Location Flyaround," and a two-part "Monster File." All of these feature focus on specific concepts within the film, including deleted scenes, designing sets, 360 degree looks at sets, and info on the various monsters in the film.
Even more bonus features include a six-part look at the animation in the film, including "Animation Process," "Early Tests," "Opening Title Animation," "Hard Parts," Shots Departments," and "Production Demonstration." Again, each of these examines everything from the test models of the characters to the way their hair moves. Other bonus features include a featurette on music and sound and a featurette on the film's premiere (including trailers and TV spots!)
While there are a lot of previously released bonus features included here, the big draw is one of the best children's films ever in hi-def featuring a gorgeous picture, amazing sound, and a number of new bonus features (including the very informative round table!)
Overall, Monsters, Inc. is one of those timeless films that's sure to last decades and continue to make children of all ages laugh, jump, and continue to love. We live in the best era of animation in the history of film and it's great to know Pixar - even 8 years ago - was helping make it so.
Monsters, Inc. is rated G, is for all ages, and is available now wherever fine home video is sold.
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Berlin, N.J. Arts and crafts retailer A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Inc. said Monday it will close between seven and 10 locations in 2008.
The company said the decision to close the stores was based on the results of a real estate portfolio review. During that review, A.C. Moore said it identified underperforming locations to determine which stores "are no longer strategically or economically viable."
The company said it expects to report expenses between $7 million and $9 million in 2008 related to the impairment analysis and store closures.
A.C. Moore added it will also open between eight and 12 stores in 2008. Previously, the company had said it expected to open 14 stores during the year.
The company said it will consider moving some existing stores "to take advantage of the current real estate environment."
A.C. Moore said it is also working with state and local authorities to expand its distribution center in Berlin, N.J. If it goes ahead with the expansion, the company said it will not build a second distribution center.


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Creating LASIK Flaps With the LenSx Femtosecond Laser
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This will be a prospective, single-center clinical trial of up to 50 eyes of subjects scheduled to undergo LASIK surgery requiring an initial corneal flap. Subjects will be screened for eligibility.
Subjects will undergo LASIK surgery using the LenSx Laser to create the corneal flap prior to excimer laser treatment.
Subjects will be evaluated intraoperatively to assess the ease of lifting the flaps, the stromal bed quality, and the amount of opaque bubble layer. All patients will be followed with routine vision exams for 3 months postoperatively to evaluate changes in visual acuity, manifest refraction, slit lamp examination, and endothelial cell counts.
|Myopia Hyperopia
|Device: LenSx Laser
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Prospective, Single-center Clinical Trial of Subjects Scheduled to Undergo LASIK Surgery Requiring an Initial Corneal Flap.
- Ease of Lifting Flaps [ Time Frame: Operative ]
0 - Unable to lift flap
- - Able to lift flap with aid of sharp instrument
- - Able to lift flap with difficulty using blunt instrument
- - Able to lift flap with moderate resistance using blunt instrument
- - Able to lift flap with minimal resistance using blunt instrument
- - Able to lift flap without any resistance using blunt instrument (Scale)
- Stromal Bed Quality [ Time Frame: Operative ]
0 - very rough
1- moderately rough 2 - rough 3 - smooth 4 - moderately smooth 5 - very smooth (Scale)
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
LASIK Flap Arm
This is a single arm study.
Device: LenSx Laser
The LenSx laser system is a femtosecond laser that has received 510(k) clearance for anterior capsulotomy during cataract surgery (K082947), laser phacofragmentation during cataract surgery (K094052) and for use in the creation of a single and multi-plane arc cut/incisions in the cornea (K092647).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must have myopia or hyperopia eligible for femtosecond initiated LASIK surgery
- Must be over 18 years of age
- Must have visual acuity correctable to at least 20/25 in both eyes
- If subject is a contact lens wearer, discontinuation of contact lens wear prior to preoperative exam (2 weeks prior for soft contact lenses, 4 weeks prior for rigid gas permeable contact lenses, and 8 weeks prior for hard contact lenses)
- Must be willing and able to return for scheduled follow up examinations through 3 months after surgery
- Must sign and be given a copy of the written Informed Consent form
- Postoperative refractive target is emmetropia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known sensitivity to planned study concomitant medications
- Participation in any other ophthalmic drug or device clinical trial during the time of this clinical investigation
- Presenting any contraindications to femtosecond initiated LASIK
- Corneal thickness values that will result in residual bed less than 280 microns when flap resection and excimer ablation are calculated
- Irregular astigmatism, based on Investigator's judgment
- Undergoing monovision LASIK
- Pregnant, lactating or plan to become pregnant during the course of this study
- For bilateral second study eyes only: The surgeon shall not proceed with the second eye until the 1 week exam of the first eye shows no vision threatening complications.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01556893
|Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University
|Budapest, Hungary, 1085
|Responsible Party:
|Alcon LenSx, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01556893 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 15, 2012
|Last Updated:
|October 23, 2014
Keywords provided by Alcon LenSx, Inc.:
Flap Creation
Femtosecond Laser
corneal flap prior to LASIK procedure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Refractive Errors
Eye Diseases
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San Rafael police released a composite sketch Thursday of an armed prowler who entered the apartment of four college women and fled after a bloody struggle.
The incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday on Playa del Rey in the Canal area, where four Dominican University students share a residence. Police said two of the women were watching a movie in an upstairs room, and the other women were not home.
The burglary entered the room with a knife and "terrorized" the two women, ages 18 and 19, said police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher. One of the women fought with the intruder while the other called 911, and the struggle continued down the stairs, through the home and out into the yard and carport.
The man suffered numerous stab wounds or cuts during the struggle, and he broke free and escaped just before police arrived. Investigators suspect he might have sought medical care for his wounds.
The woman who fought him off was treated for minor injuries.
Police planned to return to the neighborhood Friday to distribute bilingual fliers with the new sketch, which is based on descriptions from the victims.
"We consider this to be a very violent and dangerous person," Rohrbacher said. "We really want to identify and locate this guy."
The burglar was distinguished by prominent ears and skin irregularities on his face, police said. He was described as Hispanic, 19 to 25 years old, thin and about 5-foot-6, with dark skin and high cheekbones.
Anyone with information can call San Rafael police at 485-3000. Tipsters can also call the multilingual Bay Area Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-222-8477, where they can remain anonymous and be eligible for a possible cash reward.
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text: For those of us who have been watching for a long time, we are quite familiar and long for the days of our Reggie Miller lead teams, who were fiery and competitive. I, for one, am so encouraged by our present team that I have a question I want to ask. I have no doubt that Paul George will develop into a complete, rounded player. However, even when he does we will never be able to deny that sweet stroke that he has. Does Paul have the skill to become the all time 3 point king? I honestly feel that if he continues on, Paul will have the rare opportunity to become the NBA leader in 3 pointers made, effectively taking the title from Ray Allen, who coincidentally took the record from our beloved Reggie. Keep stroking it, Paul, you are making us proud.


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Skeptic wrote:But when Sinhalese started to recieve Chinese support, the western media started to report against Sinhalese, making completly biased documentaries....
Skeptic wrote:Yes, I had this one in mind. During the war in Balkans there was much more killings and ethnic cleansing than in Sri Lanka, but in beginning nobody cared about it. Western media started to report about it when many thousands of people were already killed. In Sinhalese dominated areas there are many ethnicaly mixed areas full of Tamils, just look at Colombo for example. This would be impossible in the Balkans during the war, people of other ethnicity would be mostly expelled or killed.
My point is that western media started to report about Sinhalese crimes, and ignore the Tamil crimes for political reasons. War crimes just happened all the time from both sides, but the emphasis in reporting about them was changed. And there is kind of western supremacist bias in media, portraying both Sinhalese and Tamils as wild Asians, while ignoring the fact that in the Europe there was much worse and brutal ethnic clansing not so long time ago.
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Bruce Bruce Plays Comedy Works Larimer Square 1/17
Comedy Works is pleased to announce that BRUCE BRUCE will perform at the Comedy Works Larimer Square January 17.
Bruce Bruce is a name synonymous with keeping audiences rolling with laughter thanks to his captivating improv skills and larger than life comedic style. His wit, spontaneity and dazzling personality set him apart from other standup comedians. Although Bruce is known for his adult comedy, he prides himself on not using vulgarity to win a laugh, and is no stranger in winning over new audiences with every appearance he makes.
From his role as host for two seasons of BET's "Comic View" to his many appearances on tv and film, Bruce is clearly a comedian that has found his mark in the business. Bruce headlined the 2008 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, leaving the audiences north of the border in stitches.
Bruce starred in his own "Comedy Central Presents" special which he followed with an Urban Works Entertainment release of his one-hour comedy special DVD "Bruce Bruce Live". On the big screen, Bruce has created crazy characters like the "Lime Pimp" in Hair Show starring Mo 'Nique, and "Dewayne" the lovable security guard in The Wash starring Snoop Dog and Dr Dre. He also appeared in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, and recently appeared with Ice Cube in XXX: State of the Union.
Bruce's bigger than life personality has transcended his personality onto the music video scene as well. He has made guest appearances in videos with Ludacris and the Ying Yang Twins (after being named in their hit song "Salt Shaker"). He appeared in the monstrous 1996 summer hit "Come On Ride the Train (Ride It)" by Quad City DJs and can also be seen in Outkast's music video "So Fresh, So Clean."
Sunday 7pm $22
Click here to watch Bruce Bruce: http://www.comedyworks.com/comedians/42/media
Advance tickets are available. Please call 303 595 3637 or purchase tickets at www.comedyworks.com
Comedy Works, which was established in 1981, is considered one of the nation's top comedy clubs. Comedy Works Downtown is located at 1226 15th Street in Larimer Square.


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Longtime Frisco resident Walter Goff dies
July 12, 2012
Anyone who has ever walked across the 3rd Street Bridge in Frisco probably wondered who lived in the little cabin next to Tenmile Creek. It was the cabin with the yard full of old bikes and lawnmowers and lots of other stuff. The occupant was Walter Goff, who called the cabin home for over a half century. Walt passed away Tuesday, July 10, just a week shy of his 92nd birthday.Walt was a collector, a bit of a recluse and hermit, but a wonderful old gentleman, said Chris Eby, a neighbor who met Walt 15 years ago. "He gave my daughter one of her first bikes, which she decorated and rode in the Frisco July 4th parade several years ago." Walt was born July 17, 1920, the youngest of 12 kids, in rural Virginia. Walt migrated to Colorado in the 1950s, where he was a construction worker. He moved to the mountains shortly after, and worked on the Roberts Tunnel and Eisenhower Tunnel. He liked to go to auctions where he would bid on the bikes, lawnmowers, snowblowers and lots of other items which would invariably find a home in his yard and provided him with endless opportunities to tinker. He was still driving to the post office and market just a few months ago, before falling ill.Neighbors Dr. Jonathan and Clare Ann Whitfield "inherited" Walt when they acquired the cabin in the early 1990s and allowed Walt to remain there, rent free, until his final days. "Walt became an extended member of the family and we will miss him," Clare Ann lamented.Walt never married, but had many nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, and more, mostly located the southeast area of the United States.Burial will take place at the Dillon Cemetery at noon Friday, July 13.
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World Cup 2014: Lionel Messi stunner secures win for Argentina over Iran
A stunning injury time strike from Lionel Messi spared Argentina's blushes as they qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup with a hard fought 1-0 win over Iran in Belo Horizonte.
Argentina had been thankful to three fine second-half saves from goalkeeper Sergio Romero just to be level heading into stoppage time, while Iran had also had a strong penalty appeal waved away when Pablo Zabaleta appeared to foul Ashkan Dejagah inside the area.
However, despite having endured a quiet game by his standards, Messi produced a moment of magic when his side needed it most to register his second goal of the tournament.
''They made the game very difficult for us,'' admitted Argentine boss Alejandro Sabella.
''Messi was marked very tightly, but he showed perseverance, patience, attitude and always looked for the goal. He never gave up.''
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz also praised Messi's match-defining contribution, but claimed his side had also been undone by Serbian referee Milorad Mazic's decision not to award a penalty when his side were on top in the second half.
''Messi was fantastic, but the referee wasn't,'' said the former Real Madrid coach.''I don't understand it, he had to have seen it was a penalty. He was five metres away, there is no way he couldn't have seen it.
''I have the right to say this and I only hope I am now not punished for telling the truth.''
Sabella had resorted to the 4-3-3 system preferred by Messi with the four-time World Player of the Year joined by Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero in attack.
However, despite enjoying the vast majority of possession in the first half, La Albiceleste struggled to create chances from open play against a well organised Iranian defence.
The first opening fell to Higuain from a fine pass by Fernando Gago, but Iranian 'keeper Alireza Haghighi bravely smothered the ball at the Napoli striker's feet.
Angel di Maria and Messi from a free kick then fired over from the edge of the area, but Argentina were having some joy from set-pieces and Marcos Rojo and Ezequiel Garay should have done better when they failed to hit the target from close range from fine deliveries by Messi.
Iran were also dangerous from set-pieces, though, as they could even have gone ahead before the break when Jalal Hosseini headed just over from a corner.
It was the Asian side who threatened again at the start of the second period as Reza Ghoochannejhad forced a fine low save from Romero with a flashing header at the near post before Dejagah's appeals for a penalty were turned down when he tumbled in the area under pressure from Zabaleta.
Messi then had his first clear chance of the game as he raced onto Javier Mascherano's pass but curled the ball just wide of the target.Romero was forced to come to his side's rescue again moments later he got fingertips to a fine header from Dejagah to turn the ball behind and the Monaco stopper denied Reza once more as Iran threatened to nick all three points on the counter-attack two minutes from time.
Instead it was Argentina who snatched victory at the last as Messi created the half yard of space he needed on the edge of the area before leaving Haghighi with no chance as he curled the ball just inside the far corner on his favoured left foot.
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Used successfully by midwives for years to ease labor pain and reduce the need of drug intervention, herbs can also progress a stalled labor, slow bleeding, calm anxiety, provide focus and give renewed strength and nourishment.
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Chamomile: This is the classic calming herb. It is great for colicky babies or cranky parents. The smell alone imbues relaxation. In tea form it is soothing to the skin and makes a lovely hair rinse.
— Lisa Goldstein, excerpted from "Herbs for Emotional States," Birth Wisdom: Tricks of the Trade, Vol. III, a Midwifery Today book
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Power to Motherbaby
It is time to get the fetal ejection response working in all births possible. Let's find ways to keep the power with the mother so she can say, "I did it myself," and enjoy the amazing oxytocic birth high. Let's find ways to encourage her strong feelings because that is so helpful for her transition into motherhood.
Herbs are important in midwifery. They are generally easier on the systems of mother and baby if the right ones are used. My concern is that anything used routinely or unnecessarily can take the mother's power from her. Using herbs to augment, induce and even strengthen the labor are interventions and we need to be conscious of all that we do. Ask yourself, "Do I need to do this, and if so, why? Will her body do this naturally on its own? Am I just doing my routine?" We need to relearn to trust the birth process, the mother's body and the baby's body in their innate ability to birth.
Midwifery is a beautiful calling. The privilege and joy to be present at the coming of a new life is beyond humbling. Let's be sure to constantly look at ourselves in order to stay worthy of this sacred trust. While doing this we always must remember that sometimes, beyond our greatest efforts, things can go wrong. This means our knowledge and skills must always be kept current, with our intuition and heart always in the "on" position.
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Herbs for the Childbearing Year
When I wrote Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year 25 years ago, people asked me how I could be sure the herbs I wrote about were actually safe for pregnant women. After all, everyone knew that herbs are not safe to use during pregnancy. This view, that herbs and pregnancy don't mix, is still prevalent and it is just as wrong now as it was then. Herbs are safe, and what's more, they promote health and ease distress as effectively as and more safely than pharmaceutical remedies, before, during and after the childbearing year.
I am not proposing that all herbs are safe. With more than 10,000 plants used medicinally worldwide, there is bound to be enormous variance. Herbs are not alike in their actions or risks. While it is true that some herbs contain constituents that can injure us and some are source materials for powerful drugs, most herbs are more similar to foods than to drugs. Most herbs are safe for pregnant and lactating women when taken in appropriate forms.
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A: I use lobelia to rub baby's back for wet lungs and tachypnea; Cotton root to increase contractions during labor and postpartum; and Beth root for a stubborn cervix. Homeopathic remedies: arnica for just about everything; aconite for fear and startled babies; antimonium for babies with tachypnea.
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A: Angelica to assist with delayed placenta birth; Echinacea and spikenard for immune support with prolonged ROM; cramp bark for afterbirth pains, especially with multips.
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Bringing Ancient Knowledge to Conference
As I was sipping on my nettle tea this morning thinking about this edition of E-News, I was reminded of a wonderful recipe for an herbal pregnancy blend that one of our teachers shares on her website. So for this edition of Conference Chatter, I want to focus on Carol Gautschi, whose knowledge of herbal remedies is an asset at our conferences. She will be teaching at the upcoming fall conference, "Autonomous Midwifery: The Key to the Future" in Blankenberge, Belgium. She has been an integral part of many of our conferences, and we feel blessed that she shares her light and knowledge with us each time. Carol has worked as a traditional holistic midwife on Washington's Olympic Peninsula since 1979 and is co-founder of the Washington Alliance of Responsible Midwifery (WARM) and chairs Olympic Peninsula Birth Matters.
Carol's wonderful recipe for Herbal Pregnancy Blend can be found here on her website.
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I had to transfer to the hospital for induction after my membranes had been ruptured for 48 hours with no labor in sight. During my labor, we tried to keep the mood light. My mantra through my whole labor was, "Open" as I tried to coax my cervix into opening. My husband said I sounded more like a zombie, so I decided I'd really step it up a notch. During my next contraction, I moaned, "Brainsssssss" through the entire contraction. My doula, husband and midwife could not stop laughing after that. We still talk about me being the only laboring woman on earth to pretend to be a zombie through unmedicated Pitocin contractions.
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What is this medicine?LACTULOSE (LAK tyoo lose) powder is a laxative derived from lactose. It helps to treat chronic constipation.
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Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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Man in custody after positive drug test
October 29, 2013
One of six defendants in a Gardnerville Ranchos drug bust who pleaded guilty was taken into custody Monday after he tested positive for drugs in violation of a pre-sentence release.
District Judge Michael Gibbons ordered Daniel Redding, 21, to begin serving a nine-month sentence immediately rather than waiting until December, as originally agreed.
Redding pleaded guilty Oct. 14 to trafficking in a controlled substance. He faces up to six years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
Sentencing originally was set for Sept. 15, 2014, but Gibbons moved it up to Aug. 18, 2014.
Redding had been ordered to report three times a week for testing to Department of Alternative Sentencing.
In a report to Gibbons, DAS Chief Michael Beam said Redding failed to report or return telephone calls. When officers went to his house in Wellington, no one answered despite the fact the back door was open.
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Redding showed up for court Monday just as Gibbons was to hear a request from the district attorney's office for a bench warrant.
Redding said probation officials must have arrived at his house last week just after he left.
"I broke my phone and I had no way to get in touch with anybody. I came straight down here after I heard the voice mails when my phone got fixed," Redding said.
He told the judge he never received the paperwork that ordered him to report three times a week to DAS, although he was in court when the judge made the stipulation.
"I know that's like no excuse," Redding said.
Gibbons said if Redding can't comply with terms of the agreement, maybe it should be changed.
DAS officer Yvette Altringer said Redding tested positive Monday for marijuana and opiates.
Redding denied recent use of marijuana, and said he took a Percocet given to him by a friend because he hurt himself.
Prosecutor Tom Gregory said although Redding violated the plea agreement, he continued to recommend that the defendant be allowed to serve nine months in Douglas County Jail. He recommended the sentence begin immediately.
The benefit to Redding is that he serves part of his sentence in jail instead of prison.
He is not eligible for probation, and agreed not to seek a diversion program, or a reduced sentence for substantial compliance with law enforcement.
He admitted possession of 12.5 grams of MDMA, or "Ecstasy."
Redding was identified as the suspect who opened the door Aug. 16 when deputies arrived at his residence at 1302 Muir Drive on a report of a domestic disturbance.
Officers discovered six teenagers and young adults at the house, and a variety of drugs and paraphernalia.
Redding faces a recommended sentence of 30 months in prison, with a minimum parole eligibility of 12 months.
Codefendant Kyle Ross Jarboe, 22, pleaded not guilty Monday to trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sale.
Gibbons set a Jan. 21 date for a four-day trial.
Jarboe is represented by attorney William Cole, who requested one more week before Jarboe enters a plea to allegations of probation violations in connection with his most recent arrest.
Jarboe acknowledged that he understood he would likely remain in custody until his case is resolved.


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Mackenzie Phillips is defending her father John Phillips as "a good man" despite her claims that they had an incestuous affair. But her stepmother Michelle Phillips says Phillips is lying about the affair and is just trying to cash in on her book.
The 49-year-old former child actress writes in her new book, "High on Arrival," that she had a decade-long sexual relationship with her father, and alleges they had sex on the night before she was to get married in 1979 at age 19.
She wrote in her book: "I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father." John Phillips, who died of heart failure in 2001, was the leader of the 1960s group the Mamas and the Papas.
Phillips, 49, who starred on TV's "One Day at a Time," said thesexual relationship with her father lasted a decade and ended when she became pregnant and didn't know who had fathered the child. She had an abortion, for which her father paid.
Interviewed on NBC's "Today" show Thursday, Phillips said it was "a very permissive time and a very rock 'n' roll world and pretty much anything went." Her father "did the best he could," she said.
Phillips, who said she first tried cocaine at age 11, said her father did drugs with her, taught her to roll joints and injected her with cocaine. Last October, Phillips pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to possessing cocaine and was ordered to complete an 18-month drug treatment program.
But her stepmother (and former Mamas and the Papas member) Michelle Phillips sharply differs with the sexual allegations.
"I have every reason to believe it's untrue," she told the Hollywood Reporter. "Mackenzie has a lot of mental illness. She's had a needle stuck up her arm for 35 years. She was arrested for heroin and coke just recently. She did 'Celebrity Rehab' and now she writes a book. The whole thing is timed."
Half-sister Chynna Phillips told US Weekly that Mackenzie Phillips told her about the sexual relationship in 1997.
"Do I believe that they had an incestuous relationship and that it went on for 10 years? Yes," Chynna Phillips said.
But Genevieve Waite, John Phillips' wife at the time of the alleged abuse and Mackenzie's stepmother, said in a statement, "John was a good man who had the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction. He was incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, of having such a relationship with his own child."
During her "Today" appearance, Phillips pronounced herself drug-free, and she characterized the skepticism with which her book has been received as typical for a family visited by incest.
"The instinct is to brush it under the table. The instinct is to protect the abuser," she said.
She characterized her book as a way to expose a problem that extends beyond the Phillips family, describing herself as "a voice for this large community of incest survivors that don't know where to go or what to do or how to talk about what happened in their lives."


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You can't buy them, and the only ways to watch them online aren't approved by the NBA. Though if you email or PM with some of the other non-US members, maybe they can tell you how they see some of the games.
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You can't buy them, and the only ways to watch them online aren't approved by the NBA. Though if you email or PM with some of the other non-US members, maybe they can tell you how they see some of the games.
I'm going to add later today:
TNT vs Cuban
Some nice passing by the Pacers
JO's block (which still isn't that special considering the Heat scored 2 seconds later)
Shaq's injury
TNT vs Cuban:
Some nice passing by the Pacers:
JO's block:
Shaq's injury:
There were 2 impressive things in the video of Grangers block, which while nice was a simple cherry pick on a shorter player. Not really a challenge thing.
The first impressive thing was the jumper he made. Off GLASS. Such a rare thing for a young player to grasp the increased % that will go in from a wing jumper.
The second was the defense FREDDIE played on Wade on that shot. He was ALL OVER him and Wade was already double clutching and moved the ball off to the right a bit to get over Freddie, doubtful he'd have made that shot.
Granger looks like a real find
I like the way Danny and Sarunas seem to us the glass when they shoot those mid range jump shots. Remember kids the backboard is your friend.
They say that Payton miss the layup, he didn't just miss the layup, it got slaughtered.
Thanks for the clips Hicks.
Granger may never be the offensive threat to be a superstar, but he's got the all-around ability to become one of the best role players in the league. Better than a James posey or a Tayshaun Prince, probably not quite as good as a Andrei Kirilenko.
Thanks for these Hicks, but is there a way I can save these to my PC?
Also, do you happen to have Bender's dunk in Orlando?
Right click the links and click save as.
I don't have Bender's dunk.
I'm done with making the clips, btw. The original file is an albatross on my harddrive.
anyone know where you can get a granger jersys, but i don't want to personalize it.


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Interactive Educational Website for Women With Ovarian Cancer & Caregivers
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- How to Read a Study Record
|Stage III Ovarian Cancer Stage IV Ovarian Cancer Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Fallopian Tube Cancer
|Behavioral: Usual Care Educational Website Behavioral: Prototype System
|Early Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Making End of Life Decision in Ovarian Cancer: When to Enter Hospice? A Prototype Interactive Computer Program for Patients and Providers
- Comparison of Number of Women Who Completed Advanced Directive [ Time Frame: Day 60 After Baseline ]Count of number of women with ovarian cancer who completed a new or updated their Advanced Directive during the study period.
- Comparison of Number of Women Who Report Appointment with Palliative Care [ Time Frame: Day 60 After Baseline ]Count of number of women with ovarian cancer who report an appointment with a Palliative Care specialist
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention Group
Using the Prototype System website: An interactive educational system for patients and their caregivers includes features allowing users to create their own profile, share a journal with others, and post to respective discussion forums. In addition, core intervention components include distress monitoring, educational items, details about the healthcare team and an areas to keep track of questions for providers.
Behavioral: Prototype System
An interactive system for patients and their caregivers includes features allowing users to create their own profile, share a journal with others, and post to respective discussion forums. In addition, core intervention components include distress monitoring, educational items, details about the healthcare team and an areas to keep track of questions for providers.
Active Comparator: Control Group
Using the Usual Care Educational Website : a website which will contain information regarding ovarian cancer however it will not be interactive. It will contain pdf documents of the material handed out in clinic (usual care).
Behavioral: Usual Care Educational Website
Using the control website: Participants access a website with standard ovarian cancer informational handouts.
Detailed Description:
In this study, we will pilot-test a technology-based approach for women with Stage III/IV or recurrent ovarian cancer, their caregiver, and their providers to assist in and study the decision-making process that surrounds end-of-life decisions, specifically, opting for palliative care and/or entry into hospice care. We will randomize the women and their caregivers into either our intervention or control websites. All subjects will complete a battery of demographic, psychosocial, health status and outcomes, health information, and decision making measures at baseline and 60-day post-baseline.
Once the participant has completed the baseline survey, he/she will be automatically brought to their assigned website. Both the patient and their caregiver will be assigned the same group (intervention or control). All participants will have open access to their respective study websites for a minimum of 60 days. During enrollment, participants will agree to access their respective websites at least 2-3 times per week. Both patients and caregivers assigned to the control arm will view a website containing documents generally provided as part of the usual care. They will be requested to log in with the same frequency as the intervention group.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women with Stage III, IV or recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer or a nominated caregiver or such women
- 18 years old or older
- At least a 5th grade education
- Able to read and write in English
- Access to computer and internet
- Voluntary written informed consent before study entry, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the subject at any time without prejudice to future medical care
- No known major psychiatric or neurological diagnosis (schizophrenia or active chemical dependency)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Borderline ovarian cancer
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01626014
|United States, Minnesota
|Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|Principal Investigator:
|Melissa A. Geller, M.D.
|Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
|Responsible Party:
|University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01626014 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 20, 2012
|Last Updated:
|November 30, 2015
Keywords provided by University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute:
Stage III ovarian cancer
Stage IV ovarian cancer
recurrent ovarian cancer
primary peritoneal cancer
fallopian tube cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Fallopian Tube Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Fallopian Tube Diseases
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When she was a member of the Monterey Peninsula College board of trustees, Jane Parker often stood alone. But rather than being content to be just a dissenting vote, she worked hard to change the way the board and college functioned. It was something of a good-old-boys club when she got there but she helped the board broaden its focus and to systematically improve the way the college was run.
Parker has played a similar role on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. She clearly is the leading environmentalist on the board, which caters to development whenever possible while trying mightily to create the impression that it does not.
But rather than simply casting token votes, she has attempted to educate the others about the environmental and even economic benefits of protecting open space and the region's scenic reaches. It has been a tough climb at times.
Others on the board have sought to undercut and marginalize her. Unfortunately, she played into their hands when she sought to appoint a Carmel Valley land-use activist to a Planning Commission seat instead of naming someone from her own District 4, principally Seaside and Marina. But for the most part, she has played the political game quietly and well.
Largely because of Parker's reputation as a slow-growther, the development and business communities are providing substantial support for Parker's opponent on the June 5 ballot, Byrl Smith. The widow of former Seaside mayor and Supervisor Jerry Smith, Byrl Smith is a charming woman who seems to care deeply about the people of the district, mostly hardworking people going through relatively tough times. However, she offers little beyond that.
Smith's campaign so far has relied almost entirely on slogans — "jobs, jobs, jobs" — but with no plan, no detail, to back them up. Even some of her initial Republican supporters have backed away after listening to her detail-free pronouncements at campaign events.
At a forum this week sponsored by the Carpenters Union, she was asked what she would do to improve the job market. Her answer boiled down to this: create more jobs. When the candidates were asked about how they would reform the state's dramatically overburdened public pension system, Parker demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the unfunded pension liability and the difficulty of fixing it.
All Smith had to say was that her husband had compiled 30 years of retirement benefits under that system — "I have no complaints."
Unlike her opponent, Parker understands the intricacies of county policies and operations — everything from occupancy rates at Natividad Medical Center to road repair budgets to, yes, pension rules. Often outnumbered philosophically on the board, she has armed herself with the facts and figures to support her positions.
Under the board's current configuration, Parker hasn't been as effective as she could be. But as time and the political process change the makeup, she can become a leader in the areas of land use, health care, social services and transportation, core areas of board responsibility.
While the political opposition tries to portray her as a knee-jerk no vote on development, Parker has shown through her votes and her arguments that she is a practical environmentalist. She understands the need for growth and jobs, but unlike some of her critics, she isn't interested in allowing leapfrog development or creating temporary, low-paying jobs.
Four years ago, during Parker's first campaign, this newspaper endorsed her opponent, Ila Mettee-McCutchon, in large part because she had considerably more experience. In this race, Parker's experience and knowledge of the issues is overwhelmingly superior. She has learned some difficult political lessons while mastering the job. It would be a shame to waste all that training. She should be re-elected.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's detailed lineup was released Tuesday, a month before the gates open, organizers said they are energized and expecting to build on last year's growth in attendance.
"Last year's festival was really special," festival producer Quint Davis said at a news conference. "It was the first to show attendance going up a notch. We came out of last year with tremendous momentum and after 44 years to be relevant and growing is a tremendous accomplishment."
He added, "This year's festival has reinvigorated and reignited people and the anticipation has taken off again and that's exciting that people are still energized about going to the festival."
That's thanks in part to a lineup over seven days with more than 80 acts on 12 stages including Billy Joel, Jill Scott, Fleetwood Mac, B.B. King, Frank Ocean, Maroon 5, Gary Clark Jr., Earth, Wind and Fire, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and Aaron Neville.
"There is no other festival that really is as broad as this, that's as deep as this, as indigenous as this, and as close to the community as this is," Davis said.
The festival, April 26-28 and May 2-5, released the coveted schedule "cubes," which show what acts are playing when and where.
"Today is the day that the festival really is defined ... by the unequaled talent of New Orleans because today, with the cubes, you see the shows on each stage," Davis said. "And for every so-called national guest there's a New Orleans equal and New Orleans match. No other city and no other festival can match that."
Davis urged fans to dig deep into the schedule to find the "nuggets and gems" and get beyond the festival's surface.
"I mean, I can't wait for Kermit Ruffins and B.B. King," Davis said, "but as you look through your cubes, think about each day, because nowhere else has this level of talent. Dig deep. There are little things buried everywhere like Earth, Wind and Fire in discussion on the Allison Minor stage and The Selvy singers in the gospel tent."
Davis also showed off the 2013 jazz fest poster created by artist James Michalopoulos and featuring Aaron Neville as well as the 2013 Congo Square poster featuring Buckwheat Zydeco created by R. Gregory Christie.
In addition, the festival will spotlight Native American culture, musical talent, crafts and food. "Our celebration will require a reconfiguration of the festival layout. The entire center of the festival, from the flag pole to the food booths, will be turned into a Native American environment, a village if you will," he said.
He singled out native American flue player Robert Mirabal and a Canadian group, A Tribe Called Red — electronic music DJs who do Native American chants over the music.
"It's really a festival within a festival and one of the greatest Native American exhibits that we've very put together," he said.
The Dirty Dozen brass band, which plays the festival on the second weekend, provided music for Tuesday's news conference. Hasting Stewart, a spokesman for Shell's Deep Water division, the festival's presenting sponsor, and members of the New Orleans City Council also were on hand.


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D-backs look to fill void left by Eaton's injury
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- With Adam Eaton out until at least the beginning of May, the D-backs began testing out their many outfield options on Friday, with just 10 days remaining until the season opener on April 1.
Because he had only played twice at the position this spring before Friday, A.J. Pollock, the club's No. 8 prospect according to MLB.com, got the start against the Indians in center field with Jason Kubel and Gerardo Parra flanking him in left and right.
D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said Pollock will play the next couple of days in center before alternating with Parra, who has played nine games this spring at the position so far.
Pollock appeared in 25 games for Arizona last season, making 14 starts in center, but wasn't expected to make the 25-man roster out of camp, before the injury bug hit his team's outfield.
Aside from Eaton, the D-backs are still missing their right fielder, Cody Ross, who hasn't played since March 3 with a calf injury and is in danger of missing Opening Day. Ross has been swinging the bat against Minor Leaguers while rehabbing and recently began running on a treadmill.
"I wouldn't rule Cody out," Gibson said. "I saw him jog across the outfield today. It's possible in a short period of time he could be running on the ground."
If Ross isn't ready for the start of the season, the Opening Day outfield will all but certainly be comprised of Kubel, Pollock and Parra.
Other potential D-backs who could fill in occasionally include Willie Bloomquist and Martin Prado, who Gibson said will play in the outfield on Saturday against the Royals. Arizona still has Tony Campana in its Major League camp, but the outfielder will miss the next three to four days after the stitches on his hand opened on Thursday.
The player who is farthest off the radar is Alfredo Marte, whom the D-backs brought back from its Minor League camp on Friday. Marte played in 17 games this spring in the outfield and had a .289 on-base percentage.
"We're anxious to see Marte again," Gibson said. "He's had a really good camp, he's come on really fast."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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National Dialogue on the Curriculum of Readiness for the 21 st Century Librarian
ALA Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday June 28, 2005
Plenary Session III: Don't Just Talk About It, Be About It: New and Veteran Librarians on Connecting LIS Pedagogy and Readiness to Social Justice and Societal Change
Bharat Mehra: The last speaker for our panel is Dr. Clara Chu, who's an associate professor at UCLA. She has a PowerPoint presentation I think, so I'll let her take over.
Clara Chu: Good afternoon. It's a great pleasure to be here.
What I want to do is share with you a new core course that I just taught for the first time at UCLA, and it's called Ethics, Diversity and Change. Service learning course addressing social complexity and justice.
[quietly] If we go to the next one. OK.
Just to tell you some of where the thoughts for this course come from. Partially me, because the way that I see information and also libraries is I see that what libraries can do is we can use information to help us through issues that address information justice, social justice.
So I see information for struggle, empowerment, and existence. And I'm going to come back to that a little bit later.
A lot of what I do is inspired by the educator Paulo Freire. I try to eradicate the culture of silence creating when individuals are oppressed by information practices and systems that deny them access and representation.
I was in Rome recently, in March, and that's why I'm showing you the two pictures that I took there.
I find that there's a silence about the war that we're currently engaged in, and when I was in Rome I could see that there was still a banner up that was saying no to the war, and also pictures at the city hall that were showing the journalist that has since been released and is back in Italy.
But if we have a silence about what is going on in the world then we're not going to be able to use this information that is so potent to be able to address issues in our society.
So the course comes from, as I said, partially what I want our library and information education to do. To be able to teach students about critical multiculturalism.
And by critical multiculturalism I mean not just multiculturalism where we recognize the diverse cultures that exist in our society, the diverse cultures that we communicate and the richness of traditions that we bring and also the richness of races that we bring, but also to look at it in terms of power.
Which particular privileges have access to particular opportunities in society? So it was what was brought up earlier by our speaker, that we need to be able to see multiculturalism in terms of privilege and power. That some have it and some do not.
And also, it was mentioned by Maurice Wheeler that we do have diversity that is identified in our COA standards, but do we live up to it or not? In our missions of LIS institutions, research has found that all our missions embrace diversity but do we walk the walk? Is it in our coursework?
In terms of core learning and masters LIS programs, it's often mentioned in an Information and Society class, but does it go beyond that? Is it just a brief mention, are there a couple classes, is it just that brief mention?
In terms of multiculturalism in ILS education, research has found over the years that it's almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. So, over the years I've had students very concerned about diversity issues and what I've tried to do at UCLA is put together diversity in terms of social justice.
And many of our students came about three years ago as a group; well, not as a group. But they discovered they had the same interests. What they found is they did want to come to UCLA and learn about information for social justice. And what they found was, because of particular faculty teaching the courses they weren't seeing it in the coursework.
They had a background of organizing, and for the first time it weren't just the voices of individual students just coming to talk to me about these issues. But they decided that they were going to organize.
So what they ended up doing is getting the support from our chair and the community. They were able to raise over a thousand dollars. With that they were able to bring a trainer for anti-racism workshop instead of just cultural sensitivity.
They had a film for thought series. And they also forced the faculty to change. One was to create this new core course so everybody has to take it, and everybody has to discuss diversity and deal with it. Whichever way is their individual response.
And also the last thing is there is a diversity research paper award for the students.
So this course actually is focusing on service learning because one of the important aspects is not just to intellectualize diversity, not just to talk about it, but to be able to go to a community that might be different from yours and learn about it.
It's not like internship where you're just learning professional skills, but to be able to bring what you learn on campus and take it out to the community. So you'll be able to identify a project and in this case this is just 20 hours of service learning where you contribute to the community. You understand what the community is about and be able to have some mutual learning taking place.
This course tries to introduce students to the meaning of ethics. What it means to be ethical from multiple perspectives. The first part of this course is ethics. Meaning that what we're trying to do is respond to the complexity of society. How a society, having us think about we're respond based on more values, based on a professional code of ethics. With our society being complex culturally how is it that we might respond ethically to it.
It also acquaints students to the purpose of a professional code of ethics. It has students recognize an ethical dilemma, examine it critically, apply a code of ethics and use a decision making model. They do that through their final assignment.
It uses service learning to help the students understand the importance of community collaboration and outreach in order to address equity and information access. It provides students with the opportunity to address information needs of underserved groups and has students examine ethical issues and policy developed to address them.
In terms of service learning, I'm not going to go through the description where it's the opportunity to take what you learn in the classroom out to the community. I want to jump to the next slide, which is that the emphasis of this course is on critical service learning and that means that there's a lot of reflection going on because the last part of the course is change.
We want the students to be able to think about how they respond to different situations out in community and to talk about some of the ethical issues that come up in our field. Are they transformed? Are they changed? Can they create change in community? Can they create change in the profession?
With this fourth step in critical service learning, first I have the students examine their position. Meaning where do they come from? What experiences do they bring? Next we can't just respond in a practical way but to be able to think where we're coming from or where we view the world then I want you to be able to incorporate cultural and critical learning.
To do that I introduce them to critical theory that means that they're able to use theories that are available that show us where power exists. To examine where that power lies and to be able to see whether we have those privileges and how we might be able to try to change and ensure that there's more equity.
The next slide.
The third step is to actually go out there and do service learning. To act, to be able to contribute to community and then last to not just have those activities be ones that they grow from on their own but to be able share. To be able to come back to the classroom and exchange and see where they may or may not have learned.
There are three components. The service learning, they keep a journal of the ethical events that they experience. How they react to it and how they might go about making decisions to change or not a particular situation. They have that paper where they go through an ethical decision making process. There is a lot of class discussion also that takes place.
The particular course is emphasizing this process of dialogue. As I said, I'm inspired by the work of [indecipherable] and what he talks about are four critical points when he talks about dialogue. I'm applying this to information practices, education and scholarship.
One is respect, that when we go out and work with community whether it's in our libraries or other communities, it's about working with rather than acting on others. To use our critical thinking to be able to challenge our normal ways of looking at the world are so we can create change.
To also think about others in terms of learning from them so then communication and exchange and learning is a two way process. Not just from the instructors or those who have more experience teaching the ones who have less experience. Everybody has something to offer to the table.
The last part, conscientisation which is an awareness of our surroundings, an awareness of that which we bring to the table. To be able to transform the reality that we have and if there's a reality where there is oppression, to be able to change and make things positive.
I said I would bring up that phrase again, "Information for struggle, empowerment, existence." I hope that what the students are able to learn from this class is that they're able to see. Because what happens is that there are a lot of things that take place in a world where we don't recognize and we forget.
Two examples of this is that not many of us in this country may have stopped to think about that there was another eleven and that's not September 11th but March 11th and that was in Spain. Unless we actually see image we may forget about this. In terms of this year is 90 years of the Armenian genocide and to be able to recognize that as something also that happens. If we don't certain information available, wherever it is websites and elsewhere we might forget.
Thank you.