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Rilonacept for Deficiency of the Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (DIRA)
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- Deficiency of the IL-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA) is a condition that causes repeated episodes of inflammation. People with DIRA can have rashes, fever, and joint pain. Most treatments for DIRA are intended to control the immune system to stop these inflammations. There are drugs that can treat DIRA, but they have to be given daily as injections. Researchers want to try another drug, rilonacept, as a treatment for DIRA. It needs to be given only once a week. Rilonacept will be given to individuals who are at least 3 months old and who have DIRA.
- To test the safety and effectiveness of rilonacept for children and adults with DIRA.
- Individuals at least 3 months old who have DIRA.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Other tests to study pain and movement will be given. Imaging studies such as bone density scans and x-rays may also be taken.
- Participants will have a minimum of four to five study visits over 12 months. Those who are on different anti-inflammatory drugs (such as anakinra) will stop taking them before beginning the study visits.
- Participants will have rilonacept injections weekly while on this study. The dose will be adjusted as needed to help treat the DIRA symptoms. Participants will keep a diary to monitor their symptoms and any side effects.
- Treatment with rilonacept will be given for 1 year. Participants will have study visits to monitor the treatment. They will provide blood samples and have other tests at these study visits.
|Drug: Rilonacept
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Open-Label Study of Rilonacept (Arcalyst) in the Deficiency of the Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (DIRA)
- To assess the ability of rilonacept administration to achieve/maintain inflammatory remission in patients with DIRA who have shown a response to treatment with Anakinra [Kineret]. [ Time Frame: 2 wks, 1 mo, 12 wks ]
- To evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics in young children on Rilonacept. [ Time Frame: 1 m, 3m, 6m, 12m ]
- To assess the ability of rilonacept to prevent new organ damage in patients with DIRA who have shown a response to treatment with anakinra (Kineret), and inpatients with DIRA treatment [ Time Frame: 1m, 3m, 6m, 12m ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 12, 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|April 28, 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 28, 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Autoinflammatory diseases are illnesses characterized by episodes of inflammation that, unlike autoimmune disorders, lack the production of high titer autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells. There is growing genetic and clinical evidence that specific cytokine pathways are dysregulated. Monogenic defects in the IL-1 pathway cause cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) and deficiency of the IL-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA), the latter is caused by mutations affecting the IL-1-receptor antagonist gene (IL1RN). Both disorders respond with complete resolution of the inflammatory response to treatment with the short acting IL-1 blocking agent anakinra. This exploratory study aims to examine the utility of the long acting IL-1 inhibitor rilonacept (rilonacept; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
This pilot study is designed to address: 1) the utility and dosage of rilonacept needed to achieve inflammatory remission in children with DIRA who have shown a response to treatment with anakinra [Kineret[registered]]; and 2) to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics in young children on rilonacept.
Rilonacept is a recombinant fusion protein with picomolar affinity for IL-1 and a half-life of approximately 7.5 days in humans. It is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adults and children 12 years of age and older with Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS), and was tested in the clinically milder forms of CAPS including Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS) and Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS).
In this study, clinical, and laboratory parameters will initially be measured at baseline following a withdrawal of anakinra for 24 hours. Subjects will receive a course of therapy with rilonacept that is predicted to induce inflammatory remission. Clinical and laboratory measures of inflammation will be assessed; rilonacept dose escalation will be implemented as necessary to achieve clinical and laboratory remission. Subjects will remain on study for 12 months and primary end point will be evaluated at 6 months.
Those subjects who complete the 1-year treatment period and maintain improved clinical and laboratory parameters compared to baseline values, may continue to receive study medication at their current dose. Principal investigator will help to obtain insurance coverage for rilonacept for their continued treatment, and will discuss with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for additional supplies of rilonacept for these subjects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Months and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Male or female pediatric and adult subjects with mutation positive IL1RN indicating DIRA. For the first five patients enrolled, they must have been on a stable dose of anakinra during the 2-week period prior to screening visit. If the subject is on other medications such as NSAIDs, methotrexate and/or oral steroids, it is a requirement that these doses have been stable during the 2-week period prior to screening visit.
- Subjects greater or equal to 3 months of age (however the first 5 patients enrolled will be over 2 years of age). Subjects 3 months old or older will be enrolled after SMC data review of the first 5 enrolled patients.
- Participation in NIH study #03-AR-0173 ( Studies of the Natural History, Pathogenesis and Outcome of Autoinflammatory Diseases (NOMID/CAPS, DIRA, CRMO, Still s Disease, Behcet s Disease, and other Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory Diseases )
- Subjects currently treated with anakinra may be enrolled in this study even though their DIRA may be quiescent. For these subjects, a history of active DIRA prior to treatment with anakinra will be sufficient. Subjects will not take anakinra 24 hours before initiation of drug treatment. Treatment naive patients will also be enrolled after SMC data review of the first 5 enrolled patients.
- Females of childbearing potential (young women who have had at least one menstrual period regardless of age) must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a urine pregnancy test prior to administration of study medication.
- Females of childbearing age and men able to father a child and who are sexually active, who agree to use two forms of effective birth control, including abstinence.
Negative Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) test using 5 T.U. intradermal testing or the QuantiFERON(SqrRoot) - TB Gold test per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, and no evidence of active tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-ray.
Subjects with latent TB (positive PPD or QuantiFERON - TB Gold test) currently treated with adequate therapy for at least one month prior to first dose of study medication may be included. Full prophylaxis regimens will be continued while on the study.
Subjects who have had active TB in the past with documentation of adequate treatment may be included with strict clinical and radiological follow-up as per current guidelines.
The Infectious diseases service will be consulted regarding all patients with evidence of TB infection (latent or active, current or history) prior to enrollment, and as appropriate during the study.
Subjects who have been BCG-vaccinated will also be tested. Interpretation of PPD and QuantiFERON - TB Gold test in BCG recipients will be the same as for subjects who have not received BCG vaccine.
Guardian/parent able to understand, and complete study-related questionnaires.
Guardian/parent able and willing to give informed consent and abide with the study procedures.
- Treatment receiving a live virus vaccine (such as the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine) during the 3 months prior to baseline visit. No live vaccines will be allowed throughout the course of this study.
- Presence of active infections or a history of pulmonary TB infection without documented adequate therapy. Subjects with current active TB, or recent close exposure to an individual with active TB, are excluded from the study. Exceptions include patients with latent TB treated with adequate therapy for at least one month prior to the first dose of study medication, and patients with history of TB with documentation of adequate treatment.
- Positive test for, or prior history of, HIV, or Hepatitis B or C.
- History of malignancy. Subjects deemed cured of superficial malignancies such as cutaneous basal or squamous cell carcinomas, or in situ cervical cancer may be enrolled.
- Known hypersensitivity to Chinese Hamster Ovary cell-derived biological or any components of rilonacept.
- Presence of any additional rheumatic disease or significant systemic disease. For example, major chronic infectious/ inflammatory/ immunologic disease (such as inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, SLE in addition to autoinflammatory disease).
Presence of any of the following laboratory abnormalities at enrollment visit:
creatinine greater than 1.5xULN
WBC less than 3.0x103/mm3
ANC less than 800 cells/mL
platelet count less than 150,000 mm3
ALT or AST greater than 2.0x ULN.
- Lactating, breastfeeding or pregnant females.
- Enrollment in any other investigational treatment study or use of an investigational agent, or has not yet completed at least 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, since ending another investigational device or drug trial.
- Subjects for whom there is concern about compliance with the protocol procedures.
- Presence of other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, or significant laboratory abnormality requiring further investigation that may cause undue risk for the subject s safety, inhibit protocol participation, or interfere with interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the Investigator would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.
- Subjects who have received a DMARDs (except methotrexate) and or TNFblocking agent within 4 half-lives prior to study entry.
- Men able to father a child and who are sexually active, who do not agree to use 2 form of effective birth control, including abstinence during the duration of the study an for at least 28 days following the last dose of rilonacept.
- Females of childbearing potential (woman greater than 12 or who have had at least 1 menstrual period regardless of age) who are sexually active and who do not agree to use 2 effective methods of birth control, including abstinence during the duration of the study an for at least 28 days following the last dose of rilonacept.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01801449
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Gina A Montealegre, M.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01801449 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 27, 2013
|Last Updated:
|January 24, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) ):
Clinical Trial
Autoinflammatory Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Skin Diseases
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Antirheumatic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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In an almond orchard in California's Central Valley, bee inspector Neil Trent pried open a buzzing hive and pulled out a frame to see if it was at least two-thirds covered with bees.
Trent has hopped from orchard to orchard this month, making sure enough bees were in each hive provided by beekeepers. Not enough bees covering a frame indicates an unhealthy hive -- and fewer working bees to pollinate the almond bloom, which is now under way across hundreds of thousands of acres stretching from Red Bluff to Bakersfield.
"The bloom will come and go quickly," said Trent, who works for the Bakersfield-based bee broker Scientific Ag Co. "The question is: Will the almond seeds get set? It depends if you have enough of a workforce of bees."
That has growers concerned as nomadic beekeepers from across the country converge on the state with their semi-trucks, delivering billions of bees to the orchards for the annual pollination. Most almond trees depend on bees to transfer pollen from the flower of one tree variety to the flower of another variety before fertilization, which leads to the development of seeds.
It's a daunting task: California's orchards provide about 80 percent of the global almond supply. And with almond acreage increasing steadily in recent years, the bees must now pollinate 760,000 acres of trees. The number of bees needed is expected to increase as almond demand grows and orchards continue to expand.
Already, more than half of the country's honeybees are brought to California at the end of February for almond pollination, which requires about 1.5 million hives from out of state, and another 500,000 from elsewhere in the state. Honeybees are preferred for commercial-scale pollination, because they are social, build larger colonies than other bees, and their hives can easily be moved.
Bee brokers, beekeepers and almond growers around the state say there's a shortage of healthy honeybees for this year's pollination, especially after colony collapse disorder took a higher toll this winter. The disorder, in which honey bees suddenly disappear or die, wipes out thousands of colonies each year.
The shortage has some growers scrambling for bees -- even sub-performers -- as trees are about to bloom, driving up bee prices again this year, to an all-time high of more than $200 per colony.
"There's definitely a shortage of strong bee colonies," said Joe Traynor, owner of Scientific Ag, which connects growers with beekeepers. "There is a problem covering all the acres of almonds in the state."
Since it was recognized in 2006, colony collapse disorder has destroyed colonies at a rate of about 30 percent a year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Before that, losses were about 15 percent a year from pests and diseases. No one has determined its cause, but most researchers point to a combination of factors, including pesticide contamination, poor nutrition and bee diseases.
This year, experts say, the die-off has been as high as 40 to 50 percent for some beekeepers.
"We have smaller populations in the hives and higher winter losses," said Eric Mussen, a bee specialist at the entomology department of UC Davis. "Bees across the country are not in as good a shape as last year. When you stress them far enough, the bees just give in."
This year, Mussen said, many bees did not get enough nutrition because a Midwest drought reduced forage. Conversion of pasture land to corn production for ethanol also reduced the number of flowers producing nectar.

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That is one of the reasons why Gamble, who recently committed to NAIA Davenport University in Michigan, was voted The News-Sentinel Boys Basketball Preseason Player of the Year by fans.
"With the teams we play, including the teams in the NHC and SAC, we have to have somebody you can trust to get the ball where it needs to be," Johnson said. "Nick is a smart kid and understands the game of basketball."
Gamble averaged close to 16 points and six assists per game a year ago as the Spartans went 23-3 and advanced to the regional championship. While some point guards are too selfish or selfless with the ball, Gamble is one of those rare high school players who shows the maturity to know when to pass, when not to take a bad shot and when to pull up for a jumper or drive to the hoop.
In a nutshell, he is a player Johnson can trust on the court at all times.
"He understands that in order for a team to be successful, other kids need to get involved," Johnson said. "It has been a blessing where we have a kid on our side to help us play team basketball."
Make no mistake, when Gamble is needed to get big baskets, he will do just that. Outside of Bryson Scott at Northrop, there may be no better player getting to the bucket than Gamble.
Homestead has not had a consistent big man for several years, including during Gamble's years as starter. But that has changed this season in the arrival of 6-foot-7 freshman forward Caleb Swanigan. While Gamble will help Swanigan's game in feeding the big guy the ball inside, Swanigan will be an added dimension to the Spartans, forcing defenses to defend the interior more and thus opening up more opportunities for Gamble.
"Last year, we were more of a jump shooting team with (graduated senior Zach Terrell and current senior forward Seth Coate)," Gamble said. "Caleb is going to allow us to get more easy buckets inside."
While Gamble continues to refine his game, he is looking at other aspects of his on-court demeanor to improve.
"I think I have become more of a leader," Gamble said. "I have not gotten a lot of publicity because we preach team at Homestead, and that's fine.
"I just like being patient and learning where guys want the ball."
Barring more Division I offers that Gamble said he would entertain, the senior will head to Davenport University next season. The Panthers currently reside in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference of the NAIA, the same league as Indiana Tech.
Despite the early-signing period beginning last week, Gamble intends to hold off on signing with Davenport, in case other offers materialize.
"I like the coaching staff (at Davenport) and how it is not too far from home,"
Gamble said. "(The preseason award) feels good. I have always thought I could play on the same level as some of the (other highly publicized area players). Now, I have to go prove it."
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Fish Tacos
I have a confession about fish tacos. Hubby and I always snicker when we see them on a menu at a restaurant or hear someone order them. It's just funny. Of course neither of us had ever tried fish tacos, so it was somewhat hypocritical (I always say "don't hate it 'til you try it"), but we were hatin on fish tacos.
Then one night we tried them. And boy were they good. In the 6 weeks since that night, I think we've had fish tacos at least 6 times. We both really enjoyed the fish taco. In fact a small place near our house just opened up that only sells fish tacos. And we've been making them at home. This was our first attempt. We used salmon and just threw in some toppings we had around the house. And they were awesome.
So I have a question readers, is there something that you thought you'd never like and then you tried it and loved it?
Fish TacosRub some fish with taco seasoning (recipe here) and cook it. We cooked our salmon on our griddle.
Serve fish with taco fixins. We used sprouts (unconventional, but we love sprouts), chopped tomato, and guacamole.
14 Responses to "Fish Tacos"
Caramelized onions. I would always snarl at them until I actually tried them and realized they are delicious!
Love Fish Taco's! We like ours with: fish fingers, cabbage and ranch sauce w/ taco seasoning…ummm..
Try the true Mexican way: with shredded, crispy cabbage, it's so good.
I tried something I thought I wouldn't like (that's a very small percentage of the foods in the world!) and I was right, I totally disliked it – and that's octopus!
Brussel sprouts. I split them in half, and saute them with olive oil, butter, and garlic. They're my new favorite vegetable, and my wife and I make them once a week.
On a fish taco note, I had always wanted to try them, finally did, and they were terrible. Turns out I tried them at a bad Mexican restaurant, even though the place was always packed. It was sort of a tourist trap, and eventually went out of business. I'd never thought to try them home, that sounds like a great idea.
I just had to comment…I was the same way with fish tacos and then i tried them and LOVED them. I can't get enough! Glad I'm not the only one
Oh boy fish tacos… when I first heard of them I thought the concept was a terrible idea. I finally let my husband convince me to try them and I of course loved them. Like Nancy said, we eat them the Mexican/Baja way with cabbage. So good!
Now have you tried shrimp tacos?!
I have not tried shrimp tacos. I will have to look into that.
So true!! I always giggle about them too lol. I had this sandwich that sounded so gross I wanted nothing to do with it, then a friend ordered it and made me try it… it was AMAZING!
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The use of sprouts in your tacos is a great idea! I'm going to have to try that!
I'm not a big fan of fish but these look very delicious:) I used to turn my nose up to deep fried pickles but then I finally tried them…they are delicious!!!
I was skeptical of fish tacos until I tried them. Now they are probably one of my top 5 foods. I love mine with cabbage, lime, and pico de gallo
Also used to turned my nose up at fish tacos! Had them again tonight, this time with swordfish nuggets (Hey the bits and pieces were only 4.99 per lb!) DELISH 🙂
Jen, I too was a fish taco "snob" Couldn't imagine whoever would think to do such a thing. You actually opened my mind up to trying them. I made salmon with taco seasoning ones and we really loved them, thanks to you. I told a friend whose husband goes to Alaska fishing and always brings home lots of salmon and halibut. They are coming over tonight and guess what we are having? SALMON TACOS!! Thanks.
So glad to hear it!


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With only ten days to go until her scheduled New York Fashion Week presentation, Rachel Zoe is dropping a may-jah bombshell: She's canceling the show in order to remain with her newborn son in L.A.
Zoe, who welcomed Kaius Jagger in late December, sent an email to ticket holders apologizing for the last-minute cancellation and promising to reschedule for a later date in L.A. But as she explained to WWD, she just couldn't make the show work with the needs of a one-month-old.
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"While I look forward to New York Fashion Week each season, I've made the difficult decision to move our fall 2014 runway show from Feb. 13 in New York to a later date in Los Angeles," she told the fashion publication. "As a new mother, my newborn son is too young to travel with me, and I'm unable to leave him for the amount of time required to appropriately prepare for the show in New York."
Market appointments will still take place on Feb. 10, when buyers will have a chance to check out the collection, which she described as "French bohemia with mod elements."
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Since her famous tweet scolding Tennessee lawmakers over "ag-gag" legislation, country music star Carrie Underwood has turned much of her attention to concerts, her upcoming Sunday Night Football gig â and the Oklahoma tornados.
"Growing up in tornado alley, you always know what could happen…. it doesn't change how devastating it is when something does happen," she tweeted and posted on Facebook right after the tornado in Moore, Okla., killed 24 people and left the community south of Oklahoma City in shambles.
But it was her April 18 tweet and Facebook post over the so-called ag-gag bill that generated a lot of attention in agricultural circles. This story on the Dairy Herd Management web site generated nearly 64,000 page views on April 22-23 when the story was first reported. That is a phenomenally high number, along with number of reader comments â 87.
Reader interest subsided from there, but Underwood still had a few parting shots on her Facebook page:
- On April 19, she posted a link to this article on ag-gag. The article included a comment from state representative Andy Holt suggesting that Underwood stick to singing. That prompted Underwood to comment, "I should stick to singing? Wow…. sorry, I'm just a tax paying citizen concerned for the safety of my family."
- On April 25, she posted a link to this commercial from the Humane Society of the United States.
- On May 13, she posted "Great news!" in response to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's veto of the ag-gag legislation.
On Tuesday, Dairy Herd Management sent an e-mail to Underwood's publicist, asking if the country music star still feels the same way about the ag-gag issue. So far, there has not been an answer. But if an answer does come, it will be included here.
Ag-gag (or farm protection legislation) is not going away. While it may have played out in Tennessee for now, a number of other states are dealing with similar measures. In 2012, Missouri and Utah passed their own laws, while Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska had bills that died in committee or were tabled to a later date. This year, there were bills in New Hampshire and New Mexico that did not make it to the legislature.
Farm protection legislation will be the focus of an article in the July issue of Dairy Herd Management. Among other things, the article will point out the need for farmers to be proactive in the social media and tell their side of the story â similar to what Underwood has done with Twitter and Facebook.


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Openfire doesn't remove roster items if subscriptions been rejectedCSH Mar 7, 2012 8:33 AM (in response to liyuw)
I think Openfire's behavior here is correct.
See here:
(the updated rfc. 3921 is obsolete)
Nothing about removing records from the roster, although from a user's perspective it doesn't make sense to keep those denied entries.
Openfire doesn't remove roster items if subscriptions been rejectedCSH Mar 8, 2012 5:01 AM (in response to CSH)
Actually this issue is confusing and misleading.
http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3921.html#int states the following (8.2.1):
"If the contact's server previously added the user to the contact's roster for tracking purposes, it MUST remove the relevant item at this time."
While the updated spec http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#sub-cancel-outbound doesn't included such a sentence.
What is right?
Openfire 3.7.0 does not remove it.
Re: Openfire doesn't remove roster items if subscriptions been rejectedMadina Mar 15, 2012 3:11 AM (in response to liyuw)
ya, OpenFire don't delete that rosters, but u can do it urself, just check - if user don't apply u friendship - set iq, like this:
var iq = $iq({type: "set"}).c("query", {xmlns: "jabber:iq:roster"}).c("item", {jid: data.jid, subscription: "remove"}); connection.sendIQ(iq);
(in JavaScript)
this help u remove unsubscribed roster from both lists =)


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Trump International combines a spectacular seaside location with a unique residential-style accommodation, an acclaimed links golf course, fine dining and a renowned spa.
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Muskingum College student Nachiket Chanchani broadens horizons as John Glenn Fellow
By Kimi Heskett '05, Public Relations intern
JANUARY 28, 2004 - Nachiket Chanchani '04 recently returned to campus after serving as a John Glenn Fellow in Washington, D.C.
The fellowship is sponsored by the John Glenn Institute at The Ohio State University. The Institute dedicates itself to promoting leadership and quality in public service.
Each year, Muskingum selects at least one student to go to the Institute's program in Washington for intensive exposure to both government and public service issues, as well as leadership training.
During his 10 weeks in Washington, Chanchani worked as an intern with the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. At both galleries, he worked with Dr. Debra Diamondy, curator of south and southeast Asian art. With her, he researched miniature paintings in the Freer collection, assisted with the installation of an exhibition and selected South Asian sculpture for rotation through the permanent galleries. He also attended Institute-sponsored seminars led by political and public policy thought leaders. "These discussions deepened my understanding of the issues facing America in particular and the world at large. They taught me how to draft and evaluate legislation, its intended purpose and the unforeseen circumstances that often plague it," he said.
Chanchani came to Muskingum from India in 2001 after studying at the prestigious Doon School in Dehradun, India. That school selects one student each year to study at Muskingum on a scholarship and it was an opportunity Chanchani quickly accepted. "I wanted to study the liberal arts, and especially wanted to combine my interests in the fine arts and history," he said.
Chanchani will graduate in May, after only three years, with majors in art, history and a minor in English. "Most fondly, I shall remember Muskingum for the classes I enrolled for and formy professors,especially Mrs. Rhoda Van Tassel, Dr Richard Williamson and Dr. Laura Hilton who have constantly guided, supported and encouraged me. Their classes and the classes that I have had with several other professors havebroadened my understanding of human beings and societies,sharpened my skills and have opened new worlds before me," Chanchani said.
He then plans to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in the history of art and has already received an offer for admission from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
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#1: Hi, I'm new and need some advice/recommendations
First of all I would just like to apologize for the length and the general amount of non-knowledge of this post, and I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to read all of it and help me out. I have fine (as in thickness) 3a, medium length and just need some general help/advice/ recommendations on what hair products/ routines I should be using. For starters I have type 3a hair, medium length, recently cut, and very fine thickness. I shower every night ( I don' t have time in the morning), comb my hair in the shower, towel dry by wrapping it up turban-style for a few minutes, and then air dry for a few hours (or less) before bed. Every morning I wake up to find hair that is beautifully curly/wavy with just enough tangles to know I slept on it. This prompts me to brush my hair, for which I use a cheap, plastic bristle brush, resulting in frizzed out hair with very little wave/curl. I would really like to be able to have the beautifully curly hair I get a few hours after I take a shower or when I first get up in the morning before brushing it. My major issues are that I'm a teenager, so I don't have access to anything other than what's available at the supermarket or drugstore, and that by the end of the day my hair gets greasy looking and stringy at the roots so I have to shower every night. If you have any advice or helpful suggestions that would be really awesome. And thank you sooooooo much for helping me out ,all advice will be gratefully read and put to use.


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From Whence Cometh My Help?Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
7 D without P makes 1 W
HintA homophone is used in this phrase to make a play on words.
Answer7 Days without Prayer makes 1 Weak
This is a saying used in Christian circles to emphasize the importance of prayer.
The title comes from Psalms 121:1
- I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
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In today's global economy, getting "unfiltered news and insights" about culture, business, technology, politics and lifestyle from Asian countries helps Americans better understand their own world, said Thuy Vu, anchor of a news show.
KCETLink's 30-minute weekly segment of LinkAsia puts English voice-overs on Asian programming from new providers such as CCTV (China), NHK (Japan), MBC (Korea), VTV4 (Vietnam) and citizen journalism Global Voices Online.
"You get to see news reports the way that Asian audiences see them in Asia," said Vu, an Emmy award-winning journalist and anchor who replaced former LinkAsia host, Yul Kwon, about four months ago. "It's extremely interesting to see how news is presented in that side of the world without the filter that we have in America."
LinkAsia airs on KCET Saturdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays on Link TV (DirecTV 375, DISH 9410) at 6:30 p.m. The program is also available on their website at www.linktv.org/linkasia or via the LinkTV World News iPad app.
The multiplatform program connects U.S. audiences with news from commercial and state-run TV networks in Asia. Viewers also get context through translated social media exchanges and reporting from foreign correspondents in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia. In addition, Vu conducts interviews with foreign correspondents and newsmakers.
"Asia is so dynamic right now," Vu said. "You have the rise of China. You have the ongoing conflict between North and South Korea. You have Vietnam that is still struggling but is trying to become an economic strength. Japan is trying to redefine itself economically and in a military sense. In this global world, what happens in other worlds affects us."


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Note: Dogs are pack animals and do not do well away from other members of their pack. The adopter is the alpha member of the pack, and the dog or puppy needs as much one-on-one contact with the alpha as possible. For this reason, all Route 66 Rescue Inc. dogs are adopted to inside homes only. They must be on leash, or inside a secure fence when outside, and not left outside alone when no one is home. Invisible fencing does not qualify as protection since other animals and strangers have access to the dog. The dogs must be returned to Route 66 Rescue, Inc. if ever given up by the adopter. Thank you for understanding we want only the best for the dogs you give a forever home.
Penny is a white German Shepherd Dog. She is sweet natured, but is independent, and sometimes aloof. She is quite bonded to Sheldon, and will only be adopted with him.
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Our dogs come from diverse backgrounds. Some have been beloved pets who are now without a home because their forever mom or dad has passed away or is, for another reason, unable to care for them. Some have been tossed from one temporary place to another. Some have never had a home. Some have had nothing but love and tender care, others have had few kind words before they came to us. A few have suffered abuse.
Route 66 Rescue Inc. recognizes the fact that dogs are pack animals and nature provides protection by keeping packs together. They do not do well away from other members of their pack. The owner should be the alpha, or leader, and dogs in that pack look to him for protection and acceptance. Dogs need as much pack leader contact as possible. For this reason, all Route66 Rescue Inc. dogs are adopted to inside homes only. All are spayed or neutered, up-to-date on shots, wormed, and heartworm tested. They are adopted to homes with fenced yards only, unless they will be walked on a leash and never tied outside.
All dogs in our care must be accepted as they are, and their new forever families must give them the time they need to become all they can be. Some will need training, others will surprise their new family with their tricks and manners. Some will be full of kisses and fun and others will be afraid of any show of affection. Love and acceptance will work wonders for all. Please accept our dogs for what they are and give them the life they deserve.
If you are looking for a family member and don't find him/her on our website, request an adoption application and tell us what you are looking for. We work with many rescues and shelters who may have your dog waiting for you. The requirements will be the same. We only adopt to inside homes, and dogs may not be allowed to roam. Electronic fences are not considered sufficient to keep our dogs safe. Other animals are free to cross into the fenced area, and humans who do not have the best interest of the dog at heart, have free access to them.
All dogs will be spay/neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested, micro-chipped, and flea treated. References and/or home visit may be required. Email us at email@example.com.
Please join us in our Helping the Homeless mission to relieve misery, rescue the homeless and discarded, and make a difference for as many as possible, one dog at a time.
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Because dogs are never safe out on their own, Route 66 Rescue Inc. dogs are adopted to families who agree to keep them leashed at all times they are outside, unless they are confined within a secure fence. We do not want our dogs running in packs or dashing in front of traffic. They are safe when they are confined or leashed. All dogs are to be returned to Route 66 Rescue Inc. if the dog ever needs to be re-homed.
A home visit is required. When we visit, we are looking for a pet safe, and a pet friendly home. We want to see if other pets are congenial with the new family member.
The adoption fee is the vetting fee which is usually $150. This includes parvo/distemper vac., Bordetella, rabies vac., worming, nail trim, spay/neuter, heartworm test, microchip, and flea treatment. Additional vetting may increase the fee.
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A friend told me I had to hear Skinny Puppy's ohGr's last album unDeveloped (2011). After the incredible early SP early stuff I lost interest. What I mean is after a string of great stuff I kept buying their music and a zillion side projects but they were mostly eh a waste of money. As per the recent recommendation I just started to listen to the album and the song 101 is well good. It's also worth noting he's one artist worth following on Facebook posting some fun and interesting stuff. Call me suprised whenever an artist from the past wakes up again. The song 101 particularly has me because it "seems" highly autobiographical. Yeah I'm a year late on this but good music is good whenever. Add this to the small and definitely separate from European EBM cannon of Industrial Music.
"Every saying has its day. Every plaything goes away" – ohGr
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Nats place Ramos on 15-day DL with hamstring injury
SAN DIEGO -- The Nationals placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain and recalled catcher Jhonatan Solano from Triple-A Syracuse.
Ramos re-injured the hamstring Wednesday night against the Dodgers after he singled in the fourth inning. The hamstring started to bark at him two innings earlier after he doubled off Dodgers right-hander Zack Grienke. Manager Davey Johnson wished Ramos had come forward and said something that inning.
Ramos will now go back to Washington this weekend to be re-examined by the team's doctor, Wiemi Douoguih. Ramos is expected to get an MRI. It marked the second time this season Ramos had to go on the disabled list because of the left hamstring strain. Ramos said the hamstring was sore on Thursday.
The young catcher is mystified as to why he is having hamstring problems this season. He thinks it's because of his right knee, which was surgically repaired last year, resulting in him putting "more pressure" on the left leg.
"I was working a lot on my hamstrings. I wanted to make it stronger," Ramos said. "I was feeling very good yesterday before the game. I don't know."
Solano, who is 1-for-6 in three games with Washington in 2013, was recently activated from the 7-day disabled list on Tuesday. He missed time because of a right ankle sprain, which he hurt trying to break up a double play at home plate.
Solano was able to play in a Minor League game on Wednesday for Triple-A Syracuse. He played all nine innings and said the ankle didn't give him any problems.
"I'm happy to come back," Solano said. "I want to help the team win. … I will have my chance to play."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Crank Yankers: Season 1 (DVD)
Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla
Pick it up, it's for you! Don't miss an episode from the uncensored first season of Crank Yankers, featuring all of your nasty-talking favorites from Jimmy Kimmel's Elmer to Sarah Silverman's Hadassah to a special little someone named Ed. This DVD set also features puppetized performances from artists like Tenacious D (naked!) and Ween. so sit back and enjoy the cranks, just remember...in Yankerville, no one is safe!
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- Starring: Jimmy Kimmel, Tenacious D, Ween, Sarah Silverman, Adam Carolla
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Paramount
- Run Time: 253 minutes
- Catalogue #: 87771
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Letter Juggle 11Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Inks - Tiles
2. Ride - Relive
3. Gaze - Freed
4. Snail - Pike
5. Snag - Cold
Hint1. Relationships
2. Alleviate
3. Eat
4. Fasten
5. Discipline
Answer1. Links - Ties
2. Rid - Relieve
3. Graze - Feed
4. Nail - Spike
5. Nag - Scold
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The Everglades is a two million acre wetland ecosystem that reaches from central Florida, near Orlando, all the way south to Florida Bay. During the wet season, Lake Okeechobee overflows, releasing water into a very slow moving, shallow river dominated by sawgrass marsh--dubbed the "river of grass." The water flows southward, passing through diverse habitats, including cypress swamps, wet prairie and mangroves, until it reaches Everglades National Park and eventually Florida Bay.
Originally, the Greater Everglades Ecosystem had a large diversity of habitats connected by wetlands and water bodies. Since the 1800's, human actions have been altering the Everglades landscape. Water diversions and flood control projects cut water flows and connections between wetlands throughout the Everglades. Combined with agricultural and urban development, the size of the Everglades has decreased dramatically.
People and the Everglades
The Everglades are surrounded by human development, including the cities of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. Its wetlands and wildlife draw large numbers of birders, anglers, boaters and other outdoor enthusiasts.
The Everglades also provide critical, and often undervalued, services to people, called ecosystem services. The waters of the Everglades ecosystem support agriculture and provide drinking water for south Florida. The wetlands improve water quality by filtering out pollutants and absorbing excess nutrients, replenish aquifers, and reduce flooding.
The Everglades is internationally known for its extraordinary wildlife--from Florida panthers, to crocodiles, manatees, and a huge host of birds such as roseate spoonbills, egrets, and wood storks.
Plants: The diversity of Everglades' habitats means there's also a great diversity of plants. There are wetland plants from sawgrass and bladderwort to cypress and mangrove trees. There are pine trees, hardwoods, and even beautiful orchids.
Birds: Over 350 bird species can be found in Everglades National Park alone. The Everglades is known for its many wading birds, such as white and glossy ibises, roseate spoonbills, egrets, herons and wood storks, but it also hosts huge numbers of smaller migratory birds. Some species, such as the snail kite, wood stork and Cape Sable seaside sparrow have become endangered species.
Reptiles: Both alligators and crocodiles live in the Everglades and are sometimes mistaken for each other. American alligators like deep, freshwater channels of water called sloughs and wet prairie, where they dig out ponds for nesting. The American crocodile lives in the coastal mangroves and Florida Bay. Everglades National Park has 27 different kinds of snakes alone.
Mammals: The Everglades' most endangered animal, a mammal, is the Florida panther, of which about 80 now survive. Other well-know Everglades mammals are water-dwellers--the West Indian manatee, which is also endangered, and the bottlenose dolphin.
Invasive Species
When an ecosystem is out of balance and native plants and animals are struggling, species from other parts of the world can take advantage of the changed conditions to establish themselves. Some introduce species become a small part of the landscape, while others thrive at the expense of native plants and wildlife. When an introduced species puts additional stresses on native wildlife and threatens habitats, it is called an invasive species.
An invasive species is able to spread throughout new ecosystems, because it doesn't have the natural predators from its native land to keep it in check. Once they've become established, these invaders are hard to stop. The Everglades is being threatened by numerous plant and animal invaders.
Invasive species in the Florida Everglades were introduced both on purpose and by accident.
Animal invaders prey on or compete with native species. The Cuban treefrog eats smaller native frogs, while the Nile monitor eats burrowing owls and crocodile eggs. Burmese pythons have even been known to prey on alligators!
Restoring the Everglades ecosystem will help to prevent new invasions and keep established invasive species in check. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved in 2000. It is intended to restore, protect and preserve the Everglades by capturing fresh water that now flows unused to the ocean and the gulf and redirect it to areas that need it most for environmental restoration.
National Wildlife Magazine Articles:
Everglades Invasion
The Crocodiles Power Play
Restoring the Everglades Factsheet - C-43 West Basin Reservoir
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All of the hysteria over the so-called fiscal cliff aside, people shouldn't forget about simple mathematics.
Let's grant President Obama his tax hike on the wealthy. That way we won't have to hear about it anymore, and he is correct: the people appear to agree with him.
The problem is, the tax as proposed would only raise $440 billion over the next 10 years, according to The Wall Street Journal. That would be barely noticeable in reducing our $1-trillion annual deficits and $16-trillion national debt.
And please don't lose sight of what the fiscal cliff is. If Congress takes no action, the Bush era tax cuts expire Jan. 1 (we actually once paid these taxes),� a 2-percentage point cut in the Social Security tax will be restored and discretionary federal spending will be cut 10 percent, by $110 billion.
To be sure, this would raise taxes about $2,000 annually on a typical middle-class family. Considering that we are currently borrowing 40 cents on every federal dollar this might seem like a nice downpayment rather than a disaster.
We are told the $55 billion in military cuts would jeopardize the nation's security. But Gordon Adams, a professor of international relations at the School of International Service at American University, is not so sure.
"It is not a pretty picture; no management expert would say this is the way to do defense (or any other) budgeting," Adams wrote in Foreign Policy. "But it is not doomsday. In fact, it might be discipline -- the kind of budgetary discipline the Pentagon has not had for the past decade. Good management, priority-setting and greater efficiency might be the result.
"And since the sequester would be a one-time event, setting a lower baseline for future defense growth, the nation might just be as safe as it ever was," Adams wrote.
Who among us doesn't think there is 10 percent of bloat throughout the federal government?
That said, the full answers to our debt and deficit problems may be found where they have resided for the past two years -- in the report of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, the only genuinely bipartisan effort we have seen in the past four years, unless you count the legislation creating the fiscal cliff itself.
Chaired by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson, the report's conclusion was easy to understand.
"Over the course of our deliberations, the urgency of our mission has become all the more apparent," the report stated. "The contagion of debt that began in Greece and continues to sweep through Europe shows us clearly that no economy will be immune. If the U.S. does not put its house in order, the reckoning will be sure and the devastation severe."
Oh, and by the way, there will be little warning. One day it will just happen.
The report is readily available online. Let's just look at one issue addressed -- Social Security -- and see what the report says.
To consider the administration and Congress's attitude toward the problem in the past 25 years, you would think the problem is insurmountable. But the commission devoted just seven pages to Social Security solutions, and they are easily comprehensible for any literate high school student.
"Over the next 75 years, the program faces a shortfall equal to 1.92 percent of taxable payroll," the report states. "Seventy-five years from now, that gap will increase to 4.12 percent of payroll.
"The commission proposes a balanced plan that eliminates the 75-year Social Security shortfall and puts the program on a sustainable path thereafter. To save Social Security for the long haul, all of us must do our part. The most fortunate will have to contribute the most, by taking lower benefits than scheduled and paying more in payroll taxes. Middle-income earners who are able to work will need to do so a little longer. At the same time, Social Security must do more to reduce poverty among the very poor and very old who need help the most."
Specifically, if implemented, the commission's plan would:
- Gradually move to a more progressive benefit formula that slows future benefit growth, particularly for higher earners.
- Offer a minimum benefit of 125 percent of poverty level for an individual with 25 years of work and index minimum benefit level to wage growth.
- Index normal retirement age and earliest eligibility age to longevity so that they grow about one month every two years. Also direct the Social Security Administration to create a hardship exemption.
- Provide benefit enhancement equal to 5 percent of the average benefits� -- spread out over five years -- for individuals who have been eligible for benefits for 20 years.
- Gradually increase the taxable maximum to cover 90 percent of earnings by 2050.
- Use the chained Consumer Price Index instead of the standard CPI to figure cost-of-living increases. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has stated that the chained CPI is designed to more closely approximate a cost-of-living index than the standard CPI, and experts on both sides of the aisle have supported this technical improvement to the index.
- Cover newly hired state and local workers after 2020.
- Add increased flexibility in retirement claiming options by allowing retirees to collect half of their benefits at a time, including by allowing them to collect the first half at age 62.
None of this is draconian. Our problems can be solved if our leaders will just work together.
Glenn Gilbert is executive editor of The Oakland Press. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 248-745-4587. Follow him on Twitter @glenngilbert2.


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Mike Walters makes some crazy unique synth toys under the name Mystery Circuits. The Zenotron is his newest and my opinion his greatest creation.
"The case was made from an old modem, the monitor was a small filmstrip viewer I cut in half. Behind the translucent screen is a cut down pipette box. I installed 88 LEDs where the pipettes normally go (perfect fit). The miniature keyboard comes off of an old toy, and I rebuilt the key contacts from little surface mount tactile switches. The sounds on the Zenotron come from a modified BleepLabs Nebulophone kit. A 2-Axis Parallax joystick controls the waveform and arpeggio rate of the Nebulophone. There are only 10 notes on the Nebulophone circuit, so the A# and B of the keyboard are wired parallel to the C and C#. Audio from the Nebulophone is fed to the clock input of a 4017 decade counter, which varies the sequence speed according to the Nebulophone's audio. Each step turns on two transistors that light an array of 4 to 5 green LEDs. All of the LEDs are wired randomly, though I tried to make sure the spread around the pipette box was even. The LEDs are wired to a DB25 connector inside the Zenotron. For the volume pot, I just replaced the feedback resistor in the last opamp stage of the Nebulophone's output. The LFO pot is wired the same as on the Nebulophone, but it has an off switch when turned all the way down. If the switch is off, the LFO seems to change according to the joystick. The LFO controls the Nebulophone's filter, which uses an optocoupler. The color scheme was very much subconsciously inspired by the Kaypro II and the Commodore SX-64." – mysterycircuits.com
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Congressional Panel Weighs Potential Impact of Merging Federal Job-Training Programs
May 11, 2011 | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Link to article
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of consolidating federal job-training programs.
Concern about replication stems from a recent report by the Government Accountability Office, which found that 44 of the 47 federally administered job-training programs overlap with at least one other program. Training programs cost $18-billion in fiscal year 2009, according to the report. Some, though not all, of that money goes to colleges, including through programs authorized by the Workforce Investment Act.
The duplication could be a source of "significant waste," said Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina and the chairwoman of the subcommittee. "A comprehensive review to identify ways we can reduce costs, consolidate programs, and improve services is vital."
Andrew Sherrill, the author of the report and a witness at the hearing, recommended a one-stop-shop approach that would merge job-training services and staff. He cited a merger in Utah that reduced the number of buildings that housed training programs from 104 to 34 and allowed the state to cluster its services for more "seamless service delivery."
Witnesses from Texas and Florida also advocated for consolidation, pointing to mergers in their own states that have led to more efficient management of job-training programs.
Evelyn Ganzglass, director of work-force development at the Center for Law and Social Policy, voiced concern that consolidation could cut valuable programs; although some overlap, they aren't necessarily duplicating services, she said.
"Out in the field, these programs really are working together," Ms. Ganzglass said. "You have to look at the contribution of all of them working together, and we haven't had those kinds of evaluations."
But other witnesses said the lack of a centralized federal program creates confusion and extra work for states.
"The biggest problem that we have is just working through all of the red tape for approvals and reports that just take a lot of staff time," said Larry Temple, executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission. "The administrative dollars represented in all this paperwork could certainly be spent better."
Even if programs are cut, representatives on the committee were divided about how to use the savings.
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Baby showers that include your partner, friends and their partners have become popular in recent times - after all, why should dad-to-be not join in the fun of celebrating his change in status? With blokes on the scene, you may have to consider beefing up the menu - delicate ribbon sandwiches won't last five minutes in their company - and it's perhaps for this reason that many co-ed baby showers turn into barbecues or picnics.
If you are concerned about getting your nearest and dearest to commit to a baby shower, you may prefer to have a casual 'at-home' morning, where friends and family can drop in for a cuppa and a catch-up before your baby is born. This style of baby shower can particularly suit those expectant mums who are working - you can have your 'at-home' on the weekend and relax between friends.
Like all good surprises, a surprise baby shower takes a bit of work to pull off successfully. Obviously, mum-to-be won't be throwing herself this type of baby shower, and so the full burden of decisions to be made - food, guest list, decorations, theme, date - fall to the good soul who thought it would be a lovely idea to throw a surprise party. And hopefully, the shock of the surprise won't knock the expectant mum into labour early!
There are times when friends and family can't be at your baby shower - you live too far away from them, they're unwell, or you're on bed-rest - but with the help of this mad technological age we live in, you can now work around their (or your) absence to include all loved-ones in your baby shower. Webcam, video links, and Skype are all computer-based ways of making virtual contact, or you could ask those who are absent to send a video message with the promise that you'll send them a video of your special day in return. Or you could just get on the phone during the baby shower and spend five minutes together describing the day.
Sure there's a due date and baby showers are planned not to coincide with this big day, but sometimes babies insist on entering the world early and foiling all your best laid baby shower plans. If mum and bub are healthy and doing well, you may be able to proceed with the day as planned - just with a new guest of honour!
But if the baby is very premature, has health issues and is set to remain in hospital for some time, it's best to postpone the event. Talk to the mum-to-be and find out what she wants to do - if she has no clear idea (having more important things on her mind!), suggest an indefinite postponement and you could perhaps throw a Welcome to the World shower down the track when bub has safely cleared all health obstacles.
The flip-side to having baby make a special appearance at the baby shower, is having the special guest be absent. It has been known to happen that baby showers have been thrown without mum-to-be being present - unexpected labour and birth, or hospital bed rest can turn a baby shower into a mum-free zone. In this unusual circumstance, it's best to just shower on without her - generally little notice has been given, so cancelling is often problematic and if she has indeed gone into labour, her guests will be really excited for her - albeit they'll be enjoying afternoon tea delights and she'll be doing all the hard work!
A new idea perhaps, but a great one. What do you do when you want to celebrate the impending birth of your second, third or fourth child? You could have a baby shower for each, but many mums feel uncomfortable about doing this for each child.
Solution? A baby sprinkle. As the name implies, it's a smaller version of a baby shower - you can still have the games, the food, and the theme but it's all toned down a little, and there's no emphasis on or expectation of gifts. A baby sprinkle is usually a smaller, more intimate gathering of very good friends and family and is often more about spoiling the mum than the baby.
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Touché's "Wild Horses" (Prefab Sprout Cover) MP3 just dropped w/ BrooklynVegan. Plus, Touché has announced its live shows in NYC and LA this winter!
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Touché is duo Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore, who explore themes of lust, obsession, fate, and the struggle for control. Touching upon hallucinogenic and esoteric ideas, they aim to find the place where their psyches overlap. The result is anthemic pop pieces darkened by the desires of the human heart and sharpened by personal politics. Finding support from XLR8R & Impose Magazine to Under The Radar & Death & Taxes, Touché's "I'm A Man Not A Machine" single was released last month.
Touché has shared stages with MEN, Active Child, and Daedelus in their hometown of LA. Today they're proud to announce that in addition to a show this week in LA, the duo will be bringing their pop chops to NYC this winter. For another taste of what you'll hear live, check out the new spaced-out "Wild Horses" (Prefab Sprout Cover) MP3 where it premiered with BrooklynVegan today or HERE.
Separately, the two halves of Touché have been involved in a slew of musical projects. Alex's previous project was prog-pop outfit Obi Best and she has played keys and sung back-up for The Bird and the Bee, Ry Cooder, and Nick Lowe as well as recently joining folk supergroup The Living Sisters. Bram has kept busy as touring and recording bassist & keyboardist for acts like Beck, Thurston Moore, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and is currently a member of Twin Shadow.
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The Greatness of Gary Carter
"It's a man's game, but you have to have a lot of little boy in you to play it." —Roy Campanella
I'm far too young to have seen Roy Campanella or his fellow Boys of Summer play baseball, except in grainy highlight reel footage. However, I was fortunate enough to see Gary Carter play, and when I think of Campy's famous quote, it's Carter who comes to mind. At bat, on the basepaths, or behind the plate, he exuded such youthful joy that anyone who witnessed his energy and enthusiasm gained an instant lifeline to their own inner child, playing ball with a devil-may-care intensity across an endless summer (picture Pete Rose with frizzy hair and a catcher's mask, maybe). It's no wonder they dubbed him "the Kid," for few nicknames fit a ballplayer better. As legend goes, Carter acquired it during his first spring training in 1974, when the Expos veterans saw him trying to win every sprint, and hit every ball out of the park. Sadly, the Kid passed away on Thursday, losing his battle with cancer at age 57. For those of us who watched him in his prime, that inner child took a punch in the gut.
A power-hitting catcher with a cannon for an arm, Carter spent parts of 19 seasons in the majors—12 with the Expos (1974-1984, 1992), five with the Mets (1985-1989), one apiece with the Giants (1990) and Dodgers (1991)—en route to 11 All-Star appearances and a Hall of Fame berth. He had a gift for great timing, winning All-Star game MVP honors twice, hitting a walk-off homer in his first game as a Met, collecting a game-winning double in his final career at-bat during a valedictory season with the Expos. He was the regular catcher on the lone Expos team to make the playoffs in 1981, a squad that also featured Hall of Famer Andre Dawson and should-be Hall of Famer Tim Raines. That year, the strike created an extra tier of playoffs, and while Les Expos won their first-round series against the Phillies, they lost to the Dodgers, my Dodgers, in the NLCS. More famously, he was the starting catcher on the world champion Mets in 1986, and most notably started the fateful 10th-inning Game Six rally—the one that culminated with the grounder that rolled between Bill Buckner's legs—with a two-out single off Calvin Schiraldi.
A career .262/.335/.439 hitter, Carter was a legitimate middle-of-the-lineup force in his prime; 61 percent of his plate appearances came in the cleanup or fifth spot. He reached 30-homer plateau twice, and the 20-homer plateau seven other times, with a high of 32 in 1985, all of them from the cleanup spot. His 298 homers as a catcher (out of 324 total) ranks seventh behind Mike Piazza (396), Carlton Fisk (351), Johnny Bench (326), Yogi Berra (305), Ivan Rodriguez (304), and Lance Parrish (299). Like most catchers, Carter's lack of speed suppressed his batting averages; he finished with just a .262 BABIP, and 52 infield hits in 19 seasons. While he wasn't the most patient hitter in the world (8.2 percent unintentional walk rate, boosted to 9.4 percent by intentionals), he didn't strike out much, either (11.0 percent), and had four seasons where he drew at least as many walks as strikeouts.
Defensively, Carter threw out 35 percent of would-be base thieves for his career, leading the league with 47 percent or higher in 1976, 1981, and 1983; it wasn't until the late 1980s when his throwing declined. His 2,056 games caught are a National League record and rank fourth overall, behind Ivan Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, and Bob Boone.
What's astounding about Carter's accomplishments is that they didn't get him into Cooperstown on the first try, or even the fifth; for once, his timing was off. He debuted on the 1998 ballot but received a paltry 42.3 percent of the vote; Don Sutton, who won 324 games, was elected on his fifth try that year, an extraordinary wait in its own right. That year, future Hall of Famers Tony Perez, Ron Santo, and Jim Rice all finished with higher percentages than Carter. His share of the vote plunged to 33.8 percent the following year, as Nolan Ryan, George Brett, and Robin Yount all gained first-ballot entry. Fisk, in his second year of eligibility, and Perez, in his ninth, won election in 2000 as Carter rebounded to receive 49.7 percent of the vote. His candidacy gained an air of inevitability as he climbed to 64.9 percent the following year, while Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett gained first-ballot entries, and to 72.7 percent in 2002, while Ozzie Smith went in on his first ballot. Finally, Carter went over the top in 2003, with 78 percent of the vote, perhaps thanks to a little help from a budding Hall of Fame analyst at FutilityInfielder.com:
I was never a fan of Gary Carter. For some reason, I always found him annoying, though I can't really put my finger on why. It probably had something to do with his earnest, gung-ho attitude combined with the fact that I rooted against the '86 and '88 Mets as hard as any teams I ever rooted against. That said, I am absolutely convinced that Gary Carter is a Hall of Famer. I had an unshakeable feeling of watching a Hall of Famer in the prime of his career when I watched him, and I'll wager that was a consensus perception among those of you reading this right now. If you thought about the question of who was the best catcher in the National League after Johnny Bench declined, there simply wasn't any other credible answer besides Gary Carter.
As with many a favorite foe such as Reggie Jackson and Pedro Martinez, my feelings towards Carter have softened since then, but even without those warm fuzzies, he commanded my respect, and his plight with regards to Cooperstown earned my sympathy. With the possible exception of Brett, a 3,000-hit club member who ranks second all-time at third base in JAWS, Carter was as worthy as any of the first-ballot inductees whose arrivals on the ballot forestalled his own enshrinement. Carter himself is tied for fourth all-time among catchers in JAWS:
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The average Hall of Fame catcher is at 51.7/33.9/42.8; Carter's peak ranks third, better than Berra, and much better than Fisk, whose extraordinary longevity enabled him to tie Carter. His 47 FRAA (including Colin Wyers' unpublished Arm ratings, which incorporates baserunning against) ranks third only to Rodriguez's 98 and Jim Sundberg's 56.
The Kid has been in the forefront of my mind lately. Just an hour before hearing the news, I had mentioned him during a spot on Clubhouse Confidential*, in the context of a bit on Simmons' neglected Cooperstown case. Contemporaries Carter, Bench, and Fisk are all enshrined, and rightly so, while Simmons is on the outside looking in—an injustice. Comparing their career batting stats:
For a good part of their heyday, that quartet constituted a strong enough group of hitters to elevate the overall level of offense provided by catchers above that provided by middle infielders, as I showed on Wednesday. In 1977, they collectively outhit designated hitters, with a .264 True Average to .263; Carter (.314), Gene Tenace (.313), Simmons (.312), Bench (.304), Fisk (.303), and Joe Ferguson (.301) all had monster years with the bat.
Bench was the best hitter of the bunch (as well as the only one to win an MVP), but the other three were closely lumped together, with Carter offsetting the shortest career of that trio with the most defensive value. So much value, in fact, that he came to dominate the catcher WARP rankings, though his youth helped in that regard; he was more than six and a half years younger than Bench and Fisk, and four and a half years younger than Simmons. Still, he held his own during the portion of their careers that overlapped. Picking up in 1972 after Bench had already led the league twice (1969 and 1970, with 7.6 and 8.6 WARP) and finished second once (1968. 5.1 WARP), here are the top three catchers by WARP in each season during the hearts of their careers:
1972: Bench 9.2, Fisk 7.4, Simmons 5.9
Fisk still had a pair of top-three finishes in 1989 and 1990 at ages 41 and 42, giving him two leads and five other top-three finishes. Bench had four leads and three other top-three finishes. Simmons never led but had eight top-three finishes in a nine-year span. Other good to great catchers came and went; Munson had a particularly nice run but was already on the downslope when he was killed in 1979. None of the other great backstops of the time dominated the position quite like Carter did, with seven leads and two other top-three finishes in a 10-year span.
Without a doubt, we lost one of the great ones on Thursday, and far too soon at that. My condolences to the Kid's family, friends, and fans.
*The segment was postponed due to coverage of Carter's death and will air at a later date.
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As a Carter uberfan, I thank you Jay.
Feb 17, 2012 06:58 AM
One of my first favorite players, I remember trying to get stickers for him and Rock Raines to complete the Expos pages in Topps sticker book as a kid. Those two made me an Expos fan (what's a boy from DC to do?), and Carter was the first in the HOF with that Expos logo on his head (with Dawson and hopefully Raines [and perhaps Pedro, Randy Johnson and Larry Walker?] to follow.
Feb 17, 2012 08:27 AM
With all due respect to the Expos, I'll wager that Randy Johnson is wearing either a Mariners or Diamondbacks hat, Pedro a Red Sox hat.
Feb 17, 2012 09:03 AM
Brian Kopec
I'll trade you my Gary Carter double if you have an extra Manny Trillo foil to complete my NL All Star page.
Feb 17, 2012 10:20 AM
Isaac Lin
Carter embodied the "joie de vivre" spirit of Montreal--his love of playing truly made the game a more enjoyable one for the fans. Seeing current-day photos of his daughter reminds me of when she sang the National Anthem at Olympic Stadium as a little girl. I wish the Carter family may take solace in his achievements both on and off the field that have affected the lives of many.
Feb 17, 2012 09:34 AM
Thanks Jay. I always thought Carter's HoF case suffered in writers eyes because he "hung on too long" past his prime. NY writers were dinging him in '88, even though he was still excellent.
Feb 17, 2012 09:46 AM
Did anyone else notice that his traditional batting average and BABIP are the same figure? To the calculators!
Feb 17, 2012 10:00 AM
All right, finally got around to finishing this. Of all qualifying Hall of Famers (some were eliminated due to incomplete strike-out data, these players were uniformly 19th-century players), five, including Carter, had BA/BABIP differentials of within .004: Gary Carter, Earl Averill, Joe Sewell, Jackie Robinson, and Frank Robinson.
Feb 21, 2012 07:22 AM
"I had an unshakeable feeling of watching a Hall of Famer in the prime of his career when I watched him..."
Feb 17, 2012 11:47 AM
When Bert Blyleven was elected I looked back at my first take on him from January 2002. http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2011/01/rookie-blogger-stumps-for-blyleven-january-2002.shtml. Lotta talk about wins there, some talk about RBI in my Carter piece and other HOF analyses. And Win Shares. Blagh.
Feb 17, 2012 12:18 PM
Just saw on Twitter that the Empire State Building will light up blue and orange in memory of Gary Carter tonight: http://bit.ly/AfucCV
Feb 17, 2012 12:41 PM
I agree that I remember thinking that Carter was a Hall of Famer when I saw him play.
Feb 17, 2012 18:39 PM
For a Met fan in the 80's watching Carter play was an incredible gift, especially on defense. Crouching behind the plate before every pitch he was almost like a Little League dad--but not an overbearing one--to the Mets pitchers. He'd set a great target and you could feel--even through the TV screen--how he was willing the pitches from the mound past the batter into his glove. Every time you see highlight of Gooden's rookie year, when he's zipping bullets over the black or dropping his amazing hook, you cannot separate Carter from the picture. He's the number one cheerleader, doing everything he can from behind the plate to help the pitcher make his best pitch. Between Hernandez, Carter and the talented pitching staff the Mets boasted a defensive cohesiveness that was present, alert and pro-active. Sometimes so much so that they needed to be calmed down--sometimes the pitchers would tell Hernandez to stay away, other times he warned them not to dare throw another fastball--such as with Orosco pitching to Kevin Bass. Carter was the lynchpin of all of this and it was a pleasure to watch.
Feb 18, 2012 08:22 AM
Always amazes me that somehow defense matters when keeping out the worthy Ted Simmons from the Hall of Fame yet it doesn't matter when the unworthy Jim Rice makes it while the best of the 3 Red Sox outfielders Dewey Evans never got a sniff either. Maybe those 2 should shamelessly campaign the way Rice did for induction.
Feb 18, 2012 08:31 AM
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Anonymous dance stars Daft Punk have been unmasked after a photo of them without their trademark helmets surfaced online.
The French duo, comprised of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, are rarely snapped without their robot helmets, but on Wednesday (05Jun13) a picture of them dressed down in jeans and playing drinking games emerged on the web.
Electronic music duo The Knocks shared the snap on their Facebook.com page with the caption, "Daft Punk playing champagne beer pong (without helmets on) in the Sony offices," but they quickly removed the image, adding, "Guess we weren't supposed to post that pic."
In a recent interview, Bangalter discussed the pros and cons of hiding his identity, telling Rolling Stone, "One thing I like about the masks is that I don't have people constantly coming up to me and reminding me what I do. It's nice to be able to forget, but there are occasional downsides. Several years ago in Ibiza some guy ran up exorbitant bar tabs at clubs while claiming to be me."


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