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As an international student at FSU, you will have two advisors. Your academic advisor will be a professor of the subject you are majoring in, and will help you make decisions about which classes to take and answer any questions you may have about your classes or profession. If you are having trouble in a class, you should speak to your academic advisor and ask for advice. The international student advisor, Geneva Hines, will help you settle in to the culture of West Virginia and FSU. She will guide you through the customs, responsibilities, and privileges of being a student.
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The Buddha himself said, "There is one thing that when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centered on the body."
Elsewhere, Buddha said, "If the body is not cultivated, the mind cannot be cultivated. If the body is cultivated then the mind can be cultivated."


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I've spent a lot of time maneuvering through spiritual concepts and possible routes to enlightenment, buddhism, eckhart tolle, the law of attraction, all these different takes but after having "forced" realizations and insights I've realized (haha) that this method does not work for me. I stress myself out and I dove deeper into anxiety than I had ever in my life.
But I'm ready to focus my practice and conduct. I've slowed myself down with expecting results and I spend more time feeling the bad emotions I feel. I guess I'm being much more honest with myself as I go through the days now and I get a lot of true peace and meaning from acting in this way. I've also begun mindful breathing meditation, anapanasati, and am commiting myself to practice everyday, even if its only for a couple minutes. I'm trying to build the habit.
One question I have is, when formally sitting to meditate, if my object happened to be the nostrils or the belly, am I to be aiming towards being mindful of the object nonstop? For the whole sit? I know other things will arise of course but later on if my concentration gets better and my focus on the object stabilizes is this still insight meditation? or have I switched to samatha?
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A catholic monastery devoted to the teachings of St. Benedict
As Catholics, we are a sacramental people. We learned about the
sacraments when, as children, we were required to attend catechism
classes. The basic text was the Baltimore Catechism.
This was when we first learned that our faith had seven
sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist,
Penance or Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and
Matrimony. We also learned that the Church itself was the universal
sacrament of salvation.
The Baltimore Catechism defined "sacrament" for us. It
stated: "A sacrament is an outward sign initiated by Christ to give
grace." The sacramental Church started with Jesus' ministry on
The sacrament of Baptism most certainly began when John the
Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Jesus, in his early
ministerial teachings, laid the groundwork for confirmation and
penance. These are the three sacraments of initiation emphasized in
catechism classes. We receive all three sacraments when we are
officially welcomed into the Roman Catholic Church.
Later, we learned about the sacraments of healing: Penance or
Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. As youngsters, we were
not too concerned about Holy Orders and Matrimony. These were
sacraments for adults.
Eucharist: Central to Our Faith
The most singular sacrament is the Eucharist, which is central
to our faith. This is where we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus.
It is the sacrament where we immerse ourselves into the sacrifice
of the Mass. It absorbs our full concentration, or it should do so.
Nothing else is as important as that Eucharistic moment.
One Catholic priest said that, as he celebrates the Eucharistic
liturgy, he is totally focused on it to the exclusion of all other
exterior influences. Indeed, so should we be as focused.
The Eucharist is called the Most Blessed Sacrament and it is the
third sacrament of Christian initiation, the one the Catechism
of the Catholic Church says "completes Christian
Sacramentum is the Latin translation of the original
Greek word mysterion, or mystery. St. Augustine defined
the sacraments as visible signs of God's word of promise.
Two of the sacraments have their foundation in the Bible.
Baptism and the Eucharist are recognized as having unmistakable
biblical foundations. Christ was baptized by John the Baptist, and
then He instructed His disciples to baptize others. At the Last
Supper, Christ established the foundation for communion, or the
Bishops First, Then Priests
In the early Church, the three sacraments of initiation -
Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist - were celebrated in the same
ceremony by adult catechumens at the Easter Vigil. The catechumens
descended into a pool, where they were baptized in the name of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
They ascended and were clothed with a white robe, and the bishop
laid hands on them and anointed them with oil. The catechumens then
proceeded to a place of honor among the community of worshipers and
participated in the Eucharist for the first time. Initiation was
one event and the climax was the celebration of the Eucharist.
The bishop was removed from anointing at Baptism for several
reasons. After Constantine proclaimed Christianity as the main
religion for the Roman Empire in the fourth century, more and more
persons were being baptized. Thus it was not always possible for
the bishop to be present at every rite of initiation.
So Baptism in the Western Church was turned over to the local
parish priest. The bishops still retained the function of
performing the initial anointing and the laying on of hands.
In the Eastern Church, the bishops solved the problem by
delegating the three sacraments of initiation to the presbyter and
reserved for themselves the anointing with the oil used in the
rite. To this day, the Eastern Church initiates with all three
sacraments at one time.
In the West, the celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation
was done at a later time than the sacrament of Baptism.
Constantine's mandate of Christianity for the Roman Empire prompted
increased conversions; hence the move to infant baptism. Not enough
bishops were available to be present at the sacrament of
It Begins with Jesus
We embrace the seven sacraments with fidelity and love. The
sacraments all start with Jesus. By reading Scripture, we begin to
know Jesus. To grow ever closer to God through His Son Jesus is our
primary goal. The sacraments are the steps by which we are baptized
into the risen Christ, and we also become a sacrament.
We should not think of a sacrament as something we receive;
rather it is what we are. And if we are the Church, then the Church
itself is also a sacrament. The sacraments are also the celebration
of our Christian story. If sacraments are worded signs, then
Scripture is the word; then the Gospel story makes the sacramental
signs that much more meaningful.
Matrimony is a sacrament that provides the grace for the
specific mission of building up the Church. This sacrament
consecrates the union of two people, thereby giving them holiness
in their married life. It provides the grace for accepting the
responsibility and upbringing of their children.
For those who hear the call to the religious life of priesthood,
Holy Orders is the sacrament by which a man is made a bishop,
priest or deacon and is dedicated to be an image of Christ on
A bishop is the minister of this sacrament. In ordination, a
bishop confers the fullness of the sacrament upon the one called to
be a priest. Ordination as a priest will align him to Christ and
make him a representative of Christ on earth.
The priest will also be configured with the bishop with power to
celebrate the sacraments and other liturgical actions such as the
Eucharist. The ordination of a deacon aligns him to Christ in
service to the Church, such as preaching the Word of God and
performing charitable works.
Four Elements of Reconciliation
The sacrament of Reconciliation or Penance has four elements:
contrition (the penitent's sincere remorse for a sin or
wrongdoing), confession to a priest (only a priest has this power),
absolution by the priest, and penance (usually dictated by the
priest). In administering this sacrament, the priest is bound by
the seal of confession. It is forbidden for a priest to violate
this seal and betray the penitent.
The second sacrament of healing is the Anointing of the Sick,
intended for those with sickness, disease or infirmities. In this
sacrament, the priest anoints the sick with oil that is
specifically blessed for this purpose. This sacrament also has
other applications, such as in the Last Rites, also known as
Extreme Unction. When someone is in danger of death, the priest
administers the Last Rites as a final healing of the soul.
The sacraments order our spiritual lives in myriad ways and
assure us that we are on the right path in our journey to grow
closer to and be with God. The liturgical life of the Church
revolves around the Eucharistic sacrifice and the sacraments, as
stated in the Catechism.
In the Eucharist, Catholics believe that Christ is present in us
and nourishes and strengthens us through His sacrifice on the
cross. The sacraments make clear God's plan for the world. We are
the instruments for implementing that plan. We are sacrament and
instruments of God's grace.
Thomas J. Rillo, oblate
Bloomington, IN
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"Mediocrity" is a toxic word that sends shivers down my spine. I will have none of it in my personal and investing life; that much is for sure. At first, the production of mediocre work goes unnoticed -- because it's just enough to continue driving a business forward. But, over an extended period, mediocre practices transition to something that can choke off a company's innovation and execution prowess.
The interesting aspect here is that mediocrity can also weasel its way into your investment-selection process. One can become content with riding the waves in the market, long or short, so far as the profit motive is aligned with actual profit. It's my humble opinion that investors are trading in their discipline for short-term gains amid rising market optimism. (Tulip mania, anyone?) They have embraced a state of mediocrity in their own processes, and have also ratcheted down expectations on what constitutes a healthy corporate America.
Four Examples of Mediocrity Acceptance
1. Chicago Fed: Somehow, a meager upward revision to the prior month on a historically less-market-moving report trumps the harsher truths that emerged from the Philadelphia Fed and Empire State numbers.
Digging into the Chicago Fed report yielded a cautionary bit of wisdom: "subdued inflationary pressure from economic activity." Economic activity that results in subdued inflation? That sounds as if companies are doing one or both of the following -- inventing cheaper products to steal market share or pricing core products more competitively in order to maintain or steal market share. The statement ultimately fits in an oh-so-snug manner with my comments last week on the general deflationary forces that gripped the Consumer Price Index.
Mental note to tuck away: A "less bad economy" does not mean "good." It does not obviate the risks -- in particular, anemic pricing power and volume consistency -- that could derail sales and earnings.
2. IBM (IBM): The market seemed to like IBM's earnings beat -- a natural reaction in a climate that is seeing life through rose-colored glasses. The following is how the market interpreted Big Blue's numbers. First, unimpressive U.S. sales will probably shift to stronger numbers by the second half. Second, Europe is "weak" but not "weakening," thus confirming those lower periphery bond yields. Third, the BRIC bloc -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- are a savior once more to low growth in developed countries.
While I appreciate the market's built-in forward predictive powers, and its present la-la-land mindset, remember that the IBM quarter does not completely support the hearty advances in small-caps and transportation stocks. By the way, cautious commentary on transport stocks began to emerge Tuesday. I hope you saw the mention of stretched valuations in these parts a week ago.
3. Railroads: Those were some pretty sweet profits from Norfolk Southern (NSC), CSX (CSX) and Kansas City Southern (KSU). In September I called Kansas City Southern the name to own from the space, and it remains my pick of the litter. But, in similar fashion to an IBM quarter, the volumes for the rails outside of coal -- which we knew were going to be soft -- didn't seem to imply "OMG, the coast is clear." Fourth quarters were fueled another successful three months of pricing and operating efficiencies.
4. Texas Instruments (TXN): This was fairly straightforward. The company told us its customers are basically OK with sitting on lean inventories, rather than planning for X amount of future demand. Hey, why invest precious cash in Texas Instruments' semiconductors in a low-growth environment? If I were a CFO, I would prefer to apply the cash to share buybacks to snag a meaty year-end bonus or acquisitions. Each initiative could serve pump prime growth during volatile economic conditions.
Did you know? The S&P 500's relative-strength index has slightly eclipsed the September 2012 Fed-decision euphoria peak. If you want an overbought indicator, here ya go, stud!
As I have been saying, ride the pony until it begins to tire out. Along the path, however, stockpile real reasons to take the fight back to the bulls. That moment of truth will arrive, and this will likely be quite soon.


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NEWPORT County goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley is out for up to a month with an ankle injury, the Argus can reveal.
Pidgeley has damaged a ligament in last Friday's match at Southend United and is in a protective boot. County estimate he will be out for between two to four weeks.
However, goalkeeper Jamie Stephens is fit to play in tomorrow's home clash with Fleetwood, with Newport also bringing in goalkeeper Conor Thompson, who has been released by Torquay, as cover. He's most recently featured for Swindon Supermarine.


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Bourjois Pump Up The Volume Waterproof Reviews
The BEST MascaraNow that this mascara is not available at Sephora anymore I have to buy it when I visit Japan, which is fortunately often enough that I can get a new tube every two to three months (nicely aligning with the life-span of this product). Even though I repeatedly buy other waterproof mascaras (including another hard to find discontinued favorite - Chanel Drama Lash in Jet), this one has remained my fa...read morevorite for day-to-day use. I wouldn't say that it adds volume, at least not for me, but it does lengthen and separate and I never have to worry about too many coats creating that "mas-scary" look. My favorite part about this product is that when I curl my lashes it holds the curl most of the day, something that other waterproof mascaras often fail to do. My least favorite part, and the reason I only gave it a rating of four out of five lipsticks, is that it works best in the initial month after purchase - after two months it works, but not nearly as well. My favorite mascara. It lengthens, makes my lashes look fuller, and it doesn't smudge. It's also easy to remove, not like the cover's girl's lash blast waterproof mascara I just got. I think I loss some lashes trying to get that mascara off. Sephora stopped selling this line at their stores, so I've been searching for a mascara similar to this one or better. I've tried over a dozen mascaras, but I haven't been able to find anything that beats this one. I may just end up purchasing this online somewhere. My eye makeup tend to smudge very easily w/o udpp, and BB liner smudges on me, the only liner that doesn't smudge is MAC fluidline/liquidlast. So in the first place everything tend to smudge on me, so are mascaras and I'm always looking for non-smudging mascaras. This is the only mascara in my 20 mascaras(All bought less than 6 months ago) that I use everyday. It's WATERPROOF, and that's it's function. I use it to volumize my lashes after the first coat of other lengthening/curling mascara, it does not weigh down my lashes even if I apply a lot, nor does it clump or smudge. I'm able to use many mascara because I don't have to worry about whether it would smudge, bourjois does the trick! After using it for three months it looks dired up a little, I'm definitely looking for bourjois waterproof, volumizing mascara, maybe to try out another line but I'll stick on to this brand! People have been talking about clarins double fix mascara, but I wouldn't spend $5 more on just for the waterproof, no volumizing, and make my lashes hard like wooden sticks! my lashes arent that thick but they are kinda long. you wouldnt be able to telll the length really since they are really light, at the end. im asian. so my lashes arent all that awesome to begin with. but this mascara so far has been very good to me. i use a shu uemera curler and apply this and my lashes are nicely lengthened and wonderfully separated. not SO much volume. but its better than nothing. i also have lash injection from too faced and i like bourjois much better because it doesnt do the ugly flaky thing at the end of the day. however, TF does volumize better. but almost to the point of tarantula legs. i've had no problems with the waterproofness. its withstood 10 mile bike rides, pms fits, and fights with the boyfriend that leave me crying for silly reasons. — 5 years, 8 months agomihshelle | 182 reviews
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the best mascara everi try so many mascaras but Bourjois mascaras are the best the waterproof one. they don't smdug. they don't make blak circal under my eyes and they stay all day. ant the lashes look great. — 5 years, 9 months agolilach_pollack_mantel | 1 reviews
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of peace, justice and equality ignited millions to action in the 1960s. Today, King inspires new generations, as educators impart his messages onto students.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of peace, justice and equality ignited millions to action in the 1960s. Today, King inspires new generations, as educators impart his messages onto students.
Collin Whitlock teaches English to eighth-graders at Kanapaha Middle School. He says King's life provides students with an example of standing up for what they believe in.
"He did a lot more than make the 'I Have a Dream' speech," he says. "He taught us there's such a thing as believing in the importance of a cause. Real change takes sacrifice, and it shouldn't be taken lightly."
Whitlock says his students will watch a documentary about the Children's Crusade, a march that took place in Birmingham in 1963. King, along with hundreds of students, planned a march downtown to talk to the mayor about the city's segregation policies, but they were met by the city's then Chief of Police Bull Connor, who used fire hoses and police dogs to stop their progress.
Whitlock says 800 children between the ages of 4 and 17 were arrested over a three-day period.
"King helped organize it, but it was the kids who had power and made real change," he says. "I'm asking my kids to investigate causes they believe in so strongly that they'd be willing to stand up and fight for them. It's an interesting thing for them to think about — would you be willing to be put in cuffs and spend a night in jail?"
Donald DeVito, music director at Sidney Lanier School, says he is teaching his students music from African-American artists like John Coltrane and Duke Ellington, as well as the protest gospel "We Shall Overcome" this week. By talking about where Ellington could and could not play his music in the 1950s, DeVito aims to bring issues like segregation to a human level for his students, who have mild to profound disabilities.
DeVito says King's message of equality rings especially true for his students, as issues of equal rights and equal access for those with disabilities are still being decided by lawmakers today.
"I make King's lessons real for my students with more profound disabilities by focusing on the importance of being fully included in society," he says. "The idea of equal rights is important especially when giving our students the opportunity to interact in events with their nondisabled peers."
Dante Buckley, technologist at St. Francis Catholic High School, says students in his computer applications class are creating interactive books based on King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Using the Apple program iBooks Author, students write text and create 3-D images about their own dreams.
"King gives them a lot of inspiration," he says. "They're researching how he motivated others to learn how to motivate each other and themselves."
Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been promoted as a day of service and education, says Paul Ortiz, a professor of history at the University of Florida.
"The goal is to use the day to do something in service for the community. It is not a day of passive remembrance, but of action," he says.
The floating holiday, which falls on the third Monday in January, was first observed in 1986, but not in all 50 states until 2000.
Ortiz says King's genius was in combining education and action in pursuit of social justice.
"Unless we take action based on that education, we're not living full human lives. We're just watching the world go by," he says. "His love of justice pushes us in our own lives to think, 'Am I doing enough?' "
Whitlock says he hopes through teaching about King's life and the civil rights era, his students will come to see King not as a mythical character of another era, but as a flesh-and-blood human being who spurred real change.
"They think it's beyond their ability to do something similar. They don't feel like there's anything left to fight [for]," he says. "Hopefully it makes an impression on the kids. If it wasn't for King and for many others who fought and gave their lives, they wouldn't be living the way they do today."


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The final day of The Packer's Midwest Produce Conference & Expo, Aug. 15 in Chicago, will include tours of two Chicago retailers.
The "Urban Markets Tour," to be held from 9 a.m. to noon, will include trips to a Shop and Save Market and a Mariano's Fresh Market.
Both stores are located in the downtown Chicago area and are evidence of a resurgence of urban retail markets in the city core.
The last day of Midwest Produce also will include tours of the Chicago International Produce Market and two produce distributors, Testa Produce and the Anthony Marano Co.
The retail and wholesale tours provide an important learning opportunity for Midwest Produce attendees, said Shannon Shuman, publisher of The Packer.
"The last day of the event will be very educational with retail tours that will highlight some of the most modern urban retail trends, in addition to a behind the scenes look at the some state-of-the-art produce distribution operations."
This tour will show the attendees how produce fits into the urban city environment.
Brian Holzkopf, director of produce for Des Plaines, Ill.-based Shop and Save, said Midwest Produce attendees will tour the chain's Archer location in downtown Chicago, which opened about a year and a half ago.
Shop and Save opened its first store a decade ago, Holzkopf said.
The store tries to focus on a wide variety of products for shoppers and provides to the large Polish customer base in the area.
Fresh produce has played a central role in the chain's success.
"When you go into the store, you don't even see registers or groceries," Holzkopf said. "Perishables are the first third of the store, and produce is the first focal point."
As for Mariano's Fresh Market, their produce department is a focal point too and the company was named a "Fruits and Veggies – More Matters Champion" by the Produce for Better Health Foundation.
Mariano's boasts five locations in the Chicago area and tries to cater to ethnic backgrounds and specialty needs. Mariano's try to offer many types of seasonal fruits and will offer a unique exotic produce if a customer requests it.
The company makes sure that fresh produce is available to the urban environment in every way. Mariano's has a salad bar located in the store with fresh greens, fruits and many organic produce items.
One of the aims of the tour will be to let convention attendees see how seriously independent retailers take produce, Holzkopf said.
"We want to show it's not just the big guys who are supporting the produce industry," Holzkopf said.
Packer staff writer Kayla Banzet contributed to this report.


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Genus: Ursus
Species: arctos horriblis
Is it a brown bear or a grizzly bear? Actually it's either or both, because these are just common names that have no scientific basis. Many people in North America use the common name "grizzly bear" to refer to smaller and lighter-colored bear that occurs in interior areas where there are not a lot of salmon to eat and the term "brown bear" to refer to the larger and typically darker-colored bear in coastal areas where there are salmon. This species also occurs in Russia, Europe, Scandinavia and Asia where everyone refers to them as "brown bears".
In North American there is one subspecies that occurs in the Kodiak Island area but all of the remaining bears are the same subspecies, regardless of where they occur from Alaska to Yellowstone. There are many other subspecies in the world and, until they were killed off in the 19th and 20th centuries, there may have been more subspecies in North American as well.
Here, we will refer to them all as "grizzly" bears.
Grizzlies were excessively overhunted by humans, and now there are less than 1,500 grizzlies left in the United States south of Canada; there are also about 31,000 in Alaska. National Wildlife Federation is fighting for grizzly bears to make sure they have room to roam and can safely coexist with humans.
Grizzly bears are large and range in color from very light tan (almost white) to dark brown. They have a dished face, short, rounded ears and a large shoulder hump The hump is where a mass of muscles attach to the bear's backbone and give the bear additional strength for digging. They have very long claws on their front feet that also give them extra ability to dig after food and to dig their dens.
Grizzly bears received their name because their brown fur can be tipped with white. This gives them a "grizzled" look, especially when blacklit by the sun.
Size: Grizzly bears weigh upwards of 700 pounds. The males are heavier than the females and can weigh up to 1,700 pounds. A large female will weigh up to 800 pounds.
Diet: Grizzly bears are omnivores. The most commonly eaten plants are the fleshy roots of some plants, fruits, berries, grasses, and forbs. If grizzly bears are on the hunt, their prey can include fish (especially salmon), rodents like ground squirrels, carrion and hoofed animals like moose, elk, caribou, and deer. They are especially good at catching the young of these hoofed wildlife species. Grizzly bears can also target domestic animals like cattle and sheep and cause economically important losses for some ranchers. NWF has a program on National Forest lands surrounding Yellowstone Park to prevent attacks on domestic livestock by purchasing the grazing allotments from ranchers.
Typical Lifespan: Grizzly bears can live to be 30 years in the wild, but most die before age 25.
Habitat: Grizzly bears can be found in woodlands, forests, alpine meadows and prairies. In many habitats they prefer riparian areas along rivers and streams.
Range: Grizzly bears once roamed throughout the entire western U.S. south into Mexico including the Great Plains and along rivers in desert habitats. Control actions and habitat loss extirpated them from 98 percent of their original habitat in the U.S. including the Great Plains and all habitats south of Yellowstone National Park and Teton National Parks in Wyoming including California, Idaho and Washington. Populations persisted in the Northern Rocky Mountains including Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and in northwestern Montana and extreme northern Idaho next to Canada. A large population of grizzly bears lives inland in Alaska and northern Canada. The southern populations in Canada's British Columbia and Alberta are greatly reduced. Thanks to conservation efforts since about 1975, grizzly bears are recovering well in Yellowstone and elsewhere in the northern Rockies and are even beginning to recolonize prairie habitats along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana.
Communication: Grizzly bears use sounds, movement and smells to communicate. They growl, moan or grunt, especially when females are communicating with their young or during mating season when male bears can fight each other fiercely for the opportunity to mate with receptive females. Grizzly bears also rub their bodies on trees to scratch and to let other bears know they are there.
Life History and Reproduction: Winter can be very tough for many species of wildlife, because the season brings harsh weather and little food. Grizzly bears hibernate in warm dens during the winter to minimize energy expenditure at a time when natural foods are not available and to permit their tiny young to be born in a warm and secure environment. Throughout the summer and autumn, grizzlies build up fat reserves by consuming as much food as they can find. In late fall or winter, grizzly bears find a hillside and dig a hole to serve as their winter den. When inside the den, grizzly bears slow down their heart rate, reduce their temperature and metabolic activity and live off stored fat reserves. Pregnant females give birth in the dens and nurse their cubs until they are large enough to venture outside in the spring as snow melts and new food become available.
Depending on the length of the winter season grizzly bears can stay in their dens for up to 7 months. They don't even go to the bathroom during this time! Grizzly bear hibernation is not as deep a sleep as some other hibernators like bats or ground squirrels as they will quickly wake up when disturbed. Females with newborn cubs are the last to leave their dens in the spring. Females with older cubs emerge earlier and solitary females and males are the first to exit dens in the spring. Pregnant females are the first to enter dens in the fall followed by females with cubs; solitary males enter dens the latest.
Grizzly bears begin to look for mates in the spring and early summer. Females can mate with more than one male during her breeding season. When a female grizzly becomes pregnant, the development of the embryo temporarily stops for several months, a process called "delayed implantation". Delayed implantation is characteristic of all bear species and some other families of carnivores, including weasels and seals. If a female bear is unable to gain enough weight during the summer and fall, her body will tell her to not proceed with the pregnancy and the embryo will reabsorb. This gives her a head start on gaining enough weight to have a successful pregnancy the following year. When female grizzlies enter hibernation, the embryo implants in her uterus and begins gestation. In January or February, female grizzly bears give birth to 1-4 cubs (usually 2). The female will care for her young inside the den until spring when they finally step out into the world.
The mother cares for her young for at least 2 more years, feeding and protecting them. When the cubs are 2.5 years old, separation from their mother typically occurs. In areas with little food, the cubs may stay with their mother longer. Typically separation happens when the female enters breeding condition and attracts males which can be a threat to the cubs. At around 5 years of age, grizzly bears reach sexual maturity.
Grizzly bears are mainly solitary and territorial, except for mothers and her cubs or when a plentiful food source is discovered. Grizzlies are known to congregate at rivers with many fish and at improperly fenced garbage dumps.
Grizzlies can run pretty fast, reaching speeds as fast as 35 mph for very short sprints. They are good swimmers too. Cubs can climb trees to evade danger, but they lose this ability as their front claws grow longer.
National Wildlife Federation actively works to help grizzly bears and make sure people and bears can peacefully co-exist. A few examples of our work include:
Expanding Habitat - Through our Adopt-a-Wildlife-Acre program, we work to acquire land outside of Yellowstone National Park to expand the range of the Yellowstone grizzlies.
Re-establish Extripated Populations—for example in the wilderness areas of Central Idaho where adequate habitat exists to sustain a secure and sustainable population.
Creating Corridors - We help connect habitat by advocating and working to create wildlife corridors.
Fighting Pebble Mine - We work to stop dangerous projects like the Pebble Mine, which threatens grizzly habitat in Alaska's Bristol Bay.
Protecting Endangered Populations - We actively monitor and make sure endangered and threatened grizzly bear populations are protected, when necessary, by the Endangered Species Act.
Speaking up for Funding - We fight to make sure Congress properly funds conservation programs so that wildlife managers have the resources they need to help grizzlies and other wildlife.
Helping Grizzlies with Climate Change - We're leading the charge to make sure climate change is not only addressed, but also that wildlife managers are able to assure that habitats that change in response to climate change remain adequate to sustain grizzly bear populations.
Adopt a Grizzly Bear - Support NWF's work to protect grizzly bears and other wildlife by symbolically adopting a grizzly bear.
Speak up to Protect Grizzly Bears from the Pebble Mine - Help fight a dangerous project from hurting habitat for grizzly bears and other wildlife in Bristol Bay.
Travel Safely in Bear Country - If you live in an area where there are grizzly bears, prevent grizzly bears from having access to garbage, dog food, bird food, dead livestock, etc. A bear that has access to such foods frequently becomes a nuisance or a danger and is destroyed.
Grizzly Bears on Ice
At the northern edge of the species' range, a growing number of grizzlies are eking out a living in territory traditionally dominated by polar bears
In the Lair of Giants
A photographer recounts treasured hours spent with the largest bears in the world


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Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols appears to have quieted any concerns about his surgically repaired knee but now is battling plantar fasciitis in his left foot, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Pujols had arthroscopic surgery on the knee during the offseason and played his first game in the field this spring on Tuesday. However, manager Mike Scioscia revealed afterward that the knee isn't the slugger's only ailment.
"The foot is giving him more trouble right now than the knee," Scioscia told the newspaper. "But the fact that his knee is OK gives us more comfort than anything else."
Pujols told the Orange County Register that he can handle the foot pain, despite the fact that plantar fasciitis can linger for weeks. The Los Angeles Times notes that Pujols played through plantar fasciitis in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals.
"I'll be ready to go opening day," Pujols told the newspaper. "I could play nine innings right now."
Regardless, it seems likely that Pujols is destined for more time at DH this season. And that isn't a role he necessarily covets at age 33.
"I'm too young to be a DH, but if I have to do it, I'll do it," Pujols told the Los Angeles Times. "I just want to be in the lineup and help the team win."
In his first season since signing a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels, Pujols hit .285/.343/.516 with 30 homers and 105 RBIs in 2012.


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Identification of TT Cases by Community Treatment Assistants: An Assessment (SIMBA)
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To achieve the goal of trachoma control as mandated by the World Health Organization, countries must reduce the backlog of trichiasis surgery cases to less than 1/1,000 of their population. However, these cases reside in rural villages in trachoma endemic districts, and finding them to offer services is a challenge. Community Treatment Assistants (CTAs) are village residents who are trained to offer Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to their communities, and hence are in contact with most residents. A training guide and tool for screening for trachomatous trichiasis (TT) will be developed to train CTAs in rural Tanzania to identify cases in their communities and refer them to surgery. Compared to the current process by which CTAs passively screen for TT if cases complain, investigators hypothesize that the trained CTAs will identify twice the usual number of TT surgery cases during ongoing community antibiotic administrations for trachoma and will also miss fewer cases. If this simple system is effective, it can be implemented widely to screen communities for cases of TT.
Thirty-six villages, for which a complete census is available, will be randomized on a 1:1 basis to intervention (where the CTAs receive the enhanced training from the enhanced training team) and usual assessment (where the CTAs receive the usual instructions from the regular MDA team). In both sets of villages the CTAs will keep records of all cases they have screened as positive for TT.
A Master TT grader will grade all screened cases of TT to determine the rate of true positivity. In addition, he will examine a random sample of residents who are screened as negative to detect potentially missed cases and estimate the total burden of trichiasis cases. The assessments of the Master TT grader will serve as the gold standard for calculations of sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the enhanced training versus usual assessment methods.
|Other: TT Training Program and Recognition Card
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Identification of TT Cases by Community Treatment Assistants: An Assessment
- TT Cases Detected [ Time Frame: 11 months ]Number of TT cases detected in intervention versus control arms (adjusted for population size) through screening
- Sensitivity and Specificity of TT Screening Methods [ Time Frame: 11 months ]Sensitivity and specificity of the different TT screening methods compared to "true" assessment of cases and controls
- Positive and Negative Predictive Values of TT Screening Methods [ Time Frame: 11 months ]Positive and Negative Predictive Values of the different screening methods compared to "true" assessment of cases and controls
|Study Start Date:
|February 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention
Community treatment assistants will receive usual training, including basic background of trachoma/trichiasis recognition, drug administration and azithromycin dosing, plus a modest additional TT Training Program and Recognition Card.
Other: TT Training Program and Recognition Card
The intervention is an additional training program on trichiasis recognition and a TT recognition card to assist community treatment assistants in recognizing TT cases and referring them to surgery.
No Intervention: Usual Assessment
Community treatment assistants will receive usual training, including basic background of trachoma/trichiasis recognition, drug administration and azithromycin dosing.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All persons in the study and control communities are eligible for the MDA.
- Adults aged 15 and over will be eligible for the survey and re-assessment.
- Those who are screened positive in the re-assessment will be eligible for treatment at the surgery camp.
- Those who are screened positive for TT initially but refuse the definitive re-screening will still be offered surgery but told they may not have TT and will be re-screened by the surgeon.
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01783743
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|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|Principal Investigator:
|Sheila K West, PhD
|Johns Hopkins University
|Responsible Party:
|Sheila K West, Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01783743 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 30, 2013
|Last Updated:
|February 4, 2015
Keywords provided by Sheila K West, Johns Hopkins University:
Mass treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Eyelid Diseases
Eye Diseases
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The North Platte Community College (29-5) men's basketball team claimed the Region IX championship Wednesday coming from behind to claim a 51-46 victory over the Otero Junior College Rattlers (26-8.}
The regional championship is the second in program history; the other was in 2010. The 29 wins ties the 2010 team for most in school history.
I am so proud of this team, said head coach Kevin O'Connor. These guys came to work every day and fought hard for this victory. We are excited to continue our season and for a chance to play at Hutch (Hutchinson, Kans.)
The Knights started the game slowly as they shot only 32 percent from the field and had nine turnovers in the first half. They went into the locker room trailing 27-20.
As has been their calling card all season, the Knights stayed in the game with their defense, holding the Rattlers to 32 percent shooting in the first half and keeping themselves in striking distance.
The second half started out the same as both teams struggled to find an offensive rhythm. The Knights could never seem to get over the hump, but with 5 minutes left found themselves only down four points.
A couple key defensive stops and two free throws by Ben Wilson put the Knights down only two points with two minutes to play. Knights point guard Damon Brown threw a lob pass to Eric Richardson that he finished at the rim to tie the game.
As they had all night, the Knights made another huge defensive stop to give themselves the ball and a chance to take the lead.
The Knights ran the same play and the result was the same, as this time Brown's pass led to a Richardson dunk that gave the Knights the lead for good. Three defensive stops later and three Ethan Montalvo free throws were enough to give the Knights the win and the Region IX championship.
The Knights were led by Montalvo who finished with 18 points and Brown who had 10 points and four assists. Sophomores Wilson, Reath Jiech and Aboubacar Casse had great games to help lead the Knights to victory. Jiech and Montalvo were also named to the Region IX All-Tournament Team.
The Knights have a few days to rest and practice before heading to the small college national tournament. Games begin on March 18.
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U.S. News ranks undergraduate English programs:
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Before there were patent medicines, people used home remedies to cure their illnesses. It's only during my lifetime that drug stores began putting together prepackaged drugs for such common illnesses as headaches, coughs and constipation. When a family lived on a farm, miles from the nearest drug store, they made do with what they had. Most of the time, those home remedies didn't do much to cure an illness, but they made the patient feel a little better. They treated the symptoms, not the disease.
When I was a boy, there always was a small green bottle of snuff in our medicine chest in the bathroom. Inhaling a pinch of snuff brought on one or more hefty sneezes that cleared all the congestion out of my nose. That temporarily made it easier to breathe and I felt better.
If the congestion was in my chest, Mom would rub my chest with a mixture of goose grease and camphorated oil and cover it with a piece of flannel. She would give me a cup of hot tea with sugar and lemon and a spoonful of Father John's cough medicine. Then I'd be tucked into bed and covered with a cozy warm feather quilt. I'd break out in a profuse sweat and fall asleep. In the morning the cold would be all gone and I'd feel like a million bucks.
Father John's cough medicine was the only medicine I ever took that really tasted good. It was kind of a light brown/tan color, came in a brown glass bottle, and was thicker than modern cough syrups. I don't know what the good tasting ingredient was, but it tasted a little like butter.
Camphorated oil, when warmed up by body heat, would give off an aroma that would help clear out a stuffy nose and make it easier to breathe. I don't know what the goose grease did, but it added a bit of the smell of good food, and that was comforting. When Vicks Vaporub came out, it acted a lot like goose grease and camphor oil, but it was a lot easier to use.
Some people used a mustard plaster, instead of goose grease, or maybe a poultice. Those two remedies were before my time. I'm not even sure what a poultice is.
If a cold would hang on or if more than one person in a family had one, there were two surefire treatments for it. One was a big bowl of real old-fashioned homemade chicken soup. Modern science has proven chicken soup is good for a cold. There is a saying that if you have two chickens and one gets sick, you should use the healthy one to make chicken soup to cure the sick one.
The other old Bohemian remedy for a cold is what was known as flu soup. Basically that was a hearty beef stew with lots of barley in it. Not quite as good as chicken soup, but almost.
I have a good supply of horehound drops that will do wonders for a sore throat. If you have never tasted horehound drops, it might take a while to get used to the unique flavor.
When you do that, they are so good, you will suck on them even when you don't have a sore throat.
I remember when our doctor would prescribe a tonic, usually during the recovery period after an illness. I don't know what was in that medicine or if it worked or not. I haven't heard of anyone taking a tonic in many years. I wonder what's the modern equivalent? I've heard of people giving their children sulfur and molasses in the spring to get them ready for the activities of summer. That was a bit before my time, too.
Constipation was always cured by a good dose of castor oil. Sometimes that was given just to clean out the digestive system. It tasted awful. Kids would do almost anything to avoid having to take castor oil. It was that bad. Then came citrate of magnesia. I would be sent to the corner drug store, the druggist would open a bottle of citrate of magnesia and drop a pill into the bottle. That would make it fizz and by the time I got home it was ready for the patient to drink.
It tastes pretty good. I know because just recently I had to drink a bottle of it and I was surprised it's still being used.
Before modern adhesive bandages (Band-Aids) a cut finger or toe was cleaned with soap and water and treated with either iodine or merthiolate before being bandaged with a narrow strip of old cloth, usually white.
There was a special way to make a knot that would hold the bandage in place. It hardly ever worked for more than a few hours, especially on an active barefoot boy's toe. Adhesive tape was an improvement. I have some left over merthiolate, and I think it, and iodine, are no longer available. Peroxide is a better substitute.
When my parents ran a candy store with a soda fountain, (1926-1929) customers would ask for a Bromo. That was a cure for a headache and for a hangover.
If my memory is correct, it was some powder or crystals in a glass with seltzer water added. It would fizz like crazy and I remember it as Bromo Seltzer. I think it was replaced by a large tablet under the name of Alka Seltzer dropped into a glass of ordinary drinking water.
Now we have antibiotics, a variety of constipation remedies, drug stores with shelves full of all kinds of products to treat colds, cuts, coughs, headaches, fevers, and other ailments and a variety of pain relievers. They are all prepackaged and labeled, ready for instant use. No goose grease.
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Lawyer: Evidence contradicts Christie on closures
{}TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former loyalist of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who oversaw lane closings near the George Washington Bridge says there is evidence that contradicts at least one public statement the governor made about the closures.
{}In a letter Friday, David Wildstein's lawyer says evidence exists that suggests the governor knew about the closures as they happened in September.
{}The letter focuses on a January news conference where Christie's statements could be open to interpretation. But the month before, the governor had said he didn't know about the traffic problems until "well after the whole thing was over."
{}Wildstein was Christie's No. 2 man at the agency that runs the bridge. He has since resigned.
{}Christie's office denied the claims in a statement, saying they don't contradict what the governor said. Asked specifically about the Dec. 13 remarks, Christie's office reiterated their statement.


text: Culture 8 May 2013 Reviewed: Life of Crime Force of nature. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Life of CrimeITV I love Hayley Atwell's performance as a south London cop in Life of Crime (10 May, 9pm) in every respect save for one: her accent. Do you know any coppers this posh? And no, before you ask, she is not supposed to be a Cambridge graduate on the fast track to the top of the Metropolitan Police (see Rupert Penry-Jones in Whitechapel). Her dad was also a policeman and her mum is London Irish, with the brogue to match. When we first meet her, she's still living at home in a shabby terrace with a velour three-piece suite and a set of wine glasses that look like they came free with petrol. So quite where her immaculate RP came from, I don't know. Even if she had unaccountably picked it up down her local comprehensive, you'd think she'd occasionally throw in the odd George Osborne-style glottal stop, given the company a copper keeps. It bothered me a lot, this voice, but I kept watching because I really like the set-up of the series – it begins in 1985, when Denise Woods is a humble WPC in Brixton nick, and then follows her down the years (part two is set in 1997, by which time she is a DI; in part three it's 2013 and she is a senior officer) – and also because Atwell is a captivatingly good actor when it comes to unspoken emotion. I believe in her character's commitment to her work – her drive, determination and absolute refusal to allow the men to push her aside – in a way that I very much didn't in the case of Emily Watson as an MP in The Politician's Wife. It's going to be fascinating to see how Atwell ages Denise; from what I read, she has done this with no help at all from wigs and stick-on wrinkles. Anyway, 1985 . . . A girl has been murdered, but no one – by which I mean Denise's male superiors – wants to know. Or at least, they would like to take the path of least resistance and hang it on the victim's father, who has a temper. Denise, on the other hand, wants to know very much indeed. So determined is she to get her man, she might just be about to overstep the mark (I won't say more, in case you're saving it up). It's true that Life of Crime is slightly underwritten (it's by Declan Croghan, who also brought us episodes of Ripper Street and Waking the Dead); the dialogue is underpowered and lacks the fruity richness of, say, Life on Mars. It can be predictable. It was only a matter of minutes before a colleague had said to Woods: "Are you lesbian, or something?" But the plot is clever, dishing up an act of madness on her part that will have consequences even decades later, and I liked Con O'Neill's performance as her boss, DI Ferguson, a man whose frayed exterior left you wondering whether he was a decent man masquerading as a ratbag, or a ratbag masquerading as a decent man. In truth, though, episode one was worth watching for atmosphere alone. My God, the Eighties. For all that I was there, I still can't get over them. How weird to remember that women constables were then expected to walk the streets in bulky skirts, sheer-ish tights and cross-body leather handbags (for all their make-up, presumably). Atwell and her co-star Richard Coyle, a detective who drives a brown Ford Capri, did some fantastic Eighties dancing at a nightclub called – I'm guessing at the spelling –Subotica, where the DJ looked exactly like Paul "It-took-me- 90-minutes-to-trim-these-sideburns" King. He played some Go West, which made me smile (most series would have had him spinning the Human League or Spandau Ballet), and when Woods asked him whether he knew the girl who had died, he replied that he had merely "got off with her" one night. Do people still say "got off with"? I'd love to know. This isn't Broadchurch, I see that, but it's great to see yet another tough woman copper hijack prime time. Not so long ago, we had to make do with Jane Tennison. Now, though, they're everywhere – and some of them even manage to have private lives, too. Life of Crime concludes on Friday 24 May › Reviewed: Tweet of the Day on Radio 4 Hayley Atwell in Life of Crime. Photo: ITV. Rachel Cooke trained as a reporter on The Sunday Times. She is now a writer at The Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 13 May 2013 issue of the New Statesman, Eton Mess More Related articles Sean Spicer's Emmys love-in shows how little those with power fear Donald Trump Women's stories triumph at the Emmys Eduardo Martins, the celebrated war photographer who didn't really exist Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Aaron Hernandez's New England Patriots jersey is officially a red-(or white—or blue) hot item. How hot? One was on sale on eBay on Monday morning for—this is not a misprint—$4,000.00.
The white jersey, posted on the site Monday morning, is described by the seller as being "Worn only once to a game … ON AUCTION SO BID AWAY."
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In all, as of early Tuesday afternoon, there were 575 Hernandez Patriots number 81 or 85 jerseys available on eBay, with the number rising by the minute. The majority have gone on sale since Friday, when the Patriots offered a free exchange for another player's jersey at the team shop and at their website.
Restrictions on the exchange do apply, the Patriots said in a statement Friday. The Hernandez jerseys had to have been bought from the team shop and must be officially licensed gear. Only straight jersey-for-jersey swaps, for numbers in stock (no custom jobs), are allowed. In-person exchanges will take place this Saturday and Sunday.
Those conditions could pose a problem for some eBay sellers, such as one for a youth version posted Saturday. Included in the description are these sentences: "Innocent until proven guilty!! NOTE: You can use this jersey at the Patriots Pro Shop to trade up to a new Pats jersey (Brady, Tebow, Kelly, Amendola)."
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Ironically, the dilemma of youngsters wearing Hernandez's jersey was part of the explanation offered by Patriots spokesman Stacey James in the statement last week: "We know that children love wearing their Patriots jerseys, but may not understand why parents don't want them wearing their Hernandez jerseys anymore. We hope this opportunity to exchange those jerseys at the Patriots ProShop for another player's jersey will be well received by parents."
For what it's worth, that particular sale is a bargain at $44.95; youth jerseys are on sale on the team website for $69.95, and adult versions $99.95.
Others on eBay were being offered for more than $200.


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Hey everyone,
From what I've read, it's traditionally understood that the Buddha's first three discourses are ordered this way:
1) The Dhammacakkappavattana sutta
2) The Anatta-lakkhana sutta
3) The Aditapariyaya sutta
Is there any discourse in the sutta pitaka that's supposed to have been delivered next, chronologically? I know it doesn't really matter, but my monkey mind is getting on my case about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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PATIENTS visiting hospitals in Worcestershire are happy with how they are treated during their stay but feel they should have more opportunities to make their voices heard or complain, a survey has revealed.
The results of a survey of inpatients visiting the three hospitals run by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and Redditch's Alexandra Hospital – between September 2012 and January 2013 were published this week.
The survey, carried out by Picker Institute Europe, asked patients staying overnight at one of the three hospitals a range of questions about their care and treatment and found the trust ranked at about the same level as similar organisations elsewhere in the country, with 70 per cent of questions scoring seven out of ten or better.
Almost 100 per cent of respondents said they were happy with the availability of hand gels to patients and visitors and 92 per cent said they were pleased with the amount of information they were given on the risks and benefits of an operation.
The way in which information on patients' conditions was passed between different specialists dealing with them also scored highly at 91 per cent positive and 90 per cent said they felt they were treated with respect and dignity.
But only 22 per cent of patients were happy with how they were asked for their views during their stay while 74 per cent said there was not enough information available on how to complain.
The trust has pledged to work to increase patient satisfaction in these areas and chief nursing officer Lindsey Webb said she was grateful to patients who took time to respond to the survey.
"These results will now be looked at in more detail and alongside our other patient feedback to identify any trends," she said. "Improvement plans will then be put in place where necessary.
"It is particularly good to see a number of areas which have improved since last year's results including hospital food, the amount of information given to patients about their condition or treatment and patients finding a member of staff to talk to about any worries or fears.
"This is testament to all our staff who work hard to ensure we deliver quality, safe care to our patients."
The survey was given to 850 patients and responses were received from 438.
To see the full survey results visit www.cqc.org.uk/survey/inpatient/RWP


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EIGHTY defiant residents who refused to pay rent increases on their retirement homes were forced to give up their fight in the face of crippling legal costs.
The residents, who live on Kings Park Village, on Canvey were taken to court on Monday by the owners of the over-50s complex for refusing to pay a 4.8 per cent rise in their rent in 2011 and then again in 2012.
Collectively they owe the park's owners, Kings Park Village LLP, around £20,000 in unpaid fees and will now have to fork out the amount, plus additional legal costs, after throwing in the towel.
Had they continued, the legal costs of the hearing, which took place at Southend's County Court, were estimated to total a whopping £88,000 – a price they could not afford.
Frank Atwood, chairman of the Kings Park Residents Association, said: "I am disappointed and downright disgusted. We anticipated there would be costs, but not in this region. People just can't afford that kind of money."
The hearing, which had been scheduled to last three days, is the culmination of a seven year battle between the owners and residents of the Kings Park Village, on Canvey, who feel the rent rises are unfair as many facilities on the park have been taken away.
Pauline Reeve, 66, said: "Ultimately it was our decision, but what other choice did we have? It is a bitter disappointment."
In 2007 the bar area was bulldozed and the park's then owner, Jack King, promised residents it would be replaced.
He then sold the site to Kings Park Village LLP later that year and residents claim more facilities have since gone.
However, the owners did submit plans to create a new cafe bar on the site last year which were rejected by Castle Point Council.
Barrister Leslie Blohm argued on behalf of the park owners: "This has been a lengthy dispute, a costly dispute and an unpleasant dispute, and I think no one wants to go through it again.
"My client has not been willing to enter into any binding commitment with consideration of new facilities, but that is not because he does not wish to build them, but because of the scope that gives to further legal dispute."
District Judge Bruce Edgington said during the case: "I am sure you will be disappointed with the result of it. Whilst you may have had moral sympathy for what happened in 2007, we cannot give you any legal sympathy.
"What you have done by making this brave decision is at least save yourself some money in terms of costs. I think you made the right decision."


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Eating a healthy diet goes a long way towards preventing nutritional deficiencies, but how much do we really know about which nutrients kids are getting enough of in their everyday diets and which ones we need to supplement?
That's the question that researchers from institutions including Tufts University and the National Institutes of Health attempted to answer in a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.
The study looked at the diets and supplement use of 7,250 children between 2 and 18 years old to see if taking supplements helped fill in nutritional gaps, or if it led to excess intake of certain nutrients in kids who already had good diets.
Following are the percentages of children who took dietary supplements:
Here's what the study showed:
The take-home message from this study is that younger children may be getting enough of most nutrients from diet alone, but may benefit from boosting intake of certain nutrients, like calcium and vitamins D and E. Older children might benefit from taking a multivitamin-mineral supplement, and making sure that they get enough calcium and vitamin D. "These findings may have implications for reformulating dietary supplements for children," the authors commented.
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May 9, 2013 — Change often creeps up on us, and a new phase in the Netherlands may just be starting—one in which we stop accepting traditional notions of what talent looks like, and instead embrace new attitudes towards talent that are not defined by gender.
At a recent Catalyst Europe Roundtable here in Amsterdam, I was struck by the number of members talking about talent. They were seeing a pressing need within their organisations to address continuing bad economic news from the Eurozone by developing new approaches to talent management. Their organisations were learning both how to attract top talent in the first place, and how to retain, develop, and leverage existing talent.
The talent theme is cropping up more and more often, and this excites me. Suddenly there are voices talking loudly and concurrently about stopping the outflow not only of women, but of talented millennials, visible minorities, and LGBT people as well. Organisations are implementing programs to encourage schoolgirls to take a betapakket (science module) in high school, and women college graduates are being promoted into technical roles. Employers are coaching young parents through their return to work following parental leave. Slowly but surely, the number of men sponsoring high-potential women into senior management and board positions is rising.
Many organisations are now making a valiant effort to make these changes happen. The change agenda of the EU's Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding, may be creating fewer waves than it did six months ago, but companies in the Netherlands are certainly beginning to realize that the deep-seated culture of male privilege and cronyism so pervasive in corporations and in politics is stifling economic recovery and innovation. Critics of the bias intrinsic to the Dutch political system, media, and society as a whole are getting louder and more convincing in their arguments, and Dutch people no longer see a woman leading a company or ministry as an excuustruus (token woman), but rather as someone who got there thanks to talent and merit.
Despite legislation slumbering in the Upper House, business leaders and a number of national organisations and independent institutions have introduced internal targets not just for women on boards and in management roles, but throughout their ranks of employees. Via congresses, Tweets, NGOs, publications, forums, networks, and blogs, an urgency and enthusiasm about diversity is beginning to spread. And talented women are ready to step up.


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Topic: To chemo or not to chemo?
Yesterday, we received a very depressing news. My Mom had her CT scan done 3-months post- Y-90 treatment. Her disease has progressed or accdg to her Onco is worst...they were discussing about portal vein thrombosis.
My Mom was given 2 choices:
1. Another chemo treatment: Oxaliplatin and Xeloda for 6-9 weeks then CT scan
The Onco told us that there is about 1:4 chances that this combination will help shrink the tumor/PVT. He's not really positive about this because the Gem/Cis, the first chemo combination that she had taken, didn't help shrink the tumor. It actually got a little bigger.
2. Hospice
My Mom feels and looks better now that she hasn't had chemo in over 8 months. Very minimal abdominal pain (on Oxycontin) and better appetite (on Megace).
My Mom agreed to try this chemo regimen and may start in 2 weeks (awaiting for insurance approval).
Just this evening, I was talking to the Onco over the phone, I asked about the prognosis. He told me that if my Mom doesn't respond to this (to which he's not optimistic), she only has 4-10 months to live.
With this, I'm beginning to have 2nd thoughts about this chemo. I know my Mom, though, she tolerated Gem/Cis with minimal side effects might not tolerate this new chemo regimen. I don't want her to be miserable...But, I want her to exhaust all medical/alternative options there are available before anything...
I am not prepared for this...
Please add my Mom, Linda, in your prayers.


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I love the combination of salty and sweet flavors. When I take a bite of something like a chocolate-covered pretzel, my head kind of explodes. I momentarily blackout and all I can think is YUM. In fact I blame a bag of salted caramels for why I didn't get the movie Momento.
I have one salty-sweet cookie in my arsenal, but I decided I'd like another. I also wanted to include nuts, and not just peanuts. A combination of peanut and almond butter gave me the balance I wanted— a rounded nuttiness. Using crunchy versions of both (crunchy almond butter is made by the makers of Kettle chips, who knew?) imparts the desired texture.
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