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It was his senior year at Brownsburg High School, the last year the doctors thought he would live, when he met a girl with a brand-new Camaro at a car show.
He and his best friend tagged along with her to the carwash. She let him drive the Camaro; he ended up scuffing one of the rims.
Chelsea Clair, then 22, had never met Kyle Froelich, then 19. But she had heard his story through a family friend and had already volunteered to help raise awareness for his cause.
On that very first day they met, without really knowing why or what it would mean, she said to him: "I'm going to give you my kidney."
Froelich didn't think the outcome would be different from anyone else who had offered. Then, a month later, the test results came back.
"We ended up being almost a perfect match," she said.
Why would someone volunteer to give an organ to a stranger?
Clair still can't say what made her do it.
"Chelsea," her family told her, "you can't just go to Wal-Mart and buy a kidney."
She had never had surgery in her life — never even needed a stitch.
But maybe it was because her dad had needed a bone marrow transplant and never got one before he died.
Maybe it was because she would have wanted somebody to do the same for her.
In the United States this year, 110,000 names wait on a list for a new kidney to do what theirs cannot do. In Indiana, it typically takes three to five years for a hopeful patient to get a transplant, said Dr. William C. Goggins, kidney transplant surgical director at IU Health.
Most will receive a kidney from a deceased donor. But the better option is to find a healthy kidney from a living donor, Goggins says — and that's becoming easier to do.
Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery leaves smaller scars and shortens recovery time. Improved anti-rejection medicines also allow more unrelated donors to match.
"We are seeing more and more people come forward who want to donate kidneys," Goggins said. "People have just heard about it more and more. More people say: 'Hey, that's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to help somebody.' "
This year, there have been 3,439 kidney transplants from living donors and 4,785 from deceased donors, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, which tracks transplants in the United States.
Thanks to a duplicate design in the human body, a person is usually born with two kidneys but needs only one. The fist-sized organs sit next to the spine and filter poisons from blood.
Goggins says studies have shown those who donate kidneys overwhelmingly say afterward they would do it again if they could, even if they had complications.
"That's amazing, huh?" he said. "It's a testament to the type of people that are willing to donate and go through with it. ... Donors are special people."
About six months after they met, Froelich picked up Clair for the trip to IU Health University Hospital.
She didn't say a word in the car. Froelich yelled with excitement and sang in the shower after finishing one last round of dialysis at home.
He was 12 when the urine screen for his sports physical hinted at kidney disease. He was 17 when he went on dialysis. He was 18 when he started looking for a transplant.
By now, at 19, his kidneys had almost completely stopped working. His body retained water, ballooning to twice the size he was supposed to be. He couldn't move. He couldn't breathe. He felt like he was about to throw up all the time. He was weak. He was tired. He was pale.
"Imagine the sickest you've been," he said. "Times it by 10."
After a long struggle to find the right donor, an inexplicable impulse to do a good deed would finally make a sick kid healthy again. But for his near-perfect match, the act of generosity turned out not to be so simple.
Clair's mom had watched a video of a kidney transplant online. It scared her. That wasn't what she wanted for her daughter.
But Clair had already made up her mind. The standoff temporarily drove a wedge between them.
"I felt," Clair said, "like I had nobody." Nobody but Froelich.
At the hospital together, talking about anesthesia made Clair panic and run into the bathroom.
She was supposed to go into surgery first, across the hall from Froelich, so the doctors could transfer the kidney between them. When it was time, Clair flung her arms around Froelich and held on.
"Please don't let go," she said.
Doctors removed Clair's left kidney and planted it inside Froelich's abdomen. In its new home, the kidney started working right away.
When she woke up, she asked, "Is Kyle OK?"
When he woke up, he asked, "How's Chelsea?"
Immunosuppressant drugs worked to keep Froelich's body from rejecting the kidney, but the medications also meant he had to be isolated to prevent infection.
On his way to recovery, he pleaded and persuaded the nurses to wheel him past Clair. Even though she was still too woozy to notice, he just wanted to wave at her through the window.
It's hard to pinpoint when they fell in love.
The beginning of their story — that first promise on the first day they met, Sept. 12, 2009 — was complicated because Clair was going through a divorce.
They weren't officially together until after the transplant.
Sitting at their kitchen table in Danville four years later, they don't have the words to describe how it happened.
He had gone with her to every screening test she had to take, just so she wouldn't be alone — the blood work, the psychological evaluation, the full-body scan.
She had texted him every time a doctor called, arranging to meet up so she could tell him in person that she was one step closer to giving him her kidney.
"There's a bond that no one else, unless they've done it, can know," said Froelich, now 23. "She's my best friend."
"He's carrying around my kidney," said Clair, now 26. "I have to make sure he takes care of that."
He lets her tell their story but jumps in whenever a slightly blurry fact needs to be corrected, his green eyes a little brighter when he looks at her.
Without her, he says, "I would probably in all honesty still be looking for a kidney."
"I didn't realize how bad I felt," he adds, "until I felt good again."
Their lives have stitched together in a yellow house with green shutters, with love notes tucked into lunches or hidden on cellphones, with two dogs and now two children. Along with Clair's daughter, 6-year-old Aby, the couple have an 11-month-old son, Wyatt, who — like Froelich — yells just to know his own voice.
When Froelich drives her crazy, Clair sometimes teases, "I'm going to take that kidney back." Or she jumps away from his playful grabs: "Don't! That's my one good kidney."
Every year, they use the anniversary of the transplant as an excuse to throw a party known as Sparkypalooza — because the kidney somehow got named Sparky. For the party, she draws an outline on a T-shirt of the kidney she gave away.
What worries her now is that Froelich will likely need a new kidney in 30 to 40 years — and she doesn't have another to spare.
But that's something they can figure out together.
On Oct. 12, signs with cut-out hearts led about 50 guests to the Danville Conservation Club. There, nearly four years after Clair first met Froelich at that car show, and three years after she gave him the kidney that would save his life, they were married.
Instead of the traditional promise to love "in sickness and in health," the couple pledged to each other, "I offer you my hand, my heart and my soul, as I know they will be safe with you."
In attendance was Clair's mother, once scared by her daughter's big gesture but in the end unsurprised by her daughter's generosity.
Froelich's aunt, Kathy Hall, led the ceremony as the minister. She recounted how many of Froelich's family and friends had been tested as potential donors to no avail.
And then came the girl who never wavered from her altruistic act. A girl who knew what she wanted to do all along.


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People are invited to take a hike to help homeless people in Bradford.
Inn Churches, which provides temporary accommodation in the winter and helps people off the street year round, is appealing for teams and individuals to join its summer challenge.
The charity is working with Kuta Outdoors, which helps charities organise events, on its sponsored Three Peaks Challenge – The Big Walk and The Big Picnic.
Inn Churches co-ordinator Gemma Harwood said: "The challenge is to do the Yorkshire Three Peaks in a day and the overall challenge is to try to do it in under 12 hours.
"As well as people doing walking, we'll be hosting something called the Big Picnic so people and friends and colleagues can come and support people when they might be feeling a bit worse for wear."
Inn Churches, which has provided more than 5,000 temporary winter beds since it started, uses available spaces in local churches with volunteers welcoming, feeding and supporting the homeless during the colder months.
"We're trying to raise awareness for Inn Churches, but also trying to raise some funds as well for the winter shelter which relies on donations. It costs £15 per person, per night and runs throughout December to the end of March every year," Mrs Harwood said.
"We don't get statutory funding for it, we do have to fund it ourselves.
"We're trying to get people to think about it in terms of how many people they have helped, so if they have raised £180 they can say they have provided shelter for 12 people – it's an amazing thing to say really."
The 24.5-mile walk, on June 6, will cover 7,064 feet across the Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough mountains, starting and finishing in Horton-In-Ribblesdale.
Several people have already signed up, including staff from Experian in Bradford city centre and the Department of Work and Pensions.
Experian staff have supported Inn Churches before by helping to clear St Mary's to provide work and shelter for the homeless.
To get involved, e-mail admin@ innchurches.co.uk or visit kutaoutdoors.co.uk.
There is a £25 admin charge and Kuta provides training walks, equipment talks, qualified mountain guides, minibus drivers and first aiders and a free pre-walk kit list and fitness plan.

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Efficacy Study of REOLYSIN® in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Platinum-Refractory Head and Neck Cancers
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|Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of the Head and Neck
|Biological: REOLYSIN Drug: Carboplatin Drug: Paclitaxel Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Two-Stage Adaptive Phase 3 Study of Intravenous Administration of REOLYSIN (Reovirus Type 3 Dearing) in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin Versus the Chemotherapy Alone in Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Progressed on or After Prior Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: every 3 months until death. ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: Assessed every 6 weeks until disease progression or death. ]
- Objective response (complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)) rate and duration [ Time Frame: Evaluation of response is conducted every 6 weeks on and after study. Duration of objective response is measured from the time measurement criteria are first met for CR or PR until recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented. ]
- Number of participants with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability of REOLYSIN when administered in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin. [ Time Frame: Within 30 days of the last dose of REOLYSIN. ]
- Compare Best % Tumor Specific Response in loco-regional disease and/or metastatic disease for the treatment regimens in the study population [ Time Frame: Assessed every 6 weeks until disease progression or death. ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: REOLYSIN, paclitaxel, carboplatin
Biological: REOLYSIN
3E10 TCID50, 1 hour intravenous infusion, administered on Days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of a 21 day cycle
Other Name: reovirus serotype 3 Dearing StrainDrug: Carboplatin
5 AUC mg/mL min, 30 min intravenous infusion, given on Day 1 of a 21 day cycleDrug: Paclitaxel
175 mg/m2, 3 hour intravenous infusion, given on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle
|Placebo Comparator: placebo, paclitaxel, carboplatin
Drug: Carboplatin
5 AUC mg/mL min, 30 min intravenous infusion, given on Day 1 of a 21 day cycleDrug: Paclitaxel
175 mg/m2, 3 hour intravenous infusion, given on Day 1 of a 21 day cycleDrug: Placebo
Detailed Description:
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is the sixth most common cancer in the world. More than 50% of patients diagnosed with advanced regional disease will relapse locally or at distant sites. Initial therapeutic options include irradiation, surgery and chemotherapy. The most commonly used agents are cisplatin and carboplatin, generally in combination with 5-FU or a taxane. Erbitux has been approved for use in first-line with radiation and in second-line as monotherapy. Only about a third of the patients will respond to first-line platinum-based therapy and the median overall survival is about 6-9 months.
Preliminary assessment of a Phase 1-2 study conducted in the UK investigating the combination of REOLYSIN, carboplatin and paclitaxel suggested that patients with head and neck carcinomas may represent a group of patients in whom this treatment combination is active. Studies have also shown that paclitaxel and carboplatin combination therapy may be effective in head and neck cancers, even in heavily pretreated patients and those resistant to previous treatment. These results strongly support the utility of the carboplatin/paclitaxel combination as a control arm for salvage therapy in platinum refractory patients, a patient group with few and poor treatment options and with no gold standard therapy.
This Phase 3 study is designed to compare response rates following intravenous administration of REOLYSIN (Reovirus Type 3 Dearing) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin versus chemotherapy treatment alone, in patients with metastatic or recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.
Overall survival is a primary endpoint of this trial. Patients will be clinically evaluated after each course of treatment and radiologically every 6 weeks on and after treatment. The safety of the paclitaxel and carboplatin with intravenous blinded placebo or intravenous blinded REOLYSIN will also be assessed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria: Each patient MUST:
- have recurrent or metastatic (R/M) histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck (oropharynx, oral cavity, larynx, hypopharynx) or squamous cell nasopharynx cancer (NPC) with distal metastasis(es) and no secondary cancers (Patients with NPC without distal metastasis(es) or with undifferentiated NPC are not eligible).
- have at least one lesion that is measurable by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (Lesions persisting in previously treated radiation fields are considered not evaluable for response except if representing a relapse in a mucosal or nodal lesion that previously demonstrated a complete response. Any new lesion within the previous radiation fields is acceptable for determination of response and/or progression).
- have completed first line chemotherapy for R/M SCCHN which progressed on or within 190 days following the completion of platinum or platinum-based chemotherapy.
- have no continuing acute toxic effects (except alopecia) of any prior radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or surgical procedures. Any surgery involving the SCC for which the patient is being treated (except biopsies) must have occurred at least 28 days prior to study enrollment.
- have received no chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or hormonal therapy within 28 days.
- have ECOG Performance Score of ≤ 2.
- have life expectancy of at least 3 months.
- absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L ; platelets ≥100 x 10^9/L]; hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL; serum creatinine ≤1.5 xULN; bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN; AST/ALT ≤2.5 x ULN.
- negative pregnancy test for females with childbearing potential.
- Be wiling and able to comply with scheduled visits, the treatment plan, and laboratory tests.
Exclusion Criteria: No patient may:
- receive concurrent therapy with any other investigational anticancer agent while on study.
- have been treated with a taxane for SCCHN.
- have current -- or with a history of -- brain metastases because of their poor prognosis and because of the frequent development of progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events.
- be on chronic immunosuppressive therapy or have known HIV infection or active hepatitis B or C.
- be a pregnant or breast-feeding woman. Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraception, be surgically sterile, or be postmenopausal. Male patients must agree to use effective contraception or be surgically sterile. Barrier methods are a recommended form of contraception.
- have clinically significant cardiac disease (New York Heart Association, Class III or IV) including, but not limited to, pre-existing arrhythmia, uncontrolled angina pectoris, or myocardial infarction within 1 year prior to study entry.
- have dementia or any altered mental status that would prohibit informed consent.
- have any other acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for this study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01166542
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|Principal Investigator:
|James A Bonner, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AB, US
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin Harrington, MBBS MRCP FRCR
|The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
|Principal Investigator:
|Jan Vermorken, MD, PhD
|University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
|Responsible Party:
|Oncolytics Biotech
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01166542 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 13, 2010
|Last Updated:
|November 3, 2014
Keywords provided by Oncolytics Biotech:
squamous cell
REOLYSIN (Reovirus Type 3 Dearing)
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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i know of a few, for example the vitakkasanthana sutta. that's the only one i know by name, the others are vague memories without sutta numbers or titles attached to them.
i'm looking for ones that present antidotes to negative emotion, especially in daily life. something that would explain how to ward off sadness or something.
for example i had to work at 4 am today and every time i work this shift i am depressed for the first hour. i do not suffer from depression, my mind and body just do not like getting up at such an odd time and i've read that this is normal, the human body is meant to be asleep then, humans like the sun and sure enough as it rises so does my mood. anyway, i can see it as not self and be mindful, but the emotion sticks around. i'm sure there are techniques to more efficiently deal with such things in the suttas. anyone know?


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Abbott Middle School of West Bloomfield will perform their 2013 musical Disney's "Camp Rock" at the West Bloomfield High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday, and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
"Camp Rock The Musical" is based on the hit Disney Channel Original movies "Camp Rock" and "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam," starring Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.
The main characters are Mitchie, played by Anya Miller and Hope Chase, and Shane, played by Cameron Gorny and Matthew Leonard. Cast also includes Jessica Fair, Pallavi Kurakula, Josh Ramsey, Ian Morosi, Efe Osagie, Yakira Brydie, Zachary Brunk, Noah Maike, Nickon Katibi, Jack Eno, Andrew Collier and Devyn Barnette.
West Bloomfield High School is located at 4925 Orchard Lake Road.


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Morrison jumps at chance to promote Motte's cause
PEORIA, Ariz. -- When Cardinals reliever Jason Motte began recruiting Major League players to help promote his "Strike Out Cancer" T-shirt fundraiser this spring, new Mariners first baseman Logan Morrison didn't need to think twice.
Morrison's father, Tom, died of lung cancer in 2010, two months after Logan completed his rookie season with the Marlins. He has since developed his own LoMo Camp for the Cure during offseasons with proceeds going to the American Lung Association, and he'll gladly chip in with Motte's fundraiser, which is being promoted by the MLB Players Association.
"My dad passing away from lung cancer gives me a personal attachment to the cause," Morrison said. "They wanted a volunteer from each team, and I was more than happy to do it.
"It's good to spread the word and get the awareness out there," he said. "Cancer can affect anybody. You don't have to do anything bad to your body for it to affect you. My dad was a non-smoker and he got lung cancer. He thought he had a cold the whole time. He ended up feeling like he was having a heart attack, went into the emergency room and three days later they found out it was Stage 4 and he only lived six more months. It can jump up on you."
Morrison, 26, grew up playing catch and having his dad throw batting practice to him in Kansas City. He said that influence and those memories will never wane as he's dedicated his career to his father.
"Every day, every pitch," he said. "When I'm out there, I don't take anything for granted. I'm trying to play the way he taught me to play and that's all out and hard, staying focused. Even when I work and practice, whether it's taking ground balls every day or fly balls in the outfield or swinging in the cage, all those things were a product of what he taught me.
"The most important thing I took from him was a work ethic, showing up every day, being accountable, all those things that he got from the military. I'm probably not as disciplined as he was," Morrison said with a smile, "but I couldn't be luckier than to have a dad like him and I got 22 years to spend with him."
The website 108stitches.com went live on March 17, with 108 Stitches showcasing the "Strike Out Cancer" tees in each team's colors. Each is promoted by a different player who agreed to join Motte in a partnership that will benefit multiple charities. Each participating player has chosen a charity that will benefit from the T-shirts sales, and for each shirt sold, $5 will go to the Jason Motte Foundation and $5 to a charity of that player's choice. A full list of recipient charities will be listed on the 108 Stitches website soon, along with a photo of each player rep in his team-colored shirt.
"At the end of the day, it's about reaching people," Motte said. "Baseball is great and everything, but there are other really important things going on out there that affect a lot of people. Wearing these T-shirts shows people that they're not alone. They're not sitting there doing chemo by themselves where no one cares. People do care, whether it's friends, family or baseball players. There are people who this has touched and this has affected. This is something we're trying to do to get the word out there and try to raise money to help."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sew Better with Staystitching Fundamentals
Although one of my favorite parts of sewing is creating interesting surface design, I'm well aware that it's the underpinning steps in the process that make a garment truly successful and wearable.
One of those essential steps is staystitching-a row of stitches on a single fabric layer that prevents a curved or angled edge, because they are cut across the bias, from stretching during the construction process. These stitches never show on the front side, but they will affect the overall appearance of the garment if they're overlooked.
Staystitches are regular-length stitches (2 mm) that are not removed like basting or ease stitches. A row of staystitching should be sewn about 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch outside the seamline or about 1/2 inch from the cut edge if seam allowances are 5/8 inch. Be careful not to stitch across the seamline because the stitches will show on the garment's right side.
Sew directionally, with the grain, to prevent distortion. Usually this means sewing from the top to the bottom of a neckline or sleeve.
Be careful not to stretch or straighten a curve while staystitching
Staystitches are also used to reinforce inside corners and points (e.g. on a square or V neckline; the opening for a continuous sleeve placket; a godet that is not set in a seam) as well as curved edges such as an armhole– all of which may require clipping to insure smooth seams. When an area is reinforced, it's not always necessary to sew along the entire edge. At a corner, for example, you can start stitching about 1 inch away from the point and stop about the same distance on the other side.
V-necklines should be staystitched because of their angular lines and reinforced because they need to be clipped at the V. The angle can be sewn in one operation, pivoting at the point.
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Posted: 7:02 am on September 16th
Sorry to take so long to address your question. You're doing the right thing by clipping between the scallops, but here are a couple of additional tips.
Whenever you sew curves, it's a good idea to shorten your stitch length. That does a lot from smoother the curves. Then, instead of clipping along the curve edge you need to notch -- actually make some wedge-shaped cuts along the curve so there's room for the seam allowance when the scallops are turned right side out. Another way to accomplish this is to trim the seam allowance using a pinking shears.
Hope this helps!
Posted: 9:51 am on June 26th
Thank you
Trudy Medeiros
Posted: 1:37 am on June 11th
And those of you who stay stitch to the point of a V are correct because that is the proper way to sew with the grain. But to reinforce the point before clipping, you really need to sew continuous stitches around the V. Using stay tape in some instances is also a good idea.
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Posted: 2:49 pm on May 22nd
I noticed you did not clip through the stay stitching. I assume it would defeat the purpose of the stitching. On tight curves I've noticed my stay stitching seems to cause wrinkles on the front side, after pressing. Is this a tension issue with my stitches or something else? I ended up going in and making clips through the stitching up to the seam stitching to get rid of the wrinkles.
Thanks for any insight.
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Posted: 11:58 pm on May 20th
The edges can be serged, zigzagged, or bound as well. Be sure that you allow the clips to open before finishing the edges. So you need to clip first, then finish. The point of clipping is to extend that curved edge so it fits the adjoining seam. I realize the seams don't look as pretty on the inside when they're clipped, but the results on the right side of the garment will be smoother.
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Or does one serge or tape the edges of each seam allowance BEFORE clipping?
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From OnBoard- Newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists
Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Citing Your Sources," OnBoard 1 (September 1995): 24.
Quality or junk? How do you want your research described by others?
Many factors combine to create "quality" in genealogy. But there is only one so obvious, so fundamental, that quality is never possible without it: proper source citations.
And there is only one fault so obvious, so fundamental, that it instantly brands a piece of work as the product of an amateur or careless researcher: poor source citations.
We may know a set of records better than anyone else in existence; but if the material we extract is not identified in a manner that permits others to easily relocate the document we used, then our information is suspect. Neither our knowledge nor our skill is trusted.
That's a terrible indictment. But it is one that hangs over the head of many a well-intentioned and dedicated person. Whether we are librarians or society volunteers who answer mail inquiries- whether we are family historians, writers or professional researchers - there is no other standard. We must document, and we must document well.
Reference notes address two basic research needs: the need to know where a
specific record is located; and the need to understand that record.
The Need to Locate
A proper source citation for a record is the equivalent of an address and phone number for a person. Every address and phone number must include certain elements, if people are to successfully contact the party they seek.
Source citations have their own basic elements that we must learn. They differ somewhat, according to the type. To strip them down to the barest essentials:
Periodical article:
Original record:
The Need to Understand
Records come in all shapes, forms, and degrees of reliability. Each time we use a record, we need to note any and all factors that affect its interpretation or the degree of weight that we (and others) should put upon its information.
In both our personal notes and the work we make public, our source citations
should include that interpretative data. In short, once we refer researchers
to a specific source, we are obligated to alert or caution them, as they may
be less experienced with the materials.
General Guidelines
The work of certified genealogists - of whatever specialty - is expected by
both the public and the Board to observe the following basic principles.
Aaach! you say. Learning all this is too much trouble! Oh? How much time have you invested in learning PAF or Roots IV or WordPerfect?
If you aren't an expert at source citation, for the price of what it would cost you for a night at the movies, you can buy any of several good citation manuals. This is one of the few areas of life in which quality truly comes cheap!
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
Update (February 1998)
For the latest guidance on source citations, traditional and electronic, the Board for Certification of Genealogists highly recommends Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1997), available from GPC or BCG at $16.95 plus $3.50 postage.
This article was originally published in OnBoard, BCG's educational newsletter and is protected by copyright. Individuals may download and print copies for their personal study. Educators are granted permission to provide copies to their students as long as BCG, OnBoard, and the appropriate author are credited as the source of the material. Republication elsewhere is not permitted.


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Contradictions of the slum that bred alleged rapists
Neighbours tell Jason Burke how they lived with the gang-rape and murder accused.
DELHI: Winter in Delhi is short but, in the slum of Ravi Das in the south of the city, the cold bites hard while it lasts.
Most of the men work on the booming city's many construction sites; the women sell vegetables or sew.
About 11 o'clock on a Sunday night just over two weeks ago, Ram Singh, a 33-year-old school bus driver known as a troublesome drunkard, and his younger brother, Mukesh, headed back down the narrow lanes to the squalid one-bedroom brick home where they had spent the afternoon drinking. They cooked dinner and argued briefly, according to neighbours who heard them, then all went quiet.
The people of Ravi Das had little warning they were about to be at the centre of a global news story. That night, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student had been gang-raped on a bus in the capital. Nearly two weeks later, she died of her injuries.
The police came for the Singh brothers 36 hours after the attack. They also wanted two others: Pawan Gupta, a 19-year-old student who helped his parents on their fruit stand, and Vinay Sharma, a cleaner in a local gym. The men, once arrested, reportedly confessed quickly. They had, it is alleged, gone out with two others in Ram Singh's unlicensed school bus on a ''joyride''. Cruising Delhi's streets they had picked up a woman and her male friend.
They battered the man into unconsciousness and repeatedly raped the woman before dumping them near the city's airport. The suspects are due in court on Thursday.
''For what they have done, they deserve the worst,'' said Ram Devi, a neighbour of the Singh brothers, on Monday.
Ram and Mukesh Singh grew up in the slum, neighbours said. Their parents were from Karauli, a remote and lawless part of Rajasthan, the vast western state which is one of the country's poorest. In the early 1990s, as India began booming, the parents had come to Delhi to find work and squatted on what was then derelict land. They had three children, all boys.
Like so many poor Indians, the family shuttled between their ancestral village and the city, where work and better education were found. Ram and Mukesh, unlike their parents, were literate.
Mukesh, about 30, was quiet, nondescript, a follower, according to neighbours. ''We had no trouble with him … But he'd do anything to impress his older brother,'' one teenage boy said. It was Mukesh, a part-time taxi driver fired for indiscipline, who allegedly drove the bus during the assault.
Ram was a drinker and a brawler whom other men in the slum frequently had to keep in line. His sister-in-law Asha said Ram had recently fought with her husband. But Ram Singh did not harass local girls. ''He knew what trouble he'd get if he tried it on with them,'' Asha said.
Two other men allegedly involved also came from the slum. Pawan Gupta, a relative said, had grown up in a temple in the remote rural town of Basti in north-eastern Uttar Pradesh, also one of the poorest parts of India. He had given up further education to came to Delhi to help his parents run their fruit stall but, still only 20, was hoping to go to college. Vinay Sharma, the son of an airport cleaner, was doing a distance course in communications while working at the gym.
The final pair accused are an as-yet unidentified 17-year-old and Aksay Kumar Thakur, a 26-year-old from a village in the state of Bihar, an area known for brutal violence between castes, Maoist guerillas and government forces, and against women. He and the teenager were recent arrivals in the city and had found work as helpers on Ram Singh's bus.
Ravi Das is far from the pit of inequity portrayed by some local media. The narrow lanes are swept clean, the walls of the brick houses are painted in bright colours. Plastic flowers decorate doors. Clusters of electricity wires bring enough power for a weak lamp or two and televisions.
Halfway between the seething city and the villages where almost all its inhabitants grew up, life may be tough and unpredictable, but it offers a chance of something better.
Next door to the Singh brothers, now facing a possible death sentence for murder, lives 18-year-old Pana Anuraji. A cobbler's daughter, she is studying fashion. ''I'm going to be a famous dress designer,'' she said brightly, as her mother stirred a smoke-blackened pot.
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This past summer, coral reefs in Guam underwent a mass bleaching event. This means that the algae living in the corals and providing them with nutrients were released into the water during a period of high seawater temperatures. When the warming period ended, some of the corals recovered but many died. This event is called "bleaching" due to the resulting loss of color in the corals, oftentimes turning them white.
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Off to the Burial Grounds, Big Show, Mark Henry, More!
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Hey hardcore wrestling fans, The Saviour is here with more fresh, new topics to talk about. I figure after Raw and the live Smackdown, everyone would be giving their Wrestlemania predictions and talking about how great John Cena's promo was...and it was, possibly one of his career best, I'm here to talk about those who have headed down the road to the burial grounds.
When I say burial grounds, that means that we probably won't see much of them in the title picture anymore, except in filler roles in gimmick matches, such as, DOLPH ZIGGLER.
In my last blog, I had several comments regarding Dolph Ziggler and how his performance in the Elimination Chamberreally grabbed people and they're now on board. I'm not sure what it is that everyone sees and I really don't care. He took a hard bump in the chamber and he was the 2nd one eliminated. That's not really top guy quality if you ask me. He's a wannabe Mr Ass, and if you all remember that guy, he never won the heavyweight title. So, I will no longer waste time on Ziggles. He sucks and it will be a long time before you see him on top. So go ahead, and hold your breaths for it.
Now onto my blog. Again, I say burial grounds because that's where they go when they were important, but are now taking a back seat for new pushes and there's not much else to do with them. I don't know why, but it is just the way it seems to go. And for the record, I don't believe one word that the Jackass Ryan Clark types as a news report on this site. So I'm disregarding any reports from him.
Mark Henry
He's the World's Strongest Man. He was a dominant champ who couldn't be touched. He won two impressive matches over Randy Orton, solidifying his spot as a legit bad ass and a true force to be reckoned with. And that was just a few months ago. Now, he's a stepping stone in Sheamus' push and a crybaby who's giving a vote of confidence to Johnny Laurenaitis. He was a filler to push The Big Show and Cody Rhodes and now, there's really not much to do with him. He's gone from top dog, to mutt in the doghouse outside.
The Big Show
Keeping with the theme of guys who have that dominant persona and just continue to find themselves at the graveyard, The Big Show fits this bill. I'm actually glad to see he's not in the title picture anymore because to me, it's just sad to see him taking the backseat. I like Daniel Bryan and I like CM Punk. But I also like Big Show matches. He just barrels through people and I would like to see him with a nice title run. One where he dominates all comers and it becomes a big deal if someone beats him. But, his fate lies elsewhere, teetering at the edge of the perennial burial site.
We all know it's going to happen. He jobbed out to Super Cena at Elimination Chamber and now, there's nowhere to go but....DOOOOWN. Of course. It's Kane. He'll talk a good game, with a lot of dark terminology like burning souls and hell's favorite demon and all, but in the end, he'll be an afterthought, once again.
The Miz
I don't believe reports. So for someone to report that the Miz is in the doghouse because of Survivor Series' buy rate, I think that's a crock. If Survivor Series' buy rate was down, blame The Rock and Cena. They're the star power that's supposed to be the draws. WWE did nothing to build it up. So there's another reason. Again, this blog isn't to try and speculate as to why, it's just to point out the obvious. The Miz won't be in the title picture for a while, other than a filler in gimmick matches, along with Ziggles. The Miz is quickly headed down to join the ranks of the buried.
Wade Barrett
I know some may be surprised by this. I also know it's not really fair to claim him as buried right now, but we gotta see what's been going on with him recently. Orton got his revenge over him. He got eliminated by Santino from the Elimination Chamber AND Raw's Battle Royal. So, what more can he come out and say, with any credibility, about that Barrett Barrage? Maybe he should beat Santino in a match or two first. But Wade has found himself on the fast track to Ziggleland. Just a filler, and rapidly approaching the burial ground.
I know there's probably some comments on here that are up for debate. Especially from those who have the undying man love for Ziggles and can't accept that he's not a top guy. But these are 5 top guys right now who are quickly becoming afterthoughts.
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While it may seem easy to diagnose an anemic mother and prescribe a diet and supplements to bring her red blood cell level up to normal, several factors make diagnosis difficult. Determining anemia in a pregnant woman beyond her first trimester is complicated by her normally expanding blood volume. Hemoglobin and hematocrit tests show the ratio of red blood cells to volume of fluid (blood). As the blood volume increases, the number of red blood cells remains constant. The red blood cells are therefore spread thinner throughout the blood, resulting in a lower hematocrit reading. It is normal for the hematocrit reading to drop in the middle of pregnancy, an indication of increasing blood volume and stable red blood cell level.
Dr. Thomas Brewer, author of several books on nutrition during pregnancy, says that two types of women will have a low hematocrit reading at birth: women with excellent diets who have a well-expanded blood volume that shows a "false anemia," and women who are truly anemic and might also have low fluid volume. He is more concerned about a woman who is not taking iron supplements and whose hematocrit reading becomes high in her last month of pregnancy than a woman whose hematocrit reading remains low. If a woman is not taking iron supplements and has a high hematocirt reading in her last month of pregnancy, her blood volume might not be expanding enough for the birth, and this could lead to further complications. However, women living at high altitudes might have high hematocrit readings and not be suffering from anemia because the body makes more red blood cells to carry the extra oxygen needed at that altitude. Ideally, women should receive prepregnancy nutrition counseling, during which they can find out what their prepregnancy hemoglobin level is.
Iron and folic acid supplementation in combination will help increase the iron absorption rate and should help boost the iron stores of pregnant women. Unfortunately, many women have a difficult time keeping anything down, let alone hard-to-digest iron pills. Other women will have a difficult time absorbing certain types of iron supplements. Iron supplements can be changed and certain herbs can be added to the diet to enhance iron absorption. Educate women about alternative ways to get iron, including eating liver [Editor's note: organic liver], red meats, whole wheat grains, green leafy vegetables and legumes. A good diet is necessary.
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Use these herbs in tincture form, 1 to 2 droppersful twice daily. Yellow dock and dandelion leaf have distinct flavors that may be too strong as a tea for some people, but nettle herb makes a wonderful infusion. Long-term use of nettle infusion is deeply nourishing and is an excellent ally for women who struggle with low iron and all types of anemia.
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Store the syrup in a clean glass bottle and refrigerate. The molasses and alcohol from the tinctures act as natural preservatives. Take one tablespoon once or twice daily as needed.
— Susan Perri, "The Importance of Iron and How to Correct Anemia" in The Birthkit Issue 34
Copper is involved in the absorption and transportation of iron and the synthesis of RNA, a substance essential to the reproduction of cells. Copper deficiency can interfere with the production of red blood cells. The anemia caused by copper deficiency causes small pale red blood cells, just like iron deficiency anemia—making the two deficiencies hard to distinguish, which can be very frustrating and perplexing to the client and prenatal care provider.
Because copper is abundant in the same foods that naturally contain plenty of iron, the client who is not getting enough iron from food sources will probably not be getting enough copper. Further, the anemic client who is sent home with a bottle of iron supplements and little or no information about dietary changes may well remain anemic. This is because most iron supplements and iron fortified foods do not address the fact that if a client's diet has been deficient in iron to the degree that anemia is apparent, the diet almost inevitably has been deficient in copper as well.
Foods high in copper: legumes (dried beans such as lentils and kidney beans), seaweeds, shellfish, salmon, organ meats, whole grains, wheat germ, rice bran, wheat bran, nuts and seeds, tomato juice, potatoes, avocados, currants, dried coconut, molasses and brewer's yeast.
Organically grown crops will tend to have a higher copper content than chemically fertilized crops.
Nutrients are interdependent; deficiencies or large supplemental doses of any one nutrient can often have a harmful effect on several other nutrients. Large does of zinc, vitamin C and iron can cause a deficiency of copper. Large supplemental doses of copper, on the other hand, can interfere with the absorption of zinc.
If a client chooses to use nutritional supplements, the copper content should be about 2.5 mg per day.
— Althea Sever, excerpted from "Persistent Anemia: Copper's Role," Midwifery Today Issue 18
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Q: I recently assisted a mom with a beautiful normal labor until she reached eight centimeters. Then her cervix began thickening and swelling all around. The baby was left occiput transverse (LOT), and mom adopted leaning-forward positions naturally throughout her labor. At the peak of contractions when at eight centimeters, she began some uncontrollable grunting/pushing, which I am sure contributed to the swelling more. We tried open knee chest and Trendellenburg while panting to get the baby off of the cervix, but nothing seemed to work. What other things have worked for others to reduce cervical swelling and the urge to push too early?
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A: Try about 30 ml (medicine cup) of crushed ice. Put it into the tips of your two gloved examining fingers. Apply the ice lightly to the cervix that is swollen. Within a minute or two, the ice will melt. Then remove your fingers and continue your position changes and coaching mom. I have used this technique numerous times for a swelling anterior lip that will not reduce. As soon as the ice has melted, I am able to reduce the anterior lip, and the mother does not have to wait to push anymore.
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In response to Issue 7:18 (theme, Cesarean Prevention):
We live in a world full of knowledge and scientific discoveries, and there is still no way to improve on what God originally made. No amount of money or pressure should force a doctor to pretend otherwise. It is sad to hear of people demanding or requesting c-sections and medical persons being at ease with that. It's about time we educate women that they are not ill and they chose to be pregnant!
— Anon.
Recently I was doing some research and came across the following Web site for an organization that uses the same acronym as the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN):
I was thoroughly horrified by the garbage I found there about vaginal birth and wonder if you are aware of this site. I have contacted ICAN and it is likely they will send something, but I would really like this Web site to be flooded with messages contradicting the doctor's bogus viewpoint.
— Natalya Lukin, CPM, LM
Marsden Wagner is so right! Many women today seem not to know what is the endpoint of their pregnancy. From my experience the most frequent reason for asking for c-section is fear of pain, impatience to go through the process of birth and lack of knowledge. Because they did not prepare for the birth they expect the medical providers to act against their better judgment, and the doctors play into their hands fearing litigation.
— Chava Alkalay
Saying that having a baby by planned cesarean is just another way to give birth is like saying that a colonectomy is just another way to have a bowel movement.
— Amy V. Haas, BCCE
I have a feeling that in order to make the hospital's shareholders happy, few demands for sections will be refused. If there is a bad outcome and someone tries to hold the doc liable for unnecessary surgery, the lawyers will correctly say, "He/she did all they could—they operated!" Cesareans bring in so much money for the hospitals, most would be happy to see an 80% or more section rate—more if the clientele is covered well by insurance.
So this feeds a dirty pool—those like me who believe in less intervention are seen as neglectful or worse, and those who are doing the most harm are seen as the "saviors." This is so wrong. I think the ones who feel they are being "forced" into vaginal births will be the ones for whom there is no financial or research advantage for the institution. And those clients should be thanking God!
— Cathi, aspiring midwife, doula, mother
I agree that c-sections are often unnecessary, but I also think that telling women how they can give birth is the beginning of a slippery slope on the issue of reproductive rights. If we say that a woman can't have an elective cesarean, then perhaps next we will say that a woman can't choose to abstain from prenatal vitamins or in fact do anything that her doctor or midwife does not advise. Education about the possible harmful side effects of c-sections is a better answer than blocking the medical option.
— Isis, mother, student, future midwife
An elective cesarean is along the lines of a tummy tuck or breast augmentation. Certainly not all the medical care in the United States as well as internationally requires a medical indication. So, I do oppose a ban on elective surgery. However, I do think insurance companies that do not cover other cosmetic procedures, or even elective treatments that may have a significant impact on one's health (weight loss procedures, for example), should also decline to cover the cost of elective cesareans. It is also important that videoed and written explicit informed consent about the dangers to subsequent pregnancies (placental implantation over the scar resulting in placenta accreta, increased risk of prenatal uterine rupture, increasing unavailability of VBAC) as well as the dangers to the baby (increased incidence of respiratory distress) and mom (various risks of any major surgery and anesthesia) be required.
— Fran Wilson, CNM, Kennewick, Washington
In response to Joy Hearn in Issue 7:18:
I have not had someone in my care present with the symptoms you are listing, specifically tightening of the chest, head and neck with onset of preterm contractions. In our practice, we would provide constitutional homeopathic care for someone in your condition. Your symptoms are rare and "peculiar," which would make a great case for homeopathy. While you may still have the tendency to birth your babies early, your unusual symptoms could be relieved and your overall state of health for both you and the unborn baby would be improved.
— Andrea Mietkiewicz, RN, midwife, homeopath, Old Town, Maine
I am a midwife in France. I have been practising midwifery in hospital for eight years and attended my second homebirth a few days ago with another midwife with several years of experience in homebirth. The labor (second baby) went well, a little slow to start but went from 7 cm to delivery in 1 hour 20 minutes. The baby was 4460 g and came out occiput posterior (OP). The mother ended having a third degree tear, bad enough for us to transfer her to hospital for suturing—not a pleasant way to end a homebirth! Mother and baby are well today.
For her first baby she had had forceps and a large episiotomy, which healed with difficulties. Her first baby weighed 3600 g. This time she never suffered from back labor and did the end of her labor bending forward on her knees. Then she began pushing sitting on the toilet where she felt more comfortable, and then gave birth sitting on a birth stool. Did the sitting position encourage tearing?
We basically let her do what she felt like doing, taking the positions she wanted to take. The less we intervene, the better it is.
But maybe in this case I should have tried more actively to turn the baby. I expected a 4000 g baby, and while she was pushing as I saw the head crowning slowly and weirdly, I thought it might come out OP. As she was sitting I couldn't hold the perineum very well, and I encouraged her to push gently to help the baby crown very slowly. Should I have had her lie back to have a better view of the perineum?
I am ready to hear some technical advice from more experienced midwives.
— Sabine
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LONG BEACH — One thing about retiring California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed is that he doesn't take long to make a point.
In a presentation for state legislators on the importance of investing in higher education, CSU Long Beach President F. King Alexander recalled Reed's short-but-sweet speech.
"He said, 'If you're poor and smart, you have a 15 percent chance of going to college in this country. If you're rich and stupid, you have an 85 percent chance of going to college in this country, and that needs to change. We're not doing enough to change that,'" Alexander recalled. "Charlie's unorthodox for sure, but he gets his point across."
In the past few years, however, the embattled chancellor's point hasn't always been well received.
As head of the nation's largest collection of public universities, Reed has faced a whirlwind of protests over double-digit tuition hikes, threats of mass faculty strikes and statewide scrutiny over executive compensation, including his own pay package.
All of this on top of a nearly $1 billion, or 33 percent, cut in state funding since 2008 for the 23-campus system of 427,000 students and 44,000 faculty and staff.
For Reed, a man who's been both praised and criticized for his tough leadership style, the past five years have been the most challenging of his career, and also the most rewarding, he said.
"I think I've done my best work as a public servant in these last five years, frankly, in keeping things together and providing as much access and quality to these institutions while the state leadership has been disinvesting in higher education," he said. "I never felt that I made a recommendation that wasn't best for students, even though I knew there would be lots of criticism that would come with it."
15 years on job
At the end of this week, Reed, 71, will retire after nearly 15 years as head of the CSU system. He'll be succeeded by current UC-Riverside Chancellor Timothy P. White.
"I started this job only thinking I would be here five years," Reed said. "Now 14 years and 10 months later, here I am. Time tends to fly in these jobs."
Reed grew up in western Pennsylvania and attended George Washington University on a football scholarship. He worked as chief of staff for Florida Gov. Bob Graham before serving for 13 years as chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Reed said he took the CSU job with the goal of increasing enrollment and providing more access to low-income and minority students. Under his leadership, the CSU grew by 100,000 students and added a new campus in the Channel Islands. Reed also established new programs to target traditionally underserved students.
Latino enrollment grew from 20 percent to nearly 30 percent in 2011. However, most other minority student levels held about steady, with the black student population dropping slightly.
While Reed has been nationally recognized as an influential leader, he's also faced harsh criticism from students, faculty and stakeholders.
Under his tenure, student tuition increased by more than 20 percent, sparking protests across the state.
Chanting slogans such as "No more Reed, No more fees!" angry students have picketed in front of Reed's home and at trustee meetings in Long Beach.
Faculty friction
"Chancellor Reed has never been open to hearing student input or involving students in the decision making," said Cal State Long Beach senior Ojaala Ahmad, a member of the CSU-wide Students for Quality Education. "We hope with the new chancellor there will be more transparency and accountability."
Reed's tenure also has been marred by a contentious relationship with the CSU's faculty union.
Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association, said the tension began early when he told media outlets that he believed faculty could work more hours. Taiz said the comments offended hard-working faculty.
"It has been contentious from the very beginning," she said. "You could argue that he came out swinging."
Taiz said the faculty have fought to maintain the CSU's mission of access and affordability. Reed, she said, has a different vision.
"In our perspective, Reed envisions a much more privatized university where the cost is shifted on to the individual rather than shared by the state," she said. "You can see this in the way he creates a model of high executive salaries, high student tuition and low wages for employees."
The tension came to a head this year with plans for a rolling faculty strike on all 23 campuses following two years of unsuccessful contract negotiations. The two parties reached an agreement in September, avoiding a strike.
Reed said the frustration is mutual.
"I would say my biggest disappointment has been the faculty union. All they wanted to do was fight and demonize me rather than being a partner in trying to make things better," he said. "All they're doing is looking to gain power, and that's not their role."
In another contentious issue, the CSU earlier this year was slammed by critics such as Gov. Jerry Brown and state education Superintendent Tom Torlakson for a round of pay raises for some presidents in a time of budget cuts.
As one of the state's highest-paid leaders in public education, Reed has been criticized for his own $451,500 compensation package. In addition, he has a university-provided home in Long Beach's upscale Belmont Heights neighborhood and a private car with a driver.
The presidential salary debate became heated last year when the CSU Board of Trustees approved a $400,000 compensation package for newly named San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman while also approving a 12 percent tuition increase.
Reed has maintained that the CSU must compete in the national market to attract top talent.
"I got a lot of criticism for compensating Elliot Hirshman, but he raised $74 million (in donations) in his first year. You get what you pay for, and I think that was a pretty good return on our investment."
Reed has also been blasted by students who say he's curt and unforgiving. In a recent trustee meeting on a proposed $100 fee for students who repeat a course, some trustees expressed concern that students would be unfairly penalized for making a mistake.
"Well then, it's a $100 mistake," quipped Reed.
'East Coast blunt'
The chancellor is the first to admit he can come off as gruff.
"I've been criticized for being 'East Coast blunt,'" he said. "But you know what? Nobody ever misunderstands me or goes away confused. I'm not gonna try to fool anybody. I don't play hide the ball. I don't play gotcha."
"With Charlie, what you see is what you get," said CSU Board Chairman Bob Linscheid. "He can be tough, but when it comes down to it, it's all about the students."
Sonoma State President Ruben Armñana, who's known Reed for two decades, said the chancellor's tough exterior hides a softer side.
"You couldn't have a better friend in Charlie, and he's not that bad of an enemy either because he forgets quickly," Armñana said. "He has the gruffness of a big bear, but underneath there's a sweet lamb."
The chancellor also is a self-proclaimed workaholic. He said he's in the office each day at 6:30 a.m. and his longest vacation was 10 years ago when he took a week off for his daughter's wedding in Italy.
Reed said one of the biggest misconceptions is that he doesn't care about students.
"I probably care about students more than anybody who's been chancellor of the CSU," he said. "And I have a softer heart than what my outside skin looks like, and that's because I've been attacked so many times that you gotta have a tough skin."
"I never give up," he said. "And that's a great lesson."


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"Pulp fiction is full of big characters, but few come bigger than the Spider - a rugged, daring, self-sacrificing character who would take any risk to face down enemies of New York and the nation," said The Spider writer David Liss. "And what enemies they were. The villains that filled the pages of the Spider killed thousands, destroyed whole portions of the city, infected people by the hundreds, released vermin, hypnotized, zombified and otherwise transformed anyone who came into their path. Partly it's the sheer scale of the Spider's world that makes him so compelling, but it is also his own quiet, determined dignity in the face of villainous bombast, his rock-steady sanity as he confronts an insane world. So when the chance came along to take this historically important character - one of the most significant sources of the early comic book superheroes, especially Batman - and bring him into the modern world, I couldn't resist. The Spider is firmly rooted in the Depression era, but he also has qualities that seem timeless, in no small part because those qualities have influenced so many characters that have come after him. This is the kind of character who inhabits stories that are both archetypal and inspiring as well as full throttle fun."
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Skewed Left
The Canadian World Series Drought
Look down the resume of what Canadians have accomplished in Major League Baseball, and you'll quickly find that America's pastime would be a lesser place without the influence of its northern neighbor.
Canada has brought us a Hall of Famer in Ferguson Jenkins of Chatham, Ontario and maybe another eventual Hall of Famer in British Columbian Larry Walker. Don't just look at history, though. Its present-day exports include the National League's best hitter, Toronto native Joey Votto, an accomplished pair of Pirates pickups in Justin Morneau and Russell Martin, and a promising piece of the game's future in Mariners rookie James Paxton.
But for all the hardware that Canadian baseball has on its collective mantel—including MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards—there is one thing strangely lacking. For all they've brought to the game, there's one thing they haven't taken away from it.
Canadian baseball players don't play in the World Series.
The Toronto Blue Jays were officially eliminated from playoff contention a week and a half ago, and in this, the 20th anniversary of the last title for Canada's last remaining team, the nation will once again go without a parade.
Portions of the fanbase will move on, however. In the eyes of many fans in the nation of 35 million, there is still a chance for Canada to win a World Series title, albeit in a way that hasn't been done much lately either.
Canadian fans will adopt their countrymen. Votto for the Reds, Morneau and Martin for the Pirates, and Ryan Dempster for the Red Sox stand out among a few other players who are technically still eligible, though may not all find their ways onto playoff rosters.
"(Most Canadian fans) always cheer for Toronto first, but Toronto's had a few rough years in a row and I think they go to those players," said Scott Crawford, who serves as director of operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary's, Ontario. "It's something they do watch; after their favourite team goes, they'll move on to a Canadian player."
Ditto whether it's Tigers fans in Ontario, Mariners fans in B.C., ubiquitous/obligatory Yankees fans or a growing contingent of Reds and Brewers fans that Crawford attributes to Votto and the uber-Canadian recent history of the Brewers, including general manager Doug Melvin.
Newspapers in Canada cover Canadian players to an extent at times unmatched by papers in the U.S., with only a few local players to track. And the nation seems to be paying attention.
The problem is that it hasn't always worked out so well.
Whatever it is about the education system up there that breeds a distinct lack of #TWTW or okay, fine, maybe bad luck, Canadian players have been represented when the whole baseball world is watching at about half the rate that they should have given their numbers.
One can use Canadian players as a percentage of all players each season and how many World Series participants there were to calculate how many Canadian players you'd expect to have played in the World Series from 1903 through 2012. The answer: 41.3. (You can see the math here if you'd like.)
But there have only been half that many. Only 21 times has a Canadian player taken part in the World Series, and that counts George Selkirk as six of them. The Ontario-born outfielder from some pretty great Yankees teams played in World Series in 1936-39 and 1941-42, winning five of them. And since then, even as Canadians have become a much larger presence in the game and on All-Star teams, they've become hard to find in late October.
Matt Stairs had one World Series at-bat for the 2008 Phillies, making him the last Canadian player to win a Fall Classic. He's also the last to play in one, having taken eight at-bats in the 2009 Phillies' loss to the Yankees.
Regulars are harder to find. No Canadian pitcher has ever started a World Series game for a team that won, and only Reggie Cleveland (1975 Red Sox) and Jeff Francis (2007 Rockies) have started them at all. And while Larry Walker played for the 2004 Cardinals team that got swept by the Red Sox, you have to go all the way back to Selkirk in the 1930s to find a Canadian player who was a regular for a World Series winner. He's still a point of pride in the plugged-in circles.
"There hasn't been a huge in-depth Canadian connection with the World Series, unfortunately—you've got to go back to the 1930s with George Selkirk with the Yankees, and he won five World Series," Crawford said without a prompt to the name.
Among the Canadian greats, the trend is even more apparent. You'd expect the top 10 Canadian players to have won more than 10 pennants and five World Series given their longevity and the number of teams in the league at the time. Instead, over the top 10 by bWAR, it's three and one, and it's a bit of a stretch to call it three pennants, as one didn't play the postseason.
**Heath did not play in the postseason for the 1948 Braves | Source: Baseball-Reference.com
Crawford is hopeful that this is the year that at least some part of Canada gets to fete one of its homegrown players after a World Series championship.
"The players are getting better each year and there's more players making the playoffs and taking more of an important role," he said.
Indeed, the last three years have been the three biggest for Canadians in Major League Baseball, and seven of the 22 Canadian players who saw the majors this year remain at least nominally alive. But with Dempster headed to the bullpen in the playoffs, the chances of finding a regular on a World Series team basically rests on the shoulders of whoever emerges from the likely NL wild card game.
Joey Votto would be the logical great red hope—the name even works with his ballclub—as one of the greatest players in the game and the presumed face of the Reds' World Series run, if there is one.
He's the perfect representative of the Canadian baseball experience. He has the numbers, he has the individual hardware, and he's just waiting to play on the biggest stage.
Zachary Levine is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @zacharylevine
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"Burnaby, BC", perhaps, for Adduci's birthplace?
Sep 26, 2013 05:50 AM
Thanks for this. I didn't realize that Jim Adducci was Canadian.
Sep 26, 2013 07:01 AM
I just checked my "American - Canadian" Dictionary, and Ryan Dempsey's home town, Sechelt, is pronounced "seashell."
Sep 26, 2013 13:53 PM
Excellent article . You nailed the Canadian baseball experience . I live east of Toronto so cheer for the Jays. But I made a visit to Windsor and skipped over the boarder to Detroit and Comerica Park. I'm now the proud owner of a vintage D baseball cap and a new team to cheer for now the Jays are history.
Sep 26, 2013 14:11 PM
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Photo By: Diego Abeloos/Town Crier
James Maltby, left, recently upgraded the decor of Maltby's Restaurant & Tavern at 101 Plaza North to create a more publike atmosphere for customers. Maltby's opened in Los Altos 16 years ago.
If longtime customers of Maltby's Restaurant & Tavern have noticed a change in the downtown destination recently, there's a good reason behind it.
Maltby's owners James Maltby and his wife, Katy, decided to give the bar area of the downtown staple a minor facelift. Maltby told the Town Crier he recently redecorated his restaurant, located at 101 Plaza North, in an effort to provide a more "pub-style atmosphere" for of his evening customers.
Among other amenities, Maltby installed new high bar-style tabletops and a 55-inch HD television for sports lovers and created a separate bar menu for customers who want to stop in to enjoy a drink and a quick bite to eat during happy hour. Maltby added that he's also considering hosting live music acts on Friday and Saturday evenings starting at 8 p.m. in the near future.
"Someone told me they always considered us a pub," he said. "That made me think we just needed to be a better pub."
Working in a publike atmosphere is nothing new to Maltby, a native of Devonshire, England, who cut his teeth in the restaurant business as manager for the original Hard Rock Cafe in London during the mid-1980s. Maltby later found himself in California in January 1985 after a friend convinced him to travel overseas and lend a hand at Menlo Park's British Bankers Club during Super Bowl XIX, held at Stanford Stadium.
The rest, he noted, is history. Maltby latched on with the since-closed British Bankers Club, serving as general manager for more than a decade before venturing out on his own and opening Maltby's 16 years ago in downtown Los Altos.
Although the bar at Maltby's may have a few new decorative elements, little else will change, Maltby noted. Maltby's regular lunch and dinner menus, he said, will stay largely the same, offering the sandwiches, burgers, salads and other fare his customers have grown accustomed to over the past several years.
"I've always considered us to be the local neighborhood tavern," said Maltby, recalling his time in downtown Los Altos. "Now we're just a better one."
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- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- Strips of zest of 2 lemons (about 3 tablespoons)
- Juice of 2 lemons (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 pound of combination of dried fruits, such as blueberries, cranberries, cherries, raisins, and chopped apricots
- 1 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 ounces almond paste
- 8 large eggs
- 1 cup Grand Marnier or other orange-flavored liqueur
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 1 cup silvered blanched almonds
- 1 cup pecans pieces
- 1 cup walnut pieces
- 1/2 cup bourbon
- Make a simple syrup by combining the sugar and water in a medium-size heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the lemon zest and juice and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil for 2 minutes and remove from the heat.
- Combine the dried fruits together in a large mixing bowl. Pour the simple syrup over them, toss to coat, and let steep for 5 minutes. Strain and reserve the syrup.
- Creme the butter, sugar, and almond paste together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle at low speed, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl. Beat until the mixture is fluffy and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing in between each addition on low speed and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add 1/2 cup of the Grand Marnier and mix to incorporate.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium-size mixing bowl and blend well. Add this mixture 1/2 cup at a time to the butter mixture with the mixer on low speed, each time mixing until smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary. The batter will be thick. Add the warm fruit and all the nuts a little at a time, mixing well. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and the paddle. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease twelve 1 pound loaf pans. Spoon about 1 cup of the batter into each pan. Bake until golden and the tops spring back when touched, about 45 minutes (rearranging them after 25 minutes if necessary to brown evenly).
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pans. Remove cakes from the pans and cool completely on wire racks. Wrap each cake in a layer of cheesecloth. Store in plastic storage bags until they are slightly stale, 3 to 4 days.
- Combine the reserved simple syrup with the remaining 1/2 cup Grand Marnier and the bourbon. Without removing the cheesecloth, make tiny holes with a toothpick randomly on the top of each cake. Pour 2 tablespoons of the syrup over the top of each cake once every 2 to 3 days until all of the syrup is used. Let the cakes age for up to 3 weeks before eating.
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- Dish Type: Dessert
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The first is Eaton (ETN), which reported a very confusing quarter because of its Cooper acquisition, but which gave you a $0.25 accretion figure that blew me away. Put simply, so much is going right for Eaton that it's amazing. Everything from the aging of the power grid, to the need to control energy costs, to the fluid controls on a plane or in oil-and-gas drilling -- this company's all in. Eaton has gone from a company that used to live and die with Class 8 truck builds, to a name that represents the ultimate in power-grid accountability, be it fixing Hurricane Sandy damage or insuring Super Dome never goes down again. This is an incredible story....402 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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