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Returning shows
Here's a rundown of debut dates and times for returning shows:
"Downton Abbey" (9 p.m., PBS)
"The Bachelor" (8 p.m., ABC)
"Antiques Roadshow" (8 p.m., PBS)
"Single Ladies" (8 p.m., VH1)
"Pretty Little Liars" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
"Ravenswood" (9 p.m., ABC Family)
"The Haves and Have Nots" (9 p.m., OWN)
"Cougar Town" (10 p.m., TBS)
"Justified" (10 p.m., FX)
"Psych" (9 p.m., USA)
"Love Thy Neighbor" (9 p.m., OWN)
"White Collar" (9 p.m., USA)
"Banshee" (10 p.m., Cinemax)
Jan. 12
"Shameless" (9 p.m., Showtime)
"Girls" (10 p.m., HBO)
"House of Lies" (10 p.m., Showtime)
"Episodes" (10:30 p.m., Showtime)
Jan. 13
"Lost Girl" (8 p.m., Syfy)
"Switched at Birth" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
"Being Human" (9 p.m., Syfy)
"The Fosters" (9 p.m., ABC Family)
"Archer" (10 p.m., FX)
Jan. 14
"Face Off" (9 p.m., Syfy)
"Kroll Show" (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central)
Jan. 15
"American Idol" (8 p.m., Fox)
"Melissa & Joey" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
"Suburgatory" (8:30 p.m., ABC)
"Baby Daddy" (8:30 p.m., ABC Family)
"The Real World: Ex-Plosion" (10 p.m., MTV)
"Men at Work" (10 p.m., TBS)
Jan. 19
"The Following" (10 p.m., Fox)
"Sherlock" (10 p.m., PBS)
Jan. 22
"Workaholics" (10 p.m., Comedy Central)
Jan. 23
"King of the Nerds" (10 p.m., TBS)
Feb. 9
"The Walking Dead" (9 p.m., AMC)
Feb. 14
"House of Cards" (12:01 a.m., Netflix)
Feb. 24
"The Voice" (8 p.m., NBC)
"Dallas" (9 p.m., TNT)
Feb. 25
"Rizzoli & Isles" (9 p.m., TNT)
"Perception" (10 p.m., TNT)
Feb. 27
"Portlandia" (10 p.m., IFC)
"The Vikings" (10 p.m., History)
Feb. 28
"Hannibal" (10 p.m., NBC)
March 6
"Suits" (9 p.m., USA)
Can a newly widowed Lady Mary learn to love again on "Downton Abbey"? Will Jennifer Lopez bring back the sizzle to "American Idol"? Are the zombies ever going to back the heck off on "The Walking Dead"?
These are among the pertinent questions as television's winter season brings a blizzard of fresh programming to our TV sets and laptops. In addition to returning favorites like these, viewers can look forward to a big batch of brand-new offerings.
The freshman roster includes the highly anticipated pairing of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in HBO's dark crime series "True Detective," and the dramatic TV series debut of Greg Kinnear in Fox's legal saga, "Rake."
And while there will be the usual emphasis on cops and lawyers, the offerings also include mangy pirates ("Black Sails" on Starz), a female werewolf ("Bitten" on Syfy), reanimated corpses ("Resurrection" on ABC) and a dude with a supercomputer microchip implanted in his brain ("Intelligence" on CBS).
Of course, we'll also need to carve out some time for a number of marquee events, including the Golden Globes (Jan. 12, NBC), Grammys (Jan. 26, CBS), Super Bowl (Feb. 2, Fox), and the Olympics (Feb. 6-23, NBC).
Here are the notable highlights of TV's winter season.
"The Assets": An eight-part limited series set in 1985 and based on the real-life exploits of a CIA counterintelligence officer. (premiered 10 p.m. Thursday, ABC).
"Intelligence": Josh Holloway ("Lost") plays a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a supercomputer microchip in his brain. (9 p.m. Tuesday, CBS; moves to regular time slot 10 p.m. Jan. 13).
"Killer Women": Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica") plays the only female among an elite group of crime-fighting Texas Rangers. (10 p.m. Tuesday, ABC).
"Chicago P.D.": A crime series from the people behind "Chicago Fire" about cops in the Windy City. (10 p.m. Wednesday, NBC).
"Helix": A thriller following a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who find themselves in a life-and-death struggle while investigating a case in the Arctic. (10 p.m. Friday, Syfy).
"True Detective": Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star as Louisiana State Police detectives brought in to revisit a bizarre homicide case they worked in 1995. (9 p.m. Jan. 12, HBO).
"Bitten": A supernatural thriller about a female werewolf (Laura Vandervoort) who has abandoned her pack and taken refuge in a new city. (10 p.m. Jan. 13, Syfy).
"Rake": Think "House" as a legal series. Greg Kinnear plays a brilliant but self-destructive defense attorney. (9 p.m. Jan. 23, Fox).
"Black Sails": Producer Michael Bay takes to the high seas for an adventure series set in the golden age of piracy. (9 p.m. Jan. 25, Starz).
"Star Crossed": A teen sci-fi saga about aliens who have assimilated into the human school system. (8 p.m. Feb. 17, The CW).
"Resurrection": Supernatural shenanigans are happening in a small Missouri town, where loved ones return from the dead. (9 p.m. March 9, ABC).
"Mind Games": Two brothers (Steve Zahn, Christian Slater) run a unique agency that solves clients' problems via the science of psychological manipulation. (10 p.m. March 11, ABC).
"The Spoils of Babylon": A six-part parody of the decadent soaps of the 1970s and '80s produced by Will Ferrell, about a powerful family led by Tobey Maguire. (10 p.m. Thursday, IFC).
"Enlisted": The military misadventures of three brothers stationed at a small Florida Army post and the group of misfits they work with. (9:30 p.m. Friday, Fox).
"Chozen": An animated tale about a gay white rapper freshly out of prison and looking for redemption. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 13, FX).
"Looking": It has been called the gay male version of "Girls." Three roommates attempt to find their bliss in contemporary San Francisco. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 19, HBO).
"Broad City": An odd-couple tale about two pals navigating their way through their 20s in New York City. Based on a web series of the same name. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 22, Comedy Central).
"Mixology": A show that follows 10 single New Yorkers at a trendy Manhattan bar over the course of one night. (9:30 p.m. Feb. 26, ABC).
"Sirens": A group of Chicago EMTs get into "ridiculous antics" when not saving lives. (10 p.m. March 6, USA).
"Chrisley Knows Best": A self-made Atlanta millionaire runs his business — and his family — with an iron fist. (10 p.m. March 11, USA).
Reality shows
"Blood, Sweat & Heels": A group of up-and-coming female movers and shakers chase their dreams in New York. (9 tonight, Bravo).
"100 Days of Summer": Young and successful Chicagoans work and play hard over one intense summer in the Windy City. (10 p.m. Tuesday, Bravo).
"Mind of a Man": A game show in which female contestants try to figure out what guys think about dating and marriage. (9 p.m. Wednesday, GSN).
"Don't Trust Andrew Mayne": A mischievous magician uses tricks to help people get revenge on people who wronged them. (10 p.m. Jan. 13, A&E).
"Crazy Hearts - Nashville": A group of rising stars discover what it takes "to live and love" in Music City. (11 p.m. Jan. 15, A&E; moves to regular time slot 10 p.m. Jan. 16).
"Under the Gunn": Fashion guru Tim Gunn presents competitive challenges to up-and-coming designers. (9 p.m. Jan. 16, Lifetime).
"The Fighters": A gym owner works with boxing trainers to revive the sport in South Boston. (9 p.m. Jan. 23, Discovery).
"Private Lives of Nashville Wives": The title apparently says it all. (10 p.m. Feb. 24, TNT).


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Early Aggressive Pain Management is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Blunt Thoracic Trauma (Thoracic)
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|Thoracic Injury Rib Fracture Sternal Fracture
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Early Aggressive Pain Management is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Blunt Thoracic Trauma
- Hospital Length of stay [ Time Frame: An average of 8 weeks ]the hospital length of stay will be assessed for patients who received thoracic epidural compared to those who did not receive thoracic epidural.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Trauma patients eligible to receive thoracic epidural
Patients admitted to the hospital suffering from blunt thoracic injury and who meet inclusion/exclusion criteria and receive thoracic epidural for pain
Control Arm
Trauma patients eligible to receive thoracic epidural but did not receive thoracic epidural for pain
Detailed Description:
Due the limited availability of patient population this study requires together with the inclusion and exclusion criteria the study demands, this study will employ both a retrospective chart review process as well as prospective enrollment of qualified patients who provide consent to participate.
The two main groups being evaluated are: (1) eligible patients who received thoracic epidural within 48 hours of injury and (2) eligible patients who did not receive thoracic epidural within 48 hours of injury. In both retrospective and prospective approaches, the investigators will identify patients with blunt thoracic trauma who were eligible for thoracic epidural placement and received the treatment as well as those patients who were eligible but did not receive it. Hospital data such as ventilator days, ICU days, hospital days, hospital charges, and complications, etc. will be recorded.
A retrospective chart review of patients admitted to SFGH suffering from a blunt thoracic injury resulting in 3 or more rib fractures during a 5year time period from January 1, 2004 through January 1, 2009 will be conducted. Patient charts will be reviewed for pain management used for blunt thoracic trauma, hospital course, vitals, labs, and outcome measures. Similar to the prospective enrollment process, the retrospective chart review will screen for patients who had met the inclusion criteria and had not met any exclusion criteria.
Prospective patients admitted to SFGH suffering blunt thoracic injury (rib fractures, sternal fractures) requiring IV opioids for pain relief who do not fit exclusion criteria will be enrolled. Patients will be asked to give informed signed consent for the study doctor to place a thoracic epidural within 48 hours of injury and continued for a maximum of 5 days. The consent process will be twofold. For those who have consented to receive thoracic epidural and agreed to have their health information (HIPAA form) used for the study no additional permission will be required. However, for those patients who do not wish to receive epidural, consent will still be sought if their health information can be used to analyze that arm of the study that did not receive thoracic epidural.
Patient data such as vitals, labs and outcome measures will be recorded and analyzed. The data gathered both in the retrospective and prospective analyses will be used to assess utilization rate of thoracic epidural, and to determine if the use of thoracic epidural is associated with lower resource utilization and is cost effective. In both the retrospective chart review and prospective enrollment process, subjective pain, improved pulmonary function, amount of analgesia and overall clinical outcomes will be measured to determine if patients who received epidural catheters have significantly improved clinical outcomes than those patients who did not receive epidural catheter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- > 18 years of age
- Patients admitted to SFGH trauma service with blunt thoracic trauma (i.e. rib fractures, sternal fractures) requiring IV opioids for pain relief.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute spine fractures or pre-existing spine deformity
- Traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury or altered mental status
- Unstable pelvic fracture or open abdomen
- Hemodynamic instability or major aortic injury (dissection, pseudoaneurysm)
- Coagulopathy
- Mechanical intubation
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01327287
|United States, California
|University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01327287 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10-04955 ( Other Identifier: UCSF CHR )
|Study First Received:
|March 29, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 16, 2015
Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:
thoracic epidural
blunt thoracic injury
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fractures, Bone
Rib Fractures
Thoracic Injuries
Wounds and Injuries
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (February 19, 2014) – During last year's Holiday Festival of Lights event at Concord Park, the Knox County community donated several barrels of canned food and more than $3,400 to The Love Kitchen. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett delivered the donations to the nonprofit's founders, sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, on Wednesday afternoon.
"While I'm happy to be here delivering the check and canned food, I'm just the facilitator. The generosity of Knox County's residents is what really made this donation possible," Mayor Burchett told Helen and Ellen. "I'd also like to thank the Parks and Recreation Department, and Director Doug Bataille, for coordinating the Holiday Festival of Lights event."
The Love Kitchen, 2418 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, provides meals, clothing and emergency food packages to the homebound, homeless and unemployed in Knox County. For more information, visit www.thelovekitchen.org.


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Parent Psychoeducation and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Latino Adolescents With Depression
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|Behavioral: Psychoeducation Behavioral: Cognitive behavior therapy
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
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|Parent Psychoeducation Intervention in CBT for Depressed Latino Youth
- General functioning status
- family functioning
- school attendance
- attrition rates
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2004
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
Adolescent depression can have a devastating impact on social, emotional, and family functioning. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is the most common treatment for depression; however, not all patients respond adequately to CBT. In addition, data on the effects of CBT among ethnic minorities are limited. Because Latinos are the largest minority group in the United States, the development of treatments specifically designed for depressed Latino youth are needed. This study will determine whether adding a psychoeducation intervention with parent involvement will be more effective in reducing depressive symptoms among Latino adolescents than treatment with CBT alone.
The treatment phase of this study will last 12 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive 12 weeks of either CBT alone or CBT with psychoeducation. The psychoeducation will consist of 8 sessions over the 12-week treatment period. During the sessions, participants and their parents will be given detailed information about depression and ways the condition can be treated. They will also be taught coping skills and ways to recognize a relapse. CBT sessions will take place weekly during the study. During the sessions, a therapist will work with participants to modify the behavior and thinking patterns that cause and are associated with their depressive symptoms. Both participants and their parents will undergo interviews at study start, study completion, and 3, 9, and 15 months after study completion. During the interviews, participants' depressive symptoms, school attendance, and overall functional status will be assessed. Parents' stress levels and work attendance will also be assessed. At Months 6 and 12 after study completion, participants and their parents will complete questionnaires to assess any relapses in depressive symptoms.
Study hypothesis: Active treatment with psychoeducation will be superior to no psychoeducation in reducing depression post-treatment. Because the psychoeducation intervention is designed to involve parents and thus impact other aspects of the family system, the treatment is expected to produce better outcomes in several functional domains.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years to 17 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of depression
- Parent or guardian willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Psychiatric conditions other than depression
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00118469
|Contact: Guillermo Bernal, PhD
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|University Center for Psychological Services and Research, University of Puerto Rico
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00926
|Contact: Guillermo Bernal firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Guillermo Bernal, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Guillermo Bernal, PhD
|University Center for Psychological Services and Research, University of Puerto Rico
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00118469 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01MH067893 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 6, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 1, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
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Here are some other guidelines for attending church respectfully:
•Dress appropriately. Make sure your clothes are in keeping with being in church. While it isn't necessary for men to wear suits and ties and women to wear dresses in many churches today, you still want to wear something that is in keeping with where you are. Avoid clothes that are too brief or too casual. If you wonder whether what you want to wear is OK, it probably isn't.
•Arrive on time. Arriving late, especially after the service has started, is disruptive to those around you. If you are late, choose a seat in the back so you don't disturb others. Church isn't the place for a grand entrance. And don't leave early.
•If the minister makes him- or herself available after the service, greet the minister and comment on the sermon.
•Keep your children under control. Taking your children to church at an early age can help teach them how to behave in a church. However, if they become disruptive, take them out. Use the cry room if there is one, but don't allow your children to run around. It shouldn't be used as a play room. If you bring toys, make sure they are quiet ones.
•Silence your phone before going into church. And if you do forget to silence it and it does ring, don't answer it.
•Refrain from eating, drinking or chewing gum in church. If you bring a snack for your children, make sure it is not messy, and be sure to clean up anything that is dropped on the pew or the floor.
•Follow the rules. If you are a guest in a church, be attentive to what those around you are doing and follow suit. Be sure you are aware of what is acceptable for you to participate in, like Communion, in another denomination.
•Be polite in the parking lot. Trying to edge someone out of a parking space or being an aggressive driver seems to defeat the reason people go to church.
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Freire criticises what he calls banking education where pupils are treated as empty vessels to be filled up with facts: in the UK this is called teaching to the test. Despite claims to the contrary, since schools are judged by test results, that is the only teaching technique that is done. There are of course many different ways of teaching to the test but at heart, teaching to the test is what happens.
Freire explains that the banking method of education should be replaced with a problem-posing method of teaching; he goes on to explain that this pedagogy cannot work unless the relationship between pupils and teacher changes. Freire says,
"The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is himself taught in dialogue with students, who in their turn while being taught also teach."
This is difficult to imagine but it is possible to see examples of this pedagogy. The most easily accessible example is the Hollywood film, School of Rock: read Pedagogy of the Oppressed and see the film.
The other example comes from Kes. Only fleetingly ... but it's there,
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Again, read the book and you'll see what I mean.
Lastly, it's curious that both of these examples of Freire's method are unwitting examples: I strongly suspect that neither authors of the films had ever heard of Freire. Yet the basis of some of the most dramatic scenes in the films - the empowerment of the individual - is at the heart of Freire's work.


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With the MLS Expansion Draft around the corner, it's time for the Houston Dynamo to start thinking about which players they will choose to protect and which they will leave vulnerable to the league's two new expansion teams, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers.
With former Dynamo assistant coach John Spencer in charge of one of the the Timbers, the Dynamo will have to be particularly careful about who they leave exposed in the draft. Here is MLSsoccer.com's take on who Houston should protect.
Automatically Protected: Danny Cruz, Francisco Navas Cobo, Tyler Deric
Houston's Generation Adidas player and two home-grown players are automatically protected, according to the rules.
Internationals Andrew Hainault, Lovel Palmer, Adrian Serioux
Although league sources told the Dynamo earlier that the team had to protect only two international players, that number has since reverted to three. Hainault started 26 league games for Houston and, while right back might not be his best position, he improved offensively over the last two years there while also providing cover at left back.
Palmer started 24 games for Houston in his first year in MLS, and the midfielder seemed to get more and more comfortable as the year progressed. At the end of 2010, his partnership with Geoff Cameron stabilized Houston's struggling central midfield.
Of the remaining three international players, Serioux seems the most logical to protect due to his versatility, athleticism, and relative cost.
The Obvious: Brian Ching, Brad Davis, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Tally Hall
Ching led the team in goals and Davis led the team in assists. While they command high salaries, both are the faces of the franchise and should remain so.
Cameron's value to Houston was obvious, as the team struggled heavily while the emerging midfielder/defender was sidelined for nearly four months due to knee injury.
While the entire team struggled defensively, Boswell's past performance as an elite defender in MLS makes him a must-keep.
Goalkeeper Hall played extremely well and has made a strong case for a starting role next year. That, along with his low salary, make him an easy choice to protect.
The Final Three: Mike Chabala, Colin Clark, Corey Ashe or Dominic Oduro
The remaining four players are likely very difficult decisions. Chabala was not protected last year, but the left back started 22 league games for Houston this year and contributed one goal and four assists. While he struggled at times, he is still relatively young and is a hard worker.
It seems unlikely the team would trade for Clark only a couple of months ago only to leave him exposed in the expansion draft. Without the injury, Clark would be an obvious player to protect.
Oduro and Ashe's inclusion – or exclusion – from the protected list will likely be determined by the team's salary negotiations with each. Ashe played well over the last month of the season, when he was provided an opportunity to start regularly, and also provided solid cover for Davis or Clark when they had injury issues.
Oduro's speed helped stretch opposing defenses all year, but he struggled to play through physical challenges, and his efficiency in front of goal was lacking. If he re-signs with Houston, it would be a smart choice to protect the speedster.
Potential Unprotecteds: Sammy Appiah, Ryan Cochrane, Richard Mulrooney, Joseph Ngwenya, Anthony Obodai, Pat Onstad, Eddie Robinson, Adrian Serioux, Cam Weaver
There are always difficult choices, and the list of unprotected players would leave the expansion teams with difficult decisions.
If left unprotected, Weaver would be an obvious choice for either expansion side because of his Pacific Northwest roots, his relatively cheap salary, and the likelihood that he'll bounce back from a disappointing 2010 season marred by an early injury.
Dwain Capodice is a contributor to MLSsoccer.com. Questions or Comments can be sent via email to email@example.com.


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Below are some organizations we work with and support. For a more comprehensive and searchable list of progressive organizations, check out our Organization Directory. Enjoy!
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War calls for the immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq; reparations for the human and structural damages Iraq has suffered, and stopping the corporate pillaging of Iraq so that their people can control their own lives and future; and full benefits, adequate healthcare (including mental health), and other supports for returning servicemen and women.
CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Peace Action
A network of more than 100 chapters and 100,000 members, Peace Action works to abolish war, end weapons trafficking and secure our freedom from mass destruction.
Proposition One
Proposition One is a grassroots voter initiative movement for disarmament of nuclear weapons and the conversion of the arms industries to human and environmental needs.
United for Peace and Justice
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national veterans' organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration, to voice the growing opposition among returning servicemen and women to the still-raging war in Indochina.
Veterans for Peace
Veterans working together for peace and justice through nonviolence. Wage peace!
Student Peace Action Network
SPAN was created to facilitate communication and to forge a more popular and diverse student peace movement.
Peace Brigades International-USA
Peace Brigades International (PBI) is an international non-profit organization, influenced by non-violent philosophies, envisioning a world in which people address conflicts nonviolently, where human rights are universally upheld, and social justice and intercultural respect have become a reality.
Co-op America
Co-op America is a national nonprofit organization that operates as a collaborative and participatory workplace, where staff members reach consensus through democratic decision-making processes on key strategic issues for the organization.
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books is a non-profit, progressive book distributor and publisher, a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change.
Mexicanos Sin Froteras
Mexicans without Borders is an immigrant rights group that has been active against what it sees as the growing harassment of immigrant workers, and seeks to address the broader social and political roots of immigration.
Students for a Democratic Society
As Students for a Democratic Society, we want to remake a movement – a young left where our struggles can build and sustain a society of justice-making, solidarity, equality, peace and freedom. http://www.newsdc.org/
Casa de Maryland
Maryland's largest Latino and immigrant-based service and advocacy organization
Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
Empower DC: District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project
EMPOWER D.C. is a grassroots organizing project that tries to improve the self-advocacy of low income and working people in DC in order to bring about improvements in their quality of life.
DC Jobs with Justice
Fighting for working people in the nation's capital
ONE DC - Organizing Neighborhood Equity
Strives to exercise political strength to create and preserve racial and economic equity in the Shaw neighborhood and the District.
The DC Center
Home for GLBT in Metro DC. Resources and support.
DC Library Renaissance Project
Ralph Nader established the DC Library Renaissance Project in December 2002 to help raise awareness of the steady decline of the DC Library System due to systematic budget cuts.
National Lawyers Guild, D.C. Area Chapter
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National Lawyers Guild, founded in 1937, includes lawyers, legal workers, and law students who support progressive social change.
Girls Rock! DC
Girls Rock! DC is a collective of women from the DC Metro Area that brings diverse approaches to grassroots organizing in Washington, DC and beyond.
DC51 is an artist collective that grew out of the love for art, urban life, and the people. They bring paint to the streets, fine art to galleries, gear to the kids, beats to the crowd, and politics from the block.
Student Anti- Genocide Coalition
STAND, the student-led division of the Genocide Intervention Network, tries to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide.
TASSC International
The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) is the only organization founded by and for torture survivors, who seeks to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs and to empower survivors, their families and communities wherever they are.
Witness Against Torture
Witness Against Torture organizes to expose and decry the administration's lawlessness, build awareness about torture and indefinite detention amongst Americans and forge human ties with the prisoners at Guantanamo and their families.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)
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Greenpeace USA
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Rain Forest Action Net work
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) uses markets campaigns to align the policies of multinational corporations with widespread public support for environmental protection.
Oil Change International
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Friends of the Congo
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Organizes local annual commemoration of the first atomic bombings as well as activities dealing with radiation victims' issues.
Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace
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U.S. Campaign for Burma
The United States Campaign for Burma is a U.S.-based membership organization dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.
U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is a diverse coalition working for freedom from occupation and equal rights for all by challenging U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Africa Action
Working to change US foreign policy and the policies of international institutions in order to support African struggles for peace and development.
CISPES: The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
Working wtih the Salvadoran social justice movement to promote an alternative to the oppressive US-backed policies of the Salvadoran right.
SOA Watch
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Student-broadcasters named finalists in national competition
University's radio and television stations have three projects that are
finalists in the College Broadcasters, Incorporated (CBI) national
competition. Both WMCO, the university's radio station, and Orbit TV,
the television station, have been named.
Nominated in the category of Best Radio Documentary/Public Affairs is Orbit News Desk: John Glenn's 50th Anniversary of Orbit, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Muskingum alumnus John Glenn's orbiting of the Earth.
The documentary's student-producers are: Marcus
Barnhart '13, Katie Borkoski '12, Scott Chappuis '12, John Clevinger
'15, Zach Coffman '14, Kayla Kuznick '12, Maleah Latting '12, Taylor
Lucey '14, Sara Shallcross '12 and Jonathan Williams '12.
In the category of Best Radio Promo, The Silent Storm Promo was nominated. The 30-second commercial was produced by Eddie Jackson '11 to promote his weekly radio show.
Nominated in the category of Special TV Broadcast was Friendship 7: The Flight that Changed New Concord,
which was a retrospective on the impact of John Glenn's orbiting of the
Earth aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. It was produced by Jonathan
Williams '12.
Winners in these and other competition categories
will be announced at CBI's annual meeting, to be held October 277 in
Atlanta, Georgia. Muskingum will be represented there by Coffman,
Williams, Shallcross and Kaylee Lukacena '14.
The station manager for WMCO radio is Assistant
Professor of Communication Dr. Lisa Marshall and the Director of
Broadcasting for Orbit TV is Professor of Communication Dr. Jeff
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television, webcasting and other related media ventures. It ensures a
commitment to education and the student pursuit of excellence through
active involvement in electronic media..
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(If anyone is interested, you can see my whole set of House Renovations Photos on Flickr.)
Friday Night Photos: House Renovations v. 2.0.3
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Looks like your place is going to be terrific when they're done.
Fun to see this progress!ReplyDelete
This site is..wow..
I'll use this site a lot
Oh dear, renovation is no fun, but if it is finished it will be worth all the stress.ReplyDelete
Wow! It's really coming along. I love that excitement of remodeling. You're going to so appreciate it when it's done for having seen what all it took to get it to the final product!ReplyDelete
Hi! I'd like to thank you for the recipe of Indian Chickpea Salad. I was looking for it since I ate in the Happy New Year party in a indian house. I'll try tomorrow!
Lots going on at your house! How exciting! Thanks for the update.ReplyDelete
The renovations are coming right along!ReplyDelete
i love my kitchen ... now...but I remember a few years ago when it was gutted so my husband could remodel it and the fridge was in the middle of the living room, the stove was in the middle of the dining room and the ingredients and kitchen tools were scattered helter skelter...
It is fun to be the spectator of your project...hang in there...your gonna have such a blast when it is all done. It looks like you have some diligent workers ... breaking up all that concrete looked like quite an undertaking
Have a good weekend.
I'm glad people are enjoying seeing the photos of the progress. I am completely excited about the project, even if I do complain a little about the hassles. And my contractor and his employees are great! No complaints about anything; life is good around here!ReplyDelete
I feel so excited with you Kalyn!ReplyDelete
It is all looking very exciting Kalyn. I'm sure you are looking forward to the finished product.ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you're taking the time to comment on Kalyn's Kitchen! I love hearing from people who stop by, especially if you're sharing feedback or asking questions about a recipe I've posted here.
I've recently changed my comment settings so people can comment without signing in, but you will need to check the box to show you're a live person, and comments on older posts won't show up until I publish them. Thanks for understanding!
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Cricket: Gidman heroics go unrewarded in Gloucestershire draw
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9:28am Thursday 24th April 2014
A SUPERB bowling display by Will Gidman was not enough to give Gloucestershire their first win of the season as they were frustrated by the rain in Cardiff.
With only 30 overs possible on the final day in the County Championship Division Two clash, Glamorgan finished on 146-9 in their second innings for a lead of just 60 runs, largely thanks to the last pair of Dean Cosker (4*) and Michael Hogan (19*), who put on 20 runs and lasted eight overs to defy Gloucestershire and secure the draw.
Glamorgan resumed the day on 80-3 but Gidman (6-50) ripped through their batting line-up with five wickets on the final day to put Gloucestershire on the brink of victory.
Gloucestershire had controlled most of the match, having bowled Glamorgan out for 145 first time around before scoring 231 to build a decent first innings lead.
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What is the hardest part about being a single mom?
my question is basically asking what would make being a single parent easier in your opinion; what is lacking in your life pertaining to rising your kid(s) by yourself?
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Whether doing it themselves or finding a national partner, convenience store operators are developing food programs with fresh ingredients and quick service. By Heather Henstock, Contributing Editor. Convenience store strategies for sandwich programs are as customizable as the sandwiches themselves. Some opt to develop and prepare sandwich lines in their own commissaries or via made-to-order
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Oregon will learn its fate on Wednesday when the NCAA announces the highly anticipated sanctions against the Ducks for recruiting violations.
Oregon appeared before the Committee of Infractions in April to address charges related to former high school scout Willie Lyles, as well as other charges.
The NCAA alleges that Oregon committed major violations between 2008 and 2011. Former coach Chip Kelly allegedly used Lyles to lure recruits to the Eugene, Ore. campus, and paid him $25,000 for what was essentially useless information.
Oregon did not dispute the payment, but says the recruiting reports provided are at most a secondary violation. The NCAA, in its summary of findings after a nearly two-year investigation, disagreed.
Oregon has proposed a self-imposed two-year probation and the reduction of one scholarship per year for the next three seasons. Oregon did not self-impose a postseason ban. The NCAA will either accept that proposal or add to it.
Lyles says that in 2011, Oregon asked him to quickly put together a recruiting package that would reflect the $25,000 payment the university had made to him. But, the material he provided was outdated. Further, the NCAA considered Lyles a booster because of his involvement with the university. Oregon says that Lyles merely helped direct the coaches around high school campuses and didn't assist in the recruitment of prospects.
In addition to the Lyles involvement, the NCAA says that Oregon staff members made hundreds of impermissible phone calls to recruits. The NCAA agreed in the summary disposition that the violations were not intentional, but the Ducks' staff was still responsible for enforcing the rules.
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Frank Delicious wrote:Also the firmness is perfect for me. I hope you can make more in this firmness again.
ChUcK wrote:Gateway doesn't use foil hotstamps. Dave Mac employs a neanderthal with a chisel and a loveless childhood.
BCR-9er wrote:Frank Delicious wrote:Also the firmness is perfect for me. I hope you can make more in this firmness again.
We can definitely repeat firmnesses in runs. The soft run is the only firmness so far, but we are working right now to get other firmnesses available for future runs.
EDIT: We are also working on getting heavier weights for future runs as well. We are aiming to get them in the the 170-175 range.
Aubin wrote: the only downside i could see was a little tiny ridge here or there where the two plastics connected, almost like flashing. i'm sure you could sand it off or just wait for it to wear down, but new it might feel funny for a bit.
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Solty wrote:shipping kills the ordering from GGGT and SunKing...
Worm 28 wrote:Almost all of the First Run IONS have been sold to our retailers listed on the first post of this thread. Within a short period of time, they will be available from them!
We are hoping within a few more weeks to start getting these in heavier weights, and our slightly stiffer Proton plastic!
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retrofuturist wrote:Peter wrote:retrofuturist wrote:It also shows that it's not the aggregates themselves that are being, or suffering... it's the process of clinging to them which results in being.
On what basis are you equating "being" with "suffering" here?
By putting together a quote like ""Any desire, passion, delight, or craving for form, Radha: when one is caught up there, tied up there, one is said to be 'a being.'" (as above), and recognising that without craving (i.e. with the attainment of arahantship) there is no suffering.
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What is Monitored Anesthesia Care?
My mother just had outpatient surgery for a blocked tear duct, and had MAC anesthesia. She was told point-blank before going into the operating room that she would be asleep, yet she states that she was aware and awake during the whole thing. She remembers bones crunching (or a sound like it), pulling, pushing, suturing, etc., and stated that time went very slowly. The promised state seems MUCH different that the reality. What`s going on? I had a colonoscopy under MAC, stated beforehand that I did not want to be aware, and only woke up when it was done. This sure makes me not want to ever have MAC again if it is not dependable for comfort during surgery.
This is a really good question because it raises a very common concern - thank you!
MAC anesthesia is a term which stands for Monitored Anesthesia Care. What does that mean? Well, rather than "just putting you out", the use of anesthetic medications results in a range of anesthetic states, or "levels of sedation". Which level you get to depends on a number of things, including the age and general condition of the patient, genetic factors, and the choice and amount of anesthetic drug.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has defined four levels of sedation: (1) minimal sedation, (2) moderate sedation (conscious sedation), (3) deep sedation, and (4) general anesthesia. Official definitions are reproduced below. As sedation is increased, or deepened, the patient becomes progressively more sleepy (less easily roused) and more able to tolerate painful or uncomfortable procedures, (in the definitions this is assessed by the response to stimulation or verbal command), ending in the state of unconsciousness known as general anesthesia.
What is not always realized by the lay public is that as sedation becomes deeper, the patient also gradually loses the ability to breathe normally. This is usually accompanied by a depression of heart function and blood pressure.
You will notice that MAC does not appear in this classification. It is a term which has fallen out of favor somewhat, but probably corresponds most closely with levels 2 and 3 - moderate and deep sedation.
Given that most patients prefer to be unaware during their surgery, one may ask why a lesser or lower level of sedation is desirable. The answer is that recovery is quicker, and, as I have said above, that there is less depression of the heart, blood pressure and breathing from the anesthetic agents at these lower levels of sedation.
Problems arise when patients do not understand the type of anesthesia they are to receive. It is important for the anesthesiologist to clearly communicate the intended level of anesthesia and sedation, and for the patient to anticipate what is likely to happen. It is also important to offer an explanation, as the ASA points out, that "because sedation is a continuum, it is not always possible to predict how an individual patient will respond". Problems occur when patients do not respond in exactly the way intended or expected. That is, they get either too light (less sedation) or too deep (too much). In the case of anesthesia that is too light, the patient may become aware or awake, as you so vividly describe. (What is surprising to many is the fact that recent studies show that even with general anesthesia, there is an incidence of unintended awareness of around 2 per 1000 cases).
If a patient wants to be unconscious during a procedure (general anesthesia) this may be possible but there are trade-offs - more drugs, slower recovery, more risk of nausea afterward, need for a breathing tube, greater risk of depression of the heart.
For a procedure such as a colonoscopy, what is typically offered is minimal or moderate sedation. The drugs used, such as midazolam, have the happy benefit of causing amnesia. In other words, patients forget almost the entire experience, despite having been awake enough during the colonoscopy to respond normally and purposefully to commands or conversation. This perhaps was your experience.
For your mother on the other hand, undergoing a more invasive procedure, the results were less desirable. It sounds as though she experienced no pain during the surgery but was distressingly aware of certain unpleasant aspects of what the surgeon was doing. The outcome could have been different perhaps if your mother had been told that during the anticipated state of moderate sedation she was likely to feel some of what the surgeon was doing, but would experience no pain.
Your mother may then have been more willing to accept what she was experiencing in the knowledge that she would, in return for her tolerance, be able to leave the facility more quickly, recover with fewer side-effects, and have less risk of heart or breathing complications. Finally, if during the procedure she was really uncomfortable she could have expressed this to the anesthesiologist who may have been able to administer more medication to increase her comfort. Perhaps this vital aspect was not explained to her before the procedure took place.
I hope that your mother has no need of further surgery. But in the event that she does undergo another procedure lets hope she has a more satisfactory experience with anesthesia. Be sure to discuss your concerns with your anesthesiologist who will be glad to explain all of this in more detail and to tailor your anesthetic to your needs, always with safety in mind.
American Society of Anesthesiologists Definitions of Levels of Sedation
1. Minimal Sedation (Anxiolysis) is a drug-induced state during which patients respond normally to verbal commands.
2. Moderate Sedation/Analgesia ("Conscious Sedation") is a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation.
3. Deep Sedation/Analgesia is a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients cannot be easily aroused but respond purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation.
4. General Anesthesia is a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not arousable even by painful stimulation.
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To become savvy consumers of an increasingly complex healthcare system, adolescents need to fully understand what healthcare entails. It's clear we need to teach our children about the healthcare system. But how, and when, should the lessons start?
Because the process is complicated, it's recommended that you start involving your child around the age of 12. You can start out slowly, like letting your child confirm an appointment or call in a prescription refill. Start explaining any medical conditions in words they understand. If they take medications, take some time to explain what they are and why they take them. If your child has a chronic condition that needs to be managed, have them go through the process of ordering medical supplies or equipment the next time its needed.
Health insurance changes quickly. Explain how your coverage works and why it may be different from someone else's. When you get education materials for open enrollment periods, share the information with your child. This will help them have a better understanding on how plans are set up, how they work, and how much they cost.
Keep in mind that your adolescent will soon become a healthcare consumer. The more information they have, the better choices they will make when they are independent.
If your child has an honest, trusting relationship with their family doctor, let them have alone time during visits. Your child may have questions they don't feel comfortable discussing with you in the room. This helps foster trust for you, your child, and the doctor. Your child needs to know that any discussions with the doctor are confidential, and they may have a place to turn to when they need it. It is also important for you as parent to understand and respect that confidentiality.
As your child gets older, they should be able to take on more responsibility. This means you will have to give up more control and allow your child to select a doctor, know their own and family medical histories, start learning more about managing prescriptions, and even making their own appointments.
By mid-adolescence, they are able to understand health risk behaviors. They may want to be alone with their doctor for the whole appointment to ask more thoughtful questions or be more involved. It is important to make them feel comfortable about it, even if it's hard for you to let them have control.
If your adolescent has a chronic medical condition, such as diabetes or asthma, it may be more difficult for you to relinquish that control. By age 15 or 16, even adolescents with chronic illnesses should begin developing one-on-one relationships with their healthcare providers. You can still provide support, but it's important for your child to learn how to manage their condition on their own terms.
Children learn a lot from your example, so show your children you're serious about the importance of preventive care by scheduling and keeping appointments for regular check-ups and health screenings.
Confidentiality is always an issue in doctor-patient relationships. Every state has a set of legally protected confidential services available to minors. Some of these services may include diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy-related services including contraception and abortion, and services related to drug or alcohol abuse. Encourage your child to research state legislators' offices and websites to find out which confidential services are available in your state.
Adolescents who have gained an understanding of the healthcare system fare better when they leave home.
They will have a better understanding of:
Adolescents with little knowledge of the healthcare system will be more anxious and more likely to have false expectations about the care available to them.
When teens go to college, they should be confident interacting with the system and know how to access healthcare at school. They should have health insurance and be educated about the limits, coverage, and use of their plans.
As your children grow into adulthood, there are a lot of rocky roads to navigate. Take the time to teach them the ins and outs of the healthcare system.
Adolescent Health—The Society for Adolescent Medicine
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Canadian Health Network
Capital Health
American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, et al. Supporting the health care transition from adolescence to adulthood in the medical home. Pediatrics. 2011;128(1):182-200.
Giving teens a voice in health care decisions. Nemours Kids Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/teen_health_care.html. Updated July 2012. Accessed September 22, 2015.
Taking charge of your medical care. Nemours Kids Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/medical-care.html. Updated March 2013. Accessed September 22, 2015.
Transitions. A guide to getting older and changing health care providers (HCPs). Young Men's Health website. Available at: http://youngmenshealthsite.org/guides/transitions. Updated July 8, 2014. Accessed September 22, 2015.
Transitioning from pediatric to adult health care: A guide for parents. Young Men's Health website. Available at: http://youngmenshealthsite.org/parents/transitioning-to-adult-care. Updated February 17, 2015. Accessed September 22, 2015.
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Several leading brands from Hershey to Unilever, General Mills and PepsiCo have pledged that by the end of 2015, they will only use oil that can be directly traced back to plantations that have been certified by the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
However, the path to reaching this goal is challenging and rocky, WWF's agriculture vice president Dave McLaughlin told FoodNavigator-USA.
RSPO-certified derivatives still prohibitively expensive for many US buyers
While some palm oil refiners are vertically integrated - for example New Britain Palm oil only uses oil from company owned plantations in Papua New Guinea in its UK-based refinery - most major US refiners are not, he said.
Segregated: If you want to use the RSPO trademark and claim 'This product contains certified sustainable palm oil', you must use palm oil that has been segregated throughout the supply chain and is traceable directly back to its RSPO-certified source.
Mass balance: This combines some segregated RSPO certified oil and some standard oil, and allows users to use the RSPO trademark ('Mixed') and claim: 'Contributes to the production of certified sustainable palm oil'.
GreenPalm (book and claim): Buyers of GreenPalm certificates are guaranteed that a tonnage of palm oil/derivatives equivalent to the tonnage they use has been produced from RSPO-certified plantations. While you can't guarantee the actual oil you are buying is sustainable, you know the amount you use has been produced sustainably. Participants can use the GreenPalm logo and claim: 'Supports the production of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil'.
And the costs of segregating oil from RSPO plantations throughout the global palm oil supply chain - where oil from multiple plantations is intermingled at every level - are significant, pushing up the price premium for RSPO-certified palm oil derivatives in particular, to a "prohibitive" level, he said.
"And the case for segregated palm kernel oil is even more complicated and costly."
Meanwhile, it's hard for refiners to make a return if they are paying a large premium for buying RSPO-certified oil but can only get a return on that investment for palm stearin and not olein (olein is the global frying oil of choice and Chinese and Indian buyers are not demanding the sustainable variety).
And as a result, while 12% of palm oil produced in 2011 was RSPO certified, only half of that amount was purchased or earned a premium, with segregated or mass-balance supplies (see box, right) from vertically integrated producers selling well, but many non-integrated growers not seeing the benefits.
GreenPalm is a transitional tool to give growers the right market signals
Ultimately, of course, if most growers were RSPO certified, refiners would not need to segregate oil and prices would come down, said McLaughlin. But growers need to be incentivized to switch.
"And the best way to do that right now is to buy GreenPalm certificates [which guarantee that a tonnage of oil/derivatives equivalent to the tonnage buyers use has been produced from an RSPO-certified plantation], he said.
"We've got to build critical mass on the ground. GreenPalm is a transitional tool to give growers the right market signals [that it is worth their while getting RSPO audited and certified]."
This way growers earn extra cash per ton as they are allocated one GreenPalm certificate per ton (certificates are traded at greenpalm.org) and more plantations will be RSPO-certified, he said.
"Unilever recognized that this is the route the industry will probably have to go down when it recently committed to buying GreenPalm certificates for 100% of its palm oil needs although its ultimate goal is to buy all its palm oil from fully-traceable sources by 2020."
The more certifications that happen, the easier it will be to transition to physical supply chains
In other words, GreenPalm should ultimately do itself out of a job as it helps stimulate production of sustainable palm to such an extent that big refineries will be able to supply affordable sustainable products, he said.
"My biggest concern is that given the fact that non integrated producers are not receiving any benefits, the incentive to certify plantations is not there. Unilever's approach on GreenPalm will help address that, but we need others users of palm oil to follow suit to really provide positive market signals now.
"The more certifications that happen, the easier it will be to transition to physical supply chains and we need to recognize that this is a process that will evolve over time."
China and India must buy into sustainable palm too
If the game is really going to change, however, China and India must also buy into sustainable palm, he said.
"At the moment, the US accounts for just 2% of palm oil use and Europe about 11-12%, and even if that 13-14% of global demand is demanding sustainable palm, we're going to hit a ceiling in terms of potential markets."
However, there are some encouraging signs, with Indian manufacturers becoming "more receptive" to sustainable palm, the Chinese government taking more of an interest and major global manufacturers with a presence in Asia helping to raise awareness, he said.
"Some really heavy lifting is needed going forward, but you can look at it this way. The RSPO has only been active since November 2008 and in less than four years 12% of global production is RSPO certified. That's pretty remarkable."
The complex derivative market is served well by GreenPalm
GreenPalm general manager Bob Norman agreed, observing: "With regards to uptake, we can always improve. [But] that is not a bad achievement after four years of certified material being available to the market place."
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Today's blogger is Bradley C. Brooks, Director of Historic Resources and Assistant Curator, American Decorative Arts at the IMA.
It seems that an important reason why the Miller House and Garden has retained so much of the integrity of its original design is that the Millers greatly cherished and valued the work that Eero Saarinen, Kevin Roche, Dan Kiley, and Alexander Girard produced for them. They were patient partners in the design process and tended to seek refinements, rather than wholesale changes, as the house evolved through later years.
The rugs in the house are a case in point. The rug presently under the dining table, for example, is the fourth generation of the original Girard design. The first was one of a group of flat-woven rugs produced in France, all of which were later replaced with looped-pile versions of the same designs. With wear and food spills, the dining room rug was the most often replaced.
At the time the museum took ownership of the property, the Miller family had begun a project to remake a number of rugs in the house. Most in need of replacement was Girard's den rug, which had been worn quite through in a few spots. We fudged it for a while with the placement of furniture to hide the worst of the damage, but this was only at temporary fix.
As with any such project, there were concerns about achieving the appropriate weave structure, pattern, and color accuracy. We had received some of the original design drawings as part of the Miller House Archives, and IMA conservators had painstakingly removed unfaded fibers from deep in the rug's pile in order to make accurate color comparisons. After several rounds of adjustments and approvals, we gave a go-ahead to Edward Fields to put the rug into production.
In mid-April of this year, the new rug was ready to install, and it more than lived up to all our expectations. The vibrant colors were back, and the many emblems of family history and association were renewed, all rendered in a highly disciplined, multiple colorway grid of lozenges – a glimpse into the mind and design process of Alexander Girard.
Filed under: Conservation, Design, Miller House, Textile & Fashion
One Response to "Remaking a rug at Miller House"
Mark Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Thanks, Bradley. Another great step!


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A Melksham man who raped two young girls has been remanded in custody by a judge and told he faces a long jail sentence.
Mark Nash, 39, had denied the allegations but he was convicted following a two week trial at Swindon Crown Court.
Nash, of Awdry Avenue, was also found guilty of three counts of attempted rape, two indecent assaults and two counts of indecency with a child.
After the jury returned their verdicts on Friday, Judge Douglas Field ordered Nash be remanded in custody until July 17 and said: "Mr Nash, you face a long prison sentence."
The judge said he wanted a pre-sentence report from the probation service but only to assess whether Nash presented a significant risk of other serious offending.
The offences took place on two girls, one under 14 and the other under 16, between early 1999 and January 2004.
Nash and his wife Jodie, 31, of Acock Crescent, Warminster, were both found not guilty of a joint charge of indecency with a child.


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Treatment of Anemia and Neutropenia in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients Treated With Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin
This study has been terminated.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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This study is designed to test two separate strategies for treatment of anemia (low hemoglobin) and neutropenia (low white blood cells) in HIV/HCV coinfected patients who are being treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
|Anemia Neutropenia Hepatitis C Virus HIV Infections
|Drug: erythropoietin, GCSF
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Two Management Strategies for Treatment of Neutropenia and Anemia Associated With Pegylated Interferon Plus Ribavirin Treatment of Compensated Chronic Hepatitis C in Adult Subjects Infected With HIV.
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Further study details as provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- change in hemoglobin
- change in absolute neutrophil count
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- depression
- fatigue
|Study Start Date:
|February 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
This is a multi-center, randomized, open-labeled trial in subjects co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) who are naïve to anti-HCV therapy. Subjects will receive PEG interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN) 1.5 mcg/kg/week administered once weekly plus ribavirin (RBV) 13 + 2 mg/kg/day. The goal of this study is to evaluate two different treatment options for anemia and neutropenia associated with the initiation of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. This will result in completion of therapy, and possibly a better viral sustained response.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- hemoglobin > 11
- absolute neutrophil count >1,200
- naive to peg interferon and ribavirin
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment for hepatitis C
- Pregnant or nursing
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|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
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|Andrew Talal, MD
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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Talal AH, Liu RC, Zeremski M, Dimova R, Dove L, Pearce D, Hassanein T, Doonquah L, Aboulafia D, Rodriguez J, Bonilla H, Galpin J, Aberg JA, Johnston B, Glesby MJ, Jacobson IM. Randomized trial comparing dose reduction and growth factor supplementation for management of hematological side effects in HIV/hepatitis C virus patients receiving pegylated-interferon and ribavirin. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Nov 1;58(3):261-8. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182324af9.
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|September 12, 2005
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|December 14, 2012
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dose reduction
hepatitis C virus
human immunodeficiency virus
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
HIV Infections
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Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
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Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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text: World 22 March 2012 Permanent war is a disaster for us all Sign up for our weekly email * No one knows what triggered a US army staff sergeant's calm progress on 11 March through two tiny villages in the Panjwai District of Kandahar Province, murdering, we are told, as he went. Clearly something switched off his moral reflexes. In due course, as the case makes its slow progress through the US court martial system, we will discover more. What we do know is that he is a family man and that in addition to his time in Afghanistan he had served three tours in Iraq. The US and the UK - or rather, our armed forces - have been at war now for more than ten years. Because of the way British forces are organised, the campaigns have been fought as a series of six-month "tours" of duty for those involved. Twice a year, the entire force comes home and is replaced by another. The moment you arrive at your post in Afghanistan (or "in theatre") you know that you have 186 days to go. For those in an infantry role, patrolling the ground, these days are very often savage and stress-filled. I have been told that before some patrols in areas particularly infested with improvised explosive devices, soldiers will throw up with fear. Many of our soldiers - those in 16 Air Assault Brigade, for example - have done as many as three tours in Helmand. Some, especially in "higher-end" roles such as special forces, have done many more, in addition to the tours they may have spent in the Iraq campaign. All this is against a background of a dubious strategy and shifting aims. Yet many US soldiers consider the British routine to be somewhat soft. The US army sergeant accused of the Panjwai murders was part of a brigade serving a one-year tour. Until recently the usual duration of US deployments was 12 or even 15 months. This long tour is a legacy of Vietnam. The difference was that, in Vietnam, unless a soldier actively wanted to go back to serve in combat, he served only one tour. Even so, anyone with the slightest knowledge of what happened in south-east Asia will know what a single year's combat can do to a man. Revolving door Within the US armed forces it is now common for soldiers to have served four- or five-year-long combat tours over the past decade. This intensity of deployment to nerve-shreddingly dangerous areas is unprecedented and its effects are becoming, to put it mildly, apparent. For those people there is, literally, no peace. There is a revolving door between daily risk of death or permanent disability, returning to an often unfamiliar and uncomprehending home, working up to the next deployment and return to the battlefield. Little attention is given to whether or not the soldier is fit for task. As one US veteran put it to me, "If the guy is standing and wants to go, he's going. It makes for less work for everyone." Most soldiers are remarkably normal, life-affirming young men and women. Yet regular exposure to killing, dying and maiming will change everyone, regardless of training, experience or perceived toughness. The question here is how that change will manifest itself. Some will suffer post-traumatic stress disorder in silence. Some will turn on their families. There are those who become convinced advocates of more considered military intervention. Some may become pacifists; others will sign up as mercenaries. A tiny minority will turn on the nearest defenceless scapegoat, as US marines did at Haditha in Iraq in 2003 or US soldiers did in the "killing for sport" case last year. No one remains unaffected. Britain's servicemen are no more virtuous than those of other armies, although they are more disciplined and professionally effective than most. These qualities, together with their esprit de corps, exert positive pressures against the kind of thing we have occasionally seen from US units. It helps that we tend not to recruit people into our services as an alternative to jail, as US forces have all too often done. Yet British soldiers, too, are capable of serious war crimes. It is lethally dangerous for independent journalists or human rights monitors to venture into most of southern Afghanistan. Against a background of so little active scrutiny, rumours circulate of killings of prisoners or the covering up of civilian deaths by US and even British troops. Whether these prove to be exaggerations or simply untrue will eventually become clear. As the years go on, researchers and journalists will gain access to areas now closed to them and we are likely to hear of more such atrocities by Nato troops. We don't have any idea what, if anything, motivated the soldier in Panjwai to do what he is said to have done. He must take personal responsibility for his actions. The rest of us must reflect on our own willingness to send young men and women into wars such as this, time after time. Frank Ledwidge is the author of "Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan" (Yale, £20) Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 19 March 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The end of socialism More


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An arterial stick is the collection of blood from an artery for laboratory testing.
Blood sample - arterial
Usually blood is drawn from an artery in the wrist. It may also be drawn from an artery on the inside of the elbow, groin, or other site. A heartbeat (pulse) is felt by pressing on the area above an artery. If blood is drawn at the wrist, the health care provider will usually check the pulse to make sure blood is flowing into the hand from the main arteries in the forearm (radial and ulnar arteries).
The procedure is as follows:
Preparation varies with the specific test performed.
Puncture of an artery may be more uncomfortable than puncture of a vein. This is because arteries are deeper than veins. Arteries also have thicker walls and have more nerves.
When the needle is inserted, there may be some discomfort or pain. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Blood transports oxygen, food, waste products, and other materials within the body. Blood also helps control body temperature, fluids, and the balance of acids and bases.
Blood is made up of a fluid portion (plasma) and a cellular portion. Plasma contains substances dissolved in the fluid. The cellular portion is made up mainly of red blood cells. But it also includes white blood cells and platelets.
Because blood has many functions within the body, tests on the blood or its components may give valuable clues to help health care providers diagnose many medical conditions.
Blood in the arteries (arterial blood) differs from blood in the veins (venous blood) mainly in its content of dissolved gases. Testing arterial blood shows the makeup of the blood before any of its contents are used by the body tissues.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your health care provider about the meaning of your specific test results.
An arterial stick is done to get blood samples from arteries. Blood samples are mainly taken to measure gases in the arteris. Abnormal results may point to breathing problems or problems with the body's metabolism. Sometimes arterial sticks are done to get blood culture or blood chemistry samples.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one person to another. They can also vary from one side of the body to the other. Getting a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
There is a slight risk of damage to nearby tissues when the blood is drawn. Blood can be taken from lower-risk sites, and techniques are used to limit tissue damage.
If blood is easier to get from one location or side of your body, let the person who is drawing your blood know before starting the test.
Milzman D, Janchar T. Arterial puncture and cannulation. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine . 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2009:chap 20.


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Now in its 38th season, Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) is one of America's foremost and
most versatile ensembles. Dedicated to engaging audiences throughout New York City and
beyond, OSL performs approximately 70 orchestral, chamber, and educational concerts each
year-including an annual orchestra series at Carnegie Hall, an annual chamber
music series at The Morgan Library & Museum and the Brooklyn Museum, and summer
concerts as orchestra-in-residence at the Caramoor International Music Festival. OSL's
principal conductor is Pablo Heras-Casado.
OSL collaborates regularly with the world's great artists, such as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo
Ma, Jessye Norman, Anna Netrebko, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mark Morris Dance Group, Peter
Gabriel, Sting, Elton John, and many more. In March 2011, OSL opened The DiMenna Center for
Classical Music-its first permanent home, and New York City's first rehearsal
and recording facility dedicated to classical music. Committed to community building, OSL
produces free concerts in each of the five boroughs as part of its Subway Series, free
concerts and events devoted to the artistic process as part of its
OSL@DMC series at The DiMenna Center, and has engaged more than one million
children in its Arts Education programs.
OSL's discography of more than 70 recordings includes five releases on its own label, St.
Luke's Collection, and four Grammy Award-winning recordings. OSL has commissioned more than
50 new works and performed more than 150 world, US, and New York premieres.
Later this season, OSL's 2012-2013 Carnegie Hall series features Iván Fischer conducting
the orchestra in Bach's St. Matthew Passion on March 28, with the New York
City-based chorus Musica Sacra and soprano Dominique Labelle, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj,
tenor John Tessier, and bass-baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann. OSL closes its orchestra
series with conductor Nicholas McGegan and cellist Steven Isserlis performing a program of
Haydn and Mozart on June 1.
Pablo Heras-Casado enjoys a multifaceted conducting career of unusual breadth and variety,
from early music to cutting-edge contemporary scores, intimate chamber programs, and grand
opera. In December 2011, Mr. Heras-Casado was announced as principal conductor of Orchestra
of St. Luke's, beginning a four-year term that includes regular concerts at Carnegie Hall
and the Caramoor International Music Festival, as well as special projects. He is OSL's
fourth titled conductor, following Sir Roger Norrington (1990-1994), Charles Mackerras
(1998-2001), and Donald Runnicles (2001-2007).
Mr. Heras-Casado enjoyed many significant guest-conducting debuts last season, including
the Berliner Philharmoniker, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago and Boston
symphony orchestras, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra,
Staatskapelle Berlin, and Salzburger Festspiele with Klangforum Wien. He also participated
in new music projects with l'Ensemble intercontemporain.
In the 2012-2013 season, Mr. Heras-Casado returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and
San Francisco Symphony. In Europe, he gives debut performances with the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Opera performances
include Peter Eötvös's Angels in America with the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Rigoletto with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Les vêpres siciliennes with
Oper Frankfurt, and Il postino with Teatro Real, starring Plácido Domingo.
In December 2011, Mr. Heras-Casado was awarded the Medalla de Honor of the Rodriguez
Acosta Foundation, and in February 2012 he was awarded with the Golden Medal of the City of
Granada, his hometown.
Last season, Mr. Heras-Casado announced a significant relationship with Harmonia Mundi;
his recording of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2, "Lobgesang," with the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra will be released in 2013. Another disc, recorded in Granada with the
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, features Schubert's symphonies nos. 3 and 4 and will be
released in the same season.
A champion of contemporary music, Mr. Heras-Casado has worked with Ensemble ACJW at
Carnegie Hall, Klangforum Wien, and Collegium Novum Zürich. His performance of repertoire
that included Stockhausen's Gruppen resulted in his winning the 2007 Lucerne
Festival Conductors' Competition. The award was voted unanimously by a jury that included
Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös.
The qualities that make Christian Zacharias one of the world's most celebrated pianists
have also enabled him to make his mark as a conductor, festival director, musical thinker,
writer, and broadcaster: integrity married to individualism, deep musical insight matched
by a sure poetic instinct, a brilliance in communication, and a charismatic and commanding
platform manner.
Mr. Zacharias's career has been marked by many awards and prizes, including the 2007 Midem
Classical Artist of the Year Award in Cannes. After having been awarded for his services to
the culture in Romania in 2009, Mr. Zacharias recently received the highly honorable title
of Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. On the
occasion of his 60th birthday in 2010, the Alte Oper Frankfurt arranged an "Artist's
Portrait" of Christian Zacharias, presenting him as pianist, conductor, chamber musician,
and Lied accompanist in five concerts and three films. In December 2011, Mr. Zacharias
appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall-the first German pianist to do so in more
than 30 years. Recitals appearances during the 2012-2013 season include Rome, Paris, and
During the 2012-2013 season, Mr. Zacharias appears with the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Hallé Orchestra, Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Orquesta Nacional de España, and the
Orchestre National de France as conductor and pianist. He also continues his close artistic
cooperation with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In addition, he was appointed artistic director of the
International Radio Orchestra's Festival RadiRo in Bucharest, which was launched for the
first time in September 2012.
Since 2011, Mr. Zacharias has been a professor of orchestral performance at the Academy of
Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg.
Goethe's 1788 historical tragedy Egmont dealt with
the most illustrious victim of Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands,
treacherously seized by the Duke of Alba and executed in Brussels
on June 4, 1568. The play was but a middling success. To the extent
that it remains alive, Beethoven's score, composed for an 1810
Viennese production, is largely responsible, projecting Egmont to
the audience as a far more heroic figure than Goethe made him.
The 19-year-old Chopin began his Piano Concerto No. 2 (his first
work in the genre) in 1829 while on his first visit to Vienna. He
appeared as soloist in the premiere the following year. This work
is more closely influenced by the ornamental concertos of Hummel
and others than the symphonic works of Beethoven.
Debussy revolutionized the way composers wrote for the piano and
then further revolutionized the orchestral treatment of works
derived from piano compositions. Hans Zender's orchestral versions
of Debussy's five piano preludes aim to capture the Debussyan
colors in these evocative works.
Though now identified as Symphony No. 4, Schumann's D-Minor
Symphony was actually his second, renumbered when the composer
reworked it quite extensively 10 years later. Brahms regarded the
original so highly that he published it in 1891 over the objections
of Schumann's widow Clara, who could not bring herself to believe
that her husband's final thoughts were not always superior. Thanks
to Brahms's intervention, we have two versions that allow for
stimulating comparison of Schumann's work at two different stages
of his life.
Heras-Casado on his consistent approach to working with ensembles.
Pablo Heras-Casado, along with Katy Clark and Daire FitzGerald from Orchestra of St. Luke's on the maestro's arrival at the orchestra.
Maestro Heras-Casado discusses his approach to rehearsals.
Join Pablo Heras-Casado as he describes his connection with New York City.