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Sir Robert Borden with the Canadian Troops 2
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War Office Cinema Committee
These images were filmed at Shorncliffe, a town on the south coast of England. The town became the base for the Canadian Reinforment Depot in 1915. Canadian troops had spent the unusually cold winter of 1914-15 living in tents on Salisbury Plain, and the barrack accommodations at Shorncliffe, visible in the footage, would have been a great improvement.
The footage documents a visit to Shorncliffe by Canada's Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, and Minister of Militia and Defence, Sam Hughes. We see Borden and Hughes as they review a parade of Canadian cavalry, infantry and hospital units. The three infantry units, together numbering 1000 officers and men, were the 3rd, 8th and 11th Reserve Infantry Battalions. Following the infantry are ambulances and trucks from the Queen's Hospital in Beechford. The word "Canada" appears on some of the vehicles.
We then see the Canadian cavalry regiment, tasked with training Canadian cavalry units for the front. Officers salute by lowering their swords, while non-commissioned ranks give the "eyes-right." Higher-ranking officers within the infantry and all senior commanders also had horses as a sign of their status. Also visible are the Royal Canadian Artillery Brigade, who remain to this day Canada's regular force artillerymen.
Borden was prime minister from 1911 to 1920. In 1916 he committed Canada to providing 500,000 troops for the war effort—a decision which led to the 1917 Military Service Act, allowing the government to conscript men for overseas service. Conscription sparked widespread protest in Quebec and was the biggest domestic political crisis of the war years.
Hughes, the large man on the black horse, was an enthusiastic supporter of the war effort and is credited with the rapid assembly of the first Canadian forces. However, he was an abrasive, erratic and intransigent figure. In late 1916, following a series of scandals over shoddy war supplies and patronage, Hughes found himself at the eye of a political storm that triggered his dismissal from cabinet.
With regards to the crowd observing the proceedings, it is worth noting that many Canadian officers and soldiers were first-generation British immigrants, and in the eyes of the British public, the distinction between Canadian and British was blurred. It is possible that some audience members were the relatives of men on parade.
Pieces of History
The Commanders
Patrick H. Brennan
Military Historian
When the Canadian Expeditionary Force began to take shape in the autumn of 1914, the majority of its future commanding officers had been pursuing their business and professional careers only weeks earlier. Even those with some pre-war militia experience were still amateur warriors who would have to learn how to command soldiers while actually fighting a war. Combat would prove a cruel and unforgiving teacher, and the mistakes they made learning how to command would cost men's lives.
Arthur Currie: the first Canadian to command the Canadian Corps
Arthur Currie began the war in command of a brigade of 4000 men. He had earned his appointment on the recommendation of Garnet Hughes, a fellow British Columbia militia officer who happened to be the son of Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, the erratic, meddling and militarily incompetent Sir Sam Hughes. During the early stages of the war, Hughes personally selected almost every senior officer in the army, and far too many of them were friends and political cronies who proved unfit for their commands and ultimately had to be replaced. Nothing in Currie's background as a school teacher and realtor with a smattering of militia experience made him stand out. Yet he turned out to be a fast learner and superb leader whose military skills quickly blossomed. By 1916 he was recognized as the best of the senior Canadian officers. A year later, he was the obvious choice to be the first Canadian to command the Corps, a responsibility he carried out with distinction through the rest of the war.
As the Canadians desperately struggled to overcome their inexperience, they were fortunate to have the guidance of some very capable British officers such as Lieutenant-General Julian Byng and his chief staff officer, Major-General Percy Radcliffe. First-rate professional soldiers, they identified the most promising Canadian commanders, mentored them, and, when they proved their worth, promoted them to more responsible commands. Consequently, by 1917 the Canadian Corps had assembled a pool of very capable, battle-experienced Canadian commanding officers.
Two of the brigade commanders, Brigadier-Generals James MacBrien and Victor Odlum, were typical of this group. MacBrien was a professional soldier, one of only a handful of such Canadian commanders. After initially serving as a staff officer, Byng gave MacBrien command of the 12th Infantry Brigade in September 1916, just before this untested unit received their first taste of combat.
After serving in the South African War, Odlum had returned to Vancouver where he'd built up a prosperous financial and insurance business. He saw action with the 7th Battalion at Second Ypres, the Canadians' first battle, taking over command of the battalion when Lt. Col. McHarg was killed. Byng promoted him to the command of the 11th Brigade in July 1916 and like MacBrien, he led his brigade until the Armistice. MacBrien's style was studious and reserved, and his forte was training and planning. In contrast, Odlum was a dashing, fearless battlefield commander who had the wounds to prove it. Although they displayed two very different styles of command, both were effective.
Unlike earlier wars, the sheer scale of World War I battles and the breakdown of communications during the fighting actually made it impossible for generals to control the attacks they launched. What they could do, however, was utilize the weeks before an assault to prepare for every possible battlefield contingency – in other words, to emphasize thorough planning and training.
From amateurs to an elite force
By the end of 1916, the British Empire forces were adopting new, more effective fighting tactics. This was particularly true in the Canadian Corps, where Byng, Radcliffe and Currie had inaugurated a highly efficient system of "organized learning." The officers and soldiers doing the fighting now compiled "after battle" reports outlining in detail what had succeeded and what had failed. Whether it was tactics or weaponry, the Corps' commanders placed a premium on figuring out better ways to fight, emphasizing to every officer and soldier how vital absorbing the lessons of the "battlefield classroom" was to the survival and success of them all. Henceforward, something of value learned by one battalion would be speedily adopted by the rest simply by making it part of everyone's training. Lessons now learned in an organized way were applied in an organized way, too. More than any other factor, mastering this "learning curve" was responsible for transforming the Canadian Corps from an enthusiastic mob of amateurs into an elite attack force, the "shock troops" of the British Empire. Officers, and especially senior commanders, had played an indispensable role.
Battalion commanders
One group of commanders shared the dual responsibility of preparing their soldiers and then leading them in battle—the commanding officers of the Corps' 48 infantry battalions. Of the 200-odd men who commanded a Canadian battalion, 22 were killed in action and many more were wounded. Along with the junior officers under them, they were in charge of most of the soldiers' actual training. They also had the critical responsibility of maintaining the health, morale and unit pride of their men, and often organized sports, concerts and other entertainments with this end in mind.
Battalion commanders were the most senior officers their men actually knew and saw regularly, and who shared their daily risks and grim living conditions at the front. As a result, the men looked to them for inspiration and confidence, and a brave and skilful battalion commander could keep his men going under the most appalling conditions. Lieutenant-Colonel Cyrus Peck was one such officer. He'd enlisted in the 16th Battalion in 1914, fought with it at Second Ypres and commanded it from November 1916 until the end of the war. Although the stocky, walrus-moustached Peck was hardly the most military-looking of commanding officers, he was fearless, and none of his soldiers doubted who ran their unit. During the storming of the Drocourt-Quéant Line on September 2, 1918, such leadership won Peck the Victoria Cross. When stiff German resistance blocked his battalion's advance, he exposed himself to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire in order to reconnoitre enemy positions, then re-organized what was left of his men and led them to capture and hold their objective.
Armies are hierarchical organizations, and the quality of command plays an enormous role in their ultimate success. Even the bravest and best-equipped troops will fail in battle if they are asked to execute a flawed plan, or if the officers directing them in the heat of combat make poor decisions. As the war progressed, the best commanders worked their way to the top of the Canadian Corps. Consequently, planning was sound, and Canadian soldiers were prepared for battle using the most effective tactics learned from earlier combat experiences. Once the battle began, brave and skilled leadership by battalion commanders and the junior officers who followed their lead contributed mightily to the chance for victory. By the last two years of the war, the quality of commander in the Canadian Corps was outstanding, as an unbroken string of victories attests.
Selected Bibliography
Brennan, Patrick. "From Amateur to Professional: The Experience of Brigadier General William Antrobus Griesbach." in Canada and the Great War, Briton Busch, ed. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003 : 78-92.
---. "A Still Untold Story of the Canadian Corps: Byng's and Currie's Commanders." Canadian Military History 11, 2 (Spring 2002): 5-16.
Brennan, Patrick and Thomas Leppard. "How the Lessons Were Learned: Senior Commanders and the Moulding of the Canadian Corps after the Somme" in Canada and War: 1000-2000, Yves Tremblay, ed. Ottawa: Canadian War Museum, 2001.
Dancocks, Daniel. Sir Arthur Currie: A Biography. Toronto: Methuen, 1985.
Hyatt, A.M.J. General Sir Arthur Currie: A Military Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
McCulloch, Ian. "'Batty Mac': Portrait of a Brigade Commander of the Great War, 1915-1917." Canadian Military History 7, 4 (Autumn 1998): 11-28.
Swettenham, John. McNaughton, Vol. I: 1887-1939. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1968.
Tremblay, Yves. "Brutinel: A Unique Kind of Leadership." in Warrior Chiefs. Bernd Horn and Stephen Harris, eds. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001.
Canada's Mounted Troops
Major Michael R. McNorgan
Instructor, Royal Military College, Kingston
At the beginning of the First World War, horsed cavalry was still an army's principal mobile arm. However, after the onset of static trench warfare on the Western Front in late 1914 – with thick barbed wire barriers and large numbers of machine guns protecting defensive works – the battlefield utility of cavalry was greatly diminished. Cavalry was nonetheless retained in large numbers because of the perennial hope of breaking through the enemy's line and rolling up his defences from the rear. Thus, for virtually every major offensive operation during the war, cavalry divisions were kept in reserve.
Canada contributed two distinct groups of cavalry during the War – the Canadian Cavalry Brigade and an independent cavalry regiment known as the Canadian Light Horse.
Canadian Cavalry Brigade
This Canadian Cavalry Brigade was formed in England in the autumn of 1915, consisting of permanent force units, the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord Strathcona's Horse, along with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. In early 1916, The Fort Garry Horse, a militia regiment from Winnipeg, was added, along with a Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron equipped with Vickers machine guns. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade served as part of a British cavalry division for the remainder of the war. Its first mounted action was at the Somme in the summer of 1916. When cavalry units were not needed as reserves for an offensive operation, they were often employed dismounted to occupy quiet sectors of the front.
The Brigade again saw mounted action in March 1917 when tasked to pursue an unexpected German withdrawal to a new defensive position called the Hindenburg Line. During this pursuit, Lieutenant Harvey of Lord Strathcona's Horse earned the brigade's first Victoria Cross for valour during the liberation of a French village. By the time of the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 – best known as the first major tank offensive of the war – the Canadian cavalry was judged to be among the best brigades in the British Cavalry Corps, and it was tasked to serve in the lead of a large cavalry exploitation force. During this operation, a single Canadian squadron was the only cavalry to penetrate German lines, and Lieutenant Strachan of The Fort Garry Horse was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.
The Brigade served with great distinction during the German's March 1918 offensive toward Amiens, riding from place to place assisting in slowing the relentless enemy advance. Its final action in this operation took place at Moreuil Wood, where Lieutenant Flowerdew of Lord Strathcona's Horse won a posthumous Victoria Cross for leading a gallant cavalry charge against German machine guns. After the war, Marshal Foch, the Allied supreme commander, credited the Canadians with halting the German offensive at Moreuil and preventing the separation of the French and British armies. Later in that final year of the war, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade was in action during the great Canadian Corps victory over the Germans at Amiens in August, and it played an important part in following up the German retreat in the last two months of the war.
Canadian Light Horse
Until May 1916, three of the four infantry divisions of the Canadian Corps maintained their own independent cavalry squadron of some 150 all ranks . These squadrons – from the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the 1st Hussars and the 16th Light Horse – were then amalgamated into an ad hoc regiment that reported directly to Canadian Corps Headquarters. In early 1917, this unit was named the Canadian Light Horse.
The Canadian Light Horse first saw action as a mounted unit in the consolidation of the ground captured in the attack on Vimy Ridge in April 1917. The CLH played a major role in the fighting at Iwuy on October 10, 1918, where the last ever swords-drawn charge by Canadian cavalry took place. During the pursuit of the Germans in the final month of the war, CLH squadrons were always well out in front as a scouting force, ensuring that the Canadian divisions would not be surprised by German lay-back patrols. When the war ended for the Canadians in Mons Belgium on November 11, 1918, the Canadian Light Horse was already well beyond the city.
Modern armoured fighting vehicles – tanks and armoured cars – owe their development in part to the stalemate created on the Western Front by the deadly combination of machine guns and thick belts of barbed wire protecting trench lines, along with massive artillery bombardments that could be brought down with great accuracy on an attacking force. The problem of how an attacking force could be strengthened to overcome well-defended trenches had been studied by British scientists since late 1914. They came up with the idea of a 'land ship' – a tracked vehicle protected by armour plate, large enough that it could carry guns or machine guns, drive over belts of barbed wire, and crossover trenches. This highly secret vehicle was given the code name 'tank'.
Tanks were first introduced in limited numbers during the battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916, and the Canadian Corps was given seven (these models were called the Mark I) for its attack on the village of Courcellette. But these early versions were mechanical nightmares; almost all broke down before they got anywhere close to the German lines. Still, scientists kept improving their tank designs. Finally, in November 1917, tanks were used in large numbers in a successful offensive at Cambrai: the era of mechanized warfare had been born. Tanks then played major roles in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, in the breaking of the Hindenburg Line in September, and in the pursuit of the retreating Germans in October and November 1918.
Early in 1918 many thought the war might well last into 1919, and the Canadian Army agreed to raise tank units. The 1st Canadian Tank Battalion was recruited from university students, and in June 1918 it was sent to England to begin training at the British Tank School. Despite the general aversion to volunteering at this stage in the war, a 2nd Battalion was also quickly raised. The 1st Tank Battalion had just completed its training and was preparing to leave for the front when the Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918. Thus, while no Canadian tank unit saw action in the war, many Canadians did serve in British tank battalions, and in a number of instances displayed their nationalism by painting maple leafs prominently on their vehicles.
In 1914, Canada created the world's first armoured unit. The driving force behind this achievement was Raymond Brutinel, a wealthy engineer originally from France, who had the idea that lightly armoured vehicles designed to carry machine guns would be especially useful. He offered to raise the funds for the vehicles, a suggestion which was readily accepted by the government. Brutinel designed the vehicles, had them built, purchased the machine guns, and recruited the soldiers, all within two months. His new unit was given the name 'Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No. 1'. In the next few months three other mobile machine gun units were raised, all paid for by private subscription – the Eaton Battery, the Borden Battery and the Yukon Battery. All four units found their way to France where, in 1915, they were amalgamated under Brutinel's command as the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade.
Brutinel's Motors came into their own in the last year of the war, when the stalemate of trench warfare had been broken. This highly mobile force played an especially important role in stemming the onslaught of the Germans' March 1918 offensive, and a second similar brigade was formed. The Motors were a valuable part of a composite formation of cavalry, armoured cars and cyclists, termed 'The Independent Force', during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. Between September and November this force led the Canadian Corps from one victory to another during the pursuit to Valenciennes and finally to Mons on November 11, when the war ended.
At the beginning of the war, each Canadian division had its own company of cyclists – troops equipped with sturdy bicycles whose tasks included field security and aspects of military intelligence. In the static conditions on the Western Front, they were not very useful, so they tended to be used as guards or labourers. In May 1916 the four companies were amalgamated as The Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion. In 1918, the battalion was included in Brigadier-General Brutinel's 'Independent Force', and there they served valiantly at Amiens and in the Pursuit to Mons as a form of mounted infantry – riding to the scene of action, dismounting and then fighting as infantry.
Selected Bibliography
Ellis, W.D., ed. Saga of the Cyclists in the Great War 1914-1918. Toronto: Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion Association, 1965.
Lynch, Alex. Dad, the Motors and the Fifth Army Show: The German Offensive, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 1978.
---. The Glory of Their Times : 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 2001.
Marteinson, John and Michael R. McNorgan. The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2000.
Mitchell, G.D., Brian Reid and W. Simcock. RCHA - Right of the Line : An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871. Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986.
Wallace, J.F. Dragons of Steel: Canadian Armour in Two World Wars. Burnstown, ON: General Store Publishing, 1995.
Williams, S.H. Stand to Your Horses : Through the First World War, 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Winnipeg: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society, 1999 (1961).
Other Materials
Sir Robert Borden
Borden was a self-made man. After a brief formal education, he spent 5 years teaching at private academies in Nova Scotia and New Jersey. Returning to NS in 1874 to article in law, he was admitted to the bar in 1878 and by 1890 headed a prestigious Halifax law firm. He was elected to Parliament in 1896 and in 1901 was selected by the Conservative caucus to succeed Sir Charles Tupper as leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party. Over the next decade he worked to rebuild the Conservative Party and establish a reform policy (the Halifax Platform of 1907).
In 1911 he led the opposition to the Reciprocity Agreement negotiated by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government with the US and forced a general election. By skilful political management Borden brought together a coalition of anti-Laurier groups (Liberal businessmen opposed to Reciprocity, French Canadian Nationalistes opposed to the Naval Service Act, Conservative provincial administrations and his own parliamentary party) which defeated the Liberal Party.
Borden's leadership during WWI was remarkable. At home, his wartime government was responsible for the Emergency War Measures Act (1914), the first measures of direct taxation by the Ottawa government (the Wartime Business Profits Tax, 1916, and the "temporary" Income Tax, 1917), the nationalization of the Canadian Northern Railway as the first step in the creation of the CNR and, after the collapse of the voluntary recruiting system, the Military Service Act, 1917. Conscription was accompanied by the creation of a union government of pro-conscriptionist Conservatives and Liberals which won the bitterly contested general election of 1917.
Overseas, the Canadian Expeditionary Force grew from one division to a full Canadian Corps commanded after 1917 by a Canadian, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur William Currie. Borden believed that the distinguished record of the CEF at Ypres, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele and in the final 100 days was the ultimate proof of the maturity of Canadian nationhood.
Principal author of Resolution IX of the Imperial War Conference of 1917, he argued that Canada and the other dominions deserved recognition "as autonomous nations of an Imperial Commonwealth." As leader of the Canadian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, he was primarily responsible for international recognition of the autonomous status of the Dominions.
Borden retired as PM in 1920. In his last years he was recognized as an international statesman and firm advocate of the League of Nations. He pursued a successful career in business and served as chancellor of Queen's 1924-30.
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir. Canada in the Commonwealth: From Conflict to Co-operation. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1929.
---. Canadian Constitutional Studies: The Marfleet Lectures, University of Toronto, October, 1921. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1922.
---. Letters to Limbo. 2 v. Henry Borden, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
---. Robert Laird Borden: His Memoirs. 2 v. Henry Borden, ed. Toronto: Macmillan, 1938.
Brown, Robert Craig. Robert Laird Borden: A Biography. 2 v. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975-1980.
Author ROBERT CRAIG BROWN
Reproduced with permission from The Canadian Encyclopaedia, Historica Foundation of Canada
Sir Samuel Hughes
These experiences produced a Canadian nationalist slant to Hughes's imperialist leanings. By 1911, with years of solid caucus and parliamentary service - including 10 years as Opposition militia critic - and personal loyalty to R.L. Borden behind him, Hughes won the militia portfolio in Borden's new government. Hughes promoted citizen-soldiers over professionals (to the latter's detriment) and preached the social value of military training and national preparedness.
Early in WWI, Hughes was hailed as the genius of the war effort. Unfortunately, favouritism, confused civil-military functions, disrespect of Cabinet, administrative incompetence and scandals such as the Ross Rifle fiasco forced Borden to fire Hughes in November 1916. He died in 1921, a reluctant and sometimes bitter Conservative-Unionist MP for Victoria-Haliburton. Although Hughes was a sincere Canadian and a successful constituency politician, his erratic talents never matched the demands of high office during total war.
Ronald G. Haycock
Suggested Reading
Haycock, R.G. Sam Hughes: The Public Career of a Controversial Canadian 1885-1916. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press in collaboration with Canadian War Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1986.
Reproduced with permission from The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada, 1988.
Teaching Materials
Create a Wartime Newspaper
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 180 minutes
Films: Sir Robert Borden with the Canadian Troops 2, Sir Arthur Currie Being Decorated by General Orth, Canadian Journalists Visit France and the other films from the collection
Summary: Students create a local Canadian newspaper set during World War I. To complete this lesson, they must have an understanding of and access to information about the events of the war and life during this period.
There was no radio or television during WWI. Newspapers were the main source of information, reporting on the war and often featuring local people involved in the war effort.
Your Task:
You are going to produce a local Canadian newspaper set during World War I. Ask your teacher: a) how the tasks are to be divided up; b) how many in a group; c) whether each group makes a section of one newspaper or different newspapers; d) how much time you have to do the work.
• Use a real newspaper as a model to see how you should write each section.
• Use the film clips for background information
Sections of a Newspaper and Some Ideas
What did people buy? What did they eat? What did they wear? What did they do for entertainment? Or create recruiting posters.
Battles; new weapons; the Western Front; the home front (especially women working)
The story of a local person involved in WWI.
Poke fun at Germany; criticize war profiteers.
The editor's opinion about war; praise a local Victoria Cross winner.
"Local boy wins Victoria Cross, highest medal"
Who is in for good or bad news.
Fundraising dance for war effort.
Local mother of a war hero.
From soldiers at the front or people who are against war.
Soldier's death.
Usually patriotic.
Encourage people to scrimp and save.
Review of Books
About the war.
Review of Films
There were some silent films at the time.


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Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will sing at several Presbyterian churches in Florida and South Carolina on their annual tour Jan. 4-9.
Under the direction of Dr. Robin Lind, associate professor and director of choral activities, the group of 36 students will begin the "Music of Living" tour at Maximo Presbyterian Church (http://maximochurch.org/), St. Petersburg, Fla., with an evening performance Jan. 4.
Concerts are also scheduled for Church of the Palms (www.churchofthepalms.org/), Sarasota, Fla., Sunday morning and again in the afternoon, Jan. 6; St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (http://www.sapcd.org/), Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 7; First Presbyterian Church (http://www.fpclakeland.org/), Lakeland, Fla., Jan. 8; and Shandon Presbyterian Church (http://shandonpres.org/), Columbia, S.C., Jan. 9.
Senior Daniel Goffus is the accompanist for the Chamber Singers and junior Jessica Kimbell accompanies the Concert Choir.
Selections on the program include "Et misericordia" by John Rutter, featuring soloist Alexandra Patterson; Joseph M. Martin's arrangement of "A Stephen Foster Tribute" with soloist Gregory McClelland; and Moses Hogan's arrangement of "This Little Light of Mine" with soloists Jennifer Peet and McClelland. The program also includes Forrest's arrangement of colonial folksongs "The Nightingale" and "The Girl I Left Behind Me" featuring Kimbell playing violin, and Goffus and Anthony Pezzelle playing piano.
A variety of classical, traditional, and contemporary works complete the program.
In addition to Lind, the Rev. James Mohr, Westminster chaplain, will travel with the group and offer an introduction at each concert. Mohr assisted in putting together the concert itinerary and arranged for housing and food for the students.
Two alumni will also be traveling with the group as chaperones. Kalyn Stevwing `12 earned a degree in Christian education and a minor in music. Jayne Piskorik `11 earned a degree in elementary education and a minor in music.
Contact Lind at (724) 946-7278 or email for additional information.

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This time having to do with point guards.
Not for this season but for next season.
Are you satisfied with our p.g. spot? Both starter & backup?
If you are satisfied do you think the Pacers should re-sign Jamison Brewer or Kenny Anderson or neither or both for next season?
Does anybody prefer Anderson over Johnson?
Is Brewer worth signing again?
If you are not satisfied with Jamaal what type of point guard would you like to see the pacers get?
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CHICO -- As of this writing, it's hard to tell which is emptier: my stomach or my wallet.
The only thing that's kept me going the last couple of days is the charity of my gainfully-employed older brother, who stopped in a few nights ago bearing $60 in twenties and an extra $16 in rumpled singles.
Trust me, I counted every one.
The infusion of cash was much needed, because I had a food review to write and no money to buy Christmas presents, let alone review an inexpensive restaurant. I felt like an orphan from a Dickens book, pressing my skeletal hand against the cold glass while the monied folks inside sipped ale and ate mutton next to a roaring fire.
All right, so maybe it wasn't that bad. But to someone who's used to consuming approximately 50 percent of his weight every day, it was a trying experience.
But with my new infusion of cash, I was able to hit up Cocodine Thai Cuisine, a small place squirreled away in the corner of a strip mall on Notre Dame Boulevard. Online reviewers offered the typical love-hate commentary, so I decided to go in with my mind and mouth open, as usual.
When my girlfriend Quinn walked in the restaurant with our friend Juniper and her date Matt, I started sweating. Paper lanterns? Waitresses dressed in silky flowy kimono-like things? Crimson napkins folded into giant-sized lipstick tube shapes? I think I began patting myself down, looking for things to barter if our bill ran high.
Fortunately, the atmosphere didn't come with a price tag. A quick perusal of the menu showed that most of the dishes hover just enticingly out of spending range for the laboring-class serf, with many of its lunch specials priced at exactly $8.
Having little to no experience with Thai cuisine, I did the wise thing and deferred to my girlfriend, who recommended the chicken satay appetizer, at $6.50. She ordered the pad thai for $8.99, which came as a platter full of noodles and tofu with a generous helping of shrimps drenched in a sweet, creamy sauce.
My chicken came skewered, which left me confounded for the rest of the meal. I began devising progressively more extravagant ways to get the three slices of grilled chicken off of the wooden stick and into the waiting peanut sauce, which reminded me pleasantly of grade school PB&J.
First, I tried sticking the wooden skewer between the tines of the fork and pushing against the chicken, which only bent the skewer and left my chicken with odd fork indentations. Next, I tried biting the chicken straight off the skewer, but that made it impossible to dip it in the peanut sauce without grossing the entire restaurant out. I finally resigned myself to tearing strips of the chicken off with my fork, which got the job done slowly.
The meal was small but tasty and came with a radish that was hand-carved into a budding lotus flower. Any restaurant that puts that much effort into the presentation of its appetizers has to be doing something right, which everyone at our table could testify to.
Juniper, an inveterate curry eater, pronounced Cocodine's concoction up to snuff. Quinn liked her pad thai, but wished it didn't come with so much tofu. Even Matt, a self-confessed hater of spicy dishes, enjoyed the Genghis Kahn beef, a dish that came to the table crackling and popping with heat.
Long story short: I will definitely come back to Cocodine Thai Cuisine someday when I have more money to spend. The flavor-to-dollar ratio makes this restaurant an experience worth trying, even if you have to pinch your pennies to make it happen.
Cocodine Thai Cuisine
2485 Notre Dame Blvd. Suite 250
Sun., Mon., Wed., Thu.: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Fri.-Sat: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Closed Tuesday
Visit this column online to find other reviewed restaurants, www.chicoer.com/columnists.
Ben Mullin is the Managing Editor of Chico State University's student-run newspaper, The Orion. Every week, he has an hour's worth of minimum wage to spend at a local spot. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @benmullin.


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Eco-Schools USA has partnered with the Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education (KACEE), Kansas Green Schools Network and Project Learning Tree GreenSchools! to nationally recognize schools in Kansas for their achievements in 'greening' their school buildings and grounds, conserving natural resources and integrating environmental education into their curricula.
Through this partnership, schools already pursuing recognition through the Kansas Green Schools of Excellence program will now be eligible for automatic recognition at the national level through both the Eco-Schools USA and PLT GreenSchools! programs.
Participating schools will have access to a wealth of resources, including supplementary hands-on activities and lesson plans, investigative studies and equipment, teacher professional development and grant opportunities to improve their school—indoors and outdoors—and save their school money. This partnership helps more schools start on the path to providing a more healthy and safe learning environment for students and staff, as well as grow students' interest and academic performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
For Kansas Green Schools of Excellence Participants:
For Eco-Schools USA Participants in Kansas:
>> Visit Kansas Green School's of Excellence website, and PLT GreenSchools! website to learn more about these programs
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Following a meeting with some family members of victims of the 2011 listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe from their farm, Eric and Ryan Jensen signed over a lawsuit they filed against PrimusLabs to the victims.
Attorney Bill Marler, who represents 46 of the 64 victims and their families who have filed civil suits against the Jensen brothers, said Nov. 21 that he would soon file a notice of appearance in Colorado state court in the case against the Santa Maria, Calif., auditing firm.
By "assigning" the case to the victims, the Jensens have basically taken themselves out of the lawsuit against Primus Labs, Marler said. Now he and the other lawyers representing victims in civil cases against the Jensens will prosecute the Colorado case against PrimusLabs.
Any settlement in the Primus Labs case will be divided among the victims, Marler said. He said he could not estimate how long it would take to resolve the case. Marler will continue to represent 46 clients who have filed civil suits against the Jensens.
In the suit against PrimusLabs, the Jensen brothers contend the auditing firm should be liable for damages related to the 2011 listeria outbreak that killed at least 33 people.
The Jensens hired PrimusLabs to do a food safety audit of their operation, but the company paid a third-party contractor to do the job.
Bio Food Safety, a Texas company, sent auditor James Dilorio to Jensen Farms, Holly, Colo., on July 25, 2011, according to the Jensens' complaint.
Dilorio gave the Jensens' operation a score of 96 out of 100. He did not raise questions about numerous issues that the Food and Drug Administration cited in its inspection report on the Jensens' farm and packing facility after the deadly outbreak.
The Jensen brothers each pleaded guilty to six federal misdemeanor criminal charges and are free on bonds, awaiting a Jan. 28 sentencing hearing in Denver.


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They need a change. They need a point guard. They'll want fair value in return.
Indiana gets: Tracy McGrady
Houston gest: Artest, Jackson, Tinsley
PGs: Sarunas & AJ
SGs: T-Mac, Jones
SFs: Granger, T-Mac
PFs: Foster, Croshere
XCs: O'Neal, Harrison
Essentially an 8-man rotation of Runi, AJ, T-Mac, Fred, Granger, O'Neal, Foster, and Croshere.


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It's been a hectic, but fantastic year for me and my team at LGHQ so I thought I'd relive some of my most memorable moments with you.
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It's been a hectic, but fantastic year for me and my team at LGHQ so I thought I'd relive some of my most memorable moments with you.
December 17, 2013
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Media Assistant to join the Lulu Guinness PR and Marketing team…
December 06, 2013
Last night I was very honoured to receive the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year 'Accessories Queen' award.
December 05, 2013
Tuesday night saw Lulu mingling with the fashion A-list at the BFC British Fashion Awards hosted by the hilarious Jack Whitehall.
December 05, 2013
This week I was very excited to unveil the Christmas tree I designed at Browns Hotel in Mayfair, London.
December 05, 2013
As we all know the best thing about Christmas is giving and this year we wanted to give you something extra special, Lulu's 12 Days of Christmas!
December 01, 2013
COMING SOON…Lulu's 12 Days of Christmas…
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My picture of the week is borrowed from blogger Carrie at Wish, Wish, Wish, who styles her emerald eye coin purse with simple pastels.
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Open at the Alan Cristea Gallery until December 21st, the Tom Wesslemann exhibition is a posthumous display of his incredible work…
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After a decade of marriage, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel have separated, PEOPLE has learned.
"Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have jointly decided to separate at
this time," reps for the couple tell PEOPLE. "Their primary focus and
concern is for their son. We ask that you respect their privacy during
this time."
Diggs and Menzel, both 42, met as costars in the original production of the Broadway musical Rent in the mid-1990s. They married in 2003 and had a son, Walker, in 2009.
Menzel, a Tony Award winner for Wicked, spoke to PEOPLE about the marriage earlier this year, saying it wasn't always smooth sailing.
"We work at it," she said. "I'm not going to glamorize it or
glorify it – we go through tough times like everybody else, but we love
each other very much. We try not to be away from each other for more
than two weeks at a time, and we try to find new ways to communicate."
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Considering Your Lubricants As Part Of The Bigger Picture
Kathy | August 1, 2007
Proper lubricant selection and management is one of the greatest challenges facing any fast-paced process or manufacturing operation these days. Thus, it's more critical than ever for end-users to think of lubricants as "investments" in reliability and efficiency—not as "commodities."
"Excellence" is key
Lubricant performance can vary greatly between competing mineral and competing synthetic oils. Because these quality differences directly and significantly impact the ultimate cost of operating and maintaining a plant's rotating equipment, lubricant purchases cannot be effectively managed as a commodity. Lubricant "excellence" is what must be purchased—always. That's because even the most effective lubricant management practices cannot impart properties to a lubricant that it doesn't possess.
Upgrading to proven, advanced lubricant technology produces cost savings that routinely exceed the total cost of the product. The following example illustrates how substantial the typical savings can be compared to lubricants that simply meet the equipment manufacturer's recommendations.
Calculating the payback
Let's look at the operating costs for plant with 36,000 electrically driven horsepower (HP), operating 8000 hours per year at a $0.05 kW/hr power cost. Given annual energy costs of $12 million and annual rotating equipment maintenance costs of $3 million (which includes $90,000 in lubrication expense), lubricant purchases are only 3% of the maintenance costs and only ¾% of the energy costs. Though conceptually accurate, expense ratios will vary from plant to plant.
Historical data supports that upgrading a broad population of equipment to advanced high film strength lubricants can be expected to produce energy savings greater than 3% while reducing the need for equipment repair by at least 30%. Furthermore, though superior lubricants cost more per gallon, the annual cost for lubricants changes little due to greatly extended drain intervals and the elimination of oil changes associated with equipment repairs.
To put the return-on-oil investment into perspective, this example calculates the annual total savings from upgrade efforts to be $1,260,000. That includes:
- Annual return on oil investment of 1400%
- 90-day ROI based on energy savings
- 37-day ROI based on maintenance savings
- 26-day ROI based on combined energy and maintenance savings
- Annual Energy Savings of $10.00 per HP
- Annual Maintenance Savings of $25.00 per HP
- Even a total elimination of current lubricant costs would produce insignificant savings compared to the savings routinely attained from upgrading lubricants.
- A BASF model estimates that for each dollar saved in maintenance, $3.00 to $7.00 in economic benefits accrue to other areas via improved quality, inventory reductions, energy savings, safety and increased uptime. For this example, that amounts to $2.7 million to $6.3 million.
Most cost savings initiatives intended to reduce maintenance costs and improve rotating equipment reliability are very time-and-peopleintensive. At Royal Purple, we know that it is very common for a company to achieve significant improvements and cost savings by simply replacing a product that it already buys and uses. It doesn't get any easier than this.


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Colts Quarterback to Host Saturday Night Live
INDIANAPOLIS Since being named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLI, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has received many offers for appearances.
Many of them, he said, he has turned down.
But he said there is at least one in particular he will do.
Manning, the NFLs Most Valuable Player in 2003 and 2004, said this week that on March 24 his 31st birthday he will host Saturday Night Live, NBCs long-running sketch-comedy show.
I figure this is my one shot to be asked (to host the program), Manning told media Wednesday night at the premiere of the Colts Super Bowl DVD, 2006 Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI Champions.
I figure it ought to be fun.
Manning was one of four Colts players to attend the DVD premiere. The others were safety Bob Sanders, running back Joseph Addai and defensive end Dwight Freeney.
Colts Head Coach Tony Dungy also attended.
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Fightingthetide wrote:Bag looks great. Only 7 molds...nice.
I have seen plenty of guys with Challengers in their bag, but I've never picked one up. How to they fly off the tee?
What does the Summit do for you that the Challengers don't?
And what are you throwing for max D in calm conditions? P PD?
Fightingthetide wrote:How's that DD2 treating you for max D? I've been eyeing one as a next step past my longest Champ Beast (370' to 390' or more in a tailwind). Which variation is yours in terms of dome and PLH?
JR wrote:Blizz DD2 is very flippy but with a moderate fade. It is more of an s-curve disc than Zero G Quasars. Both like to s-curve in 150 but the Quasar slips so much less that it won't turn and burn nearly as easily and keeps a tighter s-curve with less lateral movement.
victorb wrote:Picked up some cryztal zones from DD this week. Beefcake and pretty darn fast for a 'putter' - feels a lot like a midrange even. Does what I wanted out of a champion gator more consistently, so in the bag it goes, and stays.
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JCO Research Round Up
March 4, 2013
New findings from a prospective clinical trial in children with non-hereditary retinoblastoma affecting only one eye (unilateral retinoblastoma) will help doctors identify patients who should not receive chemotherapy after surgical removal of the diseased eye.
Nearly all patients with unilateral retinoblastoma are cured by surgery. Unfortunately, some patients have an increased risk of the disease coming back or spreading. For each patient, the risk of relapse and metastasis is estimated based on evaluation of tumor tissue removed during surgery under a microscope. Tumors are categorized as low-, intermediate-, or high-risk.
Patients with high-risk disease all receive intensive postoperative chemotherapy and radiation. But for low- and intermediate-risk disease, there is no general consensus as to which patients should or shouldn't receive postoperative chemotherapy.
In the study, 123 children with unilateral retinoblastoma were assigned to risk categories after undergoing eye removal surgery. Patients with low-risk disease (70 patients) received no postoperative chemotherapy, those with intermediate-risk disease (52 patients) received four courses of chemotherapy (etoposide, carboplatin, vincristine, cyclophosphamide), and the only patient with high-risk disease received six courses of intensive chemotherapy (etoposide, carboplatin, thiotepa, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide).
All children were alive after a median follow-up period of six years. None of the patients experienced disease worsening, relapse, distant metastasis or second cancers. The postoperative chemotherapy regimens were safe overall.
The researchers have recently launched another study to confirm these results as well to see if postoperative chemotherapy could be reduced to two cycles for certain patients with intermediate-risk disease.
What This Means for Patients
The findings of this study will help standardize postoperative treatment decisions for children with non-hereditary unilateral retinoblastoma. The chemotherapy regimens for intermediate- and high-risk disease administered in this study were safe and 100 percent effective in preventing disease recurrence and metastasis, suggesting that those regimens are very good options for such patients. It appears that for some patients with intermediate-risk disease, it may be safe to reduce the intensity of chemotherapy or even avoid it entirely, but more research is needed to confirm this possibility.
Patients with low-risk disease had excellent outcomes despite having received no postoperative treatment. The finding indicates that those patients should not receive chemotherapy after surgery and can be reassured that forgoing postoperative chemotherapy will not jeopardize their survival. Moreover, by avoiding chemotherapy, the children are spared of its immediate and late harmful effects.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- The old adage that you'll always remember where you were when big events happen will ring true for Fire midfielder Michael Videira.
The Milford, Mass. product was in a physical therapy appointment when the two explosions, which took three lives and injured over 170 people, occurred during Monday's Boston Marathon.
"I had no idea about it because there was no service in the building I was in," he told Chicago-Fire.com. "I came out to a bunch of texts that were very vague just about something happening at the marathon."
BLOG: Chicago Tribune gives fitting tribute to Boston
Like most of us would, Videira scrambled on his phone to figure out what exactly had happened in his hometown.
"I called friends and family to make sure everyone was fine. Fortunately for me, my family wasn't there at the time and my friends were a couple hundred yards away. They could see the smoke but they were fine."
Videira lived in South Boston while a member of the New England Revolution and while it wasn't the area affected by the blast, like most Bostonians, Monday's events hit close to home.
"It's all very scary. When I go into the city, my friends live around the Back Bay and South End area. I'm almost always hanging out there. All my friends now are huddling up together and trying to console each other."
Even the American soccer community had someone affected by Monday's events as the Revolution announced that goalkeeper Matt Reis' father-in-law was one of the more than 170 people injured in the bombing.
"Matt's father-in-law and his family are definitely in my prayers," said Videira.
Videira was up late Monday night, admittedly glued to the coverage in his hometown.
"You just see it all and feel awful for the families that were affected most by it. People lost lives and many are injured.
"Boston is a tough place right now, everyone is kind of down but it's been great to see the support here in Chicago and from around the country. The city will get through this."


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Illinois farmland under management by members of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm managers and Rural Appraisers topped the 2 million mark in 2012, according to a "Profile of Services" survey done by that organization earlier this year.
"This survey shows that the 2,030,118 acres under management by Society members represents 7.6 percent of the 26,746,366 total farmland acres in the state reported by the USDA," said Bruce Huber, AFM, ARA, Hickory Point Bank Ag Services, Decatur, Ill., and president of ISPFMRA. He says this is the first definitive survey taken of the industry in at least 20 years.
Huber says the survey was divided into two sections with one focusing on farm management and real estate services and the other on appraisal services. Only one survey form per company was submitted in an effort to reduce redundant responses.
"The total number of properties being managed by the members is 6,241 with an average of 32 farms per manager," Huber explained. "The members reported that both the number of farms and acres under management increased by more than 13 percent since 2003. And they expect this trend to continue moving forward."
He notes that the value of the farms managed in 2012 was put at $20.76 billion. Valuation on all agricultural land appraised by the members in 2012 was set at $5.06 billion.
"The total society membership consists of 259 members among 116 companies offering farm management and real estate or appraisal services," Huber explained. "The survey was very broad brush and the results cover everything from the average number of farms managed by professional farm managers to the types of leases managed to the value of farmland appraised and sold by the firms during 2012."
Highlights of the survey include:
Farm Management
Services offered by Farm Management Firms
Farm Management — 78%
Real Estate Services — 13.2%
Appraisal Services — 4.9%
Other — 3.4%
Total Properties Managed — 6,261
Average Number of Properties Per Manager — 32
Total Farmland Acres under Management — 2,030,118
2012 Value of Properties Managed — $20,760,743,000
ISPFMRA Members Designated as Accredited Managers — 80.1 %
Total Acres by Crop
Corn — 1,170,414
Soybeans — 788,298
Wheat — 31,682
Pasture — 17,403
Management Trends
Since 2003
Acres Managed Up 13.3%
# of Properties Up 13.6%
Tillage Practices on Acres Managed
Mulch Till (more than 30% residue) — 57.61 %
Conventional (less than 30% residue) — 38.76 %
No-Till — 19.23 %
Ridge Till — 4.3 %
Property Lease by Type
Crop Share — 48.44
Fixed Cash Rent — 29.11%
Real Estate Brokerage Services
Number of Properties Listed in 2012 — 728
Value on Properties Listed — $6,005,085,100
Variable Cash Rent — 20.38%
Custom Farming — 13.73%
Forecast for 2023
Acres Managed Up 17.4%
# of Properties Up 18.6%
Appraisal Services
Number of Companies Specializing in Appraisals — 27
Number of Appraisals Conducted — 1,717
Appraisals Contracted by:
Lenders — 36.6%
Estates — 28.5%
Valuation on All Properties Appraised in 2012 —
Valuation on Agricultural Properties Appraised in 2012 —
Rice — 5,800
Permanent Plantings — 4,330
Alfalfa — 2,346
Other 9,845
(CRP, timber, seed corn, etc)
The Society has prepared a complete summary of the survey and it is being made available through the organization's Web site at www.ispfmra.org.
Information provided by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.


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Study to Evaluate Dietary Supplementation With a Version of Anatabloc(R) in Subjects With Alzheimer's Disease (ASAP)
This study has been terminated.
(Administrative status of active ingredient anatabine)
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Roskamp Institute Inc.
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First received: August 17, 2012
Last updated: April 28, 2015
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To explore whether dietary supplementation with a version of Anatabloc(R) exerts an effect on blood levels of amyloid beta (Aβ), or impacts global or functional measures of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in subjects with mild to moderate AD.
|Alzheimer Disease
|Dietary Supplement: Anatabloc(R) Dietary Supplement: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|3-Month, Single Site or Multi-Site, Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Trial to Evaluate the Safety Tolerability and Potential Effects of the Dietary Supplement Anatabloc(R) in Subjects With Alzheimer's Disease
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Further study details as provided by Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of subjects experiencing adverse effects when using the supplement [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Collected data on the numbers and types of adverse effects among subject individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Measured changes in blood markers of AD [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Changes in blood levels of amyloid beta (Aβ)
- Changes in global or functional measures of AD in subjects during the course of the study [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Changes in subject's scores in global and functional measures of AD during the course of the study
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Dietary Supplement: Anatabloc(R)
Study product, as mint-flavored lozenge (3 mg anatabine per lozenge) to be taken 2-3 times each day
Dietary Supplement: Anatabloc(R)
Dietary supplement Anatabloc(R), as a mint-flavored lozenge, to be taken 2-3 times each day
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo, as mint-flavored lozenge, to be taken 2-3 times each day
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Placebo, as a mint-flavored lozenge, to be taken 2-3 times each day
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|65 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 65 years old.
- Have a diagnosis of probable AD or a concurrent diagnosis of probable AD and possible or probable vascular dementia.
- Score 16 or more on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
- Otherwise stable medical history and general health.
- Weigh between 45 kg and 120 kg inclusive.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have contra-indications, allergy, or sensitivity to the study products or their components.
- Be currently taking any of the following medications: systemic (oral or injectable) glucocorticoids; interferon-alpha; anti-CD20 antibody (e.g., rituximab); or anti-CTLA-4 antibody (e.g., ipilimumab).
- Be a current smoker or smokeless tobacco user.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01669876
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01669876
|United States, Florida
|Roskamp Institute
|Sarasota, Florida, United States, 34243
Sponsors and Collaborators
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Roskamp Institute Inc.
|Principal Investigator:
|A Keegan, MD
|Roskamp Institute
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|Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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|NCT01669876 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 28, 2015
Keywords provided by Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Dietary Supplements
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
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Double Happiness is an internet surf club that includes Bennett Williamson and Ricky Laska. Founding member Bennett Williamson's work has been featured in the Irish Times, MSNBC.com, and Wall Street Journal Online; he curated and organized The Great Internet Sleepover at Eyebeam in 2007; is a member of the Graffiti Research Lab, and a research fellow at F.A.T. Lab.


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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is recognized as one of the most influential audiobooks ever recorded. In this seminal work, Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. The 7 Habits have become so famous because they work. From Habit 1: Be Proactive and Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind, millions of people have worked their way through the 7 and found in them a key to transforming their lives. Translated into thirty-four languages The 7 Habits of the Highly Effective People has been the key to the success of legions of business leaders and individuals the world over.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges. Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --Joan PriceFrom the Publisher :
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success---in business as well as presonal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving. Be Pro-Active: Take the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen. Begin With an End in Mind: Start with a clear destination to understand where you are now, where you're going and what you value most. Put First Things First: Manage yourself. Organize and execute around priorities. Think Win/Win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others. Seek First to Understand: Understand then be understood to build the skills of empathetic listening that inspires openness and trust. Synergize: Apply the principles of cooperative creativity and value differences. Renewal: Preserving and enhanving your greatest asset, yourself, by renewing the physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional dimensions of your nature. Stephen R. Covey is the most respected motivator in the business world today. Learn to use his 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People--and see how they can change your life.
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Squaw Valley racer awarded Wattenmaker scholarship
The Far West Masters Scholarship Program has awarded Nicolette Caravelli the 2012 Jeff Wattenmaker $10,000 scholarship.
Jeff Wattenmaker was an avid masters ski racer who supported the Far West Masters Scholarship Program and its ideals. Prior to his recent passing, he generously arranged to donate funds to expand the Masters Scholarship Program and to thereby make available funding for a University education to members of the Program.
Caravelli is a graduating senior at North Tahoe High School and will be attending Williams College in the fall. She is an active Nationally ranked FIS ski racer on the Squaw Valley Ski Team who has been sponsored by the Masters scholarship Program for the past 3 years. She is an outstanding student who will be graduating at the top of her class at North Tahoe high School. She is also an active musician playing both clarinet in the wind ensemble and saxophone in the award winning and energetic North Lake Tahoe Jazz Band under the direction of Dean Nordby.
The Far West Masters Scholarship Program is finishing its 20th year of raising funds to benefit Far West Junior ski racers. They have raised over half a million dollars during that time. All money raised is distributed with no overhead to Far West Junior Athletes.Their goal is to promote academic scholarship, citizenship and leadership within the ski racing community and to keep athletes involved in ski racing that might not otherwise have a chance without financial support. The majority of sponsored athletes have gone on to college, many on ski and scholastic scholarships. The US Ski Team currently has many scholarship alumni currently competing including Marco Sullivan, Stacey Cook, Tim Jitloff, Travis Ganong, Forrest Peterson, Mark Engel and Lila Lapanja.
The Jeff Wattenmaker Scholarship is a $10,000 scholarship to be used towards college expenses. It is given out yearly to a member of the Far West Masters Scholarship Program. To be eligible you must be a member of the scholarship program and accepted to an accredited Junior College, University or vocational school for the coming fall.


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Healthy Kids Recipes from Paradise - Yogurt Confetti Pops
March is National Nutrition Month and although a healthy lifestyle is important at all ages, it's key to establish healthy eating habits at a young age. That's why we're holding the first-ever Healthy Kids Recipe Contest. Just submit a delicious & nutritious recipe your kids love at www.KidsRecipeContest.com and you could win a trip for four - including airfare - to any full-service Destination Hotels & Resorts property (including Paradise Point!).
Need some inspiration? Try out this sweet, cool snack perfect for spring break and straight from the Paradise kitchen.
These Confetti Yogurt Pops are the perfect cool and easy snack for the kids during a warm spring break. Low-fat yogurt is an excellent source of calcium, and children love it when it's dressed up. To add taste and nutritional value, throw in some berries and granola for a homemade fruity yogurt pop that beats sugary store-bought frozen treats any day. This recipe makes 6 pops total and they're only 67 calories each.
- 2 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 1 cup assorted berries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, chopped strawberries)
- 5 pretzel rods, halved, or 10 baked snack stick crackers
1. In a large bowl gently stir together the yogurt and fruit. Spoon into 4-ounce ice-pop molds or 3-ounce paper cups. Cover molds or cups with foil; use a sharp knife to cut a small hole in the foil and insert cut side of pretzel rod or snack stick. Freeze until firm. Remove foil and mold or cup before serving.
2. Store for up to a month. Makes 6 pops.


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A new partnership between RJO Produce Marketing and FoodLink Online LLC is designed to enable retail buyers to access real-time data on produce inspections via a cloud-based purchasing system.
Inspectors from Fresno, Calif.-based RJO will use a proprietary system on mobile devices to provide detailed analysis and high resolution photos of fresh produce at the time of shipment, according to a news release.
The system automatically uploads the information and photos to the FoodLink network, based in Los Gatos, Calif. FoodLink's network includes more than 2,000 fresh food suppliers, brokers and transportation carriers, according to the release.
Eric Peters, chief executive officer for FoodLink, said in the news release the uploaded information is immediately available for retailers' review so they can make decisions before receiving product. He said the combination of RJO's highly reputable on-site inspection services and FoodLink's real-time network will allow retailers to see what they are getting on every load before it arrives.
RJO enhances Bird Dog
In an unrelated action, RJO co-founder Rob O'Rourke said in a news release that the company is expanding its patent-pending scoring system. The new Bird Dog Quality Scoring System is billed as a high-tech development for the RJO Bird Dog App.
Bird Dog Quality, abbreviated by the company to BDQ, uses a product scoring algorithm that allows adjustments based on customers' unique quality specifications, according to RJO's news release.
Customers establish their baseline, ranking key attributes and weighting their importance. The BDQ score shows them who has the best product based on their specific goals, the release states. O'Rourke said buyers won't have to wonder if what they are being offered is a real value because they will be able to track information via the RJO database, which provides independent, unbiased information.