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All of marketing and consumer perception is little more than a word association game. I say Oreos. You say guilty pleasure.
Boosted by social media accelerants, the ebb and flow of favorable and unfavorable associations is fascinating and challenging for all food marketers. It is the razor's edge of public opinion.
When organic is on a food label, what do consumers think?
Recently I've stumbled upon several articles that point both to the favorable and unfavorable popular reference to organic.
Firstly, the Organic Trade Association issued a news release that proclaimed "Eight in ten U.S. parents report they purchase organic products" with the subhead "Trust in the USDA organic seal reaches an all-time high."
From this release, we associate organic food with rising consumer popularity. The survey found that produce continues to be the leading category of organic purchases, with 97% of organic buyers saying they had purchased organic fruits or vegetables in the past six months.
Importantly, the survey attempts to answer the question of "why organic?" The OTA survey found that 48% of those who purchase organic food do so because they are "healthier for me and my children. Other reasons were to avoid pesticides, fertilizers, GMOs, antibiotics and growth hormones.
A Cornell University study talked about the "halo effect," or the power of the "organic" label to lead consumers to think the food is healthier even if it is not. The study found that an organic label can also influence perceptions of taste, calories and value, to the good effect for organic marketers. From the Cornell summary:
Even though these foods were all the same, the "organic" label greatly influenced people's perceptions. The cookies and yogurt were estimated to have significantly fewer calories when labeled "organic" and people were willing to pay up to 23.4% more for them. The nutritional aspects of these foods were also greatly biased by the health halo effect.
The "organic" cookies and yogurt were said to taste 'lower in fat' than the "regular" variety, and the "organic" cookies and chips were thought to be more nutritious! The label even tricked people's taste buds: when perceived as "organic", chips seemed more appetizing and yogurt was judged to be more flavorful. "Regular" cookies were reported to taste better--possibly because people often believe healthy foods are not tasty. All of these foods were exactly the same, but a simple organic label made all the difference!
The great thing about consumer sentiment about organic food is that it appears to be unprompted. Marketers are not making false claims as to nutrition, calories, et cet. But when consumers hear organic, they see "better." It is what it is; somehow, a heckuva step up from non-organic.
But wait. Just as spinmeisters are polishing the golden halo of organic food, another uncooperative advocacy group is pointing out what they consider flaws in the regulation of organic fruit.
In the past week, I received this e-mail about the use of antibiotics in apple and pear production. From the news release:
Portland, OR—Consumers Union, the policy arm of Consumer Reports, Food & Water Watch, and the Center for Food Safety are urging the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to discontinue the use of antibiotics in organic apple and pear production, citing the potential undermining of the integrity of the organic label and threats to public health and consumer expectations. The NOSB—which meets in Portland, Oregon, this week—will vote on a petition to extend the use of oxytetracyline beyond the existing expiration date of October 21, 2014.
New data from a poll commissioned by Consumer Reports confirms that most consumers do not know that the USDA organic label can be found on foods produced with antibiotics and don't believe they should be allowed to carry that label if antibiotics were used. Specifically:
• When asked whether antibiotics are used to treat disease in apple and pear trees, two-thirds (68 percent) of people said they don't know, 17 percent said they don't think they are, and 15 percent said that antibiotics are used.
• When told that apple and pear trees can be sprayed with antibiotics to treat disease and then asked whether fruit from these trees should be allowed to have an "organic" label, more than half--54 percent--said they don't think they should be labeled as organic. Only 11 percent of thought they should be labeled as organic, and slightly more than one-third (35 percent) answered that they don't know if they should be labeled organic.
Some organic apple and pear producers use oxytetracycline and another antibiotic, streptomycin, to manage a disease called fire blight. Antibiotics are not allowed in other types of organic food, including production of organic livestock.
The use of antibiotics is allowed for organic apple and pear production through a petition process to the NOSB, which has already extended the deadlines for this loophole to close several times since the organic label was implemented in 2002. Despite these extensions, there has been limited help for apple and pear growers to find alternative treatments for fire blight, although some alternatives do exist.
For example, U.S. farmers do not apply antibiotics to the organic apples and pears they sell to Europe, where the use of antibiotics is not allowed. The groups urge the USDA to work with the organic apple and pear industry to incentivize viable alternatives for producers and uphold the integrity of the organic label by rejecting the petition to extend the expiration date for oxytetracycline.
This targeted firebombing effort by Consumers Union to cast doubt upon regulation of the organic label as it applies to apples and pears is a note of dissonance to the general favorable buzz about organic food.
Though limited in scope, the Consumers Unions antibiotics on fruit salvo is similar to the dustup from the study that concluded there are no real differences in the nutritional value of organic food compared to its conventional counterparts.
Though it sometimes appears that organic food has been given a birthright to favorable consumer perception and never-ending growth, this is not the case.
In the United Kingdom, the Soil Association reports that organic sales dipped in 2012, with the seven leading multiple retailers saw their organic sales fall by 3.8%.
While the U.S. organic industry has never had to do much in the past to promote its message and extend its popularity, I think it needs to consider a more aggressive approach.
In the past it has perhaps been to the advantage of organic marketers that consumers impute so many positive attributes to organic food – nutrition, health, environment, lower calories, better taste, more sustainable, et cet. - this aimless strategy of capturing the public's goodwill is dangerous. Consumers will ultimately be disillusioned if they find organics are less nutritious, have no fewer calories, or fall short of the ideal in even more disappointing ways.
If "organic" means everything, in the end it will mean nothing. By way of a consumer-oriented marketing campaign, the organic industry needs to help consumers fill in the blank, When I say organic, you say …"
Otherwise, they may face a future that goes something like this: When I say organics, they will say "mehhh."


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Mail::Box::MH - handle MH folders
Mail::Box::MH is a Mail::Box::Dir is a Mail::Box is a Mail::Reporter
use Mail::Box::MH; my $folder = new Mail::Box::MH folder => $ENV{MAIL}, ...;
This documentation describes how MH mailboxes work, and what you can do with the MH folder object
-Option --Defined in --Default access Mail::Box 'r' body_delayed_type Mail::Box Mail::Message::Body::Delayed body_type Mail::Box Mail::Message::Body::Lines coerce_options Mail::Box [] create Mail::Box <false> directory Mail::Box::Dir <derived from folder name> extract Mail::Box 10240 field_type Mail::Box undef fix_headers Mail::Box <false> folder Mail::Box $ENV{MAIL} folderdir Mail::Box $ENV{HOME}/.mh head_delayed_type Mail::Box Mail::Message::Head::Delayed head_type Mail::Box Mail::Message::Head::Complete index undef index_filename <foldername>/.index index_type Mail::Box::MH::Index keep_dups Mail::Box <false> keep_index 0 labels undef labels_filename <foldername>/.mh_sequence labels_type Mail::Box::MH::Labels lock_file Mail::Box <index_file> lock_timeout Mail::Box 1 hour lock_type Mail::Box Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock lock_wait Mail::Box 10 seconds locker Mail::Box undef log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' manager Mail::Box undef message_type Mail::Box Mail::Box::Message multipart_type Mail::Box Mail::Message::Body::Multipart remove_when_empty Mail::Box <true> save_on_exit Mail::Box <true> trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' trusted Mail::Box <depends on folder location>
You may specify an OBJECT of a type which extends Mail::Box::MH::Index (at least implements a
get() method), as alternative for an index file reader as created by
The FILENAME which is used in each directory to store the headers of all mails. The filename shall not contain a directory path. (e.g. Do not use
/usr/people/jan/.index, nor
subdir/.index, but say
Keep an index file of the specified mailbox, one file per directory. Using an index file will speed up things considerably, because it avoids reading all the message files the moment that you open the folder. When you open a folder, you can use the index file to retrieve information such as the subject of each message, instead of having to read possibly thousands of messages.
You may specify an OBJECT of a type which extends Mail::Box::MH::Labels (at least implements the
get() method), as alternative for labels file reader as created by
In MH-folders, messages can be labeled, for instance based on the sender or whether it is read or not. This status is kept in a file which is usually called
.mh_sequences, but that name can be overruled with this flag.
Append a message to a folder which is not open.
-Option --Defined in --Default folder Mail::Box <required> message Mail::Box undef messages Mail::Box undef share Mail::Box <false>
-Option --Defined in--Default folderdir Mail::Box undef
Returns the highest number which is used in the folder to store a file. This method may be called when the folder is read (then this number can be derived without file-system access), but also when the folder is not read (yet).
Create a index reader/writer object.
Create a label reader/writer object.
-Option --Defined in --Default messages Mail::Box <required> renumber <true>
Permit renumbering of message. By default this is true, but for some unknown reason, you may be thinking that messages should not be renumbered.
MH-type folders use a directory to store the messages of one folder. Each message is stored in a separate file. This seems useful, because changes in a folder change only a few of these small files, in contrast with file-based folders where changes in a folder cause rewrites of huge folder files.
However, MH-based folders perform very bad if you need header information of all messages. For instance, if you want to have full knowledge about all message-threads (see Mail::Box::Thread::Manager) in the folder, it requires to read all header lines in all message files. And usually, reading your messages in threads is desired.
So, each message is written in a separate file. The filenames are numbers, which count from
1. Next to these message files, a directory may contain a file named
.mh_sequences, storing labels which relate to the messages. Furthermore, a folder-directory may contain sub-directories, which are seen as sub-folders.
This implementation supports the
.mh-sequences file and sub-folders. Next to this, considerable effort it made to avoid reading each message-file. This should boost performance of the MailBox distribution over other Perl-modules which are able to read folders.
Folder types which store their messages each in one file, together in one directory, are bad for performance. Consider that you want to know the subjects of all messages, while browser through a folder with your mail-reading client. This would cause all message-files to be read.
Mail::Box::MH has two ways to try improve performance. You can use an index-file, and use on delay-loading. The combination performs even better. Both are explained in the next sections.
If you specify new(keep_index), then all header-lines of all messages from the folder which have been read once, will also be written into one dedicated index-file (one file per folder). The default filename is
However, index-files are not supported by any other reader which supports MH (as far as I know). If you read the folders with such I client, it will not cause unrecoverable conflicts with this index-file, but at most be bad for performance.
If you do not (want to) use an index-file, then delay-loading may save your day.
It is impossible to append one or more messages to the folder which is not opened, because locking it failes. The folder may be in use by an other application, or you may need to specify some lock related options (see new()).
For some reason, it is impossible to create the folder. Check the permissions and the name of the folder. Does the path to the directory to be created exist?
It is impossible to get a lock on the folder, which means that the changes can not be made. You may need to tune the lock related options which are available at folder creation.
You have opened the folder read-only --which is the default set by new(access)--, made modifications, and now want to close it. Set close(force) if you want to overrule the access mode, or close the folder with close(write) set to
For some reason, for instance disc full, removed by external process, or read-protection, it is impossible to copy one of the messages. Copying will proceed for the other messages.
The folder where the messages are copied to is not opened with write access (see new(access)). This has no relation with write permission to the folder which is controled by your operating system.
The message id is discovered more than once within the same folder, but the content of the message seems to be different. This should not be possible: each message must be unique.
You can not write to this folder unless you have opened the folder to write or append with new(access), or the
force option is set true.
The folder must be opened with write access via new(access), otherwise removing it will be refused. So, you may have write-access according to the operating system, but that will not automatically mean that this
delete method permits you to. The reverse remark is valid as well.
The string does not follow the strict rules of the time span syntax which is permitted as parameter.
According to the RFCs, message-ids need to contain a unique random part, then an
@, and then a domain name. This is made to avoid the creation of two messages with the same id. The warning emerges when the
@ is missing from the string.
Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.
The copy includes the subfolders, but for some reason it was not possible to copy one of these. Copying will proceed for all other sub-folders.
The new message could not be written to its new file, for the specific reason.
For some reason (you probably got more error messages about this problem) it is impossible to write the folder, although you should because there were changes made.
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.106, built on August 15, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
Copyrights 2001-2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Union negotiators and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department leaders sat face to face Thursday arguing about a plan to change service by assigning an ambulance at stations in two rural Jacksonville communities.
The areas affected would be near station 45 in Black Hammock Island and eventually near station 43 in Maxville.
One side calls this a public safety issue. The other says it's about the safety of emergency responders.
"I believe direct impact to public safety," Fire Chief Marty Senterfitt said of the issue. "So we'll make a decision soon."
"If the chief is under concept, we'll transfer companies out there," fire union President Randy Wyse said. "Now you're stripping other areas of the same amount of firefighters."
Negotiators met at fire headquarters downtown Thursday afternoon, where the fire union asked questions and voiced concerns about a proposed "dual response" plan.
JFRD believes adding an ambulance but not adding staff to the fire stations would cut down on long response times in the rural areas.
The union believes it could leave stations short-staffed trying to respond to fires.
"You're going to leave -- there's four people now; if two people leave, math tells me, two left to cover maybe an 80- to 90-square-mile area," Wyse said.
Senterfitt said it won't affect firefighters' safety.
"Reason I say that, we already have policies in place how to respond if for some reason your staffing is less than desirable," he said.
Station 45 in Black Hammock Island would be part of a pilot program. Station 43 in Maxville would be next if the pilot program works.
Copyright 2012 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson will hold an open house on Tuesday at his new office in Midtown Kingston.
The event will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Seven21 Media Center, 721 Broadway.
Gibson and the office staff will be present to meet the public, and refreshments will be served.
The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Constituents can contact the staff there with questions about such things as veterans' benefits, Social Security, Medicare, immigration, IRS matters, military issues and service academy nominations.
The office phone number is (845) 514-2322. The fax number is (845) 514-2541.
George Christian, who previously worked in Gibson's Glens Falls office, will manage the Kingston office.� Kingston residents Corinne Boughton and Duane Postupack will work there as constituent services representative and field representative, respectively.
Gibson, R-Kinderhook, represents New York's newly drawn 19th Congressional District, which includes all of Ulster, Greene and Columbia counties and most of Dutchess County.


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By Gennifer Biggs, Business Solutions magazine.
With increased competitive pressure in the POS market, VARs will need to think about sales beyond the all-in-one terminal, such as mobile solutions and integration and management services.
The point of sale (POS) hardware market continues to be a competitive space with many VARs facing the challenge of thinking creatively to extend allin- one POS sales — and any hardware-only sales — into longer-term engagements. Two industry experts, Steve Schoenecker, senior product manager of food services for Panasonic, and John Nicewick, VP of marketing for the retail industry at ELO Touch, say there are plenty of ways VARs can do just that.
All-In-One Offers Advantages Over Low-Cost Bundles
With "as-a-service" bundles gaining a foothold in the POS marketplace, some VARs are finding themselves contending with undervalued hardware/ software bundles that competitors offer for a low monthly fee. The trick to winning that sale, says Schoenecker, is recommending a solution that is not only proven to be reliable in the client's environment, but still offers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) over the entire product life cycle. Nicewick adds that rather than a standardized bundle, most POS customers want advice and guidance from their IT partner, so VARs who collaborate with customers to build a customized allin- one system uniquely tailored for their customer's business needs will win the day. "While bundling is not new, it has historically faced a series of challenges such as buyer preferences for a particular hardware or software brand, increasing scale, and competitive differentiation," explains Nicewick. "Ultimately, preconfigured bundles limit the retailer's ability to customize the POS stack to meet the specific technology and brand appearance requirements of the store. VARs should leverage their ability to match a customer's monthly payment model, provide a choice of leading hardware and software that best matches the customer's particular requirements, and offer integrated services and on-site support."
Those services and support can equate to a recurring revenue model that transcends the traditional hardware-only sale. With all-in-one solutions, VARs can offer flexibility around upgrades and life cycle management that is not available with bundled solutions. "Our partners can offer separate life cycle management time frames for each component of their POS technology platform," explains Nicewick. "Monthly payment bundles often require 'forklift' upgrades of all components on a single life cycle schedule."
Schoenecker adds that the modular structure of all-in-one POS terminals also allows for flexible installation and easy maintenance, not to mention they are purpose-built for extreme environments, which helps lower TCO. Plus, today's advanced POS systems support intelligence-gathering features that bundles rarely support. The difference, he adds, is a POS system that integrates across the entire business network and offers ruggedness that extends productivity and uptime — a set of benefits that bundled systems rarely offer.
Move Sale Beyond Stand-Alone POS Opportunity
VARs also can overcome increased competition by learning to see each POS sale as a bigger opportunity. "We encourage VARs to look beyond a stand-alone POS sale and consider a fully integrated technology solution to increase margins and create greater value for customers," Schoenecker explains. For example, VARs can offer customer-facing displays and digital signage or layer on software that delivers POS data analytics to improve efficiencies and profitability for customers. Plus, many of today's POS systems are built to integrate with physical security solutions such as IP cameras.
Nicewick explains that advanced features in today's POS solutions can serve as an opportunity for VARs to further integrate themselves with POS customers, moving beyond cash drawers and printers to offer support around mobile POS. "We see retailers making strategic business decisions with handhelds, tablets, and distributed POS solutions based on specific point of service, point of information, mobile assistant, or mobile checkout use cases," explains Nicewick. "The savvy reseller brings this discussion to its customers, understands the opportunities and limitations of each solution, and avoids getting too starry-eyed about a single solution." He adds that before a VAR begins these types of discussions, there needs to be a clear understanding of the retailer store, associates, and patrons. With that insight, the conversation moves beyond hardware negotiations to business consultation.
Don't Overlook Role Of Services In POS
Another option for extending a relationship with a POS customer is to layer services over software and hardware sales. "Selling services is an excellent way for VARs to increase revenue and generate ongoing sales," says Schoenecker. "VARs can offer remote device control integration for system management and remote diagnostics, particularly for integrated POS and digital signage solutions. Content management and creation can also be outsourced to update electronic notifications in real time."
Nicewick agrees that services help VARs provide value that vendors and Web-based providers simply cannot. "VARs increase value as they provide more strategic, customized, and on-site services." By offering a business value — best practices, integrations, management services — VARs offer a quicker path to success for POS customers. Nicewick recommends services such as technical support, field service, omni-channel integration networking, security, remote management/monitoring, and remote backup/disaster recovery.
The bottom line is to think beyond the traditional sale and consider how you can empower your customers to better serve their customers, meet the evolving demands of POS, increase security (both physical and payment), and improve their business. With that accomplished, you won't have to squabble with customers over all-in-one terminal sales when they have a low-cost bundle offer in front of them — you'll be a trusted advisor that guides them to the right solution.


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Dr. Nancy H. Bigelow
Alaska Quaternary Center
P.O. Box 755940
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5940
tel: 907-474-5433
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Ph.D. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Department of Anthropology (Archaeology) Aug. 1997
- M.A. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Department of Anthropology (Archaeology). Sept. 1991
- B.A. University of Vermont, Department of History (Modern European History). June 1982
Arctic paleoecology, palynology, vegetation history, and ecosystem reponses to climate change during the Quaternary period.
Currently studying the Holocene Thermal Maximum in interior Alaska and Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age in western Alaska. Using vegetation history, fire history, and isotopes as temperature proxies during these relatively short-lived climate excursions.
Continuing work on interglacial peats of interior Alaska and what they can tell us about a time period when the climate was warmer than today.
2008. Mason, O.K., Bigelow, N.H. The crucible of early to mid-Holocene climate in northern Alaska: does Northern Archaic represent the people of the spreading forest? Arctic Anthropology 45(2) 39-70
2006. Bigelow, N.H., Zazula, G.D., Atkinson, D.E. Plant Macrofossils of Northern North America (working title). In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, S.A. Elias, Ed. Elsevier.
2006 . Bigelow, N.H. Pollen Records of Northern North America (working title). In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, S.A. Elias, Ed. Elsevier.
2006. CAPE-Last Interglacial Project Members. Last Interglacial Arctic warmth confirms polar amplification of climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews 25, 1383-1400.
2003. Edwards M.E., Hamilton T.D., Elias S.A., Bigelow N.H., and A.P. Krumhardt. Interglacial Extension of the Boreal forest Limit in the noatak Valley, Northwest Alaska: Evidence from an Exhumed River-Cut Bluff and Debris Apron. Artic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 35, 460-468.
2003. Kaplan J.O., Bigelow N.H., Prentice I.C., Harrison S.P., and 14 others. Climate change and Arctic ecosystems 2. Modeling, paleodata-model comparisons, and future projections.Journal of Geophysical Research 108 12-1 to 12-17 Download pdf (5.0 mb).
2003. Nancy H. Bigelow, Linda B. Brubaker, Mary E. Edwards, Sandy P. Harrison, and 23 others. Climate change and Arctic ecosystems I. Vegetation changes north of 55 degrees N between the last glacial maximum, mid-Holocene and present. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 11-1 to 11-25. Download pdf (2.9 mb).
2001. Nancy H. Bigelow and Wm. Roger Powers. Climate, vegetation, and archaeology 14,000-9000 cal yr B.P. in Central Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 38, 171-195.
2001. Nancy H. Bigelow and Mary E. Edwards. A 14,000 yr paleoenvironmental record from Windmill Lake, Central Alaska: evidence for high-frequency climatic and vegetation fluctuations. Quaternary Science Reviews 20, 203-215.
2000. Mary E. Edwards, P. M. Anderson, L. B. Brubaker, T. A. Ager, A. A. Andreev, N. H. Bigelow, and 13 others. Pollen-based biomes for Beringia 18,000, 6000, and 0 14C yr B. P. Journal of Biogeography 27,521-554.
2000. Mary E. Edwards, Nancy H. Bigelow, and Bruce Finney. Single-core records as indicators of late-Quaternary Alaskan lake levels: a preliminary assessment. Journal of Paleolimnology 24, 55-68.
Coring at Eightmile Lake, near Healy, AK.
Dwarf fireweed (Epilobium latifolium) on the Killik River, northern AK
Chester Bluff, Yukon River, AK
Fall Vegetation near Dawson, YT


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Expectation of Unpleasant Events in Anxiety Disorders
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Fear and anxiety are normal responses to a threat. However, anxiety is considered abnormal when the response to the threat is excessive or inappropriate. This study will examine changes in the body and brain that occur during unpleasant learning experiences in healthy volunteers with high, moderate, and low levels of anxiety.
A high degree of generalized anxiety is a component of many anxiety disorders and is regarded as a marker of vulnerability for these disorders. People with anxiety disorders and individuals with high degrees of anxiety have inappropriate expectations of unpleasant events. This study will investigate the development of expecting unpleasant events in healthy volunteers with varying degrees of anxiety using aversive conditioning models. A later phase of the study will enroll participants with anxiety disorders and compare their responses to those of healthy volunteers.
Patients who meet criteria for an anxiety disorder, and healthy volunteers who have no history of psychiatric or major medical illness will be enrolled in this study. Volunteers will come to the NIH Clinical Center three times for outpatient testing.
|Anxiety Disorders
|Study Type:
|Official Title:
|Predictability and Aversive Expectancies in Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 13, 2003
High-generalized anxiety is a concomitant of many anxiety disorders and is often regarded as a vulnerability marker for these disorders. One characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders and high trait-anxious individuals is inappropriate expectancies of aversive events. The overall aim of the present protocol is to investigate mechanisms that may promote the development of these aversive expectancies using expectancy-based, associative-learning models.
During aversive conditioning in which a phasic explicit-cue (e.g., a light) is repeatedly associated with an aversive unconditioned-stimulus (e.g., a shock), the organism develops fear to the explicit cue as well as to the environmental context in which the experiment took place. We have obtained preliminary evidence suggesting that contextual fear represents aspects of aversive states that are central to anxiety disorders. In this protocol, we seek further evidence for the relevance of contextual fear to mood anxiety disorders.
One important determinant of contextual fear in both humans and animals is predictability: contextual fear increases when aversive events (e.g., electric shock) are unpredictable, as opposed to when they are predictable. The present protocol will examine the role of predictability of aversive states and of conditioning on threat appraisal in individuals with mood and anxiety disorders..
A second aim is to examine the interaction between experimentally-induced anxiety and cognitive processes, more specifically working memory, in mood and anxiety disorders.
A final aim is to investigate whether the relationship between heightened emotional reactivity to threat and impaired cognitive functions under threat in patients with anxiety disorders is susceptible to treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria for both patients and healthy controls
- All subjects must be able to give written informed consent prior to participation in this study.
- PATIENTS ONLY: May have DSM-IV-TR diagnoses of an anxiety disorder (GAD; SAD; Panic disorder; specific phobia) or mood disorder (MDD; BP).
- PATIENTS ONLY: May be taking the mood stabilizers, Depakote or Lithium Carbonate.
- Speaks English or Spanish fluently (subjects with Major Depressive Disorder, healthy volunteers)
Exclusion criteria for healthy subjects
- Female subjects who are currently pregnant
- Subjects who meet DSM-IV criteria for current alcohol or substance abuse
- Subjects with a history of alcohol or substance dependence within 6 months prior to screening
- Current Axis I psychiatric disorders as identified with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR axis disorders, non-patient edition (SCID-np). Past history of any psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder.
- Medical illnesses (such as diabetes or hypertension) or neurological illnesses (such as carpal tunnel syndrome for shocks to be delivered on affected arm; organic brain impairment; seizure disorder) likely to interfere with the study.
- Subjects who are on a medication that may interfere with the study.
- Employee of NIMH or an immediate family member who is a NIMH employee.
Exclusion criteria for patients
- Patients who would be unable to comply with study procedures or assessments;
- Female patients who are currently pregnant;
- Patients who meet DSM-IV criteria for current alcohol or substance abuse
- Subjects with a history of alcohol or substance dependence within 6 months prior to screening;
- Patients who are on a medication (other than mood stabilizers lithium carbonate or Depakote) that may interfere with the study
- Medical illnesses (such as diabetes or hypertension) or neurological illnesses (such as carpal tunnel syndrome; organic brain impairment; seizure disorder) likely to interfere with the study.
- Patients will be excluded if they have a current or past history of, delirium, dementia, amnestic disorder, any of the pervasive developmental disorders; or cognitive impairment.
- Current Axis I psychiatric disorders as identified with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR axis disorders, non-patient edition (SCID) with the exception of the mood and anxiety disorders. Past history of any psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder..
- Not speaking English (except patients with MDD who may be Spanish-speaking); Non-English speaking patients with anxiety disorders will not be recruited because the anxiety-related instruments of interest are not validated in Spanish. Subjects with an anxiety disorder who do not speak English fluently will be excluded because two of our primary anxiety-related instruments of interest (PSWQ and POMS) are not validated in languages other than English.
- Employee of NIMH or an immediate family member who is an NIMH employee.
Additional exclusion criteria for the exercise substudy:
- History of exercise intolerance
- History of heart disease
- History of pulmonary disease, other than controlled, non-excercise-induced asthma
- History of uncontrolled diabetes
- Resting heart rate > 90 BPM
- Resting systolic pressure> 140mmHG or diastolic blood pressure>90mmHg
- Peripheral condition making completion of the exercise impossible, such as severe osteoarthritis or chronic pain
- Clinically significant abnormal EKG as determined by MD or NP
Additional exclusion criteria for the active avoidance task
- Color blindness
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00055224
|Contact: Marilla Geraci, R.N.
|(301) 496-6470
|Contact: Christian Grillon, Ph.D.
|(301) 594-2894
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
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Bake chicken for close to an hour in glass casserole dish, arranging it so pieces aren't touching.
Baked Chicken Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto, Basil, and Goat Cheese
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6 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup 100% whole wheat pastry flour
3 eggs, beaten well
2/3 cup 100% whole wheat bread crumbs
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
6 oz. goat cheese (log type, such as Chevre)
6 oz. Sun-dried tomato pesto
1/2 cup fresh basil, finely chopped
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Basil Vinaigrette for Drizzling on Tomatoes
Spicy Cherry Tomato Sauce for Pasta
Italian Sausage Pasta Salad
Grilled Halibut with Basil Vinaigrette
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Stuffed Herbed Chicken with Boursin Cheese from Simply Recipes
Stuffed Chicken with Roasted Carrots from The Foodie Princess
Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast from Christine Cooks
Pear and Sage Stuffed Chicken Breast with a Hazelnut Crust from The Passionate Cook
Pesto and Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breasts from Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once
Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Spinach and Red Peppers from The Foodie Fashionista
Mushroom-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Madeira Sauce from The Savory Notebook
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Community Dialog on Transportation and Land Use
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12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Jan. 17, 2003
Braddock District to Host Community Dialog on
Transportation and Land Use
Braddock District Supervisor Sharon Bulova is hosting a series of
community discussions to examine the issues of transportation and land
use. In response to the defeat of the Regional Sales Tax Referendum,
Bulova would like to work with her constituents to explore alternative
strategies for addressing our region's traffic congestion.
Held in Braddock Hall (adjacent to the Kings Park Library), 9002 Burke Lake Road, Burke, the Community Dialog series will run from Jan. 22 through May 14 with meetings every other Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. (with the exception of the April 15 meeting, which will be on a Tuesday).
Recommendations resulting from the Community Dialog will be the subject of Supervisor Bulova's Spring Braddock District Town Meeting to be held Wednesday, June 25.
Each Community Dialog session will begin with a panel discussion, followed by audience discussion. Topics will include: transportation planning and funding, the County's Comprehensive Plan for transportation and development, the parameters within which we operate in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and political dynamics. Panelists throughout the series will include state, county and private sector speakers, including WTOP's (Sprawl & Crawl) Steve Eldridge. The proposed schedule of topics to be discussed at each meeting follows.
|Jan. 5
|Feb. 5
|The Parameters Within Which We Operate
|Feb. 19
|Planning for Land Use and Transportation
|March 5
|Funding for Transportation
|March 19
|Political Dynamics
|April 2
|Next Steps
|April 15
|Community Dialog Task Force Meets Independently
|April 30
|Discussion Groups Report to Full Task Force and Supervisor Bulova
|May 14
|Adoption/Acceptance of Community Dialog Recommendations
For more information about the series, call the Braddock District office at 703-425-9300, TTY 703-978-7973.


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INDIO – The set times for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which features headlining acts ranging from Los Angeles mainstream funk rock act Red Hot Chili Peppers to the British pop of Blur, were announced Tuesday with an added stage.
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Gates for the festival open at 11 a.m. each day and the show takes place Friday through Sunday and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD - Goalkeeper Kip Turner anchored a suffocating defensive effort while midfielder Ben Hunt led a balanced offense with four points as the Chesapeake Bayhawks whipped the Long Island Lizards, 13-6, before a raucous crowd of 10,083 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Turner made 10 saves and credited close defensemen
Michael Evans,
Nicky Polanco, and
Brian Spallina for harassing Long Island into 5-for-36 shooting. Long stick defensive midfielder
Barney Ehrmann scooped up five ground balls for the Bayhawks, who limited the Lizards to just one goal in both the first and third quarters.
"We weren't happy with our performance last weekend against Boston so we had a defensive meeting and made sure everyone was on the same page," Evans said. "We came out focused tonight and communicated well. Everyone worked together on defense and we really shut them down."
John Grant Jr. and midfielder
Steven Brooks totaled three points apiece for Chesapeake (10-3), which remains in the driver's seat to earn the top seed for the Major League Lacrosse playoffs. Chesapeake is tied with Denver (10-3), but currently owns the tiebreaker by virtue of winning the first regular season meeting between the teams on June 2. The Bayhawks and Outlaws meet again next Saturday in Annapolis with the regular season championship on the line.
Michael Kimmel scored two goals while attackman
Danny Glading contributed a goal and assist for Chesapeake, which was without head coach
Dave Cottle. Team owner
Brendan Kelly filled in for Cottle, whose son Sean underwent emergency surgery on Saturday evening. Cottle reported afterward that the surgery was a success and his son was resting comfortably.
Kelly said all the players signed a game ball for Sean Cottle at halftime and that they were definitely motivated to beat Long Island as a tribute to their coach and his family.
"Absolutely! These guys love Coach Cottle so they were ecstatic to get this win for him and his son," Kelly said. "Dave is a great guy and a great coach and I look forward to him being back on the sideline next week leading the charge."
Hunt scored four goals, one of which was a 2-pointer that gave Chesapeake the single-season team record in that category. The Bayhawks now have 26 two-point goals this season, breaking the previous record set by the Boston Cannons in 2002. Midfielder
Kyle Dixon added to his single-season MLL record by firing in his 13
th two-pointer on a power play early in the third quarter.
"Ben Hunt really came to play tonight. He was the game-changer," Kelly said of the Bud Light Player of the Game. "He had two early goals to get us going and the big two at the end to seal it. He's a beast that can go right down the alley and score."
Adam Randplayed an important part of the decisive victory by winning 12 of 20 face-offs against
Greg Gurenlian, who was leading the league in face-off wins (216) and percentage (.605). "I can't say enough about Adam Rand. The kid lives up to every challenge. He was a huge part of our win tonight," Kelly said.
Grant, Hunt and Kimmel scored two goals apiece as Chesapeake raced out to a 7-2 halftime lead. The Bayhawks outshot the Lizards 28-15 in the first half while Rand captured seven of 11 face-offs.
Denver defeated Rochester, 17-12, on Saturday night, setting up a showdown next Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Chesapeake would capture the regular season title outright and earn the top seed with a win. If Denver wins, the two teams would go to a tiebreaker system with the first criteria being total goals scored during the season.
"Of course that game is important because it's the difference between playing at noon or three on championship weekend," said Kelly, referring to the start times for the semifinals on Saturday, Aug. 25
th. "It's definitely a big deal to get those extra three hours of rest so we want to be the top seed and play first."
The Bayhawks return home on Saturday, August 11
th to battle the Denver Outlaws. A fireworks show will follow the game. Tickets can be purchased online at
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Hi. In keeping with the season, I wondered if anyone had bass tabs for Run Rudolph Run by Bryan Adams? Thanks for any help
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bit late but just fyi its a 12 bar blues round and round
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Tonsillectomy in Recurrent Tonsillitis
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified December 2006 by Oulu University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether tonsillectomy is effective in preventing further streptococcal pharyngitis episodes in patients with recurrent tonsillitis.
|Procedure: (adeno)tonsillectomy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect of Tonsillectomy on Preventing Recurrent Streptococcal Throat Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Sore Throat TonsillitisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Oulu University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- microbiologically confirmed streptococcal pharyngitis episodes
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- side effects
- symptoms
- quality of life issues
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2001
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2005
Tonsillectomy is widely used worldwide in recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis, but its effect remains unknown.
In this randomized controlled trial, the effect of tonsillectomy (compared to watchful waiting) in preventing further culture proven symptomatic streptococcal pharyngitis episodes is studied. In addition, symptoms after the operation, side effects, and life quality issues are recorded.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 3 tonsillitis episodes during the preceding year (at least one verified by culture or antigen testing)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other serious illness
- Long term antibiotic treatment for other disease
- Documented immunologic disorder
- Pregnancy
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00136877
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|Oulu University Hospital
|Oulu, Finland, FIN-90029
Sponsors and Collaborators
Oulu University Hospital
|Study Director:
|Olli-Pekka Alho, MD
|Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Oulu, Finland
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|NCT00136877 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Diary nro 135/2001
|Study First Received:
|August 26, 2005
|Last Updated:
|December 27, 2006
Keywords provided by Oulu University Hospital:
recurrent tonsillitis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pharyngeal Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
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THE Wrightway School of Dancing currently has classes in ballroom and Latin American, classical and modern sequence and Latin in Line, for adults of all ages, from absolute beginners to advanced medallists.
Personal tuition for these and other styles is also available from Yvonne Wright who qualified with the IDTA in 1977.
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There are regular opportunities to have dancing assessed by the IDTA.
In March this year 74 per cent of pupils taking medals were awarded a grade of Highly Commended, the rest being awarded Honours. And congratulations to Jennifer Collins, Henry Brown, Stephen Sheridan and Jodie Rowland who earlier this month entered a medallists' competition in which they were very successful.
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Camp Cost: $360.00
This camp is designed to provide instruction in all aspects of the game. Participants will receive instruction in hitting, defense, pitching/catching, baserunning, and strategy. Campers will also participate in live and controlled scrimmaging.
Players will have to opportunity expand their baseball skills and benefit from a unique, competitive and challenging atmosphere.
Campers will be split into groups according to age and ability in order to provide the most relative instruction.
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I bought a 110 year old building in Rawlins, WY. One of the many businessess this building held over the years was a clothing store. I believe these portfolios came from there. They are new in box and are priced @ $1.95 (1940's dollars). I believe they were made in 1942 to 1943 based on the calendars printed on the inside flaps. They contain envelopes, pad of paper and address books. They all come with a photo holder, I have several styles some come with a photo of Maureen O'Hara, others with Clark Gable and others with Gen. McArthur. They are embosed with the US Army seal on the cover.


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Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds is 73 years old and has a contract that runs through Aug. 31, 2015. He can remain at UT in some capacity through 2020, based on the terms of his deal.
But when asked whether, with such a small window remaining, whether he would leave any major coaching changes up to his predecessor or make them himself, Dodds didn't hesitate.
"We'll make changes if we need to make changes," Dodds told the Dallas Morning News. "If I have one day left on my job and change needs to be made, I'll make it."
For those wondering, Dodds has already given coach Mack Brown his full support. In the last three years, Brown is 11-15 in the Big 12 and 3-11 against ranked teams. That's the kind of thing that makes playing in that 2009 national championship game seem like ancient history.
But don't look for Dodds to make any drastic changes. Texas, 0-3 against rival Oklahoma in this miserable stretch, seemed to hit a turning point in 2012. The Longhorns won the Alamo Bowl to finish 9-4. Brown says he feels more excitement than pressure about this upcoming campaign.
And, the AD publicly has his back.
Dodds said he'd like to see the Longhorn Network grow in distribution and the biggest sports programs at the school win more games, among other goals, before leaving his post.
"I don't have any specific time," Dodds told the DMN. "I would like to see things run smoothly. I would like to see our network with more distribution. But events dictate some of these things."


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Transports, oil services and banks are breaking out? How can this be?
Welcome to a total disintegration of relationships. If oil goes higher, transports -- which use a ton of energy -- will have numbers cut if energy soars. That's what is supposed to happen in real business. Buyers of bank stocks are supposed to dislike inflation, but if oil and transports go up then bank stocks should go down.
So what does this mean? How can they all be going up? How about it's because of a worldwide recovery that people don't think will be derailed by the debt-ceiling discussion, higher taxes for the rich, or a punch bowl-pulling Fed.
I am mesmerized by total money-in days like today. They have been few and far in between since the stock market's great bull run of the 1990s, when it was business as usual for all groups to go up at once.
I know someone will try to out-think this. "Jim, this is all risk on." Oh please, what does that mean? Like casino risk? Like taking the Redskins this weekend? Or, "Jim, it's about the strong dollar." Sure, except those relationships have totally failed you in the last two years.
You are getting a rally in everything because buyers think everything's better.
Beginning next week, we find out what we were actually buying. Right now, though, it remains party on!


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90-year-old Blackburn poet achieves lifelong dream
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AT the ripe old age of 90, Bill Austin had a lifelong dream realised as he bridged the generation gap by reading some self-penned poems from his new book to an audience of young children.
Bill's story itself is something akin to a fairytale after an act of kindness from his thoughtful neighbour, Amanda Chinery, helped him overcome arthritis to achieve his lifelong literary ambition of having a book published.
Bill and Amanda live eight doors apart in Bute Road in Shadsworth, Blackburn.
After a speight of snowy weather last winter, Amanda decided to take it upon herself to knock on her neighbour's doors and offer to go to the shops for them or help them if they were struggling in the hazardous conditions.
The mother-of-three said: "After I met Bill, he sent a letter saying thank you for visiting and so I went round again with a winter care package and a hot water bottle and we just became friends.
"He started telling me about his love of poetry and how he couldn't type any more due to the arthritis in his hands and I just said 'I'll do it for you'."
Great-grandfather Bill, a radio engineer who was once a specialist in interpreting high speed Morse messages from German command, shared his poems with Amanda and even let her choose the best ones.
When the anthology was completed, the dynamic duo began thinking of ways to get it published.
Amanda said: "Bill wrote a letters to publishers but didn't hear anything back and one day, I just decided to Tweet about it. I used #AskTwitter and someone tweeted me and advised us to try R3think publishing and so we did. They've now printed it and his book is for sale in the library and on Amazon. amazing thing to be a part of."
Bill's book, entitled 'If You Don't Like Poetry Read This', left pupils from Shadsworth and Sacred Heart primary schools enraptured at the public reading in Blackburn Library.
He said: "My poetry doesn't necessarily have a theme. It is just a collection of my thoughts put into poetry. I wake up each morning at 6am and over breakfast every day I write two pieces — one usually ends up in the bin and the other I keep."
Amanda added: "It's inspired us all – my youngest daughter has even started writing poetry and she calls round to read it to Bill.
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Sioux Falls Sees Significant Rise in Snow Events. Directions: Snow. Salt. Repeat.
There is a good reason our vehicles look like we've just driven them out of the Dead Sea. Every snow event requires a generous layer of de-icer chemicals and salt to keep the roads safe for motorists, and Sioux Falls has experienced a whopping 70 snow events from November 1, 2013, through March 11, 2014.
To add to the fun, weather forecasters are looking at another possibility of snow Tuesday.
Sioux Falls Fleet and Street operations manager, Gaylynn Huber, says his crews have put down more salt this season than he's ever seen in his career.
Let's look at this winter by the numbers:
Tons of salt and de-icing chemicals used: 21,981 (That's over 1 million bags of 40lb. softener salt!)
Snow events from November 1, 2013, through March 11, 2014: 70
Snow Events by Inches
Less than 1.0 inch…………… 60 events
1.1 inches to 2.0 inches……. 5 events
2.1 inches to 3.0 inches……. 3 events
3.1+ inches…………………….. 2 events
Total……………………………… 70 events
Three Snow Alerts
December 4, 2013………….. 5.4 inches
January 16, 2014……………. 2.4 inches
February 14, 2014…………… 2.2 inches
Now the Public Works Street Division is focusing on patching potholes and asks residents to report potholes in need of attention. To report a pothole, please call the Pothole Hotline at 367-8002.


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I was wondering for a bit of time when Feldberg would be part of a team! Now I know and I wish him good luck!
I like the way Disc golf is growing this year with all the new teams and connections people are having all over the world!
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The plan is that David will travel the world spreading word about the sport we love and also to compete using discs made in our factory at Latitude 64°.


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Nampa enters fight for LGBT rights
NAMPA, Idaho (KBOI) - Nampa leaders will hear a plea for protections for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual community on Monday.
Melissa Sue Robinson is a well known community activist in Nampa, but she says she still feels like people don't treat her fairly because she's transgender. So she's pushing for the city to adopt an ordinance that would stop discrimination against LGBT members in her community.
"The mayor and the city council need to represent everyone, not just a few," Robinson said.
She says after Boise and several other cities in Idaho passed measures to protect LGBT members from discrimination, she feels like it's time for her city to do the same.
"If they can pass it, why can't Nampa?" she asks.
Robinson says she's been turned down from several job opportunities in Nampa when she got to the interviews and employers found out that she's different.
"You know in your heart that it was because you're transgender or gay or lesbian or whatever," she told KBOI 2News.
So she's asking Nampa to protect people like her from discrimination by passing the same ordinance that's spread to many towns across the United States. It would allow members of the LGBT community to have equal job and housing opportunities.
"Basically, this is going to take it and make it so that when you go for an interview, an employer's going to look at you for your education, for your experience and what you offer, what you have on your plate," she said, "They're not going to look at you though for being gay or lesbian, bisexual or transsexual."
And she says that would be a big step for people like her, who often feel shunned already, on top of having trouble finding a job.
"It makes you feel like you're being singled out. You know, you're a person, a human being just like anyone else," Robinson said, "You like to have friends. You like to mix with society. And it just makes you feel like you're being shut out when that happens."


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Sculpted by the Four Horsemen, Mattel's DC Universe Classics line is a favorite among 6" action figure fans for balancing detailed sculpts with hearty amounts of articulation and often spotlighting some of the DCU's more obscure heroes and villains. But there's an element of collectibility that goes beyond the line's basic figures and even limited edition variants. The most hardcore collectors seek prototypes. Now Mattel and Warner Bros. are teaming up to give fans a chance to win paint master prototypes of select characters at auction, with 100% of proceeds going to fund the Make-A-Wish Foundation.


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Men's basketball honors true heroes through Fort Hood partnership
When the Baylor men's basketball team spent a weekend training at Fort Hood before the 2012-13 season, the soldiers and families they met there left a lasting impression. The weekend served as a major bonding experience for the Bears, who took part in hand-to-hand combat training and sharpshooting exercises, then coached soldiers on Fort Hood basketball teams.
Now, a little over a year later, the Bears are returning the favor to give many of those families a memorable moment of their own.
At every conference game this season, Baylor has recognized soldiers from Fort Hood's 4th Sustainment Brigade. The individuals honored have all been selected by their superiors to attend a Baylor men's basketball game as a guest of the Bears, with the added bonus of being recognized by the crowd. Many of the soldiers have the types of harrowing stories that can only come from military service, and the chance to attend a basketball game with their family and receive a standing ovation from several thousand people is a welcome and meaningful change.
Sgt. Cynthia Landin and her three children, ages 4-9, were among those chosen for the honor. Landin says the experience — which featured a behind-the-scenes tour, the chance to meet players and coaches, free courtside seats, goodies for the kids, and an ovation from the crowd as they were recognized on the court — was "awesome… The kids were so excited. It's refreshing to see the community still cares about the Army."
For head coach Scott Drew and the Bears, it's an opportunity demonstrate that care in a way that will leave lasting memories.
"Baylor men's basketball is honored to build on our partnership with Ft. Hood," Drew says. "We have so much respect and appreciation for the men and women that serve our country, and it is our sincere privilege to give back to those that give so much for us."
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* Alumna videographer documents soldier's strength after devastating war injury (Sept. 2013)
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By Charlie Warner
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About 20 persons attended an informational meeting to review the 36-page Community Assessment Study Report at the Community Pool Steering Committee meeting held Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Ellen Hongerholt and Laura Eddy of Crescendo Consulting, L.L.P. walked the group through the in depth report, which was actually a study on whether a capital fundraiser to pay for needed improvements to the city's outdoor swimming pool was feasible or not.
This past fall, the city hired Crescendo Consulting to conduct the study. A total of 37 area residents were interviewed as part of the assessment study.
The study was conducted to assess how much money could be raised to support the improvement project, outline the most effective fundraising strategy, measure the readiness and the awareness level of the community and organizations, identify potential conflicts with other issues or fundraising drives currently taking place in the community, evaluate the current and short-term economic climate in the area, recommend a campaign goal and a preliminary campaign timetable, cultivate prospective contributors and cultivate campaign leaders.
Hongerholt and Eddy said they were very pleased with the results of the assessment study. They emphasized that Caledonia residents were quite aware of the need for the project and have already shown much support by embracing a number of fundraising events held last year to get the pool project ball rolling.
They also noted that an unidentified supporter of the pool project has expressed the desire to make a six-figure pledge to the project.
Caledonia Mayor Bob Burns was at the meeting. He stated the city council has discussed infusing between $400,000 and $600,000 into the pool project without raising property taxes. The city currently has two general obligation (GO) bonds that are scheduled to be paid off in the next year. Once those GO bonds are paid off, the annual payments for those bonds could go to cover the bonding for the pool project.
The city has a pool improvement project design in place. The estimated cost of that project is approximately $1.5 million.
Crescendo Consulting recommended that the Community Assessment Study be adopted and the city proceed with the pre-campaign – phase II portion of the campaign process.
After a lengthy discussion a motion was made and carried to send several committee members to the upcoming Feb. 13 Caledonia City Council meeting in which a formal recommendation will be made to move forward with the project based upon the positive Community Assessment Study findings.
Crescendo Consulting's cost estimate for the capital campaign was around $100,000. Steve Reiman, who is a member of the pool committee asked if the city was required to solicit bids for this work. Burns replied that he felt that needed to be looked into.
City Attorney Tim Murphy, who was also attending the meeting, opined there are some exceptions as to when the city is required to get competitive bids. He indicated he would research the matter and have an answer at the Feb. 13 council meeting.
You can contact Charlie Warner at [email protected]


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A Dennis Blog -- A couple thoughts on the road to wrestlemania
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A Dennis Blog-- A couple of thoughts on the road to wrestlemania.
Welcome to another edition of A Dennis Blog, a blog that I am trying to keep going on a weekly basis. This weeks edition I'm going to do it much differently than before so, hopefully it works out for me but hey if it doesn't it's not that big of a deal, I will go back to my previous format and forget about this blog forever. The premise I have come up with for this weeks blog is predicated on the fact that WrestleMania seems to be mightily predictable this year. I plan to go over those reasons for the three matches already announced, and possibly go over my thoughts about another speculated matches.
Jack Swagger vs Alberto Del Rio
This match in my opinion has the most potential of any match currently on the card at mania for several reasons. Alberto Del Rio and Jack swagger for one are both excellent and talented wrestlers who are performing their gimmicks as well as anyone currently in the WWE. But I think maybe their greatest ally in this feud right now is the curve they could pitch to the smarks in the wwe universe.
For those of you how don't know, according to this site and many others, including TMZ if I recall correctly, Jack Swagger was caught driving under the influence. Now why this might end up being a good thing is everyone and their mothers thinks Alberto Del Rio is going to walk out of Wrestlemania the champion or at least win this match. WWE has a chance to have Jack Swagger steal this match and get screwed by extending their World Heavy-Weight money in the bank briefcase story-line. We don't even know if Jack will be punished, but if he is it's his first strike... have Big E kayfabe injure him and Dolph beat him for the belt and send him on the road for 30 days for his misbehavior (this is assuming he gets punished at all). You have an unpredictable heel coming back angry, chasing a heel champion who would be feuding with the best face currently in the WWE in my humble opinion... that sounds like a grand sandwich of win! So many layers to the feud will make smarks and normal fans alike actually care about this feud. WWE could just let Alberto win cleanly and run with the title, but I think my scenario has a much better outlook.
Though I'm going on the record saying Alberto Del Rio is likely going to win.
John Cena Vs The Rock
I'm not going to touch on this issue as much because I did touch on it with a duel blog that I did with another blogger on here, Bearkg. I don't have an issue with this story being super predictable, I really don't. I think many people are spacing out on the fact that John Cena to put over great superstars in the future must be relevant himself. He's a face, faces are suppose to win.
I will say though, I do like the idea of having the rock somehow come out and beating John Cena once again and losing his belt to someone else at the next ppv such as Ryback. This outcome would also make it less predictable outcome. The only issue I would have with this is giving the push to the superstar who is not going to be relevant in WWE for the long term. John Cena is a company guy, whereas rock wins the belt and is only going to show up half the time? It seems borderline inane that WWE would allow this.
On the record, it's all but axiomatic that John Cena will beat the rock at mania
Cm Punk Vs Taker
If Cm punk wanted himself a match for mania, he found it.I'm glad that this match is going to happen, though again like the other matches I think the conclusion is all but all ready written. Cm punk will for sure demand the respect of taker, taker will beat cm punk in a fashion that will amaze and shock the crowd at WrestleMania 29 and it will be written down as one of the greatest in Punks career for sure.
A little play out of the scenario if Cm Punk were able to beat taker though is interesting. Cm punk obviously would go straight back to the title picture with out question. I mean, the man just ended the streak of a lifetime. If Punk beats Taker and Rock beats Cena I think rock will lose it to punk at the next ppv. This would allow Cena to chase the belt once again, but with out having to turn heel to chase someone like Ryback. For reasons to be later discussed in a blog hopefully, I don't think Punk is worth that push though.
So Again I think Punk walks away mania, a loser.
Kane vs Daniel Bryan!?
I have heard talks about a Daniel bryan vs Kane feud on these forums, and they have been playing towards that, but I don't like this idea. Though the match wouldn't be predictable by any means, it seems unnecessary. At this point they should get a feud going with another tag team, and go into wrestlemania to try to push those belts into relevancy once again not worry about their weird interactions as of late. WWE creative can do what they please I guess, but I don't really see how it would be advantageous to split the tag team champions up this close to mania if they don't drop the belts before mania.
Though if this match were to happen I think they should give it to Daniel Bryan. I don't know if many if you recall at last years mania, Kane actually beat Randy Orton. Whereas most of you would remember that in the opening match, Daniel Bryan was pinned in the matter of 18 seconds. I think Daniel Bryan probably wants his wrestlemania moment, and I think he at this point in his career has more to gain from a wrestlemania win. Kane is going to be a feared monster no matter what he does at this point. I mean, he's been teaming with a "goat face" for the past six months or so, and if he wanted he could turn back into a mega heel tomorrow.
Please don't make this match happen, but if it does I'm going for my home state guy, Daniel Bryan.
Thanks for reading this edition of A Dennis Blog, I hope you liked it. Feel free to comment on the formatting, I'm more use to the contention like formatting that I did before, but I thought I'd try something out of the box this week and I hope you all enjoyed it. As always godspeed to you all.


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Thirty-inch buoy lights, from Erin Martin Design, hang from ropes. "The ceiling is high and narrow, and the lights bring it down and create a kind of canopy," Martin says. "It's like putting a hat on the space." A pair of antique French chairs are upholstered in natural linen.
Dutch doors and hand-carved detailing make this feel like "my Hansel and Gretel house," owner Kim Dempster says. The Victorian settee has been the site of many afternoon naps. When the picture window had to be replaced, Martin saved the original to create a kind of shadowbox for a collection of sea-themed paintings found at flea markets and garage sales. The coffee table was made from an old nautical chain. Dempster and her husband, Mark, purchased the Berber rug on a trip to Morocco.
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Guardianship is when a court orders someone other than the child's parent to:
The information in this section is about probate guardianships. These cases are brought by the person seeking to be appointed guardian or by someone else in the family asking the court to appoint a guardian. If custody of the minor was awarded to a non-parent through the juvenile dependency court, this section does NOT apply.
If Child Protective Services (CPS) is involved in your case, you probably have to go to the juvenile court to find out what you can do. Find out more about guardianships in juvenile court.
A probate guardianship of the person is set up because a child is living with an adult who is not the child's parent, and the adult needs a court order to make decisions on behalf of the child. Generally, probate guardianships are for children under 18. In the case of immigrant youth who are seeking special immigrant juvenile status, the law allows a guardianship of the person to be requested (or extended) for a young person who is already 18 but still under 21. Click to find out how.
A guardianship is not the same as an adoption. Here are some differences:
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There are 2 types of probate guardianship:
Guardianship of the person
In a guardianship of the person, the guardian has the same responsibilities to care for the child as a parent would. That means the guardian has full legal and physical custody of the child and can make all the decisions about the physical care of the child that a parent would make. A guardian can be anyone: relatives, friends of the family, or other people suitable to raise the child can ask to be legal guardians.
The guardian is responsible for the child's care, including the child's:
The guardian is also be responsible for supervision of the child and may be liable for any intentional damage the child may cause.
A guardianship of the person is sometimes needed when, no matter how much parents love their child, they are not able to parent.
Maybe 1 or both parents:
The court will look at what is in the best interest of the child to make sure the child is raised in a safe, stable, and loving environment. A legal guardian can care for a child when the parents are unable to.
Guardianship of the estate
A guardianship of the estate is set up to manage a child's income, money, or other property until the child turns 18. A child may need a guardian of the estate if he or she inherits money or assets. In most cases, the court appoints the surviving parent to be the guardian of the child's estate.
In some cases the same person can be the guardian of the person and of the estate. In other cases, the court will appoint 2 different people.
The guardian of the estate must:
A guardianship of the estate is created to manage a child's property.
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A guardianship of the estate is not needed when:
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IMPORTANT: If a guardianship of the estate is needed, it is best to use a lawyer to set it up, and to represent the guardian of the estate. This is because the fiduciary duty (this is the highest duty the law recognizes) owed by the guardian to the child requires that all the laws and rules be followed, and that the child's assets (property) be protected. A lawyer can make sure that the guardian of the estate does everything correctly. The lawyer's fees are paid from the estate and must be approved by the court so there is protection for the child.


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Hello all,
I know I've mentioned this already, and I know a few other people have too... but dhammawheel would be better with a live chat room. I may have a solution.
A friend of mine has lots of experience developing chat rooms (he started and operated chrsitianchat.co.uk for over ten years before he sold it this January). He's taking that experience and applying it to his new venture... another chat room. His vision is for the chat system he's developing to have many MANY portals... the first one he's developed is a facebook application. He also has code so that the chat applet can be embedded into whatever website you like. It's a secular chatroom system right now, but he did say he was interested in having rooms for different religions (amongst other things, sport, movies, etc etc etc). This is a BIG project.
What's interesting is that he may well let people use the chat system completely free of charge. I might be able to convince him to make a specific dhammawheel room and even allow it to be moderated by us too. If that's the case, all dhammawheel would need to do is use the embedded code... but what's brilliant is that the same room could be accessed by people in facebook and on other websites and forums (so more and more people will learn about dhammawheel!).
Good idea? Well, I thought it was and I thought it was worth a mention. I'll not post the link or anything here... don't want to be accused of using this place for free advertising... but if dhammawheel does want a free solution to having a chat room.... this might be it. Just let me know if you're interested.


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What is this medicine?FLUORESCEIN (floo RES ee in) is a brightly colored dye. It is used to check the surface of the eye for scratches. It may also be used to fit some contact lenses.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is placed in your eye as part of a special eye exam. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?This does not apply; this medicine is not for regular use.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected.
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I don't want to put this in the game thread.
Some quick thoughts
That was a great, great NBA playoff game. If you didn't enjoy that then you don't like NBA basketball
Haslem is very underrated. I know many have said the Heat are weak at the power forward position, but I was watching Haslem tonight and he is very solid. His defense is superb, both indivdually and teamwise. He hits the open shots. If he ever gets sick of the humidity in So. Fl, I'd love to see him in a Pacers uniform
Mental toughness. Well you saw it tonight with the Pistons, not much else needs to be said.
Guard play. In the last 5 minutes of a close NBA playoff game, the guards decide the games. Tonight was a perfect example. The Heat took several bad shots late, did not go to Shaq enough, while the Pistons guards controlled the late 5 minutes and got the ball where it needed to be. They made plays
Pacers need better guard play, someone who can make shots, defend, and get the ball where it needs to go. I'm not talking just about point guard. (Small forward is included a little bit in this also)
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For years, school districts across the nation separated children by learning ability, an approach based on a theory that children would learn better if they were grouped by ability.
Across Marion County, students of all backgrounds learn together as part of a decades-old concept called inclusion.
It wasn't always this way.
For years, school districts across the nation separated children by learning ability, an approach based on a theory that children would learn better if they were grouped by ability.
Friday ended the 12th annual Inclusive Schools Week, a national movement aimed at showing how far schools have come in "changing attitudes, practices and policies for better educational outcomes for all students," district spokesman Kevin Christian said in a release.
About 8,500 Marion students have special needs, ranging from severe disabilities to those classified as "gifted learners."
Those numbers do not count the hundreds who struggle with English language. Another 28,000 of the district's 42,000 students qualify to receive free or reduced-price meals.
Christian said inclusion means all types of students can learn from each other. Having a week dedicated to inclusion gives the district a chance to show that the community focuses on all children, no matter their needs or abilities.
"We (the United States) are the only industrialized nation in the world that educates all children," he said.
Pam Brunson, an Exceptional Student Education program specialist, said the district sent the schools banners proclaiming the year-long theme: "Great Things Happen in Inclusive Schools."
The Inclusive Schools Network — www.inclusiveschools.org — also creates a theme for the "Inclusive Schools Week," which runs annually on the first week of December.
This year's weekly theme was "Social Inclusion — More Than A Seat in the Class." The message was intended to carry the theme outside the classroom, to the lunch room and the playground.
Brunson said national studies and experience show that inclusion is not always the best for every child.
Some children, especially those with severe learning disabilities, may be better suited for self-contained learning with similar students.
"We look at the needs of every child before establishing a learning plan that best suits the child," she said. Brunson said the goal is to help the student find the right balance to ensure the best educational experience.
The week celebrates the progress schools have made to provide "a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including culturally- and linguistically-diverse backgrounds," the release states.
The emphasis also promotes dialogue among educators to determine what else can be done to ensure schools are improving.
"We are always trying to improve what we are doing in the classroom," Brunson said on Thursday.
Christian also noted that this week Marion highlighted "resources and literature that parents can use to help prepare their students to succeed in the classroom, as well as various tools to teach self-advocacy and self-confidence."
Christian said inclusion may also help self-confidence to blossom outside the classroom.
"All children need to learn all of the time, even when they are away from school," Christian said.
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