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July 26, 2011
20 New State Game Wardens Heading to the Field
AUSTIN – Twenty new state game wardens soon will be taking to the field following their completion of seven months of training at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton County.
Members of the 56th Game Warden class graduated in ceremonies at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the House of Representatives chamber at the Capitol in Austin. Featured speaker at the event was State Rep. Ryan Guillen, chairman of the House Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee.
The new game wardens will be reporting for duty at stations spanning the state from East Texas to El Paso. While the primary duty of state game wardens is to enforce hunting and fishing laws and water safety regulations, they are fully commissioned peace officers who also respond to natural disasters, assist other local and state law enforcement agencies as well as conducting public outreach on a variety of conservation-related topics.
"State game wardens are the primary law enforcement off the pavement in Texas," said Major Danny Shaw, director of training at the academy. "We do a lot more for the people of Texas than enforcing game and fish laws."
The new game wardens received 618 hours of instruction to meet the state- mandated training requirements for their basic peace officer certification including criminal and constitutional law; firearms; self defense; use of force; defensive driving; arrest, search and seizure; ethics, and first aid. They received another 700 to 750 hours of training related to wildlife and fisheries enforcement, the Texas Water Safety Act, wildlife and fisheries identification, public relations and communications, boat operation, ATV operation, and specialized patrol tactics. The new wardens also have become certified hunter education and boater education instructors.
The 20 new wardens will bring to 532 the number of men and women who are carrying on a tradition of service to Texas that game wardens started in 1895.
These are the new game wardens and the counties in which they will be stationed:
- Mallory Brodrick – Lubbock
- Buck Burchett – Webb
- James Burris – Webb
- Jerry Byrne – Zapata
- Daniel Cantu – Cameron
- Kirk Clendening – Val Verde
- Gregg Johnson – Maverick
- Anthony King – Presidio
- Trey Kram – Scurry
- Nicole Leonard – Comal
- Chase McAninch – Montague
- Kyle Nevins – Hale/Floyd
- Stewart Rogers – Hartley/Dallam
- Robert Sadowski – Anderson
- Carson Wardlow – Zapata
- William Watts – Trinity
- Clifton Westbrook – Stephens
- Gerald Whitworth – Starr
- Douglas Williams – Bowie
- Aaron Willoughby – Val Verde
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- http://tpwd.texas.gov/warden/
- How to be a Game Warden in 6 Easy Months: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URG-LS5C-Qc&feature=related
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text: Reigning Elite Series Angler of the Year Brent Chapman came away from the first day of practice for this week's tournament at West Point Lake a bit mystified. He struggled there in 2011 when the Elite Series was there about the same time of year and it was more of the same today. To find out more about his first day on the water, click here to read BassFan's Pro View Report.


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Kippax Ash Tree Primary
Last Thursday saw a spectacular end to a 5 week project with Kippax Ash Tree Primary. Funded by Creative Partnerships through Cape UK, the aim of the project was to look at how dance could be used to build trust and co-operation between the children in two year 4 classes.
Over the 5 weeks the children created dances, wrote journals and letters, made sculptures and artwork, explored photography amongst other things all based on the work of artist Alberto Giacometti. We also spent an amazing day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park taking photos, sketching and dancing amongst the sculptures! (Much to the interest of other school parties who were wandering around filling in worksheets…)
The children, staff and I have all got a great deal out of the project – learning new ways of working together and seeing how working in a creative cross-curricular way can truly enhance and make a significant difference to the way children learn, as well as having fun! All the children achieved and made significant progress not only in their dance skills and ability to work together but also in literacy as they were inspired and motivated to write through the activities.
I think we are all really sad the project has come to an end – I shall miss my Tuesdays at Kippax!
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Drawings of tattoos worn by burglars who broke into a woman's home and stole jewellery have been released by police.
The robbery took place in Stanway Gardens, Edgware, on Thursday August 7 at around 11.05am.
The victim heard banging from the bedroom of another person who lived at the address and believed they were late for work.
Then two men wearing balaclavas and gloves burst into her bedroom demanding to know where a safe was kept.
The woman told the men there was no safe at the house and handed over cash and jewellery from her bedroom.
The two men forced the woman downstairs and kept demanding to know where the safe was, when a third man appeared from upstairs and the three men left the scene.
Police have released drawings of tattoos which were seen on two of the men.
Detective Constable Kerry Bonomi of Barnet Police said: "This has been a disturbing incident for the victim, which has clearly left her traumatised.
"We would like to hear from anyone who may have been in the area of Stanway Gardens at the time of this incident and witnessed any suspicious activity.
"We would particularly like to hear from anyone who may recognise these distinctive tattoos etched on two of the suspects. Do they have a meaning?"
One of the men was described as white, 6ft tall, of stocky build, with brown eyes, and an eastern European accent. He was wearing a black balaclava, gloves, a white T-shirt, dark blue jeans and blue trainers.
He also had a tattoo on right side of neck which was diamond shape with three vertical arrows through the middle.
The second man is described as 5ft 10ins tall, with a thin build, aged from 30 to 40, with an eastern European accent, wearing a black balaclava and black gloves.
Police say he had on a red Manchester United T-shirt with the club coat of arms on the back, light blue jeans and red and white Nike trainers.
Officers say the third man was described as white 5ft 10ins tall, with blue eyes, an eastern European accent. He was wearing a black balaclava and gloves, sleeveless white shirt with "Armani Exchange" black logo on front chest.
He is also said to have the exact same tattoo as the first man on his upper right arm.
Police are calling anyone with any information to get in contact.


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What the heck...how did I get into this thread? I must have clicked the wrong link. Could somebody please link me back to the Dec 18 @Miami postgame thread where we are discussing more important things such as how we went 4-4 after our 16-1 start?
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What the heck...how did I get into this thread? I must have clicked the wrong link. Could somebody please link me back to the Dec 18 @Miami postgame thread where we are discussing more important things such as how we went 4-4 after our 16-1 start?
Lifelong pacers fan
Rondo, PG, Granger, West, Hibbert, Hill, Scola, Mahinmi and maybe Solo Hill give us a team that can still contend for the next 4 seasons which is the duration of most of our core group.
If we are able to sign Lance it virtually assures Granger is gone unless Lance takes a discount.
make it about the idea, not the person, please
I don't wanna trade Lance but I lol'd at this line. Really funny.
Larry showed his hand on Lance last summer, he's not going anywhere "This will be you next year Lance standing up here next to your daddy"
I will miss Danny. I mean talk about answering the call against Blake. First three possessions for Blake against The Captain one failed post up resulting in a pass out and then two straight possessions of Danny slapping the ball away from him.
This team is bad. They are bullies. I love it.
From West finally deciding to send the Griffin Force a message. To Paul basically deciding that any Clippers highlights would be playing a distant, distant second to his dunk. To Danny showing Blake that he wasn't going to back him down. We were just mean.
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With how tight this team is, especially the starting five....I dunno IF, IF, IF we win it all this year, I think the whole starting 5 gets commemorated in some way. Dunno if it's all retired jerseys or what, but it would seem fitting.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I mean here we have a guy who once flashed a choke sign at Lebron when he was an absolute unknown bench warmer.
A guy who talks **** to literally everyone. A man who has humped his hips at opposing benches multiple times this season after making a big play.
And yet he won't even JOKE about winning a game by 14 points after West got ejected.
David West. Serious ****ing business.
This is one guy we can not consider moving to free up salary space next summer. I can't believe anyone would even suggest it.
Ill suggest it. Trust me I love lance, I have loved him since he was drafted, I loved the fact that he was finally able to find his spot in the nba. But here is the thing, YOU DO NOT OVERPAY ROLE PLAYERS. If your wanting to pay him you have to find a way to trade danny and george hill together for cap room.
Without scola, lances assists go down dramatically. Without west and Hibbert his rebounds drop. Without 5 or 6 MAJOR scoring options he does not get to play 1 on 1 basketball. Lance is a part of the system, a system that makes him shine. His talents are superb but they are also replaceable. We cannot go back to a team without a bench. We saw what happened last year every time the 2nd unit would take the floor. Whatever lead we had was lost.... Personally I feel a discounted granger and scola are better options for this team then lance, its one or the other from what everyone says.
I am sorry but I think he will fail if he is asked to be "the man" on another team.
I really thought your point about Lance being able to play 1 on 1 because of the other scorers was very salient.
But that argument really isn't proven, is Lance's success a product of the offense or is Lance's ability causing good plays to happen?
It is a two way street here. Scola, West, PG, Danny do not get the open jumpers if Lance isn't bring the whole of the opposing defense's attention to his ball handling.
And remember, he's not being asked to be the man. He's being asked to be Lance next to Paul and Roy. The stew works and is tasty, so what if the price of the beef in it went up since the last time you made it, you don't switch it to chicken.
Again, Lance's season this year, so far is more efficient than Paul's last year while arguably being just as productive. Now i'm not saying he's going to jump again and be Paul's equal, but I think we'd all agree that Paul last year is a pretty good compliment to Paul this year, and Lance is doing that while also shooting almost a full 10% better from the field than Paul did. And don't underestimate the jump in responsibility that Lance has seen this year, he is being asked to handle the ball way more than he ever was last year and has so far handled it extremely well.
You don't punt on a guy who is averagring 14, 7, and 6 at 50% shooting.
You know who I just described? Lance obviously, but it also is Andre Igoudala. I never see Iggy brought up as a Lance comp, but I think it's sound. Why don't you ask the Sixers and Nuggets how they've done since punting on a guy that some don't consider a key cog. Now look at how good Golden State is with Iggy. Iggy is what, maybe the 4th guy you think of on that Golden State team? Yet they were awful without him, and since he has returned they have arguably been the best team in the west.
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When I think of lance I think more of the spurs and how they are able to find guys of questionable talent and make them look like stars.
OKC was just fine when they let harden go.
If you overpay a role player it will cripple you for years to come.
Also, I used to doubt Lance as much as anyone, but what's questionable about him more? He celebrates too much? The guy hasn't had any sort of a notable run in since two years ago in May when he flashed the choke sign at Lebron, and it seems sort of hypocritical to get that upset with him for that considering the most beloved athlete in Pacers history did way worse than that on more than one occassion.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
It is interesting to think that West and Hibbert allow for Lance to grab those boards because they box out their men. And I agree that Scola gets better rebounds because Ian seals his man really well. I think that is the reason why Tyler's rebound rate went up.
But Lance on any other team would still have shooters. Put him on the Hawks and he has shooters. Put him on the Lakers and he has shooters. As long as Lance has shooters he can get the space. That is why I don't think he is a good fit next to Rose and Butler.
Lance is apart of the system and that system has allow him to flourish. But its not like he will go back to being two years ago Lance if he plays for the Hawks.
Your players are more valuable to you than to others. Sometimes you have to pay to keep the players that help make the system click. We never really recovered offensively when Miller signed with the Kings.
Was Brad Miller worth that money? No?
Was he worth it to make our offense that much better? yes
The system needs Lance as much as Lance needs the system.
Guess I'm a little confused on the AI2 comparison....Golden State was awful without him? they finished 6th in the West last year at 47-35 and lost in the 2nd round to San Antonio...not sure thats the definition of awful...especially when u consider Bogut only played 32 games last year and has already played 41 this year...I think AI2 is a good fit on that Warriors team since they lacked defense at the forward and guard spot, but to say hes been this huge difference maker is not really that accurate...that and I think he and Lance have little in common and are about as different a player as 2 guys can be...
There are, however, probably quite a few more similarities with Harden
Lance is a gym rat with lots and lots of desire.
I said this last year: "He will be better next year".
I'll say it again.
Next year his shot will be a little better, his decision making will continue to improve.
Sign Lance. Hib, PG and Lance will be our big three for several years.
We can pick up ring chasers cheaply to fill out the bench.
Meant the Warriors this year without Iggy's well rounded game while he was hurt. With him they look like they go for 60 wins. Without him more like 45ish.
A healthy Bogut may get them to the WCF. A healthy A12 may get them out of the WCFs. A12 is still recovering from that injury. So I agree he isn't the sole reason why the Warriors are much stronger. I think Barnes could fill that role much better than anyone filling Boguts. Or anyone on the Pacers filling Lance's role.
Lance is nothing like Harden. He is a much better defender. And a much worse shooter. Lance is a better rebounder. And Harden is more controlled in transition. Harden has a shifty quickness. Lance has straightline quickness and brawn. His strength is mainly in his lower body. Harden has it in his chest and shoulders.
Without him and Jack, yes I agree. Without AI12, Jack, and Bogut they are sad. Without AI12 and with Bogut and Jack, they were better than a 45 win team.


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Topic: I am losing my mind
John and I live with his Mother who is 89. They argue all the time now.
John is getting weaker everyday, his Mom wants him to walk, she thinks it will make him feel better. She's losing her memory a bit so it's like she doesn't even remember I tell her he's in pain and really can't walk.
He tells me she's on him everyday, all day about something.
She tells me he talks mean to her all the time.
I am in the middle of it. I have to work 40 hours a week, I only have his Mom to look after him so I don't know what to do.
We can't move, we can't afford it. I have to work for the insurance for John.
If insurance wasn't an issue we would be gone in a heartbeat.
Can anyone give me any ideas what to do? I'm at the end of the rope and it's ready to break.


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TWO 'massive' Clarets fans survived an horrific three-vehicle motorway smash - and still saw the end of Burnley's victory over Barnsley.
The sisters were taken to hospital, along with three others travelling in the car, and despite whiplash injuries caught a taxi to the game.
Nicola and Sarah Morrissey, and their friends Scott Law and Leon Smith and his 10-year-old son Teon, were coming off at a slip road at junction 37 of the M1 when their Vauxhall Corsa was in collision with a lorry on Tuesday.
The impact sent Sarah's car careering into the middle lane.
Moments later the vehicle was struck by a second lorry, spinning the car round before it rolled three times and finally landed on its wheels on an embankment.
Three coach-loads of Burnley fans attempting to reach Barnsley's Oakwell ground were delayed by tailbacks following the accident, causing them to miss the winning goal by Ashley Barnes, scored after seven minutes of the Championship clash.
Nicola, 28, said witnesses and emergency services personnel on the scene said it was 'unbelievable' that the five passengers walked away from the crash.
The nursery nurse, of Tennyson Avenue, Padiham said: "My hands are still shaking. Me and Sarah couldn't sleep thinking about it. We were on the phone at 2am talking about it all.
"It was so lucky the second lorry didn't send us into the fast lane.
"After the first lorry hit, everything's a blur. The first thing I remember is a man coming over to help us out of the car.
"The man, two lorry drivers, and a pregnant lady all came over to check if we were okay and told us that we rolled over.
"No-one could believe it. Everyone, the police and paramedics and people that came to help us kept saying they couldn't believe how we were okay.
"I was retching with shock, Sarah was crying and saying it wasn't her fault. I think it was worse for her because she was driving.
"Sarah got the details of the lorry drivers and the first lorry driver was visibly in shock."
The five people in the car were taken by ambulance to Barnsley District Hospital for a check-up.
Scott, Lee and Teon were picked up at the hospital by Scott's girlfriend, Katie Wooller, but the sisters caught a taxi to Barnsley's ground.
Nicola added: "We needed a way to get home and knew there were people there that could give us a lift, and we really wanted to see the match.
"We go to as many away matches as we can and we've both got season tickets, we've always gone together. We love it."
Nicola and Sarah, a 26-year-old hairdresser from Gainsborough Avenue, Burnley, made it to the match around five minutes into the second half and watched for 10 minutes before Nicola began to feel faint.
A steward at the ground took the pair to the first-aid centre where Nicola was treated before going back to watch the last few minutes of the game.
She said: "We both have a bit of whiplash, but we feel so grateful and lucky. People die in crashes like that and we walked out of it, so we're really lucky. I feel like someone is watching over us."
The sisters secured lifts with s A Burnley FC spokesman said: "We're heard about the accident and are delighted that the supporters involved are all okay.
"This is proof that Clarets supporters will get to matches by hook or by crook. It's a great mark of Nicola and Sarah's support and it's wonderful that they made it to the match." the One lane of the M1 was closed while South Yorkshire Police dealt with the aftermath of the crash, delaying a number of fans en-route to the ground.


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An increasing number of Americans have lost their eyesight in recent years, and a new study shows diabetes may be to blame.
The new research finds that the number of U.S. adults who are losing their vision has climbed more than 20 percent over the past decade, rates that were even more pronounced in younger adults.
"If the current finding becomes a persisting trend, it could result in increasing rates of disability in the U.S. population, including greater numbers of patients with end-organ diabetic damage who would require ophthalmic care," wrote the researchers, led by Dr. Fang Ko, a resident at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Type 2 diabetes diagnosis: 6 months later
- America's Health Rankings show worrisome rates of chronic disease, inactivity
- Rising Type 2 diabetes rates linked to increases in high fructose corn syrup consumption
Researchers reviewed data from the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that were collected between 1999 and 2002 and 2005 and 2008. About 10,000 people ages 20 and older completed questionnaires during each time period, and were also given physical examinations, including an eye exam.
They were looking for rates of visual impairment that weren't caused by problems that could be corrected by glasses. Impairment was defined as visual acuity worse than 20/40. Visual acuity refers to the clarity or sharpness of vision, according to the American Optometric Association, and 20/20 vision is considered normal.
The researchers found from 1999 through 2002, about 1.4 percent of Americans had visual impairment, which rose to 1.7 percent between 2005 and 2008. That's a 21 percent rise in rates. A major 40 percent rise in vision problems was seen in non-Hispanic white Americans between 20 and 39 years old, which increased from 0.5 percent of that population to 0.7 percent during the studied time periods.
A closer look at the data showed risk for visual impairment increased with age and for those in poverty and with lower education levels. Another major risk they found was being diagnosed with diabetes 10 or more years prior to the survey. Diabetes prevalence rose from 2.8 percent in 1999-2002 to 3.6 percent in 2005-2008, a 22 percent rise in rates. During these time periods, diabetes rates rose for non-Hispanic whites between age 20 and 39 by a whopping 133 percent.
"These results have important implications for resource allocation in the debate of distribution of limited medical services and funding," write the researchers, who fear an influx of diabetic patients with eye problems.
The research was published Dec. 12 in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In an accompanying editorial published in the same journal, Drs. David C. Musch and Thomas W. Gardner, researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, agree there is reason for concern given these corresponding increases in diabetes and eye problems.
"This report should send an important message to pediatricians, family practitioners, internists, and ophthalmologists who already are seeing an increase of Type 2 diabetes among their younger patients, and should alert public health planners, who need to prepare for the effects on the health care system," they write.
Diabetes can damage blood vessels in the eye, potentially causing impairment and blindness, according to the American Diabetes Association. Eye disorders related to diabetes include retinopathy; which is damage to the blood vessels in the back of the eye; glaucoma, which is vision loss caused by pressure build-up; and cataracts, which block out light from the eye.
Dr. Vivian Fonseca, president of medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association, said to HealthDay that on an individual level, people are better managing their diabetes and rates of diabetic retinopathy may actually be falling, according to some research.
"What's changed is the denominator," he said. "The overall prevalence of diabetes has gone up and the sheer volume of people with diabetes makes it look like things are getting worse."
Study co-author Dr. David Friedman, director of the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, told Medscape the study backs current recommendations from the American Academy of Ophthalmology that urge people with diabetes to get routine eye exams.
"Virtually all permanent blindness from diabetes can be prevented with proper vision screening," said Friedman. "People with diabetes need an eye exam every year so we can prevent permanent vision loss from it."


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Good, But Less is MoreSilicones, panthenol, and hydrolyzed silk go a long way to tame frizz and static and create silky strands. Careful--less is more with this! It does have a "masculine" scent, but that does dissipate with time. — 4 years, 3 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
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WOrth EVERY PENNY!I first was introduced to this product back in 2007 after having got 3d highlights in my hair. My stylist recommended this to me and put some on my hair. I fell in love with the smell immediately and Loved how it made my hair look shiny and healthy. I have to use about 8 dimes sizes because my hair is long and Iove putting extra on my ends. I also massage my scalp with this product and for the pr...read moreice, which to me is actually pretty cheap. You can find it at Ross and Marshall's sometimes for half the price, so I stock up. I've tried using silkeness, pantene and other products, but this is by far the one I am faithful too. It is worth it if your hair is thinning, over processed, dry or you use a lot of heating products. I don't recommend it in places with humidity like Hawaii or if you have thick asian oily hair. It is made for caucasian hair mostly and unfortunately I am part Enlish so I have that white hair, so this is a life saver for me. — 5 years, 3 months agoLani702 | 118 reviews
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Silky StrandsA dime size application should give great results to medium length hair and a quarter size for longer hair, however too much of this can look like someone melted butter and combed it down your strands. A lightweight application of this delivers a soft and shiny finish and with a flat iron, this is basically almost like a heat barrier but reduces the usage of any finishing creams, sprays, and extr...read morea serums. The only faulty feature that some people may find a turn off about this hair emulsion is that it can smell like a men's cologne and a woman may not exactly want to carry that scent around for other people to get a whiff at and wonder what it might be. Unless you want to smell like you've been snuggling up to your lover or hadn't showered from your one night stand last night, I'd use this very minimally. Otherwise, still a good product. — 9 years, 4 months agoVLA | 336 reviews
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it works!i like that this protects my hair from damage and i also like that it makes my hair super stick straight. i dont' mind the price because this is a pretty good size bottle. — 9 years, 4 months agocandyapples17 | 223 reviews
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Great Product!Love the scent. Not to greasy, helps me with tangles, leaves hair looking great! — 9 years, 5 months agosmiley48 | 204 reviews
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soft shiny hairI have long hair and i use about a quarter size amount on wet hair. It works great when i wear my hair natural (curly) and even better when i straighten my hair which can stay a little rough on the ends even though i get regular trims. The smell could be better, kinda of a masculine scent. — 6 years, 6 months agoelena62 | 169 reviews
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Worth itLet me start with saying that the fantastic rating is for Chi's OLD formula of Chi Silk Infusion (the amber colored serum.) The new formulation hasn't done any harm to my hair, but it just doesn't work the wonders that the original does. I'm so dedicated to the old formula that I stock up when I find it. Here's a great tip if you want to know whether you are buying/have bought the old or new formu...read morela: the old formula's bottle is slightly goldish tinged (you can tell because the bottom of the bottle should be silver) and it will have a shorter serial number (printed on the bottom of the bottle.) The newer version comes in a more silvery bottle (no yellowish tinge!) and has a longer serial number. I often find both new and old formulas in the same store, you just have to go through the bottles on the shelf if you want a specific formula. This is also useful if you are buying online from a retailer that offers returns (hopefully free.) You can check the color of the bottle and the serial number before breaking the seal! I hope this helps anyone looking for answers about the old and new formulas :) — 3 years, 5 months agohappylittlemess | 71 reviews
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Not only is this the best Merchant of Venice I've ever reviewed, but it's one of the finest Shakespeare productions I've ever seen, period.
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|reviewer: Priscilla from New York
|Saw Al Pacino in Merchant of Venice Sat 30th Oct and he was incredible as Shylock. If you have a chance to see this play don't miss it - we were blown away and I'm not a big fan of shakespeare plays generally but this was spellbinding!
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|reviewer: Eric F. Luce from Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern Mississippi
|Ms Rabe was riveting and interesting as Portia in previews of Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino. I wondered where this young woman had come from.
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|reviewer: Joanna from Brooklyn, NY
|I was mesmerized by the cast and the performance. Seeing Al Pacino up close and in person, performing the way he did made me understand what an incredible actor is all about. I laughed, I cried, and the premium seat I had was worth very cent and more. BRAVO TO ALL CAST MEMBERS. PACINO IS A LEGEND!
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|reviewer: Janel from Reading, PA
|November 28, started out as another day! We had tickets to go see "The Merchant of Venice" and I was hoping to go because lately I have been having a few medical problems that we will not get into right now but we arrived in NYC after my dear friend took me and my mom to the Broadhurst Theater. We arrived a little early so we stood there for a few moments and decided what to do? Because as many people know there are about a billion things to do in NYC! So instead of leaving we actually stood out front of the theater and we waited for a few moments and a woman started talking about Al Pacino and what type car he arrives in and I said out of the blue "Oh I think its a Black SUV!" and just as I said a small black SUV came around the corner and stopped for a moment, a security guard approached and instantly my breathe felt like someone had taken it away! It was him! Al Pacino, "The Godfather" "The Merchant Of Venice" "And Justice for All!" The list goes on! He actually drove himself to the theater and he stopped and smiled at my mom and then me. A swarm of people who stated they were waiting all day came rushing towards him but instead he came towards us. He is mild mannered, polite and wore his sunglasses. He looks amazing and his security guard stayed with him. He signed for a few people and my mom Elizabeth (Betty) walked right up to him and said I waited fifty six years to meet you and he smiled and said thank you and signed my "Godfather II" DVD from the boxed set and he hugged and kissed her. I thought for once after meeting so many people my mom was going to faint! LOL I yelled Mr. Pacino I love you, your amazing and he turned waved and smiled. He tossed his sharpie he was using to sign photos to the crowd. He went into the theater and said he would see us in a bit! I felt like I was in shock! I grew up watching Pacino, DeNiro and Brando! They are it! The amazing ones! We waited for a bit and the security guard said they would let people in at 1:30 and we could get something to eat or get a drink. Instead we took in the sites and sounds that only New York City could offer. The beautifully lit buildings. The crowds of people waiting in the cold to see a legend who many of us only see on television or a DVD. We walked around and went to Sardis, my mom told me stories about how she went there when she was young and she loved it! We also went in Carmine's and just stood on the streets of NY! There is no place on earth like New York City! It brings you to life! As we headed back to the theater to get ready to see Al Pacino on stage. All I kept thinking was I am going to watch Michael Corleone perform on Broadway! It felt like I was in a dream and waiting for someone to wake me up! We all went into the theater and the staff was very polite. They escorted everyone to their seat and we waited a mer few moments and the first act began. They received a rousing applause from a rather good group of theater goers. Besides Pacino, starring in the production was Lily Rabe, David Harbour, Byron Jennings, Jesse L. Martin (who was very good and full of energy!), Gerry Bamman, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Christopher Fitzgerald, Peter Francis James who was brilliant on "OZ" in an unforgettable role and Isaiah Johnson, Charles Kimbrough, Heather Lind, Seth Numrich, Matthew Rauch and Richard Topol. Pacino was on right from start of the production! His genius and fire truly comes out! He becomes the wonderful characters that are portrayed for him. It was one of the great honors in my life, if not thee greatest honor to see Mr. Pacino perform and then have the chance to meet him and make my moms dream happen after everything she has done for me. She is a true fighter and makes you believe in yourself. Mr. Pacino was amazing! Beyond talented and brilliant! I will never forget that day and thank you Mr. Pacino and the entire cast for putting on a brilliant performance! I could not walk for over ten years and my mom is a cancer survivor and she had bilateral knee replacements and helped me walk again after getting a total hip replacement and she also had Achilles tendon surgery. My mom is amazing and to see her so happy meant the world to me!!! Much peace and thank you, Janel Spiegel
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|I have seen many plays, and most DC Shakespeare Theater productions in the last 15 years, but I have never experienced such compelling theater as I did on my NYC trip to see the Merchant of Venice. The set and costumes were perfect, but what really set this production apart were the stunning performances. From the first scene in which Bassanio asks Antonio for money, I was riveted by the performances of David Harbor and Byron Jennings. I expected Al Pacino to deliver, but he gave one of the most complex performances of his career. He played Shylock with not only spite and rage, but also with the pain and weight of racism that drove his vengence. Mr. Pacino spoke of financial loss, but showed a father's emotional loss. Al Pacino, Lily Rabe, David Harbour, Byron Jennings, Marsha Blake, Heather Lind, Jesse L. Martin, and the rest of the cast were so compelling, that I wished I could also have watched each actor's reactions. I did not want to miss one moment of anyone's performance.
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Our guest blogger today is John N. Failey, President of the Ensemble Music Society and co-presenter of the upcoming JACK Quartet performance in the Toby.
The Ensemble Music Society did not set out to have a "theme" for the upcoming concert by JACK Quartet at the IMA, it just happened. We wanted to present the Quartet (1964) by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski because 2013 is the centennial of his birth. György Ligeti's Quartet No. 2 and Tetras by Iannis Xenakis were both stunning sonic wonderlands of sound and textures that have become contemporary classics and have never been performed in Indianapolis. We liked selecting Xenakis too because he was once as an Associate Professor of Music at Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University from 1967 to 1972.
But a larger underlying theme emerged in the life experiences of these three composers. Darkness as they were all uprooted and tormented by the World Wars and civil upheaval that stripped them of all personal possessions, Indeterminacy as they faced an uncertain future or nearly certain death during these struggles, and later found Rebirth and new beginnings with freedom to express their musical ideas.
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, presented last weekend in the Toby, was described in Eric Grayson's blog post as "still a stunning and fresh experience." Besides the cinematic elements that make this film so impressive, the use of music by classical composers heightens the experience. The two pieces most familiar to traditional music audiences in the film are Johann Strauss' Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz and Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra. It is somewhat odd that both of these nineteenth century pieces were featured in a movie about the future, however most of the other music in 2001 was by composer György Ligeti. Definitely on the leading edge of contemporary music, Ligeti was better known in avant garde art and music circles. Three works by Ligeti were in the movie. Excerpts from "Requiem" are heard during the monolith scenes and "Lux Aeterna" is another recurring motif. Ligeti's Atmosphères is heard in its entirety in the film. Kubrick returned to Ligeti again for piano music to the masked orgy in Eyes Wide Shut.
Ligeti was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in 1923. During the Austrian occupation of Hungary and the rise of the Nazi movement, Ligeti was sent to a forced labor brigade, his brother to a concentration camp and his parents to Auschwitz. His mother was a nurse and the only other member of his immediate family to survive. When Soviet troops violently suppressed the Hungarian uprising of 1956, Ligeti escaped to the West, hidden in a railway baggage car. Kubrick did not seek Ligeti's permission to use his music for 2001 in advance. While the juxtaposition of his music with that of Richard Strauss' did not make him happy, it did result in a top selling film and soundtrack recording.
Witold Lutosławski's father was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 when he was five years old. He and his mother moved to Warsaw where, from 1939 to 1945, war was besieging the country. They narrowly escaped the retreating Nazi army that destroyed nearly 85% of Warsaw, but they lost everything. They endured a repressive Stalinist regime that tightly controlled the type of music he could write. The string quartet composed in 1964 came after an easing of government control and uses an aleatoric or random chance technique in each performers part. Each performer within certain structural boundaries has the freedom to express the music of their part as they feel best. If much of life is indeterminate, so is his music.
Iannis Xenakis was of Greek heritage and born in what was then Romania. In his student days living in Athens, he was politically active and fought against British troops and other efforts to restore the Greek monarchy during the Greek Civil War. In the midst of the fighting, Xenakis was severely injured, losing sight in one eye and having his face permanently scarred in a shell attack. He then escaped to France in 1947 after he was first sentenced to death by the right wing government of Greece. He practiced architecture in France with Corbusier as an illegal immigrant. He was also a brilliant mathematician. He studied music composition with Olivier Messiaen. Xenakis wrote a collection of texts on applications of stochastic processes, game theory, and computer programming in music. Tetras is one of the most spectacular works in the entire string quartet repertoire. It is an athletic piece that's powerful and dense — worlds away from the airy styles often mistakenly associated with string quartet music.
Hear these works performed by contemporary music ensemble JACK Quartet in the Toby on Thursday, February 21. Pre-concert discussion with ISO Music Director Krzysztof Urbański begins at 6:45 PM, Concert at 7:30 PM.
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The Public Relations Office of the Fort Worth Police Department is hosting a Diversity Forum on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods, 818 Missouri Ave., in Fort Worth. It will feature FWPD Chief Jeff Halstead.
Topics up for discussion include recruiting for employment, strengthening communication and partnerships and patrol bureau realignments. There will be a question-and-answer period at the end.
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Flash back 12 hours. Am conferencing about a Euro-based Italian chain that has franchised in the area. The corporate wine list is all Italian, but the franchisee can do whatever they want to do. So on the list goes Pinot Noir from California, four kinds of Malbec from Argentina and Silver Oak Cabernet. In an area where chain restaurants dominate. And this is going to differentiate them from their competition? So, why not use the real thing?
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Sylvester is a beautiful black, tan and cream-colored shepherd mix with a soft coat and warm brown eyes. He's about a year old, is very friendly and has a great personality — not to mention a super smile. Sylvester is always ready to play and is eager to please. He'll make a wonderful canine companion.
Sylvester and many other great dogs, cats, puppies and kittens are available for adoption from the Dallas Animal Services Adoption Center, located at 1818 N. Westmoreland at I-30 on the northeast corner. The shelter is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays. The cost to adopt is $85 for dogs and $55 for cats and includes spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, microchip and more. All dogs are negative for heartworms, and cats have been tested for FeLV and FIV. For more information, visit www.DallasAnimalServices.org or call 214-671-0249.
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The Federal Reserve has a dilemma, which means traders and investors have one, too. The primary goal of monetary policy is to stimulate economic activity, which requires lending and borrowing.
This is where things get tricky, because the Fed actions that can give lenders more confidence and promote lending can also make borrowers less motivated. This is called the paradox of thrift, which I discussed in October following the Fed's announcement of plans to purchase $40 billion worth of agency mortgage-backed securities per month.
Since then, opposing sentiments have arisen in the financial markets. Lenders and bond buyers have not committed to the residential mortgage market as the Fed had intended. The prevailing concern among market participants has been, and continues to be, that the Fed will withdraw support for the mortgage-backed securities market unexpectedly, perhaps much sooner than the Fed has implied. If that happens, the value of existing MBS would be negatively affected. As a result, lenders have not aggressively pursued making new loans and mortgage spreads have remained stubbornly high. This is not what the Fed wants, but the Fed has not sought to dissuade markets of this belief, either.
One reason the Fed has not tried more forcefully to persuade the markets of their commitment to support the residential-mortgage market is to counteract consumers' sanguine attitude about the cost of capital. Consumers are becoming accustomed to low borrowing costs and believe the trend will continue, thus they are not moving to access the low rates with the urgency the Fed intended. Lenders are worried the rates are going to go up and they are hesitant to lend as a result. Meanwhile, consumers are not worried about this at all and are in no hurry to borrow.
This is a quandary for the Fed and a potentially serious situation for the banking industry.
Ten-year Treasury yields and 30-year fixed mortgage rates are both about 25 basis points higher today than they were when the Fed made its announcement in September. They are also higher than they were when the Fed announced in December its intention to buy $45 billion worth of long-term Treasuries per month. And mortgage spreads have not declined. The September announcement was supposed to cause mortgage rates to decline, lenders to lend, borrowers to borrow and mortgage-backed-securities buyers to buy. So far, none of that has occurred to the extent that the Fed's program could be considered successful.
Even though the intended effect has not been achieved, Federal Open Market Committee members have indicated a hesitancy to continue the mortgage purchase program, as reflected in the minutes of December's meeting. That doesn't mean that they are going to, though.
The bottom line is that a failure to show results from policy moves over the past four months indicates that the Fed will do something else. It could buy even more MBS to force mortgage rates down further, or it could do the exact opposite, allowing mortgage rates to rise. The first case targets lenders, the second targets consumers. Either way, it's likely that the Fed will have to do something different to effect a change in the status quo.
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ELVR in PH Patients With Severe Emphysema
This study has been completed.
Heidelberg University
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of endoscopic valve implantation in patients with COPD and PH on hemodynamics, symptoms, exercise tolerance and quality of life in 10 patients in a prospective study. An improvement of objective parameters may also have a prognostic significance
|COPD Pulmonary Emphysema
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|Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Effect of Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (ELVR) on Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) in Patients With Severe Emphysema and Pulmonary Hypertension
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|December 2014
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|May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
So far there is no treatment of COPD in addition to the established treatment of concomitant PH. Administration of PH-specific medication outside of clinical trials is not recommended in new guidelines for PH of the ERS/ESC. The influence of endobronchial valve implantation on the PH has not been studied in detail. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of endoscopic valve implantation in patients with COPD and PH on hemodynamics, symptoms, exercise tolerance and quality of life in 10 patients in a prospective study. An improvement of objective parameters may also have a prognostic significance
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Patients with severe emphysema and PH, where ELVR is indicated
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- signed patient consent form
- men and women >30 years
- Clinically indicated endoscopic lung volume reduction
- Pulmonary hypertension according to Group 3.1 of the Dana Point classification
- Severe pulmonary emphysema
- Maximum of medical therapy according to GOLD
- heterogeneous emphysema
- Detected in the HR-CT
- Confirmation of the heterogeneity of emphysema by computer-assisted quantification (YACTA ®)
- stable COPD
- No exacerbation in the last 8 weeks
- Cortisone dose <20 mg prednisolone equivalent
- Non-or ex-smoker
- Nicotine abstinence> 4 months
- Actual CoHb <2.5%
- Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH), invasively diagnosed by right heart catheterization:
- Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP)> 25 mmHg
- Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) <15 mmHg
- Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)> 320 dyne * sec * cm-5
Exclusion Criteria:
- PH of Group 1, 2, 4, 5 of the Dana Point Classification
- Previous operations
- s/p Lung resection (lobectomy / pneumonectomy)
- s/p endoscopic lung volume resection
- significant bronchiectasis
- Sputum volume> 4 tablespoons / day
- Severe cardiac comorbidities:
- s/p myocardial infarction in the last 6 weeks
- Congestive heart failure
- Cardiomyopathy with highly impaired LVF
- Clopidogrel in long-term medication
- Respiratory insufficiency: PaCO2 mmHg at rest> 55
- current pregnancy
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01393379
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01393379
|Center for pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxclinic Heidelberg
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Heidelberg University
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|Christoph Corvinus, MD
|Center for pulmonary hypertension, Thoraxclinic Heidelberg
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|Prof. Dr. med. Ekkehard Gruenig, Prof. Grünig / PD Dr. Eberhardt, Heidelberg University
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|NCT01393379 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 12, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 19, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pulmonary Emphysema
Pathologic Processes
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Saratoga Springs, NY … B.E.S.T. announced today that it has received a gift from The Adirondack Trust Company in the form of twenty Igloo® Coolers and ten cases of Saratoga® Natural Spring Water to support the employees of the Saratoga Race Course Backstretch.
Paul Ruchames, B.E.S.T. Executive Director noted, "The twenty coolers donated by Adirondack Trust have already begun to be distributed and they have proven to be very fitting gifts for our workers who are often on the road going from track to track and lack a way to bring and care for their food or drinks. BEST is deeply appreciative for these generous and thoughtful gifts and those who have already received the gifts have had their spirits lifted by Adirondack Trust as it provided the workers with yet another concrete example of the support of the community."
Accordingly to Charles V. Wait, Jr. Vice President of The Adirondack Trust Company, "as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of racing in Saratoga Springs this summer we thought it would be ideal to also recognize the employees of the Backstretch with this gift of coolers and water. They do a tremendous job in supporting the Saratoga Race Course and are the backbone to what makes this a world-class horse racing venue, now 150 years old. We are indebted to their service and are proud to help them with this gift."
B.E.S.T. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide the close to 2,000 barn area workers of the Saratoga Race Course with free medical care, health insurance, counseling, food, clothing, transportation and translation assistance.
Founded in 1901 in Saratoga Springs, New York The Adirondack Trust Company is an independent, employee and locally owned and operated community bank offering a wide variety of business and personal financial services. The bank also offers trust, investment and insurance services and originates real estate mortgages, both residential and commercial, and commercial business loans throughout its market area. The bank has over $1 billion in assets and twelve branches. The Adirondack Trust Company is rated a 5-Star superior bank (the highest) by Bauer Financial for the period ending March 31, 2013 based on the most recent data available.
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Lenten Resources this 2011Thursday, February 24th, 2011
This is the first blog of several blogs about some of the Irish Lenten Resources that are going to become available to you this lent.
The fist resource is courtesy of the Church of Ireland: "Home-Grown Lent Course"
A Bible Study resource for Lent on the theme of Creation is currently being prepared for the use of parishes in the Church of Ireland. The material will consist of a pdf freely available on the internet and via email, also available on CD-Rom at the official launch on March 6th after Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The launch will be addressed by the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.
The Lent Creation project is designed both to link into the Anglican Consultative Council's project "The Bible in the Life of the Church" and to function as an inaugural effort for a proposed Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland (BACI). Welcoming the course, the Rt Reverend Michael Burrows, Chairman of the Anglican Affairs Sub-Committee of the Church of Ireland Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue said: "I warmly welcome this excellent initiative to connect members of the Church of Ireland to something which is of paramount significance in the greater Anglican context, namely working together towards a common understanding of our elucidation and application of Scripture."
The course, designed to provide parishes with a five-week program for Lent, will consist of ten Bible passages with introductions, notes, and questions for reflection. The material is intended to facilitate thoughtful reflection on "creation" and to inspire its application.
The pdf will be downloadable from the internet (http://bibliahibernica.wordpress.com) or be requested from the working group via email (email@example.com). The working group requests feedback on the course from all participating groups, so that a report may then be forwarded to the ACC to contribute to its analysis of how Anglican congregations around the world relate to the Bible.
Following the completion of the Lent 2011 project, the BACI working group plans to invite participation in an inaugural AGM, to establish a constitution and committee. Details for this event will be published shortly. The proposal is broad-church and ecumenically minded and seeks membership from every diocese of the Church of Ireland.
Coming to our blog soon details of a new exciting resource from Catholic Ireland .net on www.cilent.ie/2011.
Watch this space!
If you know of any Lenten resource available in Ireland or the UK that you think we should tell our readers about please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Dear All,
Recently, I've came across this organisation (Dharmakaya), that teaches the a combination of breathing, mantra and crystal ball as an meditation object.
Then, according to this website, http://www.buddhismaustralia.org/cults.htm
it seems that Dharmakaya was a branch of Buddhist Cults.
Anyone has any idea on this? They have a large following internationally as well


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On Campus
Exploring Intersections of Our Identities
Everything comes together for Salina Rivera, CAS '13. When it comes to personal identity and diversity, the Bronx native sees intersections where others see walls of separation.
"There are many different parts of each person's identity," says Rivera, who is majoring in women's, gender, and sexuality studies. "It's important that we look at how these identities influence each other and what they mean to each individual."
Rivera, who transferred to AU after two years at SUNY–Albany, knows there is more to individuals than the one or two identities that may be most visible to others. "When people begin to look at the multiple parts of who they are, they can start to see what makes them unique, while at the same time belonging to multiple groups," she says.
After coming to AU, Rivera immediately immersed herself in the College's WGSS program. After taking LGBT Lives, a course taught by Matt Bruno, coordinator of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Programming at AU's Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Rivera knew she had to get involved with LGBTQ programming on campus. And she did, landing a job with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion.
As the GLBTA Resource Center merged with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Women's Resource Center to create CDI, Rivera became increasingly interested in how the elements of diversity fit together. With the resources now housed in one office, Rivera believes it just makes sense to find the connections between these identities. "I identify as a female. I identify as Latina. I identify as a lesbian. And those are all parts of who I am. You can't just separate them and put them in boxes," she says.
Working with a variety of campus partners, including United Methodist Chaplain Mark Schaefer, Rivera has worked to create CDI's Intersections program, designed to highlight the intersections of various identities. During American Indian Heritage Month in November, Rivera partnered with Schaefer, who runs an annual Alternative Break trip to American Indian reservations, to facilitate a discussion on race in Native American communities. She also partnered with the Disability Rights Coalition to educate students about disability identity in American Indian communities and in a variety of cultures.
Rivera hopes to help others see the importance of this intersectionality this spring as she co-leads an Alternative Break trip to Puerto Rico focused on women's sexual health issues, particularly the legacy of forced sterilization that still casts a shadow over many Puerto Rican women.
"In order to control the unemployment rate in Puerto Rico, the government tried to institute sterilization to curb the population," says Rivera, whose grandparents are from Puerto Rico. "While it wasn't officially compulsory, in order to get a job women had to show proof of their sterilization. As a result, many of the poorer women, largely black Puerto Ricans, were sterilized while richer, lighter-skinned Puerto Rican women were able to avoid it."
While the days of compulsory sterilization in Puerto Rico have passed, Rivera says it is still difficult for many women to access contraception and other sexual health services as well as accurate information regarding sexual health. The Alternative Break, which Rivera will co-lead with Cristina Khan, SPA '13, another student active with CDI, will allow students to learn about the history of this problem and experience its manifestations in modern-day Puerto Rico.
"We're going to visit organizations in Puerto Rico that are actively working to give women access to complete and accurate information so they can make informed medical and reproductive decisions," says Rivera. "We want participants to see both the problem and what is already being done to solve it."
Rivera is also working with the Student Activities office to create an AU chapter of Gamma Rho Lambda, a national sorority for individuals who identify as queer women. "Many of the individuals GRL is designed to serve are those who are traditionally left out of Greek life," says Rivera. "We want to create a community that is supportive and inclusive of anyone who wants to participate."
After finishing her undergraduate degree this year, Rivera hopes to enroll in AU's MA program in sociology with a focus in race and gender studies before pursuing a doctoral program. She plans to teach at the university level and work in higher education administration.
"I want to take what I have learned and put it into practice that will help others," says Rivera. "It's easy to look at all of these ideas in purely theoretical terms, but when we can put them into practice and help students to embrace their identities and better understand themselves, it can make a big impact."


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I bought 8 pounds of beautiful, ripe, organic strawberries the other day at Costco. Because I have some serious fruit lovers in my house the berries disappeared pretty quick, almost before I could set aside what I needed to make this jam.
My plan was to make a simple standby recipe from Cooking Light for refrigerator jam – no canning or sterilizing required – but I had some other things to do and didn't want to stand watch for the better part of an hour over a pot of simmering strawberries.
So I let the oven do the work, a technique I employ a lot in my cooking. Hands free is a great thing in the kitchen.
I usually make this jam with red wine or balsamic vinegar instead of brandy, but this time I used the last drops from a bottle of framboise (clear raspberry liqueur). Strawberry-flavored vodka would be fun to try, too.
There's an inspiring feature in the April 2011 O Magazine on women food entrepreneurs, Seven Women Who Turned Their Passion for Food into a Career. I found a few of the food products mentioned in the story during my many shopping travels.
I spread Belle Chevre Honey Breakfast Cheese on Effie's Homemade Oatcakes, then topped with some jam. Delicious!
Roasted Strawberry Refrigerator Jam
- 4 cups strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons clear fruit brandy (raspberry, strawberry, cherry) or strawberry-flavored vodka
- 1 vanilla bean pod, split, plus scraped seeds
- Toss the strawberries in a bowl with the sugar, brandy, vanilla pod and scraped seeds. Let stand 10 minutes. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet or small roasting pan.
- Roast in a 250 degree oven for about 2 hours, until the berries are very soft and shriveled. Mix around once or twice as they cook.
- Let the syrupy berries cool. Remove the vanilla pod. Pulse in a food processor or mash by hand with a potato masher to a chunky consistency.
- Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.


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Fans fought for the perfect view. Cowbells rang raucously, spectators screamed into megaphones, making sure the sixth and final stage of the 2012 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah would be remembered for its liveliness. Enthusiasts snapped countless photos with their smartphones and children decorated Lower Main Street with chalk art.For one day, Park City's Main Street was the focal point of the cycling world.
"I don't know how you can say it's not enjoyable," said Rory Sutherland, a New Zealander riding for the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team, who won the Tour's first stage on Aug. 7 and won the Most Aggressive Rider jersey Sunday. "It's obviously a very painful experience, but at the same time, I don't think there was a rider out there today who didn't enjoy parts of the climb and seeing the people of Utah come out and support us."
Pain is an understatement. Stage 6 of this year's Tour of Utah punished without compromise.
For the first time ever, the Tour of Utah — dubbed America's toughest stage race — finished in Park City and the 76.73-mile ride did not disappoint. The peloton set out from Lower Main Street around noon Sunday and trekked to the east side of Summit County, past Oakley and Kamas and into the Wolf Creek Pass area. From there, the riders set out for Wasatch County where they rode through Heber City, into Midway and eventually faced the demoralizing climb up Empire Pass.
A day after nabbing the yellow jersey from Christian Vande Velde of team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, Swiss rider Johann Tschopp made sure he wouldn't relinquish it on the Tour's biggest stage. The BMC Racing Team rider kept the leader's jersey on the final day, securing his 2012 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah victory, finishing first overall in the individual general classification race in front of a roaring crowd on Lower Main Street. Matthew Busche of Team Radioshack-Nissan Trek finished second, while Leopold Koenig of Team NetApp finished third.
"We have a lot of similar routes in Europe as here in Utah," said a smiling Tschopp through an interpreter. "There have been a lot here that are quite large.
"My strategy was to perform at my maximum. It was quite difficult from time to time, but I did what I needed to do — and from time to time, it was risky."
Risky, indeed.
Having already trekked close to 470 miles in Northern Utah's grueling mountainous terrain, the riders were presented with a challenge that tested some riders to their very core. Cyclists huffed and puffed as they crossed the finish line. Some just plopped their bodies on their handlebars.
The final eight miles took no prisoners. However, two-time defending Tour of Utah champion Levi Leipheimer, a graduate of the Rowland Hall Academy in Salt Lake City, made sure he wouldn't fall victim to the altitude gains. After all, Leipheimer, who recently competed in the 2012 Tour de France, spends much of his summer training along the Wasatch Back and actually suggested the Empire Pass climb to Tour of Utah organizers.
The 38-year-old veteran made a crucial push past the peloton on the way up Empire Pass and eventually took a staggering lead. Leipheimer won the final stage as he shot down Deer Valley Drive and made one final, yet brief climb up Lower Main Street as the crowd shouted his name.
"I definitely felt the pressure today, having been the one who pushed for that climb, and in a way discovered it," he said, shaking his head. "They actually put it in and I didn't think they would. It turned out to be a good thing."
With the way he performed on the Tour of Utah's final day, Leipheimer was asked if he wished the climb would have been longer.
"No, no," he said. "I was suffering — I was suffering a lot. When I saw '5K to go,' I thought, 'Oh my God, what did I do to myself?' It's horrible to be out there pushing yourself that hard and under the pressure of 'I've got the stage win in my hands.' At the same time, that's why I think we all race our bikes, because suffering like that is actually a beautiful thing. It's not pretty. I felt ugly on the bike, but I won the stage. I've ridden that exact course about 20 times, and every time I come over the top of that hill, I've come down that exact same downhill and I imagined myself in that scenario. That's really why I do this."
In total, the riders who finished all six stages rode 545 miles and climbed close to 38,500 feet in the six-day event. They touched cities such as Ogden, Lehi and Midway and participated in the team trial at the Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele.
With the Tour of Utah continuing to grow in stature — both nationally and internationally — the story of this year's stage race will be the taxing 22-percent climbs presented to the already-gassed riders on event's final day.
"I think it's a testament to how much the Tour of Utah has grown, and the level of competition is so high, if you make a mistake or two, like we did in the team time trial, then your race is over," Leipheimer said. "I never figured I would be able to win. I was hoping to get a stage win out of these last couple days, and I was very happy to be able to do that."


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Holiday Greetings and Gratitude from Fair Trade USA
Letter from President & CEO Paul Rice
Dear Friends,
As I reflect on the past year, I am reminded of the many accomplishments and new lessons that we have achieved together in this amazing Fair Trade movement.
After a challenging 2010 with a flattening of the U.S. Fair Trade market, sales this year have been fantastic. Across the board, sales of Fair Trade Certified coffee, sugar, cocoa, produce, tea and other products jumped dramatically, driving positive impact for farmers around the world. We celebrate this remarkable achievement and the efforts that so many companies, farmers, NGOs and other stakeholders undertook to make it possible.
In the midst of this turn-around effort for our organization and market, we launched Fair Trade for All, our strategic innovation initiative. At the heart of this initiative is a compelling vision – developed in collaboration with partners and stakeholders – to expand Fair Trade and its uplifting impact for farmers and farm workers across all product categories.
Our first steps have already proven fruitful. This year, we raised over $5 million to support cooperatives with training, technical assistance and new working capital. This effort will deepen the impact of Fair Trade for family farmers organized in co-ops. At the same time, we developed new Fair Trade standards for farm workers and recently started piloting these standards on coffee estates in Brazil. This is truly an historic moment: for the first time in the 50-year history of the global Fair Trade movement, we are extending the benefits of our empowerment model to the poorest of the poor – farm workers on estates who, until now, have not been eligible for certification.
While this initiative has been accompanied by some controversy within the global Fair Trade community, we are absolutely convinced that it is the right thing to do. We are truly grateful for the courageous support of so many leaders and organizations who have spoken out in support of a broader, more inclusive Fair Trade movement.
I want to thank you for your support for farmers and farm workers around the world. With every purchase, you are supporting a cause that is bringing dignity and hope to millions of families.
With warm holiday greetings,


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Skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold has revealed how she and all her British team-mates are rallying behind short track speed skater Elise Christie after her bitterly disappointing Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Christie, reigning European champion, went into the Games with high hopes but suffered an unwanted hat-trick of disqualifications in the 500 metres, 1500 metres and 1000 metres.
Disqualification in the final of the 500 metres was hard to take and was compounded by the threatening messages Christie received on social media.
A 'did not finish' ruling ended her 1500 metres challenge at which point she must have begun to have wondered if everything was conspiring against her.
Christie's British team-mates were willing her to have a change of fortune in her favoured event - the 1000 metres - but, having reached the semi-finals, Christie and China's Jianrou Li were penalised for impeding on the final bend and her last chance of a medal had gone.
Yarnold, who claimed gold for Britain in the skeleton on day seven of the Games, said: "Elise is a good friend and I know how passionate and determined she is as an athlete.
"I was there to support her, everyone was behind her and now feeling for her after what happened.
"It was difficult for the whole team to watch.
"She's had a difficult time at these Olympics. We'll always support her."
Livingston-born Christie, 23, became the first British woman to win an individual medal at a World Championship when she claimed a bronze medal in Debrecen.


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Topic: Successful Transplant
My husband received a living donor liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic. Last May he celebrated the fourth anniversary, and he is cancer free. He had PSC for 19 years, knowing that he would someday need a liver transplant. When his liver function took a turn for the worse, we assumed it was the PSC. The PSC was causing problems, but the main culprit was cholangiocarcinoma.
He went through the Mayo Protocol under the guidance of Dr. Gregory Gores, which included chemo, external radiation and internal radiation.
The hunt was on for a living donor, since the PSC wasn't far enough along to garner a deceased liver. He was on the UNOS list, but the cancer would return before he got a liver. The docs figured he had about 150 days maximum from the cancer treatment to the transplant. A good match was found on day 180. We were worried it had taken too long and the cancer had spread. The day before the transplant was scheduled, my husband went through a staging surgery in which the surgeon opened him up to make sure the cancer hadn't spread outside the bile ducts. If it had, the transplant would be off. Waiting for the results of that surgery was the longest day of my life.
My prayers were answered when the surgeon returned to the waiting room to let me know the cancer had stayed put. The transplant was a go. The next day, my husband received a partial liver that regrew in about four weeks. He was back to his normal activities, including running a ski area, surfing, cycling and golfing within a few months.
Since then, he is doing great. The PSC has returned, but the docs assure us the chances of another transplant are small. The docs keep a close eye on him, and the cancer has not returned.
When my husband was diagnosed, I found this forum and read every line, searching for hope amidst the stories. Unfortunately, these stories are all too rare. But I did find tremendous hope and love here, knowing that even in our darkest moments, the best in human nature endures. I also wrote a book about our experience, called The Next 15 Minutes: http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-15-Minut … 1933016116.
I hope that our story can provide a glimmer of hope to others, knowing that doctors and surgeons are working to find a cure.