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Dr. Jerry Paccione
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Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of MedicineDr. Paccione's first experience in Global Health was between his 3rd and 4th years in medical school when he was the sole "physician" for 3 remote villages in Guatemala for a year. Since then he has tried to integrate global health practice and training into his educational career at Einstein. As Director of the Primary Care/Social Medicine Program and inpatient Firm leader at Montefiore from 1985-2007, he has initiated special clinics for immigrants in the South Bronx and victims of international Human Rights abuses; created global health rotations for residents in Latin America and Africa; and served on the Boards of Directors of Doctors of the World and Doctors for Global Health. Presently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Einstein and a Board member of the Global Health Education Consortium, Dr. Paccione recently relinquished his postgraduate training roles at Montefiore to help develop the Global Health Center at Einstein, advise students, and create training opportunities for students and residents, linked with clinical and community service, in rural Uganda.
Dr. Paccione, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Einstein, Global Health Center Educational Alliance Director, and Board member of the Global Health Education Consortium. For the last 3 years now, Einstein has joined with Doctors for Global Health and Montefiore to help staff Kisoro District Hospital in rural Uganda with Medical senior residents and other DGH Volunteers. In addition, twice a year Dr.Paccione and 6 senior Einstein students work on the Medicine wards and in the community around Kisoro. Besides working in the hospital, DGH and Einstein have also joined with Kisoro in establishing a Village Health Worker )VHW) Program in 20 surrounding villages. The 40 VHWs have roles that include collecting data on various community problems, facilitating access to care, delivering basic primary care, teaching health, ensuring adherence to immunization and chronic disease medication (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, etc.), preventing disease, etc. Although the VHWs have been collecting data about nutrition, chronic disease, maternal mortality, water and hygiene, child health, etc., they have requested that Einstein students help them in research such as to analyze data, collaborate in expanding and assessing the impact of the Nutrition and the Cervical Cancer Screening programs co-established by DGH/Einstein students, and participate in HIV educational efforts in the communities. This has provided a perfect opportunity for our pre-clinical students to make a contribution to a very needy rural Ugandan community.
The Uganda Rotations of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2013-14
In 2013-14, there will be 2 types of Uganda experiences offered, both of 2 months duration and both eligible for an Einstein GH Fellowship:
Option A combines both Clinical medicine in Kisoro District Hospital (with Jerry Paccione attending) and Community Health in the villages, has a prerequisite (Certificate-level) Global Health Course in June of MSIV
Option B is purely clinical - a mix of Medicine, Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology. The June GH course is not a prerequisite.
Both options fulfill Einstein's Ambulatory Requirement.
Below, both options are described.
** If students are interested a one-year Global Health Fellowship in Kisoro, discuss with Dr. Paccione.
The Uganda Rotation of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2013-14
Option A: Clinical, Community, June GH Course Elective, Ambulatory Requirement and Scholarly Project Option
The district of Kisoro occupies the far Southwestern corner of Uganda, a few miles from both Rwanda to the South and the Congo to the West. It's poor and remote, a beautifully rugged land of sharp hills, towering volcanoes, and serpentine lakes accessible only after hours of precipitous dirt roads. By rural measures, it's overpopulated, which means the steep over-farmed soil can't support the number of people who live on and draw sustenance from it, and a land where women commonly have 7-9 children, their only means of social security.
The Kisoro District Hospital is the public hospital in the district of 270,000, the hospital where people don't pay. The other one, St. Francis, is in nearby Mutolere: it's a Catholic, Dutch missionary hospital, nominally private, better equipped and charges for its services. Kisoro Hospital is very underfunded, especially for such a remote facility where more would have to be offered to attract health professionals e.g. doctors earn less than $4000 USD per year with little potential for a private practice to supplement income. In cities, the earning potential is at least twice that. The hospital is thus understaffed at every level: Two young physicians (the hospital is funded for 6) are responsible for over 150 beds comprising Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics and Obstetrics/GYN Wards and bustling General Medicine and HIV clinics (with 150-200 patient visits/day. Likewise nursing is staffed at 60% capacity and the lab, with funding for 4, has 2.
It's here in Kisoro that we can address serious need, and thus here that we work - Doctors for Global Health (an Eintein-affiliated, US-based NGO), faculty and residents from Montefiore's Medicine and Primary Care/Social Medicine Programs, and Einstein students.
The 2 month AECOM senior Global Health fellowship in Uganda is offered twice a year – in the Fall and in the Spring – and incorporates of 2 types of health care experiences: an Einstein faculty-supervised (Jerry Paccione) "sub-intership" in Tropical Medicine for 3 weeks, and a 5 week immersion in Community Medicine in which students work as health educators and public health workers in the villages.
The Uganda experience is also be complemented by a very highly rated prerequisite: the Global Health Course at Montefiore with a focus on Africa and Uganda. The Course earns elective credit at Einstein and is co-sponsored by the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine Programs at Montefiore. It comprises about 100 hours of class time, project workshops and interesting reading; takes place in the first month of the MS IV year, June; and will be taken with about 16 Montefiore PGY IIIs in Medicine who are also planning to work in Uganda the following year.
The following is an outline of the 2 month experience in Uganda:
Students work up and follow daily all patients admitted to their ward, an average of 2-3 admissions per day per student. An "admission" takes about 30-40 minutes, write-up included. There are usually no "old records" save for occasional scattered papers carried by the patients themselves, the histories often sparse, labs absent.
Accurate diagnosis depends on epidemiologic probability, history and physical, and astute clinical judgment that incorporates the time course and severity of symptoms, sensitivity to the cultural expressions of stress, and judicious and often step-wise use of empiric therapy.
The lab facilities are basic, and often 1-2 days delayed or unavailable (e.g. nothing over the weekend or after 5:00PM). Tests include ESR, CBC, AFB and malaria smears, basic microscopy, HIV and CD4, sporadic EKG (when it's working), chest X-ray (when there's film) and ultrasound (when there's electricity). We bring glucometers and U/A strips.
Two Montefiore PGY IIIs work with students on the wards. The resident and Jerry Paccione (JP) supervise as resident/attending team. They round with each student individually every day and hold Teaching Rounds, with all students, on 4-6 of the most interesting patients from 2:00-4:30PM. During rounds, History, Physical Exam and Clinical Reasoning are emphasized.
The work week during the first 3 clinical weeks is about 60-65 hours, with a mix of both inpatient wards and clinic.
Weekends: Saturday and Sunday are 8-hour workdays (from 9-5PM) for those on-call. On the first weekend, all come in and round for 3 hours on their "off-day", but otherwise when not on-call, weekend days are off.
All students work with translators, one-on-one, during their time on the wards, in the clinic, and later in the community.
There's invariably a great spirit of collaboration and pulling together, which makes the time on the wards exciting and fun.
Clinical medicine is a language and a culture we're all familiar with, and thus a good way to ease into Uganda. By stripping away the accoutrements of modern medicine and the familiarity of culture, the principle educational goal of the first 3 weeks' ward experience is to experience "doctoring" - all the more tangible in context of another culture - and to develop, grow comfortable with and trust your own clinical skills. Like the experience, the "education" is self-generated, internally motivated, fueled by the very real possibility of making a difference in people lives.
B. Community Medicine: the next 5 weeks
During the second month, we capitalize on the powerful introduction to Ugandan culture you received though your patients and families to delve more deeply into Ugandan culture, to witness firsthand the social determinants of health, and to grapple with diagnosing health problems at the community level.
The Community Medicine Project offers a rich personal experience as an educator and public health worker in Ugandan villages, and the opportunity to make an educational contribution in an area where it's needed most.
Students will spend 4 of the 5 CM weeks working in one village each, with Village Health Workers (VHWs) and interpreters. Here they will:
a) Deliver, with their VHWs, weekly Community Talks on topics prepared during the June GH Course that are relevant to their village;
b) Perform Surveys door-to-door, also prepared in June. Students will gain skills in the methodology of survey development, data collection and data analysis to answer Community Health questions in the developing world;
c) Screen for disease and educate families about health.
Mentoring: the project will be closely mentored, starting in June at Einstein by Dr. Paccione and the June GH faculty.
In Kisoro, there will be 2-3 mentor/supervisors from Kisoro Hospital. Two to three times a week regular "wrap-up" or "project discussion" sessions will be scheduled from 5:00-6:00PM during which students will work with on-site mentors.
Timetable for project completion:
In the U.S.: During the June GH Course Month, students will meet with Dr. Paccione frequently, and pair up to work on their Community Talks and Survey project. (N.B.The survey analysis will be the subject of the final (4th) Community talk in the villages).
Week 1: VHW Training sessions with students as co-trainers; introduction to community.
Week 2: Home visits, Community Talks, Surveys, screening [3 night village-homestay]
Week 3: Home visits, Community Talks, Surveys, screening….
Week 4: Home visits, Community Talks, Surveys, screening….
Week 5: Data analysis, report writing and presentation to Village and Kisoro Hospital
A written report will be completed and oral project presentations to both the Village and the Kisoro Hospital staff are made during the last week of the rotation.
N.B. Students can elect to make their community project in Uganda the basis of their required Scholarly Project (SP).
Option B: Clinical 8 weeks: Medicine 4 weeks, Peds 2 weeks, Ob-Gyn 2 weeks
(no June GH Course Elective, no SP Option), fulfills Ambulatory Medicine requirement.
Option B is a purely clinical experience in Kisoro District Hospital.
Students will work on the IM wards for 4 weeks with Montefiore faculty (faculty-fellows in the Global Health and Clinical Skills Faculty Development Program) and Medicine residents (see description in Option A) and then spend 2 weeks in Pediatrics and 2 weeks in Obstetrics-gynecology under the supervision of Kisoro physicians. There will be a weekly ambulatory experience in a community Health Center, as well as a continuity clinic experience throughout the entire 8 week experience.
The June Course will not be required. The SP can NOT be earned through Option B.
A GH Fellowship paper based on the epidemiology and records of the student's clinical experience, will be required.
N.G. Both Uganda experiences incorporate considerable ambulatory medicine and fulfill the Ambulatory requirement at Einstein.


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Some recent placements have included:
- Conflict resolution training and intervention, Guatemala
- The Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Washington, D.C.
- Juvenile dependency mediation (placing children in need of care)
- Conflict resolution resourcing for a city manager
- Urban community mediation center
- Anger management program in a rural school
- Victim/offender mediation programs
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Thanks to the generosity of Glenna Premer, a 2004 certificate recipient, the Premer Award provides up to $1,000 to individuals who design creative conflict resolution internships. You must submit to KIPCOR a typed description of your internship design and how you would use the award funds. Off-site internships are especially encouraged. For assistance and details, please see the KIPCOR website.

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The very different women of 'Mad Men' do not just stand behind their men
The show is called "Mad Men,'' but as we eagerly await the sixth and penultimate season, kicking off Sunday at 9 p.m., we got to thinking about the women of the top-shelf AMC drama: Betty Francis (January Jones), Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks), Megan Draper (Jessica Paré), and Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka).
We love the way creator Matthew Weiner, the show's other writers, and the actresses portraying them bring such vivid life to this diverse group of smart, talented, beautiful, flawed, and sometimes frustrating, women.
Since the action this season takes place in the late '60s, it's no surprise that each of the women is pivoting in some fashion, taking agency of their lives in new ways whether they know it or not.
No one here is outright radicalized — or at least it seems unlikely that any of these particular women would use that phrase to describe how they're feeling — and that's part of what makes the show's progress so enjoyable. Instead of being mere functionaries to the men on the show or simply employed as symbols of the period, each woman on "Mad Men'' has been given a rich world. Sure, all of them exhibit traits or partially adhere to a type that speaks to gender generalities of the time, but the characters are deep enough to transcend the cliches of the era, speaking more to the larger, relatable human condition.
Many TV period pieces, for instance, would be content to have Sally spouting boilerplate rebellion, telegraphing the coming youthquake, and to use her as an "emblem'' of times that are a-changin'. But "Mad Men'' has never been that straightforward or programmatic.
In the case of Don Draper's daughter, this means the little girl who started out idolizing her dad and has slowy grown disillusioned by reality, is heading more deeply into her terrible teens. When we last saw her, Sally was struggling (as almost all of the characters on "Mad Men'' do) with her identity. Who is she in relation to her parents? Her peers? Boys? The struggle continues, to her mother's chagrin, even if we're starting to see the effect of having a mother like Betty.
Peggy, who left Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce to become copy chief at rival agency Cutler, Gleason, and Chaough, has had perhaps the most interesting journey of all the women.
Harboring a big secret from her past, at ease in the thick of deadline pressure at work in ways that she never is in her regular life, nursing a restless and brooding spirit, Peggy has always shared a kinship with former boss and mentor Don. In her new role as a manager, she shows off more of her major transformation, how she has incrementally evolved from a meek member of the steno pool to a boss who can bark orders at lazy underlings with the best of them.
As boss, it appears Peggy will emulate Don even more, in ways both professionally creative and personally destructive. She might not identify as a feminist, but she is living the concepts in a way, rising from a position of being ridiculed for her ambition to a place of empowerment and respect.
Joan, perhaps the show's most obvious archetype — but never simply the bombshell cliché — is the biggest question mark of the first episode, since we don't get to spend much time with her.
She began the series with a certain confidence about her place in the world, which was eroded by the changing times, a despicable husband, an insensitive work environment, and her own willingness to lean on her surface assets to succeed.
Will her trading on her sexuality last season in order to gain partnership — which benefited the entire agency — help her earn or make her lose respect from the male partners? What will it mean for her own sense of self? How much will she be willing, or allowed, to take on in her new role?
Since January Jones was pregnant last season, her role was reduced, and when Betty was featured she was put in a fat suit and given a boring story arc about "reducing.'' So it's nice to see Betty this season with a larger story line that finds her asking herself questions, pushing her own boundaries and those of others, and maybe, just maybe, being a little less selfish than the chilly, childish, self-centered Betty we met early on in the series. While her character has often been one of the least likable, Betty is also one of the most heartbreaking when it comes to her lack of self-awareness or gigantic powers of denial (depending on how you look at it).
It seems possible that this season Betty will get a good, honest look in the mirror about who she is, who she could've been, and why that sometimes makes her sad. And again, the show creates a larger resonance here for ambitious women of her generation without hitting you over the head with it.
Don's young wife, Megan, is proving to be as complicated as the rest. One minute standing up to Don the way no woman has while presenting herself as an artist with integrity, the next stealing a job from a friend and calling in favors from Don to fulfill her desire to become an actress. Megan is at once a gracious stepmom, a damaged daughter, a selfless caretaker, and a spotlight seeker.
It is a credit to "Mad Men'' that the show can offer a vision of history that's not simply a series of discrete events and advances, but a messy, often uneven lurch forward. The allure of the women of "Mad Men'' isn't just that they show where we've been, but they highlight where we are.
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Cameron EU speech: Business leaders give mixed messages
Some business leaders have warned that David Cameron's EU referendum proposal will hurt investment, but others have backed the prime minister's move.
The head of US-based investor Pimco, Mohamed El-Erian, said it would raise the UK's cost of borrowing in markets.
However, a group of 55 British business leaders have written an open letter to the Times throwing their weight behind Mr Cameron's strategy.
Mr Cameron is due to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos later.
He will use his keynote address to set out the UK's priorities for its chairmanship of the G8 in 2013 and to call for international co-operation to make sure that global companies pay their fair share of tax.
He will make clear that he wants to focus on economic priorities - trade, tax and transparency - as measures that will enable countries to compete in the current market.
'New relationship'
But it was his speech on Wednesday that is likely to be of more interest to the Davos audience of business and world leaders.
Mr Cameron said the British people must "have their say" on Europe as he pledged an in/out referendum if the Conservatives win the election.
The prime minister said he wanted to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU and then give people the "simple choice" between staying in under those new terms, or leaving the EU.
In their open letter, the group of top UK bosses endorsed his view.
"We need a new relationship with the EU, backed by democratic mandate," said the group, which includes the chief executives of B&Q owner Kingfisher, mining group Xstrata, electricals retailer Dixons, the London Stock Exchange and beverages maker Diageo, as well as the chairman of engineering firm Rolls Royce.
The executives complained about the red tape burden imposed by Brussels, and claimed it was the right moment "to push for a more competitive, flexible and prosperous European Union that would bring more jobs and growth for all member states".
The UK's biggest business organisation, the CBI, also expressed support for the mooted in-or-out referendum.
'Suffer the consequences'
However, other business leaders - including the British manufacturers' association, the EEF, and the UK head of the accountancy firm Deloitte - echoed the concerns raised by Mr El-Erian.
Speaking on the BBC's Hardtalk programme, Mr El-Erian - who heads the world's biggest investor in bonds, based in California - said the UK would "certainly suffer the consequences" if it exited the EU, including lower growth and lower investment.
But he said the uncertainty generated by the possibility of an EU exit years in the future would also be damaging.
"People like us start putting in an uncertainty premium," said the US-based fund manager.
"If we're going to make investment decisions, the uncertainty premium associated with that goes up when you're not sure what the relationship between Britain and Europe will be."
'Clarity needed'
If it goes ahead, the referendum is due to be held between 2015 and 2017.
David Sproul, the UK boss of Deloitte, said: "The Europe debate does not help to create certainty.
"When I talk to US clients who have not been immersed in the European debate as we have, they say that what they need is clarity. There is no question it will impact business - it will hit investment into the UK."
Sir Andrew Cahn, the former chief executive of UK Trade and Investment, went further, calling the next five years a period of "investment chill."
"If you don't know whether Britain is going to be a full positive member of the European Union in five years' time, you'll wonder if you want to make that additional investment," he said.
Other business leaders were supportive of the government. Lord Wolfson, the boss of the retail chain Next and a Conservative peer, described worries of uncertainty as "nonsense".
"The only thing that's damaging to British business is the march of regulation, which weighs industry down," he said.
Single market
In response to Mr Cameron's announcement on Wednesday morning, the French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said his country would "roll out the red carpet" for businesses who may be less keen to invest in the UK in the event of an exit.
But, during his speech, David Cameron repeatedly insisted that the European single market would be at the heart of any new treaty with Brussels, billed as the alternative to exiting the union.
"Continued access to the single market is vital for British businesses and British jobs," he said.
Since it began 20 years ago this month, the single market has established free movement of people, money, goods and services throughout the EU, a market that now includes 500 million consumers in 27 countries.
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Most business leaders agree with the prime minister that the UK needs to retain its place in that market, especially if it wants to continue to attract so much foreign investment.
"The vast majority of businesses across the UK want to stay in the single market, but on the basis of a revised relationship with Europe that promotes trade and competitiveness," said John Longworth of the British Chambers of Commerce.
The EU says the result of the single market has been a rise in quality, and a reduction in prices.
It claims that the cost of a mobile phone call has fallen by 70% since the single market came into operation, and the cost of a plane ticket has fallen by 40%.
One of the issues the government will examine is the issue of working hours. An EU directive, incorporated into UK law, limits the amount of time that most people work to 48 hours a week.
Should the government decide to repatriate that power, businesses might have greater freedom to ask their staff to work longer, a move that would be highly controversial.
"The working hours of British doctors should not be set in Brussels," said Mr Cameron.


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Some ideas:
- Geography: look local then expand global - where do our athletes come from in Australia, where do they train, what is their story? Compare this to other athletes across the world. Where is the host Olympic country and what do you know about it.? See the Games Overview.
- Numeracy: How many athletes are competing from Australia and across the world, what is the percentage of Australian athletes to all athletes? How many countries are competing?
- History: Who has competed in more than one Olympics? When did a particular sport start in the Olympics?
- Literacy: Research, read and write about the Olympics and the athletes and countries involved.
- RESEARCH and locate more information about the team, the players and female football. Why are they called the Matilda's? What countries are they playing? What is a midfielder? Search for the details about an athlete by name here.
- CREATE a biography for themselves as if they are an Olympian like this one adjacent at Lisa De Vanna's profile or alternatively use Google forms to interview another student to gather their Olympian profile, http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/lisa-de-vanna (scroll down to Q&A)
- CRITICALLY analyse information and create infographics using Google Slides or Canva about the athletes or the team or other Olympic information. (Remember to change the Google Slide dimensions to an infographic format or copy my infographic template from here). Use iconfinder.com to find great creative commons licenced icons for the infographic.
- COLLABORATE on a class Google My Map of the athletes using data gathered by the students about the athlete's town, their age, position in the team, favourite food, photos etc.
- COMMUNICATE a fan message to one of the team that tells the athlete an interesting fact the student discovered out about them and wish them well. http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/team/fan-messages


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It was clear from House Speaker John Boehner's weekly address on Saturday that the fiscal cliff negotiations with President Barack Obama weren't going anywhere soon. Both men left Washington on Friday, leaving the looming spending cuts and tax increases for after Christmas.They left the capital with an exchange of pointed words that appeared to show there had been no significant breakthrough in the final hours before vacation.
Unfortunately, the president and Senate Democrats have vowed to reject and veto all of our proposals while failing to offer a responsible solution of their own," Boehner said in his recorded weekly address Saturday morning.Obama told reporters shortly before taking off for Hawaii: "The challenge that we've got right now is that the American people are a lot more sensible and a lot more thoughtful and much more willing to compromise, and give, and sacrifice, and act responsibly than their elected representatives are. And that's a problem." Boehner used his address to put the burden for a breakthrough on Obama and Democrats, who he said were not making the tough choices he had put forward.
The House has done its part to avert this entire fiscal cliff," he said. "On the 10th of May and again on Thursday, we passed legislation that would replace the 'sequester' with responsible spending cuts. We also passed a bill to stop all of the January 1 tax hikes."But the measure that narrowly passed the House by six votes late Thursday wasn't Boehner's Plan B -- which would have prevented the tax increases at year's end for some income levels -- but a measure to avert spending cuts for military programs that are part of the fiscal cliff bundle.
Boehner called off the vote on Plan B, saying in a statement, "it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass."
The speaker has said Obama's plans include far more in tax increases than spending cuts, and on Saturday he said Obama "refuses to challenge the members of his party to deal honestly with entitlement reform and the big issues facing our nation."
The American people re-elected President Obama on Election Day. They also re-elected a Republican majority in the House," he said. "In doing so, they gave us all a mandate. It was not a mandate to raise tax rates on families and small businesses. It was a mandate for us to work together to begin solving the massive debt that threatens our country's future."
After calling off the Thursday vote, Boehner said Obama needs "to work with Senator (Harry) Reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff."
Obama has called for a "balanced" approach that includes both the tax increases and spending cuts. The across-the-board cuts that would go into effect without action otherwise are considered undesirable by both sides.Congress designed the sequester as an incentive for the two sides to reach a deal.
Obama and Boehner spoke on Friday, Obama said, their first conversation since Monday, when the two sides exchanged offers that put them closer to a solution. They had each offered concessions on taxes -- Boehner offering an extension of lowered tax rates on income under $1 million, and Obama on income under $400,000 -- and on other aspects of a deal, such as the mechanism for computing entitlement benefits, the Consumer Price Index.
The House speaker sounded a hopeful note in closing.
Of course, hope springs eternal, and I know we have it in us to come together and do the right thing," he said. "We will continue to work with our colleagues in the Congress and the White House on a plan that protects families and small businesses."


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This sweater was possibly the most amount of money I've ever spent on a piece of clothing (this does not include shoes). As a poor student it was a massive splurge, but it was worth it. It's such incredible quality and I've been wearing it with high waisted bottoms and a crop-top for added warmth underneath.
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The Edge by Paul Moore
Bravo For Adventure by Jason Hanks
"Alex Toth, Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth " edited by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell, won Best Comics-Related Book at the 2015 Eisner awards in San Diego, CA.
Congratulations to Dean and Bruce on another win in this fine series!
For those who like to pre-order or put together a pull list for comic books from thier local comic book shop; the Diamond Code for the New "Bravo for Adventure" is APR150475.
Here is the description from the Diamond Catalog.
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
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Alex Toth's magnum opus, collected in its entirety for the first time ever! This deluxe hardcover edition contains all three of The Genius's stories starring Jesse Bravo, knock-about pilot and reluctant swashbuckler, including the original graphic novel that's been out of print for 30 years. Also included are never-before-seen pencil roughs, preliminary drawings, and story fragments, as well as Toth's own coloring samples for an edition that never saw print, and-freed from storage after 40 years-some of the coloring for what was intended to be Bravo's original 1975 first printing in France! The ultimate Bravo for Adventure, published by special arrangement with the Toth family!
Diamond Item Code: APR150475
In Shops: 7/15/2015
Yes, I gave Mullaney and Canwell a very hard time for their efforts, but I also lobbied for the best volume of the trilogy, the second, to be nominated for Eisners when I was one of the judges this year---and lo and behold, our man's book got doubly honored.
A ton of very positive feedback on Facebook all about Volume 3. Still hope to hear more about the slip case.
Does Tothfans engage in literary crosswords as a vehicle for education?
Which small LA bookstore? "Genius"? Sounds interesting. i don't know anything about it. New to the art, but an avid consumer living Downtown for now. Get back to me on that.
Hello back John! As far as the slipcases I don't know what the plans are but we can find out.
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Horatio SofaHaze Linen
10' 5' 6' 7' 8' 9' amazon bench seat camel back claremont delancey flared arm forsyth gilt haze horatio lifestyle linen overstock perigold sheridan sofa tight back
PRODUCT DETAILSTransforms your living space with this modern interpretation of the classic camelback sofa design. A single graceful arch curves with symmetry atop the sofa back. The long, low bench seat has a contemporary flat profile flanked by tapered armrests and two square accent pillows.
- All Horatio sofa sizes have a single bench seat, tight back cushion and atwo (2) standard pillows.
- Classic Depth is 36"D; Luxe Depth is 40"D
- Seat Height is 18"H; Overall Height is 33"H
- Due to the nature and size of single bench cushions, the upholstery may reveal "comfort wrinkles" sooner. Bench cushions have less support to stabilize the material due to their extended size, and the wrinkles should not be considered a construction defect.
Construction DetailsEach piece is custom made to order by local craftsman in North Carolina using high quality, naturally based materials.
- Frames are made from cross-directional engineered hardwood. Each frame has centered cross rails to reinforce the life of the furniture piece.
- All upholstery is hand-sewn onto the frame to ensure a perfect fit.
- This is a tightly woven fabric with a soft hand, natural texture and subtle sheen that is rich in color. It drapes beautifully creating a refined, tailored look.
- The seat is constructed with high gauge steel no-sag sinuous spring suspension system.
- Cushions feature a foam core with a feather wrap. Seat cushions are down fill with spring support.
- Please allow 6-8 weeks for production time.


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Founded May 2010 by Mary Santagata
The bloody, panic-stricken environment of a slaughterhouse is no place for any horse to meet their end. But as long as horse slaughter is legal in the United States, this covert, predatory industry will have its buyers at American horse auctions, outbidding legitimate horse owners and funneling these animals off to foreign slaughterhouses to be sold as meat overseas. when the remaining 3 horse slaughter houses in the U.S. closed in 2007, they were owned by foreign companies, Dallas Crown, Inc.; Cavel International, Inc. and Beltex Corp., which now operates a horse slaughter house in Mexico, Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo.
The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009, currently pending in Congress, would prevent any new horse slaughter plants from opening in the United States and as well as prohibit horses from being exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption.
The full White Paper can be read at: http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org/pdf/Hogan.pdf
In Part Dr. Hogan testified:"I have personally been to a horse slaughterhouse as a surgery resident while in Texas and I found it to be a disgrace. I was not there on an "announced" visit as those who defend horse slaughter were - I was there to collect specimens for a research project. In my ignorance, I had actually never even thought much about slaughter before then. I was absolutely revolted at the way the horses were treated and the behavior of the people that were employed there. I have also been to a beef and a chicken slaughter plant too. The treatment of and reaction by the horses was very much in contrast to that of the other livestock I had observed.
"It is the united opinion of VEW (Veterinarians for Equine Welfare) that horse slaughter is inhumane, and that it is an unacceptable way to end a horse's life under any circumstance. One need only observe horse slaughter to see that it is a far cry from genuine humane euthanasia. From the transport of horses on inappropriate conveyances for long periods of time without food, water of rest to the very ugly slaughter process in which horses react with pain and fear, no evidence exists to support the claim that horse slaughter is a form of humane euthanasia. Rather, it is a brutal process that results in very tangible and easily observable equine suffering.
It is worth noting that the suffering of horses in slaughter is accentuated by the very fact that they are not raised for slaughter. Horses going to slaughter have largely been accustomed to close human contact whether through racing, ranch work, pleasure riding, rodeo or any of the other ways in which horses are used in this country. While some are purposely sold into slaughter by their owners most end up at the abattoir through pure bad luck: they were sold at auction and the winning bidder was a 'killer-buyer' working for one of the slaughter plants. To suddenly be treated as pure livestock must be disorienting and frightful, and can only compound their suffering as they proceed to slaughter.
We believe that it is an unethical and dangerous practice for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) to attempt to equate horse slaughter with humane euthanasia."
From "Horse Slaughter – Its Ethical Impact and Subsequent Response of the Veterinary Profession", by Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (2008)