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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has restored more than 907,981 customer outages since one of the largest winter storms in the past decade hit the Carolinas on Wednesday. The multi-day weather event consisted of snow, ice and high winds.
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More than 6,200 resources supported restoration efforts. These resources included 3,900 line and tree personnel, including employees and contractors from the company's Midwest and Florida operations.
While outages occurred across North Carolina and South Carolina, the hardest hit areas included the towns of Whiteville and Wilmington, N.C., and Marion, Kingstree and Florence, S.C.
In order to restore many of these outages, work such as clearing trees, replacing poles, restringing power lines and replacing transformers were required, which took a considerable amount of time to complete.
"Our crews have been working diligently to restore power as safely and quickly as possible, despite adverse weather and road conditions," said Brett Carter, senior vice president and chief distribution officer. "We're deeply grateful for the patience of hundreds of thousands of our customers as they grappled with the effects of the worst winter storm the Carolinas have seen in a decade."
While the majority of winter storm outages are repaired, several hundred power outages in the Marion/Kingstree areas remain due to extensive damage. Power will be restored to these customers late today.
Additionally, scattered outages may remain for customers who have meter base damage. These customers should contact a licensed electrician to make repairs, and then call Duke Energy to get power restored.
- Duke Energy Carolinas: 1-800-POWERON (1-800-769-3766)
- Duke Energy Progress: 1-800-419-6356
- Spanish-speaking customers can call: 1-866-4APAGON
Customers can also visit www.duke-energy.com/storms to access specific outage numbers for your region. Select your local utility from the following options on the site:
- Duke Energy Progress – Serving eastern N.C., eastern S.C. and Asheville, N.C.
- Duke Energy Carolinas – Serving the Piedmont area of N.C. and Upstate S.C.
Updates are provided on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DukeEnergyStorm and www.facebook.com/DukeEnergyStorm.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available at: www.duke-energy.com.
24-hour media line: 800.559.3853
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Comedy Blogedy and Angel Comedy first invited Second City to teach and perform in London just over a year ago and what a dream it's been over the past two weeks to see classes bursting with improv talent ready to be nurtured. From complete beginners learning the very basics of improv right through to the advanced level classes, honing their sketch and character skills, building scenes, reconstructing them and making them even funnier than the last time, it's been an incredible experience watching so many people explore a new way of developing their talents.
With classes in the day, in the last week there was an Angel Comedy Improv Week spectacular, which included performances from The Noise Next Door, Abandoman, Max and Ivan, Showstoppers and Austentatious. The Second City Players (Kevin Frank, Lisa Merchant and Jason DeRosse) performed with some of the best improvisers in the UK delighting Angel Comedy audiences in some very special shows.
Thank you to everyone that took classes, whether it was a full week intensive or drop-in masterclasses on the weekend, the press that featured this venture, everyone that came to see the shows and the whole team at Angel Comedy who have helped behind the scenes.
We hope that either studying or watching the principles of improv will help you get more from your work and more from the laughter – whether it's stand-up and sketch or business and leisure or even a simple conversation where 'Yes…and' makes it even more entertaining.
So in short, thanks everyone who was a part of Second City's visit to London and thanks Second City!
Photo: Jason DeRosse (Second City), Barry Ferns (Angel Comedy), Sara Shulman (Comedy Blogedy), Lisa Merchant (Second City), Kevin Frank (Second City)
Some of the press that featured Second City:
Second City, the improv organisation that started the careers of performers such as Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler and John Belushi will be setting up shop in London's own Angel Comedy in the heart of Islington in May to teach improv classes in the day and perform in the evening. This is the first time in their history. So who are the improv experts running the training classes?
Kevin is a writer, musician, improviser and has been a professional actor for 30 years. During this time, he has performed in over 60 television commercials and has had countless appearances on popular series television. Kevin hosted the nationally syndicated children's game show Kidstreet for five years (350 episodes) and he enjoyed success as the host of Animal Planets' Pet Project, which received 4 Gemini nominations, including Best Host in a Lifestyle & Information Program. He can also be heard as many of the voices in the Thomas the Tank Engine 1st feature movie.
Kevin began his career studying improvisational comedy with the Second City in Toronto. He rose through the ranks, eventually performing on the main stage at the Old Firehall. He is now Artistic Director of the Second City Training Centre and teaches improv to today's new hopefuls. In the spring of 2014 Kevin had the pleasure of narrating a Children's Story with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 9 sold out performances at Roy Thomson Hall. When Kevin isn't improvising he can be found behind his drum kit keeping time for Glendale One. Their CD, Live at Asylum Artists is creating a buzz on the Indie scene. You can check them out on iTunes!
Lisa Merchant has been improvising and acting for 28 years. She is a multiple nominee and winner of numerous Canadian Comedy Awards. Lisa was one of the cast of the Gemini nominated Joe Blow Show. She created and produced Toronto's longest running comedy festival, March of Dames. Some television credits include: Murdoch Mysteries, Train 48, Listen Missy, Go Girl!, to name a few.
Lisa performs monthly in Monkey Toast, the live improvised talk show, now in its 12th year. Lisa is an understudy for the highly acclaimed Women Fully Clothed. She is a 20+ year Senior Faculty member at The Second City Training Centre and corporate facilitator with The Second City Communications division. Additionally she is extremely proud to have delivered improvisation workshops to Canada's Olympic Team hopefuls for the London 2012 Summer Games as well as Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
Jason DeRosse is the Canadian Comedy Award Winner 2013 for both Best Male Improviser and Best Improv Troupe (Mantown) . He is a recent alumni of the Second City Toronto where he wrote and performed in four amazingly-well received revues and five Second City Touring Company Shows.
Jason's also an alumni of the Canadian Comedy Award winning troupe The Sketchersons and performed for over four years in their weekly show Sunday Night Live .
Currently on stage in Toronto you can find Jason with the improv juggernaut Mantown, the hilarious sketchprov troupe PB&J and the trio Maybe (Toronto Star has called them possibly the "…next generation of great Canadian Sketch Comedy").
Jason DeRosse's television highlights include: Meet The Family (currently on CityTV), Hotbox, Scare Tactics and Sketcherson TV.
His latest writing endeavours for television and film are with Toonbox Entertainment where he was nominated for his writing on The Beet Party and given a "Special Thanks" for the movie The Nut Job starring the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser and Katherine Heigl.
More information about Second City in London.
Apply for improv classes with Second City:
Comedy Blogedy is incredibly excited to announce that, working in partnership with Angel Comedy, Second City are making their UK debut in May providing training courses and performing improv for two weeks in London!
"Second City is the best job anybody in the American Theatre can get. It's incomparable. If you come through Second City training, I think you can do anything." BILL MURRAY
"Second City was the happiest time of my life" TINA FEY
"That was really where I learned everything about comedy, performance, even about life." STEVE CARELL
"I went from high school to Second City, and I felt like I got accepted to Harvard" MIKE MYERS
Second City is the organisation that started the careers of performers such as Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler and John Belushi and will be setting up shop in London's own Angel Comedy in the heart of Islington.
Second City has spawned multiple comedy empires, almost everyone in the business of American Comedy has come through one of their courses over the past 50 years and is widely recognised as the most influential training centre for comedians, actors and directors alike.
For a limited run of two weeks at the beginning of May, UK performers will get the chance to take part in workshops aimed at teaching and honing the techniques and skills that have inspired so many prominent stars. The courses will be officially accredited from the Second City Training Centre taught by working professionals, all of which are former Second City performers themselves. As well as the classes, audiences will get the chance to see world-class improvisers perform nightly on the Angel Comedy Stage as part of the newly inaugural 'Festival of Improvisation'.
"At its heart, The Second City is about collaborative creation – using the tools of improvisation to build something greater than the sum of its parts. The skills we develop make people better communicators, more versatile actors, better auditionees, and (we hope) funnier. We're so excited to work with Angel Comedy and Comedy Blogedy to bring this program to London; home of so many of our comedy heroes." KLAUS SCHULLER – Executive Director and Producer, Second City
"In my 30 years as an actor/writer/musician I have always relied on my Improv roots to be as creative and spontaneous as the situation needs. Whether I'm jamming with my band or delivering corporate training to top executives, the fundamental tools of Improv made good things happen." KEVIN FRANK – Artistic Director, Second City
Angel Comedy is the newest and most exciting comedy club in London, it runs nightly and is now one of the most popular comedy clubs in London, and the UK. Most nights include last minute guests and announcements, you never know who might turn up, whether the newest comedy talent or your favourite TV stalwarts trying out new material. Angel Comedy was founded and is hosted by comedian Barry Ferns, (writer for E4, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, 2014 Spirit of the Fringe Award Winner and Chortle Award Nominated MC) from their home at The Camden Head in Angel, Islington, N1.
"We're incredibly proud to be introducing Second City to the London comedy scene. Nurturing and training new comedy talent is at the core of what Angel Comedy does, and it's what Second City has been doing for over 50 years, along the way producing the biggest comedy performers in the world today. We are hugely excited to see how their history, knowledge and insight manifests in the new generation of UK comedy performers. Hugely excited #understatement" BARRY FERNS, Founder & MC at Angel Comedy
Partnering with Comedy Blogedy "the UK's leading comedy blog" (Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards) seems a natural fit to bring the world-class training ground to the UK. The site which features interviews with established comedians, but also concentrates on seeking out the newest in emerging talent is known for it's support of comics in their developing stages. Run by Sara Shulman who has often been asked to lend her opinion on various National Comedy competitions (Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards – Scout, Chortle Comedy Awards, Musical Comedy Awards, Up The Creek One's to Watch, London Sketchfest) the partnership here seeks to allow UK acts access for the first time to the teachings of this world renowned institution.
"We're really excited to be working with Second City. We're all incredibly passionate about the importance of supporting and promoting talent, which is an important feature of Comedy Blogedy, and the training Second City can provide has huge potential to add even more creativity, innovation and humour to comedy in the UK." SARA SHULMAN, Editor & Founder of Comedy Blogedy
In addition to the courses, there will be a week-long Festival of Improvisation that will run form the 10th – 16th at Angel Comedy, showcasing the UK's best improvisers alongside the Second City alumni – expect the unscripted – and come and see what Bill Murray/ Tina Fey/ Mike Myers have been making all the fuss about.
The week long Festival of Improvisation will also run form the 10th- 16th showcasing the UK's best improvisers alongside alumni from the states.
"The entire tradition of American satire can be summed up in three words: The Second City" NEW YORK TIMES
Courses run : 4th – 8th, 11th – 15th May
Festival of Improvisation: 10th-16th May
Comedy Blogedy Exclusive: Turtle Canyon Comedy released the first series of Totally Trented in 2014. It's a hidden camera prank show by comedian David Trent (Edinburgh Newcomer Nominee 2012) and starring Nick Helm (Breakthrough Act, British Comedy Awards), John Kearns (Edinburgh Newcomer 2013 and Main Award 2014 Winner) and Evelyn Mok (One To Watch Tändstickan 2012).
Trent acted as a deranged cross between Ashton Kutcher, Dom Joly and Jeremy Beadle, as he subjected the peaceful residents of Ruislip (a small village in West London) to a series of pranks and magic tricks. The problem was that David Trent seemed to have zero idea as to what exactly a prank or magic trick was.
Helm, Kearns and Mok wait at a bus stop and then don't get on a bus, Trent bursts out, playing guitar and yelling: TOTALLY TRENTED!
Trent gathers a crowd to watch him pour sweetener into a glass of water and then proclaim it has disappeared.
The four episode series presented the increasingly bizarre and tragic attempts to be a prankster, in a show that seemed to be falling apart, the longer it went on for. At Turtle Canyon Comedy we pride ourselves on professionalism so we saw out the production day, filmed it as best we could and then set to work on the edit. Totally Trented is what we managed to create from that day. Unconfirmed reports have it that David Trent is convinced he's created the best TV show ever made. Turtle Canyon Comedy suggests that you all humour him. Especially because he took out an option to make a second series, an option that Turtle Canyon Comedy will never not regret including in the initial agreement.
The second series aims to take the format to never before seen heights, by throwing more money at the problem and trying desperately to replace the now irrelevant (in comedy terms) David Trent. So Turtle Canyon Comedy lined up acts with more buzz and more fans to come in and finally get the show an audience it hasn't deserved. In stepped Joel Dommett (Impractical Jokers) to host the show and Sam Simmons (Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2014), Evelyn Mok and the Toby Sisters, Sarah & Lizzie Daykin (Live At The Electric, Chickens, Cockroaches) to lead the pranks – sidelining Trent in his own show. With five episodes of the series scheduled for release over the next few months and a high-octane opening episode, Totally Trented 2 promises to finally blow the minds of comedy fans everywhere.
As someone addicted to comedy, each gig is another opportunity to find that laughter hit, that moment when you see talent and you think "this is why I love stand-up comedy. This is what it's all about".
That unique, raw and emerging comic voice that oozes confidence, creativity and commitment to an art that most often seems so simple. Alex Edelman is such a talent and his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe is a stunning display of how exciting it can be to watch an emerging writer and performer.
Alex has been performing comedy since he was 15-years-old, starting in the US and has now gigged all around the world. I asked Alex to write about some of his 'local favourites' in places he has performed.
An insight into the life of a comedian that you don't often see on stage. I cannot recommend enough that you go and see him if he's in a town near you.
For an exclusive feature written by Alex about his first gig and starting in stand-up comedy, click here:
For another exclusive feature written by Alex about his favourite locations around the world, click here:
Alex Edelman: Millenial at Soho Theatre
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 'Best Newcomer' Winner 2014
Tue 13 – Sat 31 Jan at 8.30pm (1hour)
£10 Tue 13 – Thu 15, £12.50 (£10) Mon – Thu, £15 (£12.50) Fri – Sat
CB: How long have you been gigging in comedy?
ZB: I caught the comedy bug my freshman year of college and never fully recovered. Now, it's full-blown Comeditus, and the only relief is nonstop bits — good and bad.
CB: How would you describe your comedy?
ZB: I used to do neuroscience research, so a lot of my jokes are about science and the brain, what a weird hunk of electric meat that is. Science can feel huge and inaccessible, so I love to find humor in relating science to daily life. I also try not to make mean jokes, except to myself. There's enough wrong with me that I don't need to go after anyone else yet.
CB: Which comedians influence your comedy?
ZB: To be perfectly cliche: Jimmy Kimmel, George Carlin, Louis CK, John Mulaney, Hannibal Burress. To be less cliche, but more honest: Adam Wagner, Jon Millstein, Jamie Brew, Adam Weinrib, Will Ruehle, Sam Helman, Nik Gonzales, Luke Kelly-Clyne, Lauren Ireland.
CB: Did you always want to go into comedy?
ZB: Let's just say that my Bar-Mitzvah was Jewish Comedian-themed.
CB: How do you go about writing your material?
ZB: Anytime a dumb idea pops up, I write it down in a notebook that I carry in my back left pocket. Whenever I fill one up, I funnel all these thoughts into various documents on my computer (SketchIdeas.docx, StandupIdeas.docx, TreatiesOfVersailles.docx, etc.). I flesh out the ideas that still make me laugh, and then perform the best one or two that might actually be funny. Only the best ones make it through alive, Hunger Games-style. It's really a natural selection of ideas.
CB: What impact has studying neuroscience had on your comedy?
ZB: Life-wise, I was on the medical school track doing research and everything, so by having this background, there's more pressure to not blow my degree on the pursuit of yuks — the saddest name for comedy. Content-wise, it's a juicy reservoir to draw from for jokes. Brains are so weird, have you ever looked at one? I love em.
CB: As a Segment Director for Jimmy Kimmel Live, do you find this work influences your comedy at all?
ZB: Oh yeah, being surrounded by the funniest humans all the time is nuts, I feel very fortunate just to be in the building and learn from them.
CB: You also write and perform sketches with Garlic Jackson – do you find that your process for writing sketch comedy differs to stand-up?
ZB: Mostly in terms of collaboration. Sketch is very group-focused, from concept to stage and it evolves largely based on: what does the group find funny? Whereas stand up is more just you, naked, alone, and characterless: what do you find funny?
CB: As well stand-up and sketch comedy, you're also a filmmaker and your work has been part of the official selection for many international film festivals. Do you find there is a difference writing and directing comedy for short films as opposed to your work in other comedic mediums?
ZB: With sketch, stand up, satire, etc., everything is in pursuit of the next joke. It's rapid-fire. Bang bang bang. I love it, but it relies on more stock characters to get there. Film audiences don't have the same jokes-per-minute expectations, so you can sit with characters longer and flesh them out. And then when you do land on a joke, it's such sweet sweet release.
CB: Do you have a favourite venue to perform in?
ZB: There are two: 1) The PIT in NYC is where Garlic Jackson began its live show. They just gave us an hour every month and let us do our thing, so we were able to experiment and get a lot weirder and do these random visual jokes that are very hard to describe in a script or without an audience to interact with. I miss it dearly. 2) Lower Solomon auditorium at Brown University, the first place I ever did stand up and then continued to every month until I graduated. It's really where I became a person, and the audiences there were so onboard and loving. I would marry that room if I could.
CB: What do you find the most enjoyable and frustrating parts of the comedy circuit?
ZB: Enjoyable — You meet the coolest, smartest, most compassionate, talented people in the world. Frustrating — You meet the lamest, dumbest, most self-absorbed, talentless people in the world.
CB: What's your favourite type of audience to perform to?
ZB: College crowds. They're usually right with you and DTL (down to laugh).
CB: Have you been heckled a lot since you've started gigging? Do you enjoy being heckled? What's the best heckle you've had?
ZB: Not really. Mostly from my inner monologue as I try to fall asleep.
CB: What advice would you give to new acts thinking of starting out in comedy?
ZB: Always hate the last thing you did. The next thing will be better for it.
After six sell out Edinburgh Festival runs to huge critical acclaim, the UK's premiere improv comedy troupe, The Noise Next Door (Tom Houghton, Charlie Granville, Matt Grant, Tom Livingstone and Sam Pacelli) will be touring the UK. They have been performing since 2006 and have appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Sketchorama', performed alongside Harry Hill, Al Murray and Jason Manford, and were the first international group to perform at FRACAS, the improv festival in California. Having received standing ovations in front of corporate diners, the British forces, secondary school students and even fans at 'Download' the heavy metal music festival, they are definitely one of the most versatile acts in the business.
Hugely talented, very quick, incredibly creative and, not least, very funny, The Noise Next Door are one of the most exciting emerging acts in comedy. Buy tickets if they're in a town near you!
Tour dates are as follows:
Thursday 8th BRISTOL, The Lantern
Wednesday 21st COLDFIELD, Comedy Junction
Friday 23rd CAMBRIDGE, Junction
Sunday 1st WORTHING, Drama Hall
Thursday 5th BROMSGROVE, Artrix
Saturday 28th EASTBOURNE, St Lukes
Wednesday 24th NOTTINGHAM Comedy Festival
Wednesday 1st MAIDSTONE – Hazlitt Theatre
Friday 3rd ENFIELD -Dugdale Centre
Saturday 4th STAFFORD – Gatehouse
Thursday 9th BRIGHTON- Komedia,
Friday 10th EPSOM Playhouse
Sunday 12th HARROGATE Harrogate Theatre
Thursday 16th WARWICK – Warwick Arts,
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TN: I get an idea, or I think of a story that I want to work out and then I just get up on stage as much as possible and keep telling that story over and over and over again. And I record these sets. And then listen to them. And then keep working out this material, tweaking, finding different nuances and tags. So in terms of what I actually write on paper, it is usually never more than bullet points.
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Jury seated for man in death of infant daughter
KNOXVILLE - A jury has been seated to decide the fate of a Knoxville father accused in the death of his infant daughter.
A seven-woman, six-man panel, including one alternate, was selected just after noon today in Knox County Criminal Court, where Rodney Porter is standing trial on charges of felony murder and aggravated child abuse.
Porter is accused of mortally wounding his daughter in December 2006. The baby was less than 2 months old at the time.
"This child was abused to the point her brain was destroyed," Assistant District Attorney General Steve Sword told jurors this afternoon.
Porter concedes via defense attorney Kelly Johnson he "accidentally" dropped the baby.
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Although the patient with diabetes and renal failure presents serious challenges to the limb salvage team, there is evidence and argument to support aggressive treatment and attempted limb salvage in a multidisciplinary clinical environment. An abundance of medical literature discusses the separate wound care challenges posed by diabetes and renal failure. Less work has been done, however, to identify proper treatment and salvage techniques for patients who suffer from both maladies. While many do opt for primary amputation in the patient with diab ... continue reading
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The basic question is really "How do you get someone to do something that they do not especially want to do?" The fictional Tom Sawyer was the classic king of this skill but as physicians, we are trying to do something a bit more complicated than getting someone to paint a fence. We are trying to get our patients to adhere to the instructions of given treatment regimens, such as taking a confusing regimen of pharmaceuticals or staying off an injured foot. Although the word "non-compliance" is not in the title of this article, be assured that... continue reading
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When it comes to patients with ischemic foot ulcers, potential complications can be dire. Accordingly, it is important to have a firm grasp on diagnostic studies as well as current and emerging treatment options that may enhance outcomes for patients. With this in mind, our expert panelists discuss a range of issues related to the ischemic foot. Q: How do you approach/work up the ischemic foot ulcer patient? A: David E. Allie, MD, works up such patients "very, very aggressively." Of the approxi ... continue reading
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The use of durable medical equipment (DME) has grown to become a part of almost every podiatric practice over the last half-century. In fact, podiatrists have led the field in this important area of patient treatment through our use of orthotic devices. With our extensive background and training in biomechanics, our understanding of diabetes and its complications in the lower extremities as well as a need to provide patients with immediate immobilization, it is no wonder that DME is one of the more important offerings that we can extend to those we ... continue reading
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Practitioners have described various osteotomies for the proximal hallux. However, the Akin closing wedge osteotomy is currently the most common procedure. Podiatric surgeons commonly employ the transverse plane closing wedge osteotomy for the correction of hallux abductus interphalangous deformity. One may also use this as an additional procedure for the correction of hallux abductovalgus deformity. Akin noted that one should perform the closing base wedge osteotomy at the proximal one-third of the proximal hallux and orient it in the transverse p ... continue reading
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Diabetic wounds are a common occurrence in wound care centers and private practice. With the escalating rate of diabetes, more and more patients are developing wounds that require care. Wound care for diabetic wounds routinely includes debridement. The term debridement comes from the French desbrider, meaning "to unbridle," and was probably first used as a medical term by surgeons working in war zones. The medical personnel and surgeons likely recognized that contaminated wounds had a better chance of healing if one surgically removed the damaged tissue to revea ... continue reading
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Patients with diabetes can be a quite an undertaking for any physician who manages them on a consistent basis. In the past, this has created reservations when it comes to managing these patients especially from a surgical standpoint. However, over the years, with greater understanding of the disease, improvements in surgical techniques and emerging research, the reservations have diminished and the role of surgical management is a viable option when it comes to successfully treating those with diabetic ulcerations, infections and other related complications that exist in t ... continue reading
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Hallux limitus, by definition, is a decrease in sagittal plane dorsiflexion of the hallux at the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) when the foot is in a weightbearing or simulated weightbearing position. With this in mind, let us take a closer look at the treatment approaches to this condition. Normal range of dorsiflexion motion of the first MPJ should be 65 to 75 degrees in order to allow for a normal gait. Near the end of the propulsive phase of gait, the leg has a 45-degree position to the floor and the ankle is in about 20 degrees of plant ... continue reading
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Yes. By Guy R. Pupp, DPM, FACFAS, and Mark A. Kachan, DPM. Given the increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, one should consider empiric coverage against MRSA in high-risk patients with infected ulcerations in the lower extremity. The most common pathogens in nosocomial skin and skin structure infections in the United States and Canada in 2000 were Staph aureus. Researchers have stated that approximately 30 to 60 percent of all Staph aureus isolates are methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MR ... continue reading
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Facilitating the healing of nonunion fractures can be challenging. In order to address this challenge, a number of practitioners have been turning to the DonJoy OL1000 Bone Growth Stimulator as it reportedly provides an easy to use, noninvasive treatment option. The bone growth stimulator is a lightweight, battery-powered device that can accommodate a large variety of fracture sites, according to DJO Inc., the manufacturer of the device. While the bone growth stimulator is specifically indicated for the treatment of established nonunion fractures s ... continue reading


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Female impersonation need say nothing about sexual identity, but it has for a long time been almost an institutionalized aspect of gay male culture.
Although sparse in images documenting the gay community, pre-Stonewall gay male photography blurs the boundaries between art, erotica, and social history.
Given the historic stigma around making, circulating, and possessing overtly homoerotic images, the visual arts have been especially important for providing a socially sanctioned arena for depicting the naked male body and suggesting homoerotic desire.
Independent films that aggressively assert homosexual identity and queer culture, the New Queer Cinema can be seen as the culmination of several developments in American cinema.
Renowned photographer, teacher, critic, editor, and curator, Minor White created some of the most interesting photographs of male nudes of the second half of the twentieth century, but did not exhibit them for fear of scandal.
The first international fashion superstar, Halston dressed and befriended some of America's most glamorous women.
An artistic movement that grew out of Dadaism and flourished in Europe shortly after World War I, Surrealism embraced the idea that art was an expression of the subconscious.
Film, stage, and television actor Paul Winfield was openly gay in his private life, but maintained public silence about his homosexuality.
Richard Socarides discusses the Democratic Party platform on Current TV.
The Democratic and Republican Party platforms offer strikingly different visions for glbtq Americans. The Democratic Party platform, scheduled to be adopted at the Democratic National Convention on September 4, 2012, endorses same-sex marriage, the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA). In contrast, the Republican Party's platform, adopted last week in Tampa, promises to reinstate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," to defend DOMA in court, to adopt a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and to end efforts to stop the persecution of gay men and lesbians in Africa and elsewhere.
The Democratic Party platform, entitled "Moving America Forward," straightforwardly endorses marriage equality.
In a plank entitled "Freedom to Marry," the platform says the following: "We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples."
It continues, "We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples. We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act."
In the plank on Civil Rights, the Democratic Party platform pledges fairness for all, including glbtq citizens.
"We believe in an America where everybody gets a fair shot and everybody plays by the same set of rules. At the core of the Democratic Party is the principle that no one should face discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status," the platform declares.
"Democrats support our civil rights statutes and we have stepped up enforcement of laws that prohibit discrimination in the workplace and other settings. We are committed to protecting all communities from violence. We are committed to ending racial, ethnic, and religious profiling and requiring federal, state, and local enforcement agencies to take steps to eliminate the practice, and we continue to support enforcement of Title VI."
"We are committed to equal opportunity for all Americans and to making sure that every American is treated equally under the law," the platform pledges.
"We are committed to ensuring full equality for women: we reaffirm our support for the Equal Rights Amendment, recommit to enforcing Title IX, support the Paycheck Fairness Act, and will urge ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women."
The platform unambiguously endorses a gender-inclusive ENDA: "We know that putting America back to work is Job One, and we are committed to ensuring that Americans do not face employment discrimination. We support the Employment NonDiscrimination Act because people should not be fired based on their sexual orientation or gender identity."
The platform also lauds the accomplishments of President Obama in ensuring that all Americans are treated fairly.
"This administration hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention and we must continue our work to prevent vicious bullying of young people and support LGBT youth. The President's record, from ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in full cooperation with our military leadership, to passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, to ensuring same-sex couples can visit each other in the hospital, reflects Democrats' belief that all Americans deserve the same chance to pursue happiness, earn a living, be safe in their communities, serve their country, and take care of the ones they love.
In addition, the plank points out that "The Administration has said that the word 'family' in immigration includes LGBT relationships in order to protect bi-national families threatened with deportation."
The entire Democratic Pary platform may be found here.
In contrast, the Republican Party platform calls for a full-scale retreat from the progress that has been made toward equality. However, as Adam Serwer reports in Mother Jones, even as the Republicans pledge a return to blatantly discriminatory practices, they are "super-polite about it," peppering their reactionary proposals with repeated calls for all Americans to be treated with "respect and dignity."
The 2012 platform, entitled "We Believe in America," pledges a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and affirms the party's support for DOMA. It says "the union of one man and one woman must be upheld as the national standard" through "laws governing marriage."
In a reference to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the platform sneers at "social experimentation" in the military. It even decries efforts by the Obama administration to oppose laws in African countries that criminalize homosexuality, accusing the Obama administration of "imposing" the "homosexual rights agenda" on "the peoples of Africa."
The Republicans' concern with civil rights is not for equal protection under the law, but for the rights of bigots, who in a familiar meme are portrayed as victims of gay bullies. "We condemn the hate campaigns, threats of violence, and vandalism by proponents of same-sex marriage against advocates of traditional marriage and call for a federal investigation into attempts to deny religious believers their civil rights," the platform reads.
As Serwer comments sardonically, "In the Republican platform, opponents of same-sex marriage have civil rights that must be defended. Gays and lesbians on the other hand, get 'respect and dignity,' and little else.
The Republican platform may be found here.
The differences between the two parties on issues of equal rights could not be starker.
In the video below, Richard Socarides discusses the Democratic Party platform and the President's record on gay rights.
In the video below, the Reverend Al Sharpton and other pundits discuss how the Romney campaign wants to run away from the extremist Republican platform.
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In honor of Preservation Month, we celebrate Savannah College of Art and Design's Ivy Hall. On May 21, 1917, the Great Fire of Atlanta spared one of the South's rare examples of Queen Anne-style architecture, the Edward C. Peters House, or Ivy Hall after the Peters family symbol. Flanked at the time by a long dirt road, now the busy thoroughfare of Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ivy Hall landed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In 2000, as The Mansion Restaurant, Ivy Hall barely survived another devastating blaze. It took more than fate to intervene and save the house a third time.
"We worked seven years on the process and we were glad to see SCAD come in on a white horse to really save the building," said Boyd Coons, executive director of the Atlanta Preservation Center. "We stopped the destruction, but we needed SCAD to come in and be the steward of this."
As Atlantans and tourists may recall, the once grand manor resembled a haunted house until SCAD received it as a donation in 2007. After undertaking an award-winning restoration that involved interior design and historic preservation students, the university reopened Ivy Hall in 2008 as home to SCAD Atlanta's writing program.
That's good preservation because it's not just making a house a museum, it has a sustaining purpose. That kind of use and adaptive reuse is what's really important. - Boyd Coons
That's good preservation because it's not just making a house a museum, it has a sustaining purpose. That kind of use and adaptive reuse is what's really important. - Boyd Coons
Ivy Hall hosts writing classes and connects students and the public to renowned writers like New York Times best-selling author Augusten Burroughs, Camille Paglia, Pearl Cleage and Cinda Williams Chima. In this way, Ivy Hall's importance has come full circle.
Another pivotal author, Margaret Mitchell, is said to have based Gone with the Wind's character Rhett Butler on Richard Peters, father to Edward Peters who built Ivy Hall in 1883. His home lives on as a center for aspiring writers. Quite a journey for what was once considered one of Atlanta's most endangered places.
Architecture students, get your super-suits ready. We need you. Other keystone players will also play critical roles in promoting climate change and halting resource depletion, but I'll stick with the notion that architects are superheroes. You know the ones. We're masked (because few really know who we are, unless we design a big shiny thing in the center of a world-class city), mega-muscled, hyper-focused oddballs who fly straight at the metaphorical meteor and redirect it away from Earth in the nick of time. That's us.
I teach architecture and urban design at Savannah College of Art and Design. My students are ready to wear the super-suit, and it fits them well. They understand the urgency to design better buildings and cities and see the opportunities to fix our broken environment through mindful design. It's a sure bet that our emerging architects will change the game. Most of the architecture and urban design students I talk with want to earn LEED credentials before graduating, and, if they're in my sustainable design class, probably will. They're also designing beautiful bio-climatic projects in studio to meet the Living Building Challenge, modeling energy consumption and learning about topsoil science and the importance of nurturing healthy urban ecosystems. This isn't your grandfather's architecture school.
We now teach and practice creative and integrative design that demonstrates the approach we must all pursue as part of a global solution to resource depletion and climate change.
We now teach and practice creative and integrative design that demonstrates the approach we must all pursue as part of a global solution to resource depletion and climate change.
The urgency is in the numbers. In 2013, 40 percent of total U.S. energy consumption was attributed to residential and commercial buildings, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and that number continues to rise due to growing building size, population and consumption. North Americans still consume three and half times more energy than the global average per capita. Many scientists and policymakers agree we only have a decade to definitively reverse our CO2 emissions before hitting a point of no return.
The architect's responsibility is evident in our market impact. There are 5.5 million commercial buildings in the U.S., with a conservative renovation cycle of 30 years and an estimated 15 percent demolition rate during that period, creating a potential retrofit market of around 150,000 buildings each year. Additionally, over a million new commercial buildings will be constructed within that same 30 years. Who is designing these retrofits and new buildings? Architects. That's a call to don our capes and tights and save the planet. The majority of all renovated and new buildings must be designed for current or near-future net zero carbon operations with minimal ecological footprint, or we could lose the game.
This is a huge opportunity for architects to make better buildings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save the planet. Mindfully designed buildings mean healthier people, happier clients, a robust economy, vibrant cities and healing ecology. Opportunity emerges in specialization, as well. Once you put on your super-suit, what will your superpower be? Designing hospitals that contribute to faster healing? Or schools that inspire better learning and nurture curious students? Maybe today's architecture students will take a significant step toward moving residential design to high performance, low consumption, healthy environments for families.
If we've already reached the tipping point for sustainable design, then today's architecture students are the beneficiaries of this momentum. To ride this wave, every architect needs to understand not only how to make a beautiful building that will be loved, but also how to make it perform like a symphony of integrated parts—generating more than it consumes, while contributing to a vibrant sustainable economy.
Elaine Gallagher Adams, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a professor of architecture and urban design at SCAD. Follow her on the SCAD Architecture Voices blog.
In case you're stuck somewhere cold, snowy, uninspired, or all of the above, here's some eye candy that'll whisk you away on a virtual, albeit momentary, adventure.
The images come from 18 graduate and undergraduate students from Savannah College of Art and Design's School of Building Arts who are traversing Hong Kong in search of the neighborhoods, architecture, and urban design that make it one of the world's great cities.
Hong Kong's historic and modern culture provides students with rich perspectives of Chinese architecture, social and political influences in its urban design and architecture. - Hsu-Jen Huang, Professor of Architecture
Hong Kong's historic and modern culture provides students with rich perspectives of Chinese architecture, social and political influences in its urban design and architecture. - Hsu-Jen Huang, Professor of Architecture
These postcards and excerpts from the travel-study itinerary document the field trips and assignments the students have participated in since arriving in Hong Kong. SCAD Hong Kong's location in the North Kowloon Magistracy Building has not only provided a welcoming home base, but a context for understanding development and preservation in Asia at large.
Day 1: Arrival in Hong Kong.
Day 2: Orientation and first class meeting at SCAD Hong Kong, then dinner with SCAD architecture alumni representing Handel Architects, Marc & Chantal Design, Aedas and Pleasanthouse Architects.
Day 3: Chungking Mansions site visit followed by a walking tour of the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade and the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Day 4: Fa Yuen Street Market, Ladies Market and Jade Market.
Day 5: Field trip to Macau and the Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Day 8: Firm visit at Foster + Partners. Meetings with local residents, preservationists and firms give students a taste of what it's like to be engaged in a global practice. Then a stop at Kowloon Walled City and a discussion of the Kai Tak Airport redevelopment site.
Day 10: The pier at Cheung Chau Island.
Day 13: At the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, students pitch in and help the American Institute of Architects teach architectural sketching for the Draw Together Hong Kong event, which teaches participants how cities develop through observation and the resulting drawings.
Day 11: A field trip to Tian Tan Buddha.
For more photos follow SCAD Architecture on Instagram, #immersionhongkong.
Everyone likes balloons at a party. In the case of installation artist Jason Hackenwerth's (M.F.A., Painting) buoyant sculptures, balloons are the party. Miami's Art Basel, New York's Guggenheim and London's Victoria and Albert Museum have hosted Jason's stunning creations. Last night, he debuted his work in Atlanta at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
The city's botanical gardens have exhibited Dale Chihuly's blown glass sculptures but, floating from the sky, Jason's similar sea-like behemoth made those reveling beneath it feel as though they were sitting on the bottom of a prehistoric ocean. It's safe to say those in its shadow hadn't seen anything like Hegemonster's blue-green glow, which emanated from SCAD's terrace above Peachtree Street. Eighteen feet tall and 21 feet in diameter, Jason's sculpture was the envy of Midtown's rooftops.
In the exclusive one-night showing, Jason unveiled Hegemonster high over the heads of giants of a different kind: captains of interior design and architecture who gathered to celebrate the School of Buildings Arts' most recent honors.
For the second year in a row, DesignIntelligence ranked SCAD the No. 1 interior design program in its list of "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools." This summer, SCAD's Master of Architecture program became the first in Georgia, and one of the first in the U.S., to earn the new maximum 8-year term of reaccreditation by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
Jason Hackenwerth with his installation
Throughout the reception Hegemonster's audience couldn't take their eyes off the otherworldly form. In a nod to the company he kept, Jason reflected on the sculpture's construction and the design cues it takes from his alma mater.
"This towering sculpture stands on four strong legs which support a cavernous form," he noted. "These four legs could be compared to SCAD's four campuses and the supported body, the limitless potential of the students that come to SCAD to begin their careers."
"This towering sculpture stands on four strong legs which support a cavernous form," he noted. "These four legs could be compared to SCAD's four campuses and the supported body, the limitless potential of the students that come to SCAD to begin their careers."
Just like his sculptures, Jason keeps rising to the occasion.


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The Blue Bar
A frequent haunt of celebrities, The Blue Bar is situated within the Berkeley Hotel and serves a wide range of cocktails and boasts serving over 50 different types of strong whisky. It is an intimate venue which holds up to approximately 50 guests.
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If there ever were a place with the magic ability to kill my evening ambitions, it's The Blue Bar at The Berkeley... I could run 5K OR I could have a couple cocktails at The Blue Bar! I could make this week's lunch OR I could go to The BLUE BAR!!!!
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There are tiny low-slung seats throughout, but they are often hard to come by--especially on weekend nights--but if you, like me,...more
Incredibly swank and so expensive but definitely a cool place to grab a drink and see and be seen. Have often run into professional athletes and actors here (if that's your thing). But seriously, you'll pay $40 (equivalent) for a drink.more
My new favourite bar in town. No comparison.
They say you just have a better experience all round when a place is a little quieter, and that's most definitely true here. We went here on Sunday night, sat straight down in the main bar area - and had a blast.
Table service and snacks are a nice to have, but you'd almost expect that in such a fancy hotel bar. The main attraction is the decor,...more
This is a beautiful bar in an extremely beautiful hotel. The entire bar is this amazing color blue that in normal life you only see in very small bits. It is one room with another room directly behind it. The bar is dark, romantic and open late. The service is lovely. We sat down in these white leather chairs, we were given nuts and dried apples to nosh on, and we ordered our drinks. Then...more
nothing is open in my neighborhood past 11 pm. we walked by the berkeley and asked if the bar was still open, and luckily, they open til 1.
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A pioneer in uncovering the secrets of life, internationally recognized spiritual hypnotherapist Dr. Michael Newton takes you once again into the heart of the spirit world. His groundbreaking research was first published in the bestselling Journey of Souls, the definitive study on the afterlife. Now, in Destiny of Souls, the saga continues with 70 case histories of real people who were regressed into their lives between lives. Dr. Newton answers the requests of the thousands of readers of the first book who wanted more details about various aspects of life on the other side. Destiny of Souls is also designed for the enjoyment of first-time readers who haven't read Journey of Souls. Explore the meaning behind your own spiritual memories as you read the stories of people in deep hypnosis, and learn fascinating details about: --Our purpose on Earth--Soul mates and spirit guides--Spiritual settings and where souls go after death--Soul travel between lives--Ways spirits connect with and comfort the living--The soul-brain connection --Why we choose certain bodies
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ENTER THE HEART OF THE SPIRIT WORLDIn Destiny of Souls, 67 people just like you recall their life between lives through Dr. Newton's personal work in spiritual hypnotherapy. Based on his groundbreaking research into the afterlife, this book is designed both for first-time venturers into the subject and for readers of Dr. Newton's best-selling first volume, Journey of Souls.Explore the meaning behind your own spiritual memories as you read the stories of people in deep hypnosis and learn fascinating details about: -- Our purpose on Earth -- Spiritual settings where souls go after death -- Ways spirits connect with and comfort the living -- Spirit guides and the council of wise beings who interview us after each life -- Soulmates -- Links between soul groups and human families -- Soul recreation and travel between lives -- The soul-brain connection -- Why we choose certain bodies