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First-Generation Antipsychotics for Treating Schizophrenia
Generic Name | Brand Name |
chlorpromazine | |
fluphenazine | Prolixin |
haloperidol | Haldol |
perphenazine | |
thioridazine | |
trifluoperazine | Stelazine |
These medicines are available as tablets, a concentrated liquid, or an injection (shot). Long-acting formulas that are given every 2 to 4 weeks are available for fluphenazine and haloperidol.
How It Works
Experts don't know exactly how these antipsychotic medicines work. They think these medicines work because of how they affect brain chemicals (neurotransmitters). They usually are started at low doses to avoid side effects.
Why It Is Used
First-generation antipsychotics are used to reduce anxiety and agitation that often happen in schizophrenia. They can also reduce problems with thinking or remembering (cognitive impairment) and reduce or control delusions and hallucinations (psychosis).
How Well It Works
First-generation antipsychotics can reduce or control psychosis and improve thinking, mood, and behavior. These medicines may help you return to a more normal daily life while living with schizophrenia.
First-generation antipsychotics may work differently in different people. For some people, these medicines may help with many symptoms, while other people may have to try other antipsychotic medicines to find the one that works best for them.
Side Effects
First-generation antipsychotic medicines can cause mild to severe problems with body movements.
- Mild movement problems include restlessness, tremors, and rigid muscles. You may be able to reduce or stop these problems by taking a smaller dose of the medicine or by switching to another medicine. Your doctor also may be able to prescribe another medicine to block the movement problems.
- A severe movement problem is tardive dyskinesia, which causes unusual body movements that you cannot control. Signs may include lip-smacking or continuous chewing, tongue-twitching or thrusting the tongue out of the mouth, or quick and jerky movements (tics) of the head.
Other serious side effects include:
- Allergic reactions (skin rash, hives).
- A lower white blood cell count. You will need blood tests to check this cell count while you are taking the medicine.
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome . This is a rare but life-threatening side effect of antipsychotics. The first signs usually include a fever between 102°F (38.9°C) and 103°F (39.4°C), a fast or irregular heartbeat, rapid breathing, and severe sweating.
- Seizures .
- Constant movement.
- Muscle spasms, especially in the neck.
- Abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia).
- Liver problems.
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
- Frequent urination.
- Worsening of psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations.
Other common, mild side effects include:
- Drowsiness.
- Low blood pressure.
- Blurred vision.
- Constipation.
- Loss of appetite, feeling sick to your stomach, or vomiting.
- Shaking, stiff muscles, and slow movement (typically seen in Parkinson's disease).
First-generation antipsychotics may raise levels of the hormone prolactin. This can lead to breast enlargement in both men and women and abnormal menstrual cycles in women.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
If you have any significant side effects while taking an antipsychotic, call your doctor right away. You may need another type of medicine, or the dose may need to be lowered.
There is some evidence of a link between first-generation antipsychotics (such as haloperidol or thioridazine) and an increase in cardiac arrest (heart stopping) or abnormal heartbeat.1 But it is not yet clear whether the risk is linked with the medicines or with schizophrenia.
If you have trouble taking antipsychotic medicines every day, you may be able to get a shot every 2 to 4 weeks. Talk with your doctor about whether this would be better for you.
You most likely will start by taking only a little of the medicine and then slowly take more. It may take several weeks before you know the medicine is working and know the best dose. If you do not see any benefits within 6 weeks, ask your doctor if you need to try another type of medicine.
Do not abruptly stop taking these medicines. Do not skip doses. If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember, but do not take more than one dose at a time.
The first-generation and second-generation antipsychotic medicines both can help the symptoms of schizophrenia. Which medicine is best for you usually depends on how well a medicine has worked for you in the past and its side effects. Your doctor will help you find the best medicine for you.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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Essendon doctor Bruce Reid is "gravely concerned" the AFL Commission would hear the charge against him in a biased manner, according to a writ lodged by his lawyers with the Supreme Court.
Reid wants his case to be heard before an independent arbiter rather than before the league's commission, which last week punished three other key Essendon officials for their roles in implementing the club's 2011-12 supplements program.
Reid is the only one of the four Essendon officials charged – coach James Hird, assistant coach Mark Thompson and football manager Danny
Corcoran are the others – who is fighting the charges.
He wants his charge of conduct unbecoming heard by an independent arbiter, preferably a retired judge from the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice David Beach will on Thursday determine whether Reid's charge is heard before the AFL Commission or goes before an independent arbiter.
In an affidavit lodged with the Supreme Court on Monday, Reid said he feared his reputation as a medical practitioner and club doctor for more than 30 years would be damaged irreparably if he was found guilty. He also claimed the AFL Commission '''unreasonably'' refused to have the charge heard by an independent arbiter.
Reid and lawyer David Maddocks said in the affidavit they were concerned the commission had already accepted as fact some matters alleged against the doctor, when they were still in dispute, while it was dealing with the charges against Hird, Thompson and Corcoran.
Maddocks said Reid would push to have the charge against him struck out because the AFL alleged that during the second half of 2011 he was part of the decision-making process that implemented a ''scientifically pioneering program'' related to giving players supplements. The allegation, according to the affidavit, was made ''without proper basis'' and was prejudicial.
Maddocks called for the allegation that Reid should have contacted the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority in 2012 to inquire about the status of AOD-9604 to also be struck out.
He said the AFL Commission could not deal with the matter in an unbiased manner, given league chairman Mike Fitzpatrick stated the proceedings constituted ''a most unfortunate matter'', and ''it might be a lonely day'' for Reid.
The affidavit also raised concern over Fitzpatrick's statement that ''frankly, what happened [at Essendon] is probably the worst thing that has happened in a footy club''.
The AFL Commission has already ruled that the hearing into Reid's case will be open and heard by the public.


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This is the story of the Japanese prisoner of war camps on the island of Taiwan (Formosa) during the Second World War and of the men who were interned in them.
It seems that many people know about the hardship and suffering of the POW's working on the Death Railway in Thailand and Burma, but few know about the "hell-camps" of Taiwan. We hope to tell the story of the suffering and deprivation endured by the POW's so that all will know - and hopefully never forget!
Our site contains descriptions of the prison camps, a detailed list of all the former prisoners, an honour roll of those who died, and the story of the
Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society.
From August 1942 until September 1945 more than 4350 Allied prisoners of war were held in 14 POW camps on the island of Taiwan. They suffered terribly at the hands of their Japanese captors and more than 10% of the POWs died. In 1997 the Kinkaseki / Taiwan Prisoner of War Memorial was built at Jinguashi and every year since then a Remembrance Day service has been held at the Taiwan POW Memorial Park on the site of the former Kinkaseki POW Camp in Jinguashi.
On Sunday November 10th, more than 100 people attended the 17th annual Remembrance Day service and for once the weather co-operated giving us a beautiful sunny warm day. Following the service everyone gathered for a picnic lunch in the community center.
It is wonderful to see the attendance growing each year as more and more people learn of the POWs and their suffering for our freedom. Hopefully this trend will continue in the future.
The recently erected Shirakawa POW Camp Memorial just outside the Military Base in Nei-Jiao Village near the city of Bai He in Tainan County was dedicated on Monday November 11th. The memorial is located at the former entrance to the POW camp. The memorial was built last summer by the POW Society in honour of all those men who suffered and those who died in that camp from June 1943 to August 1945.
Family members of three former Shirakawa POWs joined us in paying tribute to their fathers and grandfathers and the other POWs who were in the camp. A number of friends and supporters of the Society joined the event as well, and listened to addresses by representatives from the Commonwealth and Allied governments, the ROC Veterans Affairs Commission and the Nei-Jiao Military Base. Greetings were read from three former Shirakawa survivors and the memorial was consecrated by Rev. Herbert Barker. Wreaths were laid on the memorial and the Ode of Remembrance was carried out.
This brings to 12 the number of memorials erected to the former Taiwan POWs and we want to thank all those who had a part in its building and dedication. Now the men of Shirakawa are no longer forgotten.
For many months months now we have been trying to obtain photos of the last two American war graves we need to complete our Taiwan POW War Graves Project in the Honour Roll on our website. Thanks to Mr. Stuart Baggaley, a WW2 British veteran living in Ann Arbor Michigan, and Lisa Curtis and Bruce Hall of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Detroit, we have just received a photo of one of those graves - that of Adam Pliska who died at Taihoku Camp on August 29, 1945.
Now we just need one last grave photo and that is of Freddy McCreary who is buried in Warfield Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky. We have been trying for over two years without success to get a photo of this grave. We have made a listing for him on the Find-A-Grave network, hoping someone who lives in that area could take a photo for us, we contacted the cemetery last year and spoke to a worker who said he would take a photo but we never heard from him again, we have made appeals in our newsletters - also to no avail, so we are hoping that maybe by putting the request on the homepage of our site someone might see it and be able to help us get this last photo we need to make sure that all of the American POWs who died in Taiwan are remembered.
If any of our readers can help with photos of Freddy McCreary's grave in Warfield Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky, please contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!
Left: Adam Plisk's Grave - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit. Mich. Right: Warfield Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox Cty, Ky.
For the past many months we have featured articles on the homepage regarding the sweeping changes taking place in Japan under the new LDP government of Shinzo Abe and his Right Wing extremists.
We have shown from reports and studies, first hand news accounts and references, how the Abe government wants to return to the extreme Right Wing policies of former times, how they want to rescind the so-called apologies made by former prime ministers and renounce the previous stand on the Comfort Women, now saying that they were simply prostitutes and that they were necessary and that they were not co-erced of forced by the Japanese military to perform services for the troops. They want to re-write Japan's pacifist constitution in order to make it possible for Japan to wage war again, and more alarmingly, they want to limit or abolish human rights and freedoms, so they can persecute those who differ with their opinion or who want to peacefully gather in protests. If one looks back at the history of the 20th Century, one can clearly see that these were also the policies adopted and propagated by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis when they came to power 80 years ago in 1933!
We have removed the bulk of the articles from the homepage as we want to feature other things, but for those who are interested please click here to read several articles which reveal the startling changes which have taken place, and which will continue to take place in the near future under this extreme regime.
December 2, 2013 - "17 Years of Researching, Remembering and Honouring the Taiwan POWs" - in the Archives section.
AUGUST 27, 2013 - Update to "A Family Connection" - in the Archives section.
AUGUST 21, 2013 - Update to the HONOUR ROLL with the addition of more American war graves photos.
JUNE 28, 2013 - Spring-Summer 2013 Newsletter uploaded to the site. Click Here or go to the Society Section and click on the newsletter in the Newsletters box.
APRIL 21, 2013 - Revision to the article "Other Commonwealth POWs" - to include another New Zealand POW and with photos - in the Archives section.
APRIL 21, 2013 - Revision to the article "Forgotten Nation, Forgotten Heroes" to include a new South African POW - in the Archives section.
APRIL 20, 2013 - Update to "A Man Sent From God" - in the Archives section.
We would like to remind our viewers that this is a work in progress so be sure to check back often.
As mentioned previously in this column, at present we have the lists of the POWs transported from Taiwan to the Philippines in September 1945 on the carrier USS Block Island, the DE's USS Thomas J. Gary and USS Kretchmer, and the New Zealand Hospital Ship Maunganui. Sadly, although we have obtained the logs from the USS Santee, no list of POW names was attached, and we have only partial lists of men from the DE's USS Brister and USS Finch.
We are currently searching various archives to try to find these lists if they have survived, but in the meantime we would like to hear from former POWs and their families if they have any knowledge that their relative sailed on any of these three ships.
If there are any US Naval or other archives out there which might have such information, we would appreciate hearing from you as well and then arrangements can be made to pay a visit to your facility to check things out further.
If there are any former crew members of these ships who know of the lists that were made and where they might now be, please kindly get in touch with us as well. We would be so grateful for any help we can get.
Welcome to the ASIA WAR GRAVES PHOTO GROUP.
The group is comprised of FEPOW organizations and researchers located in the Far East and is dedicated to providing good quality photos of war graves and the names on the various memorials from the war cemeteries located all across Asia - FREE OF CHARGE - to POWs, family members, relatives, researchers and historians – with the sole aim of keeping the memory of the veterans and POWs alive, so present and future generations will not forget the sacrifices they have made so far from home. We want to help ensure that they are not forgotten.
The Group specializes in photos of the names on the many memorials across Asia. We have all 25,000 names on the SINGAPORE / KRANJI MEMORIAL, all 27,000 names on the TAUKKYAN / RANGOON MEMORIAL, as well as all the other memorials such as SAI WAN, LABUAN and YOKOHAMA. We are happy to be able to supply names on all the memorials – FREE of CHARGE as well.
Read More ...to find out further information on the new ASIA WAR GRAVES PHOTO GROUP, the war cemeteries and memorials covered, and the other services that are provided - FREE OF CHARGE!
Since the creation of the ASIA WAR GRAVES PHOTO GROUP in JULY 2012, we are pleased to announce that in the first year we have already distributed over 2,200 FREE war grave and memorial photos.
Society director Michael Hurst is featured in two radio interviews with Radio Taiwan International. We invite you to:
To listen to these programs click the links below -
(1) Time Traveler: Kinkaseki POW Camp (September 9, 2009)
(2) Time Traveler: POW camps in Taiwan and stories of the men (September 16, 2009)


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597. Previous Engagement: The prohibition against a widow remarrying before severing the tie…
Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
If a man dies childless, his brother has an obligation to marry the widow in order to raise children in the deceased's name. This obligation is discussed more fully in the next mitzvah. Before we get there, we have a prohibition for the yevamah (that is, the sister-in-law, i.e., the deceased's widow) to marry or have sexual relations with anyone other than the yavam (the brother-in-law, i.e., the deceased's brother) before the situation is resolved. (The names "yavam" and "yevamah" describe the parties' relationship to one another, not to the deceased.)
The reason for this mitzvah, presumably, is that it impedes the fulfillment of yibum, the marriage between the yavam and the yevamah. Also, since there is a bond between the yavam and the yevamah, another man getting in the way smacks of adultery. (It's not exactly the same. Since the deceased could have more than one brother and more than one wife, any yavam could marry any yevamah; there's not necessarily a one-to-one relationship.)
This mitzvah applies to men - they're not allowed to marry or have sexual relations with the yevamah - but it also applies to the yevamah in that she's not permitted to be with any other man until such time as her bond to the yavam is dissolved. This mitzvah is discussed in the Talmud in tractate Yevamos on page 13a and elsewhere. It is codified in the Shulchan Aruch in Even Ha'Ezer 159. This mitzvah is #357 of the 365 negative mitzvos in the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvos and #135 of the 194 negative mitzvos that can be observed today as listed in the Chofetz Chaim's Sefer HaMitzvos HaKatzar.


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Do you buy your apples organic? A recent screening from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found pesticide residue in 98% of apples, the highest rate of all the produce it examined. The numbers are shocking! To us, it's clear: organic is healthier, safer, and overall better for us, our families, and the environment. While we would prefer to feed our little ones apple slices that aren't contaminated with pesticide residue, organic isn't exactly the thriftiest option. However, there are ways to get organic for cheaper. You can still make cheap family meals with organic ingredients. All it takes is a little bit of brain power and prioritizing to make organic fit into your budget-friendly family meal plan.
- Shop seasonal: Shopping seasonally will give you the most bang for your buck when it comes to organic, and you can often find seasonal ingredients on sale, too!
- Go for the off-brand: Both regular and all-organic supermarkets frequently provide organic versions of big-name organic products. When you're at a supermarket, pick the store brand over big-name organic products.
- Shop at farmer's markets: Most of your buys will be cheaper and fresher at the farmer's markets. If you don't see a sign that says organic, be sure to ask. Most farmers at the markets are making the transition into organic farming, but haven't earned the necessary funds to get officially certified. Just because they're not considered organic by the USDA, doesn't mean that they're not farming using organic, sustainable, and healthy practices. The best thing about farmer's markets? You can haggle! Try to land a deal with the farmer for misshapen produce, or for bulk purchases. With a little bit of swindling, you could land yourself a deal.
- Buying clubs: A buying club is a great way to get the organic food you want for cheap. Buying-club members purchase food and other organic products in bulk and then split the stash. In a buying club, you may be able to get 30 percent to 40 percent off the retail price.
- Grow it yourself: We may not all have a green thumb, but growing small herbs, fruits, and veggies could give you a little bunch of produce for a fraction of the retail price. Best of all? It's right in your backyard! If you're a beginner, try growing a small indoor garden with plants like spinach, carrot, kale, basil, and rosemary, which will give you plants all year round.
Know what you should and shouldn't buy organic: You don't have to buy everything organic, necessarily. Plants with a husk or thick rind often go unpolluted by pesticides because of their thicker skin. Produce that usually goes pesticide-free includes avocado, pineapples, cantaloupe, kiwi, watermelon, grapefruit, and onions.
If you're trying to keep your meals cheap but healthy, keep these tips in mind! When you buy organic you'll taste and feel the difference, while feeling better about the meals that you're serving your family.


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Gaussian window
w = gausswin(N) returns an N-point Gaussian window in the column vector w. N is a positive integer. The coefficients of a Gaussian window are computed from the following equation.
where , and α is inversely proportional to the standard deviation of a Gaussian random variable. The exact correspondence with the standard deviation, σ, of a Gaussian probability density function is
The value of α defaults to 2.5.
w=gausswin(N,Alpha) returns an N-point Gaussian window where Alpha is proportional to reciprocal of the standard deviation. The width of the window is inversely related to the value of α; a larger value of α produces a more narrow window.
Create a 64-point Gaussian window and display the result in WVTool:
L=64; wvtool(gausswin(L))
This example demonstrates that the Fourier transform of the Gaussian window is also Gaussian with a reciprocal standard deviation. This is an illustration of the time-frequency uncertainty principle.
Create a Gaussian window of length 64 by using gausswin and the defining equation. Set α=8, which results in a standard deviation of 64/16=4. Accordingly, you expect that the Gaussian is essentially limited to the mean plus or minus 3 standard deviations, or an approximate support of [-12, 12].
N = 64; n = -(N-1)/2:(N-1)/2; alpha = 8; y = exp(-1/2*(alpha*n/(N/2)).^2); w = gausswin(N,alpha); plot(n,w,'r') hold on; plot(n,y,'k') title('Gaussian Window N = 64');
Obtain the Fourier transform of the Gaussian window and use fftshift to center the Fourier transform at zero frequency (DC).
figure wdft = fftshift(fft(w)); freq = linspace(-pi,pi,length(wdft)); plot(freq,abs(wdft),'linewidth',2) xlabel('Radians/Sample'); title('Fourier Transform of Gaussian Window');
The Fourier transform of the Gaussian window is also Gaussian with a standard deviation that is the reciprocal of the time-domain standard deviation.
[1] Harris, F.J. "On the Use of Windows for Harmonic Analysis with the Discrete Fourier Transform." Proceedings of the IEEE®. Vol. 66, No. 1 (January 1978).
[2] Roberts, Richard A., and C.T. Mullis. Digital Signal Processing. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1987, pp. 135-136.


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I hope the Columbus Board of Education read Stephanie Groce's op-ed column, "Columbus school board: Start listening" in the Sunday Dispatch. As a city-schools parent, I often turned to her with concerns that were falling deaf on Superintendent Gene Harris' ears.
During my three-year tenure as the PTA president at Columbus Alternative, the other scandal was credit recovery, which was manipulated furiously to get students through classes that they either weren't prepared for or where they refused to do the work. Parents used every avenue possible to stop the effect credit recovery was having on Columbus Alternative High School.
Sherry Badger, the courageous principal, and I met with Harris to discuss our concerns, and we were not listened to. Parents and students testified in front of the board, and we were not listened to. Teachers set up anonymous email accounts to thank us because they feared retribution if they spoke out. Groce was on the board at the time, and was the only member who ever listened to our concerns.
Parental involvement to Harris meant being involved in superficial things.
At Columbus Alternative, we not only spoke out, we landscaped, we raised money, we cooked and we sponsored activities for students. We were involved and supportive of the program, but we also saw a disregard for the school and a Downtown administration that was dismantling what had been a model program for the district..
Harris surrounded herself with her believers, who were always loyal, financially rewarded and generally feared by teachers and staff. And we saw the results for staff who had opinions; we watched valued staff members moved without notice so "valued friends" could be promoted.
When I wrote to Harris about the effects of moving one staff member, who was an excellent mentor to the robotics team, she told me I was hurting her feelings. Meanwhile, students who had been winning statewide recognition that would surely have brought them excellent scholarships returned to school to find their mentor gone and a program dismantled.
We were a group of parents who believed in public education. We were dedicated and hardworking, but the principal who replaced Badger was told to "get those parents under control."
We are gone, but we hope there are parents still involved in protecting schools. Unfortunately, Groce is no longer there to listen. I hope someone else will wake up the board and that the process to replace Harris will be intelligent, forward-thinking and accountable.


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After close to 48 minutes of near-perfect defensive execution, one slip up at a crucial time nearly cost the Clippers a win.
With the game clock winding down, Dallas' Jason Terry was left unguarded after dribbling off a double screen, draining an open three with five seconds left to give Dallas the 89-88 lead.
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Coming off a 29-point loss at Utah that coach Vinny Del Negro called a "waste of jet fuel" the night before, the Clippers needed to find energy, toughness and focus. And with the defending NBA champions Dallas Mavericks in town, the Clippers had to do it quickly. Without Chris Paul available and with Blake Griffin struggling to get the ball through the basket, the Clippers needed an offensive lift.
Enter Mo Williams, who came back after missing three games with a foot injury to score a game-high 26 points in the Clippers win. Williams opened the game by hitting his first seven shots from the field, adding eight clutch fourth-quarter points in the win.
DeAndre Jordan scored a season-high 19 points, and Griffin finished with 14 points and 17 rebounds in the win.
Griffin and Jordan helped hold Dirk Nowitzki to 17 points on 6-of-18 shooting for the Mavericks (8-7)
The Clippers finished their first back-to-back-to-back of the season with two wins and a loss. The team hosts Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday night at Staples Center, where the team is 7-1 this season.
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I love this man and share in his philosophy. I am sorry for what and the young ones endured in grade school. My grandmother and grandfather were Cherokee and Choctaw, but I never got to speak with my grandfather, he wa institutionalized when my father was 10. My grandmother went on and never wanted to claim her heritage or talk with me about it...instead tried to act white. I feel a great loss of not knowing my peoples true history. I only feel it in my heart.
Living History: Elder, Dancer and Teacher Norman Roach Talks With ICTMN
With a famous shawl dancer mother, Julia Roach, a grandfather that was orphaned at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and another grandfather that performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Norman Roach, who hails from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota is certainly no stranger to Native American history, tradition and dance.
Beginning his dance career in the 1950s after watching his grandfathers dance at pow wows, Roach was a fancy dance champion as a junior boy (ages 7-12), a teen (ages 13-17), as well as an adult. He was a dancer and choreographer for years with the American Indian Dance Theater group that traveled the world sharing the various dances of Native nations. Roach was featured in the PBS Dance in America series.
Roach, who is also an accomplished flute player and hoop dancer, is also known for his successful three-year direction of a major pow wow held within the sacred Black Hills, the heart and center of the Lakota Nation and peoples. He was also instrumental in the founding of the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, the largest in North America, held each year in April in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Most recently, Roach has been asked along with Grammy-nominated artist and pow wow dancer Robert Tree Cody to consult on an upcoming film entitled Dance Hard, a dramatic behind-the-scenes look at two brothers and fancy dancers that travel the pow wow trail.
In a conversation with ICTMN, Roach talked about his life as a dancer, the strong ties to his history and heritage and what it means to serve as a consultant on behalf of the Native community.
How long have you been dancing?
I've been dancing since the late 1950s. I'd say about 1958 or 1959. I remember going to pow wows with my mother and grandfather in South Dakota and North Dakota.
That is a lot of years, how does it feel to carry that much tradition?
For me, that is the reason why I dance. It was a big part of [my mother and grandfather's] lives. It is a big part of my life. It is something that ties the generations together.
One of my grandfathers, To Chase Alone, was orphaned at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and as he grew up without his parents and he was raised by his extended family, he really held onto dancing. That gave him a big reason to survive and live and to dance for the people.
My mother's father was so much into his dancing he would travel all the way to Canada from North Dakota on horseback to attend pow wows and visit some of his people on the Standing Buffalo reserve, which I think holds the title of the oldest pow wow in Canada.
There is an amazing story about your grandfather, can you share that?
My mother told me that when my grandfather was about five years old, during the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 which was known as "Custer's Last Stand." He was orphaned during the battle. He was so distraught and sad about what had happened to his parents, he wandered off by himself. He was crying and didn't want to live anymore.
After he wandered away from the camp, a horse came up to him, stayed next to him and didn't leave him. He was five years old and might have been afraid of the horse. Eventually he gained the courage to ride him. The horse must have bent down for him to get on. This was in Montana and the horse went to the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota.
The horse must have taken him about 300 miles. It took him to water, to berries. If you can imagine, a five-year-old boy riding a horse without a saddle--that is amazing.
The horse took him to his relatives. The relatives were happy to see him, because they were wondering who survived the battle. The horse made sure he was okay, then turned and runs away, goes over the horizon, and they never see this horse again.
In our beliefs, the Lakota way, this is a spirit animal. Maybe the spirit was his dad or his mother to make sure he got home okay. That's how he got his name, To Chase Alone.
That's why I dance. The first pow wow my mother took me to, I saw my grandfather dancing by himself, and there were eight or nine females dancing. That memory is vivid in my mind to this day. I dance for him knowing the things that he went through. I honor him every time I dance.
Can you discuss your experience with boarding schools?
I went to a Catholic parochial boarding school and I also went to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school. At the boarding schools they did not allow us to speak our language, they did not teach it. They did not teach our history. They basically taught us to be a non-Indian. Everything about our past, our history and our culture was not promoted. My mother said the same thing.
We were beat regularly with something called a belt line. My mother told me that when she was in boarding school, if they spoke their language they would wash their mouths out with soap. When I think back, it was not a good childhood; I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
I still have those memories of boarding school, they stay with me always. The things that happened to my brothers and sisters and all my friends, what they went through, and the little ones that cry themselves to sleep at night, the first second and third graders...they did not have a big brother to hug or hold onto. That was our job to do that. I had an older brother so I was kind of okay, he watched out for me, but there were a lot of other kids who didn't have that, so we would comfort them.
I got beaten with a belt, and you get over that, but the little ones… that stuck with me.
How did you become so involved in dancing?
We spent nine months in boarding school, but for three months in the summer they let us go. My mother would take me to pow wows, and that's when I really got turned onto them. Every decade I have danced. It's been a big part of my life.
Getting an education was important to my family. I did learn to read to escape the harsh reality of boarding school life, and I got pretty good at it. I read a book a day and won an essay contest when I was in eighth grade.
I got good grades and got the opportunity to go to college, to be a teacher and I enjoy teaching kids. Teaching is also a job where I get summers off and I get to the pow wows.
Where are some of the places your dancing has taken you?
I danced with the American Indian Dance Theater. My wife and I were selected to dance when they first formed the Dance Theater in the early 90s. We got to travel the world. We were kind of like a newer version of the Wild West show. We went to Paris, Germany, Italy and spent some time in the Middle East and all over Canada, Alaska and Hawaii.
It took me all over the world. I danced on national television, I've danced with Santana, been on Sesame Street all because of dancing. Even though I've gone through some hard times, pow wows, Indian dancing and my culture have been really good to me. All of the friends I met all over the world, all of that erased some of these bad memories.
You will be consulting on a Hollywood film along with Robert Tree Cody entitled Dance Hard. Can you tell us about that?
This will work out pretty good. Tree and I have been brothers for about 30 years. Three of my real brothers have passed away, and in tradition are adopted brothers sometimes become closer than our real brothers. He is the son of Iron Eyes Cody, so he has a lot of experience with the media and movies. I have been in a couple of movies which helps.
When I first met Tree he was a fancy dancer at the time and he was probably the tallest fancy dancer ever at 6'11" tall. He is also a very good flute player. I have played the flute as well; the most honored place that I played was at the World Trade Center on June 21, a few months before 9/11 happened.
Tree has been performing since the 50s also. It is great to work with them because we agree on a lot of stuff. The director Megan Clare Johnson had a few questions, so we are advisors, and the producer has done 27 films or so. Right now they are working on the funding process.
There is a big movement these days with artists like Frank Waln, Tony Duncan and a Tribe Called Red to mix contemporary and traditional music. What you think about these types of artists?
One of my grandfathers on my dad's side, Jacob White Eyes performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He created quite a splash in France. People still remember him, he was a very handsome man and left a lot of descendants out there [laughs].
But in terms of combining contemporary and tradition, Tree and I were some of the first groups that ever did that. There was a group called The Tribe. This was a group that put hip-hop dancers together. My wife danced with these hip-hop dancers. We also danced to nontraditional music. One year Tree and I and my family, who were traditional dancers, closed the Native American Music Awards to the song "Boogie Oogie Oogie." We received a standing ovation.
Sometimes some people just expect there only to be tradition, and they hang onto that kind of image. That's why the American Indian Dance Theater did so well in Europe. We were the premier show everywhere we went.
Have you experienced racism?
In South Dakota in the 1970s Russell Means fought a lot of battles against racism. Russell Means called South Dakota the most racist state in the country. AIM ran into a lot of racism. Things like that just made me stronger. I ran pow wows in Rapid City, South Dakota, and I was the only one to ever produce a pow wow in the sacred Black Hills.
I was invited to play a flute at a funeral, in Rapid City, South Dakota. There was a young Indian man who had committed suicide. He had married a white girl and her family was the rancher type. The Lakota side of the family asked me to play the flute at the funeral. I could tell there was a conflict in the room. I played "Amazing Grace." I felt at first that they didn't want me there and they were saying they didn't want any Native American music there. But I played that song and there was not a dry eye at that funeral.
The family came up to me, and they thanked me for being there because they said they had never heard "Amazing Grace" on a Native American flute before. I think the Native American flute and music can break barriers.
I think there are more good people than racist people. I'm not equating being racist with being bad, but you should not be racist. No matter who you are you should not think you are better than anyone else because of the color of your skin. Whether you are black, brown, or white you should not go through life carrying that type of baggage. You will not live a good life and you will not be happy with who you are.
I have a lot of non-Native friends that are white, black, and Asian and German. I have friends from France. I try to keep a perspective and teach different audiences that we are all in this together. We are all related even to the animal world, we are all here together.
I was set on this Earth probably to help with pow wows and Native American dance.
I really enjoyed your story
I really enjoyed your story about your grandfather, thank you. I was working in Phoenix, away from home/reservation. So was my younger brother. Anyway, my daughter and I were watching /listening to KAET 8, public broadcasting. We running in out of the living room area, when all of sudden,from the TV, we heard the sound of an Apache drum, one low beat, then a regular tempo. We stopped what we were doing and ran to the front of the TV and there on the screen were Crown Dancers. Then we heard our Apache Songs, and saw the Crown Dancing. This might sound funny but we began to dance in the living room! Our beautiful songs, music, dance, identifies us. We left for home that night. The next day while I was cooking breakfast, my younger brother showed up, he's the one who also lived off the reservation. We visited about an hour when, he said, "Yesterday I was outside cleaning the yard when I heard 'our' drum beat on Channel 8." I looked at him really fast and said, "We did too, the Crown Dancers." He said, "Yeah! Man when I saw them and heard the songs my chest, my heart began to swell, I felt really proud, and emotional." Then he said, "Is that why you came home?" I said, "Yes thats why I came home..."
Thanks Thayne. He was such a
Thanks Thayne. He was such a strong ilenufnce in my life in so many ways. My great grandmother told me that except for the time when my uncle was a POW, he wrote to her every other week. This tradition continued anytime he was away from home. He was a special man and raised the bar for so many of us youngsters.
Good Journey!! Hope to see
Good Journey!! Hope to see you all soon!! Still trying to get HOME!! HELP!


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In this hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!), two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good. Credits
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'Idol' bump is a reality
Songs performed on hit show help increase sales for even the biggest stars in music industry
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In its eleventh season American Idol continues to churn out hit makers and generate huge ratings helping past and present artists get their music heard.
There is such a thing as the I don't -- You perform a song on idol and your sales go up -- Songs performed on the show reach a -- TV Johnny helping even the biggest stars in the business.
I can't because I just.
Rolling in the deep Adele has performed by Haley Reinhart weeks later it was -- number one.
But even this year with more recently -- film.
Piano man sales of that single went up 266%.
According to Nielsen sound scan.
After it was performed on the show up for these veteran artist to.
-- they have catalog sales this is a nice -- you know.
And it and it puts -- -- just on people's consciousness.
Most record labels and artists have opened their catalogs knowing -- song performed on I don't can create a whole new generation of fans.
The obscure artists have forgotten -- veterans.
They see a benefit from having their songs performed on idol.
-- and white line with those like them late eighties early ninety's -- metal band that Colin Dixon Portland and -- songs.
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A friend of mine has made a remake of original X-Con intro... An I wanted to share his wideo here:
Hope you like it as much as I do. ^_^
A friend of mine has made a remake of original X-Con intro... An I wanted to share his wideo here:
Hope you like it as much as I do. ^_^
Someone as far too much free time to spend.. lol
that was quite amusing
Lmao! :dddddd
Wow, that was awesome! Bro-hoof to you sir.
meh, needs more rainbow :P
Now someone do a Sonic the Hedgehog version.
Rainbow Dash is the Skyranger pilot. :P (Naturally)
Has anyone noticed that the Power Suit has no helmet? I guess this solves the discussion regarding them
whats with the pony fever now days? any way well made you friend got talent for animations lol
lol.. I liked it.. but I WILL NOT be downloading any sort of pony mod.
Now, a WORMS mod would be a completely different story.
You'd think the that the lack of thumbs would be an issue, but pretty much since I saw Fallout Equestria I knew it was all down hill from there.
Oh lord, please save us.
I would have known it was My Little Pony, but without my 18mo old daughter and my wife watching MLP on Netflix the last month I wouldn't have found that nearly as amusing. But since I have seen a lot of the new MLP now that was really stinkin' funny.
Well played.
irronically i have already seen this video, my brother is a brony.
I bite, a small tribute to the bronies of X-COM:


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Bing Cherry
Prunus avium
- America's favorite cherry tree: sweet large cherries
- Called "the standard for cherry flavor"
- Great for both fresh eating and preserves
- Mid-June to mid-summer ripening
- Early-blooming white spring blossoms
- Standard will produce fruit in 5 to 6 years
- Pollinate with Black Tartarian
- Zones 5 to 8
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Zones 5 - 8
The Bing Cherry can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.VIEW MAP
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The Bing Cherry falls into the following type(s): Fruit Trees
12' - 35' High
The Bing Cherry grows to be 12' - 35' feet in height.
12' - 25' Spread
The Bing Cherry has a spread of about 12' - 25' at full maturity.
Medium Growth
This tree grows at a medium growth rate. [More about this.]
Full Sun
This cherry does well in full sun.
Various Soils
This tree prefers well drained sandy soil.
Rounded Shape
This cherry has rounded shape.
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Bing is America's favorite cherry tree. Its large, sweet fruit is produced abundantly and generally ripens uniformly on the tree in mid-June to mid-summer depending upon location. The delightfully fragrant white flowers bring spring beauty to the landscape. Our standard Bing seedlings are budded to Prunus avium mazzard or sweet cherry, while our dwarf seedlings are grafted to Prunus besseyi (Sand Cherry).
Chill hours (CU) requirement: 700-800. (Chill hours are the average hours of air temperature between 32 and 45 degrees F in a typical winter season). For best fruit production, calculate the chill unit (CU) for your growing zone to be sure it aligns with the CU requirement of this tree.
In order to ensure pollination, these trees need a compatible cultivar growing within 100 feet for standard size, 50 feet for semi-dwarf, and 20 feet for dwarf trees.
Wildlife Value:
A variety of birds and mammals relish the cherries. The foliage is browsed.
The exact details of Bing's origin are not clear, but it was named in honor of Lewelling's co-worker and nursery foreman, a Chinese man by the name of Ah Bing. Some believe that was Bing who developed the new cultivar and should receive more credit. The first tree came from the seed of another new variety, Republican in 1875. Today there are over 1000 varieties of sweet cherries, and Bing still tops the list both in popularity and production. It is the cherry against which all others are compared.
Height Variations:
The standard grows to 35', and dwarf grows to 12' - 15' in height.
Spread Variations:
Standard grows to 25', dwarf grows to 12'-15'
This tree requires moist, well drained soil and is not drought tolerant.
Simple, alternate, 3"-6" long with small, blunt teeth on the margin, dark green, smooth upper surface, light green lower surface with slight amounts of pubescence or fuzz.
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Fruit Description:
Very large, about 1" in diameter, heart-shaped, skin is bright red when immature becoming dark red or deep maroon. The flesh is purple-red, sweet, juicy, and firm with a stone that is easily removed.
Bing is America's favorite cherry tree. Its large, sweet fruit, great for fresh eating and preserves, is produced abundantly and generally ripens uniformly on the tree in mid-June to mid-summer depending upon location. The delightfully fragrant white flowers bring spring beauty to the landscape. (Pollinate with Black Tartarian or another sweet cherry variety.) (zones 5–8)
Fruit Tree Tips
At least 6-8 hours of daily sunlight are needed.
Standard trees will produce fruit in 5-6 years, and a mature tree will provide up to 50-100 pounds of cherries per year.
Suggested cultivars to pollinate with are Black Republican, Sam, Black Tartarian, Schmidt, Cavalier, Stella, Gold, Van, Heidelfingen, Vega, Montmorency, Vista, Ranier, and Windsor.
Dwarf trees should be staked to ensure tree's ability to bear weight of fruit and protect against leaning.
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Our trees are delivered with natural bare roots which have been dipped in hydrating gel prior to shipment to keep the roots moist and healthy. As their abundant, fibrous roots aren't confined by a container, bare-root trees get off to a more vigorous start compared to containerized roots which typically need more time to adjust to transplanting. Bare-root trees typically surpass the size of larger containerized trees in only a few years.


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Despite the passage of Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's initiative to raise $6 billion a year in state revenue for schools, one local district will go forward with planned layoffs.
East Whittier City School District co-Supervisor Dorka Duron said the district will announce the layoffs of 71 full-time equivalent employees Thursday when the matter comes before the school board for ratification.
Notices started going out Tuesday, she confirmed.
"We're delighted that it passed," she said, of Prop. 30.
It means that the school will have a 177-day school year, finishing on June 13 rather than May 29.
"That's truly good for the students and the community," she said. "We were going to have to add 11 furlough days."
That won't be necessary with the passage of Prop. 30.
But the long-term financial problems the district faces remain.
For the past six years, the district has been operating beyond its means thanks to a settlement of approximately $25 million the district received from the state several years ago, Duron said. The settlement was a result of underpayments from the state, during the administration of former Superintendent Joe Gillentine, who retired in 2011.
School officials were hoping the funds would see the district through the economic downturn, however, those funds are now depleted, she said.
"What we have is a structural problem," said Duron.
"That money is now gone, and we will have to bring down expenditures to what we get from the state," said Duron.
To put that in dollar terms, she said the district was spending $6,425 per student. Now, the district can only spend the amount it receives from the state, $4,995 per student.
The new round of layoff notices are in addition to the layoff notices for 15 full-time and five part-time custodial employees issued in October.
Had Prop. 30 lost, districts could have lost as much as $440 to $450 per student, Melvin Iizuka, director of business services for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, told this newspaper in June.
Lowell Joint School District officials were prepared to rely on its reserves for the upcoming budget year had Prop. 30 not passed.
Its passage means $1.4 million to the district, which has $4 million in reserves.
Little Lake City School District board member Hilda Zamora and Superintendent Phillip Perez were grateful to local and state voters.
Voters in the district approved an $18 million bond and a five-year, $48-per-parcel tax, for school improvements.
"We're relieved not to have the mid-year cuts that would have been done if Prop 30 had not passed," Perez said.
Furloughs would have been added, as well as a possible closure of a school, Zamora added.
"What a blessing," she said about not having to make major cuts.
For the last four years, Whittier Union High School District has made many cutbacks, including reducing personnel by 130 positions through attrition and a hiring freeze; an across-the-board three percent salary cut, and a five-day reduction in the work year.
"It is good news and a relief that Prop. 30 passed," said Paul Muschetto, WUHSD associate superintendent of business services. "After years of budget cuts and the threat of additional cuts, this provides a reprieve from the years of reduced funding that we have endured for the past four years."
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District would have been facing millions of dollars in budget cuts if Proposition 30 had passed but the district still faces problems for the fiscal 2012-13, district officials said.
"(The passage) saved us from draconian types of cuts - probably too severe to recover from - said board President Darryl Adams.
Adams said the district probably would have had to close schools, increase class sizes and cut its school year - possibly by as much as four weeks.
If Proposition 30 had failed the district would have relied on its reserves - estimated at $27 million - to get through this year, NLMUSD Superintendent Ruth Perez said.
Even with the passage of Prop. 30, the district faces $8 million in budget cuts for next year, Perez said.
Prop. 30's passage means about $4.5 million for El Rancho Unified School District; about $1.5 million South Whittier School District; and $4.5 million for Whittier City School District, officials for each district said.
Staff Writers Peter Fullam and Mike Sprague contributed to this story.


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Though dogs tend to lovingly follow their owners' lead, that's not where the name Me & My Shadow came from. The owners had a dog named Shadow, an american eskimo that began suffering from health problems, including blindness, at an early age. When Shadow became too skittish to take walks around the neighborhood, his owners decided to put a pool in the backyard. Shadow was delighted to swim in it, and for years afterward, it seemed he was happiest during the summer swimming season.
This inspired Me & My Shadow, an indoor pool and recreation center where dogs can exercise and learn to socialize throughout the year. By-appointment swimming sessions are kept private to ensure dogs and owners—who can take a dip, too—feel comfortable. Pet parents can also sign their dogs up for training sessions, which are led by Judy Hales, an experienced trainer who takes a gentle, positive approach to instruction, as opposed to just rolling her eyes at dogs that can't complete their given task.
The four trainers and two instructors at Rushlow's Arabians combine more than 150 years of experience in the equestrian industry, applying their expertise in the areas of breeding, training, and riding. Rather than focus solely on riding techniques in the saddle or trying to teach horses sign language, riders learn the full spectrum of horsemanship, including equine anatomy, proper stall etiquette, and tacking up a horse. Students of all abilities have their choice of instruction in Western, Hunt Seat, Saddle Seat, Driving, and Dressage atop designated lesson horses, most of which have retired from the show ring.
Molly's Pet Grooming's staff keeps dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds looking their best. The groomers use all-natural products during their services, which include everything from flea baths to toenail painting. They also reward furry friends with the occasional all-natural treat.
The Aquarium Shop unleashes an assortment of aquatic denizens on land-living lifeforms, like a garage sale held by King Poseidon to raise money for repairs to his seahorse-powered cruiser. Items include saltwater, freshwater, and pond merchandise, complete with pond fish ($5–$25), pond plants ($5–$25), pond food ($10–$50), tropical fish ($2–$30), saltwater fish ($5–$100), and live rock ($8 per lb.). Find actors for your all-koi version of Hamlet, pick up an African cichlid for prom-night punch-bowl pranks, or buy coral with which to dress up in doll's clothing and play tea party. The Aquarium Shop also has a large variety of tanks in stock for fish owners looking to update the digs of their deep-dwelling dorsalled doppelgangers.
Scrubbers Self-Serve Dog Wash & Grooming owner Nikki Budaj realized her passion for animal care when she began fostering dogs and cats in college. This pursuit prompted her to seek more in-depth pet health and hygiene advice from veterinarians and other groomers, which she now dispenses from her own grooming center. Her team of careful staffers hand-grooms dogs and cats of all sizes or gives owners free reign of the self-service facilities to beautify their furry companions. Using waist-high bathtubs and hydraulic grooming tables, staff and visitors are able to clean their four-legged companions with a range of supplied and upgradable shampoos, conditioners, and rinses such as Tropiclean and Top Performance. The cleaning-center staff also performs de-shedding services or fur and nail trims to keep animals well manicured, and forced-air drying is available to gently slough off excess water and recreate the feeling of sticking one's head out of a car window.