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Heroes and Villains share an important commonality; they are always outside of our personal social systems. When I was a kid, all the boys wanted to be cowboys even if they had never seen a horse up close. Girls wanted to be Princesses though Minneapolis was thousands of miles from the nearest castle. A prince on the side was optional; we were the budding generation of feminists, after all. Besides, none of those booger eating boys we saw looked up to the task.
As children our villains were Snidley Whiplash, the Joker, Eddie Haskel, Boris and Natasia, characters who taught us that evil doesn't pay. They, like the cowboys and princesses we longed to become, set the parameters for our childhood. Good on one end of the spectrum, evil on the other. We grew up in between each extreme.
We all must grow up. We realize that cowboys barely exist anymore and few ever really did and Princess never came up in the aptitude test results. We lowered the bar. We came to worship movie stars and professional athletes.
Now, we sit in front of huge televisions, watching Lives of The Rich and Decadent and hope that our daughters don't want to be Paris Hilton (they do) or that our sons didn't hear about the latest bar brawl involving four Minnesota Vikings and one mouthy drunk in a downtown alley.
So, in our adult cynicism (if an adult isn't a cynic, they aren't paying attention or are on great mood altering drugs.) Now, we choose villains.
Damn Politicians-crooks, every one of them.
Doctors just want to rip me off so they can golf on Wednesday.
The teachers pick on my kid because they don't understand his "spirit".
Those jerks that drive minivans can't make a left turn.
Every Muslim is a suicide bomber.
Jews are all rich and greedy.
Homeless people are just lazy.
Gay men and women want to molest small children.
Black men live to date blonde women.
City People are snobs.
Farmers are cheap.
Pick your group. If it's a group, it's likely someone we don't know personally.
Whatever our villainous group, we can agree it exists outside our circle, right? Doesn't that tell us something?
The oddest hybrid mix is our collective love/hate of the Uber Rich. We all envy and emulate them. We watch Desperate Housewives like we watched Dallas, knowing that if we had all that stuff, we'd have no need to murder anyone; what's wrong with those people? What are they whining about?
So it is with Wall Street Bankers. I don't know any. Do You? I was in New York once and saw the only Rolls Royce I've ever seen. It had a driver standing like a Royal Guard at its side in front of Chase Manhattan Bank and I imagined some guy who looked like Richard Gere high up in that huge building, bossing people around while his car stood idling in case he chose to dash off and buy Rhode Island after lunch. It's a breathless fantasy.
Well, now we know. The ultimate in success is to be called to testify before Congress. Lindsey Lohan gets on the news when she's drunk (again) and the Vikings get scolded for orgies on Lake Minnetonka but they never made it to a congressional hearing.
If our kids give up their cowboy hats for a Brooks Brothers suit and dream of being called to a congressional hearing, we might want to suggest they examine the possibilities of life as a rock star. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards look pretty worn out but they are still rocking on and being made a Knight in England is more admirable than a congressional investigation.
Perhaps we should learn, and teach our kids, to admire people we know. It makes us all take on admirable qualities because we can see them up close instead of behind a big screen. Better yet, it's hard to hate faces we get to really look at, if we can't learn to admire small things, we might learn to hate less.
As adults, let's agree it's OK for heroes to look different than us and to suspect some villains look exactly like us. Now, that is scarier than Darth Vader!


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An outdoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site.
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Jeffrey S. Crippin, MD
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Areas of Clinical Interest
Liver transplant, acute/chronic liver disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver transplantation
Board Certification
Gastroenterology -- Certified
Internal Medicine -- Certified
Transplant Hepatology Certificate of Added Qualification
Medical Education
B.S.: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1980
Medical Degree: University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, 1984
Residency: Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 1987
Chief Resident: Internal Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas, 1988
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1991
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2005-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)
President, American Soicety of Transplantation, 2006-2008
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Rude M, Watson R, Crippin J. Recurrent hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma after orthotopic liver transplantation. Hepatology. 2013 Oct 12.
Ramachandran S, Ilias Basha H, Sarma NJ, Lin Y, Crippin JS, Chapman WC, Mohanakumar T. Hepatitis C virus induced miR200c down modulates FAP-1, a negative regulator of Src signaling and promotes hepatic fibrosis. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 12;8(8):e70744.
Blinder MA, Geng B, Lisker-Melman M, Crippin JS, Korenblat K, Chapman W, Shenoy S, Field JJ. Successful orthotopic liver transplantation in an adult patient with sickle cell disease and review of the literature. Hematol Rep. 2013 May 2;5(1):1-4.
Subramanian V, Bharat A, Vachharajani N, Crippin J, Shenoy S, Mohanakumar T, Chapman WC. Perioperative blood transfusion affects hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific immune responses and outcome following liver transplantation in HCV-infected patients. HPB (Oxford). 2013 Jul 22.
Ma C, Crippin JS, Chapman WC, Korenblat K, Vachharajani N, Gunter KL, Brunt EM. Parenchymal alterations in cirrhotic livers in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome or portopulmonary hypertension. Liver Transpl. 2013 Jul;19(7):741-50.
Trudeau RE, Bowman LJ, Wills AR, Crippin JS, Chapman WC, Anderson C. Once weekly fluconazole for antifungal prophylaxis post-liver transplantation. HPB (Oxford). 2013 Jul;15(7):541-7.
Sarma NJ, Tiriveedhi V, Subramanian V, Shenoy S, Crippin JS, Chapman WC, Mohanakumar T. Hepatitis C virus mediated changes in miRNA-449a modulates inflammatory biomarker YKL40 through components of the NOTCH signaling pathway. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e50826.
Sarma NJ, Tiriveedhi V, Ramachandran S, Crippin J, Chapman W, Mohanakumar T. Modulation of immune responses following solid organ transplantation by microRNA. Exp Mol Pathol. 2012 Dec;93(3):378-85
Gordon FD, Kwo P, Ghalib R, Crippin J, Vargas HE, Brown KA, Schiano T, Chaudhri E, Pedicone LD, Brown RS Jr. Peginterferon-α-2b and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C Recurrence Postorthotopic Liver Transplantation. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2012 Sep.
Criswell SR, Perlmutter JS, Crippin JS, Videen TO, Moerlein SM, Flores HP, Birke AM, Racette BA. Reduced uptake of FDOPA PET in end-stage liver disease with elevated manganese levels. Arch Neurol. 2012 Mar.
Seetharam AB, Borg BB, Subramanian V, Chapman WC, Crippin JS, Mohanakumar T. Temporal association between increased virus-specific Th17 response and spontaneous recovery from recurrent hepatitis C in a liver transplant recipient. Transplantation. 2011 Dec 27.
Subramanian V, Seetharam AB, Vachharajani N, Tiriveedhi V, Angaswamy N, Ramachandran S, Crippin JS, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Mohanakumar T, Anderson CD. Donor graft steatosis influences immunity to hepatitis C virus and allograft outcome after liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2011 Dec 15.
Basha HI, Subramanian V, Seetharam A, Nath DS, Ramachandran S, Anderson CD, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Crippin JS, Mohanakumar T. Characterization of HCV-specific CD4+Th17 immunity in recurrent hepatitis C-induced liver allograft fibrosis. Am J Transplant. 2011 Apr.
Borg BB, Seetharam A, Subramanian V, Basha HI, Lisker-Melman M, Korenblat K, Anderson CD, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Crippin JS, Mohanakumar T. Immune response to extracellular matrix collagen in chronic hepatitis C-induced liver fibrosis. Liver Transpl. 2011 Jul.
Rowley AA, Hong BA, Chapman W, Crippin JS. The psychiatric diagnosis of alcohol abuse and the medical diagnosis of alcoholic related liver disease: effects on liver transplant survival. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2010 Sep.
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Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting By in America
1. Near the outset, Ehrenreich (speaking of her own sister) employs the term "wage slave." What does she mean by this?
2. What are the three rules the author sets for herself at the beginning of Nickel and Dimed? Does she ever break them? If so, when and why, in your view, does she do so?
3. Early on, the author tells us that she has a Ph.D. in biology. How, if at all, does this ?gure into the narrative? What does Ehrenreich's scienti?c training bring to the "old-fashioned journalism" of this book?
4. Why does Ehrenreich assert in her Introduction that "a story about waiting for buses would not be very interesting to read"? What are the context and rationale for this remark? And given as much, do you agree?
5. Early in Chapter One, Ehrenreich notes that, in terms of low-wage work, "the want ads are not a reliable measure of the actual jobs available at any particular time." Explain why this is so.
6. At one point, Ehrenreich details the living conditions of her fellow workers at the Hearthside. Reviewing these arrangements, explain how each set-up compares with the author's own "$500 ef?ciency" quarters.
7. Waiting tables at Jerry's, the author meets a young dishwasher named George. Who is he? What is his story? Why do he and Ehrenreich befriend one another? And why does she not "intervene" when she learns from an assistant manager that George is thought to be a thief?
8. On her ?rst--and last--day of housekeeping in Key West, Ehrenreich is met by a manager who addresses her as "babe" and gives her "a pamphlet emphasizing the need for a positive attitude." When and where else, throughout the book, does the author encounter cheap talk or hollow slogans in her endeavors as a low-wage worker? What purposes might such empty language serve? Why is it so prevalent?
9. In an extended footnote in Chapter Two, Ehrenreich explains how "the point" of the housecleaning service where she is employed "is not so much to clean as to create the appearance of having been cleaned." Why is this? Why the deceit? Why does The Maids out?t not clean its clients' homes properly?
10. "The hands-and-knees approach is a de?nite selling point for corporate cleaning services like The Maids," the author writes. Explain why this "oldfashioned way" of housecleaning is thus appealing. Why does it seem to, as Ehrenreich puts it, "gratify the consumers of maid services"?
11. Buying groceries with a voucher at a Shop-n-Save in Maine, Ehrenreich notes of the checkout woman ringing up her purchases: "I attempt to thank her, but she was looking the other way at nothing in particular." What might such body language mean? Why, if at all, is it telling?
12. Looking back on Chapter Two as a whole, what connections would you make between maids and minorities in the United States? What about between maids and poverty, and maids and "invisibility"? Refer to the text itself when making your links.
13. Who is Budgie? Why does Ehrenreich tell us to let Budgie "be a stand-in"? Also, would it be accurate to say that the author's efforts to ?nd a safe and affordable place to live were least successful in Minnesota? Explain why or why not.
14. Paraphrase the brief "story within a story" represented by the character called Caroline. What is Caroline's tale? Why does Ehrenreich get in touch with this person, and what does she learn from her?
15. As her stint at Wal-Mart winds down, the author mentions to several of her colleagues that they "could use a union here"--only, as she herself readily admits, she is "not a union organizer anymore than [she is] Wal-Mart 'management material.'" So why, then, is she making efforts at unionizing? What has led her to these efforts? What are her reasons, grievances, motivations, and goals?
16. At the outset of her Evaluation chapter, the author seems to arrive at a new understanding of the phrase "unskilled labor." Explain this new understanding. Do you agree with it? Why or why not?
17. Describe the problems that Ehrenreich has with how the "poverty level" is calculated in this country. Is she correct on this score, in your view? Explain. Also, how does one's understanding of the poverty level--Ehrenreich's or anyone else's-- relate to food costs, and to the author's assertion that our "wages are too low and rents too high."
18. What is the "money taboo"--and why and how does it function, as Ehrenreich puts it, "most effectively among the lowest-paid people"?
19. Why does Ehrenreich refer to low-wage workers, at the close of her book, as "the major philanthropists of our society"?
1. In the Introduction to Nickel and Dimed, the author writes: "Unlike many lowwage workers, I have the further advantages of being white and a native English speaker." As a class, explore whether, why, and how these two facets of Ehrenreich's identity were, in fact, advantageous over the full duration of her study.
2. Near the beginning of this book, Ehrenreich compares the restaurant-tipping habits of Americans and Europeans. Near the end, she notes that, while "most civilized nations compensate for inadequacy of wages by providing relatively generous public services," the U.S. "leaves its citizens to fend for themselves." What, in Ehrenreich's view, could America learn from other countries about how to better treat its low-wage workers?
3. The action of Nickel and Dimed unfolds in three American communities, as found in three different states: Florida, Maine, and Minnesota. What about your own community? How would Nickel and Dimed be different--or similar--if it included the area you call home? On your own, or as part of a group, do some research--via newspapers and magazines, TV news broadcasts, and the Internet-- in order to formulate your answer.
4. Ehrenreich often speaks of dietary matters, of nutrition, of food as fuel. Why does she keep doing so? What did reading this book tell you about how we eat and how we work in America? And what about the correlations that may or may not exist between low-wage American workers and their use of cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol?
5. In her chapter "Selling in Minnesota," Ehrenreich asserts: "Wherever you look, there is no alternative to the megascale corporate order, from which every form of local creativity and initiative has been abolished by distant home of?ces." Talk about whether this is true in your own experience. If not, why not? If so, where and when have you seen evidence to support this claim? Try to use your own examples and impressions here--not Ehrenreich's.
6. Describing the food at a Florida restaurant where she works, Ehrenreich calls it "your basic Ohio cuisine with a tropical twist." Later, wondering what living in Maine might be like, she says, "Maybe . . . when you give white people a whole state to themselves, they treat one another real nice." Still later, she writes that certain clothes on sale at her Minnesota Wal-Mart are "seemingly aimed at pudgy fourthgrade teachers with important barbecues to attend." Discuss the biting humor-- the sharp and sometimes even mocking wit--appearing throughout this book. How, if at all, does such levity make Ehrenreich's arguments more effective? And were there instances where you thought her wisecracks went too far--or fell ?at? Explain.
7. "Let's look at the record," writes Ehrenreich in her Evaluation. What does this record tell us? Where was she most successful in her experiment, and where was she least? Do you agree with the author when she says, after going over her record, "All right, I made mistakes"? Explain why or why not. What could she have done differently, and what would you--in her shoes--have done differently? Explain.
8. Throughout Nickel and Dimedthe author makes complaints about "management." Summarize the many problems that Ehrenreich has with managers, looking especially at the book's Wal-Mart passages and the breakdown of "workplace authoritarianism" in the Evaluation chapter.
9. Explain why Ehrenreich believes that personality surveys and drug tests are both categorically unfair to low-wage workers. Look back over the full range of her low-wage experiences when crafting your answer.
10. More than once in these pages, we encounter the severe bodily and psychological harm that hard work at low pay can cause--the physical damage as well as the threats of what Ehrenreich calls, after an especially trying shift at her nursing home job, "repetitive injury of the spirit." Prepare a short report on the health risks of lowwage work, based on Ehrenreich's study and on your own ?ndings in various media reports.
11. One of the strengths of this book must be its cast of characters--the real people who live and work in the real world Ehrenreich is reporting on, those workers with whom she toils, relates, confers, cries, argues, and so on. In a short essay, identify and discuss a certain individual (or two) from this book by whom you were particularly touched. In your essay, explain your choice(s).
12. A few times in Nickel and Dimed, the author refers to the "Sermon on the Mount," which appears in the biblical book of Matthew. Ehrenreich refers to this sermon not as a religious tract but as a work of a political philosophy, as a treatise on social or economic revolution. What is this sermon about? What does it say or claim? (Do some research, if you are unsure.) Finally, explain why Ehrenreich thinks this sermon now applies to America's low-wage workers in particular.
13. In a way, this book can read as a reaction to--or a hands-on test of--the "welfare reform" legislation enacted in the U.S. in the 1990s. "In the rhetorical buildup to welfare reform," Ehrenreich writes, "it was uniformly assumed that a job was the ticket out of poverty." As a class, conduct a detailed conversation about Nickel and Dimed as a point-by-point examination of this very assumption.
14. This book is, of course, more than a report on, and exposé of, "(not) getting by in America"--it is also a detailed critique. To this end, the bulk of its criticism might well be directed at the Wal-Mart empire. Is this appropriate, in your view? Explain. Given that Wal-Mart is far and away the world's largest company, is it right to expect the retail megachain to be all the more fair and respectful of its employees? Explain.
15. Nickel and Dimed takes place during a so-called economic boom in American history, the period of "peace and prosperity" (as many people called it then, and still call it now) that was the late 1990s. However, the book is largely about poverty, about the poor--and not simply the helplessly destitute, but rather the poor who are employed full-time. Near the outset of her study, Ehrenreich tells us that "there are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs." Near the end, in sum, she tells us that poverty is an experience of "acute distress"--a nonstop "state of emergency." Finish your exploration of the book by talking about what it taught you on the subject of poverty in America. Not just about what it costs to "get by" but about how people living in poverty make ends meet--how they, in Ehrenreich's language, "[try] to match income to expenses."
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Artix Business PowerPoint Template 27259 is available in the following sources: .PSD, .PPTX, and .PPT. Software required includes Winzip 9+ (Windows) or Stuffit Expander 10+ (Mac) for uncompressing .zip files, Adobe Photoshop CS+, and Powerpoint 2007 (recommended) or Powerpoint 2003. It has had a total of total of 4 downloads since it first appeared.


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