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Badger fans will continue to have an exclusive affinity with Culvers restaurants and their favorite collegiate team as a five-year sponsorship extension between the dining chain and the University of Wisconsin Athletics was announced today to coincide with the recently started 2008-09 athletic season.
Badger Sports Properties, the exclusive sports marketing arm for the University and a property of Learfield Sports, owns and manages Wisconsins multimedia rights and secured the Culvers sponsorship on behalf of the school.
Gravitas Marketing, Culvers sports marketing agency of record, negotiated the extension on behalf of Culvers and has developed co-branded promotions designed to drive incremental consumer traffic and increase the amount that is spent per consumer visit.
In the new term, Culvers will continue to leverage its sponsorship ties with Badger fans through retail extensions, product giveaways and special events such as Punt, Pass & Kick, at various mens and womens sports. Its initial sponsorship began in 2000.
Culvers has been an outstanding athletics partner for many years, and we look forward to having them on board again as we take pride in finding the best partner relationships for Badger fans and alumni, said Athletic Director Barry Alvarez.
We are proud of our partnership with UW Athletics and look forward to five more years of bringing college sports and ButterBurgers together, said Chris Contino, Vice President of Marketing for Culver Franchising System, Inc.
Culvers takes great pride in doing it right for its guests at 380 independently owned and operated restaurants in 17 states. The owner/operator concept has been a cornerstone of growth for Culvers since the first location opened in Sauk City, Wis., on July 18, 1984. Culvers invests deeply in partnerships and programs, including its VIP scholarship program, Culvers Cares charitable program and countless other franchise-driven local efforts. Culvers is the recipient of numerous recognitions, including the #1 burger chain in the country as voted by Restaurants & Institutions TM 2007 consumer choice in chains survey. For more information on Culvers locations, franchise opportunities, promotional programs, menu selections and other areas of interest, visit www.getculverized.com.
In addition to Wisconsin, Learfield Sports manages the rights to nearly 50 collegiate institutions and associations including five other members of the Big Ten Conference Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State and Purdue. The Dallas-based company also manages the corporate partner program for the Big Ten Conference and Western Athletic Conference. Additionally, it manages the marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches & Administrators (BCA) and provides exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations nationwide.
Learfield Sports is an operating unit of Jefferson City, Mo.-based Learfield Communications, Inc., which made its initial foray into the world of sports marketing in 1975 as the radio rights holder for the University of Missouri, a client still today. Additionally, Team Services, LLC, a Learfield Sports company, specializes in venue naming rights, marketing research and sales consultation. For more about the company and its complete portfolio, visit www.learfieldsports.com.
Gravitas Marketing LLC is a Chicago based marketing services agency specializing in sponsorship marketing, event marketing and consumer promotions. Launched in 2006, the firm has represented a number of clients in the areas of sports and entertainment sponsorship, celebrity and athlete product endorsement, and mobile marketing program development and execution. For more information on Gravitas Marketing, go to www.gravitasmarketing.com.
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SRQ763 - Legal Risk Management
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The unit examines complex construction project contracts from a legal risk management framework in relation to the implications for scope, quality, cost and time. Theory and practice of project conflict management, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution are investigated through precedence. Students will explore the remedies available for the various conflict pathways of identification, early intervention, claim, negotiation, arbitration and litigation. A holistic approach to the concept of conflict will be applied through a critique of the causes of disputes mapped against the underlying risk allocation and management strategies on projects impacted by legal, business and informational contexts. Conditions of contract and cost and financial procedures are studied through case studies. The unit will allow students to evaluate, develop and apply a legal risk management approach through an examination of project disputes.
Major assignment 60%, examination 40%. To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve at least 40% in the examination.
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Restaurant Chains Open Thanksgiving Day 2013
The number of restaurant chains serving Thanksgiving Day meals continues to grow each year. RestaurantNews.com has put together a huge list of some of the restaurants ready to serve your family and friends. Be sure to call your local restaurant in advance to confirm participation and pricing.
For those who prefer to dine at home, please see Restaurants Offering Thanksgiving Meals for Carryout.
Applebee's – hours vary by location.
Bakers Square Restaurants will be open.
Bob Evans restaurants will be open Thanksgiving Day from 7 am until 2 pm. Thanksgiving entrees will begin serving at 10:30 am. Choose from Slow-Roasted Turkey or Hickory-Smoked Ham. Served with bread & celery dressing, mashed potatoes with pan roasted gravy, glazed fresh baby carrots or green beans with ham, cranberry relish and freshly baked rolls. Finish your meal with a slice of pumpkin or double crust apple pie. Adults $12.99.
Boston Market restaurants will be open Thanksgiving Day, offering dine in guests a complete holiday meal including roasted turkey breast with two home style sides, freshly baked cornbread and a slice of apple or pumpkin pie for $10.99. The chain is also offering Oven to Table Holiday Meals, Hot & Ready Catered Buffets and Á la Carte items for carry-out.
At Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurants, you can celebrate an American tradition with an Italian twist. Buca's turkey feast for three people is $49.95. The large serves up to six people for $89.95. You can also add Buca's traditional pasta and top it all off with mini chocolate chip cannolis for dessert. Buca opens at 11 am.
Bugaboo Creek Steak House will be open from 11:30 am until 7 pm on Thanksgiving. Oven roasted turkey dinner served with seasonal vegetables, smashed red skin potatoes and gravy, classic herb stuffing, cranberry sauce and your choice of dessert. Slow Roasted Prime Rib and Blue Cheese Bacon Filet also available. There will also be a variety of side dishes available, as well. Adults $20, Kids $10.
All Chompie's locations will be open from 6 am until 4 pm.
Claim Jumper Restaurants will be serving a three course dinner. Appetizers include Spinach Artichoke Dip, Mozzarella Sticks, Shrimp and Avocado Salsa (prices vary). Course One includes choice of salad (Caesar or Green) or cup of soup (New England Clam Chowder, Potato Cheddar or Creamy Chicken Tortilla). Course Two includes choice of Roasted Turkey, Broiled Salmon or Slow Roasted Prime Rib and is served with roasted vegetables, sourdough roll and choice of mashed, baked or baked sweet potato. Vegetarian entree available. Course Three includes choice of Pumpkin Pie or Lattice Apple Pie. Children's menu also available. Call ahead for pricing.
Cracker Barrel will open at 11 am. Turkey n' dressing meal complete with baked ham, sweet potato casserole with pecans, cranberry relish, your choice of vegetable, a beverage (milkshakes not included), and made-from-scratch biscuits or corn muffins, as well as a tasty slice of Pumpkin Pecan Streusel pie for dessert, all for 9.99 for adults and 4.99 for children. The child's meal does not include ham or sweet potato casserole and is served with a half slice of pie.
Domino's Pizza – Store hours are set by each individual store so please contact your local store directly.
El Torito will be serving a Thanksgiving Buffet between 11 am and 7 pm. Adults $17.99, Kids $6.99.
Fire of Brazil will be open for lunch (11 am – 3:30 pm) and Dinner (4 pm – 9:30 pm). Guests can enjoy turkey and all the trimmings. Dinner menu will be enhanced with exotic meats such as Elk, Ostrich, Duck, Wild Boar, Quail, Alligator, Venison and Buffalo. Selections may vary by location.
Golden Corral is offering a Thanksgiving Day Buffet at participating locations. The buffet includes carved turkey, carved ham, fried chicken, rotisserie chicken, pot roast, meatloaf, sirloin steak, fried shrimp and much more. $12.99 (pricing may vary by location).
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HomeTown Buffet will be open until 7 pm. Thanksgiving Day menu features Oven Roasted Carved Turkey Breast, Honey Glazed Baked Ham, Carved Roast Beef, Rancher's Select Sirloin. Traditional sides inlcude seasonal vegetables, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Desserts include pumpkin and pecan pie, ice cream, apple crisp and peach cobbler. Special menu prices vary per location.
Huddle House restaurants will be open serving everyday fan favorites.
IHOP restaurants are open Thanksgiving Day serving up everything their guests love about breakfast, all day. Call ahead for hours. Also, many of the franchised stores will be open all night and through the next day for Black Friday shoppers even if not a usual 24 hour restaurant. Check your local IHOP for more details.
Ker's WingHouse Bar and Grill will be open from noon to midnight serving a special turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy meal for $6.99. There are 22 Ker's WingHouse Bar and Grill locations throughout Central Florida.
Legal Sea Foods is serving up turkey breast with sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, butternut squash and cranberry sauce. Adults $21.95, Kids $7.95. Hours vary by location. Reservations recommended.
At Lone Star Steakhouse, the menu includes 8 oz. roasted turkey breast topped with gravy, served with dressing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. Price is $15.99. Pumpkin Cheesecake $4.99.
Luby's will be open for dine in or to go. $10.99 per person includes Holiday Entree, Two Holiday Sides, Bread and Holiday Dessert.
Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que will be serving up a hickory-smoked turkey feast with Southern stuffing, roasted garlic mashed potatoes smothered in Lucille's giblet gravy, green bean casserole, sweet mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, apples sautéed in Jack Daniels, and homemade biscuits with apple butter. Adults $21.99, Kids $9.99. Lucille's will also offer pricing for groups of 10 to 12, as well as catering options.
Maggiano's Little Italy is taking reservations. First Course: Assorted Brushetta Plate, compliments of the chef. Second Course includes choice of Maggiano's Salad, Caesar Salad, Chopped Salad or Italian Tossed Salad (choose two). Third Course choices include Traditional Roast Turkey Breast with Giblet Gravy & Focaccia Sausage Stuffing, Country-Style Baked Nueske Ham with Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Parmesan-Crusted Tilapia with Sage, Lemon & Tomatoes (choose two). Choose two pastas: Taylor Street Baked Ziti, Maggiano's Famous Rigatoni "D", Spaghetti & Meatball, Four Cheese Ravioli, Gnocchi & Italian Sausage, Mushroom Ravioli al Forno and Pasta of the Day. Fourth: Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake, Warm Apple Crostada, Chocolate Zuccotto Cake, Tiramisu, Vanilla Bean Profiteroles (choose two). Dine in: $36.95 per person, $17.95 ages 5-12. Carryout Packages: (serves approximately 5 people): $185.
Max & Erma's holiday menu will feature a full Thanksgiving meal with a choice of salad or vegetable soup, Slow Roasted Turkey, Homemade Apple Pecan Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Green Bean Medley, & Cranberry Sauce for just $14.99 (or $7.99 for a children's portion). The entree includes all-you-can-eat side dishes and a serving of Max & Erma's decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake.
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks is serving a Roasted Turkey Dinner at participating locations. The Roasted Turkey Dinner includes butternut squash bisque or walnut mixed greens, mashed potatoes and gravy, cornbread dressing, apple squash casserole, seasonal vegetables and cranberry sauce. Reservations recommended. The price for adults varies between $24.99 and $28.99. Children 12 and under $9.99.
Mitchell's Fish Markets will be open regular hours serving a 3-course meal. Guests can enjoy turkey, stuffing choice of a starter, side and dessert. Adults are $24.99 and kids are $8.99.
Old Country Buffet will be open until 7 pm. Thanksgiving Day menu features Oven Roasted Carved Turkey Breast, Honey Glazed Baked Ham, Carved Roast Beef, Rancher's Select Sirloin. Traditional sides inlcude seasonal vegetables, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Desserts include pumpkin and pecan pie, ice cream, apple crisp and peach cobbler. Special menu prices vary per location.
Quaker Steak & Lube will be open at these locations.
Ruby Tuesday – select locations are open. Call ahead for details.
Ruth's Chris Steak House is celebrating Thanksgiving with a special three-course menu. $36.95 – $37.95 per adult and $12.95 for children 12 and under. Starters include choice of Louisiana Seafood Gumbo, Caesar Salad or Steak House Salad. For the main course, Ruth's Chris is offering oven-roasted sliced Turkey Breast served with homemade gravy, Ruth's sausage and herb stuffing and cranberry relish.
Ryan's will be open until 7 pm. Thanksgiving Day menu features Oven Roasted Carved Turkey Breast, Honey Glazed Baked Ham, Carved Roast Beef, Rancher's Select Sirloin. Traditional sides inlcude seasonal vegetables, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Desserts include pumpkin and pecan pie, ice cream, apple crisp and peach cobbler. Special menu prices vary per location.
Seasons 52 is taking reservations and will be serving Thanksgiving Dinner and its Autumn Menu. Enjoy Plainville Farms roasted turkey with gravy, traditional herb stuffing, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, maple-glazed butternut squash, French green beans, and house-made cranberry relish. (not including McLean, VA)
Shoney's is offering a traditional Thanksgiving meal including turkey, fried chicken, macaroni & cheese, sweet potato casserole, collard greens and more. Kids 4 and under can receive a free buffet with adult meal purchase.
Sizzler is serving a traditional Thanksgiving feast at participating restaurants. The Thanksgiving platter features slices of fresh, not frozen, roasted turkey with stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes with maple topping and cranberry sauce. A slice of pumpkin pie completes the meal. Regular menu also available, along with a selection of beer and wine by the glass or bottle.
Smith & Wollensky – $49 per adult, $20 per child under 12. Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Herb Roasted Turkey, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Potatoes Au Gratin, Duck Fat Roasted Rood Vegetables. Choice of Classic Pumpkin Pie, Apple Brown Betty or Pecan Pie. Dinner menu also available.
Sticky Fingers Smokehouse will be open from 12 pm – 7 pm at select locations.
Ted's Montana Grill will be open and offering Ted's Traditional Roast Turkey Feast. For non-traditional guests, Ted's will be serving a choice of St. Phillip's Island Crab Cakes, Bison Pot Roast, Bison Meatloaf, Big Sky Grilled Salad, Cedar Plank Salmon, Ted's Filet and Delmonico Ribeye. Prices and availabilty vary by location.
The Palm is serving a special three course Thanksgiving prix fixe menu featuring traditional Slow-Roasted Hand Carved Turkey with all the trimmings. $49-$54.90 per person, depending on location. $22 for children under 12.
Village Inn restaurants will be open.
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Long Live the New Flesh deploys a technique in which the images literally consume one other and the horror in all its visual power is brought to a natural boiling point. All the ingredients that have secured Provost's experimental art films their international success are once again present here. Provost strips down the imagery of a mass medium, uses it to construct a new visual story beyond the dissection and horror, and allows the viewer to cross every phase of the emotional spectrum. Provost's work uses the language of film to manoeuvre and influence the interpretation of images and stories. He manipulates time, codes and form, twisting and shaping new narratives and experimental sensations that tightly bind visual art and cinematography. He taps into our collective filmic memory and reconstructs it to stunning effect. Using different digital techniques, Provost 'scratches' the images so that pixels, their very own structure, become very dominant in the image. Exactly from exposing the grain of the medium itself, 'Long Live the New Flesh' derives its pictorial, painterly quality.
Duality is intrinsic in much of Provosts work, both literally with optical mirroring and conceptually when he toys with the blurred boundaries between fiction and reality, the sublime and the ugly, the utopian and the concrete, the marvellous and the terrible, and finally, between truth and invention. Provost is part scientist and part magician, generating a grotesque visual poetry of hypnotic beauty and macabre consequences.
Nicolas Provost`s (1969) work is a reflection on the grammar of cinema and the relation between visual art and the cinematic experience, analysing and questioning the phenomenon of cinema, its various elements, its influence and conventional rules. His work intends to walk on the fine line between dualities and balance between the grotesque and the moving, beauty and cruelty, the emotional and the intellectual. Time and again his phantasmagorias provoke both recognition and alienation and succeed in catching our expectations into an unravelling game of mystery and abstraction. With manipulations of time, codes and form, cinematographic and narrative language is analysed, accents are shifted and new stories are told. In his found footage work, filmic memory and perception are stimulated by the use of film historical fragments. Apart from the use of film and visual language, sound is also a constant factor in Provost's body of work, as a rhythmical spine or an emotional guideline.
Screening / Award history:
For 'Storyteller' (2010) : Special Mention, 2010 Expression en Corto, México (MX)
For 'Long live the New Flesh' (2009) : Best Experimental Short Film, 2010 Melbourne Film Festival (AS)
For 'Induction' (2006): Third Prize, COURTisane festival for short film, video and new media, Ghent (BE)
For 'Exoticore' (2004) : Audience Award, International Bunker Film Festival, Ventimiglia (IT) - Audience Award, Silhouette Film Festival, Paris (FR) - Honourable Mention, The Norwegian Shortfilm Festival, Grimstad (NO) - Jameson European Award and Urban Culture Award, Brussels International Short Film Festival, Brussels (BE) - Grand Prize, De Korste Nachten Shortfilm Festival, Antwerp (BE) - Grand Prize, Asian International Shortfilm Festival, Seoul (ROK) - Best European Film Award, Festival du Film de Vendôme (FR) - Special Jury Award, Uppsala Short Film Festival (SE) - Special Mention, Vila Do Conde International Short Film Festival (PT)
For 'Oh Dear...' (2004) : Grand Prize (Experimental), Vila Do Conde International Short Film Festival (PT) - Grand Prize, ZOOM'In Short Film Festival, Oslo (NO)
For 'Bataille' (2003) : Honourable Mention, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand (FR) - Founding Director Award, Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin (US)
For 'Papillon d'amour' (2004) : Honourable Mention, 2004 Sundance Film Festival (US) - Best Film Award, V-Art Festival 2005, Sardinia (IT) - Grand Prize for the Best Experimental Film, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio (US) - Golden Gate Award for the Best New Visions Work, 47th San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco (US) - Best Experimental Film Award, Nashville Film Festival, Nasville (US) - Gus Van Sant Best Experimental Film Award, 42nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan (US) - Stimulate My Brain Award; Minnesota Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapids (US) - Founding Director Award, Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin (US) - Honourable Mention, Lausanne Underground & Music Festival, Lausanne (CH) - Honourable Mention, The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad (NO) For Plot Point (2008): Golden Lamp Tree Award,International Film Festival of India (IN). EMAF-Award, Osnabrück (DE).Special Jury Prize, International Shortfilm Festival Clermont-Ferrand (FR). Best European Film Award, Festival Du Film De Vendôme (FR) (2007) Prix UIP Vila Do Conde (PT). For Gravity (2008):22. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (DE). (2007)Onda Curta Portugese Television Prize Vila Do Conde Shortfilm Festival (PT).


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The 2014-15 Class of Apprentices will have the awesome opportunity to work for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. Mother Jones described this campaign as "a grassroots rebellion [that] is winning the biggest victory yet on climate change." As an Apprentice with Beyond Coal, one would have the opportunity to work on grassroots organizing, administrative policy advocacy, data analysis and research, and public communications.
As my senior year of college came to an end I wondered how I could continue to support my passion for environmental advocacy, promote sustainable practices among the millennial generation, while getting a regular paycheck. As I continued my nightly search scrambling the internet for environmental jobs I came across the Sierra Club Apprenticeship Program. After applying and completing the interview process, I received a voicemail from Matt (a former apprentice) asking me to return his call because he had some exciting news to share with me! Following a three day training session at Sierra Club headquarters in San Francisco I was on a plane to Boston (my new home for the next 6 months). As I landed my journey began. While in Boston I worked on EPA carbon standard hearings, lobbied state representatives at the Massachusetts State House, and met with staff members for both Senator Markey and Warren's offices to support a Coal Free Massachusetts.
As I look back, I can wholeheartedly say working as an apprentice on the Beyond Coal Campaign was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I was able to work with several millennial groups from different colleges and universities, and learn how to help constituents connect with their elected representatives to help foster positive growth in Massachusetts.
Now I contribute to the progressive movement as a Program Coordinator for the Democracy Initiative of which the Sierra Club is a convening member. Through my work I am able to protect our environment and our democracy.
"Brinnnng! In the midst of moving my twin sister's mountain of belongings from her college dorm, my phone rang...In a rush, I picked up. On the other line was Kate Colarulli from the Sierra Club's Apprenticeship Program. I had been accepted into the 2012 class of Sierra Club's apprenticeship program...the day after my commencement from Tufts University. Several weeks later extremely excited and slightly overwhelmed, I boarded a plane to Los Angeles, CA to start my new position as a Sierra Club Apprentice for the next six months.
"My organizing home, the Los Angeles Beyond Coal Campaign, was fighting the ambitious battle of moving Los Angeles off of coal fired power by 2025. Needless to say, it was a memorably busy six months and I sprung into action immediately. The Los Angeles Beyond Coal Campaign has some of the most experienced and inspirational activists that I have ever met. Their analysis of the issue and personal stories of why they participated in the campaign reminded me that the most passionate climate activists are not just in the media, but your everyday Americans striving for justice.
"The apprenticeship program was extremely rewarding and transformational. I was able to gain organizing skills through actual experience. The Los Angeles team trusted me and further developed my leadership skills so that I could lead projects with volunteers.
"Now I work with an amazing group of critical and engaged students at Crenshaw High on increasing awareness about open space issues in South LA, and constantly refer to my apprenticeship experience for guidance. Through experiential learning, they are developing as leaders and taking ownership of environmental issues in their community. Without the opportunity that the Apprenticeship program provided, I doubt I would have been able to participate in such fulfilling work immediately after graduating. Needless to say, I'm glad I did not miss Kate's call."
"I worked on the federal and international climate change team in the run up to the international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009. I was in charge of building capacity for the clubs volunteers to help them understand the international process and how the potential cap and trade bill would impact the negotiations. It culminated with a trip to Copenhagen to watch the negotiations first hand. It was an incredible experience that has taught me a lot about global negotiations and the importance of work at a more local level.
"Ultimately, I came back from Copenhagen with the understanding that we needed a different approach to solving climate change and ending the political vice grip fossil fuels have on our national and international processes. Its a big reason I love the Beyond Coal campaign work which is directly confronting this power in order to increase our ability to ultimately pass comprehensive climate legislation and sign a global treaty.
"I now contribute by working to end international public finance for new coal projects with a group of global partners. It's been a great experience and it all started with the apprenticeship program."
"Through the Apprenticeship Program I gained more than the professional skills and experience necessary to organize campaigns and foster environmental change. I gained a network of lifelong friends and mentors who help guide my life forward in both a professional and personal setting. Not only was it extremely fun and rewarding to work with Sierra Club staff and volunteers, it was great to connect with other Apprentices who are finding their footing as we figure out what to do with our post-graduate selves. It's a challenging but life-transforming experiencing that has brought me to where I am now."
-- Kiersten Iwai, 2013 - 14
"Coming from a non-environmental background, I can't deny that I was a little nervous about diving into the deep end with the apprenticeship program in one of the reddest states in the country but my transition was remarkably fluid. From the start, this program invests in your growth and development at an intimate level to where you can strengthen your strengths and boost up your weaknesses. This tailored level of support from this program is what led to me be where I am in with this fight in Texas and I would not have it any other way. I strongly encourage those that are completely new to the movement to discover what it could mean to them and how it could shape their future for the better."
--Sarah Sharif, 2013 - 14
"Recent grads learn about different aspects of the environmental movement and begin to figure out which roles they want to play in the movement. Some will be organizers, business owners, policy analysts, politicians, researchers, etc., but all will be touched and driven to be environmental champions wherever life takes them."
-- Aisha Farley, 2012
"The Apprenticeship Program shaped my life and career for the better. I wouldn't be where I am today without the job training, mentorship, and dedication of the Apprenticeship program and the amazing leaders who ran the program." -- Chandler Sherman, 2011
"The apprenticeship is a full-immersion experience that gives people real responsibilities and real experience. That's what the movement needs and that's what the apprenticeship provides."-- Flavia la Fuente, 2010
"Being given the opportunity to do something that I feel so strongly about and making what I see as a contribution to society has been very meaningful for me. This self-content is coupled with the chance to move to another state and dive into something new. That challenge is something that I can feel has changed me and has had a deep impact on the way I'm viewing my life nowadays."
-- Lydia Avila, 2010
When the day finally came for the hearing, hundreds of people showed up, we totally outnumbered the opposition, and people were so grateful to have an opportunity to talk about why regulating coal ash was important to them. It was amazing getting to see your hard work pay off." - Andrea Sanchez
The Beyond Coal campaign began in 2002 as a small, dedicated group of volunteers and staff, in response to a closed door meeting between the Bush administration and the coal industry. At that meeting, a plan had been outlined to quickly construct 150 new coal fired power plants across the country, a "coal rush" that would have locked the nation into using 19th century dirty fuels for the foreseeable future. Working with allies, students on university campuses, and local groups in neighborhoods across the country, Sierra Club volunteers began fighting the coal industry's efforts to build these plants.
The campaign quickly grew as more people spoke up to bring cleaner sources of energy to their communities. Together, volunteers have achieved one victory after another and have fundamentally shifted the country's energy future toward a cleaner, more sustainable path. Coal burning is responsible for one-third of US carbon emissions. Coal pollution is responsible for about 13,000 premature deaths every year, more than $100 billion in annual health costs and over 200,000 asthma attacks annually.
Today, the coal campaign has stopped more than 165 coal-fired power plants from being built and more than 145 plants and 415 boilers have retired or announced retirement. In numbers, about 206 million metric tons of carbon pollution have been prevented from polluting our air. More about the Beyond Coal Campaign.
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It has been a while since I used my favorite Nikon D90 and Raynox DCR-250 combo. The bad weather loosened its grip last week, and we finally had a few decent summer days perfect for shooting flowers and plants in the Aarhus University botanical garden. The signage in the outdoor areas of the botanical garden leaves a lot to be desired, so I couldn't find out the name of these amazing tiny flowers.
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So Aspen is done and technically i'm still $50 away from being homeless (That's not true, the homeless are no laughing matter unless you saw one pee himself).
Soooo the trip back to NYC Yes. Let's talk about it shall we? BULLSHIT!! UTTER BULLSHIT!! I was to leave Aspen to Denver at 2:23 Sunday afternoon. The sky was clear the day was beautiful. Fellow comedian Lenny Marcus was to be on the same flight. Good, I thought, someone to travel with that I like. We get to the airport: fiasco. We see hordes of other people from the festival waiting for planes that had not yet come.
We do not get on a plane until 3 hours later. And we sit there because now its snowing and the pilot can't see far enough. We missed all the good weather and now we're sitting in the plane cuz there is not enough visibility. The snow clears up. We take off arriving at the Denver airport 30 minutes after the connecting flight back to New York. Lenny Marcus, Bob Powers and I deboard the plane with false hopes thinking they may have held the flight. No way. No hope. The plane that left Apsen right after ours arrived. It carried Russ Meneve, Chelsea Peretti, the Walsh Brothers, Sherry and Jacob Sirof and their baby Winter. They met the same fate.
We were given tickets and told the next flight wasn't until 7:30am the next morning. It was 7:30pm. Oh what a glorious 12 hours awaited us all.
After all agreeing that going to a hotel would be too much of a hassle we got something to eat. I got myself a personal pan pizza at a little place there in the Denver airport called "Wolfgang Puck." Just the name of the chef. Not a restuarant title there at the Denver airport. Then all of us sat and talked there at the Denver airport. I'll tell you something those Walsh Brothers can sure tell a story there at the Denver airport. Did I mention we were in the Denver airport? Chris and David Walsh told us the story of one of the first times Chris did stand up as part of a contest where he did 5 minutes to open for Bill Bellamy with feature act Michael Winslow (yes, Motormouth Jones from Police Academy). Needless to say it was torture. The crowd booed him from the moment he got on stage as a means to teach him a lesson.
We made our way over to the gate where we thought our plane would arrive. We sat. Talked. Laughed. Sat. Talked. Silence. Laughed. Talked. Shared. Silence. Chelsea asked me if I wanted to take a walk. We walked aroud the terminal with her fancy camera that also records video and we made a few silly clip which you can see here (http://chelseaperetti NULL.blogspot NULL.com)…eventually. We made these videos of us just appearing in places which were funny to us, but I'm not sure how much of that was caused by the delirium tremens we were experiencing. Is it normal laugh heartily while foaming at the mouth then bite the head off a baby Gecko? Shoulda got insurance by Geico fo yo baby!
We made it back to the gate cuz i realized the Walsh's were leaving soon and I wanted to say good-bye. We missed them. Then we sat. Talked. Laughed and eventually fell asleep.
The night was actually fun. It was pretty cool hanging out with funny people and seeing them close to a breaking point. So yeah, I was in the Denver airport for 12 hours (did I mention that), but it was actually…um…er…fun. Yeah. Sleep now


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- There are risks in central banks emphasizing financial stability over inflation, San Francisco Fed President John Williams warned in a speech in Germany. Norway and Sweden have seen some slippage in long-run inflation expectations below target levels over the past year or so, which he attributes to their focus on financial stability. "In terms of price and economic stability, anchoring inflation expectations and responding in a systematic way to economic developments are by far the most important elements of good monetary policy," Williams said. He did say the idea of targeting nominal income deserves "further study and analysis." He said while nominal-income targeting could help to prevent foreclosures and bankruptcies it could undermine inflation expectations.
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The intern year provides an intensive introduction into both inpatient and outpatient pediatrics.
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Why do Black Cats get such a bad rap?
It's a pretty well-known and widely recognized superstition that black cats bring bad luck, but when did this come about? There have been many varying feelings toward black cats through-out history. Some of these feelings have been good and some of them bad, in this post we are going to set the record straight and let you judge for yourself whether or not these melanistic kitties are so scary.
In Ancient Egypt under the reign of Goddess Bast of the 22nd Dynasty, many Egyptians would bring black cats into their homes. These Egyptians believed that Bast's spirit would be conjoined with the spirit of their cat and this would bring them good luck. They were thought so highly of that often they would also be mummified at death.
In Europe they also have a much better outlook on the little panthers. In Scotland, if a random black kitty shows up on your doorstep they believe it brings good luck. In other parts of Europe, a black cat crossing your path is also good luck, and if one enters your home it is extremely good luck.
The Change in perception is said to have come in 1232, when Pope Gregory IX thought that the cats were evil assistants to the devil. This led many Religious Fanatics to begin killing cats by means as unthinkable as burning them alive. The Puritans also believed that cats worked with witches which also led to their deaths.
It is widely accepted that the turn in perception from the thoughts that these felines being a bad omen stems from the more westernized Ideas of the color black being associated with evil. When the church began condemning these cats for their "work with the devil" it was primarily based off of their color and not much else.
In conclusion, there is no conclusion! It's all a matter of what you choose to believe but I for one think all kitties are good kitties


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WASHINGTON — If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however, you harbor the anti-social desire — stigmatized as such by America's judgmental tax code — to bequeath your wealth to your children, this would be an excellent month to die. Absent a congressional fix before Jan. 1, the death tax, which is 35 percent on estates above $5 million, reverts to 55 percent on those above $1 million.
This is one of many tax changes that could be triggered. The Hoover Institution's Tammy M. Frisby, writing in Policy Review, says that — not counting temporary disaster relief tax breaks — 31, 56 and 37 provisions of the tax code expired in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. "The country," she says, "is trying to create sustained economic growth using temporary tax laws." It is not working.
Unless Congress quickly reaffirms its follies, this month the tax credit that subsidizes wind power — a long-standing adventure in industrial policy — expires. This is not quite a sufficient reason to go over the "fiscal cliff" but would be a consolation for doing so.
The cliff, an action-forcing mechanism, could cause a potentially constructive chaos of questioning. Is it wise to increase taxes as student debt passes the $1 trillion mark, dampening graduates' powers as consumers? Two-thirds of them have mini-mortgages (average debt, $27,000). Is it wise to increase the top tax rates, which are paid by small businesses with more than half of small business income, just as the Obamacare tax (called a mandate until Chief Justice John Roberts' clarification) produces many "49ers"? Those are businesses that stay below the 50-employee threshold for providing insurance, or reduce full-time employees to part-timers. A defense sequester might raise questions about who — Denmark? Poland? — our 54,000 troops in Germany are protecting Germans against.
Washington, with its (at most) one-track mind, is fixated on the "Bush tax rates" but cannot even accurately describe its monomania. It actually is the Bush-Obama rates. Two years ago, when the economy was, as now, sputtering along barely above stall speed, Obama — joined by 43 Senate and 139 House Democrats — extended the rates for two years because the economy was too weak to absorb large tax increases.
That was then. This is now:
When Sen. Richard Durbin said "Social Security has not added one penny to the deficit," Charles P. Blahous III, a member of the Social Security board of trustees, wrote to The Washington Post to say that in 2012 this program will add $165 billion because benefit expenditures exceed Social Security tax revenues by that amount and "this gap is filled entirely by revenue that the federal government borrows." The fact that the second-ranking Senate Democrat is off by 16,500,000,000,000 pennies reveals the sort of precise thinking that got the country into its current condition and that supposedly will produce a cure. It is enough to make you want to hop in your Fisker and drive off a fiscal cliff.
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Of course HP must split... it is obvious, it is urgent !
Just because an analyst can't imagine how a company can prosper as one, doesn't mean that it should split. I'm tired of the quick fix mentality. Yes, HP has had issues for a while now but a company is much more than next quarters top and bottom lines.
Splitting the company right now would be stupid. Let's now see how Meg does before they do something crazy. Besides that, we 're going to have a business friendly government in January.
At least HP didn't go through a bailout, getting saved by the taxpayer like UBS.
Those "analysts" should start to think about what they could do right, at least once in their lifetime, before the give good advise to others.
I agree with Much Obliged. Meg has a strategy and it makes sense. Don't split...don't go the "quick fix" route. Stick to the strategy and capture all the high-margin revenue you can, while keeping an eye on shrinking markets and adjusting expenses accordingly.
Ray Lane started walking back the idea of spinning off the PCs while Leo was still there (but on his way out). At least that part of the strategy was handed to Meg. While I think HP is in all sorts of trouble summarized by the fact it doesn't lead in a single high margin business, spinning off PCs and printers would just be a distraction without much effect.
UBS analysts - now there's a credible company with a 'track record' and a logic that makes one want to follow it! Aren't you as sick as I am when 'investment houses' issue provocative idiotic statements in the off chance, down the road they might be able to spin up an 'I told you so' statement - knowing full well people forget the multitude of stupid utterances. Even though I am on the fence regarding HP, I would far more trust Meg Whitman's capability to improve HP after the gutting Hurd did and the incompetence of Leo to the nonsense UBS analysts put out.
Do you think these so-called "analysts" will ever be able to understand manufacturing notions like supply chain consolidation, economies of scale, and purchasing volume discounts? As the largest manufacturer of computer devices, HP can command the best prices on all their component parts. Do you think those discounts might have some effect on the bottom line? Duh!
You have a company that is profitable, #1 or #2 in DT, NB, Servers and Printers. They make the best products in the industry. What is wrong with this formula? HP (foolishly) tried to do this and got severely punished by the financial industry and the stock fell sharply. If they split up, customers will run because there won't be any faith in hp remaining in business. The PC business contributes billions to hp's bottom line. nothing wrong with that even if its at a low margin.
Bad idea. I go to HP because they are a "one stop-shop".
HP needs to get back to RD and quality.
HP needs to be the Wal-Mart of IT.
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Miami University failed to protect student from rape, lawsuit claims
HAMILTON, Ohio – The rape of a Miami University student could have been prevented if the university had expelled the alleged attacker for prior misconduct, a lawsuit against the university claims.
Three years before the alleged attack, another woman had reported to Miami that the same man had raped her, and two years before, police had investigated him for secretly videotaping consensual sex with students and showing the videos to others, without the women's consent, according to the lawsuit filed by attorney Eric Deters.
But a search of Butler County court records Tuesday found no evidence that criminal charges were filed against the accused attacker in any of those instances – or in the rape accused in the lawsuit.
The suit claims two fraternity brothers told Oxford police about the videotaping and that the student was kicked out of the frat house as a result and moved into a dorm.
Acting on the tip, police searched his dorm room and found three such videos on his computer, the suit says.
The videos constituted evidence of voyeurism, an Oxford detective wrote in his report.
But Miami University President David C. Hodge disputed that in a letter to Deters' client on May 3, 2012, according to the suit.
"With all due respect, the Oxford police have already investigated this matter. We do not have any information to show that (name withheld by WCPO) committed any act of voyeurism on this campus or that the unidentifiable women on the videos on his computer were Miami students or were being recorded without their consent."
According to the suit, the father of the alleged victim wrote back to Hodge: "I am not sure why it matters at all if these were MU students being recorded, although the likelihood of it being non-students would seem remote. It is still a felony being committed."
WCPO is not naming the persons identified in the lawsuit.
Deters' client says she was raped in October 2011. The first rape complaint was reported to Miami in 2008, the suit says. Police conducted the voyeurism investigation in 2009, according to the police report.
One frat brother told police that the accused student showed him how he secretly videotaped sex in his room and that he had seen the videos. Officers confiscated beer and alcohol from the accused student's dorm room during their search, the police report said.
The suit charges that Miami should have expelled the alleged attacker for violating the Student Code of Conduct, and yet it did nothing to discipline the student until he allegedly attacked Deters' client.
Miami did expel him after she reported the rape, the university told 9 On Your Side on Tuesday.
The university issued this statement Tuesday in response to the suit:
"Miami University is committed to holding individuals accountable for their behavior, and to providing extensive support for victims of sexual assault. The safety of our students is our highest priority. The claim that the University failed to take appropriate action or was somehow negligent is simply not true. While the University does not believe it is appropriate to publicly discuss the details of the case, the University emphatically denies that it could have prevented the assault of (name withheld by WCPO).
"When a victim reports sexual misconduct, Miami University moves swiftly, offers a vast array of (support services) to the victim and, with the cooperation of the victim, takes appropriate disciplinary action if the accused is a student. Within days of receiving a report, the university will often summarily suspend the accused student pending resolution of the disciplinary complaint. In (name withheld) case, Miami responded immediately and gave the accused student the maximum penalty and permanently dismissed (name withheld) from the university."
Deters did not immediately return a call from WCPO.
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The Lees-McRae College women's soccer team placed a trio of athletes on the 2011 NSCAA Women's College Scholar all-South team, announced NSCAA officials Tuesday.
to the third team. This marks the first time in program history that the Bobcats have garnered individual scholastic recognition from the NSCAA, as LMC ranked third in the region with three selections.
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MADISON, WI, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 New protocol and software developments are helping farmers put the precision back in precision agriculture by making it easier for growers to use previously ineffectual soil and environmental data to manage their crops.
Historically, gaps between researchers and producers, as well as lack of capacity to transform data into relevant decisions, have all contributed to data languishing on hard drives rather than being used to inform growing decisions.
Using software available online, researchers from the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture (ACPA) at the University of Sydney have developed a simplified protocol to teach growers how to convert complex yield and soil data into pertinent information. The resulting data and maps, when interpreted with local agronomic knowledge, can be used to make class-specific management decisions.
The protocol provides [growers] with the ability to experiment on their fields with different combinations of temporal data layers to improve their understanding of how their fields respond, said James Taylor and his team of researchers who worked with a range of growers to develop the methodology.
The researchers article in the September/October 2007 Agronomy Journal details their work in advancing field management, in particular their efforts to move away from treating all zones uniformly to more site-specific management. After receiving protocol training on how to analyze and apply field data, Australian growers were able to utilize the protocol and software to develop better field management, including implementing site-specific nutrient and pest management treatments.
Researchers hope that this precision agriculture protocol will be used by growers across a broad range of cropping systems to increase efficiency and effectiveness in crop management.
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November 4, 2004
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Osama bin Laden's
election-eve missive appears to have backfired. Indeed, his wild
claims that he will bankrupt America by forcing us to fund
counterterrorism efforts -- along with the new warnings from "Azzam
the American" that more attacks are on the way -- left many
Americans scratching their heads.
The tapes do little to help us understand the severity of the
terrorist threat against the United States. On the one hand, they
demonstrate bin Laden's capacity to reach a global audience,
getting his picture on every cable news channel, displacing
election chatter on the nightly news and garnering attention on the
Sunday talk shows. On the other hand, the fact that bin Laden has
spent more time talking than fighting may reflect the toll the war
on terrorism has taken on his terrorist network.
Since 9/11, bin Laden has had few victories to crow about. The
bombing in Spain didn't keep that country or other NATO allies from
sending troops last month to help out in Afghanistan. And the
successful Afghan elections -- thoroughly repudiating the Taliban
-- were hardly good news for the world's most notorious terrorist
leader. Yes, terrorism is rampant in Iraq, but the political
process is still moving forward and Iraqis line up every day at
great personal risk to enlist in their security forces.
So far, since President Bush declared war on terrorism, bin Laden's
greatest achievements have been eluding capture and circulating
about two dozen audio and videotapes. Hitler did as much, spewing
defiant speeches from his Berlin bunker almost to the end.
While the tapes offer no definitive proof that terrorism is either
waxing or waning, they do underscore one key aspect of the
struggle: the role of psychological warfare. Bin Laden's videos are
propaganda, pure and simple, designed to weaken U.S. resolve and
foster recruiting and fund raising for al Qaeda. Defeating
terrorism means crushing its campaign to spread ideas and arguments
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Americans tend to think of psychological warfare as a relic of
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An X Prize For A Sustainable Cinema Culture Solution?
By Ted Hope
Contests can be serious drivers.
Picture a world where the only movies are either: 1) Large Multi-National Media Corporations' Costume-clad Franchise Tentpoles; 2) Government Supported & Ordained Nationalist Culture Initiatives; 3) Micro0budget Amateur Hobbies. Sucks, right? No diverse talents reaching higher and further to help us recognize the full expansiveness of humankind (with the necessary budgets to support them). Well, that world is the one we currently reside in. Now picture where we may be ten years from now. Truly sucks, right?
How do we prevent that? How do we provide hope to a world of generative artists that they can support themselves doing what they love? How do we demonstrate to the entrepreneurs and financial movers and shakers that you can earn a significant return from cultural investment and do well as well as doing good? How do we eliminate the friction in the marketplace that leads producers to spend 50% of their time chasing money leads that never materialize? How do we help audiences discover the stories that are relevant to and will resonate with them? How do we facilitate audiences using these applicable stories to become communities that spur on further actions?
Maybe it's time the rewards got a bit more serious.
I am hopeful that I will be able to initiative a great deal of positive change from my Executive Director seat at the San Francisco Film Society — but there are a lot of responsibilities and I can't always focus on the change that I want to be. I know I need a great deal of support and I need the time to look for it. Perhaps their can be some parallel tracks…
What about an X Prize for a sustainable cinema culture solution?
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Max Cannon Resnik / Nov 14 at 8:30am
Cheaper film ticket prices and investments in indie theaters that can serve as community centers and incubators for filmmakers, partnering with local access media stations. The theaters/community centers can serve other community purposes and host performances, TED talks, classes taught by community members, etc. Integrate these theater centers with local school districts.
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Adam Leipzig / Nov 14 at 8:30am
Ted, I think this is a great idea. Every X Prize has certain metrics for goals (e.g., the winner must launch a manned spacecraft 2x within 2 weeks). What do you think the metrics for success for an Indie Films X Prize would be?
Ted Hope / Nov 14 at 8:30am
Definitely would like this Max. I have dreamed of something similar. The IFP In NYC just got a grant from NYC to build a digital media center. That's a start. IT's missing the theater component, but…
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PROVIDENCE — State Rep. Michael J. Marcello wants to use GPS tracking systems to greatly expand the reach of the state's domestic violence laws.
Marcello (D-Dist. 41, Scituate, Cranston) says a court-issued protective order or no-contact order is not enough to ensure that the victim of a crime will be safe from violence.
"Some individuals, especially in the cases of domestic violence, continue to be harassed and bothered and even abused by the individual against whom the protective or no contact order has been issued by the court," he says. "If we want victims of domestic violence crimes to feel truly safe and to be protected from their attackers, we must do more than merely issue a court order."
Marcello has introduced legislation that will allow the courts to force an individual who is the subject of a protective order to wear an electronic monitoring device.
Marcello's bill (2013-H5963) will go before the House Committee on Judiciary when the General Assembly returns from its break. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Teresa Tanzi (D-Dist. 34, Narragansett, South Kingstown) and Rep. Joy Hearn (D-Dist. 66, Barrington, East Providence).
"When a court issues a protective or no contact order, the clear intent is to provide a level of safety," said Marcello. "The court should have the discretion to take further steps if there is reason to believe that merely issuing an order is not going to achieve its intended purpose."
The bill would allow the court, in requiring an electronic monitoring device, to consider the person's conduct subject to prior protective orders or no contact orders, prior convictions of crimes of violence, prior incidents of domestic violence against the party for whose benefit the order has been issued, or the offender's history of drug or alcohol abuse or access to weapons.
Under the Marcello legislation, any domestic violence suspect ordered to wear a monitoring device would be guilty of a felony and subject to five years in prison for tampering with, damaging or destroying the device. Moreover, any costs associated with wearing a monitoring device would be borne by the suspect, unless the individual is determined by the court to be indigent.
Marcello says he had been contemplating the bill for the past two years, but said he was prompted to introduce it this year after the murder of a Johnston woman in 2012 by her husband, who confessed to killing his common-law wife. In that case, Donald K. Greenslit, 52, was charged with domestic murder and violation of a no-contact order.
"I think we need to be cautious and not conclude that this is going to be a quick fix for such a complex problem," said Deborah DeBare, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition of Domestic Violence. "Every case would have to be looked at individually and it should be one of many tools that can be used."
Peg Langhammer, executive director of Day One, which provides services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and other violent crimes, says the agency is studying Marcello's bill.
"We applaud Rep. Marcello's effort. Any option that helps us and helps provide protection is a good thing," she said.
According to DeBare, intimate partner violence and domestic violence is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a year.
In Rhode Island, 29.9 percent of women and 19.3 percent of men, experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetime.
DeBare said from 2001 to 2011, at least 82 Rhode Islanders died as a result of domestic violence, and 22 domestic violence-related deaths occurred in 2010 and 2011 alone.
"We all must make a commitment to reach out to anyone who we suspect is in an abusive situation. Domestic violence happens in every community, and no one is immune to it," she said. The good news is that help is available. There are six local domestic violence agencies in our state that provide a wide array of services, including 24 hour hotline support, emergency shelter, support groups and assistance with the legal system."
Marcello believes the time has come for Rhode Island to at least debate the issue of GPS monitoring.
"Unfortunately, we know there have been instances when the victim of domestic violence has continued to be abused or attacked by the perpetrators of those crimes," he says. "Clearly, there are no absolute guarantees that an individual will be completely safe merely because a protective order or no contact order has been issued. By requiring individuals, in certain circumstances, to wear a monitoring device, we can increase the level of safety the order is intended to provide."


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IMAAGEN: Impact of Abiraterone Acetate in Prostate-Specific Antigen
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The purpose of this study is to show that abiraterone acetate plus prednisone added to the current standard of care, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) decreases prostate specific antigen (PSA) and prolongs the time until it is evident that the cancer has grown. Additionally, safety information about abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone will be collected. This will include looking at what side effects occur, how often they occur, and for how long they last.
Prostate Cancer
Prostatic Neoplasm
Drug: abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm, Phase 2 Study of Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone in Subjects With Advanced Prostate Cancer Without Radiographic Evidence of Metastatic Disease
- Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 50 Percent (%) Reduction in Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) During the Core Study [ Time Frame: End of core study visit (Approximately at Month 6) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Percentage of participants with greater than or equal to 50 percent decrease in PSA levels was assessed.
- Time to Radiographic Evidence of Disease Progression (TTRP) [ Time Frame: Maximum up to Month 30.5 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Time to radiographic evidence of disease progression is defined as the time interval from the date of enrollment (Day 1) to the date of disease progression. A participant was considered as progressed by bone scan if: 1) The appearance of greater than or equal to (>=) 2 new lesions, and, following the first assessment, a confirmatory scan performed 6 or more weeks later that shows a minimum of 2 or more additional new lesions, 2) If >=2 new lesions are seen on scans following the first assessment, the confirmation is still required after 6 weeks; however, 2 addition lesions are not required to confirm progression, and 3) The date of progression is the date of the first scan that shows the changes.
- Time to Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Progression [ Time Frame: Maximum up to Month 30.5 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Time to PSA progression is defined as the time interval from the date of enrollment (Day 1) to the date of first evidence of PSA progression. A participant was considered to have a PSA progression if the PSA level had a 25 percent (%) or greater increase and an absolute increase of 2 nanogram (ng)/milliliter (mL) or more, which is confirmed by a second value obtained in 3 or more weeks.
- Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 50 Percent (%) Reduction in Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels After 3 Cycles of Treatment [ Time Frame: End of Cycle 3 (Approximately Month 3) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Percentage of participants with greater than or equal to 50 percent decrease in PSA levels was assessed. Decrease in PSA levels represented improvement.
|Study Start Date:
|May 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 001
abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone Abiraterone acetate will be taken as 4 x 250 mg tablets by mouth (PO) once daily. Prednisone will be taken as 2 x 2.5 mg tablets PO once daily.
Drug: abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone
Abiraterone acetate will be taken as 4 x 250 mg tablets by mouth (PO) once daily. Prednisone will be taken as 2 x 2.5 mg tablets PO once daily.
Detailed Description:
This is a Phase 2, prospective, multicenter, open-label, single-arm study of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in men with non-metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have a rising PSA despite castrate levels of testosterone. The study consists of Screening Phase (up to 4 weeks), Core Study Treatment Phase (comprised of six 28-day cycles), Pre-metastatic Disease Follow-up Phase and an optional Post-metastatic Disease Follow-up Phase. Each treatment cycle will last 28 days. Participating subjects will receive study agents (Abiraterone acetate 1000 mg/day plus prednisone 5 mg/day, orally) continually during the study. Subjects who have not had radiographic confirmed disease progression after the Core Study Treatment Phase will continue the study treatment in the Pre-metastatic Disease Follow-up Phase. When disease progression is confirmed, subjects will have an option to continue the study treatment and are able to receive subsequent anti- cancer therapy as clinically needed in Post-metastatic Disease Follow-up Phase. The study will end when all participated subjects have disease progression. Subjects will be required to return to the study site 30 days after receiving the last dose of abiraterone acetate for safety follow-up.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Major Inclusion Criteria:
- Be a male >= 18 years of age
- Have adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- Currently receiving continuous treatment with Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) monotherapy for at least 6 months before or have undergone surgical removal of the testicles
- Serum testosterone of < 50 ng/dL(< 2.0 nM)
- Have rising PSA defined as a PSA of ≥ 10 ng/mL obtained at screening or PSADT of ≤ 10 months with the first of the 3 consecutive PSA values used to calculate PSADT ≥ 2.0 ng/mL
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2
- Be capable of swallowing study agents whole as a tablet
- Be willing/able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol
Major Exclusion Criteria:
- Have prior or current evidence of local disease progression or metastatic disease as defined by modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) criteria
- Have received chemotherapy for treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer; however, if a patient received chemotherapy in an adjuvant setting, prior to having CRPC, for castrate-sensitive prostate cancer, the patient is still eligible
- Are currently receiving any antiandrogen therapy (eg, bicalutamide, flutamide, or nilutamide).
- If previously treated with antiandrogen therapy, there must be documentation of at least 2 consecutive rising PSA values at least 2 weeks apart obtained prior to screening
- If previously treated with flutamide, at least 1 of the PSA values must be obtained 4 weeks or more after flutamide discontinuation.
- If previously treated with bicalutamide or nilutamide, at least 1 of the PSA values must be obtained 6 weeks or more after antiandrogen discontinuation
- Have previously received agents having any CYP17 inhibitory activity for the treatment of prostate cancer, such as ketoconazole
- Have previously received aminoglutethimide
- Have an active infection or other medical condition that would contraindicate prednisone use
- Have uncontrolled hypertension
- Have active hepatitis or chronic liver disease
- Have clinically significant heart disease
- Have poorly controlled diabetes
- Have received an investigational therapeutic within 30 days of screening
- Have partners of childbearing potential and are not willing to use a method of birth control with adequate barrier protection as determined to be acceptable by the principal investigator and sponsor during the study and for 1 week after last dose of abiraterone acetate.
- Individuals with a history of a non-prostate malignancy are ineligible for this study with the following exceptions. Individuals with a history of other malignancies are eligible if they have been disease-free for at least 3 years and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy. Individuals with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 3 years: basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01314118
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|Study Director:
|Janssen Services, LLC. Clinical Trial
|Janssen Biotech, Inc.
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Janssen Biotech, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01314118 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|CR017932, Protocol 212082PCR2005
|Study First Received:
|March 4, 2011
|Results First Received:
|December 24, 2014
|Last Updated:
|September 11, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
United States: Federal Government
United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Janssen Biotech, Inc.:
abiraterone acetate
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Neoplasms by Site
Prostatic Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Therapeutic Uses
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 13, 2015