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Looks like the Monster Cable / Lady Gaga / Dr. Dre triumverate (with Jimmy Iovine playing coach) is teaming up again to bring the Lady Gaga Heartbeats into 2011. The Heartbeats 2.0 get a redesign, bringing the updated look of the earbuds more in line with how Gaga herself has been styling herself as of late. That means weird pyramid-shaped studs coming off the side of the earbud, and a spikey looking earpiece as well. You see, these match the ridiculous pyramid bumps that Gaga has been wearing on her face while promoting her new Born This Way album...but stay with us here. Monster is promising awesome clarity and deep base that can be turned up to deafening levels without distortion, and since it has a microphone on the flat, tangle-proof wire, you can even use them to take phone calls. See? It's not just all talk, we already know that Lady Gaga loves fine gadgets. You can pre-order the Heartbeats 2.0 now on Amazon.
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Amazon sells Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' album for 99 cents in battle with iTunes
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Lady Gaga's Born This Way album is one of the biggest album releases of the year, and digital stores like iTunes and Amazon MP3 certainly know that her fans are more than willing to pay full price for the offering. However, possibly more interesting than the album itself, is the price different between the two aforementioned stores. iTunes has the album for the typical $12 (or $16 for the Bonus Track Version,) and we are sure they'll sell a ton of them at that price. In addition, you can buy individual tracks from the album on iTunes for $1.29. However, budget-minded shoppers might want to jump over to Amazon, where they are selling the entire Born This Way album for 99 cents. Yes, for less than the price of one track on iTunes, you can get the entire 14 track album on Amazon. In addition, an Amazon purchase also allows you to store the album on Amazon Cloud Drive, makes it accessible from Amazon Cloud Player, and gives you 20GB of space on the service as well.
Amazon MP3 purchases can be automatically synced to your iTunes library as well, so really, why would anyone buy this one from the iTunes Store?
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GagaVille, the Lady Gaga-FarmVille mash-up, is now live
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GagaVille, a Lady Gaga-themed version of FarmVille, opened its gates yesterday.
From today until May 26, GagaVille invites users to "execute Gaga-themed quests" and unlock songs from Lady Gaga's upcoming album, "Born This Way," which hits stores on May 23.
As Zynga announced last week, GagaVille is a marketing partnership with Lady Gaga and Clear Channel Radio. The game gives fans access to Clear Channel's iHeartRadio player, and an exclusive preview to the diva's upcoming album.
Fans who buy $25 worth of FarmVille game credits through Best Buy will also get to download the entire album for free.
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LONDON A three-year European Union funded research program has produced an imprint lithography machine for sub-50-nanometer work, and the participants in the project plan to have a stepper available in 2006 suitable for work on 300-mm diameter wafers.
Whereas leading-edge commercial optical lithography machines can cost $20 million or more each, the soft ultraviolet imprint machine developed under Europe's Souvenir project costs less than 200,000 euros (about $245,000) in its basic version, the developers said.
Although a statement on the project said companies are not researching this field, the Souvenir process appears similar to that used by Molecular Imprints Inc. (Austin, Texas), which already offers multiple Step and Flash Imprint Lithography machines commercially.
The Souvenir tool is set to be used to produce nanotech devices in universities and research institutes, but with a plan to expand its use for pilot semiconductor production and for eventual mainstream use in the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries.
"In principle, this new technique has the potential to be used for mass manufacture by the semiconductor industry. One approach we use can already form patterns down to the 10-nanometer scale," said Markus Bender, researcher at Applied Micro- and Optoelectronics GmbH (Aachen, Germany), and the coordinator of the three-year Souvenir project, in the statement.
The project, which also included EV Group (Scharding, Austria) and CNRS-LPN, (Marcoussis, France) had a budget of 2.3 million euros (about $2.8 million), of which it would have been normal for the European Union to pay half.
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L2 and Demandware Release New Global Study on Content & Commerce2014-10-28
BURLINGTON, Mass. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2014-- Demandware®, Inc. (NYSE:DWRE), the industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, and L2, Inc., a member-based business intelligence service that benchmarks the digital competence of brands, today announced the release of a new report that examines the efforts of 80 global brands to produce and syndicate content across the consumer shopping experience. The L2 Intelligence Report: Content and Commerce, developed in partnership with Demandware, analyzes the brands and best practices that are removing organizational and technological barriers to deliver an integrated content and commerce experience, and drive sales online and in-store.
Insights are organized around four types of content believed to have a disproportionate impact on ecommerce conversion, including blogs, microsites, videos, tutorials, user generated content and guided selling tools. The study shows that commerce experiences that are infused with strategic content can educate, engage and convert the consumer, bringing them further down the path to purchase and improve a retailer's bottom line. Yet, for the majority of brands, efforts in branded content creation are still nascent. The study found that while substantial budget has been allocated to content, just 39 percent of B2C brands have a documented content strategy in place, and only 67 percent have a dedicated executive in place to oversee content efforts.
"Retailers must weave together content and commerce. Too many treat their brand as a Faberge egg that only a few can manage or touch," saidScott Galloway, Clinical Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern and Founder of L2. "The report findings reveal that brand marketing content often stands in the way of the customer and their needs and disrupts the shopper's journey."
Additional study highlights include:
- Many brands expect their content investments to pay dividends only in the form of increased brand awareness and engagement -- 79 percent of brands classify awareness as a major goal of their content marketing programs, while 51 percent now expect their content to drive conversion.
- Video is one of the most influential types of digital content in driving purchasing decisions – with between 35 and 53 percent of consumers in the world's largest markets using digital video as a source of recommendations. Despite the maturity of the medium, the study found that just 1-in-5 brands are investing in product page videos in Asia compared to 1-in-3 brands in Western Europe, while the level of adoption in the U.S. is almost half.
- Beauty brands lead the way in the implementation of guided selling tools, with 79 percent having created one or more digital experiences such as foundation finders, skincare diagnostics, shade matchers and other tools, yet just 7 percent leverage these tools on product pages, limiting their potential impact as a customer acquisition vehicle.
- The effectiveness of content varies by region. APAC markets, specifically South Korea and Japan, have found that user generated content (UGC) marketing delivers a higher return of their marketing mix. On average, 19 percent of beauty brands incorporate UGC onto product pages in Asia, a higher proportion than the U.S. (14 percent) and Western Europe (0 percent).
The study concludes that three major content and commerce strategy pain points hamper organizations worldwide, including content ownership, content objectives and content globalization. Brands have struggled to identify solutions, and as a result, when benchmarked on their content performance, the majority falls into a "Weak Content" quadrant when their scores are averaged across regions. Among brands with "Strong Content" performance, one-third exhibit high variance across sites – meaning the integration of content and commerce in some regions is weaker than in others. Brands with high content variance can often attribute discrepancies to a disparate platform strategy. They may have adopted a best-in-breed ecommerce platform in the U.S., but still rely on homegrown solutions in Europe and/or Asia, making it difficult to organize for content success globally. On the contrary, the majority of brands that fall in or near the "Strong Content, Low Variance" quadrant leverage a single ecommerce platform across multiple regions. The platform supports efficient content management, and provides a flexible springboard from which to launch strategic content initiatives that can be cascaded globally.
"Brands today can choose to compete on price or on brand differentiation," said Jeffrey Barnett, COO, Demandware. "Competing head-to-head on price with online marketplaces of massive scale is extremely challenging. But, brands have the home field advantage when it comes to content. Leveraging branded content throughout the commerce experience can be the key to unlocking a compelling and distinctive shopping experience that will increase consumer engagement, build brand loyalty and optimize conversion."
To learn more about the study, register to attend a live webinar with Scott Galloway, Clinical Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern and Founder of L2, on Thursday, November 6th at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. EST.
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The brands in this study were scored based on the integration of content (videos, tutorials, look books, guided selling tools, user generated content and blogs) and commerce. Brands scores were based on how seamlessly content is integrated into the consumer shopping journey; each content asset was evaluated for its availability across the purchase path – homepage, grid page, and product detail page – and its ability to provide a clear path to purchase to the consumer – either no commerce integration, links to product pages, integrated buy buttons, or integrated buy all buttons.
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Determination of the in Vitro Effects of Cationic Airway Lining Modulators (CALM) on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Sputum
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This study is intended to be an evaluation of the properties of human sputum collected from patients with COPD. It is hypothesized that cationic airway lining modulators will have beneficial effects on the rheological properties of sputum derived from patients with COPD. Approximately 10 patients with COPD will collect sputum at home for 5 days. Samples will be collected and tested in laboratory tests.
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Who hasn't received pictures in their email of some fantastic event or incredible circumstance? I must be a magnet for these things because I get them all the time. A few times I've even forwarded them to friends, thinking they were real, only to find out later that they were digitally faked somehow. "I was done being duped," I said to myself.
About a week ago, I got some pictures sent to me titled "Do you know what a 320 pound woman looks like?" The obvious joke is that you're supposed to expect to see some Goodyear Blimp of a person, but in this case, that's where the "amazing" part of the picture came in. The following pictures were purported to be of the "World's Tallest Woman". While she was not identified by name, she was said to be 7'4" and weighs 320 pounds.
"Wow, this is amazing," I thought. But then that internet alarm bell started going off and I then decided that if I'm going to publish these pictures that I should "check it out first". To no surprise, this same description has been floating around for several years without a name to attach to the photos. But this is just part one of the story...a story that has international implications.
ABOVE: While we don't know who this "Mystery Amazon" is, she is supposed to be from Holland.
ABOVE AND BELOW: Our mystery woman has legs that never seem to end. Do her shoes below indicate a possible basketball career?
ABOVE: If these pictures aren't real, the photographer went to a lot of trouble to make sure they looked that way. Notice the shadows on the ground.
Heather Greene of Las Vegas is a real person, although she likes to enhance her stature a bit. She can normally be seen wearing high-heeled shoes (why?) while posing with people who are below average in size. For example, the man in the picture is 5'7 (my size coincidentally although I never considered myself below-average) and the woman is 5'1". Heather Greene stands 6'5" tall in her bare feet. Tall? Yes. Attractive? Yes. Tallest? No.
ABOVE: She might be smiling now, but could you imagine her throwing this guy around the house if she had a bad case of PMS? BELOW: " Aychee mama". 'Nuff said.
Sandy Allen of Shelbyville, Indiana was a person to have been recognized by the "Guinness Book of Records" as the World's Tallest Woman. At 7'8 1/2" she would have qualified today, but alas, Sandy passed away in August of 2008.
ABOVE: Sandy Allen was very "Alice-the-Goonlike" before her untimely death in 2008. I'm not 100% sure, but I may have dated her in high school.
So then who is the World's Tallest Woman?
Unofficially, that would be Yao Defens of China who reportedly stands at 7'7" and weighs in at 396. While researching her story, I learned that she is employed as a circus act by a ruthless boss named "Mr. Qui".
Every time Yao asks to go to a doctor (she suffers from severe back pain) her boss takes her up onto a mountain and locks her up until she agrees to perform again. Her boss even tricked her into signing a new contract after her old one expired!
So in this land of umpteen billion people where human rights have little meaning, the real "World's Tallest Woman" is being exploited...like some kind of human "King Kong". In fact, this story was so compelling, that the editors here decided to reproduce the original article below, so that you could get the full impact of the atrocities being committed by the evil boss "Mr. Qui" and his traveling circus. Take the time and read this story immediately following the picture of Yao Defens below.
1972年出生在安徽省六安市舒城县舒茶镇的姚德芬,出生时重2.8公斤,在家排行老四,三岁时的饭量就相当于三个同龄孩子。11岁身高1.9米,从此疯长不可收拾,到15岁竟有2.08米,今年已长到2.3米, 比篮球明星郑海霞还高22厘米,被称为"亚洲第一女巨人"。
这个因为比郑海霞还高出22厘米而备受瞩目的"女大个",现在生活得怎么样呢?据中新网报导,姚德芬说,这两年辛苦工作却什么都没有得到。她说,2003年,她为了生计和赡养母亲,与宿州市一艺术团的老板丘某签订了演出合同,在全国范围内进行巡回演出,演出过程中,她先后几次摔倒在地, 身体多处受伤。可当她要求老板邱某带她去检查时,却依旧被逼着上台表演。
ABOVE RIGHT: Is this the evil "Mr. Qui"? Well, we don't have definite proof, but he's the only Mr Qui who shows up on the internet and he's from China too! On top of everything else, this guy is the "Vice" Minister of China's Ministry of Construction! The deeper we dig into this story the hotter it becomes. Right now it's like molten lava.


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The projects will improve the 15-year-old stadium for fans, staff and the Thunder's Major League affiliate, the New York Yankees.
The projects include:
1) New Video Board. The team will replace the video screen in right field with a new one that is larger and keeps pace with recent improvements in video technology. This will include a new linescore and miles per hour indicator.
2) New Picnic Area. The Thunder will transform an area located along one of the baselines into a group outing destination to complement the Yankee Club & Conference Center and the Burlington Center Mall Bullpen Grill. Both existing areas are in high demand with fans regularly asking for more group options.
3) Replace Bench Seating. The metal bench style "Terrace" sections at Waterfront Park will be removed and replaced with more comfortable individual seats.
4) New Front Office / Lobby. The Front Office area of the stadium will get a complete facelift including new flooring, walls and decor. The project will provide a new modern look as well as create additional workspace.
5) New Concessions Equipment. Equipment such as freezers and coolers that are original to Waterfront Park will be replaced with newer more efficient machines.
6) New Hitting Tunnel. The batting cages located underneath the seating bowl at Waterfront Park will be transformed into a state-of-the-art indoor, climate controlled practice facility for the New York Yankee players that is on par with those enjoyed at Major League ballparks.
"As we turn the page and begin a new chapter with Will Smith at our helm, we are excited to announce a major undertaking and building program that will keep Mercer County Waterfront Park as one of the premier Minor League ballparks in the country," said Thunder President Joe Finley.
In consultation with Mercer County, these projects are still in the design and bidding process and work will begin soon after the 2008 season and post-season are done. It has not been determined what projects are targeted for completion in time for the 2009 or 2010 seasons.
The press conference on Monday was held to introduce Will Smith as fourth General Manager in Thunder franchise history.
The Thunder return home on Tuesday, August 19 to face the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) at 7:05 PM. It is Women's Tote Bag Night thanks to St. Francis Medical Center with the first 1,500 women ages 18 and over receiving a tote bag.
The Thunder have 10 home games remaining this season. Playoff tickets are on sale by calling 609-394-3300 or online at www.trentonthunder.com.
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By John Holler
Of all the employees of Wright County, Wayne Fingalson has seen as much or more than just about any.
Fingalson, the Wright County Highway Engineer for the last 31 years, was honored at the Aug. 7 meeting of the Wright County Board — his final official day on the job for Wright County. Considering that, when he was first hired as an assistant county engineer in 1975, Gerald Ford was president, a gallon of gas cost 45 cents, Barry Manilow was singing about a girl named Mandy and, worse yet for Fingalson, he had yet to experience "The Hail Mary."
Fingalson, a lifelong Vikings fan, has a penchant for wearing purple. The year he started with Wright County was the same year Vikings fans would have their hearts broken against the Dallas Cowboys with an incredible (if not legal) play that allowed Dallas to upset the heavily-favored Vikings. Even 37 years later, Fingalson would be known to say, "Pearson pushed off."
About the only thing Fingalson holds more dear than his family and the Vikings is his commitment to safety. Whether it was being a pilot project for strengthening road beds to insisting on any new construction to include eliminating dangerous curves and blind intersections, Fingalson's long career as the Roadmaster of Wright County has been marked by his commitment to safety.
He was the son of an engineer and admits that being an engineer himself has been in his blood since childhood. Being able to create a safer road system for county residents and visitors to travel has been more than a passing fancy. It's been a life ambition.
"Safety has clearly been a passion for me," Fingalson said. "Thomas Jefferson once said, 'The care of human life and happiness is the first and only objective of good government.' The safety programs we did in Wright County were focused on that line of thinking – that the care for human life is our objective. Safety was a passion for me in this job, especially with the county growing as much as it has and more challenges arising along with that increase."
When Fingalson started with Wright County, Buffalo was the largest city in the county and had a population of 3,000. As he leaves his post as highway engineer, Buffalo has five times the population and 10 municipalities – eight cities and two townships – have a population in excess of 3,000.
"The exciting part of the job has been all the changes," Fingalson said. "The population increase has been a challenge, but, for me, it's been the technological advantages that we've seen. The computer has impacted just about every aspect of our business. We have technology to tell us the ideal mix ratio for de-icing roads in the winter. We have made technological advancements in road construction and, when someone has a really good idea that works, we have the ability to share information and improve our own performance."
On his watch, Wright County replaced 50 bridges, resurfaced 870 miles of road and did complete reconstruction of 130 miles of county roads and highways. While he may not be that well known to the people who travel the roads he has maintained over the last three decades, Fingalson's legacy in Wright County will be indelible. Lives have been saved because of the road improvements he insisted on having. His dad would be proud.
"I feel like I made a positive contribution to the people of Wright County," Fingalson said. "That was my job and I took my responsibility seriously. I'd like to think that my passion for safety has made life better in Wright County."
In other items on the Aug. 7 agenda, the board:
AUTHORIZED budget transfers of $325,000 to various departments from the county's Budget 100. The transfers are done annually to cover the costs associated with step increases, benefits, health insurance contributions and salary adjustments resulting from the county's job classification study earlier this year.
APPROVED a three-year professional services agreement between the county and SRF Consulting Group, Inc. The consulting firm has represented the county providing administrative and technical assistance for the Hwy. 55 Corridor Coalition. SRF has represented the coalition since 2004 and, after the coalition put the consulting contract out for bids earlier this year, the SRF bid was the one approved.
REVISED the budget committee of the whole schedule, changing court administration budget review to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, and moving court services to 9:15 a.m. the same day.
RECEIVED an update on four county ditches that are in need of repair from the ditch committee. The only action item was to receive quotes for getting rid of floating bogs on County Ditch 24. The estimated cost to remove the bogs was approximately $4,500.
ACCEPTED the 2011 annual report from the highway department.
APPROVED a maintenance agreement with Meeker County for two shared line segments. During the recent updating of the Wright County map it was discovered that the two road segments never had formal maintenance/construction agreements in place. Meeker County has approved the contract, which was patterned after similar agreements the county has with line roads shared by McLeod County.


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Students from all disciplines targeting the Supply Chain Management profession can apply to take this course, especially those with a background in business, social science, economics and engineering.
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Franken-Foodie Fest - Casting Outgoing People From Milwaukee For Brand New Food Show
We are casting for a brand new crazy food show. It will be fun, full of excitement, and different than any other food show. We are looking to meet the outgoing people of Milwaukee who love to cook and who dare to be different by coming up with unique dishes that may be visually different as well as the flavors combinations they choose.
Did I mention that there is a $10,000 prize for the winner?
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14th 2pm-7:30pm
(stop in anytime, earlier the better!)
Milwaukee Public Market
400 North Water St.
Milwaukee WI, 53202
Madame Kuony's Demonstration Kitchen (2nd level)
Parking in lot off Water Street, Market will validate parking
Create a never-been-seen-before dish to bring as a show-and-tell! Chat with other fun foodies while adding the finishes! After you have completed your dish, you will have a chance to show it to the producers. If they like what they see, you could have a chance to compete on SPIKE TV'S new cooking competition show "Frankenfood," competing for a $10,000 cash prize AND your crazy dish put on a local restaurant menu!
-Dish should be 90% completed, we will have a fully equipped kitchen available for any finishing touches.
-YOUR FUN SELF! *No chef clothing please,* we are interested in the FUN "Woman or Man behind the white coat"
Here is the challenge:
Frankenfood : A dish made up of many contrasting parts that would not normally be paired together but somehow once stitched together as one, makes sense... AND tastes good (or at least tastes good to you)!
Examples: Upside-down mac & cheese sardine Pizza, Chocolate chip & gummie bear pancake wrapped sausage on a sick, Grilled cheese-seafood-cookie
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HTC Rezound still expected to get Android 4.0 update before end of July
word leaked from Best Buy that the Beats Audio device would be tasting Ice Cream Sandwich shortly and that might have whetted the appetite of HTC Rezound owners for the updated OS build. That brings us to today's response from HTC Support to an inquiry from an owner of the model. The message from HTC was loud and clead, "The ICS (Android 4.0) update will be released for the Rezound by the end of this month (July) with final pushes in August. HTC".
If you've been waiting for the update, it seems that it could be happening for real this time. But we get it and we understand. You want to see the software downloaded, installed and running smoothly before putting on a smile.
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1. kunyuk (Posts: 56; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
I'm still expected sgs2 to get jelly bean
2. TOdoubleD (Posts: 114; Member since: 28 Mar 2011)
HTC isn't the problem here, it's Verizon. The update is ready to be rolled out, and has been for awhile now. But unfortunately for the owners of this very good phone, it wasn't a huge seller, so it's not real high on Verizon's priority list. I won't be surprised if it doesn't happen by the end of July. Hope I'm wrong though, for the Rezound owners sake.
3. imkyle (Posts: 1086; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
Verizon needs to step up. Their Motorola Xoom got ICS 6 months after the WiFi version. That is insane.
4. androiddownsouth (Posts: 598; Member since: 02 May 2012)
Absolutely right doubleD. HTC reps have told me the update was ready in early May. I'll believe it's rolled out when my phone is downloading it.
5. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
it's like Verizon doesn't even care about their customers anymore ):
10. IamYourFather6657 (Posts: 321; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Worst carrier in the USA
6. torr310 (Posts: 1085; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
scru Verizon... I have been waited the update for so long!
7. Owlet (Posts: 450; Member since: 21 Feb 2011)
I don't know who exactly it is to blame, maybe Verizon. But I'm thinking to jump the ship of being a loyal HTC customer/fan. I was first so excited waiting for ICS, then disappointed, then impatient and excited all over again. No I gave up, I don't care anymore. I just want a different phone. Maybe Samsung is better with their upgrades? Thinking of getting SIII, since Verizon didn't even OneX. :-(
8. chrisbo5 (Posts: 31; Member since: 26 Jan 2012)
I hate verizon. the vivid recieved the update in march, sensation and amaze in may, the rezound still waiting. i wish htc would make the new nexus
9. carlos5593 (Posts: 28; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
It is definitely Verizon to be blame. The amaze on Tmobile and sensation already received the update on May to be specific. Verizon has to approve the update before HTC can release an OTA but Verizon simply doesn't care. They only care for selling it. Which they did used ics as a selling point on the rezound when it came out promising the update for Q1 2012.


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Eileen Wunderlich and Raf Veulemans
Sharing a fondness for taxidermy, Berlin-based artist Eileen Wunderlich (self-portrait, right) and Belgian Raf Veulemans both have solo shows opening tomorrow, 16 June 2006, at Strychnin gallery in Berlin's central Friedrichshain district. Where Wunderlich often offsets her macabre subjects by posing the dead animals in humorous and even subversive tableaus (picture a hedgehog doing lines off a mirror), Veulemans will add an interactive element by inviting guests at the opening to bring cotton clothing or bags for him to modify with his airbrush at the event. The show promises to be a totally unconventional break in a World Cup-saturated Germany. After the jump, check out a piece by Veulemans, another one of Wunderlich's works, an announcement for the show, and more info.


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Tesco Hits Roadblocks with Two Lawsuits
Opponents raise concerns over environmental impact of retailer's new U.S. distribution center.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Opponents fearing the negative impact of Tesco's grocery distribution center, located on the former March Air Force Base here, filed two lawsuits claiming that the plans were approved without proper consideration of traffic and air quality effects on the area, according to the Press-Enterprise.
In July, Tesco announced its plans to open an 820,400-square foot distribution center on the former Air Force base, now controlled by the March Joint Powers Authority. The distribution center is part of the company's plans to break into the U.S. west coast convenience market.
Both lawsuits claim that the March Joint Powers Authority -- which oversees civilian use of former military property that was downsized in 1996 -- did not study the effects that the planned Tesco center will have, or hold public hearings on the project, the report stated.
The Tesco project complies with the specific plans for the Meridian business park, which is located west of I-215 near Alessandro Blvd., according to John Brown, attorney for the Joint Power Authority. He told the paper that the business park project held public hearings and underwent a comprehensive environmental review as far back as 1999.
"We always take these lawsuits seriously, especially when they have the potential of delaying redevelopment of the base, which is what they are intended to do," Brown told the Press-Enterprise.
Tesco's chief marketing officer, Simon Uwins, told the paper that court challenges involving California state environmental laws are common. "We have got every reason to believe that the end JPA decision will be upheld," he added.
"I would speculate that there are obviously a lot of competitors worried about a major, multinational grocery chain and fresh-fruit supplier doing business in the area," Riverside County supervisor and chairman of the March Joint Powers Commission, Bob Buster told the Press-Enterprise. The commission oversees the March Joint Powers Authority.
One of the lawsuits, filed by Moreno Valley resident Frank Baca, seeks the disclosure of the project's impacts, Briggs Law Corp. lawyer Karen Skaret told the paper. She added that Baca is simply a concerned citizen whose interests are "strictly environmental as far as I know." She added that although there was a review in 1999, it did not consider the individual effects of each project that will be housed within the Meridian business park.
"We want them to look at the impacts in terms of traffic, air quality and trains in the area, as diesel fuel is a big aspect of this [the Tesco plans]," she told the paper.
The other lawsuit was filed by Temecula-based Johnson & Sedlack on behalf of Health First, a "California unincorporated association," according to court documents. Both Health First and lawyers at Johnson & Sedlack could not be reached for comment by the paper. According to a 2004 interview, Raymond Johnson noted that his law firm has handled more than 15 court cases dealing with challenges to block Wal-Mart projects, the Press-Enterprise reported.
While this might be the first roadblock for Tesco's development in the U.S., it is not the first for the business park property in which it will reside. In 2003, residents in Riverside, Calif. neighborhoods including Orangecrest and Mission Grove filed a lawsuit claiming that the business park would create air pollution and traffic congestion. To settle the suit, the developer agreed to reduce the number of warehouses allowed to build there and vowed to keep trucks off of Alessandro and Van Buren Blvds., the report stated.


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This list of crimes was compiled from censored police reports and written by Lydia Sprague
Road rage
An officer reports he was in his patrol car on April 15 at 2:52 p.m. when he saw some suspicious activity. He was driving southbound on Fifth Avenue North, approaching John Street, when a car suddenly sped through the red light for eastbound traffic on John Street and turned south onto Fifth Avenue. The car was followed by a van.
The car cut to the right of traffic and made a quick right turn onto westbound Denny Way. The van's occupants jumped out and told the officer that the driver of the car had just shot out their van window. The victims said they were not seriously hurt.
Nearby officers were quickly alerted to the situation and began looking for the suspect's car.
A back passenger window in the van was shattered, and there was a bullet hole in the bottom of the window frame. There were three people in the car, two of whom had minor cuts and scrapes — one from broken glass; the other said he thought he'd been grazed by a bullet.
The victims said they'd been driving eastbound on Mercer Street, heading toward Interstate 5, when the suspect's vehicle cut them off in traffic and the van's driver honked the car horn. Soon after, the suspect pulled alongside the victims and shot a pistol at their car, shattering the window.
The suspect shot through his own windshield to hit the victim's vehicle, the victims said.
The suspect made a U-turn on Mercer and headed back west. The victims followed until they flagged down the officer.
The responding officer was able to review his in-car video of the car to verify the victims' description of the suspect's vehicle.
Police examined the inside of the victims' vehicle and located a bullet fragment resting on top of the console between the driver and front passenger seats.
Storage-unit break-in
On April 1 at 1 p.m., police responded to a building in the 200 block of West Comstock Street after a resident called to report his storage unit had been broken into.
The door to the storage unit had visible pry marks, but the door between the storage area and the parking garage it was in was not damaged in any way. Police suspect the burglar had a key for this door.
The officer observed that most of other storage units also had pry marks.
Another resident informed responding police that several lock boxes were broken into recently outside the building.
The victim said that many items were missing, including a set of golf clubs worth $1,600 and three bags of tools he estimated to be worth $2,500 dollars.
Police advised the victim to check online auction sites and local pawn shops and to call 911 if he located any of his stolen items.
Cut screen
At 3 p.m. on April 10, a woman in the 3200 block of 27th Avenue West arrived home to discover that the screen on her door had been cut and the back door kicked in.
When she entered the house, she found her home ransacked and many items, including jewelry, had been stolen.
Police responded that evening and were able to find several fingerprints in the house.
Mail theft
On April 3 at 7:46 p.m., police were dispatched to a building in the 1200 block of Queen Anne Avenue North for a report of recent burglaries.
The building manager told police that, over the previous two weeks, he has found six mailboxes pried open and damaged.
He also said that someone has been taking the outgoing mail.
The manager also said that, sometime within the previous two days, someone attempted to break into his workroom.
He said he arrived at work that morning to find the top lock pried off of the door. The burglar was unable to enter the room, and nothing was taken.
Police advised the manager to tell the building's residents to be extra vigilant about whom they let in the building.
Open door
A couple in the 4000 block of 33rd Avenue West called 911 on April 1 after arriving home to find their home had been broken into.
The female victim said that she was the last to leave the house, at 8 a.m., and the male victim said that he arrived home around 3 p.m. He noticed that the front door was ajar and unlocked, but there was no damage to the door or the doorjamb.
It appeared that items were only taken from the living room, including two laptop computers.


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it was a rumor, today it is official – unlocked versions of the HTC Desire are getting updated to Android 2.2 starting this weekend. HTC also throws in HD video capture for good measure. Here is the full list with goodies from the official presser:Yesterday
"The Android 2.2 (FroYo) update for HTC Desire will start rolling out across Europe this weekend. As well as including the complete set of Android 2.2 features, the update will contain a few special additions of our own through the latest iteration of HTC Sense. The update will provide 720p video capture, HTC's App Share widget, as well as our enhanced HTC Caller ID, and improved multi-language keyboard. Also, through the update, HTC Sync will allow HTC Desire users to sync their music with iTunes.
HTC Desire users will be notified that the over-the-air update is available to download when their phone automatically checks for software updates. The update won't delete any of the phone's content. However, due to the size of the update, we would advise using a WiFi connection to download it wherever possible to avoid additional data charges.
This update will initially roll out to unlocked HTC Desire handsets. Operator specific versions of the update are undergoing testing and we expect to make them available in several weeks' time."
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What a pleasure to see the sun shine every day for about a week now! Since Dec. 1, we have had about 24" of rain at the Ben Hur Research Farm, with similar amounts statewide.
I'm sure we've lost some wheat fields to flooding and the lower ends and depressions in others where water backed up for an extended period of time. Downy mildew will likely show up in those low areas as we move into the spring.
I have looked at wheat in Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Winnsboro within the past week, and winshielded quite a few grower fields on those trips. Wheat looks surprisingly good, given all that it has been through. Much of our wheat needs nitrogen now, along with continued sunshine to fully recover.
I would go ahead and apply at least 30 units of N to those fields that have poor color and/or growth, then wait a few weeks and see how the fields look before adding additional N.
Consider a mix of ammonium sulfate and urea in the initial application of S may be needed.
Here is an additional advisory on wheat waterlogging that Ed Twidwell, extension specialist, put together.
I spoke with Boyd Padgett, Extension Plant Pathologist, this morning. Neither of us have observed or been alerted to stripe or leaf rust around the state. Stripe rust has been identified in Arkansas and several other states, so it would be wise to scout fields soon.


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MTV Considers A New Series Called "Married Young." We Say: I Do!
Confession: I am 31, and sometimes I feel like I'm not ready to get married yet—that it'll still be a few years before I'm ready to sit down in a roller coaster car with someone, lower our safety bar, and ride the ups and downs of life together. (Yeah, that's not my best analogy ever.) But different strokes for different folks—I mean, my mom got married at age 20 and has had a pretty awesome life thus far. What I'm trying to say is that I'm totally fascinated by people who get married when they're 17, 18, 19, 20, or 21 since it's such a big commitment to make at such a young age.
Apparently, MTV feels pretty compelled by this topic, too. They've ordered a pilot for a new series called "Married Young." The concept is very similar to "16 and Pregnant"—the idea is to show teenagers put in a situation where they have to grow up fast. Each episode will follow a young couple—they don't define the age range, but I'm hoping for 21 and under—through their first year of marriage, documenting their trials and triumphs, issues and tender moments.
I am very excited for this prospective show. MTV does an amazing job with documentary television—"True Life," "16 and Pregnant," and "World of Jenks" are all wonderful. This concept of course makes me think of Leah and Corey, the couple who had twins together on "16 and Pregnant" and had their wedding captured on "Teen Mom 2." While things didn't work out for them, I feel like I learned a lot about the nature of love and commitment from watching their story. Here's hoping that the youngsters on "Married Young" will be equally as compelling.
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The Seattle Girls' School (2706 S. Jackson St.) is seeking a diverse group of female-identifying mentors to match with its incoming sixth-grade class of 33 students. Mentors from any race, religion, sexual orientation and national or ethnic origin are needed.
The goal of the Mentor Program is to make the students "strong from the inside out" by building a village around each girl during a time when many young people search for role models outside of their immediate family.
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An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Simple Marketing Intervention in Changing Student Attitudes to Depression
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|A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of a Simple Marketing Intervention in Changing Student Attitudes to Depression
- The primary outcome was the proportion of participants responding positively to the question 'Can depression be effectively treated?'
- Secondary outcomes included the correct identification of the symptoms of depression and the effectiveness of certain treatments.
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Depression is a major public health problem. It is common, affecting approximately 10 percent of the United Kingdom (UK) community at any one time. Britain's student population is particularly at risk.
Knowledge of effective treatments for depression is burgeoning thanks to a rapid increase in the quantity and quality of relevant research. Regardless of these advances, depression is still under-reported (Freeling et al., 1985) and general practitioners often fail to diagnose it.
When depression is correctly diagnosed, most patients in primary care will receive a prescription for an antidepressant. However, some patients will not have the prescription dispensed, and most will not complete the full recommended course. Compliance with psychological treatments is also a problem.
Study Design:
- Pilot work: The intervention consisted of mailing (to each undergraduate student's pigeon-hole) a pack of 4 postcards which provided brief information on depression in an attractive format. One postcard summarised information on depression as an illness; one summarised information on the causes of depression; one summarised information on the treatment of depression; and one summarised information on how to seek help for depression. Prior to the trial, the drafts were revised through feedback from a focus group of 5 students, who discussed the design and content of the draft postcards. The focus group participants were recruited from the Queen's College, as this college did not participate in the trial. The focus group contributed to the revision of the draft questionnaire.
- The trial: The design was a cluster, randomised, controlled trial. Individual Oxford University colleges which accept undergraduate students were the units of randomisation. Twenty-eight colleges were randomised. Permanent private halls and postgraduate colleges were excluded, as was the Queen's College (due to it being the lead investigator's college) and Harris Manchester College (a college for mature students).
Half of the randomised colleges received no intervention; the other half received the intervention.
A questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention to half of the undergraduate students in each of the colleges. The same questionnaire was used for both time points. Questions addressed knowledge of, and attitudes towards:
- depression as an illness;
- symptoms of depression;
- treatment for depression;
- sources of help for depression.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Undergraduate students at Oxford University
Exclusion Criteria:
- Postgraduate students
- Students at the excluded colleges
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00122083
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|University of Oxford
|Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX1 3JX
|Principal Investigator:
|John Geddes
|University of Oxford
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|NCT00122083 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 18, 2005
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|July 25, 2005
Keywords provided by University of Oxford:
Health education
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
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This is easy for me.
My favorite is October - perfect weather - I just love October.
Second favorite is May - Why May - Well it certaily isn't the Indy 500 LOL, no mainly because of the NBA playoffs. I just love, love the playoffs, and the second round is always my favorite. Two games every night - perfect.
My least favorite is August. I get sick and tired of the hot weather and there is never any NBA news going on - the most boring month of the year. Many of you will pick January or February as least favorite - not me, I don't mind the cold weather and I can't hate a month when the NBA is playing.


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I have owned this desktop computer for a little over two years now, and overall, it has performed well. I've found that the dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM have been sufficient to run every-day applications at good speeds. The total hard drive space of 1TB is more than enough for storing videos, music, photos, games etc. It is also fairly quiet, even when running intense applications, but I have found that the DVD drive can get rather noisy at times. The large number of USB ports, as well as the plethora of memory card readers mean that it is easy to connect up peripherals.
My primary criticism of this computer would be the supplied graphics card, (the Nvidia GeForce 8400GT) which I have recently replaced. It is perfectly fine for things like watching movies and browsing the web, but it struggles when it comes to gaming. While it is capable of running older games, such as half life 2, at high resolution without lag, it is not able to cope with more recent titles. Games such as Bioshock, Call of Duty 4 and Fallout 3 will all suffer from low frame rates if running on anything other than the lowest settings.
Another criticism would be the size of the power supply unit. The supplied PSU is only 250W, and if you're going to be adding or upgrading components, you will need to buy a bigger power supply.
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The conservation treatment of Severin Roesen's Still Life, from the collection of Conner Prairie, is one of those very rewarding projects. The exquisite details of the painting were obscured beneath several layers of dirt, dust, soot, and heavily discolored natural resin varnish. The vibrant original colors appeared dull, dark, and hazy. The painting was a shadow of what it once had been, but those original colors and details were still there, just deeply buried. Removing all of those layers to once again reveal the beautiful colors of Roesen's Still Life was not only rewarding to me as a conservator working behind the scenes, but it's also rewarding to the visitor who now gets to enjoy the painting and all of its details and subtle colors.
Here is the painting in all its glory in the IMA's Early American galleries. So what went on behind the scenes to get it here? About 85 hours of careful conservation work.
Conservation work always begins with a thorough examination. A conservator has to understand the layers of the materials that comprise the painting, and have an understanding of how those materials age and what sort of damage, if any, they incurred. In short, the examination breaks down the construction and condition for all the layers that make up the painting. Paintings are composite objects and include a variety of materials. For traditional oil paintings, these include a fabric support mounted to an auxiliary wooden stretcher or strainer, a ground or preparatory layer, paint layers, and a varnish layer.
Once the examination was complete, the first step was to address any structural issues. In the case of Roesen's Still Life, there was a small tear in the canvas and there were some areas where the paint was actively flaking and several cracks in the paint that were unstable. The importance of addressing structural concerns is quite simple: you want to prevent further damage to the object.
Stabilization, or consolidation, involves the application of an adhesive to the areas of flaking or insecure paint. This is often done by adding the adhesive to the specific area with a small brush. The adhesive chosen depends on a great number of factors including the original materials for the painting, the strength of the adhesive, what solvent is necessary for the adhesive, and whether or not the adhesive needs to be heated during or after application, to name a few.
Once a painting is stable, the treatment stages that have a more aesthetic impact can be carried out. For the Roesen, this stage of treatment began with the removal of dirt and soot from the varnished surface of the painting. This was done with an aqueous solution with a slightly elevated pH that had the addition of chelators (that's where the coursework in chemistry comes in handy).
Once the dirt and soot were removed, I was able to then remove the discolored natural resin varnish. This was done with a mixture of organic solvents that were selected after careful testing. Here, I'd like to recount that importance of that initial examination. The understanding of what the materials are that comprise the painting is paramount when carrying out a conservation treatment.
The visual effects that the layers of dirt and discolored varnish have on the appearance of the painting are quite dramatic. Those darkened and hazy layer not only affect the colors, but the tonal balance as well. The yellowed varnish made the painting appear very flat. This is especially noticeable in the pink flowers, as you can see in the images below.
After the layers of dirt, soot, and discolored varnish were removed, it was time to address those large undulation distortions in the canvas. This was done with controlled, local humidification. But first, the painting needed to temporarily be taken off its stretcher.
One of the common problems that cause bulges and distortions in the canvas is dirt and debris that becomes trapped between the stretcher bars and the canvas. Roesen's Still Life was no exception. In fact, you can see what was behind the stretcher in the image below.
Debris, such as the organic materials found behind the stretcher on the Roesen, is very reactive to moisture. If exposed to high humidity, these materials will hold moisture for a long time, which can cause further distortions in the canvas and lead to cracking and flaking paint.
The dirt and debris were vacuumed from the reverse of the painting. After the vacuuming was complete, the localized humidity was carried out to remove the distortions. The distortions can have an effect on the structural stability of the many layers comprising the painting, but it also has a visual impact. The bulges can cast shadows and distort the spatial depth of the composition. Once the distortions were removed, the painting was re-stretched back onto its original stretcher.
After the application of a new coating of varnish, the compensation began. The painting was in relatively good condition. The areas that needed visual reintegration included the small tear in the lower left and areas where there were prominent cracks in the paint. There were small losses of paint surrounding the tear. These areas had to be filled to adjust the depth of the missing paint and ground. The fills are textured to match the surface of the surrounding original paint.
Inpainting is carried out with stable conservation colors and a very small brush. This stage of treatment is approached so that the materials and technique make the inpainting reversible. This is done mainly for ethical reasons, as highlighted in the AIC's code of ethics and guidelines for practice. When inpainting, color is added only where the original is missing or damaged.
The treatment produced wonderful results, both structurally and visually. The cracked and flaking paint was secured and the undulation distortions in the canvas were reduced, making the painting stable structurally. So much original vibrancy and detail were reveal by removing the discoloring layers of dirt and yellowed varnish. Now the painting can be safely displayed and thoroughly enjoyed by our visitors.
Special thanks again to Conner Prairie for their long-term loan of this painting.
Click here to see the first conservation blog post about this treatment.
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6 Responses to "Severin Roesen: Conserved"
Emily Says:
October 7th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I just went to see this in the galleries, it is luminous!
Megan Says:
October 7th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Just saw it upstairs. It looks great, Christina! Thanks for sharing the process with us.
Christina Says:
October 8th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Emily and Megan, glad you both enjoyed seeing the painting in the gallery. It was a fun project.
art museum guide Says:
October 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Looks great. Can't wait to see it in person.
Rebecca U. Says:
October 24th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
This really looks great, Christina, great post
Tim Says:
August 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 am
I always love seeing a good conservator's work, particularly since I know this is one area I'd never have the patience to touch. Excellent job.


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Psychiatry Newsletter - Adolescent Mood Disorders: More Than Meds
Hopkins Brain Wise Summer 2010
Adolescent Mood Disorders: More Than Meds
Marjorie Centofanti
Date: July 10, 2010
"A mood disorder is a disease you can treat," Kastelic says, "It's not who you are."
Anyone who's raised teenagers bears witness to the moodiness and angst that can surge during adolescence and into young adult years.
Being in that age group with depression or bipolar disorder, however, brings extra layers of challenge, says psychiatrist Elizabeth Kastelic, who directs Hopkins' Adolescent and Young Adult Mood Disorders Inpatient Service. Then, teenage moodiness and irritability become intense, even debilitating, and invite a host of other problems, from difficulty concentrating to a chronic irritable state that can be overwhelming.
Under Kastelic, however, the service has evolved tactics to provide patients with skills for managing such symptoms. "With the right tools," she says, "they learn to cope with their illness at what's often a high-stress time for anyone, well or mood-disordered."
But before newly admitted patients can begin to think about disposition, they must first reach a benign-enough mood. So a clinical team works with them early on to fine-tune medication. At group meetings led by nurses and occupational therapists, patients learn about their illness. They also practice problem-solving, communication skills and the coping mechanisms that can manage symptoms and help prevent relapse.
During a therapy session, for example, a young woman might be led to realize that her constant lashing out at parents or friends in response to conflict or stress is really depression manifesting itself. "That leads us to discuss consequences of acting on this irritability," says Kastelic. "We'd explore how that makes the parents feel."
Asked to come up with healthier alternative behaviors, the patient might suggest requesting that the family take a 24-hour time-out from heated discussion.
Nurses and therapists also apply a behavioral activation approach—the idea that simply increasing activities in a patient's day, particularly enjoyable ones, aids recovery. It's not unusual in a mood disorder to withdraw from daily activities—school, work, social life—and have irregular sleeping and eating patterns. "Depression," notes Kastelic, "can wreak havoc on routines of daily living." So patients spend time charting how they will spend their days after they are discharged.
Each day, Kastelic says, should have an anchor—a reason to get out of bed, like attending a class, working for an hour, even sticking to regular mealtimes. A critical part of the process, says Kastelic, is making a "pleasant events schedule"—listing activities that a patient finds enjoyable and marking times to do them.
Finally, as patients leave the program, they write a safety plan: a list of tactics to apply if they notice symptoms returning. If a patient notices his mood declining or starts having thoughts of harming himself, for instance, his plan might be to first listen to music for 20 minutes. If his symptoms remain, he'll then talk to a parent. If that doesn't help, he'll call his doctor.
"It's a protocol," says Kastelic, "just as you'd have for any other medical illness."
Basically, she explains, patients should leave the program understanding that their mood disorder is an illness. "It's really a message of hopefulness. A mood disorder is a disease you can treat. It's not who you are."
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