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Patrick McAvoy knew his job had some drawbacks. As a contract employee at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, he lacked benefits and long-term stability, but he stayed on as an events coordinator for three years, hoping to be hired full time and seeing little opportunity elsewhere.
This year, the job market shifted, and by spring, he had two offers.
"It was pretty stunning. You send out resumes so many times and don't hear anything back. Then you hear back from multiple places, and all of them are good opportunities for your future," said McAvoy, 28, who turned down an information technology job at the Johns Hopkins University to be an events planner for the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.
McAvoy's good fortune illustrates a significant shift in the slowly recovering job market. As hiring picks up across the nation, more people are leaving their jobs voluntarily — a promising sign for workers, companies and the economy.
The "quit rate" — the percentage of American workers who leave jobs voluntarily — has risen to the highest level in four years. That shows that workers are more confident about finding new jobs, said Sophia Koropeckyj, an economist with Moody's economy.com.
"When people change jobs, they [usually] change to better jobs and change to higher-paying jobs," Koropeckyj said. "When people don't change jobs, they can be dissatisfied, and morale is low. If they're there because they're afraid to leave the job, that could have an effect on productivity. The ability to change jobs is a good sign in the economy."
The number of available jobs, which plummeted to under 2.2 million in July 2009 during the recession, has averaged nearly 3.8 million since the beginning of 2013, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
State officials said Friday that Maryland employers added 4,600 jobs in May, though the unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.7 percent. The job sectors of professional and business services, and of trade, transportation and utilities added 6,600 jobs. The sectors of construction and of education and health services lost jobs.
Despite the nation's job growth, the economic recovery has been slow — and its prospects remain uncertain. On Thursday, for example, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 350 points, eliminating almost two months of gains. And many job seekers have been forced to accept lower-paying jobs than they held before the recession.
Sequestration, the automatic federal spending cuts designed to reduce the deficit, as well as the expiration of the payroll tax holiday have prevented the economy from growing more quickly, said Richard P. Clinch, director of economic research for the University of Baltimore's Jacob France Institute. Additionally, the global recession and the slower growth of China's economy have reduced exports.
Until consumers become more optimistic about the economy's future, they won't be spending; businesses, in turn, won't reinvest profits until customers return, Clinch said. Even as conditions improve, job openings must grow another 10 percent to 20 percent to get back to pre-recession levels, he added.
With the expansion of the job market, more than half of the 153 organizations surveyed by consulting firm Ol Partners reported higher turnover, according to research released in May. And that involved all types of jobs, including middle managers and senior-level executives.
Employers are responding — especially to supervisors and those tagged as future leaders — by offering job coaching and increasing pay and benefits, said Patty Prosser, chair of OI Partners. Front-line employees are being given improved training and perks such as tuition reimbursement and flexible hours and schedules.
"Companies are getting aggressive with counteroffers of more money or better quality of life," said Patrice Rice, founder of Patrice & Associates, a hospitality recruiting agency near Annapolis. "A lot are starting to put together packages for employees that are more attractive. … The job seekers are using the new job offers to get a better opportunity at their current position."
Finding replacement workers, meanwhile, can be difficult.
In the restaurant industry, which traditionally has high turnover, replacing a manager can take two months, Rice said. The restaurant must advertise the job, screen candidates and conduct in-person interviews, background checks and personality tests, she said. Candidates are plentiful, but qualified ones are not, she added.
Even within the past year, employees were afraid to change jobs because of the nationwide financial instability, Rice said. "People were worried about whether a restaurant or hotel chain would be able to stay open or have to close a location."
But now confidence among workers in the hospitality industry is rising, she said. Restaurants are opening new locations, hotels are expanding, and companies are seeking managers, shift leaders, cooks and servers.
Some workers have become less willing to wait for raises.
"If you're told to wait a year, you don't want to wait a year," said Emily Testerman, a 2010 graduate of Stevenson University who has found opportunities whenever she has looked into changing jobs. "You work hard and want to make more, so you look."
Testerman, 24, left a job in November to work as a retail marketing manager for Diamond Comic Distributors in Timonium. It's the third company she's worked for out of college. She landed her first full-time job in fall 2010 as a public relations coordinator for Vitamin, a Canton-based graphic design and public relations firm, and worked there for a year.
"I ended up leaving because it really, really delved into the PR stuff, and … it wasn't my thing," she said. "I was super-grateful for working there but started looking 10 months in."
She was hired as an account manager at Adcieo LLC, a Baltimore agency that works with nonprofit groups on email campaigns. After working there for a year, she thought about looking elsewhere once again. Before she could start, she got a call from Diamond, which had interviewed her previously.
Her job with Diamond, for which she writes a column and newsletter aimed at comic shop owners, came with a bigger salary and more opportunity. For the first time, Testerman feels she won't need to start looking again anytime soon.
Testerman believes she has progressed because she's realistic and open-minded about her options. As an English major in college, she originally wanted to write for magazines.
"I don't scour the job sites searching for something that's exactly what I thought I wanted to do," she said. "I don't just search 'entertainment writer,' because that's not going to be there. You have to be flexible and realize you could end up somewhere that you could make work. If you can use the skills you've learned or you're good at, you'll do OK as long as you can move along there."
Many job seekers who applied for the more than 2,000 openings at Maryland Live in Hanover were hoping to use skills they had learned elsewhere to move into positions with more potential for advancement, said Howard Weinstein, the casino's senior vice president overseeing human resources.
Carol Pennachio, a 48-year-old Frederick native, had been working in hotel hospitality when she showed up at Maryland Live's hiring center the day it opened in January 2012. Recruiters there suggested that she interview for an entry-level steward position, and hinted at the potential for quick promotion. She's twice been given more responsibility and is now executive steward, managing six other supervisors.
"I just wanted to join a company that was growing, so that I could grow with it," Pennachio said. "Here was a chance to use skills I had learned elsewhere in a position that has better salary and better hours."
Weinstein said Maryland Live, owned by the Cordish Cos., has put incentives such as a free health clinic and discounted lunches in place to retain employees.
"We realize it's a competitive environment right now and that we need to do things to attract and keep quality people," he said.
Maryland Live has promoted 92 employees since opening last June. Still, the casino has seen several workers leave for better opportunities; a digital-media specialist left to become a project manager with a slot-machine manufacturer, and an entertainment manager took a similar position at a larger venue.
Job-hoppers have contributed to a jump in the nation's "quit rate," which hit 1.7 percent in January, February and April, the highest level in more than four years. The rate averaged 2.2 percent in 2005 and 2006, but plummeted during the recession, hitting a low of 1.2 percent in September 2009.
This so-called job churning can be seen among workers of all ages.
"Job churning is more of a younger-person game than an older-person's game," said Clinch of the University of Baltimore. "But in a recovery, churning is across the board."
A recent survey by online employment marketplace Monster showed the frustration many job seekers feel, with more than half of those surveyed struggling to find a job matching their salary, title and location preferences.
The survey of nearly 6,000 Monster users showed that 42 percent of job seekers who are employed are unhappy with their jobs. Most in that group plan to job-hunt in the next year and are confident about landing new jobs.
Monica Krausch, 35, of Aberdeen knows well that the current job market still has its share of hurdles.
"I'm embarrassed to say that the last three years, I've had five or six jobs, and I'm not one for job-hopping," she said.
Krausch has worked in the automotive industry for more than a decade, usually on commission in parts and service departments for high-end car dealerships. She's lost some jobs through layoffs and struggled to earn a living on commission.
She hoped for better with a new career, and went back to the Art Institute of York for an architecture and design degree. But her job search after graduation in January 2012 turned up only low-paying internships that wouldn't pay the bills. She returned to an auto-parts job but was laid off last summer.
She started a design and photography business, then in April finally found a job in her newly chosen field as a color consultant at a local paint store. The work is part time, for now.
Krausch depends on help from family to pay bills and repay a student loan.
"I'm doing everything in my power, as far as the job is concerned, to work myself up through the ranks," she said. "I would definitely like to make a career" here.
Baltimore Sun reporters Eileen Ambrose and Chris Korman contributed to this article.
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2009-10: Started 11 of her 30 games played as a junior...Tied for second on the team with five double-doubles...Recorded team high points on seven occasions and team high rebounds 10 times...Recorded double-digit rebounds eight times and double-digit points in 13 games...Led the team with a 48.8% shooting percentage and in blocked shots with 41...Third on the team with 286 points and 202 rebounds...Had 30 assists and six steals...Posted career high 20 points at FDU on January 9, and pulled down a career high and team season high 18 rebounds in the NEC quarterfinals against Sacred Heart on March 6...Averaged 9.5 points/game, 6.7 rebounds/game, 1.0 assists/game, and 1.4 blocks/game.
2008-09: Played in all 32 games, starting 28...Averaged 6.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game...Added 28 assists, 20 steals and a team-best 39 blocked shots...Had team-high points twice, including a career-high 17 at Fordham on Dec. 22...Also led the team in rebounding on 13 occasions, including six straight games...Recorded three double-doubles in a row at Bryant, at Fairleigh Dickinson and versus St. Francis (NY)...Tallied seven blocks versus Mount St. Mary's on Dec. 6...Ranked 3rd in the conference in blocks per game (1.22) and sixth in field goal shooting (45.7 percent).
2007-08: Appeared in 25 games, starting eight...Averaged 4.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game...Made debut in starting lineup at Robert Morris on Jan. 28...Recorded double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds against the Colonials...Averaged 7.8 points and 8.5 rebounds in eight starts...Led team in rebounding in six games.
Before Central: Three-year letterwinner at Hamden High...Averaged a double-double as a senior...Earned team's most improved award in final season.


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You probably have heard about crypto viruses that encrypt your files and demand a ransom in Bitcoin to get your data back, though even if paying the demanded BTC you may still not get access back to the data. Well it seems that a new trend is users receiving extortion emails demanding Bitcoin to be paid for no apparent reason, though they do seem to rely on "catching" novice users off guard and scaring them that some of their "dirty secrets" may be leaked to their family, friends or employer. Of course these are emails intended to scare you and are not based on real threats, they are badly written in English and not personalized to the receiver mentioning any real data or anything to sound more convincing. As a result you can pretty much ignore them as nothing more than SPAM, though we are sure that some people may actually fall for the trick and even pay the demanded 1 Bitcoin ransom. Do note however that even if the threat was real by paying what is being demanded it does not mean that the promises would be kept, just as in the case with crypto viruses!
Here is a quoted example of such an email:
i now have your information.i have also used your user profile to find your Facebook page,Using this i can now message all of your friends and family members,
if you would like to prevent me from sharing this dirt info with all of your friends and family members (and perhaps even your employers too?) then you need to send 1 bitcoin to the following BTC address
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i iNVEST MY RESOURCES BOTNETS OK AND MY TIME AND MY ENERGY ALL WHO AROUND YOU BE VICTM THIS NOiZE i SWEAR!
You Get Very Bad Results And Lost Your Job And Your Reputation
THIS HOW ROULETE NOW YOU STIMUL TO FIGHT I AM DESTROY YOUR LiFE START GIVE YOU CHANCE PAY BUT TIMER START!
"i would lose business, contracts..,i'm not even sure if my contract with my employer has a morality clause,"she told CNNMoney on Friday."it could be very damaging."
To Resolve This Situations
You Must
1 BTC Sent!
Bitcoin address: 1timeDCzSQF6gW8bqLG8d4cs2xSman1Zr
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You may be wondering why should you and what will prevent other people from doing the same,in short you now know to change your privacy settings in Facebook so no one can view your friends/family list.So go ahead and update that now (i have a copy if you dont pay) to stop any future emails like this,
You can buy bitcoin using online exchanges easily. i am aware that you probably don't have (bitcoin) BTC at the moment,so ok i giving you this time to get BTC and pay 3 bit coin.
This instruction *if you need help locating a place to purchase (BTC), use the website called localbitcoins, google it, if you dont know about it.This site makes bitcoin very easy and quick to purchase using multiple methods.
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On localbitcoins sign up and choose to buy the bitcoin (BTC) with western union or money gram wire , find a seller of your choice (localbitcoins is a "ebay" like site with sellers with many sales and a high rating being trustworthy) pay with cash at western union or money gram when you send the wire to the seller as sellers don't accept payments made by credit card. After you send wire to seller provide the seller with a copy of the receipt and when they verify they with send the bitcoins (have the seller send the bitcoin directly to the bitcoin address we provided you with OR if they send the bitcoins to your localbitcoins wallet on site instead you will have to log into your localbitcoin wallet and send to the bitcoin address we provided you with). It will take less then and hour and a half for us to receive the bitcoins once you wire the money to a seller on localbitcoins, the seller will give you a confirmation of payment through site and we will let you know we received. You wil l get the information nee Current price of 1 BTC is about 916 USD, so we are fairly cheap, at the moment.But if you try ignore us, we will ruin your life i make your Nightmare And Noize Around You Continue or You Can Pay
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you only need to pay and we will disappear i swear!
If the bitcoin is not paid within 6 days to you deadline timer of then my system will automatically message all of your friends and family members.The bitcoin address is unique to you!
Consider how expensive a divorce lawyer is.if you are no longer in a committed relationship then think about how this will affect your social standing amongst family and friends.What will your friends and family think about you?
Unfortunately it is things like these that do contribute to giving Bitcoin and crypto currencies a bad name, but when a lot of money is involved there are all kinds of "bad" people attracted trying to get them the easy way by cheating and lying normal people that may even never head of Bitcoin. Checking the quoted Bitcoin address for the ransom shows that nobody has yet sent any BTC to it…
Source and More information: Fake Extortion Emails Demanding Bitcoin For No Apparent Reason
Author: Cryptomining-blog.com


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Kurt Broadhag, MS, CSCS, LEED AP, is a fitness professional with more than 15 years of experience in personal training and club design. He is president of both K Allan Consulting, a firm specializing in health club design and management, and 23D Gym Design, which develops both two- and three-dimensional fitness center layouts. Broadhag can be reached at (310) 601-7768 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Each year, more club owners are recognizing the importance of being environmentally conscious and realizing how easy it is to adopt eco-friendly practices in their day-to-day operations. Several factors, though, still prevent many of these business owners from fully committing to being environmentally friendly. However, a number of recent changes—including increases in government initiatives/incentives, improvements in sustainable materials with decreased costs and a greater acceptance of social responsibility—have led to a resurgence in commercial buildings going green. At the forefront of this movement is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the benchmark in green building certification.
LEED is an internationally recognized certification developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to allow buildings and communities to identify and implement green building concepts in design, construction, operations and maintenance. Business owners can pursue a number of LEED certifications based on their current building situation (i.e. new construction, commercial interiors, existing building, operations and maintenance).
Businesses interested in certification must follow a number of steps that include registering their project, integrating LEED requirements and submitting all documentation along with the fees. Depending on the number of points the building earns, it can be awarded one of four certification levels: certified, certified silver, certified gold and certified platinum. Points are awarded in a number of categories, the largest of which include:
• Sustainable sites: Buildings affect the environment by their impact on land consumption, natural resources, energy use and the ecosystem as a whole. This category takes these factors into consideration and rewards projects that minimize the building's impact on the ecosystem. Points are awarded over a broad range of categories, including building location (discouraging development on undeveloped land, encouraging development around spots with public transportation access, etc.), stormwater run-off, outdoor lighting and landscaping.
• Water efficiency: Approximately one-quarter of the nation's supply of renewable freshwater is used daily. From this, 65 percent is then discharged into rivers, streams and treatment plants. This use places a burden on building fixtures as well as water treatment facilities. The water efficiency category addresses these issues by awarding points based upon either a 20 percent or 30 percent reduction in the use of potable water (water safe for drinking) achieved through selection of more efficient appliances and fixtures.
• Energy and atmosphere: Buildings use a large amount of energy derived from sources that negatively affect the environment. The energy and atmosphere category addresses this issue by encouraging the adoption of strategies to both decrease energy required by the building as well as incorporating renewable energy. Categories include use of efficient appliances, lighting fixtures and control, and HVAC optimization.
• Materials and resources: The extraction, processing and transportation of resources for building materials can have a negative impact on the environment. This category promotes the use of sustainably grown and regional products in the design and construction of buildings while also addressing the concern over building waste in the process.
• Indoor environmental quality: The EPA estimates pollutants inside buildings run three to five times higher than outside. Because people spend an average of 90 percent of their time indoors, it makes sense that LEED addresses indoor air quality and tenant comfort. In the indoor environmental quality, category points are awarded for the use of low or non-VOC products as well as natural elements, such as daylighting, to enhance the health and well-being of those in the building.
The benefits of LEED buildings are numerous: lower operational costs, reduction of greenhouse gases, conservation of energy and water, reduction of natural resource usage and waste, a safer environment for occupants, qualification for tax rebates/incentives, etc. This certification is not industry specific and easily can be implemented into new club design. Within the fitness industry, we have the ability to convert to LEED-certified facilities while also doing business with others who take on the social responsibility of LEED certification.


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It's a matter of timing, not killing.
No one questioned that Dr Kermit Gosnell had killed a lot of babies. After all, that was his business. He killed babies for a living. And he made a killing at killing. According to some reports, Dr Gosnell made millions from killing babies.
That was never the issue. Because killing babies is not a crime. The crime is where and when you kill them. The issue, the fine point that both the defense and the prosecution wrangled over day after day for weeks, was whether or not Dr Gosnell killed the babies after they were outside their mother's bodies, or before.
Doctors routinely chop babies up when they are inside their mother's wombs. I could put a YouTube video right here of a doctor dismembering a baby and pulling its body parts out and tossing them in a tray. Happens all the time. Happens every day.
Every. Single. Day.
The difference is when the mother delays killing her baby until the child is big enough that it's no longer possible to chop it up inside the womb and then extract the dismembered body a piece at a time. There comes a point where it's difficult to get that big baby out without also delivering a living child.
Abortionists go through all sorts of medical contortions to make sure that the baby is dead when they get it out. One of their favs is to jab a needle through the mother's abdomen and shoot poison into the little one's beating heart. If the dosage is adequate and their aim is good, the baby dies. They can then put the mother through labor and delivery of a dead child. Ta da. Dead baby and no courtroom drama to follow.
Another practice is to induce labor with such violent contractions that the contractions kill the child as it's being born. Not so neat. And certainly a big ouch for the mother. But another ta da. Dead baby and no need to hire a defense attorney.
There are other ways, of course. One is to shoot saline solution into the mother's womb (again, that nasty needle through the abdomen) and scald the baby to death. Then, of course, induce labor and deliver a dead child. Ta. Da. Dead baby and no visits from the police.
Of course, things get dicey when one of these tragic potions fails and a live child comes out of the abortion process. That's when the question of timing becomes pertinent.
As Gosnell's defense demonstrated, it doesn't matter that Dr Gosnell killed children. All that matters is when he did it. Their whole defense rested on the contention that the good doctor had managed to kill each of these babies while it was still inside mama's womb. His grisly practice of using scissors to sever their spinal cords afterwards was just a bit of — excuse the word — overkill.
They were successful enough with this defense to get several charges dismissed and to have the jury find the doc not guilty on another charge. In other words, it worked. Fortunately for justice lovers the world over, it didn't work completely. The jury evidently decided that Dr Gosnell had not killed all the babies before getting them out. Three of them managed to survive the abortion. Killing them then made it murder.Five minutes before, it would have been good medicine.
Dr Gosnell is not the first abortionist to get hung up on this quibbling technicality of when they kill the baby. Dr Kenneth Edelin and his colleague tried to abort a baby that was around 20-24 weeks back in 1973. First, his colleague used the then-standard process of injecting saline into the mother's womb. When the baby survived that, Dr Edelin tried what is called a hysterotomy, which involves cutting the mother open and then running his finger between the baby and the placenta, severing its lifeline. In theory, the baby smothers and dies and we have another ta da. Dead baby and no legal troubles for doctor.
In this instance, prosecutors maintained that Dr Edelin failed to kill the child again. He ended up smothering it after it was born.
Instead of a ta da, Dr Edelin had to go to court, where he was convicted. His conviction was subsequently overturned, based largely on claims that the baby was "not viable" anyway.
That overturned conviction, based as it was on the question of viability, set the stage for 40 years of slaughter of late-term babies.
The prosecution achieved a first in the Gosnell case. They got a jury to acknowledge that what Dr Gosnell had been killing were human beings. A first degree murder conviction is only possible if people are killed. You can not be charged, much less convicted, of first degree murder for killing chickens or pigs or goats. First degree murder requires that a human being deliberately and with premeditation kills another human being.
That's what Dr Gosnell was charged with and it's what the jury convicted him of doing.
That's a big win.
But it still begs the question: If these babies were human beings when Gosnell killed them, why were the other babies for whom charges were dismissed, not human beings?
Let's examine this contention. The babies who were "already dead when they were born" had been killed by Dr Gosnell. Not one person disputes this. But because they were killed a few minutes earlier in their lives than the other babies, their deaths don't matter. They are non-human thingies that anyone can kill for any reason or no reason at any time.
But, 15 minutes later, they are full-fledged human beings and killing them is premeditated, first-degree murder that is liable to earn their murderer the death penalty.
In both the case of Dr Edelin in 1973 and Dr Gosnell in 2013, the legality of using timing to determine humanity is insane. There is no logic or explanation that can make it seem sane to any thinking person.
Yet that is the law we live by. It is the law these babies died by.
We have made murder a "right," and we are, every single day, reaping the whirlwind that comes from that.
So, the question arises. If it's only a matter of timing, what's so bad about Gosnell?


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If you were a New York architect in 1931, the height of your social season was the Beaux-Arts costume ball. That's when fancy dress consisted of a costume based on your most famous architectural design.
Here are the architects and buildings in question, courtesy of Archive Digger:
New York's Architects dressed up at the 1931 Beaux-Arts costume ball as the buildings they designed. From left to right: A Stewart Walker as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, Ely Jacques Kahn as the Squibb Building, William Van Alen as the Chrysler, Ralph Walker as 1 Wall Street, D.E. Ward as the Metropolitan Tower and Joseph H. Freelander as the museum of New York.
I'd love to see something like this today—not just for people whose buildings have come to fruition (although someone will have to be the Burj Dubai), but for architects as well. Richard Aurele in particular needs to get in on this act as Bob, the Dog Building of Shanghai.
You can see more photos from this party on Retronaut.
Can you even IMAGINE this today? [Archive Digger via Retronaut via Neatorama]


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Twelve years ago in 1995 an alleged voodoo priest showed tricks in one of Europe's most popular television shows. Some weeks later the methods of these tricks were explained to millions of viewers. A magician had given away the secret of the thumb writer to the producers of the TV show for a few bucks and for his own image-cultivation. By demonstrating the voodoo priests tricks a well guarded magic secret was explained in detail to millions of spectators. Werry was upset about this exposure. Being one of the leading trick inventors in Europe he came up with a totally new concept for a well known voodoo theme. With this new principle, he was able to blow away even those who thought they knew it all... Only a very small limited number of this trick was manufactured in those days. Now after nearly two decades Werry's Voodoo I is available again!
A member of the audience examines a sketch pad and a felt-tip pen. The spectator is then asked to write his name in large letters across the top sheet of the pad. This sheet is torn into two pieces. One of the pieces is given to the member of the audience, who crumples it up and holds it in his closed hand. The magician draws for example a large eye on the second half and crumples it up as well. As if by voodoo magic, the image the magician drew on his paper appears on the backside of the half that the audience member is holding!
Lovers of ingenious mysteries will delight at this effect from that Maestro of Deception – Werry! Werry's method differs fundamentally from the earlier dilettante performances, standard magical techniques and the so-called voodoo priests. Werry's concept is a mental masterpiece, designed to become a classic!
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Hospice care alternate names is Palliative Care or End-of-life Care which helps people with illnesses that can't be cured and who are nearing death. The goal is to give comfort and peace instead of cure. Hospice care provides relief from pain and symptoms, and support for the patient and the family. It helps family and loved ones stay close to the dying patient. Most hospice patients are in their last 6 months of life. Hospice care does not make death come faster, or put off death.
What Hospice Care Offers in Shanghai
Hospice care is given by a team. This team may include doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors, aides, clergy, and therapists. The team works together to give the patient and family comfort and support.
The hospice team is always available.
Hospice care treats the mind, body, and spirit. Services may include:
- Control of pain
- Treatment of symptoms (such as shortness of breath, constipation, or anxiety)
- Spiritual care that meets your needs
- Giving the family a break (called respite care)
- Helping the patient and family learn what to expect
- Helping the patient and family cope with loneliness and fear
- Helping the patient and family share feelings
- Helping the family after the loss (called bereavement care)
The hospice team helps the family cope after the death.
Where Hospice Care Is Offered in Shanghai?
Hospice care may be given in many locations including:
- The patient's home
- The home of a family member or friend
- A nursing home
- A hospital
- In a hospice center
The person in charge of care is called the primary care giver. This may be a spouse, life partner, family member, or friend. In some settings the hospice team will teach the primary care giver how to care for the patient. Caring could include turning the patient in bed, and feeding, bathing, and giving the patient medicine. The primary care giver will also be taught about signs to look for, so he or she knows when to call the hospice team for help or advice.


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Once again, WITN is pleased to share video greeting cards from our troops stationed around the world, wishing their loved ones happy holidays!
Scroll through the list of clips to find your loved ones or someone from your hometown. Click the link to play the video.
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
The only way Kellie Pickler would take her newfound dance skills to Broadway is if she could still perform country music. "I didn't grow up wanting to be a dancer," Pickler told CMT Radio. "I grew up wanting to do what Dolly Parton does and what Loretta Lynn does. My No. 1 passion and goal in life was to do what I'm doing now — be part of the country music family, live in Nashville, tour and write songs." Still, Pickler's Dancing With the Stars partner Derek Hough is encouraging her to think about a new kind of stage. "I've never thought about doing Broadway," she said, "but Derek is very adamant on telling me, 'You need to do Broadway.'"
If she does end up on Broadway, at least she's already cool with wearing a wig. Pickler wore one this week during her fox trot and told CMT Radio the army of people working behind the scenes chose that for her, and she's totally OK with that. "Derek kind of paints out the picture of the vision that he has," she said. "And I just kind of embrace the whole thing." Her mantra? Dive in head first and embrace the whole culture of it.
Next week's show will be all about the quick step, which Pickler has never done.
"I guess we're gonna be quickly stepping across the dance floor," she joked.


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Arctic lakes are shrinking, and melting permafrost brought on by higher temperatures may be the reason, according to a research paper.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Arctic lakes are shrinking, and melting permafrost brought on by higher temperatures may be the reason, according to a research paper.
California, Alaska and New York researchers compared satellite images spanning 30 years of more than 10,000 large lakes over 200,000 square miles in Siberia. They concluded that lakes where permafrost remains frozen are growing.
But where permafrost has thinned or completely melted, lakes are shrinking or disappearing, a change that could affect habitat for migratory birds.
The research is outlined in a paper, "Disappearing Arctic Lakes," published in the journal "Science" on Friday.
Permafrost is ground that remains below freezing temperature all year. It may contain ice, but with or without it, the ground remains impermeable.
As temperatures rise, ice and snow melt and put more water into Arctic lakes. Larry Smith, an associate geography professor at UCLA, said researchers expected to measure more, larger lakes, not fewer.
"We were expecting to see more of the same," he said.
They now believe additional lake surface brought on by melting is just the first part of the process. In the southern parts of the Siberia study area, the permafrost itself is believed to be melting.
Researchers mapped four zones of varying amounts of permafrost. As they looked south, where permafrost thinned or disappeared, lakes were shrinking. That indicates melt water is seeping into soil as permafrost decreases, Smith said.
Larry Hinzman, a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher, found a similar phenomenon at tundra ponds on Seward Peninsula near Council in western Alaska. Surface pond area there decreased over the last 50 years.
"This is the first paper that demonstrates that the changes we are seeing in Alaskan lakes in response to a warming climate is also occurring in Siberia," Hinzman said.
The latest study was aimed at quantifying the Alaska observations on a larger basis, Smith said.
Small, shallow tundra lakes that rest on permafrost are "ephemeral," coming and going with variations in weather, Smith said. Researchers instead studied lakes of 40 hectares or about 100 acres, Smith said.
The study compared satellite digital images from 1973 to images from 1997-98. Researchers entered images into computers and "co-registered" them with modern data by manually picking control features -- structures that can be confidently identified in both photos, Smith said.
The number of 100-acre lakes fell from 10,882 to 9,712, a decline of 1,170 or 11 percent. The scientists said 125 disappeared, replaced by vegetation.
Other lakes shrank. The overall loss of lake surface area was approximately 6 percent, researchers said.
Lakes grew in northern areas of the study, where permafrost remained intact.
Varying effects on lakes is not a conflict but different phases of the process, Smith said.
"We're proposing that it's all part of a continuum," Smith said.
In regions where permafrost has thinned or disappeared, surface soils also become drier as permafrost degrades, Hinzman said.
"The changing lakes are a consistent, measurable indication of the overall changes to hydrology in the Arctic," Hinzman said. "The loss of surface water will inevitably impact local ecosystems, which will have a cascading effect.
Changes could include loss of migratory bird habitat. Huge numbers of migratory waterfowl fly north for breeding.
Changes could affect subsistence hunting activities and local and regional atmospheric conditions, causing more localized wind and more frequent and more severe wildfires, Hinzman said.
Researchers would like to expand their study and will seek funding for lake work in Alaska, Canada and eastern Russia, Smith said.
The other co-authors of the study were Yongwei Sheng, an assistant professor of environmental science and forestry at State University of New York, and Glen MacDonald, chairman of UCLA's geography department.
The study was paid for by the National Science Foundation.
Arctic warming has been documented in both Alaska and Siberia. John Walsh, president's professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, said spring temperatures at Nome near Hinzman's research at Council have risen 4.3 degrees since 1950. At locations in Interior Alaska and northern Siberia, the spring warming has been closer to 6 degrees, he said.
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Steve Backshall has said that tracking down the Deadly 60 is nothing compared to facing Strictly Come Dancing's four judges.
The CBBC wildlife show presenter is known for his bravery in confronting the world's most dangerous creatures, but is taking on terror of a new kind in the BBC dancing contest.
He said: "This whole experience is so much more frightening to me than anything I've ever done before - it makes sharks and snakes and scorpions look like nothing.
"At the same time, if the judges are horrible to me, it doesn't matter because they are criticising dancing and I'm not a dancer."
Steve said the show's launch red carpet was a change of pace for him: "I have the least celeb lifestyle you could ever imagine. To go from a couple of weeks ago I was in the Arctic, now I'm walking down a red carpet covered by glitz and glamour and baubles, it's incredible.
"My wardrobe consists entirely of army surplus trousers and an old grey t-shirt, and now I'm wearing this - have you ever seen so many sequins in your entire life? It's ridiculous."
He added: "It's nothing to do with my career and what I do in the rest of my life, but that's kind of the point. It's just taking a couple of months off to be fabulous."
Steve spends a lot of time in Latin America for his TV show and said he hoped Strictly would help him pick up some moves to take back on his next trip.
He said: "I've been to the big salsa clubs in Brazil where there are thousands of people dancing at any one time. I've been to the places in Argentina where they're dancing tango and the energy you get is fantastic, but I've always been an outsider. Now there's a possibility that I might be able to actually get involved."
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One on September 7 at 8pm.
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Updated at 8:02 a.m. ET: MIAMI — Mitt Romney said his campaign is about "100 percent" of Americans as his campaign continued to work to contain the fallout from controversial comments he made at a private fundraiser in May.
Romney, speaking Wednesday at a forum sponsored by Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, softened his tone in reaction to a question about his surreptitiously-recorded comments to donors, in which he dismissed 47 percent of Americans as not winnable because of their dependence on government.
As both presidential candidates stump in battleground states, Mitt Romney tried to turn the page on a troubled few weeks with a message of inclusiveness at a town hall meeting in Florida. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
"First of all, this is a campaign about the 100 percent. And over the last several years, you've seen greater and greater divisiveness in this country. We had hoped to come back together but instead you've seen us pulled apart," Romney said. "I am concerned about the fact that over the past four years, life has become harder for Americans."
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney arrives at Univision and Facebook's "Meet the Candidates" Forum moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos in Miami, Florida, September 19, 2012.
That represented a softer, more inclusive tone for Romney, who dropped language he had used on Fox News and with Republican donors about the comments reflecting the role of government in society.
Later at a rally at an exposition center in Miami, Romney evoked his father, whose bootstrapping history he regularly references on the campaign trail, as an example of someone who benefited from government help without becoming dependent.
"My dad was born in Mexico of American parents living there. At age 5 or 6 there was a revolution. They came back to the United States, and my dad had to get help, financial help. The government helped his family be able to get on their feet again," Romney said. "By the way, that's the way America works, we have great hearts; we care for people who have needs. We help get them back. We help lift them up but then they go back to their permanent lifestyle. We help people, we get them on their feet and they build a brighter future."
Romney also laughed off another controversial remark from the leaked tape, in which he told donors about how being a Latino himself might have helped his chances against President Barack Obama. Romney's father was born in Mexico, and a Univision moderator asked him if he was certain he wasn't Hispanic.
"I think for political purposes that might have helped me here at the University of Miami today," Romney deadpanned.
The event marked a renewed effort by Romney to cut into Obama's sizable advantage with Latino voters. He was softer on immigration, health care and education issues, all the while attacking the president for failing to fulfill his campaign promises to the nation's fastest-growing demographic group.
TODAY's Matt Lauer speaks with Ed Gillespie, a senior adviser to the Romney campaign, about the candidate's recent controversies and how he has handled the steady drip of bad news.
At the Spanish-language forum, Romney pledged a solution to what he called the nation's broken immigration system. He said he had no intention of "rounding up" the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants thought to be in the United States illegally while his plan takes shape.
"I said I'm not in favor of a deportation, a mass deportation effort rounding up 12 million people and kicking them out of the country," Romney said. "I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home and that's what I mean by self-deportation. People decide if they want to go back to the country of their origin and get in line legally to be able to come to this country."
'Federal solution'
Democrats have attacked Romney's "self-deportation" concept since the primary campaign, when Romney used immigration as an issue with which to attack his rivals from the right, essentially promising to make economic opportunity so scarce for illegal immigrants that they would leave the United States voluntarily.
Before an almost exclusively Latino audience on the campus of the University of Miami, Romney defended his support for only one provision of a controversial Arizona immigration law and praised legal immigration as key to America's vitality.
"One aspect of the Arizona law which I think is worthwhile to consider and be part of a federal solution is this idea of an employment verification system," Romney said when pressed on his past praise for the Arizona law. Romney said the law would not have been necessary if President Obama had followed through on promises to reform federal immigration laws in his first term.
"The reason there is an Arizona law is because the federal government and specifically President Obama didn't solve the immigration problem when he came into office," Romney said.
With polls consistently showing Romney trailing President Obama by a 2-to-1 margin among Latino voters, the outreach by the former Massachusetts governor here – aimed at all Latinos, but with a particular focus on the Cuban-American community here – is critical.
That might be why Romney, who rarely mentions his Massachusetts health care reform law because of its similarities to the president's health care reform bill, embraced his connection to some of the law's most popular provisions here. Among Latinos, health care has been a key issue.
"I have experience in health care reform," Romney said after vowing to repeal President Obama's healthcare reform law. "Now and then the president says I'm the grandfather of Obamacare. I don't think he meant that as a compliment but I'll take it. This was during my primary. We thought it might not be helpful. But I've actually been able to put in place a system that fit the needs of the people in my state. And I'm proud of the fact that in my state after our plan was put in place every child has insurance. Ninety-eight percent of adults have insurance, but we didn't have to cut Medicare by $716 billion to do that."
The Obama campaign quickly responded to the events, accusing Romney of offering only platitudes to the Hispanic community.
"Mitt Romney is wrong on issues of importance to the Hispanic community. On critical issues, he continued to refuse to answer any of the tough questions or provide any specifics on what he'd do as president," Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith said in a statement. "We are just two weeks away from the first presidential debate, where the American people will demand more than vague answers and empty platitudes. It's time for Mitt Romney to come clean and get specific about his policies."


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Before the test, your health care provider will look inside your ear to make sure nothing is blocking the eardrum.
Next, a device is placed into your ear. This device changes the air pressure in your ear and makes the eardrum move back and forth. A machine records the results on graphs called tympanograms.
You should not move, speak, or swallow during the test. Such movements can change the pressure in the middle ear and give incorrect test results.
The sounds heard during the test may be loud. This may be startling. You will need to try very hard to stay calm and not get startled during the test. If your child is to have this test done, it may be helpful to show how the test is done using a doll. The more your child knows what to expect and why the test is done, the less nervous your child will be.
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This test measures how your ear reacts to sound and different pressures.
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There are no risks with this test.
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The temperature dipped to 5 degree's this brisk Winter morning. My daily jogging in the cemetery was at a fast pace for sure today. My thoughts this morning were of the inauguration of Obama and of course, warmer weather which led me to day-dream about Geneva-On-The-Lake.
I dug up this photo I took last Summer (2012) of the Wet And Wild water slide at Geneva. Notice the flag flying. Notice the blue star field is on the right top. Not to be a stickler of flag etiquette but come on man, the blue star field should always be top left whenever displaying the flag to the public. Vertical or horizontal.
The past several weeks our local veterinarian has been displaying his flag outside his office upside down. Flag etiquette states that flying the flag upside down is a signal of distress when there is immediate extreme danger to life or property. (I believe he is making a political statement using the American flag)
I wonder what would happen if a few military personnel carriers with a full complement surrounded the doctor's office in response to the upside down flag to offer aid and assistance to Dr. Allen.
I wonder what the military charges for that type of service call?
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This year, the University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry will be participating in the annual Tucson Festival of Books for the first time. Despite their newcomer status, the Confluencenter has planned an ambitious program for the festival.
The two-day, multilingual event will contain panels under the "Voices Across Borders" theme. Panels will be either literary, political or memorial including authors, poets, war analysts and a tribute to the late Miguel Méndez, author and UA professor.
"We believe that these convergence, these confluence of voices, will really enlighten and educate our local audience about what it is to live across borders," said Javier Duran, Confluencenter director. "What it is to live in a society in which we talk about borders and yet sometimes the voices are not heard."
Heather Gray, a former employee of Arizona Public Media, is now the community engagement coordinator for the Confluencenter, and she has been working with the Festival of Books committee, the Mexican consulate and Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to organize the days' events.
"We're just concentrating our outreach efforts on getting people to come," Gray said.
Panels will be held at the UA Stevie Eller Dance Theater on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16. More information on panels and scheduling can be found on the Confluencenter website.
In addition to the television interview, Arizona Spotlight host Mark McLemore talked with Confluencenter executive director Javier Duran about the center's goals and priorities for Voices Across Borders.
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Guest artist Norma Cantù is recognized as one of the most important voices in contemporary Chicana literature. Cantù will add her experience as an author, folklorist, social critic and educator to the Confluencenter's Voices Across Borders panel at the 6th annual Tucson Festival of Books. She spoke with Arizona Spotlight host Mark McLemore about her enthusiasm for engaging in a public dialogue about border life and art.
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Despite results, Betances leaves 2013 debut confident
NEW YORK -- Dellin Betances struck out the Angels' Grant Green -- the first batter he faced in his 2013 season debut -- on three pitches to end the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night. And it took him nearly 30 minutes to do it.
Rain began pouring down at Yankee Stadium just seconds after Betances pumped a 94-mph fastball past Green, bringing on a 26-minute delay that put the young reliever's season debut temporarily on hold.
"It was kind of weird, strange, because you wait for the day to come to pitch, and then that happens and you're like, 'Oh man,'" Betances said. "But it had no effect on me. I had enough time to warm up, and I felt good after that."
Betances got Green to swing at 94- and 97-mph fastballs after the delay to end the inning, and he got Angels catcher Chris Iannetta to strike out on four pitches to begin the ninth.
The 25-year old wouldn't record another out after that, though. Against the next five batters he faced, Betances gave up a single to Tommy Field, an RBI single to J.B. Shuck, a single to Kole Calhoun, a three-run home run to Mike Trout and a single to Mark Trumbo. He then walked Chris Nelson after getting a visit from pitching coach Larry Rothschild and was removed from the game.
Betances ended up pitching just two-thirds of an inning on Tuesday, giving up four runs on five hits and a walk.
"The results weren't as I wanted," Betances said. "I felt like I threw a lot of strikes, but I didn't mix my pitches the way I should have, probably. I felt like I threw too many fastballs. Guys up here take advantage of that."
The outcome wasn't much better than it was when he made his Major League debut in 2011, when he gave up two runs on two hits and six walks over two appearances. After Tuesday's outing, his career ERA sits at 16.20.
But his first appearance of the 2013 season will serve as a learning experience for him, he said.
"I definitely felt more confident knowing that I could throw strikes," Betances said. "I wasn't as nervous as the first time. The first time, I was so nervous. But this time, I felt better."


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text: You have other DVD and video streaming options if you're unhappy that Netflix now charges more for its video streaming service and is renaming its DVD-by-mail service Qwikster. By Cameron Huddleston, Former Online Editor September 19, 2011 Two months after announcing it would split its mail-order DVD and video streaming into two services and charge for each separately, Netflix is making another change. Its DVD-by-mail service will be renamed Qwikster in a few weeks, CEO Reed Hastings wrote on the Netflix blog. Hastings also apologized for the way Netflix announced the separation of its DVD and streaming services and new pricing. "It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility," Hastings wrote in response to the thousands of comments posted on Netflix's blog since the company said in July that customers would have to pay extra for unlimited video streaming starting September 1. Previously, Netflix members received unlimited streaming and unlimited (mailed) DVDs for $9.99 a month. Now members have to pay $15.98 a month to get both services ($7.99 for unlimited streaming and $7.99 for unlimited DVDs). Sponsored Content When Qwikster launches, members will also have access to mail-order video games. However, Qwikster.com and Netflix.com will not be integrated. So those who receive both services will have to manage their DVD and streaming accounts separately. More than 6,000 comments already have been posted to the company's blog in response to the name-change announcement -- many of them calling it a mistake. Advertisement So if you're looking for alternatives to Netflix, here are some options: Vudu. This streaming service has a wide selection of high-definition movies available the day they are released on Blu-ray. And it's one of the cheapest alternatives to Netflix. You can stream movies to Vudu-enabled HDTVs or Blu-ray players, your computer, iPad or PlayStation 3. You can also watch Vudu movies at Walmart.com. COST: You pay $2 to "rent" a movie for two nights. Amazon Instant Video. You can choose from nearly 50,000 movies and TV shows to watch instantly on your computer or on TV with a streaming device. COST: $3.99 for a 48-hour rental; Amazon Prime ($79 a year) members get access to 5,000 movies and TV shows at no additional charge. Apple TV. This device lets you stream thousands of movies and TV shows directly to your TV. Many movies are available the day they're released on DVD. You have 30 days to start watching but, once you start, you have only 24 hours to finish viewing. COST: $99 for the Apple TV device; 99 cents for TV rentals, $2.99 and up for movie rentals. Advertisement Blockbuster. Like Netflix, Blockbuster will mail DVD rentals. You can choose from more than 100,000 titles. COST: $4.99 for a seven-day rental. Or with Blockbuster On Demand, you can watch movies instantly. COST: Free to $3.99 (depending on the movie) for a 24-hour rental. Hulu. The Web site known for online streaming of TV shows also has hundreds of movies -- older releases, though. COST: Many of the movies are free, but you can gain access to more with a Hulu Plus membership for $7.99 a month (the same as what you'd pay for Netflix unlimited streaming, which offers a lot more movies). Redbox. This DVD-rental company has kiosks at more than 27,000 locations nationwide -- from restaurants to grocery stores to national landmarks, such as the Empire State Building. The kiosks feature up to 200 titles (630 actual DVDs). Redbox isn't nearly as convenient as the instant video streaming or mail-delivery DVDs that the services above offer, but it's cheap. COST: $1 a day, but you can find codes for free Redbox rentals at Insideredbox.com. Public library. The DVD selection at your local public library probably won't match what the services above offer, but it's a good source of free or dirt-cheap entertainment. COST: Free or a minimal fee. Follow me on Twitter


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Exhibition - Herbert Ferber: Form into Space
Saturday, Oct 19, 2019 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
This exhibition focuses largely on the sculpture and related drawings that Herbert Ferber (1906-1991) created during the 1950s that represent the artist's most creative period. In these works, Ferber challenged traditional notions of sculpture and focused on line rather than mass, reflecting his artistic instinct that the future of sculpture lay as much in the shaping of space as it did in the shaping of form.
The tightly curated exhibition comprises 20 works, 9 sculptures and 11 drawings that range in date from 1947 to 1964. It begins with two sculptures and four related drawings from the late-1940s that underscore Ferber's engagement with Surrealism and interest in the work of British sculptor Henry Moore. Ferber integrated form and space in sculptural works such as Sun Wheel, 1956, and The House (The Staircase), 1956. At the same time that his work was evolving in this direction, it was also becoming increasingly abstract in form and gestural in character, as seen in sculptures such as Roofed Sculpture with "S" Curve, 1954, and Heraldic, 1957. In the 1960s series, Homage to Piranesi, Ferber created a dynamic relationship between mass and void, intertwining forms and suspending them in space in a slender frame. For nearly a year, he stopped making sculpture and focused on his drawings to work out his sculptural ideas on paper; when he returned to working with metal, his forms were both looser and more abstract.
By the mid-1960s, at the very moment when Ferber's work had achieved broad critical acclaim, the course of American sculpture changed radically with the emergence of Pop Art and Minimalism. Now, some fifty years later, Form into Space takes another look at his sculpture and drawings of this period and to reassess the nature and scope of his achievements in a medium that evolved in new and extraordinary ways in the decades after World War II.
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A Trial to Assess the Effect and Safety of the C-Qur™ Film (CLIPEUS)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01872650
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 2014 by Drs. M.W.J. Stommel, University Medical Center Nijmegen.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : June 7, 2013
Last Update Posted : December 5, 2014
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Adhesions develop in more than 90% of patients undergoing an intra-abdominal surgical leading to serious consequences and complications at reoperation.
The investigators initiate a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to assess whether the use of C-Qur™ Film decreases the incidence of adhesion formation in subjects undergoing colorectal surgery. Treatment with the application of C-Qur™ Film as an adhesion prevention barrier for colorectal surgery will be compared with the control group at the second stage ostomy takedown procedure. The primary outcome evaluation will be assessment of adhesions to the incision site.
|Condition or disease
|Postoperative Adhesions
|Device: C-Qur
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|80 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial to Assess the Effect and Safety of the C-Qur™ fiLm, an antI-adhesive Barrier for the PrevEntion of sUrgical adhesionS
|Study Start Date :
|September 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2016
No Intervention: Control
No placement of an adhesion barrier
Experimental: C-Qur
C-Qur film placement beneath the incision. Possibly placement of C-Qur film at other sites considered to be adhesiogenic (but not around the anastomosis)
Device: C-Qur
In subjects assigned to the treatment arm, the C-Qur™ Film must be applied beneath the incision. The C-Qur™ film can also be applied to other areas considered to be adhesiogenic (e.g. the dissection site and ostomy site but not around the anastomosis). The number of C-Qur™ Film sheets placed is limited to a maximum area of coverage of 774cm2.
- adhesions at the incision site [ Time Frame: 8-16 weeks after index surgery ]The incidence of adhesions at the incision site
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing either open or hand assisted laparoscopic colonic and/or rectal resection whereby an incision is made of 6 cm or longer
- Patients willing and capable of providing written informed consent prior to study enrolment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women
- Patients for whom it is known, prior to the initial procedure, that loop ileostomy or colostomy closure between 8 and 16 weeks is not feasible for any reason
- Patients with known/active intra-abdominal infection such as peritonitis, abdominal abscess, anastomotic leakage or fistula (Interloop abscesses in the resection specimen is not an exclusion criterion)
- Patients with endometriosis
- Patients with known allergies to any component of the C-Qur Film device
- Patients requiring an additional procedure at the time of loop ileostomy or colostomy takedown deemed interfering with adhesion assessment by the treating surgeon.
- Patients in whom it is intended to use intraoperative lavage/irrigation with any anti-adhesion solutions other than lactated ringers and/or saline (e.g. dextran, heparin, corticosteroids, ADEPT, any other irrigant that is believed to have anti-adhesion properties ) or an adhesion barrier other than C-Qur Film™.
- Patients who have received within the last 30 days or are planned to receive systemic agents prior to the index procedure with the intention to prevent adhesion formation
- Planned chemotherapy and/or abdominal radiotherapy between index surgery and loop ileostomy or colostomy takedown
- Patients taking immune system suppressants deemed by the surgeon to interfere with wound healing (patients taking daily doses of corticosteroids exceeding 20mg within the prior 30 days are to be excluded). Patients requiring perioperative corticosteroid supplementation are not to be excluded.
- Patients with impaired immune system function or coagulation disorders deemed by the surgeon to interfere with wound healing
- Patients with a known history of severe multiple drug allergies
- Patients who have a life expectancy of less than 6 months because of a medical condition or disease state
- Any patient with a medical condition or other serious condition which will interfere with compliance and/or ability to complete this study protocol or who in the opinion of the investigator would not be a good candidate for enrolment
- Patients participating in a study of another investigational device or drug
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01872650
|Contact: Martijn Stommel, MD
|Contact: Chema Strik, MD
|Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
|Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 HB
|Principal Investigator: Martijn Stommel, MD
|Study Chair:
|Harry van Goor, MD, PhD
|Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Drs. M.W.J. Stommel, MD, University Medical Center Nijmegen
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 7, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 5, 2014
|Last Verified:
|December 2014
postoperative adhesions
adhesion prevention
colorectal surgery
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First up is Kingdom Doll's Nelson. She is the newest 16" resin BJD to hit the doll scene.
Here are several prelimary (iPhone) images of her. (Actually all the images on this page are iPhone images.)
Nelson is wearing the full length black sequin Sybarite gown from the Basique Black Giftset and a random blonde wig. Neckpiece is a Tonner product. Her ears are pierced but are quite small and the matching earrings do not fit. She has a well-defined sculpt which will photograph beautifully once I get her down into my studio. Her resin feels wonderfully smooth and her joints are neither kicky nor loose. I am going to enjoy this doll for a long time.
My Sybarite "Domina" decided that she wanted to wear "Gateau's fashion. She wears it very well. So often the Sybarite shoes are a pain to put on, especially over hosiery, but these were made properly to my delight. I love this ensemble.
Ahhh, the tricks we evil Photoshoppers play. I prefer to get it right in the camera anyway.
Two adorable vinyl BJDs have come to live here. They are Ai Ball Jointed Dolls from Jun Planning, the same company that makes Pullips.
Here is their description:
Precious and posable, personable and perfectly palm-sized, each 12.5cm (about 5 inches) doll in Jun Planning's Ball Jointed Doll Ai series has been created with care and is exquisitely detailed, complete with wigged hair that can be removed if you choose, and inset eyes that can be repositioned from within using putty. Packaged in a sturdy gift box designed to keep safe in travels.My first was Lagrus.
The left shows how she comes packaged in ther padded box. I added eyelashes and enhanced her coloring a bit. On the right, she is wearing a short blonde wig. I used different putty than what she came with. Actually I use moldable silicone earplugs that come in a multi-package available at CVS and I'm sure at most other drugstores.
My second Ai came today. She is "Plum." I haven't taken her out of her package yet.
These tiny dolls are fun impulse buys and would also make great gifts for doll friends of all ages. Their price ranges from $29 (so I've heard but have never seen) to much higher from the rip-off artists. I paid the normal going rate of about $34.99 with free shipping on eBay. For that price, these are great bargains and a fun introduction to the tiny BJD. The quality is very nice. They pose better than Amelia Thimble. Their vinyl is nicer than her resin! I don't have Amelia anymore so I can't compare their clothes to see if they can share.
Amelia is only 4" tall. A basic doll like this costs $175. You do the math.
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Modi misleading Gujarat's urban poor on homes: Ajay Maken
Published: 08th December 2012 09:26 PM | Last Updated: 08th December 2012 09:26 PM | A+A A-
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken
Saturday mounted a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi for consistently making false promises on homes for the poor in the
"While in 2002, Modi had promised to make 15 lakh houses, a promise totally unfulfilled, he has again promised to build 50 lakh houses in the run-up to the current elections," Maken said here.
"Leave apart constructing houses, the Gujarat government is not even implementing the schemes for which the central government is providing funds," he added.
Maken elaborated: "After having sanctioned construction of 139,490 houses for the urban poor under JNNURM (at a cost of Rs.2,492.81 crore), only 55,399 houses have been allotted and occupied."
"Seventy-three per cent of the total admissible grant by the central government had been given to the Gujarat government, despite this performance. This is an insult to the hopes and aspirations of the poor people of Gujarat," he said.
He blamed the Gujarat government under Modi's leadership for the delay in implementing the central government's Rajiv Awas Yojana for Slum Free ('Jhopri Mukt') India in eight cities in the state (Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Bhavnagar and Porbandar), where despite the release of funds in March 2010, plans have not been completed.
"On the basis of preparatory work in the Rajiv Awas Yojana, the central government had set aside Rs.5,000 crore for construction of houses for the urban poor. Whereas proactive governments like Madhya Pradesh have been able to get hold of half of the total sanctioned amount for various projects, the Gujarat government has not been able to move ahead," Maken said.


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Sign says vehicles "will be searched by uniformed security"
Paul Joseph Watson
December 3, 2013
TSA-approved warrantless searches of vehicles parked outside airports are being expanded, with a photograph taken at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport informing Thanksgiving travelers that all vehicles belonging to AmeriPark customers "will be searched by uniformed security."
The policy, which first came to light earlier this summer after complaints from people who found notes inside their car which read, "your vehicle has been inspected under TSA regulations," continues to cause confusion and stoke concern amongst privacy advocates.
When the story first broke, the TSA was keen to deflect responsibility by explaining that although, "the plan is approved by the TSA, it is up to each airport authority and its state and local law enforcement partners to follow the plan that has been implemented."
The sign above, originally posted by Young Americans For Liberty, suggests that airport uniformed security guards are responsible for carrying out the searches at Birmingham International, not valet parking staff. The image was taken on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest travel days of the year.
At some airports the searches are also being conducted with customers receiving no notification whatsoever.
"I was inside paying my bill. I looked through the window and saw this gentleman looking through my trunk," said Michelle Zevola, who used the Curbside Valet Service at Charlotte Douglas Airport. "He was moving things around, shining a flashlight, going through the compartments. I am so fine being searched at the airport. It's about safety. But I am not fine with my personal property being searched without permission or notification," added Zevola.
"There is no posted signage at the valet stand or around the airport that indicates cars left with curbside service will be searched. There is also no warning on the back of the valet ticket," reported NBC Charlotte. Deputy Aviation Director Jack Christine admitted that the searches had been taking place for a year and half without any signage or notification.
Under the guidelines, the person performing the search, whether that be a valet parking employee or a "unformed security" guard, is instructed to check the trunk, the engine as well as scan inside the car.
The policy represents a clear violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which protects Americans against "unreasonable searches and seizures," although TSA officials have justified the measures as necessary "to keep you and your family safe at the airport."
Critics have lambasted the TSA and airports who enforce the policy for entrusting searches of vehicles to valet parking attendants, who wouldn't normally be considered to be highly trained in bomb detection skills.
"Take note of that, America. Your safety can only be guaranteed by a search of valet-parked vehicles, but not by a trained agent," wrote TechDirt's Tim Cushing. "Instead, your valet will do a brief search of your vehicle to ensure there's nothing inside the cabin, trunk or under the hood that looks like a bomb. (Like, for instance, a bundle of wires and some other stuff with a post-it attached saying, "NOT A BOMB.")"
Another traveler who complained that her car had been searched with zero notice was Laurie Iacuzza, who said she was "furious" that airport personnel rifled through her vehicle without permission.
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