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Anthony Arico is the manager of Wells Fargo Advisors' Madison Avenue branch in New York City, located in a tony midtown Manhattan neighborhood marked by soaring skyscrapers, posh hotels and the whiff of money.
Against this showy backdrop, the unpretentious Arico runs a small office that is decidedly free of pomp and starchiness. Amiable and candid, the manager lives to service the 37 financial advisors who report to him.
"We've got a pretty low-ego operation. The key is to remain humble. I always try to live by that," says the manager, 45.
But when prompted, he isn't shy about noting some of his top accomplishments.
"We haven't lost any financial advisors to the competition in four years. The last one came back because he didn't like it at UBS. I felt really good about that," he says.
Arico's biggest achievement centers indeed on his outstanding record of advisor retention and expansion even in the face of longtime FAs' retirement.
New York-born, Oklahoma-bred, Arico has managed the branch at Madison and East 54th Street for seven years. He has been with Wells Fargo and its predecessors—he started out with Prudential Bache Securities—for his entire 24-year career. Now a senior vice president of the nation's third largest brokerage, with 15,300 advisors, Arico began as a Pru cold-calling summer college intern.
Though he never opted to join the advisor corps, he deeply understands FA needs.
"My advisors are my lifeblood," he says. "I tend to get very involved and granular with their problems when it comes to the nitty-gritty of their business," he says.
His branch manages some $4.5 billion in client assets, and last year's revenue totaled approximately $33 million. About 35% of the advisors are fee-based; branch-wide, a third of the practices are structured as teams. With their older, fairly affluent Upper East Side Manhattan client base, the FAs conduct a substantial amount of fixed-income investing.
Arico's chief goal for this year is to grow revenue 8.5% and increase the branch's already healthy liability management business.
"We're [concentrating] on putting incentives around [adding] more mass affluent households, and other new assets. The easiest way to do that," he says, "is through recruiting."
It is an aggressive effort. In seven years, Arico has been responsible for bringing in about $19 million in new production.
"Anthony runs a friendly, high-morale branch. He's a hands-on manager who's focused on and very attentive to the needs of his advisors," says recruiter Mark Elzweig, president of Mark Elzweig Company, executive search consultants in New York City.
Arico came to Madison Avenue not long after managing a suburban Boston and Manchester, N.H., complex, a position he snagged just six months after relocating to Boston from New York to begin branch management apprenticeship.
Before that, he had been asked repeatedly to go the branch manager route. He found the notion appealing; but having worked his way to overseeing strategic financial business operations for all branches east of the Mississippi, Arico felt happy enough to stay put.
Then came 9/11. That morning during a meeting, he happened to glance out a window of his top-floor office close to the World Trade Center. What he saw was the first plane slamming into the North Tower. Horrified, he watched people jump to their deaths from the burning building.
He ducked under his desk. As the first tower came down, severe air pressure caused what he felt as a powerful whack.
"We've got to get out of here!" he told colleagues. "We put handkerchiefs over our faces and took off. We got as far uptown as Chinatown when the second tower went down," Arico recalls, painfully.
The terrorist attacks transformed his attitude about how he would approach the remainder of his years.
"I realized that life is short and your career even shorter. I felt pretty strongly about doing some of the things that I thought I'd be good at and would find fulfilling—so I decided to go into branch management," he says.
The main value Arico brings to advisors, he believes, is helping them with their process and leading them through tough times.
"Not every day is peaches and cream—that's not life," he notes.
Philosophically and literally, Arico maintains an open-door policy. A favorite time for FAs to stroll in for one-on-one chats is 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.
"They like to talk to me at the end of the day. And that's where you build relationships," the manager says.
When it comes to recruiting, Arico's high ethical standards take precedence.
"It's more than just revenue and assets. I've probably passed on as much production revenue as I've [brought in]. Everyone would like a recruit who produces $750,000 to $1 million with a nice asset base and a fair amount of managed money. But to me, what's key is how an advisor manages their practice and if they're good people with a high moral compass. So," he says, "you look somebody in the eye and ask a lot of questions. It's part art, part science."
Diversity is top-of-mind. Arico bemoans the fact that there are simply too few female FAs.
"Statistically, women are strong advisors, but there just aren't a lot of them in the industry yet," he says. "We need to get more." (Females total 12%, according to Tom Daley, recruiting specialist, who is profiled in this issue.)
Most of Arico's new hires come via recruiters; referrals play a big, though secondary, role. He also does a little warm calling. The manager hires few trainees because of scant space in his 16th-floor 15,500 square-foot office—hiring newbies simply isn't profitable.
"My rent is in excess of $100 a square foot. So I need [people] that are actually generating revenue," he says. "When I hire a trainee, it's generally because an advisor wants one on their team. Today, if a trainee isn't on a team when they first come into the business, it's very, very difficult to succeed."
With the premium on space, taking on a new FA sometimes means transferring an existing one to a different Manhattan office.
"We have a good relationship across all the branches in the city,"Arico says. "Everyone wants everyone else to do well—so we always try to help one another."
A native of Farmingdale, Long Island, Arico grew up in Oklahoma City. His father was principal of his grade school; his mother, his high school guidance counselor.
"I love them to death, but I went to college about 2,000 miles away in New York," he says, with a laugh.
At Fordham University in the Bronx, he studied finance and became class president, then president of the college's full student body. As a member of the school's Breakfast Club—which he and the then-dean founded—Arico visited with a variety of corporate executives.
"It really fascinated me. I got very interested in the whole [business] culture," he recalls.
By the summer following the 1987 market crash, Arico was a cold-calling intern at Prudential Bache. He distinctly recalls that he enjoyed it. Upon graduating from Fordham with a bachelor's degree in finance, he joined Prudential's two-year management training program. In 1997, he was appointed business officer for the firm's northern and eastern division.
Two years after 9/11, he launched his branch management career, relocating to Boston as a sales manager. Only six months later, he was running a complex of his own. Next, he accepted an offer to become productivity/sales manager for all offices in New York City. But he was quickly given a branch to manage, and then another.
In the spring of 2006, he was promoted to run what had become Wachovia Securities' Madison Avenue branch.
The unassuming Arico immediately turned over his big corner office to advisors.
"They're the guys who bring in the revenue; so they deserve it. That also gave me the opportunity to show that I can sit in a small office and do my job just fine," says Arico, who still occupies a compact interior space. "The message is: the four walls aren't what's important—it's what you do inside those walls. I've had very high-end producers that will sit anywhere for me."
Two years after he took over Madison Avenue, the financial crisis hit.
"I never really believed that Wachovia was at the level of risk that it was. But then it became apparent. We went around making sure clients had their accounts positioned within FDIC guidelines. We went account by account to be certain they were sufficiently covered," says Arico, adding that neither money nor clients were lost.
Then, in a federally mandated sale, Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia.
"The Wells Fargo deal was a great, great solution to our problem," he says. "It's so reassuring to have that balance sheet. We're well financed. And the Wells Fargo brand name is incredible."
A typical workday starts at 4:30 a.m., when Arico heads to the basement of his Fairfield, Connecticut, home to exercise. Arriving at the office at 8:30 a.m., he meets with his on-site management team of assistant manager and licensed administrative manager, then embarks on the first of several walks around the branch. These put him face-to-face with all the FAs, from whom he often learns about pressing issues requiring attention.
Lunch is usually a fast sandwich that he or his assistant picks up from a nearby deli. (The manager's fave: whole-wheat wrap with grilled cheese, avocado, onion and zesty hot sauce.) Some lunches, however, are recruiting meetings at restaurants; such chats are also held at breakfast, dinner or over an after-work cocktail.
Arico and wife Courtney are the parents of three daughters, ages 14, 11 and 8. In what leisure time he's able to carve out, the busy manager snowboards, skis and golfs. He's been game even to try skydiving and is now training for a half-marathon.
Sleep, apparently, is at the bottom of Arico's agenda, a fact that he underscores by sporting a T-shirt emblazoned: "You can catch up on sleep the first year you're dead."
"Life," he says, "goes by so fast. You need to find fulfillment. The problem is, most people don't find out what they want to do at work or what they want to do with their lives."
Happily, branch manager Arico did.


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The Center for Science Education offers many additional professional and educational resources for urban teachers and students at all grade levels.
In March 2012, local middle school students trekked to campus to participate in the "Saturday Science and Engineering Programming," sponsored by Emmanuel's Center for Science Education.
In all, nearly 25 students in grades 6-8 from the Greater Boston area participated in the new program, aimed toward providing a younger population with a positive experience in the sciences on a college campus. Students from Brookline's Pierce School, Boston's James P. Timilty Middle School and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School in Roxbury participated in the program.
Students chose from two courses offered through the program, which took place during four two-hour sessions in March. "Can You Build This?" offered the chance for students to explore engineering principles by building their own toothpick bridges, mini trebuchets and gliders. The "Forensic Science" course allowed students to experience the science behind a crime scene by analyzing trace evidence, fingerprints, bite mark and blood stain patterns.
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I committed the kernel subsystem API documentation generation framework. It allows to generate the API documentation of a subsystem (with doxygen) just by adding a short config file (around 22 lines with comments and blank lines, maybe 14 lines without comments and blank lines). Here's an example of such a config:
PROJECT_NAME = "FreeBSD kernel sound device code"
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = $(DOXYGEN_DEST_PATH)/dev_sound/
EXTRACT_ALL = YES # for undocumented src, no warnings enabled
INPUT = $(DOXYGEN_SRC_PATH)/dev/sound/
GENERATE_TAGFILE = dev_sound/dev_sound.tag
TAGFILES = dev_pci/dev_pci.tag=../../dev_pci/html \
@INCLUDE = common-Doxyfile
The framework is configured to not only generate the HTML version, but also a PDF version.
Subsystems for which docs are generated currently (configs for other subsystems are welcome):
- cam
- crypto
- dev_pci
- dev_sound
- dev_usb
- geom
- i4b
- kern
- libkern
- linux
- net80211
- netgraph
- netinet
- netinet6
- netipsec
- opencrypto
- vm
People which want to help documenting the code may want to have a look at the special commands doxygen understands.


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Publisher's Note: Glendified weekend
By Jody Reese
With more than 200 volunteers working more than 17,000 man-hours, the folks at Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Hanover Street in Manchester are ready for their annual Glendi celebration. The community celebration is held this weekend, Friday through Sunday.
Glendi is a festival of Greek food and culture put on by the congregation of Saint George. It started a generation ago as a fundraiser and has continued to grow. Today, it is one of the most-attended events in the state and has won Hippo's best festival for years. And there's good reason for that — and reason why you should attend this year, and it's not just the food.
It's the people.
Saint George invites the community in and not just the Greek community. It's sort of like St. Patrick's Day. At Glendi, everyone is Greek, which is to say that everyone is welcome. And that comes through in who attends — families with grandma, people with kids, young and boomer couples with no kids.
Glendi has become a must-stop event for people running for something. It's just before Manchester's city primary and you can bet that some of the guys running for president will be there pressing the flesh.
Of course, there is the food, from gyros to spanakopita to baklava ice cream to diples — all of which you and your kids will love.
If you have never been, take this weekend to attend. The food and people are great. You'll meet neighbors and you'll be supporting a church that supports it community.
Make your weekend Glendified and you'll be better and feel better for it.
On a different note…
With last season's demise of the long-struggling New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, it appeared that Manchester would be without a series of professional classical concerts. Yes, the New Hampshire Philharmonic, a great community orchestra, continues playing at the Palace Theatre. But with the NHSO gone, Manchester would rank among the largest cities in the nation without a professional symphony.
Fortunately, the Palace Theatre has stepped up to the plate, or the podium, with the creation of the New Hampshire Festival Orchestra. Led by local conductor Robert C. Babb, the group hopes to keep alive the long tradition of classical music at the Palace with concerts offering great music and a business plan based on realistic financials.
The new orchestra's first concert is Sunday, Sept. 30, and everything's in place except one thing — you. If Manchester is going to serve as home to its own orchestra, the community needs to get behind it. It's worth the effort. A professional orchestra is an important sign that Manchester offers a high quality of life, which is crucial to the city's long-term economic future.
9/6/2007 Change is good
8/30/2007 Live toll free or die trying
8/23/2007 Stress made me steal
8/16/2007 Malls do a town good?
8/9/2007 Politics and policy
8/2/2007 Ban needs state enforcement
7/26/2007 We need more under-30s
7/19/2007 Health care tune-up
7/12/2007 Save our parks
7/5/2007 Mortgage re-regulation
6/28/2007 Downtown troubles?
6/21/2007 Kid coddlers
6/14/2007 Illegals needed
6/7/2007 Be the Burlington
5/31/2007 Still number one?
5/24/2007 Time for Target to give
5/17/2007 Rail stop
5/10/2007 Short-changing the future
5/3/2007 Not just cheaper, more efficient
4/26/2007 Where is our scotch?
4/19/2007 School leadership crisis
4/12/2007 Restricting free-dumb
4/5/2007 Property tax relief
3/29/2007 Manchester: A West advantages
3/29/2007 Nashua: Beach weather — for dogs
3/29/2007 Concord: Boston's loss, Concord's gain
3/22/2007 Manchester: Mortgages come due
3/22/2007 Nashua: Camping and comic strips
3/22/2007 Concord: Best show in town
3/15/2007 Manchester: Biggest Best Of
3/15/2007 Nashua: The envelope please
3/15/2007 Concord: Simply the best
3/8/2007 Manchester: NH spectacle
3/8/2007 Nashua: The local connection
3/8/2007 Concord: Not married to the idea
3/1/2007 Manchester: Death by a thousand tickets
3/1/2007 Nashua: Looking at glass
3/1/2007 Concord: Does anyone care anymore?
2/22/2007 Manchester: Penny wise, pound foolish
2/22/2007 Nashua: The ultimate reality show
2/22/2007 Concord: Ask anything
2/15/2007 Manchester: To be a successful satellite
2/15/2007 Nashua: The bus too the future
2/15/2007 Concord: Education is non-partisan
2/8/2007 Manchester: In praise of compromise
2/8/2007 Nashua: Will you be my Valentine?
2/8/2007 Concord: The economy or art
2/1/2007 Manchester: Just fake it
2/1/2007 Nashua: A lesson from Walter
2/1/2007 Concord: Trash talking
1/25/2007 Manchester: Sticking with our bottleneck
1/25/2007 Nashua: How dry I was
1/25/2007 Concord: From pot to throw pillows
1/18/2007 Manchester: Renters have a role
1/18/2007 Nashua: Auctions and death
1/18/2007 Concord: The automobile basket
1/11/2007 Manchester: Rail: Look ahead,not back
1/11/2007 Nashua: Easier 80 years ago
1/11/2007 Concord: Let it snow please
1/4/2007 Time for a raise
1/4/2007 Nashua: Five things revisited
1/4/2007 Concord: Keeping an eye on crime
12/28/2006 In the year 2007
12/28/2006 Nashua: My trashy neighborhood
12/28/2006 Concord: 2007 resolutions
12/21/2006 Keeping an eye on crime
12/21/2006 Nashua: Not a curse, a blessing
12/21/2006 Concord: Keep those doors open
12/14/2006 Manchester: Great town in need of TLC
12/14/2006 Nashua: Big world, small town
12/14/2006 Concord: The real reason for the season
12/07/2006 Manchester: War on bars
12/07/2006 Nashua: 'Monkey Day' other school news
12/07/2006 Concord: A special time of year
11/30/2006 Manchester: Live from the BMA!
11/30/2006 Nashua: The movie biz returns
11/30/2006 Concord: A little holiday sentiment
11/23/2006 Manchester: The Manchester oppressed
11/23/2006 Nashua: I miss the BG slaughter
11/23/2006 Concord: Help patch the leaky boat
11/16/2006 Manchester: Straight tickets have got to go
11/16/2006 Nashua: Songs in the funeral parlor
11/16/2006 Concord: The art of politics
11/9/2006 Manchester: Crackdown on slumloards needed
11/9/2006 Nashua: new life in the old stroll
11/9/2006 Concord: Let's get to work
11/2/2006 Manchester: Less mud, more action
11/2/2006 Nashua: Bigger and better and more!
11/2/2006 Concord: Red River takes a dive
10/26/2006 Manchester: Refocus priorities
10/26/2006 Nashua: The color of pennies
10/26/2006 Concord: refocus priorities
10/19/2006 Manchester: Still a safe city
10/19/2006 Nashua: Home field advantage
10/19/2006 Concord: A little bit of everything
10/12/2006 Manchester: Stalled in city government
10/12/2006 Nashua: Closed for remodeling
10/12/2006 Concord: Courting more space
10/05/2006 Manchester: Guinta squashes Saturday parking fees
10/05/2006 Nashua: Still a good idea
10/05/2006 Concord: Concord's new paper
09/28/2006 Manchester: Time for airport effiency
09/28/2006 Nashua: Nashua's symphonic gem
09/28/2006 Concord: Nobody puts Baby in the corner
09/21/2006 Manchester: The low-income housing puzzle
09/21/2006 Nashua: Stop studying, start paving
09/21/2006 Concord: Road to the future
09/14/2006 Manchester: Glendi!
09/14/2006 Nashua: The art of walking
09/14/2006 Concord: Time to shine
09/07/2006 Manchester: The idea deficit
09/07/2006 Nashua: Fine art and Popeye
09/07/2006 Concord: Of diners and destinies
08/31/2006 Manchester: The blueies fumble
08/31/2006 Nashua: Cheap eats and me
08/31/2006 Concord: Cheap eats everywhere
08/24/2006 Manchester: This isn't Monopoly
08/24/2006 Nashua: Who's to judge? Me!
08/24/2006 Concord: Around Concord
08/17/2006 Manchester: Getting anchored
08/17/2006 Nashua: The art of rememberance
08/17/2006 Concord: The Cap center moves forward
08/10/2006 Manchester: Stopping the wave
08/10/2006 Nashua: Local heroes
08/10/2006 Concord: Make downtown a priority
08/03/2006 Manchester: Transport for the long-haul
08/03/2006 Nashua: Peeking at Peacock
08/03/2006 Concord: Primary myths
07/27/2006 Manchester: All smoke, no fire
07/27/2006 Nashua: The city with the cool market
07/27/2006 Concord: You ain't heard nothin yet
07/20/2006 Manchester: State should help city
07/20/2006 Nashua: Taking it outside
07/20/2006 Concord: A forum worth attending
07/13/2006 Manchester: The refugee puzzle
07/13/2006 Nashua: When chemicals made us strong
07/13/2006 Concord: Getting people downtown
07/06/2006 Manchester: Sherriff doesn't like competition
07/06/2006 Nashua: The ghost of Mabel
07/06/2006 Concord: The return of the DOT
06/29/2006 Manchester: Don't hold your breath
06/29/2006 Nashua: To your health, sort of
06/29/2006 Concord: Bright lights, big city
06/22/2006 Manchester: Priming the pump
06/22/2006 Nashua: The right guy
06/22/2006 Concord: Consideration
06/15/2006 Manchester: Stag what?
06/15/2006 Nashua: Get out of town!
06/15/2006 Concord: Stay the course
06/08/2006 Manchester: Guinta's political game
06/08/2006 Nashua: No backyard barbeque
06/8/2006 Concord: We seek the Grail
06/01/2006 Manchester: Throwaway society
06/01/2006 Nashua: We are what we eat
06/01/2006 Concord: Moving in the right direction
05/25/2006 Manchester: The past is the future
05/25/2006 Nashua: Think Hippo, then flush
05/25/2006 Concord: Get on the train and ride
05/18/2006 Manchester: A tale of two cities
05/18/2006 Nashua: Teachable moments
05/18/2006 Aspell the man for the job
05/11/2006 Manchester: 2007 budget for 2007 prices
05/11/2006 Nashua: Increasingly vacant city
05/11/2006 Concord: Concord's musical economy
05/04/2006 Manchester: The show must go on
05/04/2006 Nashua: Don't miss your cue
05/04/2006 Concord: Support your local station
04/27/2006 Manchester: Why I buckle my seatbelt
04/27/2006 Nashua: A global black eye
04/27/2006 Concord: The time has come
04/20/2006 Manchester: Budget bull
04/20/2006 Nashua:Hunting white elephants
04/20/2006 Concord: Rallying for Red River
04/13/2006 Manchester: Parking wise, pound foolish
04/13/2006 Nashua: Roomates
04/13/2006 Concord: You have to want it
04/06/2006 Manchester: Detroit by comparison?
04/06/2006 Nashua: Changing the flow
04/06/2006 Concord: Time and the river
03/30/2006 Manchester: Calling planet Earth
03/30/2006 Nashua: Where is the leadership?
03/30/2006 Concord: Legislation that matters
03/23/2006 Manchester: Beyond city government
03/23/2006 Nashua: Short-sighted city
03/23/2006 Concord: Creating Community
03/16/2006 Growth does not equal crime
03/16/2006 Not just for business
03/16/2006 Concord: Stop the signs
03/09/2006 Manchester: The future is now
03/09/2006 Nashua: The bus to tomorrow
03/09/2006 Concord: Fat free or die
03/02/2006 Manchester: Movies matter
03/02/2006 Nashua: City without theaters
03/02/2006 Concord: Thinking big
02/23/2006 Manchester: Parking problems
02/23/2006 Nashua: A substitute for Benson's
02/23/2006 Concord: Put parking to rest
02/16/2006 Manchester: Having it both ways
02/16/2006 Nashua: The Nashua arts puzzle
02/16/2006 Concord: Future in beer
02/09/2006 Manchester: Best of us
02/09/2006 Nashua: Put your best vote forward
02/09/2006 Concord: Concord shows off
02/02/2006 Manchester: Chain reactions
02/02/2006 Nashua: We wuz robbed
02/02/2006 Concord: Looking Back
01/26/2006 Manchester: City government gets wackier
01/26/2006 Nashua: Hometown Pride
01/26/2006 Concord: Growing Pains
01/19/2006 Concord Back to Work
01/19/2006 Nashua: Message in a bottle
01/19/2006 Manchester: The Living City
01/12/2006 Welcome to the Flea
01/05/2006 Hippo Manchester — Five Years Later
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A crucial stage
A taxing mistake
A Mission For InTown
A Signature Space
Art Is News Here
A Work In Progress
Ante Up For Plows
Bars are wrong UL target
Beating the downtown blues
City Needs To Get Tough
City noise tax
Crime - Reality vs. Perception
Daily Buys Weeklies
Down to the wire
Elements of a downtown
Fat And Good Planning
Garrity's Plan A Step Back
Giving MTBE a free ride
Going For The Money
Go Glendi!
Government Regulations The Problem
Guinta's work pays off
Guinta's work pays off (II)
Happy yuppies, strong city
Improve The City From The Center
It's Just Good Business
Keep those teens busy
Killing the goose
Long Term Vision
Looking Down The Road
Make It An Event
McQuaid's War & Other News
Name that tune
Not Just An Alternative
Old Building Makeover
One Jump Closer
Outside Might Be Best
Party politics
Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish
Positive QOLs: food, trains
Preach, Don't Campaign
Private Places
Read it here first
Readin', Ritin', Paying Up
Retiring Teachers
Say No To Cronyism
Scrooge, Inc.
Solution to parking woes
Step Aside, Joe
Surviving The Chains
Tax cap kills the future
The Awards Go To
The business of clubs
The City's Snow Job
The perils of parking
The real election issues
The Really Big Story
The Silly Liquor Law
The truth about the bars
The Value Of Local Money
The Voting Process
The UL's bully tactics
This Week's Note
Timing Is Everything
To Live In A City Is To Park In It
Tomorrow's Landmarks
Trick-Or-Treat At Night
Turkeys, Parking, Taxes, Chandler
Under-40 Dynamos
Voting Matters
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No, it's not your favorite fast food place, it's the food itself.
Note: M.I.Y.O. Monday stands for Make It Your Own Monday, a question thrown out to DCF readers every Monday to jumpstart the week with lively interaction. I also welcome questions and suggestions for future MIYO Mondays. Email me.
Until I was 11 years old, I always ordered the same thing at McDonald's: Filet O' Fish and large fries. I don't think I ever tried a Big Mac or even a McChicken until I was a teenager. In other posts, I've waxed romantic about my love for McDonald's banana milkshake (sadly, now discontinued) and I have an almost unreasonable love for McCafé , though that can't be considered a fast food item now, can it?
Some weeks ago, Boo exhibited bravery in the face of one of childhood's adversities: a trip to the dentist. We had a big fight about it beforehand complete with thinly-veiled threats, slammed doors, and – faced with remorse – pleas of forgiveness hastily scribbled on crumpled paper and apologies accepted. In the end, she had to have her tooth pulled out. I believe that no effort should go unrewarded so I asked her what she'd like to do afterwards. "Can we go to McDonald's, Mom?" She asks, her eyes big and bright with hope. "I'd like a plain cheeseburger and fries."
Another day, I'm having dinner with one of my favorite chef-friends, who, just like every able-bodied man I know, is thick in the midst of watching the NBA finals. He mentions that he loves the commercials shown on NBA TV. "The KFC ad is great!" He remembers, eyes also gleaming brightly. "I told myself 'after the game, I'm going to have me some fried chicken'."
Unlike other people, those I call "fast food fans," I eat fast food and at fast food restaurants only about twice a year. But, like my chef-friend, when I eat fast food, it'll most probably be at KFC because I still love their chicken and I survived on their Zingers during my first job straight out of college. I also love french fries – dipped in soft-serve vanilla ice cream optional. I'm fascinated with how fast food fans have favorite food items for different fast food places. Boo will get the afore-mentioned plain cheeseburger and fries at McDonald's but when it comes to Jollibee, she prefers their ChickenJoy and rice with extra gravy. Other people I've talked to hold rigid beliefs that KFC's chicken trumps Jollibee's ChickenJoy every time, and that Shakey's thin crust pizza just can't be beat.
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Globalization, the financial crisis, the Great Recession, and Europe's fiscal problems underscore just how important it is for countries to produce timely, accurate, and consistent data. Information on real gross domestic product, inflation, balance sheets, and international trade are essential to assessing cross-country effects and coordinating effective monetary, fiscal, regulatory, and trade policies. That's why it is so valuable to have these key pieces of data put together in a more consistent manner, making it easier to compare what's going on in one country to another, or within a given country across industries, or over time.
Wall Street traders and corporate executives—many of whom do business around the globe—rely on transparent and consistent data to make investing, hiring, and other decisions. In recent years, though, as uncertainty and the stakes on getting it right have increased, discrepancies among different economic indicators have become more of a problem to private—and public—decisionmakers. And that's driven home the critical need for consistency between short-term indicators as well as macroeconomic measures on the state of a country's economy. This information is especially valuable when a country may be on the verge of a turning point—such as sliding into recession or launching into a recovery.
The United Nation's new Guidelines on Integrated Economic Statistics is a comprehensive "soup-to-nuts" handbook on making economic statistics not only more consistent but more efficient. The guidelines cover a range of topics including basic standards and methods, questionnaire design, consistent business registers and sample frames, standard classification systems, uses of survey and administrative data, and effective dissemination and communication strategies. Readers also are directed to case studies, more detailed international manuals, and guidelines in each of these areas.
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Test Overview
A gallbladder scan is a nuclear scanning test that checks to see how your gallbladder is working. The scan can find blockage in the tubes (bile ducts) that lead from the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine ( duodenum ).
During a gallbladder scan, a radioactive tracer substance is put into a vein in the arm. The liver removes the tracer from the blood and adds it to the bile that normally flows through the bile ducts to the gallbladder. The gallbladder then releases the tracer into the first part of the small intestine. A special camera takes pictures of the tracer as it moves through the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and small intestine.
Why It Is Done
A gallbladder scan is done to:
- Help find the cause of pain in the upper right side of the belly.
- Check the function of the gallbladder. A gallbladder ultrasound may be done before a gallbladder scan. This can help find problems in the gallbladder. If the ultrasound is normal, a gallbladder scan often is done to see how well the gallbladder is working.
- Help find the cause of jaundice.
- Find blockage of the bile ducts that lead from the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine (duodenum).
- Look for bile that has leaked after surgery or an injury.
How To Prepare
Before your gallbladder scan, tell your doctor if:
- You are or might be pregnant.
- You are breastfeeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed your baby for 2 days after this test. During this time, you can give your baby breast milk you stored before the test. Or you can give formula. Throw away the breast milk you pump for 2 days after the test.
- Within the past 4 days, you have had an X-ray test using barium contrast material (such as a barium enema) or have taken a medicine (such as Pepto-Bismol) that contains bismuth. Barium and bismuth can affect the test.
Do not eat or drink for 4 to 12 hours before a gallbladder scan. Your doctor will tell you how long you should not eat or drink. This depends on what the test is being done for.
You may be asked to sign a consent form before the test.
Talk to your doctor if you have any concerns about the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form (What is a PDF document?) .
How It Is Done
A gallbladder scan is usually done by a nuclear medicine technologist. The scan pictures are usually read by a radiologist or nuclear medicine specialist .
You will need to take off any jewelry that might affect the scan. You may need to take off all or most of your clothes. This depends on which part of your body is being examined. You may be allowed to keep on your underwear if it does not affect the test. You will be given a cloth or paper covering to use during the test.
During the test
The site on your arm where the radioactive tracer goes in will be cleaned. A small amount of the tracer is then injected.
You will lie on your back on a table. A large scanning camera will be placed just above your belly. After the radioactive tracer is injected, the camera will scan for radiation released by the tracer. The camera makes pictures as the tracer passes through your liver and into your gallbladder and small intestine. The first pictures will be taken right after the tracer starts to go in. The pictures may be continuous, like a video. Or they may be taken once in a while for up to 1½ hours after the test starts.
Each scan takes only a few minutes. You need to lie very still during each scan so the pictures won't be blurred. The camera does not produce any radiation. So you are not exposed to any more radiation while the scan is being done.
A substance that stimulates the gallbladder may also be put into your vein during the scans. The pictures taken after this injection can help see if the gallbladder is working normally. A computer may look at the data to check how well the gallbladder is working. You may be asked about your reaction to the substance used to stimulate the gallbladder. Sometimes medicine (morphine sulfate) is given to help find out if the gallbladder is inflamed.
The gallbladder scan takes about 1 to 2 hours.
After the test
Depending on your results, more scans may be taken up to a day later. If you need to go back for another gallbladder scan, do not eat any fatty foods before the test.
How It Feels
You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a brief sting or pinch. Otherwise, a gallbladder scan usually doesn't hurt.
You may find it hard to stay still during the scan. Ask for a pillow or a blanket to get as comfortable as you can before the scan starts.
The test may be uncomfortable if you are having pain in your belly. Try to relax by breathing slowly and deeply.
You may have nausea or belly pain if a substance that stimulates the gallbladder is used during the test. You may be asked about changes in your pain during the test.
Allergic reactions to the radioactive tracer are rare. Most of the tracer will leave your body through your urine or stool within a day. So be sure to flush the toilet right away after each use. And wash your hands well with soap and water. The amount of radiation is so small that it is not a risk for people to come in contact with you after the test.
Some people may have soreness or swelling where the needle went in. These symptoms can usually be relieved by putting moist, warm compresses on your arm.
There is always a slight chance of damage to cells or tissue from radiation, including the low level of radiation used for this test. But the chance of damage is usually very low compared with the benefits of the test.
A gallbladder scan is a special nuclear scanning test that is done to check how the gallbladder is working. The results of a gallbladder scan are ready in 2 days.
The radioactive tracer flows evenly through the liver and then into the gallbladder and the first part of the small intestine ( duodenum ).
The gallbladder is normal in size, shape, and location.
The tracer may not be removed normally from the blood by the liver. This may be a sign of liver disease.
The gallbladder does not contract or empty normally.
The tracer may not reach the gallbladder. This means there is swelling or that the duct is blocked by a gallstone .
The tracer may not reach the first part of the small intestine (duodenum). This may mean a bile duct is blocked by a stone. Or there may be a tumor, infection, or swelling of the pancreas .
Pain occurs when the gallbladder empties the tracer.
What Affects the Test
You may not be able to have the test, or the results may not be helpful, if:
- You are pregnant. A gallbladder scan is not usually done during pregnancy. This is because the radiation could hurt the unborn baby.
- You have recently had a test that uses barium or taken a medicine that contains bismuth (such as Pepto-Bismol).
- You are not able to stay still during the test.
- You are allergic to morphine.
What To Think About
- A gallbladder ultrasound test may also be done to find problems of the gallbladder. Ultrasound tells more about the shape and size of the gallbladder than a nuclear scan does. But the nuclear scan can show how well the gallbladder is working and whether the bile ducts are blocked. To learn more, see the topic Abdominal Ultrasound .
- The results of a gallbladder scan should be looked at along with your symptoms. They should also be looked at with the results of other tests, such as a physical exam and an ultrasound. Abnormal results from a gallbladder scan do not always mean that the gallbladder needs to be removed.
- A test called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) can be done to find blockage of the bile duct. To learn more, see the topic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) .
- A test called MR cholangiopancreatogram (MRCP) may also be done to find blockage of the bile duct. This is a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test.
Other Works Consulted
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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Danbury high to end mid-term and final exams
DANBURY -- The Board of Education voted Wednesday night to end the current schedule of mid-year and final exams at Danbury High School, changing the hours spent taking them back to instructional time.
The tally was 9-1, with one member absent. Michael Ferguson cast the dissenting vote.
The board had informally approved the high school's proposal to make the change during a workshop May 7. The decision means that the high school will restore to full days a week of half days in January and May that now are set aside for exams.
The staff will work on alternative methods of assessing students' cumulative knowledge in subject areas, which in some cases could still include exams if they do not disrupt the daily schedule.
Local educators argued that testing takes too much time away from classroom instruction and that students take many more tests than they used to, both to satisfy state requirements and to better pinpoint where they need more instruction.
In addition, because students don't get back their finals at the end of the year, and don't get a chance to correct their mistakes, finals are not effective learning tools.
Danbury High School Principal Gary Bocaccio set up five committees to investigate the proposed change, looking at topics such as the possible effect on college admissions and how performance on midterms and finals affects overall grades.
For 63 percent of students, exams lowered the overall grade by a half a letter; for 24 percent, it raised the grade by half a letter. In 12 percent of cases, the letter grade was unchanged.
Associate Principal Meghan Martins noted that all students have end-of-unit tests six times a year, benchmark tests three times a year, common assessments eight times a year -- not to mention quizzes, tests, projects and research papers.
In addition, many take college entrance exams and advanced placement exams.
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The Estes Park Ladycat swim and dive teams completed one of their team goals this season, they had an undefeated dual season. Estes won their last dual meet against Conference rival Windsor. The final score of the meet on Tuesday, Jan. 28 was 102 Estes to 86 Windsor. The team also celebrated their nine graduating seniors during Tuesday's meet.
Kate Hewson and Emma Reins were the only Ladycats to win their individual events. Hewson, won 50 free with a time of 26.31 and also the 100 free with a time of 58.38. Reins pulled out a strong win in the 100 back with a time of 1:06.56. The 200 free relay of Ellie Ciezczak, Reins, Amelia Chew and Hewson together won the event with a time of 1:53.83.
Even though the Lady Wizards took the majority of the first place finishes, Estes was able to accumulate more points due to the team's depth and continued strength.
In the 200 free; Josie Christenson, Ciezczak and Chew finished second, third and fourth. Holli Holmes and Maddy Paul were second and third in the 200 IM. Vick was second behind Hewson in the 50 free. Jordan Brown and Melinda Ross were second and third in diving. Torah Fisher and Holmes were second and third in the 100 fly. Chew came in second in the 100 free. Christenson and Tricia Vick did the same in the 500 free as did Fisher and Olivia Reins in the 100 breast. Estes swept the top three places in the 100 back, finishing behind Reins was Madison Beesley and then Ciezczak.
Estes had nine of their teammates swim their final meet in their home pool on Tuesday evening. During intermission after diving, assistant coach Lauren Hewson recognized each senior swimmer and two senior managers. The girls each told something about their favorite moments on the team, who inspired them and their plans for the future. The 2014 seniors include; Amelia Chew, Caroline O'Neil, Maddy Paul, Tricia Vick, Abby Wilson, Emma Reins, Jordan Brown, Kate Hewson and Ellie Ciezczak. The senior team managers are Al Franklin and Storm Wolf.
After the meet, the team celebrated with cake, punch and chocolate. The Ladycats are training hard before they begin their taper next week for their Conference Championships, which will be held the weekend of Feb. 7 and 8. The team hopes to bring home their fourth consecutive championship title that weekend. They also intend to qualify a few more of their individual swimmers for the state competition the following weekend.


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CanadaGAP Certification
- Overview
- Benefits of Certification
- Why Work With NSF?
- Certification Process
NSF Canada Agricultural Certification Company is one of only a few organizations accredited to certify to CanadaGAP, a national program consisting of food safety standards and a certification system for the safe production, storage, packing, repacking, wholesale and brokerage of fresh fruits and vegetables.
To become certified, participants must comply with food safety requirements that were developed by the horticultural industry and reviewed for technical soundness by Canadian government officials. The operation must also undergo and successfully complete on-farm audits.
CanadaGAP is the first food safety program in Canada to achieve international recognition by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) as a GFSI-benchmarked standard.
Benefits of Certification
CanadaGAP certification applies to fresh fruits and vegetables (including leafy vegetables and cruciferae; potatoes; bulb and root vegetables; asparagus, sweet corn and legumes; fruiting vegetables; small fruit; tree and vine fruit; and greenhouse production). The standard covers these activities:
- Production – Field and greenhouse activities
- Packing – The first time that harvested products are put in packaging materials
- Storage – Before packing, including standalone storage facilities
- Repacking - Removing packed product from packaging and repacking it into market ready packaging materials (may include sorting and grading activities)
- Wholesale – Storage and selling of market product
- Brokerage - Arranging the transaction of produce between a supplier and a buyer
CanadaGAP is a preventive program, based on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), which implements science-based measures to minimize known food safety hazards and reduce contamination risk.
Several Canadian buyers, including Loblaw Companies Limited, McCain Foods Canada, Simplot Canada and Lamb Weston, are requiring growers to become certified under the CanadaGAP program.
CanadaGAP offers six certification options depending on customer needs. Technical requirements are the same for all options; the differences are the number of organizations certifying, the frequency and type of audits, and the level of recognition:
- C: Single certification; annual audit; benchmarked to GFSI
- B: Group certification; annual audits; benchmarked to GFSI; developed based on GLOBALG.A.P.'s group certification scheme
- A1: Single certification; four-year audit cycle (in years 2, 3 and 4, the operator is required to submit a sworn declaration that the facility continues to comply with CanadaGAP program requirements, accompanied by a self-assessment checklist that is reviewed by the certification body and a random audit program); designed to meet Canadian government requirements
- A2: Single certification; variable four-year audit cycle (in years 2, 3 and 4, the operator is required to submit a sworn declaration that the facility continues to comply with CanadaGAP program requirements. The declaration is accompanied by a self-assessment checklist that is reviewed by the certification body and a random audit program. If selected for a random audit, the scheduled audit date will be extended to four years from the random audit date, which could result in audit cost savings); designed to meet Canadian government requirements
- A3: Group certification; three-year audit cycle; developed based on GLOBALG.A.P.'s group certification scheme
- D: Single certification; annual audit for repackers, wholesalers and brokers; currently undergoing benchmarking to GFSI
The GFSI-benchmarked options (B and C) require annual audits and are recognized globally.
Why Work With NSF?
NSF companies are the leading global certifiers of GFSI benchmarked standards, with exceptional technical expertise, consistently calibrated auditors and ample capacity for a timely path to certification. Backed by more than 70 years of food safety expertise and a current average of 35,000 GFSI certification audits performed annually, we enable companies around the globe to demonstrate compliance with the most recognized food safety standards in the world.
NSF Canada Agricultural Certification Company is one of only a few organizations accredited to certify to CanadaGAP. Our network of highly skilled and experienced auditors helps organizations of all sizes implement complex food safety solutions.
We can help you manage your auditing processes and reduce the risk to your brand.
Certification Process
CanadaGAP certification requires three months' worth of documentation, or documentation from the start of the current growing season. The certification process follows these basic steps:
- Obtain the commodity-specific CanadaGAP manual from the CanadaGAP website
- Enroll in the certification program though CanadaGAP (www.canadagap.ca)
- Choose your certification body
- Undergo an on-site audit
- Address any corrective actions (if applicable)
- Upon meeting all requirements, receive certification
- Undergo ongoing audits to maintain certification
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How can NSF help me prepare for GFSI certification?
NSF has the expertise and experience to assist your facility at every step in preparing for and maintaining certification to GFSI benchmarked standards including training, technical advice, pre-assessment audits, GFSI audits/certification and re-assessment audits.
How long does it take to prepare for GFSI certification?
Preparing for GFSI certification is different for every facility based on the current development of the facility, quality of recordkeeping and the resources your company may have to prepare for GFSI certification. It generally takes an average of six to nine months to prepare for GFSI certification. Please contact us at +1 877.893.1325 or email@example.com to discuss the process and determine your estimated timeline to certification.
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Is CanadaGAP a government program?
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How does CanadaGAP compare to other food safety programs around the world?
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So, Knicks center Eddy Curry may have some bigger problems facing him than finding playing time. In a lengthy lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court by his former chauffeur, David Kuchinsky, we find out that Curry may be a super-aggressive anti-Semitic closet homosexual with a penchant for gun play. Whee. Read on.
Now, let's preface by saying this: Kuchinsky is a convicted felon who has supposedly been wrangling with the Knicks center over some unpaid wages when he was working as a full-time chauffeur from 2005-2008. Curry had no comment on the suit (really!), but his attorney hints that this could be a shakedown tactic by a desperate man. So here's a summary of Kuchinsky's allegations:
• Curry repeatedly approached him in the nude allegedly telling him, "Look at me, Dave, look" and "Come and touch it, Dave."
• Kuchinsky claims Curry made him perform "humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment" such as cleaning up and removing ejaculate-filled towels so that Curry's wife would not see them.
• When Kuchinsky balked at some of these tasks, he claims he was verbally assaulted by Curry, including being called, "fucking Jew," "cracker," "white slave," "white devil" and "grandmaster of the KKK."
• Curry also pointed a "fully loaded" gun at the chauffeur on two separate occasions to stop him from whining about his treatment, allegedly telling Kuchisnky, "Look, I have one in the chamber."
I have a hunch that Kuchisnky will get some of his bills paid after this. Also? This has to be Isiah's fault.
Update: Curry tells the NY Times the allegations were "absolutely false; just incredible" and "I guess it's just a prime example of you just got to watch who you have around you," Curry said, "because this is a guy who I really thought he was my friend."
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Explanation About Sleep in Post Trauma Patients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01684085
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Verified October 2012 by Sheba Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : September 12, 2012
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|Not Applicable
This is a Single blind, prospective, placebo controlled trial in which trauma victims are randomized to receive an explanation about the first sleep following trauma exposure.
To provide a baseline prior the explanation, participants will receive a medical and psychological evaluation. at this point the participants will be given one of two explanations about sleep. The experimental group will receive an encouragement to deprived sleep explanation, and the control group will receive an encouragement to sleep explanation, Lorazepam 1mg will be offered to assist sleep. After two weeks the research assistant or study psychiatrist will perform behavioral ratings and complete history details pertaining to PTSD risk factors. Participants will be assessed again by the study psychiatrist or research assistants at 1 & 3 months. Further assessments might be done at 6 & 13 months.
Eligible subjects will include men and women age 18-70, who have been exposed to an event meeting the DSM-IV "A.1" criterion for trauma exposure, and who provide written, informed consent to participate in the study.
Potential participants will be recruited from trauma victims who arrived at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center Emergency Room.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|70 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Participant)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Explanation About Sleep Given After Traumatic Event, and Its Effect on the Trajectory of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
|Study Start Date :
|October 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|September 2014
Placebo Comparator: Encouragement to sleep
Encouraging explanation to sleep, rest and receiving Lorazepam 1mg in the first night post trauma
Behavioral: Explanation encouraging sleep
An explanation will be given about sleep, encouraging the patient to sleep - lorazepam 1mg will be offered to promote sleep.
Drug: Lorazepam
Lorazepam 1 mg
Experimental: Encouragement to deprived sleep
Encouraging explanation to deprived sleep in the first night post trauma
Behavioral: Explanation discouraging sleep
An explanation about sleep will be given, discouraging the patient from sleeping in the first night after the traumatic event.
- PTSD severity as measured by CAPS [ Time Frame: 4 months ]The primary outcome is PTSD severity at the end of the trial .This will be determined using the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), a scale with established reliability and good psychometric properties.
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 to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Persons age 18-70, who have been exposed to an event meeting the DSM-IV "A.1" criterion for trauma exposure.
- Persons who arrived at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center Emergency Room.
- Who provide written, informed consent to participate in the study -
Exclusion Criteria:
- Physical injury that would contraindicate participation or interfere with a subject's ability to give informed consent or cooperate with the screening or collection of initial measures. Examples include severe burn injury, life-threatening medical or surgical condition, condition requiring surgical intervention under general anesthesia, as indicated by clinical judgment;
- Traumatic exposure that reflects ongoing victimization (e.g., domestic violence) to which the subject is likely to be re-exposed during the study period.
- Overt psychopathology, intoxication, or under the influence of substances.
- Evidence or history of schizophrenia, bipolar, other psychotic condition;
- Prior history of PTSD;
- Current or past history of dementia, amnesia, or other cognitive disorder predating trauma exposure;
- Assessed serious suicide risk. -
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): NCT01684085
|Chaim Sheba Medical Center
|Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
|Principal Investigator:
|Joseph Zohar, MD
|Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel
|Responsible Party:
|Sheba Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 12, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 10, 2012
|Last Verified:
|October 2012
sleep deprivation, PTSD,prevention
Sleep Deprivation
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Mental Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Central Nervous System Depressants
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
GABA Modulators
GABA Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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Whoopee, yuppers, yes ma'am and hello Sir,
We have made 51 years as of 4 p m today. Who would have thought we could survive?
It was a matter of one day at a time, one hug after another, one smile of forgiveness,
It was not keeping major secrets from each other.
It was not spending major money with out consulting each other.
It was lots of prayers, lots of cares, loves of love and appreciation for each other.
Communication was a major key, of course we hid little surprises from each other but
never a major situation,
We lost a house purchase because I did not act with out checking with him but did it matter,
No what matters is that we always checked with each other and consulted each other.
O yes, we did surprise each other once in a while. Like I gave him a Trip to IOWA.
He gave me a couple of trips to home.
Did we do without, you bet we did, Did it hurt us absolutely not.
Today is built of want it yesterday, needed it last night and I do not have it yet today.
Yet it does not help you to move forward in the world of love and compassion and
respect. It does not help you to understand your mates needs, wants or desires.
Do you really know what your mates wants, needs and desires are or do they know yours?
Having money and fancy things and going places and doing things is not the answer to the puzzle.
It is sharing, caring, praying and listening to each other. I mean Listen not just hear words.
Do you know what they want by the little hints that are given in daily life?
We are so blessed to have a great relationship and that God has blessed our family and children.
May those struggling think about the real, needs of life and happiness and maybe redirect your course to
have a long prosperous, caring, loving relationship with your spouse and then your family.
It was set out for us if we follow it. Husband, I so love you and thank you for all that we have shared.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sentimental Sunday moved to 51st Anniversary Monday
Posted by Susi's Quarter at 6:01 PM
2 comments:
Congratulations! 51 years is a great milestone!ReplyDelete
WOW that is beautiful. It is often said men are simple, women are complicated. I believe that ---as long as a man has his simple needs met and no surprises (big money spent etc.) and you remember to put them first ----they do rather well. And smart men at some point STOP trying to keep up with busy women but allow them enough space to fill their lives as much as they wish. Fred is one of the good guys, CONGRATULATIONS!!! if you have a good husband YOU ARE RICH!!!ReplyDelete
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We know that suffering brain injuries can lead to memory loss, but it turns out talking about them can, too.
It can make one forget about arthritic hips, ruptured patellas and degenerative ankles. It can cause mangled fingers and busted lower backs to escape our recollection.
Yes, the sports world has finally woken up to the perils of head trauma, and as a result, numerous lives will be saved and countless more improved. But let's not forget about the rest of a football player's body – which an NFL career can ravage like a hurricane.
Brain injuries in sports
Overview: The trauma from sports' brain injuries
Calkins: Let's call brain injuries what they are
Doctor suggests concussion prevention
More work needed to prevent, treat prep concussions
NCAA tries to prevent brain injuries
Youth football conundrum not easy to tackle
The concussion alarm in girls soccer
It's not all about CTE and head traumas
"I really don't want to talk about that," said Chargers center Nick Hardwick. "It's not something I want to think about. Talk to me when I'm retired."
Ever read the Sports Illustrated piece titled "The Wrecking Yard," in which author William Nack detailed Earl Campbell's incessant limping, Bill Stanfield's fused vertebrae, and Johnny Unitas' inability to hold a toothbrush?
What about Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Telander's profile on Doug Atkins, the Hall of Fame defensive end whose cracked hip has him hobbling like an amputee?
Looking for something gorier? Check out Dan Lebatard of the Miami Herald's feature on Jason Taylor, the former Dolphins defensive end whose back prevented him from putting his kids to bed, and whose bloody leg was nearly amputated due to a calf injury numbed by painkillers.
The human body isn't designed to absorb hits from 290-pound nose tackles picturing you as a piñata. It isn't built to lie at the bottom of a two-ton pile while clutching a football so hard it could pop.
We all hear about Super Bowl champions going to Disneyland. What's less publicized is that most go to physical therapy, too.
The aforementioned Sports Illustrated story cited a poll in which 65 percent of the former NFL players surveyed said they suffered a major injury (requiring surgery or causing them to miss eight games) at some point in their careers. It also noted how such injuries increased dramatically in recent years due to artificial turf and the Herculean might of modern-day athletes.
Sure, NFL rules have changed to better protect players, but there can only be so many modifications before the essence of the game is depleted. The league's task now is to emphasize safety off the field as much as it does on.
Hall of Fame offensive lineman Ron Yary doesn't have any debilitating health problems save for a bum hip he says is primarily due to getting old. But whenever the 67-year-old goes back to Canton, Ohio for the Hall of Fame induction, he runs into a host of retired linemen and linebackers who look like they're 60 and move like they're 90.
On one hand, you can say that, with today's advanced medicine, players are more likely to live productive, pain-free lives after retirement. But on the other you can say that, with today's advanced medicine, future retirees are as doomed as ever.
Using painkillers such as Toradol, players today are running onto the field when they should be lying in a recliner. Their bodies are screaming "stop!" but they're putting their fingers in their ears and shouting "la la la!"
Might some of this be the result of machismo? Maybe. Could the yearning for victory be that overwhelming? Perhaps.
More than anything, though -- missing games could theoretically cost these guys millions of dollars, and if you can show me the 20-something male who would risk forfeiting that, I'll show you the sumo wrestler moonlighting as a jockey.
That said, while athletes in the present don't worry about their future, when the future finally comes, they often regret the past. But if we keep discussing the potential consequences, if we give as much attention to damage done below the neck as we do above, maybe that will change.
Nick Hardwick may not want to talk about these injuries, but it's important that the rest of us do.


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5 Reasons Why YOUNG Catholics Should Pray a Daily Rosary
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Mary| 56 Comments
Let's be honest. The rosary isn't the most popular prayer amongst our age group. It's the prayer that we sometimes got guilt-tripped into reciting on long car rides with the family, or guilt-tripped into reciting while at the Lenten prayer service, or guilt-tripped into reciting when…well, you get the picture. For many of us, the rosary is pretty much just the result of a guilt trip.
However, despite what preconceived notions or feelings you may have towards the rosary, I submit to you that it should be a regular part of your daily life as a young Catholic. Why? Five main reasons:
1. In the fight against temptation and against Satan, a wimpy and sporadic prayer life simply will not do.
What does the prayer life of most people our age look like? Most likely: whatever we feel like that day. This is, quite simply, a recipe for disaster, and a fast-track to grave sin.
If you're not accustomed to it, developing the habit of praying a daily rosary (or any consistent daily prayer) is difficult. Because of this, we can easily come up with a thousand reasons why getting in a rosary every day is just not all that important. The Catechism describes this battle of prayer:
2725 Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against the wiles of the tempter who does all he can to turn man away from prayer, away from union with God. We pray as we live, because we live as we pray. If we do not want to act habitually according to the Spirit of Christ, neither can we pray habitually in his name. The "spiritual battle" of the Christian's new life is inseparable from the battle of prayer.
So, we turn to the one of the most powerful weapons in our arsenal: the rosary.
"The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results." -Saint Josemaria Escriva
"No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary: either they will give up sin or they will give up the Rosary" -Bishop Hugh Doyle
2. Because "World Peace" isn't just a go-to answer for beauty pageant contestants
Prayer may be described both as an internal struggle and as a spiritual battle, but as Christians, we are always faced with the task of bringing the peace of Christ to a confused and hurting world. How are we even to begin to go about this?
Mary literally gave us the answer to this herself. And then she made the sun dance.
If you're not familiar with Mary's apparitions at Fatima, she appeared several times to three children at the beginning of the twentieth century. Her message:
Our Lady stressed the importance of praying the Rosary in each of Her apparitions, asking the children to pray the Rosary every day for peace. Another principal part of the Message of Fatima is devotion to Our Lady's Immaculate Heart, which is terribly outraged and offended by the sins of humanity, and we are lovingly urged to console Her by making reparation. She showed Her Heart, surrounded by piercing thorns (which represented the sins against Her Immaculate Heart), to the children, who understood that their sacrifices could help to console Her.
Again and again, Mary has appealed to us in her apparitions to pray the rosary daily. Why not do as she says?
3. Because Jesus listens to his mom
We see this in John's account of the gospel, when Jesus transforms the water into wine after Mary tells him they had run out at the wedding (John 2:1-11). In a similar way to the Old Testament, when the King listened to and respected the Queen Mother, so Jesus respects and listens to his Mother, Mary, Queen of Heaven.
"And the king said to her, 'Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you" -1 Kings 2:20
Of course we can go straight to Jesus, but he has given us his Mother as well (John 19:27). And as we know from the gospel, Jesus hastens to answer his Mother's requests.
4. Miracles Happen
"Among all the devotions approved by the Church, none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary." -Pope Pius IX
Books could be filled (and, in fact, have been filled) with stories of miraculous healings, conversions, and other events brought about by the regular recitation of the rosary. There's no reason to expect the rosary not to bring about some dramatic and powerful change in your life as well.
5. Because meditation helps us to "see for the first time"
The rosary is meant to be the "epitome of the entire Gospel". When we pray the rosary, we are engaging in the practice of mediation
CCC 2708: Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is necessary in order to deepen our convictions of faith, prompt the conversion of our heart, and strengthen our will to follow Christ. Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary. This form of prayerful reflection is of great value, but Christian prayer should go further: to the knowledge of the love of the Lord Jesus, to union with him.
Mediation is meant to lead us as a step along the way to true knowledge of the Lord, to personal union with Jesus. As GK Chesterton said, "If you look at a thing 999 times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it for the 1000th time, you are in danger of seeing it for the first time." This is what we attempt to do in mediation – to see for the first time. We meditate on the stories of the Gospel as we pray with Mary to help us see Jesus for the first time, to fall in love with Him by meditating upon his life.
So get the beads out and start praying! You won't regret it
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