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A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of AVI-7537 in Healthy Adult Volunteers
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01593072
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Terminated for convenience of the Government due to funding constraits)
First Posted : May 7, 2012
Last Update Posted : January 24, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
|Drug: AVI-7537 Other: Normal Saline Solution (NSS)
|Phase 1
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 14 once daily intravenous (IV) infusions of ascending doses of AVI 7537 compared to matched placebo in healthy male and female subjects.
To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of 14 once daily doses of AVI-7537 in healthy male and female subjects
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple-Dose, Dose-Escalation A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple-Dose, Dose-Escalation Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of AVI-7537 in Healthy Adult Volunteers
|Study Start Date :
|August 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|January 2013
Active Comparator: AVI-7537
Drug: AVI-7537
Cohort 1: AVI-7537 at 4.5 mg/kg IV; Cohort 2: AVI-7537 at 9 mg/kg IV;Cohort 3: AVI-7537 at 15 mg/kg IV; Cohort 4: AVI-7537 at 30 mg/kg IV
The amount of AVI-7537 required to administer the required dose will be diluted to a volume of approximately 150 mL with normal saline solution (NSS) and given by IV infusion over 30 minutes once a day for 14 days. Infusions will be administered at approximately the same time each day.
Normal Saline Solution (NSS)
Other: Normal Saline Solution (NSS)
Normal Saline Solution (NSS)
- The outcome measures are Serial PK Day 1 over 24 hrs(pre-dose,10 min post,30 min post, 1hr 1.5,2,4,6, 8, 12,16,24,28,32,36, and 48 hrs post-dose), daily through level and on Day 14 (last day of dosing) serial PK until 48 hrs post last dose. [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]The outcome measures are Serial PK Day 1 over 24 hours (pre-dose, 10 minutes post-dose , 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1.5, 2, 4, 6,. 8, 12,16,24 hours post-dose), daily trough level and on Day 14 (last day of dosing). PK Day 14 over 48 hours (post-dose, 10 minutes, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, 36, and 48 hours post-dose (collection of plasma pre-dose on Day 14 will also serve as the trough sample for that day).
- To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of 14 once daily doses of AVI-7537 in healthy male and female subjects, [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]Efficacy will not be assessed in a Phase I study.
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 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
A subject must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for this study.
- Man or woman 18 to 50 years of age, inclusive, at the time of screening.
- Body mass index 18 kg/m2 to 35 kg/m2, inclusive, at the time of screening and Check-in (Day -1).
- Good general health (no chronic health conditions) as determined by the Investigator.
- Female subjects must be of non-childbearing potential (e.g., be confirmed post-menopausal or have undergone surgical sterilization) or must, in conjunction with their sexual partner(s), use 2 forms of medically acceptable contraception (e.g., oral contraception in conjunction with a male condom) during the screening period and for the entire duration of the study including the 28-day post last dose follow-up.
- Male subjects must either be sterile or agree to use, for the entire duration of the study including the 28 day post last dose follow-up, a male condom and the female sexual partner must also use a medically acceptable form of birth control (e.g. oral contraceptives).
- Male subjects must agree to not donate sperm for at least 30 days after the last infusion of study medication.
- Able to understand the requirements of the study, to provide written informed consent (as evidenced by signature on an informed consent document that is approved by an Institutional Review Board [IRB]), and agreeable to abiding by the study restrictions.
Exclusion Criteria:
A subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from this study.
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- A positive urine or blood screen for drugs of abuse, including alcohol.
- Use of any tobacco- or nicotine-containing products (including but not limited to cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, or nicotine gum) within 6 months prior to Check-in (Day -1).
- A positive cotinine test indicating recent nicotine use.
- Donated blood within 90 days or plasma within 30 days of first dose on Day 1.
- Active substance abuse or any medical or psychiatric condition that could jeopardize the subject's safety or the subject's ability to comply with the protocol.
- Use of any medications apart from vitamins, acetaminophen, or hormonal contraception within 14 days of first dose on Day 1. Subjects with mild seasonal allergies may use antihistamines at the discretion of the Investigator after approval by the Sponsor Medical Monitor.
- Participation in any interventional clinical trial within 45 days of first dose on Day 1 (i.e., received any other investigational drug).
- Recipient of an organ transplant (solid or hematopoietic).
- Prolonged QTcF interval > 440 ms for males or > 460 ms for females using the average of the triplicate electrocardiograms (ECGs) collected during screening, on Day -1, or just prior to dosing on Day 1.
- Other clinically significant ECG abnormality, as determined by the Investigator.
- Any clinically significant abnormal hematology, chemistry, coagulation, or urinalysis value, as determined by the Investigator.
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of < 80 mL/min, based on the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation.
- Urine-albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) > 30 mg/g.
- Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1 serology) or known HIV infection.
- Positive result for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody.
- Use of alcohol-containing foods or beverages within 72 hours prior to Check-in on Day -1.
- Use of caffeine-containing foods or beverages within 24 hours prior to Check-in on Day -1.
- Febrile illness or significant infection within 48 hours before administration of the first dose of study drug on Day 1.
Note: Inclusion of each subject will be reviewed with a member of AVI BioPharma Clinical Personnel prior to enrollment in the trial. Written approval from a member of AVI BioPharma Clinical Personnel is required prior to randomization.
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): NCT01593072
|United States, Kansas
|Quintiles Phase I Services
|Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66211
|Principal Investigator:
|Alison Heald, MD
|Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
|Responsible Party:
|Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
W9113M-10-C-0056 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Transformational Medical Technologies, US Dept. of Defense )
|First Posted:
|May 7, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 24, 2013
|Last Verified:
|January 2013
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It's mandatory that a companion be available to drive you home. Preliminary results may be discussed, and if necessary, a follow-up appointment with any physician on Memorial Herman's multi-disciplinary team may be scheduled.
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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Every five years, beginning at age 50
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Relax Bay Resort
111 Moo 2, Phra Ae,
Koh Lanta, Krabi 81150
Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach
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Relax Bay Resort is situated on 1 kilometer private beach of Phra Ae Beach, Lanta Yai Island. Consisting with 31aircon bungalow and fan bungalows are setting in the wonderful lush green tropical gardens surround the bungalows and swimming pool.
All bungalows are feature with excellence facilities and modern amenities are come with private bathroom and private balcony. Two great beach bars and cafes.
Relax bay Resort offer Thai cuisine and French Chef. Thai, Swedish massage, Reflexology, Central for easy access & sightseeing, french ownership & management.
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Date of stay:
Feb 20, 2018
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Very good location near the beach
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Feb 23, 2018
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Feb 09, 2018
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Hotel prend de l âge beaucoup de chose à revoir en déco rideaux vieux et troués il manque une touche feminine pour ameliorer tout cela! puis mettre un frigo et un coffre fort dans chaque bungalow la plage superbe mais l eau pleine de rochers malgré tout cela le prix est trop élevé
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Treste bien
Feb 12, 2018
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Nov 21, 2017
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We arrived to be given a hut near building work next door, which was quickly rectified by the reception staff. Some huts are up some quite step steps which could be a problem for older people. Some off rooms are quite basic, worth paying the bit extra to upgrade. Food and service was very good.
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Very easy to book with, quick response back to confirm booking. Would be good to be notified about nearby building work to accommodation,
Nov 23, 2017
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Peter Randall
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Mar 19, 2016
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Excellent stay at Relax Bay. Stayed at a standard-room for 6 nights and it was nice. Hot weather so only a fan without cooling effects might get hard some nights as for march/april and there s plenty of noise by the animals outside at night so mind bringing earplugs! As for the Breakfast its pretty much the same every day, continental, english and thai-food is available. Tasted really good! The restaurant was really good fot the prices being, fast serving and really good quality in my opinion. Happy faces and the little extra with welcome-juice and service with booking airporttransfer / or checking everything is as it should by making a call for the travelagency, this without mentioning or asking them to do that. I would recommend this place! Bike-rental and just a few hundred metres to the road to catch a tuk-tuk or go to the close-by shops for water, crisps and maybe a couple of the local Chang-Beer
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Johan Åberg
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Feb 22, 2015
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The place is getting very noisy and crowded by families with little children. Also the row of Bars and Restaurants along the small beach and each one with it s own style of loud music has nothing to do with a Relax Bay anymore. The rate for a so called VIP Room is highly overpriced!
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No problems
Feb 28, 2015
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Barbara Habegger
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Feb 21, 2015
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manque la clim dans les bungalows. Négligences sur l extérieur, peu entretenu. pas de wifi dans les bungalows alors que c est vendu avec ! prix trop élevé par rapport aux prestations et par rapport aux autres hotels comparables. Personnel toujours très souriant et disponible. pdj très bien, il y a tout ce qu il faut en quantité. Emplacement idéal qui fait oublier les points négatifs;
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aucun problème.
Feb 25, 2015
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lydia coco
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Dec 03, 2012
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Way, way, way overpriced!!! Especially the accommodation. The bungalows were not up to the expected standard for the price you pay! 10 min. further down the road you get much more room facilities AND save 2500 TBH at the same time!
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James Anderson Mason
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Sep 29, 2012
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Although it was raining almost our whole stay, we had a wonderful time there! The resort is lovely - there is so much nature and it is all green! We stayed in one of the basic bungalows and really liked it. The staff is very friendly and they helped a lot in planning. The resort also provides motorbikes for rent to explore the island. Although we could not really make use of it, there is a beautiful beach belonging to the resort with a nice Beach Bar and plenty of possibilities to lay down and relax. The resort also includes a restaurant with good Thai and French/European cuisine. We definitely recommend this place! :)
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Very easy and very good!
Oct 02, 2012
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Katharina Aloisia Winkler / Marc Berger
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Feb 20, 2012
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Accueil formidable Chambres parfaites dans un jardin magnifique Restaurant un peu cher mais juste à coté petit restau sur la plage
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Nov 07, 2010
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One of the best resorts I have ever stayed at. Why? Because of the atmosphere and feeling of the place. A piece of art rather than sheer luxury.
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Nov 16, 2010
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Dag Norén
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Jun 23, 2010
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Hotellet var över förväntan och personalen mycket trevlig. Läget på hotellet är inte det bästa eftersom det är långt till andra matställen m.m. Restaurangen på hotellet höll bra standard men är relativt dyr.Vi var där under lågsäsong och det är verkligen dött på Koh Lanta.
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Jun 29, 2010
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Birgitta Sundstedt
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Apr 14, 2010
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We enjoyed our stay very much. Staff is friendly and the restaurant provides good service. The location is very nice, the beach is a dream. We already miss the beautiful sunsets in the beach bar...
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May 02, 2010
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I really want you to book with us and therefore I would like to advise you a bit about our little paradise. We are not your usual, standard hotel with all amenities. We really are not, we chose another way. Most rooms do not have TV, fridges, room service, room telephone, and so on, but all necessities to have a nice relaxed holiday are there. Also in order to keep them natural cool, most of our rooms are in the shade and protected against the heat by a tree canopy and a lush vegetation.
We are a Bamboo-Eco resort, set in a Jungle Garden along a Beautiful Private Beach, trying to blend in with nature. We especially aim to stay away from the mainstream Hotel business. But we do have WIFI, massage, good food, yoga, happy staffs, and most important, a good humor.
:: Regular Fan Bungalow - 2 Rooms ::
We have 2 so called Regular Fan Bungalow. Basically same as a Premier Fan Bungalow but located in a more secluded part of the resort and as such no real sea view. Sitting on your balcony through, you can see the sea. But it is a bit well hidden behind the jungle trees. However you do have a very beautiful lake/pond in front of you, which sometime sadly dry out a bit in our starting February Month. Here is one of our Regular Fan with less sea view, but still view of the sea? With the Lotus flowers, the water is natural and we do have fishes and even the south east Asian Lizards living in it. So you do have a great chance to see its cooling in the water.
:: Premier Fan Bungalow - 15 Rooms ::
All have a romantic sea view, but some are closer to the sea than others. But all do have this outlandish feeling. You are not in a standard concrete hotel where all is straight, controlled and modern. The Jungle feeling is never far. The beach is at maximum 50 steps and good food is not over far than that. All have sea view, and are situated under the trees in order to cut off the heat. From your balcony you can chill out and follow from afar, the coming and going of the people on the beach.
:: A/C Bungalow - 13 Rooms ::
Most of our Standard A/C bungalows do not have, what you call: Full sea view. Some do but however all of them look either on the "Garden View" or "Pool View". Even not really full sea view, they deserve a good review too. For a couple with or without a child, they are perfect. Some Standard A/C bungalows have a double bed and a single bed, but some others have only a double bed. Each Bungalow here has its balcony with a Hammock and either "Pool View" or "Garden View". The lush vegetation around it, giving it the necessary privacy to chill out undisturbed.
:: VIP A/C Bungalow - 8 Rooms ::
They are our most expensive rooms but they are also the closest to the beach. We have 5+1 with a front sea view and 2 with sea view but from a bit behind. (2 of them are next to the swimming pool. It's not like the second row but behind a little bit and still be nice bungalow and has sea view, look through others in the front.). All rooms are made in Bamboo Style House and have a double bed and a single bed, equipped with a ceiling fan and A/C. This view makes you forget your worries. It's a view from your VIP A/C bungalow balcony. (And the sea even more blue than on the photo, especially in peak season here.).
:: Family Premier Fan - 1 Room ::
One of our family bungalow which has a Pool View. (Yes, it has a view of sea, not sea view, you just stand at the balcony look straight to the pool or look the right through the diving shop and VIP A/C bungalow, you can see a sea.). This one has Pool and some sea view, But we only have one on this location. So first come first served!
it has 2 bedrooms. One with double bed, one with 2 single beds and a large bathroom.
:: Family A/C Bungalow- 2 Rooms ::
Need an Air Con with 2 bedrooms? No problem! We also have 2 Family Bungalows with A/C. It is located in our garden. Yep, no doubt about it. They are a garden view. Here is some pictures from one of our Family A/C Bungalow. 2 Bedrooms and 2 separate Bathrooms.
As you sit next to the beach and enjoy the cooling breeze of the ocean. Please do not complain when possibly a very tiny pieces of sand flying over to your food. We are updating our menu yearly with Thai and European Chef, to make a good experience meal for everyone. Especially, we do have many return guests who stay long and return many times. Why we must sell the same thing for 10 years.
Beach Bar (VIVA ZAPATA):
In the middle of our beach, you can relax and enjoy at our Beach Bar where one of our partners managed to set up a perfect music choice. All with one idea: To Relax & To Chill Out. Ours is called "VIVA ZAPATA". In commemoration (strangely) of the famous freedom fighter in Mexico. It also looks very nice in the night time!
Yoga / Massage / Diving / Land Tour / Sea Tour
THINK about THINGS to DO??? Here is the sample of them. We do have a daily yoga lesson (High Season) and we have a massage here. Also if you would like to go more deep to the blue sea, our diving trip and sea tour/snorkeling trip are available for you to reserve at our reception. Or no more sea?, you can go to survey around the island to the cave, old town, natural park, waterfall or elephant trekking with your kids. Our yoga platform which is looking over the Andaman sea. (Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Sunset flow, Meditation, etc.). WoW! I already felt gooood! How about massage next to the beach? with the real soothing sound of the waves. Nothing is more relaxing than this?
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The book is the only one available that shows you in clear and understandable Step-by-Steps how to create enchanted and cute Troll creatures and Rosemaling as well as having instructions for many other mediums.
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This book has simple painting techniques for the beginners and challenging projects for the advanced painters. The projects are painted with the Joan Dahl's unusual perfection. Her exceptional ability of composition and color choice are clearly demonstrated in every project as well as in each perfect stroke. The large exquisite color pictures are an unforgettable experience in themselves.
"Norwegian Trolls & Rosemaling" is the only book available showing in clearly and understandable step-by-steps how to create enchanted cute Troll-creatures on canvas and wood, combined with the beautiful and traditional art form of Norwegian Rosemaling and rich landscapes. Detailed color illustrations show you how to follow the author's wonderful technique.
Rosemaling and Trolls have been an important part of Norwegian culture and literature for centuries. In this book Rosemaling is taught with a new trend setting method showing how you can recreate these traditions in painting. These teaching techniques are developed by the author's over 30 years of teaching Rosemaling and other mediums both in Norway, the Far East and USA. This includes 9 years at the Norwegian Folk University and 8 years in her own studio in Norway. Joan Dahl is the only known American artist that for 17 years taught the Norwegian their own folk art..!
Trolls are the names of the supernatural large creatures that live in the Norwegian woods and mountains. They are closely related to Jøtnene which are described in the old Norwegian Folklore. The stories about Trolls are strongly flavored by fantasy. They are also in modern times part of the Norwegian folk poetry and fairy tales, but hardly believed in as anything else than fantasy beings. Joan has taken the liberty of creating her Trolls a lot less scary than usually portrayed. Many people even claim that her Trolls are kind of cute!
Rosemaling is an art form that is over 1000 years old, and was copied by the roving Vikings in the 9th century from the Greek and Roman acanthus leaf. They used to carve this leaf on their ships as decoration and protection from evil happenings. This is one of the earliest Rosemaling forms known.
Today's Rosemaling continues with the characteristically complex curving and interfacing of the organic decorations of the Viking Age. Today, the three prominent Rosemaling styles are Hallingdal, Rogaland and Telemark. With the loss of the original Master Rosemalers in Norway, there is a lack of good sources of instructions in the homeland of this beautiful art. There are no major teaching institutions available anymore. Several decades ago there used to be a Rosemaling School in a place called Sand in the southern part of Norway. But there are no major educational institutions available anymore or even proper places to display the art work, except for limited space in a few museums. The Norwegian authorities are! not supporting Rosemaling as they do with other art forms.
The US has become the adopted homeland of Rosemaling. This started with the mass immigration from Norway in the second quarter of the nineteenth century when many Rosemalers moved to the New World. Much credit for this growing popularity must be given to the great Vesterheim Norwegian-American museum in Decorah, Iowa. This is the US cultural center for priceless Norwegian art and heirlooms from the days of the first emigrants and up to modern times. Joan Dahl's art work is on permanent display there along with the other treasures.
One of the favorite objects of Rosemaling in Norway, was the storage trunk. This piece of furniture became the standard luggage of the immigrants. As a consequence, examples of Rosemaling came to America in an even greater numbers than the painters who produced this art and remained living in Norway. In the past, the connection between Rosemaling and America was largely due to historical circumstances. Today, a much more significant relationship is being established. The revival began with the immigrant groups, but soon attracted the attention of the broader American public. Rosemaling is now found in adult education programs and arts and crafts businesses all over the country. There are today many more Rosemalers in the US than in Norway!
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A quick Google search for keeping kids entertained shows just how tricky it really is. Millions of articles claim to have the answers, but in Ireland, we have one sure-fire recipe for happy children: walking
Where kids are concerned, tougher isn't always better. So unless they're hardy hikers already, its best to side step any tough trails up steep mountainsides and instead opt for places the whole family can enjoy.
Take Lough Key Forest Park in County Roscommon. Underground tunnels, high towers and a nine-metre high tree canopy walk. Perfect. The walk there is a self-guided tour, too, so the kids will be able to lead the way. TripAdvisor fans rate it five stars and say it's "Excellent all-round" and has "something to challenge the entire family".
As well as being in charge, kids always enjoy something out of the ordinary. Glengarriff in West Cork could be right up their street, then: mum of two, Emily O'Sullivan took her two tots there for a week-long holiday and was hard pressed to fit everything in.
"This area is one of the best I've been to with the kids," Emily says. "Glengarriff has a stunning nature reserve with a great range of walks that can be enjoyed no matter what the weather. We also explored Gougane Barra, a beautiful and remote part of West Cork, with a huge forest park… You can also join parts of the Beara Way walking route here, hiking up into the deserted hills with sheep scrambling away in front of you.
"One that the kids really got a kick out of, though, was the Ewe Sculpture Garden just outside Glengarriff. The walk is only one kilometre long, but it's unlike anything I've ever seen before with amazing sculptures, waterfalls, little bridges, and games along the way."
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Across the island on the east coast, Wicklow's mountains lend themselves to dip-in-dip-out trots. The Sally Gap is filled with specific walking routes winding through coniferous forests and heather-packed mounds. The stroll beside Lough Tay benefits from little or no inclines and isolated stone-skimming at its end is great craic (fun).
Just over the mountain is Glendalough or as reviewers on TripAdvisor say: "like something you would see in a movie." St Kevin settled himself here for a period of soul-searching in the 6th century. The paths here are short, with boardwalks over the marshy grounds, and well-trodden.
Keep an eye out for the monsters, though. Kevin is said to have seen great fire-breathing beasts when he lived here alone.
No monsters along the Causeway Coast in Antrim, though. Just giants, as Emily and her two kids discovered: "The kids were quite small when we went to the Giant's Causeway, but what an incredible area. The walk down to the Causeway itself is a long one for very young children, but once you get there you can have great fun jumping from stone to stone while firing their imagination with tales of giants!"
As Sarah Nelson of Outdoor Recreation NI tells us, though, there's more to walking Northern Ireland than giants: "The stroll around Castle Ward [overlooking Strangford Lough] is gorgeous and there are loads of spaces for kids to run wild. Also, there's plenty to stoke the imagination at Carnfunnock Country Park.
"Kids also love winding their way around the world's largest permanent hedge maze at Castlewellan Forest Park. And you can't beat the beach at Benone, with over seven miles of sandy shore there's plenty of space for paddling."
There you have it. If keeping kids happy tops your "to do" list, just walk this way…
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A study commissioned by the World Heritage Centre reviews the total carbon stored in trees, leaves forest litter and soil for all 106 World Heritage forest sites. Carried out by Mr. Devendra Pandey, the former Director General of the Indian Forest Survey, the study is the first to look specifically at World Heritage forests sites, combining information from different sources, to obtain the best estimate to date of the carbon stored in these globally recognized conservation areas.
The study relied on a number of sources, including the FAO's 2010 Forest Resource Assessment, a global compendium of country generated data on forest indicators. It also benefited from a worldwide professional network of senior forest survey professionals who provided more precise or more updated information in many cases.
The study reveals a total of 10 504 461 000 metric tonnes of carbon are stored in over 55 million hectares of forest land within 106 World Heritage forest sites. The two sites with the most stored carbon are: 1) Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand, with 785 460 000 tonnes; and 2) Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 723 600 000 tonnes. World Heritage sites with the greatest density of carbon are 1) Redwood National and State Parks (USA) at 625 tonnes per hectare; 2) Olympic National Park (USA) at 515 tonnes per hectare.
This information will help those interested in better understanding the role of World Heritage forest sites in climate change mitigation, and in the value of conserving forest ecosystems in the fight against climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has calculated that 17% of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere every year originates from forest destruction and degradation, as the carbon locked up in these forests is released when they are destroyed. World Heritage forest sites are well positioned to act as nodes within a broader landscape around which to galvanize concerted forest conservation, and sustainable forest management practices.


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Yamaha CDR-HD1000 CD/Hard-Disk Recorder
When José, the Fed Ex guy, rings my doorbell, the transaction is well scripted. He gives me the box containing the Next Thing to Review, and I give him the box containing the Last Thing I Reviewed. One glance at the Next Thing box tells me which link in the audio/video chain I'll be scrutinizing for the next few weeks. Like I said, it's highly choreographed.
So when I saw this Yamaha box, I thought, "Cool, a CD recorder - they're always fun." Little did I know just how cool it would be. Not only does this beauty burn write-once CD-R and rewritable CD-RW discs, but it also contains a 20-gigabyte (GB) hard-disk drive that lets you edit your recordings before burning them to disc as well as save recorded playlists so you can make multiple copies.
A quick glance at the CDR-HD1000's tidy-looking front panel might persuade you that it's simply another CD recorder. There are all the controls you'd expect to see. For example, a button selects the optical or coaxial digital or the analog inputs, and a knob adjusts the analog-input recording level. You use a jog wheel to select the recording mode, call up various menus on the display, adjust the digital recording level (±12 dB), and make other settings. The Finalize button is used to write the Table of Contents (TOC) to a finished disc so it can be played in conventional machines. (But not all players can read all recordable discs. Some DVD players balk at CD-Rs while handling CD-RWs just fine. And while virtually all CD players can play CD-Rs, most older models don't like CD-RWs). You'll also find all the usual transport controls as well as a headphone jack with its own volume knob. The controls all have a crisp, taut feel that gives a user confidence.


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After months of talking about it, Yahoo has unveiled its new, more social Yahoo Music. The new site opens Yahoo's doors to content from YouTube, Last.fm, Flickr, and Pandora, and features affiliate links to iTunes Store and Amazon downloads alongside its partnership with Real's rival Rhapsody service. The changes may make the property a more appealing resource, but they could also turn Yahoo Music into less of a destination and more of a forgettable middleman.
The new features are most visible on Yahoo Music's revamped artist pages, of which there are reportedly more than 500,000. Pages for artists like Beyonc? (pictured above) and Phish now feature YouTube videos, Last.fm widgets with similar artists and tags, Upcoming events, Flickr photo widgets, and links to purchase the music on iTunes Store and Amazon. The widgets can be rearranged or closed entirely, and a library of extra widgets—which third-party developers will soon be able to expand upon—offer even more customizability.
Affiliate links to stores like iTunes and Amazon are part of Yahoo's revenue model for this more open direction of Yahoo Music, but advertising is still the name of the game. As of December 2008, comScore ranked Yahoo Music as the number two online music site with 19.6 million unique monthly visitors, right behind AOL Music with 24.6 million. That is a lot of marketable eyeballs and, potentially, a lot of affiliate store clicks.
Nevertheless, Yahoo Music is still becoming more of a launch pad for musical adventure, and, arguably, not a very good one. The site still features a streaming player for shuffling through the songs and videos that you collect online from Yahoo's library, but most of the new widgets simply open a window or tab that takes the user to a new destination. For instance, there are no embedded players for Last.fm or Pandora; you are simply taken to their respective sites to explore more artists or start playing an artist's music. Yahoo's own embedded player (powered by Rhapsody) is a bit of a bust as well, as it does not even persist across the site. This has become a fairly basic feature of browsing competitors like Lala and even indie-focused Amie Street.
Still, today's release of a new, more social Yahoo Music completes a transition the company began in July 2008 with the controversial shutdown of its DRM music store. Tracks were originally set to become worthless investments when the store shut down, but Yahoo finally did the right thing and refunded its DRM captives. But instead of making good on plans to launch its own DRM-free store, Yahoo has removed itself from digital distribution and shifted into music community aggregation. Once the tools become more refined, third-party developers get to rock out, and services like Last.fm and Pandora actually get a home on these pages, Yahoo may have a really great product on its hands.


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When reaching the end of Mary Geisen's Blog post this week, I found my eyes drawing upward to find her following words:
"Your journey is richer when you accept the breathtaking views as well as the limited perspective…" Mary Geisen – Mountaintop Vistas or Valley Floors
I paralleled her words with the art of photography. For, although a landscape photo gives a breathtaking view, a limited focal point of a macro (close-up) photo reveals a richness in the fine details.
As a Type Seven on The Ennegram I'm apt to be scattered and miss the details, my mind wandering out of the present. It's constant work for me to stay focused, so I use tools such as lists in my day timer to help complete tasks, and leaving my phone at home or in the car when socializing.
Just moments ago a work colleague pointed out I wrote the wrong first name on an order.
And the brain chatter starts. "What is wrong with me?"
This week my eldest sister corrected me on my pronunciation of "pseudonym" and reminded me I tend to mispronounce other words as well.
What is wrong with me?
And on the same day I mixed up Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock.
What is wrong with me? Not smart enough…well-read enough…out-going enough…
However, being on the other side of 50 years, I have learned how to zoom out of the chatter quicker and into the larger perspective that all of us have our strengths, weaknesses, and all of us have places to grow, learn.
I may always be better at the spelling of words than a speaker, although I will keep working on learning the fine, rich details of pronunciation.
I may always have to look deeper into the details before commenting on literary authors and classic movies. Or take the chance to comment, and learn from my mistakes.
Regardless, that mind chatter–what is wrong with me–is like a cloud appearing in a breathtaking landscape. It will evaporate and disappear.
For the truth is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you.
"We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvellously who we were born to be."
(And just in-case you may not know, Edgar Allen Poe wrote Tell Tale Heart, and Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1960's film, Psycho)
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VANCOUVER — The Canadian women's hockey team apologized Friday for a celebration in which some players drank beer and smoked cigars on the ice at Canada Hockey Place on Thursday after winning the gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Games.
Photos of Canadian players whooping it up about an hour after their 2-0 victory over the United States made their way onto the Internet late Thursday. That angered Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, who was quoted as saying, "I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values." He also promised an investigation.
"We realize we should have kept our celebrations in the dressing room," veteran winger Jayna Hefford said Friday. "It was well after people had left the building. We had done it before and some of our favourite memories are going and sitting on the ice and getting a picture by a logo or taking in the atmosphere of the arena once everybody leaves.
"I guess we just got carried away with the celebration. We had worked so hard to win this medal here in Canada. When we got back to the dressing room, I'm not sure any of us knew what was going on. We were just enjoying the moment. Unfortunately, we left the dressing room and we apologize for that."
Forward Marie-Philip Poulin, who scored both of Canada's goals in the win, was among those celebrating. Drinking age in B.C. is 19. She celebrates her 19th birthday March 28.
"I think we just wanted to enjoy the game and go back on the ice and I think we are really sorry for what happened," she said. "It won't happen again.
"It's (winning gold) the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. We just wanted to enjoy it on the ice."
As for whether she realized the legal drinking age in B.C. at the time, she said, "at the moment, I didn't. It's so great to win the gold medal and I just wanted to enjoy it with the girls on the ice. I'm so sorry for what happened. I'll learn from it."
Hefford did say that the negative feedback the team has received bothered her. The Canadians were criticized for lopsided scores in the preliminary rounds and they were forced to answer questions about it immediately after they had won gold, because IOC president Jacques Rogge was quoted earlier in the day as saying, "we cannot continue without improvement," in regards to parity in the game.
"We accomplished something huge," said Hefford. "Huge for our country and something that maybe a lot of people doubted could happen here in Canada. I think that's a pretty great story for Canadians who love the game.
"Not one person on our team is a smoker. We had cigars as a sign of celebration. We had a few beers. That was it.
"Today would have been a great day to open the papers and see our team celebration on the front page and hear how proud Canadians are of us."
Despite Felli's comments, an IOC spokesman did try to play down the situation on Friday at a VANOC news conference.
Mark Adams said that the IOC is writing Canadian Olympic officials a letter asking for further details of what happened, but said to "characterize it as an investigation would be wrong."
"We hear all sorts of stories, and we see the pictures obviously . . .we'd just like to get an idea from them . . . what I would clearly say is that a very quick apology from the team looks to me to have drawn a line under it, but I can't fully say that until the letters have come back and we've finished the process," said Adams.
When pushed on the issue, Adams went on to say, "people are in search of a story that doesn't exist . . . they're looking for someone to say it's terrible."


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by Chris Bagg, with help from Christine Vardaros
TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC—Just as they did in the women's race, the moments on this Tabor course that forced the riders off their bikes made the decisive gaps. A greasy, off-camber corner let opportunistic riders break away from the packs, and the giant stairs that preceded a steep hill broke the field. Bart Wellens took the holeshot, and after two laps of the field watching each other, Kevin Pauwels (BKCP-Powerplus) attacked a large group containing all the pre-race favorites: Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet), Zdenek Stybar (Quickstep), Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor), Bart Aernouts (Rabobank), Francis Mourey (FDJ), Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), and Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea). Stybar went with the young Belgian, but Pauwels got about a five second gap after Stybar changed bikes and couldn't go back across to the Sunweb rider. Only the tall Belgian, Vantornout, could follow Stybar, and soon those two were chasing alone in front of the larger group, who had picked up Radomir Simunek. Steve Chainel rounded out the top ten as the men went through the start finish with five laps to go.
Niels Albert led that chasing group back to Stybar and Vantornout, but Pauwels at that time had established more than a twenty-second gap. The course was classic Euro: grassy but greasy, with scary drops and race-deciding climbs. Those stairs (the course designers had opted for huge steps instead of the usual low-rise steps) split the field on each lap, but the group of nine watched each other carefully as Pauwels continued to dance away. Pauwels is looking fit and lean this season, and half-way through the race it looked like his effort would hold. Shedding his glasses, the work showed clearly on Pauwels' face with about three-and-a-half to go. Albert and Stybar kept attacking each other, and Klaas Vantornout answered each charge, defending well for his teammate. As the group came through with three to go, Stybar gestured at the rest of his groupmates, frustration visible on his face. No one wanted to work, however, and they let Vantornout ride on the front for almost a quarter-lap, letting Pauwels get farther up the road. After the stairs, Albert had had enough and attacked up the climb, bringing Stybar with him. The tall Belgian got right back on the World Champion's wheel, and the group of nine stayed compact.
Radomir Simunek, in an effort to save the race for the home crowd and for teammate Albert, moved past Vantornout to try to animate the group of nine, who looked content to race for second. Stybar and Vantornout follwed Simunek, getting a gap over Albert, Nys, Mourey, Chaniel, Aernouts, and Meeusen, but with two laps to go Pauwels' lead had grown to 57 seconds. Stybar, freed from the group, soon started to expand the gap, while Vantornout clung gamely on. Simunek, pushed over the edge by his attack, soon began to fade back to the chase group. Stybar brought back ten seconds to Pauwels with one lap to go, but the gap would be just too large. Vantornout, it appeared, was given permission to try to get away from Stybar, because for the first time that day the Sunweb-Revor rider began to work with the World Champion, trying to keep the chasers at bay. Francis Mourey and Sven Nys, no longer content to sit back, tried to get back up to the Belgian/Czech duo. Stybar attacked with several hundred meters to go and got away from the hard-working Vantornout for the second spot on the podium. Pauwels had time to celebrate the win, putting both hands above his visibly tired face.
Jeremy Powers, coming off an amazing 10th place last weekend, finished 15th, only 1:24 down on the winner. Tim Johnson followed his former teammate by two spots, and Jamey Driscoll went down hard in the final corner, losing his chain and having to run his bike the final 200 meters, surrendering several spots.
Jonathan Page: "It was frustrating today. I know I've been doing it forever but still I'm not really sure what's going on. But I know I have some work to do. My tank isn't full I think. I haven't done this bad in a long time."
Jeremy Powers: "It's small victories. Today was great except for the start. If I could have just been ten places better, I would have been in really good shape to do another top ten. But it was just a fast race and to gain five seconds here is nearly impossible. I was marking myself off the front guys in certain sections and I could see that I was doing the same laps as them but on the best guys in the world I'm not going to take back five-ten seconds in a lap.
The only wheel I was paying attention to was dead in front of me, while slobbering on my top tube with my tongue. When Bart [Wellens] got across to that front group, I just dangled. I'm just missing a very small amount of fitness. But I'm happy and I go home in my head on a high. As long as I keep getting better, I'll keep coming [over to Europe] and keep doing this. But when I stop getting better I'll reassess."
Tim Johnson: "Last week I had a terrible start but with good legs, and today I had a medium start but it took me a half hour to really get going. But once I did, I started to jump up and up. Jeremy was right in front of me and I was just trying to get him at the end.
Before the start some of the Dutch guys were referring to the course as American style. It's true – when these guys wonder what Louisville [World Championship Course in 2013] is like, it's like this with the flat corners – not too technical. It has lots of berms like this course too."
Dieter Vanthourenhout: "My start was not so good so I ended up in the chase group, thus my race was really not quite so good. It was not my best result."
Tom Meeusen: "It was a really heavy race with many riders together in a group. There were a lot of altitude meters so it was very hard for me. I suffered the whole race so I am again happy with sixth place."
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Rank Name Nat. Age* Result
1 Kevin PAUWELS BEL 28 1:02:58
2 Zdenek STYBAR CZE 27 1:03:30
3 Klaas VANTORNOUT BEL 30 1:03:33
4 Francis MOUREY FRA 32 1:03:38
5 Sven NYS BEL 36 1:03:39
6 Tom MEEUSEN BEL 24 1:03:47
7 Bart AERNOUTS BEL 30 1:03:50
8 Radomir SIMUNEK CZE 29 1:03:55
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Monday, April 09, 2007
So FAR Away........
Doesn't anyone stay in one place anymore?
The answer is of course, no. Especially not if you go to work for a really nice company that sends a great big SEMI to your house and also brings a bunch of nice men to pack up all your stuff and then to load it all up into the semi - nice as you please.
And even if you try to do the "we'll drive at night" thing that some parents recommend (I now have a special term for these people, I call them idiots) your new company will still send that great big semi to your new place and bring lots of nice men to unload it and put everything were you ask them to.
Like civilized people.
Here is a gratuitous shot of only SOME of my myriad strollers waiting to be loaded up. I think that the movers weren't even phased by them, which makes me think some lunatics out there have more strollers than me. Which is madness.
In what serves as only a further coffin nail in anything like regret or worries about the change, my new company's HR Director came over on my move in day, with a care package. Icy cold cokes, chips, PIZZA HUT gift cards ......and some Easter basket goodies for the kids - in case we didn't have time to shop for Easter because of the move.
Because they care, and wanted to us to feel welcome.
It is such a change, I hardly know what to do with the emotions it conjurs up.
Today was my first day at work.
I love it there.
Posted by Gidge Uriza at 11:05 PM
Labels: Point A to Point B
4 comments:
- Karen Rani said...
Awwww that is SO sweet Gidge! Glad to see you made it and hope to talk to you really soon!
- Tue Apr 10, 08:35:00 AM
- QofS said...
So happy to hear it went well! Nothing like feeling LOVED!
- Wed Apr 11, 12:50:00 PM
- Becky said...
I'm still sad you're gone but happy that things are going so well already.
- Wed Apr 11, 03:53:00 PM
- Teena said...
I just started a new job last month. It's a scary experience.
- Thu Apr 12, 09:22:00 PM


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Rarely in the sport of mixed martial arts is a fighter completely healthy. Nagging injuries often keep fighters from being 100 percent. Very often, fighters are forced to fight while injured.
In WEC featherweight Josh Grispi's most recent fight, not only did he have to battle an ankle injury that made walking difficult, "The Fluke" also had to stand in front of former UFC lightweight champion and mixed martial arts legend Jens Pulver.
"By the time I fought Jens, my ankle was completely destroyed." Grispi (13-1 MMA, 3-0 WEC) recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I had torn ligaments, and I could barely walk when I fought Jens."
Although injured, that fight ended as most of Grispi's fights do when he choked out Pulver in the first round. After the fight, Grispi's ankle needed major surgery.
Now, following a year of rehabilitation, the 21-year-old looks to come back strong at Sunday's "WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus" event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he is scheduled to fight an always-tough L.C. Davis (16-2 MMA, 3-0 WEC).
Of course, the year-long hiatus brings the question of "ring rust" into the mix. The past has shown that too much time off can often prove detrimental to a fighter's performance.
"I was definitely a little rusty starting off training," Grispi said. "Definitely get a little nervous, but you fall back in love with it quick."
Before the injury, Grispi was in the middle of a nine-fight win streak that thrust him into the contender mix of a very deep featherweight division – a place that the budding prospect seems very comfortable.
"I'm definitely up there with the top guys", Grispi said.
With his current run of of seven-straight stoppages in the first round, it would be hard to disagree with him.
"I like to end fights quick", Grispi said.
Since joining the WEC, Grispi has won all three of his fights in the first round. He finished Micah Miller by TKO while submitting Pulver and Mark Hominick.
His opponent at WEC 49, Davis, is in the middle of his own three-fight win streak and will surely look to capitalize on Grispi's layoff.
"He's a good wrestler, a lefty, and he is quick" Grispi said of his opponent. "He usually goes the distance, and I like to end fights quick, so it should be a good clash of styles."
A win over Davis would put the young Grispi on a very short list of potential contenders for current champion Jose Aldo's belt. There are know freebies in the WEC, and Grispi knows his work is ahead of him.
"I'm always expecting tough fights in the WEC," Grispi said. "(But) a win would get me right back to the top of the list."
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Canadian Supreme Court Upholds 'Hate Speech' Laws, Amends Process
Canadian Supreme Court Upholds 'Hate Speech' Laws, Amends Process
In what many are already deeming a landmark decision, Canada's highest court has ruled that laws placing legal limits on inflammatory speech will remain on the books.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously Wednesday that "hate speech" laws are a constitutionally valid limitation on free speech in the country albeit with the proper process in place.
Don Hutchinson, vice president and General Legal Counsel with The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, intervened on the case, known as Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott.
In an interview with The Christian Post, Hutchinson explained the significance of the decision laid out by the SCC in the Whatcott case.
"The Supreme Court of Canada has narrowed the scope of hate speech for the purpose of non-criminal complaints and clarifying the test to be used by courts and tribunals assessing hate speech," said Hutchinson.
"In the process, the court has also commented on the limits to the robust freedoms of religion and expression in the context of a free and democratic society."
Hutchinson also told CP that the EFC got involved in the case "with a focus on protecting free expression motivated by religious beliefs and principles."
"Much controversy has arisen because human rights tribunals are not always composed of people who have legal training so decisions have been inconsistent," said Hutchinson.
"Our desire is to protect and proactively promote the freedoms of pronouncement from the pulpit and participation in the public square; essential components of freedom of religion and evangelical expression."
In 2001 and 2002, William Whatcott of the group Christian Truth Activists passed out flyers with messages against homosexuality and abortion in some neighborhoods of Saskatchewan. A complaint was filed against Whatcott over the content of a couple of his flyers and he was brought before the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
In 2005, the tribunal of the Saskatchewan HRC declared Whatcott guilty of violating the HRC Code and fined him the equivalent of $17,500. This decision was upheld by the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench in December 2007. However, in February 2010 the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overruled the previous decisions and by October 2010 the case ended up before the SCC.
In their decision, the SCC did strike down some of the language in the code, namely the banning of speech that "ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of" certain groups. The fine against Whatcott was reinstated.
David Arnot, chief commissioner for the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, said in a statement that he was "very pleased" with the SCC's decision.
"We are very pleased that the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the validity of our human rights legislation, recognizing it strikes the proper balance between freedom of expression and freedom from the fear that comes with hate-filled speech," said Arnot.
"We hope that our legislation serves as a model of best practice for other provinces to follow suit."
According to Saskatchewan HRC, prosecutions of cases similar to the Whatcott complaint are seldom pursued.
"The SHRC has prosecuted only five cases relating to the dissemination of hate in the last 32 years and considers prosecution a tool to be used sparingly and judiciously and only in the most extreme cases," Saskatchewan HRC said Wednesday.
As to the long-term effects of the Whatcott case, Hutchinson of EFC told CP that he believed the decision would influence the codes of Canadian provinces other than Saskatchewan.
"I expect to see those Canadian provinces and territories that don't currently have a hate speech provision in their human rights legislation add one that mirrors the wording approved by the Supreme Court in this decision," said Hutchinson.
"Interestingly, while this case has been in the courts the Canadian Parliament has been processing a bill that will remove the identical section from our federal Human Rights Act."


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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen did a masterful job navigating the political shoals of the Joint Economic Committee yesterday. She told liberal Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that she shared his concern about the Koch brothers and inequality, and conservative Indiana Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) that Congress needed to act soon to reduce long-term budget deficits.
But her testimony, and the discussion that followed it, raised a host of serious questions about the role of the Federal Reserve in this sluggish economy. As Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) told Yellen, her "don't worry, be happy" monetary message might not work. From what I heard, there were at least six issues on which she spoke that made no sense. I'll call them Yellenisms. Each of the six issues, below, is bold-faced.
Most important, will the Fed be able to keep inflation in check at "only" 2%, its target goal, after its massive monetary accommodation?
Yellen testified that the Fed has the tools to move in time to avoid inflation. Carnegie Mellon University professor Allan Meltzer, whose op-ed in the Wall Street Journal forecasting higher inflation appeared on the same day, does not think so. Meltzer wrote: "Never in history has a country that financed big budget deficits with large amounts of central-bank money avoided inflation. Yet the U.S. has been printing money — and in a reckless fashion — for years." Every Fed chair wants to avoid inflation, but America saw substantial periods of inflation in the 1970s that were difficult to eradicate.
Linked to inflation is the question of asset bubbles. Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) asked Yellen about Meltzer's concern that seniors on fixed incomes are taking too much risk in the stock market because they can't get a historic rate of return on their savings accounts.
Yellen, in full "don't worry, be happy" mode, sees no evidence of an asset bubble in equities. Plus, she highlighted the advantages for Americans of low mortgage rates that have served to increase the value of houses, Americans' main asset. True, house prices have gone from underwater to back in the black, as she said. Is this another bubble, especially given the current softness in the housing market? It will take us another few quarters to be sure. Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan did not see asset bubbles, but they surfaced and popped anyway.
Meltzer suggested that the Fed is responsible for increased income inequality because upper-income taxpayers own more stocks, which have increased in value due to low returns on savings accounts. Yellen said that she could not deny that interest rates affect the stock market, but the Fed has no stock market target. The admission that interest rates do affect the stock market suggests a bubble, because stock values are dependent on the Fed's low-interest-rate policies. As long as the Fed keeps rates low, stocks will continue to rise as investors seek higher yields.
In response to questions by Vice Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) about whether inequality slows growth, Yellen said that inequality is pulling down spending and slowing the economy. The theory is that the poor spend a larger share of their income than the rich, so raising taxes on the rich and redistributing these funds to the poor raises growth.
However, income invested by upper-income individuals fuels investment, creating jobs for others. And spending by upper-income consumers creates local employment, at least in the United States. Labor Department data show that the top fifth of income earners was responsible for 52% of all spending on personal household services, and 56% of spending on fees and admission to entertainment. Services and entertainment are local businesses that employ low-wage workers. Taxing top earners will result in lower spending on these categories, and less domestic employment.
If transfers of income from one group to another succeeded in creating economic growth, the fastest-growing countries would be those with the highest top tax rates. But high-tax countries tend to have lower growth rates.
Another important question is the role of forward guidance. Yellen testified: "One important policy tool in recent years has been forward guidance about the likely path of the federal funds rate as the economic recovery proceeds." Don't worry, be happy. But in March, the Fed abandoned its prior forward guidance rule — that it would end monetary accommodation when the unemployment rate reached 6.5 percent — because of uncertainties in the labor market. The Fed now has no forward guidance.
In its March 14 press release, the Fed stated: "The Committee currently anticipates that, even after employment and inflation are near mandate-consistent levels, economic conditions may, for some time, warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run." That is essentially no guidance. That is one reason why Yellen could not answer Chairman Brady's questions as to when she would raise rates and normalize the Fed's balance sheet. She cannot give an exit strategy because she has none.
The "don't worry, be happy" message continued in Yellen's comments about the limp 0.1% GDP growth rate in the first quarter, which she attributed to the weather. That implies that with the Fed's 2014 GDP forecast growth rate at 2.8% to 3%, GDP growth should be above 3% for the rest of the calendar year. But if the weather is not to blame, this shows that our economic problems are more serious than she realizes.
And there are good reasons not to blame the weather. Personal consumption expenditures grew at a solid 3%, so people were in a spending mood. Residential investment declined by 6%, but at a lower rate than the fourth-quarter decline of 8%. Exports of goods declined by 12%, suggesting that the economies of our trading partners — slowness in Asia and Europe — might have something to do with it.
"Don't worry, be happy" also applied to the labor force participation rate, which appears to have stabilized at 62.8%, equivalent to levels in 1978. Answering questions from members, Yellen said that the declining rate is driven by retirements, even though young and middle-aged people are also working less. It is positive that the rate is no longer declining, that it appears to have stabilized, because that is consistent with an improving labor force.
However, the labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 is 80.8%, compared to 84.6% at its peak in January 1999. If the labor force participation rate were at 1999 levels, an additional 4.7 million people would be in the workforce.
For Chair Yellen, there's no need to worry about inflation or asset bubbles; the Fed has it all under control. No need to worry about GDP growth (it's just the weather) and labor force participation (it's mostly old folks, and it has stabilized). It's just that pesky inequality that's a problem, and we all know what the solution is to that.
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5,000 missing: Found alive and well in Albemarle
Remember the 2000 census– the one that showed Charlottesville with a mysterious 5,000-person population spike? Well, those people have been found.
They're alive and living in Albemarle County.
Two years after shocking the public with obviously bogus numbers, the Census bureau has come clean and now admits it made a mistake.
"We believe that at least two mistakes were made," says City spokesperson Maurice Jones.
If the figures had been accurate, Charlottesville would have seen its population jump from 40,341 in 1990 to 45,049 in 2000– a 20 percent increase. Instead, it actually dropped during the decade– about .1 percent per year, according to UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
"I was calling it a debacle, but it's been rectified," says Julia Martin, the Center's demographic expert. "It's all resolved now," she adds.
Resolution is key, because census data determines how much state and federal money– like cash for schools and the elderly– winds up in the locality. Population also shapes Congressional and other voting districts.
Part of the confusion, says Albemarle County spokesperson Lee Catlin, comes from a City-County boundary that zigs and zags right through some housing complexes (such as Copeley Hill) and even through some buildings (such as U-Hall).
Curiously, UVA's Central Grounds is considered Albemarle turf. Catlin says that comes from a long-time City concession to UVA. Despite numerous annexations, the City has allowed the Central Grounds to remain part of Albemarle County.
So here are the new and improved official numbers from the 2000 Census: Albemarle has 84,186 folks; Charlottesville has 40,099.


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Review: 'Lost Girls' by Caitlin Rother is a close look at a killer
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On the day in 2010 when a San Diego judge sentenced John Albert Gardner to life in prison for the rape and murder of two teenage girls, the fathers of his victims referred to him in court as a monster and a predator.
"Lost Girls" by veteran journalist and true-crime writer Caitlin Rother is a deeply reported, dispassionately written attempt to determine what created that monster and predator. It is a cautionary tale and a horror story, done superbly by a writer who knows how to burrow into a complex case without becoming captive to her sources.
The victims' families chose not to cooperate with Rother, but Gardner's mother, a psychiatric nurse, provided both access and candor. Much of "Lost Girls" tells of her desperate, ineffectual attempts to find help for her mentally troubled son as he spiraled downward.
Struggling for financial survival, caught in several rocky relationships, Gardner's mother, Cathy Osborn, took her son to various counselors and psychologists. By age 6, he was starting fires, taking mood-altering medication and seeing a psychologist. There were private schools, special programs in public schools, numerous kinds of medication, and a 60-day stay in a mental hospital for children in Northern California.
Periods of stability were often fleeting and gave rise to unrealistic hopes that he was cured. During one such period, Gardner was voted "Best Conversationalist" in his grade school class, "which was a proud moment for the family."
Finally, Osborn realized, "My child is not ever going to be functioning close to normal." Among other conditions, paranoia "became part of his lifelong persona," she said.
In the end, there is not a tidy explanation nor a psychiatric diagnosis that makes Gardner's sexual predation and violence wholly understandable. Instead readers are left with a chilling conclusion: There could be other Gardners-in-the-making, even in the safe-seeming suburbs of northern San Diego County where his victims, 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King, lived happily and died horribly.
Gardner's upbringing was tumultuous and unstable — changes in address, changes in family situations — but hardly the Dickensian type of early life often associated with criminality. He was intelligent but hyperactive; he had an early interest in sex, and girls found him attractive; he learned quickly to take advantage of his size and strength.
In 1989, at age 10, Gardner spent six weeks in a medical facility run by UCLA. A doctor wrote that he often used force to "defend against feelings of abandonment, confusion, low self-esteem and lack of control in recent circumstances."
In 2000, Gardner was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. His mother argues that the incident was overstated by the prosecutor and mishandled by the defense attorney; Rother digs into the facts, interviews everyone concerned, and lets the reader decide.
On one point, Rother is clear: Five years in prison made Gardner's condition immeasurably worse, possibly giving him a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder. He repeatedly told prison officials about his homicidal fantasies.
Paroled as a registered sex offender, he was required to wear a GPS monitoring system. But officials missed dozens of opportunities to send him back to prison for violating his parole as he cruised close to schools and, in one case, visited the grounds of a state prison.
After Amber Dubois disappeared in February 2009 while walking to high school in Escondido, police failed to see Gardner as a suspect although he lived nearby. A year later, when Chelsea King disappeared while jogging at Lake Hodges, Gardner was linked to the crime by semen in a pair of her panties. For his guilty plea to both murders, the district attorney agreed not to seek the death penalty. (I reported on the case for The Times.)
Cathy Osborn, now married for the fourth time, claims that in the days before King's murder, she had made multiple calls to psychiatric facilities seeking help for her son. For sexual offenders, there are few programs available. Rother reports that despite her repeated requests for documentation about making those calls, "Cathy could not or would not produce phone records to prove it …"
In a five-hour prison interview, Gardner, now 33 and bloated by medication, is by turns open and manipulative. He no longer lives in what he once described in a poem to his mother as a world of "just me and the little voices."
With a laugh, he tells the reporter, "I'm rotting in prison. Cool. Public be happy."
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