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Oikos think tank strives for social and ecological change by contributing to public debate from an ecological perspective. Oikos focuses on long term challenges that are discussed too little in the social debate, but which are crucial for the future of our society and coming generations. Our starting positions are the environmental limitations of the planet and worldwide solidarity.
Oikos wants to provide an inspiring framework for positive practices. We foster hands-on initiatives that demonstrate how working towards a sustainable society is possible. These are part of the 'new social movement that is not yet aware of its own existence', as German social psychologist Harald Welzer puts it.
In Oikos' seminars, lectures, publications and opinion pieces, the different dimensions of this aspiration to change are deliberated: the underlying ethics, the analysis of the current situation and the development of alternatives, together with concrete strategies to get there. In round table discussions, seminars, reading groups and blog posts Oikos offers involved citizens and experts the chance to expand their knowledge, exchange ideas and to start a common learning process.
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More women with children work than ever before, leaving a majority of children without someone at home full-time to care for them. Others, including the elderly and people with a serious illness or disability, increasingly rely on family members for caregiving needs.
Something needs to be done—and the problem is just too big for people to solve by themselves. It's time for workers, businesses and the government to come together to create a winning situation for everyone. We need paid leave policies that provide a basic standard of paid leave for all workers. Paid leave policies are critical to helping ensure workers can take care of themselves and their loved ones without risking their health, or their family's health and economic security.
New Jersey took a big step forward in May 2008 when Family Leave Insurance legislation was signed into law, but there is still more that can be done. In addition to Family Leave Insurance, New Jersey's working families need paid sick days to care for themselves, their child or other family member when illness strikes or to attend routine medical appointment; and they need a few hours each year to attend a child's school event or participate in a parent-teacher conference or other school activity.
The New Jersey Time to Care Coalition is building on the successful earned sick days campaigns in Jersey City, Newark and other municipalities to advance a statewide paid sick days standard for all New Jersey workers.
Everyone benefits when workers are able to balance job obligations and family needs. Giving workers financial security by allowing them to take paid leave to deal with their own illness, a child's illness, or a parent's recovery from a stroke not only improves outcomes for children families, but also raises worker morale and productivity.
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How will the approaching expiration of estate and gift tax provisions of the 2010 Tax Relief Act impact your clients? Can one structure an irrevocable life insurance trust as a non-grantor trust? What role can side funds play in fixing life insurance-funded split-dollar or private premium financing arrangements that were established without an exit strategy?
Lawrence Brody, a partner at the St. Louis, Mo.-based law firm Bryan Cave LLP, provided answers to these questions, among many others focused on wealth transfer planning, during the opening generation session, "What's Hot, What's Not—2012 Edition," of LIMRA's Advanced Sales Forum, held in Chicago August 6-7.
Following the 2010 Law to 2013
Much of the talk by Brody—who co-presented the session with Thomas Commito, a vice president of Sales Concepts at Lincoln Financial Distributors, Radnor, Pa.—dealt with wealth transfer planning considerations in 2012 of the 2010 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010; and of the Obama's Administration's 2013 budget proposal.
A top concern of advisors is the effect of the 2013 proposal on irrevocable life insurance trusts, a standard tool of financial planners for shielding policy proceeds from estate tax and for paying estate taxes assessed on other assets. The budget proposal would, if adopted, change the estate tax treatment of grantor trusts by coordinating income and transfer tax rules applicable to these trusts.
The lack of coordination under the current tax regime, said Brody, lets individuals transfer "significant wealth" without transfer tax consequences.
Brody highlighted tax implications of cases where income tax rules treat a trust creator ("grantor" or "settlor") as the trust's owner for income tax purposes. Trust assets would, for example, be includable in the gross estate of the settlor for estate tax purposes. And a gift tax would be imposed on trust distributions to a beneficiary during the settlor's life. Brody noted that nearly every life insurance trust is a grantor trust under the Internal Revenue Code, which directs ILIT trustees to use the trust's income to pay premiums.
"If the 2013 proposal were adopted, we'd have to change the way we create irrevocable life insurance trusts, many of which are intentionally created as grantor trusts," said Brody. "Clients who establish ILITs would have a tough time keeping the trust out of their taxable estate."
"There's only way to do it: You have to stipulate that trust income to pay premiums is discretionary—not required," he added. "And payments could only be done by the trustee with the consent of the beneficiary. That's the only way I can think of to make an ILIT not a grantor trust."
One bit of good news, Brody continued, is that the proposal would be prospective, affecting only trusts created after the proposal's enactment. One exception to the prospective rule: pre-existing trusts that are later integrated with a new ILIT.
Turning to charitable gifting, Brody noted that clients who haven't used their lifetime gift tax exemptions can make gifts up to $5,120,000 through the end of 2012 without incurring gift tax; the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption thereafter returns to $1 million, as per the pre-2001 tax regime.
Clients who have previously used their full $1 million gift tax exemption, or have exceeded their gift exemption and paid gift tax, can therefore make an addition $4,120,000 gift in 2012. (In 2011, the gift tax exemption was $4 million.)
Next page: Claw-back: Your worst nightmare?
Brody noted, however, that gifts in 2011 and 2012 exceeding the reinstated $1 million exemption could potentially be "clawed back" into a client's estate in 2013, making the excess gifts subject to estate tax.
But he also pointed out that Congress may not have intended to impose such a claw-back; and that claw-back likely would "sunset" (expire) in 2013. The reason: The 2010 Tax Relief Act providing for the increased gift tax exemption treats the earlier 2001 tax act (EGTRRA), upon expiration, as if it never were enacted.
The sunset provision aside, Brody noted that, with a few exceptions, only the difference between available exemptions would be clawed back. Any appreciation on, and income derived from, a gift would not be subject gift tax. Additionally, claw-back doesn't apply to a client's lifetime use of the GST tax exemption—hence the value of allocating the increased gift tax exemption to an inter-generational or dynasty trust.
"I don't think you can get hurt very badly even if the claw-back stays in force," said Brody. "In most cases, all that happens is there is a recalculation at death as to how much of your money you gave away."
The one exception, said Brody, involves married couples who qualify for an excess $4,120,000 gift as a marital deduction. If claw-back stays in force, adding back the $4,120,000 next year would generate an estate tax for the couple.
Given the tax-favorable treatment of appreciating property, clients now should consider gifting assets that will grow in value and have the assets appraised—assuming they can still secure the services of a good quality appraiser before the increased gift tax exemption expires in 2013.
"Appraisers all over the country are telling us, 'We're done taking on new appraisals for 2012—we're booked.'" If you haven't already scheduled an appraisal, it's probably too late to get a good appraiser to do the work this year."
Brody said that using the increased gift tax exemption of a wealthy spouse to create a lifetime non-marital trust for a less wealthy spouse could move the exemption (plus appreciation and undistributed income) out of both spouses' estates. The non-marital trust would give the less wealthy spouse/trust beneficiary access to the trust assets.
But Brody cautioned that such non-marital trusts may run afoul of "reciprocal trust doctrine," which prohibits gift and estate tax abuses that may arise when two spouses create trusts for each other. A wiser course, he noted, is for the wealthier spouse to create a non-marital trust for the less wealthy spouse, and for the latter to create a trust for children, perhaps by using funds gifted from the wealthier spouse and both spouses' increased gift exemptions.
If, alternatively, a client were to use the increased gift and GST exemptions to make a gift to an inter-generational dynasty trust (which is exempt from claw-back), the gift would, as per the Administration's budget proposal, be exempt from the GST tax for 90 years. Gifts to a dynasty trust would also enjoy creditor and spousal claim protection.
Brody warned, however, that gifting a $5,120,000 generation-skipping transfer tax exemption to grandchildren and the balance of a client's estate to children could invite a lawsuit from children who believe they have been unjustly disinherited from their fair share of the estate.
"In such cases, the advisor will have a new nickname: defendant in a malpractice lawsuit," said Brody. "The use of the dynasty trust made perfect when the GST exemption was $1 million. It may not make sense when the exemption is $5,120,000."
Brody added that, because the increase in the estate and GST exemptions are only effective for 2011 and 2012, not all client estate plans will need to be reviewed and amended to reflect the higher exemptions.
Those that will likely need to be amended include formula-driven plans, such as those involving a second marriage and a credit shelter (non-marital) trust established for children by a prior marriage. Also to be reviewed are wills and trusts that leave all assets to a surviving spouse or that use "disclaimer plans:" arrangements wherein all assets are left to a surviving spouse, but that permit the spouse to disclaim a credit shelter trust for his or her benefit.
"With these disclaimer plans, you don't have to worry as much about what the exemption amount is because it will automatically self-correct," said Brody. "This assumes, of course, the spouse has decent counsel and is willing to disclaim. Many of our high net worth clients are actively looking into these plans."
Should a plan, however, call for transferring an unused $5,120,000 million estate and gift tax exclusion from a decedent client to a surviving spouse under the 2010 Tax Act's "portability" provision then, said Brody, advisors need to bear in mind some caveats. Among them: the portability exemption isn't indexed for inflation; doesn't exempt from the estate tax appreciated property received by the surviving spouse; expires in 2013 (though the President's budget proposal calls for making it permanent); and only applies to the last deceased spouse.
This last provision may preclude portability in cases where a surviving spouse remarries. Conversely, said Brody, a widow or widower whose previous spouse used all of a portable exemption can gain a tax advantage by marrying a second spouse who has not used his or her portable exemption, provided the new spouse dies first.
"[When drafting the 2010 law] Congress was worried that people would, after their spouse died, look for an older, unhealthy, poor person to marry to be able to get their exemption," said Brody. "I can see the ad in Craig's List now: 'I'm older. I'm unhealthy. I have no assets. And I haven't used my exemption. Call me!'"
Next page: Side funds to the rescue?
Still another use of increased lifetime exemption entails "fixing" existing insurance or estate planning transactions. Examples: life insurance-funded split-dollar or private premium financing arrangements that were established without an "exit strategy" to allow repayment of advances or loans during the insured's lifetime. The increased gift and GST exemptions could, said Brody, provide such an exit strategy by creating "side funds"—assets inside the trust apart from the life insurance policy.
"We're now seeing clients incorporating side funds into under-water insurance trusts in order to use the increased exemptions," said Brody. "We're also seeing clients use the exemptions to protect against transfer taxes when terminating an above-water split-dollar or premium financing arrangement that has lots of policy equity."


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Caplin's corner: He's making Venable affordable
Jeremy Caplin might just be the Mother Teresa of Charlottesville real estate.
That may seem a bit extreme, but given that local property values appear to be soaring completely out of control, could he at least qualify as a Robin Hood?
For the past 10 years, this Charlottesville native has championed the redevelopment of a charming string of 30-some houses between 10th Street and 13th Street, turning a renovation project into an intensely personal mission, and a real estate business into a community development initiative.
Caplin's entry into the landlording game was spurred by the plight of a longtime family friend who almost lost his house as a result of several ill-considered loans. The incident sparked an interest in property ownership and management, and by 1993 the UVA theater professor had decided to leave the halls of academia to devote himself to softening the often prickly housing market.
"I wanted to do something where I had control, where I could see the results," says Caplin, 49. If he's using the view from Grady Avenue as a benchmark, he must be pleased with his work– many of the houses facing the street have been transformed from run-down, boarded-up shacks into tidy homes with white picket fences and, perhaps, 2.3 kids. If there's anything he's done wrong along the way, it's his decision to take a pass on some houses in the area.
"You can't buy 'em all," he laments.
These days, Caplin says, his typical rents hover around $400/month– some two- and three-bedroom single family homes rent for $300-$325, some for $450-$550, and one woman pays $200 a month for a one bedroom cottage. Those numbers are less than half what some downtown apartments bring– and all the more astonishing when many students will gladly shell out four-figure monthly rents.
He doesn't appear to be subjecting his tenants to substandard service, either.
"He's the best landlord I ever had," says an enthusiastic Bea Wicks, one of Caplin's longest-renting residents. "I wish he'd buy all of them."
Even with all his success, Caplin has no intention of focusing elsewhere. If anything, he wants to saturate the Venable neighborhood with his presence, ensuring its preservation throughout Charlottesville's rapid growth spurts.
"If I do two houses on the same block, you can really feel it," he says.
Not only tenants appreciate Caplin's mission: His work has earned the respect of his peers.
"He's done more for a neighborhood than the city of Charlottesville could even imagine doing," says real estate tycoon Gabe Silverman. "He doesn't live in the neighborhood, he is the neighborhood."
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As announced by his family this morning, former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, died early Sunday morning at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College after losing his fight with lung cancer. Paterno was 85.
I think I'll have to agree with ESPN analyst Matt Millen (for the first time). I truly believe that although it was lung cancer which took Paterno's life…it stands to reason that after the past few months, his death was in part due to a broken heart. The man was a legend for half a century at the University and in college football as a whole. Accumulating more wins than any other college coach in history.
But November, 2011 seems to have been the beginning of the end for Paterno. His lung cancer was disclosed by his family back on November 18, just nine days after he was fired by the Penn State's board of trustees in the wake of the child sexual-abuse scandal that was revealed following the indictment on November 5 of Sandusky.
It's safe to say that his all-time wins record will probably never be broken. In today's game, coaches don't last 50 years anymore. Yes…there has been a major recent scandal involving the school and it's coaching staff. But today, I'm going to try to remember the coach that I remember idolizing as a kid growing up…wanting to go to Penn State. Wanting to play football for the great Joe Paterno.
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Paterno's son Scott announced Nov. 18 that his father was being treated for lung cancer, which was diagnosed in mid-November during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness.
The storied career of "JoePa" included 409 wins in 46 seasons and two national championships.
But his reputation for success with honor was shattered when a former assistant was charged with molesting 10 boys during a 15-year span, including some in the Penn State athletic complex.


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Shelton farm wins state award
Pursuing her first love continues to reap a harvest of reward for Stacia Monahan. The Shelton farmer, who operates Stone Gardens Farm in Shelton, along with her husband, Fred, was recently named Connecticut's Outstanding Young Farmer of 2014.
"I'm amazed," she said. "I feel like somebody should pinch me so I could wake up from the dream."
Stacia Monahan, 36, who is now a finalist in the national competition, was chosen based on her achievements in agricultural enterprise, conservation practices and involvement with the community.
A graduate of the vocational agriculture program at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, Stacia Monahan's passion for farming began as a child, when she worked summers on her grandparents' Seymour farm.
"I just farm because I love it," she said.
But Stacia Monahan and her husband, whom she met during a school internship, are also passionate about the authenticity of local farms --preserving honest practices for the consumer, whom they say can be duped by faux farm produce that gets sold through profiteering middlemen.
"Now that the Department of Agriculture in Connecticut has recognized the problem with the over-saturation of fake farmers' markets throughout the region ..." Fred Monahan said, "We won't have to compete with those who enjoyed stealing our profits for years."
Stacia Monahan spoke of vendors who buy their produce at wholesale markets and then drive over to farmers' markets and pose as the growers. "They're just like grocery stores on wheels," she said.
"That was just something that pushed me to want to be better at what I did," she said.
Stone Gardens Farm began 16 years ago with just two acres. The couple, who have three children between them, now own six acres but they utilize 200 with the help of a mostly seasonal staff, growing produce, along with raising poultry, pork and beef. They now offer direct retail as well as a popular Community Supported Agriculture program that provides weekly boxes of fresh produce to over 1,000 clients.
"We've been customers of theirs since they started and have been watching them grow and expand their product lines," said Susan Marciano, of Shelton. "They are honest, hard-working people who go out of their way to satisfy your requests. They also take the time to explain their business, their products, and their work."
Stacia Monahan praised the value of knowing where one's food comes from, as well as where it goes. And her customers appear to agree.
"It's too easy to forget that there are people who grow and harvest our food, so the weekly trip out to the farm is a way of keeping that connection," said Derek Sterling, of Trumbull.
"Only one percent of the population has the knowledge to grow food," Fred Monahan said. "Without farmers, no one could survive ... It's nice to see people starting to realize that."
Stone Gardens Farm is located at 83 Saw Mill City Road in Shelton. www.stonegardensfarm.com.
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This map of the Lands of the Bible contains a large quantity of ancient historical information as well as details of significant events of the time. Published in December 1967 with three articles including "Eyewitness to War in the Holy Land," this map outlines the territory occupied by Israel in June of 1967 during the Six Days War between Israel and neighboring Arab countries.
Coverage Area: Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Syria, western Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, northeastern Egypt, northern Saudi Arabia


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Communications regulator Ofcom today ruled that Sky - which is nearly 40 per cent owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp - IS fit and proper to hold a TV broadcast licence.
However Murdoch's son James - formerly chairman of BSkyB and still involved in running the family empire - was savaged by the watchdog, which questioned his managerial conduct and described some of his actions as "ill-judged" and difficult to comprehend.
In July last year, at the height of the UK centred phone-hacking scandal that swamped the Murdoch media empire, Ofcom finally responded to political pressure and waded into a row over News Corp's bid to takeover the remaining majority chunk - about 60 per cent - of BSkyB it didn't already own.
Ofcom had previously said it would wait for the police to complete an investigation into allegations relating to voicemail-tapping and other alleged misdeeds at Murdoch's British newspaper business, News International, before it would consider intervening on News Corp's proposed takeover of BSkyB.
When the regulator confirmed it would carry out a so-called "fit and proper" test of Sky's ability to hold a broadcasting licence, James Murdoch held chairmanships at BSkyB and News Group Newspapers - the parent company of News International.
In April this year, he quit his BSkyB chairman's role, which followed his departure in February from News International. James Murdoch now resides in New York where he works in his dad's stateside telly biz. But he remains as a non-exec director at NI and BSkyB.
In its report today, Ofcom said:
In the circumstances, and notwithstanding our views in relation to James Murdoch's conduct, we do not consider, having taken into account all the relevant factors, that on the evidence available to date Sky is no longer fit and proper to hold broadcast licences.
Whilst we consider that James Murdoch's conduct in various instances fell short of the standard to be expected of the chief executive officer and chairman, we do not find that James Murdoch's retention as a non-executive director of Sky means that Sky is not fit and proper to hold broadcast licences.
We recognise that whether it is appropriate for James Murdoch to be a director in light of the events is a matter for the Board and shareholders of Sky.
The regulator repeatedly brought into question James Murdoch's competence as one-time CEO and chairman of News International.
Sorry, daddy
The Register asked Ofcom whether the outcome of its investigation might have been different had James Murdoch retained his chairmanship at Sky. A spokesman at the watchdog said:
It's a hypothetical question. As part of this ongoing duty, we reached a decision based on the facts and evidence at the time.
The facts are that James Murdoch is no longer at the helm of Sky: it's more than possible to imagine that if that were not a fact, a different decision might have been made. Even now, his relatively minor presence at Sky remains a touchy point for the broadcaster.
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Friday's episode of CSI: NY may feature a side of Mac Taylor viewers don't see very often.
The episode— the conclusion of the CSI crossover event that began on the mothership series Wednesday — finds Mac (Gary Sinise) and D.B. Russell (CSI star Ted Danson) returning to New York to track down the people who have kidnapped Mac's girlfriend Christine (Megan Dodds). And given Mac's personal investment in this case, his desire for justice burns even hotter than usual.
Winter TV Preview: Get scoop on all the must-watch new shows"Many times crossovers are really big, giant [events], not very personal stories to our team," executive producer Pam Veasey tells TVGuide.com. "But it's very personal to Mac. He [goes] a little bit rogue. I think you'll see him just a little more aggressive and dramatic."But will he go too far? During the course of the investigation, Mac comes across Zane Kalim (Homeland's Navid Negahban), a career criminal who refuses to give Mac and D.B. the information he has on Christine's whereabouts. As Christine's time gets shorter and shorter, Mac may be forced to resort to methods that flirt with the boundaries of protocol. But while Mac's team might second-guess him, Russell's got his back. "Mac knows the relationship he has with this woman," Veasey says. "People are speculating things based on what they look like... and he can only say, 'I know she wouldn't do that.' But he has no forensic evidence to prove otherwise. He seems to be a guy on his own, but D.B. steps up. Because he [almost] lost someone at the beginning of the season, he understands that drive."
Exclusive: CSI: NY books Homeland villain for crossover eventVeasey also notes that Mac's devotion to finding Christine further cements how important she is in his life. "We just want Mac to have a relationship and see that he's committed," she says. "That means a lot to him [to] say it out loud. Mac is usually not forthcoming, but Mac's really bringing it to work and sharing that relationship."So, assuming Christine makes it out alive, might the couple become even more "committed" before the end of the season? Veasey isn't exactly sending out "save the date" cards. "He's happy to have her in his life," she says. "But we're not in a rush to do anything."CSI: NY airs Fridays at 9/8c on CBS. Check out an exclusive sneak peek from Friday's episode below.


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A Haskell Lover's Plea
From email@example.com Thu Mar 16 18:03:34 1995 From: email@example.com Subject: A Haskell Lover's Plea
A Haskell Lover's Plea
Why should I renounce for you, dear Haskell, My much yearned for side-effects? Why should I face the software dragons Without my weapon, my manly spear of destruction? They call you non-strict, oh so elegant and pure Ariel. Yet side-effect celibacy is surely severe.
Your flesh is too weak, you brutish beast. The tarpit demons of software hell await you! This sinful habit in which you indulge Does more harm than good. Restrain yourself! And you too will see The wondrous and refined joys of referential transparency!
Alas, I can do without goto, without call/cc. But sans side-effects, I am lost and forlorn, can't you see? Oh, lady fairer yet than admirable Miranda (tm), Scheme's prolix, parenthetical tedium Is no match for your elegant syntax. What's more, Your list comprehensions outshine even Prolog for sure...
Ah, flatter me not, you low-spirited Caliban! Do you not know what advantages await Those who renounce destructive update? Start with an immaculate high-level specification, Throw in some algebraic code transformation. Soon you will have a provably correct and maintainable implementation.
Show mercy on mere mortals like me! How I dream still of the efficient pleasures of pointer manipulation! How I too wish to mutate memory with thoughts born of von Neumann earthiness! Relent! Relent! Let me have my assignment, my printf, my gensym. Let me fulfill my destructive impulses. Let me set bang. Let me update. Let me assign. Let me mutate.
Fear not, lowly beast, I have heard your pleas. To satisfy your low-level desire I'll give you monads, linear types, MADTs, Even single-threaded polymorphic lambda calculi. My beauty may suffer, still I will aspire To let you do (within typeful limits) what you please.
Rejoice! Rejoice! I'm free! I'm free! The best of both worlds is mine at last. Oh, infinite progeny of Church, Hope, and ML, I curry favor not when I say: Scan me right, fold me left, Lazy lady of many shapes, you've got class.
Don Smith (email@example.com)
Ode from a Haskeller to a Schemer
From: Benjamin L. Russell <DekuDekuplex <at> Yahoo.com> Subject: Ode from a Haskeller to a Schemer [Was: Re: Santana on my evil ways] Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe Date: Mon Jul 7 02:26:37 EDT 2008 Ode from a Haskeller to a Schemer Recursion was my curse, 'Till mapping came to fame, Parens to tail-recurse, Fade, monads are to blame. Let, let*, or letrec? They were my bar and foo. Now, monads have my neck: What shall there be to do? Recurse or iterate? The processes, too late! To map, fold, or filter: That is the question, sir. In Scheme, I threw a fit: Eval: how to write it? In Haskell, no more wait: Reactive-animate! -- by Benjamin L. Russell, July 7, 2008 (Tokyo time)
Reading A Monad Tutorial
From: Ketil Malde <ketil <at> malde.org> Subject: Reading A Monad Tutorial (Re: [Haskell-cafe] Ode from a Haskeller to a Schemer) Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe Date: Mon Jul 7 04:21:33 EDT 2008
(With apologies to Queen.) Is this the RealWorld#? Is this I/O I see? Caught in a monad - No escape back to purity Open a file, it wipes out my smile to see I'm just a programmer, don't need a Ph.D I'm easy come, easy go Don't need this high brow weird monadic action, no real reaction for me, from G-HC Hey man, I just found out that it is easy to achieve using unsafeInterleave and unsafe...PerformIO but people tell me I should let those go Oh man, no-o-o I'm about to start to cry If I can't make this stuff compile tomorrow I will just carry on Nothing really matters. Too late - 'cause I got it now there are monads all around IO, State and lists abound It's easy, like those people say but my program got abstracted all away! Maybe - o o o, It's a monad too, I know Why should I use another language at all? -k


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Efficacy of 18-Months of Antidepressive Medication Plus CBT or Dynamic or Supportive Psychotherapy for Recurrent Major Depression
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00220623
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified September 2005 by Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : September 22, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 22, 2005
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Major Depressive Disorder affects approximately 16% of the adult population over the lifetime. Controlled studies indicate that short-term antidepressive medications or psychotherapy produce full remission in only about 46% of patients. Furthermore, about 80% of patients will continue to have subsequent recurrences after remission of the first episode, with each episode increasing the probability of future recurrences. This pilot study will examine whether antidepressive medications plus one of three commonly available types of psychotherapy used in the short-term treatment of depression can protect against the recurrence of depression if active treatment is extended to 18-months duration. Results will aid designing a more complete study.
Adults with an acute episode of major depressive disorder with at least one prior episode will be randomized to Antidepressive medications (ADM) plus 18-months of either Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or Dynamic psychotherapy (DYN), or to a standard control therapy, Supportive Clinical Management (SUP-CM). We will determine whether a higher percentage of those receiving either CBT or DYN remain well after three years of follow-up, compared to those receiving the standard control treatment. We will also examine the reduction in psychological risk factors as well as potential economic benefits of the three approaches.
|Condition or disease
|Major Depression
|Drug: antidepressant medications, flexible drug choice Behavioral: CBT, Psychodynamic or Supportive Psychotherapy
|Phase 3
Major Depressive Disorder affects approximately 15% of the adult population over a lifetime. Controlled studies indicate that short-term antidepressive medications or psychotherapy produce full remission in only about 46% of patients. Furthermore, about 80% of patients will continue to have subsequent recurrences after remission of the first episode, with each episode increasing the probability of future recurrences. The World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2020 depression will be the second largest cause of medical disability worldwide. As a result, there is a need to validate treatments that produce remission and prevent recurrences upon long-term follow-up. Furthermore, since several treatment types are currently widely practiced, there is a need to demonstrate both their efficacies and cost effectiveness.
We propose to conduct a pilot study to determine the feasibility and provide estimates for a randomized controlled study of combined antidepressive medications plus one of three forms of psychotherapy in common use for adults with an acute episode of recurrent major depression. Two treatments of interest, Cognitive-behavioural (CBT) and psychodynamic (DYN) psychotherpy, will be compared to Supportive Clinical Management (SUP-CM), which will serve as the control. Overall, the study will compare each active psychotherapy to the control treatment for retention-attrition, and efficacy in producing remission, preventing recurrence after up to 18-months of treatment, and improving functioning. Secondary aims will explore whether putative psychological risk factors for depression improve more in the active psychotherapies than in the control condition, and determine whether this improvement predicts or mediates staying well. Finally, we will develop preliminary estimates of the cost-effectiveness and cost-offset of the three treatment conditions at termination and 3 year post-treatment follow-up. If either or both active treatments give estimates of superior prevention of recurrences or residual symptoms and impairment, these estimates will be used to plan a subsequent more definitive study, including their relative cost-effectiveness and cost-offset.
Adults (N=30, 10 per condition) meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for an acute episode of major depressive disorder with at least one prior episode will be randomized to 18-months of either (1) Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or (2) Psychodynamic psychotherapy (DYN), to a standard control treatment (3) Supportive Clinical Management. All patients will receive antidepressive medications (ADM), which will be prescribed according to a pre-defined protocol similar to the CANMAT guidelines. Once remission has been achieved, continuation of ADM will follow the same guidelines in all three therapy conditions. Assessments will include the LIFE-method to code the course of depressive episodes and dysthymia, the HRSD-17 and BDI-2, role functioning and impulse symptom measures, and theoretically based measures of both cognitive, affective and dynamic psychological risk factors, and health care costs and economic productivity. Patients will be assessed at intake and six month intervals for the treatment period and three year subsequent follow-up, totaling up to 54 months for each patient. The HRSD-17 and economic data will be collected more frequently. Intent-to-treat analyses will compare each active treatment to the control treatment. If 18-months of either of these two most commonly used psychotherapies provides estimates of reduced recurrence and morbidity compared to standard treatment, these estimates will be used to design and power a subsequent complete study including cost-effectiveness and cost-offset.
|Study Type :
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|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of 18-Months of Antidepressive Medication Plus Either Cognitive-Behavior Therapy or Dynamic Psychotherapy Compared to Supportive Clinical Management for Recurrent Major Depression: a Pilot Study
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|August 2004
- Time to recovery of major depressive episode
- Time to recurrence of major depression, once recovered
- improvement in depressive defenses
- proportion of time with depressive symptoms
- improvement on other specified psychological measures related to depression
- cost-effectiveness measures
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 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- DSM-IV major depressive episode with at least one prior MDE episode, and
- HRSD-17 score above 16 at screening and intake (one-week apart)
Exclusion Criteria:
- bipolar type I disorder
- any psychotic disorder
- serious alcohol or substance abuse disorder
- organic mental disorder
- serious suicidal intent that warrants imminent hospitalization
- first trimester pregnancy
- likelihood of moving too far away to continue treatment for 18-months
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): NCT00220623
|Contact: Joan Oppenheimer, B.A.
|514 340-8222 ext 5832
|Canada, Quebec
|Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E4
|Contact: Joan Oppenheimer, B.A. 514 340 -8222 ext 5832
|Contact: Lisa SM Barbagallo, BS 514 340-8222 ext 5832
|Principal Investigator: John C. Perry, M.P.H., M.D.
|Principal Investigator:
|John C Perry, M.P.H., M.D.
|S.M.B.D. - Jewish General Hospital
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|September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates
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This report documents progress during the third year of the Joint Programme. In 2010, the programme was implemented in Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, with Eritrea, Mali and Mauritania also receiving some technical and financial assistance.
The report includes a table summarizing the achievements of the programme based on 10 indicators. It also lists a number of quantitative achievements, such as number of community declarations of abandonment, declarations by religious leaders, and community education sessions held, among others.
In 2010, the programme began looking for ways to help address the mental anquish of women who had been cut, only to learn that the procedure served no valid moral or cultural purpose.


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South Africa Gets Behind Bafana
Bafana Bafana will have the support of the nation behind them when they play one of their biggest matches in recent history – the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals against Mali in Durban on Saturday.
Gordon Igesund's men, playing in the last eight for the first time in 11 years, began the tournament with an uninspiring performance in a goalless draw against debutants Cape Verde Islands, but have gradually won over the hearts of South Africans since then.
They claimed a convincing 2-0 victory over Angola, followed by a valiant 2-2 draw with Morocco, and now have the desired "momentum, confidence and backing of the country", for which the coach had desperately yearned.
Opponents Mali, perennial threats at the continental competition after reaching the semifinals on five of the seven times they have qualified, including a third-place finish at the last tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, have yet to hit full stride.
Their route to the knockstage saw them edge minnows Niger with a 1-0 win, lose by the same scoreline to Group B winners Ghana and draw 1-1 against Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Eagles' No 3 ranking in Africa should make them the slight favourites against Bafana Bafana, who are 22nd, but the game is expected to be a closely fought one.
"It's obviously going to be tough at this stage of the competition, no matter who you're playing," Igesund said.
"Mali are a very talented team with very good players. They play a little bit differently from most of the teams we've played so far.
"They like to slow things down, they like to knock the ball around, they're very comfortable on the ball, but there are no easy games in the quarterfinals."
Igesund played down suggestions during the week from opposite number Patrice Carteron that South Africa would be the favourites.
"He's trying to play a bit of mind games by doing that," said the Bafana mentor.
"They are ranked third in Africa and we are ranked 22nd, you figure it out.
"There's as much pressure on him as there is on me. Both sides will be under pressure to win."
One thing the hosts – the only non-west African side represented in the last eight of the continental showpiece – can count on is the 12th man crowd factor with a capacity 56 000 spectators expected at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
The 'sold-out' signs were put up less than 24 hours after their group clash with the Moroccans and the hosts will be banking on their good record in the city to carry them through. They have won seven and lost only one of their 13 matches in Durban since readmission.
"Everyone can see for themselves that the support here in Durban is really fantastic," Igesund said.
"It plays a huge part all over the world, the host nation has a bit of an advantage."
Mali's French coach, Carteron, who downplayed any physical advantage his team could have, said this week that South Africa were "one of the most well prepared teams" he had seen at the 2013 finals.
"I think they will have a 60-40 advantage going into the game, it's logical," Carteron said.
"When you play at home with the atmosphere, the crowd and the whole country behind you, it's normal.
"But I know we have a chance. We will give 100 percent to try and qualify.
"I do respect South Africa, I do respect their coach."
Each team has one suspension affecting their team selection, with right-back Anele Ngcongca ruled out for Bafana Bafana and goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa missing for Mali.


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