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Late in her life, Lorine Niedecker collected several dozen of her poems in handmade books that she gave to three friends. One poem common to all three books is "Who Was Mary Shelley?," a Gothic ballad in which the author of Frankenstein dwells not in possibility but anonymity. "What was her name/before she married?" Niedecker wonders. What was she thinking when she "Created the monster nights/after Byron, Shelley/talked the candle down."
When Niedecker died in 1970 at the age of 67, her work was shrouded in mystery as well. During the half-century she spent writing poems, Niedecker published in the best little magazines and earned the praise of Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky. Nevertheless, opinion of her poetry remained dominated by hearsay and caricature. The view of George Oppen, who had met Niedecker just once, during her stay with Zukofsky in Manhattan in 1933, is typical. Niedecker was "a tiny little person, very, very near sighted always," Oppen told a friend in 1963, adding that she "was too timid to face almost any job. She took a job scrubbing floors in a hospital near the run-down farm she inherited, and is still living in that crumbling farm house and scrubbing floors. Someone in Scotland printed a tiny little book of her poems, which are little barely audible poems, not without loveliness." In a similar vein, the Jargon Society published Epitaphs for Lorine in 1973, and several contributors memorialized Niedecker with the diminutive "poetess."
The portrait of Niedecker as the Grandma Moses of American verse can't be attributed entirely to the provincialism or paternalism of the avant-garde poetry world. When Oppen wrote to his friend, Niedecker had just two books in print (the second being a redaction of the first), and both books contained, well, poems rarely longer than four lines. But Niedecker didn't write just "little" poems, and access to the rest of her oeuvre improved in 1985 with the publication of Cid Corman's The Granite Pail: The Selected Poems of Lorine Niedecker and Robert Bertholf's From This Condensery: The Complete Writing of Lorine Niedecker. The problem was that Corman and Bertholf presented contrasting Niedeckers. Corman's text contains less than half of Niedecker's poetry, and it emphasizes her lyrics about nature and domestic life on Black Hawk Island in south-central Wisconsin, her home for all but a few years of her life. Bertholf's volume includes those lyrics plus Niedecker's poems about history and politics, but it teems with textual errors (misattributions, mistranscriptions), and so its emphasis on the Niedecker who probed the world beyond Black Hawk Island is useless.
"Isn't it glorious? Let's trim green thought in one place and let it grow wild in another," says a character in "The Evening's Automobiles," one of two short stories that Niedecker wrote in the 1950s. Jenny Penberthy has let Niedecker's green thought run wild by restoring poems that either went unpublished in books or periodicals during Niedecker's lifetime or were trimmed from or mangled in posthumous editions. Collected Works includes Niedecker's two published collections, New Goose (1946) and North Central (1968); three complete unpublished manuscripts, "New Goose" (a collection of twenty-nine poems in the same style as the forty-one poems in New Goose), "For Paul and Other Poems" and "Harpsichord & Salt Fish"; the gift-book poems; uncollected poems, both published and unpublished; and published and unpublished fiction and radio plays. Though one regrets the exclusion of essays Niedecker wrote on Zukofsky and Corman, the range of forms and ideas is still electrifying. Not since the appearance of the facsimile version of The Waste Land in 1971, which clearly established how T.S. Eliot's poem had been transformed by Ezra Pound's editing, has a new edition of an American poet's work shattered the prevailing sense of that writer's art. Niedecker may have lived in a marshy backwater, but thanks to Penberthy's meticulously edited volume she can no longer be treated as an unintellectual pastoral miniaturist. Isn't it glorious?


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Some may have heard about the horrible murder of Lestiano from Lagoa do Cauipe in Cumbuco..
Im going to blame every one here so if you like to live a lie don´t read this.
Some of us.. you me them every one. Likes to smoke a joint now and then and other like the harder stuff. Who am I to judge what you put in you body.
Since Brazil will not legalize marijuna and the demand is huge. Criminals take advantage of this.
Before WE!!!!! came to cumbuco and brought our wonderful sport of kitesurfing to what now is one of the best places in the world to ride! there was no kite and little market for drugs. Now as we the outsiders come there ride enjoy their home. Are welcomed as guests and treated and kings. I for one have always been treated very good and felt very safe there. Lestiano was always our local guide and his dedication and love for the sport and to teach us more about the local spot and kiting was one of the best things about visiting Cumbuco and Cauipe. But as it grew into a more popular place more and more people came and offcourse a market for drugs in introduced to a humble village. Some bad people take advantages of this and the end result is what we had this weekend. The death of our friend Lestiano.
All of cumbuco is in shock and today the locals closed the streets. There are kites infront of the funeral and every one is very sad for what has happend.
I am all for the legalization of Pot and believe every one is entiteled to put what they want int their bodies but not when some one has to pay with their life for it.
You want to help make cumbuco better. Dont help feed the criminals there. Say no to Drugs try tot educate people to legalize or to acept that its funding the criminals and more people will suffer.
All in All. rest in peace my friend Lestiano. I was proud of you for wearing my Brand and for riding a Epic kite! You always helped never complained and I wish you life did not end this way!
Any one in cumbuco there will be a huge downwinder in his honor. I hope you all respect him and his friends and come join in as respect for him the sport and also as a protest to Criminals who get away with what they do.
PS Do you part!!!!!!

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We've got our hands on the new iPod nano 5G, now with a video camera! We got our nano early on the morning of September 10, 2009.
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Check out the YouTube video of the teardown!
Apple's got a routine going with the nano. Never fail, come September, we get a new one.
This is the first time Apple's had a similar exterior design two releases in a row. The rear-mounted video camera is the only clear sign that we have a new device in our hands.
Notice the white wrapper around the packaging. Not even Apple employees got to sneak a peek at this one.
Many of the new features include a pedometer, voice recorder, voiceover, a genius mix feature, FM radio, a speaker, oh, and a little thing called a VIDEO CAMERA!
The one thing the nano didn't receive this release is a capacity upgrade. Like the 4th Gen, this nano comes in 8 and 16 GB capacities.
You can [www.twitter.com/ifixit|follow us on twitter] to get all the latest updates as we're doing the teardown!
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Where's the speaker?
The speaker is shown in Step 14. It looks like it's one of these: http://www.murata.com/products/article/p... (or equivalent.)
A video camera finally comes to the iPod line. Surprisingly, it's in the nano, and not the touch.
According to Apple, the video camera offers:
H.264 VGA video
640 by 480 pixels
Up to 30 frames per second
AAC audio
A Plastic Opening Tool makes quick work of the plastic bezel surrounding the dock connector.
There's not much to see here yet. We're working on getting to the good stuff...
So far, there's a lot in common with the 4th Gen nano.
No surprises here. This design is identical to the 4th Gen nano. Even though the exterior hold switch is near the edge of the iPod, the internal hold switch is actually in the center of the iPod.
Unlike some earlier iPods, the hold switch isn't directly attached to the logic board.
That's a really thin ribbon cable. Then again, there's not a lot of data that needs to go through it.
Make sure the remove the base plate by removing the very small screws. Which make Step 10 (later on) much more easy.
Take great care with the hold switch ribbon cable. I've broken two up to now. It has the strength of a piece of 2mm wide bathroom tisue. Also has a right angle bend so it willl tear more easily. You will find two very small screws holding the switch to the small metal bracket. Don't remove them - just slacken them and slip the switch off as the holes are slotted. This frees the large metal top piece and you have less weight hanging on that ribbon. Incidentally, if you do have the bad luck to tear the cable all is not lost as the lock position is with the switch closed (shorted).
The camera bezel appears to be keeping the iPod's insides from coming out.
Eine Deutsche Rasierklinge should fix that...
The microphone by the camera ensures you get sound with your VGA moving pictures.
Use a pin to remove the small white retainer from between the camera and microphone holes. This keeps the components from sliding toward the bottom of the nano.
Apple has redesigned the click wheel on this nano. Instead of being (fairly permanently) affixed to the case, we were able to rotate and lift the click wheel.
You can use a spudger to completely remove the click wheel without taking the rest of the iPod apart.
How exactly is the click wheel removed? You have to rotate it left or right before it lifts off? Does it lift off easy or does it snap/pop off?
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How exactly is the click wheel removed? You have to rotate it left or right before it lifts off? Does it lift off easy or does it snap/pop off?
No rotation possible as I far could see, glue to keep it in place. And a very small clip hidden behind the play/pause button
It is not removed by rotation. There are two spots holding it in, one on the top (menu) and one on the bottom (play/pause). The one on the bottom is put underneath the rectangular protrusion from the bottom metal bezel (the thing around the dock connector). Once you remove the metal bezel, then the click wheel should just lift out, although like Rick said there is a small amount of glue so you may need to use a spudger.
Click wheel: I have found traces of adhesive here on a metal rim about 0.5mm wide which is part of the machined case. This rim is then cut away into four 1cm long pieces. One at 10 oclock, 4 oclock, 8 oclock and so on. Not much adhesive - but don't underestimate - it's very strong stuff. At the top of the clickwheel (at 12 oclock) is a small metal tab which slides under the ipod body. When prying out the clickwheel, lift from the bottom, otherwise you are pulling against this metal tab as well as the adhesive. Some heat on this area helps to release the adhesive. Don't end up with the metal plate under the clickwheel looking like a potato chip as happpend with my first teardown.
There's a thick slab of glass covering the LCD. Unlike the iPhone, we haven't seen issues with broken glass on the nanos.
If you want your screen to look nice, don't touch it. Fingerprints are quite noticeable on the glass.
Removing will be much more easier if your first use step 10 to push the internals out a small bit and than gentely push the window out at the upper edges from inside out.
To take off the glass, do we do it similarly to the 4th gen nano, where you just push it towards the clickwheel a bit to loosen the top first? or is a different method better here?
Is it necessary to remove the glass to remove the body? Can it be left as it is?
Removing the internals... It's a tight squeeze, but we got them out. Getting this iPod open wasn't easy. We don't recommend trying this at home. Take great care not to scratch the screen on the sharp recess for the click wheel, bend up slightly if necessary.
This iPod employs copious amounts of glue and adhesive to hold everything together. That makes it easy for Apple to put together, but hard to take apart.
Any idea whether the adhesives and glues used in the Nano are designed to withstand repeated exposure to high humidity as often happens when people strap the device against their body while exercising? I owned a Nano Gen 3 that stopped working after only a couple months. Other people at my gym using their Nano the same way I do reported the same problem with their Gen 3. I never had problems with the Gen 1 or 2 and have no experience with Gen 4.
Made sure to protect your ribbon cables from breaking from the sharp metal edges of the clickwheel using a small piece of hard plastic (plectrum for example)
iPod, sans casing.
The tolerances on this iPod are incredibly tight, there's no wasted space inside.
Missing a step on how-to remove the metal frame. Takes a fairly bit of effort to disassembly all attached objects of the frame before you are able to lift the 'mainboard' with battery attached out of it.
The new nano features a larger display (2.2" and 240x376). This is the same width as the 4th Generation nano, but 56 pixels taller. On a pixel basis, that's 17.5% more screen real estate.
Apple keeps putting bigger screens in the same size devices. The footprint of the iPod nano has stayed the same over the last four years, but this display has four times the pixels of the original nano.
The battery. Apple warns you right from the get-go that your iPod may melt and/or spontaneously combust: "Potential for fire or buring." We assume they mean burning. It is assembled in China, so we'll give them a little slack.
Supposedly if you burn this battery, it will burn.
It's readily apparent the battery has not changed much. Just compare it to the battery of yesteryear...
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It actually has a typo: "Potential for fire or buring.".
Cutting these batteries with a sharp knife produces neat looking sparks all around the blade. Between the layers of the foil in the battery is a clear slimy/lumpy substance, akin to semi dried alcohol hand sanitizer.
Here's the speaker. Like the Touch 2nd Gen, the audio simply comes out the bottom of the iPod.
For something only about a millimeter thick, it's not really fair to complain about audio quality.
Removing the connector that connects the microphone, speaker, hold switch, and headphone jack to the logic board.
Removing the camera.
It's nice to see that the camera's a separate module and not integrated into the board.
Any one offer an extension cable for the camera so it can used in a more creative way?
The camera, in all its VGA resolution glory. The camera itself is less than 3 mm thick.
Space may have been a factor in not including a better camera. Excluding its mount, the camera in the iPhone 3G is about 6 mm thick. The 5th Gen nano is 6.2 mm thick at its thickest point.
Unlike the nano, the touch, at 8.5 mm thick, could conceivably support an iPhone-sized camera, although it would certainly be an engineering challenge.
In our iPod, Toshiba is the source for the 8 GB of flash memory. On the chip:
It looks like this was made in Taiwan in week 29 of 2009 (mid-July).
Also visible to the right of the Toshiba chip is the rubber mounting fixture for the camera, assumedly to dampen vibrations.
The front of the logic board.
The main ARM processor dwarfs everything else on the board. Similar to previous iPods, we expect this is an Apple-branded Samsung processor.
Here's the markings from the processor:
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EDIT: Easier to see in Step 20
Yup, a word from the (recently) wise: remove the click wheel before you slide the internals out.
I was about to make the same comment, noticed that right away. It is a bit scary when even the experts have trouble opening these things intact 0.0 I guess Apple's so hellbent on making these things thinner they sacrifice serviceability. I wonder what their yields and raw production costs are like? Their computers are much easier to work on, even if the iMac does require a big suction cup to pull the glass panel off..
The shiny chip is visible from this angle:
~ The End ~
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Cita de borshak:
Hey, but what about axelerometer? Apple was remove it from iPod nano 5G? Or we still can shake nano for next song?
It's still in there, that's how the shake to shuffle feature works. Also, is can detect which way the ipod it turned and put video in that direction (left or right from its usual upright position), and it can decide whether to record video in portrait or landscape mode.
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where's the FM radio?
It uses the head phone wire because all u need is the right programming and a 2 foot wire to get radio
Yup, they can be found here.
Hi, any idea where i can buy just the 338S0559 audio amplifier chip or if not can anybody point me to where i can buy a logic board with the IC on it?
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Dr. Solinsky, practitioner of 'the miracle of obstetrics,' retires
Waterford - Even though he's been retired since Feb. 14, Dr. Stanley Solinsky still gets to enjoy what he considers one of the best parts of his 30-year career as an obstetrician-gynecologist.
Women still stop him at the grocery store or The Recovery Room restaurant in New London to share news of the children he helped deliver, some now grown and with children of their own. One young woman, born on his birthday, sends him a card every year on that day with news of what's going on her life.
"Women always remember their labor and delivery, and you're part of that for the rest of their lives," said Solinsky, 62, who spent most of his career at Shoreline OB GYN in New London and lives near Harkness Memorial State Park. "You see women at their worst during labor, and five minutes after it's over, they're the happiest person in the world. That's the true miracle of obstetrics."
Solinsky figures he's brought more than 4,000 new lives into the world, along with caring for the routine and complex gynecological matters of hundreds of the region's women.
"A while back I delivered the child of a couple and I had delivered both the husband and the wife," said Solinsky. "One of their mothers is still my patient."
Colleague and friend Dr. Peter Auerbach, of Thameside OB/GYN Centre in Groton, said having the same patients over decades and generations is the hallmark of a well-respected and compassionate obstetrician-gynecologist.
"It comes with being an OB and with stability," he said. "If you stay in the same place and take good care of patients, they keep coming back to you."
One of Solinsky's longtime patients, Maria Liguori of East Lyme, cried twice over his retirement - first when she received his announcement letter, and then on her last appointment in January.
"He saw me through some difficult times, and he was always kind and sensitive, and took whatever time you needed, and had a sense of humor," said Liguori, whose adult daughters were also his patients. "I always recommended him, without hesitation."
Janine McDonald of Montville was Solinsky's first patient when he set up in private practice in New London, after residency at Hartford Hospital and serving as a general practitioner at a public clinic in rural West Virginia. She stayed with him through two deliveries, then worked alongside him at L+M, where she is a nursing supervisor, continuing as his patient until his retirement.
"I saw him on his first day in practice, when I was 19," she recalled. "I was very young, and I was having some gynecological issues. He was very calm and reassuring. He's just a great doctor."
Solinsky's work ethic was somewhat old-fashioned by the standards of today, when many obstetricians and other physicians opt for hospital-affiliated practices that allow them to work more regular hours. He and his partners at Shoreline OB GYN kept long hours that included covering many nights plus every second or third weekend.
"We take care of our own patients," he said. "We feel close to our patients, and we feel it's very important to know the patient you're delivering. We were all just brought up that way, to work like crazy. But the hours were finally getting to me, getting calls at 3 a.m. and trying to give out advice. God forbid you should make a mistake."
After medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the "amazing experience" of caring for all sorts of patients and conditions at the West Virginia clinic, Solinsky decided to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. It gave him a chance to get to know patients, while also tapping a range of medical expertise, from surgical skills to an understanding of internal medicine to prenatal care. He's embraced many of the major changes in obstetrics-gynecology over his three decades, from the use of laparoscopic surgery to prenatal genetic testing to the increasing involvement of whole families in the birth experience.
"I joke that it's become a spectator sport," he said. "About six months ago, I did a C-section delivery of a Navy wife whose husband was in Afghanistan. They had an iPad set up in the prep room, so he was right there, watching on Skype. When she went into recovery, he was answering questions for me."
In recent years, though, being an OB-GYN hasn't been as satisfying as it used to be, Solinsky said, mostly because of the way technology has come to interfere with the patient-doctor relationship.
"The one major stressor at the end was electronic medical records," he said. "We spent so much time filling out the perfect document, and you're being scrutinized by the world. It's not like it's a major help to the patient. It's more of an impediment. It depersonalizes medicine to the nth degree. And if you don't jump through all the hoops, you're in trouble."
Since retirement, Solinsky said he's been "de-stressing, actually reading novels," doing some traveling, finding time to exercise and pursuing his hobby of doing research on the computer. He's looking forward to spending more time with his children and grandchildren and may start volunteering his services.
"But I have no interest in a second career," he said.
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July 04. 2014 7:23PM
This Week's Rare Bird Alert
Saving spotted towhee was rewarding work
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 30.
At least two Mississippi kites are being seen regularly in Newmarket, where they have nested during the past several years.
An Acadian flycatcher was discovered off of Bennett Road in Durham on May 24 and has been seen many times since then. It was last reported on June 22. It has been seen and heard singing less than 1 mile from Route 108 on the north side of the road, among scattered alders in a field and near a small pond.
Two sandhill cranes have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and can sometimes be seen in fields along the Connecticut River as far as 9 miles north of the town center and also in fields along Plains Road. If you look for these birds, please do not venture onto the farm fields, which are privately owned.
A fox sparrow, a spruce grouse with five chicks, and two black-backed woodpeckers were all reported from Magalloway Mountain Road in Pittsburg on June 25.
A Boreal chickadee nest was found in a large dead paper birch snag located on the northeast side of the Caps Ridge Trail parking lot off of Jefferson Notch Road in the White Mountains. The snag is multi-trunked and about 20 feet tall with snapped off tops. The cavity nest hole is on the left-most trunk as viewed from the parking lot. Adult Boreal chickadees were seen visiting the nest on June 28 and 29.
Hikers that took the Caps Ridge Trail off of Jefferson Notch Road in the White Mountains on the to the summit of Mount Jefferson reported three fox sparrows, eight Bicknell's thrushes, two American pipits, a red crossbill, and 12 yellow-bellied flycatchers, all on June 29.
A bird surveyor on the Davis Path to Stairs Mountain in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains reported four Boreal chickadees, 10 Bicknell's thrushes and 12 Yellow-bellied flycatchers on June 29.
A Bicknell's thrush was seen well at the south end of the Rim Trail on Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch on June 29.
A pair of rusty blackbirds and a group of red crossbills were all reported from Loveren Mill Cedar Swamp in Antrim on June 29.
A possible rusty blackbird was reported from the Guinea Pond Trail off of Sandwich Notch Road on June 18.
A black-billed cuckoo was heard in Durham on June 28, and one was heard in Hebron on June 29.
A group of 139 chimney swifts was seen roosting together in Lebanon on June 24.
Two common nighthawk nests were located in Concord during the past week.
This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9909 and press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the recording or send your sightings to the RBA via email at: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number. The RBA is also available online at the New Hampshire Audubon website, www.nhaudubon.org.


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"The Falling Moon" — David Koren's adventure for young audiences is directed by Justin Pietropaolo for Cornerstone Arts Alliance. Goshen Music Hall Theater, 223 Main St., second floor, Goshen, 2 p.m. Nov. 17-18, adult supervision provided. Free; donations accepted. 294-4188. cornerstoneartsalliance.com.
"The Firebird" — "Super Saturday" performance by Puppet People Marionette Theater. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17. 331-0507. kingstonlibrary.org.
"Jedi Academy With David Engel" — Kids are encouraged to dress as their favorite "Star Wars" character and engage in comic physical challenges, magical mayhem and light saber lessons. Center for Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, 11 a.m. Nov. 17, $7-$9. 876-3080. centerforperformingarts.org. Also: Shawangunk Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
"The Magic Fish" — New children's opera by Jim and Sunny Knable, commissioned and presented by Half Moon Theatre and based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife." Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 12 Vassar St., Poughkeepsie, 7 p.m. Nov. 16, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 17, 2 p.m. Nov. 18, $25. halfmoontheatre.org..
"Newburgh's Got Talent! Talent Show" — RitzKidz community youth event, 107 Broadway, Newburgh. 4 p.m. Nov. 18, $5. Tickets available at the box office at 3 p.m. the day of the show. 784-1199. ritztheaternewburgh.org.
"Afternoon Movies 2012" — Because of licensing restrictions, the title of the film cannot be publicized outside the library. Middletown Thrall Library, 11-19 Depot St., Middletown, 2 p.m. Nov. 21, free. 341-5454. thrall.org.
"The Blues Brothers — Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi have the title roles in director John Landis' 1980 comedy about the singing siblings seeking to save the orphanage in which they were raised. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16, $6, free for those who wear black sunglasses. 339-6088, 473-2072. bardavon.org.
"Edge of Survival"— Barbara Gordon's 1982 documentary about world hunger is screened. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, 4 p.m. Nov. 18. 338-0331. askforarts.org.
"Gen Silent" — Stu Maddux's 2011 documentary about LGBT older adults as they enter long-term care and are confronted with discrimination. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St., Kingston, 6:15 p.m. Nov. 16, free. 331-5300. lgbtqcenter.org.
"The Invisible War" — Kirby Dick's 2012 documentary about the epidemic of rape of U.S. soldiers. Panel discussion follows the screening. Mount Saint Mary College, Hudson Hall Auditorium, 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh, 2 p.m. Nov. 17, free. Call Sister Peggy Murphy at 569-3158. msmc.edu.
"Orchestra of Exiles" — Director Josh Aronson's 2011 documentary about Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish violinist who rescued some of the world's greatest musicians from Nazi Germany and then created the Palestine Philharmonic, which would become the Israeli Philharmonic. Upstate Films, 6415 Montgomery St. (Route 9), Rhinebeck, 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Aronson and Leon Botstein, Bard College president and an on-screen commentator in the film, take part in the screening. 876-2515.
"Pieces of April" — Director Peter Hedges' 2003 film about a young woman (Katie Holmes) who tries to reconcile with her ill mother (Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson) by preparing a Thanksgiving meal. A "Movies With Spirit" offering followed by discussion and refreshments at the Olivebridge United Methodist Church, 5179 Route 213, Olivebridge, 7 p.m. Nov. 17, $5 age 13 and older. 389-9201. email@example.com.
"The Secret Game" — Director William C. de Mille's 1917 World War I espionage drama is shown as part of the "Saturday Silent Film Matinee" series at the Port Jervis Free Library community room, 138 Pike St., Port Jervis, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Free admission. Popcorn and soft drinks provided. 856-7313.
"Spy Kids 3: Game Over" — Director Robert Rodriguez's 2003 adventure pitting Juni against the Toymaker. Port Jervis Free Library, 138 Pike St., Port Jervis, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17, popcorn and soft drinks provided. Age 4 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 856-7313. portjervislibrary.org.
"Stars in Shorts" — Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin and Jason Alexander are among the actors appearing in a collection of short films. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale, 7:15 p.m. Nov. 19. 658-8989.
Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center — "Selected Shorts: Delicious Fictions," WNYC radio program broadcast by Public Radio International is produced at Sugar Loaf with actors Christine Ebersole, Patricia Kalember and Stephen Lang performing tales about food and love by Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, Alice McDermott and others. 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, 8 p.m. Nov. 16, $32.50-$47.50. 610-5335. sugarloafpac.org.
Temple Emanuel — Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angels in America" and screenwriter of the newly released Steven Spielberg film "Lincoln," takes part in discussion with playwright Rinne Groff, whose work has been performed at the Public Theater and Yale Rep. 243 Albany Avenue, Kingston, 7 p.m. Nov. 18, $35, $25 senior citizens and students. To purchase tickets, visit speakerste.org. 338-4721.
"Madama Butterfly" — Opera Club presentation of a performance of Puccini's 1904 opera set in Japan and featuring the aria "Un bel di." Cornwall Public Library, 395 Hudson St., Cornwall, 1 p.m. Nov. 18. 534-8282. cornwallpubliclibrary.org.
"Le Nozze di Figaro" — Mozart's 1786 opera stars Erwin Schrott as Figaro, who plans to outwit a count. "Opera in Cinema" screening, sung in Italian with subtitles, of a David McVicar production from the Royal Opera House in London. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale, 7:15 p.m. Nov. 20, $20. 658-8989. rosendaletheatre.org.
"All I Want for Christmas" — Samuel E. Wright directs an original play by John H. Brady New Rose Theatre, 35 E. Main St., Walden, 7 p.m. Nov. 16-17 and 24, 2 p.m. Nov. 17-18 and 24-25. Tickets $18, $15 senior citizens and students. 778-2478. hvcfa.com.
"Difficult Comedy for Hard Times" — Starring Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine with Kimberly Kay. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, 8 p.m. Nov. 17, $15-$22. 255-1559. unisonarts.org.
"A Few Good Men" — Just Off Broadway production of a 1989 Aaron Sorkin drama about military lawyers at a court-martial who uncover a conspiracy in the course of defending Marines accused of murder. Railroad Playhouse, 27 S. Water St., Newburgh, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-17 and 2 p.m. Nov. 17-18, $15, $12.50 senior citizens and students. 561-8467. justoffbwy.com.
"Free to Be You and Me Turns 40" — Stage production based on a 1972 Marlo Thomas TV special saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one's identity. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale, 7 p.m. Nov. 17, noon and 3 p.m. Nov. 18, $15, $10 children, fundraiser for the Rosendale Theatre. $45 gold circle tickets on opening night include a preperformance reception and reserved seating. 658-8989. rosendaletheatre.org.
"I Remember Mama" — Norwegian immigrants in San Francisco in the 1910s are the focus of John Van Druten's 1944 play based on Kathryn Forbes' fictionalized memoir "Mama's Bank Account." A 90 Miles Off Broadway revival at United Methodist Church, 57 Vineyard Ave., Highland, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Tickets $15, $12 students and senior citizens, $8 for students on opening night only. Call Kim at Bright Beginnings at 256-9657. ninetymilesoffbroadway.com.
"The Laramie Project" — 2000 play by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo., is directed by Moritz von Struelpnagel for the School of Contemporary Arts Theater. Ramapo College, Berrie Center, Sharp Theater, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, N.J., 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17. Tickets $15, $5 students.. 201-684-7844. ramapo.edu.
"Love, Loss, and What I Wore" — A play by sisters Nora and Delia Ephron offering monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memories. Beacon Theatre, 445 Main St., Beacon, 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17, 3 p.m. Nov. 18, $18. thebeacontheatre.org.
"Lust 'n Rust: The Trailer Park Musical" — Musical comedy by Frank Haney, Carol Kimball and Dave Stratton, directed by Tom Tierney for the Coach House Players. Coach House Theatre, 12 Augusta St., Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-17, 2 p.m. Nov. 18. Tickets $18, $15 age 62 and older and 12 and younger. Cash or checks. No credit cards. 331-2476. coachhouseplayers.org.
"Marvin's Room" — What happens when a caretaker of two elderly relatives becomes ill provides the plot of a 1990 comedy from Scott McPherson. Bill Peckham directs the County Players revival at the County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 W. Main St., Wappingers Falls, 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17. Tickets $15. 298-1491. countyplayers.org.
"Our Town" — Student revival of the 1938 Thornton Wilder Pulitzer Prize-winning existential play about life in Grover's Corners, N.H., from 1905-13. Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17, 3 p.m. Nov. 18. 687-5000. sunyulster.edu.
"'Night, Mother" — Cora Stempel directs a Rhinebeck Theatre Society revival of Marsha Norman's 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a woman who informs her mother that she's going to take her own life. Center for Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17 and 3 p.m. Nov. 18. Tickets $22, $20 senior citizens. 876-3080. centerforperformingarts.org.
"Ripe" — Actor-writer John Jiler plays a dozen characters in the story of a man caught between his young family and his aging parents. Shawnee Playhouse, 552 River Road, Shawnee, Pa., 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Tickets $18, $15 senior citizens, $10 children. 570-421-5093. theshawneeplayhouse.com.
"Search for the Tenders of the Golden Arches" — Air Pirates Radio Theater production in which the audience provides sound effects and the program is performed and broadcast live and podcast. Pavilion at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, 8 p.m. Nov. 17, $20. 610-5335. sugarloafpac.org.
"Spring Awakening" — Rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater, winner of the 2007 Best Musical Tony Award, set in late-19th century Germany and telling the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. Elmwood Playhouse, 10 Park St., Nyack, 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17, 23-24 and 30 and Dec. 1 and 13-14, 2 p.m. Nov. 18 and 25 and Dec. 2 and 15. Tickets $25, $23 age 65 and older and 21 and younger except Sat. 353-1313. elmwoodplayhouse.com.
"Something's Afoot" — Cornerstone Playhouse revives the 1972 murder mystery musical with book, music and lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach and additional music by Ed Linderman. Crescent Theater, 74 Fountain Square, Sussex, N.J., 3 p.m. Nov. 17. Tickets $18, $13 senior citizens and students. 973-702-0687.
"Theater Festival: Five Senior Projects in Directing — Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio, Bard College, Route 9G, Annandale, 7 and 9 p.m. Nov. 16 and 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Nov. 17-18. Free; reservations required via the box office: 758-7957. bard.edu.
"Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol" — Michael Harron and Rick Cummins re-imagine Dickens' story of Scrooge as seen through the eyes of his employee's young crippled son. Shawnee Playhouse, 552 River Road, Shawnee, Pa., 2 p.m. Nov. 16, 18 and 25 and Dec. 2, 9, 21 and 23. Also: 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 17, 23, 24 and 30 and Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 22. Tickets $28, $25 senior citizens, $15 children. 570-421-5093. theshawneeplayhouse.com.
Albert Wisner Library — Featured poet and an open mic hosted by Mary Makofske as part of the "Third Saturday Poetry Series," 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick, 1:15 p.m. Nov. 17. 986-1047.
Arts Society of Kingston — ASK Playwrights' Lab play readings, 97 Broadway, Kingston, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20. 338-0331. askforarts.org.
Astor Courts — Oblong Books & Music hosts a discussion and book signing with Robert Seidman, author of "Moments Captured," a novel based on the life and exploits of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Astor Drive, Rhinebeck, 7 p.m. Nov. 16, $5. Tickets must be purchased in advance either at oblongbooks.com or by calling 876-0500. There will be no ticket sales at the door. Attendees will receive $5 off the purchase of a book at the event. A portion of the proceeds from book sales at the event will be donated to the Upstate Films Digital Projection Fund.
Bank Square Coffeehouse — Featured poet Guy Reed and an open mic hosted by Adrianna Delgado and Glenn Werner, 129 Main St., Beacon, 7 p.m. Nov. 21, $3. 440-7165.
Cafe Mezzaluna — Featured poet and an open mic hosted by Judith Lechner, 626 Route 212, Saugerties, 7 p.m. Nov. 16, by donation. 246-5306. cafemezzaluna.com.
Club Harmony at Wok'n'Roll Cafe — Featured poet George Wallace and an open mic hosted by Michael Platsky, 52 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, 8 p.m. Nov. 19. firstname.lastname@example.com.
CubbyHole Coffeehouse — Open poetry, 44 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, 9 p.m. Nov. 19. 483-7584.
Gallery at R&F Handmade Paints: — Featured poets Geof Huth and Sparrow in the "Cadmium Text Series," curated by Anne Gorrick, 84 Ten Broeck Ave., Kingston, 2 p.m. Nov. 17, $5 (all proceeds go to poets). cadmiumtextseries.blogspot.com. email@example.com.
Hudson Valley Writers' Center — Open mic for poets, fiction writers, essayists, 5-minute limit, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, 8 p.m. Nov. 16, $3. 914-332-5953. writerscenter.org.
Morgan Outdoors — Professors Robert and Johanna Titus talk about and sign copies of their book "The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age: A Geological History and Tour," 46 Main St., Livingston Manor, 1 p.m. Nov. 17. Seating limited; reserve a seat by calling 439-5507. morgan-outdoors.com.
Mudd Puddle Cafe: — Featured poets Mike Jurkovic and James Casey and an open mic hosted by Robert Milby, 10 Main St., inside Water Street Market, New Paltz, 7 p.m. Nov. 17, $2. 255-3436.
Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck — Author Peter Trachtenberg talks about his book "Another Insane Devotion: On the Love of Cats and Persons," 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, 7 p.m. Nov. 17. RSVP on Facebook. 876-0500. oblongbooks.com.
Outdated Cafe — Chronogram Open Word poetry/prose/performance forum featuring Marcia Slatkin and Trina Porte and an open mic before and after hosted by Phillip Levine, 314 Wall St., Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, $5. 246-8565. email@example.com.
Unison Arts Center — Readings by Mohonk Mountain Stage members from Amy Waldman's novel "The Submission," with discussion to follow, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, 8 p.m. Nov. 16, $8-$12. 255-1559. unisonarts.org.
Woodstock Public Library — Author Sandra Gardner reads from her new mystery novel, "Mother, Murder, and Me," 5 Library Lane, Woodstock, 5 p.m. Nov. 17. 679-2213. woodstock.org.


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My almost 9 month old is having a harder and harder time napping for our nanny when I work 3 days per week. This past week, he only napped a total of 20 minutes and was extremely over tired by the time I got home. He has never been a good sleeper and I am assuming now it's worse because he associates nursing to sleep. When I am with him, he prefers to nurse to sleep. Up until now, our nanny has been bouncing him to sleep (on an exercise ball), which was the only way we could get him to settle down during his colicky period between 2 and 9 weeks old. I have been slowly trying to get him to not associate nursing to sleep by gently pulling him off the nipple when he's drowsy (tip from The No Cry Sleep Solution by Pantley). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I guess I would not be as concerned if it were just me with him all of the time, but I am looking for a solution to make it easier for our nanny. Does anyone have any other advice? It seems that the only advice I hear is the cry it out method, which I don't think I could do and I feel would cause too much stress for the both of us. Also, we co-sleep and he nurses several times per night.
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Initial signs of preparing for a revamped West Ridgecrest Boulevard began this week as the first utility company began relocation of some of its assets.
Initial signs of preparing for a revamped West Ridgecrest Boulevard began this week as the first utility company began relocation of some of its assets.
"Verizon is the first utility to perform their relocation work for the Ridgecrest Blvd. reconstruction widening project," City Clerk Rachel Ford said Tuesday by email.
Verizon contracted with Westech for work between Mahan Street and Alvord Street, Ford said.
"The Verizon facilities are being lowered to allow the excavation, construction and treatment of subgrade and base materials for the foundation of the roadway structural section," Ford said.
Relocation or lowering of the utilities under West Ridgecrest Boulevard are required before reconstruction and repaving commence.
The project, a widening of one of the city's major routes to four lanes, has remained in limbo for years while the city sought funding from the Kern Council of Governments, Kern County's transportation solutions agency. The plan is to widen the road from China Lake Boulevard to Mahan Street.
With $6.2 million now allocated for the construction, utilities need to be relocated by various companies in the region.
But while Verizon and other companies are beginning the work, actual construction on Ridgecrest Boulevard will not begin until next year, according to City Manager Dennis Speer.
"My expectation based on the calendar is that it will begin in March," Speer said Tuesday.
Speer said that the project still needs to be put out to bid and expects it to stay open for 45 days. Once the city reviews all relevant bids, selects the lowest contract and receives the money, it may be February before things are finalized — just in time for paving season.
"Generally speaking, that is the best time to pave, especially with the hot mix," Speer said.
Relocation of Verizon's utility lines is expected to take three weeks, according to Ford, the city clerk.
"They are currently one week into the project with an estimated two more weeks till completion," Ford said in her email. "Weather, unforeseen conditions and utility conflicts however, can and often times do drive a project schedule."


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Peter Gabriel is touring Scratch My Back and in line with the pared-down recording of the album, the New Blood Tour is Peter Gabriel, orchestra, no drums, no guitars.
Society of Sound is proud to be able to offer a pair of tickets to see Peter Gabriel perform at Radio City, New York on 3rd May and a pair for the Hollywood Bowl gig on the 7th May.
The album has received stunning reveiws and if you can't make it to any of the shows, don't forget that if you join Society of Sound you can get an exclusive 24-bit FLAC download of Scratch My Back which means you have a studio-quality version and can hear the album as it was intended to be heard.
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The Turkish club have been courting the playmaker in recent weeks and recent reports suggest that the transfer will finally be resolved one way or another.
Oguz Altay, the chairman of the Galatasaray supporters club, Tweeted that the Inter midfielder would have his move confirmed by the end of the week, writing: "I just finished a meeting with Galatasaray chairman Unal Aysal. He told me that there's almost an agreement with Sneijder. Thursday or Friday the deal will be done."
That is contrary to club official Semih Haznedaroglu's view, who admitted that Cimbom are still waiting for a reply from the former Real Madrid man after tabling a contract offer.
"We can't force him to come here if he doesn't want to. Perhaps he prefers to play in the Premier League," he told Bugun.
"He has to give us an answer as soon as possible because we have done all we can. Perhaps he'll give us an answer [on Tuesday] but all this delay isn't ideal."
Haznedaroglu also warned Sneijder that the club would begin looking for an alternative if they continue to wait for confirmation or otherwise from the 28-year-old.
He continued: "All this waiting is no good for us and we'll look for an alternative. It was the same situation with Kaka. We did everything possible without any success.
"We can understand that there is no rush from Sneijder but we have done our job. We've got an agreement with Inter and made the player an offer.
"We need a decision from him, a yes or no."


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Bob Kramer spoke of the loss he is about to suffer, admitting he has a hole in his heart.
He wasn't grieving a child or a parent, just a best friend. Kramer is director of a tennis tournament that will be no more. The Los Angeles men's tennis event that has been held each summer at UCLA since 1984 will be held next summer in Bogota, Colombia.
That's a pretty long commute for loyal fans and ticket buyers around Westwood.
For Kramer, and his sanctioning Southern California Tennis Assn., this is much more than just a business sale. These days, sports events come and go. No big deal. Our attention span drifts at the speed of Twitter. We put old stuff behind us with ease and minimal emotion.
Kramer is the son of the late Jack Kramer, a tennis legend as influential as any in the development of the game. Jack used to jokingly call his children "the five perfect sons." All five have respected their father's legacy to the utmost, none more than Bob.


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State, employee unions have tentative agreementsBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
June 18. 2013 9:10PM
CONCORD — The administration and four state employee unions have reached collective bargaining agreements that will provide state workers a 6 percent raise over the next two years.
The raise would be the first for state workers in five years, but the agreement calls for employees to pay a deductible for the first time, although insurance premiums would remain the same.
The contract is projected to cost $35 million over the two-year biennium of which $17 million would come from general funds.
The money for the new contract will have to be included in the budget House and Senate budget writers are currently negotiating.
Under the contract agreements an individual would have a $500 deductible in 2014 and $750 in 2015, while the family deductible would be $750 in 2014 and $1,000 in 2015. Workers would also receive incentives for choosing lower cost providers.
And state workers will contribute to the cost of dental insurance for the first time under the agreements that have yet to be ratified by state employees.
"After the elimination of 1,100 positions, five straight years without a cost-of-living increase, and numerous other sacrifices made by state employees, the tentative agreement is a fair deal for employees and taxpayers that will help working families make ends meet and provide important health care savings to the state," said Gov. Maggie Hassan's communications director Marc Goldberg.
House and Senate budget writers did agree to about $20 million in new revenues but not enough to cover all of the items the two sides want in the budget.
House Finance Committee Chair Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, presented a plan that would eliminate a $50 million across-the-board reduction in personnel costs resulting in an estimated 700 layoffs and a $7 million reduction for the Health and Human Services Department.
The House is proposing about $50 million in new revenue, much of which the Senate has refused to accept. Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Morse, R-Salem, said the most important thing in crafting a state budget is realistic revenues. "The reality is the revenues will not be there," he said.
Under Wallner's proposal, the House would fund $47.3 million of its priorities and the Senate $72 million of its priorities including $20 million for uncompensated care for hospitals, $18 million to restore the UNIQUE college scholarship program, $17 million for nursing homes, $3.4 million for new charter schools and $3.6 million to change the education adequacy formula.
The House and Senate agreed on additional funding for the Veterans Home, as well as reducing a $2 million cut in the Department of Revenue Administration's budget, and eliminating the $7 million cut for HHS.
But Morse said he could not accept Wallner's package because it depends on $49 million in revenues the Senate does not believe is realistic.
He said the Senate would have its own proposal Wednesday morning. The House did agree Tuesday morning to an additional $430,000 reduction to the Judicial Branch budget the Senate proposed.
Budget negotiators are trying to reach a compromise on the state's next biennial budget that goes into effect July 1.
The Senate approved a budget of $10.7 billion, while the House's budget is $11 billion. Both the House's and Senate's plans spend approximately $2.8 billion general fund money.
Negotiators will return to the bargaining table at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Negotiators' deadline is Thursday at noon for the Senate and 4 p.m. for the House.


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Sea Gull's Nest Will Not Reopen
"Raise your hand if this is your first time here," Eddie Segall religiously started off his nightly sunset ceremonies at the Sea Gull's Nest. "Now raise your hand if this is your last time here," Segall barked as 10's of customers raised their hands in laughter, just as they had the night or the week before. The joke never got old.
We've raised our hands, sung God Bless American along with a Kate Smith recording and watched the octogenarian Segall challenge much younger men to 50 push ups for the last time.
Sandy, and the federal bureaucracy, has claimed the iconic Monmouth County attraction that was a favorite of tourists and locals alike.
The Sea Gull's Nest at Sandy Hook will not be reopening, according to a report on Highlandsblog. The blog quotes Daphne Yun, spokesperson for Gateway National Recreation Area, " the lease for the popular Sea Gull's Nest Restaurant has not been renewed. Sea Gull's Nest will not be reopened."Art Gallagher | Filed under: Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth County, News, Sandy Hook | Tags: Eddie Segall, Gateway National Recreation Area, Gateway National Recreation Area - Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook, Sea Gulls Nest | 8 Comments »


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Judy, Your story is an indictment of our medical system. If one of those doctors had given you a B12 test earlier on, think of the misery and ill health you might have been spared. And all that expense spared as well.
It's probable you're still not getting optimal treatment. In some people, the serum can show an adequate level of B12, but the CNS can still be grossly deficient in B12. Your symptoms suggest you have subacute combined degeneration (SCD). Nasal sprays are not an adequate treatment for SCD.
Freddd (see his prior posts) has made a remarkable recovery from his SCD based on a protocol of his own devising. It's a very long road, but you too might be able to experience some recovery. Greg's company, Mentor Consulting, makes a transdermal product called Red B12, that I think is a much better treatment for B12 deficiency diseases. He gave his email previously: firstname.lastname@example.com . Some people have had a recovery previously thought impossible via rigorous application of Red B12. It is possible to replete your CNS B12, and sometimes seemingly permanent nerve damage can be reversed.
Hi Judyj, Thank you for sharing your remarkable story with the group. As Lynn has said it is a remarkable indictment of the general medical system. Every time I read a story like this I am amazed that vitamin B12 deficiency was missed for so long, particularly considering your neuronal symptoms. As Lynn has said it is such an easy thing to at least try early on and the test for deficiency is so cheap and easy. I am sure that you are now well and truly around the literature on VB12 deficiency. I have attempted to add some more information on my web-site http://www.vitaminb12deficiency.net.au . My reading of the literature suggests that it may take months or even years to reverse the neuronal damage, during this time it is essential that you keep your levels up. Once the damage has been done to the neurones, they can recover, but it is very slow. The lipids and myelin basic protein have a very slow turnover time, so these have to be gradually replaced for you to get normal function. In this regard Freddd's story is relevant as by persisting he gradually got better. Many studies in the literature appear to not take this slow turn over into consideration and finish too early. As Lynn has also eluded to it is important to get the levels in the CNS up again and several studies have shown that this does not happen with either high dose oral or with sprays or sublinguals, or if it does it is very, very slow, which may explain why it took Freddd so long. It is for this reason that we designed the transdermal product that Lynn eluded to. Apart from the treatment, one of the most important things to also identify is why you became deficient, as this also has a massive implication later on. Evidence suggests that if you are severely vitamin B12 deficient you also have trouble with intestinal absorption of most of your water soluble vitamins, so it would be useful for you to have your levels of these checked. So be patient, you are on a long road, but at least you have turned the corner. You will find that this group is very supportive if you have further questions.
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Healthcare's role in creating healthy communities through increasing access to quality care, research, and grantmaking is being complemented by a higher impact approach; hospitals and integrated health systems are increasingly stepping outside of their walls to address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that contribute to poor health outcomes, shortened lives, and higher costs in the first place.
Our newest report, prepared in partnership with New Orleans based DMM Associates on behalf of the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA), outlines procurement practices and supply chain needs of New Orleans healthcare institutions and the capacity local business to fulfill those needs. The report provides recommendations on how to leverage New Orleans' hospitals' $1.5 billion in procurement spending to promote greater local procurement and economic inclusion in a city where only 48 percent of African American adult males are in the formal labor force. This report is based on interviews with nearly 50 representatives from area hospitals, additional anchor buyers, technical assistance organizations, small businesses, and other public stakeholders.
With the encouragement of ICARE (The Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment), the City of Jacksonville invited The Democracy Collaborative to organize an exploratory conversation around community wealth building as a means of addressing local poverty and economic marginalization . Read more about Highlights from the 2014 Jacksonville Community Wealth Building Roundtable ...
This study seeks to introduce a framework that can assist anchor institutions in understanding their impact on the community and, in particular, their impact on the welfare of low-income children and families in those communities.
This report from The Democracy Collaborative and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT focuses on the path-breaking Vision 2010 Program implemented in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio by University Hospitals System. Over a five year period, the initiative targeted more than $1 billion of procurement locally to create jobs, empower minority- and female-owned businesses, and create a "new normal" for responsible, community-focused business practices in the region.
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I really like to use simple, downhome remedies whenever possible, preferably made up of weeds and food. Here's great poultice for swelling and inflammation can be rigged up with common items from your pantry and weeds from your yard. It can also be easily customized to individual needs.
1 Cabbage leaf
1 small Potato
Cooling, anti-inflammatory weed (like Plantain, Mugwort, Sweet Clover, Chickweed, Alder leaves etc.)
Appropriate tinctures (optional)
So, first grate up the potato so that you have a nice 1/2-1 inch thick covering for the injured area. Then get the weed and chop or mash it up before blending it with the potato. By the way, if you don't have a potato, you could always use grated cabbage instead.
If you want the added horsepower of more herbs in a concentrated form, you can mix some powdered herb in or add a few squirts of a tincture in. So if you had a sprained ankle and wanted to take the swelling down and relieve inflammation while not reducing mobility (in the way that ice can) then you could use fresh Mugwort as your weed component of the poultice then add Goldenrod and Peach tinctures for added cooling power. It all just depends on what you need, and also whether the skin is broken. If the skin IS broken, you'll likely not want the tinctures (stings like hell, but might be appropriate in some cases) and will prefer a great proportion of mashed fresh plant matter.
Next, you pile the potato/herb mix onto the affected area and gently mold it to the flesh. Then take a piece of cabbage or even a whole cabbage leaf if the area is large enough, and place it over the potato mush, ideally making sure the cabbage leaf extends beyond the borders of the potato/herbs. It can be left as is, covered in gauze and taped down, or you can just apply the tape directly to the cabbage and strap it on there. Be sure not to apply the tape too tightly.
In most cases, the poultice can be changed every 6-8 hours, but if there is serious inflammation or the poultice starts to feel hot then I like to change it more frequently, often every 1-3 hours for the first day and then adapt from there.
If you have pets, they may want to eat your poultice which I don't recommend at all. In fact, I strongly suggest keeping it out of the reach of small children and animals, depending on just what you put in there. Also, be sure to compost the poultice when you're done, you wouldn't want anyone to mistake it for dinner 😉
Note: for children who won't leave the poultice alone, a simple poultice of cooked mashed potatoes (hold the salt and butter) can be folded up in some muslin or a muslin bag and applied that way. Chopped or mashed fresh herb can be added once the potatoes have been cooked and then the mix sealed in muslin or cheesecloth. The plain mashed potatoes are useful for the two year old that tries to eat everything you place on his/her body. Whether you use the poultice warm or cool mostly depends on what you're treating.
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O.K. That has to be the best blog picture I've seen in a while 🙂
Thanks for the recipe, I've been looking for ideas to play with the fresh new alder leaves that just appeared this week. Hrrrm, now if someone would just get a minor injury around here…..
That pic is AWSOME!!
I've been known to put poultice herbs in a big muslin bag( mashed up plant, powders, water, tincture etc), and then tie that on with what have you. Yours is much prettier!!
thanks so much, I just sprained my ankle real bad, and ice isnt really helping.
I'll be sure to try this. By the way, do you have any idea of a helpful plant that grows
in the tropics, I'm in Indonesia.
This is wonderful. I can hardly wait to try it. I'm at the tail end of the recovery from spraining both ankles with a fractured bone in one of them. Now what I'm mostly dealing with is swelling … it's the height of the hottest part of our summer, so that is adding to the situation.
Thanks so much for posting this "recipe"!!!
Had a friend send me this link. My husband just broke his leg. We are using essential oils externally and internally. I forgot about potato! My midwife had me make a poultice with it and some other herbs when I had hemorrhoids during pregnancy. Worked like a dream!
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ADEN, Yemen (AP) — A celebration by thousands of Yemenis marking the first anniversary of the country's presidential election was interrupted by a shootout on Thursday between government forces and disgruntled members of a southern independence movement, officials said.
Two separatists were killed in the clash that began as President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's supporters gathered in the main square of the city of Aden on Yemen's southwest coast to send a message that the central government is in control of southern Yemen after years of lawlessness.
The demonstrators carried Hadi's posters and marked his one-candidate referendum. The vote drew an end to a yearlong uprising that ousted the longtime autocratic rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh stepped down as part of U.S.-backed power transfer deal that gave him immunity from prosecution.
"With dialogue we will correct the path," read signs carried by demonstrators whose rally was broadcast live on state TV.
Wahid Ali Rashed, the governor of Aden, told the gathering: "We have said it a million times before that unity will continue."
But that sentiment not shared by a strong majority of southerners who want to separate from the north after what they say are years of discrimination. And the shooting showed the limits of the government's ability to practice its authority, which continues to be challenged by the armed faction of the separatist movement.
Officials said the armed separatists tried to storm the pro-government demonstration, prompting security forces to open fire. Gunfire was heard across the city, witnesses and officials said. The wounded included four Yemini soldiers, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The London-based Amnesty International warned authorities against using violence.
"The Yemeni authorities must end the routine violent repression of freedom of assembly," the group said in a statement issued late Wednesday.
"The Southern Movement and its followers have a right to protest peacefully, and the Yemeni authorities must allow them this right," said Ann Harrison, an official with the group. It referred to incidents in the past when security forces opened what Amnesty described as "indiscriminate fire" on protesters last week, killing two people, including a girl.
Since taking over, Hadi, who is from the south, has tried to unite country. He has carried out a shake-up of the divided military, removing Saleh's relatives and loyalists from senior positions and leading a U.S.-backed campaign against al-Qaida militants in the south. He has also pushed for a national dialogue that would include all rival political and social groups.
Mounting separatist sentiment in the south, however, remains a key challenge for the president. The region was an independent state until it was unified with the north in 1990.
Under Saleh's autocratic rule, the south suffered years of discrimination and unfair distribution of resources. Most southern Yemenis are believed to back an autonomous state, but they are not in favor of armed militias within the separatist movement and do not back an armed fight against government troops.
"Unity has failed and a new political system must be established," said Yassin Said Noaman, a top leader of Yemen's Socialist Party, one of the largest in parliament.
He added that unity has only led to marginalization of the south and that as long as Hadi struggles with other issues, he will not be able to hold the country together and "alienation will continue."
The separatists in the south are also deeply divided, with different factions disagreeing on how to deal with the central government in the capital, Sanaa.
One of the southern leaders, former Interior Minister Mohammed Ali Ahmed, says he welcomes national dialogue but needs guarantees that any deal would eventually be implemented. Others, such as the former vice president Ali Salim al-Beidh, who leads a more militant wing, reject national dialogue. Al-Beidh, who now lives in exile, fled Yemen after a 1994 attempt to declare independence of the south failed, sparking civil war.
The U.N. Security Council warned al-Beidh last Friday of sanctions if he continued to interfere in Yemen's democratic transition. The warning came after al-Beidh was accused of receiving funds from Iran and integrating former al-Qaida members into his movement.
Last month, Yemen's navy seized a ship loaded with a wide variety of Iranian-made weapons, including missiles and rockets. The government in Sanaa asked the U.N. to investigate while Iran, the region's main Shiite powerhouse, denied involvement. For years, Yemen has been fighting Shiite Muslim insurgents near the country's border with Saudi Arabia.
On Thursday, Hadi in an apparent reference to Iran accused a "regional country" of trying to cause instability in southern Yemen.
"A regional country is offering money for extremist factions in the southern movement to use violence and force to foil national dialogue," Hadi said in remarks carried by state TV. He said the only way for southerners to make their demands heard was through national dialogue.
The first session for dialogue is scheduled for March 18.


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NEW YORK -- Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel, named the starter for a decisive ALDS Game 5 if needed, said his right knee felt good after a between-start bullpen session before Wednesday's Game 3.
"It was a little stiff from the bus ride, but it everything was good," Hammel said, referring to the Orioles' impromptu bus ride early Tuesday morning after their train broke down. "There's no pain, it's just discomfort. It's back to the part where there's some swelling or some fluid could be in there but it's hit or miss every day depending on workload."
In his first start since limping off the mound in the fourth inning Sept. 11 against the Rays, Hammel allowed just two runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings and threw 112 pitches in Game 1 of the Division Series. It was just Hammel's third start since mid-July after missing eight week recovering from arthroscopic surgery to remove lose bodies from his right knee.
Buck Showalter announced Wednesday that Hammel would start a Game 5 despite some uncertainty as to who would start Game 4.
Hammel said his first major league start pitching with a new bulky knee brace in Game 1 went well.
"I felt great," Hammel said. "The brace has been amazing. I just hope I don't need it for the rest of my career. It feels bulky, but other than that it does what it's supposed to. It's gives me the support and I don't have to think about it."
Hammel called the opportunity to possibly start in a decisive Game 5 at Yankee Stadium "awesome."
"It's a huge honor," Hammel said. "Like I said before the first game, I've kept myself in a position where I know I can still help the club. I didn't give up. I didn't sell out that the knee was going to be a problem. I'm not going to be 100 percent until the season's over. I discussed that with the doctors. But I'll be fine for next year which will be good, but I can still pitch. It's very effective.
"It's another opportunity for myself," Hammel said, "but I don't look at it as an individual thing. If we need Game 5, I'd love to take the ball. I'll take the ball anytime."


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Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams: Too hot for TV?
But on Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con, it was hard not to feel that, for the moment, the film world has the tighter grip on two TV titans, J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon.
Abrams and Whedon shared the stage during an hourlong panel discussion in Comic-Con's huge Hall H, which was packed with more than 6,000 fans. Though they talked about a variety of things -- their love for comic books, the rise of 3-D movies (Whedon is a fan, Abrams not so much), the ending of "Lost" (Abrams was a fan, not surprisingly) and Whedon's long-delayed sequel to "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" -- both men sounded more absorbed by their film projects than anything they were working on in other realms.
Abrams co-created "Undercovers," a show that debuts on NBC this fall, but he talked about how the networks these days want shows that aren't as serialized -- programs they can sell in syndication and can be rerun any time.
"I'm just less personally interested, naturally interested in non-serialized shows," Abrams said. "I enjoy the investment and the anticipation and the characters and what's going to happen… To me that's the thing that always grabs you. I think they want [serialized stories] too -- they just don't know it. When they talk about stories, stories imply time" and progress.
"I clearly had more of a cable mentality than I realized and I'd been away from television for a while and I didn't know that" when he began creating "Dollhouse" for Fox, Whedon said. "The TV landscape kind of turned."
"I definitely was trying to fit a square peg in a round hole" at Fox, which hadn't been his experience at the WB, which he said trusted storytellers like him and Abrams. "That [experience] is very rare. It doesn't exist anymore."
These days, he's shaping the script for the "Avengers" superhero movie, which he will direct for Marvel (He loves that the "Avengers" story is "counter-intuitive": "It makes no sense. These people should not be in the same room, let alone the same team. That, to me, is the definition of family."). And he said he's very happy working with Marvel executives: "They know what they want."
The other arena he sees himself working in is the Internet, and he confessed to being a bit flummoxed when the trail he blazed with "Dr. Horrible" in 2008 wasn't followed by others in the TV industry.
"I was waiting for everybody to come to the party," he said, noting that "Dr. Horrible" did make money for those who worked on it. "I was proud of that model because it benefited many of the artists who worked on it," and he as the studio "benefited more."
He had been working with writer Warren Ellis on an online project called "Wastelanders" that he wanted to direct, but that got put on the back burner when the "Avengers" gig came up.
Still, it sounded as though Whedon expects to return to the online realm at some point. He joked that the sequel to "Dr. Horrible" was "in turnaround," Hollywood-speak for "experiencing possibly fatal delays." The creators of "Dr. Horrible" all have busy day jobs, so although progress is being made on the next installment of the story, it's going slowly.
Speaking of all things online, Abrams said that he hoped to announce a Web project soon with someone whom he couldn't name but who was at Comic-Con.
An audio recording of the entire Whedon-Abrams chat, which was moderated by Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen, is below. A few minutes from the beginning of the panel didn't get recorded; that portion had both men answering Jensen's question about when they knew they would be storytellers.


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Ben Domenech wrote yesterday about how the GOP grassroots, especially the much-distrusted rubes of the Tea Party, are rallying hard to Romney while GOP elites are pushing the panic button and going all Eyore on us. (I especially like Ben's phrase "professional concern troll David Frum.") I'm catching a plane shortly to return to the Left Coast after two days in DC, and I was indeed surprised at the mood of folks I talked with. Domenech is right. I expected that the "insiders" and pros I know in DC, who measure the twists and turns of political campaigns with micrometers in real time, would have a sanguine view of things, and attach the correct discount to the anomalous polls and high volatility this race displays. Instead what I mostly heard was unremitting gloom.
But look folks–there's no way Obama is leading in North Carolina, as is reported this morning. And if this indicative of a systematic bias or problem with the polls, then everyone should take a deep breath and calm down for a couple of weeks.
One reason it is good to get out of the Beltway bubble is that you really do appreciate how much of a bubble it is when you sit in a bar or pizza parlor somewhere out in Real America, and someone you know pops up on CNN, and no one pays much attention. Or when they do, they shrug their shoulders and go back to their conversation about substitute
chefs refs. No one says, "Oh, quiet–David Gergen is coming on!" The pool of undecided voters may not be very large, but I suspect turnout is a large question mark this year, and that there are still a lot of people who are still just starting to pay attention–if they ever pay much attention. These are people who have real lives.


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The HIV/AIDS pandemic affects every person, organization and sector in Africa. This includes the natural resource sector where impacts include loss of human capacity for natural resource management and changes in use of land and natural resources. IUCN-ESARO is working in partnership with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to improve the understanding of the relationships between HIV/AIDS, the environment and livelihoods.
Funded by IDRC, the project is based on the recognition that HIV/AIDS affected rural households are more likely to be impoverished and as a consequence rely stronger on natural resources for their livelihoods. Nature provides them with a safety net free of charge. There is indication that HIV/AIDS affected rural households rely more on wild fruits and plants to complement their diet. In addition, the collection of firewood, fruits and plants provides additional income to the family.
Further partnerships have also been established with the University of Nairobi and the Washington State University to develop a conceptual framework on the relationships between HIV/AIDS and the environment that will bring out clear understanding of the relationship between HIV/AIDS and the environment. This collaboration is also geared towards enhancing future project collaborations on this subject.
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Derry teen to participate in Alzheimer's forumBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 06. 2014 9:15PM
DERRY—A local teen is going the distance in the fight against Alzheimer's, a disease that affects more than 22,000 people in the Granite State.
Samantha Meletis, 15, of Derry will be traveling to Washington ,D.C., for the Alzheimer's Association's Advocacy Forum to share her own personal story of how Alzheimer's has affected a family member.
A sophomore at Pinkerton Academy, Meletis is the youngest member going on the trip, which runs from Monday, April 7, to Wednesday, April 9, according to a news release. During the Advocacy Forum, she will attend seminars on Alzheimer's policy issues and then go to Capitol Hill to meet with legislators and tell her own story.
Meletis's grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and currently lives at Greystone Farm Senior Living in Salem. Meletis has been one of the top young advocates for the disease in New Hampshire, the release said. Along with volunteering at Greystone, she participates in the Walk to End Alzheimer's.
"One of our top priorities is to increase Alzheimer research funding to help fight what is rapidly becoming a health care epidemic for our nation as the baby boomers age," said Betsy Fitzgerald-Campbell, vice president of communications and public affairs of the Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter. "We must find disease-altering treatments now."
The Advocacy Forum seeks to educate members of Congress about the impact of the disease. More than 22,000 people in New Hampshire have Alzheimer's, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
While there are more than 5 million Americans who have Alzheimer's, national funding for research has lagged behind other major diseases, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Recent studies have also shown that Alzheimer's may be underreported as a cause of death, since death often occurs from complications of the disease.
"Samantha has always expressed an interest in being a special needs teacher," said Meletis's mother, Maureen. "Samantha treats my mother no differently and does not make her feel as if she is a burden."
For Meletis and other attendees, highlights of the forum will include presentations, meetings with legislators, and dinners to help raise awareness of the Alzheimer epidemic, the release said.
The Alzheimer's Association provides education and support for those dealing with Alzheimer's and is the leading nonprofit when it comes to funding research into causes, cures and an eventual treatment for Alzheimer's, according to the release.
Offices are located in Bedford and Lebanon, as well as Watertown, Raynham, Springfield and Worcester, Mass..


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Cracker Barrel plans to begin selling its some of its products in grocery stores.
The Lebanon-based restaurant chain already sells items like pancake and corn muffin mixes, cobbler filling and syrup in the stores attached to its restaurants and online.
But The Tennessean reports that the chain has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with John Morrell Food Group that will make those products available at grocery stores, mass merchandisers and other retail outlets.
Cracker Barrel has not yet said when those products will hit store shelves or how much revenue they expect the strategy to generate.
Analysts said the strategy is a low-risk way to increase brand awareness and revenues, as long as they don't overreach.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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BEIRUT (AP) — At least three Lebanese soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in clashes Friday between the army and gunmen in the northeast near the Syrian border, a police official and the state-run news agency said.
The official said the gunmen ambushed an army intelligence unit in Arsal where it went to arrest a fugitive. He declined to give further details and spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The National News Agency said the fugitive, Khaled Hamid, is suspected of being involved in last year's kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists. They were abducted in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley and held for nearly four months before being released in July.
It was unclear if Friday's clashes were related to the civil war in Syria. Deadly street clashes between pro- and anti-Syrians in Lebanon related to the civil war in Syria have erupted on several occasions in Lebanon, adding to the country's own sectarian tensions.
A senior Lebanese army officer said clashes were under way with gunmen in the area, but did not disclose further details.
Residents of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town, are known to be sympathetic to the Syrian opposition fighting to topple President Bashar Assad next door, and arms smuggling into Syria is widespread in the area.
Since the armed uprising against Assad began, the town has become a sanctuary for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of Syrian refugee families.


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The Spanish third division side could go out of business by November 17 if they do not raise €2 million [£1.5m]. But the England-based players, all of whom started their careers at the struggling team, are aiming to help.
Michu, who started his career at Oviedo and stayed there between the ages of five and 21, confirmed that all three had contributed, telling reporters: "Myself, Mata and Cazorla have all bought shares, but it would be wrong of me to say how much.
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Michu, who joined Swansea City for £2m (€2.5m) in the summer, hopes that Oviedo can experience a similar revival to that of his current side, the Swans themselves almost having gone out of business 10 years ago.
"Swansea fans should know how much it means to me and the Oviedo supporters," the Spaniard continued.
"I remember reading up on the history of Swansea when I first arrived here; I remember reading how the Swansea supporters bought shares in this club when it was in trouble 10 years ago - and again many years before that.
"And look at the club now; in the Premier League and winning at places like Anfield. Hopefully this SOS can have a similar reaction."