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Meehan, K. and Strauss, K. (eds) (2015) Precarious Worlds: Contested Geographies of Social Reproduction. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
Kendra Strauss
Associate Professor, Director of the Labour Studies Program and The Morgan Centre for Labour Research
Associate Member, Department of Geography, Faculty of Environment
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- DPhil (Geography) University of Oxford
- MSc (Geography) University of Oxford
- BA Hons (Cultural Studies) McGill University
Research Interests
I am a labour geographer and feminist political economist with teaching and research interests in the areas of labour market change, welfare regimes, and systems of regulation. My work focuses on occupational pensions; precarious work, migration and unfree labour; and on theorizing the relationships between production and social reproduction in contemporary capitalist economies. In particular, I am interested in how categories of social difference like gender, race and class relate to how wage labour and unpaid work are valued and regulated. Recent research has looked at non-standard work in the UK (funded by the Regional Studies Association), employment agencies and unfree labour, and the evolution of legal approaches to forced labour and trafficking.
Before coming to SFU I taught at Birkbeck College (University of London) and held posts at the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge, where I was Director of Studies for Geography at Robinson College.
- LBST 101-3 Introducing Labour Studies
- LBST 306-3 The Political Economy of Labour Markets: Critical and Radical Approaches, new for Fall 2015.
- LBST 328-3 Labour Geographies
Graduate Student Supervision
I am happy to supervise MA and PhD students with research interests in the areas of Labour Studies and Labour Geography, in particular: feminist political economy, migration, unfree labour, gender and work, and feminist urban theory. SSHRC project - please click here for details.
Workers in the Aging City: Eldercare Labour Markets in Vancouver and Shanghai
This SSHRC-funded project is led by Dr Feng Xu (Political Science, UVic) and Dr Kendra Strauss (The Labour Studies Program, SFU). The project, which runs from 2016-2020, will investigate policy on, and definitions of, paid eldercare work in two major urban labor markets with very different care regimes. More information.
Fudge, J. and Strauss, K. (eds.) (2013) Temporary Work, Agencies, and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work. Routledge, Studies in 'Employment and Work Relations in Context'.
Book Review by Ben Rogaly on the Society & Space open site (free access).
Clark, G. L., Strauss, K. and Knox-Hayes, J. (2012) Saving For Retirement: Intention, Context, and Behaviour. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Other selected publications:
- Schwiter, K., Strauss, K., and England, K. (2018) "At home with the boss: Migrant live-in caregivers, social reproduction and constrained agency in the UK, Canada, Austria and Switzerland". Trans Inst Br Geogr. 2018;00:1–15.
- Fudge, K. and Strauss, K. (2016) "Migrants, Unfree Labour, and the Legal Construction of Domestic Servitude: Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK". In: P. Kotiswaran (ed.) Unsettling Paradigms, Revisiting the Law of Trafficking: The Palermo Protocol at 15. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Strauss, K. (2015) "Pension systems and labour law in the EU". In: Costello, C., Davies, A. and M. Freedland (eds.) Research Handbook on EU Labour Rights Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Strauss, K. (2015) "Social reproduction and migrant domestic labour in Canada and the UK: Towards a multi-dimensional concept of subordination". In: Craig, G, Lewis, H. Skrivankova, K. and L. Waite (eds.) Vulnerability, exploitation and migrants: Insecure work in a globalised economy. London: Palgrave.
- Wainwright, J., Kosek, J., Strauss, K., Akhter, M., Labban, M., Mann, G. (2015) "Geoff Mann's Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism (2013, Oakland: AK press)". Capitalism Nature Socialism. Published online: 10 Apr 2015. DOI:10.1080/10455752.2015.1030436.
- Strauss, K. "Feminist economic geography and Capital in the Twenty-First Century: going beyond 'add gender and stir' ". Geoforum Online First: DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.005.
- Strauss, K. (2015) "The role of labour market intermediaries in driving forced and unfree labour". openDemocracy [https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/kendrastrauss/role-of-labour-market-intermediaries-in-driving-forced-and-unfree-labour].
- Strauss, K. (2014) "Le travail non libre dans les economies contemporaines", Christine Renaud, trans. Droits et libertes 33(2): 9-11.
- Strauss, K. (2015) "These Overheating Worlds". Annals of the Association of American Geographers, special issue on 'Futures: Imagining Socioecological Transformation' 105(2): 342-350.
- Strauss, K. (2014) 'Accessing pension resources: the right to equality inside and out of the labour market'. International Journal of Law in Context 10(04): 522-537.
- Fudge, K. and Strauss, K. (2014) "Migrants, Unfree Labour, and the Legal Construction of Domestic Servitude: Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK". In C. Costello and M. Freedland (eds) Migrants at Work: Immigration and Vulnerability in Labour Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ince, I., Featherstone, D., Cumbers, A., Mackinnon, D., and Strauss, K. "British Jobs for British Workers? Negotiating Work, Nation and Globalisation through the Lindsey Oil Refinery Disputes." Antipode. Article first published online: 28 MAY 2014. DOI: 10.1111/anti.12099.
- Strauss, K. "Challenging labor and work to survive well." Book review symposium for J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy, Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities. Social & Cultural Geography. Published online: 22 May 2014. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2014.916991.
- Strauss, K. (2013) "Fair-mutualisation and the socialisation of risk and reward in European occupational pensions". In Countouris, N. and Freedland, M. (eds) Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Strauss, K. (2013) "Flexible work, flexible pensions: The evolution of retirement (in)security." In Arthurs, H. and Stone, K. (eds.), Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment. New York: Russell Sage.
- Strauss, K. (2013) "Unfree again: social reproduction, flexible labour markets and the resurgence of gang labour in the UK". Antipode 45(1): 180-197.
- Strauss, K. (2012) "Coerced, forced and unfree labour: geographies of exploitation in contemporary labour markets". Geography Compass 6(3): 137-148.
- Featherstone, D., Cumbers, A., Mackinnon, D., Strauss, K. (2012) "Boundary Crossing: Progressive Localism in the Age of Austerity". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 37(2): 177–182.
- Strauss, K. (2011) "Globalization and the service workplace: Citizenship, entitlement, and the future of UK occupational pensions". American Behavioral Scientist, 55(7): 902 - 919.
- Clark, G. L., Duran-Fernandez R., and Strauss, K. (2010) "Being in the market": the UK house-price bubble and the intended structure of individual pension investment portfolios. Journal of Economic Geography, 10(3): 331–359.
- Strauss, K. (2009) "Financialisation and gendered risk in occupational pensions". In Clark, G. L., Dixon, A. and Monk, A. H. (eds.), Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 258-279.
- Strauss, K. (2009) "Cognition, context, and multimethod approaches to economic decision-making". Environment and Planning A, 41(2): 320-317.
- Strauss, K. (2008) "Re-engaging with rationality in economic geography: behavioural approaches and the importance of context in decision-making", Journal of Economic Geography, 8(2): 137-156.
- Clark, G. L. and Strauss, K. (2008) "Individual pension-related risk propensities; the effects of socio-demographic characteristics and a spousal pension entitlement on risk attitudes." Ageing and Society, 28: 847-874.


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Easter Camps a big success
More than 100 children attended the two weeks of Easter football camps at Forthbank run by Active Stirling and Stirling Albion. Youngsters enjoyed days full of fun games, skill challenges, football matches and other fun activities!
Bino the Bear made some surprise appearances at the sessions and there were Stirling Albion prizes to be won, with every child receiving a ticket to the game against Elgin City on April 19.
Mini Kickers (3-4 yrs) took part 10am-11am, Goal Getters (5-6 yrs) 9am-12 noon and Football Skills (7-14 yrs) 9am-4pm during both weeks at the beginning of April.
SAFC Community Engagement Manager Andy Todd said: "It was great to see so many kids enjoying their Easter holidays down at Forthbank playing football. Sandy (Cunningham) did a fantastic job leading the programme, as did all the coaches with their delivery.
"The Easter camps have shown a lot of promise going forward with the holiday camps and regular classes being a strong partnership between Active Stirling and Stirling Albion. A lot of the children also attended the game against Elgin City, which was great to see, and hopefully they all enjoyed the game!"
There will be plenty of activity during the summer months, with five weeks in the planning, so follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and keep an eye on the website for all the latest!!

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About Camp Civitan
Civitan Foundation's longest running and most beloved program offers week-long camp sessions throughout the summer, and weekend adventures once a month during the rest of the year. Founded in 1968, Camp Civitan is a 15-acre wheelchair accessible facility for developmentally disabled children and adults in the cool Northern Arizona pine country town of Williams.
This program offers campers a variety of enriching and fun experiences that promote positive self-esteem, teamwork, socialization, and healthy activities.
Check out the activities and programs that make up Camp Civitan here.
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We are proud of the beautiful part of Queensland where we live. However, there is a potential risk of nautral hazards. In Hope Vale, these are most likely to be tropical cyclones. Therefore, we cannot afford to be complacent about the dangers they present.
Below is a list of Disaster and Emergency Information pages to assit with vital information.
- Prepare your Emergency Plan
- Prepare for Evacuation
- Prepare an Emergency Kit
- Prepare your Home
- Tune into Warnings
- Check your Neighbours
- Pet Emergency Plan
Other information can be found on the Emergency Management Queensland website: www.emergency.qld.gov.au or www.getready.qld.gov.au
Council Disaster Management Plan can be veiwed here (Link)
Important Contacts:
- Life Threatening Emergencies (Police,Ambulance, Fire) - 000
- SES Assistance - 132500
- Ergon - 132296
- Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council (includes Local Disaster Management Group) - 40 838000


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The first, and most obvious help for this problem is to not drink. But, many will not us this as option while out and at parties. So having a designated driver is the second best option-this way you know there is no chance the driver will have had too much to drink or not enough time to metabolize what they did consume.
Another solution is to be very cautious about how much you drink. Try and limit yourself to just one to three drinks during the night, depending on how long you are at the party. Allow yourself time after your drink before you get behind the wheel of the car as well.
If you are able to, another great option for parties at friends homes or in big cities is to stay where you having the party. If you are at a friends home, make plans to stay if you know you will want to drink. If you are at a big city party, rent a hotel room for the night (just make sure you don't have to drive from the city party to the hotel!).
I have included some alcohol metabolism charts to show just how little alcohol it takes to be over the legal limit. Above is a chart for how many drinks you can consume at different weights and what the blood alcohol level would be. Below shows what counts as one drink:
Please be careful! It is winter and on top of worrying about drivers having too many drinks, the roads can be slippery, icy, and snowy as well.
We hope you go out of 2012 with a great time, and welcome the great possibilities of 2013!


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|Better Living for Seniors – Hillsborough has identified housing as one of the top three issues facing seniors today. Join us Tuesday, May 16 for everything you and your clients need to know about Housing for Seniors. The Communications Committee is proud to present a panel of experts discussing:
Michele Manzo-Lembo Senior living expert, area representative and local owner, Always Best Care Senior Services; past president, Better Living for Seniors – Hillsborough.
Pilar Carvajal CEO of Innovation Senior Management, works with public housing
Stephen B. Griffin Senior Planning Manager/Team Leader of the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission, holding various leadership roles in the Commission since 1990.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Networking begins at 8:30am
Program begins at 9:00am
Children's Board Hillsborough
1002 East Palm Avenue, Tampa
Guests are welcome to attend!
|BLS Hillsborough, an initiative of the Senior Connection Center, is open to businesses, individuals and not for profits that work with or serve the senior population. Our mission is to empower members with the knowledge and resources they need to advocate for, provide guidance to and improve the quality of life for older adults and their caregivers. For a nominal membership fee, become a member and improve the lives of seniors while building valuable professional relationships.


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Russian piano sensation Olga Kern gives Masterclass in Toronto
ROBERT LOWREY PIANO EXPERTS presents
Piano superstar OLGA KERN IN MASTER CLASS
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 4:30 PM / Robert Lowrey Piano Experts / Store location: 943 Eglinton Ave. East (just west of Leslie)
General admission: $15 in advance / $20 cash at the door
Ample free parking / 416 423 0434 x 0 or firstname.lastname@example.com for advance purchase / The master class will be livestreamed on www.pianoexperts.com
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
TORONTO, ONTARIO – Robert Lowrey Piano Experts is thrilled to present Olga Kern in master class in his European Gallery on Wednesday, February 22 at 4:30 PM at the store location at 943 Eglinton Avenue East. Robert Lowrey Piano Experts is known as one of the country's best in piano sales, restoration, and as a service facility; Rob himself is also a devoted supporter of the arts and he is regularly spotted at many concerts in and around Toronto.
This masterclass is a fantastic and rare opportunity to see one of the world's great pianists at the peak of her powers, mentoring some of Toronto's finest young talent. OlgaKern, described "an absolute whiz at the piano" by The New York Times, is one of the leading pianists of her generation. This season takes her throughout the United States in concerto appearances, as well as recital appearances including her Koerner Hall concert in Toronto with world-renowned violinist Vladimir Spivakov on Thursday, February 23, at 8 PM. This is her first dual recital tour with Mr. Spivakov outside of Europe. The piano featured in both the masterclass and Koerner Hall appearance is the rare andlegendary Bosendorfer Imperial grand piano.
Three gifted piano students have been chosen to perform for Ms. Kern. They were selected based on the opinions of teachers and adjudicators throughout Toronto.
Coco Ma, 11, has performed since age six. A regular local, national, and international competition winner, she made her Carnegie Hall debut at age nine. Last summer, she was the youngest performer at the Young Virtuosos Series at the Niagara International Music Festival. She studies at the Young Artist Performance Academy (YAPA) at the Royal Converstory of Music (RCM) under Arshalouise Nersessian. For Ms. Kern, Coco will perform Chopin's Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47.
Amadeusz Kazubowski-Houston, 15, is a national scholarship and award-winning pianist. He has appeared in solo recital in Toronto, Waterloo, Peterborough, and Poland. He has performed in many events in the Toronto area, including Tom Allen's Classical Goodtime Variety Show (CBC Radio/Peterborough Symphony Orchestra), Toronto Sinfonietta's Concerto Competition Winners' Gala, the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation "Young Stars of the Young Century" concert and many others. Amadeus studies on scholarhip at YAPA at the RCM under Li Wang and James Anagnoson. He will perform Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49.
Ricker Choi, 35, has won grand prizes from the North York Music Festival and second prize at the Berlin International Amateur Piano Competition. He has performed live on Classical FM 96.3 in Toronto and has been featured in the Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festivals "Emerging Artists in Concert" at Walter Hall at the University of Toronto. He has also performed in the Off Centre Music Salon at Glenn Gould Studio. A full-time financial risk consultant, he also studies with Boris Zarankin. Ricker will perform Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.
Robert Lowrey's Piano Experts is Canada's premier piano sales, restoration and service facility. For over thirty years, the store's highly trained piano experts have proudly served the community from its central location in Toronto. The Robert Lowrey experience is about honesty, education, an open, welcoming environment, and long-term customer care. Rob comes from a musical family and he studied to become a songwriter. His piano tuning side business grew to become the largest piano retailer and service companies in Canada, and perhaps North America.
Olga Kern appears in masterclass at Robert Lowrey Piano Experts courtesy of Robert Lowrey. She appears with Vladimir Spivakov in recital at Koerner Hall as presented by Show One Productions on Thursday, February 23 at 8 PM; www.showoneproductions.ca
All three piano students are previous winners of the North York Music Festival, founded by Ella Poret, Chair and Founder.
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Paris' crack is whack ... and so is her look-alike.
Paris Hilton, ever the dignified socialite, exposed her coin slot to TMZ cameras Friday afternoon outside her home -- but it's her impersonator, Natalie Reid, who put on a real show over the weekend.
Reid then went off on a curiously giddy rave about a few songs she just wrote, with titles such as "Thanksgiving: A Day to Give Thanks" and "Birthday: The Day of My Birth," saying they're "very profound songs."
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Apocalyptic Pastor Claims to be Protecting ex-Muslim Teenage Runaway
A blog at Christianity Today sounds a note of caution over the case of Fathima Rifqa Bary, a Sir Lankan teenager living in Ohio who recently fled to Orlando claiming that her parents planned to kill her for converting to Christianity:
"They [my parents] threatened to kill me," Bary says tearfully in a YouTube video …posted Tuesday. She goes on to explain the logic of honor killings: "They have to kill me. My blood is now hallal, which means that because I am now a Christian, I am from a Muslim background. It's an honor, they love God more than me. They have to do this."
…Sgt. Jerry Cupp with the Columbus missing persons bureau disputes Bary's claims, telling The Columbus Dispatch that Mohamed Bary has known about his daughter's conversion for months and appears to be caring. And today, the attorney for Bary's parents issued a statement that they have never threatened Bary: "If this case is perceived as a clash of religions, it is because Mr. Lorenz recklessly and without authorization put someone else's child in front of television cameras to publicly renounce her previous faith," McCarthy said in the statement. "The parents who love Rifqa are in the best position now to protect her from the mess that Mr. Lorenz has made."
The girl gives a rather strange interpretation of what an "honour killing" is for; rather than being the remedy for a perceived dishonour suffered by a family, she tells the journalist that to kill her would be an especially "great honour" because she is the the first Christian in her family for "150 generations" and it would show her family's love for Allah (Lorenz concurs with a "yes" at 5:03). This seems to me to be a garbled "Christianized" understanding of the phenomenon, making it into something like a human sacrifice. Her claim that Muslim converts to Christianity in Sri Lanka (where Muslims are a minority) are confined to a mental hospital is not one that I have seen reported anywhere else.
Lorenz used to pastor the Pine Castle United Methodist Church, but he now runs the Global Revolution Church, which has no apparent links to any other church or grouping. He believes that he receives special personal messages from God about the imminent end of the world....
The girl's parents and brother can be seen in the news report below; they do not give the impression of wanting to kill her. However, Robert Spencer – fresh from scrubbing details of the bogus "mass paedo wedding in Gaza" tale from his
website - assures us that this is undoubtedly a "slow-motion honor killing".
For an update on this 'dog and pony' show, click here and read how minions of the deceased Jerry Falwell are helping propagate lies to keep Americans in a permanent state of hate for anything Muslim/Arab.
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Joe Manganiello & Sofia Vergara Have 'Perfect Night' in Mexico
Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara just got back from a fun vacation in Mexico!
The cute couple were there for a pal's destination wedding, and Sofia shared tons of Instagram photos from their trip.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Joe Manganiello
"Perfect night❤❤ adios Mexico lindo!!🌊🌊," she captioned one pic of Joe, which you can see below.
Pictured below: Joe does some holiday shopping at Big 5 Sporting Good Store on Wednesday (December 21) in Los Angeles.
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Christopher Owens Leaves GIRLS
Christopher Owens, best known and frontman and primary songwriter for the band Girls, has announced he is leaving the band. In a series of tweets, Owens wrote the following:
Dear all, This may come as a surprise to many & has been an issue of much thought for me. My decision was not easy to make. I am leaving Girls. My reasons at this time are personal. I need to do this in order to progress. I will continue to write & record music. More will be announced soon. I thank you all for everything.


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Press release
Travellers to Southern Corsica warned about parasitic infection
PHE advice on 'Schistosoma haematobium' infection associated with exposure to the Cavu river in Southern Corsica.
Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) are aware of reports of 'Schistosoma haematobium' infection, associated with exposure to the Cavu river in Southern Corsica, France.
In total, 11 cases have been confirmed in people from France and Germany, visiting the river between 2011 and 2013. Four of the six confirmed cases in France were children.
'Schistosoma haematobium' is a parasitic infection which causes a disease called schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia). It is normally associated with tropical regions of the world and this is the first report of locally acquired schistosomiasis in France.
Anyone who comes into contact with the parasite in contaminated water can be infected. Most infections do not cause any symptoms at first, but long-term, untreated schistosomiasis can cause serious liver, bladder and kidney problems. The initial symptom people may notice is an itchy rash, but more symptoms can develop a few weeks later which usually include bloody urine and diarrhoea, coughing, fever and headache, joint and muscle pain, tiredness and weight loss.
Pain can also be experienced in the upper right hand part of the abdomen, caused by the liver and spleen getting larger as the body tries to fight the parasite.
PHE and NaTHNaC urge anyone who visited, and swam or waded in the Cavu river between June and September in 2011 to 2013, to contact their GP so they can be screened for the infection and receive treatment if required.
Dr Jane Jones, head of travel-associated infections at PHE said:
We strongly advise travellers to avoid, wading, swimming or bathing in freshwater in areas where schistosomiasis is known to occur. Insect repellent and towel drying do not protect against infection. Chlorine kills the parasite, so swimming in properly maintained swimming pools should not pose a risk and swimming in the sea is also not a risk for schistosomiasis.
Dr Dipti Patel, joint director of NaTHNaC, said:
There is no vaccine or medication to protect against schistosomiasis, so avoiding activities in rivers, lakes or other freshwater contact in risk areas is the only way to prevent infection. As schistosomiasis may not cause symptoms, anyone who thinks they could have been exposed to infection should seek medical advice.
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text: Another of the many fun character concept designs I came up with in 2000 while working on Project Y commonly known as Jak and Daxter. This fellow is a sculptor so I gave him an apron and some sculpting tools. I drew him from front to profile in order to give the naughty Dog crew a better understanding of how he looked from different angles. Included with the side view is an example of how his apron would tie in the back.


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Tom wakes up the next day and has to go to work, etc. James looks at him with suspicious eyes, and expresses his worry for his only son. He starts mentioning his mother.
At work, he meets Malcom who wants to gossip about the incidents. He reveals that he was trusted to go down into the tunnels at midnight last night, but when he got there the Anarchs had already destroyed most of what was down there. He says it's a shame that Exacorp couldn't get a hold of this valuable technology so that Utopia could be created sooner, and that it now will be in the hands of the savage Anarchs who will only use it for violence.
MoP: 6M8 => 3 #Chef cooks breakfast
Tom Turner: 5M8 => 2 #Psycic subterfuge – Lugna far
MoP: Darryl introducerar Scitt
Tom Turner: En dag på jobbet, träffar Malcom
Tom Turner: 4M8 => 0 #Bonda med Malcom [PP + Emp + PEmp]
Scitt eats some food at computer den and starts hacking the cyberworld. First she investigates the Anarch meeting incident and finds out that Lux Nova was behind the sabotage of the robot, although his computer got fried in the process. Scitt then proceeds to investigate Charlie and finds out he enters encrypted information under supervision of Exacorp watchdogs. Scitt copies Charlie's encrypted text.
Scitt: 1M8 => 0 #Hack
Scitt: 13M8 => 2 #Hack
Scitt: 2M8 => 1 # + 2D closed eyes
Scitt: 9M8 => 4 #Hacking, Searching info [+ 2D closed eyes -6D hidden track]
Scitt: Found lux nova behind track
MoP: Lux Nova was found out by Exacorp and the robot got fried, as well as Lux Nova's computer
Scitt: 11M8 => 6 #Tail Charlie on cyberspace (-4)
Scitt: Hittar charlie på forum där han skriver krypterad kod
Scitt: 6M8 => 0 #Break Charlie's cipher
Scitt: copy charlie's cipher
MoP: 8M8 => 2 #Looking for intruders
Scitt: 13M8 => 6 #Investigating cyberguard (+2wp -4)
MoP: 8M8 => 1 #Looking for intruders WatchDog435
MoP: 8M8 => 4 #Looking for intruders WatchDog437
Scitt: 5M8 => 1 #trying to cook
As Scitt and Tom sneak toward Willow's island with Darryl they are apprehended by Exacorp security. Tom manages to use a psychic mind trick to convince the guards that they are going home. At the island, Scitt meets Willow and Elise, who is staring into the crystal, as well as Judge 23. Willow tells them to go to the Crystal Lake Complex in the mountains above Freetown.
Scitt: 4M8 => 0 #Sneak-haiking through swamp
Tom Turner: 7M8 => 0 #smyger till Willow +2 känd väg
Scitt: 6M8 => 2 #sneak route
Tom Turner: 8M8 => 4 #ljug för vakter PP +WP
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56x64 random patchwork quilt in any of the pictured palettes made to order. Some fabrics may need to be added to the groups shown in order to achieve the desired random pattern. Fabrics are subject to availability and if I need to substitute, I'll let you know. A perfect throw size. I use different size rectangles and squares and will free motion quilt all over. (Pattern shown in photo 2). Please allow approximately 3 weeks to complete your quilt. If you would like different colors, you can browse my shop
for other ideas & then contact me to arrange. Almost any fabric group from my shop can be used!
I also need to know which fabric you want for the backing & binding (edge)
Contact me with any questions or if you would like a different size listed below.
Other size random patchwork quilts price list
32x32 $ 70
40x56 $150
50x70 $225
64x80 $325 (twin)
I accept Paypal or Visa or Mastercard. If you live in the Conejo Valley area of California, I would be happy to deliver to you, and you can save on the shipping.
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES: I ship USPS within 1-2 days after payment has cleared. Large orders will be shipped UPS if you are on the west coast. Insurance can be added at your request and expense- the charge will be added to shipping cost. I am not responsible for your item once shipped.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: If you live outside the US, please be aware of the customs charges. I do not refund any charges you incur for customs fees. There is no tracking for international orders unless you want to pay an additional fee. I am not responsible for your order once it ships. Generally it is double the shipping fee for tracking. Let me know if you want that included.
*Ready-Made Items: Exchanges or refunds are given if you are unhappy with the workmanship within 1 week of receipt of item. It must be in new condition and a refund or exchange will be for the purchase price. No refunds given on shipping/insurance/customs.
*Custom Items: If you are unhappy with the workmanship, I will fix free of charge. They are not returnable because they have been made to your specifications. No refunds on shipping/insurance/customs charges.
*Changes on your order: since I have been blessed with a successful shop and the wait time is 4 weeks for large orders, I try to order all materials necessary asap and start washing the fabrics and cutting way before your order is being sewn. That being said, if you change your mind about fabrics after you've paid there's a good chance we can't change anything without a fabric charge~ in other words you'd have to pay for new fabric+shipping and only in certain circumstances.
I love custom orders! A request for a particular color scheme (such as pink and brown) is best since my fabric inventory changes continually. All items are made in a smoke free and pet free environment. At this time I am unable to offer queen size or larger quilts or duvets of any size.
Here are definitions of the 2 types of blankets I sell:
*Patchwork & Minky: patchwork on one side, minky (super soft polyester fuzzy type of fabric) on the other. I sew them right sides together, turn inside out and double topstitch around the edge. There is no quilting done, so the layers 'move' independently. They are cozy and 'hug' you because they are fluid, not stiff! I love these blankets because they look like a quilt, but don't cost nearly as much because there is less labor involved.
*Quilts: patchwork top, batting in the middle, bottom cotton fabric. Layers are quilted together and a binding is applied to the edge. LOTS of hours of work, and the price reflects that difference. A classic sewing skill, when done right, yields beautiful results for years to come.
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I'm sorry, but not at this time. There are many etsy sellers that specifically do this. Search "t-shirt quilts" to find them.
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Hi Dr Smith
My husband and I have just completed our 2nd failed ICSI cycle with pretty awful results, none of our embryos made it to blastocyst. Our primary diagnosis is MFI 5 million per ml count; 10% motility and 6% morphology; 30.2% DNA fragmentation as per SCSA. My husband has low FSH:LH and low normal testosterone. I also have recently discovered that I have one 16mm chocolate cyst on my right ovary and PCO morphology but not the syndrome, I have regular 29 day cycles. I am 27 YO and my husband is 31 YO. Our history is as follows:
Cycle 1
Long protocol, stimmed 8 days 112.5iu Gonal f; upped to 225iu and 150iu alternatively for 5 more days triggered day 13, only 3 eggs collected, 3 eggs fertilised. 2x 8 cell grade 2 (with 1 being the best) and 1 x7 cell grade 2 on day 3. 2 x 8 cells transferred -ve test. Third not frozen.
Cycle 2 (new clinic)
Antagonist protocol, stimming 225iu Menopur 6 days, added in cetrotide day 6; dropped dose to 150iu on day 8, triggered day 10 with lupron due to E2 levels of 16,000. 18 eggs collected, 12 mature, 8 fertilised. All embryos grade 1 on day 3, 2x 8 cells, 2x 7 cells, 1x 6 cells and 3 x5 cells. Embryo growth slowed on day 4, 5 made it to morula stage by day 5, 2 were compacting. When we went for transfer on day 6 they had all arrested.
Our Dr feels that it is potentially an egg and sperm problem. He feels my chocolate cyst may have compromised egg quality but is not sure. He is suggesting egg and sperm donor next time. This is not something we are ready to consider yet.
What is your opinion on what contributed to the embryos arresting? What further tests would you recommend for us? Do you think it is worthwhile trying again with our own eggs / sperm? Do you have an opinion on using PICSI to select chromosomally normal sperm combined with PGD/CGH?
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions; I really appreciate your advice.
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Celine Dion – The Power of Love
The Power of Love
Surviving cancer takes great courage and great strength from both the patient and the caregiver. Fighting and beating cancer as a couple is not for the faint of heart. It takes dedication, commitment, courage and unparalleled love. When those four ingredients come together though, you have a recipe for HOPE.
This post is not about me or my cancer or my relationship. It is about Cameron, a caregiver who was able to love his wife through cancer and keep love and hope alive while doing it. Please read Cameron's guest post (below) and when you do remember this….Even in the face of cancer, fairy tales do come true and Hope rides off into the sunset on a great white horse!
Fighting Back with Hope
My wife was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma on November 21, 2005. I was not prepared at all to become a caregiver to a cancer patient. Heather had just given birth to our daughter, Lily, three months before the diagnosis, and until that point we had been blissfully enjoying being new parents. We expected to be joyously spending the holidays with our newborn, not fighting for my wife's life.
The doctor told us about mesothelioma and the options we had. We could go to a local hospital or a regional hospital nearby, neither one having the ideal resources to treat this form of cancer, or we could travel to Boston to see a renowned mesothelioma doctor. My wife was silent, too afraid and shocked by the news to digest these options. I knew she needed help, and I knew that if she were going to have any chance of beating this disease, she would need the best care possible. I turned to the doctor and said, "Get us to Boston!"
Our dual income household was reduced to one part-time income as Heather left her job to fight her battle and I struggled to balance work, doctor's appointments and caring for our daughter. The stress from taking care of everything and the thought that Heather would die from cancer overwhelmed me, and I found myself on the kitchen floor crying more than once. However, I was always careful to hide these moments from Heather. I had to be strong for her, and the last thing she needed was to see just how scared I truly was.
Luckily, I had others to lean on. We were blessed with comforting words, helpful hands and even financial assistance from family, friends and strangers. I can never thank them enough for the things they did to help, both big and small. The best piece of advice I can give any caregiver is: if someone offers help, take it. The caregiver's role is difficult, and you cannot simply walk away. It's okay to have bad days, but you can't let the emotions take you hostage. There is always hope.
It has been seven years since Heather's mesothelioma diagnosis, and I am happy to say that after months and months of painful and difficult treatments, she is now cancer-free. Our daughter has been able to grow up having her mother, and we could not be more thankful to all the people who helped us through this tough time.
Throughout this ordeal, I learned organization and time management skills. More importantly, I gained the courage I needed to pursue my own dreams. I decided to go back to college and earn my degree in Information Technology. A few short years later, I graduated with high honors and was the graduation speaker of my class. My speech had one large message: never give up hope. I think the most important thing I learned throughout the past seven years is that our imaginations cannot fathom what we are capable of accomplishing if we simply remember to believe in ourselves, and never stop fighting for the ones we love.
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Play Dough is a staple of childhood fun. It's also incredibly easy to make! Try out this Earth-friendly recipe that we found on The Imagination Tree blog.
Here's What You'll Need:
- 2 cups all-purpose
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
- Up to 1.5 cups water
- Food coloring (optional)
Here's How You Do It:
- In a small pot, bring the water to a boil and add food coloring (if desired).
- In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil.*
- Add the boiling water to the flour mixture in small increments, stirring continuously until the mixture becomes a sticky, combined dough.
- Once the dough has cooled, remove from the bowl and knead vigorously until all stickiness has gone (adding additional flour if necessary).
- Present the newly created dough to your children and bask in the knowledge that you are, indeed, the coolest mom/dad/aunt/uncle/babysitter in the world.
*Pro Tip: to create scented play dough, add one packet of Jell-O (lemon or orange flavors work best) to the flour mixture before you add the boiling water.
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text: Before you get excited - there's no glowsticks involved in this rave. Rather, this is actually a rant disguised as a rave about how ah-mazing public health is. Recently, I've explored what it takes to become a certified diabetes educator (CDE) - my public health experience has influenced my curiosity in exploring what it takes to combine my two loves: public health and diabetes advocacy. It's proving to be much more difficult than I anticipated due to the fact that you cannot sit for the licensing exam with an MPH (master's in public health) but rather you must already possess a clinical degree, a license such as an RD or an MSW (master's in social work). Part of me totally gets why this is the case. It makes sense that you need to have one-on-one patient/client interaction experience. However, I feel like perhaps these eligibility requirements are slightly antiquated given the recent skyrocketing numbers of people with diabetes. It is so important now more than ever to not only prevent diabetes but also the expensive and painful complications associated with it. I believe that many health professionals who do "public health" work are more than qualified to become CDE's (I swear I'm not patting myself on the back while writing this!). Public Health represents a shift in how we approach health and wellness - it takes into account social, economic, environment and other factors that acute care does not. So as someone who addresses health at a community-level in their job - no, I don't have patient interactions but I do understand that preventing and caring for type 2 diabetes involves a lot more than diet, exercise and medication. And my lack of "clinical" experience is nothing professional training and education couldn't cure. If prevention is the new focus in U.S. healthcare, then public health and clinical care will certainly be marrying and becoming one big, healthy family. I'm just hoping I'm invited to the wedding!


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So here it is – my new weekender travel bag !
Having first bought this supremely cute camping retro fabric from the fab online Brighton store Ditto Fabrics to make a 50s dress, I decided I didn't want to lose any of the pattern in gathers or pleats.
The gingham was for two reasons – one, if I had used the same for the sides the pattern would have ended up upside down as it went round and two, gingham is really fifties and I think works well with the cool ladies and gents in the fabric.
I was slightly nervous about making the bag pattern up ( it's by Amy Butler ) only because I've never made something before like this. I've made bags but not something that where peltex ( to keep the sides firm and upright ) is needed. But, I am really happy how it has turned out :) The bag feet are an addition to the pattern – they were from a site called bag-clasps.
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I remembered talking to a woman about marriage not so long ago. The woman indicated that she thought about getting married a few times in her previous relationships. At the end, she decided against it, because she wanted to live life still. I replied to her that marriage is not about losing freedom. However, I concurred there are few things that one would have to give up, because a new life is taken on so to speak. I asked her if she is with someone presently and she replied yes. I sensed from her reply that there is a desire for marriage and beginning a family. However, there were some reservations holding her back, because of her view of marriage. Her view (and many others) of marriage is the phase of life where one settles down to have children. I indicated to her that she should not view marriage as a time to just settle down by virtue of a marital certificate. Marriage however should be viewed as the courageous life that you are willing to pursue, fight, and love for the lover's sake.
The only way you will know that you are ready for marriage if you are willing to literally die for your partner – your love. If you (or your partner) cannot say that, you should continue to live your free life, because you maybe are just wasting your time (and tax-payer dollars for a divorce). A marriage of that nature would be – at best – unfulfilling and worst – ending in divorce.
Let me clarify what I mean by dying for your partner. They are seen in the countless stories of police officers that get wounded in the line of duty to save the innocent who are in danger; firefighters who literally jump into burning houses to save the lives of the faceless; and soldiers who throw their bodies on landmines to save the wounded from the enemy's camp. These are courageous men and women who put their bodies on the line. Many suffer paralysis, burns, sickness and death because of their love for people. They are willing die for people who they do not know – strangers. How much more of a burden for us who are in an intimate relationship? Are we willing to die for our love?
Please understand that the spotlight of intimacy shines at its brightest during the scenes of courage and selfless acts between lovers. In the face of bullets of criticism, the torpedoes of insult, and the bombs of rejection from your hostile love does not change the fact that the cause still remains great, significant and worthy. This leads to the critical questions: Am I ready to be hero/heroine when the spotlight is on me? Will I give of myself at all cost? Would I put my body on the line for my love till the point of pending death? This is the test for marriage readiness – nothing more, nothing less. It is the ability to translate the heart of a soldier into this fragile and sensitive world of relationships and marriage. If I am willing to do the extraordinary, these consistent and ordinary acts of kindness will be always possible:
1) Walking away from quarrels and fights in order to find peace with one another.
2) Giving your partner affection during times of mutual discomfort or fatigue.
3) Encouraging your partner to spend time with their friends who are positive to their life.
4) Creating days of undivided attention for your partner.
5) Getting involved in your partner's activity that you might not always enjoy doing.
6) Resisting the urge of being unfaithful to your partner.
7) Endeavoring to see the world from your partner's point of view.
Here is the principle to remember. If I am willing to do the more challenging and courageous act of dying for my partner, then every other selfless act or sacrifice becomes trivial with respect to the magnitude of dying.
I want you to imagine this with me. Put your hand on your heart. Feel it beat for a minute. Imagine if your heart was not beating. Would you agree nothing else matters then? You are aware if that heart stops beating at any point; your life is at the cusp of death. Similarly, if you believe your partner is your heart but they are not beating for you – guess what – you are having a heart attack. If your partner does not beat for you, your relationship will eventually wither and die. Again, nothing else truly matters then. The same is true with you. I ask you to remember this connection, because no heart lives for itself. It shares its life and many ways gives up its life for the body to grow.
Relationship especially marriage is the school where we are taught the unending course of selflessness. It is the profession that we learn to risk our lives, so love can live. Now I ask you… are you willing to die for your love to always live? Simply, is it a love worth dying for…soldier?
~ Written By: Denley McIntosh
I think about the tragic shooting in Colorado as a contemporary and evocative example where we heard surreal tales of heroic and sacrificial effort mightily exuded through "ordinary" men and women to protect their beloveds from death's door. Seeing and feeling the pain of death has not beclouded the light of love refracted through the prismatic stories of these courageous individuals. I must say, within the dissonance of the pain and sadness, it was beautiful to hear the love these fallen had died for. My heart goes out to them and others alike.


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Dr. Odell has practiced in Clinical Services at the CPD for over 25 years. Clinics involve the multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of problems related to developmental disabilities and chronic diseases. Problems covered include children and adolescents with ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, Tourette syndrome, depression, neurologic disorders, failure to thrive, and others.
In addition to his clinical practice at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, Dr. Odell is in clinical practice at Intermountain Budge Clinic in Logan. He is also involved in the Biomedical Pediatrics development of a medical home program with the Budge Clinic.
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About Chris Noth
As for the day, Chris Noth net worth is estimated at $15.5 million dollar. He earned all this money throughout a lengthy career as a movie and television actor. Out of all of his roles, the most prominent ones were in television series Sex and the City and TV dramas Law & Order and The Good Wife. Although Chris created his most prominent characters on television, he has also performed in quite a few memorable movies, such as At Mother's Request, The Glass House, Searching for Paradise, Sex and the City, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and most recently – After the Ball. But these are just the highlights, so let's take a closer look at his career and see how Chris Noth net worth reached such an impressive height.
For starters, let's talk about Chris' career on the big screen. It all started in 1981, when he was cast for Cutter's Way. If you have seen this film (and managed to recognize Chris in his mid-twenties) you must know that his role was minor, just like the role in his next film – Waitress! During the 80s and 90s Chris has mostly filmed for television movies. A much more successful period in his career started with the new millennium. During the 2000s Noth has featured in movies like The Glass House, Double Whammy, Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar. Perhaps most importantly, in 2008 he appeared in a film Sex and the City, which was based on the famous television series of the same name. The film received mixed reviews. For example, The Variety described it as "half-hearted", meanwhile Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times praised Sex and the City, writing that very few films "are willing to go to such dark places while remaining a comedy in the Shakespearean sense". Summarizing critical responses, the Rotten Tomatoes concluded that "Sex and the City loses steam in the transition to the big screen, but will still thrill fans of the show." Although the critics were not particularly enthusiastic, the general audience (or at least the fans of the television series) seems to have loved it: Sex and the City brought worldwide total gross revenue to $415,252,786. Although only a small part of this fortune landed in the pocket of an actor who portrayed Mr. Big, it sure increased Chris Noth net worth.
Speaking about the more recent sources of Chris Noth net worth, he has just finished filming for After the Ball. When asked what appealed to him about this movie, the actor said: "Most of my movies I don't want Orion to see, and that includes some of the television stuff. This is just a great teenage and kids movie that has elements of a fairytale in a modern setting and also a modern sensibility." As you may know, Orion, born in 2008, is Chris' son.


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The Natural History of Procalcitonin in Hemorrhagic Stroke
|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: NCT01498705
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Anticipated grant was withdrawn and additional funding was unable to be obtained)
First Posted : December 23, 2011
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Intraventricular Hemorrhage Intracerebral Hemorrhage
|Other: Procalcitonin level
Stroke is the second leading killer worldwide and the third leading cause of death in the United States. The two major mechanisms causing brain damage in stroke are, ischemia and hemorrhage. Several complications can arise from these cerebral insults ranging from minor neurologic dysfunction, complete immobility, or death. In the intensive care setting, clinicians combat the pathophysiologic processes that lead to the aforementioned sequelae of stroke and contest other acute issues which may or may not be secondary to the stroke itself, with one such issue being hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is defined by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as a temperature greater than 38.3°C. In one prospective study, hyperthermia was reported to occur in 43% of patients during the first week of hospitalization following an ischemic or hemorrhagic (excluding subarachnoid hemorrhage) stroke. Hyperthermia in the stroke patient can be detrimental leading to increased infarct size and worsened neurological outcomes. The etiology of the hyperthermia may not be clear upon initial evaluation but cessation of fever is essential to prevent further damage.
One possible cause of hyperthermia in the stroke patient is bacterial infection. Infection complicating cerebral insult can lead to poor functional outcome and increased mortality. Kilpatrick and colleagues found that fever occurred in 47% of patients who were admitted with either a traumatic or ischemic brain injury and 70% of these patients received at least one antibiotic within 24 hours of their febrile episode, however the antibiotics had no effect on controlling the fevers. With bacterial resistance ever increasing, it is vital that clinicians reserve antibiotics for patients in whom the source of fever is believed to be secondary to an infectious process. It has been estimated that the United States health care system spends more than $20 billion annually on antibiotic-resistant infections and these infections result in more than eight million additional hospital days. Antibiotic use across health care disciplines has been estimated to be administered either inappropriately or unnecessarily 50% of the time. Considering clinical symptoms of infection can mirror other disease processes, reliable diagnostic biomarkers would be useful in helping determine the appropriate diagnosis.
PCT is a 116 amino acid peptide with a sequence identical to calcitonin but lacking hormonal activity. PCT was first utilized by Assicot et al in the setting of sepsis to help determine whether the inflammatory response from the patient was secondary to bacterial infection. Since this finding, PCT has been shown in several studies to have a high sensitivity and specificity for indicating systemic bacterial infections. During infection PCT is secreted into the bloodstream without increasing calcitonin. PCT has been shown prospectively to only be elevated in patients with bacterial infections while remaining consistently low in patients infected with viruses or other inflammatory processes. Often when insulted, the body utilizes proteins and metabolic products, and the changes noted in these substances are often used as markers of inflammation. Unlike erythryocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP), PCT remains low during these inflammatory states. Furthermore, it has been shown that PCT levels increase earlier after stimulation (3-6hrs) compared to C-reactive protein (12-24hrs), indicating PCT can be utilized to rapidly detect bacterial infections. Normal PCT levels in adults are less than 0.1 ng/mL while PCT values greater than 0.5ng/mL have been determined to be predictive of bacterial infection. PCT has been evaluated in several clinical scenarios to help determine a bacterial versus a non-bacterial source of infection, however, to our knowledge, the effects of hemorrhagic stroke on PCT are not yet known. Determining the natural history of PCT in a hemorrhagic stroke patient would provide beneficial information as to whether PCT can be used as a biomarker in this population to help differentiate a bacterial from a non-bacterial cause of hyperthermia.
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|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|The Natural History of Procalcitonin in Hemorrhagic Stroke
|Study Start Date :
|December 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|June 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2012
Hemmorhagic Stroke
Other: Procalcitonin level
PCT level upon admission and on days 1, 3, and 5 following baseline level
- Natural progression of PCT following hemorrhagic stroke [ Time Frame: Change in serum PCT level on day 0 (baseline) from serum PCT level day 1, 3, and 5. ]
- Markers of infection (if obtained by treating medical team) using SIRS criteria well as cultures. [ Time Frame: From date of enrollment to 28 days or until death or discharge, whichever comes first. ]Sirs criteria: temperature < 36°C or > 38°C, heart rate > 90 beats/min, respiratory rate > 20 breaths/min, white blood cell count < 4000/mm² or > 12,000/mm² or ≥ 10% bands Cultures: blood, urine and sputum obtained by the treating medical team during study period and followed until final culture results are determined
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hospitalization for an admitting diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit
- Age greater than 18 years
- No evidence of ischemic cerebrovascular injury
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant traumatic brain injury
- Antibiotics on admission to the NICU
- Immunocompromised by chemotherapy or HIV positive or patient with neutropenia (ANC <1000)
- Women who are pregnant and/or of childbearing age where a pregnancy test has not already occurred
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): NCT01498705
|United States, West Virginia
|Charleston Area Medical Center
|Charleston, West Virginia, United States, 25301
|Principal Investigator:
|Douglas W Haden, MD
|WVU School of Medicine/Charleston Division
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|Responsible Party:
|Carol Morreale, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, CAMC Health System
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01498705 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|December 23, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 4, 2014
|Last Verified:
|January 2014
Keywords provided by Carol Morreale, CAMC Health System:
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Procalcitonin Level
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Pathologic Processes
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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This could be your brain on video games: getting smarter, feeling stronger.
In an article that perhaps doesn't surprise gamers, researchers say that games like Dance Dance Revolution can help fight obesity. And games like Packy & Marlon, designed to teach children and adolescents about a condition such as diabetes, can make users feel empowered to cope and even get better.
Plenty of senior centers have used the Wii games to provide activity for older people, but the boxing and bowling games have been found effective in neurorehabilitation of people with Parkinson's disease or who have had a stroke, the researchers said in Wednesday's issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The hope is that games made for recreation, and games designed for therapeutic uses, could promote such qualities as a fighting spirit, improved movement or reduced anxiety. In Packy & Marlon, for example, players learn to manage diabetes while playing toward the ultimate goal of saving a summer camp from destruction.


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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
As this tour begins to draw to a close, what once seemed so intangible and far away may now become a reality. That day, that moment that will bring so many lonely hearts together in one place seems almost unimaginable. I have thought about that day in so many different ways it can be, at times, a source of maddening distraction.
Leave was such a whirlwind of activity it left few real moments to sit alone and consider that you were soon to be flying back in the same direction you left. Now the realization is that this last flight will be over and you won't be going back to the places that caused so much pain and longing can be hard to fathom. I have watched my children grow in pictures and heard my daughter say her first words over a static filled satellite phone from eight thousand miles away. My son speaks in complete sentences now, always asking me how my soldiers are and if the there are any bad guys near. I wonder what I will tell him of this war when he grows older. What I can tell him about the things his Father has done to survive.
Will they understand? Will they be able to see the man who left a year ago is still here inside?
How will I react to those who are so blissfully ignorant to the war and all its obscenities of violence? Will I resent them for their apathy or will I understand that I am the one who's changed and react accordingly? The nature of this conflict with its landmines and lightning attacks has kept most of us in a perpetual state of vigilance with explosive moments of adrenalin and despair. The Army gave me the Purple Heart award for injuries in battle but what do you get for wounds of the soul?
This being my second time deployed from a war zone may make it easier to adapt at surviving the home front. But I have no illusions that it will be easy. My wife has had to work and raise our children without a Dad for a year and a half and during those dark moments alone after the children have gone to sleep she wonders if I'm safe. How has this war changed her?
I know this; I will not allow this experience to shade the rest of my life with bitter angst. Being older this time I hope I have gained the wisdom to accept the path that has led me to the door I must now open and know I will be stronger for it. I have taken all the men under my command and returned them safely to their loved ones and I have prayed for the fallen.
God bless this rag-tag bunch of misfits I call my soldiers and God bless America the one true beacon of hope in this world.


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FRANKLIN, a township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., with an area of 29 sq. m. of rolling surface. Pop. (1900) 5017, of whom 1250 were foreign-born; (1905, state census) 5244; (1910 census) 5641. The principal village, also named Franklin, is about 27 m. S.W. of Boston, and is served by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railway. Franklin has a public library (housed in the Ray memorial building and containing 7700 volumes in 1910) and is the seat of Dean Academy (Universalist; founded in 1865), a secondary school for boys and girls. Straw goods, felt, cotton and woollen goods, pianos and printing presses are manufactured here. The township was incorporated in 1778, previous to which it was a part of Wrentham (1673). It was the first of the many places in the United States named in honour of Benjamin Franklin (who later contributed books for the public library). Horace Mann was born here.


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Defining pornography is a challenge. While so-called hardcore pornography — written or visual images obviously intended to incite sexual arousal — is fairly easy to identify, many struggle with how they should respond to more subtle and subdued materials.
The LDS reference guide "True to the Faith" offers this definition: "Pornography is any material depicting or describing the human body or sexual conduct in a way that arouses sexual feelings."
Lexie Kite, a doctoral student in media studies and co-founder of BeautyRedefined.net, recently told an LDS group in Utah, "In my studies, I research how pornography has quietly and powerfully infiltrated our lives. During the last decade, sexually degrading media has become the norm — a new 'normal' we rarely question When we understand that pornography includes all of the depictions, in images or words, that are meant to invite a sexualized interpretation and incite sexual feelings, then we see that otherwise 'mainstream' media choices are actually working as gateway drugs to more secret, addictive forms of pornography."
President Thomas S. Monson, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has also noted such subtle shifts in societal values, calling them "pernicious permissiveness."
Marcus Flansburg, a sex crimes detective for the Cache County Sheriff's office and member of the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children task force, said intent is important when labeling pornography. He noted there is a substantial difference between an innocent family photo of an infant being bathed and a similar photo taken by a pedophile for the purpose of sexual gratification. "The purpose or context will influence whether something is considered pornography," he said.
There is also an individual component, according to Rory C. Reid, a psychotherapist who has counseled many in their recovery from pornography addiction. He said if the material causes sexual arousl, intended or not, it constitues pornography for that individual. "If you find yourself asking whether a work is pornographic, the question itself suggests the material makes you uncomfortable. That should be enough to tell you to avoid it."
CombatingPornography.org, the LDS Church's website on pornography addiction, talks about the chemical changes which occur in the brain with pornography consumption. This can negatively impact the part of the cerebral cortex which regulates impetuousness and governs self control.
Research suggests that abstinence from pornography can undo the chemical changes to the brain.
Kite proposes a novel approach to protecting individals and their family members — including children — from pornography: going on a media fast.
"Choose a day, a week, a month, or longer to steer clear of as much media as you can," Kite said. "That way, you can see how your life is different without all those messages and images, and when you return to viewing and reading popular media, you will be more sensitive to the messages that hurt you and those that are unrealistic."
Flansburg agrees: "I don't want anyone, especially the mothers of our precious kids, to feel any regret about protecting those kids."
Miranda H. Lotz is a military wife, mother of four, bibliophile and musician. She lives on a remote Air Force station in Cavalier, North Dakota.


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Video=> Reporter Yells 'S***hole' at President Trump at MLK Day Proclamation Signing, April Ryan Repeatedly Yells, 'Are You a Racist?'
At Friday morning's MLK Day proclamation signing at the White House, reporters started screaming questions at President Donald Trump about reports, which Trump denies, that he used the word "s***hole" to describe troubled countries during an immigration debate with lawmakers in the Oval Office on Thursday.
Pres Trump signs and displays Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day proclamation. pic.twitter.com/Ua7DZkUmnd
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 12, 2018
One reporter yelled the word "s***hole" at Trump, asking him if he used the word. Another reporter, April Ryan, repeatedly yelled at Trump, asking if he is a racist.
WATCH: President Trump signs proclamation and ignores shouted questions from reporters on his reported "sh*thole countries" comment https://t.co/PR1zRjimvi pic.twitter.com/CCqXFcFIba
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Trump's statement posted earlier Friday denying using the word "s***hole.
The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made – a big setback for DACA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
BTW, just about every conservative is a racist according to April Ryan, including TGP's own Lucian Wintrich.
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Welcome back to the Rule Maker, loyal Fools! I'd like to spend today talking about one of my favorite new toys, the Cash Flow Net Margin. For those of you who aren't familiar with this metric, it was introduced by Matt Richey way back in September of last year. I don't know about you, but since reading that column, my approach to investing hasn't been the same. I pay a lot more attention to cash now than I ever did before, and I am seeing things that have really altered the way I evaluate companies.
In fact, while clicking through our archived columns for the past six months, I find that cash flow and control of cash has been a strong recurring theme: Matt highlighted Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) incredible cash flow generation, while Phil highlighted Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) recent lack thereof and why the newly announced merger with Warner-Lambert (NYSE: WLA) was so important to our company.
Of course, the Fool has been on to the importance of cash for a long time. It was in the old Fool Portfolio (now Rule Breaker) back in the dawn of Fool history that our fearless Rule Maker leader, Tom Gardner, discovered the sublime beauty that is the Foolish Flow Ratio. For this landmark contribution to investing, Tom received the Nobel Peace Prize... er, what's that, Tom? You didn't win the Nobel Prize for the Flowie? Okay, well, Tom didn't win a Nobel, but he did shed new light on the previously mysterious subject of measuring how well companies control the flow of cash that is the lifeblood of every business. We're confident that the Nobel committee will come to its senses one day and give Tom the award.
Considering the importance of cash when evaluating a business, I feel that it's time to officially add to our Foolish Rule Maker Criteria a second view of how efficient a company is in generating cash. Enter the Cash Flow Net Margin (CFNM, for now), which follows in the footsteps of the flowie by revealing important truths about the cash dynamics of a business without any unnecessary complexity. The CFNM is the equivalent of the standard net margin, except that it measures profits by using the cash flow statement instead of the income statement. What's the difference, you say? Almost nothing at all, but in fact everything in the world.
The income statement measures earnings, whereas the cash flow statement measures cash. We prefer the latter. Here's why: Accountants have been known to massage the income statement in order to produce "earnings." The income statement includes a lot of stuff that can get between sales and net income, and a lot of those items don't have much to do with a company's cash profitability. In contrast, the cash flow statement reveals the unmanipulated truth of what's going on inside the business. While standard net margins are important, what hits the bank account at the end of the day -- CASH, as measured by the cash flow statement -- is a lot more real from an economic standpoint. The Cash Flow Net Margin lets us shove all that income statement stuff aside and see what really happens to the money that the company is bringing in via sales.
Here's how CFNM is calculated (please note that this is the same thing as the Free Cash Flow Margin that Matt has written about):
CFNM = (Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenses) SalesBefore defining these terms and getting into an example, it may serve you well to revisit a few of our past columns on the cash flow statement if you are new to the concept or if you need a refresher. Most investors will be surprised at how uncomplicated the cash flow statement actually is. Here are a few of the best Rule Maker columns that explain cash flow:
- The Statement of Cash Flows, by Matt Richey (8/23/99)
- The Most Important Financial Statement, by Matt Richey (9/21/99)
- Explanation of Free Cash Flow, by Phil Weiss (12/10/99)
Year ended December 31 __________________________ 1996 1997 1998 ________ ________ ________ (in thousands) Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 98,453 $144,397 $174,140 Net cash provided by operating activities 141,156 197,808 231,975 Cash flows from investing activities: Additions to property and equipment (58,771) (70,081) (56,558)The first number on the cash flow statement that we zoom in on is the bottom line of operating cash flow, entitled "Net cash provided by operating activities." We usually just refer to this number as "operating cash flow." As a general rule, this number should NEVER be negative for a Rule Maker candidate, and hopefully will be significantly larger than the corresponding net income figure. Also, if you are looking at a series of yearly figures, you want to see this number growing at a rate of at least 10% annually (note that this is equal to our target of 10% or greater annual sales growth.) As you can see above, T. Rowe passes both tests: 1) cash from operations is greater than net income, and 2) is growing substantially faster than 10% per year.
We can calculate a slightly easier version of Cash Flow Net Margin with this figure, which we'll call Operating Cash Net Margin (OCNM). We'll need to click over to the 1998 income statement and pull out the sales revenue for the comparable period. For 1998, I quickly see that the sales revenue for the full year was $886.142 million. By dividing operating cash of $231.975 million into sales, we find that T. Rowe has generated an Operating Cash Flow Net Margin of 26.1%, which is excellent.
Because most of our companies -- especially those like Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) -- require regular capital expenditures to build and maintain plants and purchase new equipment to keep the business growing, we want to go one step further and see how profitable our companies are on a cash basis after the deduction of these capital expenses. We refer to the resulting figure as a company's Free Cash Flow, or FCF.
To this end, we have to delve down into the section of cash flows from investing activities. The number we look at here is "Additions to plant, property, and equipment (PP&E)," or some similar variation. Some companies will call this "capital expenditures." Subtract this number from our operating cash flow. For T. Rowe, we can see that the company spent $56.558 million on capital expenses in the PP&E category. Subtract that from the operating cash of $231.975 million, and we get free cash flow of $175.417 million, which happens to be just about where net income was for the year. This won't always be the case, and we like to see our companies post free cash flow equal to or greater than net income. Dividing our FCF of $175.417 million into annual sales of $886.142 million yields us 19.8%. This is the Cash Flow Net Margin for T. Rowe Price.
That 19.8% represents the real economic profitability on every dollar of sales. For Rule Makers, we want to set our bar extremely high here. As far as a minimum, we'll set the initial requirement for Cash Flow Net Margin at 10%. More likely, however, unless a given company scores extremely high on the other Rule Maker criteria, we would expect our Rule Makers to generate CFNM of no less than 15%. Additionally, we want to see this metric be equal to or greater than standard net margin.
As a side note, you should be aware that it is common accounting convention for companies to report cash flow on a year-to-date basis, which means that if you are looking at the 10-Q, cash flow will be presented for the full portion of the fiscal year that's completed thus far. For example, if you are looking at first quarter results, you are only going to get cash flow information for the first three months of the fiscal year. If, however, you are looking at third quarter results, you'll get cash flow for the entire nine month period. This is fine, but you'll want to be sure to divide those three quarters of cash flow by the full three quarters of sales in the denominator. Also, you might want to look at the previous year's 10-K or annual report as well just to get a big picture of how well the company does on a cash flow basis for a longer period.
We'll be busy updating our Rule Maker criteria to officially include CFNM, but we need a favor from you, our readers. Although we love the concept of Cash Flow Net Margin, we think the name is a little, well, lame. (Matt's original "FCF Margin" certainly isn't any better.) We'd love to come up with a better term for this awesome metric, and we hereby ask for your help. It's gotta be simple, light on the tongue, and intuitive. Ponder it, then post your best idea to the Rule Maker Strategy board (linked below). We'll review the list of candidates and announce the winner next Friday. Oh, I almost forgot, you probably need an incentive. Well, we've really outdone ourselves this time. We have what I believe is the best prize we've ever offered for a user response event. The only problem is, I can't tell you what it is. Trust me, though, it's going to be awesome, and of course, totally Foolish! I'll announce the prize at the same time we disclose the winning suggestion. (And, of course, this requires no purchase, and it's void where prohibited. For the complete rules, e-mail email@example.com.)
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Two weeks ago, I stopped dead outside one of my favourite shoe shops. As if I'd never before considered buying myself new shoes. Or perhaps simply couldn't remember the last time I'd bought some.
Now before I had kids I was known for my shoes. They were mostly high heeled and always divine. They started conversations with people. They attracted attention. They made me feel fabulous.
For me, this passion shared by many women, started with a pair of rainbow-coloured strappy sandals with a high wooden heel. Apparently Kelly Osbourne wanted that exact pair but they didn't fit. That's because they were meant for me. Break-up shoes to ease the pain of yet another disastrous relationship. And they were perfect. Not only did they give my dwindling self-esteem a much-needed boost but they were also the catalyst for a new love in my life. A more reliable and rewarding one as far as I could see.
I started buying shoes every week. Yellow shiny court shoes, green satin stilettoes, knee-high tan leather boots, mid-calf cream leather boots, leopard skin pumps, the list went on.
Buying shoes became my new hobby to fill in the space. And although expensive, it was highly satisfying to have something in my life that was constant, beautiful and always there for me. My shoes made me feel so happy, home alone in my studio apartment on a Saturday night. True love. Or so I thought.
Then pregnancy, childbirth and a mortgage changed everything. No longer was I tripping off to the theatre, work or parties. I was walking around the block to get my baby to sleep. I was walking to the park. I was walking to the shops. I was doing a lot of walking and suddenly all my feel-good heels looked decidedly uncomfortable.
Fancy shoes were left under my bed and replaced with thongs in summer and sandshoes in winter. And it wasn't just my footwear that was neglected. Thanks to the demands of a young family, a tight budget and a simplified social life, there was little time myself in general.
Until two weeks ago when I stopped outside that shoe shop.
And went in.
And left in a dream with a pair of hip tan leather ankle boots with a Cuban heel. Just enough height to make me feel good but not too ridiculous for the school drop-off.
I felt like a new woman. Until I wore them and got the worst blisters I've ever had. I was in a panic. Had I bought the wrong size? Had my feet grown since having babies?
I waited a week and tried again but felt sick to my stomach. Not only because of the physical pain but also the stress of spending money on a pair of ill-fitting shoes. I hadn't bought boots in four years so the pressure was enormous.
By that night I was in such a state about my catastrophic purchase that I burnt the chicken and completely lost it. My husband hugged me while I sobbed about not even having the skill to cook a simple stir-fry let alone buy shoes. He told me not to worry. He then gently put the offending chicken in the bin and ordered some takeaway, a little bemused at why shoes and chicken were so traumatic.
But it was traumatic. Obviously it was more than just shoes and chicken. I desperately needed to re-find a little sparkle in my life after the past few years of nappies and sleepless nights. And my efforts had been unsuccessful.
In the end my mother came to the rescue with an old recipe for stretching shoes that involved methylated spirits and scrunched up paper. It had been so long that I'd forgotten some shoes need a bit of wearing in. Disaster averted.
Then my husband, worried by my reaction to burnt chicken, suggested I go off for a morning of personal time. And it was heaven to be out and about kid-free, a takeaway coffee in one hand and one small handbag in the other. I wanted to do anything and everything but only had three hours so I bought an iPhone in a hot pink cover and found a groovy A-line skirt in a blue floral.
It was a joy to come home to my excited girls, who had had the chance to miss me for once. The house was a mess but it didn't seem to matter. I popped on my skirt and everyone loved it. As yet I have absolutely nothing to wear with it but that's not the point. I now have a groovy skirt in my cupboard that will simply require another shopping expedition to make it work.
I know it will take more than a pair of boots to update a life after ignoring it for so long but it was a start. Those boots, although really just a nice pair of boots, prompted a new way of thinking. They initiated the first few steps in re-building my confidence and re-discovering personal taste. Getting out and about on my own. Realising that everyone at home will probably be fine without me for a while. Simple things, as a mum, I had so easily forgotten.
After that I caught up with a girlfriend for dinner. On my own, after dark. I hadn't done that for years and it was great. We could actually complete a conversation without the constant interruptions that go hand-in-hand with small children.
As it turns out those ankle boots were just as significant as my gorgeous rainbow break-up shoes and hopefully just as much a catalyst for lots of lovely shoes to come that are not at all suitable for wearing to the park.