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 Elaine Greenfield and Janice Thompson met in 1990 at the Adamant Music School in Adamant, Vt.
 The pianists will perform an all-French program.

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ROCK HILL, S.C. - For pianists Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer Thompson, known as the Transcontinental Piano Duo, four hands are better than two.

Greenfield and Thompson will bring their unique musical rapport to Winthrop on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. with a Friends of the Conservatory-sponsored concert in Barnes Recital Hall. The evening’s all-French program will include piano four-hands and duo piano works by Debussy, Bizet, Poulene, Faure and Ravel.

The pianists met in 1990 as faculty members of the Adamant Music School in Adamant, Vt., and struck up a musical partnership that continues to transcend their geographical challenges. Thompson teaches piano at Arizona State University, while Greenfield keeps a private studio in South Burlington, Vt., where she lives. Over the years, the duo has performed in Arizona, California, Ohio, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts.

Because they live on opposite sides of the U.S., Greenfield and Thompson get together to “rehearse intensely” a few days before each performance. Over the summer, they also worked together in Vermont, planning the program and rehearsing several new pieces.

Still, Greenfield said she and Thompson are “so in tune with each other” that they “know how the other person is going to relate.” That compatibility, she added, is part of what makes the musical partnership so fulfilling.

“It’s rewarding to make music with another person – sharing ideas, listening to the sound together, molding the piece with somebody else and having it be a collaborative effort,” Greenfield said.

Greenfield, an independent musician and a Music Teachers National Association Master Teacher, serves as a faculty member at the Adamant Music School and the Crane School of Music Summer Piano program (SUNY Potsdam). She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., Boston’s Gardner Museum and additional locations across the U.S. Greenfield studied professionally at the Crane School of Music, and her graduate studies took her to the Peabody Conservatory and New York. Founder of Greenfield Piano Associates and a founding performer of the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, she is the artistic director/coordinator of concert events for St. Paul’s Cathedral Arts in Burlington, Vt.

A professor of piano at the Arizona State University School of Music in Tempe, Ariz., Thompson is the founding director of the ASU Piano Prep and Conservatory programs and coordinator of the piano pedagogy offerings at ASU. She earned her doctor of music degree at Northwestern University in Illinois. She has traveled across North America, Europe, Russia and Asia. As part of The Kent Camerata, Thompson traveled to China, where she presented recitals and master classes in conservatories in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.

Concert admission is $10 for the general public and free to Friends of the Conservatory.

For more information, call the Department of Music at 803/323-2255.

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Years ago I started a little blog called The Ink Blot Tarot, and most people know me from that blog as WitchDoctorJoe (all one word, please just humor me.) It started as a publicly-private journal of one of my second degree CraftWork projects. I may not a good writer, but I know I'm not very good at writing. I'm very self-aware that my spelling is a borderline disability, that I am punctuationally impaired and that I drive the grammar Nazis completely insane. Mostly because I tend to make up my own words, which I enjoy, because somehow you always know what I mean when I do it. My favorite thing is to take a few words, capitalize them, and then smash them together into one word like CraftWork. Regardless of how bad of a writer I may be, I am in fact extremely comfortable writing.

Or at least I was until I realized how many people were reading my blog, then I became nervous, uncertain and uncomfortable. I became very careful and very guarded with my words and feelings; and my interest began to wane. I am simply not the guarded type. I have no problem spilling my guts, sharing my intimate thoughts, feelings and fears. For example, I love chick flicks like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and I wet the bed until I was almost ten.

So being a little Wiccan fish in a big Pagan pond, I was very honored and excited to be ask to write for Witches & Pagans. But I've hardly written much here, until recently. I haven't written much here because I again felt myself become guarded, because for me, this is the big time, and I really need to bring my *A* game. And because everyone will see it, so I really need to be careful about what I say and how I say it. Right? But I was invited to come and contribute here in this space for a reason, and I suspect that reason may possibly have something to do with what and how I was writing back at the RattleBone. So I'm going back to doing what got me here in the first place, just being me, unguarded.

As promised this third installment of Spells for Cells will be aimed at the whole "They don't need chaplains, they're their own priests and priestesses" yarn, which I like to call Sovereign Repudiation. Sounds so official doesn't it? I made it up myself. I picked up a few things in seminary, a vocabulary for one, and I've learned to frame my own definitive terminology, like this. I was even considering changing the title of this blog to "Incantations for the Incarcerated," but thought it sounded too booshie.

So lets take a look at sovereign repudiation. The argument has been made by many, even by some Pagans, and I believe by the state of California; that Wiccans do not need full time paid chaplains because, based on their own religious doctrine they are their own clergy. While I'll be the first to admit on the surface that argument might sound legit, their are critical contextual issues laying beneath that surface. Let's explore that context with some fun examples.

Example #1, for three of the five years that I have been a religious volunteer, I was going on a weekly basis. Every Friday I would take a scheduled trip, to a scheduled yard, at a scheduled prison. I did this for two reasons: 1. I love it, and 2. I was able to do it. I had the time, money and resources necessary to engage in a consistent ministry of presence. That was until my oldest daughter received her drivers license. Anyone have any idea how much it cost to add a fresh new teen age driver to your insurance and what it does to your premiums? How bout more than one? Let's just say, there went my gas money. And, she tricked me unto giving her my truck with those sad-puppy-daughter eyes and the pouty lip thing (I'm such a sucker for my girls).

So it was a few weeks before I was able to resume prison visits, and even then they were few and far between. I had finally made it back to a particular yard and was setting up the altar in the chapel when a few inmates commented on how glad they were to finally see me again. They mentioned how long it had been since I had been there last and how they hadn't done anything at all since that last visit.

Epic fail, and I'll tell you why in a moment.

Example #2, one of the things I do for the inmates and the institutions is assist in religious accommodations. One of the ways I assist is by providing experienced and informed explanations and guidance to prison staff on matters of minority faith practices. (I will explain more about those experienced and informed explanations in a near future post. For now rest assured I am not speaking as an expert on all matters.)

When an inmate wants to order a book they go through the proper channel. When they want to order hobby and [non-Witch]craft supplies they go through proper channels, and so on. But when those supplies are for spiritual activities it becomes something entirely different. The proper channel becomes a "Special" purchase request, which must be approved by a chaplain. Usually it's an Disinclined to Assist Type Chaplain, but not always. Many times it's a I Have No Idea What This Is Type Chaplain, and those that fear what they don't know, usually avoid it. So I help out with those special purchase requests forms, explaining the legitimate religious significance of Tarot cards and how Divination is one of those Five Labors we Wiccans are always breaking a sweat over.

Another way I assist in religious accommodations is by Facilitating. Because while inmates may in fact be their own priests and priestesses, they can't engage in a group ritual without approved consent and supervision. A chaplain must be there, other wise it can be suspected of being,and is considered, a gang related activity. While there's no gang in "congregation," there is an epidemic of gang activity and violence in the prison system, and the CDCR takes no chances. Safety and security trumps all in a correctional environment. So for some groups, all I do is show up and sit in on their ritual. I am not the Be-All-End-All Grand Poobah High Priest of Prison Paganism. I am the low priest of the temple of dirt, all I do is sit there and facilitate my butt off.

The point I'm trying to make here is this; everything they are allowed to possess is controlled, everything they're allowed to obtain is controlled, everything they're allowed to do is controlled and everyone they're allowed to do it with is controlled. As it should be, let's not forget for a second that it's a prison. But, by default all clergy who are incarcerated lose their religious status, ability and authority. Over both the members of their faith and over themselves. Because every move that make must be pre-approved by a full time employed state chaplain.

Except for one. The epic fail.

No one can stop stop them from practicing Speculative Spirituality (that one's mine too!). The CDCR cannot stop them from praying. They cannot stop them from meditating. They cannot stop them from practicing Introspective Divination (also mine). So yes, we are in fact our own priests and priestesses. Each of us is responsible for our own beliefs and practices. Each of us has a responsibility to validate our beliefs and practices through virtuous conduct. And each of us much step up to the altar of CraftWork and build our own theology.

But if you're in prison, someone's got to hold the lighter for you.

I've seen some feedback on what I've offered here recently, and based of that I will be writing more about the Five Labors, the term Minority Faith and more on Qualifications (everyone seemed to love that one).

Thank you Lord and Lady for teaching me the difference between Operative and Speculative Modes of Spirituality, and showing me their Divine Union. Blessed Be.

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Joseph Merlin Nichter holds a Master’s Degree in Human Services Counseling, specializing in Crisis Response and Trauma; a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, specializing in Military Resilience; and an Associate’s Degree in Religion. He is a state licensed Residential Care Administrator, and is a certified Law Enforcement Chaplain. As the first state-recognized Minority Faith Chaplain; Joseph provided religious services and facilitated religious accommodations for a diverse population of faith practitioners, on behalf of the California Department of Corrections, and has also served as an Alternative Religions Program Instructor for the California Department of Mental Health. Joseph has authored two books and a number of articles, published both online and in periodicals such as Modern Witch Magazine, Living Stones Magazine, and Witches & Pagans Magazine.

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    Trine Thursday, 07 March 2013

    Thank you for this series, I found it very informative and though-provoking. I'm not sure we have that kind of chaplain opportunities in the country I live in (the Netherlands, maybe Elani Temperance knows), but I hope so. I think it's great what you do for these people, and I hope you get the opportunity to do it more often.

    On a side-note, I know what you mean about becoming guarded. I hope you feel this is a place you can write openly - I enjoy it very much and I look forward to reading more from you.

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    Joseph Merlin Nichter Thursday, 07 March 2013

    Thank you!

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    Jackie Moore Friday, 03 May 2013

    Hello Witchdoctor Joe! I am wondering when you will finally finish your "Spells for Cells". The whole thing was to be four (4) articles, and so far you have written 3. Will we get the fourth one? I am very interested in your opinions.

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    Joseph Merlin Nichter Thursday, 09 May 2013

    Jackie, life is what happens while we're making plans; I simply got busy and fell behind. I will be writing quite extensively in the next week or so. Thank you for your interest, it encouraging to know that someones reading!

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march 19, 2003: don't call it a failure. it was a huge success for so many.

Eleven years ago today, the US invaded Iraq.

This unprovoked invasion of another country that had not threatened the United States was justified by the pretense of finding weapons of mass destruction (which the US knew did not exist), and as payback for 9/11 (which the US knew Iraq had no part in), and by ridding the world of Saddam Hussein (who was trained and financed by the US). Many such rationales were advanced, including a Christian crusade against Muslims.

None of the stated rationales for the invasion mentioned the massive profiteering that would reap trillions in profits for a long list of corporations. The names of those companies are not household names, but they are well known to Dick Cheney.

Canada did not join the merry invasion, as the United Nations refused to sanction it. Had Stephen Harper been Prime Minister at the time, Canadian Forces would have gone to Iraq, and would have died there.

No one knows, and no one will ever know, the full extent of the death and destruction that this invasion and occupation caused. One highly reliable source puts Iraqi deaths at about 175,000 and Iraqi wounded at 250,000. 4,489 US servicepeople were killed in Iraq, and at least 100,000 wounded. Many of those wounds would lead to permanent disabilities. These figures do not include more than 3,480 suicides.

We have no idea how many Iraqis, Americans, and Brits suffer from PTSD and other psychological and emotional illnesses from having been exposed to, and participated in, so much violence. The US has mostly turned its back on these casualties, leaving families and private charities to struggle with the consequences.

There is, of course, another side to the story. The Halliburton Corporation enjoyed more than $39 billion from the Iraq War. Halliburton is but the most famous of the many war profiteers.

Not one positive thing came out of this war. Not one. If you believe that deposing Saddam Hussein was somehow a silver lining, consider that your belief may be based on your privilege of being unscathed by the war. Consider, too, that the US supported Saddam Hussein's regime for decades, and financed the chemical weapons that were notoriously used against both Iranians and Iraqis, and were subsequently advanced as an excuse for both the 1990 and 2003 US invasions.

Many thousands of US soldiers quietly refused to participate in the war against Iraq, once they learned the truth. A small number of these soldiers spoke up about their opposition, and some of those came to Canada.

The Canadian Government of Stephen Harper turned its back on those brave men and women. But the Canadian people have not.

James Redekop said...

Charlie Pierce's response to Bill Kristol's whining about how the US isn't going to war against Russia is well worth reading. It starts,

Blow me, you monstrous, bloodthirsty fraud, you silly, stupid chickenhawk motherfker who plays army man with the children of people who are so much better than you are, and who would feed innocent civilians in lands you will never visit into your own personal meatgrinder to service your semi-annual martial erection. You and the rest of your cowardly cohort helped prepare the ground for the worst geopolitical mistake the country has made in 30 years. You fought the battle of the Green Rooms and the think tanks while other people's sons and daughters died for your fantasy of how the world would work if you really were the pimply, adolescent Zeus you see when you look in the mirror every morning. The country does not need you lectures any more. The country does not need your counsel. The country does not need your advice.

West End Bob said...

One positive result of bush/cheney's decision (with the approval of the US Congress) to invade Iraq is that it was "the straw that broke the camel's back" to spur "drf" and I to leave the Excited States for a better life in Canada. I'd wager there were many others with the same rationale for departing the world's policeman.

Now . . . . If we could only get the Canadian electorate to send harper packing his bags for return to (hopefully) quiet retirement in Alberta . . . .


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As clean up efforts continue in the Catskill towns severely damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, residents of New York City are helping out.

Elizabeth Fiechter helped create Catskills Mountain Relief which has set up drop-off sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn where New Yorkers can make donations like water and nonperishable food.

"What will happen is we have people from the region who are going up to their homes, often every weekend, and of course this weekend, to assess damage and see if their properties are still there and to offer support to their communities," she said. "Those people have been kind enough to say we will pack a truck full and take it with us."

Fiechter recommended that people donate the supplies they purchased in preparation for Hurricane Irene hitting New York City.

Fiechter, an attorney, grew up in the Catskills and still has family and friends living there. She hopes to expand the program nationally to keep aid flowing to the upstate region.


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Is a family vacation not a family vacation without your furry friend? Then it's worth it to do a little work before you depart—and know what to do during the trip—to guarantee a great getaway, instead of an unpleasant one. Here's how to make travel happier, safer and more fun when your four-legged family member comes along.

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Ask yourself if your pet travels well.

"Cats and dogs like routine," says Bernadine Cruz, DVM, an associate veterinarian at Laguna Hills Animal Hospital in Laguna Woods, CA, and a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). "If your pet gets upset in the car or in unfamiliar surroundings, he'll be happier not accompanying you." (But if you'll board him for the first time, get your vet's recommendation for a reliable facility and acclimate your pet to the setting by boarding him overnight before a longer stay.) Pets that are very young, very old or have serious health problems are also better off staying put. The same goes for short-nosed breeds like bulldogs and pugs—they have a hard time regulating their body temperature and can quickly overheat.

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Make sure your pet is healthy.

Before you leave, check that your pet is current on shots, flea and tick medications and heartworm medications. If you haven't been to the vet in the last six months, schedule a wellness visit. "Animals are good at hiding illness, so get a pre-trip checkup to avoid an emergency vet visit while you're away." Also, ask your vet about health risks at your destination—such as Lyme-disease-carrying ticks in the Northeast or toxic blue-green algae blooms on lakes—and what you should do about them.

Choose the best accommodations.

If you're staying with family or friends, ask if it's okay to bring your pet and learn (and respect) the house rules (like no pets on the couch). If you're staying at a pet-friendly rental home or hotel, book far in advance because rooms allotted for pets usually fill up quickly. Check out listings at PetsWelcome.com or the AAA travel guide, Traveling with Your Pet: The AAA PetBook. Be prepared for a daily pet fee of $25 or more, and find out if there's a restriction on pet weight or number of pets in the room. Some hotels also require a security deposit in case of damages, and most don't allow pets in the room when you're not present.

Update ID tags.

Make sure your pet's tags have current information, including your cell phone number. "Also, attach a luggage tag to his collar with information about where you're staying in the area," says Kimberly May, DVM, assistant director of professional and public affairs for the AVMA. Micro-chipping is another option. This rice grain–sized identification chip, embedded between your pet's shoulders, can be scanned if your animal is lost. It's also helpful to have a photo if Fido to help others find him.

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Look up local vets.

Pets can get sick or injured while away from home, but you can't just roll up to the nearest ER for help. Research vets in your destination and along the way if you're driving on MyVeterinarian.com. "It's especially important to know where you can take a pet with long-term health issues, like diabetes, if an emergency arises," says Dr. May. And program the Animal Poison Control Center number (888-426-4435) into your cell phone in case your pet eats something he shouldn't.

Pack your pet's bags.

Take enough of his regular food for the trip, plus extra for a few days in case you get delayed. Don't forget bowls, water, medications, poop pickup bags, old sheets to throw over sofas to keep hair off and sticky rollers to pick up hair on uncovered surfaces. Throw in anything that helps your pet feel at home, like his favorite squeaky toy or blanket. If you're going to a lake or boating, bring a pet life vest. Also have a pet first aid kit with tweezers to remove ticks and pet-safe antihistamines in case of a bee sting. Check out this complete list of suggested items.

Bring your pet's records.

More things to pack: your vet's phone number and your pet's rabies certificate (the collar tag isn't sufficient evidence that your pet is current, since it could have been removed from another animal). Technically, if you're crossing state lines, you'll also need a health certificate proving a vet has examined your pet within ten days of travel and the animal is healthy and up-to-date on vaccinations.

During Your Trip:

Buckle up your pet in the car.

In fact, it's the law in some states, such as New Jersey. "If you brake hard or are in an accident, animals can become missiles, getting injured or hurting other passengers," says Debbie Chew, DVM, a veterinarian at East Greenbush Animal Hospital in East Greenbush, NY. "Use a harness which hooks to the seat belt for big dogs or a pet booster seat with a harness so small dogs can see out," says Dr. Chew. A crate strapped to the seat and cargo hooks are other options.

Prevent your pet from getting lost.

Keep your dog on a leash at all times when traveling. "Even the most well-behaved pet can become startled or feel threatened in a new environment and run away," says Dr. Chew. With cats, be sure they're secured in a travel crate before opening car doors or windows. If they dart out of your vehicle, it's unlikely you'll find them in an unfamiliar area.

Take a break during car rides.

Every two to three hours, stop so everyone can stretch. "Take a ten-minute stroll and let your dog sniff around and be stimulated so it's not just a miserable car trip," says Dr. May. And never leave your pet in the car, even if it's parked in the shade with the windows cracked open. The temperature can rise as much as 19 degrees in 10 minutes and 50 degrees in an hour.

Keep your car cool.

Don't forget that the back seat can be warmer than the front seat, so blow air back there, especially if your animal is crated. Place a wide-mouthed plastic bottle filled with ice in the carrier so your travel buddy can rest against it if he gets hot. And watch for signs of overheating: "Your pet's ears and gums should be pink, not bright red," says Dr. Cruz. "And he shouldn't be panting more than usual, have thick, ropey saliva or act lethargic."

Fly with caution.

The friendly skies aren't so pet-friendly anymore: Some airlines no longer transport animals. If you do fly, choose nonstop flights early in the morning or late at night when it's cool. Never sedate a pet. "It can compromise his ability to balance, and he can be thrown against the side of the crate," says Dr. May. "Plus, it makes breathing even harder for short-nosed breeds." You'll also need a health certificate and acclimation certificate, which says the pet can tolerate certain temperatures.

Stay safe in the great outdoors.

Sand can hide objects that cut paw pads. When hiking, stick to the trails and bring fresh drinking water for you both. If your dog is carrying his own backpack, limit its contents to one-third his body weight. After outdoor romps, check for burs (a prickly fruit that falls off trees), cuts, ticks and insect bites. If you're camping, keep your pet inside the tent—chaining him outside doesn't protect him from wild animals.

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The March of Dimes, Rhode Island Chapter has awarded a grant to Women’s Care Inc., private practice affiliated with Women & Infants Health Care Alliance, to support a model of prenatal care aimed at enhancing maternal and child needs in Rhode Island. This group prenatal care program, based on the CenteringPregnancy™ model, has shown to decrease preterm birth by 34 percent in the participants in large, randomized, controlled trials.

Women’s Care, with the support of the Rhode Island chapter of the March of Dimes, will be begin implementing group prenatal care in February. The model consists of gathering eight to 12 women who are due to give birth in the same month. In each prenatal visit, the women take and record their own vital signs, receive a private evaluation with their midwife or doctor, and participate in an hour-long group discussion of set topics related to their developing pregnancy and their preparation for birth and parenthood.

This grant is one of many that the March of Dimes awards in pursuit of its mission to prevent prematurity and infant mortality.

“We will use the March of Dimes grant as seed money to meet our objective of providing mothers and babies with increased childbirth education, offering breastfeeding information, and increasing their chance of having a full term pregnancy,” said Katherine Parsons, CNM, a nurse midwife with Women’s Care. “When a woman calls Women’s Care Inc., she hears ‘Welcome to Women’s Care, where a community is born.’ Group prenatal care will complement that mission beautifully by creating a community of support in each group among these women who are due to give birth around the same time.”

Group prenatal visits will begin in Women’s Care’s Providence office in February and will expand to the new Pawtucket office in late 2014. Women’s Care will also be assisting the effort of growing group prenatal care throughout Rhode Island. For information, or to make an appointment with a Women’s Care provider, please call (401) 727-4800.

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The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in 2003 launched a campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site or its Spanish language web site.

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Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation’s leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. A major teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women’s medicine, Women & Infants is the 9th largest stand-alone obstetrical service in the country and the largest in New England with approximately 8,500 deliveries per year. A Designated Baby-Friendly® USA hospital, U.S.News & World Report 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospital in Neonatology and a 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital, in 2009 Women & Infants opened what was at the time the country’s largest, single-family room neonatal intensive care unit.

Women & Infants and Brown offer fellowship programs in gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, neonatal-perinatal medicine, pediatric and perinatal pathology, gynecologic pathology and cytopathology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. It is home to the nation’s first mother-baby perinatal psychiatric partial hospital, as well as the nation’s only fellowship program in obstetric medicine.

Women & Infants has been designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiography; a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology; a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and a Neonatal Resource Services Center of Excellence. It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high risk and normal obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics in the nation, and is a member of the National Cancer Institute’s Gynecologic Oncology Group and the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.
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Sweden 4 (M.Hammarstrom 3, Oqvist 14, Schelin 19,59) Iceland 0
Sweden cruised into the semi finals after three goals inside the opening twenty minutes saw them brush aside the challenge of Iceland.
The host nation went into the game as heavy favourites and any hopes harboured by Iceland of keeping things tight were blown away with just three minutes on the clock. Marie Hammarstrom picked the ball up and ran at an Icelandic defence which backed off and allowed her to take a shot from 20 yards, Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir got a hand to the ball but could not keep it out.
Sweden continued to move the ball around quickly and it was no surprise when the second goal came along. This time Lotta Schelin threaded a through ball into the path of Josefine Oqvist who poked her shot goalwards past the oncoming Gunnarsdottir, Hallbera Gisladottir tried to prevent the ball from going in but made a mess of things and Sweden were two ahead.
The Swedes were threatening to run riot at this stage and they increased their lead five minutes later. Kosovare Asllani got past Fanndis Fridriksdottir and crossed to the near post where Schelin evaded two defenders to sweep the ball past Gunnarsdottir.
With captain Caroline Seger totally dominating matters in midfield, Sweden dropped the early pace but still remained in control. Oqvist and Sofia Jakobsson were rampant down the two flanks and only last ditch defending and good handling by Gunnarsdottir prevented them from going further behind.
Any lingering hopes of an Iceland fightback were firmly extinguished just before the hour mark as the same two players combined once again. Asllani slid a delightful pass into the path of Schelin who stroked in her fifth goal of the tournament and her country's fourth on the day.
Sweden took the chance to take off and rest key players, including Schelin, as they closed the game out for an easy victory and can look forward to the semi finals. Iceland meanwhile can reflect on their best ever performance in a tournament but found a rampant Sweden side to be a step too far.
Sweden: Kirstin Hammarstrom, Jessica Samuelsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Caroline Seger, Nilla Fischer, Sara Thunebro, Josefine Oqvist (sub Antonia Goransson 45mins), Lotta Schelin (sub Emmelie Konradsson 67mins), Kosovare Asllani, Sofia Jakobsson, Marie Hammarstrom (sub Lisa Dahlkvist 53mins).

Iceland: Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir, Sif Atladottir, Olina Vidarsdottir, Fanndis Fridriksdottir (sub Harpa Thorsteinsdottir 65mins), Hallbera Gisladottir, Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, Katrin Jonsdottir (sub Glodis Viggosdottir 81mins), Margret Lara Vidarsdottir (sub Elin Jensen 79mins), Dora Maria Larusdottir, Rakla Honnudottir.

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Billy Bragg sang about offering "embarrassment and my usual excuses" when accused of "mixing pop and politics" on the late 1980s gem "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards." Any reservation he might have felt for praising workers and pillorying capitalism's excesses in songs should have ebbed after working with Wilco on writing music for a cache of Woody Guthrie lyrics and releasing the results on three albums a decade later.

Bragg says his new collection, "Tooth & Nail," is a stylistic follow-up to those landmark releases. And that's good news for the left-wing British troubadour's fans.

As usual, Bragg deals with weighty matters — love, death, the meaning or meaninglessness of life — but the heaviness is usually leavened with wit and cheek. A case in point: "Tomorrow's Going to Be a Better Day," which addresses "the misanthropic misbegotten merchants of gloom." Still, minor points must be deducted for a whistling solo with so much great piano and pedal steel guitar elsewhere on the album.

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  • Although not nearly as hard as white ash, hackberry does have a blunting effect on cutting edges, so opt for carbide cutters.
  • Hackberry has irregular grain. Sometimes the grain runs straight and then again it can be interlocked. When you run into interlocking grain, plane it at a slight angle to avoid tearout.
  • Don't force-feed this somewhat dense wood when ripping, as it will burn. And use a rip-profile blade with at least 24 teeth.
  • Watch grain direction when jointing this wood. To avoid tearout, the jointer knives should follow the grain direction.
  • Because hackberry burns and chips almost as easily as white ash, be sure to take shallow passes with your router. And on end grain and cross-grain cuts, use a backing board.
  • Don't skip grits when ding hackberry, as it easily scratches.
  • Drill this wood only with bradpoint bits, and lift the bit from the hole occasionally to clear it or you'll burnish and burn the stock.
  • Plan on white glue for joining because like ash, hackberry absorbs glue slowly. You'll want plenty of open time.
  • Staining hackberry won't cause you any problems, unless you have to compensate for blue-stained wood by going lighter in those areas.

The wood you could call "poor-man's ash"
Historically, North American tree species received colorful, descriptive names from the Native Americans who first encountered them. In turn, the colonists early on either adopted those names or chose their own for the tree. Not so with the hackberry. Records from the period make no mention of the even then abundant tree.

Maybe it was because hackberry, although a member of the elm family, doesn’t look much like an elm. Even its leaves more closely resemble the nasty nettle weed. And its wood, despite being fairly easy to work, was long ignored. Eventually, though, someone called the tree hackberry, and the species at least had a title, if not respect. Today, hackberry still is one of the most neglected hardwoods in North America, but for little explainable reason.

Hackberry's first commercial role was as hoops for barrels because of the wood's toughness and flexibility. Now, though, the wood becomes kitchen cabinets, inexpensive furniture, and inevitably, boxes and crates. Increasing demand for it as a substitute for more costly white ash has increased hackberry's volume in the marketplace.

Carving comments

Unlike the much harder white ash, hackberry will yield to carving tools if you like its look. To tackle it, try these tips:

  • Deeper bevels of 25-30 degrees will cut better in rough-in work. Then switch to 15-20 degree bevels for finer cuts.
  • Avoid splinters along straight grain by taking shorter strokes and using stop cuts.

Wood identification

Actually, there are four hackberry species in North America, all looking a lot the same. The common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) has the greatest range, but a southern hackberry, called sugarberry, produces the most commercial lumber. But the characteristics of each hackberry species remain the same. In fact, they are mixed and sold together.

Hackberry grows best in the thick forests of the bottomlands. In fact, along the Mississippi River, specimens nearly 4' in diameter and 120' tall have been recorded. In other areas, hackberry may only attain half that size.

Recognizing hackberry isn't difficult. Just look at the bark. Ranging in color from light brown to silvery gray, it usually features ridges and rough, irregular warts. And in summer, hackberry carries 2-4" long, roundish, tooth-edged leaves that end in a sharp point. Small purple, cherrylike fruits (edible by birds) that ripen in the fall.

At 37 pounds per cubic foot air-dried, hackberry wood weighs about the same as black walnut and is nearly as hard but not as strong. Yet surprisingly, it outranks walnut in shock resistance.

The color of hackberry ranges from creamy white (sometimes with a grayish cast) to a light yellowish tan, with no sharp contrast between heartwood and sapwood. Its grain resembles ash.

Turning tips

Should you decide to turn hackberry, take shallows cuts to avoid splintering, and make them with sharp tools.

Uses in woodworking

Hackberry may look like ash, but it's not as rugged. However, you can use it for furniture such as chairs and tables, and for cabinets, too. You can carve hackberry, but its coarseness isn't very appealing. Woodturners might reject it for the same reason.

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  • For stability in use, always work wood with a maximum moisture content of 8 percent.
  • Feed straight-grained wood into planer knives at a 90° angle. To avoid tearing, feed figured wood or twisted grain at a slight angle (about 15°), and take shallow cuts of about 1/32".
  • For clean cuts, rip with a rip-profile blade with 24-32 teeth. Smooth crosscutting requires at least a 40-tooth blade.
  • Avoid using twist drills. They tend to wander in the wood and cause breakout. Use a backing board under the workpiece to reduce tearout.
  • Drill pilot holes for screws.
  • Rout with sharp, preferably carbide-tipped, bits and take shallow passes to avoid burning.
  • Carving hardwoods means fairly shallow gouge bevels-15° to 20°-and shallow cuts.

Although hackberry's commercial volume has steadily risen over the years, don't expect to find it at a typical retail outlet. The demand just isn't there yet. But local mills within hackberry's range carry it, and large hardwood suppliers can special order the wood. Expect to pay about $1.50 per board foot or less. Veneer isn't available except to the architectural trade.

According to a spokesman for a major hardwood producer that processes 10 million board feet of hackberry annually, the wood has only one fault. But it's one you should look out for. Unless harvested in winter when the sap is down, hackberry has the tendency to develop a bluish-gray stain. And, says our source, you might not notice it on the surface of rough-sawn stock until planing. But, the stain does not harm the wood in any way, and like the varying hues in yellow poplar, it does have its own appeal.

Should you desire light-colored stock without stain, be sure to buy only surfaced (S4S) stock, and carefully inspect it. Then, follow these suggestions for working this under-appreciated wood.

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Those tourists who do make it into the Chugoku region usually head straight for the Tottori Sand Dunes, rated as Japan's only large dune. These unique dunes have been in existence for over 100,000 years, although recently, attempts have been made to halt their shrinkage.

Chugoku is home to a few more sightseeing gems, including a fine example of 'old Japan'. The Bikan Historic Area in Kurashiki is regarded as one of the oldest merchant towns in Japan. Beautifully conserved for future generations to explore and enjoy, the town has been left pretty much untouched by 20th-century conflict.

The region is also home to two of Japan's 12 remaining original castles. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle is the highest in the country, built on top of Mount Gagyu, whilst Matsue Castle is deemed to be one of the country's few surviving wooden castles.

Hiroshima is widely regarded as the 'capital' city of the Chugoku region. Today, the city is a large, bustling industrial metropolis, awash with concrete high rises and office blocks. For most of the world, though, the city's name will be forever linked with the brief moment in which an atomic bomb known as 'Little Boy' was dropped on the city back in 1945. A remnant of life in pre-bomb Hiroshima has been preserved in the form of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known locally as the A-Bomb Dome.

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As global crises increase, people across the world, from diverse backgrounds and cultures, express their discontent with existing forms of political representation, which leave them voiceless in global decision-making.

We have many, many global problems. From the wrecking of our life-supporting ecosystems to the failure to protect human rights, incomplete nuclear disarmament, lack of regulation of global markets and financial systems , to overcoming socio-economic inequalities – these and many others are all global problems that require global solutions. But who is accountable for dealing with these problems from a truly global perspective?

In order to create global solutions we need a global political body that can facilitate global democratic discussions and take global decisions. Today, the world’s citizens have little influence on decisions taken at institutions such as the UN, the IMF, the WTO, the World Bank, the G20 or the G8.  The governments represented in these bodies – bodies frequently made up by a small self-selected group – meet and decide our future, while often being influenced heavily by the lobbyists of global corporations. The primary concern of these governments is to defend what they consider to be in their national interests and not the common good of humanity and the environment.

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In a democratic order, citizens already elect representatives at multiple levels. There are city councils, provincial or state parliaments and national parliaments. In Europe there’s even a continental parliament. And yet for global matters that affect each and every person on the planet, there exists no elected world parliament.

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We, the participants in this week of action, agree on the fundamental idea that the world’s citizens should vote for their world representatives. There are many different ideas about how a world parliament could function. Some of us believe that it should be enhanced with mechanisms allowing electronic and direct citizens participation. Yet, we are united in diversity, and united in our call:

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Strategic investments to discover and develop new health tools, together with innovations in effectively delivering today's health tools and services, could avert 10 million deaths a year within just one generation, argue leading global health experts in a new PLOS Collection. The unique collection of papers involves 69 authors from high-, middle- and low-income countries, and includes some of the world's leading disease control experts.

"Grand Convergence: Aligning Technologies and Realities in Global Health" builds on the Lancet report "Global Health 2035" which argued that it is possible, through a strategic investment plan, to achieve a "grand convergence" in health that would reduce avertable infectious, maternal, and child deaths down to universally low levels within a generation by aggressively scaling up health tools. But the report came to an important conclusion: the world cannot reach convergence with today's tools alone; tomorrow's tools will also be needed.

The collection, led by Gavin Yamey, Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Public Policy at the Duke Global Health Institute, who led the writing of Global Health 2035 , and Carlos Morel, Director of the Center for Technological Development in Health and a Senior Researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil, focuses on five conditions that disproportionately affect the world's poorest people: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child mortality, and neglected tropical diseases. The articles, published across PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and written by experts directing global disease control campaigns or international research efforts, explore the diverse array of innovations that will be needed to prevent and treat diseases, and to successfully ramp-up the delivery of health tools and services to those most in need.

The prospect of achieving a grand convergence in global health within a generation can only be realized through a serious, renewed effort to step up investments in R&D to tackle the health conditions of poverty, argue Yamey and Morel. This collection aims to inspire the international health community to contribute to an "unprecedented opportunity to boost human development worldwide."

"We have a once in human history opportunity to save 10 million lives a year," said Professor Yamey, "but we can only achieve this extraordinary transformation in global health by massively stepping up our efforts to discover and deliver new health technologies."

The February 1st declaration by WHO that the cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders are a PHEIC - Public Health Emergency of International Concern - should remind us not to neglect or underestimate neglected diseases, as at any moment they could come knock at our door," said Professor Morel; "rapidly developing and delivering new solutions to new threats is critically important."

In their paper on ending AIDS, Glenda Gray, President of the South African Medical Research Council, and colleagues argue that although widespread elimination of HIV will require the development of new, more potent prevention tools, true containment will depend on the creation of what has proven frustratingly elusive: a highly effective vaccine.

Development of a safe, effective vaccine will also be needed to end the global tuberculosis epidemic, argue Christian Lienhardt, Senior Research Adviser at the WHO Global TB Programme, and colleagues, along with better treatment protocols and rapid point-of-care diagnostics.

Janet Hemingway, Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Insect Molecular Biology, and her co-authors offer cautious optimism in the fight to eliminate malaria. "The product development pipeline for malaria has never been stronger," they argue, "with promising new tools to detect, treat, and prevent malaria, including innovative diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, vector control products and improved mechanisms for surveillance and response." Yet successful development and adoption of these tools will require better systems for information management, surveillance and response, they note, which in turn depend on continued financial and political commitment to support eradication programs.

Highlighting the problem of delivering health care to those in need, Margaret Kruk, Associate Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues argue that gains in health will require major investment in what they call "policy and implementation research," which can be defined as the "systematic and rigorous analysis of which delivery approaches worked across a variety of health needs and which did not."

Substantial gains in reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases, which continue to rank among the world's biggest health problems, will require new drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and vector control agents and strategies, Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor School of Medicine, and his co-authors argue. But to eliminate these ancient scourges, they say, it is especially important to build up local capacity in research and development in the affected countries.

The innovations that could have the most impact in reducing maternal and infant mortality, Cyril Engmann, global program leader for the Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition Program at PATH, and colleagues say, will be those that tackle stillbirth, adolescent health and preconception care, mental health, integrated early childhood development, and especially vulnerable populations such as the urban poor and those displaced by emergencies.

Such ambitious global health goals cannot be reached unless the two vastly different worlds of innovation and public health can be brought together, argues Mary Moran, Executive Director of Policy Cures. "This convergence, and the R&D underpinning it, will first require an even more fundamental convergence of the different worlds of public health and innovation, where a largely historical gap between global health experts and innovation experts is hindering achievement of the grand convergence in health."

So far, global health funders have mostly succeeded in mobilizing resources when the need is clear and imminent, argues Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. But maximizing the impact of global health funding remains a major challenge and will demand a serious reconsideration of the ways foundations fund and organize health research and development worldwide. A more strategic, data-driven approach to investment is still needed, he says.

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Investing in Health Innovation: A Cornerstone to Achieving Global Health Convergence
Gavin Yamey & Carlos Morel
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Transformative Innovations in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health over the Next 20 Years
Cyril M. Engmann, Sadaf Khan, Cheryl A. Moyer, Patricia S. Coffey, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
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Which New Health Technologies Do We Need to Achieve an End to HIV/AIDS?
Glenda E. Gray, Fatima Laher, Tanya Doherty, Salim Abdool Karim, Scott Hammer, John Mascola, Chris Beyrer, Larry Corey
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Tools and Strategies for Malaria Control and Elimination: What Do We Need to Achieve a Grand Convergence in Malaria?
Janet Hemingway, Rima Shretta, Timothy N. C. Wells, David Bell, Abdoulaye A. Djimdé, Nicole Chee, Gao Qi
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Transforming Global Health by Improving the Science of Scale-Up
Margaret E. Kruk, Gavin Yamey, Sonia Y. Angell, Alix Beith, Daniel Cotlear, Frederico Guanais, Lisa Jacobs, Helen Saxenian, Cesar Victora, Eric Goosby
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Translational Research for Tuberculosis Elimination: Priorities, Challenges, and Actions
Christian Lienhardt, Knut Lönnroth, Dick Menzies, Manica Balasegaram, Jeremiah Chakaya, Frank Cobelens, Jennifer Cohn, Claudia M. Denkinger, Thomas G. Evans, Gunilla Källenius, Gilla Kaplan, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Line Matthiessen, Charles S. Mgone, Valerie Mizrahi, Ya-diul Mukadi, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Anders Nordström, Christine F. Sizemore, Melvin Spigelman, S. Bertel Squire, Soumya Swaminathan, Paul D. Van Helden, Alimuddin Zumla, Karin Weyer, Diana Weil, Mario Raviglione
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The Grand Convergence: Closing the Divide between Public Health Funding and Global Health Needs
Mary Moran
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Honing the Priorities and Making the Investment Case for Global Health
Trevor Mundel
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His works are chaotic scenes of wonder, full of cyber-Rococo style and bold, iconic figures lurking within a landscape that resembles a post-apocalyptic junkyard.

Kris has cemented his place as an artistic superstar, with over 100 exhibitions and multiple awards under his belt, and the fact that Kris has a quote about his works from Guillermo del Toro on the front page of his website is pretty freakin’ impressive!

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Peter said: “Being in Australia for so many years it’s all about water sports. This is great, I admire them for bringing this to a place in the UK where the sun’s not always out because we have kids staying indoors and they are trying to get them outdoors.

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