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Lorraine GroverThis Valentine's week sees us launch our new booklet Prostate cancer and your sex life, and the DVD which comes with it - where six men talk about their own experiences of this very personal subject.

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Here, Lorraine Grover, a psychosexual nurse therapist at The London Clinic, explains why it's important for us all to be more open about talking about sex.

No sex please, we're British.

Sex is everywhere. As much as we Brits present a façade of prudery, sex is an undeniable part of our culture. The Beatles sang All you need is love, while advertisers sex up everything from bras to cars.

Yet still we strive to avoid the unavoidable, and in the process, belittle sexual problems despite the huge impact they can have. We shouldn't avoid discussing sex any longer; we have to break free from this taboo.

We all strive to find love in our lives at some point, usually accompanied by some form of sexual intimacy. Even without a partner, feeling sexy has a positive effect on our mood and how we feel about ourselves.

Given this, it's surprising how difficult we find it to talk about, even within the intimacy of a relationship. And we're like this as a society too - we don't say what we think about sex, so we often ignore sexual difficulties, or don't give them the priority they deserve.

When illnesses such as prostate cancer affect our sex lives, the changes can be extremely distressing. It's not only the physical effects, but also changes in sexual identity which can have an impact.

The stigma of talking about sex is a real barrier to information. Lots of men don't know about the solutions that might be available. And they are unlikely to ask for the help they deserve if they think they're facing it alone.

Prostate Cancer UK and the Sexual Advice Association are determined to overcome the old fashioned idea, 'we don't talk about sex'. On the contrary, discussing sex is the only way to improve support and care and to make sure that no-one is left alone to suffer physically or emotionally. Knowing how and where to find help is a key part of breaking this destructive taboo.

Watch the Prostate Cancer UK videos and read more about prostate cancer and your sex life.

You can also email or call the Prostate Cancer UK Specialist Nurses on the confidential helpline.

Lorraine is a trustee of the Sexual Advice Association which provides detailed information on treatments for erection problems on their website or through their helpline on 0207 486 7262.

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Misleading drug pricing bill is wrong prescription

By Steven Mento & Rich Pascoe
Originally published in the San Diego Union-Tribune | June 2, 2017

The California Assembly is currently considering SB 17 that’s being deceptively sold under the label of drug pricing transparency. As the CEOs of San Diego-based bioscience companies committed to delivering affordable, cutting-edge treatments to patients, we feel compelled to warn our representatives that this bill is a red herring. If enacted, it won’t lower the price of drugs, but it will drain investment in new medicines and make it more difficult to deliver breakthrough therapies to patients.

The term “transparency” typically describes legislation that gives consumers information they can use to make informed decisions. SB 17 is not that kind of bill. Here, “transparency” refers to the government’s effort to force drug innovators to disclose proprietary information and confidential business records that no other private industry must share. Doing so will undercut the competition and deal-making that constrain drug costs.

Real transparency legislation would help patients get the information they need to make thoughtful choices on health insurance enrollment. It would help patients understand what medicines are covered by their plans and what kind of cost-sharing is required. Real transparency would examine the role of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), for they determine what patients pay out of pocket, not drug innovators.

SB 17 is predicated on the notion that the biopharmaceutical industry exaggerates its commitment to research and development. However, claims that drug innovators spend more on marketing than on R&D have been widely discredited. They are derived by counting as “marketing” all sorts of routine administrative expenses and including only a few Big Pharma companies at the end of the drug distribution chain. These formulations fail to count the $70 billion in R&D from the 4,000 smaller U.S. biopharma companies that make up the heart of the life sciences ecosystem and generate 65 percent of all new drugs.

San Diegans may not realize it, but most life sciences companies shutter before earning a single dollar in sales. Ninety percent of biopharmaceutical companies don’t earn any profit, and 90 percent of all new drug programs in the development pipeline do not gain government approval. Drug pricing determinations reflect not just the development cost of one particular drug that makes it to market, but the imperative to attract risky investment to finance expensive therapies that never do.

Forcing drug innovators to itemize their input costs for the development of a particular drug will chill investment while doing nothing to constrain prices. SB 17 seeks to treat the biopharmaceutical industry like a public utility, where prices are regulated on a “cost-plus” basis. This would be a huge red flag for investors.

When politicians spook biotech investors, it hits small emerging companies the hardest. Last year, biotech IPOs and follow-on offerings were down by more than 50 percent, largely due to the political uncertainty created by the barrage of political attacks on life sciences companies. The innovators being punished most severely for the drug pricing controversy are the entrepreneurs who don’t yet have drugs to price.

SB 17 also includes a mandate for bioscience companies to provide advanced notification of even modest price increases. Mandatory 90-day warnings on future price hikes will give wholesalers, hospitals, pharmacies, large provider networks and buying groups ample time to hoard as much product as possible before the increase takes effect. Sudden spikes in demand are extremely difficult for biopharmaceutical manufacturers to manage since complex biologic medications take time to manufacture. This scenario could lead to drug shortages.

San Diego’s life sciences cluster is one of the strongest in the nation. We’ve earned an international reputation as the “genomics capital of the world.” Employment in San Diego County’s life science industry has increased by 20 percent over the past five years. We have 1,255 life science establishments that employ nearly 50,000 San Diegans. Our elected officials must not take this growth for granted, for it is dependent upon our ability to attract investment. If enacted, SB 17 would threaten our region’s economic and scientific progress.

Patients throughout our city have legitimate concerns about access to affordable drugs, but SB 17 does not address them. It is the wrong prescription for California. We still have time to come up with a holistic solution that doesn’t impede investment or thwart commercialization of lifesaving therapies that patients across the world are counting on us to deliver.

Mento is CEO of Conatus Pharmaceuticals. Pascoe is CEO of Apricus Biosciences.

Read at the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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UkrOboronProm showcases An-132D and An-70 at Dubai Air Show
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UkrOboronProm showcases An-132D and An-70 at Dubai Air Show

Antonov, which is under UkrOboronProm, is showcasing the An-70 medium-heavy airlifter and An-132D light transport and utility aircraft at the 2017 Dubai Air Show.

The An-132D is a collaborative effort between Antonov and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City of Science and Industry (KACST) and Taqnia Aeronautics Company.

An upgrade of the venerable and once ubiquitous An-32, the An-132D is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW150 turboprop engines. It had its maiden test flight in March. The An-132D has a cruise speed of 500 km/h and maximum payload of 9,500 kg.

Other commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) subsystems onboard the An-132D include Dowty R408 propellers, Liebherr oxygen generating systems, Zodiac air conditioning and Honeywell Primus Epic 2.0 avionics.

Since it is a co-production effort, Saudi Arabia will eventually manufacture 18% of the An-132D’s airframe, though Ukraine will manage final assembly. The An-132D has an estimated unit cost of $30 million U.S. The An-132D is being positioned as a transport and as a special mission aircraft platform.

UkrOboronProm has been eager to revive the An-70 strategic airlifter, which had been beleaguered with technical complications through its development in the 1990s and 2000s. Moreover, Kiev’s collapse in ties with Moscow have resulted in the An-70 losing a key launch market.

Designed to compete with the Airbus A400M and Lockheed Martin C-13, the An-70 has a payload capacity of 47 tons and ferry range of 3,000 km with that load. The An-70 is powered by four Motor Sich D-27 propfan engines. With a payload of 20 tons, the An-70 can take-off and land at 600-700 m.

In July, Antonov announced that it was seeking U.S. industry support to upgrade the An-70 (under the An-77 designation), which could open the platform to modern electronics subsystems available on the An-70’s competition, such as the Lockheed Martin C-130J, Airbus A400M and Embraer KC-390.

At the 2017 Paris Air Show, UkrOboronProm’s Director General, Roman Romanov, claimed that the An-70 was drawing interest from several prospective overseas clients.

The Gulf Arab states are a key market, not least from the fact that Saudi Arabia helped bring the An-132D to fruition, but also with the burgeoning interest on the part of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the aviation industry. The UAE has already begun talks with Russia’s Irkut to co-produce and market the MC-21-400 civil airliner in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market.

While there might be possible to have the MENA region support large aircraft platforms, Ukraine will have to compete with the Russians and Chinese. For Ukraine, competitiveness in cost and flexibility in terms of transfer-of-technology and production workshare will be integral to gaining market-share.


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This Earth Day, support policies that will protect our natural resources for generations to come

In January of 1969, Santa Barbara, California experienced an oil spill which devastated the local ecology -- but agitated and mobilized local activists. This group would go on to create the first Earth Day and push the passage of some of the foundational environmental laws of our country including the National Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Superfund Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

With Earth Day coming up on Sunday, April 22, we honor the work of these environmental pioneers by celebrating the earth and our commitment to it. At the same time, we continue to push for policies that protect the earth and our environment. Many of these are under attack today, including:

National Monument Rollbacks

Recently, we have seen an unprecedented attack on our public lands. Earlier this year, President Trump acted on Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s recommendations and shrunk Bears Ears National Monument by 85%, while cutting Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument down to half its original size. Both locations have unique and valuable ecosystems which must be protected. Bears Ears was also special because it was created in part to protect land of sacred and important historical value to American Indian tribes. The shrinking of these two monuments are unprecedented and are likely beyond the scope of the powers granted in the Antiquities Act. We recently submitted comments to the Bureau of Land Management urging the bureau to protect all land within the original boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante with the same protections they had as monuments in any future management plan.

Car Emission Standards Rollback

Earlier this month, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a rollback of the stronger car emission standards established under the Obama administration. While this is a dangerous step backwards in its own right, Administrator Pruitt has also hinted that he plans to review a waiver that allows California to have stronger emissions standards than the standards set by the federal government. Other states are given the option of following the California’s standards instead of the federal standards. Together, the 15 states that follow at least some of California’s vehicle emissions standards make up 40 percent of the U.S. auto market. While lowering federal emissions standards would be harmful to the environment, it would be much worse to also rescind the California waiver as it would force down the emissions standards of the other states which are following California’s lead.

Clean Power Plan

Established in 2015, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) provides the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from power plants and aims to reduce emissions to 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The CPP has the potential to develop a clean energy economy, create new jobs, and reduce health risks from carbon pollution. Under the CPP, each state received different emissions reduction targets and were tasked with creating an implementation plan to reach those targets.

In October 2017, EPA Administrator Pruitt announced his intention to rescind the CPP. Repealing the CPP has significant public health impacts. The CPP was estimated to stop 3,600 premature deaths, 1,700 heart attacks, 90,000 asthma attacks and 300,000 missed days of work or school every year by winding down power generation from coal-fired plants, which are built disproportionality in poor neighborhoods and communities of color.

The public comment period, where you can tell the EPA why protecting the Clean Power Plan is important to you, is open until April 26. You can join the RAC in making your voice heard.

Farm Bill

Congress is also working to reauthorize the farm bill, a large bill that contains a host of agricultural programs, including incentives for farmers to participate in conservation programs. These programs create buffer lands on the edges of farms, provide financial and technical assistance, and minimize environmental impacts on farmland. The farm bill also includes the Rural Energy for America Program, which helps provide renewable energy infrastructure to rural Americans. We are advocating to for full funding for these programs in the reauthorization of the farm bill.

The largest title of the farm bill is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps). The House draft of the bill imposes disastrous new barriers that make it harder for food insecure people to access the support they need to obtain an adequate, nutritious diet. Learn more about these changes and tell your member of Congress to protect SNAP.

Local Efforts

At the same time as these actions on the federal level, we have seen an increase in environmental action on the state and local level, too. There are a number of important state and local ballot initiative efforts ramping up involving everything from fracking setbacks to carbon taxes. There is also a massive movement to bring together local and state governments, higher education institutions, businesses, and religious communities to make sure that U.S. meets our Paris Agreement goals regardless of whether or not the federal government shows leadership. We will be launching an effort to get our Reform communities to take action with We Are Still In. Registration for our kickoff webinar where you can learn more is now open. We hope you will join us for it on May 10!

Jonah Baskin is an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. A native of Denver, he recently graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with degrees in public policy and environmental studies. Jonah served as president of the university’s Jewish Students’ Association and as the social justice chair on the Hillel board.

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Apple launches programmatic mobile ad-buying for iTunes Radio; AdsWizz partners

itunes radioStarting today, Apple is making digital ad buying easier and more targeted for marketers in iTunes Radio, the company’s non-interactive online radio service. iTunes Radio competes with market leader Pandora, which has invested heavily in a network of localized sales forces in major radio markets.

One of the first outside partners to offer iTunes Radio inventory is AdsWizz. iTunes Radio inventory is now available on AdWave, the company’s global audio ad marketplace.

In a phone call with RAIN News, AdsWizz CEO Alexis van de Wyer noted that the entrance of iTunes Radio into the automated buying market is good for advertisers: “iTunes Radio is becoming more available to advertisers, which is very big news for advertisers. It also is becoming available to programmatic buyers, which is important.”

For AdsWizz, Apple’s entrance onto the AdWave platform is a competitive advantage. “It’s another significant, premium publisher joining AdWave. That’s obviously very exciting. We are setting up a premium marketplace with about one-billion impressions every month, before Apple.”

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The development is a pivot for Apple, which is leveraging its iAd program that was launched in 2010. iAd was started as an enterprise to grab share of the mobile advertising buying market. Apple is injecting programmatic functionality and opening iTunes Radio inventory to the platform.

Effective programmatic platforms engage audience segmenting and targeting. Apple’s advantage in data collection is the in-house universe of existing customers, some percentage of whom listen to iTunes Radio. (Apple does not break out iTunes Radio audience metrics.) Using a program called Customer match, Apple now offers audience targeting to programmatic buyers.

This is a pivot of the business model, too. As noted in Ad Age, Apple concentrated on premium, high-cost advertising sponsorships when it launched iTunes Radio in the fall of 2013. Adding a programmatic layer mixes software campaign management with iAd’s traditional human-powered sales force, and markets smart impressions to advertisers rather than comprehensive brand affiliations with Apple’s service.

Most programmatic buying extends across publishing brands on platforms that offer huge amounts of user-targeted placements in real-time. In those systems, advertisers and agencies buy impressions based on audience intelligence, regardless of the publishing brand where the users are parked. An important programmatic trend is the launch of private markets, sometimes comprising a small network of collaborating brands that can offer a favorable set of audience characteristics. The Apple/iTunes Radio venture is what you might call a hyper-private buying platform composed only of iTunes Radio.

Apple was late to the online radio party, but remains a powerful and much-watched force in digital music. As the company rolls out its CarPlay digital dashboard integration, and maintains an impressive footprint in the mobile smartphone market, iTunes Radio remains favorably positioned in a broad swath of American consumers.

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I sat down tonight to write an article about gratitude to correspond with the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday.  But, I can’t.  I started it, went and got some pistachios, then some Cheetos, then a cup of tea, then some more pistachios, and then I decided to be honest with you (as I’ve always tried to be).

Of course I’m grateful:  I have shelter, food, incredible friends, my health, and a beautiful family.  I am so grateful that I started this blog this year, which has brought me so much joy because I’m finally answering my call to write.  I am in love with life—I really am.

But there is a cloud of sadness and worry hovering.  I’m feeling tired; but not just tired, my soul is genuinely weary.

I forced myself to look at the video of Laquan getting murdered–shot 16 times. I’m calling him by his first name because I feel as if I know him, as if I could have known him, as if he could have been one of my troubled students when I was a high school English teacher. I watched Laquan die: 16 shots in 15 seconds; around 10 cops and no one checked on Laquan- 1 just walked over to kick the 3 inch knife away. 13 months before there were any charges. 13 months–even with the video (which the cop erased but ironically there is a tape of him erasing the video.). Then I watched the politicians not be outraged, but urge for peace.   I watched them persecute people for crimes that hadn’t even happened yet, while giving space for the court of law to decide if Jason Van Dyke is guilty.

Laquan is gone. Laquan’s chance for bettering his life is gone.  So, it’s a struggle to write about being thankful right now.  I feel as if thankfulness is almost a trick that has been used to silence Black people—to placate us.  Every year during the week of Thanksgiving there is an announcement about the brutal killing of one of our children, or the brutal raping of one of our folks by the judicial system.  It was exactly one year ago yesterday that 12 year old Tamir Rice was murdered.  And it is the same week that we learned that the police officer, Darren Wilson, wouldn’t be indicted in the killing of Michael Brown. And now, 13 months later, the tape of Laquan’s gruesome murder is released. Why is it always around Thanksgiving?

Have these timings been coordinated because the establishment has become reliant upon our forgiving nature (because forgiveness is the Christian thing to do)?  No one but us forgives our murderers before the murdered can even be buried.  There is a pattern: one of ours gets murdered, we publicly forgive, the news stations laud the family for its Christian values, and if one family member or community leader dares to speak out or strike out they are admonished and vilified.  Don’t worry about them Black folks doing nothing, they will just be praying and giving thanks.

Correspondingly, on every news station, they usually call on “our spokesman” to  always be a preacher.  Why?  Are we looking for our modern day Martin Luther King, Jr.?  Am I wrong for saying that I don’t want to hear about prayer right now or God right now; but someone who can talk about real, tangible solutions?  Don’t get me wrong, I’m praying.  I pray for my boys and for Black people and for World peace.  I pray; but I want my leader to be limited to just that tool in their struggles with whomever they are sparring with.  Don’t send in a preacher to talk intelligently with a police commissioner, a judge, a lawyer.  I don’t want Black people to be just a “praying folk,” but a “doing folk.”

Am I wrong for becoming suspicious that maybe they are using the church to keep us calm, yet somewhat weak?  I mean what would happen if we became outraged, engaged, informed and powerful?  What if we didn’t just march, but we moved (mentally, financially).

Trust me, I am a Southern woman.  I know the worst thing I can be called is ungrateful.  I promise you, I am not.  I promise you that I recognize my blessings; but I can’t block it out. I can’t block seeing all the murders committed by the people charged with protecting us and whom we are supposed to trust the most.  I can’t bury my disgust, my fear, just because it’s a holiday, because Aunt Lena made my favorite pie, or because my boys are safe and healthy . . . for now.

I watched that child get shot 16 times. Forgive me, but my soul is weary.

My intention is for Black people to love themselves and each other. It sounds somewhat silly, I guess; but oftentimes my people are overwhelmed with negative images, bad news, and stereotyped characters about us. I’d like to flip that script. I’d like to remind us, as often as I can, how incredible we are. Read more

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The sound of two shots fired — even from just a few hundred yards away — gives Lt. John Arroyo a moment’s pause as he gets out of his car at 4 p.m. on April 2, 2014, at Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Texas.

john-arroyoThese are common sounds at any hour of the day for a military base, and on this day, Arroyo is more focused on getting to his battalion headquarters to finish a project (he’s 13 hours into another 15-hour work day) than he is on trying to figure out two quasi-irregular gunshots.

His eyes set on the doors of his building, Arroyo also pays little attention to the car approaching him at a faster-than-normal speed for parking lot traffic. Within moments, Arroyo hears a third shot, and before the echo leaves his ear, he feels a searing pain in the front of his neck and in his right shoulder.

His reflex is to reach for the pain — and the sudden gush of blood — with both hands, but his right arm isn’t responding to instinct. His eyes water. The wind has been knocked out of him. The car is no longer visible.

Arroyo knows he’s been shot, and despite the fact that he’s still (surprisingly) alert and able to breath, fear starts setting in.

He stumbles back to his car and collapses next to it. Still clutching his throat, Arroyo’s mind starts racing. “Is this it? Is this how I’m going to die?” He thinks about his wife and his children.

Alone, Arroyo starts closing his eyes. A sense of calm comes over him, until he’s jarred awake by a clear, loud voice.

“Get up!”

His eyes flash open. “Did I say that?” he wonders. “Did someone yell at me? Did I hear God?”

Arroyo finds the strength to stand up — left hand clutching his throat — and he starts walking toward the building again. He sees a man walking toward him, and in desperation, Arroyo tries to call out to him for help. But he can’t muster even a whisper. He then notices the man in front of him — barely 10 feet away — is holding what could be a weapon and moving erratically.

It’s the man who just shot him. And he doesn’t even notice Arroyo standing there.

The man gets to the building first, and Arroyo hears more gunshots. Then he hears loud voices from behind him.

“Are you OK? What happened?”

The soldiers calling out to Arroyo will later tell him they thought he was wearing a red scarf that was flapping in the wind, his neck so covered in blood that it’s soaking his shirt. Arroyo, who couldn’t call out to the shooter moments before, answers the soldiers.

“I’ve been shot. There’s a shooter.”

The soldiers load Arroyo into the back of a truck and speed toward the emergency room — only a few miles away. He is surprised he can still breathe — his only problem is the soldiers’ hands grabbing his throat to stop the bleeding are actually choking him in the process.

He focuses on that breathing as trees and buildings speed by him from above. He’s handed over to ER medics and rushed inside a chaotic emergency room. Lying on a stretcher, Arroyo, for the first time in a 15-minute span that will change his life forever, feels safe.

He closes his eyes, and finally lets go.


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I am a student in OAE. My background is that I come from Somalia. I came to Australia in 2001. I had a lot of study in my country – typing, Italian, Arabic and a little English. I finished high school, I started university and studied agriculture with Italian language for two years, and then civil war started in 1996.

I started to work at ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) as a medical team member. I worked for one year. Then the war got worse. After, I fled to Kenya to a camp for four years. Then I came to Australia with my two children and my husband. First I started level one English, level two, and then I started Certificate III Childcare Service and Diploma. Now I studied level three and advanced computers.

I need a childcare qualification to get a job. A job is very important for me so I can support my family. I have a small problem with English because it’s not my first language. I have a lot of homework to do at home so I have to do it when my children are asleep.

My self helps me to decide to keep studying. Some friends told me about Olympic and then I started coming. Before I didn’t know about this English course, even though I studied to get my driver licence.

Now I’m living with my husband and my children and I study English. I am looking after my children and still have to improve my English language but my life is better than before. I can write a little more now and I never give up my goals. Since I have studied I can talk with people more and I feel more comfortable because English is very important for society. I don’t want to create extra work for myself. Now I have got my licence and understand conversation.

I love to talk in my community about how to improve my English. I help my children with homework and I talk to my children in English and with my friends and my colleagues. I would tell my friends to come to OAE. I push and say, “Come and join us at Olympic to learn,” because I got confidence. I now understand the different multi-cultures. Before I was shy to talk to other people because I was not confident in English.

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About this book

The experimental and partly realized work of Sotirius Kotoulas, an architect living in New York City, has often attracted attention in the USA, being written about and awarded prizes. He is, however, less well known in Eurpoe. He is presently working on a design for a house in Seriphos, Greece. Lebbeus Woods on Kotoulas’ work: "… This is not an inhabitable site-specific architecture but one that is translatable, a numerical transference outside the material realm of building as an architecture about architecture.”

Experimental Architecture experimentelle Architektur

Authors and affiliations

  • Sotirios Kotoulas
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  1. 1.c/o RIEA [Research Institute for Experimental Architecture] EuropaBernSwitzerland

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  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag/Wien and RIEAeuropa 2005
  • Publisher Name Springer, Vienna
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  • Print ISBN 978-3-211-24488-3
  • Online ISBN 978-3-211-37840-3
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Flexible Parametric Survival Models with Cure Fraction

The flexcure package provides R implementations for analyze survival data, as from flexible parametric survival models with cure fraction. In this package, were considered the parametric accelerated failure time models: classics, the extended generalized gamma, the generalized F and Marshall Olkin extended Weibull, for to model time of susceptible elements. For the cured fraction, were considered the usual models of standard mixture and of promotion time. There are also tools that permit the exploitation of the fit and functions to generate a dataset with cure fraction, using one model specific.

Install the development version from GitHub

To install the GitHub version you need to have the package devtools installed.

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There is something special about our staff community. The adventure based program, the focus on experiential education, the intensity of the program’s daily life, the realization we are engaged in the privileged and challenging work of helping young people turn their lives around, the high energy of program staff – our workplace culture is sacred, and we work hard to sustain it. We work hard and play hard, we support and challenge each other, we keep a constant focus on safety, and we give and accept feedback as continuous learners helping each other become steadily better at what we do. We do this because we believe that every task is worth doing right. If this sounds like you, we’d like you on our team.

Our most frequent employment opportunities are for Instructors/RCW, and Irregularly Scheduled Program Support Officers.

Outdoor Adventure Specialist/Residential Care Workers (RCW)

Wendigo Lake Expeditions, based out of South River, ON, operates the world’s longest continuously operated Adventure Therapy program. Outdoor Adventure Specialist/Residential Care Workers are the front-line jacks/jills-of-all-trades that facilitate the meaningful change that the youth clients need to take new measures of themselves and achieve more than they thought possible. If you are highly relational, confident in your skin, and like dirt under your fingernails, then you may fit the profile of exceptional people we employ. This is privileged work, and it’s also not for the faint of heart. Just like our clients benefit from life-altering experiences, our people enjoy a parallel process in terms of professional and personal development.

Wendigo Lake’s Project D.A.R.E. and R.E.A.C.H. Residential Adventure Therapy Programs provide direct service programming including delivery of the intensive therapeutic and behaviour management program; facilitating adventure activities ranging from games/initiatives, low and high ropes courses and other challenge activities; leading wilderness expeditions; supporting the school program; and facilitating life skills programming including cooking and daily chores routines. OAS/RCW’s typically possess a relevant college diploma or university degree and some work experience relevant to working with youth in outdoor adventure and/or residential/treatment settings. OAS/RCW’s are required to have, or quickly obtain minimum certifications for Bronze Cross, First Aid/CPR, F-class driver’s license, and pleasure craft operator’s card. Instructors are paid a variable per diem based on work experience, services provided, and level of responsibility. A typical annual income ranges from $40,000-$50,000 plus benefits including an extended health care plan. Work schedules vary per program, but average 15-18 days per month. If you are well-qualified, enjoy the challenge of working with youth who have very challenging behaviours, and would like to work as a member of a motivated team within a culture of support and feedback, send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected].

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Program Support Officers (PSO) provide services such as awake night supervision, transporting students for admission or appointments, supporting behavioural interventions, facility rounds, general maintenance, and other program support duties. PSOs must possess or obtain a criminal reference check and vulnerable sector screen (CPIC and VSS), an F-class driver’s license, Standard First Aid and CPR-C certification, and a medical note indicating that the candidate is fit for duties. New employees will be provided with relevant on-the-job training.

Internships & Placements

Wendigo Lake Expeditions is a teaching facility with a long history of providing internships and placements. College students enrolled in a field of study relevant to our work typically engage in an internship or placement of two to four months. Many of our current staff began as Interns. While interns or placement students receive no payment for work, they may be provided with free room and board and are loaned the necessary gear for wilderness expeditions.

If you are a Masters-level Therapist looking for experience in an adventure therapy program, or a Masters student looking for a supervised placement, we’d love to hear from you.

If interested, please send your current resume and covering letter via email, fax or letter mail:

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Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication Date: April 13th 2010
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Silver star (3/5 stars)
Synopsis: Jenna may hail from the ’burbs of New Jersey, but Green Teen activism is her life. So when her mom suggests they spend the summer at Grandma’s Florida condo, Jenna pleads instead to visit her hippie godmother, Susie, up in rural Canada. Jenna is psyched at the chance to commune with this nature she’s heard about — and the cute, plaidwearing boys she’s certain must roam there. But after a few run-ins with local wildlife (from a larger-than-life moose to Susie’s sullen Goth stepdaughter to a hot but hostile boy named Reeve), Jenna gets the idea that her long-held ideals, like vegetarianism and conservation, don’t play so well with this population of real outdoorsmen. A dusty survival guide offers Jenna amusing tips on navigating the wilderness — but can she learn to navigate the turns of her heart?

Review: After reading two of McDonald’s novels, I now know that I can count on McDonald to write a funny, entertaining chick-lit book. Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots was full of awesome elements and admittedly, the title is quite a mouthful. But nevertheless, a title with boys and bears definitely caught my eye.

I loved how the book was set in Canada, just the thought of Canada makes me picture brown bears and maple syrup. The novel had a promising start and I loved the first half of the book. One word to describe it? Fun! While the story was engaging, it was not always exciting and the story dragged for me at times. There was a lot of dialogue in the book so it feel as though there was non stop talking throughout the novel. The main character, Jenna, was not very consistent. She seemed so certain that she was a huge environmental activist but she went against some of her believes. Not only that, I felt as though she was telling the reader she cared about nature but not actually showing she cared about nature.

The downside of the book was that the supporting characters were not as strong and at times, very annoying. Take for example, Olivia. There was something about her that irritated me from the start and I’m sorry but I just did not like her. But as the novel progressed, I grew to love Ethan, Reeve and Fiona. They transformed from cardboard characters to something more by the end.

Overall, good premise, fun story but weak characters. For picky readers, I’d say proceed with caution. But for those who want something not too serious, this is for you.

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Creamy Chocolate Popsicles

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The perfect summertime treat, these popsicles are creamy and delicious without being overly sweet. They’re great for kids (and adults!) of all ages. If you don’t have popsicle molds, you can easily turn this mixture into a smoothie by adding a few handfuls of ice cubes. Whether you decide to lick or drink it, this recipe will quickly become a household favorite.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours (freezing time)
Total time: 4 hours and 10 minutes
Yield: 6 4-ounce popsicles

Creamy Chocolate Popsicles

Creamy Chocolate Popsicles ingredients - Peanut Butter & Co. Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter

2 cups plain whole milk yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
1 large banana, roughly sliced
1/4 cup Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter

1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.

Note: Make sure to use whole milk yogurt, rather than low-fat or nonfat, so you get a smooth and creamy popsicle.

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Creamy Chocolate Popsicles, 7.0 out of 10 based on 3 ratings

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38 Responses to Creamy Chocolate Popsicles

  1. michele malone says:

    These look absolutely wonderful.

  2. Tiffany J says:

    I vote for these, they look delicious!!!

  3. Nathan Miller says:

    These for sure are the number recipe I will try asap!

  4. Shann F. says:

    These look absolutely delicious and I know my kids would love these!!!

  5. Linda says:

    I woul make these!!

  6. Rita says:

    These look great!

  7. Kimberly Sipes says:

    I vote for this one!

  8. Shelley Hoffpauir says:

    I vote for this one! I am making them tomorrow. Can’t wait!!

  9. Jess says:

    What’s not to like about this recipe on a summer evening? This one gets my vote!

  10. Jeni says:

    I would try these! Popsicles for the kids and smoothies for the adults! Yumm-o!! 🙂

  11. Pamela Craig says:

    These look yummy and simple to make! I’ll have to try these!

  12. brandy says:

    I think theses sound yummy. I love the dark chocolate dreams and anything made with sweetened condensed milk is yummy!

  13. Kristen says:

    I vote for this one! Sounds amazing and perfectly summer-y.

  14. Amy says:

    I would for sure make these! Chocolate, peanut butter, banana sweet treat?! Sign me up!

  15. Christina Rogers says:

    These would definitely be my pick! I think I might make them anyway, company or not!

  16. Neal Trautloff says:

    wow this looks really good! A nice treat to make when I have company coming over this weekend since its gonna be hot.

  17. Debra Rusling says:

    Looks Wonderul a must try for the kids !!!!!!

  18. Joanne says:

    These look so yummy, I bet they won’t last long with my son around.

  19. D Goldstein says:

    I would make these – my husband and I both love frozen bars!

  20. Jennifer Leigh says:

    I would add some cinnamon to the mix and call this sweet treat ready to serve!

  21. FC Foley says:

    These look cooling and yummy. Good for kids and adults. I would make some in an ice cube tray so you could pop one in your mouth as a treat.

  22. Denise Young says:

    These look really good and easy to make. I would even make them just for myself.

  23. Jennifer H says:

    This one sounds good to me!

  24. Fran says:

    these look like such a great summer treat!

  25. Mary says:

    Yum yum yum. I would try this recipe if I were cooking for myself. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  26. Aleah says:

    I would definitely make these — they would be a great dessert for a hot summer evening!

  27. laura says:

    What a great idea! Can’t wait to try these.

  28. Pamela Craig says:

    Again, I’d vote for these. They look like they’d melt in your mouth!!! Love Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter & I love bananas! What more can I say!!!!

  29. Rosary Cortez says:

    OMG! We just made these this morning and now we our enjoying them after 4 hrs. These are totally delicious! We actually have to make some more for dessert tonight!

  30. Nathan Miller says:

    Can Not wait to try this with White Chocolate Wonderful

  31. Dana says:

    These look wonderful! I love this peanut butter! I eat a gluten free diet and have tried to find good healthy alternatives to ice cream and frozen pops! This is a great recipe, that I can’t wait to try out :)))

    Thanks for a great product, and many many delicious ways to use it!

  32. Rose Linhardt says:

    these sound great – thanks

  33. Nicole says:

    I would love to make these popsicles!! What could be better than Bananas, Dark chocolate, and peanut butter!!!

  34. Denise I says:

    Sounds yummy!

  35. Pam C says:

    Sounds super yummy & super easy.

  36. Cheryl says:

    I would make these, sounds super delish! I love Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter, I use it in my shakes and smoothies all the time. And I also love popsicles, great summer treat!

  37. Ash says:

    I vote for these! Having PB in popsicle form would make the taste last longer since you have to eat it slowly! Yummm!

  38. Jim Sheridan says:

    This was yummylicious! Had such a great mouthfeel!

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The Reds look for a series win in today’s matinee versus the Cardinals after rebounding from Tuesday’s loss to even the series last night. Wednesday’s win moved the Reds to 9-6 versus the Cardinals in 2017. Thus a Reds win today would also clinch the season series versus the Birds with just 3 games in Cincinnati left between the teams after today. This would be something to savor through the long winter months, particularly if the Cards come up just a game or two shy of making the playoffs and suffer their second consecutive year of being on the outside looking in during October.

Starting Pitchers

Lefthander Amir Garrett starts for the Reds. This will be Garrett’s second start since being recalled as part of the September roster expansion and 14th overall MLB start this season, his rookie year. Garrett is trying to recapture the magic of his first six starts of the season when he seemed to have all but locked down a spot in the Reds rotation. However he was derailed by a hip injury followed by a trip to AAA apparently for service time management and has not been the same pitcher since, either with the Reds or subsequently in 13 starts at AAA Louisville.

Lest we forget how good Garrett was early on in 2017, in 5 of his first 6 starts, he allowed 2 or fewer earned runs while completing at least 6 innings per start. The only blemish was a performance in Milwaukee when he allowed 9 earned runs in just 3.1 innings. He bounced back from that shellacking to post two more solid starts before his season started turning sour.

Another young righthander, Luke Weaver, will be the Cardinals starter. Weaver, the 27th overall pick in the 2014 MLB draft, was called up by the Cardinals on August 17 to take the place in the rotation of Adam Wainwright who was placed on the DL with elbow woes the same day.

Prior to this most recent call up, Weaver had made 4 appearances with the Cardinals earlier in  2017 including 2 starts. Today will be Weaver’s 7th MLB  start of the season and his career.  What should we expect from Weaver? To date he has struck out over 31% of the MLB batters he has faced while walking just over 6%. However there may be some hope for the Reds as his BABIP is .333.

Amir Garrett 5.16 3.13¹ 16.7%¹ 18.1%
Luke Weaver 2.77 0.86 6.6% 31.1%

¹Sadly, these figures have been verified as accurate.

On Wednesday Kevin Shackelford pitched 2 innings (17 pitches) for the Reds. Michael Lorenzen (14 pitches) and Luke Farrell (11 pitches) each pitched an inning.  With the combination of a quick turnaround and roster expansion, these guys will likely see limited if any action today.

Mike Matheny used four pitchers to cover 4.1 bullpen innings Wednesday. John Gant threw 30 pitches in 2 innings and almost certainly is unavailable today. Ryan Sherriff required 9 pitches for 2/3 of an inning. Sam Tuivailala needed just 4 pitches to complete an inning while Matt Bowman threw only 6 pitches to complete his inning. Any of these three could see limited duty today.

1. Jose Peraza (2B)
2. Zack Cozart (SS)
3. Joey Votto (1B)
4. Eugenio Suarez (3B)
5. Scott Schebler (RF)
6. Adam Duvall (LF)
7. Phillip Ervin (CF)
8. Tucker Barnhart (C)
9. Amir Garrett (P)
1. Matt Carpenter (3B)
2. Tommy Pham (LF)
3. Paul DeJong (SS)
4. Jose Martinez (1B)
5. Yadier Molina (C)
6. Harrison Bader (CF)
7. Randal Grichuk (RF)
8. Alex Mejia (2B)
9. Luke Weaver (P)

Hope we get an explanation of why Jesse Winker is sitting today; and, wouldn’t Phil Ervin instead of Jose Peraza in the lead off spot make a lot of sense? I think so.

News and Notes

A number of guys, including the Reds Stuart Turner appear to have made the Rule 5 cut this year

If you had an early night Wednesday, here’s two highlights of the Reds win

Final Thoughts

Wednesday night’s  post game feeling was about as good or even better than Tuesday night’s post game feeling was bad. One of the great things about baseball is that unless a team is going really poorly, its fans don’t have to wait long to experience the thrill of victory after they’ve felt the pain of defeat. Unfortunately in 2017, our team has once again lost many more games than it has won and done so in a manner which has often left us with that bad feeling of losing for an extended period. Now the season’s end is beginning to loom large on the horizon; and, sometimes that seems almost a relief.

 I fervently hope the Reds powers to be get things figured out so that next year instead counting down to an inevitable end of the season as September wanes, we will be caught up in the ongoing excitement of a Reds playoff chase. I honestly believe this is possible if the Reds can get their pitching straight for 2018.

Today’s game concludes not just a series and road trip for the Reds but also the final assignment of my rookie season as part of the Redleg Nation game preview team. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my previews even a small fraction as much as I have writing them. My thanks to the management team of Redleg Nation for allowing me this opportunity and to the entire RLN staff for the insights and knowledge they share. Things being equal I hope to see you here again next season when we will root the Reds back to winning ways or know the reason why. Until then, as always, GO REDS!

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  1. Not a big deal but Lorenzen only threw 14 pitches yesterday in his inning. He’s probably available.

  2. Jim, thanks for the excellent articles this season.

    As for an explanation about why Ervin is down in the lineup compared to Peraza batting lead off…Peraza’s OBP for the second half is .347 for the second half. Ervin’s was .328 at AAA. While Ervin is off to a great start with the Reds, the sample size is very small. Even smaller than Peraza’s second half numbers.

    Coming off an injury, I’m not at all surprised that Winker is sitting in the day game following a night game.

    • Ah, the battle of the small sample size numbers!!!

    • I think I’m in a bit of a kid on Christmas morning mindset. I want to see as much of Ervin and Winker as possible before the end of the season versus Peraza who we’ve seem off and on for about 2 seasons now. 😉

  3. It’s possible that Winker’s absence from the lineup and leadoff position relates to a balky hip. He seemed to struggle a few times during the game yesterday. I hope there’s a legitimate reason for sitting Winker today and not just to get someone else playing time. If it is an issue with his hip combined with a day game after a night game, I hope there are no additional issues during the remaining few games.

    • This is what I’m hoping we find out. There was virtually no Twitter activity this AM concerning the Reds. Their lineup which is usually among the earliest up wasn’t up today until well after the Cards line up. That often means they are waiting out an injury report. I was thinking more about Scooter than Winker though.

      • Regarding Scooter, I thought I heard the TV guys (I was in another room so can’t claim to be sure) say that Scooter would likely miss a couple more games at least as his finger was quite swollen. I’m guessing if the lineup was delayed due to waiting on injury that it was about Winker.

    • This is common practice for the Reds. A guy off the DL always plays one game and sits out the next.

  4. Great, regular TV coverage for the game on FS-O. I guess the Old Cossack had better get some things done around the house before the game starts.

  5. The Old Cossack has New Computer!!! I once again have access to numbers and stats without relying on my old math skills. Yeah!!!

    • Congrats. Great news. Keep us posted on whether you become more of a Fangraphs or Baseball Reference guy. My personal opinion is that FG presents more already packaged SabreMetric data; but BBRef has more raw data available if a person wants to dive into ideas of their own. The BBRef query building machine in particular is impressive but they are moving parts of it behind a paywall.

      • I’ve always been partial to BRef, but I had been using FG more frequently until the Old Computer failed to compute with FG, BRef or MLB.

    • Cozart has once again regained qualifying status. His ranks in the NL:

      9th in OPS at .944, ahead of such notables as Bryant, Rendon, Murphy, Rizzo & Zimmerman.
      9th in SLG at .550
      11th in OBP at .394
      14th in AVG at .303

      That’s top 15 in all 4 stats. The Reds are going to miss Cozart next season if they do not resign him during the off season.

      Cozart is 6th in wRC+ at 144
      Cozart is 12th in WAR at 4.7, only Corey Seager has a higher WAR as a SS
      Cozart is 9th in DEF at 8.6, ahead of Billy Hamilton.
      Cozart is 14th in OFF at 24.4
      Cozart is 11th in ISO at .247

      Man are the Reds are going to miss Cozart next season if they do not resign him during the off season.

      • Depends on how Senzel takes off w/the Reds? I am 95% confident that Suarez could play SS as well as a hobbled Cozart. The poor guy could barely lean over last night on a sure doubleplay. I like Zack a lot though…def a loss on/off field, but I don’t see how he fits into their plans down the road?

      • I assume Cozart’s agent will be prominently displaying those stats to every team this off season.

    • Finally get rid of that old TI-99? 😉

  6. Thanks for the good reading this season, (Ohio) Jim.

  7. Last pitch to Votto looked outside.

  8. How far off the plate was that last pitch to Votto?

    Thank you, Jim.

  9. Garrett’s movement does not look comfortable, thus the lack of command.

  10. Carpenter and his 202 average against lefties just stood there with bat on shoulder and walks.

  11. Try exposing the fubo tv ad to a four-year-old. It is incredibly inappropriate

  12. Did you know that Peraza is in the top 10 in singles in the NL?

    Unfortunately, he’s probably also in the bottom 10 in XBHs.

  13. That was a dandy breaking ball to whiff Carpenter. Nice.

  14. Dang 2-out walk.

  15. walks, walks, walks, painful to watch when they become runs

  16. not just the walks, but the stolen bases both come home to roost on a single

  17. Walks in the inability to hold runners on is and always will be the problem with young guys but its painful to watch when he is your guy.Amir will get some strike outs but he throws way to many pitches to do it primarily because his stuff is average with no real wipe out pitch.

  18. Brantley said that pitch to Schebler for strike 3 was ‘right down Broadway,’ but Schebler thought it was inside. Maybe it hit the corner, I guess.

  19. The other guys stuff isn’t great its just he hasn’t walked anybody which sometimes is on us because we get in all out hack mode.Not watching today but I do know Garrett saw more pitches in his at bat then anybody else has seen.May mean nothing at all but we tend to get in to those see ball swing modes.We made 6 outs on 11 pitches last night in the 8th and 9th innings.

    • Man…you love the pitch counts…lol. Mahle threw 100 in 5ip, but they didn’t score. I understand what you’re saying, but the goal of a major league pitcher is to pump strikes. Our guys don’t….but you’re supposed to be able to that! If you’re not hacking against good pitchers then its 1-2 and 0-2 on you almost every atbat.

      • I do love the pitch counts and I believe you should be hacking against good pitchers as you said and also agree our guys don’t pump in strikes.Don’t even know what the data says our walk rate is minus Votto’s of course which messes up the data.I just feel if you aren’t getting hits by swinging early maybe you should take a few and I also believe and have heard opposing pitchers talk about how aggressive we are at the plate.

  20. Walks by Reds pitching are getting really, really old… Walks and dingers, dingers and walks.

  21. Assuming the throw was field-able, there was zero chance Votto would be safe on that.

    • Votto was NOT happy being tagged out by 10 feet.

      • Not watching but unless Joey can trot home he is not going to score.Ever since he got hurt he does not nor will go all out and risk injury which everybody knows.

        • Or maybe he’s just that slow?

        • Votto was busting butt going around 2B and on his way home and also on his double today. Votto is not fast, but he does run hard when necessary. He drops it down a gear on routine ground outs and routine fly balls, but not when it really counts.

  22. I’m not watching because I’m working. How does Stephens look? I don’t know why he doesn’t get a chance to start. Have they said anything about him getting a start before the end of the season?

  23. Carpenter with 7 walks in the 3 games.Reds as a team have walked 4 times.

    • Yeah. Cards are a patient team and the Reds pitchers struggle to throw strikes. The Reds have a few guys who will work a count but a few others that… well…

    • This data is nutty but in the series not only did Carpenter walk 7 times in 13 times up but he saw 62 pitches and only swung 13 times,This guy is a 240 hitter with an obp of 383.Where do we get one like that.Seems like he does this to everybody.

      • Price would bat him 7th because he doesn’t produce chaos on the bases.

  24. Yeah you would think for as many pitchers we have used this year that some of them would throw strikes.I mean it seems to be a big time problem at all levels doesn’t it.

  25. The Reds are now officially eliminated from playoff contention.

  26. Reds hitters last night went to 3 ball counts 6 times and 4 times today including 2 walks to Joey and one to Suarez.

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In honour of Random Acts of Publicity Week, I’ve decided to provide some links to my favourite books, games and authors.  Check them out, you may discover some really cool stuff.

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– Table-top RPGs have long been my geek passion, and D&D was at the forefront of that for many years.  Owing, however, to my various disagreements with the design of D&D 4E, the Pathfinder RPG became my new game de jour.  Besides the “D&D 3.75” aspect of the rules reboot, I have fallen in love with Golarion, the world that became the Pathfinder RPG’s default setting.  It is every bit as vibrant and mysterious as The Forgotten Realms were to me, and tops the list of my favourite published campaign worlds.  Add to that the fact that I respect Paizo’s attitude towards its fans a lot more than I do WotC/Hasbro’s, and I don’t think I’m ever going back to D&D.  If you ever want to check out the Pathfinder RPG, just drop me a line…

– We’ll end on a not-so-guilty pleasure, a little game I like to call Kobolds Ate My Baby! (mostly because that is what it is called).  It is an utterly ridiculous, loud and fun “beer and pretzels” game, wherein you play kobolds out to find the only food that matters: delicious babies!  Along the way, hilarity and carnage ensue.  If you can track down a copy, do it!  It is the perfect game for combining alcohol and friends.

That’s it for now.  Have any links you’d like to share, or comments on the above? Put them below…

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  1. Man. I didn’t know that Jeanne was gone, I kept hoping that she would recover and then she and Spider could finally make their appearance at Pure Spec. What a loss.

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Title: Fast times at Ridgemont High? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births
Authors: Devereux, Paul J.
Permanent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10197/751
Date: Nov-2004
Abstract: Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early fertility? This paper investigates whether increasing mandatory educational attainment through compulsory schooling legislation encourages women to delay childbearing. We use variation induced by changes in compulsory schooling laws in both the United States and Norway to estimate the effect in two very different institutional environments. We find evidence that increased compulsory schooling does in fact reduce the incidence of teenage childbearing in both the United States and Norway, and these results are quite robust to various specification checks. Somewhat surprisingly, we also find that the magnitude of these effects is quite similar in the two countries. These results suggest that legislation aimed at improving educational outcomes may have spillover effects onto the fertility decisions of teenagers.
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Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Series/Report no.: NBER Working Paper Series; No. 10911
Copyright (published version): Copyright 2004 by Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, and Kjell G. Salvanes
Subject LCSH: Education, Compulsory
Teenage parents--Education
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