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Cansler, Loman D. (1924-1992) and Laura M. (1931-2007), Collection, 1820-2005
C 4018 (local)
State Historical Society of Missouri
1820 - 2005 (Bulk dates)
The Loman and Laura Cansler Collection represents a lifetime of collecting on Missouri's folk song and folklore tradition. Cansler recorded and collected folk songs, proverbs, jokes, and home remedies, primarily in Missouri, but also in Kansas and Illinois. In addition to this large body of folk song and folklore material, the collection includes information on Cansler's early life in Dallas County, Missouri, his WWII service, and his career as a school counselor at the Fayette and North Kansas City High Schools. The collection also includes slides and prints of Laura Cansler's abstract expressionist artwork.
Creator and/or Contributor
Cansler, Loman D. (creator), Cansler, Laura (creator), Magerl, Barbara (contributor), Cansler, Philip (creator), Cansler, Myra (contributor), Cansler, Joel (contributor), Western Historical Manuscript Collection (contributor), Walker, Edith Miner (creator), Pillsbury, I. (contributor), Enloe, Lyman (musician), Hunter, Max F. (vocalist), Trivett, Joseph Able (vocalist), Folkswingers, The (musician), Ledbetter, Huddie William (musician), Para, Dave (musician), Barton Para, Cathy (musician), Ives, Burl (musician), Weavers, The (musician), Driftwood, Jimmie (musician), Gladden, Texas (vocalist), Brand, Oscar (interviewer), Ritchie, Jean (interviewee), Ritchie, Edna (vocalist), Guthrie, Woody (musician), Seeger, Pete (performer), Silverman, Jerry (photographer), O'Bryant, Joan (musician), Profitt, Frank (musician), Leverre, Charles H. (other), Pocock, Guy N. (other), Lomax, John A (collector), Alan Lomax (collector), High, Fred (collector), Brumley, Albert A. (collector), Reynolds, Malvina (collector), Cayce, C.H. (collector), Fine, Dixie Calvert (collector), Rufus W. Miller (collector), Harbin, E. O. (collector), Okun, Milton (collector), Broyles, James (performer), Trumbo, Clara (performer), Humble, Charles (interviewee), Burtin, Burt (musician), Van Erp, Gustave (interviewee), Williams, Bill (performer), Scott, Charlie (performer), Dibben, Walter (performer), Fletcher, Alex (performer), Conover, Etta (performer), Lindsey, Jollie (performer), Bright, Millie (performer), Sniff, Dell (performer), Broyles, James (performer), Scott, Charlie (performer), Cansler, Nettie Opal (performer), Cansler, Pruitt (performer), Preston, Joe (performer), Randleman, Alonso (performer), Randleman, Wayne (performer), Marks, Levi (performer), Smith, Clara Huff (performer), Schick, Katherine (performer), Owens, Ethel Swift (performer), Stricker, Charles (performer), Wills, Ralph (performer), Snell, Earl (performer), Jacobs, Maggie O'Conner (performer), Kuehn, Martha (performer), Stemler, Ivy (performer), Randall, Martin (performer), Shewey, Donna Evans (performer), Browning, Florence (performer), Black, Henrietta (performer), Goodman, Charles (performer), Dame, Lillie (performer), Hooten, Aurelia (performer), Barnes, Emma (performer), Leiker, Melvin (performer), Leiker, Nadine (performer), Munsch, Aegedus (performer), Boldman, Charles (performer), Blank, Tillie (performer), Sniff, Mary Powers (performer), Woosley, Dora (performer), Lawrence, Flora Selby (performer), Thompson, Virgie Swifert (performer), Wilson, John (performer), Williams, Cora Swigert (performer), Vest, Harley (performer), Ellington, Glen (performer), Hunter, Max F. (collector), Cansler, Joel (performer), Cansler, Philip (performer), Morrow, Harvey (performer), Scott, Charlie (performer), Cansler, Nettie Opal (performer), Anderson, Effie Kee (performer), Kelly, Oscar (performer), Anderson, Oscar (creator), Jacobs, Maggie O'Conner (performer), Potts, Celestia Shaffer (performer), Berntsen, William Henry (performer), Meeker, Henry (performer), Odell, W. E. (performer), Windsor, Floyd (performer), Kelly, Oscar (performer), Clark, Dora Yates (performer), Sprigg, Clinton (performer), Moore, Carrie (performer), Oaks, Georgia (performer), Townley, Robert (performer), Brock, Mary Townley (performer), Bruch, Wanda (performer), Wilcox, Bettie (performer), Herd, William T. (performer), White, Nellie (performer), Leach, Jack (performer), Lewis, Sadie (performer), Clark, Dora Yates (performer), Butler, Nannie (performer), Campbell, Caltha (performer), Anderson, Effie Kee (performer), Wilson, Ollie (performer), Lee, Lora Wilson (performer), Scott, Charlie (performer), Bird, Ivan (performer), Phillips, Otto (performer), Garton, Joseph (performer), Watson, Helen (performer), Gibson, Wyatt (performer), Enloe, Lyman (performer), Journagan, John (performer), Maloney, J. E. (performer), Enloe, Roy (performer), Huntsholtz, John (performer), Davis, Ed (performer), Barlow, Clara (performer), Barlow, Joe (performer), Stansbury, Pearl (performer), Dibben, Walter (performer), Huckleberry, Rozella (performer), Miller, Effie (performer), Watson, Helen (performer), Watson, Raymond (performer), Yost, Jim (musician), Street, Willie (musician), Street, Johnson (musician), Goans, Mary Sue (performer), Snell, Earl (performer), Clark, Floyd (performer), Cheek, Susie (performer), Colburn, Ruth (performer), Jones, Sirildia Jennings (performer), Parsons, Alice (performer), Franklin, Ailene (performer), Schnacker, Herman (performer), Cansler, Sonja (performer), Roney, Jack (performer), Cansler, Myra (performer), Bridges, Jennifer (performer), Black, Henrietta (performer), Hopper, Chalmer (performer), Marsh, George (performer), Marsh, Abbie (performer), Marsh, Charles (performer), Rogers, Tillie (performer), Battles, George (performer), Humphreys, Almeda (performer), Serfass, Lucy (performer), Rentschler, Ida (performer), Clark, Floyd (performer), Green, Lois (performer), Goodman, Charles (performer), Porter, Margie (performer), Ran, Edith (performer), Ralls, Byrd (performer), Fewell, J. Wally (performer), Wyatt, Frank (performer), Wyatt, Ella (performer), Todd, Ethlyn (performer), Van Bebber, Mary Agnes (performer), Gilbreath, Olga (performer), Williams, Ethel (performer), Hutchings, Eliza (performer), De La Fuenta, Elsa (performer), Garman, Henry (performer), Masters, Edna (performer), Alexander, Florence (performer), Williamson, Ona (performer), Pettit, Dan (performer), Pettit, Sonny (performer), Younger, Wendelin (performer), Lenz, Melton (performer), Fewell, Maud (performer), Burford, Chris (performer), Cali, C. J. (performer), Peterson, Jerry (performer), Etheridge, Cecil (performer), Gents, Maggie (performer), Charles, Mary (performer), Walker, Newman (performer), Daulton, Sterl (performer), Nash, Joe (performer), Leslie, Jared Ernie (performer), Terrell, Allen (performer), Terrell, Preston (performer), Renner, Caroline (performer), Crandall, Robert (performer), Crandall, Pauline (performer), Goodman, Charles (performer), Goodman, Marie (performer), Campbell, Temperence (performer), Humble, Charles (interviewee), Wagner, D. (interviewee), Burtin, Burt (musician), Owens, Wilbur (interviewee), Hahn, Carl (performer), Kelly, Sterling (performer), Mills, Alva (performer), Van Erp, Gustave (interviewee), Burton, Claude (performer), Burton, Iva (performer), Dibben, Della (performer), Vawn, Molly (performer), Logsdon, Guy (performer), Cook, Lou (performer), Brown, Barton (performer), Raney, Fred (performer), Hedges, Tom (performer)
Finding Aid URL
http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4018.pdf
10.5 (linear feet)
203 (audio tapes)
41 (audio cassettes)
2 (video cassettes)
35 (audio discs)
English (Languages)
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Leadbelly, 1885-1949 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
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Missouri Council of Social Studies Bulletin, 1955-1956 (Local)
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Missouri Folk Songs Sung by Loman D. Cansler, album, 1959 (Local)
Missouri Folklife Festival, St. Louis, 1971 (Local)
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Sherwood Edy Seminar, 1951 (Local)
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The White Idiot Donald Trump has clearly ordered his personal doctors lie to the nation about his COVID-19 condition
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-has-clearly-ordered-his-personal-doctors-lie-to-the-nation-about-his-19-condition/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5608
This is not Reality TV. This is reality.
Donald Trump, the most powerful man in the world, has become infected with a deadly virus. He has spent the weekend receiving an emergency medical regimen injecting him with more drugs than an 80s rock star. These include steroids, widely known for their mood-altering behavior.
Trump has clearly demanded that his doctors lie to the nation and world about his treatment, which they have done. He just ordered up America's first-ever photo-op motorcade ride– empirically endangering the health and lives of Secret Service officers– in a macabre display that made pen pal Kim Jong Un blush. Maybe this is just Trump being Trump, but we truly don't know that for certain. So, we wait.
As a script, it sounds rather intriguing. In real life, it is terrifying. It's one thing to have a psychotic narcissist in the White House. It's another to have him suffering from an unpredictable illness, under the influence of an untested mixture of medications. Worse, no one around Trump seems capable of protecting him from himself, in turn placing the entire human race in jeopardy.
So, the nation turns its lonely eyes to Mike Pence? Or the merry band of miscreants and sycophants in Trump's inner circle and Cabinet? Good luck with that.
These are truly uncharted waters in the first week of October in the year 2020. The moment at hand renders mundane the first week of October in the year 2016, which featured the release of The Donald's Access Hollywood tapes and the ensuing WikiLeaks dump of stolen emails from his challenger's presidential campaign.
We're all numbed to 24/7 news cycles in the year 2020 that routinely include two or three breaking news stories in a week that would be the Story of the Year, in any other year. It is seriously hard for people to process the sensory overload.
Perhaps in the next day, Trump will return triumphantly to the White House and things will return to abnormal, but at a level to which Americans are accustomed. Maybe by this time next week, the eerie motorcade thing will have become ancient history as seamlessly as the worst presidential debate in history did, some five long days ago.
In case it doesn't work out so well, there's Amendment 25 to the U.S. Constitution, entitled "Presidential Disability and Succession." Hopefully, the nation will not need to familiarize itself with its language–most notably Section 4 on the involuntary transfer of power–but here it is: https://bit.ly/3ipBwfS.
To understand the gravity of this moment, it's worth "reading the transcript," as they say, of the words today of one Dr. Sean Conley, who at least appears in charge–such that it is–of Trump's treatment as White House physician. Conley, who the Washington Post reports today "this spring confided to workers that he was laboring under intense personal stress in his job as White House physician," seemed to show as much today.
Conley was confronted about having blatantly misled the public about the severity of Trump's condition so egregiously that he had been publicly fact-checked–albeit on background–by none other than White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. If you have to get fact-checked by Meadows, you are one lying, dog-faced pony soldier, or worse.
After Conley gave a rosy report Saturday morning that effectively said there was really nothing to see here about Trump's little bout with the flu, Meadows revealed that the White House had had grave concerns that Conley's patient was in a heap of trouble when forced to depart to Walter Reed Hospital.
Conley had to admit that he had scandalously failed to reveal–one would think or orders of the commander-in-chief–that his presidential patient had needed supplemental oxygen, at least twice. And that he was being treated with a steroid reserved for severely ill coronavirus patients.
Conley's unedited words speak for themselves:
"I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team the president, through the course of illness has had. I didn't want to give any information that might uh, steer, the course of illness, uh, in another direction and in doing came off, you know. Like we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true…the fact of the matter is that he's doing really well."
Sorry, but you lost us at the parts about steering the course of illness in another direction–COVID-19 apparently having grown quite sensitive to criticism–and then the accidental-yet-telling reference to how you hadn't "necessarily" been trying to hide something.
It's a little hard to believe, in this context, that the American public should take comfort that Trump is "doing really well." But as badly as the nation needs to rid itself of the worst president in its history, let's hope that's the case.
We don't want to see this man on steroids.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_9RkQ8d1Dw The world's ongoing fascination with porn stars continues to power a multibillion dollar sex industry, but what are the real names behind the action? Here are some of the world's top adult film stars and their real world names. Bridgette B. 's real name is Luz Abreu Eva Lovia 's real name is Eva Mia Lovia Padilla August Ames ' real name is Mercedes Grabowski-Moriarty Kiara Mia's real name is Deanna Munoz. Little Caprice's real name is Markéta Štroblová. Jayden James' s real name is Michele Lee Mayo Tori Black's real name is Michelle Chapman Brooke Wylde real name is Kelcii Bolin Sunny Leone's real name is Karenjit Kaur Vohra Nicole Aniston 's real name is Ashley Nicole Miller Kagney Linn Karter 's real name is Kagney Linn Priya Rai's real name is Priya Anjali Rai Asa Akira's real name is Asa Takigami Shyla Stylez's real name is Amanda Friedland Dylan Ryder's real name is Shannon Lybarg
The Zionist Jew Baron Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57 after suffering heart attack
https://www.jpost.com/international/baron-benjamin-de-rothschild-dies-at-57-after-suffering-heart-attack-655662?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Baron+Benjamin+de+Rothschild+dies+at+57+of+heart+attack&utm_campaign=jan+16+night Baron Benjamin de Rothschild died on Friday after suffering a heart attack at his home in Switzerland, the Edmond de Rothschild Group reported. He was 57 years-old. He was born on July 30, 1963, to Barons Edmond and Nadine de Rothschild. In 1997, at the age of 34, he took over the family business, and specifically the Edmond de Rothschild Group established by his father in 1953. Ever since then, the late baron expanded the group's philanthropic operations. Considered a world-renowned entrepreneur, de Rothschild was an expert in finance and innovation and always tried to make the most of his abilities and assets. Alongside his daily activities, he made sure to nurture the legacy of the Rothschild family in a continuous effort of u
According to Google a 'Happy White Woman' Has a Black Man
http://www.renegadetribune.com/according-to-google-a-happy-white-woman-has-a-black-man/ Google is run by jewish supremacists who are doing everything in their power to further the White genocide agenda. For a while people have been showing how doing a Google image search for terms related to White people brings back some telling results. For example, if you search for "White history" you will see a bunch of images of Black people and the history of slavery, as if all of White history is about the enslavement of Blacks. Recently I saw that Googling "happy White woman" also yielded some disturbing results. As you can see in the tweet above, this is not organic and data-driven, since DuckDuckGo is easily able to pull up relevant images of happy White women. This is an editorial decision on the part of Google to show White women with dark men. Try for yourself. Here is what I got. As you can see, there are now some image results that are actually screenshots of people searching "happy Whit
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Real Madrid are favourites to sign Bayern Munich's versatile defender David Alaba, according to The Athletic.
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Planning and Zoning commissioners were stumped at their June 13 meeting when a resident asked their permission to keep peacocks at her Wilton home.
"She is apparently interested in having two male peacocks at her residence," began Town Planner Bob Nerney.
"I'll start by saying that our zoning regulations are what are called permissive regulations, which is sort of the opposite of what it sounds like," Nerney said.
"Permissive zoning basically says that things that are allowed are expressly stated, and anything that's not stated is deemed to be prohibited," he said. This, however, only applies to matters that are up to the Planning and Zoning Commission to regulate.
"On the other hand, zoning really is about buildings, about structures, height — yes, it does regulate uses, so for instance a farm or something of that nature would not be allowed in certain districts, so I'm not sure," Nerney said.
That uncertainty was the point of the discussion.
"I'm not sure that we have authority over this situation," said Chair Sally Poundstone.
"Well that's what we're asking," Nerney said. "I'm not sure I would describe it as a use; it's really more of an activity. I did speak with Animal Control. They'll step in if there's an abuse of animals and things of that nature, but they do not regulate this."
"What other animals would be allowed in this particular zone?" wondered Commissioner Joe Fiteni. "In the zone that this property is in, could you raise chickens?"
"I raise chickens," Doris Knapp said.
"We actually expressly state that chickens are not regulated, so yes people do raise chickens," Nerney said.
"Is it humane to keep these beautiful birds in cages?" Poundstone asked.
"I mean, if you look at the general statutes, section 8-2 outlines the parameters that local planning and zoning commissions can look at, and again, it tends to be more structural coverage, setbacks, heights — yes, uses, but if one is keeping two peacocks at a single-family house, the use is still a single-family house," Nerney said.
"I say go for it," Knapp said.
"I don't think we have jurisdiction over this," Franklin Wong said.
"Well I would like to hear a motion that perhaps states that we do not believe we have the jurisdiction," Poundstone said.
"I so move," Knapp motioned, "that we do not have jurisdiction in the matter of whether or not peacock can be kept in a residential area as pets."
Knapp was seconded by Commissioner Andrea Preston, and the vote carried 6-0-1. Commissioner Rick Tomasetti abstained.
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UPDATE: Following the release of its game-changing "choose your own adventure" Bandersnatch episode, Netflix has confirmed via an interview with writer-journalist Scott Bryan that the fifth season of Black Mirror will debut in 2019. The streaming giant has also affirmed that Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is not part of season five, but rather simply a standalone interactive film. You can see Bryan's original tweet below. Stay tuned here as we find out more about the forthcoming season.
Netflix has told me that the fifth season of Black Mirror is still to come in 2019. Bandersnatch was not the fifth season, but a standalone interactive film, in case you were wondering.
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Director of war: First ever long interview of Ukraine's Security Service Head
Highlights from Petr Shuklinov's interview with Vasyl Hrytsak, Chief of Ukraine's National Security, published in liga.net.
What are you most proud of after a year of working as chief of national security?
Maintaining the integrity of our country after the annexation of Crimea, blocking the advance of the Russian troops, and preventing the spread of terrorism in other regions of Ukraine. We have created a security service that is able to adequately respond to the challenges. Our main challenge is Russia, not the terrorists in the DNR/LNR. We are at war with Russia. We are helping consolidate the political elites to work in the name of the State. Russia strives to divide our society, to dismember Ukraine. We are proud of intercepting a terrorist plot that was supposed to take place in France. Any intelligence agency in the world would be proud of a similar operation. Today the best secret service agencies of the world accept us as partners; we share our experience and knowledge that we have gained in fighting a hybrid war. In fact we are the first in the world to be faced with this kind of warfare. Our Western partners value our unique experience.
Those are the successes. What are the problems?
Unfortunately, we have not yet fully succeeded in cleansing the Service of ineffective personnel and strategies. We have embarked on reform, we have sent a draft reform of the Service to the National Security Council. In the meantime we have to work with what we have. The most advanced intelligence agencies in the world serve us as our models for rebuilding our Service. We are set on a European course, and on Euro-Atlantic integration, therefore the operation and service of our intelligence agencies must correspond with our [Western] partners' agencies. In this our partners are helping us. We are reforming our Service while in action, and every day we have to prove that we are able to meet all the challenges facing us.
Portraits of the heavenly hundred [killed during the maidan revolution] hang on the wall next to your office. Why were they killed?
The political leadership that was in place at the time of the Maidan conducted regular consultations with the Kremlin and the Russian government. The Russian advisers played a key role. Currently, after all the politicians from the days of the Maidan have fled to Russia, it is very difficult to prove. I am convinced that the Russians had provided guarantees; the Russians had promised them that they would not be abandoned. That's what has happened: all those responsible for the killings on the Maidan are currently in Russia. And the Russians will not extradite them. Is it a secret that the Russian FSB agents felt completely at home within the walls of the Ukrainian Secret Service offices? Is it a secret that the deputy chief of counterintelligence in Kyiv was arrested because he was working in the interests of Moscow? Counterintelligence! He was the one who was supposed to findthe Russian agents in Ukraine. And he worked in the interests of Russia.
Why weren't there any intelligence officers who could have prevented the bloodshed on the Maidan?
Here is what nobody talks about: I tell myself and my team, "The rules are simple. Either we defend our country, or we lose it forever." Russian hybrid warfare extends far beyond the ATO zone. It is being waged in Kyiv, in Odesa, in Kharkiv. We have stopped the disintegration of our country into gangster enclaves such as we have in the DNR and the LNR. We have blocked the scripts that had been prepared to create so-called "People's Republics" in Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Bessarabia, and so on. The situation in Odesa was catastrophic. We were on the verge of a second front opening up when under the pretense of the "defense of its citizens" Russia was prepared to enter Odesa Oblast from Transnistria.
Many observers have the impression that you allow the security service of Ukraine to be used to combat the enemies of the President. What can you say?
Those are commonly used phrases: "He is guilty. He is a criminal." Alright, but where are the facts? Let us examine the facts. What political showdowns have we been involved in? This is precisely why the President trusts me, because I do not play politics, I am not a businessman, or an oligarch. Nobody owns me and I do not owe anything to anyone. I am on the side of truth. And that is always much harder.
Do you support the lustration of the staff of the security service, from the top to the bottom?
I do. But I am against implementing lustration based on a formal resolution. As an example: in Ternopil a deputy chief at a regional bureau was formally lustrated. He had never seen Yanukovich in person and he hadn't done anything wrong. But he was dismissed on formal grounds. And then there are people who though they were far from any decision-making positionwreaked havoc – they set fires to activists' cars, they caused discord, and yet they have not been touched by lustration. It is unfortunate that the current lustration policy has led to the dismissal of many good agents.
And if the policy of lustration were to be withdrawn, would that be good or bad?
Let me stress: we need lustration. Those who have committed crimes, those who have harmed the people of Ukraine – and especially us, the agents of national security, which means we who serve the people of Ukraine – those people must be dealt with accordingly: they must either be dismissed, or, if a crime has been committed, they must be put behind bars.
Almost every day russian officers or agents of influence are detained in Ukraine. How many are being detained and what awaits them?
As long as Russia is conducting an undeclared war in Ukraine names will be added to the list. We continue to capture Russian officers, Marines, soldiers. I would like to mention another problem. Out of 25 people detained from Russia this year, 19 are representatives of the Islamic State who have arrived in Ukraine through Russia. Strangely, I have not heard anything from Russia in connection with success in combatting Islamic fundamentalism or international terrorism – it seems Russia is an unrestricted area for terrorists. We have detained a citizen from Turkey who is involved with Al Qaeda. He was on the Interpol wanted list.
The second front. How the security service of Ukraine blocked Surkov's script for Odesa?
Russia had plans to detonate bridges and to capture the narrow isthmus near the border with Transnistria, where Russian troops are based. Under the guise of "defending our citizens" Russian troops were supposed to enter nine districts of Odesa Oblast. This was supposed to lay the groundwork for the so-called "Peoples' Republic of Bessarabia" under the supervision of Russian officers. After the capture of parts of the Odesa region, after destabilizing Moldova and Romania, and after the capture of the city of Odesa, a second front against Ukraine was supposed to have been opened.
Within a small circle of people, including the President and the Chief of the General Staff I reported about the situation in Odesa and about the preparations that were being made to open a second front.
What was the reaction?
They were, to put it mildly, surprised. The curator of the "Bessarabia Project" was InalArdzinba, the chief deputy of VladislavSurkov, who is President Putin's advisor. Ardzinba is on Russia's wanted list, he is being pursued. According to what we know, the senior staff of the Russian FSB have blamed Surkov and Ardzinba with the failure of the "Bessarabia Project." The plan has failed. A hybrid war in south-west Ukraine with access to Europe has not been ignited.
The russians are active in Transnistria again.
Of course. But to take serious action they need a base and supplies. So that today's peaceful Odesa is a total defeat for them. Today nobody would agree to stand under their flag. But we are keeping an eye out for anyone who would. We are limited, though, because we live in a democratic country and we follow legal procedures. When the security of the country is at stake, though, we take steps to make sure the country is secure.
What strategy have the Russian Security Services devised in relation to Ukraine? What can we in Ukraine expect in the next year?
As I have previously said, in the fall of 2015 Moscow radically changed strategy in subverting Ukraine by implementing the main diversionary tactics in central and southern Ukraine instead of in the eastern regions. Russia is doing everything it can to destabilize the situation in Ukraine from within, to destroy all the functioning state mechanisms to demonstrate that there is no governing in Ukraine, that a civil war is ongoing in Ukraine, that the government is illegitimate, and that sitting at the table with the pro-Russian leaders is unavoidable. Russia will continue to try to prove that the Russian aggression is a simple "intra-regional conflict." They will make every effort to have the sanctions removed. Their reserves are not infinite, next year they will be forced to make huge payments on foreign loans. Elections to the Duma will, in one way or another, destabilize Russian society, since many unaddressed problems have developed. I must say that I like the mood and the attitudes of the Russian students. They want progress. Instead of watching TV they read articles online. The authorities in Russia will try to smother that mood and those attitudes by controlling the young people. In Ukraine they will try to split apart our political elite. I, as chief of the Security Services in Ukraine want to say to all the representatives of all the political parties, and to the leaders of civic movements: we must stand united. Our united front is the only way we can withstand the challenges Russia is continually throwing at us.
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The Center for International Studies at MIT announces that Meera Srinivasan, formerly a senior assistant editor with The Hindu, has been selected as the 2015/16 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. The fellowship is offered through the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) and is sponsored in part by CIS. The award provides a unique academic and professional opportunity for women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice reporting.
Beginning in August, Srinivasan will spend the seven-month fellowship as a research associate in residence at CIS. She will utilize the academic opportunity with MIT to pursue research and coursework on refugees and vulnerable communities. She will also complete journalism internships with The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
The fellowship was created in memory of Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe correspondent and 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner. Neuffer died while reporting in Iraq on May 9, 2003. In collaboration with Neuffer's family and friends, the IWMF started this program to honor her legacy while advancing her work in the fields of human rights and social justice.
"We are thrilled to welcome Meera Srinivasan to MIT as a Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow," said Richard Samuels, director of the MIT Center for International Studies and Ford International Professor of Political Science. "Meera is a courageous journalist who, in the spirit of Elizabeth, works tirelessly to reveal social injustices that would otherwise be ignored. It is an honor to have her among us."
Srinivasan, based in Tamil Nadu, India, covers human rights pertaining to ethnic reconciliation, religious intolerance, and refugees in both Sri Lanka and her home country of India.
From 2013-2015, Srinivasan was posted to Sri Lanka as a foreign correspondent for The Hindu covering the country's post-war challenges. She has also reported extensively on the fisheries conflict in northern Sri Lanka.
"The fellowship is a fantastic opportunity for personal reflection on larger themes of human rights and social justice, that are critical to addressing class inequalities and discrimination reflected in vulnerable communities everywhere," Srinivasan said.
Srinivasan is the 11th journalist to win the fellowship. Since 2004, 10 journalists representing nine countries have been awarded the fellowship. Neuffer Fellows advance their reporting expertise while exploring a wide range of issues including gender-based violence, indigenous rights and freedom of speech. For more information about the fellowship, visit www.iwmf.org/neuffer.
The MIT Center for International Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Eric Heginbotham, one of this country's foremost political-military analysts of East Asia, to the post of principal research scientist.
Heginbotham comes to MIT from the RAND Corporation, where he was a senior political scientist for ten years. He earned his PhD at MIT in 2002, winning the Lucian Pye Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the Department of Political Science that year, and has authored or co-authored numerous influential studies, including the U.S.-China Military Scorecard, just released by the RAND Corporation, and Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm, published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. He has also been a leading analyst of Japanese grand strategy. His appointment is supported by a generous gift to endowment received earlier this year from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of CIS welcomes the appointment, declaring, "I have no doubt that Eric Heginbotham will continue to raise the bar for the study of Japanese foreign policy and for the understanding international security in the Asia-Pacific region, areas in which CIS and its Security Studies Program are already world leaders."
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Facing the Global Refugee Crisis
by Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | Originally published here
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The millions of Syrian refugees displaced by their country's four-year civil war constitute a major tragedy—and could be a harbinger of even worse problems in the future, a group of scholars and relief workers suggested at an MIT forum on October 21, 2015.
To cope with such scenarios, the panelists suggested, governments, international organizations and other concerned groups will likely have to take an unblinking look at both the causes of forced migrations and the system of refugee aid that leaves huge numbers of displaced persons holed up in camps and other facilities for years at a time.
"This might well be the tip of the iceberg," Jennifer Leaning, a professor and director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health, said of the situation in Syria. Leaning is also a member of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration, a research group MIT hosts in its Center for International Studies (CIS).
As Leaning noted, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit group, estimates that about 60 million people are displaced around the world right now, a figure higher than the estimated 50 million people left displaced at the conclusion of World War II.
Most Syrians are fleeing the war that has shattered their country. But as Leaning noted, in most places, the world's displaced persons constitute "a great mixture of highly miserable people … coming for a variety of reasons." That reality is not easily accommodated by our political and legal systems, however, which are geared toward people seeking political asylum, but not necessarily those displaced by war, economic upheaval, and famine.
Leaning also cited Africa, where she has worked in multiple countries, as a place where increasing forced migration may occur for several reasons.
Indeed, in the view of Anna Hardman—a lecturer in economics at Tufts University and an organizer of MIT's work on migration, who moderated the event—we may be "uncomfortable choosing a single word" to describe displaced persons because we are trying to sort them into groups, such as either "refugees" or "migrants." Yet in reality those distinctions may be ill-suited to the many circumstances that force people to flee.
On the ground in Syria and beyond
Those circumstances were well documented at Wednesday's event, thanks to a pair of presentations from relief workers who have been on the ground in Syria, Iraq, and refugee camps in Europe, where many Syrian refugees have fled.
"It's just the consequence of desperation and hopelessness," said Nahuel Arenas, director of humanitarian response at Oxfam America, who has been working on the organization's response to the Syrian crisis. As he noted, 250,000 people have been killed in Syria, 1 million injured, and half the country's children no longer attend school.
Most fleeing Syrians have gone to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq, but those countries have not been able to cope with a migration now numbering millions of people; Iraq is suffering "a humanitarian crisis of its own," as Arenas noted.
Ali Aljundi, a Syrian who is now a project officer for Oxfam in Syria, noted that the country's humanitarian crisis "didn't happen in one night," and that drought, agricultural struggles, and an economic downturn had exacerbated the country's problems even before the civil war started in 2011. Still, as he noted, "the regional conflict has played a particular role in this." Some of his own relatives have fled, he noted, and some remain displaced.
"The house we want to live in"
Wednesday's public discussion was part of CIS's Starr Forum series of events, in which experts discuss pressing issues in international politics and society.
The panelists contended that wealthier countries could be doing more to accommodate the current influx of refugees—and overestimate the extent to which refugees will stay in their borders.
Arenas emphasized that in his experience, refugees almost always want to return home. While presenting a series of photographs from his fieldwork, Arenas showed the audience a picture of two young Syrian refugees in a Serbian camp, constructing a small makeshift object out of sticks.
"We are building the house we want to live in when we go home," the boys told Arenas, when he asked what they were making.
However, that return might be a long time coming. Serena Parekh, an associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University who has researched and written about refugees and human rights, noted that once people are displaced, it is common for them to spend 20 years in camps, with no alternative easily available.
"Most displaced people are going to live their lives as displaced people," Parekh said. "And we ought to treat them well."
The panelists did express some optimism that wealthier countries may change their attitudes toward refugees in the long run, and Aljundi emphasized that rebuilding Syria would be an important part of easing the refugee burden other countries are experiencing.
"As Syrians, please give us some hope that we will go back to rebuilding our country," Aljundi said.


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.source "ExpandableListView.java"

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    .line 60
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    invoke-direct {v0}, Lorg/holoeverywhere/widget/ExpandableListView$SavedState$1;-><init>()V

    sput-object v0, Lorg/holoeverywhere/widget/ExpandableListView$SavedState;->CREATOR:Landroid/os/Parcelable$Creator;

    return-void
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    .locals 2
    .param p1, "in"    # Landroid/os/Parcel;

    .prologue
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    .line 77
    return-void
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    return-void
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    invoke-direct {p0, p1}, Landroid/view/View$BaseSavedState;-><init>(Landroid/os/Parcelable;)V

    .line 83
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    .line 84
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    .locals 1
    .param p1, "out"    # Landroid/os/Parcel;
    .param p2, "flags"    # I

    .prologue
    .line 88
    invoke-super {p0, p1, p2}, Landroid/view/View$BaseSavedState;->writeToParcel(Landroid/os/Parcel;I)V

    .line 89
    iget-object v0, p0, Lorg/holoeverywhere/widget/ExpandableListView$SavedState;->expandedGroupMetadataList:Ljava/util/ArrayList;

    invoke-virtual {p1, v0}, Landroid/os/Parcel;->writeList(Ljava/util/List;)V

    .line 90
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Designing the World of Customer Experience
The Art and Science of Big Data
By Sean Wood, March 10, 2013
The new age of content creation is upon us and it's being driven by Big Data. The Netflix show, "House of Cards" provides us with the first real glimpse at what this new world looks like. The plot pulls back the curtains of Washington DC to reveal the power plays and manipulations that shape our political world. And the show, much like the storyline, has much more going on behind the scenes.
Data-Driven Creative
It's worth noting that this breakout program is being produced by Netflix – an internet company that delivers on-demand media. This is exactly what gives them the Big Data advantage over traditional television networks. The value of their Big Data research has driven the careful planning and investment of $3.8 million to produce… per show.
"For at least a year, Netflix has been explicit about its plans to exploit its Big Data capabilities to influence its programming choices. "House of Cards" is one of the first major test cases of this Big Data-driven creative strategy." – Andrew Leonard in Salon
Know your Audience – Create Accordingly
It's not a coincidence or some lucky streak that has this program resonating so well with audiences. The advantage Netflix has over the networks in creating such addictive "must see TV" is their deep data of user preferences that teaches them exactly what appeals to their audience and the most important insight… why.
"Netflix doesn't know merely what we're watching, but when, where and with what kind of device we're watching. It keeps a record of every time we pause the action — or rewind, or fast-forward — and how many of us abandon a show entirely after watching for a few minutes." Salon
The creative content is shaped with specific messaging (such as audio, visual, tone, plot, and pacing) that resonates best with the target audience. In the case of marketing, it can be used to prompt action. These deep user insights informed Netflix on the decision about which actors and directors would be the most profitable. Based on their research, Davin Fincher was chosen to direct and actor Kevin Spacey was selected to star in the remake of the BBC drama "House of Cards."
The Artist as a Scientist
These two identities do not live within mutually exclusive realms. Rather, by combining data insights with creative intuition, there is an optimum potential that results in economies never before thought possible.
So what then, would this new content production team look like? This calls for a unique talent hybrid with a blended background of art and science including digital media, data analysis, creative production, and storytelling experience. When the artistry of the creative process merges with the science of big data — the possibilities become intoxicating to the right creative people and the media investment community.
Provided with the right tools, a new perspective begins to emerge that helps decide which opportunities are worth exploring, what kind of impact will be achieved and which decisions will provide the clearest way to systematically deliver valuable content.
As more businesses start tapping into the massive Big Data opportunity, I would expect to see more refinements in localized data which will include local language delivery and unique contextual content. Can you imagine when advertisers and entertainment companies begin producing content that is tailored to specific segments of the audience? That opens up a whole new topic to explore!
George Bernard Shaw on Sharing Ideas
Think twice before believing everything you hear
Copyright. Sean Wood. All Rights Reserved.


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News Breaking News Peggy Pisani tragically killed in Niles two-vehicle accident
Fatal Crash in Niles
Peggy Pisani tragically killed in Niles two-vehicle accident
By JASON RAMOS
Pisani's Honda Civic struck by another car while pulling onto Milwaukee Avenue from a private drive
NILES, IL, (December 21, 2022) - Peggy Pisani sadly died on Dec. 21 when her car was struck by another driver in Niles.
Peggy Pisani sadly died on Dec. 21 when her car was struck by another driver in Niles.
According to the Niles Police Department, Pisani, 82, was in a Honda Civic attempting to make a left turn out of a private drive in the 7600 block of Milwaukee Avenue when she was hit by a northbound Honda Accord driven by a 71-year-old man. The force of the collision sent the Civic into a utility pole at the corner of Milwaukee and Howard Street.
Pisani suffered cardiac arrested while being transported by first responders and later died at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION
The crash remains under investigation and the Niles PD will try to determine what caused the Accord to strike Pisani's Civic, resulting in her death.
Each year, roughly 36,000 people die, and another 1.9 million people are injured in motor vehicle accidents in this country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding was the primary cause of fatal crashes in 2018, followed by the influence of alcohol, drugs, or medication; failure to stay in the proper lane; failure to yield the right of way; and distracted driving.
Regardless of the findings of any police investigation, Candice Bond, an experienced auto accident attorney, stressed that it is imperative to hire an attorney to conduct an independent probe into the cause of the crash to secure evidence and protect the rights of a grieving family.
"Time is of the essence in cases such as this and a grieving family must ensure that evidence is reviewed in an efficient manner," said Bond, Managing Partner at Bond Legal and national analyst for The Legal Advocate. "In addition to the diligent work of law enforcement, an attorney will carefully examine what may have contributed to the crash and has the resources to hire expert witnesses, conduct driver background checks, locate witnesses to the crash, and review applicable insurance coverage. Serving as an advocate, an attorney can help compassionately guide a family during this difficult time, while protecting their legal rights and best interests."
Pending the investigation, the family of Peggy Pisani may be entitled to a wrongful death claim. Family members of wrongful death victims may seek damages for loss of companionship, pain and suffering, and emotional distress following a tragic or catastrophic accident such as this tragic incident.
"The stress and sorrow can be extremely overwhelming after losing a loved one in an accident," said Stefano Formica, Of Counsel with Bond Legal. "We understand just what families are forced to go through, and having their rights protected is vital. A wrongful death lawyer will stay updated on the official investigation and help ensure that their legal rights and best interests are protected."
If you or a family member have been involved in a situation similar to this article and would like to speak to our national legal analysts Candice Bond or Stefano Formica free of charge, please use the contact information found on this page
Tags: Niles, Fatal Accident, Two-Vehicle Crash, Milwaukee Avenue, Howard Street
The staff of The Legal Advocate would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to Peggy Pisani and family
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Whether or not you've been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, sometimes we need a little help concentrating. You've probably noticed that certain varieties of cannabis help you stay focused and productive while others can send your mind completely off the rails. Finding that perfect focusing strainrequires a little self-analysis first: What is it that's impeding your concentration? Are you disengaged? Do your thoughts race? Think of the below sections as your roadmap to the right strain.
We're still waiting for research to provide more guidance on why cannabis might or might not help someone with ADD/ADHD, but we're primarily limited to personal anecdotes. It's not a bad idea to try a few different strains: a high-THC strain, a low-THC strain, high-CBD, balanced THC:CBD, and so on. At the end of this list, you'll also find some appetite-boosting, sleep-inducing strains for those of you experiencing the negative side effects of stimulant ADD/ADHD medications.
Cinex is the strain you reach for when that cup of coffee didn't do the job. Providing wired euphoria that feeds creativity, this strain can rekindle interest in tasks that may otherwise be a drag. Take caution with this one if you're prone to anxiety and racing thoughts; Cinex can start to feel a little racy, especially to those sensitive to THC.
It's famous for a reason. Sour Diesel is one of the highest-rated strains on Leafly for treatment of ADD/ADHD, quite possibly due to its ability to shine a new, engaging light on activities and tasks. Speedy euphoria lets your mind stay nimble, but remember that dosing is key. Overdoing a potent sativa like Sour Diesel can have the opposite of your desired effect.
According to lore, this strain was dubbed Green Crack by Snoop Dogg because its effects were so intensely stimulating. Green Crack sharpens the senses and brings vibrancy to the dull, all with an enticing tropical citrus flavor.
Sometimes what you need to concentrate isn't a strain that speeds your brain up, it's one that can slow the brain down. The indica-dominant True OG is touted among reviewers for knocking down stress and distractions for easier focus.
Blueberry Headband captures the perfect synergy of its two parents. From Headband, it inherits a supercharged cerebral effect that lends a spark of creativity. The Blueberry parent softens the euphoric intensity of Headband, providing a mellow, full-body experience that allows your thoughts run at a more manageable pace.
A cross between Sour Tsunami and Harlequin, Harle-Tsu is a high-CBD strain that contains minimal levels of THC. It eases you into a sober, clear-headed calm as its relaxing effects come with minimal intoxicating impact, so you can keep your cognitive faculties intact. If you're having trouble finding Harle-Tsu near you, try finding its high-CBD parent strains or close relative, Canna-Tsu.
Calming physical sensations coupled with agile cerebral focus, Harlequin is another high-CBD strain that should be on your radar if concentration is hard to come by. Although this ratio can fluctuate, Harlequin typically expresses a 5:2 ratio of CBD:THC, so expect some euphoric stimulation in the mind.
A genetic cross between Blueberry and Hindu Kush, Goo provides the golden trifecta of effects for those treating ADD/ADHD: appetite, sleepiness, and focus. This strain is meant for winding down, which can be difficult if you're prescribed psychostimulant drugs that may stunt the appetite and keep you tossing and turning at night.
Jupiter OG is another indica strain that can help restore appetite and restfulness when the side effects of your medications are at their worst. This indica may still provide a little kick of focus, but it should definitely be saved for later in the night when you're ready to help your brain shut down.
*Please consult with your doctor if you are being prescribed medication to treat your ADD/ADHD or another medical condition and ask if it's advisable to supplement your regimen with medical cannabis.


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Hospitals short on vaccines referred to health departments
Rae Austin, the Ocala Regional Medical Center pharmacy operations manager, draws the COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe as she prepares the vaccinations for health care workers at the hospital on Wednesday. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]
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Posted January 26, 2021 | Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida
Rae Austin, the Ocala Regional Medical Center pharmacy operations manager, draws the COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe as she prepares the vaccinations for health care workers at the hospital in December. The state recently told hospitals short on vaccines to look to local health departments for help. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]
TALLAHASSEE – With frustrations mounting amid a constrained supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Florida's top public-health official urged hospital executives on Tuesday to turn to county health departments if they need to vaccinate newly hired staff members and patients.
During a statewide phone call, Department of Health Secretary Scott Rivkees told hospitals they cannot use "second dose" vaccine supplies to give initial vaccinations to more people. Rivkees' remarks came as Gov. Ron DeSantis makes vaccinating people ages 65 and older his top priority.
But hospital executives pressed Rivkees about the state's limited supply of "first dose" vaccines and how they can get a share of them.
Patrice Vance, a vice president of quality and risk with the HCA hospital company, asked about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines for newly hired employees.
"As we have new staff that come on … is there any allocation being planned to provide first dose to the organizations?" she asked.
Rivkees, who doubles as the state's surgeon general, gave no firm answers but told hospital officials that "this is a situation where you can reach out to your county health department. Health departments are playing a role in terms of vaccinating health care personnel in the community. So speak with them, and we'll be able to work with you in this situation."
Windell Smith, operations administrator at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, said it had been five weeks since his facility had received any additional first doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
"We have several thousand patients who are 65 and above, many have higher risk comorbidities and they are waiting to schedule an appointment with us. We support a lot of staff and facility resources, and we can provide up to 1,000 or more vaccines per day," he said. "But should we now be directing our patients to the county health department or to the commercial pharmacies? And if we should do that now, will it be temporary or will we be receiving additional first doses in the future when we get more supply?"
State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, said hospitals are the only providers authorized to vaccinate frontline health care workers and vulnerable populations that DeSantis also vowed to protect in a Dec. 23 executive order about vaccinating people 65 and older. The lawmaker sent a letter Tuesday to hospitals telling them to develop strategies to target people who are at risk and to use whatever supply they have to do so.
"By reserving any currently remaining or available first dose supply to those high-risk individuals under 65 who desperately need the vaccine, hospitals would be following the intent of the governor's executive order while doing their part to ensure as many individuals as possible from within this vulnerable population are not left behind," the letter said.
During the phone call with hospital executives, Rivkees said Florida's allocations from the federal government are announced on a week-to-week basis and that the state is "hopeful" that the supply of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will increase. Moreover, Rivkees said the state hopes the federal Food and Drug Administration will in the coming weeks give emergency-use approval for new COVID-19 vaccines.
Rivkees' direction to hospitals came as DeSantis has started criticizing President Joe Biden's administration over its plan to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help distribute vaccines. The governor dubbed the proposal "FEMA camps" and said the state just needs more doses, not to help with distribution.
The Biden administration shot back Monday, noting that 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines had been delivered but that 1.54 million had been administered in Florida. State officials contend that 907,000 doses are being held in reserve, targeted for "second doses." Both vaccines require two doses to be effective.
Also, despite a requirement that hospitals, county health departments and pharmacies update vaccination information daily, DeSantis has repeatedly said there's a lag in the data.
The federal government gave emergency authorization for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in December.
Rivkees and Agency for Health Care Administration Deputy Secretary Molly McKinstry, who was also on Tuesday's phone call, warned hospitals against using any second-dose vaccines that have been delivered for first-dose vaccinations. Doing so, McKinstry said, could result in a shortfall of second doses.
"There is not a second dose allocation if a second dose is inappropriately used as a first dose," she said. "That does create a gap."


A lot of people are concerned about losing their balance and have a fear of falling. So, what can we do to improve our balance? Let's start with some basic exercises in standing.
Stand in front of a counter top or other stable surface. Gently place your hands on the counter top for safety. Lift one foot off of the floor so you are standing on one leg. Don't rest the lifted leg on the standing leg, just let hang relaxed in the air. You can lift your hands off of the counter, but it's there if you need it to steady yourself. See if you can balance on one leg for 30-60 seconds.You may feel your ankle or hip wobble a bit, but that's fine….you are actually training the nerve endings (proprioceptors) in your feet, ankles, knees and hips how to adjust to maintain your balance. Don't look down at the floor; instead, keep your head up and look staight ahead. Hold for 30-60 seconds. Stop. Repeat on the other leg.
Once you are able to maintain your balance on one leg for a duration of 30-60 seconds and it feels easy, place a small pillow under your standing foot. This adds a "perturbation" into the challenge of balance, because now your standing surface is less stable. As a result, the nerve endings have to work harder to adjust to the changing environment (neuroplasticity). Hold for 30-60 seconds. Stop. Repeat on the other leg. Once this is easy, add another pillow under the standing (supporting) leg. This further decreases the stability of your standing surfaces and gives more information to your nervous system about balance.
If you choose to further challenge your balance, you will need a partner. Stand with both feet on the floor and have your partner gently push you. Be nice to each other! The purpose is not to knock each other over, but to gently perturb your partner's standing balance. Try pushing from different angles and directions. This gives your partner different messages into their nervous system for the purpose further challenging and fine tuning their sense of balance.
If you currently have balance issues, a neurological condition, a history of falls or osteoporosis, don't attempt these exercises. Consult with a licensed physical therapist or Certified Feldenkrais(R) Practitioner for assistance.
Here is Giovanni practicing his balance, perturbations and neuroplasticity while his buddy Bruno offers encouragement. Giovanni was unable to stand or walk after being diagnosed with a neurological disorder. After 6 weeks of balance training, Giovanni was standing, walking, running and even jumping on the bed, much to his delight!
From fear of falling to fearless falling.
Most of us are afraid of falling, especially as we get older. Why is that? Of course, we don't want to get hurt, and many of us either know someone or have heard of someone falling and experiencing long term injuries. But it doesn't have to be that way.
As babies and small children, we lived, played and crawled on the floor. As we grew, we continued to frequently get down on the floor. The occasional spills we experienced were no big deal, and we would bounce back up and be off on our next adventure. But as adults, we keep ourselves upright. We stand, walk, sit in chairs and lose our intimate relationship with the ground. As a result, we develop a fear and distrust of the ground, of our ability to fall safely (yes, there is such a thing) and gracefully get back up.
My last hiking trip to the mountains included maneuvering through glacier fields. It was a challenge going up, and in the back of my mind I was a little concerned about the trip down, knowing that it would be a slippery descent. I, myself, have never been a huge fan of falling and used to avoid it at all costs. Oh, well. I was already pretty far up the trail, so I knew I would have to figure a way to get down.
It was interesting to observe some of the other hikers and the strategies that they were choosing to get down the mountain. One group of teenagers took a running start and then slid down the glaciers as if they were skiing on their sneakers. An interesting technique, considering the huge rocks, large trees, sharp drops into the canyon as well as the fact that most of them were carrying large, pointed sticks for balance. I envisioned a few trips to the ER.
One woman chose to walk behind her husband, holding onto his waist for support. She was bent forward with her center of gravity behind her base of support, staring at the ground, tentatively and cautiously placing her foot on the snow with each shaky step. I watched her fall twice, once with her husband hanging on to her arm. I was more concerned about him dislocating her shoulder as he tried to "help" her than her injuring herself with the fall. Another family had 2 small girls that looked terrified as their Dad tied a rope around their waists. Yikes! What if Dad was the one to fall and take the little ones down with him?
Without even thinking, I found my strategy. I set my weight down into my pelvis, lowered my center of gravity directly over my base of support, kept my upper body flexible and shifted my weight side to side. I quickly and confidently scampered down the mountain. Even if I did fall, I intuitively knew that I would not get hurt. My center of gravity was so low and close to the ground that I didn't have far to fall. Of course, I have the advantage of having studied a martial art where we learn how to fall. I also have the advantage of spending a great deal of time on the floor with my Feldenkrais practice. As a result, I am no longer afraid of falling, and am able to trust my instincts to know how to land without getting hurt.
The physical therapist, Feldenkrais practitioner, teacher and ultimate caretaker in me was tempted to teach the other hikers how to safely get down the mountain. But the truth is, we all fall; literally and figuratively. Life often pulls the rug out from underneath us and we go tumbling down. It's up to each one of us to develop a strategy that not only allows us to fall safely, but also to be able to get back up again. We can hold onto someone else, and hope that they can support us as we fall, without causing more damage than the actual fall itself. We can tie ourselves to someone else, and hope that they themselves don't fall and take us crashing down with them. We can throw ourselves down a slippery slope littered with dangerous obstacles and hope for the best, and that somehow we will survive. Or, we can figure out a safe way to fall, take care of ourselves, and get back up again.
Recently someone asked me "Who catches you when you fall?" My answer was immediate and honest: "No one. I learned how to fall so I don't get hurt".
Sense of smell. How neuroplasticity saved the day.
A few weeks ago I was hiking in the mountains with my husband. I was in a terrible mood. I was irritable, sad, depressed and feeling sorry for myself. It was Father's Day, and the first Father's Day without my Dad. This was only 6 short weeks after going through the first Mother's Day without my Mom. Trying to hide my bad mood, I did what I do best….I put my head down and stubbornly forged ahead, placing one foot in front of the other and forced myself up the mountain, oblivious to the spectacular scenery around me.
After about an hour we stopped to rest. The wind shifted, and I caught the indescribable fragrance of clean mountain air, pine trees, melting snow and damp earth. As I stood there soaking in that incredible smell, my mood immediately began to shift. My spirits rose dramatically. The heavy burden of grief, sadness and self-pity melted away as effectively as the sun was melting the snow. I felt myself smiling. I was suddenly aware of the sensation of the cool air against my skin and the sun on my face. I heard the birds singing, the wind in the trees, and the sound of running water. I couldn't get enough of the breathtaking scenery. All of my senses were acutely awakened and I was enjoying a truly embodied somatosensory experience. So, what happened? What drastically changed my mood and saved the day?
I got my love of the mountains and the snow from my father. I got my incomparable stubbornness and sharp wit from my mother. The smell of the mountain air triggered a flood of emotional memory stored deep in my brain in an area called the amygdala. Emotional memories are usually associated with traumatic and/or negative experiences, and unfortunately they get all the attention. But, positive experiences and happy memories are stored as well. The smell of the mountain air filled me with the memory of the many ski trips growing up, the smell of our fresh-cut Christmas trees, the smell of the trees in our yard after a storm, the visits my parents made out West to visit us, the hiking and even horseback riding expeditions we had (especially fun because my Mom was more of an indoor girl, but she sure was adventurous)! It was not the specifics of "Oh, I remember that", but more the "felt sense" and the feelings of happiness related to all of those experiences that went through me at lightening speed that day.
The plasticity (flexibility) of my nervous system did a huge favor for me that afternoon. It was able to automatically switch from my cognitive ruminations to my emotional brain and as a result to fully embrace the pleasure of being in the moment on that mountain and the life long journey (and the parents) that got me there. What a gift!
The point is, we all go through difficult times, but we also have joyful memories that we may not fully appreciate, especially during the tough times. But your brain remembers. Trust the intelligence of your nervous system to help bring these positive and nurturing emotional memories to you, especially when you need them most.
So….why Pilates and how can it help you?
1) The Pilates reformer provides a supportive environment which is very important for people who are recovering from injury, surgery, trauma, or are deconditioned (out of shape). Springs provide resistance (instead of weights) which more accurately simulates natural muscle activity. The springs also provide assistance for you in the early stages of physical rehabilitation.
2) The reformer provides immediate feedback to the client in a partial weight bearing position to allow for postural corrections and healthy movement patterns to develop. Clients experience changes in their movement patterns in a stable environment, without trying to fight their habits in full weight bearing against gravity.
3) The stable and secure environment of the reformer combined with the skills of an experienced and knowledgeable therapist makes it safe for people with chronic conditions including injuries and illnesses to participate. Pilates promotes and supports functional movement such as walking, standing, and balance.
4) There is a natural progression from rehabilitation to strengthening and conditioning. Using the reformer bridges the gap between passive movement and resistive movement, which is often a missing element in traditional rehab programs. Pilates helps you progress through a continuum of gravity eliminated movement and movement against gravity.
5) The positive psychological benefits are frequently overlooked and not addressed in the clinical setting. They include (but are not limited to) increased self confidence, increased body awareness and improved self image. Pilates helps people get "out of their heads and into their bodies" by truly embracing the mind-body connection. There is also something incredibly comforting about the rhythm of the reformer and the ability to move against light resistance for someone who has been injured or deconditioned.
So…..that's what Pilates based rehabilitation can do for you!