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Usually, the third and fourth passengers in the same cabin of a cruise ship get a discount, or at worse, they are accessed the same price as the first two guests. That is why I am surprised to see for some Princess cruises, it actually costs the SAME as getting 2 separate cabins versus 3 people in one stateroom.
For example, the 5/11/2015 11 night Baltic sailing on the Regal Princess out of Copenhagen, the balcony is $1198/pp for 2.
For single occupancy, the balcony is $2396 (which is 2 * $1198).
So the total for 3 people in 2 cabins is: $1198 * 2 + $2396 = $4792.
And now, if I switch the number of guests to 2, the price jumps to $1,398/pp, and the third passenger is $1,498/pp. That is a phenomenon I have never seen before- the third guest rate HIGHER than the first two in the same room. The total is now $4292.
So okay not quite as much as 2 separate balcony cabins, but let's take a look at the inside pricing. Two people = 2* $1098, + single ($2195.40) = $4391.40 for 2 interiors totaling 3 guests.
If you are trying to fit 3 passengers into one interior stateroom, however, the price for the first two jumps to $1599 (more than balcony), and guest 3 is $1074. The total is now $4272, which is only $100 less than 2 separate cabins.
The discrepancy gets really bad as you change to 4 people in cabin:
That is total for $6694 ($1898 * 2 + $1449 * 2) for 4 in one single balcony cabin, versus $4392 for 2 separate cabins. So it costs $2302 more to stay in the same stateroom for 4 versus 2 separate ones holding 2 guests each. WOW.
It is likely that Princess Cruises is trying to sell as many cabins ASAP and is not as worried about the number of total guests on the ship. Unfortunately this strategy may backfire because it dissuades traveling families who want/need to be in the same cabin, resulting in them booking with another company offering a similar itinerary/dates. For most other cruise lines, the first and second person rates do not rise when you add 3rd/4th guests, and certainly the total cost would be significantly cheaper than 2 separate staterooms, not similar or more expensive in this case.


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Jerry is a trial attorney who specializes in civil and commercial litigation, trucking and high-end dissolutions. He provides a level of confidence that comes from over forty years of experience in state and federal courtrooms. He is a strategic and experienced trial attorney who aggressively pursues what is in the best interests of his clients. The courtroom is often considered his second home due to his understanding of the process and comfort in front of the bench.
He represents trucking and transportation companies and their insurers on a regular basis and advises on accidents in Iowa and the midwest, accident reports, negotiations, settlements and trial if necessary. He is active in the Transportation Practice Group of ALFA International, a collective of over 150 law firms across the globe.
Jerry represents high-net worth individuals, executives and business owners in dissolution of marriage and related matters. He understands the complexity involved in such matters and works diligently with the client to secure a just result.
Notable Work
- Represented Estate of Brandon Ellingson vs. State of Missouri in a federal civil lawsuit settled for $9 million dollars.
- Successfully defended many financial institutions and corporations to verdict involving large damage claims including Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, and Martin Marietta Materials and others.
- Chair, Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. ALFA Committee, 2006-2016
- Member Attorney, Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., 1982—present
- Associate Attorney, Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., 1978—1982
- Judicial Clerk, Scott County District Court, 1973
- Judge Advocate and Captain, Certified Trial and Defense Counsel, U.S. Air Force, 1974—1978
- Financial Committee, City of Clive, Iowa
Activities and Affiliations
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
- ALFA International (sole Iowa member of Transportation Law Practice Group Steering Committee)
- American Inns of Court (Bencher: Blackstone Inn of Court, President 2013—2015)
- DRI, Voice of the Defense Bar (Iowa Liaison: Commercial Litigation Committee, 2000—2003)
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association
- Iowa State Bar Association (Sections: Business Law; Family & Juvenile Law; Litigation; Bench Bar Committee; Pro Se Litigation Task Force)
- Polk County Bar Association
- ALFA International Transportation Practice Group Seminar, April 2019
- Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Seminar, February 2019
- American College of Trial Lawyers Iowa Fellows Meeting, August 2018
- Iowa State Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, May 2018
- ALFA International Transportation Practice Group Seminar, April 2018
- Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Seminar, February 2018
- Iowa State Bar Association Federal Practice Seminar, December 2017
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association 53rd Annual Meeting and Seminar, September 2017
- Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Seminar, February 2017
- American College of Trial Lawyers Iowa Fellows Meeting, August 2016
- Iowa State Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, May 2016
- Iowa State Bar Association, Federal Practice Seminar, December 2015
- ALFA International Annual Business Meeting and Women's Initiative Program, October 2015
- American College of Trial Lawyers Iowa Fellows Meeting, August 2015
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- 08.16.2019
- 07.12.2019
- 04.02.2019
- 08.17.2018
- 07.12.2018
- 11.17.2016
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- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project: recognized for 50 or more pro bono work hours in 2015—2016
- Selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America as a top-ranked attorney in Commercial Litigation (2017-2020), and Litigation-Banking & Finance (2014—2020)
- Selected for inclusion in the Great Plains Super Lawyers in the field of Family Law (2009—2019)
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- Co-presenter, "Practice Pointers: Trial of Complex Dissolution of Marriage Actions," Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers 52nd Annual Seminar, February 2014
- Presenter, "You Won't Believe What You Can Find on the Internet!" Iowa State Bar Association Bench Bar Conference
- Frequent presenter at CLE seminars sponsored by the Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Defense Counsel Association, National Business Institute, University of Iowa College of Law, & Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C.
- Adjunct Professor, "Constitutional Law," Park University, Kansas City, Missouri
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2019 Queen of Ice
"Queen of Ice" is a majestic collection that explores the strength and sophistication of women. A woman faced with challenges can choose to rise above it, growing more powerful each time. Some of the details that are emphasized in this collection reflect a grander version of ourselves, which we can find and honor in each of us. May we all embrace the opportunity to be brave, confident, and leaders in the power of true beauty.


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You have no idea how hard I'm trying not to follow that up with "it's me".
I'm Leslie and I'm a copywriter. I think I can design a little, too—"think" being the operative word.
I studied Mass Communications for my undergrad, thinking I was going to be a missionary. Well, we all know how that turned out. After graduating I went to Miami Ad School in pursuit of a different career. I worked 1.5 years at AKQA, my first gig in the industry, writing for brands like Nike and Verizon. I regularly contribute to Create, Adobe's design magazine, as a freelance writer.
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Murder of Ex-PDP Chairman's Son: Why court released pregnant 'killer wife' on bail
Maryam and her hubby when the going was good
An Abuja High Court sitting at Jabi, on Wednesday, granted bail to Maryam Sanda who was remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to death.
Maryam Sanda reportedly stabbed her husband, Bilyamin Bello, to death Trial Justice Yusuf Halilu who had on three previous occasions, dismissed applications that sought to release the defendant from prison pending the determination of the murder charge against her, said he was persuaded by fresh facts that emerged in the case, to change his mind.
The judge predicated his decision on a medical report he said indicated that Maryam had a critical health challenge that could not be effectively handled by the prison authorities.
Justice Halilu said the court was satisfied that the defendant was not only pregnant, but also asthmatic.
He noted that the Nigerian Police Force which is prosecuting the case was unable to disprove the claim that facilities inside the prison could not take care of Maryam's health challenges. Consequently, the court ordered the defendant to provide two sureties who it said must deposit the title deed of their landed properties in Abuja.
The court further directed that Maryam's father must enter an undertaking to always provide her in court all through the trial.
The case was subsequently adjourned till March 19 for trial. The alleged 'killer wife' had through her lawyer, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, informed the court that she was already pregnant as at the time she was docked and remanded in prison for murder.
Daudu urged the court to take pity on his client who he said would require proper medical attention at this early stage of her about three months old pregnancy.
Besides, Daudu, SAN, said he had raised objections against the competence of the charge which he said ought to have been commenced with a First Information Report, (FIR), as envisaged under the Penal Code.
The defence lawyer further contended that the Nigerian Police Force failed to secure the consent of the Director of Public Prosecution, (DPP), before it filed the charge.
However, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. James Idachaba, opposed Maryam's bail request, insisting there was insufficient evidence before the court to prove that the defendant was indeed pregnant. Justice Halilu had in a ruling on February 7, dismissed the bail request which he said amounted to an abuse of court of process since the defendant had gone before the Court of Appeal to challenge a previous ruling that refused her bail.
Justice Halilu noted that the defendant did not withdraw her pending notice of appeal before re-approaching the trial court to grant her the same relief.
The judge held that it would amount to toeing "a path of destruction" to decide the new application on its merit when an appeal bordering on the same subject matter was still pending before the appellate court.
It will be recalled that the court had on Decemeber 14, 2017, also rejected plea for the defendant who is nursing a six-month old baby girl, to be released from Suleja prison on bail.
Maryam was remanded in prison custody on November 24, 2017, after she was arraigned on a two-count charge of culpable homicide punishable by death under section 221 of the Penal Code Law.
In the charge marked CR/15/17 which Police filed pursuant to section 109(d) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, Maryam was accused of stabbing her husband to death with a broken bottle on November 19 at their Abuja residence.
The prosecution told the court that Bilyamin died as a result of several stabs on his chest and neck. Police maintained that the defendant attacked her husband with the knowledge that her act was likely to cause his death.
She was equally charged with the offence of "causing grievious hurt", contrary to section 247 of the Penal Code Law.
The late Bilyaminu who is a real estate developer, was the son of ex-PDP Chairman, Mr. Mohammed Bello Haliru. However, Maryam pleaded not giulty to the charge, even as she begged the court shortly after her arraignment to release her on bail pending the trial, a request that was refused.
Police later amended the charge and added Maryam's mother, Maimuna Aliyu, her brother, Aliyu Sanda and one Sadiya Aminu, as co-defendant in the matter.
The prosecution alleged that Maryam's family members attempted to destroy evidence that linked her to the murder. It alleged that upon realizing that an offence of culpable homicide was committed, the other defendants,"did caused evidence of the offence to dissappear".
It said the other defendants had carefully cleaned the blood from the scene of the crime with the intention of screening the 1st defendant, Maryam from legal punishment.
According to the prosecution, the three persons involved in the scrubbing-off of murdered Bilyamin's blood, by their action, committed an offence punishable under section 167 of the Penal Code Law. The court granted Maryam's co-defendants bail after they produced two sureties each and surrendered their all their travelling documents.


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It's been over a year since Jared Groneman took off for Vietnam to be the director of photography on The 2 Sides Project documentary. Jared captured everything he saw, from the dramatic meetings between sons and daughters who lost fathers on both sides of war to the jolting bus rides through city streets to the tiniest of bees pollinating a flower. As he gets ready for the film's premiere at the GI Film Festival in May, Jared reflects on his experiences in Vietnam, and what he hopes people see in the film. (All photos courtesy Jared Groneman)
What did you think when you saw the first cut of the film?
For a while, a lot of the trip kind of disappeared into the background because Nora, the editor and writer, was so deep into developing it. Once I saw the first cut, I got to experience it all over again. It was so refreshing!
Is this your first feature length film?
Yes. I haven't done anything this long before. It was such a crazy experience, so quick and fast and intense. I just didn't want to screw up. Anyone can throw a GoPro up on the back of a bus and let it roll. That's footage. I was trying to feel my way through the trip. I wanted to get the shot, but also get the right context. I wanted to capture as much of the experience as possible.
Do you have a favorite shot?
Don't make me pick one! I love the shots we got hanging out of the bus in the cities, all the scooters.
You filmed a lot of nature, too, didn't you?
I do that all the time. On any shoot, I seek out the birds and the wildlife. Anthony, the director, will sometimes look at my shots and say "what the heck are you doing?!" But I'm really attracted to wildlife. It might be because I stare at a computer screen all day. I'm interacting with things in a digital environment all the time, and I like to detach and connect with the real world. I love nature. It gives me some balance. We recently bought a house and moved away from the city. We're on a half acre and it feels like the wild kingdom back there.
Are you ready for the premiere?
I'm very excited. All who have experienced the film have great things to say about it. I want to see what people disconnected from it have to say.
What's your hope for the 2 Sides Project film?
There's so much overload these days. You see tons of videos on social, and they're cute, but then they're gone from your mind. I want this to be a story that stays with you, that informs the people who watch it, to tell them there is a lot more that goes into conflict and war. There are repercussions to all we do. War is a complex subject. I hope this might ground people's vision of what happens after war ends.


text: . Half extroverted and half Introverted . 9:40 AM Bismillahirahmanirrahim, It's been a while since I posted anything here. Life is MKIC has been.... normal. Well, I'm officially 19. Feeling so old but so immature in handling my own feelings. Still can't fit in here. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends here, both classmates and housemates its just that I don't feel comfortable sharing my problems with anyone here. At first I thought I can share with kitty (not real name), but then to her I'm just another friend who'd only be with her when they have problems. Well I'm not, because she meant so much to me, but she preferred someone else's company. So I decided that I don't want to share to her anymore, sebab ana tak nak jadi kawan yg cari kawan bila dia susah ja. Gosh, it's so hard when feelings matter so much to you. Zaman sekolah dulu tak da orang nak heran kalau sapa sakitkan hati sapa. Sejak membesar ni makin sensitif pulak.Orang gurau sikit dah terasa menusuk kalbu, betapa rapuh nya diri ku ini Ya Allah. I guess I get hurt to what people say because I'm the kind of person who mean everything I say. I'd never make a joke out of anything. So, extrovert. Yes I'm an extrovert. I'm a people person. I mingle. I talk to everyone. I socialize online. like I blog. I pour out my heart's desire here. I take part in almost everything. I lead and follow. Physically I'm an extrovert. Emotionally , I'm an introvert. I have an ego bigger than a guy's. I take everything at heart. I can't fit in emotionally. I can't trust people easily. When I love I love hard, but I'm ignorant sometimes. Constantly having a war in my mind. Ya Allah kuatkanlah hati hamba Mu ini. I need to be strong for You. I can't be so dependent on human because they always break my heart while You mend it. Malu nya aku dengan Mu Ya Allah.


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Shroom Punk'd Labs
At Shroom we love to explore concepts and keep our little grey cells busy. Information is not the currency, it is what you do with it.
Here's some stuff that is keeping our minds buzzing...
Here's some stuff that is keeping our minds buzzing...
- Africa mobile tech / net - much hyped as the last great territory to get in on the digital revolution. From PC Cape Verde to war-ravaged Somalia. How is digital affecting the continent. Liberia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa. There are many inspirational digital developments here, and many situations into which there may be digital solutions. Much speculation as to how things will roll out. Monitoring Africa and researching/investigating its digital developments is truly fascinating.
- City Badges for community do-gooders: a simple concept being developed in Brighton could have mileage. Civic gestures of kindness/helpfulness/ community spirit would result in those responsible getting a city badge, and perhaps having first dibs on city organized events (tickets for arts festivals, events, ceremonies etc). Example: local volunteers maintaining city park are recognized and awarded with badge and the status that accompanies that. How could we apply this concept digitally and integrate it into councils for minimal cost during these austere times?
- Code in Schools - we are working on getting code on the curriculum in schools in Brighton. Have a Raspberry Pi, done the course at Decoded.co and have got Google to come in to a school (unofficially) to judge competitions. The aim is to empower young people to get designing and thinking about digital applications and their fusion with the modern world.
- 3D Printing - the biggest thing since the steam train or not? Every week more and more things are being made by 3D printers... from cars to artificial body parts.
- What does it mean to be British in the more obscure British Territories in 2012. As this is out British Jubilee and Olympic year, what does it mean to live in South Georgia, Montserrat and those other unusual islands that pepper the globe but have UK sovereignty etc. How British do these residents feel? How much status as a British semi-citizen do you have? What relationship does the UK have with you as a territory and as a subject? Go figure...
- Specifically flip-flops and plastic damage in oceans. The amount of plastic in our oceans is a travesty. Flip-flops allegedly amount to a size-able amount of this rubbish (Indian Ocean documentary BBC2). Local communities in East Africa are making toys and craft- mobiles out of them. What are Havaiana doing about this? What can be done to curb the plastic jettisoned into our oceans? Could tie in with Trade vs Aid discussions. Can we source beach clean up campaigns, developing nation crafts from this rubbish? How do we effect change here?
- Internet Trolls and cyber bullying: Democratization of the internet: we are now encouraged to socialize electronically, and comment under articles... is this a good or bad thing? YouTube trolls, internet bullying, outright falsehoods and lies being printed by unqualified sources. Celebrities and regular people being targeted. When was the last time you read a comment under a youtube vid that inspired? What is the best way to curb this inane behaviour - the malicious or often idiotic comment posted in these spaces. The Guardian (it is argued) has gone too far embracing social media generated comment and news, spending big budgets on this, but to what end as they lose money, and who really wants to read 30 (often) inane posts about news stories.
- Save the music industry (!) New models for music industry: Big brands become the new record labels, signing artists exclusively, and using their marketing might to sell their musical products.
- Artificial Intelligence. The recent Economist (June 2) has a piece on robots knowing right from wrong and their application in war and medicine. At Shroom we have been working with Google on their latest exhibition at the Science Museum, London, next level communications with artificial intelligence. All fascinating. Artificial Intelligence is here. Lets get busy.


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The number one question asked to me upon finding out that I enjoy long-distance hiking is "how can you afford to do that?!" Similarly, "you must be independently wealthy!" is a common followup. The truth of the matter is if you find your passion, most of the time there is so much behind-the-scenes hard work involved in making your dream a reality that many people often don't see your struggle to reach your goal. This post is brought to you by hard work, folks!
When I had decided I wanted to attempt a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2012 it was July 2011. I had a vague notion I'd want to thru hike one day, but I made a firm decision in July and immediately began planning. When you plan for a long-distance hike there is a lot of research involved and the thing I noticed in many failed thru hike attempts was running out of money. This was back in the days before everyone and their brother ran a GoFundMe. I knew immediately that if I wanted to up my chances of finishing a 2200-mile hike I would need to prepare financially.
Saving money has never been hard for me. I grew up in a family where if we wanted something, we saved up for it. I bought my own cell phone and plan in the early 2000s from part job after school jobs. I bought my first laptop computer when I was 17 through the same hard work. Keep in mind these were the days when laptops were $1500 and cell phone plans were only 200 minutes a month with no text messaging options! I've always been a saver, so this task wasn't hard for me at all. Although, as an adult with a home mortgage and a fairly brand new car recently purchased, saving money wasn't as easy as it was in my teenage years! The first thing I would need to do is supplement my income with a second job.
In 2011 I took a job with a temp agency. The agency I was with specialized only in medical offices, my area of training. I worked part time at night from home as my regular job, so that left me free for day shift jobs. In the medical field I quickly found fairly regular work as a temp from 7:30-5 p.m. and still had time for my regular job. Some weeks found me working as many as 65 hours, but I was okay with this as all that money from temp work was going into my savings and my trail fund. By the time I left in 2012 I had expanded my network in the healthcare field and saved some money to thru hike.
The same methodology applied to my summer 2015 thru hikes. Although the medical field in Syracuse was much smaller, I had to get more creative. I worked an early morning shift at FedEx and then worked a normal 8-5 job like any other person. While doing these shifts I often found myself working 70-hour weeks in the Christmas season, but the result was still the same - I was able to funnel the extra cash into my savings for thru hiking. For months I was often tired and I wasn't the most social person, but the end result allowed me to take off an entire summer to live my dreams. I am personally not a fan of the GoFundMe campaigns for people to take the time to do a thru hike. If you want to take the time off from life to do a hike, you should be willing to work just as hard for it as you would any other dream! Kickstarters, however, are different. If you're a filmmaker or a writer I find this a viable option for production costs. I have nothing against people who do use GoFundMe for trips, I have just found it's not something I could see myself doing for a trip I've chosen to do.
Once again I've found myself back in the real world dreaming of my next adventure. While my new job as a backpacking guide will help me live out my passion on a smaller scale for the next several months, I know that if I want to get back out and take a season away from my adulting hard work and little free time will be the key. How did you save for your adventuring? I'd love to hear some of the methods you use! Please leave me a comment or connect with me on Facebook!


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Carillon Beach
Carillon Beach is a gated, gulf front village on the west end of Bay County, just east of the Walton County line and Phillips Inlet bridge over Lake Powell. The 104 acre beach neighborhood includes over 4000 gulf front feet along the sugar soft sand of the Gulf of Mexico. The pace of life at Carillon Beach is as serene and peaceful as you want it to be.
The gracious homes of Carillon Beach reflect the southern gulf coast and creole style of architecture. Carillon Beach also features its own Lake Carillon, three swimming pools, tennis courts, parks, a town center and meeting hall, and, of course, the 35 bell Carillon Bell Tower!
Contact Alda or Jack for your Carillion Beach home today.


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Using some 3d tools you can create really fantastic and realistic computer graphics. You can give your characters, compositions and portraits depth and life. I really love computer graphics (CG) 3d art and it seems fun to recreate things from real life on a computer.
Today i have collected 26 amazing realistic 3d computer graphics. This list includes breathtaking realistic CG portraits, amazing CG compositions and realistic CG characters. I hope you will like and enjoy these and do share which one you like.


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248: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – #METOO – Rick Clemons
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The #METOO movement is everywhere we look. It's a sign that shit is coming out of the closet that needs to come out. Women have had it. From #PUSSYPOWER to #BLACKLIVESMATTER there's a whole lot of #METOO going on. So what about you…what happens when you finally say #METOO? That's what's on my mind this week.


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The Background of Lin-Manuel Miranda
It is a well-known fact that Lin-Manuel Miranda comes from Puerto Rico. His father, Luis Miranda, left his motherland at the age of 19 for New York. Years passed and his son went to one of New York's school being and feeling like a Latino.
He was proud of sharing his Puerto-Rican culture with his peers. Miranda would bring food and things the rest of the children didn't hear about. This is when he felt how important your background is. However, the most important part about that is never forget where you are from. You are either a guy from a minority culture who becomes a part of the community or you are a proud Latino who stands out from the crowd. He has definitely chosen the latter.
The personage of Alexander Hamilton was not a random choice. Miranda's interest to Hamilton was ignited not only because of his achievements but his origin as well. In one of the interviews Lin-Manuel Miranda said: "When I realized he (A. Hamilton) came from the Caribbean I said I know this guy. He is you, he is the taxi driver who became a congressman, he is a version of the story we know". Saying that, he meant his father (Luis Miranda was a director of Hispanic Affairs, later on he held other influential offices).
Lin-Manuel Miranda knew how it felt to be an immigrant. He consummately transmitted the strength of character Alexander Hamilton possessed. It helped him build a new country where cultural diversity became a foundation for the USA.


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I am just sitting here dreaming of my toes in the sand and the sun on my face. I thought I would turn those dreams into these heavenly Key Lime Cookies.
I love these cake mix cookies because not only are they super simple but they take only minutes to make!
I stir the boxed mix with coconut oil, egg, and some yummy white chocolate chips. Mmm….
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I.Glenn Cohen is professor of law at Harvard Law School and director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics.
Cohen was the youngest professor on the faculty at Harvard Law School both when he joined the faculty in 2008 (at age 29) and when he was tenured as a full professor in 2013 (at age 34). Previously, Cohen was a law clerk to Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as a lawyer for U.S. Department of Justice, civil division, appellate staff.
Cohen is the author of more than 70 articles and chapters in major legal, medical, and public health journals, as well as op-eds in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He is the editor of The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues, the co-editor of Human Subjects Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future, along with Holly Lynch and the author of Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics.
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After years of persuading consumers to carry monogrammed luggage and wear luxury clothing, Louis Vuitton is shifting its focus - albeit not entirely - to fragrance. In September, the label, owned by French conglomerate LVMH, will begin stocking its 473 stores with seven perfumes, each costing $240. Vuitton has sold fragrances before: An attempt in the 1940s was discontinued and soon forgotten. But this time the trunk maker has developed the range itself, hiring a master perfumer and setting up a fragrance laboratory in France's lavender-rich Provence region, and has tapped actress Lea Seydoux to front its first campaign.
It's a timely move, as sales of $3,000 handbags and $20,000 watches are seeing a larger sense of stagnation. China's cooling economy and a spate of terror attacks around the world have some analysts bracing for the sector's second-weakest year since 2009. Beauty rivals also are adding exclusive fragrances: L'Oreal last month agreed to buy France's Atelier Cologne, a maker of $185 concoctions sold in high-end retailers like Harrods. Estee Lauder and Puig have also acquired niche perfumers in the past year as they outperform run-of-the-mill variants.
"At a time when luxury brand competition is so intense, you want to have something else to draw that aspirational shopper into the store," said MainFirst Bank AG analyst John Guy. He estimates the perfumes could add more than 450 million euros ($496 million) of annual revenue in the next few years.
Per Glossy, the fragrances were developed at Louis Vutton's new headquarters in Grasse, France, following the company's 2013 purchase of Les Fountaines Parfumees, a perfumery with more than 350 types of plants and flowers. Michael Burke, Louis Vuiton's chairman chief executive, told The New York Times that the five year lag between Cavallier-Belletrud's appointment and the launch of the products was to take the time to avoid the pitfall of modern fragrances that are "far too mass and too marketed, lacking in personality." In an effort to avoid this, the perfumes will be available only in Louis Vuitton stores.


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Brief Reports
Indian Pediatrics 2002; 39:747-752
Clinical Characterstics and Outcome of Children and Adolescents with Conversion Disorder
Prahbhjot Malhi Pratibha Singhi
Conversion disorder is a loss or alteration in sensory or voluntary motor function that cannot be fully explained by known pathophysiological mechanisms. In addition, the symptoms must be closely associated with a significant psychosocial stressor(1). Conversion disorder excludes symptoms that can be fully explained by a general medical condition, substance abuse or culturally sanctioned behavior. Presenting symptoms are unintentional and may resemble a neurological dysfunction including paralysis, tremors, gait disturbances and pseudo-seizures(2-4). These symptoms may cause more distress among parents and clinicians than to the patient, also referred to as la belle indifference(5).
Taylor(6) has postulated that the child with a conversion disorder is faced with an inescapable, intolerable predicament and relief is provided in the form of an illness. The illness is promoted by an ally, either parents or physicians. In addition, the child must have adequate social skills in order to enact out the symptoms which correspond more to the child's idea of the physician's conceptions of physical illness. Maisami and Freeman(7) have argued that conversion reactions in children are a form of body language, which represents the child's plea for help in situations where the child is unable to cope.
Conversion disorder among children is a relatively rare condition in the developed countries(8) but several epidemiological and clinical studies conducted in India have found the condition to be very common(9,10) with a prevalence rate as high as 31% among inpatients admitted to Psychiatry department(11). Conversion disorder is more common in girls than boys(2,3,10).
The diagnosis of conversion disorder in children is at times difficult as well as risky. A major pitfall is the high incidence of organic disorders that are subsequently diagnosed which in retrospect can explain the initial symptoms. The incidence of previous medically identifiable illness ranges from a low of 10% to high of 60%(3,12). Atypical presentations of uncommon neurological disease may also be wrongly labelled as conversion disorder. Another diagnostic problem is one in which there is a true organic disorder involving the same organ as part of the body in which there is a superimposed conversion reaction. Even when the diagnosis is made, parents, families and the child may disbelieve it and actively resist psychological treatment approaches.
Given the nature of the disorder, it is reasonable to assume that the disorder would be common in pediatric settings. However, little is known and reported in the literature about the profile of children and adolescents seen in pediatric settings. Keeping this in view, the aim of the present study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome in children with conversion disorder.
Subjects and Methods
All children with a clinical diagnosis of conversion disorder referred to the Psychology Services of the Department of Pediatrics at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research during a one-year period (May 2000 to April 2001) were recruited for the study. A detailed clinical examination including neurological evaluation was done by a pediatrician. In addition, appropriate investigations including EEG, CT Scans were performed to rule out any underlying organic etiology. Two children with a chronic illness were excluded. Detailed psychosocial evaluation of the children was done by a child psychologist. This involved eliciting a detailed history of recent interpersonal problems with school, teachers, peers, siblings and parents, a possible temporal relationship between a specific stressor and onset of symptoms, existence of a symptom role model, symbolic meaning of the symptoms for the child, secondary gain from the symptoms and assessing the child's concern for the symptoms.
Sixteen children meeting the diagnosis of conversion disorder as per the DSM (IV) criteria(1) were recruited in the study. The children were jointly managed by the two authors (a pediatrician and a child psychologist) in the Department of Pediatrics. The treatment and management of children with conversion disorder generally followed the approach highlighted by previous authors(7,13-14). This involved (i) shifting the focus of the parents from an organic to a psychosocial explanation of the symptom; (ii) encouraging the child and parents to resume normal activities; (iii) ignoring or discouraging sick role behavior and positively reinforcing coping and return to healthy behavior; and (iv) using problem solving coping techniques to tackle child's difficulties and family counseling for enhancing parental competence to tackle problems and family crisis resolution. The outcome of treatment was determined by the presence or absence of the original symptoms and clinician's impression regarding the parents and child's insight into the etiology of the problem and its manifestation. All children were followed upto a period of 3 to 6 months after the initial diagnosis was made.
The mean age at presentation was 11 years with a range of 8.2 to 14.6 years. Only 2 children were younger than 9 years and none below 8 years. The female: male ratio was 1:1.6. Most children were from urban areas (62.5%) and were living in nuclear families. The mean socio-economic index was 3.4 which indicates a low middle class family with an average monthly income of Rs. 5950. Education among parents was low and mothers and fathers had on an average completed 6.6 and 9.8 years of schooling, respectively. Children were generally from large families and had on an average 2.27 siblings (range of 1 to 5) with 1.9 sisters and 1.3 brothers.
Pseudoseizures were the most common presenting symptom present in 10 of the 16 children. Atypical pseudoseizure was characterized by the child complaining of giddiness followed by a fall on the ground and irregular bizarre movements of the limbs for a duration of 3 to 5 minutes. The child would then recover and resume normal activity. Usually the child would have several attacks in a day. Besides pseudoseizures these children also complained of other somatic symptoms including headache, weakness, giddiness, and abdominal pain. Other conversion symptoms included fainting spells (4 children), weakness of legs accompanied by bizarre gait characterized by non rhythmic gait with instability not confirming to any neurological abnormal pattern (1 child) and asphasia (1 child). Majority were incapacitated by their symptoms and were either not attending school (n = 8) or attending school intermittently (n = 6).
Thirteen families reported significant and multiple psychosocial stresses. Among the stresses the most common were school difficulties and pressure from parents to excel academically. Family related stress was also common. Four families reported serious marital discord, tension and conflict at home; physical abuse of mother and child were reported by two families and abuse of alcohol by father by one family. Sibling rivalry and lack of affection and attention at home was admitted by two children. Recent financial stress due to either loss of job, losses in business or legal battles were reported by the families of three children.
A role model was reported by 6 (37.5%) children. For example, two children had witnessed a seizure of a classmate at school, and one child's father had suffered a paralytic stroke and was confined to bed. Five (31.3%) children were not concerned about their symptoms although their parents and relatives were extremely distressed.
Regarding duration of illness, 4 children had their symptoms for more than 3 months but less than 6 months, 6 children for more than a year and 4 for less than three months. Before being referred for psychosocial evaluation with a diagnosis of conversion disorder, children had been seen by other physicians, including neurologists. All the children who had the symptoms for more than a year had been seen by several physicians and had undergone multiple clinical investigations like EEG, CT scans, X rays, blood tests. All investigations were normal and not indicative of any underlying organic condition. Some children with pseudoseizures had been started on anticonvulsant therapy with no relief in symtomatology. A pronounced feature of the parents of children with symptoms of a longer duration was anger directed at the physicians for not having treated and managed their child adequately.
Four (25%) children recovered from their symptoms within 6 weeks of the initiating of treatment and five (31.3%) had recovered within 3 months. Four (25%) families withdrew from treatment before the psychosocial problems could be completely explored and did not come for follow up. Two (12.5%) children showed some improvement in symptomatology. All children who showed improvement resumed normal activities, were attending school regularly and had shown no recurrence and there was no single instance of symptom substitution during the entire period of follow up (3 to 6 months).
Several studies reported from India have documented that children with conversion disorder form a sizeable proportion of cases seen in Child Guidance Clinics(9-11). Although ours is not a prevalence study, 4.13% of children referred to psychology services of the Department of Pediatrics of a tertiary care hospital were diagnosed with conversion disorder. It has been argued that in cultural setting, such as ours, where expression of emotional distress is generally discouraged, having a physical condition is the most acceptable means of seeking help or expressing psychological distress(11). The socio-economic and demographic character-istics of the sample were generally in agreement with other studies. All children were above 8 years and majority above 10 years. These results support previous observations that conversion disorder is rare in very young children(5). Taylor(6) argued that conversion symptoms can only be enacted by persons with adequate social skills and therefore, the diagnosis of conversion disorder in young children should be made with great care. Several studies have documented that hysterical conversion reaction is more prevalent among females than males(2-3,11). We found a slight preponderance of males in our sample. Possibly since ours is a referral center in North India, a region well known for a strong preference for sons(15), parents may be more likely to seek treatment for their sons rather than daughters(16).
Psychosocial stress among the children and families mainly related to school and family problems. Academic difficulties, school failure, pressure from parents to excel were commonly cited school problems. There was a close temporal contiguity between school exams and onset of symptoms. Conversion symptoms may allow a child with academic difficulties to avoid failure at school, with academic problems serving as both a continuous stressor as well as a perpetuating factor(17). Several studies have documented a close association between psychosocial stress and conversion symptoms. For example, Maloney(18) in a retrospective study of 105-inpatient children with a diagnosis of hysterical conversion reaction found a high frequency of recent family crisis, unresolved grief reactions and family communication problems. Srinath et al(11) reported significant stressors among 71% of children with hysterical conversion reactions in a study from India. Some of the stressors reported included punitive parent, financial difficulties, parental disorder, sibling rivalry, academic difficulties and adjustment problems with peers.
A role model in the child's social milieu was identified in only one-third of the cases studied. This relatively low figure may be due to the difficulty in eliciting the same. Taylor(6) argued that the model may be current or arise from the long forgotten past, real or imagined and may also evolve during the course of the illness. Previous studies have also documented that role model of the illness may not always be present. Moreover, the lack of concern by the child for the symptoms was also not seen among all patients. It is important to keep in mind that la belle indifference is not invariably seen in patients and in one study was reported in as few as 8% of cases(12). Although there are several features which help in making a positive diagnosis of conversion disorder in a child, all the characteristics might not be found in a single patient(2-3,5).
A striking feature of the results of the study was the rapidity with which the symptoms resolved once the diagnosis was made. Majority of the patients recovered within one to three months of the initiation of therapy. In fact, once the symptoms disappeared, families showed more commitment to therapy. Symptoms resolution further helped the families to accept the validity of the diagnosis. Previous studies have documented favourable outcome in children with conversion disorder. For example, Bangesh et al(19) reported that all the seven children with hysterical conversion reaction recovered or began recovery within a few days of diagnosis and none of them had a relapse within 3 to 11 months of follow up. Leslie(2) found that 17 of the 20 children with conversion reaction had recovered completely within three months of starting treatment. Our short term follow-up ranging from one to six months indicated that most children had recovered and there was no recurrence or substitution of new symptoms. However, it remains to be seen how these children fare over a longer period of time. Moreover, given the small sample size of the study, some caution in generalization of the findings is warranted.
The study highlights the importance of a team approach between the pediatricians and psychologists in the diagnosis and successful management of children with conversion disorder. Collaborative management not only reduces the risk of missing an organic etiology by wrongly labeling a child's illness as functional but at the same time involvement of mental health workers at the earlier stages of diagnosis helps in avoiding unnecessary medical tests which further entrench the sick role. Longer follow up would further ensure whether the gains from therapy are sustainable.
Contributors: PM coordinated the study, designed it, collected the data and drafted the paper, she will act as the guarantor for the manuscript. PS helped in designing the study and drafting the paper.
Funding: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
Competing interests: None stated.


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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1137, Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum V
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1137, Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum V
ISBN: 978-1-573-31734-4 October 2008 Wiley-Blackwell 352 Pages
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This volume reports on the most recent progress in this field, including chapters on developing protocols for nucleic acid extraction, determining the origin of the circulating nucleic acids, the capacity of these nucleic acids to enter cells and exhibit biological activity, isolating and testing fetal cells from maternal blood, and discussing the clinical implications of these discoveries and developing the techniques that will bring them into clinical application.
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Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum: Recent Developments: Peter B. Gahan and R. Swaminathan.
Part I. Basic Research:.
1. Metabolic DNA as the Origin of Spontaneously Released DNA?: Peter Gahan, Philippe Anker, and Maurice Stroun.
2. Circulating DNA: Its Origin and Fluctuation: Maniesh van der Vaart and Piet J. Pretorius.
3. The Origin of Elevated Levels of Circulating DNA in Blood Plasma of Premature Newborns: N. O. Tuaeva, Z.I. Abramova and V. V. Sofronov.
4. The Effect of Protein Transport Inhibitors on the Production of Extracellular DNA: Evgeniy S. Morozkin, Tatyana I. Babochkina, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
5. Binding and Penetration of Methylated DNA into Primary and Transformed Human Cells: Tatyana E. Skvortsova, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
6. Extracellular DNA Fragments: Factors of Stress Signalling between X-irradiated and Non-irradiated Human Lymphocytes: Aleksei V. Ermakov, Svetlana V. Kostyuk, Marina S. Konkova, Natalya A. Egolina, Elena M. Malinovskaya, and Natalya N. Veiko.
7. Isolation and Sequencing of Short Cell-Surface-Bound DNA: Vera S. Mal'shakova, Dmitry V. Pyshnyi, Alexander A. Bondar, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
8. Extracellular RNA Spontaneously Internalized by Human Cells Undergo Deamination of Adenosines: Elena V. Kuligina, Oksana V. Vratskih, Dmitry V. Semenov, Vera A. Matveea, and Vladimir A. Richter.
9. Circulating Nucleic Acids in the Assessment of Endogenous Growth Hormone Production: H. Thakkar, A.N. Butt, J. Powrie, R. Holt, and R. Swaminathan.
10. The Involvement of Different Mobile Line Copies of Blood Plasma and Extrachromosomal DNA of Liver Cells in Systemic Adaptive Response: Sophiya S. Sherlina and Viktor G. Vladimirov.
Part II. Methodology:.
11. Transrenal Nucleic Acids from Proof-of-Principle to Clinical Tests: Problems and Solutions: Hovsep S. Melkonyan, W. John Feaver, Erik Meyer, Vladimir Scheinker, Eugene M. Shekhtman, Zhenghan Xin, and Samuil R. Umansky.
12. Removal of High Molecular Weight DNA by Carboxylated Magnetic Beads Enhances the Detection of Mutated K-ras DNA in Urine: Ying-Hsiu Su, Janet Song, Zhili Wang, Xiao-He Wang, Mengjun Wang, Dean E. Brenner, and Timothy M. Block.
13. A Method for Characterization of Total Circulating DNA: Maniesh van der Vaart and Piet J. Pretorius.
14. Isolation and Extraction of Circulating Tumour DNA from Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer: Ruth E Board, Victoria S Williams, Lucy Knight , Jacqueline Shaw, Alastair Greystoke, Malcolm Ranson, Caroline Dive, Fiona H Blackhall, and Andrew Hughes.
15. Stability of β–Actin mRNA in Plasma: N.C. Holford, H.S. Sandhu, H. Thakkar, A.N. Butt, and R. Swaminathan.
16. Normalization of Circulating Nucleic Acid Results. Should We Use β-Actin?: N.C. Holford, A. Ramoutar, A.N. Butt, and R. Swaminathan.
17. Artificial BOX C/D RNA Targeted to Branch Point Adenosine Impairs Splicing by Exon Exclusion: Dmitry V. Semenov, Oksana V. Vratskih, Elena V. Kuligina, and Vladimir A. Richter.
18. Optimization of Purification of Human Cell-free mRNA from Plasma: Tadeja Dovc-Drnovsek, Barbara Emersic, Primoz Rozman, Darko Cerne, and Jana Lukac-Bajalo.
19. Fragments of Non-coding RNA in Plasma of Human Blood: Dmitry V. Semenov, Dmitry N. Baryakin, Tatyana P. Kamynina, Elena V. Kuligina, and Vladimir A. Richter.
20. An Improved Method for the Isolation of Free-circulating Plasma DNA and Cell-free DNA from Other Body Fluids: Christoph Kirsch, Sabine Weickmann, Bernd Schmidt, and Michael Fleischhacker.
Part III. Fetal Nucleic Acids:.
21. Fetal Nucleic Acids in Maternal Plasma: Towards the Development of Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidies: Y.M. Dennis Lo.
22. Phenotype and mRNA Expression of Syncytiotrophoblast Microparticles Isolated from Human Placenta: Belinda Kumpel, May-Jean King, Suren Sooranna,Dave Jackson, Jane Eastlake, Rong Cheng, and Mark Johnson.
23. Fetal Sex Identification in Maternal Plasma Using Dhort Tandem Repeats on Chromosome X: Gennaro Vecchione, Michela Tomaiuolo, Michelina Sarno, Donatella Colaizzo,Rosella Petraroli, Maria Matteo, Pantaleo Greco, Elvira Grandone, and Maurizio Margaglione.
24. A New Y-chromosome Marker for Noninvasive Fetal Gender Determination: Olga B. Vainer, Aleksey V. Katokhin, Sergey M. Kustov , Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
Part IV. Circulating Nucleic Acids and Cancer:.
25. DNA Integrity in Plasma and Serum of Patients with Malignant and Benign Diseases: Stefan Holdenrieder, Alexander Burges, Oliver Reich, Fritz W. Spelsberg, and Petra Stieber.
26. Quantification of LINE1 in Circulating DNA as a Molecular Biomarker of Breast Cancer: Eiji Sunami, Anh-Thu Vu, Sandy L. Nguyen, Armando E Giuliano, and Dave S. B. Hoo.
27. Effect of Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Integrity of Free Serum DNA in Patients with Breast Cancer: Ugur Deligezer, Yesim Eralp, Elif Z. Akisik, Ebru E. Akisik, Pinar Saip,Erkan Topuz, and Nejat Dalay.
28. Clinical Relevance of Circulating Nucleosomes in Cancer Disease: Stefan Holdenrieder, Dorothea Nagel, Andreas Schalhorn, Volker Heinemann, Ralf Wilkowski, Joachim von Pawel, Hannelore Raith, Knut Feldmann, Andreas E Kremer, Susanne Müller, Sandra Geiger, Gerhard F Hamann, Dietrich Seidel, and Petra Stieber.
29. Detection and Monitoring of Cell-Free DNA in Blood of Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Heidi Schwarzenbach, Jan Stoehlmacher, Klaus Pantel, and Eray Goekkurt.
30. Detection of Mutated K-ras DNA in Urine, Plasma and Serum from Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma or Adenomatous Polyps: Ying-Hsiu Su, Mengjun Wang, Dean E. Brenner, Pamela A. Norton, and Timothy M. Block.
31. Integrity of Cell-free Plasma DNA in Patients with Lung Cancer and Non-malignant Lung Disease: Bernd Schmidt, Sabine Weickmann, Christian Witt, and Michael Fleischhacker.
32. Cell-surface-bound Circulating DNA as A Prognostic Factor of Lung Cancer: Svetlana N. Tamkovich, Nikolai V. Litviakov, Olga E. Bryzgunova, Aleksey Yu. Dobrodeev, Elena Yu. Rykova, Sergey A. Tuzikov, Aleksandr A. Zav'ialov, Valentin V. Vlassov, Nadezhda V. Cherdyntseva, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
33. Deoxyribonuclease Activity and Circulating DNA Concentration in Blood Plasma of Prostate Tumor Patients: Anna V. Cherepanova, Svetlana N. Tamkovich, Olga E. Bryzgunova, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
34. Methylation–specific Sequencing of GSTP1 Gene Promoter in Circulating/Extracellular DNA from Blood and Urine of Healthy Donors and Prostate Cancer Patients: Olga E. Bryzgunova, Evgeniy S. Morozkin, Sergey V. Yarmoschuk, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
35. Circulating DNA in the Blood of Gastric Cancer Patients: Elena V. Kolesnikova, Svetlana N. Tamkovicha, Olga E. Bryzgunova, Petr I. Shelestyuk, Valentina I. Permyakova, Aleksandr S. Tuzikovd, Valentin V. Vlassov, Pavel P. Laktionov, and Elena Y. Rykova.
36. Methylation-based Analysis of Circulating DNA for Breast Tumors Screening: Elena Y. Rykova, Galina A. Tsvetovskaya, Galina I. Sergeeva, Valentin V. Vlassov, and Pavel P. Laktionov.
Part V. Circulating Nucleic Acids and Other Diseases:.
37. Overview of Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma/Serum: Update on Potential Prognostic and Diagnostic Value in Pathology Excluding Fetal Medicine and Oncology: Asif N. Butt and R. Swaminathan.
38. Effect of Hypoxia on Circulating Levels of Retina Specific Messenger RNA in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Amy Wong, Simon Merritt, Asif N. Butt, AdrianWilliams, and R. Swaminathan.
39. Retinal Specific mRNA in the Assessment of Diabetic Retinopathy: Z. Shalchi, H. S. Sandhu, A.N. Butt, S. Smith, J. Powrie, and R. Swaminathan.
40. Measurement of circulating Neuron Specific Enolase mRNA in Diabetes Mellitus: H. S. Sandhu, A.N. Butt, J. Powrie, and R. Swaminathan.
41. Hepatitis B Virus X-DNA: A Serum Marker for Early Detection of Resistance Development during Lamivudine Therapy: Wei Zhang, Yan-Hong Li, Shao-Jun Zhu, Yan Zhang, Li Gong, Shu-Mei Wang, Hans Jörg Hacker, Claus Hobe Schröder, Dong-Sheng Cheng, and Ying-Ming Feng.
42. Cell - free DNA of Patients with Cardiomyopathy and rDNA Alone Change the Frequency of Contraction of the Electrically Paced Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes in Culture: N. Bulicheva, O. Fidelina, N. Mkrtumova, M. Neverova, A. Bogush, M. Bogush, O. Roginko, and N. Veiko.
43. Influence of Plasma DNA on Acid-base Balance, Blood Gas Measurement, and Oxygen Transport in Health and Stroke: Irina L. Konorova, Natalya N. Veiko, and Viktor E. Novikov.
44. Circulating 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 mRNA and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Maise Al Bakir, Asif Butt, and R. Swaminathan.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara alum Brittany Klein and current Bronco standout Kiki Bosio aided the United States in its 3-0 triumph over England in the second round of the 2008 Nordic Cup on July 18. The Americans compiled their second straight win and shutout of the tournament held in Borlange, Sweden.
The USA scored in the 37th minute to take the 1-0 lead after India Trotter went one-on-one with an English defender before sending her shot into the right corner. Then, just two minutes into the second half, the Americans doubled the score on a shot from Bosio. The goal came off a corner kick that was cleared by England, but sent back across the left side of the penalty area by Tina DiMartino to Bosio.
Klein then sealed the win for the US in the 79th minute with her second goal of the tournament. Klein took a touch off a pass from Kerri Hanks and then blasted the ball into the left corner of the goal. All three Broncos on the Under-23 roster, Bosio, Klein and Katherine Reynolds, started the match for the Americans.
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On January 3, 2014, Chinese law enforcement conducted an extensive sting operation, seizing kilograms of methamphetamine, 260 kilograms of ketamine powder and more than 23 tons of raw materials used for drug production in Guangdong's Lufeng city. The 182 people eventually taken into police custody were found to be part of 18 major drug gangs. One was even a former local Communist Party chief and village head.
Commenting on the drug raid at a press conference later that month, Deputy Director-General of Guangdong Provincial Department of Public Security Guo Shaobo revealed a startling statistic: more than one- third of the country's total methamphetamine over the past three years came from Lufeng. But this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Methamphetamines are currently China's fastest growing drug problem. While still playing second to heroin, the number of domestic registered meth addicts increased by 44 percent in 2012. Why has the 'bing' bus set up a station in the Middle Kingdom? Quite simply, looking at logistics of moving other popular recreational drugs, meth makes sense.
Heroin takes a long, arduous journey to reach consumers. In the southeast, it pours across the massive 2,000-kilometer Myanmar border into southern China, through Yunnan or Guangxi, before moving on to southeastern coastal areas like Guangdong or Fujian – where it often makes its way to international customers.
As Chinese authorities clamp down, traffickers have been forced to move their junk. They are also taking advantage of expanding port facilities in cities such as Qingdao, Shanghai and Tianjin to ship heroin via maritime routes. In the northwest regions of the country, Chinese authorities have stated that Afghan heroin represents as much as 20 percent of the heroin entering northwest Xinjiang. However, the fact is that – thanks to increased security measures and, we assume, taste – heroin is dropping in popularity: the number of registered addicts has shrunk more than 13 percent over the past six years.
Geographically, crystal meth suits China's home-grown drug operations since it is a large country pocked with open spaces ideal for cooking a smelly, noxious, explosive brew – aside from Guangdong province, most pro- duction labs seized are clustered in Sichuan, Henan, Hunan and Hubei. According to a 2011 report by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), China is also a breeding ground for meth because ephedra grows domestically in great quantities. The herbal plant is the basis for ephedrine, which is used in TCM practices to cure colds and is a major chemical building block for ice and other amphetamines.
It is in these rural spaces where meth consumption is also most rampant; it's cheap and offers a lot of bang for your buck. Truck drivers take it to stay awake on long-distance runs. Blue-collar or factory workers take it so they can work more hours and to alleviate the tedium of mechanical drudgery. The drug is also starting to penetrate urban areas as a party and sex accompaniment: it induces euphoria and heightens sexual arousal and stamina.
Currently, around 23 percent of all registered drug addicts are hooked on meth (up 9 percent since 2008), with more than 70 percent of users clocking in under the age of 35. The UNODC estimates that, in total, there are about two million people in China using crystal meth on a semi-regular or regular basis, and synthetic drugs were the choice of more than 69 percent of all of China's new drug users in 2012. This is a huge, tempting market and illicit cooking domestically is not likely to slow down – nor will supplies coming across the porous borders of Myanmar and North Korea.
A growing concern about the role China plays in fuelling the international meth market is also percolating. Currently, much of Chinese production is consumed domestically, but both Japan and South Korea state that most of their methamphetamine comes from the Middle Kingdom.
Large meth busts even farther afield in recent years are also showing a trail leading straight back to China. In January 2012, the Mexican navy announced that a single bust had yielded 195 tons of meth chemicals in a Chinese shipment, following a six-week period that netted an additional 900 tons of precursor chemicals. In February of this year, Australian authorities seized 183 kilograms – worth about US$183 million – hid- den in Chinese kayaks at a Sydney container port. As networks and production facilities become more sophisticated, and because the building materials of meth are so innocent, one can only imagine these numbers are set to increase.


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Federal budget deficits in this situation are like IV-bags in an emergency room: they stabilize things. IV's are definitely linked to sickness, and no one would use them if they weren't necessary. But very few doctors propose to cut back on saline while the patient is still sick. Today, however, the official economists and their followers in Congress, the White House and the media are divided between those who would remove the IV's slowly, whether the patient recovers or not, and those who'd like to charge through the wards, yanking needles from arms. The debt deal enacted earlier this month put the first group in charge, but that's pretty cold comfort.
The solution is not another "stimulus" — a term that stinks of needles and quick fixes. The solution has to be a long-term strategy: both a new direction for economic activity and new institutions to provide the money. The proposed national infrastructure bank — a permanent institution — is the right sort of thing and would be a good place to start.Both the IV analogy, and the need for a radical departure from conventional solutions are right on the money. I would add, however, that we do not need to wait for the infrastructure bank, since the Fed can and should do it. As Jerry Epstein (2006) has shown, in the past central banks have provided subsidized credit for industrial activities, and have acted as agents of development. So rather than wait for institutional innovation, current institutions can be put to work immediately.


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BOSTON (CBS) – The artist team for the Bill Russell statue was announced Monday evening.
The Bill Russell Legacy Committee, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Boston Mayor Tom Menino announced that sculptor Antonio Tobias "Toby" Mendez and architect Matthew Oudens have been chosen to design the Bill Russell Legacy Project sculpture.
City Hall Plaza was chosen as the location for the statue citing its prominent civic location and proximity to the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, and many of the city's popular historic sites.
"This is such a great honor to be chosen to create the tribute to Bill Russell," Artist Toby Mendez said. "Russell is such a transformative person in so many aspects of his life; in his career on the court as a player and later as a coach, his contributions to human rights and in his dedication to mentorship programs that will guide our children into the future."
Mendez is best known for the Thurgood Marshall Memorial in Annapolis, Maryland and locally The Teammates sculpture that was commissioned by the Boston Red Sox.
A program to encourage mentoring has also been set up in Russell's name.
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That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things by Ruby Roth
Published 2009ISBN-13: 978-1556437854
This is a picture book aimed at children, covering the topic of why some people choose to be vegans or vegetarians. The author manages to get her message across without horrifying and overwhelming the young reader, and just as importantly, not dumbing it down either. She addresses the emotional lives of animals, factory farming, ocean life depletion, pollution, destruction of rainforests and other habitats of wildlife, etc. She explains how these concerns are all tied into why some people become vegans and vegetarians - or as she puts it - "That's why we don't eat animals".
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God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change,
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Living one day at a time;
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Nothing but the clouds unchanged : artists in World War I / edited by Gordon Hughes and Philipp Blom.
Contributor(s): Hughes, Gordon [editor.] | Blom, Philipp [editor.].Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles, California : The Getty Research Institute, [2014]Description: 198 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781606064313; 1606064312.Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war | World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence | War artists | War in artDDC classification: 709.04/1 Online resources: Table of contents
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This book accompanies an exhibition "World War I: War of Images, Images of War."
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Forces unbound: art, bodies, and machines after 1914 / Philipp Blom -- "In dead men breath": the afterlife of World War I / Gordon Hughes -- André Masson: into the "humus humaine" / Charles Palermo -- Fernand Léger: objects, abstraction, and the aesthetics of mud / Daniel Marcus -- Georges Braque: artilleryman / Karen K. Butler -- Wyndham Lewis: "art-war-art" / Leo Costello -- "In the midst of this strange country": Paul Nash's war landscapes / Anja Foerschner -- Carlo Carrà's conscience / David Mather -- Otto Dix: war and representation / Matthew Biro -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: an inner war / Thomas W. Gaehtgens -- Killing "Max Ernst" / Todd Cronan -- George Grosz and World War I / Timothy O. Benson -- Käthe Kollwitz, the First World War, and sacrifice / Joan Weinstein -- László Moholy-Nagy: reconfiguring the eye / Joyce Tsai -- Oskar Kokoschka: the Great War and love lost / Beatrice von Bormann -- Oskar Schlemmer's Triadic ballet and the trauma of war / Paul Monty Paret -- Appendix: Selected cultural figures who served in World War I / Hannah Fullgraf with Betsy Stepina Zinn.
Much of how World War I is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and considerable destruction that marked the conflict. Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged examines how the physical and psychological devastation of the war altered the course of twentieth-century artistic modernism. Following the lives and works of fourteen artists before, during, and after the war, this book demonstrates how the conflict and the resulting trauma actively shaped artistic production. Featured artists include Georges Braque, Carlo Carrà, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger, Wyndham Lewis, André Masson, László Moholy-Nagy, Paul Nash, and Oskar Schlemmer. Materials from the Getty Research Institute's special collections - including letters, popular journals, posters, sketches, propaganda, books, and photographs - situate the works of the artists within the historical context, both personal and cultural, in which they were created.--Publisher.
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CHOICE ReviewThe centennial of WW I has been marked by an avalanche of new studies examining the origins and progress of a conflict that had a pivotal influence on the 20th century and beyond. The war's impact on visual art is the subject of this welcome book, published in conjunction with a current exhibition at the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles). Much is advanced about the modernity of the conflict, but the most memorable art posits a more emotive or individual response to war's horrors (e.g., the work of Otto Dix, Ernst Kirchner, and Paul Nash) and its aftermath (e.g., Käthe Kollwitz and Georges Braque). An imaginative, albeit limited, selection of images, many less known, from paintings and prints is reproduced here, most in good color. Several striking illustrations from the era's periodicals are presented without comment, and some major war artists (e.g., C. R. W. Nevinson and Stanley Spencer) are not featured. Short essays (most with a German/Austro-Hungarian emphasis) by a variety of experts are predictably varied. An index, endnotes, and a useful list of "Selected Cultural Figures Who Served in World War I." Despite its restricted scope, Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged should spark interest in WW I's impact on art. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. --William S. Rodner, Tidewater Community College
Author notes provided by SyndeticsGordon Hughes is the Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Rice University. Philipp Blom is an independent scholar who specializes in intellectual and cultural history.
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