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Rife Treatment of 16 People with Terminal Cancer
The full story of the cancer clinic of 1934 may never be known. Rife's records were lost when he foolishly loaned them to Dr. Arthur Yale a few years later. Yale had started his own clinic and apparently wanted to compare notes. After Rife learned that Dr. Yale was altering the Royal Rife Machine and thus failing to get results, Rife and Yale had an argument which marked a permanent separation. More disturbing is that after AMA pressure forced a law suit against the production company making the Royal Rife Machines, many of the doctors who were involved became exceedingly cautious. And after Milbank Johnson's death, the records at the University of Southern California "mysteriously disappeared."
Pieces of evidence do exist and while the clinical records are gone, there is sufficient documentation to know that astounding results did take place and that the Special Medical Research Committee did continue to exist. The listings under the name of Milbank Johnson in Who's Who for 1944-45 (Johnson died October 3, 1944) include: "Professor physiology and clinical medicine, University of Southern California 1897-1901, now Chairman special medical research committee of the university."
Until Johnson's death in 1944, he was still actively the head of the committee. For 10 years from its creation in 1934, Johnson's University of Southern California Medical Research Committee was in existence. Given the fact that testimonials exist describing what occurred and that Johnson ran his own clinic from 1935 to 1938, there is no reason to believe-as later was implied by the AMA and the California State Public Health agency-that the existence of a successful cancer treatment in 1934 using the Royal Rife Machine was a myth. Documents show the clinic existed and succeeded in curing cancer. And doctors who continued treating seriously ill people with success because of what the Royal Rife Machine accomplished in 1934 tell the real story, as do the signed reports from cured cancer patients in later years.
Dr Johnson eventually handed his authority over to Dr. James Couche of San Diego. Couche was not a heavyweight in California medical circles as was Johnson. It was a poor choice if the goal was to move the medical profession toward acceptance and widespread use of Rife's new healing technology. The result was total failure. But Couche was the right choice if the standard was to choose a man who would not quit or knuckle under to the AMA. Couche used the Royal Rife Machine for 22 years and reported for the record-if only briefly-on his continued success with a Royal Rife Machine that stayed calibrated as Rife insisted it had to be if it was to destroy the pathologic micro-organisms in people. But all that lay ahead.
In the summer of 1934, 16 terminally ill people with cancer and other diseases were brought to the Scripps "ranch." There, as Rife and the doctors worked on human beings for the first time, they learned much. The early patients were exposed to the Royal Rife Machine frequencies for only 3 minutes, but Rife soon learned that if a treatment was given every day, the toxins from the dead micro-organisms accumulated faster than the body could dispose of them. When he switched to a treatment of 3 minutes every 3rd day, the patients began healing swiftly.
In 1953 when Rife copyrighted his book, he made the real report of what happened in 1934. Anyone who has examined his life, his patience, his scientific commitment, and the correctness of his filtration studies (which are now being verified by bacteriologists who never heard his name) must consider that his own scientific report of the 1934 cancer clinic carries some weight. He wrote: "With the Royal Rife Machine treatment, no tissue is destroyed, no pain is felt, no noise is audible, and no sensation is noticed. A tube lights up and 3 minutes later the treatment is completed. The virus or bacteria is destroyed and the body then recovers itself naturally from the toxic effect of the virus or bacteria. Several diseases may be treated simultaneously.
"The first clinical work on cancer was completed under the supervision of Milbank Johnson, M.D. which was set up under a Special Medical Research Committee of the University of Southern California. 16 cases were treated at the clinic for many types of malignancy. After 3 months, 14 of these so called hopeless cases were signed off as clinically cured by the staff of five medical doctors and Dr. Alvin G. Foord, M.D. Pathologist for the group. The treatments consisted of 3 minutes duration using the Royal Rife Machine which was set on the mortal oscillatory rate for 'BX' or cancer (at 3 day intervals). It was found that the elapsed time between treatments attains better results than the cases treated daily. This gives the lymphatic system an opportunity to absorb and cast off the toxic condition which is produced by the devitalized dead particles of the 'BX' virus. No rise of body temperature was perceptible in any of these cases above normal during or after the Royal Rife Machine treatment. No special diets were used in any of this clinical work, but we sincerely believe that a proper diet compiled for the individual would be of benefit." Date: December 1, 1953 Written by R. R. Rife
Other members of the clinic were Whalen Morrison, Chief Surgeon of the Santa Fe Railway, George C. Dock, M.D., internationally famous, George C. Fischer, M.D., Children's Hospital in New York, Arthur I. Kendall, Dr. Zite, M.D., professor of pathology at Chicago University, Rufus B. Von Klein Schmidt, President of the University of Southern California. Dr. Couche and Dr. Carl Meyer, Ph.D., head of the Department of Bacteriological Research at the Hooper Foundation in San Francisco were also present. Dr. Kopps of the Metabolic Clinic in La Jolla signed all 14 reports and knew of all the tests from his personal observation.
A week after the clinic ended, Kendall wrote to Mrs. Bridges, wife of Rife's original sponsor: "This afternoon (December 20, 1934) 1 have a meeting with Mr. Hardin. President of the Board of Trustees of the University; he is much interested in Roy and his splendid work, and I shall be asked to tell what I saw during my very brief visit to California. Mr. Hardin, unlike many persons, is very friendly, and will take the proper view of the work: that it is experimental so far, done with no rules of the game to go by, and with a machine that is designed for small output, and therefore, not capable of showing its full worth. I understand there is to be a new machine, embodying the facts learned from the old one, and built along more lusty lines so its output will be more nearly equal to the demands which should be put upon it. I have written to Dr. Johnson telling him about the one case I can talk intelligently about: Tom Knight. Roy will tell you about Tom: he seems to me to be the most important case of the entire series because his tumor was on the cheek, where it could be seen, watched and measured from the start to the finish. This I have done, reciting the actual measurements, and details of treatment and of pathological examination."
One year later on December 18, 1935, Milbank Johnson wrote to Dr. Thomas Burger and Dr. C. Ray Launsbeny of San Diego: "This will introduce to you Mr. Thomas Knight. He was the man who had the carcinoma over the malar bone of his left cheek that we treated at the clinic in La Jolla last year." In 1956, Dr. James Couche made the following declaration: "I would like to make this historical record of the amazing scientific wonders regarding the efficacy of the frequencies of the Royal R. Rife Machine. . . . "When I was told about Dr. Rife and his Royal Rife Machine at the Ellen Scripps home near the Scripps Institute Annex some twenty-two years ago, I went out to see about it and became very interested in the cases which he had there. And the thing that brought me into it more quickly than anything was a man who had a cancer of the stomach. Rife was associated at that time with Dr. Milbank Johnson, M.D., who was then president of the Medical Association of Los Angeles, a very wealthy man and a very big man in the medical world the biggest in Los Angeles and he had hired this annex for this demonstration over a summer of time.
Dr. James Couche continues; "In that period of time I saw many things and the one that impressed me the most was a man who staggered onto a table, just on the last end of cancer; he was a bag of bones. As he lay on the table, Dr. Rife and Dr. Johnson said, 'Just feel that man's stomach.' So I put my hand on the cavity where his stomach was underneath and it was just a cavity almost, because he was so thin; his backbone and his belly were just about touching each other. "I put my hand on his stomach which was just one solid mass, just about what I could cover with my hand, somewhat like the shape of a heart. It was absolutely solid! And I thought to myself, well, nothing can be done for that. However, they gave him a treatment with the Rife frequencies and in the course of time over a period of six weeks to two months, to my astonishment, he completely recovered. He got so well that he asked permission to go to El Centro as he had a farm there and he wanted to see about his stock."
Dr. Rife said, 'Now you haven't the strength to drive to El Centro.' 'Oh, yes' said he. 'I have, but I'll have a man to drive me there.' As a matter of fact, the patient drove his own car there and when he got down to El Centro he had a sick cow and he stayed up all night with it. The next day he drove back without any rest whatsoever - so you can imagine how he had recovered. "I saw other cases that were very interesting. Then I wanted a copy of the Royal Rife Machine. I finally bought one of these Royal Rife Machines and established it in my office. "I saw some very remarkable things resulting from it in the course of over twenty years. "I had a Mexican boy, nine years of age, who had osteomyelitis of the leg. He was treated at the Mercy Hospital by his attending doctors. They scraped the bone every week. It was agonizing to the child because they never gave him anything; they just poked in there and cleaned him out and the terror of that boy was awful. He wore a splint and was on crutches. His family brought him to the office. He was terrified that I would poke him as the other doctors had done. 1 reassured him and demonstrated the instrument on my own hand to show him that it would not hurt. With the bandage and splint still on he was given a treatment. In less than two weeks of treatment the wound was completely healed and he took off his splints and threw them away. He is a great big powerful man now and has never had any comeback of his osteomyelitis. He was completely cured. There were many cases such as this."
In December 1935, Dr. Johnson wrote a confidential letter to Dr. Mildred Schram, Secretary of the International Cancer Research Foundation in Philadelphia. In that letter, Johnson explained why the records of the 1934 cancer clinic were sketchy: "The clinic was opened and run by me to satisfy me personally whether the Royal Rife Machine would destroy pathogenic organisms in vivo as well as in vitro. The latter we had repeatedly demonstrated in the laboratory. I had to have this information conclusively positive before I could recommend to my friends to get in behind the work to carry it to a logical conclusion. Having no nurses or secretaries in La Jolla, the records, while truthful, are more or less fragmentary and not kept for careful scrutiny by brother scientists. As I told you, when I started this work I intended to finance it through to the end. The only assistance that I expected to get was such cooperation as I might receive from other physicians in working with the Microscope and the Royal Rife Machine. "Now that we have to convince a whole lot of other men from cold turkey, we shall have to turn over a new leaf and do our work subject to inspection by others."
So the success story of 1934, while true as attested by Rife's written record, Couche's story of the incredible recovery by the farmer, and Kendall-Johnson's correspondence on the man with the neck tumor, also was unsatisfactory in terms of providing documented medical reports for other scientists. The 1934 clinic was a first, tentative, experimental step. They learned that treatment was best given every third day. They realized that they would have to keep better records. They recognized that the Royal Rife Machine would have to be improved. But they did cure cancer. And when it is realized how quickly radiation therapy was financed and the machines put into hospitals (with such meagre results), the tragedy of not being able to finance mass production of Royal Rife Machine's can be appreciated in its full horror. If Milbank Johnson was wracked by the thought of tens of thousands suffering in the 1930s, he'd be staggered by the 460,000 Americans now dying every year and the 90,000 Americans every year who learn that they have cancer. An he'd be broken by the sight of "treatment" with chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. As Rife had shown, the cancer BX changed form. If all its forms weren't destroyed, the cancer micro-organism could find another environment in a weakened body and start anew. The tragic legacy of the Bechamp failure with Pasteur and the Rife-Kendall failure with Rivers would come back to haunt humanity with a grim vengeance.
Dr Royal Rife's Journal
➥ The Life of Dr Royal Rife
➥ The Original Rife Microscope
➥ The Original Rife Machine
➥ The Rife Story: Introduction
➥ Research with Rife Technology
➥ Suppression of Dr Rife's Cancer Treatment
➥ Dr Royal Rife Method for Cancer Treatment
➥ The Rife-Kendall Partnership
➥ Rife Searches for the Cancer Virus
➥ Opposition to Findings
➥ Dr Rife's Treatment for 16 People with Cancer
➥ Raising Funds
➥ Positive Clinical Results
➥ Beam Ray 1938
➥ Rife Shut down by AMA
➥ Rife Machine & Microscope
➥ Rife Gains Acceptance
➥ Finale
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Dr. Williams, my family and I deeply thank God for you and your apparent genuine concern for those of us who were diagnosed with cancer. My mother was recently treated for gastric cancer and the chemotherapy seems to be causing her more pain and suffering than the cancer itself. When I researched alternative treatments, I found a Rife Treatment Clinic and we went to New York for treatments. We wanted to purchase the Rife Professional machine so that treatment for her and our loving pet (dog) who has cancer, could be done in the comfort of our home, but everywhere we looked to purchase the machine, the cost was too much out of our financial ability (thousands of dollars). It wasn't until I saw your site and the sale that I JUMPED for joy and told my family I had found a Rife machine and other very valuable cancer treatment information we could afford and could use. Dr. Peter Williams, you and your company are our angels. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for not being greedy and for being truly concerned about helping people heal. Even if your price goes up after the sale, at least the sale allowed those of us with little to no money purchase this very valuable piece of healing equipment. I wish you and your company, your family, and friends well; and, again please know you are our Angel! Bernard
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Learning about the Rife technology, I know that it is not really the result of a miracle – it is simply the application of a scientifically sound technology which was discovered, developed, and proven by Dr. Rife. What is shocking is that this technology has been so effectively suppressed by the conventional medical establishment, and even when the appearance of a new disease like Morgellons appears which can be effectively treated by the technology, they not only continue to reject the technology, but they also refuse to acknowledge the existence of Morgellons itself as a physical reality. I hope that Dr. Rife is able to witness the miracle of his discovery in the healing of my daughter from his place of honor in the world above. I am extremely grateful for your assistance, and that Rife Digital has made the effort to sustain the Rife technology in order to make these machines available.
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Tres and I are headed to Vegas next week for the Guns N Roses concert. Yes, you heard me right, Guns N Roses!!!! If y'all haven't heard, the never ending feud between Axl Rose and Slash has been patched up, and the band has reunited after over 20 years. The kickoff: Vegas!
I realized, this will be our third time in Vegas in the last year. Since we visit Sin City so much, I thought it's just about time to share our favorite restaurants with y'all. I seriously feel like we have eaten everything The Strip has to offer, and these are our favorites:
Ok, first off, we don't miss a Jose Andres restaurant - ever. If we visit a city and he has restaurants there, we make an immediate reservation to all of them. He's a genius and probably our favorite chef of all time. You don't want to miss this restaurant. Walking in alone will make any meat eater love life just a little bit more. Meats you've never thought of before - strung and hung every which way, you feel like you're walking into the best butcher shop on earth and then it just gets better. The menu is playful and the food is all one big presentation. We had Cotton Candy Foie Gras, a chicken dish that came out in a glass sneaker, and smoked oysters that were actually smoking when brought to the table. You don't forget a meal like this one.
Giada's restaurant represents everything she is as a chef. The focus is delicious Italian food with a California twist, a menu full of fresh, clean, light options with divine flatbreads, pastas, and main entrees. And I cannot forget to mention my favorite thing about the restaurant (which is also my favorite thing about Giada): "a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything." Her menu features a lot of small bites so you can try many different items, and you'll want to - it's difficult to make your mind up. My favorite is the Imported Buratta. That may sound boring, but I've had a lot of Buratta in my time and the one there is the best! Go during the day, sit by the windows, and enjoy life. The views here are the best and most enjoyed with a bottle of champs or sparkling wine.
For crying out loud, go here just to get the famous Spaghetti. At first glance of it on the menu, you won't know better and you'll look right over it. But I'll make you a promise: you'll never eat a tomato basil sauce like this ever again. EVER. It's simply the best. In addition, the full pasta menu here is to-die. I also suggest the Duck Foie gras Ravioli.
A Mario Batali/Joe Bastianich creation, this tucked away, cozy spot is perfect for dinner. A very authentic Italian experience, you'll find this restaurant in the Venetian, and you'll also find their Grilled Octopus to be one of the best you've ever had. As far as pasta goes, get the Black Spaghetti and the Wild Boar Ragu.
All I can say about this place is: GO HERE! Do not miss it. A very casual and inexpensive restaurant, it's a perfect lunch stop if you're walking around the shops at the Venetian. Getting pizza or pasta is a difficult decision, so get them both. They also bring out the most fabulous bread. You probably won't eat the rest of the day, but it's so worth it.
You didn't think I was only going to mention one Jose Andres restaurant, did you? This menu is the way I see Jose Andres as a chef - modern, whimsical, authentic tapas. This is another restaurant I love so much because the small portion sizes allow you to try so many different menu items. And you'll want to because the menu is a mile long, yet everything is unique and oh so good! We have been here so many times and ordered so many different dishes! This is the type of restaurant where you ask your server to just order for you, and you'll be more than happy.
When we go to Napa, we make a stop at Bouchon. And when we go to Vegas, we make a stop at Bouchon. A Thomas Keller work of art, this restaurant is well-known for it's bakery so it's a great breakfast or brunch spot. I like it for brunch because they always have the best oyster selection as well as a delicious champagne and cocktail selection. The bakery and the restaurant are different so don't get them mixed up. I suggest the restaurant because you can still enjoy the bakery treats along with a great meal or take some to go!
We first went here when we were in NYC and to my happy surprise, they opened one in Vegas! This place is beautiful with the most fun atmosphere and the food is delicious. Oh, and the cocktails are to die for... I love the one with Pink Peppercorn syrup.
Originally started in Miami, this restaurant was recently added to the Vegas Strip, which can only mean one thing: it's one of the best in the country. This place is my jam because it reminds me of my own style of cooking: southern with a fun flair. You'll find typical southern style items on this menu - everything from Chicken and Waffles and BLT to Grits and Biscuits. But you'll also find unexpected dishes like Bone Marrow, Charred Okra, Swine Burger, and craft whisky drinks and cocktails for days. But you don't want to miss the Chicken Watermelon and Waffles
A phenomenal modern steakhouse with delicious sides and great starters. The best part about STK is the atmosphere, complete with loud music and an attractive wait staff. It's like being in a calm version of a Vegas club, yet you're surrounded by great food. I suggest going here with a large group of friends... you'll have a blast.
Absolute delicious dim sum, soups, and noodles!!! Love love love this place when in the mood for thai food!! It's in the Aria hotel.
Have you ever seen a wine angel? If you go to Aureole, you will! If you're a big fan of a lengthy and spot-on wine selection, this is your place! If anything, just go to see those angels grab the bottle of wine you choose from the glass four-story wine tower. The women, known as wine angels, are hoisted into the air where they sometimes perform acrobats and come down with your bottle of wine. If that isn't bravo, I don't know what is!


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what comes in the box?
Every box includes your choice of Mom-made treats, our trademark DIY Thank You Card, and a short greeting from us. We can even print and include a note from you, too! Everything is hand packed with bright red crinkle paper.
There are also Extra-Festive Extras you can throw in for birthdays, not-feeling-well days, stress case days, or general celebration. Each fits right into a regular size box.
How often do you ship?
Hooray! Thanks to our new kitchen schedule, we can actually ship boxes every day except Sunday now. Shipments generally go out no more than a day or two after your order is placed, depending on the day of the week and our baking schedule. If there will be a longer delay for any reason, we'll be in touch to let you know.
What if I have a care package emergency? Can you ship a BOX right away?
Most of the time, yes! Please contact me as soon as you order, and if there is any way I can get a box going for you with same day turnaround, I'll let you know. We also offer the option for upgraded Priority Mail Express shipping at checkout (it's expensive, but that's what the Post Office charges us).
Where do you ship?
Anywhere within the entire US. We also ship to APO Boxes.
Who bakes the cookies, and where?
I personally bake each cookie, bar and brownie in every box. The recipes are tried and true, tested at home with my kids, family and friends, but the treats for Mom in the Mail are baked at BLVD Kitchen, a licensed commercial kitchen here in Los Angeles.
I don't have a kid away from home. Can I still send a box?
Of course! Who doesn't love a box of cookies arriving unexpectedly? Or expectedly, for that matter. Treat your friends, someone going through a tough time, clients, or even yourself. I won't tell!
Do you have treats for people with dietary restrictions?
There will always be at least one nut-free and one gluten-free option available. For those with severe allergies, please be aware that even if the items are free of nuts or gluten, they are prepared in the same kitchen as our other varieties. Butter, sugar and eggs are tough to avoid, given that I'm baking cookies here, but there are exceptions, so please read the ingredient list before you order.
What goes into your treats?
I'm a big fan of using great quality natural products in my baking whenever possible, simply because the cookies always taste better when I do. I use unbleached flour, organic brown eggs, sweet cream butter, real vanilla, and premium chocolate chips, plump golden raisins and other yummy add-ins. I use regular (non-organic) sugars, natural peanut and almond butters, kosher salt, and the occasional brand-name candy bar or snack treat. Specific ingredients for each item on the menu are available here.
When will my box get there?
Treats are baked to order, and usually ship out the same day as we bake them. With USPS Priority mail, boxes shipped locally (within Southern California) are usually delivered the next day, and boxes going elsewhere should arrive two to three days later. We may time your shipment so that it goes out on a Monday or Tuesday, so the packages can be retrieved and enjoyed mid-week. I remember hating when a box would arrive after class on Friday, and having to wait until Monday to pick it up! You will receive an email with tracking information for every order.
Do the cookies stay fresh in the mail?
I start by selecting recipes that keep well to begin with, and then do everything I can to be sure they arrive tasting great. The cookies go out in sealed packaging, within 24 hours of being baked. We use expedited priority shipping, and when we can, we try to send packages out early in the week to avoid long stays in the post office over the weekend.
That said, you can freshen up your treats when they arrive. Just pop a cookie into the microwave for 10 seconds or so. This works for pretty much everything except the granola bars.
If you have a question I didn't answer here, please contact me and I'll do my best to help you.


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Prior to the Sunday, May 15 performance of Degas + The Little Dancer, Nashville Ballet will host a reception with local artist Aaron Grayum at 1 p.m. Grayum's new show, Just Dance, is on display in Nashville Ballet's building though July 2016. The reception will include a meet and greet with the artist, light refreshments, a photo booth, and Degas-inspired arts and crafts. Click here to learn more about the artist.
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Approximately 66 percent of respondents to a Maryland telephone survey do not have advance medical directives, according to a new report by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management. Younger adults and blacks were less likely than older adults and whites, respectively, to report having an advance directive, which includes the living will and health care power of attorney. Advance directive is an end-of-life planning tool that provides instructions for types of medical treatment that are desired and/or who can make decisions about medical care should someone be unable to do so for him or herself. The results will be published in an upcoming issue of Health Policy and are available online at the journal's website.
While 34 percent of all respondents had an advance directive, 61 percent indicated they have preferences about medical care in the event they are unable to make such decisions. The primary reasons reported for not having an advance directive include being unfamiliar with them, feeling too healthy to need one, or, for the younger adults, being too young to need one. Forty percent of adults surveyed reported that they would like to obtain information on advance medical directives from a physician; however, only 12 percent of the respondents with advance directives reported obtaining it from their doctor.
"These results support a need for legislative and regulatory changes to increase the number of people with advance directives," said Dan Morhaim, MD, one of the study authors and an adjunct professor with the Department of Health Policy and Management and member of the Maryland House of Delegates. "Advance medical directives cost nothing to complete and are readily available from many sources. We need to make sure that people know where to get them and why it's important to complete them."
Research has shown the benefits of advance directives include improved quality at the end-of-life, fewer burdens on family and health care providers, and a reduced need for life-sustaining treatment. Lead study author Keshia Pollack, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the centers for Injury Research and Policy and Health Disparities Solutions, added "These findings suggest a disconnect between what people want in the event they are unable to make medical decisions for themselves, and their actions to ensure their preferences are actually carried out."
Pollack and colleagues administered a population-based cross-sectional telephone survey to 1,195 adult Maryland residents. In addition to being asked whether they have an advance directive, respondents were asked where they had received information on them, and where they would like to receive such information. "While these results are specific to Maryland, they are relevant to other areas of the country with the factors that lead to or hinder completion of advance directives," said Pollack.
Morhaim initiated this research project in order to better understand the public's perception regarding advance directives and to identify potential policy solutions. He has collaborated with Pollack on other projects, and she has volunteered on his staff for several years assisting with various public health policy issues.
Also included as an author of "The Public's Perspective on Advance Directives: Implications for State Legislative and Regulatory Policy" is Michael Williams, MD, of the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute, Department of Neurology at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. He was also co-chair of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Committee from 1999 to 2007 and is currently a member of the Ethics Committee at Sinai Hospital. The research was funded by a grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
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Adle Joseph loves being a small-town pharmacist, and he's been one for 37 years. He knows many of his customers by name and by face, and today he fills prescriptions for children whose parents played Little League baseball on teams that he coached in the 1970s and '80s. For Joseph, a stroll through his hometown of Leesburg, Va., means greeting the customers who are also his friends and neighbors.
"They call me at home to ask questions. I don't mind," he says. "I know a lot of my patients. I know their problems, if they've been in the hospital or not. You have to know your people and they have to know you care."
But things have changed a lot since he started in the business in the 1960s. In those days, there were fewer prescription drugs on the market and few had health insurance that covered them. Prescription drugs weren't advertised on television and managed care didn't exist. Back then, pharmacists and doctors were highly trusted and customers didn't ask many questions. "There was no insurance; everything was cash," Joseph remembers. It was, to be sure, a simpler time.
Today, Joseph says, the pressure on pharmacists is greater than it's ever been. "Everything is more time consuming. The phone is constantly ringing, you're making calls to patients and doctors, you're trying to deal with insurance. The conditions are horrendous at times."
Joseph's experience is shared by pharmacists across the country. The number of prescriptions has doubled in the past decade, from 1.5 billion in 1989 to a projected 3 billion this year, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. But the number of pharmacists has not kept pace; the association estimates the nationwide shortage at more than 7,000 pharmacists. At the same time, managed care requirements have further increased the workload on pharmacists, who find themselves overwhelmed.
The result is an increasingly dangerous situation in our nation's pharmacies. Although most states do not require drugstores to report mistakes, serious medication errors are on the rise. A Feb. 28, 1998, study in the medical journal the Lancet estimated that in a 10-year period starting in 1983, the number of deaths caused by drug errors jumped 250%, reaching more than 7,000 a year by 1993, the last year for which data are available. According to the FDA, an estimated 1.3 million Americans are injured each year from medication mistakes. For some people, these errors have tragic consequences.
Heartrending Errors
Bryn Cabanillas was just 6 years old when her parents picked up a prescription for an antiseizure medication at a Thrifty Payless drug store in Costa Mesa, Calif. The order was mistakenly filled at nearly seven times the correct dosage, leaving Bryn with serious brain damage, unable to speak or get out of bed. In 1998, a California jury ordered Thrifty to pay damages of $30.6 million to her family.
Another tragic error took place earlier this year. On April 4, Kellie Ward walked into Leesburg Pharmacy in Virginia to drop off a prescription for her son. Five-year-old Brendan had been wetting his bed since his parents separated four months earlier. The family's pediatrician suggested they try an antidepressant, imipramine, commonly used to help children with the problem. The doctor wrote a prescription for the drug at a concentration of 50 milligrams per teaspoon.
Kellie picked up the medication from the drug store and gave Brendan two teaspoons of the syrup before tucking him into bed. At 7 a.m. the next morning, she came in and found her son dead.
Brendan died of an imipramine overdose because of a simple error. Instead of entering into the pharmacy computer the correct dose of 50 milligrams per teaspoon, a Leesburg Pharmacy technician added an extra digit and then filled the prescription. Before a pharmacist could check it for accuracy, a clerk sold the bottle to Kellie Ward. It contained imipramine at a concentration of 250 milligrams per teaspoon -- five times the correct dosage.
For Adle Joseph, the tragedy at Leesburg Pharmacy was ironic. He went to work there in 1998, leaving his previous employer of 35 years because he wanted to work in a saner -- and safer -- drug store. He had been happy enough for most of his tenure, but in 1987 a national chain bought the regional pharmacy he'd been working for. Within two years, Joseph says, store clerks had their hours slashed and the pressure on pharmacists mounted. The pharmacy counter was open from 9 am to 9 pm, with only one pharmacist to staff it.
"The pharmacist was there almost exclusively by himself," Joseph says. "We would work 12-hour days, and it was difficult to even go to the bathroom. A lunch break was unheard of. Nobody can tell me that after an eight- or nine-hour shift, you don't start to get tired. And if you're working all day by yourself, it increases the chance of error hugely."
Today, Joseph says, his hours are a little better and he feels the operation is somewhat safer. But even at the safest pharmacy, errors can occur, as Joseph and his colleagues learned last year.
More Drugs, More Ads on TV
There are several reasons for the staggering increase in prescription use. New drugs are hitting the market at a record pace. To keep costs down, many conditions that were once treated in hospitals are now handled on an outpatient basis, requiring complex drug regimens. Also, a rapidly growing older population is using more drugs, and advertising campaigns on television and radio have increased awareness and demand for certain medications. And then there's managed care, which has burdened pharmacists with red tape, while also putting more patients on prescription plans. The result: More prescriptions are being written.
"Most people have no idea of the impact managed care has had on medication errors and pharmacists' workload over the last five years," says Carmen Catizone, executive director of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Another factor cited by Catizone is the "unparalleled consolidation" of the pharmacy industry by large chains. The decline of independent pharmacies and mom-and-pop drugstores -- as well as the increasing use of mail-order and Internet pharmacies -- means a loss of personal contact between patients and pharmacists that can help minimize errors.
To make matters worse, pharmacies are squeezed by low reimbursements from managed care plans, forcing them to increase their volume in order to stay afloat. North Carolina pharmacy owner Gary Glisson, for example, says one of his stores will fill 90,000 prescriptions this year -- 15% more than last year.
At the same time, the clerical work involved in filling each prescription has become increasingly complicated and time-consuming. With insurance plans now covering two-thirds of all prescriptions filled, pharmacists are devoting much of their time to resolving issues of prescription benefit coverage.
Struggling to Prevent Tragedies
Experts across the country are trying desperately to devise methods to prevent tragedies like the one that claimed the life of Brendan Ward.
One partial solution is computerized prescribing. Doctors would send their prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, almost like email, hopefully preventing transcribing errors.
Another clear need is to train and hire more pharmacists. Between 1989 and 1999, while prescription volume was doubling, the number of dispensing pharmacists went from 171,000 to 180,000, a 5% increase. Increased staffing would allow pharmacists to actually do what's required under federal law: counsel customers. As it stands now, counseling occurs haphazardly, says Jim O'Donnell, an assistant professor of pharmacy at Rush Medical College in Chicago and the author of two books on pharmacy law.
"They do a token job," says O'Donnell. "As the cashier is ringing up the sale, they ask, 'Do you have any questions?' I've seen dozens and dozens of circumstances where pharmacists don't counsel patients, because they don't have the time to do it." That's too bad, says O'Donnell, because when pharmacists take the time to check for potential drug interactions and to explain to patients the proper use of medications, it makes a big difference. "It's been proven -- when pharmacists counsel, they catch mistakes."
To ease the squeeze on pharmacies, insurers also need to begin reimbursing pharmacists for counseling as well as traditional drug dispensing. "The bottom line is that no one is paying pharmacists for the way managed care is structured," says Randy Vogenberg, a pharmacy specialist at the Wellesley, Mass., office of ASA, a national benefits consulting firm. "We need to change how we pay for pharmacists' services and time."
Changes like these could begin to address the serious problems confronting an industry that are critical to the health and well-being of Americans. But experts also say that no number of reforms can substitute for another critical element of safety: informed consumers who make sure they understand from their doctor what drug they're being prescribed and what dosage they're supposed to be getting. The stakes, after all, could hardly be higher.
"When you're in a field like this," says pharmacist Adle Joseph, "there's no such thing as a minor incident. If you do something wrong, it's serious."
Loren Stein, a journalist based in Palo Alto, Calif., specializes in health and legal issues. Her work has appeared in California Lawyer, Hippocrates, L.A. Weekly, and The Christian Science Monitor, among other publications.
Rob Waters is a former senior editor at WebMD.


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We also headed to Waco and toured Baylor University. While making the Baylor stop ~ we took a break at Common Grounds for tea and coffee. The lovely above was parked outside their fine establishment ~ so cool!
One evening we braved a thunderstorm and took a drive up to Denton. Denton is a wonderfully quaint town where Corbin is attending the University of North Texas. After we enjoyed a delicious dinner here, we headed over to the town square. Isn't it charming?
Before our evening came to a close, we had the pleasure of spending a little time at Corbin's favorite hangout, Paschall's. Once we stepped in the place, it seemed as if we took a step back in time.
Feeling like the luckiest mom in the world ~ and so thankful to have had Gavin, Reagan and Corbin home for a few days. By the way, just wondering if you can guess who the chalk art guy (above) is?
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Missing 6-year-old from Olathe found in swimming pool dies
A 6-year-old Olathe boy was found dead in a swimming pool Saturday night after being reported missing earlier in the evening.
Olathe police said they were called about 7:15 p.m. Saturday to the 17400 block of West 158th Place on a report that the boy was missing. Officers, including a K9 unit, began searching for the boy, who eventually was found unresponsive in a partially drained pool in the area.
CPR efforts were begun and continued in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police said they are now investigating, and anyone with information is asked to call the Olathe Police Department at 913-971-7455.


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If I asked you what are the things you think are screwed up about you what would you say?
Would you give me a laundry list of things wrong with you? Judgeable offences that you think are real?
On the contrary...If I asked you to share 5 brilliant things about you?....would it be easy for you to come up with 5 things?
Most of us have spent our lives functioning on the notion that we need fixing. But what if that just wasn't true?
For 20 years I battled with a self-esteem issue. You wouldn't know it by looking at me,
but I thought it was obvious.....
I hated my body!! I thought I was fat, ugly, and all around horrid. I mean really!
I can see now how completely absurd that was....but in my mind...I was convinced there was something dreadfully wrong with me!!
What I've discovered over the years, thanks to the tools of Access Consciousness....There is NOTHING wrong with me!!
And there is NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU!!
If you would like to get out of the wrongness of you and stop judging yourself, your body, and your life....
Here is an excerpt from an e-book I wrote on the 10 steps to creating a better relationship with your body........Enjoy!!!
You are an amazing being. Your body is this vibrant, alive, living, breathing gift. You are only given one body in this lifetime. Your body truly desires to contribute to you. Most of us were raised thinking our body is a problem, or that it needs to be controlled. We aren't taught that our body desires to contribute to us. We aren't taught to believe that our body is our biggest ally and it actually desires to create your life as ease, joy, & glory. We aren't taught our bodies want to gift us the energy of possibility.
Below are 10 keys to play with, follow, experiment with, and explore how to create a different, more ease filled relationship with you and your body. A lot of these tools come from 20 years of working with bodies, teaching classes, and exploring avenues for the body from many different forms, including my extensive studies in a masters in Somatic Psychology as well as knowledge passed down from Gary Douglas and Dain Heer, the founders of Access Consciousness. The gift that these tools have been to me have changed my life. I went from being anorexic, bulimic, and troubled with my body most of my adult life to truly loving the skin I'm in. I never thought it was possible, but thanks to the tools and questions in this book, I have changed the one thing I thought I couldn't……. to change my body, or the way I saw my body.
I studied to get my master's in Somatic Psychology, I went to therapy, was in and out of eating disorder clinics, tried every diet you could think of, studied Shamanism, did over 100 soul retrievals and past life regressions. I tried dancing it out, talking it out, doing reiki, hypnotism, massage, energy work, body talk, therapy, mud baths, cleanses, colonics, and although some of the above created a deeper sense of self, at the end of the day, I still felt like something was wrong with my body (and me).
When I found the tools of Access Consciousness, I didn't think it was possible to truly LOVE my body, to no longer see it as a problem, and to no longer judge it as a wrongness. I thought it would be impossible...like no way in a million years could I change this…..
And yet, one day, the deep seeded wrongness disappeared and I started to truly LOVE my body. Is it perfect, no? Do I love sugar and ice cream? YES. Do I let myself have chocolate and bacon? Yes. And I also love greens, I love vegetables, I love tea, I love lemon water. I love to move my body and exercise and play outdoors.
I have such deep gratitude to Gary Douglas and Dain Heer for their tenacity of spirit, for their willingness to share these tools with the world, and for their patience, gratitude, and gifts they have shared with me and thousands of people all over the world.
May you enjoy the journey of a different possibility.
Step #1 Go On a Date with Your Body!
If you would like a FREE Copy of the 10 Steps to Change Your Relationship With Your Body, stop shaming, blaming, and guilting yourself into thinking you're not good enough, then GO HERE for your FREE COPY! My Gift to you!!
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The prosecutor leaned close, her breath stinking of sausage and stale beer. "Do you hear them? They want blood, and yours will do."
Through the dull roar of pain a sharper howl reached his ear, a wild animal with many throats. He couldn't make out the words, but he suspected this stout, humorless woman was right. "You are willing to bet . . . your office . . . on my guilt?" The words tangled on his tongue, and he drew on the last dregs of his strength. "I saved General Tugg . . . from an assassin in Kethmira."
She snorted.
"How I came to his . . . notice." He flexed his fingers, shocked at how cold they felt. "For your sake . . . I hope your protector has more power." Dev choked and something wet erupted from his chest and sprayed over his chin. Blood, probably, from the taste. The pain seared his chest, lanced down his back. At least he wouldn't have much longer to wait for death, he thought. "Neera," he whispered. That would be his last regret: that she would have to bury him, so soon after her husband.
A booming crash shuddered through the thick stone walls of the building. Another followed close after, then another. The prosecutor was barking orders to subordinates outside the cell, but the words no longer made sense to Dev. He wondered if death would come as a bright light, the way his father's people taught, or if he would find himself in a slow-moving river full of blossoms, as his mother had sung of before her own demise.
Someone cursed loudly, right in his ear. He'd have flinched away from the spray of spittle on his ear, but he couldn't move his arms and legs.
Another resounding crash gave way to the sound of squealing metal. Dev found himself flung back, in mind if not in body, to the train accident: Pain. Noise.


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The WiFi Alliance has announced that a new version of the WPA protocol, WPA3, will be released later this year.
The new release will provide a welcome upgrade from the 14-year old WPA2 that was successfully defeated by the KRACK Attack in October 2017. While that particular vulnerability - based around using key reinstallation attacks - has now been patched by the major vendors, the probability of other weaknesses being uncovered over time is considerable.
In a move to future-proof the new WPA3 standard the WiFi Alliance has built in several new features, including a beefed-up 192-bit security suite, aligned with the Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite from the US Committee on National Security Systems, that will further protect higher security requirement Wi-Fi networks such as government, defence, and industrial, and also strengthened user privacy in open networks - such as airports, hotels and coffee shops - by deploying individualised data encryption.
In addition, two of the new features are designed to improve protection when users choose low-security passwords. Another interesting enhancement is a simplified process for configuring security in devices that have limited or no display interface at all - a considerable boon for IoT devices of all stripes.
Javvad Malik, security advocate, AlienVault, commented to SCMedia UK: "WPA3 looks to introduce some good security upgrades meaning that dictionary attacks should no longer work. Furthermore, WPA3 appears to have IoT devices in mind by being able to streamline the process to configure devices that may not have a display, therefore increasing the likelihood that users will securely configure devices."
Mark James, security specialist, ESET also welcomed the move: "The problem with standards that have been around a while are that they are not always as secure as we would like, and even when we do think they are "the best" option, they end up being compromised and open up the possibility of our precious data being exposed to hackers or malicious actors. So, the introduction of a new more secure standard is great news - hopefully we will see devices with WPA3 as quickly as possible. The good thing is we understand the need for the better security- we have seen how WPA2 can be compromised and the dangers involved."


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When gathering up all the great gag gifts for your Groom to Be or even Bride to Be, these Sexy Golf Tees always make a big hit for laughs!!
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October is going to be a good. Really good.
Ps- what's your favorite Fall drink? I'd love to know!
Caramel Apple Cider! Love love love October!!
Two new ones this year - apple and ginger tea and honey and lemon (it's like cold relief without the cold medication in it lol)
Elmer T after nighttime fishing extravaganzas.
Texas State Fair! I haven't been in so long. I feel like in October I am finally allowed to break out the hot chocolate. The husband doesn't allow any premature celebrating, so I have to wait until a cold snap to break it out haha (allow is a strong word, just fyi)
Pumpkin spice lattes the S-bux. Jersey fresh apple cider. Samurai mate chai from Teavana. I could go on forever. I LOVE FALL <3
Shared Punkin beer with your best around a campfire. YES to the most amazing month of the year. #october
Like you I am just as obsessed with the month of October...it used to be for my birthday, but as I age, I seem to get less excited about it. Anyway, Pumpkin anything is my favorite drink and if were eating then it's pumpkin pancakes from Ihop.
P.S. beat you to the state fair this year. Had to of course head straight for the fried autumn pie, delicious 365 days later. Give the fried smores and the fried red velvet cupcake a try too! Here's to our favorite month and gaining at least 5 pounds! Cheers!
Hot spiced cider. Just bought my cider over the weekend and cannot wait to have the aroma filling the house with its goodness.
Love your October 1st-fest ideas!
I love it too!!! My Boyfran & I's birthday month!! Plus the beginning of an amazing season, Autumn!! Happy October.
Apple cider (wait for it) SLUSHIE. It's amazing. SO AMAZING!
October beverages are all about the pumpkin. So many different smoothies and milkshakes! I love bundling up drinking a cold beverage that tastes like fall. It's perfection.
Pumpkin pie martini. You have to try one, even for just a sip to celebrate the best month of the year!
Caramel apple shakes are amaaaazing.
Sam Adams Oktoberfest!
Good old hot apple cider! It's what I drink on the walk across campus to class on chilly fall mornings :)
I love October because here on the West Coast of Cali, summer is just revving up!(it's 92 today) My favorite Fall drink is a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks but I make myself wait until the first day with a chill in the air : ) Here's to Fall!
October is my favorite month, too!! We celebrated with pizza and Monday Night Football. :) (go bears!)
Fall drinks are the best...all kinds of chai tea, & hot apple cider. so good!
In October its hot chocolate. You can still sit outside in the cafes in a nice and sunny day - but its getting cold, so hot chocolate is perfect for me.
Plus I never ever drink beer... but on the Octoberfest of course I do ;) Have been last week and will go back to munich tomorrow! Horray to that and meeting so much pleople from all over the world there!
Hot apple cider and spiced rum. Yum! :)
I love pumpkin spice lattes. I haven't found a good recipe to make them at home, though. Everything on Pinterest is complicated and for multiple people.
I've been making pumpkin oatmeal smoothies for breakfast. So yummy! And homemade Pumpkin Spice lattes. Also Delicious. We also just bought our first bottle of hard cider at the farmer's market. I love apple season too!
PSLs (punkin spice lattes) from Sterbucks are what soothes my soul in October! It's just a staple in our little college community. However, I'm also a fan of apple cider and Pumpkin Spice White Hot Chocolate. And yes, there is a gloriously simple recipe for that :)
I can never resist chai.
How do you keep track of all the days you celebrate? You are always making a party out of anything. Is it instinctive or organized?
regressada, i don't know! my family always grew up celebrating small things. it's in my blood i guess! starting new traditions has also been fun :)
Apart from pumpkin beer and pumpkin spice lattes, another one of our favorite fall drinks is Apple Cider Margaritas!
5 oz. sweet apple cider, 2 oz. gold tequila, 1 oz. Grand Marnier. Rim with cinnamon-sugar. :-)
I love Fall too, and I even broke down early and started with the pumpkin-stuff in September! Thankfully we still have another month of fall-pumpkin-harvest-y goodness. Yay November!
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Moogfest 2011 Wrap-Up
For the second year in a row, the city of Asheville, North Carolina celebrated the […]
Moogfest 2011 Wrap-Up
For the second year in a row, the city of Asheville, North Carolina celebrated the […]
For the second year in a row, the city of Asheville, North Carolina celebrated the legacy of former resident and innovator of the synthesizer Robert Moog with a festival featuring the eclectic, electric sounds that he was integral in making possible. This year's Moogfest fell once again on Halloween weekend, which lent the festivities a bit of a rave-ish vibe. Colored wigs, reflective jumpsuits, and various accessories of the glowing variety were a common sight when glancing across the throngs of festival-goers spread throughout the small college town that is still home to the Moog factory (pictured above). I had to wonder if Mr. Moog would be entirely pleased with being honored in this way, as the festival largely feels like a suburban Burning Man. Regardless, all performing artists in attendance were there to pay tribute to the visionary with some of the best music that can be seen and heard today, and did so in spades.
Day One
Moogfest started early Friday evening in the midst of a chilly drizzle that made trekking from venue to venue feel a bit more laborious than the 10- or 15-minute walks might otherwise be. Geoff Barrow's Kraut-indebted side-project, Beak>, was the first act I caught, and proved to be a fitting start to my weekend, as the jammy song structures and pulsing rhythms made for a smooth sonic brew to ease into. Atlas Sound was setting up across the way over at the Orange Peel, so I dipped out of Beak>'s ambling performance a little early in order to make the start of his set.
Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox was on stage alone, surrounded by his guitar, effects pedals, a drum machine of some sort, and a Moog synthesizer. It was the most gear I've ever seen him use in a solo performance, and it seemed that maybe the setup was new to him, too. Instead of playing some of his experimental bedroom-pop tunes, Cox spent more time self-indulgently jamming on his gear (quite loudly, might I add), which yielded both interesting and tiring results. Some people were plugging their ears by the time I left to grab a bite to eat.
Atlas Sound
Tangerine Dream
After stopping in one of Asheville's many fine restaurants, I headed to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium to catch the unlikely performance of German new age/prog pioneers Tangerine Dream. The six-piece outfit was in the middle of fleshing out pieces of its unbelievably large repertoire when I arrived. I didn't recognize any of the songs Tangerine Dream performed, but was mesmerized by both the massive amount of gear the band had on stage and the immense sound they produced through the auditorium's soundsystem. Up in the front, the subs quite literally moved me, and even the cheeseball guitar and sax solos sounded pristine enough to be chocked up to nostalgia rather than kitsch.
After Tangerine Dream took a bow and 69-year-old band leader Edgar Froese addressed the adoring crowd concerning his love for Bob Moog, The Field set up with a drum kit on stage right, a bass and synth rig on stage left, and mastermind Axel Wilner placed front-and-center, armed with a couple of samplers and a mixer. The trio kicked things off with Looping State of Mind opener "Is This Power," and, despite a poor mixing job from the house, compelled the excited audience to groove along with lengthy renditions of pulsing jams taken from all three of its LPs.
The Field
The final event of my first night at Moogfest was a surreal performance by elusive dubstep badboy Zomby at the Orange Peel. I use the word surreal mostly because of the crowd in attendance, not the performer himself. When I arrived roughly in the middle of the third track Zomby had selected to play off his laptop, the room was at about half capacity, which felt slightly odd considering that the masked producer would likely sell out a night in any other city. But things continued to grow more strange; while Zomby dropped dirty grime and rap tunes from the likes of Soulja Boy, Dizzee Rascal, and The-Dream, along with a cut or two of his own (like the excellent "Tears in the Rain" from Where Were U in '92), the audience waned, seemingly miffed by his anti-climactic "performance" and his utter lack of stage presence. There were about 30 people left in the room when Zomby ended his set. It solidified my notion that maybe most of the people in attendance at Moogfest this year aren't as interested in an artist's hype and self-imposed mythos as they are in seeing exciting live music from talented performers. And really, who could blame them?
Day Two
Brighter skies greeted me on Saturday, and assuaged all fears that I'd be spending much of my stay in Asheville bogged down by weather I hadn't packed for. By the time SBTRKT went on early that night at the Asheville Civic Center Arena, not much had changed aside from the dropping temperature, but that didn't stop the attendees from donning their Halloween costumes and party garb. The South London duo of SBTRKT and singer Sampha played through high-energy versions of "Something Goes Right," "Heatwave," and other selections from the producer's self-titled LP with a live drum set, vocal effects, and a handful of synths and MIDI controllers. The crowd ate up the pop-minded dance tunes like they were at the peak hours of an all-night rave, which left me wondering how Tim Hecker would fare when he took the same stage hours later.
Terry & Gyan Riley
Before Tim Hecker appeared on the arena stage, I had the privilege of watching experimental composer Terry Riley perform in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium next door. The artist played his minimalist pieces along with his son, guitarist Gyan Riley, alternating between a grand piano and an electric keyboard throughout their set. Riley said very little to the seated audience between songs, but made one remark about the pair rehearsing on the way to Asheville, to which Gyan added, "We were on different flights." After the laughter subsided, the duo launched into a serenely spellbinding piece of music that found both Terry and son jumping between a bevy of different sounds on their respective instruments—maintaining the understated, hypnotic vibe throughout. You could see most of the crowd with their eyes closed, soaking up the transportive sounds.
Tim Hecker
In what was easily the strangest billing of Moogfest, Canadian noisenik Tim Hecker performed sonically crushing pieces from this year's gorgeous Ravedeath, 1972 LP at the festival's largest indoor venue. Hecker unleashed his assault of chopped and treated sound on the same stage that featured the likes of Moby, TV on the Radio, and Ghostland Observatory throughout the weekend. The arena was at roughly 10% capacity during most of Hecker's set. While the lush washes of static and punishing bass of "The Piano Drop" rattled my insides, I watched as two kids played Connect Four and a couple of underage girls (who were almost certainly rolling) ran around in some kind of game of tag. I couldn't help but think that maybe the tastes of the Moogfest promoters are somewhat loftier than their audience. Still, toward the back of the small crowd, a number of people were seated on the ground, basking in the vibrations of Hecker's engrossing music. The performance was over 20 minutes earlier than it had been billed.
A short walk took me over to the Orange Peel, where Suicide was scheduled to perform its seminal self-titled LP in its entirety. Thankfully, the landmark event was not lost on Asheville and its festival-goers, as the room was absolutely packed and brimming with excitement. 73-year-old Alan Vega and Martin Rev sauntered on stage and immediately jumped into "Ghost Rider." The tune's instantly recognizable bassline was met with screams of enthusiasm from the crowd, and Vega fed off the energy like a veteran performer. While Rev blasted out the powerful drum-machine rhythms and gritty synth riffs of Suicide (including highlights like quasi-ballad "Cheree" and epic ode to the everyman "Frankie Teardrop"), the vocalist wailed and postured on stage—smoking a cigarette, grabbing his crotch, and yelling into the audience like it was 1970s CBGB. It was something of a sight to behold, and one of the best performances I saw during Moogfest.
After a lengthy change over and far more Red Hot Chili Peppers and 311 than one should ever be forced to listen to, Hyperdub head honcho Kode9 delivered a tremendous DJ set to an insatiable dancefloor. The mixmaster kicked things off with heavyweight tunes like Mosca's "Done Me Wrong" and "Hover Traps" by fellow Glaswegian Rustie, which paved the way for choice bits of high-octane grime, heavy-handed dubstep, and other tasteful bass-centric genres. There wasn't a static body within the ebullient crowd, and as I gradually made my way through the mass and out the door, I only saw more and more people filtering into the Orange Peel. Kode9's set was certainly the dance party of the night.
Day Three
M83's was the last performance I saw during Moogfest, and even though the final day of the festival also featured sets from the likes of Neon Indian, John Maus, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Gold Panda, Anthony Gonzalez's immense stage show was enough to satisfy even the hungriest of live music appetites. Like its impeccable new LP, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83 presented a cinematic spectacle inside of the Asheville Civic Center Arena, starting with a walk-on of the boy in the alien costume from the new album's artwork. He slowly raised his arms as the synth arpeggiations and sub-bass of opening track "Intro" swelled from the soundsystem and Gonzalez & Co. took their positions. During this small bit of theatrics, it became readily apparent that something special was going to happen.
M83's alien boy on screen
The band followed up its first tune with lively versions of "Midnight City" and "Reunion" before jumping into older material like "Kim & Jessie" and "Teen Angst." As Gonzalez was joined by a live drummer, a young multi-instrumentalist (whose 20th birthday happened to be that night), and a female vocalist/keyboardist, M83 sounded fuller than I'd ever experienced from them in a live setting. The brilliant music, flashy on-stage lighting, and passionate performances from the artists created a commanding presence in the arena, more so than any band I'd seen in the past few days. During an excellent rendition of Hurry Up standout "Steve McQueen," it occurred to me that maybe this is what Gonzalez had been striving for all along. His band had achieved what looked and sounded like stadium-sized stardom, and it suited them very well.
Before the show had begun, a screen suspended near the stage displayed text messages sent from the audience to a special number. One of those messages that popped on screen read, "I came to Moogfest just to see M83." I got the sense that maybe everyone in the near-capacity audience felt that way, too. I can certainly say that there were moments during Gonzalez & Co.'s hour-plus performance where I felt just the same, and when I left the venue on a high of seeing such a powerful live band (not to mention a personal favorite), it seemed that all of the weekend-long festival had been leading up to that point. It was the perfect note to end my stay at Moogfest on, so I went back to my hotel and prepared to return home.


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I recently had the privilege of attending Makeup Forever's private showing of their new HD blush collection which features 16 beautiful cream shades. The event was absolutely wonderful and Makeup Forever definitely spoiled me!
To view my full write up on the event and a review of these fabulous new shades, check out my article on SMU Style by clicking here or the picture below.


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Family Rules, According to the Torah
It isn't surprising that the Torah places great value on the family unit; after all, the Jewish people as a whole are considered to be a family, as implied by the phrase "the Children of Israel." Even though a few million people stood at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, the entire group knew itself to be one large family, with all descended from Jacob, the patriarch. In a sense, the entire Torah is really the rules and history of one large family, but within the Torah you find many specific commandments designed to regulate the individual family unit.
Be fruitful and multiply
The Torah contains 613 commandments, and the first one found in the first chapter of the first book is the commandment to have children: "And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land and conquer it, and you shall rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky, and all the animals that move upon the earth'" (Genesis 1:28).
Honor your father and mother
Honoring your father and your mother is known in Hebrew as kibbud av v'em (kih-bood ahv vah-eem). It's one of the Ten Commandments, but there are other verses in the Torah that also concern themselves with how to treat your parents. They are as follows:
- "Honor your father and your mother in order that your days shall be lengthened upon this land that the Lord your God has given you." (Exodus 20:12)
- "He who smites his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." (Exodus 21:15)
- "He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." (Exodus 21:17)
- "A man, his mother and his father shall he fear, and my Sabbaths shall he guard, I am the Lord your God." (Leviticus 19:3)
Just married? Take a year off
An unusual set of commandments in the Torah pertains to a newly married couple. The Torah teaches that a newly married husband shall be free for one year to rejoice with his wife: "When a man takes a new wife, he shall not enter military service, nor shall he be charged with any business; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken" (Deuteronomy 24:5).
The wife's rights are just as important as the husband's
The Torah protects the rights of wives in many ways. To mention just one example, Jewish law states that if a husband wants to change careers, his wife can forbid him to do so if it means that he will be away from home more often and therefore will not be able to make love as often as the wife would like. The Torah states, "If he takes a wife, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights, he shall not diminish" (Exodus 21:10).
Steer clear of forbidden relationships
According to the Torah, sexual relations are confined to being between a husband and wife. It's forbidden to have sex with another person outside of the marriage as well as to have sex with an animal. Here are the relevant verses:
- "And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her" (Leviticus 18:20). Note that although the technical definition of adultery according to the Torah only pertains to the wife, tradition also forbids extramarital relations by the husband because, at one time, polygamy was a common practice.
- "And you shall not lie with any beast to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it; it is perversion." (Leviticus 18:23)