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When abnormal cell growth starts in the lungs, it is called lung cancer. The most common causes of the disease are associated with tobacco use. There are two general types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Symptoms of both may include a persistent cough, shortness of breath, and coughing up blood. Treatment options for the condition include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Lung cancer is a disease in which uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells begins in the lungs. It is, by far, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The five-year survival rate for the disease is only 15 percent.
Other types of cancers may spread to the lungs from other organs. However, this is not considered lung cancer because it did not start in the lungs. When cancer cells spread from one organ to another, they are called metastases.
The diagnosis of lung cancer brings with it many questions and a need for clear, understandable answers.
Cancer research has led to progress against the disease -- and our knowledge is increasing. Researchers continue to look for better ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat lung cancer.
Causes of Lung Cancer
Researchers have discovered several causes of lung cancer, but the most common are related to the use of tobacco.
Causes include:
- Cigarettes
- Cigars and pipes
- Environmental tobacco smoke ("secondhand smoke")
- Radon
- Asbestos
- Pollution
- Lung diseases.
Types of Lung Cancer
Cancers that begin in the lungs are divided into two major types -- non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer -- depending on how the cells look under a microscope. Each type grows and spreads in different ways and is treated differently.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer is more common than small cell lung cancer, and it generally grows and spreads more slowly. There are three main types of non-small cell lung cancer; they are named for the type of cells in which the cancer develops:
- Squamous cell carcinoma (also called epidermoid carcinoma)
- Adenocarcinoma
- Large cell carcinoma.
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Small cell lung cancer, sometimes called oat cell cancer, is less common. This type of lung cancer grows more quickly and is more likely to spread to other organs in the body.
Symptoms of Lung Cancer
People with lung cancer may experience symptoms caused by the cancer or by side effects from cancer treatments. Common symptoms can include:
- Shortness of breath
- A persistent cough that gets worse over time
- Wheezing
- Coughing up blood
- Pain
- Fever
- Weight loss.
Side effects vary, depending on the type of lung cancer treatment.
Diagnosing and Treating Lung Cancer
Information about how large a cancer is or how far it has spread is often used to determine the cancer's stage. Healthcare providers use information about the stages to plan lung cancer treatment and to monitor progress.
There are several ways to treat lung cancer. The treatment depends on the type and how far it has spread. Common treatment options include:
- Surgery (see Lung Cancer Surgery)
- Chemotherapy (see Lung Cancer Chemotherapy)
- Radiation (see Lung Cancer Radiation).
People often receive more than one kind of treatment for lung cancer.
These treatments may be provided by different doctors on your medical team, including:
- Pulmonologists (doctors who are experts in diseases of the lungs)
- Surgeons (doctors who perform operations)
- Medical oncologists (doctors who are experts in lung cancer and treat cancers with medicines)
- Radiation oncologists (doctors who treat lung cancers with radiation).
Nursing Priorities
1. Maintain/improve respiratory function.
2. Control/alleviate pain.
3. Support efforts to cope with diagnosis/situation.
4. Provide information about disease process/prognosis and therapeutic regimen
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: impaired Gas Exchange
May be related to
Possibly evidenced by
Respiratory Status: Gas Exchange (NOC)
Respiratory Management (NIC)
Note respiratory rate, depth, and ease of respirations. Observe for use of accessory muscles, pursed-lip breathing, changes in skin/mucous membrane color; e.g., pallor, cyanosis.
Respirations may be increased as a result of pain or as an initial compensatory mechanism to accommodate for loss of lung tissue. However, increased work of breathing and cyanosis may indicate increasing oxygen consumption and energy expenditures and/or reduced respiratory reserve; e.g., elderly client or extensive COPD.
Auscultate lungs for air movement and abnormal breath sounds.
Investigate restlessness and changes in mentation/level of consciousness.
Assess client response to activity. Encourage rest periods/limit activities to client tolerance.
Note development of fever.
Airway Management (NIC)
Maintain patent airway by positioning, suctioning, use of airway adjuncts.
Reposition frequently, placing client in sitting and supine to side positions.
Avoid positioning client with a pneumonectomy on the operative side; instead, favor the "good lung down" position.
Encourage/assist with deep-breathing exercises and pursed-lip breathing as appropriate.
Tube Care: Chest (NIC)
Maintain patency of chest drainage system following lobectomy, segmental/wedge resection procedures.
Note changes in amount/type of chest tube drainage.
Consolidation and lack of air movement on operative side are normal in the pneumonectomy client; however, the lobectomy client should demonstrate normal airflow in remaining lobes.
May indicate increased hypoxia or complications such as mediastinal shift in pneumonectomy client when accompanied by tachypnea, tachycardia, and tracheal deviation.
Increased oxygen consumption/demand and stress of surgery can result in increased dyspnea and changes in vital signs with activity; however, early mobilization is desired to help prevent pulmonary complications and to obtain and maintain respiratory and circulatory efficiency. Adequate rest balanced with activity can prevent respiratory compromise.
Fever within the first 24 hr after surgery is frequently due to atelectasis. Temperature elevation within the 5th to 10th postoperative day usually indicates an infection; e.g., wound or systemic.
Airway obstruction impedes ventilation, impairing gas exchange. (Refer to ND: ineffective Airway Clearance.)
Maximizes lung expansion and drainage of secretions.
Research shows that positioning clients following lung surgery with their "good lung down" maximizes oxygenation by using gravity to enhance blood flow to the healthy lung, thus creating the best possible match between ventilation and perfusion.
Promotes maximal ventilation and oxygenation and reduces/prevents atelectasis.
Drains fluid from pleural cavity to promote reexpansion of remaining lung segments.
Bloody drainage should decrease in amount and change to a more serous composition as recovery progresses. A sudden increase in amount of bloody drainage or return to frank bleeding suggests thoracic bleeding/hemothorax; sudden cessation suggests blockage of tube, requiring further evaluation and intervention.
Observe presence/degree of bubbling in water-seal chamber.
Airway Management (NIC)
Administer supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula, partial rebreathing mask, or high-humidity face mask, as indicated.
Assist with/encourage use of incentive spirometer.
Monitor/graph ABGs, pulse oximetry readings. Note hemoglobin (Hb) levels.
Air leaks immediately postoperative are not uncommon, especially following lobectomy or segmental resection; however, this should diminish as healing progresses. Prolonged or new leaks require evaluation to identify problems in client versus the drainage system.
Maximizes available oxygen, especially while ventilation is reduced because of anesthetic, depression, or pain, and during period of compensatory physiologic shift of circulation to remaining functional alveolar units.
Prevents/reduces atelectasis and promotes reexpansion of small airways.
Decreasing Pao2 or increasing Paco2 may indicate need for ventilatory support. Significant blood loss can result in decreased oxygen-carrying capacity, reducing Pao2.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: ineffective Airway Clearance
May be related to
Possibly evidenced by
Respiratory Status: Airway Patency (NOC)
Airway Management (NIC)
Auscultate chest for character of breath sounds and presence of secretions.
Assist client with/instruct in effective deep breathing and coughing with upright position (sitting) and splinting of incision.
Observe amount and character of sputum/aspirated secretions. Investigate changes as indicated.
Suction if cough is weak or breath sounds not cleared by cough effort. Avoid deep endotracheal/nasotracheal suctioning in pneumonectomy client if possible.
Encourage oral fluid intake (at least 2500 mL/day) within cardiac tolerance.
Assess for pain/discomfort and medicate on a routine basis and before breathing exercises.
Provide/assist with incentive spirometer; postural drainage/percussion as indicated.
Use humidified oxygen/ultrasonic nebulizer. Provide additional fluids via IV as indicated.
Administer bronchodilators, expectorants, and/or analgesics as indicated.
Noisy respirations, rhonchi, and wheezes are indicative of retained secretions and/or airway obstruction.
Upright position favors maximal lung expansion, and splinting improves force of cough effort to mobilize and remove secretions. Splinting may be done by nurse (placing hands anteriorly and posteriorly over chest wall) and by client (with pillows) as strength improves.
Increased amounts of colorless (or blood-streaked)/watery secretions are normal initially and should decrease as recovery progresses. Presence of thick/tenacious, bloody, or purulent sputum suggests development of secondary problems (e.g., dehydration, pulmonary edema, local hemorrhage, or infection) that require correction/treatment.
"Routine" suctioning increases risk of hypoxemia and mucosal damage. Deep tracheal suctioning is generally contraindicated following pneumonectomy to reduce the risk of rupture of the bronchial stump suture line. If suctioning is unavoidable, it should be done gently and only to induce effective coughing.
Adequate hydration aids in keeping secretions loose/enhances expectoration.
Encourages client to move, cough more effectively, and breathe more deeply to prevent respiratory insufficiency.
Improves lung expansion/ventilation and facilitates removal of secretions. Note: Postural drainage may be contraindicated in some clients, and in any event must be performed cautiously to prevent respiratory embarrassment and incisional discomfort.
Providing maximal hydration helps loosen/liquefy secretions to promote expectoration. Impaired oral intake necessitates IV supplementation to maintain hydration.
Relieves bronchospasm to improve airflow. Expectorants increase mucus production and liquefy and reduce viscosity of secretions, facilitating removal. Alleviation of chest discomfort promotes cooperation with breathing exercises and enhances effectiveness of respiratory therapies.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: acute Pain
May be related to
Possibly evidenced by
Pain Level (NOC)
Pain Management (NIC)
Ask client about pain. Determine pain location and characteristics; e.g., continuous, aching, stabbing, burning. Have client rate intensity on a 0–10 scale.
Assess client's verbal and nonverbal pain cues.
Note possible pathophysiologic and psychologic causes of pain.
Evaluate effectiveness of pain control. Encourage sufficient medication to manage pain; change medication or time span as appropriate.
Encourage verbalization of feelings about the pain.
Helpful in evaluating cancer-related pain symptoms, which may involve viscera, nerve, or bone tissue. Use of rating scale aids client in assessing level of pain and provides tool for evaluating effectiveness of analgesics, enhancing client control of pain.
Discrepancy between verbal/nonverbal cues may provide clues to degree of pain, need for/effectiveness of interventions.
Fear, distress, anxiety, and grief over confirmed diagnosis of cancer can impair ability to cope. In addition, a posterolateral incision is more uncomfortable for client than an anterolateral incision. The presence of chest tubes can greatly increase discomfort.
Pain perception and pain relief are subjective, thus pain management is best left to client's discretion. If client is unable to provide input, the nurse should observe physiological and nonverbal signs of pain and administer medications on a regular basis.
Fears/concerns can increase muscle tension and lower threshold of pain perception. (Refer to ND: Fear/Anxiety [specify level], following.)
Provide comfort measures; e.g., frequent changes of position, back rubs, support with pillows. Encourage use of relaxation techniques; e.g., visualization, guided imagery, and appropriate diversional activities.
Schedule rest periods, provide quiet environment.
Assist with self-care activities, breathing/arm exercises, and ambulation.
Assist with client-controlled analgesia (PCA) or analgesia through epidural catheter. Administer intermittent analgesics routinely as indicated, especially 45–60 min before respiratory treatments, deep-breathing/coughing exercises.
Promotes relaxation and redirects attention. Relieves discomfort and augments therapeutic effects of analgesia.
Decreases fatigue and conserves energy, enhancing coping abilities.
Prevents undue fatigue and incisional strain. Encouragement and physical assistance/support may be needed for some time before client is able or confident enough to perform these activities because of pain or fear of pain.
Maintaining a constant drug level avoids cyclic periods of pain, aids in muscle healing, and improves respiratory function and emotional comfort/coping.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Fear/Anxiety [specify level]
May be related to
Possibly evidenced by
Fear Self-Control/Anxiety Self-Control (NOC)
Anxiety Reduction (NIC)
Evaluate client/SO level of understanding of diagnosis.
Acknowledge reality of client's fears/concerns and encourage expression of feelings.
Provide opportunity for questions and answer them honestly. Be sure that client and care providers have the same understanding of terms used.
Accept, but do not reinforce, client's denial of the situation.
Note comments/behaviors indicative of beginning acceptance and/or use of effective strategies to deal with situation.
Involve client/SO in care planning. Provide time to prepare for events/treatments.
Provide for client's physical comfort.
Client and SO are hearing and assimilating new information that includes changes in self-image and lifestyle. Understanding perceptions of those involved sets the tone for individualizing care and provides information necessary for choosing appropriate interventions.
Support may enable client to begin exploring/dealing with the reality of cancer and its treatment. Client may need time to identify feelings and even more time to begin to express them.
Establishes trust and reduces misperceptions/misinterpretation of information.
When extreme denial or anxiety is interfering with progress of recovery, the issues facing client need to be explained and resolutions explored.
Fear/anxiety will diminish as client begins to accept/deal positively with reality. Indicator of client's readiness to accept responsibility for participation in recovery and to "resume life."
May help restore some feeling of control/independence to client who feels powerless in dealing with diagnosis and treatment.
It is difficult to deal with emotional issues when experiencing extreme/persistent physical discomfort.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: deficient Knowledge [Learning Need] regarding condition, treatment, prognosis, self-care, and discharge needs
May be related to
Possibly evidenced by
Knowledge: Disease Process (NOC)
Knowledge: Treatment Regimen (NOC)
Teaching: Disease Process (NIC)
Discuss diagnosis, current/planned therapies, and expected outcomes.
Reinforce surgeon's explanation of particular surgical procedure, providing diagram as appropriate. Incorporate this information into discussion about short-/long-term recovery expectations.
Discuss necessity of planning for follow-up care before discharge.
Identify signs/symptoms requiring medical evaluations; e.g., changes in appearance of incision, development of respiratory difficulty, fever, increased chest pain, changes in appearance of sputum.
Provides individually specific information, creating knowledge base for subsequent learning regarding home management. Radiation or chemotherapy may follow surgical intervention, and information is essential to enable the client/SO to make informed decisions.
Length of rehabilitation and prognosis depend on type of surgical procedure, preoperative physical condition, and duration/degree of complications.
Follow-up assessment of respiratory status and general health is imperative to assure optimal recovery. Also provides opportunity to readdress concerns/questions at a less stressful time.
Early detection and timely intervention may prevent/minimize complications.
Help client determine activity tolerance and set goals.
Evaluate availability/adequacy of support system(s) and necessity for assistance in self-care/home management.
Recommend alternating rest periods with activity and light tasks with heavy tasks. Stress avoidance of heavy lifting, isometric/strenuous upper body exercise. Reinforce physician's time limitations about lifting.
Recommend stopping any activity that causes undue fatigue or increased shortness of breath.
Encourage inspection of incisions. Review expectations for healing with client.
Instruct client/SO to watch for/report places in incision that do not heal or reopening of healed incision, any drainage (bloody or purulent), localized area of swelling with redness or increased pain that is hot to touch.
Suggest wearing soft cotton shirts and loose-fitting clothing, cover/pad portion of incision as indicated, leave incision open to air as much as possible.
Shower in warm water, washing incision gently. Avoid tub baths until approved by physician.
Support incision with Steri-Strips as needed when sutures/staples are removed.
Instruct/provide rationale for arm/shoulder exercises. Have client/SO demonstrate exercises. Encourage following graded increase in number/intensity of routine repetitions.
Weakness and fatigue should decrease as lung(s) heals and respiratory function improves during recovery period, especially if cancer was completely removed. If cancer is advanced, it is emotionally helpful for client to be able to set realistic activity goals to achieve optimal independence.
General weakness and activity limitations may reduce individual's ability to meet own needs.
Generalized weakness and fatigue are usual in the early recovery period but should diminish as respiratory function improves and healing progresses. Rest and sleep enhance coping abilities, reduce nervousness (common in this phase), and promote healing. Note: Strenuous use of arms can place undue stress on incision because chest muscles may be weaker than normal for 3–6 months following surgery.
Exhaustion aggravates respiratory insufficiency.
Healing begins immediately, but complete healing takes time. As healing progresses, incision lines may appear dry with crusty scabs. Underlying tissue may look bruised and feel tense, warm, and lumpy (resolving hematoma).
Signs/symptoms indicating failure to heal, development of complications requiring further medical evaluation/intervention.
Reduces suture line irritation and pressure from clothing. Leaving incisions open to air promotes healing process and may reduce risk of infection.
Keeps incision clean, promotes circulation/healing. Note: "Climbing" out of tub requires use of arms and pectoral muscles, which can put undue stress on incision.
Aids in maintaining approximation of wound edges to promote healing.
Simple arm circles and lifting arms over the head or out to the affected side are initiated on the first or second postoperative day to restore normal range of motion (ROM) of shoulder and to prevent ankylosis of the affected shoulder.
Stress importance of avoiding exposure to smoke, air pollution, and contact with individuals with URIs.
Review nutritional/fluid needs. Suggest increasing protein and use of high-calorie snacks as appropriate.
Identify individually appropriate community resources; e.g., American Cancer Society, visiting nurse, social services, home care.
Protects lung(s) from irritation and reduces risk of infection.
Meeting cellular energy requirements and maintaining good circulating volume for tissue perfusion facilitate tissue regeneration/healing process.
Agencies such as these offer a broad range of services that can be tailored to provide support and meet individual needs.
POTENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS following hospitalization (dependent on client's age, physical condition/presence of complications, personal resources, and life responsibilities)
- ineffective Airway Clearance—increased amount/viscosity of secretions, restricted chest movement/pain, fatigue/weakness.
- acute Pain—surgical incision, tissue trauma, disruption of intercostal nerves, presence of distress/anxiety.
- Self-Care Deficit—decreased strength/endurance, presence of pain, intolerance to activity, depression, presence of therapeutic devices; e.g., IV lines.


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Christmas Eve and twelve hours in Cape Town under the belt. We flew in at around 11.20 local time this morning embarking on our two and a half week honeymoon in South Africa. Having left a stormy wet and wild UK 12 hours prior to that, the blinding sunshine that burned my retinas as I pulled up our window blinds on the airplane this morning was a welcome sight.
After a lengthy wait in the immigration queue with restless homecomers on their way back for Christmas, we hopped into our zippy hire car and hit the "N2" heading for the city.
A straight forward drive took us on a gentle curve towards the mighty Table Mountain, today permanently shrouded in its tablecloth cloud, maybe tomorrow we'll get to see it in all it's splendour.
We found our hotel easily -the Pepper Club – labelled as a luxury spa resort, allegedly frequented by the WAGs during the 2010 World Cup. Our room is smart and comfortable, we quickly unpacked, making ourselves at home.
Headed out onto Long Street, just round the corner, a vibey street packed with bars, restaurants, surf shops, craft shops and other curious windows… Hungry we found a place to sit, order a beer and tuck into some tasty food (shrimp curry for me). African dance music beating out into the street, the clear blue sky overhead and strong sunshine beating down, as the beer went down and the music swam in my ears, I could feel the distance from work and stress started slipping away. Suddenly it was 2005 again, last time I was in Cape Town, after 2 months of being on the road in Africa, I was young, carefree and in the present. Nothing else mattered. Pure bliss.
This afternoon we took the shuttle bus to Camps Bay, an incredibly beautiful and up-market crescent of power white sand. A line of bars and shops line the front and behind the, condos owned by millionaires. The wind was strong, whipping up the turquoise ocean into a boiling mass of wild water, crashing waves and spewing foam against the beach. We walked on the beach and the sand storm pin-pricked our bare calves. We took refuge in a fancy sushi bar and drank cool cocktails (I had a peach and ginger mojito and a cucumber cocktail) as the sun crept towards the horizon.
After a trip back to the hotel to shower and catnap, we headed out for our Christmas Eve dinner at Rick's American Cafe, a cosy restaurant themed after Casablanca. We ate tapas, surrounded by Christmas Eve revellers, until our bellies were fit to burst, before hopping in a cab back to our hotel.
We're back at the hotel now, battling our tiredness from our long journey to the end of the continent. An hour or so from midnight and Christmas Day. We'll head out for a night cap, seeking a lively bar back on Long Street to cheer in the 25th. Not at all bad for our first 12 hours. Happy Christmas from the End of Africa!

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by Carolyn Smart
Brick Books, 2009; 120 pp; $19.00
The idea behind this collection of poems is intriguing, though potentially frustrating. Smart explores the lives of seven noteworthy and/or notorious women in the form of concocted first person narratives. This strategy assumes a familiarity on the part of the reader with the women involved, and in cases like Zelda Fitzgerald, Carson McCullers, and Elizabeth Smart, the back story is likely a little more well-known. Others are vaguely familiar, and a couple are near mysteries. One almost feels obligated to do internet searches in order to get a better handle on some of Smart's text.
In the case of Myra Hindley, this relative obscurity plays into the content well. She first tells us about her partner Ian: "his nails were clean/ and he read books." A little later on, she casually discusses the dead bodies of young children, and by the end of the section, you get the feeling you should be putting the book down and washing your hands.
Smart's narratives are consistently blunt and brash. Unity Mitford tells us "there is a bullet in the middle of my brain, now/ please tell me who I am." This approach is very effective in some places, but seems a little too distant in others. When Zelda Fitzgerald tells us that "exhausted by drink and debt/ we went again to Paris where the 20th century lived," there is less of a sense of an insightful interior monologue and more of a feeling of a clever sound bite from a cheeky documentary.
Smart, however, can be forgiven a few of these overdone conceits, partly because they manage to cover some impressive territory. Dora Carrington tells us that "like all good artists I'll be known forever/ by only my last name," and then "I will beg to enter your bed/ you will wrap me in your unfamiliar arms/ and follow my rules of behaviour." The Jane Bowles section carries on in this unapologetic tone: "no one knew me on my knees/ in doorways, my mouth around a man/ to find the cash to buy my girl/ some food and proper clothes" and "Can you direct me to the nearest cocktail center?" (Shades of Djuna Barnes!)
All of these narratives share an overwhelming sense of lack of control. It isn't that these women have experienced life as much as they've plodded through it. Elizabeth Smart tells us "what is left of my youth rushes up like a geyser/ as I sit in the sun combing lice from my hair." It's no wonder that she sat in Grand Central Station and wept.
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With his Dominique Strauss-Kahn biography due out on Thursday, Michel Taubmann has been chatty with the French press, spilling what just may be the closest we'll ever get to Strauss-Kahn's version of what happened in room 2806 of the Sofitel Hotel on May 14. Calling the encounter with Nafissatou Diallo "consensual but stupid," Taubmann suggests the tryst started with a gaze at Strauss-Kahn's naked body by a housekeeper who was sent to steal a mobile phone he used for official International Monetary Fund business. Taubmann spoke with the French magazine Paris Match, and the French-language interviews and coverage of excerpts from his book appear to be incomplete on the website. But with a little help from Google Translate and some bilingual journalists on Twitter, we can piece together an early version of Strauss-Kahn's side of the now infamous affair.
The question of how a consensual sexual encounter could have come about in the seven minutes between when hotel key card records show Nafissatou Diallo entered Strauss-Kahn's room and when he placed a call to his daughter some seven minutes later has lingered since Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance threw out the charges in August. In September, Slate's Emily Yoffe asked, "If there was no force, and no money, are we to believe it was his continental charm that caused Diallo to get on her knees and relieve a stranger?" Strauss-Kahn's answer, at least according to Taubmann, is essentially yes.
Karim Lebhour, the United Nations correspondent for Radio France Internationale, tweets some English translation of Taubmann's account of what happened when Diallo entered Strauss-Kahn's room as he emerged from the shower: "DSK tells his biographer : He's naked, Diallo looks straight at him, then at his sex. He couldn't resist a moment of pleasure." A follow-up tweet reads: "DSK tells biographer Nafissatou Diallo didn't rush at all to leave the room, looked at his sex, he saw an invitation." He attributes that information to a tweet from another French radio reporter, Remi Sulmont. Lebhour continues in another tweet: "#DSK account of room 2806 events: He couldn't resist a moment of pleasure, she couldn't resist him / or was sent to set him up."
The Google translation of one Paris Match story reads: "Nafissatou Diallo would have been little surprise or shocked 'DSK' naked out of the bathroom, writes Michel Taubmann. It would be headed towards the exit without haste before fixing Dominique Strauss-Kahn's view, writes the biographer." According to another story in La Tribune (attributed to Reuters and also translated by Google), the "view," which can be better translated as a gaze, "would have been an invitation and would not have resisted the temptation of a sexual act, but agreed precipitated, says Michel Taubmann, who says the story is based on events by Dominique Strauss-Kahn himself."
But Diallo's motive for meeting Strauss-Kahn as he exited the shower, according to Taubmann, wasn't one of lust. He suggests in this interview with Paris Match that she was there to steal Strauss-Kahn's Blackberry. Investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein suggested in a report in the New York Review of Books on Sunday that Strauss-Kahn already suspected his "IMF BlackBerry" of being hacked by political opponents. In the interview with Paris Match, Taubmann concurs with that theory, saying the idea it was lost in a taxi or at a restaurant, as Strauss-Kahn first believed, "seems unlikely and does not correspond to the study of telephone records." Lebhour provides some translation help, tweeting: "#DSK biographer suggests Nafissatou Diallo was sent to the room to steal his BlackBerry phone."
In the end, no cohesive conspiracy theory comes from Taubmann's comments or the biography excerpts he shared with the French press. Similarly, Epstein didn't present an outright theory in his Review story. Both simply raise questions about the publicly available facts. But Lebhour tweets the idea that the mounting coverage suggesting a conspiracy bodes a campaign by Strauss-Kahn himself to infuse the narrative of what happened on May 14 with a heavy dose of suspicion: "In short, #DSK strikes back, fuels conspiracy theory. 1st salvo via Epstein's article, 2d with Taubmann's book. Still lots of discrepancies."
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(Butlast l n) is the list obtained by removing the last
elements from the true list
l. The following is a theorem
(though it takes some effort, including lemmas, to get ACL2 to prove
(implies (and (integerp n) (<= 0 n) (true-listp l)) (equal (length (butlast l n)) (if (< n (length l)) (- (length l) n) 0)))For related functions, see take and see nthcdr.
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(butlast l n) requires that
n is a nonnegative
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With the economy the way it is right now, everyone is looking for a good deal. So free online Spanish courses are looking pretty good to anyone who wants to study Spanish. But is it really true that you get what you pay for? Are free online Spanish courses a waste of time? Here is a mini-guide that covers the pros and cons.
Free Sometimes Is Free
Actually, for the skeptics, there are really some very good online courses that are free. Teachers, schools, or community organizations offer online sites because they really want people to learn Spanish, and post learning materials online for free. These sites may not have the best design or the latest interactive technology, but they do have the basics. And, when you are a beginner, the basics are what you need.
Free Sometimes Comes With Strings Attached
There are some online sites that offer free introductions to their courses. You may be able to download a free introductory lesson onto your computer, or they may send you a free introductory CD or DVD with a complimentary lesson. The site may also offer other items for sale that complement their course. These sites often are well designed and do have the latest interactive technology, but in order to use it, you eventually will be expected to pay for an entire level of study. In some cases, you will be paying for the entire course in advance, rather than paying as you progress to the next level.
Free Sometimes Has Only Part of What You Need
Some online sites dealing with learning Spanish offer just a part of what you need to learn the entire language. For example, you might find a free site that will teach you the Spanish alphabet and numbers. You might find a free site that explains the correct pronunciation of Spanish vowels and consonants. You might find a free site that will show conversation phrases for beginners. And some sites even offer entire vocabulary lists by themes, such as Family, Work, Meals, Greetings, Colors, Numbers, or Animals.
Free Usually Means You Will Organize Your Own Course
Ultimately, if you choose to go the free route, then you can expect to spend time organizing the different free offerings online into a course of study that is best for you. You must decide which elements of learning Spanish are important for you as a beginner. Then, you must go about organizing your schedule and sticking to it, so that you can continue to learn. Eventually, you may decide that you need more personalized help, or the attention of a tutor or a classroom Spanish teacher. And for that reason, you will eventually move up a level from free offerings and take on some kind of expense.
In the beginning, as you are making choices about learning Spanish, the free options available are really great to look over. You will most likely learn enough to decide if you wish to continue learning at a more intense level. So, these free resources are not a waste of time. Just use them wisely, and you will learn quite a bit of Spanish for free.


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Navy and Orange Minky Baby Blanket for Baby Boy or Girl
Bright orange and navy minky dot blanket, for a bouncing baby boy.
Machine wash warm, tumble dry very low. Do not add fabric softener.
Every Monday evening we have a Minky Blanket GIVEAWAY on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MinkeeBabyGiftsBoutique (Copy and paste this into your browser)
If you choose an embroidered blanket, please leave the following information in the notes to seller box:
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2. Font choice - see the chart included in the photo section of this listing
3. Thread Color - just tell me what you want - we can match any blanket in our shop
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�ۢ 32 x 52 This can be used as a crib blanket , or as an adult throw. It works perfectly for traveling in airplanes, or car, watching tv, reading a book.


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Mumbai jail's women inmates go on hunger strike
December 26th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) More than two dozen women inmates of the Byculla district jail here have gone on a hunger strike, protesting poor hygiene and improper food served ... Read more...
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Russian 'genius' lived with 26 female bodies
November 4th, 2011 - 3:08 am ICT by BNO News
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Police in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod have discovered the remains of more than two dozen women who were dug up from their graves by ... Read more...
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On a rain soaked night at Ramlila Maidan
August 24th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) When Delhi sleeps, the Ramlila Maidan remains awake.The sloganeering does not end, except sporadically, although the fasting 74-year-old Anna Hazare is sleeping only around 100 ... Read more...
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Punjab holds test to fill school teachers' posts
July 3rd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) The first edition of the teacher eligibility test (TET) to fill vacancies in Punjab government schools was held in different districts amid tight security Sunday. Eighty ... Read more...
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From kitchen to classroom, thanks to mothers-in-law
April 27th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), April 27 (IANS) Nenu Devi, 19, was forced to drop out of school after Class 8 by her conservative parents and married off. But today she is pursuing ... Read more...
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Weight-loss doctor in US arrested for sexually assaulting his patients
April 13th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13 (ANI): A weight-loss doctor in the US, who claimed that an orgasm could burn 200 calories, has been arrested after his patients accused him of sexually assaulting them during ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim woman of Pak origin recalls attempted honour killing
July 29th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 29 (ANI): Honor killings and punishments have been well documented among a wide variety of ethnic and religious groups throughout the world, and especially in the United Kingdom.Every year in ... Read more...
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Jewellery, cash looted in two Ghaziabad towns
July 10th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 10 (IANS) A gang of robbers looted cash and jewellery worth over Rs.2 lakh from half-a-dozen houses in Modinagar and Pilkhuwa towns of Ghaziabad, police said Saturday. The criminals were ... Read more...
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Novartis ordered to pay 250 m dollars to sexually harassed female sales reps
May 20th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 20 (ANI): A Manhattan jury has asked drugs giant Novartis to cough up 250 million dollars in punitive damages to thousands of female sales reps who were victims of ... Read more...
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EU team meets Kandhamal riot victims (Lead)
February 4th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) An 11-member European Union (EU) team Thursday interacted with riot victims in Orissa's Kandhamal district to find about the situation in the region and heard their accounts, police ... Read more...
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EU team meets Kandhamal riot victims
February 4th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) An 11-member European Union (EU) team Thursday interacted with riot victims in Orissa's Kandhamal district and asked them about the prevailing situation in the region, police and eyewitnesses ... Read more...
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Anand Jon faces new rape charges, pleads not guilty (Lead, superseding previous story)
January 30th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 30 (IANS) India-born fashion designer Anand Jon was faced with fresh multiple charges of sexually assaulting a dozen women, including teenagers, in a New York court. He, however, ... Read more...
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Tiger Woods' wife calls off divorce: report
January 27th, 2010 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 27 (DPA) The wife of Tiger Woods has called off their divorce after visiting the golfing superstar at a clinic where he is undergoing rehab for sex addiction, ... Read more...
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Rozlyn Papa Ditches "Onscreen Bachelor" For Behind-The-Scene One
January 12th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri, Jan 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rozlyn Papa has been named as the bachelorette who is having an affair with one of 'The Bachelor's producers. The contestant who was till now vying ... Read more...
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Tiger appears on magazine cover - bare chested
January 5th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Rare pictures of fallen golfer Tiger Woods' semi-naked and toned body have appeared on the cover of a magazine, taken just before his scandals were exposed, reports ... Read more...
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Tag Heuer drops scandal-hit Tiger Woods
December 19th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 19 (ANI): Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer has said that it would no longer feature Tiger Woods in its US advertising campaigns.The company said it will continue to support Woods' ... Read more...
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Armed dacoits loot Agra residents, kill policeman
October 15th, 2009 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 15 (IANS) Armed bandits targetted half a dozen houses in Kahrai village close to Taj Ganj in the wee hours of Thursday and snatched gold ornaments from the women. A ... Read more...
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Glamour girls march topless through Manchester in aid of Brit soldiers
September 30th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 30 (ANI): A dozen women paraded through Manchester topless to show their support for British troops fighting abroad.The women stunned shoppers, builders and office workers as they marched wearing only ... Read more...
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Police completes search of Garrido residence in relation to murders but find no result
September 2nd, 2009 - 6:32 am ICT by BNO News
ANTIOCH, California (BNO NEWS) -- No evidence has been found that Phillip Garrido and/or his wife Nancy has a connection to a series of unsolved murders in the early 1990s, the ... Read more...
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Cheated by cop, girl starts hunger strike
August 14th, 2009 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (IANS) A college student in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district Friday started an indefinite hunger strike demanding justice from a policeman who allegedly failed to fulfil his promise to marry ... Read more...
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Rehabilitation home for women in Himachal Pradesh
January 27th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
By Hemant Chauhan Mashobra (HP), Jan 27 (ANI): A rehabilitation home for neglected women has been set up by the Department of Welfare and Social Justice of Himachal Pradesh State Government. Thanks to ... Read more...
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Pregnant women helpless at Orissa relief camps
October 25th, 2008 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
Kandhamal (Orissa), Oct 25 (IANS) Pregnant women are the worst sufferers in the relief camps for victims of anti-Christian violence. Their houses burnt down, over two dozen women have given birth during ... Read more...
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Fake widows found drawing pension, woman arrested
September 15th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A woman has been arrested in an Uttar Pradesh village after a local official found over two dozen women who were drawing widows' pensions from the state government ... Read more...
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Mother Kosi, pardon us, they say to a river
September 3rd, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 3 (IANS) Left helpless and desperate by the wrath of the Kosi, hundreds of women in Bihar have turned to worshipping the river in the hope that it will relent ... Read more...
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Katty Perry denies competition with Lily Allen
August 11th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) British singer Lily Allen seems to be so intimidated by upcoming US crooner Katty Perry's popularity that she has shelved her new album release. But Perry played down ... Read more...
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10,000 detainees released in Iraq this year: US military
August 2nd, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
DPA Baghdad, Aug 2 (DPA) More than 10,000 detainees have been released from US-run detention centres in Iraq so far this year, compared with some 8,900 released in all of 2007, the US ... Read more...
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Nearly 8% obstetricians traumatised by stillbirths and infant deaths
June 30th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 30 (ANI): Obstetricians may be considered as life-saving angels for a lot of children, but the trauma associated with stillbirths and infant deaths takes an emotional toll on these ... Read more...
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Pakistans runaway brides handed over to their families
May 2nd, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, May 1 (ANI): Magistrates and police in various provinces of Pakistan have reportedly handed over more than two dozen women who were involved in an illegal bride trade to their ... Read more...
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Indian women scavengers to visit United Nations
April 25th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by admin
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, April 25 (IANS) Usha Chomar is among two dozen women scavengers from India who have battled social odds, stepped out of their traditional vocation - manually carrying human waste ... Read more...
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With Indian origin woman envoy, Uganda makes a point
April 23rd, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
By Shubha Singh New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Women ambassadors are not an unusual sight in the Indian capital; there are normally about half a dozen women envoys based here at any given ... Read more...
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Eight killed, 22 hurt in Chhattisgarh road accident
April 19th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
Raipur, April 19 (IANS) At least eight devotees were killed and 22 injured Saturday when a vehicle in which they were travelling collided with a van in Chhattisgarh, the police said here. ... Read more...
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Nedumaran, supporters held for supporting Tamil Tigers
March 22nd, 2008 - 11:49 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran and at least 164 members of his outfit were held here Saturday for staging a demonstration in support of the Tamil Tigers and ... Read more...
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Women's groups to take up cause of north Indians in Mumbai
March 6th, 2008 - 5:37 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Nearly a dozen women's organisations here will take up the issue of women's safety and the cause of north Indians targeted by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to ... Read more...
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According the the City of Reno 's Sustainability Manager, Lynn Barker, Washoe County has less than 2 days of food security. This means that if the I-80 pass closes down for more than a day that we will start to see bare shelves. As a native Nevadan who not only cares about our community's ability to eat good food but also the massive impact that agriculture has on the health of our ecological environment, this makes me want to work harder to develop LOCAL & REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS. It also makes me incredibly grateful for all of those truck drivers who I see chugging along every trip I make over the pass. These companies bring us all of the goods that we don't yet produce in our food shed and they work long hours in oftentimes frightful conditions to bring us (and the entire Northern Part of NV) our foods and general merch supplies EVERY DARN DAY.
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Arcade Fire recently released their fourth studio album, "Reflektor," much to the long-time anticipation of fans and critics alike.
The release of the album marks the band's first full-length work... Read More →
On Oct. 25, student Rodolfo Ivan Monsivas reported that someone had attempted to steal the catalytic converter from his Toyota 4 Runner.
Monsivas said he parked his car in lot... Read More →
More than 200 students, faculty and guests gathered in the College Union Nov. 5 to hear U.S. Ambassador John Limbert recount a time four decades ago when he was held... Read More →
There is seldom anything more precious to a college student than time. Between classes, homework and studying, work and hectic social and home lives, it can seem that having a... Read More →
It's always hard to know what a horror film remake is going to bring to the table. It seems like remakes are a dime a dozen these days and rarely... Read More →
Student Life and TRiO have teamed up to provide students with free weekly small-group tutoring as a part of Complete College OCCC, a school-wide program that aims to raise graduation... Read More →
On Oct. 15, officer David Madden stopped a vehicle for failing to stop at the stop sign at South Service Rd. and Faculty Cir. Madden approached the vehicle and said... Read More →
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Until a couple of years ago, I wasn't the biggest fan of online shopping. However, I'm a very specific kind of shopper... Read More →
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HAMILTON, N.J. – June 9, 2014 – Sparta Systems, Inc., an industry pioneer and global leader in enterprise quality management solutions (EQMS), today announced it is exhibiting at the DIA 2014 50th Annual Meeting being held ???June 15-19, 2014 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
The DIA Annual Meeting provides life science professionals with the
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Peace. Security a year into the future. A feeling of knowing where one stands in changing sands. Suddenly, one feels inferior to the turritopsis nutricula, a jellyfish, which after growth can revert back to its polypoid state. But these are almost all lies. And the human promise of endurance is so much more.
It may seem as if for all of life, one can but grit the teeth, already the poorer imitation of one addressing the senators, hic manebimus optime. Optime, indeed, to restore that last piece of hope, to make the best of whatever lot is cast. It is all one can do.
What does one need it for? Maybe one already has what one needs. This very post already contains sand, a jellyfish, one man's decision to stand against the Gauls. A seaside holiday and a battle all wrapped in one. It helps on cold nights to make a blanket of words, frightening just enough so one's third ear listens for the beasts, but warm enough for rest.
Eliot once wrote, "When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experience; the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes."
Who is this ordinary man who may not have picked up on the red thread from all that talk of blankets. Is this the same ordinary man who cannot connect words to action? Who claims humanitarian principles but has no problem concocting poisonous broths for brethren, made from the tittle tattle of, "He did what?" That question always formed in the noxious fumes of first appearances. What a good thing this ordinary man is not a judge, oblivious as he is to any story but that which makes other people look bad.
This ordinary man also has that irritating habit of raking over the same old stories, day after day. As if life hadn't moved on, as if the weather itself hadn't indicated change. "I'm not such a bad ordinary man," this ordinary man all but says as he sets traps for the unwitting just to see them scramble. His notion of good and his action of the trap incongruous. And cold.
So distant from the disinterested blanket. Wrapping, like ancient histories, myth,shards of gossip, moralizing, and wishful thinking all into one warm embrace. Of words. And the ordinary man of discord becomes the friend of he who he has been moved to speak. We may modify the phrase culte of Henri Lacondaire to read that there is no such thing as solitary eloquence: every orator has two geniuses, his own and that of the century that he responds to.
Maybe one needed to be right, needed to appear superior or always in control. I suspect this of the ordinary man who lacks the gesture of self deprecation. But maybe one needed a hand, or the truth. Somewhere, it was repeated, recorded, and recorded again by Czeslaw Milos, that if someone is honestly right 55 per cent of the time, that's very good, and there's no use wrangling...
What did I need it for. To be free at my best in the situation, at the location, none of it to be judged by the ordinary man with his first glance, depraved, deprived of the noise of the typewriter to call him away from petty thoughts. What did I need it for, to make the journey safely, to make it whole, in one piece:
"The day of the Ratha-yatra, the Car Festival, has arrived when He shall come out on the highway of the world, into the thick of the joys and sorrows, the mutual commerce, of the throng of men. Each of us must set to work to build such cars as we can, to take its place in the grand procession. The material of some may be of value, others cheap. Some may break down on the way, others last til the end. But the day has come at last when the cars must be set out," writes Tagore.
Update - a kind soul asked if I was being menaced. This post was not so much inspired by personal experience as the collective tales of a few good souls similarly afflicted by others' tongues, and I wondered what the need was of certain people to talk that way given the fleeting quality of this life.


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Creation - Day 1
The Creation of the Universe
A. The Hebrew verb "BARA" is unique.
1. Used 45 times in the Old Testament
2. God is always the Subject of the Verb
3. Man cannot "create"
B. The verbs "ASAH" and "YATSAR" are also used.
1. ASAH is the common work for "make."
2. YATSAR is better translated "sculpt" or "shape."
3. Both God and Man can "make" and "shape."
C. "In the beginning . . . (TIME)
D. "God created the heavens . . . (SPACE)
1. Hebrew – "stretched out-ness"
2. Isaiah 45:12
E. "and the Earth . . . (MATTER)
1. Hebrew – "to be firm"
2. Genesis 1:2 is said to be improperly translated....that "was" should be rendered "became."
3. HAYAH (normal verb for "state of being") is translated "became" sometimes, but always the context demands a "come to pass" idea.
4. Genesis 2:7, 10; 19:26; 20:12; 24:67
5. HAPHAK is the normal word for a change of state.
6. Job 30:21; Leviticus 13:16, 55
III. The FIRST Day – The SHAPING of the Universe
A. "Earth" (firm stuff – matter) was . . .
1. Without form – Hebrew: TOHU
a. no shape; no organization
2. Void – Hebrew: BOHU
a. empty; nothing in or on it
B. "Darkness on the face of the deep"
1. Isaiah 45:7 – "I create darkness…"
2. "Face" = "presence" – not surface
3. "Deep" = (oceans; abyss; vast waters)
C. "The Spirit of God moved upon…"
1. Genesis 1:2 – Hebrew "RACHAPH" (flutter) – perhaps = "vibrate"
2. Deuteronomy 32:11 – eagle flutters over nest
D. "the face of the waters."
1. Synonymous with "face of the deep"
2. Although "created" this watery matrix must "energized" and "activated"
E. LIGHT becomes visible – The WORD
1. "Let there be…" 1st recorded command
2. John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16-17
3. Hebrews 1:2 – Jesus is the Creator!
F. Division of "Day" and "Night"
1. Psalm 89:12 (magnetic field)
2. Psalm 104:2-5 (shape; function)
G. Defining of "Day" and "Night"
1. "Light" = "Day: – "Darkness" = "Night"
2. "evening and morning" = Day One.
IV. The FIRST Day – The Purpose of the Universe
A. Revelation 4:1 – Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created
B. Romans 11:36 – For of Him and through Him and to him are all things
C. Psalm 19:1-4 – The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world.
D. Romans 1:18-20 – For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
E. God's Showcase – Clearly Seen Invisible Things
1. Eternal Power
a. Infinite energy – Omnipotence
b. Infinite complexity – Omniscience
2. Godhead
a. THEOS – Main word for "God" (used 1172 times)
b. THEIOTES – "Godhead" – Romans 1:20
c. THEOTES – "Godhead" – Colossians 2:9
d. THEIOS – "divine power" – 2 Peter 1:3
f. THEIOS – "divine nature" 2 Peter 1:4
V. The Tri–Une God
A. The "Trinity" of God is unique.
1. God the Father
2. God the Son
3. God the Holy Spirit
B. Many symbols attempt to describe It.
1. The Triangle ▲
2. The Egg
3. Three states of matter
4. They all fall short.
C. The "Trinity" of God is unique.
1. Nothing is Like God (Exodus 20:4-6)
2. God does not change (Malachi 3:6)
3. God is ONE (Deuteronomy 6:4)
D. The Trinity must be . . .
1. Co-equal – each as great
2. Co-terminus – inseparable
3. Co-extensive – everywhere accessible
E. Martin Luther
1. "He who would deny the Trinity would lose his soul; he who would understand the Trinity would lose his mind"
VI. The Tri-Universe
A. Space is a tri-une phenomena
1. First Dimension
a. Space Identified
2. Second Dimension
a. Space Manifested
3. Third Dimension
a. Space Experienced
B. Matter (mass-energy) is a tri-une phenomena
1. Energy
a. Matter Generated
2. Motion
a. Matter Manifested
3. Phenomena
a. Matter Experienced
C. Time is a tri-une phenomena
1. Future
a. Time Originated
2. Present
a. Time Manifested
3. Past
a. Time Experienced
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Tamil Geographies: Cultural Constructions of Space and Place in South India
Martha Ann Selby, Indira Viswanathan Peterson
SUNY Press, May 22, 2008 - Social Science - 336 pages
How perceptions of land and space influence social and aesthetic conditions in the Tamil region of India.This interdisciplinary work explores how people in the Tamil region of India think about space and land, and how this, in turn, influences the creation of the social and aesthetic world they live in. Contributors focus on the notion of geography in its strictest sense, on verbal descriptions of land and space and how these descriptions build and inform diverse social and aesthetic realities. The essays examine texts drawn from a range of time periods and a variety of sources in Tamil culture, including imaginative literature, historical events and narratives, religious rituals, and daily life in contemporary Tamil Nadu. The book clearly demonstrates the ways in which early Tamil aesthetic and linguistic paradigms have survived to the present as living, vital expressions through which contemporary boundaries and social identities are shaped and constructed.
a wonderfully coherent volume that enables an exploration of continuities and disjuncture over time in the Tamil interdigitation of space, personhood, and emotion. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
a fascinating collection of essays. Journal of Oriental Research
A valuable collection of essays. Religious Studies Review
This excellent book represents an important contribution to the cultural constructions of space. Through a series of reflections on ways in which people of Tamil Nadu have conceptualized and created and enacted space, over a long period of roughly two millennia, the volume offers a vivid longitudinal portrait based in one particular cultural region. Richard H. Davis, Bard College
This is a fascinating collection on conceptions of space in Tamil culture treated from quite varying perspectives. The essays cohere wonderfully, and the reader emerges with a sense of the vibrant reality of this category and of its fluid nature. I found many intriguing and unexpected ideas throughout. George L. Hart, University of California at Berkeley
Contributors include Daud Ali, Isabelle Clark-Decčs, Norman J. Cutler, Sara Dickey, D. Dennis Hudson, Diane P. Mines, Samuel K. Parker, Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Susan Seizer, and Martha Ann Selby.
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2 Four Spatial Realmsin Tirukkovaiyar
Land Landscape and Social Relations inan Eighteenthcentury Tamil Genre
Thoughts on Kanchipurams Mandala
5 Cosmos Realm and Property in Early Medieval South India
Aesthetics of Akam and Puˇram in Tamil Temple Architecture
The Relocation of Demons in Tamilnadu
Narrative Movement and Making Place ina Tamil Village
Domestic Service Household Spaceand the Vulnerability of Class Boundaries in Urban South India
Sociospatial Paradigms on the Tamil Popular Stage
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Two of the Bay Area's powerhouse research institutions, UCSF and Stanford University, are teaming up with the Food and Drug Administration to start a center dedicated to speeding up and improving the drug development process, the universities said Monday.
The UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation will be launched with a $3.3 million FDA grant and primarily involve scientists from the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Stanford and the FDA. UCSF scientists from the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and the Institute for Computational Health Sciences will also contribute.
The goal is to help the FDA better evaluate and approve safe and effective medications. Researchers will focus on three main areas: improving preclinical safety and efficacy tests; improving clinical trials and evaluation; and using large data sets to identify and develop promising new drugs.
That last area is known as quantitative pharmacology, and it's of great interest to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, who are always looking for new drugs that are safer, more effective and come with fewer side effects.
To that end, the center will focus on two research projects: one on predicting drug-induced weight gain, and the other on developing the first comprehensive, data-driven disease progression of multiple sclerosis, which will guide drug evaluation and approval for the disease.
The center will also offer courses in regulatory sciences and offer exchange programs for the FDA and academic scientists. Students and postdoctoral scholars will also be able to intern at the FDA.
UCSF and Stanford's joint effort is the fourth of its kind in the nation. Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland and Georgetown University also operate centers under the FDA.
"The end result will be better, more effective products for patients," said B. Joseph Guglielmo, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, in a statement.


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I was talking with family the other day about my use of minimalist principles in my life and how much doing so has changed me over the past few years.
"Truthfully, I believe we're all minimalists," I said.
I went on to explain how we all have our favorite possessions: a handful of favorite clothes, favorite shoes, favorite jewelry, favorite hair/makeup routines, favorite pieces of technology that get most of our use, favorite bands/CDs/records, and even favorite meals that we prepare.
All minimalism does is calls us to have those favorites be in the forefront at all times, never getting pushed to the side by the mounds of clutter that creep into our homes, slowly taking over our spaces and lives.
Instead of feeling trapped by all the "stuff" around you, the "stuff" that prevents you from getting to spend the majority of your time indulged in the few favorite items that bring you the most pleasure, why don't you consider becoming one of the brave ones? Make the tough choices to eliminate the clutter that doesn't bring you joy during this way-too-short period we have on this gorgeous planet.
Truthfully, based on my experience, you probably won't even miss the cast-offs.
I honestly can't recall a single thing I wished I had held onto during my bouts of decluttering.
And it's funny how things change; I've reduced my possessions by about three-quarters, and instead of looking around and asking myself where everything went, I find myself remarking on how much there is still left to be rid of. I know if most people saw my house, cabinets, and closets, they'd think of me as a crazy person for saying such a thing.
It's OK, though.
My life is changing. My goals are changing. My definition of happiness is changing.
And my lust for life becomes more ardent with each passing day.
Again, we're only here for such a short time. So why should we allow ourselves to be bogged down by the things that not only don't bring us joy, but also take joy from us?
Let your inner minimalist come out. I promise, you won't regret it!


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The Assets of an Online MBA Program
Online MBA programs are on a roll. More business schools are offering them -- including schools with established offline MBA programs. More students are signing up -- some 50,000 students are enrolled in the programs published in the recently-released Financial Times' seventh listing of distance learning MBA programs. More renowned publications, like the Financial Times, are highlighting the growing number of online MBA programs. In fact, this year's Financial Times listing is the largest on record.
Seth Saunders is among a growing number of distance-learning students and alumni who are touting the benefits of online MBA programs.
"I loved knowing that I could try something I had learned and then share that experience in the online classroom the next week," Saunders said about his online business school experience. "I would then get great feedback from my faculty and other classmates."
What makes online MBA programs appealing?
Among these benefits are the relevance of the curricula, the flexibility of the programs, and the use of the latest education technology to interact with colleagues, at least according to Saunders as well as online MBA student Matt Spaur.
1. Relevance
A curriculum applicable to student careers is fundamental when it comes to the popularity of online MBA programs. Saunders said it was important for him to learn useful information in the classroom could be immediately applied in the workplace. It was also significant for him when professors would test student suggestions during their international assignments and provide them with feedback on developments.
"There were times where professors would ask our opinion, take what we said, try it out and then come back to the classroom and let us know what happened," Saunders said. "That to me was worth every penny paid."
2. Flexibility
Online MBA programs that allow students to go at their own pace or complete their requirements in more years than traditional business school programs are popular, especially among students who are working full-time. Despite the fact that he had to submit assignments and tests by deadline, Saunders said the ability to log into his classroom when it was convenient for him and to take one class at a time kept the stress level of completing an MBA program down.
"The all online format lets me study when and where I want," said Spaur, who's completing an online executive MBA through the University of Nevada in Reno. "I have good time management and study skills, so the flexibility helps me still have a decent life while working and going to school."
3. Technology
Students enrolled in online MBA programs may have access to the latest education technology -- a bonus in an increasingly gadget-driven world. This technology includes the use of tablets, electronic textbooks, and online videos. It also involves interaction with professors through online classrooms and online office hours, as well as students via e-mail, social media groups, and the Skype video-calling service. Some online MBA programs are even administering exams online, using software and cameras to monitor students, according to the Financial Times.
"Technology really helped create a personal experience," Saunders said. "I had great classmates and faculty that literally were all around the world. Online discussions were just as good if not better than those I had in my traditional university experience."
Technology can also reduce the cost of online MBA programs as students can connect from wherever they are and avoid travel expenses.
What's happening within online MBA programs?
To compile its seventh list of distance learning MBA programs, the Financial Times surveyed 48 business schools on accreditation and the types of courses they offered. Ninety percent of the online MBA programs surveyed are generalist programs. The Global Energy MBA at Warwick Business School is one of the few specialized programs, according to the Financial Times.
Online MBA programs may have rolling enrollment or limited yearly intakes. Among the programs with the most rigorous admission standards is MBA@UNC at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. The tuition of the online MBA programs listed by the Financial Times fluctuate between $28,400 for a UK program to $94,500 for a Spanish/U.S. program.
Some of the online MBA programs have a full-time schedule while others allow students working full-time up to six years to complete their courses of study. According to the Financial Times, the length of time allowed to finish the program doesn't increase dropout rates. Overall, 88 percent of distance students graduate within five years, and tend to have tighter affinity to their business school than those on campus, the publication reported.


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We get a sequel to Manhunt (1 only), but not Bully? It's an entirely new concept (for them strictly) they can stick to for years. Playing as a school bully.
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December 28, 2016
REVIEW: 'Hidden Figures'
The great Space Race of the 1960s, as history books will explain, was a time filled with hope, innovation, and bravery. Hope amongst the American population, excited at the prospect of sending a man into the stars. Innovation surrounding the technology used to accomplish such a Herculean task. And bravery required of the pilots who were lined up to be the first human to travel where no man has gone before.
But little does history tell of the individuals who were instrumental in making all of that happen. See, Hidden Figures refers to both the unsung heroines who helped NASA scientists execute the perfect launch and the missing factors of a very large mathematical equation only a rare, intelligent mind could solve...
Check out my review of this exciting true story starring Taraji P. Henson over at ScreenPicks.
An Open Letter from 2016 to the World
Hello people,
It has recently come to my attention that a lot of you have many bones to pick with yours truly, and I'd like to take this opportunity to address and respond to some of your concerns and problems.
First of all, I apologize if you think I've let you down. Like most Januarys before, the first month held lots of promise. It was a fresh start. But then, a lot of shit happened.
Like, a lot...
Check out my latest on The Huffington Post -- HERE.
December 21, 2016
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: L.A. Edition
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through L.A.
Not an actor was stirring, nor using valet.
Tinder was ablaze with Netflix and chills,
While the botox flowed freely in Beverly Hills.
The agents were stunned by stars who were deceased,
While their heads filled with visions of box office receipts.
And I in Marc Jacobs, my plus-one in Cavalli,
Were just winding down from Spielberg's big party.
When out on the boulevard there arose such a noise,
I put down my iPhone and saw several boys.
They were scantily clad, yelling "Ho, ho, HO!"
I thought to myself, "Must be from WeHo."
Then over to the left, nursing bottles of craft beer,
The next batch of revelers were soon drawing near.
The man-buns and flannel, I did not mistake,
These hipsters were now arriving from Silverlake.
Not too far behind was a group very catty,
Their offspring in strollers, quite loud and quite bratty,
A dominant species in this part of Cali,
I give you the housewives from OC and the Valley.
Then next came the vegans, the goths, and the tanned,
Who joined hands and smiled, taking a proud stand,
From Santa Monica to Inglewood, there was no delay.
There were even folks who came up from South Bay.
They were all singing merrily, as if brought here by fate,
For weed was now legal across California state.
They celebrated bigly, danced 'round a large tree,
But no cookies for Santa (he's now gluten-free).
Their hero soon arrived, so sudden and quick,
I knew right then that it must be St Nick.
More rapid than the Metro his entourage came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name!
"Now Gosling, now Lawrence, now Affleck and Streep!
Take La Brea, take Wilshire, take all surface streets!
To the top of the Hills! To the bistros downtown!
Let's get this this party started, right here and right now!"
And then, in a twinkling, bubbly champagne flowed,
People were everywhere, blanketing the whole road.
As I got out of my Uber and was turning around,
St. Nicholas leapt towards me in one single bound.
He spoke not a word, but reached into his bag,
And pulled out a vape, offering me a drag.
Then laying his finger aside of his nose,
He snorted some glitter, heading towards Melrose.
He sprang to his Benz, to his team gave a shout,
As he hopped on the 10 with a quick "Peace out!"
But I heard him exclaim into the night so clear,
"Happy Holidays to all, and Happy New Year!"
December 14, 2016
On the Loss of So Many Celebrities in 2016...
I've decided that, once I pass, I want to wake up in my own Gary Marshall-directed "San Junipero" where my alarm clock plays the below song every morning (#RIPAlanThicke), where my neighbors are Florence Henderson and Patty Duke, where Alan Rickman -- as Severus Snape -- owns a bakery down the street (next to Willy Wonka's factory), and every Friday night Prince and David Bowie perform duets at my neighborhood bar.
December 12, 2016
The 2016 Review: A Totally Critical Look Back
I think it's safe to say 2016 will go down in history as one of the stormiest years of the 21st century. Who knew, back in January, that 2016 would turn out to be a year most Americans would like to wipe from their collective memory?
No one wanted to say goodbye to iconic musicians and beloved actors week after week. No one wanted to be inundated with headlines about mass shootings and innocent lives lost to senseless gun violence. No one really wanted Suicide Squad...or Ryan Lochte's superb display of douchebaggery, which outdid his previous displays of douchebaggery. No one wanted to say "on fleek" anymore. And no one wanted to witness one of the most divisive and frustrating presidential elections in American history. (And for most of us, the rise of an egomaniacal, tweet-happy reality-TV misogynist who lied his way into the White House.)
But, despite how difficult it all was, we must look at the proverbial bright side of things.
2016 gave us the Summer of Stranger Things and PokemonGO. It gave us delicious Lemonade and gave Tatiana Maslany a well-deserved Emmy. It also gave us the glorious return of Mandy Moore -- on a beautifully weepy NBC drama no less. Personally, it gave me some new perspectives: I now know what summer in Cape Cod feels like (thanks the magical wonders of Provincetown). I now know how retirees like to party down in Florida (thanks to a trip to see my "snowbird" parents in March). And I now know what it feels like to subscribe to certain "curated" services that just won't let go. (Ahem, Freshly, StitchFix, Omaha Steaks, and Hello Fresh.)
But most importantly, 2016 gave us the following highlights in entertainment. These are the films, TV shows, and music that made my year as bright as possible. These were the pieces of entertainment that stood out, dared to be different, and for lack of a better description, left me shook.
Before you can say "mannequin challenge," let's get to it, shall we?
See you in 2017...
December 09, 2016
The First Echo Turns 10!
Back in 2006, I decided to turn my chaptered "e-mail updates from L.A." (reserved for friends and family) into a blogsite. After all, everyone was doing it back then -- back when you could still catch Perez Hilton typing away on his laptop at the corner table inside The Coffee Bean near Sunset and Fairfax.
Why The First Echo? For those who haven't heard me explain it before, it's simply the English translation of my full first Japanese name: Hikoichi. (Now try saying that five times fast with my last name.)
Little did I know my little, self-indulgent "life updates" would turn into pop culture-flavored rants that would then lead me to opportunities like Hotter in Hollywood (2007-2016), ScreenPicks, Bello, and most recently, The Huffington Post.
And while I've branched out across the interwebs, I've always prided myself on having this site as my own personal hub of word vomit and random thoughts that I would publish to the ten (or hundred) people who paid attention.
So instead of doing a drawn-out retrospective looking back at all of the stuff I've spewed onto this site, I'd like to say thanks. To the handful of you out there, thanks for sticking around.
Let's see where the next 10 years will take us.
December 07, 2016
REVIEW: 'Office Christmas Party'
Decking the halls with boughs of holly is sooo 20th century. And so are warm, fuzzy holiday movies about family, love, and friendship.
Hence why, over the past several years, we've been treated to such R-rated yuletide fare like A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, The Night Before, and most recently, Bad Santa 2. There's an audience out there that appreciates penis gags and F-bombs to go with their cup of cheer, especially if that cheer is spiked or laced with illegal substances.
Office Christmas Party continues that naughty tradition with a venerable who's who from the film and TV comedy world. It's like the Love Actually of dude-centric workplace comedies, but depending on who you are, that may not be a comparison to be proud of...
Head on over to ScreenPicks to read my full review of the yuletide work-com.
December 06, 2016
INSERT EYE ROLL: The Trailer for 'Transformers: The Last Knight'
If the words "From Director Michael Bay" do not prompt an audible "ugh" from your lips, then you and I clearly have different tastes in movies. I'll just go ahead and accept the fact that you enjoy excessive explosions, slow-motion pan-arounds of actors looking beaten, and young nubile women baring their midriffs against sunset-tinged landscapes with an American flag flapping in the wind.
The trailer for the fifth Transformers movie dropped earlier today -- much to the disinterested dismay of those who can't fathom that the bombastic franchise has lasted this long.
"Optimus Prime has left us," says a British voiceover from...Sir Anthony Hopkins? (This is how far we've come?) I would probably peace out on Earth too after being subjected to an egomaniacal director, four films, and constant cast changes.
Did anyone besides a group of money-hungry studio suits ask for this sequel? Didn't think so.
December 02, 2016
HYBURN8: The 2017 Winter Playlist
The weather outside is gonna get frightful, but this playlist is so delightful.
And since you need to brighten your day...let it play, let it play, let it play...
December 01, 2016
#TBT: My December of 1996
Picture it: December, 1996.
I'm freezing in the back row of a van with my fellow speech-and-debate teammates in a shopping mall parking lot somewhere in Massachusetts. We've just finished (victoriously) competing at the annual Holly Speech Festival at Natick High School. We're still in our suits, blazers, and ties, and we're all exhausted. As I wait for some of my peers to come out of a nearby Starbucks, I proceed to listen to a mixtape on my Aiwa cassette tape player. It consists of "Lovefool" by The Cardigans and "Wannabe," a catchy gem from a new Britpop group called the Spice Girls.
Some of the guys talk about catching a late showing of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, a daring retelling of Shakespeare's classic starring that girl from My So-Called Life and the pretty boy who was on Growing Pains for one season. I then make a mental note to add to my Christmas wish list a VHS copy of Independence Day. (I saw it twice in theaters earlier that summer.) I think it's on sale at Nobody Beats the Wiz or Sam Goody...
I am a junior at Iona Prep, halfway through a school year that will see me soar in the category of Oral Interpretation with my poetry and prose readings of Shel Silverstein and Stephen King. (I proudly place 2nd in the state of New York the following May at a tournament in Albany.)
I am also an avid fan of Melrose Place, and I begin chatting with my friend James about the juicy storylines of the current fifth season. ("Who the hell is Taylor McBride, and how is she tied to Peter's past?" "Will Sydney ever find love?")
During this time I am also intrigued by TV promos for a new thriller from Wes Craven called Scream.
I think to myself: Drew Barrymore's starring in a horror movie now? I'll have to go check it out. And I do -- on Christmas night, with my father. We hit up the General Cinemas multiplex in the Bay Plaza shopping center in the Bronx after a festive day of unwrapping gifts and eating. Turns out I love Scream. Like, really love it. It's the best scary movie I've seen in a long time. It has the best opening scene (and twist) I've ever seen. It's smart. It features characters who are just as knowledgeable and obsessed about horror movies as I am. And it's genuinely thrilling. I become obsessed with this movie and see it again with a bunch of my friends later in the new year.
It is December of 1996. I think of how I'll have to get used to writing "1997" on my homework and essays in English class. I think about how we're three years closer to the new millennium. I wonder what will come then.
In 2016, soon to be 2017, I wonder about similar things.
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In the early 90s, as anyone familiar with the oeuvre of uber-producer Aaron Spelling knows, the successful Beverly Hills, 90210 begat ...
When one nostalgically binges on all seven seasons of The Golden Girls like me (I swear I have a life), you pick up on a few things. C...
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Courtney Lawes insists England can take plenty of confidence from overcoming adversity in their World Cup opening-night win against Fiji.
Stuart Lancaster's men secured a bonus-point 35-11 victory at Twickenham on Friday night, with Billy Vunipola grabbing the crucial fourth try in the final play of the game.
It was good start to the tournament, but the Fijians did pose plenty of problems, especially just before and just after the break.
Lawes, who started the game, knows England have got plenty of improving to do ahead of Saturday's crunch clash with Wales at Twickenham.
But the Saints star feels he and his team-mates have gained belief from seeing off the silky Fijians.
"Fiji were a very, very good team," Lawes said.
"It was a disrupted game but considering it wasn't our kind of game and not everything went our way, we did really well to get the win and the bonus point.
"We got a good win and overcame a bit of adversity so we can take a lot of confidence from that.
"Hopefully next week we can influence the game a bit more and take our game plan to them better than we did this week."
England could have been forgiven for being slightly nervous in front of an expectant home crowd.
And Lawes said: "It was a bit nervous out there and we had everything to lose.
"Games like the one on Friday are potential banana skins and Fiji came out to play their game, chuck it about and it worked at times.
"On the whole, we did really well.
"If you come away from a game like that with five points, you can't be too unhappy.
"We are a lot better at managing the game than we showed on Friday.
"We knocked a lot of ball on and gave them far more possession than we wanted to.
"We've got lots to correct, but it's not a bad start."


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Four soldiers claim to be suffering symptoms similar to those of Gulf War Syndrome and are threatening to sue the Ministry of Defence, it was reported today.
They believe their ailments, which range from depression, eczema and breathing problems, are the result of the vaccinations they had before the recent war.
The 45,000 British forces serving in Iraq were given a range of vaccinations to protect against chemical and biological attack.
Solicitor Mark McGhee, representing the unidentified four, told the BBC: "I personally have dealt with well in excess of 400 Gulf War One veterans.
"The symptoms which these individuals are experiencing are identical to those of the individuals I represent in relation to the first Gulf War conflict."
The Ministry of Defence said it does not know of the four soldiers' cases but there is a screening programme to identify any symptoms early.
Run independently from the MoD, King's College in London is screening soldiers on their return from the Gulf.
Charles Plumridge, senior co-ordinator of the National Gulf Veterans and Families Association and who served in the first Gulf War, said of the four soldiers who may take legal action against the MoD, two did not even go to Iraq because they suffered such bad reactions to the multiple vaccinations.
He said the soldiers had five injections in one day, followed by one anthrax vaccination five days later and a second one a week later.
He added: "We have got to question the Government's policy on the mixture of vaccinations."


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The budget for your family will not look like your neighbor's budget.
Why? You are different people with different values.
Every budget is unique and is a reflection of our values, goals, and dreams.
I'll assume you have a budget and meet monthly with your spouse or accountability parter to hammer out the details of your spending plan. If not, I suggest reading How to Budget Like a Pro.
What is the Oddest Item in Your Budget?
All personal budgets have the same items like gas, insurance, food, and the like. But, what about those items you budget for that are unique?
I've seen a good number of budgets in my financial coaching career and I've never seen the same budget.
In fact, I've seen a good number of quirky items of which I'd love to disclose, but can't due to confidentiality reasons.
Personally, our current odd items beyond the normal are:
- Spending money for our toddler to learn about money.
- Money to spend on gifts for each other. (Helps our marriage and avoid money fights)
- Clothing–not crazy, but I've noticed not many people budget for clothing each month.
I know there is nothing too odd currently, but as our income increases I'm sure a few more exciting line items will appear–or at least the dollar amounts.
We budget what we value and what we plan to spend our money on before the month begins.
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