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UTMB Reports to the State
House Bill 1016, enacted by the 76th Legislature, stipulates that state agencies will make available all reports required by law in an electronic format.
Listed below are summaries and descriptions of the reports required of the University of Texas Medical Branch.
As reports become available, they will be accessible from this site.
Some linked documents are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Aircraft Use Form
A summary of the costs of operating and the use made of State-owned aircraft or aircraft operated under long-term lease or rental should be provided to the Legislative Budget Board and the State Aircraft Pooling Board.
Government Code, Section 2205.041.
Annual Financial Report
No later than November 20th the executive head of each state agency shall file with the Governor, the State Auditor, the Legislative Budget Board, Legislative Reference Library, and the Comptroller of Public Accounts an annual report as of August 31 of the preceding fiscal year showing the use of appropriated funds. An annual report shall be prepared by the agency to present the financial position and the results of its operations and changes in financial position for the fiscal year in conformity with reporting guidance provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Government Code, Section 2101.011.
Annual Nonfinancial Data Summary
A state agency shall submit an annual report to: (1) the governor; (2) the Legislative Reference Library; (3) the state auditor; and (4) the Legislative Budget Board. A state agency's annual report must cover an entire fiscal year. The agency shall submit the report not later than December 31 of each year. A state agency's annual report must include those items specified in Texas Government Code Section 2101.0115.
Government Code, Section 2101.0115.
Audit Report
The Internal Auditor shall prepare an annual report and submit the report before November 1 of each year to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, the Sunset Advisory Commission, the State auditor, the State agency's governing board, and the administrator. The State auditor shall prescribe the form and content of the report, subject to the approval of the legislative audit committee.
Government Code, Section 2102.009.
Bond Transaction Report
Each entity that issues State bonds shall report to the board its bond transactions.
Civil Statutes, Art. 717k, Section 7c.
Contract Notification
An institution shall provide written notification to the Legislative Budget Board, not later than the 10th day after an institution of higher education enters into a contract for consulting services, a contract for professional services, a construction contract, or a contract for major information systems.
HB 1, 76th Leg., Art. IX, Sec. 9-7.05, pg. IX-64.
FY2009 (Report not available)
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Contract Workforce
No later than December 1 of each year of the biennium, an agency shall file with the Legislative Budget Board, the Governor's Office, and the State Auditor a report on the agency's use of a contract workforce in the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be prepared according to a format prescribed by the State Auditor and shall include a description of how the agency has complied with the provisions of this rider and an evaluation of the work performed by a contract workforce, including an assessment of whether work was completed on time, within budget, and according to contract specifications.
HB 1, 76th Leg., Art. IX, Sec. 9-11.18, pg. IX-87.
Cost of Medications
By September 1, 2000, each agency expending funds appropriated by this act for medications shall submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor, documenting its efforts to manage medication costs.
HB 1, 76th Leg., Art IX, Sec. 9-6.54, pg. IX-61.
County Indigent Care Contracts
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor at the end of each fiscal year a list of Counties whose indigent residents have been served by each institution; the total amount of reimbursement received by each institution from each county pursuant to the indigent health Care and Treatment Act.
HB 176th Leg., Art. III, Rider 27.3, pg. III-235.
Customer Service Report
UTMB has a number of processes in place that demonstrate a strong commitment to customer service. These processes are outlined in a report reflecting the University of Texas Medical Branch's measurements of the quality of service delivered to its various customers. Prepared for the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy by the UTMB Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
Texas Government Code, §2114.002(c)
Equity Ownership / Business Participation Report
The Governing Board of each system and institution shall include in the annual report a list of employees who hold equity interests in or are directors of business entities that have agreements with the system or institution relating to research, development, licensing or exploitation of intellectual property owned by the system or institution.
Education Code, Section 51.912.
FTE State Employees
Not later than the last day of the first month following each quarter of the fiscal year, a State agency shall file with the State Auditor a written report that provides the following data for that fiscal quarter. The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the State Auditor.
- number of full-time equivalent State employees employed by the agency and paid from funds in the State Treasury;
- number of full-time equivalent State employees employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the State Treasury;
- the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding the quarter covered by the report;
- the number of positions of the agency paid from funds in the State Treasury;
- the number of positions of the agency paid from funds outside of the State Treasury; and
- the number of individuals who performed services for the agency under a contract, including consultants and individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services.
- the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.
Historically Underutilized Minority Businesses - Contracts
Each state agency shall send to the General Services Commission information required by the commission for the preparation of the commission's report not later than March 15 and September 15 of each year. Each state agency shall report the following information with regard to the expenditure of both treasury and non-treasury funds:
- the total dollar amount of purchases and payments made under contracts awarded to historically underutilized businesses;
- the number of businesses participating in any issuance of state bonds by the agency;
- the number of contracts awarded to businesses with regard to the agency's acquisition, construction, or equipping of a facility or implementation of a program; and
- the number of bids, proposals, or other applicable expressions of interest made by historically underutilized businesses with regard to the agency's acquisition, construction, or equipping of a facility or implementation of a program.
All state agencies and institutions of higher education shall report to the commission and Comptroller of Public Accounts all non-Treasury funds spent with historically underutilized businesses in accordance with the reporting required in Chapter 2161, Government Code. For questions or comments about the HUB report, please contact Kyle Barton, Purchasing Manager, Logistics-Acquisition.
Government Code, Section 2161.122. HB 1, 76th Leg., Art. IX, Sec. 9-9.03, pg. IX-70.HUB Report
Supplemental Letter
Homeland Security Reports
This schedule is submitted to System every other year. It identifies expenditures related to homeland security by object of expense and method of financing. Part A relates to terrorism, Part B covers expenditures related to natural or man-made disasters.
Information for Texas Historical Commission
Each State Agency shall furnish to the General Land Office information identifying the age of the buildings.
Natural Resources Code, Section 31.160.
Investment Report
The governing board shall file a quarterly report of all investment transactions involving endowment funds, short-term and long-term investment funds, and all other securities transactions, in a manner prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board.
HB 1, 76th Leg., Art. III, Section 6(5), pg. III-228.
Legislative Appropriations Request
Each institution, department, agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State shall submit any estimate or reporting relating to appropriations requested by the Legislative Budget Board or under the Boards direction. Each estimate or report shall be submitted at a time set by the Board and in the manner prescribed by the Board rules. An estimate or report required under this section is in addition to an estimate or report required by other law, including those estimates or reports relating to appropriations required by Chapter 401. Government Code, Section 322.007. The Governor may collaborate with the Legislative Budget Board in designing and preparing uniform budget estimate forms on which all requests for legislative appropriations must be prepared. The Governor shall require that all appropriation requests be submitted to the Governor on the forms.
Government Code, Section 401.042.
Medical School Enrollment
In the event that a school of medicine falls below the required first year class enrollment of undergraduate medical students by more than five percent for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the school shall report to the Legislative Budget Board the reasons for failing to meet the required enrollment.
HB 1, 78th Leg., Art. III, Sec. 15, pg. III-261.
Minutes of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall make minutes of the meetings available to members of the Legislature and to Agencies in the legislative branch of State government in an electronic format determined by the Texas Legislative Council.
Government Code, Section 306.007.
Operating Budget
On or before November 1 of each fiscal year, an itemized budget covering operations of that fiscal year shall be filed with the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, Legislative Budget Board, the Comptroller of Public Accounts and Legislative Reference Library in the format prescribed jointly by both budget offices.
Education Code, Section 51.0051; HB 1,76th Leg., Art. IX, Sec. 9-7.01, pg. IX-62.
ORP Report
The governing board of each institution of higher education, other than the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall annually submit a report to the coordinating board that includes information concerning the number of participants and eligible positions and the amount of contributions.
Government Code, Section 830.006.
Property and Accounting Records
Each State Agency shall maintain a record of each item of real property it possesses. The record must include the following information and, on the request of the division, shall be furnished.
Natural Resources Code, Section 31.153.
Salary Supplementation
Funds appropriated to a State agency or to an institution of higher education may not be expended for payment of salary to a person whose classified or exempt salary is being supplemented from other than appropriated funds until a report showing the amount and sources of salary being paid from other sources has been reported to the Secretary of State and Comptroller.
HB 1, 76th Leg., Art. IX, Sec. 9-3.03, pg. IX-25.
Strategic Plan
A State agency shall make a strategic plan for its operations. Each even numbered year, the agency shall issue a plan covering five fiscal years beginning with the next odd-numbered fiscal year.
Government Code Section 2056.002.
Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management
Each State Agency shall prepare an agency strategic Plan for information resources management. The agency strategic plan shall be prepared in a format prescribed by the Department of Information Resources.
Government Code, Section 2054.095.


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The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed last night to the terms of a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement that will return the game officials to the field for this weekend's games, beginning with Thursday night's Cleveland at Baltimore game.
The agreement, the longest with the game officials in NFL history, was reached in New York between the negotiating teams for the NFL and the NFLRA with the assistance of Scot Beckenbaugh and Peter Donatello of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The agreement must be ratified by the NFLRA membership. Under the commissioner's authority, Commissioner Goodell can enter into this agreement without a vote of the NFL clubs.
Commissioner Goodell temporarily lifted the lockout so that the officials can work Thursday night's Cleveland at Baltimore game prior to their ratification vote. The officials will meet Friday and Saturday to vote on the agreement. If it is approved, a clinic for the officials will be held following the vote.
"The long-term future of our game requires that we seek improvement in every area, including officiating," Commissioner Goodell said. "This agreement supports long-term reforms that will make officiating better. The teams, players and fans want and deserve both consistency and quality in officiating."
"We look forward to having the finest officials in sports back on the field, and I want to give a special thanks to NFL fans for their passion. Now it's time to put the focus back on the teams and players where it belongs."
The agreement includes the following key terms:
- Eight-year term covering the 2012-2019 seasons.
- The current defined benefit pension plan will remain in place for current officials through the 2016 season (or until the official earns 20 years of service). The defined benefit plan will then be frozen.
- Retirement benefits will be provided for new hires, and for all officials beginning in 2017, through a defined contribution arrangement, which will have two elements: an annual league contribution made on behalf of each game official that will begin with an average of more than $18,000 per official and increase to more than $23,000 per official in 2019, and a partial match on any additional contribution that an official makes to his 401(k) account.
- Apart from their benefit package, the game officials' compensation will increase from an average of $149,000 a year in 2011 to $173,000 in 2013, rising to $205,000 by 2019.
- Beginning with the 2013 season, the NFL will have the option of hiring a number of officials on a full-time basis to work year-round, including on the field.
- The NFL will have the option to retain additional officials for training and development purposes, and may assign those additional officials to work NFL games. The number of additional officials will be determined by the NFL.

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International Conference on Citizenship and the Rights of Minorities in Muslim-Majority Countries
Posted Dec 6, 2012 •Permalink • Printer-Friendly VersionISNA Cosponsors International Conference on Citizenship and the Rights of Minorities in Muslim-Majority Countries
On November 19-20, The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) co-sponsored the "Inaugural International Conference on Citizenship and Minorities in the Muslim World" in Tunis, Tunisia. This groundbreaking conference represents ISNA's ongoing work with Muslim leaders worldwide to establish consensus on Islamic standards and protocols for the advancement of religious freedom, particularly for religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries. The other cosponsors of the conference were the Global Centre for Renewal and Guidance and the Tunisian Ministry of Religious Affairs, led by ShaykhAbdallah Bin Bayyah and Dr. Noureddine al-Khademi, respectively. Conference participants included Ambassador Rashad Hussain, President Obama's Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Bou Abdallah Ghulamullah, Algeria Minister of Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Ministers of Religious Affairs and scholars from numerous countries, including Syria, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and several other countries.
Since last year, ISNA has been working with Muslim scholars worldwide, particularly Sh. Abdallah Bin Bayyah, Vice President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, to develop a mechanism to address challenges faced by religious minorities in Muslim-majority communities around the world. Last week's conference is the latest in a series of scholarly meetingsthis year, including one this past July in Nouakchott, Mauritania. This conference serves as the inaugural event for an even larger conference of scholars which will be held in 2013 in Morocco.
In advance of last week's conference, ISNA commissioned three prominent scholars, Sh. Bin Bayyah, Dr. al-Khademi, and Sh. Rached Ghannouchi, Vice Secretary General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars to present foundational papers on the notion of citizenship and the rights of religious minorities. The scholars' presentations helped define the numerous contentious issues and key obstacles that Islamic scholars face in discussions on concepts of citizenship and minority rights. For example, Sh. Bin Bayyah argued the need for a new definition of citizenship, one which is no longer based on shared histories, ethnicity, and religion, but rather on a voluntary association between individuals in a particular land. What is needed now, he argued, is a nondiscriminatory body of laws that mediates justly between competing claims in an ethnically, religiously, and racially diverse public square.
Following these presentations, several scholars, including Dr. Suhaib al-Shami of Syria, former ISNA president Dr. Ingrid Mattson, and Dr. Abdul Majeed al-Najjar of Tunisia, delivered formal responses.Following a vibrant intellectual exchange, the conference produced a formal list of recommendations regarding the solutions discussed during the conference, including the following:
A.Create committees from this conference and previous conferences on citizenship and the rights of minorities to develop a suggested declaration for the upcoming conference in Morocco.
B.Expand upon the discussion and research findings of this conference, and conduct further research on key issues from a jurisprudential perspective (ijtihad al-fiqhi), using clear assessments of shari'a (Islamic law) in a contemporary context.
C.Conduct in-depth, critical studies of the Medina Charter as a frame of reference for our current discussion on citizenship and the rights of minorities. Examine the charter, analyze its meanings, extract rulings, and determine how to apply these rulings to the present-day realities of religious minorities in the Muslim world.
D.Examine the nature of government from a classical Islamic perspective, and address the notion of a "social contract" and the relationship between governance and citizens in light of contemporary studies on citizenship.
E.Share best practices between Muslim-majority countries on experiences, initiatives, minority rights legislation, and the development of constitutions.
F.Establish national and regional research institutions in the Muslim world to study challenges faced by religious minorities. These groups would document challenges, diagnose key problems, and suggest initiatives and legislative solutions to these problems.
The conference was broadcast live by several international and regional media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, and several Arab papers highlighted the conference in morning editions of local and international news. Conference organizers also met with Tunisian President MoncefMarzouki to brief him on the goals of the conference. He expressed his support for ISNA's ongoing efforts to promote Islamic standards and develop protocols for the advancement of religious freedom and rights of minorities in Muslim-majority countries.
"This was our first major conference on citizenship and the rights of minorities in the Muslim world," said ISNA President Imam Mohamed Magid. "As a result, we developed several guiding principles to navigate these issues in the future. This is an ongoing process, and I look forward to ISNA's continued work with Muslim scholars in order to produce a final document that establishes protocols on the treatment of citizens of all faiths in Muslim-majority countries."
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From the Archbishop's website:
It has been an immense privilege to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury over the past decade, and moving on has not been an easy decision. During the time remaining there is much to do, and I ask your prayers and support in this period and beyond. I am abidingly grateful to all those friends and colleagues who have so generously supported Jane and myself in these years, and all the many diverse parishes and communities in the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion that have brought vision, hope and excitement to my own ministry. I look forward, with that same support and inspiration, to continuing to serve the Church's mission and witness as best I can in the years ahead.
John-Paul Ford Rojas writes at The Telegraph:
Dr Williams, 61, will leave at the end of December to take up a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge next January. The Queen, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, has been informed.
His reign has been plagued by bitter rows over gay clergy and women bishops that have left him struggling to prevent the Church from unravelling.
Explaining his reasons for leaving, Dr Williams admitted that "crisis management" was not his "favourite activity" but denied the rows over homosexuality had "overshadowed everything".
But he said: "It has certainly been a major nuisance. But in every job that you are in there are controversies and conflicts and this one isn't going to go away in a hurry. I can't say that it is a great sense of 'free at last'."
Dr Williams said his successor would need the "constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros".


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Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. The Walled City
Dropping to the ground once more he picked up the trail of the girl and her captors, which he followed easily along what appeared to be a well-beaten trail. It was not long before he came to a small stream, where he quenched his thirst, and thereafter he saw that the trail followed in the general direction of the stream, which ran southwesterly. Here and there were cross trails and others which joined the main avenue, and always upon each of them were the tracks and scent of the great cats, of Numa, the lion, and Sheeta, the panther.
With the exception of a few small rodents there appeared to be no other wild life on the surface of the valley. There was no indication of Bara, the deer, or Horta, the boar, or of Gorgo, the buffalo, Buto, Tantor, or Duro. Histah, the snake, was there. He saw him in the trees in greater numbers than he ever had seen Histah before; and once beside a reedy pool he caught a scent that could have belonged to none other than Gimla the crocodile, but upon none of these did the Tarmangani care to feed.
And so, as he craved meat, he turned his attention to the birds above him. His assailants of the night before had not disarmed him. Either in the darkness and the rush of the charging lions the human foe had overlooked him or else they had considered him dead; but whatever the reason he still retained his weapons—his spear and his long knife, his bow and arrows, and his grass rope.
Fitting a shaft to his bow Tarzan awaited an opportunity to bring down one of the larger birds, and when the opportunity finally presented itself he drove the arrow straight to its mark. As the gaily plumaged creature fluttered to earth its companions and the little monkeys set up a most terrific chorus of wails and screaming protests. The whole forest became suddenly a babel of hoarse screams and shrill shrieks.
Tarzan would not have been surprised had one or two birds in the immediate vicinity given voice to terror as they fled, but that the whole life of the jungle should set up so weird a protest filled him with disgust. It was an angry face that he turned up toward the monkeys and the birds as there suddenly stirred within him a savage inclination to voice his displeasure and his answer to what he considered their challenge. And so it was that there broke upon this jungle for the first time Tarzan's hideous scream of victory and challenge.
The effect upon the creatures above him was instantaneous. Where before the air had trembled to the din of their voices, now utter silence reigned and a moment later the ape-man was alone with his puny kill.
The silence following so closely the previous tumult carried a sinister impression to the ape-man, which still further aroused his anger. Picking the bird from where it had fallen he withdrew his arrow from the body and returned it to his quiver. Then with his knife he quickly and deftly removed the skin and feathers together. He ate angrily, growling as though actually menaced by a near-by foe, and perhaps, too, his growls were partially induced by the fact that he did not care for the flesh of birds. Better this, however, than nothing and from what his senses had told him there was no flesh in the vicinity such as he was accustomed to and cared most for. How he would have enjoyed a juicy haunch from Pacco, the zebra, or a steak from the loin of Gorgo, the buffalo! The very thought made his mouth water and increased his resentment against this unnatural forest that harbored no such delicious quarry.
He had but partially consumed his kill when he suddenly became aware of a movement in the brush at no great distance from him and downwind, and a moment later his nostrils picked up the scent of Numa from the opposite direction, and then upon either side he caught the fall of padded feet and the brushing of bodies against leafy branches. The ape-man smiled. What stupid creature did they think him, to be surprised by such clumsy stalkers? Gradually the sounds and scents indicated that lions were moving upon him from all directions, that he was in the center of a steadily converging circle of beasts. Evidently they were so sure of their prey that they were making no effort toward stealth, for he heard twigs crack beneath their feet, and the brushing of their bodies against the vegetation through which they forced their way.
He wondered what could have brought them. It seemed unreasonable to believe that the cries of the birds and the monkeys should have summoned them, and yet, if not, it was indeed a remarkable coincidence. His judgment told him that the death of a single bird in this forest which teemed with birds could scarce be of sufficient moment to warrant that which followed. Yet even in the face of reason and past experience he found that the whole affair perplexed him.
He stood in the center of the trail awaiting the coming of the lions and wondering what would be the method of their attack or if they would indeed attack. Presently a maned lion came into view along the trail below him. At sight of him the lion halted. The beast was similar to those that had attacked him earlier in the day, a trifle larger and a trifle darker than the lions of his native jungles, but neither so large nor so black as Numa of the pit.
Presently he distinguished the outlines of other lions in the surrounding brush and among the trees. Each of them halted as it came within sight of the ape-man and there they stood regarding him in silence. Tarzan wondered how long it would be before they charged and while he waited he resumed his feeding, though with every sense constantly alert.
One by one the lions lay down, but always their faces were toward him and their eyes upon him. There had been no growling and no roaring—just the quiet drawing of the silent circle about him. It was all so entirely foreign to anything that Tarzan ever before had seen lions do that it irritated him so that presently, having finished his repast, he fell to making insulting remarks to first one and then another of the lions, after the habit he had learned from the apes of his childhood.
"Dango, eater of carrion," he called them, and he compared them most unfavorably with Histah, the snake, the most loathed and repulsive creature of the jungle. Finally he threw handfuls of earth at them and bits of broken twigs, and then the lions growled and bared their fangs, but none of them advanced.
"Cowards," Tarzan taunted them. "Numa with a heart of Bara, the deer." He told them who he was, and after the manner of the jungle folk he boasted as to the horrible things he would do to them, but the lions only lay and watched him.
It must have been a half hour after their coming that Tarzan caught in the distance along the trail the sound of footsteps approaching. They were the footsteps of a creature who walked upon two legs, and though Tarzan could catch no scent spoor from that direction he knew that a man was approaching. Nor had he long to wait before his judgment was confirmed by the appearance of a man who halted in the trail directly behind the first lion that Tarzan had seen.
At sight of the newcomer the ape-man realized that here was one similar to those who had given off the unfamiliar scent spoor that he had detected the previous night, and he saw that not only in the matter of scent did the man differ from other human beings with whom Tarzan was familiar.
The fellow was strongly built with skin of a leathery appearance, like parchment yellowed with age. His hair, which was coal black and three or four inches in length, grew out stiffly at right angles to his scalp. His eyes were close set and the irises densely black and very small, so that the white of the eyeball showed around them. The man's face was smooth except for a few straggly hairs on his chin and upper lip. The nose was aquiline and fine, but the hair grew so far down on the forehead as to suggest a very low and brutal type. The upper lip was short and fine while the lower lip was rather heavy and inclined to be pendulous, the chin being equally weak. Altogether the face carried the suggestion of a once strong and handsome countenance entirely altered by physical violence or by degraded habits and thoughts. The man's arms were long, though not abnormally so, while his legs were short, though straight.
He was clothed in tight-fitting nether garments and a loose, sleeveless tunic that fell just below his hips, while his feet were shod in soft-soled sandals, the wrappings of which extended halfway to his knees, closely resembling a modern spiral military legging. He carried a short, heavy spear, and at his side swung a weapon that at first so astonished the ape-man that he could scarcely believe the evidence of his senses—a heavy saber in a leather-covered scabbard. The man's tunic appeared to have been fabricated upon a loom—it was certainly not made of skins, while the garments that covered his legs were quite as evidently made from the hides of rodents.
Tarzan noted the utter unconcern with which the man approached the lions, and the equal indifference of Numa to him. The fellow paused for a moment as though appraising the ape-man and then pushed on past the lions, brushing against the tawny hide as he passed him in the trail.
About twenty feet from Tarzan the man stopped, addressing the former in a strange jargon, no syllable of which was intelligible to the Tarmangani. His gestures indicated numerous references to the lions surrounding them, and once he touched his spear with the forefinger of his left hand and twice he struck the saber at his hip.
While he spoke Tarzan studied the fellow closely, with the result that there fastened itself upon his mind a strange conviction—that the man who addressed him was what might only be described as a rational maniac. As the thought came to the ape-man he could not but smile, so paradoxical the description seemed. Yet a closer study of the man's features, carriage, and the contour of his head carried almost incontrovertibly the assurance that he was insane, while the tones of his voice and his gestures resembled those of a sane and intelligent mortal.
Presently the man had concluded his speech and appeared to be waiting questioningly Tarzan's reply. The ape-man spoke to the other first in the language of the great apes, but he soon saw that the words carried no conviction to his listener. Then with equal futility he tried several native dialects but to none of these did the man respond.
By this time Tarzan began to lose patience. He had wasted sufficient time by the road, and as he had never depended much upon speech in the accomplishment of his ends, he now raised his spear and advanced toward the other. This, evidently, was a language common to both, for instantly the fellow raised his own weapon and at the same time a low call broke from his lips, a call which instantly brought to action every lion in the hitherto silent circle. A volley of roars shattered the silence of the forest and simultaneously lions sprang into view upon all sides as they closed in rapidly upon their quarry. The man who had called them stepped back, his teeth bared in a mirthless grin.
It was then that Tarzan first noticed that the fellow's upper canines were unusually long and exceedingly sharp. It was just a flashing glimpse he got of them as he leaped agilely from the ground and, to the consternation of both the lions and their master, disappeared in the foliage of the lower terrace, flinging back over his shoulder as he swung rapidly away: "I am Tarzan of the Apes; mighty hunter; mighty fighter! None in the jungle more powerful, none more cunning than Tarzan!"
A short distance beyond the point at which they had surrounded him, Tarzan came to the trail again and sought for the spoor of Bertha Kircher and Lieutenant Smith-Oldwick. He found them quickly and continued upon his search for the two. The spoor lay directly along the trail for another half-mile when the way suddenly debouched from the forest into open land and there broke upon the astonished view of the ape-man the domes and minarets of a walled city.
Directly before him in the wall nearest him Tarzan saw a low-arched gateway to which a well-beaten trail led from that which he had been following. In the open space between the forest and the city walls, quantities of garden stuff was growing, while before him at his feet, in an open man-made ditch, ran a stream of water! The plants in the garden were laid out in well-spaced, symmetrical rows and appeared to have been given excellent attention and cultivation. Tiny streams were trickling between the rows from the main ditch before him and at some distance to his right he could see people at work among the plants.
The city wall appeared to be about thirty feet in height, its plastered expanse unbroken except by occasional embrasures. Beyond the wall rose the domes of several structures and numerous minarets dotted the sky line of the city. The largest and central dome appeared to be gilded, while others were red, or blue, or yellow. The architecture of the wall itself was of uncompromising simplicity. It was of a cream shade and appeared to be plastered and painted. At its base was a line of well-tended shrubs and at some distance towards its eastern extremity it was vine covered to the top.
As he stood in the shadow of the trail, his keen eyes taking in every detail of the picture before him, he became aware of the approach of a party in his rear and there was borne to him the scent of the man and the lions whom he had so readily escaped. Taking to the trees Tarzan moved a short distance to the west and, finding a comfortable crotch at the edge of the forest where he could watch the trail leading through the gardens to the city gate, he awaited the return of his would-be captors. And soon they came—the strange man followed by the pack of great lions. Like dogs they moved along behind him down the trail among the gardens to the gate.
Here the man struck upon the panels of the door with the butt of his spear, and when it opened in response to his signal he passed in with his lions. Beyond the open door Tarzan, from his distant perch, caught but a fleeting glimpse of life within the city, just enough to indicate that there were other human creatures who abode there, and then the door closed.
Through that door he knew that the girl and the man whom he sought to succor had been taken into the city. What fate lay in store for them or whether already it had been meted out to them he could not even guess, nor where, within that forbidding wall, they were incarcerated he could not know. But of one thing he was assured: that if he were to aid them he could not do it from outside the wall. He must gain entrance to the city first, nor did he doubt, that once within, his keen senses would eventually reveal the whereabouts of those whom he sought.
The low sun was casting long shadows across the gardens when Tarzan saw the workers returning from the eastern field. A man came first, and as he came he lowered little gates along the large ditch of running water, shutting off the streams that had run between the rows of growing plants; and behind him came other men carrying burdens of fresh vegetables in great woven baskets upon their shoulders. Tarzan had not realized that there had been so many men working in the field, but now as he sat there at the close of the day he saw a procession filing in from the east, bearing the tools and the produce back into the city.
And then, to gain a better view, the ape-man ascended to the topmost branches of a tall tree where he overlooked the nearer wall. From this point of vantage he saw that the city was long and narrow, and that while the outer walls formed a perfect rectangle, the streets within were winding. Toward the center of the city there appeared to be a low, white building around which the larger edifices of the city had been built, and here, in the fast-waning light, Tarzan thought that between two buildings he caught the glint of water, but of that he was not sure. His experience of the centers of civilization naturally inclined him to believe that this central area was a plaza about which the larger buildings were grouped and that there would be the most logical place to search first for Bertha Kircher and her companion.
And then the sun went down and darkness quickly enveloped the city—a darkness that was accentuated for the ape-man rather than relieved by the artificial lights which immediately appeared in many of the windows visible to him.
Tarzan had noticed that the roofs of most of the buildings were flat, the few exceptions being those of what he imagined to be the more pretentious public structures. How this city had come to exist in this forgotten part of unexplored Africa the ape-man could not conceive. Better than another, he realized something of the unsolved secrets of the Great Dark Continent, enormous areas of which have as yet been untouched by the foot of civilized man. Yet he could scarce believe that a city of this size and apparently thus well constructed could have existed for the generations that it must have been there, without intercourse with the outer world. Even though it was surrounded by a trackless desert waste, as he knew it to be, he could not conceive that generation after generation of men could be born and die there without attempting to solve the mysteries of the world beyond the confines of their little valley.
And yet, here was the city surrounded by tilled land and filled with people!
With the coming of night there arose throughout the jungle the cries of the great cats, the voice of Numa blended with that of Sheeta, and the thunderous roars of the great males reverberated through the forest until the earth trembled, and from within the city came the answering roars of other lions.
A simple plan for gaining entrance to the city had occurred to Tarzan, and now that darkness had fallen he set about to put it into effect. Its success hinged entirely upon the strength of the vines he had seen surmounting the wall toward the east. In this direction he made his way, while from out of the forest about him the cries of the flesh-eaters increased in volume and ferocity. A quarter of a mile intervened between the forest and the city wall—a quarter of a mile of cultivated land unrelieved by a single tree. Tarzan of the Apes realized his limitations and so he knew that it would undoubtedly spell death for him to be caught in the open space by one of the great black lions of the forest if, as he had already surmised, Numa of the pit was a specimen of the forest lion of the valley.
He must, therefore, depend entirely upon his cunning and his speed, and upon the chance that the vine would sustain his weight.
He moved through the middle terrace, where the way is always easiest, until he reached a point opposite the vine-clad portion of the wall, and there he waited, listening and scenting, until he might assure himself that there was no Numa within his immediate vicinity, or, at least, none that sought him. And when he was quite sure that there was no lion close by in the forest, and none in the clearing between himself and the wall, he dropped lightly to the ground and moved stealthily out into the open.
The rising moon, just topping the eastern cliffs, cast its bright rays upon the long stretch of open garden beneath the wall. And, too, it picked out in clear relief for any curious eyes that chanced to be cast in that direction, the figure of the giant ape-man moving across the clearing. It was only chance, of course, that a great lion hunting at the edge of the forest saw the figure of the man halfway between the forest and the wall. Suddenly there broke upon Tarzan's ears a menacing sound. It was not the roar of a hungry lion, but the roar of a lion in rage, and, as he glanced back in the direction from which the sound came, he saw a huge beast moving out from the shadow of the forest toward him.
Even in the moonlight and at a distance Tarzan saw that the lion was huge; that it was indeed another of the black-maned monsters similar to Numa of the pit. For an instant he was impelled to turn and fight, but at the same time the thought of the helpless girl imprisoned in the city flashed through his brain and, without an instant's hesitation, Tarzan of the Apes wheeled and ran for the wall. Then it was that Numa charged.
Numa, the lion, can run swiftly for a short distance, but he lacks endurance. For the period of an ordinary charge he can cover the ground with greater rapidity possibly than any other creature in the world. Tarzan, on the other hand, could run at great speed for long distances, though never as rapidly as Numa when the latter charged.
The question of his fate, then, rested upon whether, with his start he could elude Numa for a few seconds; and, if so, if the lion would then have sufficient stamina remaining to pursue him at a reduced gait for the balance of the distance to the wall.
Never before, perhaps, was staged a more thrilling race, and yet it was run with only the moon and stars to see. Alone and in silence the two beasts sped across the moonlit clearing. Numa gained with appalling rapidity upon the fleeing man, yet at every bound Tarzan was nearer to the vine-clad wall. Once the ape-man glanced back. Numa was so close upon him that it seemed inevitable that at the next bound he should drag him down; so close was he that the ape-man drew his knife as he ran, that he might at least give a good account of himself in the last moments of his life.
But Numa had reached the limit of his speed and endurance. Gradually he dropped behind but he did not give up the pursuit, and now Tarzan realized how much hinged upon the strength of the untested vines.
If, at the inception of the race, only Goro and the stars had looked down upon the contestants, such was not the case at its finish, since from an embrasure near the summit of the wall two close-set black eyes peered down upon the two. Tarzan was a dozen yards ahead of Numa when he reached the wall. There was no time to stop and institute a search for sturdy stems and safe handholds. His fate was in the hands of chance and with the realization he gave a final spurt and running catlike up the side of the wall among the vines, sought with his hands for something that would sustain his weight. Below him Numa leaped also.
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Stephen King Biography
Stephen King is the most prominent and prolific horror author of the modern era. King lived in a poor, single-parent household where he often turned to reading wild fiction and writing his own stories for entertainment. As a literary-minded boy, he developed a keen interest in comic books and H.P. Lovecraft stories. By the time he graduated with a bachelor's degree in English, King had already penned numerous articles for his high school and university newspapers, so it's no wonder that he has gone on to publish so many stories. What is surprising, though, is that this once-timid English teacher who typed out his novels in a laundry room makes his living by scaring the wits out of the rest of world.
Facts and Trivia
- King's first novel, Carrie, almost never made it to print. King's wife, Tabitha, rescued it from the garbage and encouraged King to complete the work.
- An avid Boston Red Sox fan, King coordinates many aspects of his life around baseball. He frequently travels to Red Sox spring training sites, he trims his facial hair based on the beginning and end of the season, and he even appeared in the movie Fever Pitch—about an obsessed Red Sox fan, of course!
- King has written several works under the name Richard Bachman, a pseudonym created to enable him to publish and sell more than one book a year, which was once widely thought to be the maximum production for an author.
- Though he says he has no real musical talent, King plays guitar in the band Rock Bottom Remainders. Other band members include writers Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, and Dave Berry.
- In 1999, King was hit by a car and almost killed while out on his daily walk. This accident occurred less than a year after he wrote about one of his characters being struck by a car while out on a daily walk.
Article abstract: Through his storytelling abilities and vivid imagination, as demonstrated in his novels, short stories, and films, Stephen King has done much to move the horror genre into the forefront of popular literature. He has modernized many gothic or horror themes and techniques.
Early Life
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine, the second son of Donald Edwin and Nellie Ruth King. His brother David had been born two years earlier. When King was only two years old, his father, a captain in the merchant marines, deserted the family and never saw them again. This desertion placed hardships upon the young family, forcing them to move often in order for Nellie to provide for her two sons. In their search for a place to call home, the family lived in Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Finally, when King was six years old, the family settled in Stratford, Connecticut, where they lived for six years.
King became interested in the horror genre early in life. He listened to suspenseful radio dramas and eventually came under the spell of good storytelling such as in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and horror films such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). The real potential of other worlds came into young King's life in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik I. King's teachers reported that one of his greatest passions was writing stories of his own, an activity that began when he was six years old.
In 1958, when King was eleven years old, his family moved to Durham, Maine. It was here that the future writer discovered that he had something in common with his absent father when he discovered an old trunk in the attic of his aunt and uncle's garage that contained a box of his father's books, including some by New England horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and some of Donald's own early attempts at writing short stories.
King continued his interest in writing throughout his public education and, after graduating from Lisbon Falls High School, entered the University of Maine in Orono in 1966. At the University of Maine he pursued a degree in English, wrote the "King's Garbage Truck" column for the campus newspaper, The Daily Maine, and submitted short stories to whatever publications he thought might be interested. In 1967, King made his first sale as an author with the purchase of his short story "The Glass Floor" for thirty-five dollars by Startling Mystery Stories. Even with his first sale, King continued his college education and filled empty hours by working campus jobs, writing, protesting local situations, and courting his future wife, fellow University of Maine student and library worker Tabitha Spruce.
King graduated from the university in 1970 and accepted a position as an English teacher at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine, in 1971. In this same year, King married the recently graduated Tabitha, who would eventually become a novelist in her own right. The young couple lived in a small mobile home and held second jobs, King in an industrial laundry and Tabitha in a donut shop, to supplement King's meager teaching salary of $6,400 per year. During this time they began their family.
Life's Work
Although his early married life proved to be taxing, King did not forego his drive to write. Often the small amounts that his short stories brought were used to purchase medicine for his children or finance the repair of a major appliance. When he...
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was not teaching or working in the laundry, King produced several manuscripts, often typed in the furnace room of the Kings' mobile home. He would freely throw away pieces in which he saw no real potential. One such effort was saved from the garbage by Tabitha, who saw more than her husband did in the discarded germ of an idea. She argued that there was something of value to be found in the fragment that he had thrown away and that he should complete what he had begun. Following his wife's encouragement, King finished the manuscript that was eventually published asCarrie (1974). With the sale of Carrie to Doubleday for a $2,500 advance (he later sold the paperback rights for $400,000 and saw the novel turned into an award-winning motion picture with Sissy Spacek), King knew that he could earn his way as a writer and gave up his teaching position to write full-time.
The books that followed Carrie were received with varying degrees of acceptance. After King published his modernized vampire tale Salem's Lot (1975) and proposed that his third book, The Shining (1977), would be a ghost story, his agent feared that the young writer from Maine would be typecast, but King had no fear of failing at his craft or in his chosen genre. His later publication successes proved him correct.
In 1981, King published Danse Macabre to explore the horror film genre and to illuminate his fascination with both motion pictures and literature based upon investigations of humanity's darker emotional and psychological sides. In producing his own works of horror, King soon found that the clearest way for him to approach a piece of fiction in progress would be to seek an answer to the question, "what if?" From his earlier works on, this question has been central to each of King's works, and he answered it as it related to how individuals would act following almost total annihilation of humanity in The Stand (1978), to actions of obsessive fans in Misery (1987), the effect extraterrestrial visitors might have on a community in The Tommyknockers (1987), and to the reactions of various individuals to capital punishment in the six-part The Green Mile (1996).
In addition to his many novels, King also wrote numerous successful short stories that eventually appeared in collections, including "The Body" (Different Seasons, 1982), "The Woman in the Room" (Night Shift, 1978), and "Word Processor of the Gods" (Skeleton Crew, 1985). In addition, he produced six novels under the name Richard Bachman in order to publish works that did not quite fit the Stephen King persona and to allow him to publish more than one book per year. The true identity of Bachman, under whose name King published Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), The Running Man (1982), Thinner (1984), and The Regulators (1996), was eventually made public because of the curiosity and research of a bookstore clerk.
King's audience grew even larger as film and television versions of his works and original screen- and teleplays by King caught the attention of viewing audiences. Many of these versions have been passed off as weak at best; however, some have received rave reviews as well as major awards. The motion pictures with King ties that are generally considered the best are Carrie (1976), The Dead Zone (1983), "The Body" spinoff Stand by Me (1986), The Shining (1980), and Misery (1990). Among the King television movies and miniseries were Salem's Lot (1979), It (1990), The Tommyknockers (1993), The Stand (1994), and The Shining (1997).
The name of Stephen King became familiar even to those who had never read any of his works. King maintained a high public profile and at the same time tried to maintain some degree of privacy for himself and his family. King made television spots for a major credit card and for a national publicity drive for library usage. He also visited many of the top network talk shows and appeared as a contestant twice on Jeopardy. Perhaps he gained the most attention with his 1994 cross-country motorcycle trip during which he touted his novel Insomnia and independent bookstores over the big chain stores.
Because of his vast audience and his high public profile, Stephen King became more than merely one who wrote scary stories. His works entered legal proceedings when defendants contended that they were encouraged to carry out their crimes after having read a particular King work. King has been condemned because of the use of evil in his works even though the works argue that the evil must be confronted. His residence in Bangor, Maine, was even invaded by a distraught and mentally unbalanced man from Texas who threatened to destroy the house.
The greatest contentious confrontations came, however, when critics and reviewers debated the significance and quality of King's fiction. Many thinkers willingly passed him off as just an author who met the prurient curiosity of the reading masses. In contrast, other writers have compared King to Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe and have considered him to be among the best of modern storytellers. Two entities who did not seem to be overly concerned with this ongoing critical battle were King himself and his fans.
Throughout his career, King approached his work with all seriousness, writing almost every day of the year. King also realized that he had led a charmed life and went out of his way to share his good fortune with others. He and his wife's philanthropy was enjoyed by such diverse causes as the recreation program of their hometown of Bangor, Maine; various educational institutions, most noticeably the University of Maine; library rebuilding programs such as one in Old Town, Maine; and individual needy students whom they heard about from various sources.
In addition to their separate writing careers and their philanthropic gestures, King and his wife put most of their efforts into rearing their three children, Joseph, Naomi, and Owen. As in King's fiction, one of his driving impulses was to ensure that his children had a normal, loving family life.
Beahm, George, ed. The Stephen King Companion. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989. Beahm presents a comprehensive introduction to the works of King through analyses of the works, interviews with the authors, and comments by others.
Beahm, George, ed. The Stephen King Story. Williamsburg, Va.: GB Publishing, 1991. This is the most complete book-length story of King's life.
Docherty, Brian, ed. American Horror Fiction: From Brockden Brown to Stephen King. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. This collection of essays places King's works into context with other American horror writers.
Heller, Terry. The Delight of Horror: An Aesthetics of the Tale of Terror. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. Heller provides an in-depth discussion of the artistic and psychological foundations of horror fiction. This discussion will lead the reader to a fuller understanding of the structures and themes appearing in King's fiction.
Herron, Don, ed. Reign of Fear: Fiction and Film of Stephen King. Los Angeles: Underwood and Miller, 1988. The essays in this collection discuss the significance of film in the development of King's reputation.
King, Stephen. Danse Macabre. 1981. New York: Berkeley, 1982. Although this work is a history of the horror film genre, it provides insight into King's development as a student of all things horror.
Magistrale, Tony. The Moral Voyages of Stephen King. Mercer Island: Starmont, 1989. In this rather brief work, Magistrale attempts to clarify the underlying moral structures found in King's fiction.
Reino, Joseph. Stephen King: The First Decade, "Carrie" to "Pet Sematary." New York: Twayne, 1988. Reino introduces the works that began King's writing career.
Reino, Joseph. Stephen King: The Second Decade, "Danse Macabre" to "The Dark Half." New York: Twayne, 1992. Reino discusses the second twenty years of King's writing career.
Underwood, Tim, and Chuck Miller, eds. Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King. 1986. New York: New American Library, 1987. This is perhaps the single best collection of essays discussing King's works. These essays are written by individuals who look at his works as perceptive critics and not as fans.


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Sawler to speak at Briercrest's Engage conference
Youth pastor, David Sawler, wants to focus on talking to youth, not just about them during Briercrest College and Seminary's think-tank Engage scheduled for March 13-14.
"Everything is written to youth pastors and young adults or people working with youth, and a lot of what I have been doing now is taking all that information and saying, 'if you had the opportunity to address a young person in the church that you know is going to face these things, what would you say?" Sawler, author of Before They Say Goodbye and guest speaker, explained.
"It's not so much talking about youth, but it is more about talking to youth."
Sawler said he is excited to come and speak at Engage, a think-tank that is the second part of a three-year project aimed at exploring how to keep youth engaged in the Church.
"Throughout the event I will be hitting on three topics," Sawler explained. "One of them will be adoption and that is simply talking about how we have many youth who come into our churches who don't have parents or spiritual parents and the importance of us becoming someone's spiritual parents."
"In James Penner's Hemorrhaging Faith study there are a lot of things that were considered toxins," he continued. "I want to go through some of the scriptures to show that Jesus and the disciples actually dealt with all the toxins stated in the study in their day. Also, a big part of what I am going to be sharing about is just exploring the possibility that Jesus actually modeled what we need to be doing to ensure that youth are actually engaged in their faith."
Sawler said his presentations will not only examine what is driving youth away from the Church, but will also focus on what is working to help them stay engaged.
"We want to focus on positive influences that some youth ministries and churches are having and find out ways we can connect youth and young adults to faith practices that are going to help them stay engaged in their faith," he explained.
Sawler is passionate about working with youth because they are an age group that can, and are, having a great impact.
"I think it is an age group that has a ton of passion, but also, even when I look at the Scriptures, when Jesus called the disciples they were actually a group of young people," he said.
"So I think if you really want to think about starting a movement and seeing a nation or area changed we need to follow Jesus' example and pour ourselves into young people knowing they are going to cause a long-term effect."
Sawler said one the biggest things he has learned over the years is that if young people do not remain in a local church or in some kind of faith community, the majority of them will drop their faith within a short period of time.
"So one of our big goals is to make sure young people are connected to some faith community," he said.
One way Sawler is doing this is by turning his attention away from talking about the issues youth are facing to actually speaking with the youth about the issues.
Sawler said he is looking forward to partnering with Briercrest.
"Briercrest and some of the staff have been on the forefront of addressing this issue amongst youth and the leaders in Canada. It is great opportunity to be a part of that."
Registration is open to the general public, but attendance will be capped at 150 people.
Registration information can be found at http://www.briercrest.ca/Engage2014.


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Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice
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With its unrivaled scope, easy readability, and outstanding clinical relevance, Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice is an indispensable resource for psychiatric and other health care professionals. It is also well suited for individuals with mental disorders and their family members who are seeking updated, practical information on complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM).
An international group of experts, researchers, and clinicians examines an expansive range of treatments that have been chosen on the basis of their therapeutic potential, strength of evidence, safety, clinical experience, geographic and cultural diversity, and public interest.
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- Nutrients and neutraceuticals
- Plant-based medicines
- Mind-body practices—breathing techniques, yoga, qigong, tai chi, and meditation
- Art therapy and equine therapy for children and adolescents
- Neurotherapy, neurostimulation, and other technologies
Psychiatrists and other physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, psychologists, nurses, and other clinicians will benefit from guidelines for decision making, prioritizing, and combining CAIM treatments, as well as safely integrating CAIM with standard approaches.
That the treatments considered in this clinician's guide are applied to five of the major DSM-5 categories—depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, bipolar and related disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders—ensures its applicability, timeliness and timelessness.
- Contributors
- Preface
- I: Defining CAIM: Diagnoses, Target Symptoms, and Treatment Strategies
- Chapter 1. The Growth of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
- Chapter 2. Complementary and Integrative Medicine, DSM-5, and Clinical Decision Making
- Chapter 3. Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
- II: Nutrients in Psychiatric Care
- Chapter 4. S-Adenosylmethionine
- Chapter 5. Acetyl-L-Carnitine, N-Acetylcysteine, and Inositol in the Treatment of Psychiatric and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 6. Single and Broad-Spectrum Micronutrient Treatments in Psychiatric Practice
- III: Plant-Based Medicines
- Chapter 7. Issues in Phytomedicine Related to Psychiatric Practice
- Chapter 8. Adaptogens in Psychiatric Practice
- Chapter 9. Integrating Rhodiola rosea in Clinical Practice
- Chapter 10. St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) in the Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 11. Ginkgo biloba
- Chapter 12. Kava (Piper methysticum) in the Treatment of Anxiety
- Chapter 13. Panax ginseng and American Ginseng in Psychiatric Practice
- Chapter 14. Theanine, Lavender, Lemon Balm, and Chamomile
- Chapter 15. Saffron, Passionflower, Valerian, and Sage for Mental Health
- Chapter 16. Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Chapter 17. Sceletium tortuosum
- Chapter 18. Bacopa monnieri for Cognitive Support
- IV: Neurohormones
- Chapter 19. Melatonin and Melatonin Analogues for Psychiatric Disorders
- V: Mind-Body Practices
- Chapter 20. Polyvagal Theory and the Social Engagement System
- Chapter 21. Breathing Techniques in Psychiatric Treatment
- Chapter 22. Use of Yoga in Managing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Chapter 23. Mind-Body Practices Tai Chi and Qigong in the Treatment and Prevention of Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 24. Mindfulness and Meditation in Psychiatric Practice
- Chapter 25. Open Focus Training for Stress, Pain, and Psychosomatic Illness
- VI: Technologies
- Chapter 26. Neurofeedback Therapy in Clinical Practice
- Chapter 27. Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation in the Psychiatric Setting
- Chapter 28. Integrating Visual Processing Systems in Mental Health Care
- Chapter 29. Using Technology-Based Mind-Body Tools in Clinical Practice
- Index
- Jay D. Amsterdam, M.D.
Timothy Barclay, Ph.D.
Ryan Abbott, M.D., J.D., MTOM
Shahin Akhondzadeh, Ph.D., F.B.Ph.S.
Acharya Balkrishna
Benjamin Barone
Teodoro Bottiglieri, Ph.D.
Mark Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Carlo Calabrese, N.D., M.P.H.
C. Sue Carter, Ph.D.
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His résumé includes blues and R&B gigs with Eddie Kirkland, The Drifters, Earl King, Wanda Rouzan, James "Thunderbird" Davis, Big Jay McNeely, Larry McCray, Francine Reed, Tad Robinson, Shawn Pittman, Sir Mack Rice/the Falcons with Eddie Floyd, Johnny Adams, Bob Schultz, Eddie Bo, Andre Williams, Nathaniel Mayer, Robert Penn, Eddie & Jimmy Burns, Pinetop Perkins, Ron Levy, Shirley King, James Montgomery, Martha & the Vandellas, Catfish Hodge, Hamonica Shah, Mr. Bo, Willie D. Warren, Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe, Thornetta Davis, Jos'lyn B, Geno Parks, the Griswald Brothers as well as jazz gigs with James Carter, Faruq Z. Bey, Bill Heid, Leon Thomas, Marcus Belgrave and Roy Brooks.
Today he is a WC Handy nominated drummer, producer of CDs & live events & guiding force behind the Planet D Nonet in addition to leading a very busy organ trio.
RJ is on over 70 nationally available CDs.
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Alfresco 4 Person Picnic Basket Set Storage Blanket
4 Person Picnic Basket
Made from quality willow with PU leather straps and cotton linen lining, this sensational 4 person picnic basket is designed for outdoor family and friends picnic fun. Putting away the devices, grab some picnic food and physically reconnect. 4 sets of cutlery are included for 4 people to enjoy an afternoon of outdoor fun. The package includes a cheese board and a large colour matching blanket. This 4 person picnic basket is perfect for the races, harvest picnics, grape grazing events, Christmas and summer gatherings! You'll be surprised how often it will be used.
Crafted from quality willow with faux leather accents
A colour matching ground blanket
Stainless steel cutleries with plastic handles
With a shoulder strap on the side for easy transportation
Fastenings to keep cutlery, cups, plates and corkscrew in place
Comes with a corkscrew, 1 set of salt & pepper shaker and a cheese board
Perfect for outdoor gatherings with your family and friends
Basket material: Willow, faux leather & cotton linen
Basket size: 40 x 28 x 26cm
Shoulder strap length: 140cm
Cheese board size: 14.5 x 14.5cm
Blanket size: 130 x 150cm
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Twilight in Twitter
Dear Twilight,
Back in 2009 we had The Meyerbook– someone's "Facebook" take on Twilight. And we laughed. But now, thanks to dear LTT readers like OperaRose, LadyMeadow, NatteringYeahRobber, TeamSeth, MarbleNutSlut, KayVeeBee and JustGoWithIt, we have Twilight in Twitter. Enjoy:
the Cast
Bella @cloudsorry, Jessica @futurevaledictorian, Mike @rainboner, Edward @edward1901, Jasper @emotionalvamp, Alice @BellasBestie
Bella: @futurevaledictorian People keep telling me to follow @ecullen1901
Jessica: @cloudsorrow Oh, that's Edward Cullen. You can follow & tweet him but
he'll never respond #gorgeous #toogoodforanyone #likeIcare
Bella: @futurevaledictorian Wasn't planning on it. #lies
Mike: @cloudsorrow @futurevaledictatorian YO! Snow Flower and the Secret
Fan is playing! U 2 IN? It is OK if you can't make it,
Jessica: @rainboner @cloudsorrow Nice try, M. #firstgrade #newtoy #groan
Bella: @edward1901 Thanks for causing a scene today in class. You sort of creep me out. Sorry.
Edward: @cloudsorrow I'm Edward.
Bella: @edward1901 Duh. That's your response? #arrogant #youreyeschangecolortoo
Edward: @cloudsorrow We were both right about prophase. #likeIsaid
Bella: @edward1901 Something odd about you. Again, WTF with your eyes?
Edward: @cloudsorrow *saunters off* #talklater #mystery #youknowyouloveit
Jessica: @cloudsorrow @secondbestfriend HOORS! SHOPPING!??? Half off at PROMetheus in Port Angeles!
Bella: @futurevaledictorian OK. I guess. Whatever. Dad says I need more girl time. #fine #onlyvampirebookstoreinWAtheretoo
Mike: @cloudsorrow @futurevaledictorian @secondbestfriend Can I come too? #willholdyourpurseswhileyoutrystuffon
Jessica: Direct Message – @rainboner you know B has a thing for @edward1901 right?
Jessica: @cloudsorrow so. How was his bed? *winks*
Bella: @futurevaledictorian no bed. Pretentious CD collection. Only recognized Debussy. Photos of me everywhere.
Jessica: @cloudsorrow which Debussy? Please tell me he didn't play Claire de Lune. #tooeasy
Jessica: @cloudsorrow also, I cannot believe his @klout score is higher than mine.
Bella: @futurevaledictorian You don't think it is weird he has photos of me everywhere? Normal?
Jessica: @cloudsorrow Please tell me it wasn't a Best Of Debussy compilation. Please.
Debussybot: @cloudsorrow @futurevaledictorian RT: Please tell me he didn't play Claire de Lune.
Bella: @edward1901 were you in my room taking photos last night by any chance?
Edward: @cloudsorrow hey, did you take my Best of Debussy CD?
Bella: @edward1901 Do you ever not answer any questions with questions? My dad says people who do that are usually lying.
Edward: @cloudsorrow gotta go. Wear something tonight. #nudesleepingisnothygenic #leftyouateeshirtandundiesinyourbottomdrawer
Bella: @edward1901: when I glare at you tomorrow at school, follow me into the woods. #IKnow
Edward: @emotionalvamp Here's my move: she says she knows. I'll trip her backwards and knock her head again.
Jasper: @edward1901 @BellasBestie says you are just going to make out with her no matter what happens
Edward: @BellasBestie Please change your handle. Your visions are subjective.
Alice: @edward1901 You can't make me. Let me seeee….nope. You can't. Go kiss your girlfriend.
Edward: @BellasBestie @emotionalvamp OKAY that game went as poorly as possible. Fuck.
Jessica: @cloudsorrow: Where have you been? Why do you have a giant cast?
Bella: @futurevaledictorian I don't want to talk about it. BTW your boobs look great.
Um that was hilarious. Thanks girls. XOXO UC
PS: When GOOGLING to find that "Meyerbook" thing above, I discovered things tagged "Twilight" on the Failbook site. Annoying to read, but funny when you get through all the crap: Twilight Failbook
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Ulsan, Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed test runs and started shipping the eco-friendly gas-fuelled Himsen H35/40GV engine. The first example is destined for a power plant in the Middle East.
The H35/40GV has been designed for power generation, and HHI says that it is intended for use onboard commercial ships, and in offshore facilities including drillships, as well as in onshore power plants,. The new gas engine runs on LNG rather than heavy fuel oil and has a maximum power output of 13,000bhp.
HHI says that the engine emits 20% less CO2 than diesel engines, and reduces NOx emissions by 97%. NOx emissions of 50ppm are claimed to be the world's lowest, while HHI also claims an engine efficiency improvement of 47%.
Kim Jeong-hwan, COO of Hyundai's engine & machinery division said: "Due to high oil prices and strengthening regulations on emissions, the demand for gas engines is increasing. We expect these high-output gas engines to help Hyundai Heavy expand our product lines, diversify target markets, and boost sales."
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Mrs. Obama
It sickens me that I have to take time to write you this letter. I am a Marine who doesn't recognize color because every color has lived and died for you. You live in a free country to blame your life on the color of another man's skin. All colors have given their lives for an educated woman to have the freedom to be so ignorant. I don't blame black people for the ignorance that comes from your mouth. I love all colors because I love all that God creates. I don't have to like you to love you because we can't always like the ones we love. Just because I don't like you today doesn't mean I can't like you tomorrow. I don't like you or your husband today because of what you're doing to this country. Isn't it funny how the truth always reveals itself in time. You and your husband never showed this side of yourselves in 2008 before he was elected.
You both live better than 99% of the people in this world because of this country. You said that you are for the first time proud to be an American. Well, I will tell you that most of us are ashamed of you. You and your husband have become millionaires off the people of this country, but demonstrate very little appreciation for all that we give. White, black, brown or indifferent millions have fought and died for you to have the freedom to say the ignorant things you say. You are educated, but clearly have very little common sense. You blame past generations of Americans for the troubles of a few. Stop blaming white people for your misery and take a look at yourself in the mirror. We are responsible for our own happiness and misery. The KKK is ignorance wrapped in a sheet while the Black panthers are raised on ignorance and hate. No different from the teaching of Islam thinking their race is better than all other men. God is love and creates every color to include everyone's skin. To truly love God is to love all that He loves. For that I love each of you and pray that we all start taking responsibility for our own damned sins.
Martin Luther King had a dream that we would all live in the promise land. He is not remembered for being black. He is remembered for the love, and character he had within his heart. If you don't like this country get on that plane and never come back. I will stay here and love all Americans, regardless of skin. I will love the beauty of what God created and stand tall with my American friends. Not because of their color but for the character and love they carry within. This country doesn't owe you anymore than it owes me. So many have thanked me for my service and I will always be grateful. I pray that one day you and your husband might cause me to be grateful for yours.
You will never be remembered as the First Lady of Color but soon forgotten after you leave the White House. You nor your husband shall ever divide us. I wish you no harm, but pray you will take your troubles to a land you no longer hate. Hate shall come and go but His love shall last forever.
If you wish to find me I am now a writer for the DC Gazette. Also on Twitter @mshep08_mike …God bless you and Semper Fi
– Mike Shepard


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By Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Staff
Spring 15
How does our contract become our contract? For some FSU members, this question brings to mind the old adage about laws and sausage: best not to know how either is made. And while the details of the process may be of interest only to the select few members who serve on the bargaining team, there are 3 basic elements that all members should be aware of: bargaining, ratification, and legislative approval of the contract.
The FSU, in conjunction with our sister chapter at Amherst, the Mass. Society of Professors (MSP), chooses members to serve on the bargaining team prior to the expiration of the current contract. Around this time, we begin the process of polling members for bargaining priorities. Once those priorities are established, we begin to formulate proposals and bargaining principles which we then present to the administration. The administration in turn presents the FSU/MSP with its proposals. Bargaining begins by January 15th and, if all goes well, ends prior to the end of the spring semester. By this time, the parties have reached a tentative agreement on new contract language. The process now continues to the next and most straightforward step.
Now that agreement between the union and administration bargaining teams has been reached, the members of the FSU/MSP then have to vote to ratify the new agreement. A vote is conducted and, if the majority of the bargaining unit members voting cast a favorable vote to ratify, the contract becomes official. If a majority of those unit members votes not to ratify the contract then the parties must go back to the bargaining table and renegotiate until the agreement is ratified by a majority of unit members casting a vote.
Legislative Approval
Since FSU members are state employees the legislature must vote to allocate state funds needed to underwrite the economic terms paid by the state. This is how it works: the Board of Trustees submits a request to the Governor for funding of the economic parameters of the new contracts ('funding' in this case refers primarily to the negotiated raises). The Governor then submits a proposed bill to the legislature which includes the funding for the contracts. If the bill passes, it goes back to the Governor, who would then sign it into law and disperse the monies to the Board. The Board in turn will fund the negotiated raises.
But what happens if the Governor does not submit the contracts to the legislature for approval or if the legislature votes against funding of the contracts? That's where things get complicated. Technically, if the contracts are not approved (or validated as it is sometimes called) via the legislative process then the state can ask the Board and FSU/MSP to renegotiate the entire contract from scratch. However, many state contracts, including the FSU/MSP contract, have language requiring that the state only has to approve the cost items in the contract (that is, the raises) in order for them to be valid. This means that all elements of the new contract apart from the economic parameters will be valid and in full effect. The raises for the contracts would then have to be approved via a separate appropriations bill. If that happened, the FSU/MSP would have to shift from the contract negotiation process to the political process: union members would have to rally together to push the legislature to approve an appropriations bill for the raises.
If you would like to learn more about the contract negotiations process or you have an interest in serving on future contract negotiation teams, please contact the FSU office.


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Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build.
Yet, during the latter years of her life, Hadid's daring visions became a reality, bringing a new and unique architectural language to cities and structures such as the Port House in Antwerp, the Al Janoub Stadium near Doha, Qatar, and the spectacular new airport terminal in Beijing. By her untimely death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among architecture's finest elite, working on projects in Europe, China, the Middle East, and the United States. She was the first female architect to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal, with her long-time Partner Patrik Schumacher now the leader of Zaha Hadid Architects and in charge of many new projects.
Based on the massive TASCHEN monograph, this book is now available in an accessible edition covering Hadid's complete works, including ongoing projects. With abundant photographs, in-depth sketches, and Hadid's own drawings, the volume traces the evolution of her career, spanning not only her most pioneering buildings but also the furniture and interior designs that were integrated into her unique, and distinctly 21st-century, universe. "A celebration of all that is brave and audacious in her work."- Australian Financial Review


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For DIR-868L:I found that most current BrainSlayer WRT build release doesn't work to migrate from D-Link to WRT. I found that going back to the initial release files date 7-24-2013 gets the conversion process done. After than then you can upgrade to the latest using the webupgrade files. These files can be downloaded here: Quarkysg DD-WRT v25964https://app.box.com/s/b4v1s342ef2dpd52j02lqtuzi1oiipco/folder/42086693204Select the dir868-factory-to-ddwrt-r25964.bin file for download to your PC. It's recommended to use this build file to maintain router migration stability. Latest Quarkysg DIR-868L and 880L builds can be found here:https://app.box.com/s/b4v1s342ef2dpd52j02lqtuzi1oiipco/folder/38154548439Copy what ever the latest dated version build file he as available for the DIR-868L to your PC, i.e. ddwrt-webflash-dir868-880-r#####a-patched.binHeres what I did to get my DIR-868L Rev A loaded:1. Clean D-Link OEM FW installed already.2. Load "Quarkysg" dir868-factory-to-ddwrt-r25964.bin in the D-Link OEM UI. Be sure to clear browser caches during this step, exit the browser and access the WRT UI. 3. Factory reset the router from with in the new WRT UI. 4. Load "Quarkysg" latest ddwrt-webflash-dir868-880-r#####a-patched.bin file with factory default reset in the drop down menu. (11-18-2017 build file) (Verified Working)*Future updates will appear so keep an eye on updates as needed. Quarkysg builds custom, consistent DD-WRT versions for the DIR-868L and 880L model routers. HIs builds are based off the main BrainSlayer WRT builds. To upgrade from here, just load the next update file with out doing a factory reset.Key note is to use IE11 browser or FF. IE11 seems to work the best. Be sure your LAN cable connected with the router.