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* After DNA replication 2 nuclear (and cell) divisions required to produce haploid gametes
* After DNA replication 2 nuclear (and cell) divisions required to produce haploid gametes
* Each diploid cell in meiosis produces 4 haploid cells (sperm) 1 haploid cell (egg)
* Each diploid cell in meiosis produces 4 haploid cells (sperm) 1 haploid cell (egg)
* Each diploid cell mitosis produces 2 diploid cells
* Each diploid cell mitosis produces 2 diploid cells
Revision as of 16:15, 3 May 2012
ANAT3231 Cell Biology online lectures from the 2017 course.
- 1 Cell Division
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Cell Division
- 1.3 Textbooks
- 1.4 Binary Fission
- 1.5 Cell Lifespan
- 1.6 Cell Changes
- 1.7 Mitosis Phases
- 1.8 Chromosome Changes
- 1.9 Cytokinesis
- 1.10 Cell Organelles
- 1.11 Mitosis and Meiosis
- 1.12 Abnormalities
- 1.13 References
- 1.14 External Links
- 1.15 2012 Course Content
Cell Division
Historic Historic 1882 mitosis drawings
How does one cell become two?
Cell Cycle | Movie of mitosis in the embryo
- Movie - ASCB Mitosis in a Vertebrate Cell
- JCB - Movie Collection Mitosis | Cytokinesis
- 2009 Lecture - Cell Division 2008 ANAT3231 Lecture PDF lecture14-15 1 slide/page (view) | 4 slides/page (print) | 6 slides/page (print) | text (print)
Cell Division
- Cell Division Milestones
- Recent Nobel Prizes- 2001 Cell Cycle, 2002 Cell Death
Features 2 mechanical processes
- Mitosis segregation of chromosomes and formation of 2 nuclei
- Cytokinesis splitting of the cell as a whole into 2 daughter cells
- Essential Cell Biology (Alberts) Chapter 17
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts) – Chapter 17,18
- The Cell – Chapter 14,15
- Molecular Cell Biology – Chapter 13
Binary Fission
- Prokaryotes – And Eukaryote mitochondria
- Asexual reproduction - replicates original cell to produce two identical cells
- Grow in numbers exponentially
- adequate nutrients and a fast life cycle
- single organism can multiply into billions
- High mutation rate of bacteria
(fission = splitting of something into its parts)
Cell Lifespan
- Body cell types – About 210 types
- Lifespan – Born, Differentiate, Function, Divide or Die
Cell Types
- Neutrophil – 6-7 hours circulating – 4 days in tissue
- Red blood cell – 120 days
- Brain neuron, heart – 50 - 100 years
Cell Changes
- Nucleus
- Chromosome condensation
- Nuclear envelope breakdown
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton reorganization
- Spindle formation (MT) Contractile ring (MF)
- Organelle redistribution
- Mitosis Energy
- Cell division uses up a lot of energy, so cells ensure they have enough resources to complete the job before committing to it.
Mitosis Phases
- Based on light microscopy of living cells light and electron microscopy of fixed and stained cells
- 5 Phases - prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
- Cytokinesis 6th stage overlaps the end of mitosis
MBC The stages of mitosis and cytokinesis in an animal cell
- not a mitotic phase (discussed in cell cycle)
- Chromosomes dispersed in nucleus
- Gene expression
- Cytoskeleton and cell organelles - Distributed and functioning
- Mitochondria undergo independent proliferation/division
Chromosome Changes
- 2 telomeres, centromere, replication origins
- Telomere- at ends of chromosome (bacterial DNA circular)
- Centromere- holds duplicated DNA together
- Kinetochore - protein complex forms around the centromere forms during mitosis
- Chromatin - DNA packed by DNA binding proteins (histones and non-histones) form 30nm DNA fibre
- 2 types of chromatin in interphase nuclei (based on cytology)
- heterochromatin - highly condensed (restricted gene transcription)
- euchromatin - less condensed (gene transcription)
- at ends of all chromosomes (not bacterial DNA circular)
- roles in chromosome replication and maintenance
- replication
- for replicating the ends of linear chromosomes
- maintenance
- proposed to provide each cell with a replication counting mechanism that helps prevent unlimited proliferation
- each cell division shortens telomere 50–100 nucleotides
- DNA 100s to 1,000s repeats of a simple-sequence containing clusters of G residues (humans AGGGTT)
- Telomerase enzyme maintains length
- directs movement of each chromosome into daughter cells every time a cell divides
- centromere embedded in heterochromatin
- satellite DNA sequences (AT-rich) repeated many thousands of times
- proteins assemble on this to form Kinetochore
- attachment site for spindle microtubules
Links: MBOC - Centromere
Replication Origins
- DNA replication initiates at multiple origins (ori)
- in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA
- multiple origins in eukaryotes (human genome about 30,000 origins)
- each origin produces two replication forks (moving in opposite directions)
- Chromosome DNA has been earlier duplicated (S Phase)
- Chromosomes begin condensing
- Chromosome pairs (chromatids) held together at centromere
- Microtubules disassemble
- Mitotic spindle begins to form
Spindle Apparatus
- 3 sets of microtubules - (+) ends point away from centrosome at each pole.
- astral microtubules - anchor the pole end in position
- kinetochore microtubules - connected to chromosomes
- polar microtubules - form the structure of the spindle apparatus
Spindle Apparatus EM | Spindle Apparatus | MBC Movie- Microtubule dynamics during mitosis
At end of prophase nuclear envelope breaks down
- Microtubules now enter nuclear region
- Nuclear envelope forms vesicles around mitotic spindle
- Kinetochores form on centromere attach to some MTs of spindle
Dynamic instability and the capture of chromosomes
Centromeric attachment of microtubules
At end of prometaphase chromosomes move to metaphase plate
- Kinetochore MTs align chromosomes in one midpoint plane
Proposed alternative mechanisms for chromosome congression
Metaphase ends when sister kinetochores separate
- Separation of sister Kinetochores
- shortening of Kinetochore microtubules pulls chromosome to spindle pole
Experiment - during anaphase A chromosomes move poleward along stationary kinetochore microtubules, which coordinately disassemble from their kinetochore ends
Anaphase ends as nuclear envelope (membrane) begins to reform
- Chromosomes arrive at spindle poles
- Kinetochore MTs lost
- Condensed chromosomes begin expanding
- Continues through cytokinesis
Links: Figure 19-41 Microtubule dynamics during mitosis | Figure 19-34. The stages of mitosis and cytokinesis in an animal cell | Cytokinetic abscission: cellular dynamics at the midbody
- Division of cytoplasmic contents
- Contractile ring forms at midpoint under membrane
- Microfilament ring - contracts forming cleavage furrow
- myosin II is the motor
- Eventually fully divides cytoplasm
Links: Cytokinesis | Cytokinesis in Plants
Cell Organelles
- Divide independently of cell mitosis
- distributed into daughter cells
- localise at spindle poles
Endoplasmic Reticulum
- 2 processes - disassembly and reassembly
- Golgi stack undergoes a continuous fragmentation process
- fragments are distributed into daughter cells
- are reassembled into new Golgi stacks
- Unstacking - mediated by two mitotic kinases (cdc2 and plk)
- Vesiculation - mediated by COPI budding machinery ARF1 and the coatomer complex
- Fusion - formation of single cisternae by membrane fusion
- Restacking - requires dephosphorylation of Golgi stacking proteins by protein phosphatase PP2A
Links: Tang D, Mar K, Warren G, Wang Y. Molecular mechanism of mitotic Golgi disassembly and reassembly revealed by a defined reconstitution assay. J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 7;283(10):6085-94. Epub 2007 Dec 21. PMID: 18156178
Mitosis and Meiosis
Mitosis 2 Daughter cells identical to parent (diploid)
Meiosis Germ cell division (haploid)
- Reductive division
- Generates haploid gametes (egg, sperm)
- Each genetically distinct from parent
- Genetic recombination (prophase 1)
- Exchanges portions of chromosomes maternal/paternal homologous pairs
- Independent assortment of paternal chromosomes (meiosis 1)
Cell Birth - Mitosis and Meiosis 1st cell division- Meiosis
Homologous chromosomes pairing unique to meiosis
- Each chromosome duplicated and exists as attached sister chromatids before pairing occurs
- Genetic Recombination shown by chromosomes part red and part black
- chromosome pairing in meiosis involves crossing-over between homologous chromosomes
(For clarity only 1 pair of homologous chromosomes shown)
Comparison of Meiosis/Mitosis
- After DNA replication 2 nuclear (and cell) divisions required to produce haploid gametes
- Each diploid cell in meiosis produces 4 haploid cells (sperm) 1 haploid cell (egg)
- Each diploid cell mitosis produces 2 diploid cells
Male and Female Meiosis
Meiotic Nondisjunction
- Occurs when homologues fail to separate during meiotic division I or II
- Down Syndrome
- Caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
Chromosomal Translocations
- Philadelphia chromosome
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Piece of Chr9 exchanged with Chr22 Generates truncated abl
Overstimulates cell production
Meiosis Sex Differences
Female (oogenesis)
- Meiosis initiated once in a finite population of cells
- 1 gamete produced / meiosis
- Completion of meiosis delayed for months or years
- Meiosis arrested at 1st meiotic prophase and reinitiated in a smaller population of cells
- Differentiation of gamete occurs while diploid in first meiotic prophase
- All chromosomes exhibit equivalent transcription and recombination during meiotic prophase
Male (spermatogenesis)
- Meiosis initiated continuously in a mitotically dividing stem cell population
- 4 gametes produced / meiosis
- Meiosis completed in days or weeks
- Meiosis and differentiation proceed continuously without cell cycle arrest
- Differentiation of gamete occurs while haploid after meiosis ends
Sex chromosomes excluded from recombination and transcription during first meiotic prophase
- ↑ Russan NM. Let's Build a Spindle. ASCB Image & Video Library. 2008;CYT-190. Available at: http://cellimages.ascb.org/u?/p4041coll12,521
Essential Cell Biology
- Essential Cell Biology Chapter 17
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter New York and London: Garland Science; c2002
- Molecular Biology of the Cell 4th ed. - IV. Internal Organization of the Cell Chapter 17. The Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death
- The Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death
- An Overview of the Cell Cycle
- Figure 17-1. The cell cycle
Molecular Cell Biology
Lodish, Harvey; Berk, Arnold; Zipursky, S. Lawrence; Matsudaira, Paul; Baltimore, David; Darnell, James E. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co.; c1999
- Figure 19-41 Microtubule dynamics during mitosis
- Figure 19-34. The stages of mitosis and cytokinesis in an animal cell
The Cell- A Molecular Approach
Cooper, Geoffrey M. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc.; c2000
- The Cell - A Molecular Approach - IV. Cell Regulation Chapter 14. The Cell Cycle
- The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
- Figure 14.1. Phases of the cell cycle
Search Online Textbooks
- "cell division" Molecular Biology of the Cell | Molecular Cell Biology | The Cell- A molecular Approach | Bookshelf
- "mitosis" Molecular Biology of the Cell | Molecular Cell Biology | The Cell- A molecular Approach | Bookshelf
- "meiosis" Molecular Biology of the Cell | Molecular Cell Biology | The Cell- A molecular Approach | Bookshelf
- PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. PubMed
- PubMed Central (PMC) is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) allowing all users free access to the material in PubMed Central. PMC
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a comprehensive compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes. The full-text, referenced overviews in OMIM contain information on all known mendelian disorders and over 12,000 genes. OMIM
- Entrez is the integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for the major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others Entrez
Search Pubmed
- "cell division" Entrez all databases
- "mitosis" Entrez all databases
- "meiosis" Entrez all databases
- "cyokinesis" Entrez all databases
- The great divide: coordinating cell cycle events during bacterial growth and division. Haeusser DP, Levin PA. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2008 Apr;11(2):94-9. Epub 2008 Apr 7. Review. PMID: 18396093 | PMC
- Cell cycle studies based upon quantitative image analysis. Stacey DW, Hitomi M. Cytometry A. 2008 Apr;73(4):270-8. Review. PMID: 18163464
- Analysis of cell cycle phases and progression in cultured mammalian cells. Schorl C, Sedivy JM. Methods. 2007 Feb;41(2):143-50. Review. PMID: 17189856
- Cell cycle regulation of DNA replication. Sclafani RA, Holzen TM. Annu Rev Genet. 2007;41:237-80. Review. PMID: 17630848
External Links
- ASCB iBioSeminars - Separating Duplicated Chromosomes by Dick McIntosh - Part 1: Preparing for Cell Division | Part 2: Understanding Mitosis through Experimentation | Part 3: Moving Chromosome to the Spindle Poles: the mechanisms of anaphase A
- McGraw-Hill Animation comparing Mitosis and Meiosis
- Salmon Lab Mitosis Movies
2012 Course Content
Lectures: Cell Biology Introduction | Cells Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes | Cell Membranes and Compartments | Cell Nucleus | Cell Export - Exocytosis | Cell Import - Endocytosis | Cell Mitochondria | Cell Junctions | Cytoskeleton Introduction | Cytoskeleton - Intermediate Filaments | Cytoskeleton - Microfilaments | Cytoskeleton - Microtubules | Extracellular Matrix 1 | Extracellular Matrix 2 | Cell Cycle | Cell Division | Cell Death 1 | Cell Death 2 | Signal 1 | Signal 2 | Stem Cells 1 | Stem Cells 2 | 2012 Revision | Development
Laboratories: Introduction to Lab | Microscopy Methods | Preparation/Fixation | Immunochemistry | Cell Knockout Methods | Cytoskeleton Exercise | Confocal Microscopy | Microarray Visit | Tissue Culture 1 | Tissue Culture 2 | Stem Cells Lab | Stem Cells Analysis
|2012 Projects: Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9
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Average Ratings
Texting & emailing & web machine!
I've owned all the Treos, the Q, the Touch and even an iphone (very briefly). For what I primarily use it for -- text messaging, web and emails -- this phone tops them all.
Super-fast data: No real need for the WiFi feature as long as you are in a EVDO-RevA area. I'm averaging 500 - 800 kbps from home and when in the city, I've routinely topped 1 Mbps.
Physical keyboard: IMO, the best yet
Email: with my hosted Exchange account, I've never experienced such fast, almost instant email delivery -- incredible! Email, contacts, calendar and tasks -- all sync/push seamlessly.
I still hate the recessed screens on the Treos. They could shave 1/8" off the thickness by making it flush
Sub-par call voice qulaity and crackling speaker when on calls. I found the trick is to have the volume all the way down, which pretty much eliminates these issues, but Palm needs to address this in a firmware fix.
Vibrate alert is a bit weak and needs a longer duration.
Still no built-in PictureMail/MMS support
so far so good
I consider myself a power user.
Phones I've purchased in the past are: Treo 700wx and HTC Mogul.
I use my phones for the following: Active Sync with corporate Exchange 2007 server (mail, tasks, calendar, contacts), connect to my laptop and use as a modem, voice calls, text, GPS, some internet browsing, IMAP (gmail), POP3 mail
My experience so far: Exchange has been synced with our corporate server, autonomous GPS works well with both Live Search and Google Maps, Internet Sharing allows me to connect my laptop to the phone and use it as a modem (no extras needed, just need a data plan), fast key response with no lag, micro USB used for charging, data and headphones, micro SD slot for memory expansion, 802.11 capability, EVDO rev A (pretty fast internet), rubberized body makes it feel more rugged, slightly thinner and lighter than my Mogul. The only thing I donât like so far is the stylus which is made entirely of plastic and is very flexible.
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Not bad when powered.
This phone would be OK if it didn't have a problem with the design of the charging circuit. Many users have had problems with the 800w battery going dead while on the battery charger. This is even after the software update.
Not at all what I expected....
I've had my Treo 800w for about 4 months now and I have to say I was very disappointed. I'll just get right into it....
-Windows mobile (i'm a fan)
-Touch screen responsiveness
-Browser speed
-Full keyboard
-Overall look and feel of the device
-Problems syncing with laptop (disconnects after about 5 minutes)
-GPS system....HORRIBLE. I was NEVER able to use it
-Ringer would fade or just not ring at all
-Send key doesn't bring up dial pad (I feel like that should be a given. It brings up a "recently dialed" list. Could have at least made it a full "recent calls" list
-Sometimes dies when on the phone while plugged into charger.
Overall, I didn't like this phone at all. Perhaps it was just mine. I'm hoping everyone else a better experience with it than I did.
Hope you found this helpful!
Piece of junk
Was given this phone for work - thank god we weren't the ones paying for it. It has a ridiculously low battery life, and the screen freezes up to 27 times a day (yes, I counted), requiring removal of its battery to unfreeze. When I complained about the battery problems, my company just gave me 2 extra batteries and told me to keep switching them out when one has a problem. Trying to cram too much software into not powerful enough hardware.
I have had my 800w replaced 7 times since I got it in August 08. Mostly because of the broken or crackly headsets or purple screens on the display during or after charging.
Palm wanted 40 bucks to do a warranty exchange when I could do it at Sprint for free.
Really hope the Pre doesn't have issues like this.
Palm Treo - battery life is too short
As a work user, I find the Treo to be a decent device.
- Fast screen/OS response (Win Mo 6.1)
- Sprint service here is on par with the other carriers (haven't been outside the area yet)
- Keypad is usable
- Display is nice
- GPS works well with Google Maps
- Decent camera (works MUCH better than Tilt)
- Battery life, and charging ability is unusable if you need to use this device for a significant amount of time away from a charger.
This device won't even keep full charge during a call while using a charger (USB).
- Screen is a little small (physically) for me (used to HTC Tilt)
- Plastic/rubber stylus is cheap feeling
- RDP client is not installed
- Task manager app doesn't show in the top/right corner (many apps stay open if you don't watch)
- It is Sprint.. carrier has given me grief (+3 hours to migrate from Nextel BB 7100i).
Can't decide
I had an HTC Mogul. I switched to a Palm Centro and had it for a day. I could not get the email to work so I returned it and got a Treo 800w. I like to one-handed keyboard option. Task manager is worthlss and the battery life is obout 3 hours. The problem is that you cannot turn off the data option to save battery life like you can with the Mogul. All in all, I am going to return the phone and get a Blackberry.
keyboard is nice
runs windows 6.1
nice color
battery life
sound is horrible
phone speaker crackles
Overall, don't buy it
This happened to me!!!!!
phone operates sometime.
speaker quality very poor, everyone sounds like they were on the tv show "the mole" and they were the mole.
texting on the very small keyboard that always repeated even after adjusting the repeat setting.
ringers are so loud that if i had my car radio on 4 I could not hear it ring.
sprint does not tell you this phone has programs that waste valuable space because they don't work or sprint discontinued them. Yet they are still in the programing.
everybody has complained about the battery.
after 7 trouble calls your phone falls out of warrenty.
you now have an oppertunity to buy a new phone and seperate yourself of more money.
Roll the dice you get one that works.
speakers suck.
phone locks does not recieve or make calls when stuck.
reset the phone at least two times a day.
some features don't work.
phone is the most horrible hunk of out dated new technology i have used. Big HTC Fan.
I don't have any pros for this phone. The battery life sucks, the navigation sucks, the phone turns itself off and it is a process to turn it back on. If this is the best that palm can do, they need to go back to the drawing board. I did not know how much i loved my blackberry curve until I got this phone.


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Today, we're taking a short trip back in time. And forward in time.
When I made my first tentative steps towards moving back to New York, I spent a lot of time feeling around. Where did I want to live? Two short Brooklyn sublets and I decided to return to my trusty old Upper West Side neighborhood. (Exploring Park Slope and the neighborhood was fun, but I just felt too far from my posse of friends). Where did I want to work? What did I want to do? Those questions are much harder and I'm still working them out.
But one of the best experiences I'm having is working with Einat Admony, chef and owner of Balaboosta and Taïm. I first saw Einat on Chopped years ago and a few months later found myself spending a lot of time in the West Village just a few blocks from her first falafel bar. Aside from the crispy green falafel repeatedly voted as best of New York, Taïm's fries with saffron aioli are divine. Fast forward to last year, right around this time, when I finally met Einat at a cooking class up in Boston. When she asked for volunteers, I (of course) jumped in to help grill and dress and plate. We chatted after class and a few months later she invited me to her birthday party.
Not surprisingly, when I moved to New York, she was one of the first people I called as I was getting my bearings. I started working alongside her, writing and photographing recipes (like this grilled eggplant with Asian tahini sauce) and completing other special projects.
Einat typically works out of the restaurant, riding in from Brooklyn on her pink Vespa. A white helmet parked on the windowsill is a sure sign that she or her husband and business partner Stefan is inside. The round table in the back is where we set up camp. It's typically scattered with Macs, papers, and menus. Guy, Balaboosta's Executive Chef and Einat's close friend, might bring out 3 spoons and a small bowl filled with sauce, the spoons superfluous as we each stick in a pinky to taste. It needs something – more anchovy? a squeeze of lemon? And then we improve it until it's just right.
I love spending full days observing and sometimes participating in the lifecycle of a day in a restaurant from pre-service to post-service and everything in between. My favorite part of those days is seeing the goings on behind the scenes.
On Mondays, someone climbs up the ladder to write the weekly specials in chalk on the blackboard. Then the team, forks in hands, gathers around that table in the back and we're introduced to these seasonal dishes developed in the kitchen only hours earlier. Chef presents each dish and explains its ingredients and preparation. We dig in, some scooping up a bit of everything in one bite, others dissecting piece by piece to better understand how everything fits together. We discuss how it tastes, what drinks would pair well, how to describe it to diners.
I treasure these restaurant days and I think this is the direction my new life might be headed.
So, it's fitting that the first real thing I cooked when I came to New York was a soup from Einat's cookbook Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes to Feed the People You Love, released late last year. I cherish this cookbook – you can read more about it here – and have been cooking my way through it, recreate some of my restaurant favorites. When a particularly cold spell drifted through the air in mid-October, I made soup.
No surprise that it's a butternut squash soup – I tend to make a new one each winter (well, except for the winter of 2010/2011 which had a lot of travel and only one soup, mushroom). This one starts with a classic mirepoix of carrots, onions, and celery and is flavored with saffron and thyme. What really makes it special though is a dollop of thickened yogurt sprinkled with za'atar, a spice mix containing hyssop, wild relative of thyme. These finishing touches really bring everything together.
Before we get to the recipe, here are a few articles that I've recently read that I think you might enjoy.
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From the first of the year, Jacques Pépin's recipe for onion soup without beef stock, a sure hangover cure.
For once, the hospital industry may be a model for Wall Street as companies start to limit working hours. But the "I worked that many hours, so you should work that many hours" mentality is hard to break down no matter where you are.
Also, here's a glimpse of the area between my bed and the window that I use for photo shoots. So you can have a behind-the-scene glimpse at my work too.
Butternut Squash and Saffron Soup with Za'atar
Adapted from Einat Admon's Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes to Feed the People You Love. Einat calls this soup "marak ketumim," orange soup. Don's skip the Greek yogurt (though you can use sour cream instead) and za'atar which contains hyssop and complements the thyme in the soup.
Serves 8 – 10
– 1 medium yellow onion
– 1 large leek
– 8 cloves garlic
– 5 pounds butternut squash
– 5 large carrots
– 5 celery ribs
– 1/4 C olive oil
– 1/4 C sugar
– 1 T kosher salt
– 2 t freshly ground pepper
– 8-10 C water
– 3 fresh thyme sprigs
– 1 fresh rosemary sprig
– pinch of saffron threads
– Greek yogurt
– Za'atar seasoning
Prep. Finely chop the onion, leek, garlic. Peel the squash and cut into 1/2-inch chunks. Peel the carrots and cut them and the celery into 1/4-inch pieces.
Saute. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sauté until golden brown, about 7 minutes. If the edges of the onion turn deep brown, no worries – it will give the soup even more flavor. Add the leek and garlic and sauté for another 5 minutes. Add the squash, carrots, and celery. Place a lid on the pot and allow the vegetables to cook for 20 minutes.
Stir. Add the sugar, salt, pepper, 8 cups of water, thyme, rosemary, and saffron. Stir to combine all the seasonings and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat and simmer until all the vegetables are so soft that you can press down on them with a spoon, about 30 minutes. If the soup is too thick, add up to 2 more cups of water as it cooks.
Puree. Remove the pot from the heat and allow the soup to cool for 10 minutes. Remove the stems from the thyme and rosemary. Puree the soup directly in the pot using an immersion blender or in small batches in a blender.
Serve. Taste and adjust the seasoning, then transfer the soup to another pot and reheat slowly before serving. Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls and add a dollop of Greek yogurt on top and a generous sprinkling of za'atar.


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ARCADIA — David Flores was scheduled to board a flight for Singapore on Thursday night to begin a six-month riding engagement in Southeast Asia, but the 45-year-old Tijuana native had one final job to do in Southern California before he left.
Flores guided 17-1 longshot Shakin It Up to a half-length victory over Central Banker in the $300,000 Grade I Malibu Stakes for 3-year-olds – one of three graded races on Santa Anita Park's opening-day card that drew an on-track crowd of 30,540.
Shakin It Up, who hadn't raced since a fourth-place finish in the Sunland Park Derby on March 24, was eighth in the field of 11 early on during the seven-furlong race, moved to fifth at the top of the stretch and closed with a rush to outfinish Central Banker and Joe Talamo.
It was another three-quarters of a length farther back to Zeewat. Flashback, the 9-5 favorite, closed from ninth to finish fourth, beaten about four lengths.
"I had a good trip, and at the top of the lane I knew I had a great chance because I saw horses (stopping)," Flores said. "It was just a matter of getting the ones in front of me."
Flores was leading rider at Santa Anita in 1999 and has won three Breeders' Cup races, but his business has been dwindling in recent years and he's decided to try his luck elsewhere. He begins riding in Singapore on Jan. 1.
"We'll just take it one day at a time," said Flores, who went into Thursday's action 97th in the nation in earnings with $2,771,051. He was 60th in 2012 ($3.9 million) after finishing 46th in both 2011 and 2010 with close to $5 million in earnings.
"It makes sense and it's the best thing for us right now," said Flores, who banked a career-high $11.9 million in earnings in 1999. He won seven Grade I races that year, including six for trainer Bob Baffert, and led all Southland-based riders with 208 victories.
Baffert saddled three runners in this year's Malibu, including the winner and favorite. His third runner, Zee Bros, went postward at 20-1 and finished 10th under Martin Garcia.
"That's why you need to run all you can in these races," said Baffert, who got off to a quick start in search of his 11th Santa Anita training title and third consecutive with three victories Thursday. He won a maiden special weight and an optional claimer earlier on the nine-race card.
Shakin It Up won the Grade II San Vicente Stakes on Feb. 17 before his effort at Sunland Park. He came out of the latter race a little sore so Baffert turned him out to recuperate before the Midnight Lute colt's successful return in the Malibu. He's now two of four at the seven-furlong distance with a second- and third-place effort.
"He's a seven-eighths type of horse," Baffert said. "He loves that distance."
Baffert said he saw Shakin It Up far back in the early going along with Flashback. Next thing he knew, he'd won his second Malibu Stakes after scoring with The Factor in 2011.
"All of a sudden I look up and I'm like, 'Where'd he come from?'" Baffert said.
Shakin It Up ran the distance in 1:20.53 after 13-1 pacesetter Distinctiv Passion carved out scorching fractions of 21.66, 43.33 and 1:08.05. It was his third victory in six starts, raising his earnings to $367,600.
Baffert wasn't as fortunate in the day's first Grade I race, the $300,000 La Brea Stakes, as Executiveprivilege finished third behind 13-1 winner Heir Kitty and 4-5 favorite Sweet Lulu in the seven-furlong event for 3-year-old fillies.
Heir Kitty, trained by Peter Miller and ridden by Gary Stevens, closed from fourth in the six-horse field to beat Sweet Lulu by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:21.47. It was another 2 1/2 lengths back to Executiveprivilege in third.
Coming in off an optional-claiming victory over older males at Hollywood Park in her last start, Heir Kitty won for the fourth time in 14 starts and hiked her career bankroll to $370,272 with the first stakes victory of her career.
"I felt real confident after she (beat older males) that she could handle the best 3-year-old fillies, and she proved us right today," Miller said.
The Carla Gaines-trained Gervinho, ridden by defending leading jockey Rafael Bejarano, beat 16-1 outsider Procurement by a head in the $200,000 Grade II Sir Beaufort Stakes for 3-year-olds at one mile on the turf.
Gervinho covered the distance in 1:33.47 while winning his fourth race in nine starts and scoring his first graded-stakes victory.
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What is MAP? It's a committee formed by the Alaska Society of CPA's to:
- Aid members in improving their ability to deal with the management of their practice.
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This morning, as usual, I started at the doctor's lounge. I grabbed some Diet Cokes and a bagel, and trundled off to see patients.
This is the bagel I randomly picked up, without paying much attention:
Later, at the nurses station, I unwrapped the bagel, to discover this:
I'd like to thank my anonymous colleague who bit/tore a hunk out of this bagel, wrapped it back up, and returned it to the tray, for helping to support my diet.


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Flexjet, the aircraft management arm of Bombardier, says it's hiring pilots to meet the demand of a huge increase in business. While airframe companies have continued to say demand for their products is flat, Flexjet says demand for its services is up 83 percent in the first quarter of 2013 over the same period in 2012. "With the economy picking up speed, owners who have been tentative since the downturn have started to gain more confidence and are taking more and more trips," said Flexjet President Deanna White.
Sales of fractional shares went up 108 percent and jet card sales jumped 48 percent. At Easter, White said flying hours reached levels not seen since 2007. And while OEMs may be waiting for the same effect, White says the uptick in her business mirrors the general improvement in the world economy. "Having the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach a record-breaking 15,000 points is not only a significant financial milestone, but also very good for our industry," she said. "People are ready to get back to business, and Flexjet takes them there."


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Creation Dessert - Chocolate pralines inspired by classic dessert recipes. Features seven recipes including fondant chocolate, caramel eclair, creme brulee and tiramisu. 21 pieces per box.
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Lindt chocolate embodies the passion and expert craftsmanship of its Lindt Master Swiss Chocolatiers. Lindt delivers a unique chocolate experience offering a distinctly smooth and rich, gourmet taste.
- Flavor: Assorted
- Chocolate type: Assorted
- Piece count: 21
- Net weight: 7.1 oz (201 g)
- Size (in.): 6.8 x 3.5 x 3.3
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Although political and linguistic uncertainty is receding in Quebec, a new era of economic uncertainty is beginning to take hold. The unfolding new economic downturn has brought a new dimension to the decision of young anglophones to stay or leave Quebec.
"This time around, the grass won't be any greener on the other side of the hill," says Carlos Leitao, chief economist at Laurentian Bank Securities in Montreal. Jobs likely won't be any easier to find in the rest of Canada, he says. In fact, he says employment prospects would turn out to be better here.
Leitao was ranked second among the world's economists last November in a Bloomberg News review of economic forecasting. Bloomberg looked at the economic forecasts of 126 economists worldwide over 10 quarters from late 2006 to early 2008. Leitao came in second for forecast accuracy.
So when C. Leitao speaks, people listen.
"This time around, the relative attraction of other parts of the country won't be as great; the attraction of Toronto and western Canada, I mean," he says. "This recession should hit the GTA (Greater Toronto area) worse than Montreal, because the two largest parts of the Toronto economy – auto and financial services, are going to be hit very hard.
"As for Calgary and Edmonton, major projects have been postponed for '09 in the petroleum industry, and Vancouver is coming to grips with a full-blown housing correction that could very well see prices drop by 20 to 25 per cent. That's not going to help the economy there."
Still, Leitao says Montreal won't escape the downturn without any economic bruising. Two things are different with this downturn, he says – credit availability looks like it will be a problem, and consumer-spending growth in the United States isn't just slowing down, it's reversing itself. It likely won't add up to the Great Depression of the 1930s, said Leitao. Still, he says, we're about to enter what he calls the "Great Recession."


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So worried that he decided this week to break his longstanding silence on Iran and to share his concerns with the world.
As head of Military Intelligence from 2001 to 2006, Farkash is intimately familiar with Iran's nuclear program and oversaw a large part of the intelligence work done in 2002 that led to the concrete evidence Israel had been looking for to prove that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon. He was later sent by prime minister Ariel Sharon on a number of diplomatic missions throughout Europe to present Israel's smoking gun.
What prompted Farkash to speak out this week? A concern that an Israeli attack against Iran's nuclear facilities could take place within the near future, a move that he says would be premature.
As a 40-year veteran of Israel's intelligence service, Farkash bases his assessment on what he reads and hears between the lines in speeches given by the Israeli political leadership and primarily by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Israel, he explains, will likely not want to attack right before the US presidential elections on November 6.
"I think that within this window it is difficult to imagine that something will happen a month before elections," he said.
Farkash added that from what he is reading and hearing a decision is not far off.
But, he warns, a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities now would be wrong.
"The timing is not now since, even if it is successful, it will ruin the legitimacy that is needed," he said, suggesting instead that Israel wait six to eight months or even until spring 2013 before deciding on such an attack.
One word that repeats itself throughout the interview with Farkash is "legitimacy," a reference to the required diplomatic support Israel will need after a strike to ensure that the Iranians are not allowed to rebuild their facilities and race toward the bomb – something he believes they will definitely and immediately do.
"An attack is not a single strike and once it happens we are in a whole other world," he said. "Iran will pull out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, [Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei and [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad will reunite and it will be clear that they need a bomb now so that we cannot attack them again.
This means that Israel will need legitimacy to be able to maintain the operation with more attacks within weeks, months and years after. Otherwise what did you do?" "Israel needs to know if it can, over time, ensure that the attack is maintained," he added. "This is the key to success or failure."
Another reason for Israel to hold off on attacking Iran, according to Farkash, is due to the enormous additional challenges that the country is currently facing.
"We are standing before five decisions on security… and we confront them all by ourselves at once," he said.
These situations that must be dealt with include a possible attack against Iran, a possible attack to stop the proliferation of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, a growing terrorist threat in the Sinai Peninsula, a looming operation in the Gaza Strip to stop rocket attacks and the constant need to be prepared for a possible confrontation with Hezbollah and its 50,000 missiles.
While he is currently opposed to a strike against Iran, Farkash said he understood Netanyahu and Barak's ultimate concern that Israel would be left alone to deal with the Iranian threat. He also praised the current government for its success in turning Iran into a global issue and making the world understand that with a nuclear weapon, the Islamic regime would be a threat to all countries and not just to Israel.
"The prime minister and the defense minister look at Syria, where more than 20,000 people have been killed and [President Bashar] Assad is massacring his people, and no one is doing anything," he said. "The lesson they learn is that we need to take our fate in our hands; but for me this doesn't have to mean an attack against Iran."
He admits that the sanctions have not yet had the desired effect, as is demonstrated by Iran's continued enrichment of uranium and the failure of the last three rounds of talks between Iran and the P5+1.
But, he adds, there is a process in play that should not be stopped, which includes Assad's eventual downfall, the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power in Egypt, the European Union oil embargo on Iran, the removal of Iran from the SWIFT banking network and the new round of sanctions imposed this week by President Barack Obama.
"All of this tells me: let the process run its course and don't break the legitimacy," he said.
But what exactly is legitimacy? As an example, Farkash refers to the Second Lebanon War. "We had unbelievable operational freedom then because five times Hezbollah tried kidnapping soldiers and we were restrained," he said.
Right now, he adds, European and Asian countries are paying a heavy price for agreeing to the sanctions and stopping to do business with Iran.
"If Israel attacks, we will find ourselves being asked why we attacked when the world was imposing tough economic sanctions and was paying for this and was hurting as a result," he said.
But what about the argument made by Barak that if Israel waits too long Iran will enter the socalled immunity zone – with the fortification of its facilities and centrifuges – and Israel's military option will no longer be viable? Farkash does not accept the "immunity zone" argument – he is not alone; the Pentagon has also dismissed it – but ultimately says that when the immunity zone is up against the question of legitimacy, legitimacy should take precedence.
"This window [of the immunity zone], which some leaders say is irreversible, either has passed or is not as significant as they are making it out to be and if I put it up against the question of legitimacy then legitimacy is more important," he claimed.
In addition, Farkash added, the Iranians have not yet gotten to the breakout stage and are still enriching uranium to 20 percent and lower while military-grade uranium needs to be enriched to over 90%.
"The assessment is that we will know when they do this and therefore the significance is to not ruin the legitimacy," he said.
"Israel without legitimacy will not be able to – over time – maintain the results of a successful attack."
Farkash believes that what will ultimately stop Khamenei and Ahmadinejad is a feeling that the Islamic regime is facing an "existential threat" that endangers its future existence as the government of Iran.
This can be done by imposing more sanctions, by further isolating the Islamic regime and by making it clear that the military threat is real and capable. One way to do this is by the US sending four aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf and by Israel holding civil defense exercises and long-range air force drills.
"They need to know that there is not just a glove but there is a fist behind it," he said.


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Man falls to his death on Carnival cruise out of Galveston
A seven-day Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Magic ended tragically when a male guest died after falling from his cabin balcony Tuesday and landing on an open deck area three decks below, Carnival officials said.
According to witnesses who were on the balcony with him at the time, the 39-year-old guest was sitting on the balcony railing and accidentally fell, according to a Carnival Cruise Lines press release.
At the time of the accident, Carnival Magic was in the Gulf of Mexico en route to its first port of call at Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan. The ship is on a seven-day Caribbean cruise that departed from Galveston on Sunday, June 30.
Carnival's Care Team is providing assistance and support to the guest's traveling companions and family back home.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to the guest's family and loved ones in the wake of this terrible tragedy," Carnival officials stated in a press release.


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The legendary French comedian Jacques Tati returns as his most famous character, the bumbling M. Hulot, in this gentle but pointed satire of 20th Century car culture. In Trafic, Hulot is working as a designer for a major French automotive firm and is struggling to finish his latest project in time for an international auto show in Amsterdam -- a compact recreational vehicle that features everything from an electric razor and a collapsible couch to a built-in barbecue grill. While the car is completed shortly before the show opens, it doesn't run just yet, so Hulot and his mechanic (Tony Knepper) load the car into a truck and with an American public relations officer (Maria Kimberly) in tow, they hit the road for Holland. But what should be a simple trip from Paris to Amsterdam becomes increasingly complicated thanks to flat tires, breakdowns, traffic jams and multi-car pileups, and the well-intentioned M. Hulot does little to make things easier. Trafic began as a collaboration between Tati and Dutch filmmaker Bert Haanstra, but Haanstra dropped out of the project mid-way through production due to disagreements with Tati, and the great comedian finished the project on his own. Trafic proved to be one of Tati's final screen projects; his last theatrically released feature, Parade, was a shot-on-video homage to they heyday of French vaudeville and was primarily devoted to showing off his talents as a mime.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Director: Jacques Tati
Writer: Jacques Tati and Jacques Lagrange
Cast: Jacques Tati, Tony Knepper, Franco Ressel, Mario Zanuelli and Maria Kimberly
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Fully backlined open mic at Skylark free every Wednesday, 7:30 pm sign-up (SIGN UP AT 7:30, BUT LINE AT TIMES STARTS AS EARLY AS 6:30!!)/ Music starts at 8 pm, to 11:30 pm. After 10 pm, ages 21+.
It's great for musicians, but it's also a great night out to see some of Seattle's best up and coming musicians.
No host to hog the spotlight, just bands/solo acts and a friendly, experienced sound engineer.
Full 16 track recordings of your set available for purchase ($10 for solo acts, $20 for bands), make a demo!
Full menu and bar available until 10 with 12 beers on tap.
All genres welcome: solo, acoustic, electronica, full bands, and comedy of any type.
15 minutes/3 songs each (sometimes touring acts get a little extra time).
Gretsch house drums, Vox AC30 guitar amp, Yamaha G50410 guitar amp, Ashdown ABM500 bass amp, Shure mics, DIs, etc.
You are welcome to bring more gear, just talk to the sound engineer beforehand to make sure it is compatible.
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One of the dirty secrets of the new media industry is that a lot of major technical advances that have been made (especially with regard to digital video distribution and billing) have been developed largely to fuel the online adult content market.
Now, I'm not naive enough to not know there was plenty of porn for mobiles out there. But, I have to say I was pretty darn surprised the other night to see this new service – PlayDate – advertised above a urinal (sorry ladies – they really do put ads at eye level above urinals):
It's not just video porn for mobiles, it's actually a way you can preview an escort before you meet her. Could this really be legal?
I can't say I approve (though I have to send kudos to whoever did the copywriting on the poster) – but it does lead me to think whatever will these wacky kids thing up next?
I guess, as they say in Avenue Q, it's true, "the internet is for porn."


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Takamine Introduces New Hand-Crafted Pro Series 1 &
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Takamine celebrates the introduction of their new Pro Series 1 and Pro Series 2 acoustic-electric guitars. Each Pro Series instrument is carefully hand-crafted in the foothills of the Japanese Alps. There, dedicated craftspeople create instruments of unique beauty and sonic excellence.
The seven new Pro Series 1 and Pro Series 2 models include the P1D, P1DC, P1JC, P1JC-12, P1M, P1NC, P2DC steel-string acoustic/electric guitars.
All Pro Series 1 guitars feature a solid cedar top, sapele back and sides, "X" bracing, and smooth gloss top with satin finish neck, back and sides. All feature a mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, a pin-less rosewood bridge for easy string changes, a split bone saddle for faultless intonation, a bone nut and chrome machine heads. On-board electronics include the renowned Takamine Palathetic® pickup and the latest-generation CT4B II three-band preamplifier. The Pro Series 2 model features the same specifications as the Series 1 guitars, but with a solid spruce top instead of cedar.
The P1D non-cutaway 6-string, P1DC cutaway dreadnought, P1JC jumbo cutaway 6-string, and P1JC-12 jumbo cutaway 12-string guitars provide full-size Takamine acoustic sound and electric performance.
The P1M orchestra-style model offers versatile dynamics and characteristically strong midrange with elegant styling and smooth playability.
The P2DC offers a solid spruce top with classic Takamine tone and playability, great projection, balance and harmonic richness
MSRPs range from $1374.99 to $1574.99. For a list of authorized dealers and to learn more, visit www.takamine.com.


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I am celebrating a huge victory. This is a goal I set for myself over 4 years ago, to make it 28 days straight no binge/purge/laxatives. I have only been successful while in treatment at ERC. While that was a victory, doing it "on the outside" was something I have never been able to do…
It's AMAZING to be living without obsessing about food, calories, weight, body issues, etc… I have been able to think and focus on things in life that matter. I feel great!!! I have peace. I don't wait to see how I feel in the morning to determine my day. I can choose to make my day whatever I want no matter what I feel. That is powerful!
I am following my meal plan without obsessing over it. I haven't cared about counting calories. My body makes it possible for me to do life. That's what matters to me…
I have purpose. Not because of what I do, but because of who I am. I screw up. We all do. We are perfectly imperfect. But I am enough! I don't waste time on bulimia. Instead, I'm the mother, the sister and friend, the aunt, the teacher and the person I was meant to be.
I want to thank you for your part in my victory. Stick THAT on the boom wall! BOOM!!! Feel free to share this victory with anyone I left out.
I look forward to seeing you at the alumni days. This is month 1. There are many more to come!
Kathy W.
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Eating Recovery Center of Washington helped me realize there is life beyond my eating disorder. They reminded me that recovery doesn't have to be perfect. I work hard every day to maintain recovery. It's not easy, but it's worth it.
Megan C.
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Eating Recover Center helped my life in so many different ways that I am very fortunate for. If I could pick one thing that Eating Recovery Center taught me, it would definitely be "fearless." Fearless because they gave me the recovery tools to run after my problems, to catch them, and solve the issue. Instead of bashing my body, blaming myself, and hurting myself with my illness, I am able to celebrate my body with kindness and passion. Thank you, Eating Recovery Center for not only saving my life but, for giving me a full life of gratitude. Thank you!
Sara B.
After ten years of treatment and five prior treatment centers, my hope for recovery from Anorexia was next to nothing. I fought to get my insurance to cover treatment, and my Dr. in Austin, Dr. Tyson, recommended the Eating Recovery Center in Denver. I figured this was my last chance. I would either recover, or I would die.
The Eating Recovery Center literally saved my live. I thought I was there wouldn't be anything new that I could learn to help me recover, but I was wrong. In my initial meeting with my treatment team , Dr. Weiner focused on what was maintaining my eating disorder, rather than what caused it. This was new to me. He used the metaphor of a fly trapped in a house that kept smacking against a window trying to get out, not realizing that there was an open door. I was that fly that just kept hitting the window. He said their job was to help me find the door and fly through it.
I have never been introduced to Dr. Bishop's concept of values, which I found key to my recovery. Once I gained self-awareness about my values, I really couldn't go back to the eating disorder. It simply didn't serve my values!
Another influential element in this program was learning about my temperament through the TCI. My clinician and Dr. Weiner reviewed it with me and I learned to embrace my "turtle" nature. Suddenly, it made sense to me why I felt so out of place, being a turtle in a "hare's" world!
A third paramount aspect of the ERC's curriculum was learning about experiential avoidance. I had always been taught to embrace it and meditate on it! What a concept! Through my faith in my treatment team, I did embrace it, and it slowly diminished. I was stunned.
While I know that recovery is a process, not an event, I finally have hope that I can live a life free from my eating disorder. I can live a values-driven life. I understand myself and my true nature. Ten years of solid treatment and five previous treatment centers, and I now have hope.
I owe my life to all of the staff that invested so much time and energy into making sure that my treatment this time was different than all of the previous ones. With their support, I can truly say that I am well on my way towards recovery. Thank you. I will always hold a special places in my heart for the Eating Recovery Center. Thanks to the incredibly talented, insightful and skilled staff at the Eating Recovery Center, I have been given a gift I had never thought possible: Recovery and Healing.
Stephanie B.
Eating Recovery Center has given me the tools and skills to live a happy, healthy life. The staff and doctors have inspired me by how caring and supportive they are. I now have the strength and motivation to move forward with my recovery and with my life. Thank you for all caring about me as an individual—you have treated me with love and care and I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Stephanie P.
While I was here, I found the ability to turn around. With awareness, I found a turning point. I saw my broken self still able to smile and I began to understand. With understanding, things have shifted. There are moments of pain, but in the pain, I found myself capable of pushing through.
I've let myself care. I've let myself love. I found the fight inside that never lets go. I've fought so hard. When it feels like I can't do it for me, I let myself hold on for others. I let myself hold their positive thoughts and words close to my heart, till once again, I can hold on for me. I've seen myself make the progress that I never thought I'd make. I see myself, today, in a place I never thought I'd be.
I faced the monster inside recently, I didn't fight it. I didn't feed it. I had it sit down and I gave it some tea (Chai of course-it needs a little spice). It's not about running away. It's not about denying the feelings inside. It's not about pushing away the thoughts. For me, it's about acceptance, acceptance of all parts of me.
I accept that recovery is a unique process. I used to wish that I was further ahead in the process and that got me nowhere, until I let myself be in the moment with my experience. Everyone takes their own path on this road. For me, it has been a long journey. It has been multiple treatments, yet, every time, I learn something. Every time, I make strides, steps, and even slips. This time, I have grown in more ways than I ever thought possible. With the birth of maturity my true self has emerged. At times, I felt stuck in moments, but really, I never am because the world is constantly moving and in flux. During this treatment, I spoke from my reality in groups, rather than the easy connection I have with intellect.
I have never been so accepting, open, and speaking from the heart. I am finally in touch with me, with my heart, and with my intuition. I have many sides. I go up and down. I get scared. I get excited. I can hold many emotions at the same time. Even in the worst of times, I can get through. I can smile in depression. I can engage when I'm distant. I can listen and offer support to others. I am capable. I am worthy. I'm curious. The curiosity keeps me moving and going and exploring and hoping. I deserve connection. I deserve recovery. I deserve life.
This treatment was worth it. I am not a failure for coming here. Things do happen for a reason. I couldn't have come to the place that I'm at without this treatment and without the staff. They helped and added to my experience. They helped me to survive and more so, they helped me to live.
Amelia T.
The Eating Recovery Center absolutely changed my life; I can't imagine a more appropriate program to give me the tools to combat my eating disorder. For the first time in months I felt connected to the people around me; I felt so safe with all of the other patients and staff, really willing to express myself and solicit feedback. I felt like my team was well-matched with my needs as an individual and I adored my clinician. I also thought the program was creative with its outings, really utilizing the surrounding areas and weather changes well. I also liked the lessons which I thought appealed to all the different aspects of my ED, from my internal thoughts to my external body image, from the psychological to physiological. I learned so much about the traits of the disorder and all of the parts about my character and inner landscape that I had never taken the time to appreciate. I am so grateful for the ERC.
Emily S.
I think there are times in each of our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. One of mine came when I entered treatment at ERC. I know that I needed help. I wanted help. I could not longer live the way I was at the time. My eating disorder and other destructive ways were no longer helping me cope with life. They were killing me.
Once I walked through the doors at ERC I know I was in a safe place. I could learn to drop my guard, trust the staff, and face the very hard things that needed to be addressed. I learned to look at things in new ways. The staff taught me how to identify my values and what is dear to me, and how to start reframing my thoughts and actions to become more congruent with those values. During my time at ERC I learned that my emotions are not bad, and can not be ignored. I can experience my emotions and not need to use behaviors to try and turn them off.
I've learned that true healing and recovery does not come easily. I've also learned that not every day is a great day, and that's OK. But even my hard days now are not as bad as most of my days before treatment at ERC. I am continuing to work on things in outpatient at ERC, and am in a weekly body image group there. I find that both of these things help keep me recovery focused. Without the intentional follow-up care at ERC I know that recovery would be very difficult.
I'm learning to pursue life with passion, and know that I can orchestrate my life how I want it to be from here on out. I know have choices, and I'm learning how to voice my needs and not let my eating disorder speak for me.
My goal, no longer is just to endure live. I want to enjoy life, embrace it, and truly feel contentment and fulfillment. I truly know that without the compassion and care I received at ERC I wouldn't be able to have this outlook on life.
The programs, but more importantly, the people at ERC helped me to see that I do indeed deserve to be happy and can be happy. They loved me when I felt unlovable. They cared for me until I could start to care for myself again. They gently but firmly challenged me, and most of all, they had faith in me that I could succeed in this fight. For that I will always be more than grateful.
Kelli E.
I arrived at the ERC ten weeks ago today scared, confused and sick. Today I am leaving confident, self-aware and healthy—but also a little sad: I will miss this place and these people. At the ERC I learned that food and body were only a symptom of an internal struggle. As refeeding awakened my mind and emotions, my clinicians gently led me through the process of untangling the web of painful thoughts and feelings that was the source and maintaining factor of my ED. Along the way, I met many amazing and courageous men and women, some of whom will be my lifelong friends, and through their stories I gained a much deeper understanding of the nature of our often-misunderstood disease. My time at the ERC has been a life-changing ride. I has taken a lot of faith in my team (they deserved it!) and a lot of persistence—but it has been worth the effort all the way. I feel like an emotional weight has been lifted and now I can pursue the life I really want to live.
Lauren K.
Eating Recovery Center helped me solidify the person that I allowed myself to grow into. I grabbed onto EVERYTHING that I always wanted and it was like touching a hot stone. It burned, but the longer and more tightly I held onto it, it eventually fused with who I am. It became the very warmth inside me.
Laura C.
I have such an immense amount of gratitude towards Eating Recovery Center that cannot be expressed in words. Starting with my first call, Eating Recovery Center made it comfortable for me to reach out for help… I doubt I could be any more grateful for my team. You challenged my ideas and my thoughts that made me think deeper. "I won't make it to twenty five", "I don't have time to take care of myself", "Medication keeps me from being who I am". All of [those ideas] were challenged… Nothing in my life will ever be perfect but great progress has been made. I finally don't have to be sick and am okay with being okay… Thank you.
Abi C.
My journey at Eating Recovery Center was one that I will never forget nor will I take it for granted. Upon admission, I felt hopeless, lost in my personal life, and confused of what to do next. After years of battling anorexia and being in treatment just years before, I didn't believe in recovery. However, my life was changed for the better in the months that I spent at Eating Recovery Center. I met the most authentic, genuine, and inspiring people. From my treatment team to the other clients that I spent much of my time with, I found a community of people who loved me for who I am rather than judged me for my past. This was a concept that I did not believe in before.
I was challenged and pushed in ways that I didn't know were possible. It was difficult, but as I reflect back on these moments I realize that I found peace within myself because I was becoming the person I wanted to be. There was never a period of time that I felt uncared for or alone in my fight against this disorder. The women, men, and staff that I met supported me and gave me hope when I didn't know what to do next with my life. They showed me what care was when I couldn't take care of myself, and they taught me how to start the self-care process. I was given a chance at life, a chance to live my perfectly imperfect life, and a chance to grow because of this treatment center! And I couldn't ask for anything more than that gift.
Sarah H.
I am impressed and encouraged by Eating Recovery Center. Knowing that I can recommend this facility to my patients and their families with full confidence makes this difficult situation much more tolerable. Thank you for your forward-thinking program based in both knowledge and evidence.
Pam K.
Eating Recovery Center is accredited through the Joint Commission. This organization seeks to enhance the lives of the persons served in healthcare settings through a consultative accreditation process emphasizing quality, value and optimal outcomes of services.
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Here is an inspirational sensitively told story for older children, about a really tough subject. Middle school is tricky territory, even for those who are good looking or normal in appearance, but when you have severe facial deformity, it is a mine field. Ten year old August Pullman just wants to fit in and be a normal kid. He is smart, funny, and compassionate. He is a really cool kid, but none of that gets noticed when people can't get past the terrible facial abnormality he has been born with. After many painful surgeries and home-schooling for the early years, August goes to school for the first time. Will he be able to share who he is "underneath it all"?
Narrated by Auggie and the people around him, the author provides a touching insight into surviving "being different" and a poignant lesson into how we should never judge a book (boy) by its cover (his face), or anyone else for that matter. Though our human nature is full of brutal tendencies, this honest novel is uplifting and courageous. This is an important book for children to read and perfect to read to them! Highly recommended!


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Oprah Winfrey launches 'Oprah's Book Club 2.0'
NEW YORK—Oprah Winfrey is back in the book club business, updated for the digital age.
"Oprah's Book Club 2.0," a joint project of Winfrey's OWN network and her O magazine, begins Monday with the popular memoir "Wild," Cheryl Strayed's story of her 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in California and Washington. Besides the traditional paper version, featuring the circular Oprah book club logo, special e-editions will be made available that include Winfrey's comments and a reader's guide.
An interview with Strayed will air July 22 on OWN's "Super Soul Sunday" and on Oprah Radio. Readers will be able to share opinions through Facebook and Twitter and Winfrey's website, http://www.oprah.com.
"This is way different from the old book club," Winfrey said in an online video announcement, taped in her Chicago office and posted Friday on her website. "This time it's an interactive, online club for our digital world."
The new club will test whether Winfrey still has clout with the reading public, especially when her viewership is far smaller than years ago. Starting in the mid-1990s, Winfrey made hits out of dozens of books through her previous club, featured on her syndicated talk show. But sales had fallen by the time her show ended, in 2011. One of her last picks, a combined volume of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Great Expectations," was in part a victim of the e-book market as many readers simply downloaded free, public-domain versions of the novels.
The initial response to Friday's announcement was slow compared to Winfrey's peak, when her choices topped best-seller charts within hours of her revealing them. As of Friday night, "Wild," had received a mild bump on
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Escape Outside Road Trip to Monadnock region set for Sept. 10
The finale in a summer-long season of Road Trip! meetings across the state is scheduled for the Monadnock region.
WMUR.com's Escape Outside editor, Paula Tracy, will be at Monadnock Berries, at 545 West Hill Road in Troy, on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. to meet with officials in the outdoors, conservation, agriculture and tourism community across the region. All are welcome to attend.
The goal of the gathering is to get story ideas, meet folks and to introduce them to the new online and broadcast offerings by WMUR.
Through its new website and weekly broadcasts during the news on Wednesdays at 5:50 p.m., the effort is aimed at connecting people to great outdoor opportunities in the Granite State.
The Escape Outside page has stories on what is going on outdoors, as well as columns, condition reports and events listings.
In addition to a series called Granite State Parks, the page has a Road Trip! series where suggested itineraries for travel are offered.
In the fall, a new series will be launched with suggested itineraries geared to run when foliage is at or near peak.
The meeting on Sept. 10 is to get ideas that would direct people to what there is to do outdoors in the Monadnock region, in all four seasons, but a special emphasis will be on fall trips.
If you have ideas, please join the meeting.
Since June, many have attended similar meetings in the White Mountains, the Seacoast, the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region, the Lakes Region, the Merrimack Valley region and the Great North Woods.
"The Monadnock region has some of the finest in fall foliage, set against some of the most gorgeous hills and valley towns in the state," said Tracy. "I expect to develop a number of story ideas for fall getaways during this meeting, and I am looking forward to learning more about the beautiful Monadnock Valley."
To keep up with what is new at Escape Outside, become a friend on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WmurEscapeOutside.


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in the valley
Red Bluff Recreation Area — Davisville, MO
Jim McCarty
For the past 100,000 years, the
Huzzah Creek has been doing its best to carve a picturesque valley
through the Ozark hills. At one spot near Davisville, it did its work
especially well, leaving behind a towering bluff that today is the
highlight of the Mark Twain National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation
The namesake bluff's reddish
hue comes from iron compounds that are rusting due to exposure to air
and moisture.
This recreation area features
a campground with 37 sites, including nine double sites and three group
areas. Most of the sites are in the valley near the river, but a few
offer outstanding views of the valley.
The Huzzah is one of two clearwater
gems that flow into the Meramec River (the other is the nearby Courtois).
The little stream offers great float potential, although most trips
start below the Red Bluff area unless heavy rains have raised the water
level. Fishing for smallmouth bass, goggle eye and panfish can be excellent
for those who know how to work the shallow, crystal clear water.
most popular activity here seems to be soaking away the summer heat
in the Huzzah. A rope swing at the base of the bluff adds to the excitement.
also a one-mile-long hiking trail that leads from the valley to the hilltop.
those who just want to visit and see the sites, picnic areas with
tables and grills can be used. Larger groups might want to reserve
the pavilion.
The area is open from May 1 through
Oct. 15. There is a $2 fee for entering the park, while reserving the
pavillion costs $34 a day. Camping fees range from $8 for a single
to $16 for a double.
For more information, call
(573) 438-2633 or log on to www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/marktwain/recreation/sites/red_bluff/.


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It does look like the Cho's are at the roadblock alone and are later than the bunched teams (K/L, D/K, P/S, T/J). I don't see other teams when they show shots of them. I also can't tell if there are other teams shown with the shot of Kim up in the tower. You see someone in a helmet real quick but I can't tell if it is a team. I know I'm rambling.
Hey guys,2. The picture with the black chests(?) are most likely at the base of the Kuwait Towers. Cheers-K.
This picture was taken between 8:45 and 8:53 am (assumes June 8, 2006).Solar azimuth 88 plus or minus one degree.
No " Old Teams " ?Chateau as always !! You rule !!So looking for some info on Kuwait Real Answers to Real QuestionsHow much of the local language do you need to know for daily living? Arabic is needed, as some of the locals don't speak English at all—unlike other gulf states.Dress code at work and in public: Formal. Modest dressing is preferred for women, though they are not as conservative as the Saudis. Islands with Failaka island being the most interesting ..and some picturesand lots of pictures here
They look lost running along there. And we know they get eliminated. That is what saves Dave & Mary so they can be the "Geeky" couple in Mauritius.The Camel Race is the FF right?The shots of the BQ's and Alabama at the Towers are around 1 pm.
The shots of the BQ's and Alabama at the Towers are around 1 pm.
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The Starry Messenger, presented by Michael Francis, is a dramatic fun-filled adaptation of Galileo's short treatise "Siderius Nuncius." Galileo (dressed in 17th-century costume) arrives to present a public lecture on his most recent discoveries made using his newly-devised spyglass. As he describes those discoveries, Galileo's new method of observation and measurement of nature become apparent. Throughout the presentation audience members are actively involved in experiments and demonstrations. After the lecture, Galileo answers questions about his experiments, his life, and his times.


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OCEANS 21: Coming To Rescue An Ailing Ocean
We are entering a new era of ocean conservation. As Ocean Champions had hoped, the new 110th Congress is already off to a great start for protecting our oceans.
Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) one of our Ocean Champions in Congress, introduced the OCEANS-21 bill (HR-21) earlier this month, setting the stage for the establishment of a comprehensive national oceans policy with guiding principles for use and management of U.S. coasts, oceans and lakes. Ocean Champions, we have been working with members of Congress to adopt key recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission. The OCEANS-21 bill would make many of these recommendations into law. The bill adopts the key recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission to develop a holistic ocean health plan. This bill, unlike past ocean legislation, treats the disease, not the symptom.
Please ask your member of Congress to co-sponsor this vital legislation and help us build a better future for our oceans.
OCEANS-21, if passed into law, would implement a comprehensive ecosystem-based management plan that addresses current and future ocean and coastal challenges, such as overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction.
This is indeed a very exciting time for those who care about protecting our oceans because we are now seeing the positive results of our electoral victories from last November's elections. The OCEANS-21 bill and the principles it carries are vital to the future of our oceans because it mandates that the government adopt a holistic ocean health plan, something that is long overdue. In the past, Congress has passed laws that addressed one or a few important ocean issues, but nothing this comprehensive.


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Three young, dynamic women, with varying backgrounds, are serving a yearly, 1,700-hour commitment as Community HealthCorps Navigators here in Ukiah. Their term began in September, with the initiation of their journeys into promoting the mission of this health-focused, national service program — health care for America"s underserved and development of tomorrow"s health care workforce.
Lucy Shapiro and Jessica Ohland are working at the Mendocino Community Health Clinic on Laws Avenue. Shapiro, a second-year Navigator at this site, partners with Ohland, a first-timer grateful to have the guidance of someone who already knows the ropes. A school-based dental outreach program, SMILES, has been the main focus of Shapiro"s work in the last year, and she and Ohland will soon be broadening their efforts in collaborating with the medical community in the development of an innovative, patient-centered, health-home program that encourages individuals to take a more integral role in decision making about their own well-being. MCHC is working toward national recognition as a pioneering clinic in this holistic approach.
Shapiro, originally from Virginia, had been attending Colorado College majoring in French and education. As an undergraduate, she obtained an internship in Colorado Springs with the Peace and Justice Commission. "I felt like I needed a break. I felt limited at college in the sense that I was not yet sure what I wanted my major to be; I wanted more time to explore my options. As an intern I loved being part of the community and doing real work. From there I began to explore working with Community HealthCorps and what attracted me to this position was the educational component. I love working with kids and having the opportunity to explore and develop nutrition, another of my passions."
Shapiro is now beginning her second year with the SMILES program in Lake and Mendocino counties, teaching dental hygiene to pre-K through 6th grade. She and her colleagues work with age-appropriate curriculum in the classroom, teaching youngsters about oral health, the role of sugar in tooth decay and proper methods for brushing their teeth. With dentists and registered nurses, they go from school to school and do oral screenings and fluoride varnishes for individual students.
Jessica Ohland, born in South Africa, arrived in the States with her family in 1994 and now calls Ukiah her home. In 2010, she graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in molecular biology. "I loved learning about the mechanics of biology. You reach a point where so much is theoretical and it is forever changing; that is what originally drew me in. Then I realized I wanted to see how what I learned affects individuals and communities, to be able to explain communicable diseases, and to work with lay people not just bench tops, the logistics side. I plan on attending grad school with a future towards working in public health, perhaps Doctors Without Borders."
Shapiro and Ohland"s responsibilities are morphing toward being part of the patient-centered, home-health program. Shapiro says, "It"s about preventative care, looking at lifestyles and to self-management. The clinic is under way with this, and we are trying to find our place and brainstorming on how we can help. Right now, LVNs are pulling patients and making appointments for them concerning individual, personal needs on health issues as diverse as nutrition and diet to chronic disease and pain. Wellness groups are forming. We hope to be part of the process of informing clients about what is available to them."
The two of them are hoping to establish a community kitchen at the Ford Street Project, where they will teach the basics of cooking and they want to be available to help those who are eligible for the CalFresh Program (originally Food Stamps). Mendocino County is currently under-enrolled, and they want to assist people who may be unable to complete the application or unaware of their eligibility.
Lauryn Ringwood, with a degree in economics from Washington State University, has recently come on board as a workforce development specialist for The Alliance for Rural Community Health. The research she did as an undergraduate piqued her interest in public health and she wanted to have a hands-on experience to complement her academic knowledge.
She is the program coordinator for the Rural Health Scholar Program, an outreach plan directed toward Mendocino high school juniors and seniors who are interested in learning about health care opportunities. She explains, "It"s a mentor-based program and each of the selected students will be paired with one of 11 Community HealthCorps Navigators in the county. There are a variety of components in this program. The mentors and scholars meet once a week where they plan opportunities for job shadowing, career exploration and connecting with health care professionals. They get help in preparing for college and with scholarship applications. Each of the student scholars will have an opportunity to deliver an educational health presentation to the public to give them an experience of outreach. This is a health workforce pipeline program meant to attract young people to pursue careers in the health care field."
Recruitment for interested students begins soon, and the application deadline is Oct. 22. Contact Lauryn Ringwood at 462-1477 at ext. 111 for further information. Their website is ruralhealthscholars.wordpress.com.
The fourth Community HealthCorps Navigator stationed in Ukiah, Natalie Loots, was not present for the interview. She works with the Ukiah Gardens Project of NCO.


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Vince Young files for bankruptcy
Vince Young tried to make his way back into the NFL this year and almost did with the Green Bay Packers. But in the end, he was left unemployed — a financial bind that made his money troubles worse and has forced him to finally file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The Houston Chronicle reports that the attorney for the former University of Texas and NFL quarterback filed the petition last week in federal bankruptcy court. Young's assets were estimated between $500,001 and $1 million, and estimated liabilities fell between $1,001,000 and $10 million.
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Young's financial hardships seemed to really hit during the 2011 NFL lockout. He has been involved in two lawsuits related to a $1.8 million loan he obtained during that period. The loan came from Pro Player Funding, based in New York, and a New York state court granted judgment against Young to the company. Including interest, the amount owed is more than $2.5 million, according to an attorney for the company.
Attempts to collect the money have all failed.
Young filed a lawsuit against a group that includes his former financial adviser, Ronnie Peoples of Raleigh, N.C., and his former agent, Major Adams II, the Chronicle reports. It's Young's contention that they conspired with Pro Player Funding to obtain the loan and that Young never received the money.
Documents in that case lists Young with assets of $1.8 million and liabilities of $2.5 million—the money reflected in the Pro Player loan. His assets also included five cars, his home, NFL annuity, retirement funds and jewelry.


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Lawyers for the Obama administration declared in a court document filed Tuesday that people detained by the U.S. at the Guantánamo Bay prison are not "persons" protected by the U.S. Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
The argument came in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of two men held at Guantánamo—Emad Hassan from Pakistan and Ahmed Rabbani from Yemen—charging that if the U.S. Supreme Court granted the corporation Hobby Lobby the status of a protected "person" under the RFRA, people incarcerated at the offshore prison should also be afforded religious protections.
"It is staggering that the Obama administration is prepared to argue that Guantánamo prisoners aren't people, while accepting that corporations are." —Cori Crider, Reprieve
Department of Justice lawyers disagreed, endorsing what they say is the precedent of the District Court in Washington, D.C. "which holds that Guantánamo detainees, as nonresident aliens outside the United States sovereign territory, are not protected 'person[s]' within the meaning and scope of RFRA," according to the filing.
Cori Crider, attorney for human rights organization Reprieve, which represents Hassan and Rabbani, slammed the argument in a statement released Wednesday: "It is staggering that the Obama administration is prepared to argue that Guantánamo prisoners aren't people, while accepting that corporations are."
Hassan and Rabbani, who have been held since 2002 without charge or trial, accuse prison authorities of violating their religious rights by preventing them from participating in communal tarawih prayers during the ongoing 2014 holy month of Ramadan due to their participation in a hunger strike.
The accusations come amid mounting evidence that the U.S. military has denied the religious and human rights of people detained at Guantánamo, from torture to denial of due process to intentional destruction and desecration of the Qur'an.
"I fail to see how the President can stand up and claim Guantánamo is a scandal while his lawyers call detainees non-persons in court," said Crider. "If the President is serious about closing this prison, he could start by recognizing that its inmates are people – most of whom have been cleared by his own Government."