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With just a few weeks remaining before the August primary election – and a hotly contested race for governor coming this fall – it would make sense that Kansans should hear about the candidates, the issues and the direction of our state.
But in the world of political campaigns, it's not always sense that wins elections. No, what wins many elections is fear, and in Kansas nothing strikes fear into the hearts of men and women more than the name Barack Obama.
And why wouldn't he? The president of the United States doesn't look like an American. He's tall, thin, and – get ready for this – he's black! There's even that lingering question about whether he's an American at all or just some foreign-born terrorist in disguise who managed to weasel his way into the White House. Worse still, Obama is the modern-day face of such dangerous liberal policies as increased access to health care, a better minimum wage and equal rights. You know, the same things that we thought were important 100 years ago.
In fact Obama and his supporters are so fear-inducing, former presidential candidate Rick Santorum came to Kansas to stump for Gov. Sam Brownback and to warn us all that the "freedom of the free world" hangs in the balance of the Kansas governor's race.
Oh, and by the way, if you support anyone other than Brownback, Santorum told about 100 people in Wichita, you're akin to the evil Eye of Sauron from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy – always searching for ways to oppress and control the elves and hobbits of Middle Earth.
Thanks, Obama.
So why all the hyperbole just weeks before a primary election? Why will voters hear more about Obama than the candidates for whom they'll be voting?
Because in Kansas, particularly in the Republican primaries where being more conservative than that other conservative candidate is all that matters, proving that you're nothing like Obama trumps proving that you're good for Kansas.
It didn't take long for Brownback's campaign to invoke Obama's name as its top campaign strategy.
"I welcome Paul Davis to the race," Brownback stated on the day Davis filed to run for governor. "He is an Obama-style Democrat. Kansans will recognize the sharp contrast between my policies as a Reagan Republican, reducing taxes and increasing family income, and those of a liberal Democrat who supports increased taxes and federal intrusion including support for Obamacare."
Just this week, I saw a television commercial by Americans for Prosperity that painted U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo as a stalwart protector against Obama, which is a backhanded way of saying he's a more deserving conservative than his primary opponent, former Congressman Todd Tiahrt.
And while there might be many things a person could say about Tiahrt, one of them couldn't be that he's not conservative enough.
The point of that commercial isn't to help voters determine which candidate is more in line with their values, it's to scare them so they'll throw their support behind the guy who is least like the president. And the more you can say Obama, Obamacare, or Obama-style in a short period of time, the better the results.
Such scare tactics are nothing new. Many of those Kansas senators that Brownback and Co. purged from the Legislature in 2012 were defeated not because they were bad lawmakers but because their special interest groups painted them as Obama-style liberals who loved the federal government and supported Obamacare. It never really mattered if there was any truth to it, so long as voters became overcome with fear, abandoned all sense and logic, and voted for the least Obama-ish candidate they could find.
And this year, it will happen again. Candidates and their political action committees will spend far too much time talking about the president and not nearly enough time talking about what really matters in Kansas.
But the era of Barack Obama as a knee-shaking weapon in the conservative arsenal is close to its end.
He's halfway through his last term as president, and despite all those people scanning the skies for black helicopters, he won't try to make himself a king to remain in a seat of power. He's not going to declare marshal law or invite the United Nations over to take over America. In fact, it's much more likely that in the next two years, Obama won't be able to do much of anything at all. He's a lame duck president, fighting against a Congress that is hellbent on not doing a single thing that's worthwhile.
Nevertheless, the truth of it won't stop people from falling to their worst fears. Far too many Kansas voters will cast their ballots on the belief that Obama, and all those like him, will reach an evil hand into the state, take away our rights and liberties and force us to work in the foundries of Mordor.
But trust me, it's going to be OK. Barack Obama can't hurt you anymore.


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Brian De Palma's "The Fury" is a stylish entertainment, fast-paced, and acted with great energy. I'm not quite sure it makes a lot of sense, but that's the sort of criticism you only make after it's over. During the movie, too much else is happening.
It's about two teenagers with paranormal powers. Sometimes they can control them, providing an ESP force that the United States government is very interested in as a possible weapon against the Russians. But sometimes the powers go out of control, because these are kids who've been messed with by scientists until they're emotionally unstable. And when they get mad, there's trouble.
De Palma's at his best when they get mad. He's a director in love with the bizarre, the paranormal, and the special effects necessary to create them. He had a lot of fun in "Carrie," when Sissy Spacek tore apart houses and burned down the high school. He has as much fun here. When the Fury is with them, these kids start with simple little exercises like causing nosebleeds, and work their way up to literally explosive results.
"The Fury" stars Kirk Douglas as the father of one of the paranormal kids (Andrew Stevens). The kid is kidnapped by a CIA-like secret government agency, and spirited away to a top-secret resort where all sorts of luxuries (like Fiona Lewis) are supplied if Stevens will cooperate. He's taken in at first by the phony stories fed to him by the evil federal agent (John Cassavetes) and the institute's staff (Charles Durning and Carrie Snodgress), but eventually he begins to get … restless. And when he gets absent-minded, it's everybody's problem.
Douglas, who used to be a government agent himself, attempts to get his son back, and discovers he has enemies not only on his trail but also at his destination. There's help, though, in the form of a young girl (Amy Irving) who also has strong ESP powers. He gains her trust, and finds himself trying to save her from the government, too.
De Palma's almost nonstop action carries the film along well (and distracts us from the holes in its plot), and Kirk Douglas was a good casting choice as the avenging father. In his best roles, he seems to be barely in control of a manic energy, and this time, being chased down the L tracks, he seems just right. Cassavetes always makes a suitably hateful villain (he plays the bad guys as if they're distracted by inner thoughts of even worse things they could be doing), and Carrie Snodgress, returning to movies after several years of voluntary retirement, is complex and interesting as the government employee who falls in love with Kirk Douglas.
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That's the only friends that a lot of people have anymore…
Your former cellmates don't count either.
How come Ziggy is the only cartoon that runs repeates?
If they accepted facebook friends as references I'd never have to worry! But like a lot of people, I don't even really know a lot of them, we simply share common interests.
How about us? We are his friends on this strip!
Facebook "friends" are not really friends, just folks that want to have a large number of followers.
LinkedIn ?
You don't read a lot of comics do you?
Repeats are very common, Doonesbury and Get Fuzzy run more than most, but Non-sequitar runs a number of them too
Often when a cartoonist takes a vacation they will run a week of re-runs too
Sometimes the creator will note that a comic being run is a "classics", but most of the time they are just run as is
I've seen a lot of people comment about re-runs and then see someone else say they hadn't seen it before so it's new to them
FaceBook"friends" aren't real friends.
I haven't seen any repeats on "Alley Oop" ever.
Zig's covering something up.
Tell me, when I tell a future employer that I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, will I get hired since they can't see all the stupid stuff I've ever written and the stupid people I've friended?
As Elmer Fudd said, "this is another good reason to be vewy wewy of Facebook."
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Pfizer and Cellectis will team up to develop Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cancer immunotherapies directed at select targets using the French biotech's CAR-T platform technology. The collaboration—which could net Cellectis more than $2.885 billion—adds Pfizer to the list of biopharmas staking out a presence in oncology immunotherapy based on CAR-Ts.
Under terms of a global strategic collaboration agreement, Pfizer has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize CAR-T cancer therapies directed at a total of 15 targets of its choosing. For those targets, both companies agreed to work together on preclinical research, with Pfizer overseeing development and potential commercialization of any CAR-T therapies for the targets it selects.
Both companies also agreed to work together on preclinical research for four of 12 additional targets to be selected by Cellectis, with Pfizer having the right of first refusal to the four. Cellectis will oversee clinical development and commercialization of CAR-T therapeutics for the Cellectis-selected targets, and will also work independently on eight additional targets. To work more closely with Pfizer researchers, Cellectis said it expects to open a site in the U.S.
Cellectis' platform uses engineered T-cells from a single donor for use in multiple patients, with the goal of developing CAR-T therapies that are distinct from other autologous approaches for engineering T-cells to fight tumor cells.
Cellectis says these allogeneic CAR-Ts are "off-the-shelf" products with the potential to be standardized, with consistent pharmaceutical release criteria, so that each potential future patient could be treated immediately through a single dose of a standard product with consistent quality. Allogenic products thus can be shipped in advance and be accessible to any cancer center in the world without the need to invest in a local CAR-T processing facility, Cellectis adds.
"We believe our CAR-T platform technology has the potential to offer a real advantage over other approaches to T-cell receptor engineering and this collaboration with Pfizer is an important step towards realizing the full potential of this technology in harnessing the body's own immune system to fight cancer," Andre Choulika, PhD, Cellectis' chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
Pfizer agreed to pay Cellectis $80 million upfront, plus research costs connected with Pfizer-selected targets and the four Cellectis-selected targets. Cellectis could also receive from Pfizer up to $185 million in payments per Pfizer product, tied to development, regulatory and commercial milestones, plus tiered royalties on net sales of any products that Pfizer commercializes.
Also, Pfizer agreed to take a 10% stake in Cellectis by Pfizer by buying newly issued shares at €9.25 ($12.55) per share, pending Cellectis shareholder approval. According to the companies, Cellectis shareholders representing 52.8% of voting rights have already voted in favor of the issuance.
Companies embracing CAR-T cancer immunotherapies include Novartis, which has licensed technology from the University of Pennsylvania, and contributed $20 million toward a Center for Advanced Cellular Therapies at UPenn, with joint R&D focused on discovery, development and manufacturing of adoptive T cell immunotherapies.
Other companies working on CAR-T therapies include a collaboration between Celgene and bluebird bio that could net the latter more than $225 million; and Juno Therapeutics, which by April had raised $176 million from investors that include Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos since its launch late last year. The FDA briefly placed, but has since lifted, a clinical hold on Juno following the deaths of two patients attributed to cytokine release syndrome.
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Dean Oliver and Pete Newmann of TrueHoop went inside the numbers to see how the Mavericks' height has neutralized the Los Angeles Lakers in the first two games of this series:
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The Lakers (Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol) and Mavericks (Tyson Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki) were the only teams that regularly started two 7-footers during the regular season.
The Mavericks' size has caused problems for the Lakers, who typically had height advantages at the power forward and center positions of about an inch per player. In the Western Conference semifinals against the Mavericks, however, the Lakers' advantage has been reduced to about two-tenths of an inch. The Lakers played about 40 percent of their regular-season minutes with an overall average height advantage greater than half an inch. Against Dallas in this series, it's been only 27 percent of the minutes with that advantage.
The Lakers' lineups that have had an average height smaller than the Mavericks have struggled, getting outscored 43-25 in the first two games.
When the Lakers have had a net height advantage of one player, they're outscoring Dallas, 92-80. If the Lakers have no net height advantage, they've getting outscored 109-83. The Lakers cannot stop the Mavericks or score on them with no net height advantage.


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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What Is The Role Of FM In Business Continuity Planning?
This Question of the Week comes from the Facilities Management Group on LinkedIn.
What role, if any, does facilities management (FM) play in an organization's business continuity/disaster recovery program? And ideally, what do you believe FM's role SHOULD be? In other words, what can FM actually PLAN for? Are there limits on the scope of our advance planning (physical, theoretical, self-imposed)?
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Dunston Hall, Norfolk (county)
- Free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 169 guestrooms
- Golf course
- Restaurant
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Health club
- 11 meeting rooms
- Childcare
- Terrace
- Daily housekeeping
- Garden
What's around
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- University of East Anglia (7.7 mi / 12.4 km)
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- The Forum (4.2 mi / 6.8 km)
- St Peter Mancroft (4.3 mi / 6.9 km)
- Norwich City Hall (4.3 mi / 6.9 km)
For families
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 169 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
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- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets allowed (dogs only) *
- 1 per room
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
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- Free RV/bus/truck parking
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- Free breakfast
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- Indoor pool
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- Golf course on site
- Full-service spa
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- Number of meeting rooms - 11
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- Conference space size (meters) - 4572
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- Year Built 1859
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- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
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- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
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- 32-inch LCD TV
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The Lilac Room has 6 treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
DiningThe Brasserie Bar Grill - Overlooking the golf course and garden, this brasserie specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
Bunkers Restaurant - Overlooking the golf course and garden, this bistro specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Terrace Bar - Overlooking the golf course and garden, this restaurant serves brunch, lunch, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
On Site
- Golf course on site
- Health club
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Golf lessons on site
- Golf driving range on site
- Golfing on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
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Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
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Onsite credit card charges are subject to an extra charge
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Valuable Tips For Biking In Different Seasons
Biking on mountainous terrains seems to be something marvelous and bikers are often excited with more and more dangerous roads. A lot of mountain bikers hope to have a trip in harsh weather conditions like in snowy and windy season. That sounds crazy but this is a way to challenge themselves.
With a diamondback sorrento mountain bike you will keep safety more easily. However, if you have a mountain biking trips in the winter when the snow starts, you should learn more about how to bike. In this article, I will give you more valuable tips to ride the bike in different seasons.
Have A Full Preparation
You know that in mountain biking, there are some types of weather conditions that affect your biking such as the hot weather, cold (windy) and snowy weather. Only with one condition, you will have to prepare a lot. In this part, I will tell you what you need to prepare for each season of biking.
Different Clothes
Of course, you will have different clothes for biking in different seasons. In mountain biking, you are obliged to wear special clothes which embrace your bodies and protect your bodies from the counter – force of the ground. However, in the winter, such clothes cannot help you keep warm even though your body temperature is getting higher.
Thus, when you have a winter biking, you ought to have a base layer that can wick sweat, a medium – weight layer such as the light fleece. Finally, you need a windproof jacket to keep your body warm all the time.
In addition, you also have to cover up your legs and feet. Your legs should be covered completely. Some bikers choose to wear thick pants but it is not essential because your legs will have to work a lot. Thick pants are heavyweight and your legs will be tired quickly.
One thing important for winter biking is the gloves. You will need gloves to protect your hands. If your hands become cold and stiff, you will not be able to control the handlebar grips effectively. Therefore, you should make sure that your hands are always covered with a pair of gloves for biking.
Reflective Kit
A reflective kit is indispensable. There are not many things included in this kit. However, you have to remember to bring all of them, including reflector (mirrors), headlights and back – lights. Not only you but many other bikes can ride with you. You need reflective utensils for informing. The headlights are especially important in night riding.
Required Tools
Regardless of biking seasons, you will have to prepare all the tools required which help you survive. Some tools should be brought for the purpose of asking of rescue. In case, you fall into dangers, you can make some signs to inform other bikers if any.
I feel certain that a walkie talkie will be very useful if you go biking with a team. Or you should have some uniforms which can show other bikers in the same team about your positions.
Some other tools you can bring to help you survive are lighters, first aid kits and some tools for repairing the bikes.
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When you join a club about mountain biking, I am sure that you will have to learn a lot of biking laws. Biking laws help you avoid misunderstanding among bikers. You will have to learn by heart all the signs and gestures which show your changing directions, for example.
Especially, if you have winter biking trip, you will have to learn more rules and signs. For a leader of a biking team, he will have to go first and should be the person who figures out the dangers first. At that time, he needs to inform other members of the danger and all what he does is to make some signs.
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Riding in different seasons bring more emotions and feelings for the bikers. Thus, they usually want to discover more. Nonetheless, the accidents still happen and this seems to be something inevitable so if you are eager to experience snowy or windy biking, you had better grab more reviews and tips for a safer trip.


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Dear Community Member:Thank you for your interest in
Sustainable Santa Cruz County
(formerly known as the "Transit Corridor Plan"), the County's long-range planning process looking at sustainability, land use and transportation. The project team has been working quietly over the past year, and as we prepare for the final round of Community Workshops we wanted to get back in touch with the community members that have been following our progress. The next Community Workshop will be repeated five times:
• June 2, 7:00 PM, Main Street Elementary
3400 N. Main Street, Soquel
• June 3, 7:00 PM, Live Oak Elementary
1916 Capitola Road, Santa Cruz
• June 7, 10:00 AM, Live Oak Grange
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• June 9, 7:00 PM, Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary
8005 Winkle Avenue, Santa Cruz
• June 10, 7:00 PM, St. John's Episcopal Church
125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos
We hope you will attend one of the workshops, more information on the content follows. Feel free to help us publicize the workshops by forwarding the schedule to neighbors, friends, and email lists of neighborhood, environmental, business or other organizations you are involved in.
Project Update
New Title
for the Plan
The new name for the plan more accurately reflects what the plan has become over the course of the public process of the past two years.
Sustainable Santa Cruz County: Neighborhoods • Economy • Environment"
We hope this better conveys the broad consideration of sustainability, transportation, and land use in the urban area, and ultimately throughout the County. The updated website for
is now
. (Links to the old address will redirect to the new site.)
Recap and Status
In May of 2013 the County hosted three community meetings for the public to discuss land use and transportation concepts for five specific neighborhoods within the Plan area. The meetings were lively and diverse opinions were shared and documented about each neighborhood (also known as "focus areas".) Ideas receiving broad support included:
improving street connectivity for all modes of transportation, economic development to support well-paying jobs, andcreating attractive public spaces.
Meeting materials, including a summary of public input can be found under the 'Workshops and Meetings' tab on the website.
In the spring of 2013 a series of two community meetings was dedicated to the future of the East Cliff Village shopping center. The owners of the property and SSCC consultants were on hand to discuss information and ideas about land use on that important property. Meeting materials and a summary of public input can be found under the 'Workshops and Meetings' tab on the website.
Workshops Will Address New Land Use, Circulation, and Design Tools
Since the community meetings the County and consultant team have been extending their work and incorporating community feedback, as well as input from the County Planning Commission, property owners, and the SSCC citizen Advisory Group into a draft Plan. The draft Plan will present ideas for future land use, urban design, and transportation/circulation improvements. Some of these will be recommended as additions to the County's current General Plan and zoning ordinance. We think of these additions as "new tools" for land use, design and circulation.
At this time the new tools that may be proposed in the draft Plan are ready for broad public feedback and comment. The Plan addresses the entire unincorporated County with special focus on the Plan Area inside the Urban Services Line. After these workshops, a proposed draft Sustainable Santa Cruz County plan will be prepared, which will include proposed land use maps, design guidelines, new proposed and amended General Plan Land Use Designations, and lists and maps of proposed transportation and circulation improvements. Your feedback on these tools will help us finalize these components of the SSCC plan.
Thank you
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This Is the Planned Home Water Birth of Our 3rd Child. We didn't Know the Gender Ahead of Time, So we Nicknamed the Baby Sticky. This Is Our First Homebirth and I wish I had done it this way Every time. I Don't know how Anyone can cope through Contractions strapped to a bed with Monitors on your belly, Sitting or laying on your back. In fact I didn't cope the previous 2 times, but resorted to Drugs both times and even an Epidural with My 2nd. Being able to move through the contractions, to lean on the arm of the couch, the kitchen counter or my bed, and have my husband apply counter pressure to my Lower Back and belly Took SO MUCH of the pain away! In Fact I was in denial right up til I was pushing, thinking labor would stop or stall that day because the pain was quite manageable, and because my contractions were not consistently spaced. They Started around 4 or 5pm the previous Night, 15 minutes apart for a few hours, then 10 minutes, then we went to bed around 12 or 1 am, frustrated and desperately wanting labor to happen! The contractions Woke me at 5 am, and I putted around the house, making tea, cleaning, getting things laid out 'just in case'. The Contractions were 10, 4, 7, 9, 5, 13, 3, 8, 2, minutes apart for hours. Never really a consistent pattern, and the gap would be wider when I was resting or sitting. My Midwife Checked Me around 12:30pm and I was 3-4cm Dilated but stretchy to a 5. When They finally did get about 5-2 minutes apart My Husband encouraged me to get into the labor Pool, as it might be just the ticket to finish things up. That was at 2:44pm...
This was the most amazing Birth and Went Exactly According to Plan. Being Comfortable in our own Home, Safe In the Midwife's Hands, Trusting My Body and the Wisdom I had Gain Concerning Childbirth was So Special and I will Treasure this Experience forever. Hospitals are great when Necessary, But Babies can and Should be Born at home into Experienced and Knowledgeable Hands. There is Nothing Like it!
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Deterioration of vitiligo and new onset of halo naevi observed in two patients receiving adalimumab
Version of Record online: 12 APR 2013
DOI: 10.1111/dth.12002
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Dermatologic Therapy
Special Issue: Treatment of Cutaneous Disorders of Pregnancy
Volume 26, Issue 4, pages 370–372, July/August 2013
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Maruthappu, T., Leandro, M. and Morris, S. D. (2013), Deterioration of vitiligo and new onset of halo naevi observed in two patients receiving adalimumab. Dermatologic Therapy, 26: 370–372. doi: 10.1111/dth.12002
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Two patients with a long-standing history of recalcitrant ankylosing spondylitis were commenced on adalimumab as monotherapy. Case 1 developed marked rapid deterioration in his previously stable vitiligo within 3 months of commencing treatment. This was attributed to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy, and a marked improvement was noted following withdrawal of adalimumab. Case 2 developed multiple new halo naevi over the trunk and limbs. They did not show dysplastic features and have remained unchanged despite continuation of treatment. Possible mechanisms and implications of the paradoxical occurrence of immune-mediated skin lesions seen in patients receiving anti-TNF therapies are discussed.


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I have been to paris numerous times and love the st. germain area. we decided to stay here based on the reviews and price. This hotel is very clean and on a great quiet street - we had a room over looking the courtyard, so we didn't hear any noise. The bed is comfortable with nice linens (duvet with a cover that gets changed with the sheets). The bathroom is also modern. I would stay here again as the location is ideal!
La Perle is a Gem
We came to La Perle after a horrible experience at another Paris hotel. We visited Paris during a 98-degree F heat wave and our first hotel (on Ste. Germain) claimed to have AC, but it gave no relief. Hot, tired and cranky, we happened to walk by La Perle and stopped in to see if the claim by our first hotel - that AC in Paris only lowers the temp by 6 degrees - was true. It was a God-send. La Perle was cool, comfortable and welcoming. The staff is top-rate and the facilities are solid. Clean, comfortable and cool and a good location to boot. It's located on a quieter street, close to the action of Ste. Germain but it feels more like a small town. Great restaurants close by and coffee offered in the hotel restaurant before Paris cafe open. Ideal.
Great Staff & Location but Overpriced
I normally stay at the La Madison located around the corner on St. Germain Blvd. but with no vacancies I had to look else where. The Hotel La Perle staff was great and extremely pleasant. Room was a little outdated and the A/C did not function adequately during the heat of the day. Room rate was much higher than the Madison $220.00 U.S. dollar.
Fantastic Location
We could not have asked for a better location as it was very central. Being right in the heart of many bars and restaurants it was just perfect. We had a standard room on the third floor which was the smallest one on our floor (no. 39), however, it was very clean and comfortable, with a bath and a good shower and had everything we needed - including a fridge and air conditioning which was very welcome as the temperature was 33C outside. (no.37 appears to be the biggest room of what looks to be the standard sized rooms, but may not be a standard room?). No.s 31 and 32 on the plan were very large rooms by comparison and would appear to be Superior or Superior Plus. We did not compare this floor to other floors though.
As breakfast is an extra 13 euros per person per night, we went to the local baker (a minute's walk away). We did however try the breakfast in the hotel on the Sunday, and (not wishing to sound too negative as everything else was brilliant) would say that its slightly poor value for money really. There was not a huge choice, a few baby coissants, slices of bread, small rolls, cereals, jam, salami, ham and cheese, and a bowl of fruit. But it filled the hole!
All in all, we would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Paris. For those who like an earlier, quieter evening, it may be worth asking for a room at the back, as you do hear the 'buzz' of people in the narrow street - but it was nothing disturbing. We would DEFINITELY stay here again.
Great Staff
I must say that after having stayed at Hotel La Perle I am never going to stay in another hotel in Paris as these guys are the best!!!
Small, tiny 38-bedroom hotel hidden in the best area in Paris, what could be better than that?
Location is fantastic, price is justified thanks to the outstanding service they provide...
One evening, we were tired after having walked all day(go figure) and didn't really feel like going out to eat, then Andreas (the manager) offered to bring us the food on site!!!! He gave us a menu from the restaurant across the road, we chose our meals and he set up a table for me and my wife on their terrasse, super nice!!!
We had the best evening, quiet surrounding, no smoke - just perfect. As for the rest of the team, they are truly outstanding, there is nothing they will not do for you - a real 5 star service!!!!!
Whoever the owner may be, he has deninitely the winning formula for a very high class hotel!
To everybody reading this - don't go there, this is OUR Pearl!
AWESOME stay in chic St. Germain des Pres
La Perle is an amazing hotel tucked on a charming rue in the 6th. We stayed in a standard room, which was larger than I was expecting given all of the previous reviews I'd read about Paris hotels. It is so beautifully renovated that I had to double check to be sure it was 17th century. The beds were very comfortable, firm base with a feather top...just perfect after endless days on our feet. The a/c worked, the mini-bar/fridge was a plus, the bathrooms were fabulous...better hot water than my home!
The staff was also great. Absolutely welcoming, helpful and charming. They spoke perfect English, and never made us feel guilty or silly when we'd greet them incorrectly.
The neighborhood, well, it's the best. Our goal was to see as many neighborhoods as we could, which we dutifully accomplished. The shops are beautiful, the parks and churches great, and the restaurants NEVER disappointed. We always considered having dinner somewhere else, even sat down in several places and ultimately decided to return to our cozy quarters and pop into one of the many choices right out the door. And they were loaded with friendly locals.
We will definitely be back!
Enjoyed Hotel La Perle
We just returned from an excellent weekend in Paris and the Hotel La Perle.
I must say I was a bit concerned with the small number of comments here (not to mention the suspicious similarity between two of those reviews...), so I wasn't sure what to expect. However, mostly everything turned out for the best. True, the price is outrageous (for someone not living in Euroland, that is) and the standard room is tiny, but that's Paris, apparently. Other then that, the location is excellent, the rooms facing the back are very quiet, everything is new and clean, and the bathroom is definitely four star level. The staff, while not overly friendly, is courteous and available when needed.
As with many other similar hotels, the best value is probably the superior room, which costs 15% more but is large enough so that tripping over the luggage can be avoided.
To conclude, looks like a very good left bank choice.
A Little Gem of A Hotel
We stayed at the la Perle Hotel over the New years weekend, and it was perfect. It is hidden away on a small street, but we were able to walk to wonderful restaurants and cafes. The staff were very friendly.
We booked superior rooms which were spacious with large bathrooms.
The hotel is very quiet and a welcome haven when returning form a busy day.
Loved it
Great hotel. In the best location in Paris, it is right on the doorstep(literally) of very chic shops, cafes, restaurants, parks and churches. Very clean!!! Beautiful, modern, cozy. Only negative thing: standard rooms are kind of small.
La Perle is a jewel
Hotel La Perle is an excellent find in the heart of this city. Clean, modern and very friendly it is right on the doorstep(literally) of shops, cafes, restaurants, parks and churches, so something for everyone and when you're worn out it's a very quick nip back for some quiet relaxation.
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THE LOGIC OF Alice
Clear Thinking in Wonderland
By Bernard M. Patten
Prometheus Books
Copyright © 2009
Bernard M. Patten
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Chapter One Down the Rabbit Hole
The phrase "down the rabbit hole" has become the symbol for adventure into the unknown. That is why Neo in the movie The Matrix is told to follow the White Rabbit, which he soon sees is a tattoo on a woman's arm.
Neo's curiosity, like that of Alice, leads him to follow the signaling woman (her arm has a White Rabbit tattoo) to the disco. From thence he goes on to meet Trinity. Thus begins Neo's journey of enlightenment and adventure.
Which pill would you choose, the red or the blue? Is ignorance bliss? Or is the truth worth knowing, no matter what? The blue pill contains nothing and will not change Neo's situation. The red pill has neurotrophins and lysins that will liberate Neo from the pink goop in the pink pod. The red pill will take Neo out of the (pleasant) unreal world of the Matrix and release him into the (harsh) real world of the non-Matrix.
Those of you who saw the movie may recall that Neo took the red pill. His reason: he wanted to "see how far down the rabbit hole goes."
What? What are we talking about here? What have a rabbit hole and The Matrix to do with anything?
On the anagorical level-well, I'll leave that to you to work out. Mystical interpretations are not my forte. And Carroll repeatedly denied that any exist in AAW. He wrote to Edith Rix, "I have a deep dread of argument on religious topics. My vew [sic] of life is, that it's next to impossible to convince anybody of anything because one of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another."
O.K. Alice followed the rabbit down the hole for the same reason that Neo followed the rabbit tattoo, for the same reason that you are probably reading this book-(no special reason at all) just CURIOSITY and a certain bursting youthful spirit avid for mischief, adventure, and new knowledge. Recall how Alice plunged right in: "never once considering how in the world she was to get out again."
Humans are by nature a curious lot. Our expansive sense of time and space stimulates us to ponder our place in the scheme of things. That's what we do.
But what is curiosity? Who has it? And why? And what good is it?
The fact that you are reading this book is evidence that you are curious. In general, our species remains curious about anything and everything. Aristotle held that certain basic drives were part of human nature, among these he reckoned drives toward food, drink, sex, and knowledge. Yes, knowledge. "All men," said Aristotle, "desire to know." Aristotle was therefore asserting that all men are curious; they want to experience and understand. They want to know.
That's good. I like the idea. And wouldn't it be nice if it were true?
In a sense, curiosity is the seeking of the truth and knowledge. Truth seeking is good and normal. Most of us are curious. Most of us normally seek the truth. That's what Aristotle implied when he said in book I of The Metaphysics: "All men by nature seek to know."
But was he right?
Strictly speaking, Aristotle was wrong. He was wrong because the all-inclusive word "all" makes his claim overly general, simple and simplistic, and easily refuted by finding just one counterexample.
If just one man does not seek to have knowledge, then the statement "All men by nature seek to know" cannot be true. If the statement cannot be true, then it is false.
The reason that the statement would be false is that the word all means all. In the parlance of logic school and logicians, the statement "All men seek the truth" is a statement in the Universal Categorical Affirmative form (what the medieval scholastics called mood A) that entails several subaltern claims including multiple particular claims like "some men seek to know," "many men seek to know," "this man currently drinking his can of Bud seeks to know," and so on, as well as the bigger and more general claim "No man seeks not to know."
Here's the nub and the rub: If we find one man who doesn't seek to know, then Aristotle's statement is proven false.
Personally I know quite a few men who don't want to know (much about anything) and prove it every day. Whether or not most men seek to know is also debatable. If that were true, then how come most men don't know the names of the bushes, flowers, and trees in their front yard? How come most men don't have the foggiest idea of how their TV works or what mathematical algorithms let their computer fetch the e-mail?
Neo and Alice are different. They are not like all men. They are not like most men. They are like us, you and me. They are curious. They are curious in both senses of the word. They are curious (inquisitive and prying) to explore, learn, find out, and know. And they are curious (strange, unusual, and odd-set off from the group and the ordinary), arousing our attention and interest.
It so happens that "curious" is also the favorite word of Mr. Spock, an emotionless Vulcan, an almost purely intellectual personality on the television series Star Trek. Spock is never excited, amazed, or dreadfully afraid. He is detached, sometimes amused, and (like Alice) always curious (interested in finding out stuff) and also he is always curious (strange and unusual), especially with those long ears (or are those ears just pointy, simply appearing long?). But unlike Alice, characters like Spock and the others in Star Trek are as unbelievable as the rest of television.
What I did just then by using a word like "curious" in a single context while implying different meanings is an equivocation, something Carroll is fond of demonstrating and that is of course a classic error in thinking. For in a given context the meaning of a word must remain constant else we are likely to reach an erroneous conclusion. Here's the classic example of this error:
All men are rational. Women are not men. Therefore, women are not rational.
Women not rational? That can't be true. So where is the error?
The error is in the equivocation or double meaning of the word "men." In the first sentence (the major premise) "men" means all humans. In the second sentence (the minor premise) "men" means the male sex. Hence, the meaning of the word "men" has changed. Therefore the conclusion cannot follow. This error was known to our ancient ancestors as the error of the fourth term because the argument contained four terms (men1, men2, women, rational) and not three. Cool!
One famous example concerns the oracle at Delphi, the supreme court of the ancient world to which important political and military questions were often referred: "Croesus, king of Lydia and other countries, believing that these are the only real oracles in all the world, has sent you such presents as your discoveries deserved, and now inquires of you whether he shall go to war with the Persians, and if so, whether he shall strengthen himself by the forces of a confederate."
Both the oracle at Delphi and the oracle at the shrine of Amphiaraus agreed in the tenor of their reply, which was, in each case, a prophecy that if Croesus attacked the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire. There was also a recommendation to look and see who were the most powerful of the Greeks and to make alliance with them.
At the receipt of these oracular replies, Croesus was overjoyed. Feeling sure now that he would destroy the empire of the Persians, he attacked, leading his forces into Cappadocia, fully expecting to defeat Cyrus and destroy the empire of the Persians. In so doing, the ancients believed he had interpreted the oracles in the wrong sense. An empire was in fact destroyed. However, it was not the Persian Empire. It was his, his own empire.
The Delphic oracle was great at equivocation. Take for instance the prediction given to expectant parents. The question was, "Will it be a boy or a girl?" The answer was, "Boy not girl."
This statement equivocates because "Boy, not girl" means a boy is predicted and "Boy not, girl" means a girl. Irate parents who complained that the prediction was wrong were told, next time around, to listen more carefully.
When Neo and Alice don't know something, they want to know or at least they want to try to find out. In fact, Neo and Alice both made an existential choice to find the truth. That they were able to make that choice indicated that free will exists: that choice, their choice, was an exercise of their free will.
Neo chose the red pill, proving he could choose what to take. Neo chose not to choose the blue pill, thereby proving he was free not to choose the blue. If he was free to choose and if he was free not to choose, he was free because "free to choose or free not to choose" is logically equivalent to "free." In the same way, if I tell you never speculate if you don't have money and never speculate if you do have money, I am actually saying never speculate, as that is the logical equivalence of what I said. And, by the way, it's good advice.
f = false
t = true
Let F = free, C = choose, then (F&C)V(F&~C) = F where "=" means "is logically equivalent" and "V" equals the logical operator "or." This "or" is the inclusive "or" meaning either one or the other or both.
F C ~C (F&C)(F&~C) [(F&C)V(F&~C)] 1. t t f t f t 2. t f t f t t 3. f t f f f f 4. f f t f f f
Note that in every case the truth values of F are the same as for (F&C)V(F&~C), which in symbols says free to choose or not choose, proving that the complex expression is logically equivalent to "free."
By the same token and the same reasoning and demonstration, it can be proved that Alice was free. She was free to choose to make a daisy-chain and free to choose not to make a daisy-chain:
So she was considering, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies.
And Alice is free to choose not to follow or to choose to follow the rabbit down the rabbit hole.
Epicurus (341-279 BCE) thought that if every event is caused by other events, there can be no free will. That idea is obviously nutty. So he postulated that the atoms (following Democritus, he believed that these small units constituted the material universe) randomly "swerve" as they move through space. The random swerve, according to him, knocks out complete determinism and permits a degree of indeterminism that in turn permits free will.
The problem with indeterminism so conceived is that it seems to undermine the notion of causal responsibility. Think about this: "Alice chose to go down the rabbit hole" compared to "Alice happened to go down the rabbit hole." The second version clearly does not involve a causal claim about choice and seems to make going down the rabbit hole more a matter of happenstance, if not chance. Well, which is it? Did she choose or did she not choose to go down the hole? Read the AAW text for the answer or read on and I will give you the answer.
Modern physics backs up Epicurus with evidence that certain events-like radioactive decay-are purely random. The concept is important because if there were no free will, there would be no responsibility for action because nothing humans do would be up to them.
This faith in human freedom despite our deterministic sciences is the first postulate of moral experience and is a key point in AAW where Alice makes so many choices. Her first choice is not to make a daisy chain and her second choice is to follow the White Rabbit down the hole. Yes, that is the answer to the aforementioned question: Alice actually chose to go down the rabbit hole.
By the by, the demonstration of Alice's freedom also curries favor with children. If Alice is free, then the children reading AAW might also be free. If Alice has enough freedom to make choices, the kids who are reading the book, and the kids who are having the book read to them, might also have the freedom to make choices. If Alice can sit on the riverbank and "consider, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies," so can the kids reading the book consider what they might or might not want to do.
We adults, too.
This stuff might apply to us. We might be free. If we are free to choose or free not to choose, we are free.
But of course we all know that we don't need atomic physics to prove that we have free will. We prove that we have free will every goddamn day by making the multiple choices that we make. Just the way Alice proves her freedom by making the multiple choices that she makes.
It's true, of course, that we are not entirely free to do entirely what we want, which is to say that our choices are limited-often severely limited-by constraining reality: I can't flap my arms and fly to the moon. To go to the moon, I need a rocket ship. There have been many days that I would have liked it to rain Irish whiskey. But alas, there was a disappointment ahead. To get a good stiff drink, I would have to go to a package store or a bar. The reality is that I would stand outside with my tongue out forever and it would never rain whiskey, neither Irish whiskey nor any other type of whiskey. Water is just about all that I can reasonably expect from rain, no more and no less.
Thus my will is not entirely free. My will is constrained by the external realities of this wide world. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the philosopher of the 1700s who ranks with Aristotle and Plato of ancient times (the guy we took down a peg above), said the things of the world are real, but it is the job of the human mind to form and shape those realities and to give meaning to the relationships between them. And then (and this is the kicker) in so doing to alter them as much as possible for human benefit.
So ...
We have free will all right: Not a whole lot of it. Not that much. Just enough-just enough of it to make life interesting. And just enough for us to change the world or get it into trouble.
Once a choice is made, it becomes a thing of the past, a past that is closed and fixed, indestructible really. Yes, the past is beyond change and fixed and indestructible such that we can't change it. We can't change what's happened, as this quote from Omar the tent maker says:
LI (verse 51) The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: Nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Rubàiyàt of Omar Khayyàm (1048-1022) -trans. Edward FitzGerald
Once Neo takes the red pill, he can't go back into the Matrix. Once Neo takes the red pill, he must emerge from that pink goop in that pink pod, never to return again. Once Alice heads down that rabbit hole, she can't return again until her adventure is over.
So please remember this: The past is closed. You can't change it. But because of free will, the future is open. The future can unfold in multiple ways. Some of those ways depend on your choices-the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Free will allows us to direct the future. In a sense, make the future. Think about that! Making the future is a big deal-a major responsibility. Isn't that fantastic? Are you up to it?
About free will and (no excuses) existential philosophy, more later. Meanwhile, let's consider that Alice's opting for adventure is human enough. It has advantages and disadvantages.
The quest for adventure led humans out of Africa to inhabit (eventually) most regions of this planet. The quest for knowledge, especially new knowledge, led to our fictive downfall in the Adam and Eve story, wherein that primal couple suffered exile from the Garden of Eden for eating (I am not making this up, as fantastical as it may sound) some kind of fruit (an apple) from the tree of knowledge. Weird, right?
Lots of stories in the Bible are weird. But they have a message behind them. Take for instance the tale of Adam and Eve. They ate the fruit of the forbidden tree, learned in the process the difference between good and evil, and suffered a big penalty. Weird, right?
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